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1) Who among the following has launched India’s first ‘Vaccination Clinic’ in collaboration with the Gates Foundation ?
A) Rajiv Singh
B) Kanjilal Mehta
C) Praful Patel
D) Jignesh Patel
E) Dinesh Patel
2) Thomas Chandy has died recently. He was the Former minister of which state ?
A) Andra Pradesh
B) Telangana
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
E) Kerala
3) Who has won the Bengaluru Open Golf Championship ?
A) Dinesh Singh
B) Sujith Mohan
C) Abhinav Lohan
D) Ashwin Mehta
E) Amit Chauhan
4) Pat Cummins has become the most expensive overseas IPL player. He plays for which team?
A) Pune Warriors
B) Kings XI Punjab
C) Chennai SuperKings
D) Kolkata Knight Riders
E) Delhi Capitals
5) The Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry has decided to set up how many skills hub and labs in govt schools ?
A) 400
B) 500
C) 550
D) 600
E) 450
6) PM Modi addressed the annual general meeting of ASSOCHAM Annual Conference held in which state ?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Karnataka
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Gujarat
E) New Delhi
7) Which African country has launched its first satellite from China ?
A) Ethiopia
B) Sudan
C) Democratic Republic of Congo
D) South Africa
E) Morocco
8) India, Afghanistan, Iran met to monitor the implementation of the Chabahar pact. This is their ______ meeting after the 2016 agreement.
A) 5th
B) 2nd
C) 1st
D) 4th
E) 3rd
9) Wipro has partnered with _________ to upskill 10,000 engineering students in India.
A) LinkedIn
B) Google
C) Microsoft
D) Infosys
E) Nasscom
10) Fitch Ratings has reduced India’s GDP growth forecast to _________ in FY20.
A) 3.5 percent
B) 4.6 percent
C) 4 percent
D) 4.2 percent
E) 4.5 percent
11) Debt-ridden Air India has received how much amount of guarantee from the Central Government ?
A) 500 crore
B) 550 crore
C) 600 crore
D) 650 crore
E) 700 crore
12) AIIB has announced USD ________million loan for irrigation & solar energy projects in India.
A) 145
B) 150
C) 210
D) 180
E) 200
13) RBI will simultaneously buy and sell government bonds worth _________ crore under special Open Market Operation (OMO).
A) 25000
B) 20000
C) 15000
D) 10000
E) 12000
14) Who has been named the new Lokayukta of Telangana ?
A) NC Raman
B) CV Ramulu
C) Niranjan Rao
D) G Chandraiah
E) Tamilisai Soundarajan
15) Who has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of OYO ?
A) Amitesh Srivastava
B) Upender Singh
C) Akhstia Bhalla
D) Manas Sharma
E) Ankit Gupta
16) Who has decided to step down from the position of Mahindra Group’s executive chairman?
A) TN Manoharan
B) Anand Mahindra
C) Pawan Goenka
D) Vikram Mehta
E) Keshub Mahindra
17) Which Indian-American scientist has been selected by the US president to lead the National Science Foundation in the US ?
A) Vishakha Desai
B) Vikram Singh Mehta
C) Sethuraman Panchanathan
D) M. M. Murugappan
E) Nadir B. Godrej
18) Which country has won the FIFA Team of the Year ?
A) Argentina
B) Spain
C) France
D) Belgium
E) Brazil
19) India has ranked at __________ on the World Anti-Doping Agency list for violations.
A) 3rd
B) 4th
C) 5th
D) 6th
E) 7th
20) Virat Kohli, Salman Khan and ___________ have been featured in Forbes India’s 2019 Celebrity 100 list.
A) Amir Khan
B) Akshay Kumar
C) Ayushman Khurana
D) Amitabh Bachan
E) Shahrukh Khan
21) The Indian Air Force is planning ‘swift trials’ in 114 fighter jet deal worth ______lakh crore deal.
A) 1.6
B) 1.4
C) 1.3
D) 1.5
E) 1.2
22) The government has proposed to invest ________ lakh crore rupees for modernization of Railways over the next 12 years.
A) 35 lac
B) 40 lac
C) 45 lac
D) 55 lac
E) 50 lac
23) Where have the World’s oldest fossil trees been recently discovered?
A) Ontario
B) Chicago
C) New York
D) Houston
E) Wisconsin
24) ICC has partnered with which organization for 2020 Women’s T20 World Cup ?
A) BYJU’s
B) UNICEF
C) Facebook
D) UNESCO
E) Google
25) Who has bagged the Gold medal in the 6th Qatar International Cup, Doha ?
A) Swati Singh
B) Santoshi Matsa
C) Karnam Malleswari
D) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
E) Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu
26) Who has become the most expensive overseas IPL player after being bought for a whopping 15.50 crore ?
A) Brendon Mccullum
B) Rohit Sharma
C) MS Dhoni
D) Virat Kohli
E) Pat Cummins
27) Avtar Singh Makkar, who passed away recently, was the former president of __________ .
A) Delhi cricket committee
B) Mohan Bagun FC
C) Hubli district welfare committee
D) Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak committee
E) Maharashtra cricket club
28) Prof LS Sheshagiri Rao was associated with which field ?
A) Painting
B) Singing
C) Writing
D) Acting
E) Directing
29) IIT Hyderabad CfHE Fellow has launched India’s first _________ concept in Pune in collaboration with Gates Foundation.
A) Drinking water on wheels
B) Health clinic on wheels
C) Blood donation on wheels
D) Eye checkup on wheels
E) Vaccination on wheels
30) PM Modi recently addressed the ASSOCHAM Annual Conference. What was the theme of the conference ?
A) Aim , Aspire, Achieve
B) Achieving the USD 5 trillion goal
C) Focusing on the blue economy
D) New India Aspiring for a USD 5 trillion economy
E) Sustainable economy
31) Ethiopia has launched its first satellite, resulting in achievement for the African space industry. The satellite has been launched from which country ?
A) US
B) China
C) Germany
D) France
E) Ireland
32) RBI has planned to buy, sell govt bonds worth Rs 10,000 crore. Participants will submit their bid on which platform?
A) CRIS
B) CTS
C) E-Kuber
D) CBS
E) Open Bidding System
33) Retired HC judge CV Ramulu has been named the Lokayukta of which state ?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Karnataka
C) Maharashtra
D) Haryana
E) Telangana
34) Indian-American scientist Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan has been picked by US President Donald Trump to lead which organization ?
A) International Trade Association
B) National Business Council
C) National Science Foundation
D) USTR
E) USIBC
Answers :
1) Answer: D
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad’s Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE) Fellow Mr. Jignesh Patel has launched in Pune a Vaccination on Wheels Clinic, a first-of-its-kind service in India. This is being done in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which provided a grant to Mr. Jignesh Patel under its Grand Challenges Explorations.
2) Answer: E
Nationalist Congress Party’s Kerala State President and former Minister Thomas Chandy passed away in Kochi
The Kuttanad MLA was undergoing treatment for cancer in the past few years. He was 72.
3) Answer: C
Abhinav Lohan lifted PGTI title securing a narrow one-shot triumph at the Bengaluru Open golf championship
It was Lohan’s first title on the TATA Steel PGTI and second win of the year as he had also emerged victorious at the PGTI Feeder Tour event in Lucknow.
4) Answer: D
Pat Cummins (Australian cricketer), with a base price of two crore rupees, became the most expensive overseas buy as he was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for a whopping 15.50 crore rupees.
5) Answer: B
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry has finalized a plan for setting up 500 skill hubs and labs in government schools. It has taken several initiatives to impart skill training to the youth of the country.
The Ministry aims to Skill on a large scale with high Standards in order to achieve its vision of a Skilled India.
6) Answer: E
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the annual general meeting of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India in New Delhi.
The theme of the event was ‘New India Aspiring for a USD 5 trillion economy’. The event was organized on the completion of 100 years of ASSOCHAM.
7) Answer: A
Ethiopia launched its first satellite , a landmark achievement for the country’s space program that caps a banner year for the African space industry.
The launch of the Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite (ERTSS) took place at a space station in China.
The launch makes Ethiopia the eleventh African country to put a satellite into space. Egypt was the first in 1998.
8) Answer: B
The second meeting between officials of India, Afghanistan and Iran took place to monitor implementation of the 2016 agreement regarding development and management of the Chabahar port in Iran.
The Chabahar port — being jointly developed by India, Iran and Afghanistan — is considered a gateway to opportunities for trade by the three countries with central Asian nations. It is located on the Indian Ocean in Sistan and Baluchistan province of Iran.
9) Answer: E
Bengaluru-based Wipro Ltd has partnered with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) to train 10,000 students from over 20 engineering colleges in India as part of the ‘Future Skills’ platform
The programme has now been extended to students directly through Future Skills, which is a Nasscom initiative to bridge the industry-academia skill gap and help students keep pace with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and internet of things (IoT).
10) Answer: B
Fitch Ratings cut India’s GDP growth forecast for the 2019-20 fiscal year to 4.6 per cent on deterioration in business and consumer confidence.
It affirmed India’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB-‘ with a Stable Outlook
It attributed the downgrade to a shortage of credit availability from non-banking financial companies, and weakening business and consumer confidence.
11) Answer: A
The debt-ridden Air India received a guarantee worth Rs 500 crore from the government to secure fresh funds for operational requirements.
Faced with an acute financial crunch, the national carrier had sought Rs 2,400-crore guarantee from the government to raise fresh funds to meet its operational requirements.
The government is likely to invite preliminary bids for the stake sale in Air India.
12) Answer: C
The Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced a total loan of USD 210 million for irrigation and solar energy projects in India.
The multilateral institution will lend USD 145 million to improve irrigation services and strengthen flood risk management in West Bengal, while USD 65 million has been earmarked for a 250-megawatt (MW) solar project in Rajasthan promoted by Hero Future Energies.
India is the second-largest shareholder of the bank and the largest recipient of its loan and equity commitments.
13) Answer: D
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will simultaneously purchase and sell government securities worth 10,000 crore rupees under a special Open Market Operation (OMO).
Such exercises are done by the central bank when the proceeds from the sale of short-term securities are used to buy long-term government securities or bonds in a bid to bring down interest rates on long-term securities.
14) Answer: B
Retired high court judge CV Ramulu will be Telangana Lokayukta and V Niranjan Rao will be the Upa-Lokayukta. Retired HC judge G Chandraiah will be the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) chairman.
The selection committees of the Lokayukta and SHRC met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. The selection committees headed by the CM held a brief meeting and finalised the names. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan gave her assent to the appointments.
15) Answer: E
OYO Hotels & Homes stated that it has appointed Ankit Gupta as chief operating officer and senior vice president for its coliving, rental homes and self-operated hotel businesses in Indian and South Asia.
Gupta has been appointed as COO & SVP – Frontier Businesses, OYO India & South Asia.
Frontier businesses comprise OYO’s self-operated hotels (OYO Townhouse, Collection O, SilverKey), student housing and co-living and OYO Home businesses.
16) Answer: B
Anand Mahindra will step down as Executive Chairman from April 1, 2020.
With effect from April 1, 2020, Mahindra will transition to the role of Non-Executive Chairman of the board of Mahindra & Mahindra. This is in accordance with the Sebi guidelines
Pawan Goenka will be re-designated as Managing Director and Chief Executive from April 1.
As Non-Executive Chairman, Mahindra will serve as a mentor and sounding board for the Managing Director, especially in the areas of strategic planning, risk mitigation and external interface.
17) Answer: C
U.S. President Donald Trump has picked Indian-American computer scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan to lead the prestigious National Science Foundation.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a U.S. government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
18) Answer: D
Belgium have been crowned FIFA ‘Team of the Year’ for the second successive time after a record-breaking year for the global ladder.
World champions France remains in second place ahead of Brazil in third, the positions they held in December 2018, but the make-up of the year-end top five has changed, said FIFA in a statement.
19) Answer: E
The World Anti-Doping Agency consisting of dope infractions recorded in 2017 across the world has revealed that india was fifth-highest when it came to total number of positive dope tests in Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF), while it was seventh-highest in the list of Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV) .
20) Answer: B
Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan are among the top paid celebrities of India, Forbes India has announced.
The magazine has published its list of Celebrity 100 for the year 2019 which has been topped by Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli with the earning of Rs 252.72 crore.
The rankings are based on estimates of earnings through professions and endorsements of celebrities and estimates of their fame for October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019.
Akshay is highest-earning star from the country with Rs 293.25 crore, registering a rise of 58.51 percent from the previous year, but is placed at the 2nd spot, followed by Salman with the earning of Rs 229.25 crore.
21) Answer: D
In the over ₹1.5 lakh crore deal for manufacturing 114 multirole fighter aircraft, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to compress the time taken for carrying out trials of all the participants to less than a year to ensure that the force gets its new combat aircraft at a faster rate.
Last time, when the IAF carried out trials of multiple fighter aircraft for the scrapped deal of 126 multirole fighter aircraft, the service had taken 18 months to complete the process in the contract which lingered on for several years before getting cancelled due to complications.
22) Answer: E
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has stated that Railways is looking at a 50 lakh crore rupees investment over the next 12 years.
It is coming out of joint ventures so that it can modernize the railways, bring down the logistics cost and improve the share of freight in the railway network and make the journey world-class.
23) Answer: C
Fossilized trees dating back 386 million years have been discovered at an abandoned quarry in New York.
Scientists believe they’ve found a forest so gigantic that it once stretched beyond Pennsylvania from the quarry in Cairo, New York ,nestled in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains.
The finding could increase the understanding of the evolution of trees and how they remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Experts from several British and American universities have spent more than 10 years mapping over 3,000 square meters of the forest, coming to the conclusion that it was home to at least two types of trees: Cladoxylopsids and Archaeopteris.
Infosys launched 3 blockchain-powered distributed applications
24) Answer: B
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced it has extended its partnership with UNICEF through to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 with the focus on empowering women and girls through cricket.
The extension of the partnership will once again see the ICC provide UNICEF with a platform for fundraising to help bring positive change to women and girls and drive awareness for the work that UNICEF does as a global champion for children’s rights in cricket playing nations.
25) Answer: D
Former world champion, weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won the women’s 49kg category gold medal to open India’s account at the 6th Qatar International Cup in Doha .
Chanu bagged gold with an effort of 194kg in the Olympic qualifying event, with the points which will come in handy when the final rankings for Tokyo 2020 cut are done.
The 24-year-old Manipuri lifted 83kg in snatch and 111kg in clean and jerk to finish on top of the podium.
26) Answer: E
Pat Cummins (Australian cricketer), with a base price of two crore rupees, became the most expensive overseas buy as he was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for a whopping 15.50 crore rupees.
Glenn Maxwell was sold to Kings XI Punjab for 10.75 crore rupees while Aaron Finch was picked up by Royal Challengers Bangalore for 4.4 crore rupees in the Indian Premier League auction at Kolkata.
27) Answer: D
Former president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Avtar Singh Makkar died at a private hospital in Gurugram . The 78-year old Makkar was admitted to the hospital in critical condition.
He was one of the longest-serving presidents of the SGPC, an apex religious body of the Sikhs.
He was also the Vice President of the Shiromani Akali Dal.
28) Answer: C
Kannada writer, critic and lexicographer L S Sheshagiri Rao breathed his last at his residence in the city.
He was 94 and was suffering from age related complications.
An English professor at Bangalore University, most of his literary output was in Kannada.
29) Answer: E
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad’s Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE) Fellow Mr. Jignesh Patel has launched in Pune a Vaccination on Wheels Clinic, a first-of-its-kind service in India. This is being done in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which provided a grant to Mr. Jignesh Patel under its Grand Challenges Explorations.
Called ‘VaccineOnWheels.com’ as they have adopted VOW (Vaccination On Wheels) concept, this clinic will go to schools, colleges and corporates to conduct vaccination camps at their doorsteps. It will offer only vaccination services. It was launched on 15th December 2019 in Pune city’s PCMC area. This unique, unconventional, creative, low-cost and high on convenience model has been designed with the idea of ‘reaching the bottom of the pyramid.’
Mr. Jignesh Patel founded Jivika Healthcare to provide this vaccination service
30) Answer: D
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the annual general meeting of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India in New Delhi.
The theme of the event was ‘New India Aspiring for a USD 5 trillion economy’. The event was organised on the completion of 100 years of ASSOCHAM.
31) Answer: B
Ethiopia launched its first satellite , a landmark achievement for the country’s space program that caps a banner year for the African space industry.
The launch of the Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite (ERTSS) took place at a space station in China.
The launch makes Ethiopia the eleventh African country to put a satellite into space. Egypt was the first in 1998.
Data provided by Ethiopia’s satellite is expected to paint a fuller picture of the country’s agriculture, forestry and mining resources and improve responses to flooding and other disasters.
32) Answer: C
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will simultaneously purchase and sell government securities worth 10,000 crore rupees under a special Open Market Operation (OMO).
Such exercises are done by the central bank when the proceeds from the sale of short-term securities are used to buy long-term government securities or bonds in a bid to bring down interest rates on long-term securities.
RBI stated that the eligible participants should submit their bids and offers in electronic format on the RBI’s Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system between 10.30 a.m. and 12.00 noon on the 23rd of this month.
33) Answer: E
Retired high court judge CV Ramulu will be Telangana Lokayukta and V Niranjan Rao will be the Upa-Lokayukta. Retired HC judge G Chandraiah will be the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) chairman.
The selection committees of the Lokayukta and SHRC met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. The selection committees headed by the CM held a brief meeting and finalised the names. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan gave her assent to the appointments.
34) Answer: C
U.S. President Donald Trump has picked Indian-American computer scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan to lead the prestigious National Science Foundation.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a U.S. government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Panchanathan is currently the Executive Vice President and the Chief Research and Innovation Officer at the Arizona State University (ASU). He is also the Founding Director of the Centre for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing at the ASU.
Panchanathan would succeed france cordova. He is currently the executive vice president and the chief research and innovation officer at the arizona state university.
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