Important Days

World Food Day 2019: 16 October

The theme of this year’s World Food Day is

“Our Actions Are Our Future, Healthy Diets for A #ZeroHunger
World
 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: October 17

2019 Theme: Acting Together to Empower Children, their Families and Communities
to End Poverty.

World Maths Day is celebrated on 15 October

Global Handwashing Day is celebrated on 15 October every year

The theme for 2019 Global Handwashing Day is Clean Hands for All
 World Osteoporosis Day: October 20
2019 the Global WOD Campaign theme is “THAT’S
OSTEOPOROSIS”.

Police Commemoration Day (Police Martyr’s Day) is observed

every year on 21 October

The International Snow Leopard Day is celebrated on 23rd

October
International Stuttering Awareness Day: October 22
Theme 2019: “Growth Through Speaking”

United Nations Day: October 24

World Polio Day is celebrated annually on October 24

World Development Information Day: October 24

 International Animation Day: October 28

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage: October 27

The theme of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
2019: “Engage the Past Through Sound and Images”.
World Stroke Day is observed on October 29.
Theme for this year is ‘Cut Stroke in Half’

International Internet Day was observed on 29

October
 Obituaries

Sara Danius, the first female head of the prestigious Swedish

body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died

Legendary Cuba ballet dancer Alicia Alonso passes away

Internationally acclaimed painter of Bangladesh Kalidas
Karmakar passed away in Dhaka

Oracle Corp co-Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd passed

away.

Writer and philosopher K.B. Siddaiah passes away

Dadu Chougule, wrestler and recipient of Major Dhyanchand award,
passed away

Actor T.P. Radhamani, who was active in Malayalam and Tamil films,
passed away

Veteran sports journalist and author K R Wadhwaney passed away at

the age of 90 years
Wadhwaney was the Sports Editor of the Indian Express newspaper
 Former Gujarat Chief Minister Dilip Parikh passed away.
Mr Parikh served as the 13th Chief Minister of Gujarat
between October 1997 and March 1998

Padma awardee Yoga grandma V Nanammal dies at 99 in

Coimbatore
 K-pop star Sulli, formerly of the band f(x), was found
dead at her home in Seongnam, South Korea

Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia Capital passed away on

Friday at his home in Woodside, California. Valentine was
aged 87.
Q) Who has won women’s singles title at
French Open (badminton)?

A.Carolina Marin
B.An Se-young
C.Nozomi Okuhara
D.P. V. Sindhu
Q) Filipe Nyusi has won the Presidential
election of which country?

A. Malawi
B. Zambia
C.Tanzania
D.Mozambique
Antonio Costa has been re-elected as the Prime
Minister of Portugal after winning the general
elections.
 Sophie Wilmes chosen as first
woman prime minister of Belgium
Kais Saied is elected as the
new President of Tunisia
Joko Widodo - Indonesian President
for second term
Incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi
won a five-year term in Botswana's
elections
Alberto Fernandez elected president
of Argentina
President Evo Morales has been declared the
winner of of the Bolivian election, despite
disputed results that have sparked riots and
claims of fraud
Q) The government has set up a committee of
secretaries (CoS) under whose chairmanship to
suggest measures to mitigate financial stress in
the telecom sector?

A.Ajit Seth
B. Pramod Kumar Singh
C.Ajay Kumar Bhalla
D.Rajiv Gauba
 Q) Who has smashed the record for
summiting the world’s 14 highest peaks,
racing up all “8000 metres ” in just seven
month?

A.Nirmal Purja
B. Santosh Yadav
C.Nawang Sherpa
D.Harish Kapadia
 Coming Round the Mountain : Ruskin Bond

Mount Leo pargyil – Himachal, Indian army

Kajin Sara lake in Nepal - new record of being the world’s highest lake

Nepal’s Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for Record 23rd time

National Geographic Society (NGS), a US based organization installed world’s

highest operating weather stations on Mount Everest

29 May: International Everest Day

Deepa Malik wins New Zealand PM’s Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship
Q) Who has been elected as the new
Director General of the International
Atomic Energy Agency?

A.Hans Blix
B. Yukiya Amano
C.Sigvard Eklund
D.Rafael Grossi
Q) Which state has become the first State in
the country to enact a law on contract
farming?

A.Andhra Pradesh
B.Rajasthan
C.Tamil Nadu
D.Telangana
Q) Who is the author of the book The Unquiet
River: A biography of the Brahmaputra?

A.Arupjyoti Saikia
B. Sharada Srinivasan
C.Vibha Tripathi
D.Achala Moulik
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have
and the Breakthroughs We Need” : Bill Gates
 'Bridgital Nation‘
N Chandrasekaran and Roopa Purushothaman
Ten Studies in Kashmir
Kashi Nath Pandit
 Cricket Country
by Prashant Kidambi
 Q) Which Bollywood Actress has been
appointed as the brand ambassador of the
Rising Himachal Global Investors’ Meet 2019?

A.Alia Bhatt
B. Yami Gautam
C.Kriti Kharbanda
D.Kangana Ranaut
 Q) Indian Railways’ Central Railway zone
conducted which operation recently against
ticket touts involved in e-ticketing?

A.Operation Dhanush
B. Operation Teer
C.Operation Saavdhan
D.Operation Sakht
 Q) ‘PRAKHAR’ which is an anti-street
crime van is an initiative of which state
government?

A.Uttar Pradesh
B. Delhi
C.Puducherry
D.Gujarat
Q) Which country will buy Brahmos
missile from India?

A.Vietnam
B.Palau
C.Philippines
D.Indonesia
Q) What is ‘Cosmic Yeti’?

A.A star
B.A galaxy
C.A Dwarf Planet
D.A Meteorite
 Q) The GoI has launched the first ever
common foundation course called
“__________” for civil servants at the Statue
of Unity, Kevadia, Gujarat?

A.Aarambh
B. Sutra
C. Prarambh
D.Shubh
 Q) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh would
represent India at the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) which will be held in which
country?

A.Kazakhstan
B. Uzbekistan
C.Kyrgyzstan
D.Russia
 Q) Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde was
appointed as the _______th Chief Justice
of India?

A.46th
B. 48th
C.45th
D.47th
Q) Name the Indian Origin CEO who has/have
been featured in a list of Harvard Business
Review's world's top 10 best-performing chief
executives?

A.Ajay Banga
B. Shantanu Narayen
C.Satya Nadella
D.All of the above
Q) Nirmala Sitharaman has released a
special commemorative coin on
Paramahansa Yogananda to mark his
______th birth anniversary?

A.100th
B. 125th
C.110th
D.150th
 Q) Which cyclone has become the first
Super Cyclone in Arabian Sea in 12 years?

A.Cyclone Gonu
B.Cyclone Luban
C.Cyclone Megh
D.Cyclone Kyarr
 Q) The operation carried out by United
States to kill Al-Baghdadi has been named
after whom?

A.Georgi Lazov
B. Nicholas Evan Berg
C.Kayla Mueller
D.John Roy Young
Q) Who has become the first woman
Prime Minister of Belgium?

A.Dilma Rousseff
B.Erna Solberg
C.Jacinda Ardern
D.Sophie Wilmes
 Q) Under whose chairmanship IRDAI sets up
panel to evaluate application under regulatory
sandbox?

A.K.Ganeshan
B. Pournima Gupte
C.S Sadagopan
D.Praveen Kutumbe
Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
launch the Rupay Card in which of the
following countries?

A.Saudi Arabia
B.Oman
C.Argentina
D.Japan
Q) Which IIT Institution along with School of
Architecture, Bhubaneswar have developed
bio-bricks from agricultural waste?

A.IIT Madras
B.IIT Delhi
C.IIT Hyderabad
D.IIT Kanpur
The ambitious Pradhan Mantri Innovation Learning Programme,
DHRUV, started from ISRO in Bengaluru and concluded on 24th of
this month at IIT, Delhi.

The ambitious new scheme that aims to hone the skills of the
brightest Indian students in classes IX to XII
IIT Madras will collaborate with ExxonMobil on Research in Energy
and Biofuels. The 5-year joint-research agreement focuses on
biofuels, data analytics, gas conversion and transport, and is
intended towards finding low-emission solutions.
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on
Wednesday announced its partnership with Indian Institute of
Management (IIM)- Bangalore to launch a new programme
'Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship‘
Q) The ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) has
recently discovered that Andhra Pradesh had a
maritime center near the banks of which river
around 2,000 years ago?

A.Swarnamukhi
B. Sabari
C.Munneru
D.Penna
Q) Which airline has depicted 'Ik Onkar' on
the tail of one of its aircraft to mark 550th
birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev?

A.GoAir
B. IndiGo
C.Air India
D.SpiceJet
 Q) Uttar Pradesh has entered into the
Guinness Books of World Records
for lightening record number of diyas on any
occasion, the program took place on the
banks of which river?

A.Sarayu
B. Gomti
C.Yamuna
D.Ken
Q) What is the rank of India in Global
Health Security Index?

A.50 th

B.89th
C.57 th

D.45th
 Q) Which state has launched an online portal
named SMARTPORT for implementing the Ease
of Doing Business Reforms related to trade and
export promotion in all ports in the state?

A.Kerala
B. Odisha
C.Telangana
D.Andhra Pradesh
Q) Under whose chairmanship a committee has been
formed to resolve differences between the Niti
Aayog and the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY)
over who will implement its ambitious artificial
intelligence mission?

A. Vijay Raghavan
B. Rajeev Kumar
C. R Gandhi
D. Sunil Mehta
 Q) Which state has inked a Letter of
Understanding (LoU) on "drink from tap
mission" with the United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF)?

A.Karnataka
B.Bihar
C.Rajasthan
D. Odisha
 Q18) Which spance Agency will launch a
Golf Cart-Sized Rover “VIPER” on Moon to
Search For water?

A.JAXA
B.NASA
ISRO
C.Roscosmos
Q) Which of the following teams has won
the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy?

A.Karnataka
B.Delhi
C.Punjab
D.Tamil Nadu
Q) The DEFCOM 2019 is scheduled to be held
on 26 and 27 November 2019 in which of the
following cities?

A.Pune
B. New Delhi
C.Bengaluru
D.Shimla
Q) Which Lucknow based school has won the
Guinness World Record for becoming
the ‘world’s largest school’ in terms of
strength of students?

A.City Montessori School

B. Times Value School
C.Siddhartha Public School
D.Navyug Public School
Q) The aim of Colombo Declaration is to
halve nitrogen waste by which year?

A.2025
B.2028
C.2035
D.2030
Q) Which Indian Women Cricketer has won
the 2019 Wisden India Almanack ‘Cricketer
of the Year’ award?

A.Mithali Raj
B.Smriti Mandhana
C.Jhulan Goswami
D.Harmanpreet Kaur
Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of the Year award : Jasprit
Bumrah, Smriti Mandhana, Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman, Sri
Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne and Afghanistan Rashid Khan

Wisden India Hall of Fame– Gundappa Viswanath and Lala

Amarnath

Wisden India Book of the Year– “Cricket Country: The

Untold History of the First All India Team” by Prashant
Kidambi.
Q) Exercise Shakti is a joint military exercise
between India and which country?

A.France
B.Bangladesh
C.Sri Lanka
D.Russia
Q) Which company has developed a 54
qubit (quantum bit) processor
named “Sycamore”?

A.Intel
B.Google
C.IBM
D.Samsung
 Q) The disabled and people over _______
years of age can now cast their vote through
postal ballot?

A.70 years
B.80 years
C.75 years
D.85 years
Q) National Unity Day will be observed
on?

A.October 31
B.October 30
C.October 29
D.October 28
Q) Which district of Gujarat has become
the first Kerosene-free district of the
state?

A.Ahmedabad
B.Gandhinagar
C.Jamnagar
D.Dahod
Q) The Central Government and the World Bank
have signed a loan agreement worth $165 million
to support smallholder farmers in the which
state?

A.Karnataka
B. Madhya Pradesh
C.Odisha
D.Bihar
India, ADB sign 190 million dollar loan agreement for
improving road connectivity in Rajasthan.

India extends over 60 million dollar line of credit to

Comoros for Energy and Maritime Defence
Cooperation
India extends Line of Credit worth USD 30
mn to Sierra Leone for irrigation
development
Q) Who has been appointed as the chairman of
Airports Authority of India?

A.Balram Singh
B. Arvind Singh
C.Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
D.Vijayendra
 Other Appointments

Sukhbir Singh Sandhu will head the National Highways Authority of

India

Ganji Kamala V Rao has been named the chairman and managing
director, India Tourism Development Corporation

Pramod Kumar Tiwari, director general of the Bureau of Indian

Standards in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution.
IAS officer Amit Yadav, has been appointed as the
director general, directorate general of foreign
trade.

IAS officer Vijayendra will be chairman & managing

director, National Small Industries Corporation
Ltd.
 Q) Indian Railways has launched ‘one touch
ATVM’ at 42 suburban stations of which railway
zone over Mumbai Suburban Network?

A.Western Railway (WR)

B. Southern Railway (SR)
C.South Central Railway (SCR)
D.Central Railway(CR)
Q) Who has been awarded the Sakharov
Prize for 2019?

A.Ilham Tohti
B.Oleg Sentsov
C.Nadia Murad
D.Denis Mukwege
Q) Indo-Tibetan Border Police celebrated
its ___________th Raising Day on 24th
October 2019?

A.60th
B.58th
C.45 th

D.64 th
Q) Under the Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala
Yojana,cash amount of Rs.________ will be
provided to every family in which a girl child
takes birth?

A.Rs.12,000
B. Rs.10,000
C.Rs.15,000
D.Rs.20,000
 Q) Which payment system has won the DigiDhan
Mission Fin-tech Award 2018-2019 for 'Innovation in
Digital Payments through Emerging Technology' at
the MeitY Start-up Summit 2019?

A. Google Pay
B. PhonePe
C. BharatPe
D. BHIM
Q) Under "Augmentation of Basic Amenities and
Development of Heritage and Architecture"
(ABADHA) scheme Odisha will develop which
city as World-class Heritage city?

A.Cuttack
B. Puri
C.Konark
D.Bhubaneswar
Q) Government of India has accorded ‘Maharatna’
status to which public sector undertaking(PSU)?

A. Shipping Corporation of India(SCI)

B. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
C. Power Grid Corporation.
D. A&B
E. B&C
F. Only B
Q) A Memorandum of Understanding has been
drafted by India, Nepal and which country to
create a trans-boundary wildlife conservation
park?

A.Bangladesh
B. Myanmar
C.Bhutan
D.Afghanistan
Q) Government has approved the establishment
of two operational commands for ITBP in which
two cities?

A.Chandigarh and Guwahati

B. Pune and Ranchi
C.Shillong and Imphal
D.Dehradun and Shimla
Q) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
and National Council of Educational Research and
Training (NCERT) have launched an online aptitude
test for Classes 9 and 10 dubbed as _________?

A. Abhilasha
B. Manorath
C. Tamanaa
D. Armaan
Q) Indians from now on will require no Visa
to visit which country?

A.Spain
B.Brazil
C.Japan
D.South Korea
 New Governors Appoitnment

Girish Chandra Murmu : First Lieutenant-Governor of

Jammu and Kashmir.

Radha Krishna Mathur : Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.

Satya Pal Malik : Governor of Goa.

Sreedharan Pillai : Governor of Mizoram

Q) United Nations Day is observed every
year on ?

A.October 22
B.October 21
C.October 23
D.October 24
World Polio Day is celebrated annually
on October 24
Q) What is the rank of India in World Bank’s
ease of doing business Report 2020?

A.70th
B.63 rd

C.50th
D.42nd
 Q) Which bank’s Heritage
Museum was recently been
inaugurated in Bengaluru?

A. Dena Bank
B. Axis Bank
C. HDFC Bank
D. Vijaya Bank
 Q) Name the Belgian Paralympic
athlete who has ended her life at the age
of 40 through euthanasia?

A.Melissa Tapper
B. Marieke Vervoort
C.Natalia Partyka
D.Paola Fantato
Q) Which among the following is the world’s
loudest bird which hits 125.4 decibels?

A.White Bellbird
B. Flamingo
C.Lark
D.Albatross
Q) Scientists of which university have
developed an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses
sunlight to produce the gas -- called
syngas?

A. Boston University
B. Oxford University
C. University of Melbourne
D. Cambridge University
Q) Government of India is to organize
4 Ayurveda day on which date?
th

A.25 October
B.26 October
C.27 October
D.28 October
Q) Which bank has won the DigiDhan Mission
Digital Payments Award 2018-19 for the
Overall Performance in Digital Payments?

A.Yes Bank
B. HDFC Bank
C.Axis Bank
D.Federal Bank
Q) Which bollywood actor has joined hands with
UNICEF and Ministry of Women and Child
Development to raise awareness and speak up
against sexual abuse of children?

A. Vicky Kaushal
B. Hrithik Roshan
C. Ayushmann Khurrana
D. Varun Dhawan
Q) Under ‘Mission Indradhanush 2.0’ children
of up to _______ years of age and all pregnant
women will be covered?

A.2 years
B. 3 years
C.4 years
D.5 years
 Q) The Central Pollution Control Board has
developed which mobile application that will
enable it to inspect industries through live
streaming videos?

A. E-Inspection
B. Inspection Cop
C. E-Surveillance
D. e-Sahaj
Q) As per the new notification by government, all
officials under Groups ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories shall
not accept any gift without the sanction of the
government if the value exceeds Rs _________?

Rs 2,000
Rs 7,000
Rs 4,000
Rs 5,000
 Q) Which Institution has topped the
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) India University
Rankings 2020?

A.IIT Delhi
B. IIT Bombay
C.IISC Bangalore
D.IIT Kharagpur
 Q) Indian Army will conduct an exercise
‘Sindhu Sudarshan’ from 29 November to 4
December 2019 in which state?

A.Gujarat
B. Andhra Pradesh
C.Rajasthan
D.Goa
Q) What is rank of India in the Melbourne
Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI)
2019?

A.17 th

B.12th
C.21st
D.32nd
Q) Who has become the first Indian man to
win a gold medal at the Wushu World
Championships?

A.Praveen Kumar
B. Mir Asker Ali
C.Uchit Sharma
D.Arun Nagar
Q) The government has decided to merge loss-
making telecom firm BSNL with which company?

A.Jio
B. Airtel
C.MTNL
D.Vodafone Idea
Q) Which state will provide no Government
jobs to persons with more than 2 children
after 1 January 2021?

A.West Bengal
B. Assam
C.Rajasthan
D.Uttar Pradesh
Q) Who has been appointed as the new
Chairman of Staff Selection Commission?

A.Braj Raj Sharma

B. Sanjeev Nandan Sahai
C.Tuhin Kanta Pandey
D.Sanjeev Gupta
 New Appointments:

Sanjeev Nandan Sahai will be the new Power

Secretary.

Pankaj Kumar will be the new CEO of Unique

Identification Authority of India
Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the members
of US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) in New
Delhi where he defined three D’s. The three D’s stand for?

A. Diplomat, Dynamic And Democracy

B. Diversity, Democracy And Demography
C. Dimaag, Diversity And Democracy
D. Democracy, Demography And Dimaag
Q) India has opened which battlefield for
tourists now?

A.Drass
B.Kargil
C.Siachen
D.Longewala
Q) Which among the following parties is set to form
a minority government in Canada?

A. People's Party of Canada

B. New Democratic Party
C. Conservative Party
D. Liberal Party
 Q) Naruhito has formally been ascended to
the throne as the Emperor of which country?

A.China
B. Indonesia
C.Japan
D.South Korea
Q) The world's longest flight has landed safely
in which city, more than 19 hours 16 minutes
after leaving New York City?

A.Sydney
B. Italy
C.Tokyo
D.Madrid
Q) Where was Col. Chewang Rinchen Setu
(Bridge) inaugurated by Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh?

A.Shillong
B. Leh
C.Itanagar
D.Ladakh
Q) Which country has won the men’s Sultan
of Johor Cup hockey tournament 2019?

A.India
B.Malaysia
C.Australia
D.Great Britain
 Q) The 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
Summit will be held in which of the following
places?

A.Aden, Yemen
B. Havana, Cuba
C.Rabat, Morocco
D.Baku, Azerbaijan
 Q) Which is the only non English film to be
played at Royal Albert Hall in London since its
inauguration 148 years ago?

A.Gully Boy
B. Baahubali: The Beginning
C.Andhadhun
D.Mission Mangal
Q) The United Nations World Food Programme
(WFP) has launched which campaign to raise
awareness and take steps against hunger and
malnutrition in India?

A.Feed Our Future

B. Feed Our People
C.Stop Hunger
D.Hunger is Painful
Q) From November 1, Merchant Discount Rate
will not be applicable on digital payments made
to establishments having an annual turnover of
more than____________?

A.₹30 crore
B. ₹20 crore
C.₹70 crore
D.₹50 crore
 Q) Which pharmaceutical company is working
with Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to
launch pretomanid, a medicine used to treat
drug- resistant tuberculosis (TB)?

A.Cadila Healthcare
B. Mylan
C.Glenmark
D.Cipla
 Q) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has
conferred the Most Eminent Senior Citizen
Award to whom?

A.Ashok Desai
B. Soli Sorabjee
C. K. Parasaran
D.Mukul Rohatgi
Q) Sudarshan Chakra Vahini of Indian Army
is conducting two-day long war exercise in
which of the following cities?

A.Jaisalmer
B.Cuttack
C.Hyderabad
D.Jaipur
 Q) Which state government has decided to do
away with personal interviews for recruitment of
staff and limit the process only to written
examination?

A.Rajasthan
B. Chhattisgarh
C.Andhra Pradesh
D.Tamil Nadu
 Q) Government is pushing to achieve
10 per cent blending percentage of ethanol
in petrol by which year?

A.2021
B.2022
C.2023
D.2020
Q) Which team has won the Pro Kabaddi
League title 2019?

A.Bengal Warriors
B.Dabang Delhi
C.UP Yoddha
D.Puneri Paltan
Q) Who has become India's 65th Chess
Grandmaster?

A.Raunak Sadhwani
B. Prithu Gupta
C.Girish Koushik
D.Gukesh D
Q) Ministry of Defence (MoD) will increase
the defence export to around Rs.35,000
crore by which year?

A.2025
B.2023
C.2024
D.2022
 Q) A team of German researchers has
discovered the world’s fastest ant,
the Saharan silver ant in the Douz area of
which country?

A.Tunisia
B.Nigeria
C.Egypt
D.Algeria
Q) Name the NASA’s female astronauts who have
made space history as they completed their first-
ever spacewalk?

A. Christina Koch
B. Jessica Meir
C. Peggy Whitson
D. A&B
E. B&C
F. All of the above
Q) Who has been appointed as Director-
General of the National Security Guard
(NSG)?

A.Anup Kumar Singh

B. V K Johri
C.Arvind Kumar
D.Surjeet Singh Deswal
Q) Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) has
conducted the second edition of which joint
services exercise from 14 Oct to 18 Oct 19?

A.DANX-19
B. PANX-19
C.TANX-19
D.CANX-19
 Q) According to a national milk sample
safety quality survey which state accounts
for highest number of cases of adulteration
in milk?

A.Telangana
B.Madhya Pradesh
C.Kerala
D.Uttar Pradesh
Q) ‘Dr.YSR Navodayam’ scheme has been
launched by which state?

A.Telangana
B.Tamil Nadu
C.Andhra Pradesh
D.Odisha
Q) Who has been appointed as the new
chairman of Indian Banks’ Association?

A.Sunil Mehta
B.Rajnish Kumar
C.Jitendra Rai Goyal
D.Sushil Muhnot
Q) The second edition of ‘India Myanmar Naval
Exercise’ IMNEX-2019 has begun in which of
the following cities? (Myanmar journalists ‘Wa
Lone’ and ‘Kyaw Soe Oo’)

A.Cuttack
B. Pune
C. Visakhapatnam
D.Udaipur
Q) Which will be the host country of
91st Interpol General Assembly in
2020?

A.Japan
B.China
C.Chile
D.India
 Q) Which state has topped the NITI Aayog’s
India Innovation Index 2019 in the category of
Major State?

A.Tamil Nadu
B. Maharashtra
C.Telangana
D.Karnataka
 NITI Aayog Innovation Index 2019

Best Major state – Karnataka, (followed by Tamil Nadu and

Maharasthra)

Worst - Jharkhand is last, Bihar is 2nd Last

‘Union Territories (UTs)/City and Small States (Best)- Delhi

‘Union Territories (UTs)/City and Small States (Worst) – Lakshasweep

Best North-eastern/Himalayan state - Sikkim

Worst - Meghalaya
 Q) The World Steel Association
(Worldsteel) has elected whom as the Vice-
Chairman of the association for one year?

A.Sajjan Jindal
B. T V Narendran
C.L N Mittal
D.Anil Kumar Chaudhary
Q) The Indian Army has begun to digitize
its official records under its new
programme called “________”?

A.START
B.OASIS
C.REACH
D.NEST
 Q) Jaffna International Airport was
recently inaugurated in which of the
following countries?

A.India
B.Nepal
C.Bhutan
D.Sri Lanka
Q) Which country has signed a deal to 'lease' an
entire Tulagi island situated in the Solomon
Islands?

A.Russia
B. China
C.Japan
D.South Korea
Q) Blue Star has appointed whom as its
brand ambassador?

A.Ranveer Singh
B.Virat Kohli
C.Rohit Sharma
D.Ranbir Kapoor
 Q) National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)’ postal
stamp of which face value was recently released
to commemorate its centenary celebration?

A.₹5
B. ₹10
C.₹20
D.₹50
Afghanistan – Partner Country
 Q) India’s longest Tunnel
Chenani-Nashri on NH 44, in Jammu and
Kashmir will renamed after whom?

A.Atal Bihari Vajpayee

B.Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
C.Lal Bahadur Shastri
D.Sushma Swaraj
 Q) The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has
launched which Internship Programme on
October 17, 2019 to help tribals?

A.Van Sampati
B.Van Dhan
C.Van Mahotsav
D.Van Nidhi
Q) Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a
Champion’s Life is written by whom?

Sachin Tendulkar
Pankaj Advani
Viswanathan Anand
Sunil Chhetri
Q) Joint air training exercise ‘EX EASTERN
BRIDGE-V is being held between Indian and
which country?

A.UAE
B. Qatar
C.Oman
D.Russia
Q) Which city has been selected to host
the 5 Edition of World Coffee
th

Conference from 7-9 September 2020?

A.New Delhi
B.Chennai
C.Amravati
D.Bengaluru
Q) What is the rank of India in Global
Hunger Index?

A.103rd
B.88 th

C.100th
D.102nd
Q) Indian Railways will become ”Net Zero"
carbon emitter by which year?

A.2040
B.2038
C.2030
D.2025
Q) KHON Ramlila is a masked form
of Ramlila art of which country?

A.Nepal
B.Thailand
C.Indonesia
D.Sri Lanka
 Q) Which of the following two countries were
re-admitted as ICC members in a meeting held
in Dubai?

A.Nepal and Afghanistan

B. Zimbabwe and Ireland
C.Zimbabwe and Nepal
D.Scotland and Ireland
Q) Who has assumed charge as the new
Controller General of Accounts?

A.J.P.S. Chawla
B. Girish Chandra Murmu
C.Anoop Srivastava
D.Bhupendra Singh
Q) As per the recent data released which state
has the highest prevalence of HIV?

A.Manipur
B. West Bengal
C.Mizoram
D.Nagaland
 Q) In a big boost to strengthen rural infrastructure,
government will spend how much amount for
infrastructural development in the villages across the
country?

A. 15 lakh crore
B. 20 lakh crore
C. 35 lakh crore
D. 25 lakh crore
Q) Under ‘GOAL’ initiative which company
will train 5,000 women in India’s tribal
districts?

A.Google
B.Facebook
C.Wipro
D.Microsoft
 Q) India-Japan Joint Air Force Exercise
‘Shinyuu Maitri’ will be held in which of the
following states?

A.West Bengal
B. Rajasthan
C.Himachal Pradesh
D.Andhra Pradesh
Q) Mastercard has launched a campaign named
“Team Cashless India”, who is the brand
ambassador of Mastercard and this campaign?

A.Virat Kohli
B. P V Sindhu
C.Mary Kom
D.M S Dhoni
 Q) Who has become the youngest
batsman to score a double century in
List A (One-Day) cricket?

A.Aryan Juyal
B.Yashasvi Jaiswal
C.Yash Rathod
D.Pavan Shah
 Q) Dr Harsh Vardhan has launched which
Food Safety Scheme to engage youth with
the food safety ecosystem at ground level?

A.Poshan
B.Paushtik
C.Mitra
D.Tijori
Q) India and China hasve decided to establish
“sister-state relations” between which Indian
state and Fujian Province?

A.Andhra Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C.Tamil Nadu
D.Odisha
 'Sister State Partnership' agreement signed between
Telangana and New Jersey

Delhi, Moscow signed twin-city agreement

The cities of Kobe in Japan and Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India

signed to be sister-cities

Gujarat Government and Delaware State of America signed

MoU -Memorandum of Understanding for sister state.

Gujarat and New Jersey in USA inked a 'sister state

agreement'
Q) Which among the following organization
has adopted the ‘Clean Air Cities
Declaration’?

A.WTO
B.UNDP
C.IUCN
D.C40 Cities
Q) World Students’ Day was
observed on?

A.October 14
B.October 12
C.October 13
D.October 15
Q) Which airline has become the first airline in
the world to use a Taxibot on a A320 aircraft
with passengers onboard?

A.Emirates
B. Air India
C.Qatar
D.Singapore
Q) Who has become the first black woman to
win the prestigious 2019 Booker Prize?

A.Margaret Atwood
B. Lucy Ellmann
C.Daisy Johnson
D.Bernardine Evaristo
 Q) Good Economics for Hard Times –
Better Answers to our Biggest Problems
is written by whom?

A.Amartya Sen
B. Manmohan Singh
C.Abhijit Banerjee
D.Kaushik Basu
 India wins four UNESCO
heritage awards

1. Vikram Sarabhai Library,

IIM Ahmedabad –
Award of Distinction

2. Keneseth Eliyahoo
Synagogue, Mumbai –
Award of Merit

3. Our Lady of Glory

Church, Mumbai –
Award of Merit

4. Flora Fountain, Mumbai

– Honourable Mention
Q) Reserve Bank of India has stopped the
printing of which currency notes?

A.Rs 500
B.Rs 2,000
C.Rs 100
D.Rs 200
Reserve Bank of India printing Press

Nasik ( Maharashtra)
Dewas (Madhya Pradesh )
Mudran at Mysuru( Karnataka)
Salboni (West Bengal)
Q20) Which country’s company “Total” has
announced acquisition of 37.4 per cent
stake in Gautam Adani-led Adani Gas?

A.Italy
B. France
C.Japan
D.Russia