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1) Who was honoured with Martha Farrell Award 2019?

Manu Gulati.

2) Who won 2018 Turing Award, the Nobel Prize of computing?

Geoffrey Hinton

3) Who won gold in the 10m air pistol, mixed team event in the 12th Asian
Airgun Championship in Taoyuan, Taipei?
Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary.

4) Who became the first ever cricketer to reach 5,000 runs in Indian
Premier League?
Suresh Raina.

5) Who won Global Teacher Prize 2019?

Peter Tabichi.

6) Who is the next Chief of Indian Navy?

Karambir Singh.

7) Which Indian shuttler placed in top 10 in the latest World Badminton

Rankings?
Kidambi Srikanth.
8) Who won the I-League championship of All India Football Federation
(AIFF)?
Chennai City FC.

9) Which Indian shuttler won Silver medal at Swiss Open 2019?

B Sai Praneeth.

10) Who won the Windham-Campbell Prize $165,000 under the non-
fiction category?
Raghu Karnad.

11) Which Sports Game has been named as official partner of VIVO IPL
2019 season?
Dream11.

12) Which country will host the U-17 Women's World Cup in 2020?
India.

13) Who won the Men's singles in the All England Open Badminton
Championships 2019?
Kento Momota.

14) Which Indian athlete was selected as Barbie role model & was
presented with a one-of-a-kind doll by Barbie?
Dipa Karmakar.

15) Who was conferred Honorary Doctorate from the UN established

University of Peace?
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu.

16) Who is honoured with Golden Peacock Award 2019?

ACKO General Insurance.
17) What is the age of the woman who was recently honoured as the
world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records?
116 years old.

18) Who won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2019?

Arata Isozaki.

19) Who set the new world indoor mile record with a time of 3min
47.01sec?
Yomif Kejelcha.

20) Who has been named as youngest self-made billionaire of all time by
Forbes magazine?
Kylie Jenner (cosmetics).

21) Which was the world's most polluted capital city in 2018?
New Delhi, India.

22) Which Indian secured 13th position in Forbes ultra-rich list?.

Mukesh Ambani.

23) Who won gold in wrestling in 65Kg category at the International

wrestling tournament in Ruse, Bulgaria?
Bajrang Punia.

24) Who is the Indian pilot captured by Pakistan Army, after Pulwama
attack?
Abhinandan Varthaman.
 25) Who won gold at Makran Cup in Boxing held at Chabahar, Iran?
Deepak Singh.

26) Which Company has been recognized as one of World's Most Ethical
Companies by the Ethisphere Institute for 2019?
TATA Steel.

27) Which Video sharing media was fined a penalty of $5.7 million by the
U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)?
Tik Tok.

28) Which country has declared Fighting Fish as the National Aquatic Animal?
ANS – Thailand.

29) Which Indian weightlifter on February 7, 2019 notched up a gold medal at

the EGAT Cup in Thailand?
ANS - Saikhom Mirabai Chanu.

30) Which Organization has launched ‘RESPOND’ program?

ANS - Indian Space Research Organization.

31) Which place was the three day ‘Krishi Kumbh’ was inaugurated on
February 9, 2019?
ANS – Motihari

32) At which place Hindi has been included as the third official language used
in its courts, as part of a move designed to improve access to justice?
ANS - Abu Dhabi.

33) Which film won the Best Film award at the BAFTA Award ceremony 2019?
ANS – Roma.

34) With which country did India launch the Marine Pollution Initiative on
February 11, 2019?
ANS – Norway.
35) Where was the World Government Summit (WGS) 2019 held?
ANS – Dubai.

36) The Indian Air Force on February 16 2019, carried out which exercise in
Pokhran, Rajasthan, involving around 140 fighter jets and attack helicopters?
ANS - Vayu Shakti.

37) Who is the winner of Qatar Open women’s singles championship title
2019?
ANS - Elise Mertens.

38) Which team won the Iranian trophy 2019?

ANS – Vidarbha.

39) Who won the title of the Yonex-Sunrise 83rd National Senior Badminton
Championship men’s singles title?
ANS - Saurabh Verma.

40)Which film was conferred the ‘Golden Bear’ award at the Berlin Film
Festival 2019?
ANS - Synonyms
41)Which species of a giant tortoise believed to have been extinct for more
than 100 years has been discovered?
ANS - Fernandina Giant Tortoise.

42) Who has been appointed by the Supreme Court as the first court-
appointed ombudsman for the BCCI under the terms of newly approved
constitution of the cricket board?
ANS - Justice D.K Jain.

43) Which film bagged the Best Film award at Oscars 2019?
ANS - Green Book.

44) What is the rank of India in Global Corruption Index?

78 Rank.

45) Which airport has been named the world’s busiest airport?
Dubai airport.

46) Which state won Best State Award in the Swasth Bharat Yatra?
Tamil Nadu.

47) Who has won New South Wales men’s Amateur Golf Championship?
Kartik Sharma
48) Who have won gold in the HN Cup?
Shriyanka Sadangi and Akhil Sheoran.

49) Who has won their maiden womens Big Bash title?
Brisbane Heat.

50) Who is to be awarded Ashok Chakra?

Ahmad Wani.

51) Who has won Womans Voice Award at AKLF 2019?

Ranjani Murali.

52) Who has Honoured with Sansad Ratna Award?

MP Anurag Thakur.

53) Which state won the Khelo India Youth Games?

Maharashtra.

54) Who won the ITF women’s tennis tournament title?

Ankita Raina.

55) Which space agency said cotton sprouted in moon?

The Chinese space agency.

56) Who became first Indian athlete to be nominated in Laureus World

Comeback of Year Award?
Vinesh Phogat.

57) Who is appointed as a new member of HPSCI for the 116th Congress?
Raja Krishnamoorthi.
58) Who Conferred ICSI Lifetime Award?
Adi Godrej.

59) Who wins Sushila Devi Literature Award?

Namita Gokhale.
60) Who won U 17 badminton title at KIYG 2019?
Taslim Mir.

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