Wednesday 27 November 2019

BANKING CURRENT AFF TEST PAPER 22 TO 28 OCT. 2019


BANKING CURRENT AFF TEST PAPER 22 TO 28 OCT. 2019



1. Where was the first MeitY Start-up Summit 2019 held ?
1)     Guwahati, Assam
2)     Kolkata, West Bengal
3)     Mumbai, Maharashtra
4)     New Delhi, Delhi
5)     None of these

2. Who inaugurated the MeitYStartup Hub(MSH) portal during the first MeitY Start-up Summit 2019 in New Delhi ?
1)     Nitin Gadkari
2)     Ravi Shankar Prasad
3)     Ram Vilas Paswan
4)     Prakash Javadekar
5)     None of these

3. Which organization has released the annual Crime in India Report 2017, after a delay of 2 years on October 21, 2019 ?
1)     Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI)
2)     Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD)
3)     National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
4)     National Investigation Agency(NIA)
5)     None of these

4. Name the state, which has the most number of crimes against women with 56,011 cases as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)’s annual Crime in India Report 2017 .
1)     Maharashtra
2)     Assam
3)     Uttar Pradesh
4)     Delhi
5)     None of these

5. Which state was encountered with the maximum number on circulation of false/fake news and rumours as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)’s annual Crime in India Report 2017 ?
1)     Madhya Pradesh
2)     Maharashtra
3)     Kerala
4)     Uttar Pradesh
5)     None of these

6. Where was the US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) summit 2019 held ?
1)     New York, United States
2)     Mumbai, India
3)     Washington D.C., United States
4)     New Delhi, India
5)     None of these

7. What does ‘3D’ stands for, which was stated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during the US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) summit 2019 ?
1)     Democracy, Diverse and Development
2)     Democracy, Demography and Dimaag(Brain)
3)     Diverse, Democracy and Dimaag(Brain)
4)     Democracy, Diverse and Democracy
5)     None of these

8. Name the missile, which was purchased by the Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) to increase the firepower of Indian Tanks & auxiliary power unit (APU) for T-72 and T-90 battle tanks .
1)     Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM)
2)     Anti-Submarine Missile (ASM)
3)     Ground-Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM)
4)     Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM)
5)     None of these

9. Ministry of AYUSH has signed an MoU with Ministry of Defence for providing health services to armed forces, Expand AYUSH ?
1)     AYUSH-Ayurvedic, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Herbal
2)     AYUSH-Ayurvedic, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy
3)     AYUSH-Ayurvedic, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy
4)     AYUSH-Ayurvedic, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Herbal
5)     None of these

10. Which E-Commerce company was allowed by Indian Railways to use its EMU (electric multiple unit) services under its new pilot project ?
1)     Myntra
2)     Flipkart
3)     Snapdeal
4)     Amazon
5)     None of these

11. Name the institute that topped in the 2nd edition of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) India University Rankings 2020 .
1)     Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M)
2)     Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B)
3)     Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IIS-B)
4)     Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-D)
5)     None of these

12. What is the revenue growth of India for the year 2010-18, within India’s banking sector as per the McKinsey & Company’s Global Banking Annual Review 2019 ?
1)     10.3%
2)     15.3%
3)     17.3%
4)     20.3%
5)     None of these

13. Which entity has partnered with State Bank of India(SBI) to offer EMIs (equated monthly instalments) for debit card transactions ?
1)     BankBazaar
2)     MobiKwik
3)     Pine Labs
4)     Capital Float
5)     None of these

14. Name the film which won the Best film award from India in the Regional Asian Academy Creative Awards 2019 (AAA) .
1)     Badla
2)     Article 15
3)     Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
4)     Gully Boy
5)     None of these

15. Name the app that was developed by a team of students from Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Delhi which sends an SOS (save our souls) alert based on audio snippets in case of emergency .
1)     Help
2)     Rakshak
3)     Alert
4)     Emergency
5)     None of these

16. Who was appointed as the new CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) ?
1)     Pankaj Kumar
2)     Rajesh Kotecha
3)     Tarun Shridhar
4)     Trilochan Mohapatra
5)     None of these

17. To which country, Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India ?
1)     Republic of Senegal
2)     Republic of Seychelles
3)     Republic of Cabo Verde
4)     Republic of Suriname
5)     None of these

18. Who was appointed as the chairman of the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) ?
1)     Tarun Shridhar
2)     Trilochan Mohapatra
3)     Braj Raj Sharma
4)     Rajesh Bhushan
5)     None of these

19. Where did a group of scientists have discovered Six new species of Lizard of ‘Dravidgerco’ family ?
1)     Akathiyoor, Kerala
2)     Mulugu, Telangana
3)     Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
4)     Aurangabad, Maharashtra
5)     None of these

20. Name the online portal of India’s technological capability launched by Lt. Gen (Dr) Rajesh Pant .
1)     Keya
2)     TechSagar
3)     Digital form
4)     Darpan-Pli
5)     None of these

21. Who won the 7th season of 2019 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) ?
1)     Bengal Warriors
2)     Bengaluru Bulls
3)     Dabang Delhi
4)     U Mumba
5)     None of these

22. Pardeep Narwal is associated with which sport ?
1)     Cricket
2)     Tennis
3)     Kabaddi
4)     Football
5)     None of these

23. Name the 65th chess Grandmaster (GM) of India .
1)     Saptarshi Roy
2)     Nihal Sarin
3)     Arjun Erigaisi
4)     Raunak Sadhwani
5)     None of these

24. Who won the Men’s Singles title in the 16th Danisa Denmark Open 2019 ?
1)     Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
2)     Kento Momota
3)     Chen Long
4)     Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
5)     None of these

25. International Stuttering Awareness Day(ISAD)is observed annually on ___________ .
1)     October 22
2)     October 21
3)     October 20
4)     October 19
5)     None of these

26. Which Armed force, is set to conduct the exercise codenamed “Sindhu Sudarshan” to evaluate the capability of the defence services in an integrated air-land battle in Rajasthan deserts ?

1)     Indian Navy (IN)
2)     Indian Army (IA)
3)     Indian Airforce(IA)
4)     All the above
5)     None of these

27. Name the Indian City, which topped in the Mobile download speed as per the report released by Ookla .
1)     Hyderabad
2)     Indore
3)     Visakhapatnam
4)     Mumbai
5)     None of these

28. Which Indian City has became the fastest mean download speed over fixed broadband ?
1)     Chennai
2)     Mumbai
3)     Hyderabad
4)     Bengaluru
5)     None of these

29. What will be the theme of “Hunar Haat” exhibhition for the year 2019 & 2020 ?
1)     “Innovate: Evolve, Progress: Exploring Science since 40 years”
2)     “Towards a Common Future”
3)     “Ek Bharat Shresth Bharat”
4)     “Hear the Future”
5)     None of these

30. Which country topped in the contribution for global wealth growth with $3.8 trillion as per the 10th edition of the 2019 Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report ?
1)     Russia
2)     United States (US)
3)     India
4)     China
5)     None of these

31. Which country has became the fastest wealth creator in the world in 2019, whose household wealth grew by 5.2% according to 10th Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2019 ?
1)     Russia
2)     United States (US)
3)     India
4)     China
5)     None of these

32. Which organization has carried out the Supply Chain Dynamics and Food Inflation in India survey 2019 ?
1)     Reserve Bank of India(RBI)
2)     Food Corporation of India(FCI)
3)     National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development(NABARD)
4)     Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI)
5)     None of these

33. Name the Financial Service firm, which received the non-banking finance company (NBFC) license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently .
1)     Incap Financial Services Limited
2)     IFCI Financial Services Ltd.
3)     Adroit Financial Services Pvt. Ltd.
4)     Vreedhi Financial Services (VFS)
5)     None of these

34. Which entity has signed a partnership agreement with Indian Dental Association (IDA) to offer EMIs (equated monthly installments) for patients getting dental treatments ?
1)     Centbank Financial Services Ltd.
2)     Aditya Birla Finance Limited (ABFL)
3)     Ratnabali Capital Markets Ltd.
4)     Blend Financial Services Ltd.
5)     None of these

35. Name the bank that has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Government e-Marketplace (GeM) for payment-related services .
1)     Indian Bank
2)     Canara Bank
3)     Federal Bank
4)     State Bank of India
5)     None of these

36. Who were named as the brand ambassadors of ‘Bharat Ki Laxmi‘ movement ?
1)     Deepika Padukone and Pusarla Venkata(PV) Sindhu
2)     Ayushmann Khurrana and Deepika Padukone
3)     Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh
4)     Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma
5)     None of these

37. To which country, Arun Kumar Sahu was concurrently accredited as the next new High Commissioner ?
1)     Trinidad and Tobago
2)     Guyana
3)     Suriname
4)     Grenada
5)     None of these

38. Who was appointed to raise awareness and speak up against sexual abuse of children by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) ?
1)     Ranveer Singh
2)     Ayushmann Khurrana
3)     Arjun Kapoor
4)     Vicky Kaushal
5)     None of these

39. Name the cricketer, who was appointed as the 39th President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) .

1)     Maharajkumar
2)     Kapil Dev
3)     Sourav Ganguly
4)     Sachin Tendulkar
5)     None of these

40. Which entity was decided to merge with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) by government recently ?
1)     Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
2)     Tata Docomo
3)     Jio
4)     Vodafone Idea
5)     None of these

41. Which type of Brahmos missile was test fired from mobile platform by Indian Air Force(IAF) recently ?
1)     Anti-ship missile
2)     Land-attack missile
3)     Air-launched cruise missile
4)     Surface to Surface Missile
5)     None of these

42. Where was the Brahmos surface to surface missile test fired ?
1)     Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
2)     Trak Island, Andaman Nicobar Islands
3)     Balasore, Odisha
4)     Bengaluru, Karnataka
5)     None of these

43. What is the strike range of the Brahmos surface to surface missile ?
1)     100kms
2)     200kms
3)     300kms
4)     400kms
5)     None of these

44. Name the world’s loudest bird which hits 125.4 decibels.
1)     Male White Bellbird(Procnias albus)
2)     Screaming Phias (Lipaugus vociferans)
3)     Hawkheads
4)     Alexandrines
5)     None of these

45. Which city is set to host the 2024 summer olympic and paralympic games ?
1)     New Delhi, India
2)     Tokyo, Japan
3)     Beijing, China
4)     Paris, France
5)     None of these

46. Abhishek Nayar is associated with which sport, who announced retirement recently ?
1)     Football
2)     Cricket
3)     Badminton
4)     Tennis
5)     None of these

47. Against which country, India had whitewashed the test series by winning all the 3 matches in the test series for the first time ?
1)     New zealand
2)     Bangladesh
3)     South Africa
4)     Australia
5)     None of these

48. Who surpassed former Australia cricketer Don Bradman’s record of the most number of 150 plus scores as captain in international cricket ?
1)     Virat Kohli
2)     Rohit Sharma
3)     MS Dhoni
4)     Ravichandran Ashwin
5)     None of these

49. Who became the third Indian to reach the top 10 in all three formats ?
1)     Virat Kohli
2)     Rohit Sharma
3)     MS Dhoni
4)     Ravichandran Ashwin
5)     None of these

50. Paralympic athlete Marieke vervoort ends her life with euthanasia, she belonged to which country ?
1)     New Zealand
2)     Russia
3)     England
4)     Belgium
5)     None of these

51. TP Radhamani passed away recently, she was a __________ .
1)     Director
2)     Producer
3)     Actor
4)     Politician
5)     None of these

52. Who is the author of the book titled “Ten Studies in Kashmir: History and Politics” ?
1)     Kashi Nath Pandit
2)     Braj Kachru
3)     Arun Shourie
4)     Yashwant Sinha
5)     None of these

53. Find the final book of late British economist Anthony Barnes Atkinson, which was released by the Penguin Random House recently ?
1)     The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
2)     Measuring Poverty around the World
3)     The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation
4)     Inequality: What Can Be Done?
5)     None of these

54. On which date, International Snow Leopard day is observed annually ?
1)     October 20
2)     October 21
3)     October 22
4)     October 23
5)     None of these

55. 7th International lead poisoning prevention week (ILPPW) is observed from _______.
1)     20–26 October 2019
2)     21–27 October 2019
3)     22–28 October 2019
4)     23–29 October 2019
5)     None of these

56. Who launched the 1st national protocol to enumerate the snow leopard population in the nation ?
1)     Nitin Gadkari
2)     Rajnath Singh
3)     Prakash Javadekar
4)     Ram Vilas Paswan
5)     None of these

57. Where was the 1st India-Bangladesh Stakeholders’ Meet held ?

1)     Kolkata, West Bengal
2)     Bengaluru, Karanataka
3)     Guwahati, Assam
4)     New Delhi, Delhi
5)     None of these

58. Which policy has received the Cabinet approval on 23rd October, 2019 ?
1)     Environmental policy
2)     Fuel Retailing Policy
3)     Economy Policy
4)     Energy policy
5)     None of these

59. Name the rabi crop, which has the highest increase in Minimum Support Price(MSP) during the RMS (Rabi Marketing Season) 2020-21 .
1)     Mung bean
2)     Legume
3)     Chickpea
4)     Lentil
5)     None of these

60. Which country’s proposal in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine was approved by Cabinet Committee of India on 23rd October, 2019 ?
1)     St. Vincent & the Grenadines
2)     St Kitts and Nevis
3)     Antigua and Barbuda
4)     Anguilla
5)     None of these

61. Cabinet Committee has approved the MoU between India and Kuwait in which of the following field ?
1)     Capacity building
2)     Financial and audit knowledge base
3)     Strengthening the accounting
4)     All the above
5)     None of these

62. Where will the India’s first International multi-model hub at a cost of 600 crore rupees to be set up ?
1)     Hyderabad, Telangana
2)     Nasik, Maharashtra
3)     Jogighopa, Assam
4)     New Delhi, Delhi
5)     None of these

63. Which country topped in the 11th edition of the 2019 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) ?
1)     United States
2)     Netherlands
3)     Australia
4)     Denmark
5)     None of these

64. Based on how many sub indices, Mercer ranks the country for Global Pension Index ?
1)     3
2)     4
3)     5
4)     6
5)     None of these

65. What is the rank of India in the 11th edition of the 2019 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) ?
1)     31
2)     30
3)     35
4)     32
5)     None of these

66. Where was the 19th Indo – Swedish Joint Commission for Economic, Industrial and Scientific Cooperation (JCEC) held ?
1)     Gothenburg, Swedan
2)     New Delhi, India
3)     Stockholm, Sweden
4)     Mumbai, India
5)     None of these

67. Name the Indian delegation, who addressed the 19th Indo – Swedish Joint Commission for Economic, Industrial and Scientific Cooperation (JCEC) .
1)     Suresh Prabhu
2)     Piyush Goyal
3)     Prakash Javadekar
4)     Nitin Gadkari
5)     None of these

68. Kartarpur Corridor was in news recently, it is a border corridor of which two countries ?
1)     India and Nepal
2)     India and Bangladesh
3)     India and Pakistan
4)     India and China
5)     None of these

69. Where was the 4th ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) -India Business Summit for 2019 held ?
1)     Manila, Philippines
2)     Washington D.C., United States(U.S.)
3)     Geneva, Switzerland
4)     Vienna, Austria
5)     None of these

70. How many agreements were signed between India and Philippines during President Ram Nath Kovind’s visit ?
1)     10
2)     8
3)     6
4)     4
5)     None of these

71. Where did President Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone of Sri Sathya Sai Sanathana Samskruti Project ?
1)     Makati, Philippines
2)     Kakegawa, Japan
3)     Manila, Philippines
4)     Osaka, Japan
5)     None of these

72. Who enthroned as the Emperor of Japan recently ?
1)     Fumihito
2)     Hirohito
3)     Naruhito
4)     Akihito
5)     None of these

73. Which entities have received the ‘Maharatna‘ status by the Department of Public Enterprises recently ?
1)     Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL)
2)     Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited(NLCL) and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL)
3)     Power Finance Corporation Limited(PFCL) and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL)
4)     Bridge & Roof Company (India) Limited(BRCL) and Power Finance Corporation Limited(PFCL)
5)     None of these

74. Name the organization, which released the “Doing Business 2020-Comparing Business Regulation in 190 Economies” report .
1)     Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD)
2)     International Monetary Fund(IMF)
3)     United Nation(UN)
4)     World Bank(WB)
5)     None of these

75. What is the rank of India in the 17th edition of World Bank’s (WB),“Doing Business 2020-Comparing Business Regulation in 190 Economies ” report ?
1)     75
2)     63
3)     60
4)     77
5)     None of these

76. Which country topped in the 17th edition of World Bank’s (WB),“Doing Business 2020-Comparing Business Regulation in 190 Economies ” report ?
1)     China
2)     Denmark
3)     New Zealand
4)     Singapore
5)     None of these

77. What is the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India for the FY20 forecasted by American credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings ?
1)     5.5%
2)     5.2%
3)     5%
4)     4.5%
5)     None of these

78. Who received the Udyog Rattan Award 2019 from the Institute of Economic Studies (IES) recently ?
1)     Ram Singh
2)     Sudhir Singh
3)     Mahender Singh
4)     Thakur Anup Singh
5)     None of these

79. Which organization has received the DigiDhan Mission Fin-tech Award 2018-2019 for ‘Innovation in Digital Payments through Emerging Technology’ at the MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) Start-up Summit 2019 ?
1)     NeoGrowth
2)     BharatPe
3)     BharatPay
4)     KredX
5)     None of these

80. Name the Uighur economist, who won the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize 2019 for defending China’s Uighur minority over 20 years .
1)     Liu Xiaobo
2)     Lutpulla Mutellip
3)     Ilham Tohti
4)     Xu Zhiyong
5)     None of these

81. Who conferred National Panchayat Awards 2019 to 240 panchayats in New Delhi ?
1)     Narendra Singh Tomar
2)     Radha Mohan Singh
3)     Ram Vilas Paswan
4)     Thawar Chand Gehlot
5)     None of these

82. Name the Spatial Planning Application, which is a Geo Spatial based decision support system for the panchayats .
1)     Gram Parivar
2)     Shiksha Gram
3)     Gram Bandhu
4)     Gram Manchitra
5)     None of these

83. Who has been appointed as the chairman of Airports Authority of India(AAI) ?
1)     Anuj Aggarwal
2)     Arvind Singh
3)     Arun Kumar
4)     Indrakanti Narasimha Murthy
5)     None Of These

84. To which of agency, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu has been appointed as the chief ?
1)     Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL)
2)     Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
3)     National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
4)     Airports Authority of India (AAI)
5)     None of these

85. Name the application launched by Southern Railway for hassle-free working and transactions with the railway personnel and customers.
1)     Rail Dhandora
2)     Rail Madad
3)     Rail Saarthi
4)     Rail Aaykar
5)     None of these

86. Which country has received FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) permission to host the inaugural edition of expanded 24-team Club World Cup in 2021?
1)     Thailand
2)     Japan
3)     India
4)     China
5)     None of these

87. Name the first Indian man, who won a gold medal at the Wushu World Championships 2019.

1)     Surya Bhanu Partap Singh
2)     Praveen Kumar
3)     Vikrant Baliyan
4)     Rajvir Singh
5)     None of these
88. Which country topped in FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) rankings released on October 24, 2019?

1)     India
2)     Brazil
3)     Belgium
4)     France
5)     None of these

89. At what position, India was ranked as per the latest FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) rankings on October 24, 2019 ?
1)     106
2)     105
3)     104
4)     103
5)     None of these

90. Who is the author of the book titled “The True Meaning of Yoga” ?
1)     Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
2)     Nisargadatta Maharaj
3)     Krishnananda Saraswati
4)     Atman in Ravi
5)     None of these

91. Name the 2 Hindu mythological texts, which was translated in English by Economist and author Bibek Debroy .
1)     ‘Brahmanda Purana’ and ‘The Bhagavad Gita’
2)     ‘Markendya Purana’ and ‘The Bhagavad Gita’
3)     ‘Matsya Purana’ and ‘The Bhagavad Gita’
4)     ‘Padma Purana’ and ‘The Bhagavad Gita’
5)     None of these

92. What was the theme of the United Nations (UN) Day 2019 ?
1)     “Traditions of Peace and Non-violence”
2)     “Potential in Diversity”
3)     “Our Planet. Our Future”
4)     “Freedom First”
5)     None of these

93. On which date, World Development Information Day (WDID) 2019 is observed ?
1)     October 24
2)     October 23
3)     October 22
4)     October 21
5)     None of these

94. 2019 edition of Disarmament Week is being observed from ____________ .
1)     21- 27 October 2019
2)     22- 28 October 2019
3)     23- 29 October 2019
4)     24- 30 October 2019
5)     None of these

95. What was the overarching theme for world Polio Day as per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States (US) ?
1)     A celebration of the unsung heroes of Polio eradication
2)     Stories of Progress: Past and present
3)     End Polio Now
4)     End Polio now, make history today
5)     None of these

96. The newly formed western command of Indo-Tibetian Border Police (ITBP) will be based on __________ .
1)     Nasik
2)     Mumbai
3)     Chandigarh
4)     Gandhi Nagar
5)     None of these

97. Which city will host the 1st edition of “Global Bio-India 2019” Summit ?
1)     Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2)     Kolkata, West Bengal
3)     New Delhi, Delhi
4)     Mumbai, Maharashtra
5)     None of these

98. Who released the Nano-pharmaceuticals guidelines for safe and efficient assessment of novel nano-formulations ?
1)     Harsh Vardhan
2)     Ramesh Pokhriyal
3)     Arjun Munda
4)     Piyush Goyal
5)     None of these

99. Name the joint exercise of the Armies of India and France, that in Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan.
1)     Shatrujeet-2019
2)     Emerald Mercury-2019
3)     Nomadic Elephant-2019
4)     Ex Shakti -2019
5)     None of these

100. Who will head the panel formed by government of India to resolve differences between Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) & National Institution for Transforming India(NITI) Aayog over AI mission implementation ?
1)     Upinder Singh Bhalla
2)     Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan
3)     Satyajit Mayor
4)     Rajagopala Chidambaram
5)     None of these

101. Which country topped in the Global Health Security (GHS) Index 2019 ?
1)     Netherlands
2)     India
3)     United States (US)
4)     United Kingdom
5)     None of these

102. What is the rank of India in the recently released Global Health Security (GHS) Index 2019?
1)     57
2)     61
3)     63
4)     67
5)     None of these

103. Based on how many indicators, 195 countries were assessed for Global Health Security (GHS) Index 2019 ranking?
1)     7
2)     4
3)     5
4)     6
5)     None of these

104. Which country has recently permitted Indian and Chinese tourists or businessman to visit its country without visa ?
1)     Costa Rica
2)     Brazil
3)     Mexico
4)     Cuba
5)     None of these

105. Name the bank that has signed a tripartite loan agreement worth $ 165 million with Government of India (GoI), Government of Odisha with the aim to Support Climate Resilient Agriculture for 125,000 Smallholder Farmers .
1)     Reserve Bank of India(RBI)
2)     New Development Bank(NDB)
3)     World Bank(WB)
4)     Asian Development Bank(ADB)
5)     None of these

106. For which of the following project, Indian government is set to receive $ 300 million worth loan from New Development Bank (NDB) ?
1)     Renewable Energy Sector Development Project
2)     MSME Growth Innovation and Inclusive Finance Project
3)     National AIDS Control Support Project
4)     Integrated Child Development Services
5)     None of these

107. Who will head the 8 member panel newly constituted by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India(IRDAI) to evaluate applications filed under the Regulatory Sandbox(RS) ?
1)     I S N Prasad
2)     B V Naidu
3)     S Gopalakrishnan
4)     S Sadagopan
5)     None of these

108. Which bank has partnered with the Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Ltd & launched a co-branded health care plus insurance policy ?
1)     ICICI Bank
2)     Indian Overseas Bank (IOB)
3)     State Bank of India (SBI)
4)     Indian Bank (IB)
5)     None of these

109. Name the organization, which has partnered with the 7 mining and metals companies to accelerate responsible sourcing of raw materials under the new ‘Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative‘.
1)     Confederation of Indian Industry(CII)
2)     International Finance Corporation(IFC)
3)     World Economic Forum (WEF)
4)     United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)
5)     None of these

110. Who won the $1 million Berggruen Prize 2019 for philosophy and culture ?
1)     Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2)     Onora O’Neill
3)     Martha Nussbaum
4)     Charles Taylor
5)     None of these

111. Name the third Indian Women Cricketer, who won the 7th edition of Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of the Year 2019 award .
1)     Jhulan Goswami
2)     Harmanpreet Kaur
3)     Jemimah Rodrigues
4)     Smriti Mandhana
5)     None of these

112. Who is the author of the book titled “Cricket Country: The Untold History of the First All India Team”, which was adjudged the Wisden India Book of the Year 2019 ?
1)     Angela Saini
2)     Kavita Puri
3)     Prashant Kidambi
4)     Ali Ansari
5)     None of these

113. Who claimed the world’s richest man title 2019 ?
1)     Warren Buffett
2)     Bill Gates
3)     Jeff Bezos
4)     Mark Zuckerberg
5)     None of these

114. To which country, Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India on October 24, 2019?
1)     Guyana
2)     Ghana
3)     Republic of Gambia
4)     Senegal
5)     None of these

115. Who was elected as the 5th & current President of Botswana (interim) on October 25, 2019 ?
1)     Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi
2)     Quett Masire
3)     Ian Khama
4)     Festus Mogae
5)     None of these

116. Find the Chemical element, whose stable form was discovered by the international team of scientists, led by the Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR).
1)     India and Russia
2)     India and the United States (US)
3)     India and China
4)     India and Japan
5)     None of these

117. Whose name was named for a tiny, honey-coloured insect, blind and wingless beetle in Britain’s Natural History Museum ?
1)     Donald Trump
2)     Luisa Neubauer
3)     Greta Thunberg
4)     Malala Yousafzai
5)     None of these

118. Which country is set to host the 13th edition of International Cricket Council (ICC) U19 Cricket World Cup 2020 ?
1)     South Africa
2)     India
3)     Russia
4)     New Zealand
5)     None of these

119. Who won the gold medal in Men’s Singles title in 2nd edition of World Deaf Tennis Championships 2019?
1)     Vidisha Baliyan
2)     Parul Gupta
3)     Jafreen Shaik
4)     Prithvi Sekhar
5)     None of these

120. Andy Murray is associated with which sport ?
1)     Badminton
2)     Tennis
3)     Table Tennis
4)     Cricket
5)     None of these

121. Which team clinched the 18th season of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019-20 also known as the Ranji One-Day Trophy via VJD method (Jaydevan System or Gokul Gurandi system) ?
1)     Mumbai
2)     Tamil Nadu
3)     Karnataka
4)     Chhattisgarh
5)     None of these

122. Harika Dronavalli is associated with which sport ?
1)     Tennis
2)     Chess
3)     Badminton
4)     Cricket
5)     None of these

123. K R Wadhwaney passed away recently, he was a _____________ .
1)     Sports Journalist and author
2)     Politician and author
3)     Actor and Director
4)     Singer and Actor
5)     None of these

124. Which state’s former Chief Minister, Dilip Ramanbhai Parikh passed away recently ?
1)     Maharashtra
2)     Uttar Pradesh
3)     West Bengal
4)     Gujarat
5)     None of these