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1. Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa proved the majority in the state assembly in Karnataka recently. The
present governor of the state is
1) Vajubhai Vala
2) Lal ji Tandon
3) Anandiben Patel
4) Jagdeep Dhankhar
5) RN Ravi
3. The Pattadakallu temple complex in Bagalkot is a UNESCO site located in which state? According to a
recently decision by the government, it will stay open till 9pm.
1) Kerala
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Telangana
4) Karnataka
5) Andhra Pradesh
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released All India Tiger Estimation Report 2018 recently. According to
the report, which state has the highest number of tigers as of now?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) Uttrakhand
5. India is set to hand over a submarine (INS Sindhuvir) to which of the following countries? The country
will use its first ever submarine for training purposes.
1) Sri Lanka
2) Myanmar
3) Bangladesh
4) Maldives
5) Thailand
6. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary in the present Govt?
1) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
2) Anuradha Mitra
3) Atanu Chakraborty
4) Rajiv Gauba
5) Rajiv Kumar
8. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has relaxed norms for end-use of money raised through ECBs. Here,
the term ECB means
1) Enhanced Commercial Borrowings
2) External Commercial Borrowings
3) External Corporate Borrowings
4) External Collateral Borrowings
5) Extended Corporate Borrowings
9. Under the Consumer Protection Bill 2019 passed in Lok Sabha, celebrity endorsers are liable for
misleading ads and can be fined by Central Consumer Protection Authority up to
1) Rs 10 lakh
2) Rs 15 lakh
3) Rs 20 lakh
4) Rs 25 lakh
5) Rs 40 lakh
10. Venugopala Rao announced his retirement recently. He is associated with which of the following
games?
1) Badminton
2) Tennis
3) Cricket
4) Squash
5) Boxing
11. Boris Johnson is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Spain
2) Greece
3) New Zealand
4) Australia
5) UK
12. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has officially launched the inaugural World Test
Championship (WTC). The World Test Championship final will be held in 2021 in
1) India
2) Australia
3) United Kingdom
4) New Zealand
5) South Africa
13. Ten monuments in the country will now remain open from sunrise till 9 pm. One of these monuments is
Man Mahal which is located in
1) Varanasi
14. India’s seventh Economic Census began from which state recently? The fieldwork in other States and
Union Territories would be undertaken in August and September.
1) Odisha
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Jammu & Kashmir
4) Tripura
5) Gujarat
15. Which of the following states bagged the much-awaited Geographical Indication (GI) tag for its
‘Rasagola’ recently? A GI tag recognises a product as distinctive to a particular locality or region.
1) Assam
2) Odisha
3) Sikkim
4) Bihar
5) Uttarakhand
16. Which of the following online payment solutions providers has/have been levied a total penalty of
around Rs 26 lakh by the RBI for non-compliance of regulatory guidelines?
1) Hip Bar and Mobikwik
2) Mobikwik and Freecharge
3) Freecharge and PhonePe
4) PhonePe and Paytm
5) Paytm and Google Pay
17. In the present Union Cabinet, Anurag Thakur is the Minister of State for
1) Home Affairs
2) Chemical and Fertilizers
3) Food Processing Industries
4) Human Resource Development
5) Finance and Corporate Affairs
18. The Indian Federation of Sports Gaming (IFSG) has appointed who among the following as its
ombudsman and ethics officer? It is a self-regulatory industry body for the online fantasy sports gaming
sector.
1) Ashok Bhushan
2) Madan Lokur
3) Arjan Kumar Sikri
4) Sharad Arvind Bobde
5) Jasti Chelameswar
19. India and Myanmar signed a defence co-operation agreement recently. What is the currency of
Myanmar?
1) Baht
2) Kyat
3) Rufiyaa
20. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will feature in an episode of the iconic survival television series Man Vs
Wild with the host Bear Grylls that will air on Discovery TV on 12 August. The special episode has been
shot in the
1) Ranthambore National Park (Rajasthan)
2) Kaziranga National Park (Assam)
3) Kanha Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh)
4) Jim Corbett National Park (Uttarakhand)
5) Gir National Park (Gujarat)
21. Donkupar Roy passed away recently. He was the assembly speaker and the former Chief Minister of
1) Meghalaya
2) Sikkim
3) Tripura
4) Nagaland
5) Mizoram
22. The 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held at which of the following places? Indian Olympic
Association has written to the government to boycott the games for dropping shooting from the roster.
1) Victoria (Canada)
2) Glasgow (Scotland)
3) Melbourne (Australia)
4) Birmingham (England)
5) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
23. Who among the following won the 2019 German Grand Prix F1 championship?
1) Sebastian Vettel
2) Max Verstappen
3) Charles Leclerc
4) Daniel Ricciardo
5) Lewis Hamilton
24. Simranjit Kaur won a gold medal in 23rd President's Cup in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. She is associated
with which of the following games?
1) Shooting
2) Archery
3) Badminton
4) Squash
5) Boxing
25. The former Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy passed away recently. In IK Gujral cabinet in 1998, he
served as a Union Minister for
1) Information and Broadcasting
2) Corporate Affairs
3) Agriculture
4) Human Resource Development
5) Textiles
27. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited Mozambique recently. The capital of Mozambique is
1) Harare
2) Gaborone
3) Windhoek
4) Dodoma
5) Maputo
28. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has invited which of the following countries to be the
partner country for this year's 'Gita Jayanti Mahotsav'?
1) Indonesia
2) Singapore
3) Nepal
4) Cambodia
5) Sri Lanka
29. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the All India Tiger Estimation 2018 recently. According to the
survey, the count of tigers in India has risen to
1) 1,965
2) 2,168
3) 2,462
4) 2,763
5) 2,967
30. Payments banks have asked the RBI to relax the cap on deposits for these banks. As per present
guidelines, payments banks can accept demand deposits up to a maximum of
1) Rs 25,000 per customer
2) Rs 50,000 per customer
3) Rs 75,000 per customer
4) Rs 1 lakh per customer
5) Rs 2 lakh per customer
31. As informed by the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, recently, the
average monthly income per agricultural household from all sources is less than
1) Rs 6,500
2) Rs 6,000
3) Rs 5,500
4) Rs 5,000
5) Rs 4,500
32. Sudarsan Pattnaik won People’s Choice Award in US for his work ‘Stop Plastic Pollution, Save Our
Ocean’ recently. He is an Indian
1) poet
2) sculptor
33. The fifth international Dharma-Dhamma conference was organised recently at which of the following
places?
1) Kushinagar
2) Patna
3) Rajgir
4) Dharamshala
5) Varanasi
34. Prime Minister of Nepal addressed India-Nepal Logistics Summit in Kathmandu recently. The present
Prime Minister of Nepal is
1) Madhav Kumar Nepal
2) Bidhya Devi Bhandari
3) Sher Bahadur Deuba
4) KP Sharma Oli
5) Pushp Kamal Dahal
35. A Himalayan Conclave was held recently in which state to discuss various issues related to the
development of Himalayan States?
1) Nagaland
2) Uttarakhand
3) Meghalaya
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Jammu & Kashmir
36. The third edition of Khelo India Youth Games will be held in 2020 in which city?
1) Guwahati
2) Bhopal
3) Chennai
4) Ranchi
5) Chandigarh
37. A high level 10-member committee has been constituted to coordinate and strategise the preparation for
the 2020 and 2024 Olympics. The chairman of the Committee is
1) Pullela Gopichand
2) Kiren Rijiju
3) Abhinav Bindra
4) Sarbananda Sonowal
5) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
38. Ministry of Mines organised ‘Waste To Wealth’ workshop in New Delhi on Effective utilization of Red
Mud in association with the Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre which
is located in
1) Barauni
2) Keonjhar
3) Nagpur
4) Cuttack
39. The first batch of Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian Attack helicopters arrived at the Indian Air Force's
Hindon airbase recently. These choppers have been ordered by India from
1) Germany
2) UK
3) Russia
4) France
5) US
40. The International Tiger Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 02 July
2) 09 July
3) 19 July
4) 29 July
5) 31 July
41. Union power secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla has been appointed officer on special duty (OSD) in which
of the following ministries?
1) Ministry of Home Affairs
2) Ministry of External Affairs
3) Ministry of Finance
4) Civil Aviation Ministry
5) Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare Ministry
42. RP Upadhyaya took charge as the new Director-General of Police (DGP) in which of the following
states recently?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Haryana
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Andhra Pradesh
43. Which of the following forces celebrated its 81st raising day on 27 July?
1) Border Security Force
2) Shashatra Seema Bal
3) Central Industrial Security Force
4) Indo-Tibetan Border Police
5) Central Reserve Police Force
44. India along with other BRICS nations has called on all states to prevent the financing of terrorist
networks. The host country for 11th BRICS Summit (2019) is
1) Russia
2) China
3) India
4) Brazil
5) South Africa
45. Nikhat Zareen and Deepak Bhoria won silver medals at Thailand Open International Championship
recently. Both of them are associated with the game of
46. The Goods and Services Tax Council recently decided to reduce rates on Electrical Vehicles to
1) 18%
2) 12%
3) 5%
4) 2%
5) 0%
47. Punjab National Bank (PNB) has reported a net profit of Rs 1,019 crore for June quarter. The
headquarters of the bank is located in which city?
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Amritsar
4) Chandigarh
5) Patiala
48. Which of the following has become the India’s biggest telecom operator with its subscriber base of
331.3 million in the quarter ended June?
1) MTNL
2) BSNL
3) Airtel
4) Vodafone Idea
5) Reliance Jio Infocomm
49. Jordan recently unveiled its first underwater military museum off the coast of Aqaba. The capital city of
Jordan is
1) Amman
2) Manama
3) Nassau
4) Abuja
5) Kingston
50. The Union Cabinet recently approved the sale of 481.79 acres of land held by Fertilizers and Chemicals
Travancore Ltd (FACT) to which state government?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Telangana
4) Kerala
5) Goa
51. The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow to India has increased during the last six years from USD
36.05 billion in 2013-14 to what amount in 2018-19 as per the Union Commerce Ministry?
1) $46.18 billion
2) $50.64 billion
3) $54.28 billion
52. Bajrang Punia booked berth for World Championship slated to be held in Kazakshtan. He is associated
with which of the following games?
1) Weightlifting
2) Boxing
3) Shooting
4) Wrestling
5) Shot put
53. Beji Caid Essebsi passed away recently. He was the present President and the first democratically
elected leader of which of the following countries?
1) Eretria
2) Tunisia
3) Cambodia
4) Nigeria
5) Ghana
54. BS Yeddyurappa was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of which of the following states recently?
1) Karnataka
2) Telangana
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Kerala
55. The Kargil Vijay Diwas is observed every year on which of the following dates? This year is the 20th
Anniversary of the victory of Indian armed forces in Operation Vijay in 1999.
1) 02 July
2) 06 July
3) 16 July
4) 26 July
5) 31 July
56. The board of Punjab National Bank (PNB) recently approved fresh equity capital raising of up to Rs
5,000 crore. The equity capital raising could happen through a QIP which stands for
1) Qualified Internal Placement
2) Qualified International Placement
3) Qualified Institutional Placement
4) Qualified Initial Placement
5) None of these
57. In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, Atanu Chakraborty has been appointed as the new
1) home secretary
2) telecom secretary
3) civil aviation secretary
4) defence secretary
5) economic affairs secretary
59. Who among the following has been appointed as the new power secretary in the present Union Govt?
1) Rajiv Gauba
2) Ajay Narayan Jha
3) Aruna Sundararajan
4) Subhash Chandra Garg
5) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
60. The Supreme Court recently observed that Visakha guidelines cannot be extended to religious places.
Visakha guidelines are associated with which of the following?
1) Minimum Wage
2) Sexual Harassment
3) Child Labour
4) Pollution Control
5) Old Age Home
62. The Supreme Court has ordered the setting up of special courts in districts with over how many pending
POCSO cases?
1) 50
2) 85
3) 100
4) 125
5) 150
63. The Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2019 has been introduced in Lok Sabha to
amend the Inter State River Water Disputes Act to streamline the adjudication of inter-State river water
disputes. The Inter State River Water Disputes Act was first introduced in the year
1) 1947
2) 1950
3) 1952
4) 1956
5) 1975
64. After successful Chandraya-2 mission, ISRO has planned for India's first solar probe. What is the name
of the mission?
1) Surya-I
65. Which state govt has passed the bill to provide 75% reservation to local youths in industries and
factories and train eligible candidates for bridging the skill gap?
1) Maharashtra
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Tamil Naidu
5) Andhra Pradesh
66. Which of the following learning apps is going to appear on Indian cricket team’s jersey?
1) .Learn
2) Topr
3) Byju
4) GradeUp
5) Test Book
67. DCC has approved the cumulative penalty of what amount on Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea for not
providing points of interconnection to Reliance Jio?
1) ₹2,000 crore
2) ₹2,050 crore
3) ₹3,000 crore
4) ₹3,050 crore
5) ₹4,000 crore
68. The Income Tax Day is celebrated every year in India on which day?
1) 22 July
2) 23 July
3) 24 July
4) 25 July
5) 26 July
69. Who is going to chair the 36th meeting of the GST Council in New Delhi?
1) Piyush Goyal
2) Nirmala Sitharaman
3) Narendra Modi
4) Amit Shah
5) Amitabh Kant
70. Which state government has decided to bring legislation in the Assembly for ensuring the job security
of Journalists in the State?
1) Bihar
2) West Bengal
3) Odisha
4) Assam
5) Telangana
72. Indian bodybuilder Ravinder Malik won Mr South Asia 2019 title recently at 12th South Asian
Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship held in
1) Chennai
2) Dhaka
3) Kathmandu
4) Colombo
5) Islamabad
73. What is the name of the virtual museum software developed by the Centre for Development for
Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune?
1) RATAN
2) DIVYA
3) WATAN
4) SWAPN
5) JATAN
74. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting was held recently in the capital city of
Venezuela which is
1) Phnom Penh
2) Manama
3) Manila
4) Caracas
5) Hanoi
75. S Sowmya has been chosen for the Sangita Kalanidhi award of the Music Academy. She is a singer of
1) Khyal
2) Carnatic music
3) Tarana
4) Dhrupad
5) Hidustani classical music
76. Indian Navy commissioned the fifth Dornier aircraft squadron recently in Chennai. The name of the
squadron is
1) INAS 203
2) INAS 294
3) INAS 313
4) INAS 383
5) INAS 423
77. The name of who among the following was cleared by the Govt recently to be appointed as next vice-
chief of Army Staff?
78. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently lowered the growth estimate for India by 30 basis
points (100 basis points means 1 percentage point) for the current financial year. According to IMF, India
will grow in 2019 at the rate of
1) 6.3 per cent
2) 6.6 per cent
3) 6.8 per cent
4) 7 per cent
5) 7.2 per cent
79. The Mohun Bagan Ratna 2019 will be conferred on hockey legend Keshav Dutt and Prasun Banerjee.
Prasun is a former India international
1) footballer
2) hockey player
3) cricketer
4) shuttler
5) tennis player
80. The maturity period for Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) has been extended since lowering of interest rate to
7.6 per cent for September quarter. Now, funds parked in KVP with effect from 1 July will double in
1) 112 months
2) 113 months
3) 114 months
4) 115 months
5) 116 months
81. Who among the following Indian sportspersons clinched five gold medals in one month recently?
1) PV Sindhu
2) Hima Das
3) Deepika Kumari
4) Mary Kom
5) Vinesh Phogat
82. The Supreme Court recently canceled the registration of the Amrapali group under the Real Estate
Regulatory Authority (RERA) and appointed the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) to
complete pending projects. NBCC’s headquarters is located in
1) Lucknow
2) Mumbai
3) Hyderabad
4) Chennai
5) New Delhi
83. Adam Peaty beat his own record time for the men's 100-meter breaststroke recently, becoming the first
man to finish the race in under 57 seconds. He is a citizen of
1) UK
84. The National Broadcasting day is observed every year on which date? On this day in 1927, the first ever
radio broadcast in the country went on the air from the Bombay Station.
1) 02 Jul
2) 03 Jul
3) 13 Jul
4) 23 Jul
5) 31 Jul
85. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh inaugurated Ujh bridge in Kathua district and Basantar bridge in Samba
district in which state recently?
1) Haryana
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Uttarakhand
4) Jammu & Kashmir
5) Punjab
86. Who among the following has been appointed as the new governor of Tripura?
1) Jagdeep Dhankhar
2) Ramesh Bais
3) PB Acharya
4) Acharya Devvrat
5) Anusuiya Uikey
87. Who among the following has become India's first gold-medallist at the President's Cup boxing
tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan?
1) Vijender Singh
2) Manoj Kumar
3) Devendro Singh
4) Vikas Krishan Yadav
5) Shiva Thapa
88. JPMorgan Chase & Co’s chairman for south and south-east Asia, Kalpana Morparia, recently advised
policy makers to tweak bankruptcy rules to let FPIs fill the financing void left by the non-bank lenders.
Here, the term FPI means
1) Foreign Provisional Investors
2) Foreign Private Investors
3) Foreign Priority Investors
4) Foreign Portfolio Investors
5) None of these
89. Former Japanese diplomat and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Yukiya Amano
passed away recently. The headquarters of IAEA is located in
1) Geneva
2) Paris
3) Vienna
90. Which of the following countries extended emergency in the country by another month recently? The
state of emergency was imposed after the Easter Sunday attacks there.
1) Sri Lanka
2) Maldives
3) Myanmar
4) Bangladesh
5) Afghanistan
91. More than 28,000 species around the world are threatened, according to the Red List of Threatened
Species compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The IUCN is
headquartered in Gland in which country?
1) Germany
2) Switzerland
3) France
4) Italy
5) Spain
92. Who among the following has been appointed as the new private secretary to Prime Minister Narendra
Modi?
1) Vivek Kumar
2) IV Subba Rao
3) Sanjay Kothari
4) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
5) Pramod Kumar Misra
93. Which of the following states and the World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial
Revolution Network recently announced to send medical supplies via drones?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Odisha
3) Assam
4) Tripura
5) Telangana
94. Indigenously produced lightweight bullet proof jacket 'Bhabha Kavach' was launched at the
International Police Expo recently. The jacket has been developed by
1) DRDO
2) HAL
3) Reliance Defence
4) Ordnance Factory Board
5) L&T
95. India’s landmark mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, successfully took off from Satish Dhawan Space
Centre, Sriharikota on 22 Jul. What is the cost of this mission?
1) Rs 2,224 crore
2) Rs 1,835 crore
3) Rs 1,576 crore
4) Rs 1,285 crore
96. Which of the following movies has officially become the highest grossing film in the world with its
$2.79-billion collection?
1) Avatar
2) Avengers: Endgame
3) Iron Man 3
4) Minions
5) Captain America: Civil War
97. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised inflation outlook for India to what per cent for the current
financial year (2019-20)?
1) 3.6 per cent
2) 3.8 per cent
3) 4.1 per cent
4) 4.3 per cent
5) 4.4 per cent
98. Who among the following won the women’s singles title of the Indonesia Open 2019 badminton
tournament?
1) PV Sindhu
2) Tai Tzu-ying
3) Nozomi Okuhara
4) Saina Nehwal
5) Akane Yamaguchi
99. Who among the following has been appointed as the new governor of Uttar Pradesh?
1) Lal ji Tandon
2) Jagdeep Dhankhar
3) RN Ravi
4) Anandiben Patel
5) Acharya Dev Vrat
100. VTB Bank is based in which of the following countries? The bank has processed large deals in India in
the past few years, including the over $12 bn investment into the Essar Group.
1) Russia
2) South Korea
3) Japan
4) Germany
5) France
101. Phagu Chauhan has been appointed as the new governor of which of the following states?
1) Bihar
2) Tripura
3) Gujarat
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Chhattisgarh
102. Which of the following teams won the 2019 Intercontinental Cup football tournament held in
Ahmedabad recently?
103. The present Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is Francis
Gurry. WIPO is headquartered in
1) Lyon
2) Rome
3) Madrid
4) Paris
5) Geneva
104. Brookfield has announced to infuse Rs 25,000 crore into the telecom tower arm of which of the
following companies operating in India?
1) Bharti Airtel
2) Vodafone Idea
3) Reliance Jio Infocomm
4) BSNL
5) MTNL
105. UNESCO’s global hub for digital pedagogies, Intelligent Global Hub for Digital Pedagogies (IGHDP),
will come up in which of the following cities?
1) Hyderabad
2) Visakhapatnam
3) Bengaluru
4) Chennai
5) Kochi
106. Which of the following one-year periods is the financial year the Reserve Bank of India follows?
1) January-December
2) April-March
3) July-June
4) September-August
5) November-October
107. Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport is located in which of the following states? The first
international commercial flight from the state was launched from this airport recently?
1) Punjab (Patiala)
2) Uttar Pradesh (Kushi Nagar)
3) Bihar (Patna)
4) Madhya Pradesh (Indore)
5) Jharkhand (Ranchi)
108. The International Police Expo 2019 was organised in which of the following cities recently? The
theme of the expo was “Challenges to strengthen peace and security”.
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Bhopal
109. As announced by the Defence Ministry, the 11th edition of the biennial DefExpo will be held in which
city?
1) Pune
2) Lucknow
3) Ahmedabad
4) Bengaluru
5) Kolkata
110. India and which of the following countries will carry out a major military exercise called ‘Hand-in-
Hand’ in Meghalaya this year?
1) US
2) Japan
3) Russia
4) South Korea
5) China
111. Which of the following teams won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations football tournament held in Egypt?
1) Senegal
2) Algeria
3) Tunisia
4) Nigeria
5) Egypt
112. The International Space Station (ISS) is a habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS
programme is a joint project between NASA (US) and
1) Roscosmos (Russia)
2) JAXA (Japan)
3) ESA (Europe)
4) CSA (Canada)
5) All of these
113. Rajya Sabha member Anusuiya Uikey has been appointed as the new governor of which of the
following states?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Uttarakhand
3) Jharkhand
4) Assam
5) Bihar
114. Who among the following has been appointed as the new governor of Nagaland?
1) Jagdeep Dhankhar
2) Lal ji Tandon
3) RN Ravi
4) Phagu Chauhan
5) Ramesh Bais
116. The Union Sports Minister launched the All India Football Federation's Golden Baby Leagues
handbook 2019-20 recently. The present Sports Minister is
1) Kiren Rijiju
2) Pema Khandu
3) Jitendra Singh
4) Sarbananda Sonowal
5) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
117. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will launch the 2019 Global Innovation Index in New
Delhi with the theme Evaluating the Medical Innovation Scenario of the Next Decade. It is published
jointly by Cornell University, INSEAD, and
1) WTO
2) World Bank
3) IMF
4) Federal Reserve
5) WIPO
118. The International Energy Agency (IEA) praised India’s Ujjwala scheme recently. The scheme is aimed
at providing
1) free piped water connection to poor
2) free pulses to poor
3) free cooking gas connection to poor
4) free electricity connection to poor
5) free higher education to poor students
119. The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) will soon organise a three-day Aqua
Aquaria India 2019 meet in which city?
1) Kolkata
2) Chennai
3) Vishakhapatnam
4) Hyderabad
5) Mumbai
120. The Board of Directors of which of the following payments banks has decided to voluntary winding up
of the bank subject to the receipt of requisite regulatory consents?
1) Paytm Payments Bank
2) Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank
3) Airtel Payments Bank
4) Fino Payments Bank
5) Jio Payments Bank
122. Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy announced creation of two new districts - Tenkasi and
Chengalpet – in which state recently? Now, the total number of districts in the state will be 35.
1) Karnataka
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Kerala
5) Telangana
123. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended which of the following boards with immediate
effect over violation of ICC's constitution?
1) Zimbabwe Cricket
2) Pakistan Cricket Board
3) Bangladesh Cricket Board
4) Sri Lanka Cricket
5) Afghanistan Cricket Board
124. Who among the following has been inducted into the International Cricket Council's Hall of Fame
alongside South African pace legend Allan Donald?
1) Gautam Gambhir
2) VVS Laxman
3) Virender Sehwag
4) Sachin Tendulkar
5) Sourav Ganguly
125. Which country recently signed an agreement with India to upgrade tracks in a key railway segment
connecting the north and south at a cost of $91.26 million?
1) Maldives
2) Sri Lanka
3) Bangladesh
4) Nepal
5) Myanmar
126. The then Congress government (headed by Indira Gandhi) took a decision to nationalise 14 major
scheduled commercial banks with deposits of over Rs 50 crore. The date on which the nationalisation was
announced 50 years ago is
1) 01 July
2) 09 July
3) 19 July
4) 29 July
5) 31 July
128. According to an Ookla report, India’s ranking in mobile internet speeds globally in the month of June
is
1) 74th
2) 88th
3) 96th
4) 126th
5) 132nd
129. “Jan Jagrukta Abhiyaan” was launched in New Delhi for sensitizing community for prevention and
control of vector borne diseases recently. Which of the following is a VBD?
1) Malaria
2) Dengue
3) Chikungunya
4) All are VBDs
5) None of (1), (2) and (3) is a VBD
130. The Nelson Mandela International Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 08 July
2) 18 July
3) 25 July
4) 28 July
5) 31 July
131. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the recent Ebola crisis in which country a public
health emergency of international concern?
1) DR Congo
2) Rwanda
3) Uganda
4) Ghana
5) Nigeria
132. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered India's GDP growth forecast for the current year on the
back of fiscal shortfall concerns. As per ADB, India will grow in 2019 at
1) 6.9 per cent
2) 7 per cent
3) 7.2 per cent
4) 7.4 per cent
5) 7.6 per cent
133. While ruling in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said that
Pakistan had breached relevant obligations on Consular Relation under the
1) Paris Convention
134. India’s lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 will be launched on 22 Jul onboard the Geosynchronous Satellite
Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
GSLV-Mk III is nicknamed
1) Bhishma
2) Mahaveer
3) Bahubali
4) Vrishabh
5) Chetak
135. As proposed in the Union Budget for 2019-20, Stand-Up India Scheme would be continued for the
entire period coinciding with the 15th Finance Commission period of
1) 2019-24
2) 2020-25
3) 2021-26
4) 2022-27
5) 2023-28
136. SEBI Chairman Ajay Tyagi has appealed to the Prime Minister’s Office and Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman to reconsider the Budget proposal to transfer what per cent of the regulator’s surplus funds to
government coffers?
1) 25 per cent
2) 50 per cent
3) 60 per cent
4) 75 per cent
5) 100 per cent
137. The Finance Minister, in the Union Budget for 2019-20, has proposed that for every verified women
Self Help Group (SHG) member having a Jan Dhan Bank Account, an overdraft of what amount shall be
allowed?
1) Rs 500
2) Rs 1,000
3) Rs 2,000
4) Rs 2,500
5) Rs 5,000
138. South Korea's central bank (Bank of Korea) cut the base rate by 25 basis points to 1.50 per cent
recently. The currency of South Korea is
1) Kyat
2) Baht
3) Won
4) Rand
5) Peso
139. India has opened embassy/embassies in which of the following African countries in the year 2018-19?
1) Rwanda
140. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has budgeted to receive dividends worth about what amount
from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in 2019-20?
1) Rs 1.2 lakh crore
2) Rs 1.4 lakh crore
3) Rs 1.6 lakh crore
4) Rs 1.8 lakh crore
5) Rs 1.9 lakh crore
141. Four eminent personalities have been selected for the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships
Awards for the year 2018. Who among the following is NOT one of them?
1) K Kalyanasundaram Pillai
2) Jatin Goswami
3) Sonal Mansingh
4) Zakir Hussain
5) Hariprasad Chaurasia
142. Who among the following has been appointed as an international judge of the Singapore International
Commercial Court (SICC)? He is a former Supreme Court judge.
1) Justice AK Sikri
2) Arun Kumar Mishra
3) Sharad Arvind Bobde
4) Ashok Bhushan
5) Jasti Chelameswar
143. The “Internet Saathi” programme is aimed at empowering rural women on how to use the Internet. The
programme is launched by
1) Jio Infocom
2) Bharti Airtel
3) Google India
4) Facebook India
5) TCS
144. The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the launch of third phase of
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. This involves consolidation of 1.25 lakh km of rural roads at an
estimated cost of
1) Rs 40,250 cr
2) Rs 50,250 cr
3) Rs 60,250 cr
4) Rs 70,250 cr
5) Rs 80,250 cr
145. The RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on Union Bank of India for non-compliance with the
directions on cybersecurity framework. UBI is headquartered in
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
146. Acharya Devvrat has been appointed as the new Governor of which of the following states?
1) Gujarat
2) Bihar
3) Odisha
4) Assam
5) Tripura
147. Which of the following banks has launched a new digital platform called InstaBIZ which offers over
115 products and services online? It is targeted at micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and self-
employed customers.
1) SBI
2) PNB
3) HDFC Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) ICICI Bank
148. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has tweaked norms pertaining
to life insurance products. The minimum death benefit in the non-linked policy has been decreased from 10
times to
1) five times
2) six times
3) seven times
4) eight times
5) nine times
149. A high-level panel set up to decide the appropriate capital reserves that the RBI should maintain, has
finalised its report. The panel is headed by
1) Vijay Kelkar
2) Urjit Patel
3) Duvvuri Subbarao
4) Bimal Jalan
5) Y Venugopal Reddy
150. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will deliver its verdict in the case related to Indian national
Kulbhushan Jadhav soon. The ICJ is headquartered in
1) Amsterdam
2) Hague
3) Rome
4) Geneva
5) London
151. Kalraj Mishra has been appointed as the new Governor of which of the following states?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
152. Which of the following firms has received award from Nabard for outstanding performance in terms of
self-help group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for 2018-19?
1) Grama Vidiyal Micro Finance
2) Madura Micro Finance
3) Asirvad Micro Finance
4) Equitas Micro Finance
5) Repco Micro Finance
153. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) levied a penalty of Rs 7 crore on which of the following banks for
lapses related to bad loans classification among other issues?
1) PNB
2) UCO Bank
3) SBI
4) Allahabad Bank
5) Canara Bank
154. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation was what per cent in Jun 2019?
1) 1.92%
2) 2.02%
3) 2.45%
4) 3.68%
5) 3.82%
155. India’s exports contracted 9.71 per cent in June 2019 (year-on-year) in the first fall this fiscal. The
value of total exports in June was
1) $22.12 billion
2) $23.37 billion
3) $24.51 billion
4) $25.01 billion
5) $26.73 billion
156. Lok Sabha has approved an amendment that gives the National Investigation Agency (NIA) more
teeth. The present head of NIA is
1) Prakash Mishra
2) Rajni Kant Misra
3) RK Raghavan
4) Yogesh Chander Modi
5) Arvind Kumar
157. China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to what per cent in the second quarter of 2019?
It is the lowest level in nearly three decades.
1) 6 per cent
2) 6.2 per cent
3) 6.4 per cent
4) 6.6 per cent
5) 6.8 per cent
159. The United Nations held a high-level meeting on the issue of Ebola outbreak in Congo recently. The
capital of Congo is
1) Asmara
2) Lima
3) Kinshasa
4) Maputo
5) Lusaka
160. Which state has topped in terms of highest number of new employees who joined the workforce as part
of the Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY) between August 2016 and March 2019?
1) Maharashtra
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Karnataka
4) Gujarat
5) Haryana
161. Which of the following teams won the ICC World Cup 2019?
1) England
2) New Zealand
3) Australia
4) India
5) West Indiea
162. Who among the following won the men's singles title of the 2019 Wimbledon tennis tournament?
1) Roger Federer
2) Novak Djokovic
3) Rafael Nadal
4) Dominic Thiem
5) Juan Martín del Potro
163. India is setting up of a Centre for Geo-Informatics Applications in Rural Development (CGARD) in
Niamey. Niamey is the capital of
1) Niger
2) Ghana
3) Chad
4) Chile
5) Sudan
164. Which of the following countries marked its national day on 14 July? It is also known as Bastille Day
abroad.
1) Spain
2) US
165. Hussain Muhammad Ershad passed away recently. He was former army chief and the president of
which of the following countries?
1) Malaysia
2) Indonesia
3) Maldives
4) Pakistan
5) Bangladesh
166. Allahabad Bank reported Rs 1,775-cr fraud by Bhushan Power and Steel recently. Allahabad Bank has
its headquarters in
1) Chennai
2) Lucknow
3) Allahabad
4) New Delhi
5) Kolkata
167. Who among the following won the 2019 British GP Formula One championship recently?
1) Lewis Hamilton
2) Kimi Räikkönen
3) Valtteri Bottas
4) Sebastian Vettel
5) Fernando Alonso
168. President Ram Nath Kovind is scheduled to visit Guinea, Gambia and Benin in July. The capital of
Benin is
1) Asmara
2) Porto-Novo
3) Nassau
4) Port Louis
5) Bamako
169. ________ has become the first state in India to ensure the conservation of water and have own water
policy.
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Rajasthan
4) Meghalaya
5) Tamil Nadu
170. A Rs 350-crore special package for conservation and protection of lions in Gir National Park and
Wildlife Sanctuary has been prepared by which state govt?
1) West Bengal
2) Gujarat
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Madhya Pradesh
172. According to the 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) from the UN Development
Programme (UNDP), India’s poorest district is Alirajpur which is situated in
1) Rajasthan
2) Bihar
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Odisha
5) Madhya Pradesh
173. Who among the following has been appointed as Secretary, Overseas Indian Affairs?
1) Asoke Kumar Mukerji
2) Syed Akbaruddin
3) Vikas Swarup
4) Eenam Gambhir
5) Nirupama Rao
174. The first Global Conference for Media Freedom was held recently in which city?
1) New York
2) Oslo
3) Helsinki
4) London
5) Amsterdam
175. The 19th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers' Meeting was held recently in which city?
1) Manila
2) London
3) New Delhi
4) Sydney
5) Willington
176. Which of the following teams won the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup football trophy?
1) Mexico
2) US
3) Canada
4) France
5) Brazil
177. Who among the following won the women’s singles title of the 2019 Wimbledon tennis tournament?
1) Ashleigh Barty
2) Serena Williams
3) Angelique Kerber
4) Caroline Wozniacki
5) Simona Halep
179. G Sathiyan is associated with which of the following games? He and Anthony Amalraj won World
Tour Platinum Australian Open bronze medal in the men’s doubles competition recently.
1) Tennis
2) Badminton
3) Squash
4) Table tennis
5) Snooker
180. The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) has been issued by which of the following
with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)?
1) IMF
2) Word Bank
3) Unicef
4) UNDP
5) WTO
181. Who among the following has been appointed as managing director and chief financial officer of the
World Bank? He/she is the managing director of the State Bank of India.
1) Usha Sangwan
2) Arijit Basu
3) Dinesh Kumar Khara
4) PK Gupta
5) Anshula Kant
182. The asset size of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) is expected to cross
Rs 5-lakh cr during FY20. The present Chairman of Nabard is
1) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
2) Sriram Kalyanaraman
3) David Rasquinha
4) Mohammad Mustafa
5) Subhash Chandra Khuntia
183. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will provide USD 100 mn in loans to L&T for lending to
wind and solar power projects. AIIB is headquartered in
1) Shanghai
2) Tokyo
3) Beijing
4) Manila
5) Moscow
185. As per data released by Central Statistics Office (CSO), factory output growth based on Index of
Industrial Production (IIP) in May was
1) 2.7 per cent
2) 3.1 per cent
3) 3.6 per cent
4) 4.3 per cent
5) 4.7 per cent
186. Who among the following has authored the book titled Awakening Bharat Mata: The Political Beliefs
of the Indian Right?
1) Sagarika Ghose
2) Suhel Seth
3) Barkha Dutt
4) Swapan Dasgupta
5) Chandan Mitra
187. Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Jun was what per cent as per data released by
Central Statistics Office (CSO)?
1) 3.05 per cent
2) 3.18 per cent
3) 3.25 per cent
4) 3.38 per cent
5) 3.45 per cent
188. The US regulators have approved a $5-bn penalty to be levied on which of the following firms to settle
a probe into privacy and data protection lapses?
1) Google
2) Huawei
3) Microsoft
4) Samsung
5) Facebook
189. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently booked Nabam Tuki for alleged corruption. Tuki is
the former Chief Minister of
1) Assam
2) Mizoram
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Manipur
5) Tripura
190. Which of the following cities in the US is called the “energy capital of the world”? PM Narendra Modi
plans to visit the city when he will be in the US to attend UN General Assembly.
191. With the launch of Chandrayaan-2 mission, India may become one of the countries which have landed
their mission on the moon. Which of the following countries has/have succeeded to land on the moon so
far?
1) China
2) US
3) Soviet Union
4) All the above
5) Only 2) and 3)
192. Indian start-ups - GARV Toilets and A2P Energy Solutions - won the Mohammed Bin Rashid
Initiative for Global Prosperity award at the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS)
held in Yekaterinburg in which country recently?
1) France
2) Russia
3) Spain
4) Germany
5) Japan
193. The Union Cabinet has given its nod to amend certain sections of POCSO Act, 2012 to include
provision of death penalty. Letter ‘P’ in the term POCSO means
1) Provision
2) Prosecution
3) Protection
4) Priority
5) Punishment
194. The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the launch of third phase of
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. The PMGSY was launched in
1) Dec 2000
2) Jan 2001
3) Mar 2002
4) Jun 2003
5) Sep 2004
195. According to the 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), India lifted how many people
out of poverty during 2006-16 at fastest rate globally?
1) 71 mn
2) 121 mn
3) 171 mn
4) 222 mn
5) 271 mn
196. Which of the following cities hosted India’s first LGBTI job fair - Reimagining Inclusion for Social
Equity (RISE) - recently?
197. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) doesn’t regulate which of the following?
1) Money markets
2) Government Securities (G-Sec) market
3) Foreign exchange (Forex) market
4) Markets for derivatives on interest rate, currency and credit derivatives
5) None of these
198. Which of the following banks is making all efforts to help exporters who do business with Iran? It has
increased the number of designated branches (for doing business with Iran) from 22 to 67.
1) Indian Bank
2) Syndicate Bank
3) UCO Bank
4) Oriental Bank of Commerce
5) Indian Overseas Bank
199. The former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian may join Ashoka University in near future as
a fulltime professor. Ashoka University is a private institute located in
1) Sonipat, Haryana
2) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
3) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
4) Patna, Bihar
5) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
200. The African Union (AU) Summit concluded recently with the historical Africa Continental Free Trade
Agreement (AfCFTA) in Niamey, Niger. India extended a grant of what amount to the host country for the
summit?
1) $25 mn
2) $50 mn
3) $75 mn
4) $100 mn
5) $150 mn
201. The World Population Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 Jul
2) 11 Jul
3) 31 Jul
4) 25 Jul
5) 31 Jul
202. The upgraded version of BrahMos missile is ready according to the CEO of BrahMos Aerospace,
Sudhir Kumar Mishra. The enhanced range of the missile will be up to
1) 350 km
2) 500 km
3) 750 km
203. Rakhi Halder won a gold medal in the senior women's section at the Commonwealth Championships
in Apia, Samoa recently. Rakhi is associated with which game?
1) Weightlifting
2) Wrestling
3) Boxing
4) Shooting
5) Archery
204. Who among the following was/were honoured with the global excellence award at the annual
leadership summit of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum in Washington recently?
1) Azim Premji
2) Ajay Banga
3) Nandan Nilekani
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
205. Nabard plans to raise what amount from the markets in FY'20 to fund its business and also support
govt’s various agricultural and rural development schemes?
1) Rs 35,000 cr
2) Rs 40,000 cr
3) Rs 45,000 cr
4) Rs 50,000 cr
5) Rs 55,000 cr
206. India will review the taxation of ESOPs to address issues that curb their effectiveness as a
compensation tool. Here, the term ESOPs means
1) Employee Share Ownership Plans
2) Employee Stock Ownership Plans
3) Employee Stake Ownership Plans
4) Employee Subtle Ownership Plans
5) None of these
207. The Union Cabinet recently approved a bill to merge how many central labour laws into a single
“code”? It will apply to all establishments employing 10 or more workers.
1) 03
2) 08
3) 13
4) 18
5) 23
208. Who among the following won the “Men's footballer of the year” award at the All India Football
Federation (AIFF) awards for the 2018-19 season?
1) Pronay Halder
2) Udanta Singh
3) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
4) Jeje Lalpekhlua
5) Sunil Chhetri
210. Which of the following neighbouring countries recently made health history after spending three years
free of any new measles cases? WHO has declared it free of measles.
1) Sri Lanka
2) Nepal
3) Bangladesh
4) Pakistan
5) Myanmar
211. Kyriakos Mitsotakis has become the new Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Greece
2) Spain
3) Sweden
4) Norway
5) New Zealand
212. Who among the following has been appointed as Head of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy
(NCA)?
1) Virender Sehwag
2) Sourav Ganguly
3) Sunil Gavaskar
4) VVS Laxman
5) Rahul Dravid
213. To establish India's credentials as a net security provider in the Indo-Pacific region, Indian Naval Ship
Tarkash reached Morocco recently. The capital of Morocco is
1) Baku
2) Manama
3) Rabat
4) Nassau
5) Yerevan
214. The RBI board finalised a three-year roadmap to improve regulation and supervision recently. This
medium term strategy is named
1) Lakshya 2022
2) Udaan 2022
3) Manthan 2022
4) Utkarsh 2022
5) Sankalp 2022
215. Which state govt recently decided to provide a financial assistance of Rs 10,000 per month to all the
Padma Shri awardees belonging to economically weaker section (EWS)?
216. A fortnight-long annual festival at historic Kataragama temple started in which of the following
countries recently? The place finds mention in Skanda Purana.
1) Sri Lanka
2) Indonesia
3) Mauritius
4) Myanmar
5) Cambodia
217. Dutee Chand won a gold medal at the World Universiade at Napoli in Italy recently. She is associated
with which game?
1) Pole vault
2) Shot put
3) Discuss throw
4) Sprint
5) Shooting
218. India handed over 250 pre-fabricated houses to which of the following countries recently for use of
displaced returnees in Maung Daw?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Maldives
3) Myanmar
4) Bangladesh
5) Afghanistan
219. What is the total number of regional rural banks (RRBs) in India at present? The National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has predicted further consolidation in this space.
1) 38
2) 45
3) 51
4) 56
5) 82
220. The total balance in over 36.06 cr Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts was at Rs
1,00,495.94 cr as on Jul 3. PMJDY was launched on 28 Aug in which year?
1) 2014
2) 2015
3) 2016
4) 2017
5) 2018
221. Parliament adopted a statutory resolution recently for levying 200 per cent duty on all goods
originating in or exported from which country to India?
1) North Korea
2) Syria
222. Nalin Shinghal has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of which of the
following public sector undertakings?
1) GAIL
2) BHEL
3) NTPC
4) IOC
5) Coal India
223. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the chief guest at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) to be held in
Sep 2019. EEF is held each year in Vladivostok, a city in
1) Ukraine
2) Belarus
3) Mongolia
4) Venezuela
5) Russia
224. In the Union Budget for 2019-20, the govt has imposed what per cent import duty on newsprint? There
was no import duty on newsprint so far.
1) 02%
2) 05%
3) 08%
4) 10%
5) 12%
225. Which of the following teams won the Copa America 2019 football tournament recently?
1) Argentina
2) Paraguay
3) Brazil
4) Chile
5) Peru
226. Who among the following cricketers became the 4th batsman and the 2nd Indian to score over 600
runs in a single edition of the World Cup recently?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) MS Dhoni
3) Hardik Pandya
4) Shikhar Dhawan
5) Virat Kohli
227. Which of the following states will host the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship at the
Jawaharlal Indoor Stadium?
1) Gujarat
2) Assam
3) Maharashtra
4) Karnataka
5) Odisha
230. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan visited India recently. He is the present Foreign Minister of
which of the following gulf countries?
1) Iran
2) UAE
3) Kuwait
4) Bahrain
5) Saudi Arabia
231. Prosecco hills were added to the World Heritage list by the UN cultural organisation UNESCO
recently. Prosecco is located in
1) Italy
2) Spain
3) Netherlands
4) Sweden
5) Norway
232. Who won the men’s singles title of the 2019 Canada Open Badminton tournament recently?
1) Lakshya Sen
2) Parupalli Kashyap
3) Li Shi Feng
4) Kunlavut Vitidsarn
5) Kodai Naraoka
233. In which country, construction work for upgradation of Palali airport begun recently. Indian govt will
grant Rs 300 mn for the project.
1) Maldives
2) Bhutan
3) Bangladesh
4) Myanmar
5) Sri Lanka
234. The latest Henley Passport Index 2019 is topped by which of the following countries collectively?
1) US and UK
2) Japan and Singapore
235. Which of the following public sector banks has reported a fraud of Rs 3,805.15 cr in non-performing
asset (NPA) account of Bhushan Power and Steel?
1) SBI
2) Dena Bank
3) Allahabad Bank
4) PNB
5) Bank of Baroda
236. After the Union Budget for 2019-20, the tax outgo for a number of domestic and foreign investors will
increase in terms of the LTCG and STCG. Here, in both term, letters ‘CG’ means
1) Collective Gain
2) Commodity Gain
3) Capital Gain
4) Curated Gain
5) Collateral Gain
237. Deutsche Bank has started cutting 18,000 jobs around the world. Deutsche Bank AG is a multinational
investment bank and financial services company headquartered in
1) Paris
2) London
3) Rome
4) New York
5) Frankfurt
238. Retailers have been paying fees for digital transactions by way of MDR of close to 2% to card
companies. Here, the term MDR stands for
1) Merchant Discount Rate
2) Maximum Discount Rate
3) Minimum Discount Rate
4) Moderate Discount Rate
5) None of these
239. Which of the following teams won the FIFA Women's World Cup recently?
1) France
2) US
3) Australia
4) Spain
5) Netherlands
240. The Border Security Force (BSF) has launched a massive exercise to fortify the ‘anti-infiltration grid’
along the Pakistan border in Punjab and Jammu. The exercise is named
1) Suraksha
2) Kawach
3) Gherabandi
4) Sudarshan
5) Tarkas
242. Eighteen hundred mid-career civil servants of which country will be trained in India?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Myanmar
3) Bhutan
4) Bangladesh
5) Maldives
243. Tunisia has banned the Niqab, Muslim face covering for women, in government offices. The capital of
Tunisia is
1) Dili
2) Nassau
3) Baku
4) Tunis
5) Yerevan
244. In which country, the lower house of parliament approved a small, pioneering tax on internet giants
like Google, Amazon and Facebook?
1) US
2) UK
3) France
4) Germany
5) Japan
245. The ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site. The city
is located in which country?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Qatar
5) Kuwait
246. India's first Design Development Center 'Fashionova' was launched in which of the following cities
recently?
1) Surat
2) Bengaluru
3) Kanpur
4) Bhopal
5) Hyderabad
247. The latest Henley Passport Index 2019 ranks the Indian passport on which position with a mobility
score of 58?
248. The Centre has sanctioned an additional amount of Rs 358 cr for construction of new roads in rural
areas of which of the following states?
1) Assam
2) Sikkim
3) Manipur
4) Mizoram
5) Tripura
249. Reliance Jio has announced a digital literacy initiative "Digital Udaan" for the first-time Internet users
in the country in collaboration with
1) Google
2) Microsoft
3) Twitter
4) Facebook
5) Hike
250. The International Day of Cooperatives is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 Jul
2) 06 Jul
3) 16 Jul
4) 26 Jul
5) 31 Jul
251. The Union Budget for 2019-20 proposes to provide what amount to public sector banks to boost
capital and improve credit?
1) Rs 50,000 cr
2) Rs 55,000 cr
3) Rs 60,000 cr
4) Rs 65,000 cr
5) Rs 70,000 cr
252. Which of the following coins, of a new series easily identifiable to the visually impaired, will be made
available shortly?
1) Re 1
2) Rs 5
3) Rs 10
4) Rs 20
5) All of these
253. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the Union Budget for 2019-20 to allow what per
cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in insurance intermediaries?
1) 100 per cent
2) 74 per cent
3) 51 per cent
254. According to the recent Budget announcements, the govt intends to open how many more embassies in
the financial year 2019-20?
1) Two
2) Three
3) Four
4) Five
5) Nine
255. In order to provide further impetus to affordable housing, additional deduction of what amount will be
given on interest paid on loans borrowed upto 31 March 2020 for purchase of house up to Rs 45 lakh?
1) Rs 1 lakh
2) Rs 1.5 lakh
3) Rs 2 lakh
4) Rs 2.5 lakh
5) Rs 3 lakh
256. According to the Budget proposals, import duty will be hiked on gold and precious metals from
current level of 10% to
1) 10.5%
2) 11%
3) 11.5%
4) 12%
5) 12.5%
257. What is the disinvestment target set by the govt for the FY 2019-20 as proposed in the Union Budget
for 2019-20?
1) Rs 85,000 cr
2) Rs 90,000 cr
3) Rs 95,000 cr
4) Rs 1,05,000 cr
5) Rs 1,15,000 cr
258. Statutory limit for foreign portfolio investment (FPI) in a company is proposed to be increased to
sectoral foreign investment limit. What is the present limit for FPI investment in a company?
1) 15%
2) 20%
3) 24%
4) 35%
5) 40%
259. What outlay has been approve for three years for Phase-II of Faster Adoption and Manufacture of
(Hybrid and) Electric Vehicles (FAME) Scheme?
1) Rs 5,000 cr
2) Rs 10,000 cr
3) Rs 15,000 cr
4) Rs 20,000 cr
5) Rs 25,000 cr
261. The goods and services tax (GST) rate on electric vehicles has been proposed to be
what per cent in the Union Budget 2019-20?
1) 0 per cent
2) 5 per cent
3) 10 per cent
4) 12 per cent
5) 18 per cent
262.Who among the following was nominated as the president of the European Central
Bank (ECB) recently?
1) Christine Lagarde
2) David Malpass
3) Theresa May
4) Jean-Claude Trichet
5) Mario Draghi
263. NASA carried out a successful test of a launch-abort system for the Orion capsule
designed to take US astronauts to the
1) Mars
2) Titan
3) Moon
4) Jupiter
5) International Space Station
264. The Union Cabinet recently approved the Code on Wages Bill. The Minister of State
with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Govt of India is
1) Prakash Javadekar
2) Thaawar Chand Gehlot
3) Narendra Singh Tomar
4) Santosh Gangwar
5) DV Sadananda Gowda
265. The Supreme Court recently ordered which of the following northeastern states to
transfer Rs 100 cr to the Central Pollution Control Board to restore an environment ravaged
by miners?
1) Assam
2) Meghalaya
3) Tripura
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4) Mizoram
5) Arunachal Pradesh
266.The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for leasing out which of the following
airports to Adani Enterprises Ltd?
1) Mangaluru
2) Lucknow
3) Ahmedabad
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
267.The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed which state govt to deposit Rs 75 cr in
an escrow account following media reports on the high level of air pollution in one of its
major cities?
1) Karnataka
2) Gujarat
3) Maharashtra
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Telangana
268. Who among the following has been elected as the new president of the European
Parliament?
1) David-Maria Sassoli
2) Emmanuel Macron
3) Angela Merkel
4) Theresa May
5) Brigitte Bierlein
269. Japan restricted the export of some materials used in smartphones to which of the
following countries recently?
1) China
2) Malaysia
3) South Korea
4) Indonesia
5) Vietnam
270. The RBI held a reverse repo auction of 63-day duration on 3 Jul. The amount of the
auction was
1) Rs 5,000 cr
2) Rs 10,000 cr
3) Rs 15,000 cr
4) Rs 20,000 cr
5) Rs 25,000 cr
271. The Economic Survey for 2018-19 prepared by the Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy V
Subramanian has pegged the FY20 GDP growth at
1) 7%
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2) 7.1%
3) 7.3%
4) 7.6%
5) 7.9%
272. Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) recently raised what amount via issuance of 15 years
bonds through book building process?
1) Rs 1,212 cr
2) Rs 1,420 cr
3) Rs 1,650 cr
4) Rs 1,820 cr
5) Rs 2,120 cr
273. The RBI has set up a working group to review regulatory norms for core investment companies. The
six-member working group will be headed by
1) HK Jena
2) T Rabishankar
3) Amarjeet Singh
4) Tapan Ray
5) Lily Vadera
274. Which country will host the 3rd International Sunflower Seed and Oil Conference (ISSOC) 2019 on
Jul 19 and 20?
1) Turkey
2) Egypt
3) India
4) Iran
5) China
275. The government has appointed PK Purwar as the Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Sanchar
Nigam Ltd (BSNL). Purwar is the present CMD of
1) Airtel
2) MTNL
3) Tata Indicom
4) MTS
5) Aircel
276. India’s services sector activity contracts for first time since May 2018. The Services Business Activity
Index fell to _____ in Jun 2018.
1) 48.9
2) 49.6
3) 50.2
4) 50.8
5) 51.2
277. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) board approved a loan package of what amount for Pakistan
recently?
1) $2 billion
2) $4 billion
3) $6 billion
278. According to the World Bank’s classification of countries by income levels (released on 1 Jul), India
continues to be a lower-middle-income country
1) high
2) low
3) lower-middle
4) upper-middle
5) None of these
279. Which state ranks first in NITI Aayog's Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index
(AMFFRI) released recently?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Maharashtra
280. Which state govt announced a probe by a special investigation team (SIT) into the breach in Tiware
Dam in Ratnagiri district recently?
1) Kerala
2) West Bengal
3) Odisha
4) Maharashtra
5) Madhya Pradesh
281. Whose term as Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
was renewed for a further period of three years recently?
1) Khalid al-Falih
2) Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo
3) Suhail Mohammed Faraj
4) Abdulhussain bin Ali Mirza
5) Hamad Al Rumhi
282. Which country recently resumed commercial whaling for the first time in more than 30 years?
1) South Korea
2) Malaysia
3) Singapore
4) Japan
5) Indonesia
283. Keshni Anand Arora was appointed as the new Chief Secretary of which of the following states?
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Jharkhand
4) Uttarakhand
5) Chhattisgarh
285. The Central Govt has constituted a high powered committee of Chief Ministers for the transformation
of Indian Agriculture. The convenor of the committee is
1) Arvind Kejriwal
2) Edappadi K Palaniswami
3) Kamal Nath
4) K Chandrashekar Rao
5) Devendra Fadnavis
286. The eight core sector industries in the country recorded a growth of what per cent in May 2019?
1) 4.1 per cent
2) 4.6 per cent
3) 5.1 per cent
4) 5.6 per cent
5) 6.1 per cent
287. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved a new initiative STRIDE to boost research
culture in the country. Letter ‘E’ in the term STRIDE stands for
1) Efficiency
2) Economy
3) Endeavour
4) Export
5) Expertise
288. Protest leaders is Sudan have called for a one-day nationwide civil disobedience campaign on Jul 14.
The capital of Sudan is
1) Abuja
2) Bamako
3) Niamey
4) N'Djamena
5) Khartoum
289. Which country recently officially banned single-use plastic shopping bags? The legislation for the
same was announced in Aug 2018.
1) Mongolia
2) Greece
3) Italy
4) New Zealand
5) Australia
290. The total gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection in the month of Jun stood at
1) Rs 99,939 cr
2) Rs 98,114 cr
291. Gove lowered the interest rate on small savings schemes recently. Now, public provident fund (PPF)
will give what per cent return during 1 Jul-30 Sep?
1) 7.3 per cent
2) 7.6 per cent
3) 7.9 per cent
4) 8.1 per cent
5) 8.3 per cent
292. Who among the following got extension as deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for
one more year recently?
1) Viral Acharya
2) MK Jain
3) BP Kanungo
4) NS Vishwanathan
5) Deepak Mohanty
293. A large scale campaign to eradicate deadly Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and Japanese Encephalitis
disease was launched in which state recently?
1) Kerala
2) Maharashtra
3) Jharkhand
4) Odisha
5) Uttar Pradesh
294. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies are set to prolong oil output
cuts. OPEC is headquartered in
1) Riyadh
2) Baghdad
3) Vienna
4) Doha
5) Tehran
295. The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) slowed down in Jun to
1) 52.1
2) 51.8
3) 51.4
4) 51.1
5) 50.9
296. Which of the following public sector companies has got President’s award for excellent Corporate
Social Responsibility job in social development?
1) NALCO
2) BHEL
3) Coal India
4) GAIL
5) Indian Oil
298. Deutsche Bank is considering cutting up to 20,000 jobs in a major revamp plan. The bank is
headquartered in
1) Paris
2) London
3) Frankfurt
4) Rome
5) Amsterdam
299. Reliance Home Finance recently extended the maturity of its NCD by four months. Here, the term
NCD means
1) Non-Collectable Debenture
2) Non-Collapsible Debenture
3) Non-Communicable Debenture
4) Non-Convertible Debenture
5) None of these
300. Jharna Dhara Chowdhury passed away recently in Dhaka. She was a social activist and an eminent
1) poet
2) industrialist
3) classical dancer
4) cartoonist
5) Gandhian
301. Based on the recommendations of which panel, interest rates on small savings schemes are reviewed
before the end of every quarter?
1) Shyamala Gopinath
2) Aditya Puri
3) Usha Thorat
4) R Gandhi
5) Nachiket Mor
302. The Statistics Day is celebrated every year on which date? The theme of this year's Statistics Day is
Sustainable Development Goals.
1) 02 Jun
2) 09 Jun
3) 19 Jun
4) 29 Jun
5) 30 Jun
303. India and which country set an ambitious USD 50-bn target for bilateral trade over the next six years
during meeting on the sidelines of G20 summit?
304. The RBI has reduced the leverage ratio for Domestic Systemically Important Banks (DSIBs) to what
per cent effective from the quarter commencing Oct 1, 2019?
1) 2.5 per cent
2) 3 per cent
3) 3.5 per cent
4) 4 per cent
5) 4.5 per cent
305. The Govt of India, the Govt of Kerala and which agency signed a loan agreement of USD 250 mn for
the First Resilient Kerala Program recently?
1) ADB
2) IMF
3) AIIB
4) NDB
5) World Bank
306. Indian Naval Ship Tarkash visited Alexandria on a three-day visit recently. Alexandria is a
Mediterranean port city in
1) Egypt
2) Greece
3) Chad
4) Turkey
5) Saudi Arabia
307. PB Acharya has been sworn-in as Governor of Manipur during the absence, on leave, of Dr Najma
Heptulla. Acharya is the present governor of
1) Assam
2) Sikkim
3) Nagaland
4) Tripura
5) Arunachal Pradesh
308. Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan was elected
unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from which state recently?
1) Jharkhand
2) Bihar
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) Madhya Pradesh
309. The Ministry of Human Resource Development has finalized and released a five-year vision plan
named EQUIP. What does letter ‘U’ denote in the term EQUIP?
1) Undertaking
2) Upliftment
310. According to Mercer's 25th Annual Cost of Living Survey, the costliest city in the world for
expatriates is
1) Zurich
2) Seoul
3) Singapore
4) Hong Kong
5) Tokyo