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Current Afffairs Jan-Oct 2020 Question
Current Afffairs Jan-Oct 2020 Question
October 2020
January 2020 3 – 48
February 2020 49 – 91
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Current Affairs 2020: January Q.6) Which bank has received a best
performing bank award for RSETIs for 2018-
19 financial year?
Q.1) Which Indian defence service has
banned the use of facebook by its personnel? (1) IDBI Bank
(4) Goa
Q.9) When is the last day to link pan card
with Aadhaar card?
Q.4) Which state government has withdrawn
all cases relating to the pathalgadi (1) January 1st
movement? (2) January 2nd
(1) Gujarat (3) January 20th
(2) Chhattisgarh (4) December 31st
(3) Jharkhand 2
Q.10) ________ is gearing up to drop the
(4) Madhya Pradesh
moniker “Holland” as it rebrands itself in
2020.
Q.5) Which Indian female chess player
recently won the World Rapid Championship (1) Netherlands
title? (2) UK
(1) Koneru Hampy (3) Switzerland
(2) Pragya Vajpayee (4) Norway
(3) Ankita Bhambri
(4) Nutan Awasthi
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Q.11) Which country deploys its 1st (3) September 2020
Avangard Hypersonic missile system?
(4) Dec-20
(1) India
(2) China Q.17) Which state has become the first to pass
an anti-CAA resolution?
(3) Russia
(1) Rajasthan
(4) USA
(2) Madhya Pradesh
Q.12) General ________ will be India’s first (3) Kerala
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)
(4) Gujarat
(1) Bipin Rawat
(2) Rajinder Singh Q.18) Recently Leo Varadkar visited India.
He is the current PM of which country?
(3) Hari Verma
(1) Zimbabwe
(4) Partha Sarth
(2) Ukraine
Q.13) Which country recently deployed first (3) Iceland
'Avangard' Hypersonic missile in its defence
(4) Ireland
system?
(1) China
Q.19) Which city has been adjudged as the
(2) Russia cleanest for the 4th time in the latest
cleanliness survey of the union government?
(3) USA
(1) Indore
(4) Germany
(2) Bhopal
Q.14) Recently who organized the National (3) Surat
Symposium of Poets 2020?
(4) Rajkot
(1) Ministry of Culture
(2) All India Radio Q.20) Recently UIDAI recorded how much
successful Aadhaar updates–biometric and
(3) Radio Mirchy demographic— until 27th December, 2019?
(4) Sangit Natak Academy (1) 450 cr
(2) 325 cr
Q.15) The Taliban’s ruling council has agreed
to a temporary ceasefire in ________. (3) 300 cr
(1) Iran (4) 331 cr
(2) Syria
Q.21) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
(3) Turkey launched which online platform to increase
(4) Afghanistan the transparency in auctioning of assets
attached by banks?
Q.16) The deadline for linking pan card with (1) eBrie
Aadhaar has been extended till when? (2) eDigital
(1) Feb-20
(3) eAan
(2) March 2020
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(4) eBkray Q.27) Which state government launched
‘Abhinandan’, an education loan subsidy
Q.22) The Stolen Works of Art Database, scheme?
which was in news recently, is maintained by (1) Telangana
which organisation?
(2) WestBengal
(1) UNESCO
(3) Odisha
(2) WTO
(4) Assam
(3) ASI
(4) INTERPOL Q.28) Which state secured first position in the
recently released 'India State of Forest
Q.23) HDFC Life Insurance has partnered Report 2019' for the highest growth in forest
with Which Company to expand its area in the country?
distribution? (1) Uttar Pradesh
(1) PayPal (2) Jharkhand
(2) Freecharge (3) Karnataka
(3) Mobikwik (4) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Paytm
Q.29) Which state police to observe 2020 as
Q.24) Recently announcement by PM Modi, year of women safety?
ISRO to launch which satellite to study Sun? (1) Assam
(1) Astra (2) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Surya (3) Odisha
(3) Samarth (4) WestBengal
(4) Aditya
Q.30) What is CAT IIIB system which has
Q.25) Which Company has announced an been in news recently with respect to the fog
agreement to acquire RiskRecon? conditions in the north?
Q.26) The Taliban council agreed for a Q.31) Who created a new Guinness World
temporary ceasefire in which nation? Records for most side lunges?
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Q.32) Which state is going to observe 'No (2) MANI
Vehicle Day' on the first day of every month
(3) iMobile
in 2020?
(1) Kerala (4) M-Connect Plus app
(2) Gujarat
Q.38) The dornier aircraft, that was recently
(3) Punjab inducted into the Otters Squadron, belongs to
which catgory?
(4) Rajasthan
(1) Reconnaissance aircraft
Q.33) What is the name of the India’s first (2) Light Utility aircraft
human-crewed mission to outer space?
(3) Surveillance aircraft
(1) Chandrayaan-2
(4) Strategic Airlifter
(2) Cartosat-3
(3) Gaganyaan Q.39) Which country launched new
Alzheimer's drug treatment to cost $5,700 per
(4) Microsat year?
(1) Pakistan
Q.34) Dhanu Jatra is currently celebrated in
which state? (2) China
(1) Odisha (3) Saudi Arabia
(2) Telangana (4) Russia
(3) Jharkhand
Q.40) Which state secured first position in the
(4) Madhya Pradesh recently released ‘India State of Forest
Report 2019’ for the highest growth in forest
Q.35) Who is appointed as Railway Board area in the country?
Chairman for one more year? (1) Uttar Pradesh
(1) Suresh Kumar
(2) Jharkhand
(2) VK Yadav
(3) Karnataka
(3) Vikram Sharma
(4) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Dinesh Raj
Q.41) Who inaugurated National Fire Service
Q.36) Which state is going to conduct its College in Nagpur?
maiden snow leopard survey? (1) Shri Rajnath Singh
(1) Uttrakhand
(2) Shri Naresh kumar
(2) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Shri Amit Shah
(3) Haryana
(4) Shri Prakash Javedakar
(4) Punjab
Q.42) Which city has been adjudged as the
Q.37) 11What is the name of the app which is cleanest for the 4th time in the latest
launched by RBI for visually challenged to cleanliness survey of the union government?
identify denomination of currency notes? (1) Indore
(1) Yono Lite
(2) Bhopal
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(3) Surat (4) Netherlands
(4) Rajkot
Q.48) What aspect of agriculture is focused
upon by Krishi Karman Award?
Q.43) SBI announced a reduction in its
external benchmark-based rate by 25 basis (1) Supply
points to how much percent?
(2) Sales
(1) 7.80%
(3) Production
(2) 8.05%
(4) Water Management
(3) 6.54%
(4) 8.90% Q.49) Which is the world's first major city to
celebrate the start of the 2020 New Year and
new decade?
Q.44) Where was the event held to
commemorate the 76th Anniversary of the (1) Sydney
First Flag Hoisting by Netaji Subhas
(2) Auckland
Chandra Bose?
(3) Christchurch
(1) Kashmir
(4) Welllington
(2) Jammu
(3) Ladakh Q.50) _____ first fully automated car park
(4) Andaman and Nicobar Islands tower unveiled in Green Park.
(1) Hyderabad
Q.45) The government had recently launched
(2) Delhi
central Equipment Identify Register portal. It
operates under which of department? (3) Mumbai
(1) Department of Science and Technology (4) Chennai
(2) Department of Telecom
Q.51) Indian Railways introduced a new
(3) Department of Biotechnology Passenger Information System at Anakapalle
(4) Department of Public Enterprise Railway Station of which division?
(1) Chennai
Q.46) Which state govt launched Cyber Safe
(2) Surat
Women initiative?
(3) Vijayawada
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Kochi
(2) Maharashtra
(3) TamilNadu Q.52) What is Landouria tonywhitteni that
(4) Kerala was named after Tony Whitten?
(1) Snail
Q.47) Which country to drop the moniker
(2) Grasshopper
“Holland” as it rebrands itself in 2020?
(3) Snake
(1) Singapore
(4) Beetle
(2) Ukraine
(3) Thailand
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Q.53) How much amount of revival package Q.58) Who will be the head of the recently
was announced for BSNL and MTNL? created Sainya Karta Vibhag?
(1) ₹50000 cr (1) Prime Minister
(2) ₹69000 cr (2) Defence Minister
(3) ₹35000 cr (3) Finance Minister
(4) ₹45000 cr (4) Chief of Defence Staff
Q.54) From which Indian organization, the Q.59) Who were conferred the ‘Akashdeep
four personnel have been selected for training Sanman’ awards.?
in Russia for the Gaganyaan Mission, that is
(1) Bhalchandra Nemade
going to be launched in 2022?
(2) Gyananranjan
(1) ISRO
(3) Both a and b
(2) IAF
(4) Nagarjuna
(3) MARCOS
(4) Indian Navy Q.60) Which nation has recently banned the
'reef toxic' sunscreen?
Q.55) Which body released the second edition
(1) Australia
of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
India Index? (2) New Zealand
(1) NITI Aayog (3) Palau
(2) NASSCOM (4) Nauru
(3) RBI
Q.61) Indian Railways has launched which
(4) Ministry of Finance helpline number for passengers?
(1) 140
Q.56) Who will launch the 'Earthshot Prize'
to motivate new solution to tackle climate (2) 115
crisis?
(3) 125
(1) Duke of Cambridge
(4) 139
(2) Queen Elizabeth II
(3) Duke of Sussex Q.62) Who launched 'Meri Dilli, Mera
Sujhav' Campaign?
(4) Prince of Wales
(1) Manoj Tiwari
Q.57) Who won best men’s player at Dubai (2) Smriti Irani
Globe Award?
(3) Rajnath Singh
(1) Sunil Chhetri
(4) PM Narendra Modi
(2) Neymar
(3) Lionel Messy Q.63) Who was appointed as the new
chancellor of Queen's University Belfast in
(4) Christiano Ronaldo Ireland?
(1) Barack Obama
(2) Michelle Obama
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(3) Hillary Clinton (4) 173
(4) Queen Elizabeth II
Q.69) Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal
Khattar inaugurated the state’s first Atal
Q.64) The Uttar Pradesh State Road Kisan-Mazdoor canteens at _____.
Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has
launched a dedicated women helpline ______. (1) Karnal
(1) Damini (2) Gurugram
(2) Tees (3) Kurukshetra
(3) Kranti (4) Sonipat
(4) Kosh
Q.70) Which city is hosting the 107th Indian
Science Congress (ISC)??
Q.65) The US aviation regulator has warned
American airlines from operating in the (1) Hyderabad
airspace of which nation?
(2) Chennai
(1) Pakistan
(3) Kolkatta
(2) Russia
(4) Bengaluru
(3) Ukraine
(4) China Q.71) Union Government sanctions 2,636 EV
charging stations in ____cities
Q.66) Umesh Sinha, Deputy Election (1) 65
Commissioner in the Election Commission of
(2) 62
India, was given extension till _______.
(3) 68
(1) Dec 31, 2020
(4) 69
(2) Dec 31, 2021
(3) Dec 31, 2022 Q.72) Which state government has unveiled
(4) ec 31, 2023 the world's 2nd tallest statue of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel?
Q.67) Which state has recently launched "K- (1) Madhya Pradesh
RERA" to bring transparency in real estate
(2) Jharkhand
sector?
(3) Gujarat
(1) Karnataka
(4) Chhattisgarh
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Kerala Q.73) On January 2, 2020, Prakash Parv was
(4) Telangana celebrated as birth anniversary of which Sikh
Guru?
Q.68) How many hospitals de-empanelled (1) Guru Harkrishan Sahib
and 4.5 cr fine imposed under Ayushman
(2) Guru Har Rai
Bharat Scheme?
(3) Guru Gobind Singh
(1) 176
(4) Guru Teg Bahadur
(2) 175
(3) 171
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Q.74) Which country names Esmail Qaani Q.79) SBI OTP-based ATM cash withdrawal
new Quds chief of IRGC? facility is applicable for withdrawing cash
above _________.
(1) Indonesia
(1) Rs 8,000
(2) Iran
(2) Rs 10,000
(3) Pakistan
(3) Rs 9,000
(4) Saudi Arabia
(4) Rs 12,000
Q.75) Which state has launched a study
campaign to turn it into an educational hub Q.80) Which state has recently announced a
at national & international level? scheme to deliver sand to customer's doorstep
from January 2, 2020?
(1) Gujarat
(1) Odisha
(2) Rajasthan
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Telangana
(4) Kerala
Q.76) Who was recently presented with the
'Lokmanya Tilak National Journalism Q.81) Chhattisgarh CM constitutes panels for
Award'? Rs ________ paddy price
(1) Ravish Kumar (1) 2500
(2) Arnabh Goswami (2) 2000
(3) Shekar Gupta (3) 1800
(4) Sanjay Gupta (4) 1500
Q.77) What is the annual financial assistance Q.82) According to the recent data from the
given to eligible farmers under the PM- Ministry of Forest Environment and Climate
KISAN scheme? Change (MoEFCC), what is the total number
of tiger deaths occurred in India during 2019?
(1) Rs. 10000
(1) 95
(2) Rs. 8000
(2) 100
(3) Rs. 6000
(3) 105
(4) Rs. 5000
(4) 10
Q.78) Which state has recently declared 2020
as the year of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Q.83) How much percent of the Poshan
has signed MoUs with tech firms for AI Abhiyaan funds have been used in the past 3
research? years?
(1) Andhra Pradesh (1) 35%
(2) Telengana (2) 40%
(3) Odisha (3) 30%
(4) Assam (4) 50%
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Q.84) Which State/UT has utilized the Poshan Q.89) Which country has become the largest
Abhiyaan funds well & emerged as the best source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) ($8
performer? billion investments) in India during the first
half of FY2020?
(1) Mizoram
(1) Japan
(2) Lakshadweep
(2) Mauritius
(3) Himachal Pradesh
(3) United States(US)
(4) Bihar
(4) Singapore
Q.85) Umaro Cissoko Embalo was recently
elected as the President of which country? Q.90) Who launched a mobile app named
“Telangana Red Cross” to access blood bank
(1) Gambia
and red cross membership in an easier way?
(2) Senegal
(1) Ram Nath Kovind
(3) Guinea-Bissau
(2) Venkaiah Naidu
(4) Guinea
(3) K. Chandrashekar Rao
Q.87) Sunita Lakra, who announced her Q.92) ISRO has set up a regional academic
retirement recently, is a famous Indian player centre for space in ______ recently.
of which Sports?
(1) Karnataka
(1) Tennis
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Badminton
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Hockey
(4) Telangana
(4) Cricket
Q.93) National Ice Hockey Championship-
Q.88) Name the 1st nation in the world, that 2020 begins in which place?
ban ‘reef-toxic’ sun cream to save corals and
(1) Leh
sea life.
(2) Jammu
(1) Nauru
(3) Kashmir
(2) Marshall Islands
(4) Gangtok
(3) Kiribati
(4) Palau
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Q.94) The Reserve Bank of India has Q.99) ISRO will set up launch port for small
launched which app to help the visually satellite launch vehicles in which state?
challenged identify the denomination of
(1) Gujarat
currency notes?
(2) Maharashtra
(1) INSIGHT
(3) TamilNadu
(2) Surya
(4) Karnataka
(3) MANI
(4) ABLE Q.100) Which Indian female chess player
recently won the World Rapid Championship
Q.95) Who has been appointed as India's new title?
Army chief?
(1) Koneru Hampy
(1) Manoj Mukund Naravane
(2) Pragya Vajpayee
(2) Anil Kumar Sood
(3) Ankita Bhambri
(3) Devesh Chandra
(4) Nutan Awasthi
(4) SS Chandrashekhar
Q.101) Recently, the first national conference
Q.96) Who has taken charge as India's first on intersex human rights was organised in
Chief of Defence Staff? ________.
(1) Bikram Singh (1) New Delhi
(2) Bipin Rawat (2) Kochi
(3) VK Singh (3) Kolkata
(4) Deepak Kapoor (4) Gurugram
Q.97) Which state government has appointed Q.102) Which city will be hosting the 3rd
Dr Kritika Shukla and M Deepika, as Special Khelo India youth games?
Officers for implementing the Disha Act
(1) Guwahati
2019?
(2) New Delhi
(1) Maharashtra
(3) Bengaluru
(2) Odisha
(4) Hyderabad
(3) Telangana
(4) Andhra Pradesh Q.103) Which ministry has set up a New,
Emerging and Strategic Technologies (NEST)
Q.98) Who is the ex-officio chairman of the division?
Monetary Policy Committee?
(1) External Affairs
(1) RBI Governor
(2) Information Technology
(2) Finance Minister
(3) Law
(3) Prime Minister
(4) HRD
(4) SEBI Chairman
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Q.104) Who will head the group of ministers (2) Shiva Narwal
to review crop insurance scheme?
(3) Saurabh Chaudhary
(1) Smriti Irani
(4) Sarabjot Singh
(2) Rajnath Singh
(3) Narendra Modi Q.110) Which film won Best Film Award in
Drama category in the Golden Globe 2020
(4) Ram Naresh Updhyay Awards?
(1) Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
Q.105) Which state government recently
launched e-Gazette Portal, an online platform (2) Joker
to digitalise the publication of its gazette?
(3) Chernobyl
(1) Odisha
(4) 1917
(2) WestBengal
(3) Maharashtra Q.111) Where is the Indo-Russian Rifles
Private Limited located?
(4) Telangana
(1) Rajasthan
Q.106) Who has become the seventh batsman (2) Uttar Pradesh
in the world to hit 6 sixes in an over?
(3) Gujarat
(1) Leo Carter
(4) Bihar
(2) John Morrison
(3) Berry Headly Q.112) Who won the Best Actress in a Motion
Picture-drama award in the Golden Globe
(4) Geoff Howarth 2020 Awards?
(1) Renee Zellweger
Q.107) Which court upheld the West Bengal
Madrasa Service Commission Act? (2) Scarlett Johansson
(1) Kolkata HC (3) Charlize Theron
(2) Delhi HC (4) Cynthia Erivo
(3) Madras HC
Q.113) Which state is to host the MECOS-3
(4) Supreme Court meeting in January 2020?
(1) Kerala
Q.108) Which series won the Golden Globe in
Best Television Series Drama category? (2) Tamil Nadu
(1) Big Little Lies (3) Andhra Pradesh
(2) The Crown (4) Karnataka
(3) Succession
Q.114) Manav Thakkar, who is in news
(4) The Morning Show recently, is a famous personality of which
sports?
Q.109) Who won the men's 10 metres air (1) Badminton
pistol gold in the 63rd National Shooting
Championship? (2) Tennis
(1) Boby Kaushik (3) Table Tennis
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(4) Squash Q.120) Which state is to inaugurate a first-of-
its-kind rehabilitation centre for freshwater
Q.115) Who won Junior's 10 metres air pistol turtles?
gold in the 63rd National Shooting (1) Odisha
Championship?
(2) West Bengal
(1) Sarabjot Singh
(3) Karnataka
(2) Sharvan Kumar
(4) Bihar
(3) Boby Kaushik
(4) Shiva Narwal Q.121) India's first Human Space Flight
Infrastructure Centre will be established in
Q.116) Padma Vibhushan awardee T N which state?
Chaturvedi passed away on January 5, 2020 (1) Gujarat
at the age of 90 years. He had served as the
Governor of which state? (2) Maharashtra
(3) Karnataka
Q.122) Which state to celebrate 2020 as
(4) Kerala ‘Sushasan Sankalp Varsh’?
(1) Haryana
Q.117) The Indian Army is to sign an MoU
with _______ for the procurement AK-203 (2) Maharashtra
assault rifles. (3) West Bengal
(1) UK
(4) Uttar Pradesh
(2) France
(3) Russia Q.123) Which Indian player recently won the
Hastings International Chess Congress?
(4) USA
(1) YK Joshi
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Q.146) The CISF will observe 2020 as the (2) February 1st
‘Year of _________.’
(3) February 2nd
(1) Workforce
(4) February 5th
(2) Mobility
(3) Peace Q.152) Which famous personality recently
revealed that he is suffering with Lyme
(4) Security disease?
(1) Ranveer Singh
Q.147) Which city hosted the 5th Asia Pacific
Drosophila Research Conference? (2) Kylie Minogue
(1) New Delhi (3) Pedro Russell
(2) Patna (4) Justin Bieber
(3) Hyderabad
Q.153) Which Indian telecommunications
(4) Pune company has launched its Wi-Fi calling
service for voice and video?
Q.148) Who is ranked at the top of Forbes (1) Reliance Jio
India's list of 20 people to watch in the 2020s?
(2) Airtel
(1) Eliud Kipchoge
(3) Vodafone
(2) Hassan Minhaj
(4) Mtnl
(3) Greta Thunberg
(4) Mahua Moitra Q.154) When is the first penumbral lunar
eclipse of 2020?
Q.149) Vikram Sarabhai Children (1) January 15th
Innovation Center will be set up in which
state? (2) January 10th
(1) Telangana (3) January 18th
(2) Karnataka (4) January 22nd
(3) Andhra Pradesh
Q.155) Which city will host the 2022
(4) Gujarat Commonwealth Games?
(1) New Delhi
Q.150) India has issued a travel advisory,
advising Indian nationals to avoid all non- (2) Moscow
essential travel to which nation?
(3) Birmingham
(1) Israel
(4) Colombo
(2) Turkey
(3) Iraq Q.156) Which Company has teamed up with
Hyundai to develop electric air taxis?
(4) Syria
(1) Uber Technology
Q.151) When will Union Budget 2020-21 be (2) Ola
presented?
(3) Meru
(1) January 31st
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(4) RedBus (4) 31st
Q.157) Which bank has launched new Q.162) ASCEND 2020 Global Investors Meet
residential builder finance with buyer is being organised in ______.
guarantee scheme?
(1) Kochi
(1) RBI
(2) Goa
(2) SBI
(3) Ahmedabad
(3) OBC
(4) Mumbai
(4) BOI
Q.163) Which country has developed a laser-
Q.158) Selfie museum called Selfie Kingdom based aerial defense system?
(TSK) was recently inaugurated in _______.
(1) Iran
(1) Dhaka
(2) North Korea
(2) New Delhi
(3) Israel
(3) Dubai
(4) Turkey
(4) Lahore
Q.164) Recently which state government
Q.159) Indian Space Research Organisation launched MyGov portal to strengthen public
(ISRO) has proposed Human Space Flight participation?
Centre (HSFC) in which state?
(1) Assam
(1) Karnataka
(2) Sikkim
(2) Assam
(3) Maharashtra
(3) TamilNadu
(4) Himachal Pradesh
(4) Kerala
Challakere in Chitradurga district of Karnataka. Q.165) Which Indian-origin writer was
The facility is expected to become operational in recently honoured with the UK Children's
3 years. Book Award?
(1) Amarjit Kaur
Q.160) Which university has set up a panel to
(2) Jasbinder Bilan
probe violence inside campus?
(3) Sharanjeet Chahal
(1) AMU
(4) Minhas Verma
(2) BHU
(3) Jamia Q.166) Which state has launched 'Amma
(4) JNU Vodi' scheme to provide financial assistance
to BPL mothers for the education of their
children?
Q.161) What is the rank of India in Travel &
Tourism Competitiveness Index? (1) Tamil Nadu
(1) 40th (2) Telangana
(2) 35th (3) Andhra Pradesh
(3) 34th (4) Madhya Pradesh
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Q.167) Which court has ordered a stay on (2) Samiya Naseem
NCLAT's order reinstating Cyrus Mistry as
(3) Amrit Pal
the executive chairman of Tata Sons?
(1) Delhi High Court (4) Maninder Singh
(4) Karnataka
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Q.188) Who is ranked at the top of Forbes Q.193) Which bank has launched new
India’s list of 20 people to watch in the 2020s? residential builder finance with buyer
guarantee scheme?
(1) Eliud Kipchoge
(1) RBI
(2) Hassan Minhaj
(2) SBI
(3) Greta Thunberg
(3) OBC
(4) Mahua Moitra
(4) BOI
Q.189) As per World Bank report, at how
much percent global growth will be there in Q.194) Recently the Union Cabinet approved
2020? MoU with which country on cooperation in
field of polar science?
(1) 3.5%
(1) Sweden
(2) 2.2%
(2) Japan
(3) 2.4%
(3) Iran
(4) 2.5%
(4) China
Q.190) Health ministry clears proposal to
establish AIIMS in place of Darbhanga Q.195) Name the longest serving ruler of
Medical College Hospital in which state? Oman who ruled Oman since 1970 and passed
away recently.
(1) Bihar
(1) Sultan Said bin Taimur
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Sultan Yitzhak Rabin
(3) Haryana
(3) Sultan Hassan Rouhani
(4) Telangana
(4) Sultan Qaboos bin Said
Q.191) Name the aircraft carrier recently
deployed by India in Arabian Sea amid the Q.196) What is the estimated cost for the
Pakistan-China naval exercise “Sea Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre
Guardians” taking place in North Arabian (I4C) portal?
Sea.
(1) Rs.265.86 crore
(1) INS Vikramaditya
(2) Rs.383.86 crore
(2) INS Viraat
(3) Rs.415.86 crore
(3) INS Arihant
(4) Rs.512.86 crore
(4) INS Vishal
Q.197) India is planning to double crude oil
Q.192) How much amount was authorised by imports from ________.
the government for Indradhanush gas grid
(1) US
project?
(2) Iran
(1) ₹4500 cr
(3) UAE
(2) ₹5643 cr
(4) Saudi Arabia
(3) ₹6167 cr
(4) ₹5559 cr
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Q.198) India is currently erecting a new non- (2) Prahlad Singh Patel
cut steel fence along its sensitive border with
(3) Kiren Rijiju
_________.
(1) Pakistan (4) Pralhad Joshi
(2) Bangladesh
Q.204) Which city to host Global Investors
(3) Nepal Meet: ASCEND 2020?
(2) Greece
Q.205) Who has been appointed the Director
(3) Seychelles of the National Book Trust (NBT)?
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Q.219) Robert Abela has been sworn in as the Q.224) How many countries are participating
new Prime Minister of which country? in the World Future Energy Summit and
CLIX held at Abu Dhabi?
(1) Serbia
(1) 173
(2) Slovakia
(2) 172
(3) Malta
(3) 170
(4) Turkey
(4) 169
Q.210) Which company will manufacture the
Tejas Mark 1A aircraft for Indian Air Force? Q.225) Which player has claimed the singles
title in the inaugural ATP Cup tennis
(1) Bell Helicopter Co. Ltd
tournament 2020?
(2) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(1) Andy Murray
(3) Dassault Aviation company
(2) Rafael Nadal
(4) AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE Inc
(3) Dominic Thiem
Q.211) Which country has won the inaugural (4) Novak Djokovic
2020 ATP Cup tennis tournament?
Q.226) Which communication satellite will be
(1) Argentina
launched by ISRO on January 17?
(2) Serbia
(1) GSAT 30
(3) Portugal
(2) INSAT 5
(4) Spain
(3) GSAT 15
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Q.250) Which city will host International Q.255) Who has been chosen for the
Naval event ‘MILAN‘ in March 2020? prestigious ‘Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu
National Award for Excellence’?
(1) Chennai
(1) MS Swaminathan
(2) Mumbai
(2) Anushka Reddy
(3) Kochi
(3) Neelam Ayer
(4) Vishakapatnam
(4) Gutta Muniratnam
Q.251) Which organisation has released a
report “National Strategy for Financial Q.256) Which cricketer has been left out from
Inclusion (NSFI): 20192024”? BCCI's annual player contract list for 2020?
(1) RBI (1) MS Dhoni
(2) NITI Aayog (2) Ravindra Jadeja
(3) NABARD (3) R Ashwin
(4) IRDA (4) Hardik Pandya
Q.252) Which body has approved a scheme Q.257) Who to receive best international
that could allow “forests” to be traded as a debut honour at BCCI awards?
commodity?
(1) Akanksha Khare
(1) NABARD
(2) Aniket Singh
(2) SIDBI
(3) Rishabh Pant
(3) Forest Advisory Committee
(4) Shaifali Verma
(4) Ministry of Rural Development
Q.258) Who has been appointed the Director
Q.253) Which state Guntakal division has of the National Book Trust (NBT)?
been declared as the first solar section in
(1) BipinRawat
South Central Railway?
(2) Sachin Singh
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Dilip Joshi
(2) Odisha
(4) Yuvraj Malik
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Kerala Q.259) Which e-commerce company recently
announced an investment of USD 1 billion for
Q.254) Recently Union Government has digitalization of small and medium
released the “State Energy Efficiency Index enterprises in India?
2019” in which city?
(1) Flipkart
(1) New Delhi
(2) Wallmart
(2) Lucknow
(3) Amazon
(3) Pune
(4) Alibaba
(4) Nagpur
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Q.260) Yashaswini scheme for women Q.265) The United States has signed the first
entrepreneurship was launched in which phase of a trade deal with which nation?
state?
(1) China
(1) Karnataka
(2) India
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Pakistan
(3) Goa
(4) Japan
(4) Kerala
Q.266) Wings India 2020, an international
Q.261) Who is the first Indian women officer exhibition and conference on civil aviation
to lead an all-men contingent during the sector,held in which city?
Army Day parade on January 14, 2020?
(1) Hyderabad
(1) Captain Swati Pandey
(2) Pune
(2) Captain Kritika Gosain
(3) NewDelhi
(3) Captain Sanjana Chaudhary
(4) Lucknow
(4) Captain Tanya Shergill
Q.267) Which Legislative Assembly adopted
Q.262) The Pulses Conclave 2020 to be held in a new logo, reflecting the distinct identity and
which place? culture of the state recently?
(1) Maharashtra (1) Arunachal Pradesh
(2) Uttar Pradesh (2) Sikkim
(3) Assam (3) Assam
(4) Bihar (4) Mizoram
Q.263) What is the name of PCRA's recently Q.268) Recently RBI placed restrictions on
launched campaign for fuel conservation? the withdrawal limit of Sri Guru
Raghavendra Sahakara Bank. It is based in
(1) Saksham
which city?
(2) Pragati
(1) Chennai
(3) Akshay
(2) Pune
(4) Vishesh
(3) Mumbai
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Q.270) Which Company acquired PaySense Q.275) Yashaswini scheme for women
for $185 mn in India’s largest fintech entrepreneurship was launched in which
acquisition deal? state?
(1) PayU (1) Karnataka
(2) Paytm (2) Maharashtra
(3) PayPal (3) Goa
(4) Mobikwik (4) Kerala
Q.271) Which cricketer has been left out from Q.276) Who is the first Indian women officer
BCCI's annual player contract list for 2020? to lead an all-men contingent during the
Army Day parade on January 14, 2020?
(1) MS Dhoni
(1) Captain Swati Pandey
(2) Ravindra Jadeja
(2) Captain Kritika Gosain
(3) R Ashwin
(3) Captain Sanjana Chaudhary
(4) Hardik Pandya
(4) Captain Tanya Shergill
Q.272) Who to receive best international
debut honour at BCCI awards? Q.277) The Pulses Conclave 2020 to be held in
which place?
(1) Akanksha Khare
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Aniket Singh
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Rishabh Pant
(3) Assam
(4) Shaifali Verma
(4) Bihar
Q.273) Who has been appointed the Director
of the National Book Trust (NBT)? Q.288) What is the name of PCRA's recently
launched campaign for fuel conservation?
(1) BipinRawat
(1) Saksham
(2) Sachin Singh
(2) Pragati
(3) Dilip Joshi
(3) Akshay
(4) Yuvraj Malik
(4) Vishesh
Q.274) Which e-commerce company recently
announced an investment of USD 1 billion for Q.279) Which scheme was launched in Goa to
digitalization of small and medium ensure wellness and welfare of women on
enterprises in India? January 11, 2020?
(1) Flipkart (1) Swasthya Sakhi Project
(2) Wallmart (2) Nari Shakti initiative
(3) Amazon (3) Rageshwari scheme
(4) Alibaba (4) Sakhi Suraksha scheme
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Q.280) The United States has signed the first (4) Italy
phase of a trade deal with which nation?
(1) China Q.285) Microsoft vows to be carbon negative
by _______.
(2) India
(1) 2036
(3) Pakistan
(2) 2038
(4) Japan
(3) 2025
Q.281) Wings India 2020, an international (4) 2030
exhibition and conference on civil aviation
sector, held in which city? Q.286) Which Company to invest $1 billion to
(1) Hyderabad help digitise MSMEs, traders across India?
Q.282) Which Legislative Assembly adopted Q.287) Which Indian advocate was recently
a new logo, reflecting the distinct identity and appointed as the Queen's Counsel?
culture of the state recently? (1) Fali S Nariman
(1) Arunachal Pradesh (2) KK Venugopal
(2) Sikkim (3) Soli Sorabjee
(3) Assam (4) Harish Salve
(4) Mizoram
Q.288) The sixth meeting of the Island
Q.283) Recently RBI placed restrictions on Development Agency, IDA was held in which
the withdrawal limit of Sri Guru city?
Raghavendra Sahakara Bank. It is based in (1) Mumbai
which city?
(2) Pune
(1) Chennai
(3) Chennai
(2) Pune
(4) New Delhi
(3) Mumbai
(4) Bengaluru Q.289) The All India Radio has signed a
content sharing programme with which
Q.284) Which country's Prime Minister has country radio broadcaster?
resigned along with his cabinet soon after (1) Myanmar
President's call for constitutional
amendments? (2) Malaysia
(3) Germany
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Q.290) Name the scientist from National Q.295) Jacqueline Williams is set to become
Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL) Pune who the first woman third umpire in a men’s
has been awarded "Merck Young Scientist international match. She hails from which
Award 2019" for doing remarkable research country?
in chemical science.
(1) West Indies
(1) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
(2) England
(2) M. S. Swaminathan
(3) SriLanka
(3) Mylswamy Annadurai
(4) Australia
(4) Sakya Singha Sen
Q.296) Who will be the first woman parade
Q.291) India and which country signed a adjutant for the Republic Day parade 2020?
MoU for co-production of biopic on Sheikh
(1) Tania Shergill
Mujibur Rahman?
(2) Sneha Singh
(1) Bangladesh
(3) Avantika Singh
(2) Maldives
(4) Akanksha Khare
(3) Myanmar
(4) Bhutan Q.297) Which bank signed a MoU with south
Central Zone (SCR) of Indian Railways for
Q.282) Recently which state government direct pickup of earnings from Railway
announced a special package for migrant stations?
workers?
(1) SBI
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) IDBI Bank
(2) Odisha
(3) Canara Bank
(3) Bihar
(4) Allahabad Bank
(4) Assam
Q.298) Which city has been awarded for its
Q.293) Who has made a Guinness world initiatives for plastic waste management with
record in Taekwondo for the most full contact the Swachhata Darpan Awards 2019?
knee strikes in one-hour non-stop?
(1) Indore
(1) Ayushmaan Khare
(2) Lucknow
(2) Aashman Taneja
(3) Pune
(3) Lokmanya Singh
(4) Puri
(4) Neelaksh Vaidya
Q.299) Recently Mohamed Lamine Sissoko
Q.294) The 1st edition of the largest Food, announced his retirement from which sports?
Agri-business and Rural Development
(1) Baseball
Summit of Asia "Krishi Manthan" begins in?
(2) Tennis
(1) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
(3) Football
(2) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(4) Cricket
(3) Indore, Madhya Pradesh
(4) Hyderabad, Telangana
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Q.300) The fifth edition of Science Film Q.305) Who has been appointed as the RBI
Festival of India, SCI-FFI 2020, held in which Deputy Governor?
state?
(1) Michael Debabrata Patra
(1) Assam
(2) Kaushik Basu
(2) Sikkim
(3) Jagdish Bhagwati
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Urjit Patel
(4) Goa
Q.306) Kerala has invoked which article to
Q.301) Which cricketer won the Polly challenge CAA in the Supreme Court?
Umrigar Award?
(1) Article 32
(1) Virat Kohli
(2) Article 131
(2) Smriti Mandhana
(3) Article 352
(3) Jasprit Bumrah
(4) Article 371
(4) Rohit Sharma
Q.307) Oleksiy Honcharuk has resigned as
Q.302) Who won the “Spirit of Cricket the Prime Minister of which nation?
Award” in the 16th edition of ICC awards
(1) Ukraine
2019?
(2) Poland
(1) MS Dhoni
(3) Sweden
(2) Rohit Gurunath Sharma
(4) Switzerland
(3) Virat Kohli
(4) Shikhar Dhawan Q.308) Who was appointed as the Chairman
of 11 member Committee constituted to draft
Q.303) Recently which state government the National Water Policy?
announced a special package for migrant
(1) Dr Mihir Shah
workers?
(2) Shashi Shekhar
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Ramesh Chandra Panda
(2) Odisha
(4) Tushaar Shah
(3) Bihar
(4) Assam Q.309) Which state has became 1st in India to
initiate the International Union for
Q.304) Who launched the 1st International Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s ‘red listing’
Heritage Symposium and Exhibition (IHSE)? of orchids?
(1) Prahalad Singh Patel (1) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Rakesh Singh (2) Assam
(3) Pralhad Joshi (3) Kerala
(4) Kiren Rijiju (4) Arunachal Pradesh
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Q.310) Which country recently passed a law Q.315) The Union Health Ministry has issued
to make ‘ethnic unity’ mandatory? a travel advisory to passengers travelling to
which nation over the spread of Coronavirus?
(1) India
(1) Taiwan
(2) China
(2) South Korea
(3) Tibet
(3) China
(4) Bangladesh
(4) Japan
Q.311) Who has been selected for the
Saraswati Samman 2019 for his short stories Q.316) Which film won the Best Film Award
collection- ‘Chequebook’? at the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild
Awards?
(1) Salman Rushdie
(1) Parasite
(2) Chetan Bhagat
(2) Bombshell
(3) Vasdev Mohi
(3) The Irishman
(4) Anita Desai
(4) None of these
Q.312) Which bank has unveiled India’s
largest API (Application Programming Q.317) Who won best actor award in a drama
Interfaces) banking portal with nearly 250 series at the SAG Awards 2020?
APIs?
(1) Steve Carell
(1) State Bank of India (SBI)
(2) Billy Crudup
(2) Axis Bank
(3) David Harbour
(3) ICICI Bank
(4) Peter Dinklage
(4) HDFC Bank
Q.318) Recently Robert Abela has won the
Q.313) Which Tribal refugee community will elections to become the Prime Minister of
now be given permission to settle in Tripura which country?
following the signing of a historic agreement
(1) Finland
on January 16, 2020?
(2) Zimbabwe
(1) Jayantia
(3) Ukraine
(2) Bru-Reang
(4) Malta
(3) Rengma-Bodo
(4) Sakya Singha Sen Q.319) Union Culture Minister inaugurated
‘Indian Heritage in Digital Space’ exhibition
Q.314) ________ edition of National Youth in which city?
Festival (NYF) 2020 held in Indira
(1) Pune
Pratishthan, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
(2) New Delhi
(1) 23rd
(3) Mumbai
(2) 22nd
(4) Chennai
(3) 21st
(4) 20th
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Q.320) The deadly Coronavirus spread Q.325) Who has been elected as the 11th BJP
widely in which nation in January 2020? National President?
(1) Japan (1) Rajnath Singh
(2) China (2) Nitin Gadkari
(3) South Korea (3) Jagat Prakash Nadda
(4) India (4) Narendra Singh Tomar
Q.321) Recently in which state elections, Q.326) India successfully test-first which
Postal Ballot facility has been made available nuclear capable missile on January 19?
for the Super Senior Citizens (over 80 years
(1) Wajra-VI
of age) and PwDs?
(2) Astra-8
(1) Delhi
(3) K-4
(2) Bihar
(4) SN-19
(3) WestBengal
(4) UP Q.327) Which state's CM has launched a
guarantee card promising 24x7 electricity
Q.322) Who edited The Bloomsbury and cleaning drinking water supply among
Anthology of Great Indian Poems? other guarantees?
(1) Gulzar (1) Maharashtra
(2) Abhay K. (2) Delhi
(3) Vikram Seth (3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Jayanta Mahapatra (4) Madhya Pradesh
Q.323) Who will head the committee to Q.328) Which country finished the year as the
examine issues on royalty rates for major top shooting nation in the world?
minerals?
(1) India
(1) Atanu Chakraborty
(2) USA
(2) Ajay Bhalla
(3) China
(3) K Rajeshwar Rao
(4) Russia
(4) Arif Khan
Q.329) Which state has decided to provide
Q.324) Which state has introduced a draft bill stalls to divyangs for opening of shops at
that proposes the creation of three state prime locations?
capitals?
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(1) Telangana
(2) Rajasthan
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Jharkhand
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Telangana
(4) Andhra Pradesh
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Q.330) Which of the following place is hosting Q.335) Which International organization has
the 9th International Children’s Film Festival predicted reduced growth forecast of 5.8
which will showcase 255 films from 35 percent for India in 2020?
countries?
(1) World Bank
(1) Kolkata
(2) IMF
(2) New Delhi
(3) ADB
(3) Mumbai
(4) UNDP
(4) Chennai
Q.336) Which of the following country topped
Q.331) India was ranked at which position in the Global Social Mobility Index 2020
the Carbon Disclosure Project 2019? released by World Economic Forum?
(1) Sixth (1) Denmark
(2) Fifth (2) Sweden
(3) Seventh (3) Austria
(4) Eighth (4) Switzerland
Q.332) Which country topped the Carbon Q.337) What was India’s rank in the Global
Disclosure Project 2019? Social Mobility Index 2020 recently released
by World Economic Forum?
(1) Germany
(1) 46th
(2) France
(2) 56th
(3) United States
(3) 66th
(4) Japan
(4) 76th
Q.333) The exercise ‘Sahyog-Kaijin’ is
between India and which other country? Q.338) Which nation threatened to quit the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons deal?
(1) Russia
(1) Israel
(2) Japan
(2) Russia
(3) SriLanka
(3) US
(4) Thailand
(4) Iran
Q.334) Who has been elected as the new
President of Archery Association of India? Q.339) The Integrated Check-Post (ICP) in
________ has been inaugurated at India-
(1) Arjun Munda
Nepal border.
(2) Kiren Rijiju
(1) Hetauda
(3) Vijay Goel
(2) Butwal
(4) None of these
(3) Dharan
(4) Biratnagar
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Q.340) Andhra Pradesh government has Q.345) Who has stretched his unbeaten run to
proposed to make which among the following a record-breaking 111 games after securing a
cities as its Judicial capital? draw in Wijk aan Zee tournament?
(1) Amaravati (1) Victor Axelsen
(2) Vijayawada (2) Vishwanathan Anand
(3) Kurnool (3) Magnus Carlson
(4) None of these (4) Sergei Tiviakov
Q.341) The One Nation One Ration Card Q.346) Which Indian actress won the Crystal
Scheme will be implemented across India on Award 2020 at the 50th World Economic
which date? Forum?
(1) February 1st (1) Priyanka Chopra
(2) March 31st (2) Alia Bhatt
(3) July 31st (3) Deepika Padukone
(4) June 1st (4) Dia Mirza
Q.342) The Indian Air Force has inducted the Q.347) Which city is hosting the 50th World
first squadron of which aircraft? Economic Forum event?
(1) MiG-37 (1) Davos
(2) Sukhoi-30 (2) Vienna
(3) Rafale (3) Shanghai
(4) HAL-Tejas (4) Madrid
Correct Answer - (1) Davos
Q.343) The 50th Annual Meeting of the
World Economic Forum begins in Davos,
_______. Q.348) Which state launched Mukhyamantri
Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojana?
(1) Switzerland
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) China
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Australia
(3) Telangana
(4) Sweden
(4) Bihar
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Q.350) Who won the gold medal in women's Q.354) Which state has planned to test voter
10m air rifle at the Meyton Cup? identification through a face recognition
applicationin municipal elections?
(1) Anjum Moudgil
(1) Odisha
(2) Apurvi Chandela
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Mehuli Ghosh
(3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Manu Bhaker
(4) Telangana
Q.351) What is the name of the human robot
that has been developed by ISRO to send to Q.355) Which Country is to train Indian
space? flight surgeons for the Gaganyaan mission?
(1) Vyommitra (1) Russia
(2) Vayusana (2) China
(3) Pragya (3) Japan
(4) Suryavanshi (4) France
Q.352) Who Has been named Pakistan's new Q.356) Which deadly virus outbreak in China
Chief Election Commissioner? killed 9 people and infected over 400 people?
(1) Nisar Durrani (1) Coronavirus
(2) Shah Mohammad Jatoi (2) Platuvirus
(3) Shireen Mazari (3) Hadilvirus
(4) Sikandar Sultan Raja (4) Moronvirus
Q.352) ISRO has identified how many Q.357) Which Indian city recently secured
astronauts for its upcoming manned mission- first position in JLL City Momentum Index
Gaganyaan? 2020?
(1) Five (1) Delhi
(2) Three (2) Mumbai
(3) Two (3) Kolkata
(4) Four (4) Hyderabad
Q.353) Which country launched e-passport Q.358) Which State has announced that it is
facility on January 22, 2020? to mandate Marathi in all schools in the state?
(1) India (1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Bangladesh (2) Maharashtra
(3) Myanmar (3) Gujarat
(4) Sri Lanka (4) Rajasthan
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Q.359) India and ________ will be signing a Q.5) Greenpeace India report on air
Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to upgrade pollution, which is the most polluted city?
the strategic partnership with an action plan.
(1) Jharia
(1) Italy
(2) Kanpur
(2) Brazil
(3) Faridabad
(3) Germany
(4) New Delhi
(4) China
Q.364) The ICJ has ordered which nation to
Q.360) Who Has been named the new captain take urgent steps to protect Rohingya
of the South African ODI cricket team? Muslims?
(1) Dean Elgar (1) Bangladesh
(2) Chris Morris (2) India
(3) Quinton de Kock (3) Myanmar
(4) Kagiso Rabada (4) None of these
Q.361) Who launched the One Trillion Trees Q.365) Which aircraft has been included in
Initiative? the IAF's 'Tigersharks' 222 squadron?
(1) WEF (1) Dassault Rafale
(2) UN (2) HAL Tejas
(3) US (3) F-16 Fighting Falcon
(4) UNEP (4) Sukhoi-30 MKI
Q.362) Which bank has recently launched a Q.366) India was ranked at which position in
'Cardless Cash Withdrawal' facility from its the recently released EIU's Global
ATMs? Democracy Index-2019?
(1) Axis Bank (1) 40
(2) ICICI Bank (2) 51
(3) HDFC Bank (3) 63
(4) Oriental Bank (4) 77
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Q.368) How many people are unemployed Q.373) Which state has planned to test voter
and not getting any work in the world as per identification through a face recognition
the ILO's World Employment and Social applicationin municipal elections?
Outlook Trends 2020'?
(1) Odisha
(1) 50 millon
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(2) 97 million
(3) Tamil Nadu
(3) 176 million
(4) Telangana
(4) 188 million
Q.374) India's first e-waste clinic has opened
Q.369) Who has been appointed as MD and in which city?
CEO of Indian Overseas Bank?
(1) Pune
(1) R Koteeswaran
(2) Bhopal
(2) Animesh Chauhan
(3) Chennai
(3) Shri KarnamSekar
(4) Indore
(4) Amitabh Chaudhry
Q.375) Where was First Mahatma Gandhi
Q.370) India's External Affairs Minister S Convention Centre established?
Jaishanker recently inaugurated Mahatma
(1) Africa
Gandhi International Convention Center in
which country? (2) India
(1) China (3) Britain
(2) Russia (4) Australia
(3) Niger
Q.376) Who won 2020 Subhash Chandra
(4) Sudan Aapda Prabandhan Puruskar award?
(1) Sukhdev Singh
Q.371) Who among the following has been
appointed the Managing Director (MD) & (2) Darshan Lal Jain
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bank of
(3) Munnan Singh
Baroda?
(1) Rajnish Kumar (4) Pravin Gordhan
(2) BOI
Q.378) Which country has amended visitor
(3) BOB visa rules to stop birth tourism?
Q.392) Name the unique taxi service which Q.397) Which city hosted the International
has been launched at the Indira Gandhi Summit on Women in STEM titled
International Airport, New Delhi. "Visualizing the Future: New Skylines"?
(1) Women Cab Service (1) Pune
(2) Mahila Cab Service (2) Hyderabad
(3) Women with wheels (3) Mumbai
(4) Paryatak Cab Service (4) New Delhi
Q.393) How many MoUs have been signed Q.398) Who is appointed as the head of future
between India and Brazil during the state EU diplomatic mission to the UK after Brexit
visit of foreign President Jair Messias on 24 January?
Bolsonaro, to be a part of 2020 Republic Day
(1) Colin Powell
celebrations of India?
(2) Ban Ki-moonwrong Image
(1) 12
(3) Joao Vale de Almeida
(2) 15
(4) Henry Kissinger
(3) 10
(4) 6
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Q.399) What is the name of India’s first Q.404) What is the name of the human robot
natural black alkaline water launched by that has been developed by ISRO for its space
start-up AV Organic? mission?
(1) Fulvic (1) Vyommitra
(2) Humic (2) Vayusana
(3) Aquina (3) Pragya
(4) Evocus (4) Suryavanshi
Q.400) Where did the researchers find the Q.405) Which state topped in vegetable
existence of Allosaurus jimmadseni in the production in 2018-19?
US?
(1) Punjab
(1) Nevada
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Illinoiswrong
(3) West Bengal
(3) Utah
(4) Karnataka
(4) Arizona
Q.406) Which state made reading of
Q.401) The RBI has raised the investment Preamble of Constitution mandatory in
limit for Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) in schools?
government and corporate bonds to _______.
(1) Tripura
(1) 35%
(2) Haryana
(2) 30%
(3) Maharashtra
(3) 20%
(4) Odisha
(4) 40%
Q.407) How many new Indian English words
Q.402) Vinay Kumar Sinha passed away have been featured in the latest edition of
recently. He was a noted ________. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary?
(1) Actor (1) 26
(2) Choreographer (2) 38
(3) Scriptwriter (3) 45
(4) Film Producer (4) 1
Q.403) Dattu Baban Bhokanal, has been freed Q.408) What is India’s rank in the Global
from two-years ban imposed on him. He Talent Competitive Index-2020?
represents India in which sports event?
(1) 40
(1) Weightlifting
(2) 55
(2) Archery
(3) 68
(3) Wrestling
(4) 72
(4) Rowing
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Q.409) Which of the following has been Q.414) India with which of the following has
ranked among top 30 global business schools signed USD 210 million loan agreement for
in Positive Impact Rating 2020? Maharashtra's Agribusiness?
(1) IIM Kolkata (1) World Bank
(2) IIM Bangalore (2) ADB
(3) IIM Ahmedabad (3) IMF
(4) IIM Kozhikode (4) Bank of China
Q.410) Which state has introduced a draft bill Q.415) How many children in 5-18 years age
that proposes the creation of three state group were given the Bal Shakti Puraskar
capitals? 2020?
(1) Telangana (1) 22
(2) Maharashtra (2) 35
(3) Uttar Pradesh (3) 41
(4) Andhra Pradesh (4) 49
Q.411) Which state's tourism won UNWTO's Q.416) Who is the chairman of DRDO?
Accessible Destination Award?
(1) Rajnath Singh
(1) Rajasthan
(2) V. K. Saraswat
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Dr. K. Sivan
(3) West Bengal
(4) Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy
(4) Kerala
Q.417) India with which country has signed
Q.412) The International Summit on Women to upgrade Ashuganj-Akhaura road?
in STEM “Visualizing the Future: New
(1) Nepal
Skylines” was held at India Habitat Centre,
________. (2) Bhutan
(1) Mumbai (3) Bangladesh
(2) Chennai (4) China
(3) Bengaluru
Q.418) losaurus jimmadseni- meat eating
(4) New Delhi dinosaur the new species has been found in:
(1) Canada
Q.413) “Bharat Parv” is inaugurated by:
(2) Nevada
(1) Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi
(3) Arizona
(2) Arjun Munda
(4) Utah
(3) Smriti Irani
(4) Piyush Goyal Q.419) Who among the following actresses
has been selected for the Padma Shri award
2020?
(1) Deepika Padukone
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(2) Kangana Ranaut Q.425) Which state's cabinet passed a
resolution to abolish the Legislative Council
(3) Alia Bhatt
on January 27, 2020?
(4) Katrina Kaif (1) Telangana
(2) West Bengal
Q.420) Who won the maximum awards at the
62nd annual Grammy Awards? (3) Andhra Pradesh
(1) Billie Eilish (4) Maharashtra
(2) Lizzo
Q.26) Which state's insurgent groups signed
(3) Lady Gaga
a peace accord with the Indian Government
(4) Lil Nas X on January 27, 2020?
(1) Jharkhand
Q.421) Which album won the award for 'Best
(2) Chattisgarh
Rock Album' at the Grammy 2020 awards?
(1) Amo (3) Assam
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Q.428) Who has been appointed as first post- Q.433) Indian Railways commissioned the
Brexit UK ambassador? country’s first governmental waste to energy
plant at _____.
(1) Ana Paula Zacarias
(1) Patna
(2) Joao Vale de Almeida
(2) Bhubaneswar
(3) Augusto Santos Silva
(3) Mumbai
(4) Berta Nunes
(4) Chennai
Q.429) Which web series created Guinness
World Record for being the 'biggest team of Q.434) 3rd Global Potato Conclave will be
musicians to perform live ever'? inaugurated in:
(1) Mirzapur (1) Gandhinagar
(2) Leila (2) Agra
(3) The Forgotten Army (3) Meerut
(4) Sacred Games (4) Vadodara
Q.430) Which country has issued apology for Q.435) Kalimantan is the part of which
the persecution of Jews during the second among the following countries?
world war?
(1) Thailand
(1) Germany
(2) Malaysia
(2) England
(3) Indonesia
(3) Greece
(4) Cambodia
(4) Netherlands
Q.436) Who won 2020 Tyler Prize?
Q.431) Who is to receive Shaurya Chakra
(1) Pavan Sukhdev
posthumously?
(2) Suresh Kumar
(1) Jyoti Lama
(3) Vikram Sharma
(2) Naresh Kumar
(4) Rajesh Sharma
(3) Sombir
(4) Karmdeo Oraon Q.437) In which of the following city National
Cadet Corps Rally was held?
Q.432) Which of the following city has
(1) Delhi
planned to start first underwater metro
project? (2) Jaipur
(1) Hyderabad (3) Mumbai
(2) Lucknow (4) Lucknow
(3) Kolkata
Q.438) Who is appointed as Ex- RBI and Ex-
(4) Mumbai SEBI ED Ramesh Joshi as Non-Executive
Chairman?
(1) Mr Suresh Kumar
(2) Mr. Ramesh Joshi
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(3) Mr. Dinesh Karthick Q.444) Which company set up Google Cloud
Centre of Excellence in Hyderabad?
(4) Mr. Vikram Sharma
(1) Reliance Industries Limited
Q.439) Who is appointed as new IBA Chief (2) Tech Mahindra
Executive?
(3) Larsen and Tourbo
(1) Suresh Kumar
(4) Steel Authority of India
(2) Vikram Sharma
(3) Sunil Mehta Q.445) Rigveda also known as the oldest
religious text in the world was written during
(4) Suresh Gupta
which among the following ages?
(1) Stone age
Q.440) The waste to energy plant uses a
patented technology called ________. (2) Copper age
(1) DECOMPOSE (3) Iron age
(2) POLYCRACK (4) None of the above
(3) Waste Management
Q.446) Which of the following is awarded as
(4) Real Work Management
best Tableau during 71st Republic Day?
(1) Jal Jeevan Mission
Q.441) Which of the following state has
become fourth in the series to pass a (2) Clean Ganga Mission
resolution against Citizenship Amendment
Act (CAA)? (3) Stand Up India Scheme
(2) Maharashtra
Q.447) Which airlines has suspended all its
(3) Rajasthan flights to China after the coronavirus
outbreak?
(4) West Bengal
(1) British Airways
Q.442) Which government 4 million pound (2) Qatar Airways
Innovation Challenge Fund in India?
(3) Air India
(1) Pakistan
(4) Emirates
(2) United Kingdom
(3) Indonesia Q.448) Which country offered to be a
mediator between India and Pakistan to
(4) Russia
resolve the issues?
(1) China
Q.443) Which of the following state has
passed a resolution to abolish legislative (2) Nepal
council?
(3) South Korea
(1) Bihar
(4) USA
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Telangana
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Q.449) Who has been appointed as new (3) Kuwait
general manager of Western Railway?
(4) UAE
(1) Alok Kansal
(2) Dilip Shanghvi Q.455) Which country has been ranked as the
world's second-largest weapons
(3) Shiv Nadar manufacturer?
(4) Sanjeev Mittal (1) USA
(2) Russia
Q.450) Who has been appointed as MD and
CEO of Canara Bank? (3) China
(1) Nanda Kishor Pun (4) England
(2) L V Prabhakar
Q.456) Under US President Donald Trump's
(3) Prasad Sharma new middle-east plan, which city will remain
(4) T. N. Manoharan as Israel's undivided capital?
(1) Tel Aviv
Q.451) Who won the Padma Shri in (2) Haifa
Agriculture field?
(3) Jerusalem
(1) Sanjeev Bikhchandani
(4) Ashdod
(2) Dr. Damayanti Beshra
(3) Chinthala Venkat Reddy Q.457) Ganga Yatra under Namami Gange
(4) Indra Dassanayake mission recently began from which city?
(1) Bijnor
Q.452) The Indian Navy has launched (2) Varanasi
'Operation Vanilla' to provide disaster relief
to which country? (3) Bareilly
(1) Mauritius (4) Agra
(2) Madagascar
Q.458) Which nation has passed a bill
(3) Sri Lanka authorizing sanctions against Chinese
(4) The Maldives officials who meddle in the process of
selection of Dalai Lama's successor?
Q.454) Sheikh Khalid has been appointed as (1) Taranjit Singh Sandhu
the new Prime Minister of which nation? (2) Sanjeev Bhalla
(1) Qatar
(3) Harsh Vardhan Shringla
(2) Saudi Arabia
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(4) Anshuman Gaur
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Current Affairs 2020: February Q.6) Which type of virus declares as a Public
Health Emergency of International Concern
(PHEIC)?
Q.1) Which of the following Hindi word is
Oxford Hindi Word for the year 2019? (1) Ebola Virus
(1) Samvidhaan (2) Nipah virus
(2) Aadhaar (3) SARS Virus
(3) Nari Shakti (4) Coronavirus
(4) Gulab Jamun
Q.7) Which Parliament has deferred its vote
on anti-CAA resolution?
Q.2) Which of the following state has
launched Virtual Police Station? (1) UK Parliament
(1) Bihar (2) US House of Representatives
(2) Uttar Pradesh (3) European Parliament
(3) Odisha (4) UN General Assembly
(4) Telangana
Q.8) Who launched Special Edition of Khadi
Watches?
Q.3) Which Indian city has the world's worst
traffic, as per the Global Traffic Index? (1) Shri Vikram Sharma
(1) New Delhi (2) Shri Nitin Gadkari
(2) Beijing (3) Shri Prakash Javedakar
(3) Tokyo (4) Shri Ramesh Kumar
(4) Bengaluru
Q.9) What is the estimated cost of the project
sanctioned by Railway Board ?
Q.4) Which Indian state recently reported
first confirmed case of Coronavirus? (1) Rs. 115.96 Crores
(1) West Bengal (2) Rs. 112.96 Crores
(2) Assam (3) Rs. 116.96 Crores
(3) Kerala (4) Rs. 118.96 Crores
(4) Bihar
Q.10) India's Gita Sabharwal has been
appointed as the UN Resident Coordinator in
Q.5) Number of wetlands to be included in the
which nation?
Ramsar sites:
(1) Maldives
(1) 10
(2) Thailand
(2) 12
(3) Vietnam
(3) 08
(4) Kenya
(4) 1
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Q.11) Indo-Bangladesh defence cooperation a (2) State Bank of India
joint military training exercise organized at
(3) ICICI Bank
________.
(1) Shillong (4) Punjab National Bank
(2) Umroi
Q.17) World's largest meditation centre has
(3) Māwsynrām been inaugurated in which state?
Q.44) Vijayveer Sidhu won the men's Q.49) Which of the following topped the list
_______ Pistol T2 event in the National of aspirational districts ranked by NITI
Shooting Aayog?
(1) 22m (1) Bolangir
(2) 5m (2) Sahibanj
(3) 4m (3) Chandauli
(4) 6m (4) ailakandi
Q.45) India’s 1st War Memorial for Animals Q.50) Who is to assume charge as new
to be set up in which city? Northern Command chief?
(1) Lucknow (1) Satish Dua
(2) Agra (2) YK Joshi
(3) Pune (3) DeependraHooda
(4) Meerut (4) Nathu Singh
Q.46) Who was appointed as the Prime Q.51) The 3rd Global Potato Conclave is
Minister of Iraq? being held in which city?
(1) Mohammed Allawi (1) Gandhinagar
(2) Nibah Allawi (2) Pune
(3) Barham Salih (3) NewDelhi
(4) Shereman Nassir (4) Lucknow
Q.47) FICCI Economic Outlook Survey, what Q.52) Which state's government is to soon
is India's estimated GDP growth in 2019- begin testing of Novel Corona Virus?
2020?
(1) Kerala
(1) 4.5%
(2) Telangana
(2) 5%
(3) Karnataka
(3) 5.5%
(4) Odisha
(4) 6%
Q.53) Which state unveiled Direct CTO
scheme for green category industries?
(1) Andhra Pradesh
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(2) Telangana (3) Jaipur
(3) Tamil Nadu (4) Kolkata
(4) Kerala
Q.59) Which state has banned access to
casinos for the locals?
Q.54) Recently India supplied 30,000 doses of
Measles and Rubella (MR) vaccine to which (1) West Bengal
nation?
(2) Maharashtra
(1) Australia
(3) Goa
(2) Thailand
(4) Tamil Nadu
(3) Maldives
(4) Nepal Q.60) New Global Headquarters of Ram
Chanda Mission is to be inaugurated in which
state?
Q.55) India signed an agreement with which
country to establish Addu Tourism? (1) Karnataka
(1) Sri Lanka (2) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Maldives (3) Telangana
(3) Nepal (4) Tamil Nadu
(4) Malta
Q.61) How many teams will participate ICC
Under-19 Cricket World Cup?
Q.56) Recently India supplied 30,000 doses of
Measles and Rubella (MR) vaccine to which (1) 17
nation?
(2) 16
(1) Australia
(3) 18
(2) Thailand
(4) 19
(3) Maldives
(4) Nepal Q.62) Which state has recently launched a
virtual Police station?
Q.57) Who has been appointed as chairman (1) Odisha
of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and
(2) Bihar
Customs?
(3) Kerala
(1) Shivdas Kaushik
(4) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Ramakant Hegde
(3) Shyam Singh Q.63) "Year of the Rat" has started in which
(4) M Ajit Kumar country?
(1) Japan
Q.58) The Indian Navy conducted the Coastal
(2) Mongolia
Security Exercise, Malta Abhiyan in which
city? (3) South Korea
(1) Bhubneshwar (4) China
(2) Patna
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Q.64) Who among the following has recently Q.69) Abidali Z Neemuchwala, who recently
won men's singles title in Australian Open resigned was the MD and CEO of which
2020? company?
(1) Rafael Nadal (1) Wipro
(2) Novak Djokovic (2) Infosys
(3) Roger Federer (3) TCS
(4) Daniil Medvedev (4) HCL Technologies
Q.65) Which state bagged first position for Q.70) Which space telescope has recently
implementation of PMMVY? been decommissioned by NASA?
(1) Haryana (1) AGILE
(2) Madhya Pradesh (2) SPITZER
(3) Kerala (3) GAP
(4) Assam (4) INTEGRAL
Q.66) Who is the winner of the Australian Q.71) 3rd Tejas Express will run between
Open 2020 women's single title? which cities?
(1) Ashleigh Barty (1) New Delhi-Mohali
(2) Simona Halep (2) Pune-Mumbai
(3) Belinda Bencic (3) Madurai- Chennai
(4) Sofia Kenin (4) Indore-Varanasi
Q.67) Which South Asian country has Q.72) Who has among the following recently
recently declared National Emergency due to appointed as Indian High Commissioner to
massive locusts attack? Canada?
(1) Pakistan (1) Sudesh Burman
(2) Nepal (2) Kamal Kishore
(3) India (3) Ajay Bisaria
(4) Sri Lanka (4) Sanjay Sinha
Q.68) Which country has officially rejoined in Q.73) Reserve Bank of India's Monetary
the Commonwealth recently? Policy Committee Remain Repo Rate at
(1) Maldives (1) 5.16%
(2) Bangladesh (2) .15%
(3) Bhutan (3) .15%
(4) Nepal (4) .16%
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Q.85) How many Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Q.90) What is the name of the annual joint
Kendras have been established till January military exercise that began recently in
2020? Meghalaya bet een India and Bangladesh?
(1) 363 (1) GATI-IX
(2) 200 (2) DRISHTI-IX
(3) 647 (3) AROHAN-IX
(4) 723 (4) SAMPRITI-IX
Q.86) Which organisation launched police- Q.91) Which state has launched the
related citizen-centric services in New Delhi Janasevaka scheme?
recently?
(a) Telangana
(1) CRPF
(b) Maharashtra
(2) NASSCOM
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(3) NCRB
(d) Karnataka
(4) NITI Aayog
Q.92) Which of the following group has
Q.87) Which among the following sites will agreed with WHO to tackle Coronavirus?
not be transformed into an iconic site under
(a) G-20 Nations
the Government's proposal in Union Budget
2020? (b) United Nations
(1) Panipat (c) G-7 Nations
(2) Rakhigarhi (d) SAARC Nations
(3) Hastinapur
Q.93) Who has become the first Indian no.4
(4) Shivsagar cricketer to hit a century outside India in four
years?
Q.88) A DNA Analysis Centre has been set up
(a) Mayank Aggarwal
under the Nirbhaya Fund scheme in this city.
(b) Shardul Thakur
(1) Pune
(c) Rishab Pant
(2) New Delhi
(d) Shreyas Iyer
(3) Bengaluru
(4) Chandigarh Q.94) In which of the following state cabinet
has approved for the establishment of major
Q.89) Which state occupied the top slot in the port?
ranking of best practices followed by states in
(a) Maharashtra
Budget formulation?
(b) Odisha
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(2) Assam
(d) Kerala
(3) Karnataka
(4) Odisha
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Q.95 Which among the following South-Asian Q.100) Which of the following state has
countries recently developed a new classic launched Janasevaka Program to provide
swine fever vaccine? government services at home delivery?
(a) Sri Lanka (a) Telangana
(b) India (b) Karnataka
(c) Bangladesh (c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Afghanistan (d) Maharashtra
Q.96) Which of the following organization Q.101) Which international magazine has
has signed an annual agreement on named RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das as the
Roseneft’s to buy crude oil? 'Central Banker of the Year-2020'?
(a) IOCL (a) Time
(b) Bharat Petroleum (b) The Economist
(c) Reliance Industries (c) The Banker
(d) Essar (d) The Fortune
Q.97) Which country recently introduced Q.102) Dooms Day Glacier is otherwise
'Sustainable Development Tax' for regional known as:
tourism?
(a) Antarctic Ice Festival
(a) Bhutan
(b) Thwaites Glacier
(b) Myanmar
(c) Pine Island Glacier
(c) Nepal
(d) Glacier of Antarctica
(d) Tibet
Q.103) To Support and to enable Financial
Q.98) DefExpo 2020 is commenced or Control on ________ Banks RBI passed the
launched by ________. New Ammendments.
(a) Amit Shah (a) Cooperative Banks
(b) Ramnath Kovind (b) State Banks
(c) Narendra Modi (c) National Banks
(d) Rajnath Singh (d) Financial bank
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Q.105) India's First Integrated Steel Plant (2) Hema Malini
Established at ________.
(3) Asha Parekh
(a) Bhilai
(4) Jaya Prada
(b) Durgapur
(c) Bokaro Q.111) Where will India's 13th major port be
constructed?
(d) Rourkela
(1) Gujarat
Q.106) What is the theme of the World (2) Maharashtra
Cancer Day 2020?
(3) Rameshwaram
(1) I am and I will
(4) Rajasthan
(2) Debunk the Myths
(3) We can, I can Q.112) Who won the men's race at the IDBI
Federal Life Insurance Kolkata marathon?
(4) Not Beyond Us
(1) Tlanding Wahlang
Q.107) Which Indian city recently received (2) Kresstarjune Pathaw
UNESCO World Heritage City Certificate?
(3) Awadh Narayan Yadav
(1) Jaipur
(4) Batsrang Sangma
(2) Hyderabad
(3) Agra Q.113) Who won the women's race at the
IDBI Federal Life Insurance Kolkata
(4) Gwalior marathon?
(1) Anjali Saraogi
Q.108) How many MoUs were signed between
Indian and Russian companies at DefExpo (2) OP Jaisha
2020?
(3) Snora Lyngkhoi
(1) 12
(4) Sunmul Rahman
(2) 10
(3) 9 Q.114) The Union Government has set which
year as the target for installing 100 GigaWatt
(4) 11 solar power?
(1) March 2023
Q.109) Which country has developed new
low-cost Classical Swine Fever vaccine? (2) December 2022
(1) Russia (3) December 2021
(2) India (4) October 2021
(3) Canada
Q.115) New reserves of natural gas have
(4) USA recently been found in which country?
(1) Saudi Arabia
Q.110) Who among the following was recently
awarded 'Kishore Kumar Samman' by (2) Brunei
Madhya Pradesh Government?
(3) UAE
(1) Waheeda Rehman
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(4) Indonesia Q.121) Which state government will deploy
drones to map villages?
Q.116) Who among the following will head (1) Kerala
the recently constituted Ram Mandir Trust
by the central government? (2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) K Prasaran
Q.122) Which country has reported the
(4) Dr. Anil Mishra highest number of novel coronavirus cases
outside mainland China?
Q.17) Under PMMVY, how much money is (1) US
paid to pregnant women and lactating
mothers for the first living child of the (2) Philippines
family? (3) India
(1) Rs 2,000
(4) Japan
(2) Rs 5,000
(3) Rs 7,500 Q.123) As per Union Ministry of Finance,how
much percent of the Railway tracks across the
(4) Rs 10,000 country have been electrified?
(1) 58%
Q.118) Which of the following won the Best
Film in the English Language Award at the (2) 55%
BAFTA Awards? (3) 56%
(1) Parasite
(4) 7%
(2) 1917
(3) Joker Q.124) After how many days did NASA's
Christina Koch return to Earth?
(4) Judy Garland
(1) 231
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Q.137) Which among the following has (3) Gotabaya Rajapaksa
received the Mystic Kalinga Literary Award?
(4) Sajith Premadasa
(1) Pathani Patnaik
(2) Manoj Das Q.143) Which country is going to host the
ministerial meet to advance Religious
(3) Suresh Patnaik freedom in July 2020?
(4) Pitambar Das (1) Austria
(2) Poland
Q.138) The Sea food export target of India by
2020 is ______. (3) Brazil
(1) $5 Billion (4) United Kingdom
(2) $10 Billion
Q.144) Which state has allocated 5 acres’ land
(3) $1 Billion to Sunni Waqf Board to construct mosque as
(4) $500 Million per Supreme Court’s order?
(1) Madhya Pradesh
Q.139) Mystic Kalinga Festival held at: (2) Haryana
(1) Bhubneswar
(3) Punjab
(2) Pune
(4) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Bangalore
(4) New Delhi Q.145) The Department of
Telecommunications (DoT) has approved the
merger of the consumer mobile operations of
Q.140) Which of the following organization the Tata group with:
has conducted fashion show during Suraj
Kund Mela? (1) BSNL
(1) TRIFED (2) Bharti Airtel
(2) FICCI (3) Vodafone
Q.160) Armand Duplantis has broken the Q.165) Who among the following recently
world pole vault record recently. He plays for won the IGAL in the institution category?
which country?
(1) World Health Organization
(1) New Zealand
(2) Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation
(2) Australia
(3) National Leprosy Eradication Trust
(3) Sweden
(4) Leprosy Mission Trust India
(4) Poland
Q.166) Which film has become the first non-
Q.161) What is the name of winner of English film to win the Oscar 2020 award for
'Kishore Kumar Samman' recently conferred 'Best Picture'?
by Madhya Pradesh Government?
(1) Parasite
(1) Waheeda Rehman
(2) The Irishman
(2) Hema Malini
(3) 1917
(3) Asha Parekh
(4) Jojo Rabbit
(4) Jaya Prada
Q.167) What is the hottest recorded
Q.16) At the DefExpo 2020, over 200 MoUs, temperature in Antarctica?
Transfer of Technology (ToTs), Product
(1) 16.1 Celsius
launches were concluded at the ceremony
titled "_________". (2) 17.5 Celsius
(1) Prastaav (3) 18.3 Celsius
(2) Samjhauta (4) 19.7 Celsius
(3) Bandhan
(4) Kaabil
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Q.168 India will host its first-ever cultural Q.173) Which state is to create separate
festival in collaboration with this nation on identity card for the transgender community
February 15-16, 2020? in the state?
(1) Russia (1) Kerala
(2) France (2) Maharashtra
(3) Israel (3) Rajasthan
(4) Germany (4) Uttrakhand
Q.169) Which state has announced that it will Q.174) Who among the following won the
launch an internship scheme for college Best Actor award in Oscars 2020?
students?
(1) Brad Pitt
(1) Gujarat
(2) Joaquin Phoenix
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Will Smith
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Tom Cruise
(4) Telangana
Q.175) Which team was presented the ICC
Q.170) Which of the following is to organize Women's Championship trophy?
Research Global Forum on Corona virus?
(1) England
(1) WHO
(2) India
(2) UNDP
(3) Australia
(3) EU
(4) South Africa
(4) G77
Q.176) Which city's police has launched
Q.171) Who became the first Indian to receive 'Operation Nakail' to verify identity of all
IOC's 'honourable mention'? auto-rickshaw drivers?
(1) Rahul Dravid (1) Agra
(2) Anil Kumble (2) Faridabad
(3) Pullela Gopichand (3) Noida
(4) Ravi Shastri (4) Ghaziabad
Q.72) What is the name of the Indian-origin Q.177) Which state government has decided
scientist who is leading the research team to to declare Cauvery Delta Region as a
develop the Coronavirus vaccine? protected special agricultural zone?
(1) RM Kapoor (1) Karnataka
(2) AK Pillai (2) Tamil Nadu
(3) KL Kaletkar (3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) SS Vasan (4) Kerala
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Q.178) Which state recently organized a Q.183) Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa
National conference on e-governance 2020? of which country arrived in India on a five-
day visit?
(1) Delhi
(1) Thailand
(2) Mumbai
(2) Bhutan
(3) Chandigarh
(3) SriLanka
(4) Patna
(4) Nepal
Q.179) Under the Housing and Urban Affairs
Ministry's 'sister cities' initiative, top- Q.184) Where was the National Water
performing Varanasi will be paired with Conference held?
which among the following cities?
(1) Bhopal
(1) Amritsar
(2) Ahmedabad
(2) Aizwal
(3) Jaipur
(3) Diu
(4) Gwalior
(4) Karnal
Q.185) Which state government recently
Q.180) Besides India, how many countries are launched Mukhyamantri Pariwar Smridhi
included in the newly launchedIndia-Central Scheme?
Asia Business council?
(1) Punjab
(1) 3
(2) Bihar
(2) 4
(3) Haryana
(3) 5
(4) Uttar Pradesh
(4) 6
Q.186) 'Ajeya Warrior', a joint military
Q.181) Which team won the Khelo India Ice exercise is to be conducted between India and
Hockey Championship? which country?
(1) India Blue (1) Japan
(2) CISF (2) UK
(3) Indian Army (3) France
(4) ITBP (4) South Korea
Q.182) Which of the following state/UT has Q.187) Which state has recently announced
approved the two light metro rail projects? Cauvery delta region as a Protected Special
Agriculture Zone?
(1) Jammu and Kashmir
(1) Karnataka
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Maharashtra
(3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Tamil Nadu
(4) Telangana
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Q.188) How man electric vehicles charging Q.193) The African Union summit was
stations have been sanctioned by the recently held in which country?
government?
(1) Ethiopia
(1) 923
(2) Nigeria
(2) 1465
(3) Tanzania
(3) 2100
(4) Kenya
(4) 2636
Q.194) Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat
Q.189) Which state government has Campaign began on _________ across India.
announced to ban CFL and filament bulbs
(1) 9th February
from November 2020?
(2) 10th February
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(3) 11th February
(2) Rajasthan
(4) 12th February
(3) West Bengal
(4) Kerala Q.195) In which of the following city first ever
Jerusalem-Mumbai Festival is to be held?
Q.190) 19th Hunar Haat has been
(1) New Delhi
inaugurated at which place?
(2) Mumbai
(1) Lucknow
(3) Hyderabad
(2) Kanpur
(4) Kolkata
(3) Indore
(4) Ahmedabad Q.196) When will Arvind Kejriwal take oath
as Delhi Chief Minister?
Q.19) Which state is to introduce an
(1) February 14th
internship scheme for students of class 10th
and 12th and those pursuing graduation? (2) February 16th
(1) Haryana (3) February 15th
(2) Uttar Pradesh (4) February 17th
(3) Rajasthan
Q.197) What is the new name of coronavirus?
(4) Gujarat
(1) CORONAVID-19
Q.192) Who among the following was recently (2) AVID-18
selected as the best emerging female player of
2019 by FIH? (3) COVID-19
(2) Lalremsiami
Q.198) According to the RBI notification,
(3) Frederique Matla who will sign the new one Rupee currency
note?
(4) Anita Mandal
(1) RBI Governor
(2) Finance Minister
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(3) Finance Secretary Q.204) Which Indian hill station will host the
National Winter Games from March 7, 2020?
(4) President of India
(1) Kalimpong
Q.199) Who becomes youngest girl to climb (2) Kufri
Mt Aconcagua?
(3) Gulmarg
(1) Kavya Tomar
(4) Solang Valley
(2) Ramya Sen
(3) Akanksha Joshi Q.20) Which company was named as the
highest profitable PSU in Public Enterprises
(4) Kaamya Karthikeyan
Survey 2018-19?
(1) Air India
Q.200) NTPC has recently signed a term loan
agreement for Rs 5,000 crore with _______. (2) NTPC
(1) HDFC Bank (3) BSNL
(2) ICICI Bank (4) ONGC
(3) Bank of Baroda
Q.206) ________ was named as brand
(4) SBI
ambassador of Rajasthan Royals for the
upcoming Indian Premier League.
Q.201) Which state has approved Ground
(1) Virat Kohli
Water Act-2020 to improve ground water
levels? (2) Shane Warne
(1) Madhya Pradesh (3) Yuvraj Singh
(2) Rajasthan (4) MS Dhoni
(3) Gujarat
Q.207) Who announced lifelong monthly
(4) Uttar Pradesh
pension for athletes under the ‘Pension to
Meritorious Sportspersons’ scheme?
Q.202) Who recently launched the 'Step with
(1) Venkaiah Naidu
Refugee' campaign?
(1) UNICEF (2) Ram Vilas Paswan
(4) UNHCR
Q.208) The 5th International Dam Safety
Conference–2019 is being held in _______.
Q.203) The Shilanyas ceremony of the Hindu
(1) Chandigarh
temple to be built in Abu Dhabi is scheduled
on ________. (2) Amritsar
(1) 15th April (3) Nashik
(2) 20th April (4) Bhubaneswar
(3) 25th April
(4) 30th April
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Q.209) hich Union Territory's Lieutenant Q.214) National Water Conference was held
Governor recently launched a Financial in which city?
Inclusion Outreach Campaign?
(1) Bhopal
(1) Ladakh
(2) Dehradun
(2) Jammu and Kashmir
(3) New Delhi
(3) Pondicherry
(4) Bengaluru
(4) None of these
Q.215) Which edition of joint military
Q.210 The fourth East Asia Summit(EAS) exercise "Ajeya Warrior" between India and
Conference on Maritime Security UK is to be held?
Cooperation held in which city?
(1) 3rd
(1) Chennai
(2) 4th
(2) Mumbai
(3) 5th
(3) Pune
(4) 6th
(4) NewDelhi
Q.216) The theme of 2020 World Radio Day
Q.211) Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra has been is:
renamed after which late Union Minister?
(1) Radio and Diversity
(1) Sushma Swaraj
(2) Radio and Sports
(2) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(3) A and C
(3) Arun Jaitley
(4) None of these
(4) Manohar Parrikar
Q.217) The government has authorized
Q.212) Which state's Chief Minister has companies to export military equipment to
launched 'Anganphou Hunba' programme? _________ countries across the world?
(1) Meghalaya (1) 27
(2) Manipur (2) 39
(3) Assam (3) 42
(4) Nagaland (4) 53
Q.213) President Ram Nath Kovind Q.218) Which of the following topped the
presented the President's Colour to which 2018-19 Public Enterprises Survey?
military unit?
(1) Air India
(1) INS Vikrant
(2) MTNL
(2) INS Satlej
(3) BSNL
(3) INS Shivaji
(4) NTPC
(4) INS Shivalik
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Q.219) What is the name of world's oldest Q.224) The government of India has
person who was officially confirmed as the announced to treat all medical devices as
oldest living man by the Guinness World drugs with effect from which date?
Records on February 12, 2020?
(1) 1st March
(1) Chitetsu Watanabe
(2) 31st March
(2) Chi Hun Saan
(3) 1st April
(3) John Barracks
(4) 30th April
(4) Dai Nippon Meiji
Q.225) Which of the following state approved
Q.220) Which state has recently approved annual funds for juvenile homes for the
2020 Ground Water Act? children in the state?
(1) Haryana (1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Himachal Pradesh (2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Uttar Pradesh (3) Maharashtra
(4) Uttarakhand (4) Tamil Nadu
Q.221) Who has been named as the 2019 FIH Q.226) Which city will host National Organic
Women's Rising Star of the Year? Food Festival?
(1) Rani Rampal (1) Pune
(2) Frederique Matla (2) Indore
(3) Julieta Jankunas (3) Ahmadabad
(4) Lalremsiami (4) New Delhi
Q.222) BIMSTEC disaster management Q.227) Who has been appointed as Air India's
exercise 2020 organized in: new Chairman and Managing Director
(CMD)?
(1) Maharashtra
(1) Rajiv Bansal
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Arun Negi
(3) Tamil Nadu
(3) Sanjay Jain
(4) Odisha
(4) Manish Kumar
Q.23) Where is the world's biggest cricket
stadium being constructed that will be Q.228) Who flagged off "Apiary on Wheels-A
inaugurated by the US President Donald concept for Bee Keeping"?
Trump in February 2020?
(1) Amit Shah
(1) New York
(2) Rajnath Singh
(2) Gujarat
(3) Nitin Gadkari
(3) Sydney
(4) Piyush Goyal
(4) Barcelona
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Q.229) Which Indian boxer was ranked no. 1 Q.234) ho among the following has won the
by IOC's Boxing Task Force rankings for International Hockey Federation’s (FIH)
Olympic Qualifiers? Men’s Player of the Year award?
(1) Gaurav Bidhuri (1) Rupinder Pal Singh
(2) Shiva Thapa (2) Harmanpreet Singh
(3) Amit Panghal (3) Manpreet Singh
(4) Vikas Krishnan (4) A and C
Q.230) Which of the following won All India Q.235) India and Portugal exchanged how
Bombay Gold Cup hockey championship? many agreements during the state visit by
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de
(1) Indian Navy
Sousa on February 14, 2020?
(2) Indian Air Force
(1) Seven
(3) Indian Army
(2) Eight
(4) South Central Railway
(3) Nine
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Q.239) Which of the following state has hiked Q.244) he first-ever BIMSTEC nations's
dearness allowance upto 5%? 'Conference on Combating Drug Trafficking'
was held in which city?
(1) Maharashtra
(1) Pune
(2) Jharkhand
(2) Hyderabad
(3) Odisha
(3) Mumbai
(4) Madhya Pradesh
(4) New Delhi
Q.240) Which state police has implemented
“Operation Nakail” allotting unique number Q.245) A one-day National Workshop on
for autorickshaw drivers to curb crime? Disaster Risk Financing, Insurance and Risk
Transfer is being held in which city?
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(1) Mumbai
(2) Maharashtra
(2) Chennai
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Lucknow
(4) Gujarat
(4) NewDelhi
Q.241) Difficult Dialogues 2020 has been
organised in which state? Q.246) Name the Indian scholar who has been
awarded with the?prestigious Dan David
(1) Gujarat
Prize 2020?
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(1) Ved Kumari Ghai
(3) Goa
(2) Ram Shankar Tripathi
(4) Maharashtra
(3) Gita Sen
Q.242) Which Company launched its ‘We (4) Rama Kant Shukla
Think Digital’ programmeto train 1 lakh
women’s in India? Q.247) Which state Launched ‘Anganphou
Hunba’ (Early Paddy Crop) programme?
(1) Facebook
(1) Sikkim
(2) Google
(2) Assam
(3) tcs
(3) Manipur
(4) Microsoft
(4) Meghalaya
Q.243) The first ever-Intercity electric bus
has been inaugurated in which state of India? Q.248) The 'Operation Nakail' has been
launched by which city police to allot unique
(1) Gujarat
4 digit number to auto-rickshaw drivers in
(2) West Bengal the district?
(3) Karnataka (1) Ghaziabad
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Q.249) As per FM Nirmala Sitharaman, PSBs Q.254) Who is the author of book “Messages
recovered how much bad loans in last one- from Messengers”?
and-half years?
(1) Samir Singh
(1) ₹3.06 lakh cr
(2) Ajay Joel
(2) ₹2.05 lakh cr
(3) Viren Singh
(3) ₹1.55 lakh cr
(4) Priti K Shroff
(4) ₹2.03 lakh cr
Q.255) The Economist Intelligence Unit has
Q.250) The Kashi Mahakal Express is the revised its global growth forecast for 2020 to
third private train of Indian Railways. It ill how much percent?
run between which cities?
(1) 2.2%
(1) Varanasi-Surat
(2) 2.3%
(2) Varanasi-Indore
(3) 2.4%
(3) Varanasi-Kolkata
(4) 2.5%
(4) Varanasi-Ranchi
Q.256) Who recently launched the 'Step with
Q.251) What should be the minimum net Refugee' campaign?
worth of proposed ‘new umbrella entities’
(1) UNICEF
(NUE)for digital payment?
(2) WWF
(1) ₹100 cr
(3) OPEC
(2) ₹200 cr
(4) UNHCR
(3) ₹300 cr
(4) ₹500 cr Q.257) Who among the following has been
appointed as new CMD of Air India?
Q.252) The 7th International Congress of the
(1) Vinod Kumar Yadav
Society for Ethnopharmacology (SFEC 2020)
on traditional medicine was held in which (2) Ashwani Lohani
city?
(3) Rajiv Bansal
(1) Kochi
(4) Piyush Goyal
(2) New Delhi
(3) Mumbai Q.258) Which state is to replace Yash Bharti
Awards with State Cultural Award?
(4) Kolkata
(1) Himachal Pradesh
Q.253) What will be the size of one rupee (2) Uttarakhand
currency note which will be published by
government of India? (3) Haryana
Q.272) The 65th Amazon Film fare Awards (4) Joshna Chinappa
2020 hosted in which state?
Q.277) MILAN 2020 is a _______ exercise.
(1) Goa
(1) Indian Navy
(2) Delhi
(2) Air force
(3) Assam
(3) A and B
(4) Kerala
(4) Indian Army
Q.273) Which of the following movie has won
the “Best Film” in 65th Amazon Film fare Q.278) India and ________marching hand-
Awards 2020? in-hand to foster business relations?
(1) Student Of The Year 2 (1) Thailand
(2) Saand Ki Aankh (2) Nepal
(3) Article 15 (3) Myanmar
(4) Gully Boy (4) Israel
Q.274) Who was won the Lifetime Q.279) Which of the following state
Achievement Award in 65th Amazon Film government has announced 5-day working
fare Awards 2020? week for state government employees
recently?
(1) Dharmendra
(1) West Bengal
(2) Ramesh Sippy
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Kamal Haasan
(3) Kerala
(4) Amitabh Bachchan
(4) Maharashtra
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Q.280) Joshna Chinappa has claimed gold Q.285) The Government of Telangana
medal in a national championship recently. hosting Bio-Asia Summit 2020 in _______
She belongs to: between February 17, 2020, and February 19,
2020.
(1) Golf
(1) Mumbai
(2) Badminton
(2) Chennai
(3) Squash
(3) New Delhi
(4) Tennis
(4) Hyderabad
Q.281) The International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD) 43rd Q.286) What will be the motto of 2020 Tokyo
Governing Council meeting was held in? Olympics?
(1) London (1) Mind,Body,Spirit
(2) New York (2) A new World
(3) Geneva (3) United by Emotion
(4) Rome (4) Spirit in Motion
Q.282) Markets regulator Sebi has Q.287) In which city, Bio-Asia Summit 2020
constituted a Municipal Bonds Development was held?
Committee. This Committee will be headed
(1) Chennai
by-?
(2) Ahmedabad
(1) Sangram Karandikar
(3) Mumbai
(2) Prashant Agrawal
(4) Hyderabad
(3) Sujit Prasad
(4) Anil Deshpande Q.288) Which country's wrestlers will not
take part in Asian Championship to be held
Q.283) Which state has launched the web in Delhi?
portal of Shri Badrinath and Shri Kedarnath
(1) China
temple committee?
(2) Iran
(1) Bihar
(3) South Korea
(2) Himachal Pradesh
(4) Japan
(3) Uttarakhand
(4) Madhya Pradesh Q.289) Which state government has approved
the renaming of the Latur Medical College as
Q.284) Which of the following state/UT is to Vilasrao Deshmukh Institute of Medical
conduct countrywide roadshows? Sciences?
(1) New Delhi (1) Maharashtra
(2) Jammu and Kashmir (2) Sikkim
(3) Maharashtra (3) Telangana
(4) Uttar Pradesh (4) Odisha
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Q.290) The 22nd edition of the world Q.295) How many mediators have been
language database Ethnologue reported that appointed by the Supreme Court to hold talks
Hindi is the _______ most spoken language of with the protesters of Shaheen Bagh?
the world in 2019
(1) Five
(1) 2nd
(2) Four
(2) 3rd
(3) Three
(3) 5th
(4) Two
(4) 7th
Q.296) Which Indian Union Territory will
Q.291) The state government of Goa and come under the jurisdiction of Central
which other country signed a Memorandum Administrative Tribunal (CAT)?
of Understanding (MoU) on augmenting
(1) Daman and Diu
water supply and sewerage management?
(2) Chandigarh
(1) Australia
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
(2) Portugal
(4) Pondicherry
(3) Thailand
(4) Singapore Q.297) Which state has announced to give Rs
6 crore to those winning gold medals at
Q.292) Which Indian javelin thrower banned Olympics 2020?
for four years by NADA?
(1) Maharashtra
(1) Rahul Chhabra
(2) Haryana
(2) Arvind Tripathi
(3) Kerala
(3) Lalit Prakash
(4) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Amit Dahiya
Q.298) How much Moody's reduced India's
Q.293) Which former Bengali actor and GDP growth forecast for 2020 on February
Trinmool Congress MP passed away on 17, 2020?
February 18, 2020?
(1) 6.2 percent
(1) Tapas Pal
(2) 5.4 percent
(2) Somesh Ghosh
(3) 5.8 percent
(3) Raghav Desai
(4) 6.9 percent
(4) Arjun Berman
Q.299) In which of the following places a
Q.294) Which international agency signed a national conference based on the
loan agreement of USD 450 million with the Pradhanmantri Fasal Beema Yojana was
Government of India to improve organized?
groundwater in the country?
(1) Udaipur
(1) United Nations
(2) Bhopal
(2) World Bank
(3) Kanpur
(3) UNICEF
(4) Ambala
(4) WWF
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Q.300) In which of the following forces Q.305 Which state government becomes first
Supreme Court has recently permitted state to enforce Performance Regulation Act
permanent commissioning of women for power department?
officers?
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(1) Indian Navy
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Indian Air Force
(3) Telangana
(3) Indian Army
(4) Bihar
(4) Naval Guard
Q.306) Recently Credai launched which
Q.301) Which Company to wind down free application to connect homebuyers with
public WiFi service at rail stations? developers?
(1) Amazon (1) Niwas
(2) Microsoft (2) Nirvik
(3) TCS (3) Awaas
(4) Google (4) Arth
Q.302) Which country is hosting the FIFA U- Q.307) India to have 1st “Integrated Tri-
17 Women's Football World Cup 2020? services Command” by which year?
(1) Bangladesh (1) 2020
(2) India (2) 20212
(3) China (3) 2022
(4) Afghanistan (4) 2023
Q.303) Which country will host the men’s Q.308) Which of the Indian sports personality
edition of the junior hockey World Cup 2021? recently won Laureus World Sports Awards
2020 in best sporting moment category?
(1) South Africa
(1) MS Dhoni
(2) India
(2) Sania Mirza
(3) Netherlands
(3) Rahul Dravid
(4) Japan
(4) Sachin Tendulkar
Q.304) Ashraf Ghani won a second term as
the President of which country? Q.309) Which state launched ”Yodhavu”
mobile app to combat drug menace?
(1) Iraq
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Iran
(2) Odisha
(3) Saudi Arabia
(3) Kerala
(4) Afghanistan
(4) elangana
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Q.310) What is the status of House Sparrow Q.315) Who translated the book Chanakya
in India as per the State of India's Birds 2020 Niti: Verses on Life and Living” from
Report? Sanskrit?
(1) Stable (1) Ramesh Singh
(2) Uncertain (2) Ahmed Baksh
(3) Strong Decline (3) Mohammed Yunus
(4) Data not Available (4) AND Haksar
Q.311) which state celebrated seed sowing Q.316) Which state has recently found a new
festival ‘Lui-Ngai-Ni’? species of Lizard - Urban Bent-Toed Gecko?
(1) Nagaland (1) Odisha
(2) Sikkim (2) Assam
(3) Manipur (3) Karnataka
(4) Assam (4) West Bengal
Q.312 Which Indian player has recently won Q.317) As per the ‘State of India’s Birds
gold medal in 87-kg Greco Roman category in Report 2020’, which bird species showed a big
Asian Wrestling Championships? increase in population?
(1) Sunil Kumar (1) Indian peafowl
(2) Ajeet Pawar (2) Great Indian Bustard
(3) Somesh Yadav (3) Common Ostrich
(4) Arun Bhatia (4) Turkey
Q.313) Which of the following won the Q.318) India’s rank in UN-backed
Sportsperson of the year award with a Sustainable Index 2020 report is:
Disability at 2020 Laureus Sports Awards?
(1) 71st
(1) Brenna Huckaby
(2) 77th
(2) Kendall Gretsch
(3) 24th
(3) Jessica Long
(4) 39th
(4) Oksana Masters
Q.319) Which of the following city has
Q.314) Which of the following basketball became Assam’s first zero-waste town?
legend won the Lifetime Achievement
(1) Guwahati
Awardat 2020 Laureus Sports Awards?
(2) Silchar
(1) Steve Nash
(3) Jorhat
(2) Kristaps Porzingis
(4) Titabor
(3) Dirk Nowitzki
(4) Vince Carter
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Q.320) According to the Ethnologue, which Q.325) Who among the following has been
language is the world's third most spoken appointed as the new Central Vigilance
language? Commissioner?
(1) English (1) Sanjay Kothari
(2) Mandarin (2) Sharad Kumar
(3) Spanish (3) Pradeep Kumar
(4) Hindi (4) P J Thomas
Q.321) The Supreme Court has issued a Q.326) Which country will host 2022 Asian
directive to which state government on Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s
February 19, 2020 to immediately stop illegal Asian Cup?
sand mining?
(1) China
(1) Haryana
(2) India
(2) Punjab
(3) Sri Lanka
(3) Jharkhand
(4) Japan
(4) Rajasthan
Q.327) Who among the following has recently
Q.322) What is the name of a special train been appointed as the Chief Information
that will visit tourist places associated with Commissioner (CIC)?
Lord Rama?
(1) Arvind Deshpandey
(1) Shri Ramayana Express
(2) Sanjay Kaul
(2) Bhagwan Ram Express
(3) Bimal Julka
(3) Shri Ram Express
(4) Nitin Dass
(4) Ayodhya Naresh Express
Q.328) The Laureus World Sportsman of the
Q.323) The term “Operation Car Wash” that year award won by ________.
was making news recently, is related to which
(1) Lewis Hamilton
country?
(2) Lionei Messi
(1) Argentina
(3) Oksana Masters
(2) Brazil
(4) A and B
(3) South Africa
(4) Russia Q.329) Which country will switch to the
world's cleanest petrol, diesel from April 1?
Q.324) How many new species of birds have
(1) USA
been indentified in Ladakh during Great
Backyard Bird count? (2) India
(1) Four (3) Bangladesh
(2) Seven (4) China
(3) Two
(4) Five
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Q.330) Symposium on Emerging Q.335) The 3rd Chitra Bharati Film Festival
Opportunities for Indian Textiles and Crafts (CBFF) has been organised in which state?
was held in?
(1) Gujarat
(1) Hyderabad
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Bengaluru
(3) Rajasthan
(3) Chennai
(4) Uttar Pradesh
(4) New Delhi
Q.336) NITI Aayog is to organize SDG
Q.331) India's tallest Pier Bridge is being Conclave 2020 in which state?
constructed in which state by the Indian
(1) Kerala
Railways?
(2) Goa
(1) West Bengal
(3) Assam
(2) Karnataka
(4) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) Manipur
(4) Tripura Q.337) Who among these has bagged the
ESPN's Female Sportsperson of the Year
Q.332) The HRMS Employee Mobile App has award?
been launched by which department for its
(1) PV Sindhu
employees?
(2) Sania Mirza
(1) Indian Railways
(3) Dutee Chand
(2) Ministry of Defence
(4) Koneru Humpy
(3) IRDAI
(4) RBI Q.338) Which state has recently signed MoU
with ITDC to promote tourism?
Q.333) Which state recently launched Nadu
(1) Uttarakhand
Nedu scheme to improve quality standards in
government hospitals? (2) Madhya Pradesh
(1) Andhra Pradesh (3) Gujarat
(2) Odisha (4) Assam
(3) Tamil Nadu
Q.39) Indian government has discovered
(4) Karnataka 3,350 tonne gold ore in Sonbhadra district,
which is five times the current gold reserves
Q.334) India's first private gold mine is to be of India The district is based in which state?
set up in which state?
(1) Rajasthan
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Gujarat
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Bihar
(3) Karnataka
(4) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Kerala
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Q.340) Who has been selected as the new Q.345) Which state is to celebrate former CM
Chief Information Commissioner? J. Jayalalithaa's birth anniversary as 'State
Women Children Protection Day'?
(1) Sanjay Kothari
(1) Kerala
(2) Bimal Julka
(2) Karnataka
(3) Cynthia Kapoor
(3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Vikram Ghosh
(4) Andhra Pradesh
Q.341) Government is to set up ________ new
farmer produce organizations by 2024? Q.346) What is the rank of India in
Worldwide Education for the Future Index
(1) 1,000
2019?
(2) 5,000
(1) 55th
(3) 10,000
(2) 31st
(4) 15,000
(3) 35th
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Q.350) The cabinet has approved to raise the Q.355) Recently which body granted women
interest subvention given to farmers in the right to permanent commission and
dairy sector from 2% to _______. command in Indian Army?
(1) 2.25% (1) CII
(2) 2.50% (2) Nasscom
(3) 3% (3) Supreme Court
(4) 3.25% (4) Niti Aayog
Q.351) The Reserve Bank of India has Q.356) The total outlay for Phase II of
appointed Sunil Gurbaxani as MD & CEO of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) between
which Indian private sector bank? 2020-2021 to 20242025 approved by cabinet is
Rs. ________.
(1) Dhanlaxmi Bank
(1) 1,21,700 crore
(2) Lakshmi Vilas Bank
(2) 78, 256 crore
(3) Nainital Bank
(3) 52,497 crore
(4) South Indian Bank
(4) 1,40,881 crore
Q.352) Who became the first cricketer to play
100 matches in all three formats of the game - Q.357) Which of the following released
Test, ODI & T20? "Delivering Road Safety in India" report?
(1) Virat Kohli (1) RBI
(2) Ross Taylor (2) World Bank
(3) Ajinkya Rahane (3) IMF
(4) Kane Williamson (4) UNDP
Q.353) To which sector cabinet has approved Q.358) Government to facilitate doubling of
Rs. 4,458 crore fund on Feb 19, 2020? milk processing capacity to how much million
tonnes by 2025?
(1) Infrastructure sector
(1) 108
(2) Telecom sector
(2) 110
(3) Dairy sector
(3) 112
(4) Healthcare sector
(4) 15
Q.354) Who inaugurated the National
Organic Food Festival? Q.359) The third edition of the Chitra Bharati
Film Festival is to begin in which city?
(1) Nirmala Sitharaman
(1) New Delhi
(2) Nitin Gadkari
(2) Ahmedabad
(3) Amit Shah
(3) Hyderabad
(4) Smriti Irani
(4) Chennai
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Q.360) Leo Eric Varadkar recently (Feb Q.365) Recently Union Cabinet has approved
2020) resigned from the post of Prime the Phase- 2 of the Swachh Bharat Mission,
Minister of Ireland. What is the capital & Grameen till which year?
currency of Ireland?
(1) 2023-24
(1) Berlin & Euro
(2) 2022-23
(2) Dublin & Euro
(3) 2024-25
(3) Helsinki & Pound
(4) 2025-26
(4) Berlin & Pound
Q.366) How many interlocutors have been
Q.361) Recently which state city got new named by the Supreme Court of India to
names for 4 railway stations? bring some solution of Shaheen Bagh?
(1) Jharkhand (1) Five
(2) Assam (2) Four
(3) Uttar Pradesh (3) Three
(4) Madhya Pradesh (4) Two
Q.362) Which state has decided to set up Atal Q.367) What is the new GDP estimation
Kisan Majdoor canteens? growth rate for India by Moody's?
(1) TamilNadu (1) 6.2 percent
(2) Sikkim (2) 5.4 percent
(3) Haryana (3) 5.8 percent
(4) Maharashtra (4) 6.9 percent
Q.363) Where was the Exhibition and Q.368) Which country will be the Guest of
Conference on Agri-technology and Honour at the International Tourism Fair of
Innovation held? Madagascar?
(1) New Delhi (1) Bhutan
(2) Bengaluru (2) Nepal
(3) Hyderabad (3) China
(4) Mumbai (4) India
Q.364) What is the rank of India on a Q.369) Pradhanmantri Fasal Beema Yojana
sustainability index that takes into account national conference held in which place in
per capita carbon emissions as per UN India?
report?
(1) Udaipur
(1) 67th
(2) Bhopal
(2) 71st
(3) Kanpur
(3) 75th
(4) Ambala
(4) 77th
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Q.370) Which of the following countries has Q.375) Wrestlers of which country will not be
successfully test-fired Ra’ad-II Cruise Missile able to participate in Asian Wrestling
recently? Championship?
(1) India (1) China
(2) Ukraine (2) Iran
(3) Pakistan (3) South Korea
(4) Iran (4) Japan
Q.371) Information and Broadcasting Q.376) Which country has reported highest
Minister Prakash Javadekar released the death toll from coronavirus outside China?
Reference Annual, India 2020 and Bharat
(1) Italy
2020 in which city?
(2) Japan
(1) Pune
(3) Iran
(2) NewDelhi
(4) South Korea
(3) Mumbai
(4) Chennai Q.377) Wich Company launched an
interactive AI Powered Chat Bot solution
Q.372) As per the State of India’s Birds 2020 LIDEA for its customers on WhatsApp?
Report, what is the status of House Sparrow
(1) Birla Estates
in India?
(2) L&T
(1) Stable
(3) Reliance
(2) Uncertain
(4) Infotech Solution
(3) Strong Decline
(4) Data not Available Q.378) Which city to host 2022
Commonwealth Archery and Shooting
Q.373) The Symposium on Emerging Championships?
Opportunities for Indian Textiles and Crafts
(1) Mumbai
held in which city?
(2) Pune
(1) Lucknow
(3) Chandigarh
(2) Chennai
(4) NewDelhi
(3) NewDelhi
(4) Mumbai Q.379) Riek Machar has taken oath as the
first vice president of which nation?
Q.374) Who among the following won
(1) Turkey
Laureus World Sports Awards 2020 under
best sporting moment category? (2) Syria
(1) MS Dhoni (3) Libya
(2) Sania Mirza (4) South Sudan
(3) Rahul Dravid
(4) Sachin Tendulkar
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Q.380) The think tank National Council of Q.385) Recently the government launched
Applied Economic Research (NCAER) which application for farmers on the occasion
pegged the economic growth of India for the of 1st anniversary of launch of Pradhan
current fiscal at how much percent? Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)?
(1) 5.0% (1) PM VAYO
(2) .4% (2) PM FARM
(3) 4.5% (3) PM MITRA
(4) 4.9% (4) PM KISAN
Q.381) Recently which Youth Exchange Q.386) Which city hosted the International
Programme was launched by Advisor to Judicial Conference recently?
Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan in
(1) Pune
Jammu and Kashmir?
(2) New Delhi
(1) Hindustan Ghumo
(3) Mumbai
(2) Bharat Ko Jano
(4) Lucknow
(3) Bharat Mata
(4) Watan Ko Jano Q.387) How much amount was released by
Centre under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan
Q.382) Mahathir Mohamad has resigned as Samman Nidhi (PMKISAN) scheme?
the Prime Minister of which nation?
(1) ₹40575 cr
(1) Malaysia
(2) 50734 cr
(2) Maldives
(3) ₹67977 cr
(3) Nepal
(4) ₹50850 cr
(4) Sri Lanka
Q.388) Who has received SERB Women
Q.383) Recently in which city Gandhi Peace Excellence Award-2020?
Centre was inaugurated?
(1) Varsha Kumari
(1) Surat
(2) avya Singh
(2) Bhubaneswar
(3) Anushka Singh
(3) Dispur
(4) Niti Kumar
(4) NewDelhi
Q.389) Which country will host
Q.384) who was honored by the World Book Commonwealth Shooting and Archery
of Records London for his contribution to Championships in 2022?
Indian films?
(1) Malaysia
(1) Manoj Vajpayee
(2) India
(2) Manoj Kumar
(3) China
(3) Irfan Khan
(4) Japan
(4) Dilip Kumar
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Q.390) Recently Geological Survey of India (2) February 25th
(GSI) has discovered gold deposits to the tune
(3) February 24th
of around 3,000 tonnes in Sonabhadra district
of which state? (4) February 22nd
(1) Uttar Pradesh
Q.396) Which country is to host
(2) Bihar
Commonwealth shooting, archery events in
(3) Jharkhand 2022?
(2) 51
Q.398) India has signed defence deals worth
(3) 50 $3 billion with which nation?
(2) Benin
Q.400) Who won the men's full marathonrace
(3) Rwanda at the IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi
Marathon?
(4) Chad
(1) Sanjay Bhonsle
Q.395) When did India observe the first (2) Rashpal Singh
anniversary of National War Memorial?
(3) Anil Kumar Prakash
(1) February 23rd
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(4) Ram Singh Yadav Q.406) When is ISRO scheduled to launch its
Geo Imaging Satellite- GISAT-1?
Q.401) Who won the 34th Cannes Open in (1) March 1st
France on February 23, 2020?
(2) February 29th
(1) D Gukesh
(3) March 5th
(2) G Acharyan
(4) April 30th
(3) L Mukund
(4) Stanley S Q.407) Who is the President of Egypt?
(1) Mostafa Madbouly
Q.402) Future Decoded CEO Summit was
held in which city? (2) Mohamed Ali
(3) Mumbai
Q.408) Which nation participated in Indra
(4) Kolkata Dhanush Exercise 2020 along with India?
(1) US
Q.403) Who has been unanimously re-elected
as the Speaker of Delhi Assembly? (2) France
(3) 24%
Q.410) The shooting and archery events of the
(4) 28% Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022
will be held in which Indian city?
Q.405) The ICC has banned Yousuf (1) Chandigarh
Abdulrahim Al Balushi from all forms of
cricket for 7 years. He represented which (2) Bengaluru
nation? (3) New Delhi
(1) Afghanistan
(4) Kochi
(2) Oman
(3) Bangladesh Q.411) Who is appointed as India's next
Ambassador to France?
(4) Pakistan
(1) Jawed Ashraf
(2) Taranjit Singh Sandhu
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(3) Manika Jain Q.417) Which nation has formally withdrawn
from co-sponsoring UNHRC resolution on
(4) Arindam Bagchi
war crimes?
(1) India
Q.412) Where was the Center of Excellence
for Research in Clean Air (CERCA) (2) Sri Lanka
inaugurated?
(3) Pakistan
(1) IIT-Delhi
(4) Myanmar
(2) IIT-Madras
(3) IIT-Bombay Q.418) Odisha has about ________ of bauxite
resources in India.
(4) IIT-Ropar
(1) 32%
Q.413) Which State became first to launch (2) 40%
unified vehicle registration card?
(3) 51%
(1) Rajasthan
(4) 63%
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Gujarat Q.419) GISAT is an earth observation
satellite that will be placed in a
(4) West Bengal
geosynchronous transfer orbit at _______
altitude.
Q.414) Who is appointed as India's
(1) 8,000 km
Ambassador to Nepal?
(1) Vinay Mohan Kwatra (2) 22,000 km
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Q.422) Which state emerged as the best state Q.427) Mnister of State for Home Affairs, G
in Direct Benefit Transfer payouts? Kishan Reddy inaugurated the National
Cyber Research, Innovation & Capacity
(1) Haryana
Centre in which city?
(2) Uttarakhand
(1) Nagpur
(3) Assam
(2) Chennai
(4) Sikkim
(3) Hyderabad
Q.424) Which had become the first state in (4) Nita Singh
the country to have “100% LPG gas
coverage”? Q.429) Recently who launched Ease 3.0 for
smart, tech-enabled banking for aspiring
(1) Odisha
India?
(2) Telangana
(1) Nirmala Sitharaman
(3) Himachal Pradesh
(2) Anurag Thakur
(4) Sikkim
(3) Venkaiah Naidu
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Current Affairs 2020: March Q.6) Which country is to conduct Responsible
AI for Social Empowerment 2020 summit?
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Q.11) Apple is to launch its first India's Q.16) Which State reduced government
flagship store in which year? employee's retirement age from 60 years to 58
years?
(1) 2020
(1) Gujarat
(2) 2021
(2) Punjab
(3) 2022
(3) Rajasthan
(4) 2023
(4) Tamil Nadu
Q.12) Which country has recently withdrawn
from UNHRC? Q.17) Who has been appointed as MD and
CEO of Induslnd Bank Ltd?
(1) Argentina
(1) Lingam Venkat Prabhakar
(2) Bahamas
(2) Sumant Kathpalia
(3) Austria
(3) Sattvik Mishra
(4) Sri Lanka
(4) Romesh Sobti
Q.3) The Central Government has targeted to
install 175 Giga Watt renewable energy in Q.18) According to the Hurun Global Rich
India by which year? List 2020, the number of billionaires is the
highest in which country?
(1) 2030
(1) India
(2) 2022
(2) Canada
(3) 2021
(3) China
(4) 2023
(4) USA
Q.14) Which country is the first to develop an
antibody test to identify the novel coronavirus Q.19) Which country for the first time has
(COVID19)? claimed to use the antibody test to track
coronavirus infections?
(1) China
(1) China
(2) United States
(2) India
(3) Singapore
(3) Japan
(4) South Korea
(4) Singapore
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Q.21) Which of the following company has Q.26) How many winners were awarded at
launched freighter services to help shrimp the National Science Day by President Ram
farmers? Nath Kovind?
(1) SpiceJet (1) 9
(2) GoAir (2) 15
(3) Indigo (3) 21
(4) AirAsia India (4) 30
Q.22) Who has been named the new CEO of Q.27) The 19th World Productivity Congress
the Walt Disney Company? is to be held in which city?
(1) Bob Iger (1) Mumbai
(2) Kathleen Kennedy (2) New Delhi
(3) Bob Chapek (3) Bengaluru
(4) Michael Eisner (4) Pune
Q.23) Which city has been accounted for the Q.28) How many projects have recently been
highest number of digital transactions in approved by the government under PM
India in 2019? Kisan Sampada Yojana?
(1) Mumbai (1) 14
(2) New Delhi (2) 28
(3) Bengaluru (3) 32
(4) Pune (4) 41
Q.24) Maharashtra is to become single-use Q.29) Who is to be conferred with the 2020
plastic-free by which date? Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award?
(1) 1 March (1) Jadav Payeng
(2) 1 April (2) Rajendra Singh
(3) 1 May (3) Vandana Shiva
(4) 1 June (4) Sunita Narain
Q.25) Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee award Q.30) Who has been appointed as the new
carries a citation, a specially designed trophy Prime Minister of Malaysia?
and a cheque worth _______.
(1) Najib Razak
(1) Rs.1 lakh
(2) Muhyiddin Yassin
(2) Rs.2 lakh
(3) Mahathir Mohamad
(3) Rs.5 lakh
(4) Anwar Ibrahim
(4) Rs.10 lakh
Q.31) Recently which payment bank achieved
the milestone of two crore customers?
(1) Airtel Payments Bank
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(2) Fino Payments Bank (4) USA
(3) Paytm Payments Bank
Q37) Which galaxy held the record of holding
(4) India Post Payments Bank a supermassive black hole from which the
amount of energy required to create a large
Q.32) The RAISE 2020 Summit to be held in cavity in the hot gas?
which city? (1) MS 0735+74
(1) New Delhi
(2) RS EMA12A
(2) Pune
(3) Quasar
(3) Mumbai
(4) Nebula
(4) Chennai
Q.38) Who has been named the new CEO of
Q.33) Which Company in collaboration with the Walt Disney Company?
NITI Aayog to ’empower young minds at (1) Bob Iger
schools’?
(2) Kathleen Kennedy
(1) ITI
(3) Bob Chapek
(2) IRDA
(4) Michael Eisner
(3) NASSCOM
(4) SIDBI Q.39) How much amount was allocated by
Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help Asia
Q.34) The 14th Meeting of JWG on Counter- Pacific tackle coronavirus?
Terrorism in which city? (1) $4 million
(1) Lucknow
(2) $5 million
(2) Gurugram
(3) $1 million
(3) New Delhi
(4) $2 million
(4) Jaipur
Q.40) Which country currently has the
Q.35) India and which other country recently highest coronavirus cases outside China?
received AFC grassroots charter bronze (1) South Korea
memberships?
(2) Italy
(1) SriLanka
(3) Iran
(2) Turkey
(4) Japan
(3) Uzbekistan
(4) Turkmenistan Q.41) The sixth Offshore Patrol Vessel ”Yard
45006 VAJRA” to enhance coastal security
Q.36) According to the Hurun Global Rich was launched in which city?
List 2020, the number of billionaires is the (1) Ahmedabad
highest in which country?
(2) Surat
(1) India
(3) Chennai
(2) Canada
(4) Mumbai
(3) China
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Q.42) The 19th World Productivity Congress Q.47) Who has entered the Limca Book of
is to be held in which city? Records for ‘films edited in most number of
languages’.?
(1) Mumbai
(1) Mohit Chaudhary
(2) New Delhi
(2) Vikas Srinivasan
(3) Bengaluru
(3) Romesh Singh
(4) Pune
(4) Sreekar Prasad
Q.43) How many projects have recently been
approved by the government under PM Q.48) The legislative assembly of which
Kisan Sampada Yojana? among the following states has become
paperless?
(1) 14
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(2) 28
(2) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) 32
(3) Jharkhand
(4) 41
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Q.44) Which state government to undertake
the genetic study to conserve the native Q.49) Which among the following Indian
species of cattle? cities reported its first confirmed case of
COVID-19 on March 2, 2020?
(1) Assam
(1) New Delhi
(2) Maharashtra
(2) Mumbai
(3) Telangana
(3) Bengaluru
(4) Odisha
(4) Bhopal
Q.45) Central Consumer Protection
Authority will be established by the 1st week Q.50) India recently withdrawed the
of which month? nomination from upcoming ISSF World Cup
Shotgun to be held in which country?
(1) March 2020
(1) Netherlands
(2) April 2020
(2) Singapore
(3) May 2020
(3) Thailand
(4) June 2020
(4) Cyprus
Q.46) Recently Indian Railways has launched
its first ‘Restaurant on Wheels’ in which state Q.51) Which country will host World
railway station? Productivity Congress 2020?
(1) West Bengal (1) India
(2) Assam (2) Germany
(3) Delhi (3) Nepal
(4) Gujarat (4) Russia
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Q.52) According to the the Controller Q.57) The Centre has decided to include non-
General of Accounts (CGA) India’s fiscal scheduled urban and district central
deficit touched how much percent of the cooperative banks in how many schemes of
whole year budget target at January-end? MSME?
(1) 129.5% (1) 3
(2) 128.5% (2) 2
(3) 123.5% (3) 4
(4) 121.5% (4) 5
Q.53) Which Bank ties-up with IndiGo to Q.58) Where was the Mexican Open 2020
launch co-branded credit card ‘Ka-ching, held?
powered by Mastercard?
(1) Iztapalapa
(1) ICICI Bank
(2) Ecatepec
(2) HDFC Bank
(3) Guadalajara
(3) IDBI Bank
(4) Acapulco
(4) SBI
Q.59) RBI mandated banks to link all new
Q.54) Who was appointed as MD &CEO of floating rate loans to medium enterprises
IndusInd Bank? with external benchmark from which date?
(1) Sumant Kathpalia (1) August 1
(2) Romesh Sobti (2) April 2
(3) KK Srinivasan (3) March 31
(4) Ajay Sharma (4) April 1
Q.55) Which nation has blocked its border for Q.60) How many crores are allocated for
nearly 10000 migrants from Turkey? Kaziranga under Project Tiger scheme?
(1) Georgia (1) 33 crores
(2) Armenia (2) 39 crores
(3) Greece (3) 36 crores
(4) Bulgaria (4) 42 crores
Q.56) Which state government renamed Q.61) The Indian men's hockey team was
“smart gram yojana” after ex-minister R R ranked at which position in the recently
Patil? released FIH rankings?
(1) Maharashtra (1) First
(2) Telangana (2) Second
(3) Odisha (3) Third
(4) Andhra Pradesh (4) ourth
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Q.62) The National Anti-Doping Agency Q.67) Which of the following state has topped
(NADA) recently lifted the one-year ban the NCAER Land Records and Services
imposed on which Indian boxer? Index (N-LRSI 2020)?
(1) Mukesh Singh (1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Ajay Verma (2) Maharashtra
(3) Devendra Malik (3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Sumit Sangwan (4) Rajasthan
Q.63) Which nation's President has dissolved Q.68) What is the name of the campaign
the parliament and called for general launched by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for
elections on April 25? the nutrition of pregnant women?
(1) Malaysia (1) Matri Vandan Yojana
(2) Maldives (2) Suposhit Maa Abhiyan
(3) Mauritius (3) Janani Suraksha Yojana
(4) Sri Lanka (4) Swasth Ma Abhiyan
Q.64) In which of the following city Asia Cup Q.69) North Korea launched ________ short-
Cricket Tournament 2020 will be held? range missiles
(1) New Delhi (1) three
(2) Ahmedabad (2) two
(3) Dubai (3) six
(4) Sydney (4) seven
Q.65) Which university won the Khelo India Q.70) _____ has developed Jeevan Kaushal
University Games 2020? (life skills) curriculum for undergraduate
students at Universities and Colleges.
(1) Punjab University
(1) AICTE
(2) Delhi University
(2) UGC
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru University
(3) NAAC
(4) Banaras Hindu University
(4) NAB
Q.66) Which nation has taken over the
Presidency of the United Nations Security Q.71) Which national sanctuary has recently
Council? been declared eco-sensitive zone?
(1) Russia (1) National Chambal Sanctuary
(2) China (2) Sundarvan Tiger Reserve
(3) Germany (3) Bandhavgarh National Sanctuary
(4) Malaysia (4) Kanha National Sanctuary
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Q.72) The Red Panda species is listed as Q.77) Which Indian women cricketer has
_______ on the International Union for topped the latest women's T20 International
Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. batting ranings?
(1) Endangered (1) Poonam Yadav
(2) Vulnerable (2) Deepti Sharma
(3) Critically endangered (3) Smriti Mandhan
(4) Limited data (4) Shafali Verma
Q.73) Which among the following Indian Q.78) Recently Fitch lowered India’s
cities reported its first confirmed case of economic growth forecast for FY20 to how
COVID-19 on March 2, 2020? much percent?
(1) New Delhi (1) 5.2%
(2) Mumbai (2) 4.9%
(3) Bengaluru (3) 5.1%
(4) Bhopal (4) 4.7%
Q.74) Virendra Sirohi who passed away Q.79) Western Railways has announced how
recently is the Member of Legislative much bonus for every recharge to R-Wallet
Assembly (MLA) of which Indian state? till August 24, 2020?
(1) Haryana (1) 10 percent
(2) Uttar Pradesh (2) 15 percent
(3) West Bengal (3) 5 percent
(4) Goa (4) 7 percent
Q.75) _______ was commissioned into the Q.80) Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar has
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) by Minister of launched which application for doorstep
State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya at diesel delivery?
L&T Kattupalli shipyard, near Chennai.
(1) Fuel Vihad
(1) ICGS Aditya
(2) Fuel Humsafar
(2) ICGS Varad
(3) Fuel Vayu
(3) ICGS Vikram
(4) Fuel Safar
(4) ICGS Trishut
Q.81) Which country has taken over as
Q.76) Who has been newly appointed as president of the UN Security Council for the
BCCI's selection committee chairman? month of March 2020?
(1) Vinod Kambli (1) China
(2) Javagal Srinath (2) USA
(3) Sunil Joshi (3) Russia
(4) Atul Wassan (4) France
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Q.82) The National Workshop on Explosive Q.87 Which Indian digital payment
Detection (NWED-2020) was held in which platform's subsidiary has received the
city? Brokerage License from Insurance
Regulatory and Authority of India (IRDAI)?
(1) Lucknow
(1) PhoenPe
(2) Chennai
(2) PayU
(3) Pune
(3) Paytm
(4) Mumbai
(4) BitPay
Q.83) Who among the following Indian-
Americans has been named as a key member Q.88) The World Bank has announced how
of the coronavirus task force in the US? much aid package to help countries combat
coronavirus outbreak?
(1) Harpreet Singh Sandhu
(1) USD 10 million
(2) Seema Verma
(2) USD 12 billion
(3) Nikki Haley
(3) USD 10 billion
(4) Ajit Pai
(4) USD 90 million
Q.84) Who was appointed as new CEO of
Nokia? Q.89) India celebrated Janaushadhi Week
2020 on which of the following dates?
(1) Rajiv Suri
(1) 25th February to 2nd March
(2) Ritesh Jain
(2) 28th February to 5th March
(3) Rishi Singh
(3) 1st March to 7th March
(4) Pekka Lundmark
(4) 2nd March to 8th March
Q.85) Name the Public Sector Bank which has
launched Risk Intel email service to advise the Q.90) What is the theme of this year’s World
business units about rating actions in respect Wildlife Day?
of units it has funded.
(1) Environment and Earth
(1) Andhra Bank
(2) Sustain Nature of Environment
(2) State Bank of India
(3) Preserve Nature
(3) Bank of Maharashtra
(4) Sustaining all life on Earth
(4) Allahabad Bank
Q.91) Which nation has become the first
Q.86) Which court lifted RBI's ban on finalist in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup
trading in virtual currencies? 2020?
(1) Supreme Court (1) Australia
(2) Delhi HC (2) England
(3) Allahabad HC (3) India
(4) Bombay HC (4) South Africa
Q.93) Which place has been designated as the Q.98) Google's second cloud region in India
summer capital of the Uttarakhand? will soon be launched in which city?
(1) Ranikhet (1) Bengaluru
(2) Almora (2) Chennai
(3) Binsar (3) Hyderabad
(4) Gairsain (4) New Delhi
Q.94) UP Govt. to pay _______ per month to Q.99) Draft EU law mandates member
farmers willing to keep stray cattle at their nations to achieve "climate neutrality" - net
houses? zero greenhouse emissions by which year?
(1) Rs 900 (1) 2025
(2) Rs 1400 (2) 2030
(3) Rs 2100 (3) 2040
(4) Rs 2500 (4) 2050
Q.95) Who launched the Student Health Card Q.100) Who launched Phase II of Swachh
scheme in Jammu and Kashmir? Bharat Mission Grameen?
(1) GC Murmu (1) Harsh Vardhan
(2) RK Mathur (2) Narendra Modi
(3) Rajnath Singh (3) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
(4) Dr Harsh Vardhan (4) Kailash Choudhary
Q.96) The 35th edition of AAHAR, Food, and Q.101) Which among the following cruise
Hospitality fair recently began in which city? ships has been stranded off the coast of
California over coronavirus fears?
(1) Mumbai
(1) Grand Princess
(2) New Delhi
(2) Princess Mary
(3) Kolkata
(3) Diamond Princess
(4) Hyderabad
(4) Saint George
Q.103) India Medical Device 2020 Conference Q.108) Which place was recently named as
& Exhibition will be held in which state? Uttarakhand Summer capital?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (1) Ramnagar
(2) Gujarat (2) Pithoragarh
(3) Uttarakhand (3) Kashipur
(4) Telangana (4) Gairsain
Q.104) Who among the following has been Q.109) How many new planets were
appointed as the new Indian Ambassador to discovered recently by astronomers at the
Turkey? University of British Columbia?
(1) Vivek Mohan (1) 20
(2) Sumit Arora (2) 25
(3) Sanjay Kumar Panda (3) 17
(4) Devnayak Gandhi (4) 10
Q.105) Which institute's scientists recently Q.110) Who has been appointed as the new
received National Award for Young Women Finance Secretary?
Showing Excellence through Application of
(1) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
Technology for Societal Benefits?
(2) Atanu Chakraborty
(1) IIT Delhi
(3) T V Somanathan
(2) IIT Bombay
(4) Tuhin Kant Pandey
(3) IIT Kharagpur
(4) IIT Patna Q.111) Which international magazine has
included Indira Gandhi in the '100 Woman of
Q.106) The RBI has issued a withdrawal limit the Year' list?
of Rs 50,000 for the account holders of which
(1) Outlook
bank?
(2) TIME
(1) AXIS
(3) Forbes
(2) HDFC
(4) Mirror
(3) Yes Bank
(4) IndusInd Bank
Q.113) Which Bank ties-up with Zomato to Q.118) Which country has refused to provide
launch co-branded credit card powered by passports to government employees under
Mastercard? suspension over corruption charges?
(1) Federal Bank (1) Pakistan
(2) IDBI Bank (2) Bangladesh
(3) Citi Bank (3) Sri Lanka
(4) RBL Bank (4) India
Q.114) Which city to host 108th Indian Q.119) Recently PM Oleksiy Honcharuk of
Science Congress? which country resigned?
(1) Chennai (1) Zimbabwe
(2) New Delhi (2) Netherlands
(3) Pune (3) Ukraine
(4) Mumbai (4) Denmark
Q.115) What is the name of NASA's rover for Q.120) In which city, workshop on
Mars Mission 2020? “Increasing Water Use Efficiency in
Industries” was inaugurated?
(1) Prospect
(1) Lucknow
(2) Innovation
(2) Chennai
(3) Call
(3) New Delhi
(4) Perseverance
(4) Mumbai
Q.116) As per government, Chandrayaan-3
will be launched in first half of which year? Q.121) Recently which Actress was signed as
brand ambassador of Puma?
(1) 2025
(1) Deepika Padukone
(2) 2021
(2) Katrina Kaif
(3) 2022
(3) Kareena Kapoor Khan
(4) 2023
(4) Disha Patani
Q.123) What is the rank of India in Freedom Q.128) Who recently took oath as new Chief
in the World 2020 report? Information Commissioner?
(1) 83 (1) Bimal Julka
(2) 81 (2) Amita Pandove
(3) 71 (3) SS Jha
(4) 9 (4) Varun Agarwal
Q.124) 5th edition of India Pharma & India Q.129) Which Company inks pact with
Medical Device 2020 Conference held at Saraswat co-op bank to tap rural market?
which city?
(1) ICICI Prudential
(1) Pune
(2) Max Bupa
(2) Chennai
(3) HDFC Life
(3) Gandhinagar
(4) LIC
(4) Mumbai
Q.130) The three-day-long Namaste Orchha
Q.125) Who was appointed as MD and CEO festival started in which state?
of SBI Life Insurance Company?
(1) Maharashtra
(1) Sanjeev Nautiyal
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(2) VS Jain
(3) Assam
(3) Taraknath Banerjee
(4) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Vikas Chaturvedi
Q.131) The International Indian Film
Q.126) International Conference on Nano Academy Awards (IIFA) which was
Science and Technology” (ICONSAT) held in scheduled to be held in which city was
which city? postponed due to coronavirus outbreak?
(1) Pune (1) Mumbai
(2) Chennai (2) Lucknow
(3) Kolkata (3) Indore
(4) Mumbai (4) Bhopal
Q.154) The Union Government has proposed Q.159) The Employees' Provident Fund
to create how many Self Help Groups by 2022 Organization has lowered the interest rate on
to support women to earn livelihood? deposits to how much for the current fiscal
year (2019-20)?
(1) 50 lakh
(1) 9 percent
(2) 30 lakh
(2) 8 percent
(3) 75 lakh
(3) 7.5 percent
(4) 80 lakh
(4) 8.5 percent
Q.155) What is the name of the portal
developed by the Ministry of AYUSH for Q.160) Which Indian college was ranked as
standardizing terminologies & morbidity No.1 law school in India as per QS World
codes for Ayurveda? Rankings 2020?
(1) NAMASTE Portal (1) Jindal Global Law School
(2) HELLO Portal (2) Nirma University
(3) SWAGAT Portal (3) BHU
(4) AYURVED Portal (4) JBIMS
Q.156) Which nation has introduced a motion Q.161) Name the Public Sector Bank, which
to launch an inquiry into gender shows interest to invest in Yes Bank and also
discrimination on International Women's to participate in its reconstruction scheme.
day?
(1) State Bank of India (SBI)
(1) Portugal
(2) Bank of Maharashtra (BoM)
(2) Maldives
(3) Punjab National Bank (PNB)
(3) Mauritius
(4) Bank of Baroda (BoB)
(4) Malaysia
Q.162) As per draft “Yes Bank Ltd.
Q.157) Which country has recorded second Reconstruction Scheme, 2020”, RBI wants to
highest Covid-19 death toll in world after alter the authorized capital of new
China? reconstituted Bank to _________.
(1) South Korea (1) 20,000 Crores
(2) Iran (2) 10,000 Crores
(3) US (3) 1,000 Crores
(4) Italy (4) 5,000 Crores
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Q.163) Which week is being celebrated across Q.168) First ever Khelo India Winter Games
the country from 1st March to 7th March recently began in which place?
2020?
(1) Ladakh
(1) Save Water
(2) Dehradun
(2) Jan Aushadhi
(3) Kashmir
(3) Janaushadhi
(4) Leh
(4) Maternity
Q.169) The Indian Army's Lt General Milind
Q.164) Which among the following nations Hemant Thakur has inaugurated the
has been accused of firing three projectiles on renovated Animal Memorial in which of the
March 9, 2020? following Indian City?
(1) North Korea (1) Kolkata
(2) Russia (2) Indore
(3) Japan (3) Lucknow
(4) South Korea (4) Bengaluru
Q.165) Name the Indian state which Q.170) Name the person who has become 1st
approved to form trust for ‘Ram Van Gaman Women Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in
Path’ project (March 2020). Indian Coast Gua d (ICG).
(1) Madhya Pradesh (1) Ruchi Sharma
(2) Haryana (2) Nupur Kulshrestha
(3) Jharkhand (3) Priya Jhingan
(4) Uttar Pradesh (4) Mitali Madhumita
Q.166) Which bank is to pick up a 49% stake Q.171) 'Adventures of a Daredevil Democrat'
in Yes Bank? is a comic book released on the life of which
person?
(1) Punjab National Bank
(1) Baijayant Panda
(2) Axis Bank
(2) Harekrushna Mahatab
(3) State Bank of India
(3) Nandini Satpathy
(4) Bank of Baroda
(4) Biju Patnaik
Q.167) How much percent of Environment
Related Crimes in India are from Rajasthan? Q.172) Which of the following has unveiled
the renovated Animal Memorial at Agram
(1) 20%
Grounds in ASC Centre and College in
(2) 30% Bengaluru?
(3) 40% (1) Indian Air Force
Q.174) As per the 10th FICCI-IBA Bankers' Q.179) In which Indian Institute, the Ministry
Survey July-Dec 2019, which of the following of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
sector registers high Non Performing Assets has launched Mahatma Gandhi National
(NPA)? Fellowship Programme (MGNF) as a part of
SANKALP Programme.
(1) Agriculture Sector
(1) IIM-Lucknow
(2) Corporate Sector
(2) IIM-Shillong
(3) Manufacturing Sector
(3) IIM-Bengaluru
(4) Infrastructure sector
(4) IIT-Bombay
Q.175) Which of the following is to work
together with India on Integrated Local Q.180) Name the former Union Law Minister
Energy Systems? and Congress veteran, who has passed away
recently?
(1) NATO
(1) N Dharam Singh
(2) OPEC
(2) SM Krishna
(3) European Union
(3) Vajubhai Vala
(4) United Nations
(4) Hans Raj Bhardwaj
Q.176) Name the Indian state which is 1st in
the country to own a separate department for Q.181) Who among the following has become
Self Help Groups (SHGs) named the richest man in Asia?
'Department of Mission Shakti'.
(1) Jack Ma
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Virat Kohli
(2) Telangana
(3) Aditya Birla
(3) Punjab
(4) Anil Ambani
(4) Odisha
Q.182) Which nation's Health Minister has
Q.177) Who won the Lifetime Achievement been tested positive for COVID-19 virus?
honour at 2020 Mahindra Excellence in
(1) Italy
Theatre Awards?
(2) South Korea
(1) Roysten Abel
(3) UK
(2) Zoya Akhtar
(4) France
(3) Vardhan Puri
(4) Barry John
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Q.183) Which of the following states has Q.188) Agartala of Tripura state and
decided to keep all cinema theaters closed till Ghojadanga of which state approved as
31st March due to Corona virus outbreak? authorised land immigration check posts?
(1) Rajasthan (1) Sikkim
(2) Delhi (2) Manipur
(3) Punjab (3) West Bengal
(4) Kerala (4) Assam
Q.184) Which state has suspended the entry Q.189) When is the Foundation Day of the
of foreigners amid Corona virus scare? Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
observed in India?
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(1) 9th March
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(2) 10th March
(3) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) 11th March
(4) Rajasthan
(4) 12th March
Q.185) Which state tops the list of the states
in terms of the number of participants in Q.190) Which country won the Women’s T20
Poshan Abhiyan? World Cup title?
(1) Tamil Nadu (1) India
(2) Karnataka (2) Australia
(3) Assam (3) England
(4) Bihar (4) South Africa
Q.186) Who launched a women helpline Q.191) Which body launched “100 per cent
number–01126565285– for women and cricket“, a 12-month campaign dedicated
students with science and technology towards the promotion of women’s cricket?
background?
(1) ICC
(1) Amit Shah
(2) PCB
(2) Harsh Vardhan
(3) BCCI
(3) Smriti Irani
(4) Wales and Eng Board
(4) Narendra Modi
Q.192) Indian Coast Guard conducted 9th
Q.187) Which country witnessed the swearing edition of rescue exercise ‘SAREX-2020’ in
in of two Presidents on March 10, 2020? which state?
(1) Sri Lanka (1) Goa
(2) Afghanistan (2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Malaysia (3) Uttarakhand
(4) Maldives (4) Assam
Q.194) ccording to Knight Frank’s Wealth Q.199) Which state's assembly has approved
Report 2020, India’s UHNWI Population to a bill on caste validity certificate?
Grow By how much percent in 5 years?
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(1) 73%
(2) Gujarat
(2) 74%
(3) Maharashtra
(3) 78%
(4) Madhya Pradesh
(4) 7%
Q.200) Which state government has approved
Q.195) Who is the only Indian player to the implementation of 'happy hour' for auto
feature in the Women’s T20 World Cup team rickshaws?
of the tournament announced by
(1) Delhi
International Cricket Council?
(2) Maharashtra
(1) Smriti Mandhana
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Harmanpreet Kaur
(4) Rajasthan
(3) Shafali Verma
(4) Poonam Yadav Q.201) The World Health Organisation
(WHO) recently categorized Corona virus as
Q.196) What is India's rank in recently which of the following?
released SIPRI Arms Export list?
(1) Pandemic
(1) 23rd
(2) Epidemic
(2) 25th
(3) Endemic
(3) 30th
(4) Miasmatic
(4) 41st
Q.202) Recently which state launched COVA
Q.197) Infosys has signed an agreement with application in a bid to sensitise people how to
which company to develop smart services in deal with the novel corona virus?
India?
(1) Bihar
(1) Google
(2) Maharashtra
(2) Facebook
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Qualcomm
(4) Punjab
(4) Nescomm
Q.214) What is the rank of India in KPMG’s Q.219) When is the last date to submit interest
2020 global technology industry innovation bids to buy Air India stakes?
survey?
(1) March 31st
(1) 1st
(2) April 1st
(2) 4th
(3) April 30th
(3) 2nd
(4) April 15th
(4) 5th
Q.220) The “Joy Bangla” will be the national
Q.215) What is the helpline number issued by slogan of which country?
the central government in view of the corona
(1) SriLanka
virus?
(2) Iran
(1) 011-23978046
(3) Bangladesh
(2) 011-23010540
(4) Israel
(3) 011-26612555
(4) 11-25041133 Q.221) Centre would make it mandatory for
sanitary napkin companies to provide bio-
Q.216) The Cabinet has approved how much degradable disposal bags from which year?
hike in the Dearness Allowance?
(1) 2021
(1) 4 percent
(2) 2022
(2) 5 percent
(3) 2023
(3) 6 percent
(4) 024
(4) 5.5 percent
Q.222) Team India will face which team in its
Q.217) Which political leader's preventive first international match that will be played
detention order was revoked by Jammu and without an audience?
Kashmir administration on March 13, 2020?
(1) Australia
(1) Farukh Abdullah
(2) South Africa
(2) Omar Abdullah
(3) England
(3) Mehbooba Mufti
(4) New Zealand
(4) None of the Above
Q.227) Who was appointed as brand Q.232) Indin Mountaineer Amgoth Tukaram
ambassador of Chinese smartphone brand climbs the highest peak of Australia, 'Mount
iQOO? Kosciuszko' recently (March 2020). He hailed
from which Indian state?
(1) Virat Kohli
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Disha Patani
(2) Kerala
(3) MS Dhoni
(3) Karnataka
(4) Akshay Kumar
(4) Telangana
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Q.233) Which team clinched its maiden Ranji Q.238 Who requested the Lok Sabha
Trophy title? members to spread the information about
“Udyam Sakhi” Portal for awareness about
(1) Maharashtra
government schemes?
(2) UP
(1) Smriti Irani
(3) Saurashtra
(2) Rajnath Singh
(4) Bengal
(3) Narendra Modi
Q.234) Name the Indian state which is 1st in (4) Nitin Gadkari
country to notify regulations to prevent the
outbreak and spread of the novel coronavirus Q.239) Which Indian Actor was appointed as
under Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897. brand ambassador of CMS Ambassadors for
Migratory Species?
(1) West Bengal
(1) Randeep Hooda
(2) Karnataka
(2) Irfan Khan
(3) Rajasthan
(3) Amitabh Bachchan
(4) Kerala
(4) Akshay Kumar
Q.235) India Post launches free Digital
Locker Service in which city? Q.240) The Central Board of State Bank of
India (SBI) has approved the investment of
(1) Kolkata
Rs._______ in Yes Bank as the part of RBI's
(2) Mumbai 'Yes Bank Ltd. Reconstruction Scheme,
2020'.
(3) Chennai
(1) 7000 Crore
(4) Lucknow
(2) 8000 Crore
Q.236) Recently Bill Gates stepped down (3) 7250 Crore
from board of directors of which company?
(4) 8250 Crore
(1) Wipro
(2) Microsoft Q.241) Pragati initiative has been started by
which company?
(3) Google
(1) Google India
(4) Amazon
(2) Face book India
Q.237) Which team enters Limca Book of (3) TCS
Records for India’s first Living Culinary Arts
Museum? (4) Microsoft
(1) WGSGA
Q.242) Who has been appointed as the
(2) WGSHA Managing Director of Yes Bank?
(3) HGDSE (1) Prashant Kumar
Q.244) Which state Government is to Q.249) Who has been appointed as first-ever
construct 33 stadiums across the state under Chief Scientific Officer of Microsoft?
the Uttaran Scheme?
(1) Ginni Rometty
(1) Nagaland
(2) Alan Mulally
(2) Assam
(3) Eric Horvitz
(3) Odisha
(4) Paul Allen
(4) West Bengal
Q.250) HIL (India) Limited launched
Q.245) What is the latest current account "Customer Payment Portal" in association
deficit of India? with which bank?
(1) 3 % of GDP (1) State bank of India
(2) 3.8 % of GDP (2) HDFC
(3) 0.9 % of GDP (3) Union Bank of India
(4) 0.2 % of GDP (4) Yes Bank
Q.246) What is revised exposure limits for Q.251) Who has been appointed as 1st ever
urban cooperative banks to a group of ambassador of IDFC First bank?
borrowers?
(1) Salman Khan
(1) 40%
(2) Amitabh Bachchan
(2) 25%
(3) Ajay Devgan
(3) 15%
(4) Sanjay Dutt
(4) 23%
Q.252) A newly discovered species of
Q.247) Which Indian actor was named as treehopper was named after which
CMS Ambassadors for Migratory Species performer?
until 2023?
(1) Lady Gaga
(1) Sacha Dench
(2) Salena Gomez
(2) Ranveer Singh
(3) Shakira
(3) Randeep Hooda
(4) Jenifer Lopez
(4) Salman Khan
Q.254) What is the name of newly discovered Q.259) Who has been appointed as the
Exo-planet where it "rains iron"? adviser to J&K Lt. Governor GC Murmu?
(1) Kepler-186f (1) Shehbaz Ahmed
(2) WASP-76b (2) Baseer Khan
(3) HAT-P-36b (3) Tarikh Akhzer
(4) HD 189733 b (4) Sharad Yadav
Q.256) Yes Bank will resume its full banking Q.261) According to Jal Shakti Minister,
service from which date? ground water in India is contaminated with
which chemical element?
(1) March 18th
(1) Potassium
(2) March 16th
(2) Uranium
(3) March 17th
(3) Lead
(4) March 21st
(4) Boron
Q.257) Which state's Chief Minister will face
a floor test on March 17, 2020? Q.262) How much the corona virus (Covid-
19) cost the global economy as per the UN's
(1) Rajasthan
trade and development agency United
(2) Gujarat Nations Conference on Trade and
Development?
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(1) $2 trillion
(4) Karnataka
(2) $7 trillion
(3) $8 trillion
(4) $10 trillion
Q.266) Which state government has Q.271) Which company has launched a
introduced two schemes- CMAST and tracker for COVID-19 worldwide?
CMAT- to benefit the sportspersons and
(1) Google
artists in the state?
(2) IBM
(1) Meghalaya
(3) Microsoft
(2) Assam
(4) Samsung
(3) Manipur
(4) West Bengal Q.272) Which nation has initiated the first
human trial to evaluate vaccine against
Q.267) Wings India 2020, an international COVID-19?
exhibition and conference on civil aviation
(1) UK
held in which city?
(2) France
(1) Hyderabad
(3) Israel
(2) Mumbai
(4) US
(3) Chennai
(4) Lucknow
(a) Topez
Q.301) Which state has became the first state
(b) edex in the country to allocated funds to fight
against Coronavirus?
(c) Ro ro
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Ropax
(2) Haryana
Q.197) Which nation's monarch has cancelled (3) Odisha
appointments for the next few months?
(4) Tamilnadu
(a) Denmark
(b) Switzerland Q.302) Which state government has removed
quota in promotion for SC/ST employees?
(c) Thailand
(1) Uttarakhand
(d) United Kingdom
(2) Bihar
Q.298) Who has recently been nominated as (3) Punjab
Prime Minister of Iraq by President Barham
Salih? (4) Rajasthan
Q.305) Indian Navy has set up a quarantine Q.310) Which state will launch its "Star
facility in which city? Rating Program" to rate industries based on
the amount of pollutants generated by them?
(1) Kochi
(1) Jharkhand
(2) Mumbai
(2) Bihar
(3) Vishakhapatnam
(3) Kerala
(4) Chennai
(4) Odisha
Q.306) The DAC has approved procurement
of how many Tejas fighter aircraft? Q.311) The government has set an ambitious
target to achieve sales of around 70 lakh
(1) 91
hybrid & electric vehicles by the end of which
(2) 83 year?
(3) 78 (1) 2022
Q.359) Which Bank has tied up with Bharti Q.364) What is the number of women
AXA to roll out a complimentary insurance matches officials across different
plan covering all medical conditions, International Cricket Council panels?
including Covid-19? (1) 10
(1) IDBI Bank
(2) 12
(2) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(3) 14
Q.369) what is the theme of this year’s World Q.374) Reserve bank of India extended the
WaterDay? regulatory restrictions on Punjab and
Maharashtra Cooperative Bank (PMC) Bank
(1) Save Water by how much time?
(2) Leaving No one Behind (1) 6 Months
(3) Nature for Water (2) 1 Year
(4) Water and Climate Change (3) 1 Months
(4) 3 Months
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Q.375) How much amount has been Q.380) Which political leader was released
committed by Nepal to the SAARC from preventive detention on March 24,
emergency fund to help combat the 2020?
coronavirus pandemic in the region?
(1) Omar Abdullah
(1) NPR 100 million
(2) Farooq Abdullah
(2) NPR 400 million
(3) Mehbooba Mufti
(3) NPR 200 million
(4) Salman Khurshid
(4) PR 300 million
Q.381) Which of the following institutions of
Q.376) What is the name of the new virus that India has decided to organise India's first
has appeared in China amid COVID-19 Hyperloop Pod competition?
outbreak?
(1) IIT Delhi
(1) Adenoviruses
(2) IIT Madras
(2) Hantavirus
(3) IIT Kanpur
(3) Megavirus
(4) IIT Nasik
(4) Epstein Barr virus
Q.382) Who won 2020 PEN/Hemingway
Q.377) Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has Award in US for her debut novel 'A Prayer
set up India's first COVID-19 dedicated for Travelers'?
hospital in which city?
(1) Geeta Thunberg
(1) New Delhi
(2) Ruchika Tomar
(2) Mumbai
(3) Savita Mishra
(3) Hoshiyarpur
(4) Devis Menon
(4) Nashik
Q.383) Which country has become the first
Q.378) The RBI will purchase bonds worth one to withdraw from the 2020 Olympic and
how much to bring the Indian economy back Paralympic Games in Tokyo?
on track?
(1) Canada
(1) Rs.5000 cr
(2) Japan
(2) Rs.10000 cr
(3) Australia
(3) Rs.20000 cr
(4) China
(4) Rs.30000 cr
Q.384) When is the new deadline for Income
Q.379) Economic Freedom Index has been Tax filing?
released by which organization?
(1) 30th April
(1) World Health Foundation
(2) 30th May
(2) World Bank
(3) 30th June
(3) Heritage Foundation
(4) 31st July
(4) Global Economic Facility
Q.389) When is the last date for linking Q.394) Name the Institute which is going to
Aadhaar and Pan card? organize India's 1st Global Hyperloop pod
competition.
(1) 30th June
(1) IIT Bombay
(2) 31st July
(2) IIT Calcutta
(3) 30th April
(3) IIT Delhi
(4) 30th May
(4) IIT Madras
Q.399) The Credit rating agency S&P has Q.404) After Microsoft, which other company
lowered India's growth forecast for FY 21 to launched a dedicated website to provide
_____. information on the COVID-19 pandemic?
(1) 6.10% (1) TCS
(2) 5.60% (2) Google
(3) 5% (3) Bing
(4) 5.20% (4) Amazon
Q.406) Mayiladuthurai has become the 38th Q.411) Who has been appointed as CEO of
district of which Indian state? Walmart India?
(1) Andhra Pradesh (1) Rashi Singh
(2) Kerala (2) Sameer Aggarwal
(3) Tamil Nadu (3) Dirk Van Den Berghe
(4) Telangana (4) Mohit Aggarwal
Q.407) Name the Indian state which becomes Q.412) Which is the 1st Indian state that
1st state to impose curfew after lockdown launches assessment tool partnered with
fails. Innovaccer Inc. for COVID-19.
(1) Punjab (1) Goa
(2) Karnataka (2) Haryana
(3) Goa (3) Punjab
(4) Tamil Nadu (4) Odisha
Q.408) How much has been allocated for Q.413) Which state government has banned
Health care by central government to combat the production and sale of pan masala during
COVID-19. the 21-day lockdown?
(1) 10,000 Cr (1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) 5,000 Cr (2) Sikkim
(3) 15,000 Cr (3) Assam
(4) 20,000 Cr (4) Bihar
Q.429) Recently the Cabinet Committee on Q.434) Which Indian sports personality has
Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved how been chosen for FIFA awareness campaign to
much amount for recapitalisation plan for combat the COVID-19 pandemic?
regional rural banks (RRB)?
(1) Sunil Chhetri
(1) ₹1130 cr
(2) PV Sindhu
(2) ₹1200 cr
(3) Viraat Kohli
(3) ₹1400 cr
(4) MS Dhoni
(4) ₹1340 cr
Q.458) Which country has launched the Q.463) Sportsman Navin Chikara has been
Lockheed Martin Advanced Extremely High banned for failed dope test. He is related to
Frequency (AEHF) satellite to strengthen its which event?
military communication? (1) Long Jump
(1) United States (2) Track & Field
(2) Israel (3) Javelin Throw
(3) Japan (4) Shot Put
(4) Russia
Q.464) When is the Earth Hour observed
Q.459) How much amount has been raised by across the globe annually?
the State Bank of India through the green (1) Last Saturday of March
bonds in 2019-20?
(2) March 28
(1) USD 200 million
(3) Last Sunday of March
(2) USD 100 million
(4) March 29
(3) USD 150 million
(4) USD 75 million Q.465) Former minister Beni Prasad Verma
who passed away recently was the founder of
Q.460) As per SBI's Ecowrap report, what is which political party?
the estimated growth rate of Indian economy (1) Aam Aadmi Party
for the fiscal year 2020-21?
(2) BSP
(1) 5.10%
(3) BJP
(2) 4.20%
(4) Samajwadi Party
(3) 3.70%
(4) 2.60%
Q.1) Which fund has been set up for COVID- (1) Qatar
19 relief? (2) UAE
(1) PM-Covid fund (3) Saudi Arabia
(2) PM-Cares fund (4) Oman
(3) Covid se Suraksha
Q.7) Who was appointed as Reserve Bank of
(4) PM-Coronavirus
India (RBI) deputy governor?
Q.2) What are the new dates for Tokyo (1) Nandan kamal
Olympics 2020? (2) BP Kaunungo
(1) May-June 2021
(3) Deepak Mishra
(2) July-August 2021 (4) Raghuram Rajan
(3) April-May 2021
Q.8) The Government has set up how many
(4) January-February 2021
empowered groups for COVID-19 response?
Q.22) Veteran _________ comedian Ken Q.27) How much stake has been acquired by
Shimura passed away due to coronavirus. the Central government in Kamarajar Port
Ltd (KPL)?
(1) Japanese
(1) 97%
(2) Chinese
(2) 100%
(3) Nepalese
(3) 87%
(4) Indian
(4) 67%
Q.23) Name he Indian Minister who launched
COVID-19 National Teleconsultation Centre Q.28) RBI has raised the investment limit by
(CoNTeC) in New Delhi to connect doctors the foreign portfolio investors’ (FPI) in
across the country to AIIMS. corporate bonds from FY 2020-21. What is
the new limit?
(1) Pralhad Joshi
(1) 9 percent
(2) Harsh Vardhan
(2) 15 percent
(3) Smriti Irani
(3) 12 percent
(4) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(4) 18 percent
Q.24) Which of the following state
government has set up “Mobile Hand-wash Q.29) The merger of 10 PSBs into 4 PSBs
facilities” for the benefit of Slum Dwellers come into force from April 1, 2020. As per the
amidst lockdown in the state? scheme syndicate bank will be merger with
which bank?
(1) West Bengal
(1) Andhra Bank
(2) Gujarat
(2) Bank of Baroda
(3) Kerala
(3) Canara Bank
(4) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Punjab National Bank
Q.25) Which among these companies is the
most valued firm by market capitalisation as Q.30) The Punjab National Bank has changed
per the data on 31 March 2020? its logo ahead of merger on April 1, 2020.
Which among the following bank will be
(1) State Bank of India
merged with PNB?
(2) Reliance Industries Limited
(1) United Bank of India
(3) Tata Consultancy Services’
(2) Oriental Bank of Commerce
(4) Indian Oil Corporation
(3) Both (1) and (2)
Q.35) According to Government's Scientific Q.40) Domestic credit rating agency India
Advisor, how effective are homemade masks? Ratings (Ind-Ra) cut India FY21 growth to
how muchpercent?
(1) 80 percent
(1) 3.6%
(2) 70 percent
(2) 3.5%
(3) 90 percent
(3) 3.4%
(4) 50 percent
(4) 3.0%
Q.82) With which company Kerala based Q.87) Whose tenure was extended by RBI as
SCTIMST collaborated to make portable CMD of Jammu and Kashmir Bank?
lightweight emergency ventilator system?
(1) SK Chaturvedi
(1) Wipro 3D
(2) Krishnan S
(2) TCS
(3) Mahesh Jain
(3) CTS
(4) RK Chibber
(4) Infosys
Q.88) Govt extended implementation of
Q.83) Which state government has launched uniform stamp duty for capital market
mobile app PRAGYAAM to issue e-passes to instruments to which date?
everyone associated with delivery of essential
(1) July 1
services?
(2) July 30
(1) Jharkhand
(3) May 31
(2) Assam
(4) April 30
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Madhya Pradesh Q.89) United Nations General Assembly is
based in which city?
Q.84) Who has been appointed as Executive
(1) Durban
Director of Canara Bank post merger of
Syndicate Bank? (2) New York
(1) Krishan S (3) Sydney
(2) Rakesh Sharma (4) Paris
(3) K Ramachandran
Q.90) What is the theme of this year’s World
(4) Srinivas Acharya Autism Awareness Day 2020?
(1) The transition of adulthood
Q.85) Who has taken charge as the new
executive director of the Indian Bank? (2) Light it Up Blue
(1) K Ramachandran (3) Empowering women and girls with autism
(2) Abhinav Sharma (4) Towards Autonamy and Determination
(3) Rajesh Chaturvedi
(4) Hasmukh Adhia
Q.92) Which bank listed USD 100 mn green Q.97) Name the initiative launched by civil
bonds on India INX recently? services officer’s association to fight COVID-
19.
(1) ICICI
(1) Coruna
(2) HDFC
(2) Koruna
(3) PNB
(3) Caruna
(4) SBI
(4) Covidna
Q.93) Mo Prativa" (My talent) has been
started by which state? Q.98) which state government has started
door to door distribution of welfare pensions
(1) Gujarat
to the beneficiaries across the state?
(2) Odisha
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Bihar
(2) Sikkim
(4) Jharkhand
(3) Maharashtra
Q.102) Name the company which has Q.107) Name the initiative launched by civil
launched India’s 1st home screening kit for services officer's association to fight COVID-
covid-19 which was approved by ICMR. 19.
(1) Piramal (1) Coruna
(2) Bione (2) Koruna
(3) GSK India (3) Caruna
(4) Bharat Biotech (4) Covidna
Q.103) Name the low-cost ventilator Q.108) What is the name of low-cost energy
prototype, developed by the Rail Coach efficient ventilator made by the Rail Coach
Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, Punjab for the Factory, Kapurthala?
patients of COVID-19?
(1) JEEVAN
(1) Jeevan
(2) RAKSHAK
(2) Amrit
(3) Cocare
(3) Kawach
(4) Life Care
(4) Praan
Q.109) Name the company which has
Q.104) As per Asian Development Bank, launched India's 1st home screening kit for
India’s GDP to grow at how much percent in covid-19 which was approved by ICMR.
FY 2020?
(1) Piramal
(1) 4.5%
(2) Bione
(2) 4.2%
(3) GSK India
(3) 4.0%
(4) Bharat Biotech
(4) 4.1%
Q.110) Which state's CM has been conferred
Q.105) According to Fitch Solutions, India’s with the 'Hero to Animals Award' by animal
fiscal deficit in 2020-21 may shoot up to how rights body PETA?
much percent of GDP?
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(1) 6.9%
(2) Rajasthan
(2) 6.1%
(3) Tamil Nadu
(3) 6.5%
(4) Odisha
(4) 6.2%
Q.121) What is the name of low cost portable Q.126) Recently Union HRD Minister
ventilator made by IIT Roorkee? launched MHRD AICTE COVID-19 Student
Helpline Portal developed by AICTE in
(1) Covid Care
which city?
(2) Jeevan Lite
(1) Kanpur
(3) Prana Vayu
(2) Chennai
(4) Life Care
(3) NewDelhi
Q.143) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has Q.148) Which among the following
relaxed norms to increase the number of days institution/organisation has extended of
that a State/UT can continue to overdraft to service of MadhabiPuri Bach as whole-time
how many days (from 14 days)? member for six months.
(1) 33 days (1) IRDAI
(2) 21 days (2) NABARD
(3) 18 days (3) SEBI
(4) 24 days (4) RBI
Q.144) Who has been recently selected as a Q.149) National Highway Authority of India
member of the Naismith Memorial (NHAI) has achieved the record of
Basketball Hall of Fame? constructing 3, 979 Km highways in FY20.
Who is the Chairman of NHAI?
(1) Stephen Curry
(1) Ashok Kumar Gupta
(2) Anthony Davis
(2) Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
(3) Kobe Bryant
(3) Bhagwan Lal Sahni
(4) Michael Jordan
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(4) H. L. Dattu Q.155) Who has become the Democratic
nominee for the US Presidential Elections
Q.150) Who has been appointed as the new 2020?
chairman of NASSCOM, for 2020-21? (1) Joe Biden
(1) D N Prahlad (2) Bernie Sanders
(2) D Sundaram (3) Elizabeth Warren
(3) UB Pravin Rao (4) Michael Bloomberg
(4) Rekha M Menon
Q.156) Which state/UT has become the first
Q.151) Who has topped the Forbes list of one to extend the lockdown till April 30,
World's Billionaires in 2020? 2020?
Q.152) Who is the top-ranked Indian Q.157) Which Body will provide emergency
billionaire on the Forbes's 2020 list of world's credit facility of up to Rs 1 cr to SMEs?
top billionaires? (1) RRBs
(1) Sunil Mittal (2) NASSCOM
(2) Mukesh Ambani (3) RBI
(3) Uday Kotak (4) SIDBI
(4) Radhakishan Damani
Q.158) Which airlines has decided to rehire
Q.153) Which state police created app 16,500 employees laid off due to pandemic?
‘Rakhsa Sarv’ for quarantined people? (1) Air India
(1) Telangana (2) Air Canada
(2) Bihar (3) Air Asia
(3) Chhattisgarh (4) SpiceJet
(4) Maharashtra
Q.159) Which bank became the first entity to
Q.154) Which Company tied up with Flipkart fund ventilator prototype by IIT Kanpur?
to deliver essential supplies to customers? (1) Standard Chartered Bank
(1) Ola (2) Federal Bank
(2) Uber (3) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(3) Meru (4) IDBI Bank
(4) Grofers
Q.163) Which state finished on top at the all- (4) Stanford University
India level for micro-irrigation coverage?
Q.168) Name the Indian state/UT which
(1) Bihar
launched ‘Operation SHIELD’ in
(2) Maharashtra Containment areas against COVID-19.
(3) Kerala (1) New Delhi
Q.171)What is the name of mobile doctor Q.176) How many people working in
booth that was developed by West Central informal sector in India have risk of falling
Railway's Coach Rehabilitation Workshop into poverty as per International Labour
(CRWS)? Organization (ILO) report?
(1) SAMATHAN (1) 150 million
(2) SHAGUN (2) 100 million
(3) SAMRAT (3) 400 million
(4) CHARAK (4) 250 million
Q.172 Name the MNC which has launched Q.177) Which of the following tech giant has
‘Watson Assistance for Citizens’ in India to announced the launch of a virtual Braille
address Covid-19. keyboard for Android users with low vision
or blindness?
(1) IBM
(1) Facebook
(2) TCS
(2) Google
(3) Microsoft
(3) Microsoft
(4) Infosys
(4) Infosys
Q.173) Find the person who has been
appointed as MD & CEO of IFFCO Tokio Q.178) What is the India's Growth forecast
General Insurance? for the FY21 as per American financial
company Goldman sachs?
(1) Chitra Ramakrishna
(1) 1.60%
(2) Roshni Nadar
(2) 2%
(3) Mallika Srinivasan
(3) 2.50%
(4) Anamika Roy Rashtrawar
(4) 2.60%
Q.174) Which bank has launched the digital
banking platform named “DigiGen” for Q.179) Who is the author of the book “The
digitally opening bank account? Art of Her Deal : The Untold Story of Melania
Trump”?
(1) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
(1) Kevin Sullivan
(2) Jana Small Finance Bank
(2) Mary Jordan
(3) Equitas Small Finance Bank
(3) Gina DeJesus
(4) AU Small Finance Bank
(4) Amanda Berry
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Q.180) With which world organization (4) TRIFED
Hindustan Unilever Limited joined to launch
'#BreakTheChain' campaign to combat Q.185) How many tonnes of drug including
Covid-19. hydroxychloroquine has been exported by
(1) Amnesty International India to Israel?
Q.182) Flipkart has partnered with which Q.187) Raj Vikash Verma has been appointed
insurance company to launch the ‘Covid-19 as the Non-Executive Chairman of which
Protection Cover’ on its platform? bank?
(1) HDFC Ergo (1) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
(2) Bharti AXA (2) Equitas Small Finance Bank
(3) ICICI Lombard (3) AU Small Finance Bank
(4) IFFCO Tokiyo (4) Jana Small Finance Bank
Q.183) Which institute has developed a very Q.188) P Jayarama Bhat has been appointed
low-cost personal protective equipment as the Non-Executive Chairman of which
(PPE), which can be manufactured for less bank?
than Rs 100?
(1) Karnataka Bank
(1) IIT Patna
(2) Punjab National Bank
(2) IIT Kanpur
(3) Canara Bank
(3) IIT Delhi
(4) Corporation Bank
(4) IIT Jammu
Q.201) Who has been appointed as the MD & Q.206) With which smartphone company
CEO of the Bharti AXA Life Insurance, Google ties up to create coronavirus contact
recently. tracing technology using Bluetooth signals?
(1) Parag Raja (1) Xiaomi
(2) Bhargav Dasgupta (2) Samsung
(3) Prasun Sikdar (3) Apple
(4) Tapan Singhel (4) Lenovo
Q.202) What is the ADB’s assured support Q.207) Who is the Present Part Time
package to India to fight Covid-19? chairman of Mumbai based Bank Board
Bureau (BBB)?
(1) 6.6 Billion
(1) Arundhati Bhattacharya
(2) 3.4 Billion
(2) Bhanu Pratap Sharma
(3) 1 Billion
(3) P Pradeep Kumar
(4) 2.2 Billion
(4) Vedika Bhandarkar
Q.203) Genrich Membranes has developed a
device named “MOE” for the treatment of Q.208) Who among the following female
COVID-19 patients. MOE stands for? cricketers has been named the Wisden’s
Leading Female Cricketer in the World
(1) Multi Oscillator Equipment
2020?
(2) Monitoring Oxygenator Equipment
(1) Mark Lane
(3) Monitoring Oxygenator Equipment
(2) Ellyse Perry
(4) Membrane Oscillator Equipment
(3) Sana Mir
(4) Smriti Mandhana
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Q.209) Directorate General of Foreign Trade Q.214) The HRD Ministry has launched
(DGFT) operates under which of the which portal to monitor and record its efforts
following ministry? to combat COVID19- related challenges?
(1) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (1) Shakti
(2) Ministry of Home Affairs (2) Yukti
(3) Ministry of Commerce & Industry (3) Shiksha
(4) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (4) Sanchay
Q.210) Name of the company, has signed an Q.215) The Indian Railways has installed its
agreement with the Indian Army for setting first Walk Through Mass Sanitizing Tunnel
up an advanced IT-enabled system. at which of these stations?
(1) Tata Steel Ltd (1) New Delhi
(2) Larsen & Toubro (L&T) (2) Hyderabad
(3) ITC Limited (3) Pune
(4) Reliance Industries Limited (4) Ahmedabad
Q.211) Who has been signed as the brand Q.216) Which smartphone manufacturer
ambassador for Mobile Premier League along with Google is making a software
(MPL)? similar to Arogya Setu to enable COVID-19
contact tracing through phones?
(1) M S Dhoni
(1) OnePlus
(2) Yami Gautam
(2) Apple
(3) Rishabh Pant
(3) Huawei
(4) Tamannaah bhatia
(4) Xiaomi
Q.212) What is India score in "Oxford
COVID-19 Government Response Tracker"? Q.217) IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva has
named 12 people including which of the
(1) 80
following Indian to her external advisory
(2) 100 group to combat coronavirus pandemic?
(3) 90 (1) Shaktikanta Das
Q.220) Which state is the first in India that Q.225) Name the Indian Ministry which has
has begun flattening the curve of COVID-19 launched 'Bharat Padhe Online' Campaign.
infection?
(1) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(1) Odisha
(2) Ministry of Home Affairs
(2) Telangana
(3) Ministry of External Affairs
(3) Kerala
(4) Ministry of Human Resource and
(4) Uttar Pradesh Development
Q.221) The South Asian Association for Q.226) Which nation has stopped its funding
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) comprises to the World Health Organisation?
how many members?
(1) China
(1) Seven
(2) France
(2) Six
(3) Italy
(3) Five
(4) US
(4) Eight
Q.232) Which Smart phone manufacturing Q.237) Who has developed COVID Sample
company has launched internet-less payment Collection Kiosk (COVSACK)?
app for feature phones?
(1) Indian Railways
(1) Nokia
(2) DRDO
(2) Apple
(3) ISRO
(3) Samsung
(4) Reliance
(4) Lava
Q.238) Name the Indian state which has
Q.233) Which city was scheduled to host 44th launched 'Food Bank' initiative with the
session of World Heritage Committee of theme 'Help End Hunger Today' for poor and
UNESCO that has now been postponed? needy people.
(1) Fuzhou (1) Nagaland
(2) Okinawa (2) Meghalaya
(3) Wuhan (3) Assam
(4) Beijing (4) Manipur
Q.241) Which app has become the world’s Q.246) What will be the penalty (in basis
highest downloaded app in just 13 days? points) on banks if they failed to invest
TLTRO funds in 30 working days as
(1) Zoom
announced by RBI?
(2) Big Basket
(1) 200bps
(3) Sahyog
(2) 150bps
(4) Aarogya Setu
(3) 50bps
(1) 102
Q.248) 1st station of the Indian Railways to
(2) 108 install a “Walk Through Mass Sanitizing
Tunnel”-
(3) 110
(1) Jamnagar Railway Station
(4) 107
(2) Gandhinagar Railway Station
(3) Ahmedabad Railway Station
(4) Surat Railway Station
Q.250) Which of the following MNC has Q.255) Which of the following Indian
launched ‘Watson Assistance for Citizens’ in Ministry which has launched ‘Bharat Padhe
India to address Covid-19. Online’ Campaign?
(1) Infosys (1) Ministry of Human Resource and
Development
(2) Microsoft
(2) Ministry of External Affairs
(3) TCS
(3) Ministry of Home Affairs
(4) IBM
(4) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Q.251) Name the newly appointed managing
director and chief executive of Care Ratings Q.256) Who has been appointed as the brand
ambassador of Dubai based cricket academy
(1) Hemant Ahluwalia
‘CricKingdom’?
(2) Ajay Mahajan
(1) MS Dhoni
(3) Sharad Agarwal
(2) Virat Kohli
(4) Rakesh Singhal
(3) Rohit Sharma
Q.260) What is the new stance of Indian Q.265) How much amount has been
equities market as reported by Goldman announced by RBI for the fourth and final
Sachs? tranche of its Targeted Long Term Repo
Operation (TLTRO)?
(1) Underweight
(1) Rs 8,000 crore
(2) Neutral
(2) Rs 12,000 crore
(3) Overweight
(3) Rs 25,000 crore
(4) Marketweight
(4) Rs 36,000 crore
Q.261) When was the second G20 Finance
Ministerial Meeting 2020 held? Q.266) The US state department has accused
which nation of secretly carrying out low-
(1) April 14th
level underground nuclear test explosions?
(2) April 15th
(1) Iran
(3) April 16th
(2) North Korea
(4) April 11th
(3) Israel
Q.280) How much amount has been Q.285) Which state has launched the web
announced by RBI for the fourth and final portal cghaat to enable home delivery of
tranche of its Targeted Long Term Repo fruits and vegetables to the residents during
Operation (TLTRO)? the extended lockdown phase?
(1) Rs 8,000 crore (1) Kerala
(2) Rs 12,000 crore (2) Chhattisgarh
(3) Rs 25,000 crore (3) Uttarakhand
(4) Rs 36,000 crore (4) Haryana
Q.281) Which state’s research institute has Q.286) Which Company announced the
developed low-cost COVID-19 diagnostic kit acquisition of the United Kingdom’s most
‘Chitra Gene LAMP-N’? iconic sporting motorcycle ‘Norton’?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (1) Ford
(2) Kerala (2) TVS
(3) Uttar Pradesh (3) Honda
(4) Telangana (4) Maruti
Q.282) Which app has been launched by the Q.287) RBI exempted accounts with
Agriculture Ministry to facilitate moratorium benefits from asset recognition
transportation of food grains? norms for how many days?
(1) Kisan Rath (1) 90
(2) Krishi Samvadan (2) 100
(3) Kisan Rail (3) 120
(4) Kisan Sathi (4) 80
Q.283) Name the 1st Indian city which Q.288) Recently RBI cancelled the license of
announced face mask is mandatory in public which bank as it does not have adequate
places. capital?
(1) Mumbai (1) Yes Bank
(2) Chennai (2) Mapusa Urban Cooperative Bank
(3) Cochin (3) Jila Sehkari Bank
(4) Indore (4) Mehsana Urban Cooperative Bank
Q.290) How much amount of “fund of funds” Q.295) Which of the following MNC has
would be set up for export-oriented Micro, launched ‘Watson Assistance for Citizens’ in
Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)? India to address Covid-19.
(1) ₹25000 cr (1) Infosys
(2) ₹20000 cr (2) Microsoft
(3) ₹15000 cr (3) TCS
(4) ₹10000 cr (4) IBM
Q.291) Name the 1st Indian city which Q.296) Recently which Earth-Size and
announced face mask is mandatory in public Habitable Zone Planet Found Hidden in
places. Early NASA Kepler Data?
(1) Mumbai (1) Kepler 5464 d
(2) Chennai (2) Artemis 6800 c
(3) Cochin (3) Kepler 1231 b
(4) Indore (4) Kepler 1649 c
Q.292) S&P Global Ratings slashed India Q.297) How many ‘Suraksha Stores’ will be
growth forecast for the current fiscal to how set up by government to provide daily
much percent? essentials?
(1) 1.9% (1) 5 lakh
(2) 1.6% (2) 10 lakh
(3) 1.5% (3) 15 lakh
(4) 1.8% (4) 20 lakh
Q.293) As per RBI, country’s foreign Q.298) Who is the present chairman of Khadi
exchange reserves have risen to how much as and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)?
of April 10, 2020?
(1) Shiv Nadar
(1) USD 454.9 billion
(2) Atul Sobti
(2) USD 502.5 billion
(3) V.K. Saxena
(3) USD 450.6 billion
(4) Anita Karwal
(4) USD 476.5 billion
Q.320) The AI-powered chatbot iPal has been Q.325) Name the dashboard launched by the
integrated with the Amazon Alexa and government to display the details of all the
Google Assistant. This chatbot belongs to Healthcare Professionals and Volunteers to
which bank? help in speedy containment of COVID-19.
(1) Yes Bank (1) Covid Warrior
(2) Axis Bank (2) Covid Fighters
(3) HDFC Bank (3) Covid Soldier
(4) ICICI Bank (4) Covid Combatant
Q.321) What is the name of the world’s Q.326) Name a one-stop digital directory
largest living sea turtle? released recently and contains information of
all COVID-19 related services and helplines
(1) Green Sea Turtle
released by official sources.
(2) Loggerhead Sea Turtle
(1) Covid FDI
(3) Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
(2) Covid Directory
(4) Leather Back Sea Turtle
(3) Covid FYI
Q.331) Who has been appointed as the new Q.336) Which country has removed
Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind? thousands of names from terrorist watch list?
(1) Ravi Sharma (1) India
(2) Kapil Dev Tripathi (2) US
(3) Sachin Shekhawat (3) Pakistan
(4) Suryakant Misra (4) China
Q.332) Who among the following is reported Q.337) Which institute with MAF Clothing,
to be “gravely ill? Bengaluru developed the protective coverall
suit that can be used by doctors to protect
(1) Xi Jinping
from COVID 19?
(2) Donald Trump
(1) CSIR-NAL
(3) Moon Jae-in
(2) CSIR-CMERI
(4) Kim Jong-un
(3) CSIR-CFTRI
Q.340) Which country’s president has Q.345) Who is the author of the audio format
decided to temporarily suspend immigration book titled “How the Onion Got Its Layers”?
amid COVID-19 outbreak?
(1) Lakshmi Venu
(1) United King
(2) Arundhati Roy
(2) United States
(3) Chetan Bhagat
(3) Canada
(4) Sudha Murty
(4) Australia
Q.346) What is the rank of India in the World
Q.341) The AI-powered chatbot iPal has been Press Freedom Index 2020?
integrated with the Amazon Alexa and
(1) 121
Google Assistant. This chatbot belongs to
which bank? (2) 138
(1) Yes Bank (3) 142
(2) Axis Bank (4) 156
(3) HDFC Bank
Q.347) Which city’s Municipal Corporation
(4) ICICI Bank has launched ‘Saiyam’ Mobile application?
(1) Delhi
Q.342) Name the interactive platform
launched by Government of India to provide (2) Mumbai
real time solutions to citizens about Covid-19
(3) Hyderabad
related queries
(1) Covid India Madad (4) Pune
(2) Punjab
Q.387) Name the scheme launched by PM
(3) Rajasthan Modi to ensure the demarcation of inhabited
land in rural areas, so as to curb disputes over
(4) Madhya Pradesh
property in villages?
(1) Daulat Scheme
Q.383) Which state in India has become the
first to introduce software-based in-house (2) Poonji Scheme
facility of virtual courts for hearing court
proceedings in High court and district (3) Sampatti Scheme
courts? (4) Swamitva Scheme
(1) Gujarat
(2) Karnataka Q.388) Who among the following represented
India in the Annual Meeting of Board of
(3) Maharashtra Governors of New Development Bank.
(4) Uttar Pradesh (1) Subramanian Swamy
(2) Nirmala Sitharaman
(3) Shaktikanta Das
(3) HospiBot
Q.395) Noor, a small military spacecraft, has
(4) PatientBot recently been launched by which country in
the orbit?
Q.390) Name the BMW Group President and (1) Iran
CEO who passed away recently.
(2) Syria
(1) Rajiv Bajaj
(3) Pakistan
(2) Rudratej Singh
(4) Afghanistan
(3) Kenichi Ayukawa
(4) K. N. Radhakrishnan Q.396) India is going ahead with $2.3 Billion
deal to manufacture fleet support vessels
Q.391) Who has been appointed as the new (FSVs) in collaboration with which country?
Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) of (1) Iraq
India?
(2) Kuwait
(1) Nittoor Srinivasa Rau
(3) Iran
(2) Sanjay Kothari
(4) Turkey
(3) K V Chowdary
(4) Pratyush Sinha Q.397) How much stake has been acquired by
the HDFC Bank in Reliance Capital by
Q.392) ‘Messenger Rooms’ is a group video invoking pledged shares?
chat service launched by which company? (1) 5.34%
(1) Facebook (2) 7.99%
(2) Skype (3) 6.43%
(3) Zoom (4) 8.14%
(4) Google Duo
Q.398) What is the increase in sown area of
Q.393) Which among the following states has summer crops on year-on-year basis in India
launched the Dhanwantari scheme to deliver as per government data?
the locally unavailable medicines to patients (1) 20%
at home?
(2) 36%
(1) Uttarakhand
(3) 24%
(2) Assam
(4) 42%
(3) Haryana
(4) Kerala
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Q.399) Caladium Investment PTE Ltd, an (3) NASA
affiliate of GIC, Singapore, has increased its
(4) DRDO
stake in Bandhan Bank to _______ percent
recently.
Q.404) Name the programme which was
(1) 6.35%
launched by HRD Minister Ramesh
(2) 4.49% Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on DIKSHA portal
(April 2020).
(3) 2.66%
(1) NISHTHA 2.0
(4) 3.72%
(2) DHRUV 2.0
Q.400) The Defence Minister has inaugurated (3) Study in India 2.0
“Mobile BSL3 VRDL Lab” developed by
(4) VidyaDaan 2.0
DRDO recently. Who is the present Defence
Minister?
Q.405) What is the theme of World
(1) Nitin Gadkari
Intellectual Property Day 2020?
(2) Rajnath Singh (1) Innovation — Improving Lives
(3) Amit Shah (2) Reach for Gold: IP and Sports
(4) Smriti Irani (3) Innovate for a Green Future
(4) None of these
Q.401) ‘KARMI-Bot’, a robot to serve food
and medicines to coronavirus patients has
been installed in the government hospital of Q.406) Who among the following has been
which state? won William E. Colby Award 2020?
(1) Kerala (1) Edmund Blunden
Q.402) Which Indian public sector bank has Q.407) Which Indian state’s CM has re-
launched Working Capital demand Loan for launched the zero-interest loan scheme for
agriculture sector (WCDL-Agri)? Women Self-Help Groups?
(1) Punjab National Bank (1) Andhra Pradesh
Q.403) Ventilator Intervention Technology Q.408) How many farmers and traders
Accessible Locally (VITAL) is a high- registered on 'Kisan Rath' mobile app, just
pressure ventilator launched by which within one week of its launch?
organisation for the treatment of COVID-19 (1) 2.5 lakh
patients?
(2) 1.5 lakh
(1) Roscosmos
(3) 3.5 lakh
(2) ISRO
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(4) 2.0 lakh Q.414) Which country President dominates
the rankings for world leaders with most
Q.409) How much stake has been acquired by interactions on Facebook in the past 12
the HDFC Bank in Reliance Capital by months?
invoking pledged shares? (1) India
(1) 5.34% (2) France
(2) 7.99% (3) USA
(3) 6.43% (4) UK
(4) 8.14%
Q.415) Which of these plants has become the
Q.410) Which Indian institute has developed largest power plant in India to achieve 100
the first probe free real time PCR diagnostic percent Plant Load Factor (PLF)?
assay for detecting the COVID-19? (1) NTPC Singrauli
(1) IIT-Mandi (2) NTPC Korba
(2) IIT-Delhi (3) NTPC Rihand
(3) IIT-Roorkee (4) NTPC Vindhyachal
(4) IIT-Bhopal
Q.416) The Government of India has
Q.411) The World Games will be held in July declared the banking industry as a public
2022 in which of the following city- utility service till _______.
Q.412) The home ministry has set up how Q.417) What is the name of application
many more inter-ministerial central teams launched in CISF to enable movement of files
(IMCTs) for making an on-spot assessment of and documents without physical touch?
Covid-19? (1) E-Office
(1) 2 (2) E-Files
(2) 3 (3) E-CISF
(3) 4 (4) E-karyalay
(4) 5
Q.418) The mobile app named COVIDSafe
Q.413) Which is the top ranking Indian has been launched by which country to alert
University in the Times Higher Education people when they come in contact with corona
(THE) Impact Rankings 2020? positive people?
Q.431) Which of the following institutes Q.436) The US Presidential Elections are
releases report 'From the Great Lockdown to scheduled to be held on which day?
the Great Meltdown?
(1) November 3rd
(1) UNCTAD
(2) November 4th
(2) IMF
(3) November 11th
(3) World Bank
(4) November 12th
(4) ADB
Q.437) Which state’s Chief Minister has
Q.432) Jhuma Katun who was banned for launched 'Jagananna Vidya Deevena'
4yrs recently, belongs to which sports? Scheme?
(1) Gymnastics (1) Telangana
(2) Boxing (2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Wrestling (3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Athletics-Running (4) Karnataka
Q.433) Which among the following space Q.438) The students belonging to which
telescopes celebrated 30 years of its launch on institute developed low-cost ventilator
April 24, 2020? ‘Ruhdaar’?
(1) Spitzer (1) IIT Delhi
(2) Astrosat (2) IIT Madras
(3) Odin (3) IIT Bombay
(4) Hubble (4) IIT Kanpur
Q.441) Which organisation in collaboration Q.446) Which Institute has been ranked first
with AIMA organised virtual workshop on among global universities for its impact
“Contract Management during Emergency research in areas that help achieve
situations”? sustainable development goals (SDGs) as
mandated by the United Nations?
(1) UN
(1) University of Auckland
(2) World Bank
(2) IISc Bengaluru
(3) IMF
(3) Arizona State University
(4) WHO
(4) Oxford University
Q.442) How much amount of financial aid has
been approved by the Asian Development Q.447) Bharti Airtel has recently inked USD
Bank to India to fight coronavirus pandemic? 1 billion pact with which company to improve
its 4G network experience across the
(1) USD 5.0 billion
country?
(2) USD 1.0 billion
(1) Motorola
(3) USD 3.5 billion
(2) Samsung
(4) USD 1.5 billion
(3) Nokia
Q.13) The BRICS nations have agreed to Q.18) Which of the following country has
allocate how much amount to the New highest value of US government securities as
Development Bank (NDB)? per US Treasury Department?
(1) $ 15 billion (1) Ireland
(2) $ 20 billion (2) India
(3) $ 10 billion (3) China
(4) 25 billion (4) Japan
Q.14) Recently State-run Indian Institute of Q.19) Which of the following state has
Information Technology and Management – launched the ‘Jagananna Vidya Deevena’
Kerala (IIITM-K) has developed which Scheme?
search engine for COVID-19 research?
(1) Tamil Nadu
(1) Vilokana
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Setu
(3) West Bengal
(3) Virom
(4) Karnataka
(4) Find Out
(2) IMF
Q.29) Who among the following has been
(3) UN appointed as the new Chairman of the Public
Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)?
(4) USCIRF
(1) Vipul Bansal
Q.24) Which nation is looking to make travel (2) Nripendra Misra
exemptions for the Indian cricket team’s tour
later this year? (3) Kapil Dev Tripathi
(2) Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (4) Dr. Harsh Vardhan
(2) Stop the pandemic: Safety and health at work (4) NASSCOM
can save lives
(3) Save Lives and Stat Healthy
(4) Opitimize the use and collection of OSH data
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Q.51) How much amount was sanctioned by Q.56) Who has been appointed as interim MD
centre under the MGNREGA in the current and CEO of PNB Housing Finance?
financial year?
(1) Neeraj Vyas
(1) ₹33300 cr
(2) Surendra Agarwal
(2) ₹32000 cr
(3) Vikas Chaturvedi
(3) ₹34500 cr
(4) Anurag Thakur
(4) 37500 cr
Q.57) Jammu & Kashmir has recently
Q.52) Name the newly appointed chief risk received the GI Tag for Lachha, mongra,
officer of Yes Bank. guchhi. These are the variety of which
product?
(1) Neeraj Dhawan
(1) Shawls
(2) Amit Talgeri
(2) Saffron
(3) Jimmy Tata
(3) Silk
(4) Manish Kumar
(4) Pottery
Q.53) Which state government launched
Jeevan Amrit Yojana’ scheme to boost Q.58) Chak-Hao, the black rice which bagged
immunity system of citizens? the Geographical Indication (GI) tag is from
which of the following states?
(1) Bihar
(1) West Bengal
(2) Assam
(2) Sikkim
(3) Karnataka
(3) Assam
(4) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Manipur
Q.54) The song titled
#HumHaarNahiMaanenge has been Q.59) Gorakhpur terracotta which bagged
launched by which bank to keep hopes up the Geographical Indication (GI) tag is from
amidst the ongoing national lockdown and which of the following states?
coronavirus pandemic?
(1) Punjab
(1) HDFC Bank
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(2) ICICI Bank
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Axis Bank
(4) Haryana
(4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
Q.60) How much loan was given by Asian
Q.55) Which Indian minister participated in Development Bank for power sector in rural
BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting on Maharashtra?
coronavirus through video conferencing?
(1) USD 370 million
(1) S Jaishankar
(2) USD 365 million
(2) Narendra Modi
(3) USD 350 million
(3) Rajnath Singh
(4) USD 346 million
(4) Nitin Gadkari
Q.62) Who is to launch 'Bharatmarket', a Q.67) The All India Institute of Ayurveda
national e-commerce marketplace? (AIIA), under Ministry of AYUSH organised
AYURAKSHA Programme in which city?
(1) GeM
(1) Bhopal
(2) CAIT
(2) NewDelhi
(3) BEL
(3) Indore
(4) Ministry of Commerce
(4) Lucknow
Q.63) The mobile App “CHDCOVID” has
been launched by which state/UT to provide Q.68) Sandeep Kumari has been banned by
all information related to COVID-19 issued WADA for four years for flunking dope test.
by Government? She is related to which sports?
(1) Kerala (1) Discuss Throw
(2) Chandigarh (2) Running
(3) Maharashtra (3) Shot Put
(4) Himachal Pradesh (4) Javelin Throw
Q.64) Which Bank has has launched ‘Vikas Q.69) According to data released by the
Abhaya’ a loan scheme to provide some relief Union Rural Development Ministry,which
to Micro, Small and Medium state topped the list of states in providing
Enterprise(MSME) borrowers? employment under MGNREGS?
(1) Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (1) Karnataka
(2) Madyanchal Grameen Bank (2) Telangana
(3) Aryavart Bank (3) Kerala
(4) Nainital Bank (4) Chhattisgarh
Q.65) The COVID-19 fundraiser concert ‘I Q.70) Which department has launched a
For India’ was launched by Bollywood in programme on health and risk
collaboration with which entity recently? communication ‘Year of Awareness on
Science & Health (YASH)’ with focus on
(1) Amazon
COVID-19?
(2) Google
(1) Department of Fiseries
(3) Facebook
(2) Department of HRD
(4) YouTube
(3) Department of Health
(4) Department of Science and Technology
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Q.71) What is the estimated cost of the new Q.76) India ranks at which position in a
Parliament building that is to be constructed? scientific publication?
(1) Rs.538 crore (1) 3rd
(2) Rs.645 crore (2) 2nd
(3) Rs.796 crore (3) 6th
(4) Rs.922 crore (4) 10th
Q.72) Who has been conferred the ‘Order of Q.77) What is name of special trains started
Rising Sun’ by the Japan government for by Indian Govt. for stranded migrant
promoting a better understanding of Japan in labourers?
India and deepening ties between the two
(1) Covid Special
countries?
(2) Shramik Special
(1) Thangjam Dhabali Singh
(3) Migrant Special
(2) Suryadhay Kumar
(4) Raksha Special
(3) Samuel Joseph
(4) RK Chaturvedi Q.78) The 2021 Commonwealth Youth
Games have been postponed to which year?
Q.73) How much did the Government of
(1) 2022
India release as the second installment under
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY)? (2) 2023
(1) Rs.500 (3) 2024
(2) Rs.1000 (4) 2025
(3) Rs.1500
Q.79) India lost its top rank in ICC Test team
(4) s.3000 rankings to which nation on May 1, 2020?
(1) New Zealand
Q.74) Who is the author of book “The Room
Where It Happened: A White House (2) Australia
Memoir”?
(3) England
(1) Rusev
(4) South Africa
(2) John Bolton
(3) William Smith Q.80) According to the Global Report on
Food Crisis 2020, how many people are living
(4) Dennies Ritchie under food crisis currently?
(1) 111 million
Q.75) What is the theme of the 2020 World
Press Freedom Day? (2) 123 million
(1) Media for Democracy: Journalism and (3) 135 million
Elections in Times of Disinformation
(4) 142 million
(2) Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice
(3) Access to Information and Fundamental
Freedoms–This Is Your Right!
(4) Journalism Without Fear or Favour
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Q.81) Which nation has successfully isolated Q.86) Which organisation has developed
coronavirus antibody in breakthrough Ultra Violet Disinfection Tower ‘UV Blaster’
development? for chemical free and rapid disinfection?
(1) Iran (1) ISRO
(2) India (2) ICMR
(3) Italy (3) Mahindra
(4) Israel (4) DRDO
Q.82) Indian American Ashok Michael Pinto Q.87) What will be tha shape of newly
has been nominated as the US representative purposed Parliament building for India?
to which among the following institutions?
(1) Recatangular
(1) IBRD
(2) Square
(2) IDAI
(3) Triangular
(3) WHO
(4) Circular
(4) UN
Q.88) When is the last date for filing of
Q.83) Which country will launch its first nominations for national sports awards 2020?
Arktika-M satellite to monitor the Arctic
(1) June 1st
climate by the end of 2020?
(2) June 3rd
(1) US
(3) June 12th
(2) Japan
(4) June 25th
(3) Russia
(4) China Q.89) The National Mission for Clean Ganga
launched ‘IDEAthon’ on May 2, 2020. The
Q.84) Neeraj Dhawan has been appointed as NMCG operates under which Ministry?
Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of which of the
(1) Environment Ministry
following banks?
(2) Science and Technology
(1) Yes Bank
(3) Health Ministry
(2) SBI Bank
(4) Jal Shakti Ministry
(3) HDFC Bank
(4) ICICI Bank Q.90) The US plans to borrow how much
amount for second quarter to deal with
Q.85) Which country was the hardest-hit by coronavirus pandemic?
food crisis in 2019, as per Global Report on
(1) USD 2.9 trillion
Food Crisis, 2020?
(2) USD 2 trillion
(1) Libya
(3) USD 3.5 trillion
(2) Sudan
(4) USD 1.7 trillion
(3) Yemen
(4) Syria
(1) Punjab
Q.98) How many Indians have been elected
(2) West Bengal for the prestigious membership of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences?
(3) Bihar
(1) 3
(4) Jharkhand
(2) 4
Q.94) Recently RBI cancelled the license of (3) 5
The CKP Co-operative Bank Ltd. It is based
in which city? (4) 2
(1) Mumbai
Q.99) DBS Bank has revised its GDP
(2) Kolkata prediction of India for the fiscal 2020-21.
What is the revised rate?
(3) NewDelhi
(1) 1.5%
(4) Chennai
(2) 1%
Q.95) Which initiative is launched for free (3) 0.8%
tele-consultation to those who have COVID-
19 like symptoms? (4) 2.2%
Q.122) What is the toll-free number to access Q.127) Which nation has re-opened its
Aarogya Setu IVRS service? mosques for public prayers?
(1) 1921 (1) Pakistan
(2) 1891 (2) India
(3) 1000 (3) Malaysia
(4) 1782 (4) Bangladesh
Q.123) Which among the following cities Q.128) Who launched ‘COVID Katha’, a
witnessed a horrific toxic gas tragedy on May multimedia guide on the Covid-19 disease?
7, 2020?
(1) Amit Shah
(1) Patna
(2) Narendra Modi
(2) Visakhapatnam
(3) Harsh Vardhan
(3) Jamshedpur
(4) Lav Agarwal
(4) Bhubaneswar
Q.129) Which state government to launch
Q.124) Who has launched the Saras collection employment scheme “Mukhya Mantri
on Government e Marketplace (GeM) portal Shahari Rojgar Guarantee Yojna” for urban
in New Delhi? areas?
(1) Nitin Gadkari (1) Punjab
(2) Narendra Modi (2) Bihar
(3) Giriraj Singh (3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Narendra Singh Tomar (4) Himachal Pradesh
Q.125) Which among the following countries Q.130) Which state government has allowed
assured to give foreign firms equal access to 12-hour shifts for factory workers till June
government support policies? 30?
(1) India (1) Telangana
(2) China (2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) US (3) Maharashtra
(4) France (4) Tamil Nadu
(2) Paytm
Q.137) Which bank has hiked home loan
(3) PhonePe rates linked to repo rate by up to 30 basis
points?
(4) BharatPe
(1) PNB
Q.132) Which nation has banned the export (2) SBI
of alcohol-based hand sanitisers?
(3) BOI
(1) China
(4) Canara Bank
(2) Malaysia
(3) India Q.138) Which Indian state has passed
ordinance to suspend most of labour laws for
(4) US 3 years?
(1) Kerala
Q.133) Recently which company launched
RBI compliant video KYC engagement (2) Uttar Pradesh
platform?
(3) Punjab
(1) Newgen
(4) Haryana
(2) Sudan
(3) Matrix Q.139) Who was appointed as a director on
the central board of Reserve Bank of India
(4) Ameyo (RBI)?
(1) Rajesh Mishra
Q.134) When was "Vesak", the Day of the
Full Moon observed in 2020? (2) Sanjiv Singh
(1) May 7th (3) Atanu Chakraborty
(2) May 6th (4) Tarun Bajaj
(3) May 8th
Q.140) US firm Vista Equity Partners will be
(4) May 5th investing Rs 11,367 cr in which Indian
company?
Q.135) What is the theme of this year’s World (1) Reliance Jio
Hand Hygiene Day 2020?
(2) Bharti Airtel
(1) Save Lives: Clean Your Hands
(3) Vodaphone-Idea
(2) Wash Hand Regularly
(4) BSNL
(3) Save Hands Wash Hands
(4) Clean and Healthy Hands Q.141) Recently Mustafa Al Kadhimi has
been chosen as PM of which nation?
Q.136) Dia Mirza's term as UNEP Goodwill (1) Iraq
Ambassador till when?
(2) Iran
(1) 2022
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(3) Israel (4) Rs 1000
(4) Afghanistan
Q.147) Which state government launched
programme Nigah’ to aware family members
Q.142) Assam has presented Rs 1,03,762 of migrant returnees?
crore state Budget for FY 2020-2021 recently.
Who is the chief minister of Assam? (1) Himachal Pradesh
(1) Neiphiu Rio (2) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Pu Zoramthanga (3) Karnataka
(3) Sarbananda Sonowal (4) TamilNadu
(4) Conrad Kongkal Sangma
Q.148) Which state government has launched
an online portal scholarships.gov.in under
Q.143) Which state has suspended major ‘Mukhyamantri Yuba Yogayog Yojana’?
labour laws till 1000 days to attract
investment? (1) Odisha
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Tripura
(2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Assam
(3) Maharashtra (4) Telangana
(4) Delhi
Q.149) Name the first state of India to deliver
door to door ration of mid-day meal to
Q.144) What is the percent stake of Reliance’s
families of children amid Corona crises?
Jio platforms was bought by Vista Equity
Partners for Rs 11,367 crore? (1) Haryana
(1) 1.81% (2) Madhya Pradesh
(2) 3.35% (3) Gujarat
(3) 2.32% (4) West Bengal
(4) 4.12%
Q.150) Recently government started which
services to cater to people having feature
Q.145) Recently government started which phone or landline via Arogya Setu?
mission to bring Indians stranded abroad
amid Coronavirus? (1) IVRS
(1) Samudra Setu (2) IMPS
(2) Bharat Desh (3) ICMR
(3) Vande Mata (4) IRVS
(4) Vande Bharat
Q.151) Name the present Chief of the
International Hockey Federation (FIH)?
Q.146) Telangana has imposed how much
fine for not wearing masks in public places? (1) Jay Shah
(1) Rs 5000 (2) Narinder Batra
(2) Rs 3000 (3) Rajeev Mehta
(3) Rs 2000 (4) Sandeep Pradhan
Q.154) Which state government has launched (4) Gilgit and Muzaffarabad
an app ‘CMAPP’, a mobile application to
monitor the agriculture needs of farmers? Q.159) Which of the following has recently
approved a loan of $500 million to support
(1) Telangana
India’s COVID-19 operations?
(2) Maharashtra
(1) New Development Bank
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(4) Odisha
(3) Reserve Bank of India
(2) 5%
Q.168) Recently NABARD distributed how
(3) 6% much amount to State Co-op Banks, RRBs?
(2) India
Q.169) Which of the following states govt.
(3) Russia announces exemptions for new projects from
provisions of labour laws?
(4) China
(1) Maharashtra
Q.164) Who is the author of the book “Fear (2) MP
of God”?
(3) Haryana
(1) Rajeev Motwani
(4) Gujarat
(2) Vadhan
(3) Sanjeev Arora Q.170) Which state government recently
raised the age of superannuation of its
(4) Madhu Sudan employees to 59 years from 58?
(1) TamilNadu
Q.165) Recently Paytm Payments Bank
crossed how much amount in fixed deposits? (2) Maharashtra
(1) ₹100 cr (3) Uttar Pradesh
(2) ₹400 cr (4) Bihar
(3) ₹500 cr
Q.171) Who among these is the incumbent
(4) ₹600 cr President of the Marylebone Cricket Club
(MCC)?
Q.166) Which state government launched (1) Kumar Sangakkara
Pravasi Raahat Mitra’ app for migrant
Workers? (2) Ajit Agarkar
(1) Assam (3) Jacques Kallis
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(4) Marvan Atapattu (4) 6 May 2020
Q.172) Which of the following states has the Q.177) SBI reduces benchmark lending rate
highest birth rate as per the information by how much basis points with effect from 10
provided by the Sample Registration System May?
(SRS) bulletin?
(1) 5
(1) Meghalaya
(2) 10
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) 15
(3) Bihar
(4) 20
(4) Arunachal Pradesh
Q.178) What is the theme of this year’s World
Q.173) Which startup has launched an Thalassaemia Day?
antimicrobial and washable face mask that
(1) Thalassaemia past, present and future
can be reused up to 50 launderings?
(2) The dawning of a new era for thalassaemia
(1) Nanosafe Solutions
(3) Get connected! Share knowledge and
(2) Nineleaps Solutions
experience
(3) InCred Solutions
(4) Access to Safe & Effective Drugs in
(4) Jumbotail Solutions Thalassaemia
Q.174) Which of the following states is the Q.179) What is the theme of this year’s World
worst performer on the National Infant Migratory Bird Day 2020?
Mortality Rate?
(1) Birds Connect Our World
(1) Meghalaya
(2) Protect Birds
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Unifying our voices for bird conservation
(3) Tripura
(4) conserve and protect birds
(4) Arunachal Pradesh
Q.180) Who has been appointed as the brand
Q.175) How much amount of loans were ambassador of ELSA?
sanctioned by PSBs during March April as
(1) Vicky Kaushal
per Finance Minister?
(2) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(1) ₹6.00 lakh cr
(3) Virat Kohli
(2) ₹5.98 lakh cr
(4) Ajinkya Rahane
(3) ₹5.55 lakh cr
(4) ₹5.66 lakh cr Q.181) Which state has banned pan masala
containing Magnesium Carbonate for 1 year?
Q.176) When did WHO commemorate the
(1) Maharashtra
40th anniversary of smallpox eradication
with a stamp? (2) Telangana
(1) 8 May 2020 (3) Odisha
(2) 9 May 2020 (4) Jharkhand
(3) 10 May 2020
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Q.182) The WHO and UN Postal Agency Q.187) Name the para-athlete who has
released a commemorative stamp on May 9th announced retirement from Paralympics
to mark the 40th anniversary of the games to serve as the president of the
eradication of which disease? Paralympic Committee of India?
(1) Measles (1) Naresh Kumar Sharma
(2) Polio (2) Devendra Jhajharia
(3) Big Foot (3) Deepa Malik
(4) Small Pox (4) Mariyappan Thangavelu
Q.183) Which of the following will Q.188) Which institute has developed India’s
manufacture India’s first indigenous ELISA first indigenous antibody detection kit for
Test Kit for COVID-19? COVID-19?
(1) Pfizer India (1) NIV
(2) Cipla Pharmaceuticals (2) IIT Madras
(3) Cadila Healthcare Ltd. (3) IISc Bengaluru
(4) Galaxo Smith Kline (4) DRDO
Q.184) What is the name of India’s first Q.189) With which organisation the Indian
indigenous ELISA Test Kit for COVID-19? Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has
partnered to deliver COVID-19 test kits?
(1) Covid Dhaal
(1) India Post
(2) Covid SURAKSHA
(2) National Highway Authority of India
(3) Covid KAVACH
(3) Indian Patent Office
(4) Covid Jao
(4) All-India Radio
Q.185) The AIIB has approved how much
funds for India’s “COVID-19 Emergency Q.190) The Arogya Sanjeevani Health
Response and Health Systems Preparedness Insurance Policy is a standard health
Project”? insurance policy launched by which of these
companies?
(1) USD 800 million
(1) HDFC ERGO General Insurance
(2) USD 700 million
(2) SBI General Insurance
(3) USD 500 million
(3) ICICI Lombard General Insurance
(4) USD 350 million
(4) IFFCO Tokio General Insurance
Q.186) What is the estimated GDP growth
rate prediction of India for the fiscal year Q.191) Indian Railways re-opened passenger
2020-21 as per Bank of Amercia? train services from which date?
(1) 1.5% (1) May 13th
(2) 0.5% (2) May 12th
(3) 0% (3) May 11th
(4) 2.0% (4) May 15th
Q.206) Which among the following states will Q.211) India was ranked at which position on
develop its own standard operating the Global Energy Transition Index 2020?
procedure for the tourists visiting the place?
(1) 62nd
(1) Kerala
(2) 84th
(2) Assam
(3) 77th
(3) Sikkim
(4) 74th
(4) Goa
Q.224) How much fund has been allocated for (4) Telangana
the development of COVID-19 vaccine under
the PMCARES fund? Q.229) Who has been re-inducted into the
National Anti-Doping Agency’s (NADA)
(1) Rs 1000 crore
Disciplinary Panel?
(2) Rs 500 crore
(1) Vikas Singroul
(3) Rs 100 crore
(2) Hansraj Singh
(4) Rs 700 crore
(3) Akhil Kumar
Q.226) How many Rafale fighter jets are set (4) Vijay Mallya
to arrive in India by July-end?
Q.231) Which state governments have geared
(1) One
up to provide tap water connections to all the
(2) Four rural households in the area by December
2022?
(3) Three
(1) Haryana and J&K
(4) Two
(2) Odisha and Bihar
(3) UP and Telangana
(4) Punjab and Delhi
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Q.232) Which among the following (4) Rs 100 crore
organization’s Chief, Roberto Azevedo has
decided to step down early? Q.237) The government has allocated how
(1) WHO much fund to strengthen farm gate
infrastructure?
(2) WTO
(1) Rs 50,000 crore
(3) UNICEF
(2) Rs 10,000 crore
(4) WB
(3) Rs 1,00,000 crore
Q.233) Which state government has re- (4) Rs 75,000 crore
launched the ambitious Sambal Yojana
aimed to strengthen the lives of the poor and Q.238) Which state government has launched
the SC and ST communities? a portal HOPE aimed at creating
(1) Odisha employment avenues for the trained youth?
Q.236) How much fund has been allocated Q.241) Who wrote the musical creation
for bee keeping initiatives under the "United we Fight", to fight against COVID-
government’s special Aatmanirbhar Bharat 19 unveiled by Indian Council for Cultural
economic package? Relations?
(1) Rs 1000 crore (1) Remo Fernandes
(2) Rs 700 crore (2) Vidya Vox
(3) Rs 500 crore (3) Joe Alvares
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(4) Vasundhara Das (3) Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
(4) Carboxy polypeptidase
Q.242) Who will be representing India at the
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
Ministers meeting? Q.247) Who among the followed was denied
the right to appeal against his extradition
(1) Rajnath Singh order at the UK Supreme Court?
(2) Piyush Goyal (1) Mehul Choksi
(3) Prakash Javadekar (2) Lalit Modi
(4) S Jaishankar (3) Nirav Modi
(4) Vijay Mallya
Q.243) Which former Commonwealth Games
gold-winning Indian boxer was re-inducted
into the National Anti-Doping Agency's Q.248) All the Central Armed Police Forces
(CAPF) canteens and stores across the
Disciplinary Panel?
country will sell only indigenous products,
(1) Vijender Singh from which date?
(2) Amit Panghal (1) 1 July 2020
(3) Shiva Thapa (2) 1 August 2020
(4) Akhil Kumar (3) 1 June 2020
(4) 1 November 2020
Q.244) The Election Commission has set up a
committee to examine Gujarat HC’s
judgement on which constituency? Q.249) Which nation has said that it will
oppose US’s attempt to extend arms embargo
(1) Bardoli on Iran?
(2) Dholka (1) China
(3) Rajkot (2) Saudi Arabia
(4) Bharuch (3) Russia
(4) UK
Q.245) Roberto Azevedo has recently
announced to step down as the Director
Q.250) Geographical Indications Registry
General of which body?
headquartered in Chennai has granted
(1) International Labour Organization Geographical Indication tag to Arambavur
Wood Carvings from which state?
(2) OECD
(1) Bihar
(3) World Trade Organization
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Food and Agriculture Organization
(3) Jharkhand
Q.246) Researchers have found that men (4) Tamil Nadu
seem to be more vulnerable to COVID-19
than women due to the concentration of
which enzyme in the blood?
(1) Acetyl cholinesterase
(2) Steapsin (Pancreatic Lipase)
(2) Skateboarding
Q.259) Recently India got its first automated
(3) Boxing COVID-19 testing machine. Name it?
Q.262) What is the Foreign Direct Investment Q.267) Recently Padma Bhushan recipient
limit in defence manufacturing under and National Professor Anisuzzaman passed
automatic route as announced recently by the away. He belongs to which nation?
Ministry of Finance?
(1) Bangladesh
(1) 74%
(2) India
(2) 27%
(3) Pakistan
(3) 49%
(4) Bhutan
(4) 100%
Q.268) The 32nd Commonwealth Health
Q.263) Recently, RBI extended the interest Ministers Meet held via Video Conference
subsidy scheme for exporters till which date? was held in which city?
(1) May 30, 2021 (1) NewDelhi
(2) April 1, 2021 (2) Pune
(3) March 1, 2021 (3) Mumbai
(4) March 31, 2021 (4) Chennai
Q.264) Zubair Iqbal has recently been Q.269) What is the theme of this year’s
appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of International Day of Families?
which bank?
(1) Family and Health
(1) Punjab and Sind Bank
(2) Families and Climate Action
(2) Karur Vysya Bank
(3) Families and inclusive society
(3) Oriental Bank of Commerce
(4) Families in Development
(4) Jammu & Kashmir Bank
Q.270) Which became 1st European country
Q.265) The AYUSH ministry and CSIR has to become coronavirus-free?
announced that they are working together to
(1) France
validate which among following formulations
of AYUSH? (2) Slovenia
(1) Ashwagandha (3) Germany
(2) Mulethi (4) Spain
(3) Giloy & AYUSH-64
(4) All the above
(2) Author
Q.290) Name the first ever bank in the
(3) Economist country to introduce video-based KYC
facility for customers opening savings
(4) Filmmaker account?
(1) ICICI Bank
Q.285) Benny Gantz was sworn in as the
alternate Prime Minister of which nation? (2) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(1) Israel (3) Axis Bank
(2) Germany (4) Federal Bank
(3) South Korea
(4) Ireland
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Q.291) BSE and NSE have reduced the listing Q.296) When did Maharashtra CM Uddhav
fee for their SME platforms by _______ Thackeray take oath as a member of the
percent. Legislative Council?
(1) 5% (1) May 16th
(2) 20% (2) May 17th
(3) 25% (3) May 15th
(4) 12% (4) May 18th
Q.292) Which among the following states has Q.297) World’s first major football league
decided to provide video-calling facility, TV resumed its season post-COVID-19 lockdown
sets to COVID19 patients? in which among the following countries?
(1) Uttar Pradesh (1) France
(2) Delhi (2) Italy
(3) Madhya Pradesh (3) Spain
(4) Maharashtra (4) Germany
Q.293) Space Operations Squadron (SOS) is Q.298) The United States issued a statement
a new space defense unit launched by which condemning which nation’s exclusion from
country to monitor its satellites? the World Health Assembly?
(1) Germany (1) South Korea
(2) Israel (2) Israel
(3) Japan (3) North Korea
(4) Scotland (4) Taiwan
Q.294) US private equity firm, General Q.299) Which state government will launch
Atlantic has decided to invest Rs 6600 crore Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana on May 21?
in which among the following Indian
(1) Jharkhand
companies?
(2) Chhattisgarh
(1) Flipkart
(3) Rajasthan
(2) Big Basket
(4) Punjab
(3) Reliance Jio
(4) Vodafone-Idea Q.300) Who has resigned from the Softbank's
Board of Directors?
Q.295) General Atlantic will invest Rd 6600
(1) Jack Ma
crore in Reliance Jio to pick up how much
stake? (2) Charles Koch
(1) 2.45 percent (3) Bill Gates
(2) 1.34 percent (4) Jim Walton
(3) 3.90 percent
(4) 7.76 percent
Q.312) Who will head the high powered Q.317) Recently which bank has launched a
committee to probe into the causes behind the special business vertical dedicated for gold
leakage of styrene gas from the LG Polymer loans?
plant?
(1) Canara Bank
(1) RS Bansal
(2) Bob
(2) RK Meena
(3) idbi Bank
(3) Vinay Chand
(4) SBI
(4) Neeraj Kumar Prasad
Q.322) Cabinet has approved extension of Q.327) Who will head the panel that has
Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana till proposed land pooling to corporatise agri,
when? merging MNREGA with skilling
programme?
(1) March 2023
(1) Thawar Chand Gehlot
(2) February 2022
(2) Narendra Modi
(3) December 2021
(3) Smriti Irani
(4) May 2023
(4) Rajnath Singh
Q.323) Recently which ship was
commissioned into Indian Navy at Port Blair Q.328) Who is the author of book “Wuhan
by Lieutenant General PS Rajeshwar? Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined
City”?
(1) INLCU L57
(1) Fang Fang
(2) INLCU S45
(2) Lee Weing
(3) INLCU N12
(3) Xi Zinping
(4) INLCU M55
(4) Su Lee
Q.324) The Ministry of Defence has approved
procurement of how many items from local Q.329) What is the theme of this year’s
suppliers? International Museum Day?
(1) 20 (1) Museums for Equality: Diversity and
Inclusion
(2) 23
(2) Hyperconnected museums: New approaches,
(3) 26
new publics
(4) 30
(3) Museums and contested histories: Saying the
unspeakable in museums
Q.325) Who has been honoured with the 2019
Alexander Dalrymple Award in recognition (4) Museums and World Exploration
of his outstanding contribution to Indian
hydrography? Q.330) Which company has acquired Byte
Prophecy, a big data company?
(1) Vinay Badhwar
(1) Infosys
(2) Rakesh Sinha
(2) Accenture
(3) Lokesh Anand
(3) TCS
(4) SS Ahuja
(4) Wipro
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Q.331) Which singer sang a song titled as Q.336) Name the new feature launched by
JAYTU BHARATAM saluting the spirit of Facebook for small businesses to enable them
Atma Nirbhar Bharat? sell their products online using Facebook
page?
(1) Lata Mangeskar
(1) FB Buy
(2) Asha Bhosle
(2) Facebook Sale
(3) Sonu Nigam
(3) Shops Corner
(4) Arijit Singh
(4) Facebook Shops
Q.332) Recently, Who has been appointed as
the chief executive officer (CEO) of TikTok Q.337) Which India post zone has released a
mobile app? Special Postal Cover dedicated to migrant
workers?
(1) Zhang Yiming
(1) Delhi
(2) Ding Lei
(2) Mumbai
(3) Kevin Mayer
(3) ajasthan
(4) Daniel Zhang
(4) est Bengal
Q.333) Tata Consumer Products will acquire
_______ ’s stake in NourishCo Beverages Q.338) Name the e-commerce platform
Limited. launched by Patanjali Ayurveda Limited for
the sale of its product?
(1) CocaCola
(1) BookMe
(2) PepsiCo
(2) BuyMe
(3) Unilever
(3) OrderMe
(4) Nestlé
(4) ShopMe
Q.334) Which application was launched for
candidates to take mock tests for JEE Main Q.339) Who has been named as the new Chief
and NEET by government of India? Economist of the World Bank Group?
(1) Umang App (1) Carlos A. Vegh
(2) National Skill App (2) Kenneth Rogoff
(3) India Padega (3) Pinelopi Goldberg
(4) National Test Abhyas (4) Carmen Reinhart
Q.335) Which railway zone has developed a Q.340) Thomas Thabane recently resigned
robotic device, “RAIL-BOT” (R-BOT) to from the post of PM of which country?
assist in the functions of hospital
(1) Thailand
management?
(2) Austria
(1) Eastern
(3) Lesotho
(2) Western
(4) Australia
(3) South Central
(4) North Central
Q.412) Which state has decided to open Q.417) Four Indian cosmonauts selected for
temples from June 1? Gaganyaan training have resumed their
(1) Kerala training in which country?
Q.422) Which nation has postponed its Q.428) The WFIRST Telescope has been
discussion on constitutional amendment to renamed as Nancy Grace Roman Space
update its map? Telescope. The nextgeneration space
telescope belongs to which country?
(1) India
(1) Israel
(2) Pakistan
(2) Russia
(3) China
(3) United States
(4) Nepal
(4) France
Q.423) Name of the company which has
signed agreement to acquire 24% stake in Q.429) Which nation’s President has offered
Indian Railway Station Development to mediate between India and China on their
Corporation (IRSDC). raging border dispute issue?
(1) RITES (1) Japan
(2) TALENT (2) US
(3) ALCON (3) Russia
(4) ATEC (4) South Korea
Q.424) The centre has reduced the Q.430) Which state has initiated the process
compulsory hotel quarantine period for of getting GI tag for Khamti Lahi Rice,
Indians returning from abroad to how many Tawang Maize and Adi Ginger?
days?
(1) Assam
(1) 14 days
(2) Manipur
(2) 7 days
(3) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) 5 days
(4) Tripura
(4) 10 days
Q.431) Ministry of Minority Affairs flagship
Q.425) Which of the following state/UT is 1st programme ‘Hunar Haat’ will restart from
in the country to release report on September 2020 with the theme of?
conservation of endemic, threatened floras.
(1) Local to Global
(1) Ladakh
(2) India to World
(2) Uttarakhand
(3) Village to World
(3) Meghalaya
(4) Globalising Hunar Haats
(4) Arunachal Pradesh
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Q.432) Find the American tennis player who (2) National Insurance Company
has recently announced her retirement from
(3) Zaggle
the professional tennis.
(1) Jamie Hampton (4) Paytm
Q.22) Which country has become the largest Q.27) Which state announced the
equity FDI source of India as per latest data development of 800 km herbal roads along
(2019-20)? the state and national highways through the
state?
(1) Myanmar
(1) Uttarakhand
(2) Singapore
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Mauritius
(3) Rajasthan
(4) United States
(4) Haryana
Q.23) What is name of the Director-General
of Sports Authority of India who has been Q.28)Who has been appointed as the new
given an extension for a period of 2 years? Chief Executive Officer and Managing
Director of Wipro effective from 6th July
(1) Vishal Sikka
2020?
(2) Anshu Jain
(1) Thierry Delaporte
(3) C. P. Gurnani
(2) Adidali Neemuchwala
(4) Sandip Mukund Pradhan
(3) Sanjay Jha
Q.24) Name the newly appointed CEO of food (4) Nikesh Arora
regulator FSSAI?
Q.29) Who was the first CM of Chhattisgarh
(1) Arun Singhal
who passed away at the age of 74 in Raipur,
(2) Praveen Bajwa Chhattisgarh?
(3) Suman Naik (1) Hemant Soren
Q.44) How much amount was approved by Q.49) The World Athletics anti-doping body
Centre government for the implementation of handed a four year ban to which indian sports
Jal Jeevan Mission in Chhattisgarh during person?
2020-21?
(1) Kiranjeet Kaur
(1) ₹500 cr
(2) M. R. Poovamma
(2) ₹335 cr
(3) Kunjarani Devi
(3) ₹450 cr
(4) K. T. Irfan
(4) ₹445 cr
Q.50) Who among the following has been
Q.45) Who has been appointed as new CEO nominated for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
of Carat India? Award by Boxing Federation of India?
(1) RS Dhillon (1) Manish Kaushik
(2) Nirvan Joshi (2) Shiva Thapa
(3) Nilesh Shah (3) Gaurav Solanki
(4) Anita Kotwani (4) Amit Pangal
Q.52) Find the city which has topped among Q.57) Which institute has helped triple the
Indian cities in “2020 Cities Global Ranking number of Irrawaddy dolphins in Odisha's
of Startup Ecosystem” report. Chilika lake, asia's largest natural water
reservoir?
(1) Chennai
(1) IIT Bombay
(2) Bengaluru
(2) IIT Madras
(3) Mumbai
(3) IIT Indore
(4) New Delhi
(4) IIT Tirupati
Q.53) The United Nations Security Council
has extended the individual sanctions, travel Q.58) NTPC has collaborated with which
ban and an arms embargo in which country Bank to provide learning opportunities to its
until May 2021? 19,000+ employees and their family members
amid nationwide lockdown?
(1) South Sudan
(1) HSBC Bank
(2) North Korea
(2) World Bank
(3) China
(3) The Asian Development Bank
(4) Russia
(4) The New Development Bank
Q.54) How many Rajya Sabha seats will be up
for elections on June 19? Q.59) Which state has launched a corona
mobile application to provide information
(1) 17
regarding hospital beds and ventilators?
(2) 18
(1) Maharashtra
(3) 21
(2) Delhi
(4) 15
(3) Madhya Pradesh
Q.62) Which Bank has partnered with Chalo Q.67) Who will chair the IBBI advisory
to launch contactless card for bus committee on service providers?
passengers? (1) Sanjay Sharma
(1) IDBI Bank (2) Bimal Patel
(2) Yes Bank (3) Akshay Gupta
(3) SBI (4) TV Mohandas Pai
(4) PNB
Q.68) Who launched technology-based
Q.63) Which scheme was launched by the solution named as CHAMPIONS for MSME
government to provide affordable loans to sector, in New Delhi?
street vendors? (1) Prakash Javedkar
(1) PM SVANIDHI (2) Nitin Gadkari
(2) PM SEVA (3) Ram Vilas Paswan
(3) PMMVY (4) Narendra Modi
(4) PMAAY
Q.69) Which organisation along with 37
Q.64) Recently which scheme was announced nations and numerous partners has launched
by the centre to benefit small businesses and a ‘COVID-19 Technology Access Pool’?
cottage industries? (1) WHO
(1) Mudra Shishu (2) UNICEF
(2) Arogya Lakshmi (3) UNESCO
(3) Kishor Shishu (4) ILO
(4) Vayu
Q.70) Who took charge as Deputy Managing
Q.65) Former External Affairs Ministry Director at Export-Import Bank of India
spokesperson Raveesh Kumar has been (Exim Bank)?
appointed as India's Next Ambassador to (1) Manoj Pillai
which nation?
(2) Sanjay Singh
(1) Finland
(3) Mohammed Mustafa
(2) Poland
(4) Harsha Bangari
(3) Belgium
(4) Sweden
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Q.71) Which nation is the smallest ever nation (2) Italy
to secure a UNSC seat?
(3) UK
(1) St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(4) US
(2) Estonia
(3) Tunisia Q.77) Which city will host the 51st annual
summit of the World Economic Forum?
(4) Niger
(1) Seol
Q.72) PM Narendra Modi will be holding a (2) Davos
high-level summit with the Prime Minister of
(3) Berlin
which nation?
(1) Japan (4) Sydney
(2) Nasscom
Q.79) Recently The government has launched
(3) Niti Aayog the Kisan Credit Cards campaign to benefit
how many dairy farmers?
(4) IOC
(1) 1.5 cr
Q.74) What is theme of this year World (2) 2.0 cr
Menstrual Hygiene Day?
(3) 2.2 cr
(1) Periods in Pandemic
(4) 2.5 cr
(2) Its time for action
(3) Good Hygiene Q.80) How much amount was transferred by
government to 9.67 crore farmers under PM-
(4) Hygiene Management KISAN during lockdown?
(1) ₹10 k cr
Q.75) What is the theme of this year’s World
Milk Day? (2) ₹15 k cr
(1) The 20th Anniversary of World Milk Day (3) ₹19 k cr
(2) Drink Milk-Today and Everyday (4) ₹20 k cr
(3) Drink Move be strong
Q.81) The United States has issued an order
(4) Commitment to Feeding seeking suspension of flights from which
nation?
Q.76) Which nation will host the Global (1) Russia
Vaccine Summit?
(2) China
(1) France
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(3) India (4) Responsible AI for Youth
(4) France
Q.87) Which Indian port trust has been
renamed as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port
Q.82) Who took over the charge as Secretary trust?
in the Ministry of Steel?
(1) Kolkata Port Trust
(1) Pradip Kumar Tripathi
(2) Paradip Port Trust
(2) Sanjay Singh
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
(3) Abhinav Sharma
(4) Visakhapatnam Port Trust
(4) Vikas Chaturvedi
Q.114) Find the private bank which Q.119) Facebook to acquire 9.9% stake in Jio
partnered with Mastercard India Platforms through which company?
&Worldline India to launch ‘Soft POS’. (1) Jaadhu Holdings LLC
(1) DBS Bank (2) Keiretsu Holdings LLC
(2) ICICI Bank (3) Berkshire Hathaway Holdings LLC
(3) Axis Bank (4) ChaebolHoldings LLC
(4) HDFC Bank
Q.120) Who authored the book titled, “The
Q.115) The product ‘Summer Treats’ has Dry Fasting Miracle: From Deprive to
been launched by which bank to help banks Thrive” (Co-author – Sheikh Abdulaziz)?
customers meet their post lockdown needs? (1) Luke Coutinho
(1) ICICI Bank (2) Deepak Chopra
(2) HDFC Bank (3) John Ratey
(3) State Bank of India (4) Brian Keane
(4) Punjab National Bank
Q.121) Which state/UT government has
Q.116) Who is appointed as the president of proposed Dinkar yojana in the state/UT
the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)? budget?
Q.123) Which company launched Telematics- Q.128) Which state government implemented
Based ‘Pay-As-You-Drive’ Cover for Private Food forest’ project in tribal belts of
Cars? Attapady?
(1) Tata AIG General Insurance (1) Kerala
(2) New India Assurance (2) Assam
(3) United India Insurance (3) Mizoram
(4) IDBI Federal Insurance (4) Odisha
Q.124) Virtual Global Vaccine Summit 2020 Q.129) Which campaign was initiated by
was hosted by which country? Power Minister RK Singh on the occasion of
World Environment Day?
(1) USA
(1) iCommit
(2) China
(2) iSave
(3) UK
(3) iDay
(4) Russia
(4) iEnvironment
Q.125) Which bank launched India’s 1st
mobile app-based facility for opening current Q.130) Which scheme was launched by
accounts? government on occasion of World
Environment Day to develop 200 Urban
(1) Federal Bank
Forests across country in the next 5 years?
(2) IndusInd Bank
(1) Save Van
(3) SBI
(2) Pedh Sahai
(4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(3) Setu Vayu
(2) Germany
Q.149) What is India's Rank on Environment
(3) Denmark Performance Index 2020?
(4) Norway (1) 165
(2) 166
Q.144) Who becomes the first Indian to
receive the Richard Dawkins Award 2020? (3) 167
Q.147) Who were named the Womens Super (3) Ben Gomes
League champions 2020? (4) Prabhakar Raghavan
(1) Chelsea
(2) The Blues Q.153) Which state governemtn has launched
"Raj Kaushal Portal" and "Online Shramik
(3) Aston Villa Employment Exchange"?
(4) Manchester City (1) Punjab
(2) Rajasthan
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(3) Bihar Q.159) Name the world’s 1st ‘Internet-
controlled’ robot which was specially
(4) Uttar Pradesh
designed for COVID-19 hospitals.
(1) M-Bot
Q.154) A massive fire erupted in an well
located in which among the following states? (2) Mobot
(1) Tripura (3) I-Bot
(2) Assam (4) Coro-bot
(3) Tamil Nadu
Q.160) North Korea has cut off its hotlines
(4) Andhra Pradesh
with which nation?
(1) South Korea
Q.155) Which company has signed the United
Nations Global Compact’s (UNGC) initiative (2) China
to reduce the CO2 emissions?
(3) Japan
(1) TCS
(4) US
(2) Tech Mahindra
(3) CTS Q.161) Which among the following awards
has been cancelled for 2020 due to COVID-
(4) L&T
19?
(1) Ramon Magsaysay awards
Q.156) Who has been appointed as
chairperson of the British Academy of Film (2) Nobel Prize
and Television Arts?
(3) National Awards
(1) Alok Sharma
(4) Academy Awards
(2) Rishi Sunak
(3) Priti Patel Q.162) Who has honored with “NASA
Distinguished Public Service Medal”
(4) Krishnendu Majumdar
recently?
(1) Rajiv Kumar
Q.157) Name the company which has
launched ‘Sodar’ app to help people maintain (2) VK Paul
social distancing.
(3) C K Naidu
(1) IBM
(4) Renjith Kumar
(2) Microsoft
(3) Facebook Q.163) Which planet’s moon is drifting away
faster than expected?
(4) Google
(1) Earth
Q.158) Which cricketer has been signed up as (2) Jupiter
brand ambassador of IIFL Finance?
(3) Saturn
(1) Rohit Sharma
(4) Neptune
(2) Virat Kohli
(3) MS Dhoni
(4) Shikhar Dhawan
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Q.164) The BS-VI compliant vehicles will Q.169) Which State Government inaugurated
display which colour sticker providing Rozgar Setu Portal?
registration details?
(1) Maharashtra
(1) Green
(2) Gujarat
(2) Blue
(3) Karnataka
(3) yellow
(4) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Pink
Q.170) Who among the following has been
Q.165) When will Solar Eclipse 2020 take named as EY World Entrepreneur Of The
place? Year 2020.
(1) June 15th (1) Savitri Jindal
(2) June 22nd (2) Roshni Nadar
(3) June 21st (3) Gautam Adani
(4) June 27th (4) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Q.166) Who is the brand ambassador of Q.171) Who chairs the committee which was
Gargo International? constituted by Ministry of Home Affairs for
the welfare of the freedom fighters?
(1) Amitabh Bachchan
(1) Kiren Rijiju
(2) Sonu Sood
(2) Jitendra Singh
(3) Salman Khan
(3) Kishan Reddy
(4) Ranveer Singh
(4) Shripad Yesso Naik
Q.167) What is India’s rank in Deep
Knowledge Group’s safest country in the Q.172) Who has emerged as the richest man
world from COVID- 19? in the world as per the latest ranking of
Bloomberg Billionaires Index released on 9
(1) 56
June 2020?
(2) 72
(1) Bernard Arnault
(3) 189
(2) Jeff Bezos
(4) 121
(3) Bill Gates
Q.186) Government has formed a nine Q.191) Which country lifted ban on the
member panel to look into the welfare of export of Hydroxychloroquine API and
freedom fighters. Who is the head of this formulations on June 10?
panel?
(1) India
(1) Amit Shah
(2) US
(2) Rajnath Singh
(3) Japan
(3) Ajay Bhusan Prasad Pandey
(4) Australia
(4) G Kishan Reddy
Q.192) Which State launched
Q.187) Which company has bagged the Meghasandesha App & Varunamitra web
world's largest solar bid of USD 6 billion? portal to provide real-time information and
alerts on weather, rainfall, flooding?
(1) Luminous Energy Ltd
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Tata Solar Energy Ltd
(2) Karnataka
(3) Loom Solar Energy Ltd
(3) Odisha
(4) Adani Green Energy Ltd
(4) West Bengal
Q.188) When are Sri Lankan Parliamentary
Elections supposed to take place? Q.193) How much amount has been allocated
by the government for the “Per Drop More
(1) August 5th
Crop” component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi
(2) July 15th Sinchayee Yojana for the financial year 2020-
21?
(3) June 30th
(1) Rs 2000 crore
(4) September 25th
(2) Rs 4000 crore
(1) AarogyaPath
Q.252) In which city, Robotic ‘CAPTAIN
(2) Aarogya Setu ARJUN’ will be used to intensify screening,
surveillance?
(3) Aarogya Van
NewDelhi
(4) Arogya Vayu
(1) Chennai
Q.248) Which organisation has developed a (2) Kolkata
sanitizing chamber named 'GermiKlean' to
sanitise uniforms of security forces? (3) Pune
(1) DRDO
Q.253) Which state government has launched
(2) CSIR Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana” to educate child
labourers?
(3) ICMR
(1) Bihar
(4) IIT
(2) Uttarakhand
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Q.258) An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude hit Q.263) What is the target set by India to
which Indian state on June 14? produce by 2022?
(1) Haryana (1) 175 GW
(2) Gujarat (2) 200 GW
(3) Bihar (3) 335 GW
(4) Chattisgarh (4) 450 GW
Q.286) Which state observed the Mask Day Q.291) Which among these firms has been
on 18 June 2020? appointed as the auditor of the PM CARES
Fund?
(1) Kerala
(1) SARC & Associates
(2) Rajasthan
(2) Deloitte
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(3) PwC
(4) Karnataka
(4) KPMG
Q.287) Which state has launched Karmo
Bhumi portal to help IT professionals? Q.292) In which state, India established its
First Ever Infectious Disease Diagnostic Lab?
(1) West Bengal
(1) Chennai
(2) Maharashtra
(2) Gurugram
(3) Sikkim
(3) Mumbai
(4) Uttar Pradesh
(4) New Delhi
Q.288) India was elected as a non-permanent
member of the UN Security Council with how Q.293) Which has become the top state in
many votes? country to provide employment to workers
under MGNREGA?
(1) 187
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) 189
(2) Sikkim
(3) 192
(3) Telangana
(4) 184
(4) Odisha
Q.289) Volkan Bozkir has been elected
unopposed as the President of the 75th UN Q.294) Achyut Usgaonkar who has passed
General Assembly. He belongs to which away recently was the former minister of
nation? which state?
(1) Russia (1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Armenia (2) Maharashtra
(3) Germany (3) West Bengal
(4) Turkey (4) Goa
Q.310) The 4th Asian Youth Para Games to (1) Mirza Waheed
be held in which place in December 2021? (2) Nikita Lalwani
(1) China
(3) Sujatha Gidla
(2) Singapore
(4) Megha Majumdar
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Q.316) When did PM launch Garib Kalyan Q.321) How many Khelo India Centers (KIC)
Rojgar Abhiyaan? have been proposed by the Ministry of Sports
to be set up in the country at district level?
(1) 20 June
(1) 1000
(2) 19 June
(2) 500
(3) 18 June
(3) 750
(4) 21 June
(4) 900
Q.317) What is the rank of Mukesh Ambani
in the latest Forbes Real-Time Billionaire Q.322) India to lead Summit 2020 on _______.
index released on 20 June 2020?
(1) 21-22 June
(1) 6th
(2) 22-23 June
(2) 9th
(3) 21-22 July
(3) 12th
(4) 22-23 July
(4) 21st
Q.323) Which among the following is the first
Q.318) As per the latest ranking of ever Indian company to cross the market
Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Mukesh capitalization mark of $150 billion?
Ambani is the 9th richest person in the world.
(1) HDFC Bank
Who is the top most richest person in the
index? (2) Reliance Industries
(1) Warren Buffett (3) TCS
(2) Mark Zuckerberg (4) State Bank of India
(3) Jeff Bezos
Q.324) As per Asian Development Bank,
(4) Bill gates Indian economy to contract by how much
percent in FY21?
Q.319) Who among the following has been
(1) 4%
appointed as the Chairman of the National
Institute of Public Finance and Policy (2) 4.5%
(NIPFP)?
(3) 5.0%
(1) Raghuram Rajan
(4) 5.5%
(2) Viral Acharya
(3) Urjit Patel Q.325) Who was appointed as the auditor of
Prime Minister’s Citizens Assistance and
(4) R. Gandhi Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES)
Fund?
Q.320 British Petroleum’s (BP) India is
(1) Amar Sharma
planning to set up a global business service
centre in which city? (2) Vikas Singh
(1) Pune (3) Sanjay Chaturvedi
(2) Mumbai (4) Sunil Kumar Gupta
(3) Chennai
(4) Lucknow
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Q.326) What will be the objective of India Q.331) What is the name of the youngest
during its tenure in UNSC (2021-22)? known magnetar discovered by NASA?
(1) SORTS (1) Magne J1818.0-1607
(2) NORMS (2) Swift J1818.0-1607
(3) 3T (3) Neutr J1818.0-1607
(4) 5R (4) Star J1818.0-1607
Q.327) What is the total amount allocated to Q.332) Which state/UT has launched ‘First
the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan launched Bell’ initiative for online classes in the state
by the government for the migrant workers to schools?
provide them employment?
(1) Kerala
(1) Rs 30,000 crore
(2) Tamil Nadu
(2) Rs 75,000 crore
(3) Goa
(3) Rs 20,000 crore
(4) Assam
(4) Rs 50,000 crore
Q.333) Which portal was launched by
Q.328) Kubatbek Boronov was appointed as government to Promote R&D in Mining,
the president of which country? Mineral Sector?
(1) Uzbekistan (1) Satyabhama
(2) Tajikistan (2) Urjit
(3) Kyrgyzstan (3) Avishkar
(4) Pakistan (4) Aayog
Q.329) Which state observed the 19th edition Q.334) Tata Power signed agreement with
of its annual Great June Uprising Unity Day which state to develop 100 MW solar project?
on 18 June?
(1) Telangana
(1) Sikkim
(2) Uttarakhand
(2) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Tripura
(4) Maharashtra
(4) Manipur
Q.335) As per Asian Development Bank,
Q.330) What is the theme of the International developing Asia to grow by how much
Day of Yoga 2020? percent in 2020?
(1) Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family (1) 0.1%
(2) Yoga Amid Pandemic (2) 0.2%
(3) Yoga to Improve Health (3) 0.3%
(4) Yoga & Climate Action (4) 0.5%
Q.337) The central government has approved Q.342) As per BP Statistic Review, which
to provide fund of Rs 1,829 for country is the 2nd biggest driver of global
implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission for energy consumption in 2019?
which state?
(1) Russia
(1) Telangana
(2) USA
(2) Uttarakhand
(3) China
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) India
(4) Maharashtra
Q.343) Which Indian Institute of Technology
Q.338) As per EPFO, Formal employment in (IIT) has developed herbal infusion
India grew by how much percent in 2019-20? technology to help marginal farmers in mid-
Himalayan region?
(1) 29.5%
(1) IIT Kharagpur
(2) 23.7%
(2) IIT Roorkee
(3) 25.5%
(3) IIT Madras
(4) 28.6%
(4) IIT Mandi
Q.339) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
launched the two stage electronic auction of Q.344) Recently, Vidyaben Shah has died at
how many coal blocks for commercial mining the age of 97, she was a?
through video-conference?
(1) Freedom fighter
(1) 41
(2) Author
(2) 31
(3) Singer
(3) 34
(4) Musican
(4) 51
Q.345) What is the theme of this year’s World
Q.340) Who has been appointed as the Refugee Day?
ambassador of JSW cement’s marketing
(1) Every Action Counts
campaign ‘Leaders Choice’?
(2) Not just to get
(1) Sourav Ganguly
(3) Now More Than Ever
(2) Sachin Tendulkar
(4) Be with them
(3) Sunil Chhetri
(4) Both (1) and (3)
Q.347) Which nation has decided to amend its Q.352) Which Club has won the 2019-20
Citizenship Act? Coppa Italia cup?
(1) India (1) Napoli
(2) Nepal (2) Coppa Italia
(3) Bangladesh (3) Bengaluru FC
(4) Myanmar (4) Assam FC
Q.348) Which state’s pollution control board Q.353) How much amount of loan has been
has issued closure notice to Oil India approved by France for India to support the
Limited’s operations in Baghjan Oil Field? country in dealing with COVID-19?
(1) Meghalaya (1) Euro 200 million
(2) Assam (2) Euro 400 million
(3) Manipur (3) Euro 100 million
(4) West Bengal (4) Euro 300 million
Q.349) Which among the following Q.354) Who was appointed as CEO of
organisations has collaborated with Professional Risk Managers’ International
International Transport Forum (ITF) for Association?
“Decarbonising Transport in India” project?
(1) Sanjay Chaturvedi
(1) Ministry of Road and Highways
(2) Vinay Dubey
(2) Central Information Commission
(3) Samanth Rai
(3) NITI Aayog
(4) Nirakar Pradhan
(4) Lokpal
Q.355) The centre has granted how much
Q.350) Which became the first Indian emergency fund to the Armed forces?
company with a market value of Rs 11 lakh
(1) Rs 1000 crore
crore as investors rejoiced fundraising that
will make it debt-free? (2) Rs 300 crore
(1) Reliance (3) Rs 500 crore
(2) Syntel (4) Rs 700 crore
(3) TCS
Q.356) Niki Poonacha is an Indian national
(4) Wipro champion associated with which sports?
(1) Badminton
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(2) Chess (4) Ravinder Singh
(3) Tennis
Q.362) How much fund has been allocated
(4) Running under PM CARES Fund for 50,000 ‘made in
India’ ventilators?
Q.357) Which company has acquired Swedish (1) Rs 2000 crore
mapping technology company Mapillary?
(2) Rs 3000 crore
(1) Google
(3) (3) Rs 1000 crore
(2) Face book
(4) (4) Rs 1500 crore
(3) Microsoft
(4) TCS Q.363) Which state’s High Court has issued a
notice to Twitter, centre, state government
Q.358) Recently government has lowered the over communal tweets?
GST on electrical vehicles to how much (1) Delhi
percent?
(2) Telangana
(1) 20%
(3) Bombay
(2) 15%
(4) Madras
(3) 10%
(4) 12% Q.364) Which nation will be holding a limited
Hajj pilgrimage in 2020?
Q.359) Which court allowed the Puri Rath (1) UAE
Yatra to be conducted with certain
restrictions? (2) Qatar
(1) Delhi HC (3) Saudi Arabia
(2) Allahabad HC (4) Bahrain
(3) Supreme Court
Q.365) Which state has signed tripartite
(4) Telangana HC agreement with POWERGRID & EdCIL to
setup smart classrooms in schools?
Q.360) Which city is Building a New ‘She- (1) Punjab
Man’ Station to Make it More Trans-
Friendly? (2) Haryana
(1) Delhi (3) Odisha
(2) Lucknow (4) Rajasthan
(3) Noida
Q.366) Who among the following has been
(4) Pune named as the winner of 2020 Peace Prize of
the German Book Trade?
Q.361) Who is the author of the book ‘Legend (1) Amartya Sen
of Suheldev: The King Who Saved India’?
(2) Raghuram Rajan
(1) Preeti Shenoy
(3) Kailash Satyarth
(2) Chetan Bhagat
(4) Abhijit Banerjee
(3) Amish Tripathi
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Q.367) Which nation blocked Pakistan’s Q.372) Who participated in Russia -India-
attempt to declare Indian citizen as 'global China Ministers meeting on June 23, 2020?
terrorist'?
(1) S Jaishankar
(1) Russia
(2) Rajnath Singh
(2) UK
(3) Nirmala Sitharaman
(3) France
(4) Harsh Vardhan
(4) US
Q.373) How much amount has been
Q.368) What is the estimated GDP growth sanctioned by government for augmentation
rate of India for the year 2020 as per the of healthcare facilities in North Eastern
revised forecast of Moody’s? States?
(1) -3.1% (1) ₹100 cr
(2) -4% (2) ₹200 cr
(3) -5.3% (3) ₹150 cr
(4) -2% (4) ₹190 cr
Q.369) Which Indian has been elected to the Q.374) The Supreme Court allowed the
International Tennis Federation (ITF) men’s world-famous Jagannath Rath Yatra to take
player panel? place in which city?
(1) Niki Kalayanda Poonacha (1) Ahmedabad
(2) Ti chen (2) Puri
(3) Nikhil Joshi (3) Jamshedpur
(4) Anupama Srinivasan (4) Raipur
Q.370) India’s largest and first Virtual Q.375) What is the theme of this year’s World
Healthcare & Hygiene EXPO 2020 has been Hydrography Day?
organised by Ministry of Ayush in
(1) Hydrography enabling autonomous
partnership with________
technologies
(1) Food Corporation of India
(2) Safe Navigation
(2) UNESCO
(3) hydrographic information
(3) Confederation of Indian Industry
(4) Mapping our seas
(4) FICCI
Q.376) Which state government has planned
Q.371) Evariste Ndayishimiye was elected as to launch Indira Rasoi Yojana?
the president of which country recently?
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(1) Rwanda
(2) Maharashtra
(2) Congo
(3) Rajasthan
(3) Tanzania
(4) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Burundi
Q.378) Who inaugurated Virtual India Q.383) India has pledged how much amount
Pavilion at Cannes Film Market 2020? to UNRWA for next two years?
(1) Prakash Javedkar (1) USD 10 million
(2) Smriti Irani (2) USD 15 million
(3) Narendra Modi (3) USD 5 million
(4) Rajnath Singh (4) USD 7 million
Q.379) The world’s first yoga university Q.384) Who was appointed as new CFO of
outside India has been launched in which Standard Chartered Bank (India)?
country?
(1) Sanjay Singh
(1) US
(2) Rajesh Agarwal
(2) Japan
(3) Sandip Hota
(3) Russia
(4) Gaurav Maheshwari
(4) Canada
Q.385) What is ‘Dhruva’, that has been
Q.380) Which Bank has launched a new developed by researchers and students of IIT-
product KBL Micro Mitra for micro Bombay?
enterprises?
(1) Personal Protective Equipment
(1) IDBI Bank
(2) COVID-19 Test Kit
(2) Karnataka Bank
(3) Receiver chip for NAVIC
(3) federal Bank
(4) Microprocessor
(4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
Q.386) The Indian Space Research
Q.381) World Karate Federation has Organisation has initiated a 10,000 crore
provisionally de-recognised which nation’s project- Gaganyaan to send humans to space
Karate association? by which year?
(1) Pakistan (1) 2025
(2) Malaysia (2) 2030
(3) Indonesia (3) 2024
(4) India (4) 2022
Q.410) Which Indian state has announced Q.415) Which organization has partnered
Gothan Nyay Yojana to procure cow dung with International Transport Forum of
from cattle owners? OECD to launch decarbonizing transport
project in India?
(1) Jharkhand
(1) Finance Commission
(2) Chhattisgarh
(2) Reserve Bank of India
(3) Bihar
(3) NITI Aayog
(4) Odisha
(4) National Development Council
Q.411) Union minister Jitendra Singh has
inaugurated” Puneja Bridge” & “Devika Q.416) Which country has awarded Project
Bridge” constructed by BRO. Both the Management Consultancy (PMC) Contract
bridges located in which state/UT? of 500 MW Solar Park to NTPC?
(1) Arunachal Pradesh (1) Ivory Coast
(2) Jammu & Kashmir (2) Guinea
(3) Manipur (3) Niger
(4) Goa (4) Mali
Q.412) Which organization released report Q.417) Which country will host FIFA
titled “Inclusion and Education: All Means Women's World Cup 2023?
All”?
(1) Australia, New Zealand
(1) UNICEF
(2) Colombia
(2) IMF
(3) Japan
(3) UNESCO
(4) Brazil
(4) WEF
Q.419) Which nation has passed a bill to Q.424) Which state government announced
sanction China over Hong Kong security law? the Vithabai Narayangaokar lifetime
achievement award to folk artist Gulabbai
(1) UK
Sangamnerkar?
(2) US
(1) Assam
(3) Germany
(2) Maharashtra
(4) Russia
(3) Telangana
Q.440) The Swavalamban Crisis Responsive Q.445) Which city topped in the Global
Fund has been launched by which Startup Ecosystem Report 2020′ by startup
organisation? Genome?
(1) RBI (1) London
(2) SIDBI (2) New York
(3) SEBI (3) New Delhi
(4) NABARD (4) California
Q.441) Name the first ever country in the Q.446) Who is set to become the first female
world to make use of drone to carry out locust president of Marylebone Cricket Club in its
control operations? 233-year history?
(1) Bangladesh (1) Gita Gopinath
(2) Myanmar (2) Joicy Roy
(3) India (3) Andrena Smith
(4) Sri Lanka (4) Clare Connor
Q.442) Which of the following airport has Q.447) Name the indigeneously developed
become the first in India to get AWMS Advanced Torpedo Decoy System recently
technology at both ends of runway? inducted by the Indian Navy?
(1) Kempegowda International Airport (1) Karaal
(2) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (2) Bheeshma
(3) Biju Patnaik International Airport (3) Maareech
(4) Jaipur International Airport (4) Keshari
(4) Delhi
Q.7) Vini Mahajan has become the 1st women
chief secretary of which state?
Q.2) Which state has launched 'Project
Platina'- world’s largest convalescent plasma (1) Goa
therapy trial? (2) Chhattisgarh
(1) Delhi (3) Haryana
(2) Maharashtra (4) Punjab
(3) Karnataka
Q.8) Shripad Naik (MoS-Defence) has
(4) Kerala
inaugurated 2-day defence conclave 2020 in
which state?
Q.3) Who among the following has been given
the additional charge of Governor of Madhya (1) Gujarat
Pradesh? (2) Assam
(1) Anandiben Patel (3) Arunachal Pradesh
(2) Acharya Devvrat (4) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Q.9) Which Indian University is the top
(4) Vajubhai Vala
ranked Indian institution in the ‘THE Young
University Rankings 2020’?
Q.4) Which state has decided to form a special
security force to ensure industrial security? (1) IIT Indore
Q.34) The Government has declared which Q.39) How much assistance has been given by
state as a disturbed area for another 6 World Bank to India for its program to
months. rejuvenate Ganga river (Namami Gange
project) in June 2020?
(1) Nagaland
(1) USD 200 million
(2) Meghalaya
(2) USD 500 million
(3) Goa
(3) USD 400 million
(4) Telangana
(4) USD 100 million
Q.35) Recently BRO rebuilded bridge on
Munsyari Milam Road near Indo -China Q.40) India exchanged lists of civilian
Border in which state? prisoners and fishermen in its custody with
which nation?
(1) Uttarakhand
(1) Sri Lanka
(2) Punjab
(2) China
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
(3) Bangladesh
(4) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Pakistan
Q.36) India is planning to acquire the more
lethal version of which bomb? Q.41) With which country has India signed a
concession agreement on the 600 MW
(1) Axil-1300
Kholongchhu Hydroelectric Project
(2) Akash (KHEL)?
(3) HCA-3 (1) Bhutan
Q.43) In which of the states/UTs is the Q.48) Which among the following South
World’s largest convalescent plasma therapy Asian nations has placed its bid for the 2027
trial-cum-treatment centre for COVID-19 Asian Cup?
patients been launched?
(1) India
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Pakistan
(2) Rajasthan
(3) Nepal
(3) Kerala
(4) China
(4) Delhi
Q.49) Which state has launched a campaign
Q.44) Which two Bollywood actors have been named ‘Hamara Ghar-Hamara Vidyalaya’ to
invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture provide children the school like environment
Arts and Sciences? at the homes?
(1) Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra (1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Dia Mirza, Parineeti Chopra (2) Karnataka
(3) Anil Kapoor, Tabu (3) Uttarakhand
(4) Alia Bhatt, Hrithik Roshan (4) Assam
Q.45) Who is the author of poetry anthology Q.50) Who has been appointed as the India’s
“The Yogini Poems: Love and Life “? next Permanent Representative to the United
Nations?
(1) Sandeep Patnaik
(1) Indra Mani Pandey
(2) Prachi Singh
(2) Asoke Kumar Mukerji
(3) Sanjay Raikwar
(3) Natarajan Krishnan
(4) Adyasha Das
(4) Arthur S. Lall
Q.46) When did the new Stamp Duty rules
come into effect? Q.51) When is the last date for submitting
nominations for Padma Awards 2021?
(1) June 15th
(1) October 30th
(2) June 1st
(2) August 15th
(3) June 29th
(3) September 15th
(4) July 1st
(4) September 30th
Q.53) Who has been re-appointed as the Q.58) Name the Chairman of International
Solicitor General (AG) of India by the Govt. Cricket Council (ICC) who has stepped down
of India for 3 years? from the post?
(1) Ranjit Kumar (1) Shashank Manohar
(2) Tushar Mehta (2) Dave Richardson
(3) Mohan Parasaran (3) Manu Sawhney
(4) Rohinton Nariman (4) Rahul Johri
Q.54) Name the Indian cricket player who has Q.59) India has joined the “Alliance for
been named as India’s most valuable Test Poverty Eradication” as founding member.
player in the 21st century by the Wisden The Alliance has been launched by?
magazine?
(1) World Bank
(1) Hardik Pandya
(2) NATO
(2) Ravindra Jadeja
(3) United Nations General Assembly
(3) Ravichandran Ashwin
(4) International Atomic Energy Agency
(4) Rishabh Pant
Q.60) Which state has decided to launch a
Q.55) Which nation’s Prime Minister has project to provide employment to expats who
launched a mega-billion 10-year Defence lost their jobs due to COVID-19?
plan?
(1) Kerala
(1) UK
(2) Tamil Nadu
(2) France
(3) Karnataka
(3) China
(4) Telangana
(4) Australia
Q.61) Which state has announced SOPs for
Q.56) The Government of India has extended Char Dham Yatra?
the term of Rajkiran Rai as the MD & CEO
(1) Uttarakhand
of which bank?
(2) Himachal Pradesh
(1) Canara Bank
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
(2) Bank of Maharashtra
(4) Delhi
(3) Punjab National Bank
(4) Union Bank of India
Q.73) What is the rank of India globally in Q.78) What is the name of India’s Venus
terms of contributor of e-waste to the society mission which is scheduled to be launched at
in 2019, as per a recent report ‘Global E- end of 2023?
waste Monitor 2020’ by United Nations?
(1) Aditya-L1
(1) 7th
(2) Shukrayaan-1
(2) 3rd
(3) Chandrayaan-3
(3) 4th
(4) Shukrayaan
(4) 2nd
Q.79) What is the name of Jupiter-like planet
Q.74) A newsletter named “Matsya which was found by researchers recently (39
Sampada” has been launched recently. It is times bigger than earth)?
published by which department?
(1) TOI-829b
(1) Department of Fisheries
(2) TOI-869b
(2) Department of Chemicals and Fertilizers
(3) TOI-889b
(3) Department of Commerce and Industry
(4) TOI-849b
(4) Department of Agriculture
Q.80) NPCI has decided to set up its own
Q.75) Who has been sworn in as the new Smart Datacentre in which city of India?
Prime Minister of France?
(1) Mumbai
(1) Roselyne Bachelot
(2) Bengaluru
(2) Raymond Soubie
(3) Hyderabad
(3) Jean Castex
(4) New Delhi
(4) Olivier Véran
Q.81) Which state/UT has launched ‘Podhe
Q.76) Which IIT have developed a virtual Lagao Prayavaran Bachao’ (Plant Trees,
classroom system named ‘Mobile Masterjee’? Save Environment) campaign to reduce air
pollution?
(1) IIT Kanpur
(1) New Delhi
(2) IIT Mandi
(2) Odisha
(3) IIT Madras
(3) Goa
(4) IIT Calcutta
(4) Puducherry
Q.83) Name the bank which offers an online Q.88) Who has launched the toolkit for the
instant auto loan to its customers named 6th edition of the annual cleanliness survey of
‘ZipDrive’ urban India ‘Swachh Survekshan (SS) 2021?
(1) CSB Bank (1) Pralhad Joshi
(2) RBL Bank (2) Shripad Yasso Naik
(3) IDBI Bank (3) Hardeep Singh Puri
(4) HDFC Bank (4) Narendra Singh Tomar
Q.84) Russian electorate granted Vladimir Q.89) Which board has launched ‘Accelerate
Putin to stay as president of the country till Vigyan’ scheme to provide platform for
which year? research internships?
(1) 2027 (1) Technology Development Board
(2) 029 (2) Science and Engineering Research Board
(3) 024 (3) Scientific Research Board of India
(4) 036 (4) Board for Research Scholars
Q.85) Name the person who has received the Q.90) Which ministry launched ‘SBM-Urban
2020 Diana Award for humanitarian work. MIS’ portal recently?
(1) Licypriya Kangujam (1) Ministry of Home Affairs
(2) Ridhima Pandey (2) Ministry of Finance
(3) Freya Thakral (3) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(4) Sunita Narain (4) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Q.86) Which state topped in fish production Q.91) ”It’s Between You” campaign has been
based on volume, as per “Annual Marine Fish launched by which company to promote its
Landings in India for 2019” report of brand?
CMFRI?
(1) Zoom
(1) Kerala
(2) Facebook
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Whatsapp
(3) Gujarat
(4) Amazon
(4) Maharashtra
Q.124) Which state has become the first one (4) Assam
with LPG connections in all the households?
Q.129) Injeti Srinivas has been appointed as
(1) Uttarakhand
the Chairman of which authority?
(2) Odisha
(1) WB
(3) Himachal Pradesh
(2) SIDBI
(4) Sikkim
(3) IFSCA
Q.143) As a part of which of the following a Q.148) Which state govt. launched a
new category of award called ‘Prerak Dauur campaign for the immunization of the
Samman’ has been announced? children of migrant workers?
(1) Swachhta Diwas (1) Uttra Pradesh
(2) Swachh Survekshan (2) Jharkhand
(3) Swachhata Pakhwada (3) Haryana
(4) Swachh Paryavaran (4) Bihar
Q.144) To check the spread of Coronavirus, Q.149) Which country has topped the Global
which state/UT govt. is going to set up a 24*7 Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI)
‘COVID-19 War Room’? 2020?
(1) Tamil Nadu (1) Australia
(2) Delhi (2) Germany
(3) Uttar Pradesh (3) United Kingdom
(4) Karnataka (4) United States
Q.145) Who has been appointed as the new Q.150) India was ranked at which position on
Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the the Global Real Estate Transparency Index
the UK India Business Council (UKIBC)? (GRETI)?
(1) Vikram Plaha (1) 34th
(2) Jayant Krishna (2) 55th
(3) Abanti Sankaranarayanan (3) 37th
(4) Avinash Vazirani (4) 41st
Q.146) Which state govt. announced a Q.151) Which among the following apps has
monthly stipend of Rs 3,000 to newly enrolled not been banned by the Indian Army?
junior lawyers for next two years?
(1) Facebook
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Instagram
(2) Telangana
(3) Tinder
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Twitter
(4) Punjab
Q.184) Who among the following person has Q.189) Name of the state which has passed
become India’s 66th Chess Grandmaster? the draft ordinance to reserve 75% of private
sector jobs to local people?
(1) Stany G A
(1) Haryana
(2) G Akash
(2) Punjab
(3) Gukesh D
(3) Chhattisgarh
(4) Visakh N R
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Q.185) According to the Economist
Intelligence Unit (EIU), what is the rank of Q.190) Which state govt. launched BLUIS,
Indian in cancer preparedness among 10 the flagship development of General
Asia-Pacific countries? Administration and Public grievances
departments?
(1) 8th
(1) Kerala
(2) 3rd
(2) Nagaland
(3) 6th
(3) Sikkim
(4) 10th
(4) Odisha
Q.186) According to the Reserve Bank of
India data, which state topped the market Q.191) Maharashtra government has tied up
borrowings among States in 2020-21? with which bank to set up a stress fund for
stuck slum rehabilitation projects?
(1) Tamil Nadu
(1) Yes
(2) Gujarat
(2) ICICI
(3) Punjab
(3) HDFC
(4) Odisha
(4) SBI
Q.212) Which country was the top trading Q.217) Which nation has made COVID-19
partner of India in the financial year 2019- negative certificate mandatory for travelling
20? abroad?
(1) France (1) India
(2) China (2) Pakistan
(3) United States (3) US
(4) United Aram Emirates (4) Bangladesh
Q.213) Which nation has become the world’s Q.218) India’s which year Tiger census has
first to successfully complete human trials of set a new Guinness World Record for being
its COVID vaccine? largest camera trap wildlife survey?
(1) US (1) 2019
(2) China (2) 2018
(3) Germany (3) 2016
(4) Russia (4) 2020
Q.219) At which position is India in terms of the
Q.214) Which state government has decided source of foreign direct investment (FDI) for the
to launch 'Roko -Toko' campaign for those United Kingdom (UK)?
who do not wear masks?
(1) 1st
(1) Delhi
(2) 5th
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) 2nd
(3) Maharashtra
(4) 3rd
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Q.233) Which nation has called on China to Q.238) Which nation’s GDP plunged by
comply with the 2016 arbitral ruling on the record 41.2 percent in the last three months?
South China Sea?
(1) India
(1) Vietnam
(2) Singapore
(2) Indonesia
(3) China
(3) Malaysia
(4) UK
(4) The Philippines
Q.239) Which Bollywood actor has been
Q.234) Which country’s scientists have chosen as the ambassador of the Toronto
developed a low-cost method to turn waste International Film Festival (TIFF) 2020?
into ethanol for use as sanitisers?
(1) Priyanka Chopra
(1) Algeria
(2) Amitabh Bachchan
(2) Israel
(3) Shilpa Shetty
(3) Indonesia
(4) Salman Khan
(4) Norway
Q.240) Who has been sworn in as the interim
Q.235) Who has been selected for the 2020 Chief Executive Officer of BCCI, following
Von Karman Award of International the departure of Rahul Johri?
Academy of Astronautics (IAA)?
(1) Arun Singh Dhumal
(1) K. Radhakrishnan
(2) Brijesh Patel
(2) K Sivan
(3) Jayesh George
(3) A. S. Kiran Kumar
(4) Hemang Amin
(4) G. Madhavan Nair
Q.241) Who has been appointed as interim
Q.236) Who has been honoured with the BCCI CEO?
“Top Publicist” award in the Global
(1) Anil Kumble
Humanitarian Awards 2020?
(2) Rahul Dravid
(1) Raman Kumar
(3) Hemang Amin
(2) Sujeet Tripathi
(4) Srikanth
(3) Sachin Awasthi
(4) Sunil Sardana
Q.244) Name the winner of the ‘Top Q.249) What is Jio Glass?
Publicist’ honour of Global Humanitarian
(1) Headset
Award 2020 by the World Humanitarian
Drive (WHD)? (2) Radio
(1) Kumar Keshav (3) Television
(2) Rakesh Gaur (4) OTT platform
(3) Sachin Awasthi
Q.250) UNICEF India has launched the
(4) Priyanka Kumar #Reimagine Campaign in partnership with
which entity to support the most vulnerable
Q.245) Who has developed the P7 Heavy populations and children during Covid-19
Drop System? crisis?
(1) DRDO (1) NITI Aayog
(2) HAL (2) FICCI
(3) ISRO (3) CII
(4) NASA (4) TERI
Q.246) As announced by Asia Cricket Q.251) India held a summit with which bloc
Council (ACC), Asia Cup cricket tournament on July 15?
has been postponed until when?
(1) EU
(1) December 2021
(2) ASEAN
(2) June 2021
(3) SAARC
(3) March 2021
(4) G20
(4) September 2021
Q.254) NABARD recently organised the Q.259) Which country has topped the World
”Digital Choupal” to mark foundation Intellectual Property Indicators-2019 index?
day of the body.
(1) United States
(1) 39
(2) China
(2) 0
(3) Germany
(3) 6
(4) Japan
(4) 2
Q.260) Google has been receiving backlash
Q.255) Who is the author of the novel ‘If It for allegedly deleting which nation from
Bleeds’? Google Maps?
(1) James Patterson (1) Taiwan
(2) J.K. Rowling (2) Hong Kong
(3) Mary Higgins Clark (3) Palestine
(4) Stephen King (4) Nepal
Q.256) Who among these has been appointed Q.261) India’s first cable-stayed Indian
as the brand ambassador of the SportsAdda? Railway bridge ‘Anji Khad bridge’ is being
constructed in which state?
(1) Sunil Chhetri
(1) Jammu & Kashmir
(2) Virat Kohli
(2) West Bengal
(3) Lionel Messi
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Brett Lee
(4) Odisha
Q.276) Which nation has recorded the Q.281) Which among the following country’s
largest reduction in multidimensional COVID vaccine could offer double protection
poverty, as per the latest UN report? against the virus if successful?
(1) Myanmar (1) United Kingdom
(2) Sri Lanka (2) United States of America
(3) Bangladesh (3) Italy
(4) India (4) Germany
Q.286) Which is the only state in the North Q.291) Pakistan has signed an agreement
Eastern India which has no rail connectivity? with which country for the construction of
700 MW Azad Pattan Hydel Power Project?
(1) Nagaland
(1) Sri Lanka
(2) Mizoram
(2) India
(3) Tripura
(3) China
(4) Sikkim
(4) United Kingdom
Q.296) COROSURE, the ‘world’s most Q.301) Name the winner of the 2020 Formula
affordable’ Covid-19 test kit has been 1 Hungarian Grand Prix.
developed by which of the following (1) Max Verstappen
institutes?
(2) Valtteri Bottas
(1) IIT Gandhinagar
(3) Sebastian Vettel
(2) IIT Kharagpur
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(4) Lewis Hamilton (4) High income
Q.302) Which state government has Q.307) Who will receive 2020 TIFF Tribute
inaugurated ‘Smriti Van’ on the occasion of Actor Award on 45th Edition of Toronto
Harela festival? International Film Festival (TIFF)?
(1) Uttarakhand (1) Emma Watson
(2) Arunachal Pradesh (2) Jennifer Lawrence
(3) Meghalaya (3) Kate Winslet
(4) Goa (4) Scarlett Johansson
Q.303) Who among the following becomes Q.308) Who chairs CII's e-commerce
the new chairman of HCL Technologies? committee for the year 2020-21?
(1) R. Srinivasan (1) Kunal Bahl
(2) Shiv Nadar (2) Chandrajit Banerjee
(3) Roshni Nadar Malhotra (3) Uday kotak
(4) Shikhar Malhotra (4) T. V. Narendran
Q.304) NABARD sanctioned Rs. 795 cr to Q.309) Which state has introduced the
which state to reconstruct infrastructure Renewable Energy Export Policy, 2020 to
which was damaged by Cyclone Amphan? export the power to other states?
(1) Odisha (1) Andhra Pradesh
(2) West Bengal (2) Gujarat
(3) Telangana (3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Bihar (4) Odisha
Q.305) Name the state, who recently decided Q.310) Which country teamed up with India
to convert waste generated in the state to for joint investment projects in Asia and
electricity under an initiative titled ‘Waste to Africa?
Energy’.
(1) Russia
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) United States
(2) Uttarakhand
(3) China
(3) Rajasthan
(4) United Kingdom
(4) Madhya Pradesh
Q.311) India ranked in Data Science Domain
Q.306) India has been grouped in which of in Global Skills Index 2020 released by
the following income group in the new World “Coursera”.
Bank Country Classifications by Income
(1) 11
Level 2020-2021?
(2) 91
(1) Low income
(3) 71
(2) Upper-middle income
(4) 51
(3) Lower-middle income
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Q.312) What will be the contraction in Q.317) Who became the first cricketer to
India’s GDP in FY21 as per ICRA Limited? violate ICC’s ‘saliva ban’ rule?
(1) 9.5% (1) Jofra Archer
(2) 7.5% (2) Dom Sibley
(3) 5.5% (3) Stuart Broad
(4) 3.5% (4) Chris Woakes
Q.313) The Modulus Housing incubated Q.318) The Zoram Mega Food Park Ltd has
start-up of which IIT, has developed a been inaugurated in which North Eastern
portable hospital unit named ‘MediCAB’? state of India?
(1) IIT Delhi (1) Assam
(2) IIT Ahmedabad (2) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) IIT Calcutta (3) Mizoram
(4) IIT Madras (4) Tripura
Q.314) Sprinter Deajah Stevens who was Q.319) Who has been appointed as the new
banned recently belongs to which country? MD & CEO of SBI Cards & Payment
Services?
(1) Germany
(1) Mahesh Kumar Sharma
(2) Portugal
(2) Sameer Gehlaut
(3) United States
(3) Ashwini Kumar Tewari
(4) Argentina
(4) Praveen Kumar Gupta
Q.315) Who among these are the winners of
the 2020 Nelson Mandela Prize? Q.320) The Navin Rojgar Chhatri Yojana is
an employment scheme launched for the
(1) Katalin Bogyay and Albert Shingiro
SC/ST group by which state?
(2) Jerry Matthews Matjila and Maria Theofili
(1) Chhattisgarh
(3) Marianna Vardinoyannis and Morissana
(2) Uttar Pradesh
Kouyate
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Jorge Fernando Branco Sampaio and Eduard
Kukan (4) Haryana
Q.316) Which nation has banned free Q.321) Which Union Territory’s
internet services for social media? administration has approved Rs 25 lakhs
insurance cover for all local elected
(1) India
members?
(2) Nepal
(1) J&K
(3) Bangladesh
(2) Ladakh
(4) China
(3) Puducherry
(4) Chandigarh
Q.324) NASA has postponed the launch of Q.329) Andre Schurrle has recently
James Webb Space Telescope till when? announced his retirement from professional
football. He played for which country?
(1) December 2021
(1) New Zealand
(2) September 2021
(2) Great Britain
(3) October 2021
(3) Spain
(4) July 2022
(4) Germany
Q.325) Which nation’s Parliament has begun
the process of banning same-sex marriage? Q.330) Who is the author of the novel “The
Endgame”?
(1) Japan
(1) Kishwar Desai
(2) South Korea
(2) S Hussain Zaidi
(3) United Kingdom
(3) Surender Mohan Pathak
(4) Russia
(4) Madhulika Liddle
Q.326) Which country’s Direct Sale Industry
has topped the Global Direct Selling 2019 Q.331) Zoram Mega food park has been
Retail Sales’ list released by World launched in which state?
Federation of Direct Selling Associations
(1) Meghalaya
(WFDSA)?
(2) Nagaland
(1) United States
(3) Sikkim
(2) China
(4) Mizoram
(3) Germany
(4) Sweden
Q.336) The clinical trials of which nation’s Q.341) What is the rank of India in the
vaccine will soon begin in India? World Intellectual Property Indicators 2019
list?
(1) UK
(1) 9th
(2) US
(2) 6th
(3) Germany
(3) 10th
(4) Italy
(4) 7th
Q.353) Who has been conferred with the (4) Punjab National Bank
‘Legend of Animation’ award of the Toonz
Media Group (TMG) for 2020? Q.358) Which nation will be hosting the 2020
edition of the Indian Premier League?
(1) Arnab Chaudhuri
(1) New Zealand
(2) Rajiv Chilaka
(2) Australia
(3) Kireet Khurana
(3) Sri Lanka
(4) Manick Sorcar
(4) UAE
Q.354) An earthquake with a magnitude of
7.8 hit the coast of which nation on July 22, Q.359) What is the estimated GDP rate of
2020? India for the financial year 2020-21 as per the
recent report of Nomura?
(1) Australia
(1) -5%
(2) New Zealand
(2) -6.1%
(3) Alaska
(3) -7.2%
(4) Mexico
(4) -4.9%
Q.355) Which of the following institutes has
developed a wearable hand band called ‘Veli Q.360) What is the theme of India Ideas
Band’ that helps in maintaining social Summit 2020?
distancing?
(1) Building a Better Future
(1) IIT Kharagpur
(2) Business and Environment
(2) IIT Ahmedabad
(3) Business in post-COVID world
(3) IIM Indore
(4) Sustainable Business
(4) IIM Kozhikode
Q.361) Who has won the Gulbenkian Prize
Q.356) Ramesh Babu Boddu has been for Humanity?
appointed as the Managing Director and
(1) Severn Cullis
CEO of which of these banks?
(2) Alexandria Villasenor
(1) Lakshmi Vilas Bank
(3) Kehkashan Basu
(2) City Union Bank
(4) Greta Thunberg
(3) Axis Bank
(4) Karur Vysya Bank
Q.365) Central Marine Fisheries Research Q.370) Which among the following e-
Institute adjudged as the best research commerce companies has begun offering auto
institute under ICAR is situated where? insurance in India?
(1) Chennai (1) Flipkart
(2) Trivandrum (2) Walmart
(3) Kochi (3) Amazon
(4) Madurai (4) Alibaba
Q.366) IAF is planning to procure Q.371) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
HAMMER missiles from which nation? has partnered with which of the following to
promote volunteerism among Indian youth?
(1) Russia
(1) UNIDO
(2) Germany
(2) IBRD
(3) US
(3) UNESCO
(4) France
(4) UNICEF
Q.385) After UAE, China, which nation will Q.390) Who authored the book titled “The
launch a Mars probe later this month? Pandemic Century”?
(1) Russia (1) Khaled Hosseini
(2) India (2) Atul Gawande
(3) Japan (3) Mark Honigsbaum
(4) US (4) C.J. Lyons
Q.413) The world’s first electrified double- Q.418) Who has been appointed as the new
stack container tunnel is being constructed by Governor of Madhya Pradesh on additional
Indian Railways in which state? charge, following the demise of Lalji Tandon?
(1) Haryana (1) Acharya Devvrat
(2) Uttar Pradesh (2) Satyadev Narayan Arya
(3) Maharashtra (3) Bhagat Singh Koshyari
(4) Uttarakhand (4) Anandiben Patel
Q.423) The fourth edition of the Khelo India Q.428) According to a report published by
Youth Games is scheduled to be held in which the UK tech firm Comparitech, which Indian
of these cities? city has ranked 16th in terms of most
surveilled city in the world?
(1) Dharamshala
(1) Delhi
(2) Panchkula
(2) Chennai
(3) Lucknow
(3) Hyderabad
(4) Pithoragarh
(4) Kochi
Q.424) ‘Rozgaar Bazaar’ is a web portal
launched by which state to bring job seekers Q.429) ‘Veli Band’ is a user-friendly
and employers on one platform? wearable device launched by which
institution to help comply with social
(1) Assam
distancing norms during the current
(2) Rajasthan pandemic situation?
(3) Uttar Pradesh (1) IIM Hyderabad
(2) Rs 25 crore
Q.439) In which district did the India’s first
(3) Rs 10 crore NABL-accredited honey testing lab
inaugurated in Gujarat?
(4) Rs 15 crore
(1) Patan
Q.435) According to the Forbes Real-Time (2) Anand
Billionaires List, Mukesh Ambani is at which
position in terms of richest persons in the (3) Porbandar
world after his net worth swells past $75 (4) Amreli
billion?
(1) 5th Q.440) Which state government deployed
(2) 4th drone and anti-depredation quick response
vehicle to guard forest areas?
(3) 3rd
(1) Arunachal Pradesh
(4) 7th
(2) Assam
(3) Telangana
(4) Punjab
Q.443) What is the rank of India in the list of Q.448) Who is the author of the book “The
countries that have gained in forest areas in India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain
the last decade (2010-2020) as per the United World”?
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
(1) Shashi Tharoor
(FAO)?
(2) Mohammad Hamid Ansari
(1) 1st
(3) Piyush Goyal
(2) 2nd
(4) S Jaishankar
(3) 3rd
(4) 4th Q.449) The book titled “Quest for Restoring
Financial Stability in India” has been written
Q.444) The Rafale fighter jets en route to by which of these officials?
India made a stopover in which nation?
(1) Viral Acharya
(1) Saudi Arabia
(2) N. S. Vishwanathan
(2) Israel
(3) Urjit Patel
(3) Greece
(4) Raghuram Rajan
(4) UAE
Q.450) What is the theme of World Hepatitis
Q.445) Name the newly appointed Prime Day 2020?
Minister of Tunisia.
(1) Invest in eliminating hepatitis
(1) Hichem Mechichi
(2) Hepatitis-free future
(2) Imed Hazgui
(3) Find the Missing Millions
(3) Kais Saied
(4) Eliminate hepatitis by 2030
(4) Noureddine Erray
(4) Pakistan
Q.7) Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal's ban
has been reduced to 18 months. He was
Q.2) Which state government has reduced banned from the sport earlier for how long?
price VAT on diesel to 16.75 percent?
(1) 2 years
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) 3 years
(2) Karnataka
(3) 3.5 years
(3) Goa
(4) 5 years
(4) Delhi
Q.8) The International commercial passenger
Q.3) Which Indian wrestler has been flights have been suspended till when?
appointed as a deputy director in the Sports
and Youth Affairs Department of Haryana? (1) August 31st
(4) China
Q.12) Prime Minister Narendra Modi jointly Q.17) The India-Indonesia defence ministers
inaugurated the new Supreme Court building dialogue was held at which city?
of which nation on July 30, 2020?
(1) Jakarta
(1) Maldives
(2) New Delhi
(2) Sri Lanka
(3) Mumbai
(3) Nepal
(4) Bengaluru
(4) Mauritius
Q.18) The government plans to increase the
Q.13) Former J&K Chief Minister fund allocation of education sector to % of
Mehbooba Mufti’s preventive detention has GDP.
been extended till how many months?
(1) 4%
(1) Three months
(2) 5%
(2) Six months
(3) 6%
(3) Four months
(4) 2%
(4) Five months
Q.19) Name the bank which launched a
Q.14) Which nation’s Congressional campaign named ‘Kona Kona Umeed’
Committee has passed a bill to promote recently.
legacy of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin
(1) Axis Bank
Luther King Jr.?
(2) YES Bank
(1) US
(3) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(2) France
(4) IndusInd Bank
(3) UK
(4) South Africa Q.20) The ‘mpay.me’ is the personalized UPI
payment link launched by which company?
Q.15) An American citizen Tahir Naseem was
(1) MobiKwik
shot dead inside which nation’s courtroom?
(2) Paytm
(1) Afghanistan
(3) FreeCharge
(2) Pakistan
(4) PhonePe
(3) Bangladesh
(4) Iran
Q.22) Which company partnered with ‘Craft Q.27) In July 2020, who became the 7th
Silicon’ to innovate and accelerate the digital bowler to take 500 Test wickets?
loan repayment solutions?
(1) Stuart Broad
(1) M-Pesa
(2) Courtney Walsh
(2) eWAY
(3) Glenn McGrath
(3) BitPay
(4) James Anderson
(4) PayU
Q.28) According to a survey by Randstad
Q.23) Which company has launched a video- Employer Brand Research (REBR) 2020,
based customer identification process for which company has been named as the most
banks? attractive employer brand in India?
(1) Bluefin (1) Amazon
(2) Ingenico (2) Samsung
(3) Stanchion (3) Microsoft
(4) Wibmo (4) Google
Q.24) Which technology giant has rolled out Q.29) Which city’s administration launched
its new Family Safety App for Android and first manhole cleaning robot ‘BANDICOOT’
iOS users? in the Northeast to ensure minimal human
involvement to clean the sewers?
(1) Google
(1) Itanagar
(2) Apple
(2) Imphal
(3) IBM
(3) Shillong
(4) Microsoft
(4) Guwahati
Q.25) Leh and which other city have been
chosen to be developed as smart cities in Q.30) What is the theme of World Day
Ladakh? Against Trafficking in Persons 2020?
(1) Padum (1) Call your government to action
(2) Hemis (2) Human Trafficking: Call Your Government
To Action
(3) Kargil
(3) Committed to the Cause – Working on the
(4) Alchi
Frontline to End Human Trafficking
(3) Telangana
Q.37) Who represented India at the 6th
(4) Maharashtra BRICS Environment Ministers' Meeting?
(1) Narendra Modi
Q.32) The Underground Ballistic Missiles
during 'Great Prophet 14' Military Exercise (2) Prakash Javadekar
was launched by; (3) Rajnath Singh
(1) China
(4) Harsh Vardhan
(2) Israel
(3) Iran Q.38) The Power Finance Corporation signed
agreement with which IIT for training,
(4) Russia research and Entrepreneurship Development
(ED) in smart grid technology?
Q.33) India’s first Director-General of Civil (1) IIT Calcutta
Aviation (DGCA)-approved drone training
school has been launched in which city? (2) IIT Delhi
(3) Bengaluru
Q.39) The Atal Innovation Mission has
(4) Mumbai launched the AIM iCREST, in collaboration
with which of these organisations?
Q.34) Along with which country did India (1) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
launch the Innovating for Clean Air (IfCA)?
(2) World Economic Forum
(1) Germany
(3) UNICEF
(2) Korea
(4) USAID
(3) Japan
(4) UK Q.40) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India
inaugurated the new Supreme Court building
Q.35) Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) is a in .
flagship programme of this Ministry. (1) Mauritius
(1) Science & Technologywrong (2) Seychelles
(2) Human Resources and Development (3) Maldives
(3) Earth Science (4) Cambodia
(4) Home Affairs
Q.42) UK India Business Council (UKIBC) Q.47) How many total states have been
signed MoU with which state government to integrated with the ‘One Nation, One Ration
strengthen the industrial development? Card’ plan of the Central government till
date?
(1) Punjab
(1) 24
(2) Gujarat
(2) 28
(3) Rajasthan
(3) 23
(4) Haryana
(4) 21
Q.43) Which state government announced
"Chief Minister's Entrepreneurship Q.48) Which Indian state has become the first
Development Programme" to address in India to pass Bills for having 3 capitals of
working capital shortage (July 2020)? the state?
(1) Maharastra (1) Himachal Pradesh
(2) Andhra pradesh (2) Gujarat
(3) Kerala (3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Odisha (4) Uttarakhand
Q.44) Which country is going to host the 6th Q.49) Who among the following has won the
annual meeting of Asian Infrastructure Formula One British Grand Prix 2020?
Investment Bank (AIIB) in 2021?
(1) Sebastian Vettel
(1) Sri Lanka
(2) Charles Leclerc
(2) Bangladesh
(3) Max Verstappen
(3) UAE
(4) Lewis Hamilton
(4) Australia
Q.50) Which of the ministries under the govt.
Q.45) Who authored the book named "Burnt of India won the SKOCH Gold Award for its
Sugar" or "Girl in White Cotton"? one of the projects?
(1) Rahul Mahajan (1) Ministry of Agriculture
(2) Kritika Pandey (2) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
(3) Avni Doshi (3) Ministry of Commerce an Industry
(4) Tulika Mehrotra (4) Ministry of Consumer Affairs
(2) H14
Q.78) The “Thenzawl Golf Resort” Project
(3) K3 has been launched in which state to promote
Golf Tourism in India?
(4) F2A
(1) Tripura
Q.73) Mohamed Irfaan Ali has become the (2) Sikkim
president of which country?
(3) Mizoram
(1) Suriname
(4) Arunachal Pradesh
(2) Guyana
(3) Brazil Q.79) Vaishno Devi yatra will begin from
which date?
(4) Venezuela
(1) August 16th
Q.74) Who authored the booked titled (2) August 17th
“Siyasat Mein Sadasyata” which was released
(3) August 30th
by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar?
(1) Manmohan Singh (4) August 20th
Q.83) Which of the following metro rail Q.88) From women’s world team
stations of the Tamil Nadu has been named championship of which sports, going to held
after former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa as in December 2020, has India withdrawn due
announced by the state government? to the lack of preparation?
(1) Central Metro Station (1) Basketball
(2) Alandur Station (2) Squash
(3) CMBT station (3) Table Tennis
(4) Koyambedu Station (4) Cricket
Q.84) Who among the following has been Q.89) Veteran Congress leader CM
selected as the new CEO of the HDFC Bank? Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar passed away on
August 5, 2020. He served as the former Chief
(1) J Packirisamy
Minister of which state?
(2) Sashidhar Jagdishan
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(3) A. Subba Rao Pai
(2) Maharashtra
(4) M. Ramaswami Chettiar
(3) Karnataka
Q.104) India has recently contributed USD Q.109) Which state’s villages have been
15.46 million to the India-UN Development recognised by UNESO for Tsunami
Partnership Fund. What is the total size of the readiness?
multi-year fund?
(1) Maharashtra
(1) $200 million
(2) Karnataka
(2) $75 million
(3) Odisha
(3) $100 million
(4) Kerala
(4) $150 million
Q.110) Which state government launched
Q.105) Which of the following launched its “Parivar Pehchan Patras” to enable the
Sahakar Cooptube Channel? citizens to get the benefits of various central
and state government schemes?
(1) National Cooperative Development
Corporation (1) Rajasthan
(2) NITI Aayog (2) Punjab
(3) Competition Commission of India (3) Gujarat
(4) Investment Information Company Limited (4) Haryana
Q.106) Which state’s government will launch Q.111) Which institute has signed an
‘YSR Cheyutha’ on August 12, 2020? agreement with Gavi, the vaccine alliance to
accelerate manufacture and delivery of 100
(1) Gujarat
million doses of COVID Vaccine?
(2) Telangana
(1) Biocon
(3) Karnataka
(2) ICMR
(4) Andhra Pradesh
(3) SII
Q.115) Which nation has banned Q.120) Who is the author of the book titled
transactions with TikTok owner Bytedance “RAW: A History of India’s Covert
and WeChat’s parent firm Tencent? Operations”?
(1) US (1) Yatish Yadav
(2) India (2) Neha Dixit
(3) UK (3) Chitra Subramaniam
(4) Japan (4) Hussain Zaidi
Q.116) Which state government launched Q.121) What is the rank of Reliance
Shaheed Mahendra Karma Tendupatta Industries Limited in the FutureBrand Index
Sangrahak Samajik Suraksha Yojana for 2020?
tendu leaves collectors?
(1) 6th
(1) Bihar
(2) 10th
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) 2nd
(3) Chhattisgarh
(4) 4th
(4) Nagaland
Q.136) Which country will host the ICC Q.141) Which among these is the first ever
Men’s T20 World Cup 2021? state to join hands with Google to introduce
Google Classroom and G Suite for online
(1) Pakistan school education?
(2) India (1) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Sri Lanka (2) Gujarat
(4) England (3) Maharashtra
(4) Karnataka
Q.137) The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020
has been postponed for 2022. Which country
will host the event in 2022? Q.142) In August 2020, Union Housing and
Urban Affairs Ministry approved the
(1) Australia construction of how many houses under the
(2) India Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)?
(1) 11.45 lakh
(3) New Zealand
(2) 10.28 lakh
(4) South Africa
Q.143) Who has been appointed as the Q.148) “UV Baggage Bath” a unique kiosk
Inspector General (IG), in Central Reserve was inaugurated recently at which of the
Police Force (CRPF)? following railway station.
(1) P S Ranipse (1) Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Station
(2) A P Maheshwari (2) Bangalore railway station
(3) P C Mohan (3) Ghoom Railway Station
(4) B S Khanna (4) Agra City Railway Station
Q.144) Which state government launched Q.149) Who has been elected as the new
‘Mukhya Mantri Doodh Uphar Yojana’ for Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?
the children between 1 and 6 years age?
(1) Gotabaya Rajapaksa
(1) Haryana
(2) Mahinda Rajapaksa
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Ranil Wickremesinghe
(3) West Bengal
(4) Maithripala Sirisena
(4) Chhattisgarh
Q.150) Bollywood filmmaker Shiv Panikker
Q.145) Which state launched ‘Mahila Evam has launched his first ever graphic novel
Kishori Samman Yojana’ for adolescent girls titled?
and women between 10 to 45 years of BPL
(1) The Guide
families?
(2) Gone Case
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Sea of Poppies
(2) Haryana
(4) In Custody
(3) Jharkhand
(4) Assam Q.151) Which of the Indian gets, a Non-Profit
Journalism Website Bags Prem Bhatia award
Q.146) The Uttar Pradesh government has 2020?
set up the states largest 400-bed dedicated
(1) Dipankar Ghose
Covid-19 hospital in which city?
(2) Sudhir choudhary
(1) Meerut
(3) Arnab goswami
(2) Agra
(4) Ravish kumar
(3) Lucknow
(4) Noida Q.152) Which Government launched Mahila
Evam Kishori Samman Yojana & Mukhya
Q.147) Which of the following has launched Mantri Doodh Uphar Yojana for state's girls
application called “OHE Inspection” for real & women?
time monitoring?
(1) Karnataka
(1) Ministry of Civil Aviation
(2) Jammu & Kashmir
(2) Bihar State Government
(3) Haryana
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(4) Delhi (3) Telangana
(4) Jammu and Kashmir
Q.153) Which of the following appointed
Harsh Kumar Bhanwala as its Executive
Chairman? Q.158) Foundation Stone of Indian Institute
of Management, Sirmaur laid by which of the
(1) Motilal Oswal Group following states?
(2) Muthoot Finance (1) Jammu and Kashmir
(3) Eko India Financial Services (2) Delhi
(4) Capital India Finance Ltd (3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Himachal Pradesh
Q.154) Recently, the Ministry of Defence has
announced ban on import of how many
defence item for a specified time period, to Q.159) Which among the following banks has
recently acquired 7.82 percent stake in
make India Aatmanirbhar Bharat?
battery maker Eveready Industries by
(1) 75 invoking pledged shares?
(2) 101 (1) IndusInd Bank
(3) 200 (2) Yes Bank
(4) 175 (3) HDFC Bank
(4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
Q.155) Where did PM Narendra Modi
inaugurated Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra,
an interactive experience centre on the Q.160) In August 2020, which bank got an in-
principle approval for setting up a wholly
Swachh Bharat Mission?
owned non- financial subsidiary?
(1) New Delhi
(1) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(2) Mumbai
(2) Karur Vyasya Bank
(3) Jodhpur
(3) Federal Bank
(4) Indore
(4) South Indian Bank
Q.173) Wrestling legend James Harris Q.178) Jagdalpur has become India’s first
passed away at the age of 70 on August 9. He municipal corporation to provide forestland
was popularly known by which name? right certificates to people of urban area. It is
located in which state?
(1) Kamala
(1) Jharkhand
(2) Baby Bull
(2) Odisha
(3) The Dragon
(3) Chhattisgarh
(4) Stone Cold
(4) Bihar
Q.174) Who is the head of Government
Forms Panel Under RoDTEP Scheme for Q.179) When did Defence Minister Rajnath
Exporters? Singh launch Atmanirbhar Bharat Saptah?
(1) G Parande (1) August 9th
(2) Gautam Roy (2) August 10th
(3) G K Pillai (3) August 8th
(4) Nirmala Sitharaman (4) August 4th
Q.175) Which company signs MoU with the Q.180) Prime Minister of India has launched
U.P. Government under ODOP scheme? the first ever submarine (undersea) Optical
Fibre Cable (OFC) connectivity between?
(1) Amazon
(1) Cochin and Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(2) Snapdeal
(2) Chennai and Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(3) Flipkart
(3) Cochin and Daman and Diu
(4) Zomato
(4) Chennai and Daman and Diu
Q.176) Which government announced new
Electric Policy in which it will given an Q.181) Name the winner of 70th Anniversary
incentive of up to ₹1.5 lakh for new cars? Grand Prix?
(1) Andhra Pradesh (1) Max Verstappen
(2) Delhi (2) Lewis Hamilton
(3) Goa (3) Sebastian Vettel
(4) Assam (4) Valtteri Bottas
₹1.5 lakh for new cars.
Q.183) Sputnik V is known to be the world’s Q.188) Name of the state which is 1st state in
first vaccine against COVID-19. Which India to delink incentives from State Goods
country has dev loped the vaccine? and Service Tax (SGST).
(1) France (1) Kerala
(2) United States (2) Gujarat
(3) Russia (3) Karnataka
(4) Vietnam (4) Maharashtra
Q.184) Which Municipal Corporation Q.189) India has signed an agreement with
became country’s first to provide forestland which country for development of five eco-
right certificates to people of urban area? tourism zones?
(1) Bilaspur (1) Mauritius
(2) Bhilai (2) Maldives
(3) Jagdalpur (3) Indonesia
(4) Korba (4) Malaysia
Q.185) Which nation’s Prime Minister has Q.190) Name of the state government which
resigned amid public outrage over Beirut has launched ‘Indira Rasoi Yojana’ to
blast? provide meals.
(1) Syria (1) Rajasthan
(2) Lebanon (2) Gujarat
(3) Sudan a (3) Karnataka
(4) Libya (4) Maharashtra
Q.186) Which state government signed MoU Q.191) Which country announced to
with the U.S.-based Boston Group for setting construct a standalone war memorial for
up its development centre in one of its Indian soldiers killed by Pakistan in 1971?
districts?
(1) Sri Lanka
(1) Telangana
(2) Mauritius
(2) Odisha
(3) Bangladesh
(3) Mizoram
(4) Israel
(4) Andhra Pradesh
Q.213) Which country will receive USD 500 Q.218) Who is the head of the National
million assistance from India for a Expert Committee on Vaccine
connectivity project? Administration for COVID-19, formed by the
Government of India?
(1) Sri Lanka
(1) V K Sarawat
(2) Mauritius
(2) Ramesh Chand
(3) Maldives
(3) Amitabh Kant
(4) Indonesia
(4) V K Paul
Q.214) Which country has allowed the sale
and registration of electric vehicles without Q.219) Which state is set to launch Arunodoi
pre-fitted batteries? Scheme to provide financial assistance to 17
lakh families?
(1) India
(1) Jharkhand
(2) China
(2) Assam
(3) Japan
(3) Tripura
(4) Singapore
(4) West Bengal
Q.215) Who Launched Online Dashboard for
Information on National Infrastructure Q.220) Soma Mondal has been selected as the
Pipeline? new Chairman of which Public enterprise?
(1) Home MInister (1) SAIL
(2) Prime Minister (2) BHEL
(3) Finance Minister (3) ONGC
(4) Defence Minister (4) GAIL
Q.216) India has announced financial Q.221) Name the country which has
assistance of USD 1 million for which nation? conducted the successful testing of its
advanced missile defense sys em, Arrow 2?
(1) Antigua and Barbuda
(1) Germany
(2) Lebanon
(2) Israel
(3) Guatemala
(3) France
(4) Vietnam
Q.257) NSE joined hands with which Q.262) According to the United Nations,
institute to offer platform for investor about how much percent of schools
education? worldwide entered the COVID-19 pandemic
(1) IIM Ahmedabad lacking basic soap-and-water hand-washing
facilities?
(2) IIM Indore
(1) 43%
(3) IIM Bangalore
(2) 27%
(4) IIM Kozhikode
(3) 54%
Q.284) Which ministry has launched ‘Nasha- Q.289) Which state government has
Mukt Bharat’ campaign? launched ‘PadhaiTuhar Para’ scheme for
school students?
(1) Ministry of Home Affairs
(1) Chhattisgarh
(2) Ministry of Health and Family Affairs
(2) Haryana
(3) Ministry of Social justice and Empowerment
(3) Punjab
(4) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(4) West Bengal
Q.285) Which ministry has launched “Fit
India Freedom Run” on the occasion of Q.290) Which bank has launched ‘DIGITAL
Independence Day 2020? APNAYEN’ campaign to promote digital
banking?
(1) Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship (1) Indian Overseas Bank
(2) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (2) State Bank of India
(3) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and (3) Canara Bank
Pensions
(4) Punjab National Bank
(4) Ministry of Labour and Employment
Q.291) Which Indian Cricketer has been
Q.286) Which company has been appointed recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel
as the sponsor for the Indian Premier League Ratna Award by the National Sports Awards
(IPL) 2020? Committee?
(1) Dream11 (1) Shikhar Dhawan
(2) Patanjali Ayurved (2) Jasprit Bumrah
(3) Paytm (3) Rohit Sharma
(4) Vivo (4) KL Rahul
Q.287) Who won the F1 Grand Prix of Spain Q.292) When will the first-ever World Solar
2020? Technology Summit be held?
(1) Max Verstappen (1) August 20th
(2) Heikki Kovalainen (2) September 8th
(3) Lewis Hamilton (3) September 12th
(4) Pastor Maldonado (4) August 31st
Q.294) Who has been appointed as the new Q.299) Who authored the book named “The
Meghalaya Governor? Beauty of Living Twice”?
(1) Satya Pal Malik (1) Angelina Jolie
(2) Najma Heptulla (2) Jennifer Lawrence
(3) PS Sreedharan Pillai (3) Gal Gadot
(4) RN Ravi (4) Sharon Stone
Q.295) Who has been given the additional Q.300) Who is the author of the book “Full
charge of being the Governor of Goa? Spectrum: India’s Wars, 1972-2020″?
(1) Vajubhai Vala (1) Harjit Singh Arora
(2) Acharya Devvrat (2) Ajit Bhavnani
(3) Arif Mohammad Khan (3) Prithvi Singh Brar
(4) Bhagat Singh Koshyari (4) Arjun Subramaniam
Q.296) Which institute ranked first in the list Q.301) India will be building a new road to
of top innovative educational institutes in which region?
India?
(1) Nathula Pass
(1) IIT Delhi
(2) Pelling
(2) IIT Madras
(3) Ladakh
(3) IIT Bombay
(4) Lachung
(4) IIT Kanpur
Q.302) Name the Indian cricketer who has
Q.297) Israel for the first time established been appointed as the brand ambassador of
direct phone links recently with which ‘Oakley’
nation?
(1) Jasprit Bumrah
(1) Saudi Arabia
(2) Rohit Sharma
(2) Qatar
(3) Virat Kohli
(3) UAE
(4) Suresh Raina
(4) Russia
Q.304) The Manduadih railway station of Q.309) The central government has set the
which state is renamed as ‘Banaras railway target to achieve 10% bio-ethanol blending of
station’? petrol by which year?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (1) 2020
(2) Gujarat (2) 2022
(3) Maharashtra (3) 2021
(4) Uttar Pradesh (4) 2023
Q.305) The two fly-overs of which city of Q.310) Which nation has been promised to be
Gujarat was named after Arun Jaitley and given priority in India’s COVID 19 vaccine?
Sushma Swaraj?
(1) Nepal
(1) Surat
(2) Bhutan
(2) Ahmedabad
(3) Maldives
(3) Rajkot
(4) Bangladesh
(4) Gandhinagar
Q.311) Which two countries have agreed the
Q.306) Who has launched the VedKrishi.com historic peace agreement namely ‘Abraham
an online farm to fork service promoted by Accord’?
farmers?
(1) UAE & Iran
(1) Prakash Javadekar
(2) Iran & Iraq
(2) Nitin Gadkari
(3) Israel & UAE
(3) Narendra Modi
(4) Iraq & Kuwait
(4) Amit Shah
Q.312) Who among these has stepped down
Q.307) Jharkhand government has as the Election Commissioner of India to join
introduced the new state emblem recently. ADB as Vice- President?
What is the state animal of Jharkhand?
(1) Sunil Arora
(1) Indian Elephant
(2) Om Prakash Rawat
(2) Leopard
(3) Achal Kumar Jyoti
(3) Great Indian Bustard
(4) Ashok Lavasa
(4) Indian roller
Q.314) Who ranked top in Forbes’ list of Q.319) Which state has emerged as the
highest paid actors for the year 2020 (Akshay leading state in the implementation of
Kumar ranked 6th)? Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atma-
Nirbhar Scheme-PM Swa-Nidhi?
(1) Dwayne Johnson
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Ryan Reynolds
(2) Haryana
(3) Mark Wahlberg
(3) Uttarakhand
(4) Vin Diesel
(4) Madhya Pradesh
Q.315) Who has launched the first of its kind
e-portal named “Swasthya”? Q.320) Who has become the first Indian
American to accept Democratic Party
(1) Arjun Munda
nomination for US Vice President’s post?
(2) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
(1) Nikki Haley
(3) Harsh Vardhan
(2) Kamala Harris
(4) MahendraNath Pandey
(3) Pramila Jayapal
Q.324) Which town was adjudged as the Q.329) Which company has launched a new
cleanest town on the banks of river Ganga in ‘Upskilling-as-a-Service’ (UaaS) platform to
Swachh Survekshan 2020 rankings? accelerate new- age skill development?
(1) Rishikesh (1) Tech Mahindra
(2) Haridwar (2) Larsen & Turbo
(3) Varanasi (3) TCS
(4) Allahabad (4) Infosys
Q.325) The Home Ministry has withdrawn Q.330) Who has authored the book titled,
10,000 security personnel from which state/ “Disloyal: The True Story of the Former
UT? Personal Attorney to resident Donald J.
Trump”?
(1) Arunachal Pradesh
(1) Barack Obama
(2) Jammu and Kashmir
(2) Francis Fukuyama
(3) Manipur
(3) Carl Bernstein
(4) Assam
(4) Michael Cohen
Q.326) What is the name of AIFF and SAI
Jointly Launched a Web Platform to Promote Q.331) Which state/UT’s police has launched
Football? ‘EkSankalp – Bujurgokenaam’ campaign?
(1) E-Learning (1) Delhi
(2) E-Playing (2) Telangana
(3) E-Pathshala (3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) E-Krida (4) Madhya Pradesh
Q.327) Who has launched “Swadeshi Q.332) Name the company which is going to
Microprocessor Challenge- Innovate sponsor team India for Tokyo Olympics.
Solutions for #Aatmanirbhar Bharat” to
(1) Hero
support start ups?
(2) Amul
(1) Piyush Goyal
(3) INOX
(2) Raj Kumar Singh
(4) Star
(3) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(4) Giriraj Singh
Q.354) Which bank has launched Q.359) Who is the Chairperson of the
'LAKSHMI digiGO', a contactless digital Financial Stability and Development Council
initiative that will enable customers to open a (FSDC)?
savings account instantly?
(1) Governor of RBI
(1) Lakshmi Vilas Bank
(2) Deputy Governor of RBI
(2) SBI
(3) Union Finance Minister
(3) Dena Bank
(4) Finance Secretary
(4) Union Bank
Q.360) Which state gets first rank in health,
Q.355) Who has been appointed as the welfare centre operationalisation?
Managing Director (MD) of the State Bank of
(1) Haryana
India (SBI)?
(2) Punjab
(1) Vinay Sanghi
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Durjoy Anand
(4) Odisha
(3) Ashwani Bhatia
(4) Suketu Chauhan Q.361) From which date will the hallmarking
of precious metals be mandatory?
Q.356) Which company collaborated with
(1) 1st March 2021
National Skill Development Corporation
(NSDC) to offer ‘Open P-TECH’, a free (2) 1st June 2021
digital education platform?
(3) 1st January 2021
(1) NIIT
(4) 1st August 2021
(2) Microsoft
(3) Huawei Q.362) Gaofen-9 05 is optical remote-sensing
satellite launched by which country recently?
(4) IBM
(1) South Korea
Q.357) Who observeed the slowly splitting (2) Japan
South Atlantic anomaly, a dent in Earth's
Magnetic Field? (3) Russia
(2) NASA
Q.363) Name the country which discovered
(3) CNSA the large natural gas reserve off Black Sea.
(2) President
(3) Prime Minister
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Q.364) Which company has received the Q.369) Name the mobile app which was
approval of the Competition Commission of developed by National Highways Authority of
India (CCI)? India to monitor highway plantation.
(1) Robert Bosch (1) Gora Path
(2) Nestle (2) Vishwa Path
(3) Siemens Limited (3) Nova Path
(4) Infosys Limited (4) Harit Path
Q.365) The National Commission on Q.370) Name the organization which invited
Population has projected India’s population countries to join its COVID-19 Vaccine
to be more feminine in which year? Global Access (COVAX) facility by August
31, 2020.
(1) 2032
(1) Amnesty International
(2) 2022
(2) United Nations Children’s Fund
(3) 2036
(3) Commonwealth of Nations
(4) 2028
(4) World Health Organisation
Q.366) Tata capital limited has launched new
service called, ‘Swift Insta Personal Loans’ on Q.371) Which bank has collaborated with
which platform? AddaCorner to launch ‘Online Home
Carnival’?
(1) Whatsapp
(1) State Bank of India
(2) Twitter
(2) Punjab National Bank
(3) Instagram
(3) Canara Bank
(4) Facebook
(4) United Bank of India
Q.367) Who has prepared a draft standard
for the supply of piped drinking water? Q.372) Name the person who has been
appointed as the Managing Director of State
(1) BIS
Bank of India.
(2) TPDDL
(1) PK Gupta
(3) DJB
(2) BP Sharma
(4) None of these
(3) Ashwani Bhatia
Q.386) ICC has recently inducted three (4) Confronting Slavery’s Legacy of Racism
former players in the ICC Cricket Hall of Together
Fame. Choose the player who is not the part
of the list? Q.391) “Thumbimahotsavam 2020” is the 1st
ever dragonfly festival of which state?
(1) Jacques Kallis
(1) West Bengal
(2) Zaheer Abbas
(2) Odisha
(3) Shaun Pollock
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Lisa Sthalekar
(4) Kerala
Q.387) Which state’s government has
launched India’s longest ropeway over Q.392) Which country has launched remote
Brahmaputra river? sensing satellite named “Gaofen-9 05”
recently?
(1) Arunachal Pradesh
(1) North Korea
(2) Assam
(2) South Korea
(3) West Bengal
(3) China
(4) Meghalaya
(4) Thailand
Q.388) Mahatma Gandhi’s iconic round-
shaped spectacles were sold for how much Q.393) When will PM Narendra Modi confer
amount at a UK auction? PM’s Awards for Excellence in Public
Administration?
(1) Rs 2.55 cr
(1) August 31st
(2) Rs 1.45 cr
(2) October 2nd
(3) Rs 3 cr
(3) September 30th
(4) Rs 2 cr
(4) October 31st
Q.398) Who will be honoured with the Q.403) The government has announced that
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award all businesses with turnover of up to Rs
in the land adventure category this year? will be tax exempt.
(1) Shivangi Pathak (1) Rs 50 lakh
(2) Premlata Agarwal (2) Rs 20 lakh
(3) Anita Kundu (3) Rs 40 lakh
(4) Arunima Sinha (4) Rs 30 lakh
(2) Delhi
Q.410) Polio is currently present in which
(3) Bengaluru two nations?
(3) 15th
Q.432) Micro Tek New Technologies Private
(4) 17th Ltd Signed MoU to set up Electronics
Manufacturing Unit with which state?
Q.427) Which state’s Chief Minister has (1) Assam
approved Rs 200 crore worth package for
poor families affected by COVID-19? (2) Jammu and Kashmir
(3) Odisha
Q.433) In which state a handicraft
(4) Jharkhand production centre is being inaugurated in
August 2020 in a bid to give a boost to the
Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Mission?
Q.428) Which state CM addressed virtual
Indo-Japan business forum from Bengaluru? (1) Uttarakhand
(1) Odisha (2) West Bengal
(2) Gujarat (3) Assam
(3) Karnataka (4) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Maharashtra
Q.434) India will open a new trade route with
which nation from September 3, 2020?
Q.429) Which state Govt Signed MoU with
M3M Foundation to enable students to get (1) Malaysia
into Government Jobs?
(2) Maldives
(1) Punjab
(3) Bangladesh
(2) Karnataka
(4) Sri Lanka
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Q.435) Who chaired the 41st GST Council Q.440) Association of Indian Football
meet? Coaches (AIFC) signed MoU with which
country’s coaches’ association recently?
(1) Narendra Modi
(1) United Kingdom
(2) Nirmala Sitharaman
(2) Argentina
(3) Smriti Irani
(3) Germany
(4) Amit Shah
(4) Australia
Q.436) When will India formally induct
Rafale fighter jets? Q.441) Name the app which was launched by
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for NCC
(1) September 10th
training?
(2) September 6th
(1) DGNCC
(3) September 11th
(2) AGNCC
(4) September 5th
(3) CHNCC
Q.457) Which state/UT has launched Q.462) Ayaka Takahashi, Japan's 1st
‘Iraada’ campaign to include eligible left-out Olympic Gold medallists belonged to which
beneficiaries under social welfare schemes? sport?
(1) Assam (1) Table Tennis
(2) Jammu & Kashmir (2) Squash
(3) Karnataka (3) Badminton
(4) Puducherry (4) Racer
Q.458) Who launched 'Vriksharopan Q.463) Who was appointed as MD & CEO of
Abhiyan' the tree plantation campaign of the SBI Funds Management Pvt. Ltd.?
Coal Ministry?
(1) Vinay M Tonse
(1) Amit Shah
(2) Ashwani Bhatia
(2) Dr Sagar D. Doifode
(3) Deepak Chahar
(3) Narendra Modi
(4) None of these
(4) Nitin Gadkari
Q.464) Who launched integration of "ICAR-
Q.459) Which team has won Union of IIHR Seed Portal with SBI's YONO Krishi
European Football Associations (UEFA) web application?
Champions League 2019- 20?
(1) Arvind Kejriwal
(1) Real Madrid
(2) Narendra Singh Tomar
(2) Paris Saint Germain
(3) Amit Shah
(3) Bayern Munich
(4) Ramesh Pokhriyal
(4) Barcelona
Q.22) Which nation has launched 'Agriota', Q.27) Who among these celebrities has been
an e-market platform to bridge gap between roped in as the brand ambassador of
Indian farmers and its food industry? Myntra?
(1) Saudi Arabia (1) Disha Patani
(2) Qatar (2) Kriti Sanon
(3) Germany (3) Kiara Advani
(4) UAE (4) Shraddha Kapoor
Q.23) What is India’s rank based on average Q.28) India has granted the 4th tranche of
monthly wage as per the data prepared by USD 5 million to which country for the
Picodi.com (Switzerland tops)? development projects in border area?
(1) 16 (1) Nepal
(2) 2 (2) Bangladesh
(3) 6 (3) Mauritius
(4) 4 (4) Myanmar
Q.24) Which nation recorded the world's Q.29) What percent of UN peacekeepers are
highest single-day spike in corona virus cases women?
on August 30, 2020?
(1) 50
(1) US
(2) 25
(2) Brazil
(3) 15
(3) Japan
(4) 6
(4) India
Q.30) Athletics Coach Purushotham Rai
Q.25) Who is the 1st divyang sportsperson of died a day before receiving which award?
the country to get prestigious Tenzing
(1) Arjuna Award
Norgay Adventure Award?
(2) Padmashri
(1) DevendraJhajharia
(3) Dronacharya Award
(2) MariyappanThangavelu
(4) None of these
(3) Satyendra Singh Lohia
(4) Deepa Malik
Q.93)Chakr Innovation, the incubated start- Q.98) Which app was declared India's 2nd
up of ‘which’ IIT has launched best app in health category?
decontamination device named “Chakr
(1) Fitbit
DeCoV” to decontaminate the N95 masks?
(2) Fooducate
(1) IIT Patna
(3) iMumz
(2) IIT Madras
(4) My Diet
(3) IIT Delhi
(4) IIT Ropar Q.99) Which country hosted the virtual G20
Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Meeting
Q.94) Which state received the 1st inland (September 2020)?
shipping cargo from Bangladesh under
(1) South Korea
Protocol for Inland Water Trade &
Transit (PIWTT)? (2) Mexico
(1) West Bengal (3) South Africa
(2) Assam (4) Saudi Arabia
(3) Arunachal Pradesh
Q.100) Name the celebrity who has recently
(4) Tripura been roped in by the Bajaj Allianz Life as its
brand ambassador?
Q.95) Name the company which signed MoU
(1) Akshay Kumar
with India-Sweden Healthcare Innovation
Centre (ISIC). (2) Ayushmann Khurrana
(1) H-Lab (3) Rajkumar Rao
(2) T-Cab (4) Vidyut Jammwal
(3) C-CAMP
Q.101) How much amount of annual plan
(4) Kribs Bionest has been approved for Pradhan Mantri
Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) in J & K
Q.96) The mobile app ‘I Rakhwali’ has been for the year 2020-21?
launched by which state to ensure greenery
(1) Rs 601,12 crore
in the state?
(2) Rs 615,27 crore
(1) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Rs 638,44 crore
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Rs 629,09 crore
(3) Punjab
(4) Rajasthan
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Q.102) LIGO and VIRGO detected the Q.107) Which state government decided to
collision of ‘Impossible’ black holes for 1st set up exclusive anti-electricity theft police
time recently. The research was published in stations in its every district?
which journal?
(1) Telangana
(1) Astrophysical Journal Letters
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(2) The Social Science Journal
(3) Haryana
(3) The Journal of Space
(4) Bihar
(4) Journal of Proteomics
Q.108) Which state approved New
Q.103) Who is the author of the book titled Information Technology Policy?
“Invertonomics”?
(1) Kerala
(1) Goonmeet Singh Chauhan
(2) Odisha
(2) Amartya Sen
(3) Karnataka
(3) Joseph E Stiglitz
(4) Goa
(4) Nandan Nilekani
Q.109) SVAYEM scheme has been launched
Q.104) Who has written the biography of by which state to provide self- employment
Sheela Ambalal Patel named ‘Nothing to to around 2 lakh youths of the state?
Lose’?
(1) Assam
(1) Mukul Kesavan
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Subhash Chandran
(3) Odisha
(3) Anand Pandian
(4) West Bengal
(4) Manbeena Sandhu
Q.110) The decontamination device Chakr
Q.105) Who has been appointed as the first DeCoV has been launched by the incubated
cricket ambassador of SBOTOP? startup of which institution to decontaminate
N95 masks?
(1) Virat Kohli
(1) IIT Kharagpur
(2) Chris Gayle
(2) IIT Madras
(3) MS Dhoni
(3) IIT Kanpur
(4) Dwayne Bravo
(4) IIT Delhi
Q.106) Who recommended use of Steroids in
critical COVID-19 patients? Q.111) Who announced that the centre is
working for rejuvenation of 13 rivers?
(1) Government of India
(1) Prakash Javadekar
(2) WHO
(2) Nitin Gadkari
(3) UNESCO
(3) Piyush Goyal
(4) None of these
(4) Smriti Irani
Q.115) Which nation launched Indo-Pacific Q.120) Who met his Chinese counter part in
Strategy? Moscow?
(1) Thailand (1) Narendra Modi
(2) Germany (2) Rajnath Singh
(3) Ireland (3) Amit Shah
(4) France (4) Ramnath Kovind
Q.116) Name the winner of the Italian Q.121) In which state the first mask ATM is
Grand Prix 2020 inaugrated?
(1) Max Verstappen (1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Lewis Hamilton (2) Goa
(3) Pierre Gasly (3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Lance Stroll (4) Maharashtra
Q.124) Railway Ministry is to run how many Q.129) Which state government has
new passengers trains from September 12? launched a new initiative to defeat dengue?
(1) 10 (1) Delhi
(2) 25 (2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) 50 (3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) 80 (4) Rajasthan
Q.133) Who released the "State of Young Q.138) Which organisation successfully
Child in India" report? tested scramjet technology for hypersonic
missiles?
(1) Venkaiah Naidu
(1) ISRO
(2) Amit Shah
(2) DRDO
(3) Narendra Modi
(3) NASA
(4) Smriti Irani
(4) None of these
Q.134) What is the theme of the
International Day of Clean Air for blue skies Q.139) The organisers of which tournament
2020? have decided to allow spectators amid
COVID-19?
(1) Clean Air for All
(1) US Open
(2) Contribution to Clean Air
(2) IPL
(3) A Breath of Fresh Air
(3) French Open
(4) Clean the Air
(4) Wimbledon
Q.135) What is the theme of the
International Literacy Day 2020? Q.140) Which three countries decided to
work together in 5G technology?
(1) Literacy and skills development in the
COVID-19 crisis and beyond (1) India, Israel and Russia
(2) Literacy teaching and learning in the (2) India, Russia and USA
COVID-19 crisis and beyond
(3) India, Israel and USA
(3) Literacy and Multilingualism in the COVID-
(4) Israel, Russia and USA
19 crisis and beyond
(4) Literacy in a digital world in the COVID-19 Q.141) Which among the following
crisis and beyond corporations has ended its partnership with
Chinese firm Tencent Games in India?
Q.136) Which state topped literacy rate at
(1) TikTok
96.2%?
(2) WeChat
(1) Karnataka
(3) Zoom
(2) Kerala
(4) PUBG
(3) Gujarat
(4) Odisha Q.142) Which state government released the
Electronics and Hardware Manufacturing
Q137) Which state/UT launched his special Policy?
mass campaign, under the name "10 Hafte-
(1) Odisha
10 Baje-10 Minute"?
(2) Maharashtra
(1) Delhi
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(3) Tamil Nadu Q.148) The first ever Cannabis medicine
project that is to be set up in which state?
(4) Punjab
(1) Sikkim
Q.143) Which state government launches (2) Assam
YSR Sampoorna Poshana Scheme?
(3) Odisha
(1) Karnataka
(4) Jammu and Kashmir
(2) Telangana
(3) Andhra Pradesh Q.149) Apple Inc. has unveiled its first
floating store in which country?
(4) Punjab
(1) Singapore
Q.144) The Patrika Gate has been (2) Finland
inaugurated in which city by PM Narendra
Modi recently? (3) United Arab Emirates
(2) Bhopal
Q.150) Who announced Wilmington as the
(3) Jaipur 1st WWII Heritage City?
(4) Agra (1) Narendra Modi
(2) Donald Trump
Q.145) What is the name of mental health
rehabilitation helpline launched by (3) Valadmeir Putin
Government of India? (4) None of these
(1) VIRAT
(2) KOMAL Q.151) Who among the following world
leaders has been nominated for Nobel Peace
(3) KIRAN Prize 2021?
(4) KESHAV (1) Narendra Modi
(2) Shinzo Abe
Q.146) Which state stands on top in the Ease
of Doing Business (EoDB) rankings among (3) Xi Jinping
all the states in the country? (4) Donald Trump
(1) Haryana
(2) Andhra Pradesh Q.152) How many Doorstep banking centres
have been established in India?
(3) Odisha
(1) 100
(4) Maharashtra
(2) 50
Q.166) India has made visa rules stricter for (2) Whatsapp
which country’s citizens? (3) Google
(1) China
(4) Twitter
(2) Sri Lanka
(3) Nepal Q.172) How many Rafale aircraft have been
formally inducted in the Indian Air Force
(4) Myanmar (IAF) in the first batch recently?
(1) 10
Q.167) Who is to inaugurate Patrika Gate In
Jaipur? (2) 7
(4) Kerala
Q.205) Jane Fraser has recently been Q.210) What is the total number of
appointed as the first female CEO of which members in the Independent Panel for
bank? Pandemic Preparedness and Response of the
World Health Organisation?
(1) Citigroup
(1) 9
(2) Bank of America
(2) 17
(3) HSBC
(3) 15
(4) Standard Chartered Bank
(4) 11
Q.215) Which organisation shortlisted Q.220) India’s largest piggery mission was
Airtel, Wipro and others to revamp its launched at which state?
communication system?
(1) Sikkim
(1) Telecom Ministry
(2) Himachal Pradesh
(2) SEBI
(3) Maharashtra
(3) SIDBI
(4) Meghalaya
(4) RBI
Q.221) Which state government has opened
Q.216) Which state government has won the the flyover named after Savarkar?
WSIS winner prize 2020 under the e-
(1) Bihar
government category?
(2) Tamil Nadu
(1) West Bengal
(3) Karnataka
(2) Jharkhand
(4) Kerala
(3) Odisha
(4) Assam Q.222) Name the bank which plans to
launch “SAFAL” a loan product for organic
Q.217) Which IIT has launched 1st of its cotton growers.
kind self-check Kiosk?
(1) State Bank of India
(1) IIT Madras
(2) Punjab National Bank
(2) IIT Guwahati
(3) Canara Bank
(3) IIT Ropar
(4) United Bank of India
(4) IIT Roorkee
Q.223) Which bank has started a
Q.218) Who has launched a dispute comprehensive banking programme for
resolution mechanism named ‘SAROD- start-ups named “iStartup 2.0” recently?
Ports’ recently?
(1) IndusInd Bank
(1) Nitin Gadkari
(2) IDBI Bank
(2) Smriti Irani
(3) ICICI Bank
(3) Mansukh L. Mandaviya
(4) HDFC Bank
(4) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Q.225) Who has been appointed as the Q.230) The foundation stone for the Arun
celebrity advocate of United Nations Jaitley Memorial Sports Complex has been
Children’s Fund (UNICEF)’s children’s laid in which of these places recently?
rights campaign ‘For Every Child’?
(1) Gujarat
(1) Ranveer Singh
(2) Jammu & Kashmir
(2) Ayushmann Khurrana
(3) Assam
(3) Radhika Apte
(4) Bihar
(4) Manushi Chhillar
Q.231) Which nation has become the fourth
Q.226) Who won the men’s singles title at Arab nation to make a peace deal with
the US Open? Israel?
(1) Alexander Zverev (1) Kuwait
(2) Dominic Thiem (2) Qatar
(3) Rafael Nadal (3) Bahrain
(4) Roger Federer (4) Oman
Q.227) Who won the women’s singles title in Q.232) Who among the following has
US Open Tennis 2020? recently been appointed as the Executive
Director at World Bank?
(1) Laura Siegemund
(1) Abhishek Singhvi
(2) Naomi Osaka
(2) Devendra Singh
(3) Vera Zvonareva
(3) Anil Sharma
(4) Victoria Azarenka
(4) Rajesh Khullar
Q.228) Who has won the Tuscan Grand Prix
2020? Q.233) Who is set to become the new Prime
Minister of Japan?
(1) Charles Leclerc
(1) Yoshihide Suga
(2) Lewis Hamilton
(2) Shigeru Ishiba
(3) Valtteri Bottas
(3) Fumio Kishida
(4) Sebastian Vettel
(4) None of the above
Q.236) Which ministry has conducted Q.241) Who has been roped in by Amazon
orientation and training programme on to lend voice for its Alexa voice assistant?
iRAD App?
(1) Amitabh Bachchan
(1) Ministry of Heavy Industries
(2) Akshay Kumar
(2) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
(3) Virat Kohli
(3) Ministry of Home Affairs
(4) Ajay Devgan
(4) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
(2) Mars
Q.250) The GDP of India for FY22 is
(3) Jupiter estimated at percent by ADB.
(2) Rajasthan
Q.272) Lok Sabha passed bill to cut salaries
(3) Goa of MPs by what percent?
(2) Maharashtra
Q.273) Who issued draft on rupee IR
(3) Goa derivatives?
(2) China
Q.275) Which construction company has
(3) USA won the bid for the construction of India’s
new Parliament building?
(4) UAE
(1) Reliance Infrastructure
Q.270) Union Cabinet approved Orbital (2) GMR
Rail Corridor Project for which state?
(3) Tata Group
(1) Haryana
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(4) Larsen & Toubro Q.281) Who among the following Union
Ministers informed on September 16 that he
Q.276) India was ranked at which position has tested positive for COVID-19?
on the World Bank’s annual Human Capital (1) Nitin Gadkari
Index?
(2) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(1) 77th
(3) Piyush Goyal
(2) 116th
(4) Rajnath Singh
(3) 110th
(4) 85th Q.282) Which organisation launched first
indigenous signal system?
Q.277) Which airport awarded the world's (1) Indian Railways
1st 5-star Anti-Covid award?
(2) Delhi Metro
(1) Fiumicino Airport
(3) Transport Ministry
(2) Delhi Airport
(4) None of these
(3) UAE Airport
(4) Malaysia Airport Q.283) Who chaired IBSA Foreign
Ministers' Virtual Meeting?
Q.278) Which Global Ayurveda Festival is (1) Smriti Irani
to be held at Kochi?
(2) Ramesh Pokhriyal
(1) 3rd
(3) Amit Shah
(2) 4th
(4) S Jaishankar
(3) 5th
(4) 8th Q.284) Who became Online poker platform
9stacks brand ambassador?
Q.279) India hold 10th defence corporation (1) Rohit Sharma
meeting with which nation?
(2) Nitish Rana
(1) Russia
(3) Kuldeep Yadav
(2) China
(4) Suresh Raina
(3) USA
(4) UAE Q.285) What is the theme of International
Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Q.280) Which organisation tied up with 2020?
SwissRapide AG to bring Maglev trains to (1) Caring for all life: 35 years of ozone layer
India? protection
(1) Reliance (2) Keep Cool and Carry on: 35 years of ozone
(2) TATA layer protection
(2) Canada
Q.306) How many beaches of India has been
(3) Malaysia selected for the international eco-label, Blue
flag certification?
(4) Germany
(1) 6
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(2) 11 (3) 74
(3) 8 (4) 81
(4) 10
Q.312) The first ever exclusive General
Aviation Terminal facility for chartered
Q.307) Which country issued world's first
planes and jet has been inaugurated in which
sovereign bond?
city?
(1) Mexico
(1) Hyderabad
(2) Switzerland
(2) Mumbai
(3) Malaysia
(3) New Delhi
(4) Bangladesh
(4) Bengaluru
Q.320) Who inaugurated India's first Q.325) Which ministry has launched an ICT
General Aviation Terminal at Delhi airport? Grand Challenge?
(1) Ramesh Pokhriyal (1) Ministry of Home Affairs
Q.327) Lieutenant Governor of which Union Q.332) The United States has threatened to
Territory announced an economic package close its embassy in which nation?
of Rs 1350 crore for the UT in a bid to boost
(1) Iraq
the business and the other ailing sectors?
(2) Israel
(1) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(3) Iran
(2) Pondicherry
(4) Afghanistan
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
(4) Chandigarh Q.333) Who became the new head of the
India women's selection committee?
Q.328) Who chaired the expert committee
(1) Jhulan Goswami
constituted by central government to
examine the reports of digital surveillance on (2) Mandira Bedi
prominent Indian nationals by Chinese
(3) Neetu David
firms?
(1) Rajesh Pant (4) Mithali Raj
(2) Microsoft
Q.336) Which telecom giant has won Rs
(3) Whatsapp 20,000 crore arbitration against Indian
Government?
(4) Facebook
(1) Verizon
Q.331) UK India Business Council signed (2) Vodafone
MoU with which state?
(3) Softbank
(1) Odisha
(4) Orange
(2) Maharashtra
(3) West Bengal
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Q.337) Which organisationn has identified (3) Succession
LIC, GIC, New India Assurance as D-SIIs?
(4) The Crown
(1) IRDAI
(2) NHAI Q.343) Which TV series won the Emmy
award in the Outstanding Comedy Series
(3) Transport Ministry category?
(4) None of these (1) The Good Place
(2) Stranger Things
Q.338) India held a bi-lateral summit with
which nation on September 26, 2020? (3) Schitt's Creek
(1) Maldives (4) Dead To Me
(2) Sri Lanka
Q.344) Name the winner of the 2020 Italian
(3) Mauritius Open men’s single title
(4) Australia (1) Diego Schwartzman
(2) Rafael Nadal
Q.339) Who won the Russian Grand Prix
2020? (3) Novak Djokovic
(1) Valtteri Bottas (4) Stefanos Tsitsipas
(2) Lewis Hamilton
Q.345) Who is the winner of the 2020
(3) Max Verstappen Women’s Italian Open Tennis Tournament?
(4) None of these (1) Simona Halep
(2) Sofia Kenin
Q.340) What is the theme of World
Alzheimer Day 2020? (3) Karolina Pliskova
(1) Let’s talk about dementia (4) Garbiñe Muguruza
(2) Remember Me
Q.346) In a first, how many women officers
(3) Every 3 Seconds have been selected to join the helicopter
(4) Dementia: Can we reduce the risk? stream of the Indian Navy?
(1) Three
Q.341) What is the name of India’s first (2) Two
CRISPR COVID-19 test?
(3) One
(1) Gora
(4) Five
(2) Byomkesh
(3) Bimala Q.347) Which state launched ‘Amma Mobile
(4) Feluda Ration Shops’ in the state which will serve as
mobile public distribution outlets for ration
to the eligible beneficiary families?
Q.342) Which TV series won the Emmy
award in the Outstanding Drama Series (1) West Bengal
category? (2) Goa
(1) Ozark
(3) Kerala
(2) Stranger Things
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(4) Tamil Nadu Q.353) Which nation has decided to resume
its passenger railway services after a 7-year
Q.348) What is the total outlay allocated to suspension?
the PM SVANidhi scheme? (1) Nepal
(1) Rs.600 crores (2) Myanmar
(2) Rs.700 crores (3) Sri Lanka
(3) Rs.500 crores (4) Bangladesh
(4) Rs.800 crores
Q.354) Who has been appointed as the Chief
Q.349) In September 2020, Tamil Nadu state of National Technical Research Organisation
government announced the setting up of (NTRO)?
nutrition park in which district? (1) Anil Dhasmana
(1) Ariyalur (2) Samant Goel
(2) Namakkal (3) Alok Joshi
(3) Erode (4) Rajinder Khanna
(4) Dindigul
Q.355) Which Ministry has recently inked
Q.350) Indian Government has extended a an agreement with the Ministry of AYUSH
USD 250 million loan to which among the to control malnutrition?
following countries? (1) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare
(1) Maldives (2) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
(2) Mauritius (3) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(3) Nepal (4) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(4) Bangladesh
Q.356) Who launched "freight seva" app?
Q.351) Who among these has been awarded (1) Northern Railways
with the Ig Nobel Prize 2020 for Medical
Education? (2) Eastern Railways
Q.359) India launched first ever Cargo Q364) Which former prime minister or
Ferry Vessel ‘MCP Linz’ with which president of India took oath as member of
country? Rajya Sabha in September 2020?
(1) Maldives (1) H D Deve Gowda
(2) Indonesia (2) Manmohan Singh
(3) Myanmar (3) Lal Krishna Advani
(4) Sri Lanka (4) Pratibha Patil
Q.361) How many bills are passed recently Q.366) "Let Us Strive to Make Jammu and
under Ministry of Agriculture and farmer's Kashmir a Firdaus on The Earth, A Bright
welfare? Jewel on The Crown of Mother India" who
gave this statement?
(1) One
(1) Ram Nath Kovind
(2) Two
(2) Narendra Modi
(3) Three
(3) Amit Shah
(4) Four
(4) Mehbooba Mufti
Q.362) Which government signed an MoU
with GIM for vocational training for ITI Q.367) Two modern trains headed over to
trainers? Nepal by India would run between Kurtha in
Nepal to which district in India?
(1) Maharashtra
(1) Nawada
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Purnia
(3) Goa
(3) Jaynagar
(4) Kerala
(4) Katihar
Q.382) Rashtriya Raksha University Bill Q.387) DRDO has successfully test fired
passed in Lok sabha is for which state? ABHYAS from which state?
(1) Rajasthan (1) Assam
(2) Gujarat (2) Odisha
(3) Maharashtra (3) Bihar
(4) Goa (4) Kerala
Q.383) Who has been appointed as the new Q.388) Who has been selected as the first
administrator of the Punjab and woman fighter pilot to fly Rafale aircraft?
Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank?
(1) Shivangi Singh
(1) A. S. Rajeev
(2) Shweta Sharma
(2) D. K. Sathe
(3) Nalini Vishwanathan
(3) A. K. Das
(4) Prerna Chaudhary
(4) V. G. Kale
Q.389) Who launched AP Police Seva app?
(1) Narendra Modi
(2) Amit Shah
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(3) Jagan Mohan Reddy Q.395) SafePay, a contactless debit card-
based payment facility, will be launched by
(4) Ramesh Pokhriyal
which bank shortly?
(1) Canara Bank
Q.390) India has begun joint security patrol
along the border in Kapilvastu with which (2) IDFC First Bank
nation?
(3) State Bank of India
(1) Sri Lanka
(4) HDFC Bank
(2) Bangladesh
(3) Nepal Q.396) Which nation will co-host Global
Climate Summit in December along with the
(4) China
United Nations?
(1) Russia
Q.391) Which country planned to become
first country to require climate risk (2) UK
reporting?
(3) Germany
(1) India
(4) France
(2) USA
(3) Russia Q.397) India has recently inked water
partnership agreement with which of these
(4) New Zealand
country?
(1) France
Q.392) Which nation will soon register a
second COVID-19 vaccine? (2) Israel
(1) Russia (3) United Kingdom
(2) United States (4) Singapore
(3) China
Q.398) The United Nations Climate Change
(4) Japan
Conference (COP 26) is slated to be held in
which city?
Q.393) Who has been appointed as UNEP
(1) Madrid
regional ambassador?
(1) Khushi Chindaliya (2) Athens
(4) Iran
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Q.400) The Mukhyamantrir Grammya Q.405) The Bihar General Elections will
Paribahan Achoni scheme has been launched take place in how many phases?
by which state?
(1) Four
(1) Assam
(2) Three
(2) West Bengal
(3) Two
(3) Odisha
(4) N.O.T.
(4) Bihar
Q.406) Which state has launched the unified
Q.401) Who has been appointed as the portal called ‘U-Rise’ to help students get
brand ambassador of Acer India recently. employment?
(1) Amitabh Bachchan (1) Odisha
(2) Sonu Sood (2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Salman Khan (3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Ranveer Singh (4) Rajasthan
Q.402) ‘e- peek pahani’ is the mobile app Q.407) Which state has won the United
related to which state government? Nations award for preventing, controlling
non-communicable diseases?
(1) Haryana
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Punjab
(2) Kerala
(3) Gujarat
(3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Maharashtra
(4) Karnataka
Q.403) The Shinkun La tunnel is proposed
to be built on the border between Ladakh Q.408) India’s indigenously developed
and which state? nuclear-capable missile Prithvi-II is which
category of missile?
(1) Uttarakhand
(1) surface-to-air
(2) Meghalaya
(2) air-to-surface
(3) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) surface-to-surface
(4) Himachal Pradesh
(4) air-to-air
Q.404) When will the counting of votes take
place for the Bihar General Assembly Q.409) Which state will host the 51st annual
Elections 2020? International Film Festival of India?
(1) November 10th (1) Karnataka
(2) November 3rd (2) Ladakh
(3) November 25th (3) Goa
(4) November 20th (4) Kerala
Q.1) RBI roped in with whom for customer (1) Atif Aslam
awareness campaign? (2) Neha Kakkar
(1) Virat Kohli
(3) Usha Mangeshkar
(2) Amitabh Bachchan
(4) None of these
(3) Shah Rukh Khan
(3) Maldives
Q.30) Who inaugurated nation's first
(4) Sri Lanka museum on Ganga?
(1) Narendra Modi
Q.25) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be
holding a virtual summit with which nation’s (2) Amit Shah
Prime Minister in December 2020? (3) Ramnath Kovind
(1) Nepal
(4) Smriti Irani
(2) Maldives
(2) Tamil Nadu Q.32) Which country will launch the world’s
(3) Karnataka first asteroid mining robot into space in
November 2020?
(4) Delhi
(1) US
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(2) Japan Q.37) Which state’s Chief Minister
announced the launch of a slum upgradation
(3) Russia programme to make the state slum free in
(4) China three years?
(1) West Bengal
Q.33) The United States has announced fresh
(2) Madhya Pradesh
sanctions against individuals from which
nation? (3) Odisha
(1) North Korea (4) Maharashtra
(2) Iraq
Q.38) Where did the Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV)
(3) Turkey ICGS ‘Kanaklata Barua’ of the Indian Coast
(4) Syria Guard commission?
(1) Mumbai
Q.34) The Gujarat government has recently
(2) Kolkata
signed an MoU with which country in water
sector? (3) Surat
(1) France (4) Kochi
(2) Denmark
Q.39) In which state did that state’s CM along
(3) Russia with Union Ministers launch the door
(4) Germany delivery of fertilisers to farmers, PoS (Point of
sale) version, and SMS gateway?
Q.42) Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed has recently Q.47) Who gave assent to Taxation and Other
been appointed as the new Emir (King) of Laws bill?
which country?
(1) Narendra Modi
(1) Turkey
(2) Ram Nath Kovind
(2) Qatar
(3) Amit Shah
(3) Kuwait
(4) Arbind Kejriwal
(4) UAE
Q.48) Union Minister launched various
Q.43) How much amount of loan has been services for farmers in which state?
approved by the New Development Bank
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(NDB) for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut
RRTS Project? (2) Assam
(1) USD 500 million (3) Sikkim
(2) USD 250 million (4) Goa
(3) USD 700 million
Q.49) Who announced The Shanti Swarup
(4) USD 300 million Bhatnagar Prize 2020?
(1) Smriti Irani
Q.44) Which bank unveiled ‘Ind Guru’, an e-
learning platform for its employees that (2) Dr. Harsh Vardhan
offers technologyenabled solutions aimed at
capacity building? (3) Nitin Gadkari
Q.53) Who launched Defence India Startup Q.58) Who has recently been sworn in as the
Challenge-4, released PMA guidelines for new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the
iDEX? SBI?
(1) Narendra Modi (1) Charanjit Singh Attra
Q.54) Name the person who has topped the Q.59) Who surpassed Dhoni's record to take
IIFL wealth Hurun India rich list 2020? the top position in the list of wicket keepers
with most dismissals in T20i?
(1) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
(1) Rishabh pant
(2) Shiv Nadar
(2) Alyssa Healy
(3) Mukesh Ambani
(3) KL Rahul
(4) Smita V Crishna
(4) Sara Taylor
Q.55) NHPC signed MoU with which
ministry? Q.60) Which company launched Make Small
Strong campaign?
(1) Health Ministry
(1) Microsoft
(2) Power Ministry
(2) Google India
(3) Defence Ministry
(3) Facebook
(4) Transport Ministry
(4) Twitter
Q.56) Which bank launched Green-Tech
Initiative "IB-eNote"? Q.61) Which state government has launched
‘Pathashree Abhijan’ scheme for road
(1) Canara Bank
repair?
(2) HDFC (1) Tripura
(3) Indian Bank (2) Assam
(4) SBI (3) West Bengal
(4) Punjab
Q.63) Which bank has introduced Kisan Q.8) The Bilateral Navy Exercise Bongosagar
credit card loan scheme for fishermen in is being conducted between the Indian Navy
Tamil Nadu? with the Navy of which country?
(1) State Bank of India (1) Bhutan
Q.64) Which month is observed as the Breast Q.69) Twitter Inc appointed whom as its chief
Cancer Awareness Month to increase information security officer?
awareness of the disease?
(1) Meena Rathi
(1) September
(2) Rinki Sethi
(2) August
(3) Bhavna Setia
(3) October
(4) Surbhi Sharma
(4) November
Q.70) Who led Indian delegation at 19th
Q.65) ISRO plans to launch Venus mission round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC)
named “Shukrayaan-1” by which year? between India and Myanmar?
(1) 2024 (1) Lalit Mansingh
Q.66) Which country has committed USD 1.9 Q.71) Name the Chemicals and Fertilizers
million to India to support informal sector minister of India who addressed the “CII Life
workers, micro enterprises? Science Conclave 2020” recently.
(1) Japan (1) Narendra Singh Tomar
Q.73) Who has been chosen as the recipient of Q.78) Which Bank appointed Charanjit Attra
the “2020 Gandhi Award” of Mahatma as CFO?
Gandhi National Foundation (MGNF)?
(1) SBI
(1) Sanjay Singh
(2) PNB
(2) Narayana Kurup
(3) IDBI
(3) M Venkaiah Naidu
(4) HDFC
(4) Jayashankar Menon
Q.79) Where did Indian Navy helicopters
Q.74) Who heads the 3-member interim undertake aerial seeding initiative?
committee of directors constituted by RBI to
(1) Chennai
run Dhanlaxmi bank?
(1) P.K Vijayakumar (2) Odisha
(4) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs Q.81) Visnu Shivaraj Pandian has recently
claimed a gold medal for India in which
Q.76) Name the actress who has topped the sports?
Forbes’ Highest-Paid Actresses 2020 list?
(1) Chess
(1) Nicole Kidman
(2) Shooting
(2) Meryl Streep
(3) Boxing
(3) Sofia Vergara
(4) Weightlifting
(4) Angelina Jolie
Q.94) Which country will partner with India Q.99) How many individuals have been
for ISRO’s Venus mission? conferred with the Right Livelihood Award
2020?
(1) US
(1) 2
(2) Germany
(2) 5
(3) Russia
(3) 3
(4) France
(4) 4
Q.95) According to Union Health Minister,
around 20-25 crore people in India will be Q.100) Who won the 10m air rifle event at the
vaccinated by which month? fifth edition of the International Online
Shooting Championship?
(1) March 2021
(1) Etienne Germond
(2) July 2021
(2) Martin Strempfl
(3) December 2020
(3) Pratyush Aman Barik
(4) December 2021
(4) Visnu Shivaraj Pandian
Q.96) What state has launched ‘Gram
Darshan’, which will allow accessibility to Q.101) Health Minister has recently
data of development projects of 6,197 gram inaugurated a Super Speciality Block (SSB)
panchayats of the state? at Motilal Nehru Medical College. The
institution is located in which city?
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(1) Jaipur
(2) Haryana
(2) Surat
(3) Chhattisgarh
(3) Pune
(4) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Prayagraj
Q.106) “Yudh Pradushan ke Virudh” is a Q.111) Cinema halls have been allowed to
mega anti-air pollution campaign launched operate in India with how much seating
by which state? capacity?
(1) Delhi (1) 50 percent
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(2) 70 percent (2) PARAM Gyaan
Q.112) The Sittwe port, which is scheduled to Q.117) When will Bihar Assembly Elections
be operational in Q1 of 2021, has been built Results 2020 be announced?
by India in which country?
(1) October 28th
(1) Bhutan
(2) November 10th
(2) Nepal
(3) November 3rd
(3) Myanmar
(4) November 20th
(4) Bangladesh
Q.118) The airport in which state/UT become
Q.113) “Dalle Khursani”, the famous chilli Airports Authority of India (AAI)’s 1st 100%
based on ‘which’ state got GI tag recently? solar-powered airport?
(1) Karnataka (1) Puducherry
Q.114) When will BRICS Summit 2020 take Q.119) Which company has launched android
place? mini app store for Indian developers?
(1) October 15th (1) Inflow
Q.115) The Ministry of Housing and Urban Q.120) “Aenigmachannidae” which was
Affairs (MoHUA) has partnered with which discovered in western Ghats recently is the
foodtech company to take street vendors new family of ________.
online?
(1) Bony Fish
(1) Swiggy
(2) Lizard
(2) Zomato
(3) Frog
(3) UberEats
(4) Tiger
(4) FoodPanda
Q.121) 'No Mask, No Ride' was launched by
Q.116) Name the India’s largest HPC-AI police of which district of Maharashtra?
supercomputer, that will be commissioned by
(1) Nagpur
the Centre for Development of Advanced
Computing (C-DAC)? (2) Bhandara
(1) PARAM Siddhi (3) Aurangabad
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(4) Sangli (3) France
(4) Russia
Q.122) Which state has become the first one
to legally challenge the Centre's farm reform
laws in the Supreme Court? Q.127) Which country’s women’s cricket
team has equaled world-record for most
(1) Jharkhand consecutive ODI victories?
(2) Rajasthan (1) India
Q.132) Who launched the book titled Q.137) What is the new brand name of India’s
'Discovering the Heritage of Assam'? premium cotton?
(1) Jitendra Singh (1) Komal
Q.133) Who launched coffee-table book on Q.138) Who appointed three new economists
Gandhi Jayanti? as RBI's MPC members?
(1) Arvind Kejriwal (1) Government of India
Q.134) Who has been awarded the Nobel Q.139) Indian-built Sittwe port in Myanmar
Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020? will be operational in which year?
(1) Harvey J. Alter (America) (1) 2020
Q.135) Who all have been awarded Nobel Q.140) The Union Cabinet has approved
Prize in Chemistry 2020? MoU on cyber-security between India and
which nation?
(1) Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A.
Doudna (1) Australia
Q.142) Which company launched its own Q.147) Who inaugurated renaming Of
mini app Store for Indian developers? Naugarh railway station to Siddharthnagar?
(1) Phonepe (1) Rajnath Singh
Q.143) According to Wood Mackenzie, when Q.148) Who has been appointed as the
will (expected) India overtake China as the Director-General of Bureau of Civil Aviation
world’s largest cooking gas LPG residential Security (BCAS)?
sector market?
(1) Rakesh Asthana
(1) 2035
(2) Charanjit
(2) 2028
(3) M A Ganapathy
(3) 2025
(4) None of these
(4) 2030
Q.149) Who has been appointed as the new
Q.144) Delhi-Mumbai expressway is to have chairman of State Bank of India (SBI)?
how many 'Animal Bridges' to provide safe
(1) Suneet Sethi
passage for wildlife?
(1) 2 (2) Rajnish Kumar
Q.153) Which authority launched online Q.158) As per the latest RBI Monetary Policy,
startup platform 'Startup India Showcase'? how much is policy repo rate?
(1) RBI (1) 4 percent
Q.154) Which state government has passed a Q.159) What is the name of the anti-radiation
Tree Transplantation Policy? missile that was successfully test-fired by
DRDO on October 9?
(1) Delhi
(1) Rudraksh
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Rudram
(3) Karnataka
(3) Shivam
(4) Kerala
(4) Shakti
Q.155) Which institute has developed non-
invasive bandage to treat skin cancer? Q.160) Which bank has recently partnered
with the airline company Vistara to launch a
(1) IIT Delhi
co-branded forex card?
(2) IISc Bengaluru (1) ICICI Bank
(3) IIT Madras (2) HDFC Bank
(4) IIT Kanpur (3) Yes Bank
(1) Uttarakhand
Q.163) NDDB is to promote livelihood in
which State/UT through dairying? (2) Jharkhand
(3) J&K
Q.169) Which state has become the first Har
(4) Himachal Pradesh Ghar Jal State in the country by providing
tap water connection to every rural
household?
Q.164) The Centre has appointed M
Rajeshwar Rao as the new deputy governor (1) Goa
of which bank?
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(1) Reserve Bank of India
(3) Gujarat
(2) Central Bank of India
(4) Madhya Pradesh
(3) State Bank of India
(4) Uttarakhand
Q.175) Who has been appointed as the brand
ambassador of the first-ever homegrown Q.180) Which state government launched a
professional badminton brand? new scheme, Jagananna Vidya Kanuka,
(1) B. Sai Praneeth providing free kits to students studying in
government schools from Class 1 to 10 ahead
(2) Pullela Gopichand of the academic?
(3) P.V. Sindhu (1) Karnataka
(4) Chetan Anand (2) Odisha
Q.177) Who has inaugurated the Gyan Circle (4) Gautam Adani
Ventures on October 8, 2020?
(1) Narendra Singh Tomar Q.182) Which state Government launched
"Mukhya Mantri Saur Swarojgar Yojana"?
(2) Ramesh Pokhriyal
(1) Uttar Pradesh
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(2) Goa (2) 6
Q.183) Which state has launched the first Q.188) Which state CM launched scheme to
ever Tree Plantation Policy? empower economically backward women?
(1) Delhi (1) Sikkim
Q.184) Which state government launched Q.189) How many Indian beaches have won
INR 650 crore scheme to distribute kits to the International Blueflag Certification in
school students? 2020?
(1) UP (1) 5
(2) AP (2) 12
(3) MP (3) 8
Q.207) Name the medium altitude long Q.212) Which is India’s 1st indigenously
endurance drone which was successfully developed cruise missile?
tested by DRDO recently.
(1) Brahmos
(1) Rustom II
(2) Agni
(2) Heron I
(3) Dhanush
(3) Harpy II
(4) Nirbhay
(4) Aura III
Q.216) Who will host the 7th Justice Q.221) Which state is poised to feature on
Minister’s meeting of SCO member nations? country’s aviation map with a greenfield
airport coming in one of its districts?
(1) PM Narendra Modi
(1) Arunachal Pradesh
(2) Rajnath Singh
(2) Tripura
(3) Nirmala Sitharaman
(3) Meghalaya
(4) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(4) Sikkim
Q.217) How much amount of loan value has
been approved by the ADB for the Rajasthan Q.222) The Ministry of Jal Shakti aims to
Secondary Towns Development Sector provide tap water connection to every rural
Project? household by which year under its Jal Jeevan
Mission?
(1) USD 300 million
(1) 2024
(2) USD 200 million
(2) 2022
(3) USD 100 million
(3) 2025
(4) USD 500 million
(4) 2023
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Q.223) What is the new motto unveiled by the Q.228) Which state government tied up with
All India Football Federation, the apex body India Post to get farmers enrolled in PM-
for the sport of football in the country? KISAN scheme?
(1) Spirit in Motion (1) Kerala
Q.224) Which Indian naval ship was declared Q.229) Centre has extended how much
as best ship in fleet award function 2020? subsidy on transportation of fruits and
vegetables through Kisan Rail Trains?
(1) INS Arihant
(1) 20 percent
(2) INS Kora
(2) 30 percent
(3) INS Sahyadri
(3) 50 percent
(4) Both (2) and (3)
(4) 60 percent
Q.225) Defence minister Rajnath Singh laid
foundation stone for 450m long ‘Nechiphu Q.230) Which state CM signed 14 MoUs
tunnel’ in which state/UT? worth Rs.10,055 crore?
(1) Uttarakhand (1) Odisha
Q.226) Which state government launched Q.231) Which among the following planets
mobile water testing labs? has snow-capped mountains?
(1) Punjab (1) Pluto
Q.227) Who has been named as UEFA Men's Q.232) What is the name of the World War II
Player Of The Year? bomb that was detonated underwater in
Poland?
(1) Lionel Messi
(1) Fat Man
(2) Christano Ronaldo
(2) Little Boy
(3) Robert Lewandowski
(3) Tall Boy
(4) Neymar
(4) Small Man
Q.247) Which nation has rejected the co- Q.252) Where will be the head-office of the
financing request for the Chinese Corona National Authority of Ship Recycling
vaccine? located?
(1) India (1) Gandhinagar
(4) Mauritius
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Q.263) The centre plans to make India Trans Q.268) The Zojila Tunnel in Jammu &
Fat free by which year? Kashmir (J&K) provides all-weather
connectivity between Srinagar valley and
(1) 2030
which city?
(2) 2024 (1) Kullu
(3) 2022 (2) Manali
(4) 2021 (3) Jammu
Q.265) Who has been appointed as the Q.270) Which AFMS Command Hospital has
Interim President of the International won the Raksha Mantri Trophy for being the
Weightlifting Federation (IWF)? Best Command Hospital?
(1) Michael Irani (1) Air Force Command Hospital Bengaluru
Q.267) NITI Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission Q.272) Who has recently become the first
signed deal with CGI to 'adopt' how many ever Indian women to win the 2020 Wildlife
Schools' ATL Labs? Photographer of the Year Award?
(1) 50 (1) Rathika Ramasamy
(2) 100 (2) Sooni Taraporevala
(3) 175 (3) Dayanita Singh
(4) 150 (4) Aishwarya Sridhar
Q.274) Name the new interim President of the Q.279) Constantina Dita, named as an
International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) ambassador for the World Athletics Half
appointed recently? Marathon Championships to be held in
Gdynia, hails from which country?
(1) Intarat Yodbangtoey
(1) Romania
(2) Ursula Papandrea
(2) Ireland
(3) Michael Irani
(3) Norway
(4) Antonio Urso
(4) Kyrgyzstan
Q.275) RBI will conduct the first-ever Open
Market Operations (OMOs) in State Q.280) All India Council for Technical
Developments Loans (SDLs) for how much Education (AICTE) has appointed whom as
amount? the chairman of the committee for preparing
the Professional Engineers Bill?
(1) Rs 15,000 crores
(1) M.S. Ananth
(2) Rs 10,000 crores
(2) D.K. Misra
(3) Rs 12,000 crores
(3) L.G. Doval
(4) Rs 20,000 crores
(4) B.N. Khare
Q.276) Who has been appointed by the Indian
Banks’ Association (IBA) as the new Q.281) Who has been chosen as the new
Chairman for 2020-21 session? President of the Delhi and District Cricket
Association (DDCA)?
(1) Dinesh Kumar Khara
(1) Rajan Manchanda
(2) Rajkiran Rai G
(2) Vinod Tihara
(3) Rajnish Kumar
(3) Renu Khanna
(4) SR Mehar
(4) Rohan Jaitley
Q.277) Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigned as the
President of which country? Q.282) As per the Arton Capital’s Global
Passport Index, what is the rank of India in
(1) Uzbekistan
terms of the strongest passports in the world?
(2) Azerbaijan (1) 53
(3) Turkmenistan (2) 65
(4) Kyrgyzstan (3) 77
Q.283) Governor of the Central Bank of Q.288) Scale App was launched by which
which country won the 2020 Governor of the authority?
year at the Central bank of the year award?
(1) Government of India
(1) Ghana
(2) Ministry of education
(2) UK
(3) Both A and B
(3) UAE
(4) Leather Sector Skill Council
(4) Bahrain
Q.289) Name of the person who has been
Q.284) What is the theme of World Food Day awarded the prestigious Sandra Neese
2020? Lifetime Achievement Award?
(1) Grow, nourish, sustain. Together. Our (1) Abhinav Kumar
actions are our future
(2) Harish Kotecha
(2) Our Actions Are Our Future. Healthy Diets
(3) Deepak Baliyan
for A #ZeroHunger World
(4) Akash Rastogi
(3) Zero Hunger
(4) Change the future of migration Q.290) Which of the following state will
feature on the country’s aviation map with a
Q.285) What is the theme of Global greenfield airport at Hollongi?
Handwashing Day 2020? (1) Sikkim
(1) Make handwashing a habit
(2) Mizoram
(2) Clean hands – A recipe for health
(3) Nagaland
(3) Clean Hands for All
(4) Arunachal Pradesh
(4) Hand Hygiene for All
Q.291) Which of the following state police has
Q.286) The BepiColombo Space Craft has launched ‘AAWAJ’ — ‘Action Against
been launched to study which planet? Women-related crime and Awareness for
Justice’?
(1) Mercury
(1) Gujarat
(2) Mars
(2) Odisha
(3) Venus
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Jupiter
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Q.287) Who among the following has
launched the second phase of “Thalassemia Q.292) The Raksha Mantri Trophy has been
Bal Sewa Yojna”? awarded to which hospital?
(1) Amit Shah (1) Command Hospital Kolkata
(4) Valve
(2) Mauritius
Q.313) PM Jacinda Ardern wins second term
(3) South Korea in election landslide in which country?
(4) Ireland
Q.319) Who won the gold medal in the Sheikh
Russel International Air Rifle Championship,
Q.314) Where did massive World War II held virtually?
bomb 'Tallboy' detonated underwater?
(1) Elavenil Valarivan
(1) Texas
(2) Manu Bhaker
(2) Ireland
(3) Mehuli Ghosh
(3) Poland
(4) Apurvi Chandela
(4) Norway
(4) Australia
Q.321) Aishwarya Sridhar who became the
first Indian woman to win the Wildlife
Q.316) India has taken up cultivation of Photographer of the Year award, won the
which spice for the first time? award of her photograph titled what?
(1) Saffron (1) Snow Exposure
(2) Heeng (2) Face of Deception
(3) Mustard Seeds (3) Lights of Passion
(4) Cloves (4) The Moment
Q.317) The government has approved how Q.322) Which country has been invited to join
much increase in the election campaign the trilateral naval exercise “Malabar-2020”,
expenditure? which is conducted annually between India,
(1) 10 percent US and Japan?
(4) France
Q.318) According to a study published in the
Lancet journal, which state/UT in India has Q.323) Which missile was successfully test-
the highest life expectancy rate? fired by DRDO on October 19, 2020?
(1) Kerala (1) Tank
(2) Uttar Pradesh (2) SANT
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(3) STARK (3) Durjoy Datta
Q.324) How many cities have been selected Q.329) Which is the top ranked country in
under the first phase of the Safe City project terms of being the largest source of migrants
of the Central Government to strengthen the to OECD countries?
security of women in public places?
(1) Indonesia
(1) 6
(2) China
(2) 8
(3) Korea
(3) 10
(4) Romania
(4) 12
Q.330) What is the rank of India in the
Q.325) Who laid the foundation stone for International Migration Outlook survey of
India’s first-ever multi-modal logistic park in OECD to determine the movement of people
Assam? to OECD countries and getting the citizenship
of those countries?
(1) Nitin Gadkari
(1) 4th
(2) Piyush Goyal
(2) 7th
(3) Prakash Javadekar
(3) 2nd
(4) Rajnath Singh
(4) 5th
Q.326) What value of loan agreement has
been signed bewteen India and ADB for the Q.331) Indian spent what percent of average
state road improvement in Maharashtra? daily income on food?
(1) USD 177 million (1) 2%
Q.327) Which team won the I-League 2019-20 Q.332) Which IIT launched 'mooPay' for
trophy? dairy farmers in Rajasthan?
(1) East Bengal (1) IIT Guwahati
Q.328) Who is the author of the book titled Q.333) Which bank launched banking
“On the Trail of Buddha: A Journey to the services on WhatsApp?
East”?
(1) HDFC
(1) Deepankar Aron
(2) IDBI
(2) Vikram Seth
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(3) PNB (4) 40 lakh
(4) SBI
Q.339) Who became the first cricketer to
score consecutive centuries in IPL’s history?
Q.334) The ‘Mo Bidyut’ is a new online
electricity connection service launched by (1) KL Rahul
which state?
(2) Virat Kohli
(1) Odisha
(3) Shikhar Dhawan
(2) Tamil Nadu
(4) Mayank Agarwal
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Norway
Q.341) COVIRAP is a Covid-19 diagnostic
technology launched by which institute to
Q.336) NASA's OSIRIS-REx successfully provide easy and affordable test technology?
touched which ancient asteroid’s surface to
collect dust and pebbles? (1) IIT Madras
(4) Bennu
Q.342) Who attended Y20 Global Summit
virtually?
Q.337) India is to sign the BECA pact during
2+2 Dialogue with which country? (1) Kiren Rijiju
(4) Russia
Q.343) Which nation has banned the sale of
natural gas and coal-bed methane (CBM)to
Q.338) How many central government self?
employees will benefit from Union Cabinet’s
bonus payment? (1) Saudi Arabia
Q.348) What was India's rank in OECD Q.353) Bond trade platform 'BondEvalue' set
International Migration outlook report? for New Year has been launched in which
country?
(1) 1st
(1) UAE
(2) 2nd
(2) USA
(3) 3rd
(3) India
(4) 5th
(4) China
Q.357) Which state has been ranked at the top Q.362) Maharashtra has invited investment
in the Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) Index? from which electric car maker?
(1) West Bengal (1) Nissan
Q.358) Which city will host the third India- Q.363) Which state has decided to set up
US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue on October 27? Oxygen Generation Plants in all medical
colleges and district hospitals?
(1) New Delhi
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Mumbai
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Bengaluru
(3) Chhattisgarh
(4) Chennai
(4) Jharkhand
(4) APPLE
Q.381) Which state cleared the decks for the
state to launch its own Scheduled Caste Post
Q.376) Asan Conservation Reserve becomes Matric Scholarship Scheme?
first Ramsar site of which state?
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Punjab
(2) Uttarakhand
(3) West Bengal
(3) Assam
(4) Bihar
(4) Mizoram
Q.378) What is the rank of India in the Ookla Q.383) The longest temple ropeway project of
Speedtest Global Index 2020 in terms of the world has been inaugurated in which state
global mobile internet speed? of India?
(1) 126 (1) Jammu & Kashmir
(2) 131 (2) Gujarat
(3) 114 (3) Kerala
(4) 103 (4) Haryana
Q.379) Which country has topped the Ookla Q.384) Which state of India has announced to
Speedtest Global Index 2020 for fastest global set up country’s first sand dune parks and
mobile internet speed? interpretation centres?
(1) United States (1) Kerala
(2) Singapore (2) Tamil Nadu
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(3) Goa (4) Jason Kokrak
(4) Maharashtra
Q.390) Parle agro roped in whom as brand
ambassador?
Q.385) Which state emerged as top
destination in 2019? (1) Katrina Kaif
(4) Goa
Q.391) Which state is planning to implement
Bhagyalakshmi scheme?
Q.386) India explored co-production and co-
development of defence products with which (1) Kerala
nation?
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(1) Kazakhstan
(3) Maharashtra
(2) Afghanistan
(4) Karnataka
(3) Israel
Q.397) Name the Indian Navy Missile (4) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
Corvette which launched an Anti-Ship
Missile (AShM) on its target in Arabian Sea Q.402) The third phase of the National
in a practice drill. Supercomputing Mission (NSM) will
kickstart in which month?
(1) INS Vikramaditya
(1) January 2021
(2) INS Virat
(2) February 2021
(3) INS Vigraha
(3) December 2020
(4) INS Prabal
(4) November 2020
Q.398) Which company has entered into
partnership with Atlantis to expand the Q.403) Which state Women and Child
Digital First Program in India? welfare department has launched a new
initiative to fulfill the nutritional
(1) Visa
requirements of lactating mothers and
(2) RuPay children in the state?
(3) Maharashtra
Q.399) Who has been appointed as the
chairperson of the Governing Body of the (4) Assam
International Labour Organisation (ILO) for
the period October 2020- June 2021? Q.404) Which country has joined the
International Monetary Fund(IMF) to
(1) Rajiv Gauba
become its 190th member?
(2) Rajiv Kumar (1) Chad
(3) Apurva Chandra (2) Cammerron
(4) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
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(3) Cambodia (3) Sikkim
Q.405) Which nation shot down Pakistan Q.410) Which state has secured the first place
Army quadcopter? under PM-SVANidhi Scheme?
(1) China (1) Uttar Pradesh
Q.406) Which nation has launched no mask, Q.411) Which among the following
no service policy? corporations has topped the Forbes list of
World’s Best Employer 2020?
(1) India
(1) Microsoft
(2) Nepal
(2) Amazon
(3) Bangladesh
(3) Samsung
(4) Pakistan
(4) Google
Q.407) Which IIT signed a MoU with
National Highways Authority of India Q.412) Which Indian company has topped
(NHAI) for the advancement of highway the India list of Forbes World’s Best
infrastructure? Employer 2020?
(1) IIT Jodhpur (1) Tata Group
Q.408) Name the India’s first real-time Base Q.413) Which PSU has won the first place
Metals Index which was launched by Multi- among Indian PSUs in the 4th annual
Commodity Exchange of India. “World’s Best Employer 2020” list published
by Forbes?
(1) iCOMDEX
(1) NTPC
(2) HELPDEX
(2) ONGC
(3) MELTDEX
(3) BPCL
(4) METLDEX
(4) IOCL
Q.409) In its continuous endeavor to cover
more workers under ESI Scheme, the Centre Q.414) Which nation has sought 500 million
has extended the Employees’ State Insurance, support from the World Bank for COVID 19
ESI Scheme to which state from November 1? vaccine in the country?
(1) Bihar (1) Bangladesh
Q.425) Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports Q.430) IIT Kharagpur and _______ has
appointed whom as chairman? jointly developed a novel Industry 4.0
technology.
(1) Saurav Ganguly
(1) Accenture
(2) Bimal Julka
(2) Infosys
(3) Nitish Rana
(3) TCS
(4) N Srinivasan
(4) Wipro
Q.426) Which airlines has begun facilitating
COVID-19 testing for its passengers in India? Q.431) Who led the Indian delegation at the
2020 BRICS Parliamentary Forum?
(1) Vistara
(1) Om Birla
(2) Indigo
(2) Venkaiah Naidu
(3) Air India
(3) Pralhad Joshi
(4) SpiceJet
(4) Nitin Gadkari
Q.427) Which state CM launched phase-II of
eco-project? Q.432) Name of the person who has taken the
charge as of Director General, Dental
(1) Haryana
Services and Colonel Commandant of Army
(2) Punjab Dental Corps.
(2) Musician
Q.441) Which nation has offered F-18 naval
(3) Politician fighter jets to the Indian Navy?
(2) UK
Q.436) Which nation is set to join the
Malabar Exercise? (3) US
(2) Australia
Q.442) Who inaugurated 'Direct Port Entry
(3) China Facility'?
(2) 2021
Q.443) Which ministry inaugurated 'Direct
(3) 2022 Port Entry Facility' at V.O. Chidambaranar
port?
(4) 2025
(1) Home Ministry
Q.438) Which state became first state in the (2) Shipping Ministry
country to fix floor price for vegetables, rates
to be effective from Nov 1? (3) Ministry of Health
(2) Kerala
Q.444) Which state has launched a portal to
(3) Karnataka help inter-caste married couples to avail
incentives?
(4) Odisha
(1) Telangana
Q.439) Who launched two Centres of (2) Tamil Nadu
Excellence for tribal welfare?
(3) Karnataka
(1) Smriti Irani
(4) Odisha
(2) Arjun Munda
Q.446) GSK and Sanofi have planned to Q.451) Which state CM distributed Rs 1,115
support COVAX Facility with how many crore to 50.47 lakh farmers?
COVID-19 vaccine doses?
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(1) 100 million
(2) Gujarat
(2) 200 million
(3) Haryana
(3) 300 million
(4) Odisha
(4) 150 million
Q.452) Which state’s Chief Minister has
Q.447) Which state government is to establish launched the ‘Dharani’ portal?
anti-human trafficking Police Stations?
(1) Tamil Nadu
(1) Assam
(2) Karnataka
(2) Kerala
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(3) UP
(4) Telangana
(4) MP
Q.453) Who has developed a messaging
Q.448) Recently, the Sports Authority of application called ‘Secure Application for the
India (SAI) has approved the national Internet’?
coaching camp for which of the following
(1) DRDO
sport?
(1) Golf (2) ISRO
(3) RBI
(4) SIDBI
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Q.455) China is building the world’s highest- Q.460) India has decided to extend how much
altitude cloud computing data centre in which Line of Credit to Central Asia for
region? development projects?
(1) Taiwan (1) USD 1.5 billion
Q.456) Young Advocates Welfare Fund has Q.461) Who launched virtual festival of
been launched in which state? 'Parampara Series 2020'?
(1) Odisha (1) Ramnath Kovind
Q.457) India procured 11,000 cold weather Q.462) Who addressed 6th Parliamentary
clothing systems from which nation’s armed Speakers' Summit of G 20 Countries?
forces?
(1) Narendra Modi
(1) France
(2) Amit Shah
(2) Russia
(3) Nitin Gadkari
(3) United States
(4) Om Birla
(4) Japan
Q.463) Who bagged Dr Tulsi Das Chugh
Q.458) Which satellite will be launched by Award-2020?
ISRO on November 7?
(1) Dr Satish Mishra
(1) ASOS-X
(2) Dr Suresh Mehwal
(2) EOS-1
(3) Dr Anil Gupta
(3) LVX-2
(4) None of these
(4) PVS-1
Q.464) Which organisation has won UN
Q.459) What is the new deadline for making award for efforts to fight climate change amid
payment under the direct tax dispute Covid-19?
settlement scheme ‘Vivad Se Vishwas’?
(1) GHE
(1) 31 December 2020
(2) WITC
(2) 31 March 2021
(3) UNWTO
(3) 31 January 2021
(4) None of these
(4) 31 December 2021