Practice Mock 500 (Part 1) Flashcards by Nyx nyx

Ministry of Information Technology recently announced new BHIM 2.0,
now the app would be available in 16 new languages, which are the new
three languages added?

Haryanvi, Bhojpuri and Konkani.

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Who recently became the first Indian man to win a gold medal at Wushu
World Championships held in Shanghai, China?

Praveen Kumar (from Haryana)

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Name the Hindi writer who has been honoured with Vyas Samman 2018
(given by K K Birla Foundation) for his collection of poems “Jitne Log Utne
Prem”?

: Leeladhar Jagudi

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Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) observed Vigilance Awareness
Week from 28th October to 2nd November, 2019, what was the theme this
year?

: Integrity – a way of life.

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Indian military recently held joint military exercise “SHAKTI’ with
______ in Rajasthan recently.

French troops

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Which company launched the worlds’ first blockchain-based carbon
trading exchange?

Singapore-based AirCarbon Pte

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India recently signed an MoU with which countries to create a transboundary wildlife conservation park?

Nepal and Bhutan

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Who has been named as the brand ambassadors of PM Modi’s “Bharat
Ki Laxmi” campaign which honours Indian women who have made a mark
with their achievements in various fields for public good?

Shuttler PV Sindhu and actress Deepika Padukone

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Government of India has recently accorded ‘Maharatna’ status to?

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) (Headquarter:

Mumbai) and Power Grid Corporation (Headquarter: Gurgaon).

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In a unique gesture to mark 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru
Nanak Dev which airlines painted Sikh religious symbol ‘Ik Onkar’ on the
tail of one of its aircraft?

Air India

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Which state government has signed a Letter of Understanding (LoU)
with UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) to provide safe drinking
water to every household in the state?

Odisha (CM: Naveen Patnaik Governor: Ganeshi Lal)

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Economist who has come out with English
translations of two Hindu mythological texts “Markendya Purana” and “The
Bhagavad Gita”

Bibek Debroy

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The 2019 Military World Games (also known as Olympic Games for
military) were held in?

Wuhan, China. India won six gold, one silver and three bronze medals. ParaAthlete Anandan Gunasekaran bagged three gold medals for India.

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The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare released the 14th
National Health Profile (NHP) 2019. As per the report Life expectancy in
India has increased from 49.7 years in 1970-75 to _____ in 2012-16.

68.7 yrs

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Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?

Pankaj Kumar

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To implement “Integrated Irrigation Project for Climate Resilient
Agriculture” in order to strengthen smallholder farmers Odisha government
has signed what amount loan agreement with the World Bank?

165 million USD

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European Union (EU) has awarded the ‘Sakharov Prize for Human
Rights’ to?

Ilham Tohti, who has been jailed and sentenced to life

imprisonment in China for “separatism”.

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CBSE and NCERT have launched an online aptitude test ____ in a bid
to help students make right career choices?

‘Tamanna’ (Try and Measure Aptitude And Natural Abilities)

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Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Highway
Authority of India (NHAI)?

Sukhbir Singh Sandhu

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Which country won the men’s Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament
held at Johor Bahru in Malaysia?

Great Britain (defeated India)

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Vice President Venkaiah Naidu presented the “Most Eminent Senior
Citizen Award” to?

former Attorney General of India Shri

K Parasaran.

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Name the authors who jointly won the Booker Prize 2019?

Canadian author Margaret Atwood and Anglo-Nigerian author
Bernardine Evaristo for “The Testaments” and for “Girl, Woman, Other”
respectively.

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Which state government has launched flagship scheme “Mukhya
Mantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana” to provide Rs 15,000 to every family
where a girl child is born?

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Which state topped the University-Industry Linkages (UILs) by
scoring 7.8 on a scale of ten in a study conducted by the PhD Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) and Ministry of Science and Technology?

Karnataka

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The 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit was held in?

Baku (Ajerbaijan)

The India Energy Forum organized the 11th Nuclear Energy Conclave was recently held in New Delhi, the theme of the event was?

“Economics of Nuclear Power-Innovation towards safer and costeffective technologies”.

Who has been appointed as the new Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (Headquarter: Vienna, Austria)?

Rafael Mariano Grossi of Argentina

A team of researchers from India and United Kingdom collaborated to create a new robot named what?

“Pepe” which encourages children to wash their hands

Name the NASA astronauts who made history when they ventured outside International Space Station (ISS) for first ever all women spacewalk?

Jessica Meir and Christina Koch

Name the joint exercise which Indian Air Force participated in with Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) at Masirah, Oman?

EX-EASTERN BRIDGE-V

Internationally acclaimed Painter Kalidas Karmakar passed away he was from which country?

Bangladesh

Who has been was appointed as 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI).?

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde. He’ll take oath on 18th November

Which Swedish environmental activist won the Amnesty | International’s ‘Ambassadors of Conscience’ award for the year 2019?

Greta Thunberg from sweden

Who is India’s richest man as mentioned in the IIFL Wealth-Hurun India Rich List 2019?

Reliance Industries’ Chairman Mukesh Ambani

Pranab Mukherjee, released a book entitled ‘Reset: Regaining India’s Economic Legacy’ penned by?

Subramanian Swamy

Name the longest tunnel in India which will be rechristened after Bhartiya Jansangh founder Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee?

Chenani - Nashri tunnel (9.2Km) that links Kashmir with Jammu

Union Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey has announced to set up 14 Authorized World Skills India Training Centres across 9 cities in country for media and entertainment sector. Name the cities?

Chandigarh, New Delhi, Chennai, Trivandrum, Indore, Pune, | Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Shillong.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Col. Chewang Rinchen Setu (Bridge) at?

Ladakh

On the occasion of World Food Day, the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) launched its global cinema campaign “Feed Our Future” at?

Mumbai

Name the president of Indonesia who recently sworn into office for his second and final five-year term?

Joko Widodo

Where has first artificial intelligence university in the world been set up?

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Name the bilateral air exercise between Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) and Indian Air Force (IAF) which was recently held in Panagarh, West Bengal?

SHINYUU Maitri-19

India Mobile Congress the largest mobile technology event in South Asia was organized at New Delhi, the theme of the event was?

IMAGINE a new CONNECTED world

6th India water week, was recently organised in New Delhi. The Theme of the week was?

“Water Cooperation – Coping with 21st Century Challenges”

India and the United States will hold their first tri-services exercise code-named as ‘Tiger Triumph’?

Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

CBDT has newly set up National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) for electronically assessing the tax returns, who appointed as the first Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax of NeAC?

Krishna Mohan Prasad

According to the Lancet report, “The burden of child and maternal malnutrition and trends in its indicators in the states of India: The Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017” which states witnessed death rates due to malnutrition?

: Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Assam

24th World Energy Congress was recently held at?

Abu Dhabi

Department of Biotechnology has started the which initiative designed on the concept of ‘Prevention is better than Cure’ to create awareness about genetic disorders amongst clinicians and establish molecular diagnostics in hospitals?

UMMID (Unique Methods of Management and treatment of | Inherited Disorders)

With an aim to spread awareness about nutrition of children and women, which state government in collaboration with United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) unveiled a mascot named ‘Tikki Mausi’?

Odisha (CM: Naveen Patnaik Governor: Ganeshi Lal)

In an effort to reach out to every tuberculosis (TB) patient in the country, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched which campaign?

TB Harega, Desh Jeetega

Which state government has launched twin schemes for the public welfare called ‘Aponar Apon Ghar Scheme’(a home loan subsidy scheme), ‘Abhinandan’ (an Education Loan Subsidy scheme)?

Assam (CM: Sarabananda Sonowal, Governor: Jagdish Mukhi)

The “Daughter from a Wishing Tree” is written by?

Sudha Murthy

Who has written the new book named ‘Girl Power: Indian Women Who Broke The Rules’?

Neha J Hiranandani

Who won the Best Men’s player award in the Best FIFA Football Awards 2019 presented recently?

Lionel Messi (Argentina)

Name the owner of the iconic Britannia & Co restaurant (Mumbai) who passed away recently?

Boman Rashid Kohinoor

In the third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Rates for 2019-20, what is the repo rate and reverse repo rate announced by RBI?

Repo Rate: 5.15% | Reserve Repo Rate: 4.90%

What are the interest rate on Small Savings Scheme for Quarter- 3 FY 2019-20?

National Savings Certificate (NSC): 7.9% Public Provident Fund (PPF): 7.9% Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP): 7.6% Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme: 8.4%

Name the Physicist and Cosmologist who was conferred the prestigious M P Birla Memorial Award 2019 for his contributions to the world of cosmology?

Thanu Padmanabhan

``` Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) signed the 300th Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) recently, the agreements were signed with? ```

World Trade Organisation (WTO) in its report reduced the global trade growth forecast to what percent for 2019?

1.2%

Book titled “Mind Master: Winning lessons from a Champion’s Life” has been authored by?

Vishwanathan Anand

``` Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of National Security Guard (NSG)? ```

Anup Kumar Singh

To strengthen its oversight of commercial banks, urban co-operative banks (UCBs) and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), RBI has decided to operationalise 'unified departments for supervision and regulation' with effect from?

November 1, 2019

Who has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of World Steel | Association (Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium)?

Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Steel

The RBI issued guidelines on 'on tap' authorisation for Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU), Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) and White Label ATMs (WLAs), what is the minimum Paid up capital requirement for each?

BBPOU: Rs 100 crores, TReDS: Rs 25 crores and WLA: Rs 100

Which company has launched “i-SERV”, a first-of-its-kind video calling service within the life insurance industry?

Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance

Which state government organised India’s first training and performance programme of world famous KHON Ramlila, a masked form of Ramlila art of Thailand, in collaboration with Thailand government?

The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs recently announced the second phase of which program which aims to inspire, guide and encourage tribal girls across India to become village level digital leaders for their community?

GOAL (Going Online As Leaders). The program was launched by Facebook to empower women by providing digital literacy, leadership, life skills and entrepreneurship skills.

``` Which company has become the first company in India to hit the market capitalisation (m-cap) of Rs.9 lakh crore? ```

Mukesh Ambani-led Oil-to-telecom major Reliance Industries | RIL

Mastercard along with which cricketer launched a nationwide campaign dubbed as ‘Team Cashless India’ to accelerate the acceptance and adoption of digital payments in India?

MS Dhoni

Who has been appointed as the chairman of Indian Banks Association (IBA) (Headquarter: Mumbai)?

SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar

The Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2019 was published bythe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). According to the report NTMs have increased in the past two decades and are affecting trade as well sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Asian countries, what is the full form of NTMs?

Non-tariff measures. NTMs affect 58 per cent of the trade in AsiaPacific.

Who has been appointed as the new Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure?

: Shri J.P.S. Chawla

Name the Russian astronaut who passed away recently and who | walked for the first time in space in 1965?

Alexei Leonov

The 2019 Nobel prize for Physics was awarded to?

Swiss Scientists Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz and Canadian – American physicist James Peebles. The American was awarded for his contribution towards “theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology”. The other half was shared between the Swiss scientists for their work on “Discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a star similar to sun”.

A joint military training exercise “Vajra Prahar” was conducted between India and?

US in Seattle, US.

According to Ministry of Finance guidelines, banks will not impose charges or Merchant Discount Rate on customers as well as merchants on digital payments made to establishments having turnover in excess of?

Rs 50 crores

C-40 summit to show how cities are delivering their strong commitments for healthier, sustainable, resilient and inclusive future to take place in?

Copenhagen

Which bank has launched digital fixed-deposit (FD) product named ‘Express FD’ which can be opened in three minutes through the digital route without opening a savings account by investing a minimum Rs 5,000.?

Axis Bank

RBI came up with a new reporting system for all co-operative banks (urban, State & district central) called CISBI in which they will submit information related to opening/ closing/ conversion of branches, offices, customer service points like ATMs in a single proforma online, what is the full form of CISBI?

Central Information System for Banking Infrastructure

Who was awarded Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the years 2017 and 2018 for his services in promoting and preserving national integration in the country?

Environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt

49th edition World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2019 was held?

Stuttgart, Germany

Name the renowned saxophone player & Padma Shri awardee who passed away in Mangaluru recently?

Kadri Gopalnath

RBI has given its final nod to Kerala Government for the formation of Kerala Bank, how many District Co-operative Banks (DCBs) will be merged with Kerala State Co-operative Bank?

Name the marathon runner from Kenya who became the first person in the history to run a marathon in under 2 hours by finishing the 42Km marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 40.2 seconds in Vienna?

Eliud Kipchoge

Who was selected by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for prestigious Asia Environmental Enforcement Award?

Ramesh Pandey

Name the scheme launched to provide free medicines for pregnant women and there by bringing down the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in the country?

SUMAN scheme – “Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan”

Which 14-day programme was launched from ISRO to identify and encourage talented children to enrich their skills and knowledge?

Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme – DHRUV

According to the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2019 by Hurun India, who is India’s most generous philanthropists who contributed Rs 826 crore during the financial year 2018-19 (FY19)?

HCL (Hindustan Computer Limited) Chairman Shiv Nadar

38th India Carpet Expo was organised by CEPC – Carpet Export | Promotion Council at?

Varanasi

Name the Scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

John B Goodenough (US), M Stanley Whittingham (US) and Akira | Yoshino (Japan) for the development of lithium-ion batteries.

25th Technology Summit was organised in association with which nation in New Delhi?

Netherlands, Theme of the event was Young entrepreneurship

4 Part of the Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat initiative, the Rashtriya Sanskrit Mahotsav was conducted in?

Jabalpur, MP by the Ministry of Culture. (Union Culture | Minister: Prahlad Singh Patel).

Name the initiative under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY – NRLM) which was launched with an aim to bring the rural women SHGs – Self Help Groups under one platform was launched in New Delhi?

SARAS Aajeevika Mela

Organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in partnership with Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, India Sports Summit- Fitness: $10 Billion Opportunity’ was held in?

New Delhi

Who won the Sveriges Riksbank (Nobel) Prize in Economic Sciences 2019?

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their | experimental approach to reduce global poverty.

Where was AIBA (Headquarter: Lausanne, Switzerland) Women’s | World Boxing Championships 2019 held?

: Ulan-Ude, Russia

The 100th Nobel Prize for peace has been awarded to?

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abhiy Ahmed Ali for resolving Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict

Minister for Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani recently launched Project SURE aimed at sustainable fashion, what is the full form of SURE?

Sustainable Resolution

Who won Gold in Under-18 Open category of World Youth Chess Championship held in Mumbai.

R Praggnanandhaa

Who won the Best Women's player award in the Best FIFA Football Awards 2019 presented recently?

Megan Rapinoe (United States).

Who won Man Booker International Prize for her Arabic novel?

Jokha Alharthi of Oman (Celestial bodies)

Highest medal winning gymnast at 49th edition World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2019 was held?

American gymnast Simon Biles became the highest medal | winning female gymnast in the history