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Exclusive Monthly GA MCQs: March 2019
1. Which sports federation of India has been awarded the ‘Best Sports Federation’ award in by the
Association Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM)?
1) National Rifle Association of India
2) Judo Federation of India
3) Ice Hockey Association of India
4) Indian Boxing Federation
5) Badminton Association of India
2. Who among the following is the chairman of 15th Finance Commission of India?
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) Nand Kishore Singh
3) YV Reddy
4) Anoop Singh
5) Ramesh Chand
3. The world’s longest salt cave has recently discovered in

1) Iran
2) Bhutan
3) Israel
4) Nepal
5) Qatar
4. Who has recently been honoured with the 2019 Martha Farrell Award in the category of ‘Most Promising
Individual’?
1) Manisha Pavi
2) Murari Jha
3) Anju Pathak
4) Manu Gulati
5) Deepti Chawla
5. Which international organisation has recently released the 2018 global Multi-dimensional Poverty Index
(MPI)?
1) UNESCO
2) WHO
3) UNICEF
4) UNIDO
5) UNDP
6. Which of the following railway station has received the Gold Rating by the Indian Green Building
Council (IGBC) for Green Measures?
1) Kanpur Central
2) Ghoom Station
3) Vijayawada Station
4) Howrah Station
5) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
7. The third edition of the biennial bilateral exercise AUSINDEX-19 between India and Australia held in
1) Gwalior
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2) Vishakhapatnam
3) Bhopal
4) Pune
5) Ahmednagar
8. Which gas utility company has recently signed an agreement with BHEL for cooperation in the
development of solar power projects?
1) ONGC
2) IOC
3) HPCL
4) GAIL
5) Indane
9. The veteran journalist and academician, Prafulla Rajguru has passed away, recently. He was from
1) Manipur
2) Sikkim
3) Assam
4) Jammu & kashmir
5) Telangana
10. What is the current interest rate on Public Provident Fund (PPF)?
1) 7.35%
2) 7.56%
3) 7.75%
4) 7.9%
5) 8%
11. The researchers from which IIT have designed an ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based low-power
electronic hardware system’ to easily detect Malaria, Tuberculosis (TB), Intestinal parasite, and Cervical
cancer in a few milliseconds?
1) IIT-Bombay
2) IIT-Delhi
3) IIT-Kanpur
4) IIT-Kharagpur
5) IIT-Lucknow
12. Who among the following has /have won the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award for conceptual and
engineering breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
1) Yoshua Bengio
2) Geoffrey Hinton
3) Yann LeCun
4) Both 1) and 2)
5) All 1), 2) and 3)
13. According to the 2018 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), India has reduced its poverty rate
drastically from 55% to what per cent in 10 years between 2005-06 and 2015-16?
1) 25%
2) 26%
3) 28%
4) 30%
5) 35%
14. President Ram Nath Kovind has been conferred with the highest State honor of Bolivia, ‘Condor de Los
Andes en el Grado de Gran Collar’ during his visit to the country. What is the capital of Bolivia?
1) Santiago
2) Lima
3) Montevideo
4) Sucre
5) Quito
15. Which of the following sports has/have been recommended by IOC for 2024 Paris Olympics?
1) Break Dancing
2) Skate Boarding
3) Sport Climbing
4) Surfing
5) All of the above
16. Which finance corporation of India has completed the acquisition of majority stake in REC Ltd by
transferring Rs 14,500 crore to the govt?
1) Power Finance Corporation
2) Shriram Transport Finance Company
3) Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services
4) Muthoot Finance Ltd
5) Tata Capital Financial Services
17. Which IIT’s researchers have recently found that the urban areas are relatively cooler than the
surrounding non-urban areas during heat waves?
1) IIT-Delhi
2) IIT-Gandhinagar
3) IIT-Goa
4) IIT-Madras
5) IIT-Varanasi
18. Which international organisation has recently published the ‘Global Energy & CO2 Status Report’ to
provide an update on the world’s energy markets?
1) UNSD
2) UNIDO
3) IEA
4) WTO
5) IMF
19. Who has been conferred with the 2019 Pravasi Bhartiya Samman award by the President of India Ram
Nath Kovind?
1) Sibi George
2) Susheel Saraff
3) Vasudev Samdas Shroff
4) Dr Rajendra Joshi
5) Priti Patel
20. The eminent folk artist, Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi has passed away, recently. She was the folk artist
from which state?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Odisha
4) Bihar
5) Gujarat
21. Which port operator has become the first in the country to record cargo movement of more than 200
million metric tonnes (MMT) at nine ports?
1) APM Terminals
2) Adani Port
3) Kamarajar Port
4) Dakshin Bharat Gateway Terminal
5) Chennai Container Terminal
22. The Govt of India has recently awarded Geographical Indication (GI) tag to five varieties of Indian
coffee. Which one of the following is not among those five?
1) Coorg Arabica Coffee
2) Bababudangiris Arabica Coffee
3) Araku Valley Arabica Coffee
4) Chikmagalur Arabica Coffee
5) None of these
23. Which of the following global information technology company has recently signed an MoU with IIT
Kharagpur to collaborate on high-impact, industry-focused applied research in the areas of 5G and AI?
1) TCS
2) Infosys
3) Wipro
4) Larsen & Toubro
5) Mindtree
24. The book titled ‘Indian Fiscal Federalism’ is written by which former RBI governor?
1) Dr YV Reddy
2) Raghuram Rajan
3) Urjit Patel
4) Bimal Jalan
5) D Subbarao
25. The world's highest polling station, Tashigang is located in which of the following Indian states?
1) Assam
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Uttarakhand
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Jammu & Kashmir
26. Which of the following public sector banks had recently sold its stake in its housing finance arm?
1) SBI
2) PNB
3) BOB
4) Indian Bank
5) UCO Bank

27. Who among the following has been selected for the prestigious Bodley Medal, the highest honor
granted by the University of Oxford's world-famous Bodleian Libraries?
1) Richard Thaler
2) Bengt Holmstrom
3) Amartya Sen
4) Jean Tirole
5) Thomas J Sargent
28. Which country has recently launched a programme, titled ‘Lose to Win’, to help overweight employers
to shed extra kilos and adopt a healthy lifestyle?
1) Qatar
2) Oman
3) Bahrain
4) United Arab Emirates
5) Yemen
29. The renowned cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky has passed away, recently. He was the cosmonaut from
which country?
1) US
2) Israel
3) Japan
4) France
5) Russia
30. Who has been re-elected as president of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI)?
1) K Govindaraj
2) Jugraj Singh
3) Neelam Kapoor
4) Praful Patel
5) Himanta Biswa Sarma
31. India has successfully test-fired an anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile by shooting down a live satellite. The
project named as
1) Mission Power
2) Mission Shakti
3) Mission Shaurya
4) Mission Skill
5) Mission Satellite
32. India has recently signed an agreement with which country for exchange of country-by-country (CbC)
report, a move that is expected to check tax evasion by MNCs?
1) UK
2) US
3) China
4) Russia
5) Israel
33. India is only the fourth country to have the A-SAT technology. Which of the following country does
not have A-SAT technology?
1) US
2) Russia
3) China
4) Japan
5) None of these
34. According to the Multi-dimensional Poverty Index 2018 report, India has reduced its poverty rate
drastically from 55% to what per cent in 10 years?
1) 45%
2) 33%
3) 28%
4) 25%
5) 22%
35. World Theatre Day is celebrated every year on

1) Mar 25
2) Mar 26
3) Mar 27
4) Mar 28
5) Mar 29
36. The Reserve Bank of India has slapped a penalty of Rs 2 crore on which public sector bank for non-
compliance of regulatory directions with regard to SWIFT operations?
1) State Bank of India
2) Canara Bank
3) Indian Overseas Bank
4) Punjab National Bank
5) Indian Bank
37. The book titled ‘Every Vote Counts-The Story of India’s Elections’ has been authored by former Chief
Election Commissioner
1) MS Gill
2) Nasim Zaidi
3) Navin Chawla
4) Om Prakash Rawat
5) Achal Kumar Jyoti
38. Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary have won a Gold medal in the 10-meter Air Pistol Mixed team
event at the 12th Asian Airgun Championship in
1) Brussels
2) Bern
3) Manila
4) Bangkok
5) Taipei
39. Who has been re-elected as president of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI)?
1) K Govindaraj
2) Parminder Singh Dhindsa
3) Birendra Prasad Baishya
4) Praful Patel
5) Raninder Singh

40. Which cricketer has become the first cricketer in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to
score 5,000 runs?
1) Virat Kholi
2) Suresh Raina
3) Shikhar Dhawan
4) Murali Vijay
5) Wriddhiman Saha
41. Which organisation has recently launched a special programme for schoolchildren called Young
Scientist Programme or Yuva Vigyani Karyakram (YUVIKA)?
1) TCS
2) ISRO
3) BHEL
4) DRDO
5) NASSCOM
42. The Finance Ministry has decided to infuse what amount into Bank of Baroda (BoB)?
1) Rs 4,500 crore
2) Rs 4,800 crore
3) Rs 5,000 crore
4) Rs 5,042 crore
5) Rs 5,500 crore
43. The apex court has recently appointed who among the following as an Ethics Officer of the Indian
cricket board on an ad-hoc basis?
1) Arjan Kumar Sikri
2) R Banumathi
3) D K Jain
4) Navin Sinha
5) S Abdul Nazeer
44. Which of the following social media has recently launched two new India-specific tools, ‘Candidate
Connect’ and ‘Share You Voted’ to boost civic engagement on its platform during the Lok Sabha elections
2019?
1) Twitter
2) Instagram
3) Facebook
4) Hike
5) LinkedIn
45. India has recently signed an agreement with which country for exchange of country-by-country (CbC)
report?
1) UK
2) Denmark
3) China
4) Israel
5) US
46. According to the Skytrax World Airport Awards, which international airport has been crowned the
world's best aviation hub?
1) Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport
2) Changi Airport Singapore
3) Incheon International Airport, South Korea
4) Zurich Airport, Switzerland
5) Frankfurt Airport, Germany
47. World Theatre Day is observed every year on

1) Mar 26
2) Mar 27
3) Mar 28
4) Mar 29
5) Mar 30
48. The union cabinet has approved an MoU between India and which of the following country to promote
exchange of information and technical cooperation in the field of Housing and Human Settlement?
1) Malaysia
2) Bhutan
3) Morocco
4) Sri Lanka
5) Sweden
49. The famous writer and poet Ashita has passed away, recently. She wrote in which language?
1) Kannada
2) Malayalam
3) Telugu
4) Maithili
5) Sindhi
50. Scott Walker has passed away, recently. He was the famous
1) Singer
2) Dance
3) Songwriter
4) Script writer
5) Media Personnel
51. Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi has been ranked at what position in the world airport
traffic rankings for 2018 released by Airports Council International (ACI)?
1) 10th
2) 12th
3) 15th
4) 16th
5) 18th
52. The Langkawi International Maritime Aero Expo (LIMA-2019) held recently in
1) India
2) Japan
3) Malaysia
4) Iran
5) UAE
53. Who among the following has been conferred with the prestigious Global Teacher Prize for 2019?
1) Peter Tabichi
2) Andria Zafirakou
3) Nancie Atwell
4) Hanan Al Hroub
5) Maggie MacDonnell
54. Indian Army and which countries’ Army have recently conducted the joint training exercise Mitra
Shakti – VI?
1) Bangladesh
2) Bhutan
3) Cambodia
4) Sri Lanka
5) Switzerland
55. Which of the following are the two Indian oil companies which have been awarded the exploration
rights for Abu Dhabi’s Onshore Block 1?
1) Bharat Petroleum Corporation
2) Indian Oil Corporation
3) Oil and Natural Gas
4) Both (1) and (2)
5) Both (1) and (3)
56. The first Indian Army mountaineering expedition has been flagged off to which mountain, recently?
1) Mt Abu
2) Mt Kangchenjunga
3) Mt Makalu
4) Mt Whitney
5) Mt Makalu
57. Independence Day of Bangladesh is celebrated every year on

1) Mar 22
2) Mar 25
3) Mar 26
4) Mar 28
5) Mar 29
58. The union cabinet has recently approved the acquiring of land of Central Water Commission at
Nallagandla by which state govt for road widening?
1) Kerala
2) Telangana
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Maharashtra
5) Uttar Pradesh
59. In which city, the world’s largest e-waste recycling plant has been opened in by ‘Enviroserve’ company
with a total cost of $5 million?
1) Madrid
2) Tokyo
3) Chicago
4) Lisbon
5) Dubai

60. Archana Kamath clinched a silver medal in the under-21 women’s singles section of Oman Open at
Muskat. She is associated with which sports?
1) Archery
2) Basketball
3) Table Tennis
4) Shooting
5) Cycling
61. What is the India’s ranking in the 2019 UN World Happiness Index?
1) 140
2) 141
3) 142
4) 144
5) 145
62. The first-ever high-level dialogue on Indo-Pacific Cooperation (HLD-IPC) was held in
1) Bandar Seri Begawan
2) Thimphu
3) Vientiane
4) Jakarta
5) Phnom Penh
63. India's deepest shaft cave has been discovered at Krem Um Ladaw in East Khasi Hills district of which
Indian state?
1) Nagaland
2) Meghalaya
3) Manipur
4) Assam
5) Tripura
64. Which of the following cities is going to install the world's first wireless electric car charging stations
for electric taxis?
1) Bengaluru
2) California
3) Oslo
4) Osaka
5) Beijing
65. Which Indian Navy’s frontline Anti-Submarine Warfare corvette has recently visited the Langkawi,
Malaysia?
1) INS Kamrota
2) INS Kavaratti
3) INS Karmuk
4) INS Kiltan
5) INS Kadmatt
66. Which space research organisation has recently launched 29 satellites including the primary payload
EMISAT?
1) NASA
2) ISRO
3) JAXA
4) CNES
5) CNSA
67. Which former India hockey captain has been elected in the athletes standing committee of the Olympic
Council of Asia (OCA)?
1) Manpreet Singh Pawar
2) Bharat Chetri
3) Dilip Tirkey
4) Sardar Singh
5) Ramandeep Singh
68. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed 5-member committee under the chairmanship of whom
among the following to strengthen digital payments as well as to boost financial inclusion through
Financial Technology?
1) Shaktikanta Das
2) Amitabh Kant
3) Nandan Nilekani
4) Piyush Goyal
5) Chetan Ghate
69. The Indian Navy's state of the art Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Training Facility (NBCTF) was
inaugurated at
1) INS Shivaji
2) INS Nipat
3) INS Karmuk
4) INS Sujata
5) INS Sukanya
70. Which Indian medical sciences institute has recently developed an anti-cancer anti-inflamatory drug
conjugated to the human serum Albumin?
1) AIIMS, Delhi
2) Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute
3) National Institute of Medical Sciences
4) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College
5) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Medical College
71. Fitch Ratings in its latest Global Economic Outlook (GEO) has recently cut India’s economic growth
forecast for the financial year FY20 to
1) 6.5%
2) 6.6%
3) 6.7%
4) 6.8%
5) 7%
72. Which country has recently signed an agreement with the United States of America to allow American
ships and warplanes to take advantage of countries’ ports and airports?
1) Yemen
2) Qatar
3) Oman
4) Jordan
5) Egypt
73. Which international airport has topped in the world airport traffic rankings for 2018 released by
Airports Council International (ACI)?
1) Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
2) Beijing Capital International Airport
3) Indira Gandhi International Airport
4) Dubai International Airport
5) None of these
74. What is India’s ranking on a global energy transition index, compiled by Geneva-based World
Economic Forum (WEF)?
1) 70th
2) 72nd
3) 73rd
4) 75th
5) 76th
75. Infosys has signed a three-year partnership agreement with Roland-Garros to provide technology
solution for tennis tournament. The 3-year deal period is
1) 2020 to 2022
2) 2021 to 2023
3) 2019 to 2021
4) 2022 to 2024
5) 2018 to 2020
76. Who has become the first ever cricketer to reach 5,000 runs in Indian Premier League?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Virat Kholi
3) Suresh Raina
4) Brendon Mc’culum
5) MS Dhoni
77. Which country has topped in the global energy transition index, compiled by Geneva-based World
Economic Forum (WEF)?
1) Switzerland
2) Sweden
3) Norway
4) India
5) France
78. World Tuberculosis Day is observed every year on

1) Mar 21
2) Mar 22
3) Mar 23
4) Mar 24
5) Mar 25
79. Founders Naresh Goyal and wife Anita Goyal have stepped down from the board of the cash-strapped
airline. Both are the founder of
1) Air India
2) SpiceJet
3) GoAir
4) Jet Airways
5) IndiGo
80. The book titled 'Every Vote Counts-The Story of India’s Elections' has been authored by
1) Navin Chawla
2) Sunil Arora
3) Salman Khurshid
4) Shashi Tharoor
5) Salman Anees Soz
81. Researchers from which university in US have, recently, developed a new method to purify water used
in oil refinement?
1) Purdue University
2) Stanford University
3) Clemson University
4) Duke University
5) Liberty University
82. Which country has become the first Group of Seven nation to join China's ambitious Belt and Road
initiative?
1) France
2) Canada
3) Italy
4) Germany
5) Japan
83. Which Indian company has launched smart garbage bins made of stainless steel?
1) JSW Steel
2) SAIL
3) Tata
4) Wacorp Hyundai
5) None of these
84. The nation observed Shaheed Diwas or Martyr's Day on which date to pay homage to the great
revolutionary fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev who sacrificed their lives for the country?
1) Mar 21
2) Mar 22
3) Mar 23
4) Mar 24
5) Mar 25
85. Which one of the following is not among the 7 Indians in ‘World’s 100 Most Influential People in
Climate Policy for 2019’?
1) Piyush Goyal
2) Dr. Harsh Vardhan
3) Jyoti Kirit Parikh
4) Nitin Gadkari
5) Sunita Narain

86. Which Indian airlines has become the first Indian budget carrier to join the International Air Transport
Association (IATA)?
1) Air India
2) SpiceJet
3) GoAir
4) Jet Airways
5) IndiGo
87. What is the theme of 2019 World Water Day (WWD), observed on Mar 22?
1) Leaving no one behind
2) Nature for Water
3) Why Waste Water
4) Save Water
5) Precious Water
88. Haku Shah has passed away, recently. He was the renowned
1) Lawyer
2) Actor
3) Politician
4) Artist
5) Businessman
89. World Meteorological Day is celebrated every year on

1) Mar 21
2) Mar 22
3) Mar 23
4) Mar 24
5) Mar 25
90. Which Indian technology company has recently signed a three-year partnership agreement with Roland-
Garros, French Open to provide technology solution?
1) TCS
2) Infosys
3) Wipro
4) Tech Mahindra
5) HCL
91. What is the theme of International Day of Forests, observed every year on Mar 21?
1) Forests and Environment
2) Forests and Energy
3) Forests and Education
4) Forests and Sustainable Cities
5) Forests and Wisdom
92. Researchers from which country have identified more cost-effective and efficient ways of producing
hydrogen fuel by splitting water?
1) India
2) Russia
3) Japan
4) US
5) France
93. Bihar Diwas or Bihar Day is celebrated every year on
1) Mar 21
2) Mar 22
3) Mar 23
4) Mar 24
5) Mar 25
94. President Nursultan Nazarbayev has announced his resignation after nearly 30 years in power. He was
the president of which country?
1) Uzbekistan
2) Kyrgyzstan
3) Turkmenistan
4) Azerbaijan
5) Kazakhstan
95. World Water Day is celebrated every year on

1) Mar 21
2) Mar 22
3) Mar 23
4) Mar 24
5) Mar 25
96. Which states’ Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has recently launched an initiative ‘i-help’ to promote
digital electoral literacy in view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha poll?
1) Meghalaya
2) Gujarat
3) Assam
4) Haryana
5) Goa
97. The team of which country has clinched the SAFF Women's Championship?
1) India
2) Nepal
3) Sri Lanka
4) Bhutan
5) Bangladesh
98. Which of the following union ministries has recently released the National Guidelines on Responsible
Business Conduct (NGRBC)?
1) Ministry of Law and Justice
2) Ministry of Culture
3) Ministry of Earth Sciences
4) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
5) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
99. Who has been appointed the next Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)?
1) Madhvendra Singh
2) Karambir Singh
3) Ajit Kumar P
4) G Ashok Kumar
5) MS Pawar
100. ESPNcricinfo has partnered with which of the following IITs to launch ‘Superstats’, to analyse cricket
statistics through machine learning?
1) IIT Madras
2) IIT Bengaluru
3) IIT Delhi
4) IIT Kharagpur
5) IIT Madras
101. The 3rd edition of Namaste Thailand Festival (NTF-2019) held in

1) Gangtok
2) New Delhi
3) Gurgaon
4) Dispur
5) Panji
102. Who has been selected for the 2018 Vyas Samman by the KK Birla Foundation?
1) Surinder Verma
2) Mamta Kalia
3) Leeladhar Jagudi
4) Sunita Jain
5) Surinder Verma
103. The 4th session of United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) was held, recently, in
1) Rabat
2) Algiers
3) Cape Town
4) Nairobi
5) Tunis
104. Which team has won the 5th edition of the Indian Super League (ISL-2019)?
1) Bengaluru FC
2) FC Goa
3) Kerala Blasters
4) Mumbai City FC
5) Chennaiyin FC
105. The book titled ‘The Great Disappointment: How Narendra Modi Squandered a Unique Opportunity
to Transform the Indian Economy’ has been authored by
1) Navin Chawla
2) Sunil Arora
3) Salman Khurshid
4) Shashi Tharoor
5) Salman Anees Soz
106. Which country has renamed its capital Astana to Nursultan to honor outgoing leader Nursultan
Nazarbayev?
1) Uzbekistan
2) Kyrgyzstan
3) Kazakhstan
4) Azerbaijan
5) Turkmenistan
107. Who has been sworn-in as the 11th Chief Minister of Goa?
1) Vijay Rupani
2) Pramod Sawant
3) Chandrakant Kavlekar
4) Sudin Dhavalikar
5) Vijai Sardesai
108. World Poetry Day is celebrated every year on

1) Mar 19
2) Mar 22
3) Mar 21
4) Mar 22
5) Mar 23
109. The first-ever joint military exercise of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) titled ‘Sary Arka
Antiterror 2019’ is scheduled to be held in
1) Kazakhstan
2) Kyrgyzstan
3) Russia
4) India
5) Tajikistan
110. How many medals have been won by India at the Special Olympics World Summer Games, held at
Abu Dhabi, UAE?
1) 301
2) 327
3) 335
4) 368
5) 385
111. The country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a pact with which international bank
to boost business opportunities?
1) BNP Paribas, France
2) National Australia Bank
3) HSBC, Hong Kong
4) Bank of America
5) Bank of China
112. Which Indian Railways’ coach factory has become the largest rail coach manufacturer in the world?
1) Integral Coach Factory, Perambur
2) Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala
3) Integral Coach Factory, Chennai
4) Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli
5) Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Asansol
113. Who has won the 2019 Templeton Prize?

1) King Abdullah II
2) Marcelo Gleiser
3) Alvin Plantinga
4) Jean Vanier
5) Desmond Tutu
114. Which former White House economist passed away, recently?

1) Kevin Hassett
2) Maxine Waters
3) Mike Murphy
4) Alan Krueger
5) Donna Brazile
115. Which former Supreme Court judge has become the first Lokpal, an anti-corruption ombudsman, of
the country?
1) Dipak Misra
2) Pinaki Chandra Ghose
3) HL Dattu
4) TS Thakur
5) Jagdish Singh Khehar
116. According to the Global Economic Outlook released by Fitch Ratings, India’s economic growth
forecast for FY20 has been cut to
1) 6.7%
2) 6.8%
3) 7%
4) 7.2%
5) 7.4%
117. Which IIT has recently signed an MoU with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-
DAC) to set up India's first state-of-the-art 1.3 PetaFlop high performance computing facility and data
center?
1) IIT Bengaluru
2) IIT Kharagpur
3) IIT Indore
4) IIT Madras
5) IIT Delhi
118. Which of the following states’ govt has recently signed an MoU with ride-hailing platform Ola to
strengthen the traffic infrastructure?
1) Karnataka
2) New Delhi
3) Kerala
4) Telangana
5) West Bengal
119. Which international organisation has recently adopted resolutions on single-use plastics and
sustainable nitrogen management?
1) UNEA
2) UNESCO
3) UNICEF
4) WHO
5) FAO
120. Darryl D'Monte passed away recently. He was the veteran personality in
1) Acting
2) Singing
3) Journalism
4) Politician
5) Sports
121. Which international financial institution has inked an agreement to invest USD 50 million in solar
energy project developer Avaada Energy Pvt Ltd to help the company scale up rapidly?
1) World Bank
2) New Development Bank (NDB)
3) European Investment Bank (EIB)
4) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
5) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
122. The 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership was organized by which of
the following union ministries?
1) Ministry of Finance
2) Ministry of Commerce & Industry
3) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
4) Ministry of Science and Technology
5) Ministry of Rural Development
123. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has recently launched a podcast app to
disseminate crucial information to students and parents in a timely manner. The app is named as
1) Shiksha Vani
2) Saanti Vani
3) Satya Vani
4) Saubhagya Vani
5) Shudh Vani
124. According to the World Happiness Report 2019 released by United Nations Sustainable Development
Solutions Network, India ranked
1) 135th
2) 138th
3) 140th
4) 141st
5) 142nd
125. Which transgender social activist has been appointed as one of the 12 election ambassadors from
Maharashtra by the Election Commission of India (ECI)?
1) Laxmi Narayan Tripathi
2) Gauri Sawant
3) Akkai Padmashali
4) Padmini Prakash
5) Rose Venkatesan
126. The first ever High-Level Dialogue on Indo-Pacific Cooperation (HLD-IPC) held in
1) New Delhi
2) Ulaanbaatar
3) Wellington
4) Male
5) Jakarta
127. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters named mathematician Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck as
the winner of the 2019 Abel Prize. She is the first woman to win Abel prize. She hails from
1) UK
2) India
3) US
4) France
5) Japan
128. Which country has banned the sale of assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons after the countries’
worst-ever attack that killed 50 Muslims in two mosques?
1) US
2) New Zealand
3) Germany
4) Switzerland
5) Malaysia
129. National record holder Irfan Kolothum Thodi has become the first Indian athletics to qualify for the
2020 Tokyo Olympics. He is associated with
1) Racing
2) Shooting
3) Wrestling
4) Weightlifting
5) Archery
130. Which of the following states’ cricket team has won the 2019 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy?
1) Kerala
2) New Delhi
3) Goa
4) Karnataka
5) Bihar
131. Which of the following ministries has recently signed an MoU with the Afghanistan govt to work on
digital education initiatives?
1) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
2) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
3) Ministry of Human Resource Development
4) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
5) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
132. The first BRICS Sherpa meeting held in

1) India
2) Brazil
3) Russia
4) Chian
5) South Africa

133. Which of the following banks has announced the launch of YONO Cash using which customers can
withdraw money from ATMs without using a card?
1) HDFC
2) Axis Bank
3) ICICI
4) SBI
5) PNB
134. Which private sector lender has received no objection from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the
voluntary amalgamation of Gruh Finance Ltd.?
1) Axis Bank
2) Kotak Mahindra Bank
3) Lakshmi Vilas Bank
4) Dhanlaxmi Bank
5) Bandhan Bank
135. A line of credit of what amount has been signed between India’s Export-Import Bank and the
Maldives finance ministry to finance the new administration’s infrastructure projects?
1) US$800 mn
2) US$850 mn
3) US$900 mn
4) US$950 mn
5) US$1000 mn
136. Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-19) between the Indian Army and 16 African
nations conducted in
1) Nagpur
2) Pune
3) Vishakhapatnam
4) Pithoragarh
5) Chandigarh
137. Which software major has partnered with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) to
promote Project ‘Sangam’, developed to accelerate Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in India?
1) Microsoft
2) Oracle
3) TCS
4) HCL
5) Wipro
138. Manohar Parrikar passed away, recently. He was the Chief Minister of
1) Maharashtra
2) Dehradun
3) Goa
4) Haryana
5) Karnataka
139. Who has topped 2019 Forbes' World's Richest Sports Team Owners list?
1) Steve Ballmer
2) Dietrich Mateschitz
3) Hasso Plattner
4) Tom Benson
5) Mukesh Ambani
140. Who has won the Men’s Singles at the 2019 Yonex Swiss Open took place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel,
Switzerland?
1) B Sai Praneet
2) Shi Yuki
3) Srikanth Kidambi
4) Lee Chong Wei
5) Kento Momota
141. Which IIT has recently signed an MoU with the Indian Space Research Organisation of the
Department of Space, Govt of India, Bengaluru to set up a Space Technology Cell (STC)?
1) IIT-Kanpur
2) IIT-Roorkee
3) IIT-Indore
4) IIT-Kharagpur
5) IIT-Madras
142. The 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnerships held in
1) Kanpur
2) Bhopal
3) Prayagraj
4) New Delhi
5) Gandhinagar
143. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has named three banks as Domestic Systemically Important Banks
(D-SIBs), which in other words mean banks that are too big to fail. Which of the following is not among
the three?
1) SBI
2) ICICI Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) HDFC Bank
5) None of these
144. Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old environmental activist, has been nominated for 2019 Nobel Peace
Prize for her efforts in climate activism. She is from
1) Spain
2) Sweden
3) Switzerland
4) Japan
5) Russia
145. Which Indian Coast Guard Ship has become the first-ever Coast Guard ship to visit Sabang,
Indonesia?
1) Vijit
2) Samrat
3) Samarth
4) Rajshree
5) Rajdhwaj

146. The Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FINE-2019) held in
1) Pune
2) Bhopal
3) Agra
4) Mumbai
5) Gandhinagar
147. According to a report published by Interbrand, which brand has emerged as the top Indian brands of
2019?
1) Tata
2) Airtel
3) Reliance
4) SBI
5) Titan
148. Which mobile phone based payment system and digital wallet company has recently announced a
strategic partnership with ICICI Lombard to provide cyber-insurance cover?
1) Paytm
2) Freecharge
3) Mobikwik
4) Phonepe
5) BHIM
149. Which Indian female professional golfer has become the second Indian to win an event on Ladies
European Tour after clinching South African Women’s Open in Cape Town?
1) Anisha Padukone
2) Diksha Dagar
3) Sharmila Nicollet
4) Gursimar Badwal
5) Afshan Fatima
150. Who has won the Women’s Singles at the 2019 Yonex Swiss Open took place at St. Jakobshalle in
Basel, Switzerland?
1) Carolina Marin
2) Saena Kawakami
3) Chen Yufei
4) Saina Nehwal
5) PV Sindhu
151. Which leading water purifier industry has been bestowed with the Best Domestic Water Purifier
Award 2018-19?
1) Aquaguard
2) Pureit
3) Kent RO
4) LivPure
5) None of these
152. Who will be heading the National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage set up to
promote clean and sustainable mobility initiatives in the country?
1) Ramesh Chand
2) Anil Srivastava
3) Bibek Debroy
4) Amitabh Kant
5) VK Saraswat
153. Which Life Insurance has announced the launch of ‘Wings’, a specially designed mentorship program
to empower the female workforce?
1) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
2) Aviva Life Insurance
3) Bharti AXA Life
4) Birla Sun Life Insurance
5) Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance
154. Which city has topped Mercer's index of most liveable cities?
1) Vancouver, Canada
2) Zurich, Switzerland
3) Vienna, Austria
4) Auckland, New Zealand
5) London, UK
155. Which country will host the U-17 Women’s Football World Cup in 2020?
1) Spain
2) India
3) Trinidad and Tobago
4) Uruguay
5) Costa Rica
156. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Uzbekistan?
1) Muchkund Dubey
2) Navdeep Singh Suri
3) Ruchi Ghanashyam
4) Navtej Sarna
5) Santosh Jha
157. Who has been appointed by SC as mediator to resolve disputes of cricket administration in BCCI?
1) Lakshmi Kant Jha
2) PS Narasimha
3) Gopal Subramanium
4) S Manikumar
5) Subramonium Prasad
158. World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) is observed every year on

1) Mar 12
2) Mar 13
3) Mar 14
4) Mar 15
5) Mar 16
159. Which South African all-rounder has recently announced that he would retire from ODIs after the
2019 ICC World Cup in England?
1) Kagiso Rabada
2) David Miller
3) JP Duminy
4) Dale Steyn
5) Faf du Plessis
160. Which Indian social entrepreneur has been bestowed with the 2019 Commonwealth Youth Award for
the Asian region?
1) Padmanaban Gopala
2) Jeroo Billimoria
3) Hanumappa Sudarshan
4) Shaheen Mistri
5) Sushmita Ghosh
161. The 4th edition of the Internet of Things (IoT) India Congress 2019 will be held in
1) Hyderabad
2) Chennai
3) Bengaluru
4) New Delhi
5) Gurgaon
162. Markets regulator SEBI has withdrawn what per cent limit on investments by Foreign Portfolio
Investors in corporate bonds of an entity?
1) 5 per cent
2) 8 per cent
3) 10 per cent
4) 15 per cent
5) 20 per cent
163. Which of the following banks has recently launched doorstep banking service for senior citizens over
70 years of age and differently-abled customers?
3) Indian Bank
4) Uco Bank
5) United Bank of India
164. Who is heading the high-level committee of the Delhi govt to reform higher education?
1) Manish Sisodia
2) Anil Baijal
3) MP Bezbarauah
4) Jasmine Shah
5) None of these
165. Who has recently been appointed as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)?
1) TC Suseel Kumar
2) MR Kumar
3) Vipin Anand
4) Subhash Chandra Khuntia
5) None of these
166. India has extended a grant assistance of up to $250 million to which country for the reconstruction of
infrastructures in the areas of housing, education, health and cultural heritage?
1) Bangladesh
2) Sri Lanka
3) Nepal
4) Myanmar
5) Bhutan
167. Who has won the Men’s Singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships 2019 took place
at Arena Birmingham in England?
1) Srikanth Kidambi
2) Lee Chong Wei
3) Viktor Axelsen
4) Kento Momota
5) Lin Dan
168. Who has won the Women’s Singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships 2019 took
place at Arena Birmingham in England?
1) Carolina Marin
2) Tai Tzu-ying
3) Chen Yufei
4) Saina Nehwal
5) PV Sindhu
169. Who has bagged the bronze medal in the Laser Standard race for men in the Laser Asian Sailing
Championship which concluded in Singapore?
1) Abhilash Tomy
2) Bhavik Gandhi
3) Salil Chaturvedi
4) Ram Singh Malam
5) Upamanyu Dutta
170. The United States Special Forces Group has held joint exercise with India's National Security Guard in
1) Dehradun
2) Hyderabad
3) Lucknow
4) Gwalior
5) Vishakhapatnam
171. PV Bharathi is the Managing Director (MD) and CEO of which of the following banks? She is the first
woman to head the bank in its history of 114 years.
1) PNB
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Indian Bank
4) Canara Bank
5) Corporation Bank
172. The World Kidney Day is observed annually on the second Thur in Mar. This year it fall on
1) 01 Mar
2) 04 Mar
3) 11 Mar
4) 14 Mar
5) 24 Mar
173. The Special Olympics World Games 2019 were held recently in
1) Qatar
2) Bahrain
3) UAE
4) Saudi Arabia
5) Kuwait
174. India's Joshna Chinappa plays which of the following games?

1) Squash
2) Tennis
3) Badminton
4) Snooker
5) Chess
175. In which country, protests are going on after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika dropped his fifth term bid
and postponed upcoming presidential elections?
1) Somalia
2) Algeria
3) Chad
4) Ghana
5) Colombia
176. India and which country have decided to establish six nuclear power plants in India?
1) US
2) France
3) Russia
4) Canada
5) Japan
177. The RBI recently announced to conduct a US dollar /Indian rupee buy/sell swap auction of what
amount to inject rupee liquidity?
1) $2 bn
2) $3 bn
3) $4 bn
4) $5 bn
5) $10 bn
178. The book titled “The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind” has been
authored by
1) Prasoon Joshi
2) Raghuram Rajan
3) Duvvuri Subbarao
4) P Chidambaram
5) Urjit Patel
179. The market capitalisation of which of the following bank hits 52-week high, crossing Rs 6 tn mark?
1) Axis Bank
2) Kotak Mahindra Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) IndusInd Bank
5) RBL Bank
180. C Lalsawta was sworn in as the first Chairman of the newly constituted Lokayukta in which state
recently?
1) Tripura
2) Meghalaya
3) Sikkim
4) Nagaland
5) Mizoram
181. The GST collection in the month of Feb stood at

1) Rs 91,747 cr
2) Rs 93,650 cr
3) Rs 95,647 cr
4) Rs 97,247 cr
5) Rs 99,725 cr
182. The factory output as measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew at what per
cent Jan 2019?
1) 1.5 per cent
2) 1.7 per cent
3) 1.9 per cent
4) 2.0 per cent
5) 2.1 per cent
183. The retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at what per cent?
1) 1.12 per cent
2) 1.21 per cent
3) 1.42 per cent
4) 1.65 per cent
5) 1.97 per cent
184. The Reserve Bank of India, RBI has said it will infuse Rs 12,500 cr into the system through OMOs.
Here, in the term OMO, letter ‘M’ stands for
1) Market
2) Money
3) Maturity
4) Margin
5) Maintenance
185. Bajrang Punia is associated with which of the following games? He won a gold medal in Bulgaria
recently?
1) Boxing
2) Badminton
3) Wrestling
4) Discuss throw
5) Tennis
186. The US and Taliban negotiators held a ministerial label meeting in Doha recently. Doha is the capital
city of?
1) Bahrain
2) Qatar
3) Kuwait
4) Saudi Arabia
5) UAE
187. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation, DGCA recently decided to ground which of the following
planes?
1) Boeing 737 Max8
2) Boeing 747-400
3) Boeing 777-300
4) Boeing A340
5) Boeing A350
188. The LIC of India (From 1 Mar 2019) has started sending all maturity and premium due reminders only
through
1) registered post
2) courier
3) e-mail
4) SMS
5) Whatsapp
189. Which of the following banks has named Rakesh Makhija as its new Non-Executive Part-Time
Chairman?
1) IDBI Bank
2) IndusInd Bank
3) RBL Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) Axis Bank
190. India has the 11th largest gold reserve with the current holding pegged at 607 tonnes. Which country is
the largest holder of gold as of now?
1) US
2) China
3) Japan
4) Germany
5) Russia
191. The 34th edition of AAHAR - the International Food and Hospitality fair – was held recently in
1) Kolkata
2) Bengaluru
3) Jaipur
4) New Delhi
5) Noida
192. Abdelaziz Bouteflika is the present President of Algeria. What is the capital of the country?
1) Abuja
2) Bamako
3) Algiers
4) Niamey
5) Khartoum

193. The Registrar of Geographical Indications accorded a geographical indication (GI) tag, ‘Sirsi Supari’,
recently to arecanut grown in Sirsi, Siddpaur and Yellapur of
1) Kerala
2) West Bengal
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Oidsha
5) Karnataka
194. The US will become a net exporter of crude oil from 2021 according to the International Energy
Agency (IEA). The headquarters of IEA is located in
1) New York
2) Paris
3) Vienna
4) Toronto
5) London
195. Who won the men’s single title of 2019 All England Open Badminton Championships?
1) Kento Momota
2) Viktor Axelsen
3) Chen Long
4) Lin Dan
5) Shi Yuqi
196. Who won the women’s single title of 2019 All England Open Badminton Championships?
1) Tai Tzu Ying
2) Nozomi Okuhara
3) Tai Tzu-ying
4) Akane Yamaguchi
5) Chen Yufei
197. The Google Doodle celebrated 30 years of the innovation of World Wide Web, on Mar 12, 2019. Who
invented WWW?
1) Tim Berners-Lee
2) Larry Page
3) Robert Cailliau
4) James Hendler
5) Charles Babbage
198. The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the India Foreign Secretary met recently in the US. The
present Foreign Secretary of India is
1) Vinay Mohan Kwatra
2) Vikram Misri
3) Vijay Gokhale
4) Harsh Vardhan Shringla
5) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
199. The name of Prajnesh Gunneswaran is associated with the game of

1) Badminton
2) Tennis
3) Table tennis
4) Squash
5) Snooker
200. The International Day of Happiness is observed every year on which day?
1) 02 Mar
2) 12 Mar
3) 20 Mar
4) 22 Mar
5) 31 Mar
201. The State Bank of India (SBI) has recently linked the savings bank (SB) deposits with balances over
Rs 1 lakh, and all cash credit (CC) accounts and overdrafts (OD) with limits above Rs 1 lakh to which of
the following policy rates?
1) Reverse Repo Rate
2) Repo Rate
3) MSF
4) CRR
5) SLR
202. India has launched its third IT corridor in which of the following countries?
1) Australia
2) Japan
3) China
4) Russia
5) Israel
203. The famous Erode turmeric that is said to possess medicinal characteristics has obtained the
Geographical Indication or GI Tag. Erode is in which state?
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Telangana
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Andhra Pradesh
204. Which of the following union ministries has recently launched the e-Dharti app and e-Dharti
GeoPortal to help the public in getting the necessary information on fingertips?
1) Ministry of Civil Aviation
2) Ministry of Rural Development
3) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
4) Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
5) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
205. The investment sanction for construction of 624 MW Kiru Hydro Electric Project on river Chenab has
been approved by CCEA in which state?
1) Jammu & Kashmir
3) Gujarat
4) Uttarakhand
5) Himachal Pradesh

206. IBBI has recently signed a cooperation agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to
build capacity of the insolvency professionals and its agencies for the effective implementation of the IBC,
2016. What does IBBI stands for?
1) Insolvency and Bank Board of India
2) Insolvency and Banking Board of India
3) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
4) Insolvency and Bancassurance Board of India
5) Insolvency and Benchmark Board of India
207. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has reduced the world
economic growth forecasts for the year 2019 to
1) 3.1 per cent
2) 3.2 per cent
3) 3.3 per cent
4) 3.4 per cent
5) 3.5 per cent
208. India has recently signed an agreement with which of the following countries for the leasing of a
nuclear-powered attack submarine, Chakra III for the Indian Navy for a period of 10 years?
1) Japan
2) France
3) Israel
4) Russia
5) US
209. Which state govt has unveiled a Yuvashree Plan II or Yuvashree Arpan scheme to encourage
entrepreneurship among youth in the state?
1) Bihar
2) West Bengal
3) Odisha
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Maharashtra
210. Who has recently been appointed as the Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)?
1) Kailasavadivoo Sivan
2) AS Kiran Kumar
3) Mylswamy Annadurai
4) BN Suresh
5) Ajit Kumar Mohanty
211. Which of the following countries has signed ‘New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019’ for the
conservation and protection of the species at 2nd Asian Rhino Range Countries meeting in New Delhi?
1) Bhutan
2) Nepal
3) Indonesia
4) Malaysia
5) All the above
212. Which global mobile data company has joined hands with Lifesight, a location intelligence platform
and data firm, in a data sharing partnership?
1) GigSky
2) CallFire
3) Zeotap
4) Cinarra
5) Invoca
213. The acquisition of debt-laden Lanco’s 500 MW Teesta hydro-electric power project by NHPC has
been approved by CCEA in which of the following states?
2) Sikkim
3) Haryana
4) Manipur
5) Tripura
214. The Rice Knowledge Bank, an agriculture web portal, has recently been dedicated in which state to
enhancing knowledge on rice production techniques, agricultural technologies, best production practices
and state agriculture facts?
1) Meghalaya
2) Mizoram
3) Nagaland
4) Assam
5) West Bengal
215. Which international financial institution has recently signed a $250 million loan agreement with the
Govt of India (GoI) for the National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) to boost rural
incomes in India?
1) World Bank
216. Which state govt has recently launched a one-month project - Notun Disha (new direction) to provide
training to school teachers?
1) Bihar
2) West Bengal
3) Tripura
5) Odisha
217. Al Nagah III is the bilateral joint exercise held between India and which of the following countries?
1) Russia
2) Oman
3) Maldives
4) Singapore
5) Vietnam
218. Which of the following IT companies has recently signed an MoU with the govt of Andhra Pradesh to
build a center of excellence (CoE) for additive manufacturing (AM) powered by HP’s 3D printing
technology?
1) Google
2) Infosys
3) Wipro
4) Hewlett Packard
5) Mindtree
219. Which international space agency has recently announced to carry out first all-female spacewalk at the
International Space Station (ISS)?
1) NASA
2) ISRO
3) JAXA
4) Roscosmos
5) ESA
220. Who has been named for the Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Woman Journalist for the
year 2018?
1) Anjana Om Kashyap
2) Fiona Bruce
3) Tina Daheley
4) Reeta Chakrabarti
5) Priyanka Dubey
221. The multinational technology giant Google has unveiled a new app aims to help children in primary
school learn to read in Hindi and English. What is name of the App?
1) Diya
2) Bolo
3) Sikho
4) Bolna
5) Bol
222. Which former RBI governor has been chosen for the ‘Yashwantrao Chavan National Award 2018’ for
his contribution to the economic development?
1) Manmohan Singh
2) Amitav Ghosh
3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Bimal Jalan
5) D. Subbarao
223. RBI has eased business guidelines for white label ATMs to source cash directly from the central bank,
offer non-bank services like bill payments and advertise even non-financial products in their premises.
What are White Label ATMs?
1) ATMs set up and owned by the bank itself.
2) When banks outsourced the ATM operations to a third party.
3) ATMs set up, owned and operated by RBI.
4) ATMs set up, owned and operated by non-bank entities.
5) ATMs in which hardware is owned by service provider, but cash management and network connectivity
is provided by sponsor bank.
224. The govt has recently increased the tax-free gratuity income limit to
1) Rs 20 lakh
2) Rs 25 lakh
3) Rs 30 lakh
4) Rs 40 lakh
5) Rs 50 lakh
225. International Women's Day is observed every year on March 08. What is the theme of 2019
International Women’s Day?
1) Think Equal and Be Smart
2) Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change
3) Be Equal, Be Smart, Be Innovative
4) Be Equal, Be Smart, Bring Innovation
5) Think Equal, Be Smart, Be Innovating for Change
226. Which Indian-American has been appointed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
as its newest Goodwill Ambassador, supporting the agency’s fight against inequality and discrimination
around the world?
1) Mira Nair
2) Nina Davuluri
3) Padma Lakshmi
4) Sheetal Sheth
5) Indra Nooyi
227. Which state govt has announced the increase of the reservation quotas for the OBCs?
1) Maharashtra
2) Haryana
3) Bihar
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Odisha
228. What per cent interest subvention or subsidy for short-term crop loans has been notified by RBI during
2018-19 and 2019-20 under the interest subvention scheme approved by the central govt?
1) 1 per cent
2) 2 per cent
3) 3 per cent
4) 4 per cent
5) 5 per cent
229. Which state govt has recently launched the Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana to provide milk at the
Anganwadi Centres?
1) Assam
2) Haryana
3) Uttarakhand
4) Telangana
5) Jharkhand
230. Who has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary?

1) Dhananjay Mahapatra
2) A.N. Jha
3) Aruna Sundararajan
4) Nripendra Misra
5) Subhash Chandra Garg
231. International Women's Day is celebrated every year on

1) Mar 07
2) Mar 08
3) Mar 09
4) Mar 10
5) Mar 11
232. Which public sector bank has recently signed a bancassurance deal with private life insurer HDFC
Life Insurance Company?
1) Bank of India
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Union Bank
5) IDBI Bank
233. Who has been named Chief Scientist at World Health Organisation (WHO)?
1) Soumya Swaminathan
2) Cynthia Kenyon
3) Takeshi Kasai
4) Simon Conway Morris
5) Peter Higgs
234. Which state has recently decided to include ancient tribal language Gondi in the primary education
curriculum of the state’s tribal-dominated districts?
1) Gujarat
2) Telangana
3) Maharashtra
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Madhya Pradesh
235. Union Cabinet has given its nod to the proposed interest subsidy of what amount to sugar mills which
are setting up distilleries for producing additional capacities as a part of the ethanol blending programme?
1) Rs 2,500 crore
2) Rs 3,000 crore
3) Rs 3,355 crore
4) Rs 3,850 crore
5) Rs 4,255 crore
236. Janaushadhi Diwas is celebrated across the country on

1) Mar 05
2) Mar 06
3) Mar 07
4) Mar 08
5) Mar 09
237. What denomination of coin, which will come in 12-edged polygon (dodecagon) shape, has been
announced by the centre, recently?
1) Rs 1
2) Rs 2
3) Rs 5
4) Rs 10
5) Rs 20

238. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) and National Health Agency
(NHA) has set up a joint working group for better implementation of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan
Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY). Who will be heading the working group?
1) Dinesh Arora
2) Adarsh Kumar Goel
3) Rajiv Kumar
4) P K Sinha
5) M M Kutty
239. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped a fine of how much amount on German auto major
Volkswagen for damaging the environment through the use of ‘cheat device’ in its diesel cars in India?
1) Rs 100 crore
2) Rs 200 crore
3) Rs 300 crore
4) Rs 500 crore
5) Rs 1000 crore
240. India has signed a loan agreement with which financial institutions for 96 Million US dollars for
additional financing of Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery Project?
2) World Bank
241. Which city has been adjudged India’s cleanest city for the third straight year under Swachh
Survekshan Awards?
1) Ambikapur
2) Prayagraj
3) Indore
4) Mathura
5) Agra
242. India has signed a loan agreement of $250-million with which international financial institution for the
National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) to help women in rural households develop
viable enterprises for farm and non-farm products?
1) World Bank
243. Who has been appointed as the director-general of the National Archives of India?
1) Arvind Saxena
2) Nageshwara Rao Guntur
3) Sunil Arora
4) P V Ramesh
5) Joyce Msuya

244. How many permanent global positioning system (GPS) stations across India have been launched by
the Geological Survey of India (GSI) to identify seismically hazardous zones and encourage mapping
activities?
1) 20
2) 22
3) 25
4) 30
5) 50
245. Hitachi Payment Services Pvt Ltd has formed a joint venture with which public sector banks for
establishing a digital payments platform for India and other countries in the region?
1) Allahabad Bank
2) Canara Bank
5) State Bank of India (SBI)
246. Who has been named the youngest self-made billionaire of all time by Forbes magazine?
1) Mark Zuckerberg
2) Kylie Jenner
3) Kim Kardashian
4) Daniel Lubetzky
5) Martin Lorentzon
247. The Govt of India, the World Bank and which state govt have signed a $25.2 million loan agreement
to support the state’s reforms in expenditure management?
1) Uttrakhand
2) Haryana
3) Assam
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Odisha
248. The latest report released by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has referred
which of the following countries as a key hub for illicit drug trade?
1) India
2) Australia
3) Nigeria
4) Malaysia
5) China
249. Which country has recently joined the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, Netherlands?
1) Togo
2) Bulgaria
3) Botswana
4) Rwanda
5) Malaysia
250. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) decided to reintroduce Cricket in the 2022 Asian Games to be
held at
1) Guangzhou, China
2) Yokohama, Japan
3) Hangzhou, China
4) Pyeongtaek, South Korea
5) New Delhi, India
251. United States President Donald Trump is about to end the preferential trade terms for India under the
U.S.’s GSP program. What does ‘GSP’ stand for?
1) General Statistical Partner
2) Generalized System of Preferences
3) General Scheduled Preference
4) Generalized Share of Preferences
5) Generalized Share in Planning
252. The National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey 2018-19 has been conducted by an Independent
Verification Agency under the support of which international financial institutions’ project to the Swachh
Bharat Mission (Grameen)?
1) World Bank
253. Which state govt has recently launched the water conservation scheme Jalamrutha focuses on drought-
proofing measures, including protection and rejuvenation of water bodies?
1) Odisha
2) Bihar
3) Kerala
4) Karnataka
5) Gujarat
254. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a fine of 8 crores on 3 banks for non-compliance of
directions on Swift messaging software. Which one of the following banks is not among the three?
1) Karnataka Bank
3) Lakshmi Vilas Bank
4) Karur Vysya Bank
5) Only (1) and (2)
255. Which Indian cricketer has been appointed as the new Chairman of the ICC Cricket committee?
1) Sourav Ganguly
2) Kapil Dev
3) Rahul Dravid
4) Ricky Ponting
5) Anil Kumble
256. Which multinational motorcycle company has bagged the international sustainability award Green Era
Award for Sustainability in Lisbon, Portugal?
1) Hero
2) TVS Motor
3) Mahindra
4) Norton India
5) Bajaj
257. According to the Delta ranking report released by NITI Aayog, which district has become the top
aspirational district among the 112 aspirational districts of the country?
1) Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh
2) Raichur, Karnataka
3) Hailakandi, Assam
4) Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu
5) Moga, Punjab
258. Which state govt has announced ‘Notun Disha’ (New Direction) for assessing the academic level of
students in classes III-VIII and then improving their current level?
1) Odisha
2) Assam
3) Meghalaya
4) Tripura
5) Sikkim
259. Which of the following public sector banks has been awarded the Best Bank Award by the Tamil
Nadu govt for successfully meeting the needs of women’s self-help groups (SHGs)?
1) Indian Bank
3) Corporation Bank
4) Canara Bank
260. Luke Perry has passed away recently. He was

1) Sportsman
2) Politician
3) Journalist
4) Businessman
5) Actor
261. What is the theme of the World Wildlife Day 2019 observed on March 3rd?
1) Life under water: for the people
2) Life below water: for the people
3) Life below water: for people and planet
4) Life under water: for people and planet
5) Life below water: for planet
262. ‘PSBloansin59minutes.com’ has emerged as the country’s largest online lending platform, with loan
sanctions exceeding over Rs 35,000 crore. The portal provides credit up to what amount to MSMEs in just
59 minutes or less than an hour?
1) Rs 10 lakh
2) Rs 25 lakh
3) Rs 50 lakh
4) Rs 1 crore
5) Rs 2 crore
263. Who has been chosen for the first Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar constituted by the Akhil
Bharatiya Digambar Jain Mahasamiti?
1) Abhinandan Varthaman
2) Anil Manibhai Naik
3) Teejan Bai
4) Kariya Munda
5) Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
264. SWIFT is a messaging network that financial institutions use to securely transmit information and
instructions through a standardized system of codes. What does ‘I’ stand for?
1) Interoperability
2) Interbank
3) Internal
4) International
5) Import
265. The ‘Azaadi ke Diwane’ museum dedicated to the unsung heroes of the country’s freedom struggle
has been inaugurated in
1) Maharashtra
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Odisha
5) New Delhi
266. The 8th edition of joint military exercise 'Sampriti-2019' held between the armies of India and which
country?
1) Australia
2) Bangladesh
3) Myanmar
4) Afghanistan
5) Sri Lanka
267. Which Central Armed Police Force in India has created a new Guinness World Record for the longest
single moving line bicycle parade at the Yamuna Expressway in Delhi?
1) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
2) Border Security Force (BSF)
3) National Security Guard (NSG)
4) Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
5) Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
268. Which states’ disaster management authority has bagged the SKOCH Award, 2018 for its remarkable
achievements in the field of disaster management at the 56th SKOTCH Summit held at New Delhi?
1) Gujarat
2) Telangana
3) Odisha
4) Tamil Nadu
5) West Bengal
269. Pooja Dhanda claimed gold for India at the Dan Kovlov 2019 event. She is associated with which of
the following games?
1) Boxing
2) Shooting
3) Archery
4) Badminton
5) Wrestling
270. Exercise Red Flag is an advanced aerial combat training exercise held several times a year by which of
the following countries’ Air Force?
1) United States
2) United Kingdom
3) Australia
4) Russia
5) Israel
271. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared ‘April 2019-March 2020’ as
1) Technology-Development year
2) Construction-Technology year
3) Infrastructure-Development year
4) Construction-Infrastructure year
5) Information-Technology year
272. According to Moody’s Global Macro Outlook for 2019 and 2020, Indian economy is expected to grow
at what per cent in the calendar year 2019 and 2020?
1) 7 percent
2) 7.1 percent
3) 7.2 percent
4) 7.3 percent
5) 7.4 percent
273. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹ 2 crore on which public sector bank
for non-compliance with the banking regulator's directions?
2) Oriental Bank of Commerce
3) Dena Bank
4) Canara Bank
5) Uco Bank
274. The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for the creation of the Special Purpose Vehicle
(SPV) and associated activities for the disinvestment of
1) NTPC
2) SAIL
3) Power Grid Corporation of India
4) MTNL
5) Air India
275. Who has been appointed as non-executive chairman of Bank of Baroda?

1) Hasmukh Adhia
2) Charan Singh
3) Anjali Bansal
4) Tapan Ray
5) Rajiv Kumar
276. World Wildlife Day is celebrated every year on

1) Mar 01
2) Mar 02
3) Mar 03
4) Mar 04
5) Mar 05
277. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹ 1 crore on which public sector bank
for non-compliance with the banking regulator's directions?
1) Central Bank of India
2) Union Bank
3) Punjab & Sind Bank
4) Corporation Bank
5) Syndicate Bank
278. World Hearing Day is observed every year on

1) Mar 01
2) Mar 02
3) Mar 03
4) Mar 04
5) Mar 05
279. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated AK-203 rifle manufacturing unit in
1) Kanpur
2) Amethi
3) Baroda
4) Ahmedabad
5) Bengaluru
280. Construction Technology India-2019 Expo-cum-conference held in

1) Chandigarh
2) Patna
3) New Delhi
4) Bengaluru
5) Ranchi
281. A Centre for Disability Sports to come up at

1) Bhopal
2) Gwalior
3) Agra
4) Delhi
5) Lucknow
282. The Govt of India has recently signed a loan agreement of $926 Million with which international
financial institution to operationalise two lines for the Mumbai Metro Rail System?
1) World Bank
283. Zero Discrimination Day is annually celebrated by the UN and other international organisations on
1) Feb 28
2) Mar 01
3) Mar 02
4) Mar 03
5) Mar 04
284. Who has been appointed as the managing director and chief executive officer of private sector lender
Yes Bank?
1) Ajai Kumar
2) Rana Kapoor
3) Ravneet Gill
4) Sandeep Bakhshi
5) Rajat Monga
285. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj participated in the plenary session of the foreign ministers’
meet of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) states in
1) Abu Dhabi
2) Jeddah
3) Algiers
4) Astana
5) Baku
286. Who has been re-appointed as the Chairman of Tea Board for a second tenure?
1) Arun Kumar Ray
2) Santosh Sarangi
3) P. Nagarajan
4) P K Bezbaruah
5) Kishori Lal Agarwal
287. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched its own payment aggregator
system, named
1) IRCTC iPay
2) Rail iPay
3) Indian iPay
4) Railways iPay
5) IR iPay
288. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Commission for Backward Classes?
1) Jitan Ram Manjhi
2) Kaushalendra Singh Patel
3) Bhagwan Lal Sahni
4) Acharya Talloju
5) None of these
289. Which Indian multinational provider of information technology partnered with U.S.-based Orbic to
develop a series of 5G devices for the global markets?
1) Infosys
2) Mindtree
3) WIPRO
4) Tata Consultancy Services
5) Tech Mahindra

290. Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has committed to invest what amount of fund in Kotak
Investment Advisors Limited?
1) $450 million
2) $500 million
3) $600 million
4) $750 million
5) $1000 million
291. The govt has revised its estimate for GDP growth in the FY 2018-19 to
1) 6.5 per cent
2) 6.8 per cent
3) 7 per cent
4) 7.1 per cent
5) 7.2 per cent
292. Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has announced a new railway zone, Southern Coast Railway for
which of the following states?
1) Telangana
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Tamil Nadu
293. Which of the following banks has topped in the EASE Reforms Index for Public Sector Banks,
released by Ministry of Finance & Corporate Affairs?
1) State Bank of India (SBI)
2) Punjab National Bank (PNB)
3) Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC)
4) Bank of Baroda (BoB)
5) Indian Bank
294. Who has recently won the gold medal in the Makran Boxing Cup in Chabahar, Iran?
1) Deepak Singh
2) Manish Kaushik
3) Satish Kumar
4) P. Lalitha Prasad
5) Duryodhan Singh Negi
295. The Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram launched the ambitious scheme named ‘Van Dhan’ for
revised MSP for MFP for the welfare of Tribals at the National Workshop organized by TRIFED under
Ministry of Tribal Affairs. What does ‘S’ stands for in ‘MSP’?
1) Sigma
2) Support
3) Synthesize
4) Selling
5) Suitable
296. What amount has been approved by the union cabinet for the share capital of Reserve Bank of India in
the National Housing Bank (NHB)?
1) Rs1,350 crore
2) Rs1,400 crore
3) Rs1,450 crore
4) Rs1,550 crore
5) Rs1,850 crore
297. International Digital Health Symposium and an exhibition on Digital Health as a part of the
Symposium held, recently, in
1) Chennai
2) Bhubaneshwar
3) Guwahati
4) Gwalior
5) New Delhi
298. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted a panel to examine issues related to offshore rupee
markets and recommend policy measures to ensure the stability of the external value of the domestic
currency. Who is heading the panel?
1) Viral Acharya
2) Usha Thorat
3) Mahesh Kumar Jain
4) HR Khan
5) Anand Sinha
299. How much amount of capital has been approved by CCEA over three years till 2022 for the second
phase of Faster Adoption & Manufacturing of Electric (and hybrid) vehicles (FAME) scheme?
1) Rs 5,000 crore
2) Rs 7,000 crore
3) Rs 8,000 crore
4) Rs 10,000 crore
5) Rs 15,000 crore
300. Who has become the first batsman ever to smash 500 or more sixes in international cricket?
1) Virat Kohli
2) Rohit Sharam
3) Brendon McCullum
4) Chris Gayle
5) Shane Watson
301. National Science Day is celebrated every year on

1) Mar 01
2) Feb 28
3) Feb 27
4) Feb 26
5) Feb 25
302. Atal Innovation Mission has recently signed a Statement of Intent with which software major to
collaborate on enhancing digital literacy and creativity skills?
1) Microsoft
2) TCS
3) Apple Inc
4) HCL
5) Adobe

303. Which Indian company has been recognised as one of World’s Most Ethical Companies by the
Ethisphere Institute for 2019?
1) Indian Oil
2) Bharat Petroleum
3) Tata Steel
4) Reliance
5) ONGC
304. The Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot launched the 2nd
Edition of Indian Sign Language (ISL) Dictionary in
1) New Delhi
2) Chennai
3) Bhopal
4) Lucknow
5) Agra
305. The Union Human Resource Minister Prakash Javadekar launched the STARS scheme on National
Science Day (Feb 28) to fund Science projects. What does ‘A’ stand for in ‘STARS’?
1) Analytical
2) Advanced
3) Arial
4) Applied
5) Administrative
306. Who has been appointed as non-executive, non-whole time chairman of IDBI Bank?
1) Brahm Dutt
2) Anjali Bansal
3) Tapan Ray
4) Hemant Bhargava
5) Gopalaraman Padmanabhan
307. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently signed a Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA) with
which central bank?
1) Federal Reserve System
2) Bank of Japan
3) Bank of Russia
4) Reserve Bank of Fiji
5) Bank of Canada
308. The 16th edition of Asia’s largest biotechnology and life-sciences forum, ‘BioAsia 2019’ held in
1) Guwahati
2) Dehradun
3) Hyderabad
4) Bengaluru
5) Pune
309. Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani has inaugurated the ‘Titanwala Museum’ that showcases the hand
block printing of the Chhipa community in
1) Odisha
2) Gujarat
3) Haryana
4) West Bengal
5) Rajasthan
310. Who among the following Indian cricketers become the first to cross 8,000 runs in T20s?
1) Suresh Raina
2) Virat Kohli
3) MS Dhoni
4) Rohit Sharma
5) Ravindra Jadeja
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