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Q.1 Ajmal Sultanpuri, who passed away recently, was a renowned poet in which language?

1. Kannad
2. Urdu
3. Malayalam
4. Sindhi

Q.2 Who has been appointed as the chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)?

1. Ajay Kumar
2. Ajay Kumar Bhalla
3. Rajiv Gauba
4. M. Ajit Kumar
5. T V Somanathan

Q.3 According to FICCI’s Economic Outlook Survey, India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate has been projected at__for financial year 2019-20 and 5.5% for 2020-21.

1. 4.5%
2. 5.0%
3. 5.1%
4.5.1%

Q.4 As per Economic Survey 2019-20, India can Create _ well-paid jobs by 2025 and 8 crore by 2030.

1. 4 crore
2. 5 crore
3. 2 crore
4. 1 crore
5. 6 crore

Q.5 As per Economic Survey 2019-20, India can Raise its export market share to about _by 2025 and__ by 2030.

1. 3.5 %, 6%
2. 3.4 %, 6 %
3. 3.3 Yo, 6 %
4. 3.6 %, 6 %
5. 3.7 %, 6 % }

Q.6 Who prepares Economic Survey?

1. Department of Expenditure
2. Department of Revenue
3. Department of Economic Affairs
4. Department of Financial Services

Q.7. Who presented the Economic Survey 2019-20?

1. Nirmala Sitharaman
2. Rajeev Kumar
3. Krishnamurthy Subramanian
4. Ajay Bhushan Pandey

Q.8 Which organization has declared an international emergency over the novel corona virus from China?

1. WIO
2. ASEAN
3. SCO
4. UNO
5. WHO

Q.9 Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has constituted Cricket Advisory Committee. The committee comprises which of the following?

1. Madan Lal
2. Rudra Pratap Singh
3. Sulakshana Naik
4. Both 1 and 2
5. All 1, 2 and 3

Q.10 Who will receive the prestigious French honor “Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters” for her outstanding contribution to the field of theater?

1. Sanjana Kapoor
2. Anerood Jugnauth
3. M. C. Mary Kom
4. Chhannulal Mishra

Q.11 A joint military training exercise between India and Bangladesh will be conducted at Umroi, Meghalaya. What is the name of exercise?

1. Naseem Al-Bahr
2. Sampriti
3. Sahayog Kaijin
4. Dustlik
5. Surya Kiran

Q.12 Who has been appointed as India’s next envoy to Nepal?

1. Sunil Arora
2. Vinay Mohan Kwatra
3. Krishnamurthy Subramanian
4. Sangita Reddy
5. Keshav R. Murugesh

Q13. The Union Government has set up a task force which consists of Dr Harsh Vardhan, S Jaishankar, G Kishan Reddy and _________, to stop the Novel Coronavirus outspread in India.
(a) D.V. Sadananda Gowda
(b) Raj Nath Singh
(c) Amit Shah
(d) Hardeep Singh Puri

Q14. Which state has bagged the first position for the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Arunachal pradesh
(d) Sikkim

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Q15. Which country has topped a new survey conducted by the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) on “Breast Feeding support Policies and Programs”?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Nepal
(d) Pakistan

Q16. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the Ekushey Book fair in?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Chittagong
(c) Dhaka
(d) Kolkata

Q17. Who among the following defeated Austrian Dominic Thiem in the men’s singles final to win the Australian Open title?
(a) Andy Murray
(b) Leander Paes
(c) Roger Federer
(d) Novak Djokovic

Q 18. Name the mixed doubles pair who has defeated the pair of Barbora Krejcikova and Nikola Mektic in the Mixed doubles final to win the Australian Open title.
(a) Astra Sharma and John-Patrick Smith
(b) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jamie Murray
(c) Iga Swiatek and Lukasz Kubot
(d) Saisai Zheng and Joran Vliegen

Q19. Who among the following defeated Garbine Muguruza in the women’s singles final to win the Australian Open title?
(a) Serena Williams
(b) Maria Sharapova
(c) Caroline Wozniacki
(d) Sofia Kenin

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Q20. Name the pair who has defeated the pair of Max Purcell and Luke Saville in the Men’s Doubles final to win the Australian Open title.
(a) Joe Salisbury and Dominic Thiem
(b) Novak Djokovic and Joe Salisbury
(c) Dominic Thiem and Rajeev Ram
(d) Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury

Q 21. Which country has become the first country to achieve the “Green” nation status from World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative in supporting breastfeeding women?
(a) India
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Russia

Q22. Novak Djokovic defeats Dominic Thiem to win the Australian Open. He belongs to which country?
(a) Australia
(b) Russia
(c) New Zealand
(d) Serbia

Q 23. The Indian Navy recently conducted a coastal security exercise named ‘Malta Abhiyan’ in?
(a) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
(b) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
(c) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(d) Kolkata, West Bengal

Q24. Which of the following company has launched an Android POS device for small and medium businesses (SMEs) & merchant partners?
(a) Paytm
(b) PhonePe
(c) FreeCharge
(d) MobiKwik

Q25. Who among the following has become the new Prime Minister of Iraq?
(a) Barhim Salih
(b) Nouri al‑Maliki
(c) Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi
(d) Adil Abdul-Mahdi

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Q26. Who among the following has won the inaugural Mathrubhumi Book of the Year award for his translated book “Blue Is Like Blue”?
(a) Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh
(b) Shrilal Shukla
(c) Amrita Pritam
(d) Vinod Kumar Shukla

Q27. Name the country which has rejoined the Commonwealth after its exit in 2016 and has become the 54th member of the global body.
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Pakistan
(d) Maldives

Q28. Name the veteran actor who will be honoured by the Madhya Pradesh government with the National Kishore Kumar Samman.
(a) Nargis
(b) Waheeda Rehman
(c) Asha Parekh
(d) Jaya Prada

Q29. Who among the following has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Canada?
(a) Vikas Swarup
(b) Nripendra Mishra
(c) Pramod Kumar Misra
(d) Ajay Bisaria

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Q30. Name the country which has recently declared a national emergency in the country to battle locust swarms which are destroying crops on a large scale in country’s main region for agricultural production.
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Pakistan
(c) South Korea
(d) China

Q31. Who among the following has been named the ‘Central Banker of the Year 2020’ by financial intelligence magazine ‘The Banker’ for the Asia-Pacific region for bringing in measures to tighten the rules around NBFCs?
(a) Zhou Xiaochuan
(b) Reza Baqir
(c) Indrajit Coomaraswamy
(d) Shaktikanta Das

Q32. Name the coastal security exercise recently conducted by the Indian Navy in Kolkata, West Bengal.
(a) Mitra Shakti
(b) Malta Abhiyan
(c) Maitree
(d) Cobra Gold

Q 33. On which day the World Cancer Day is being observed globally every year to create awareness about cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment?
(a) 4th February
(b) 7th February
(c) 6th February
(d) 5th February

Q 34. The 11th edition of the biennial mega defence exhibition “DefExpo 2020” is scheduled to be held at?
(a) Patna, Bihar
(b) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(c) Chandigarh, Haryana
(d) Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Q 35. Who among the following has been appointed by the government of India as chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs?
(a) S.S. Deswal
(b) Balkrishna Goenka
(c) KK Venugopal
(d) M Ajit Kumar

Q 36 The Board of Control for Cricket in India has appointed Madan Lal, ___________ and Sulakshana Naik as the member of Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC).
(a) Rudra Pratap Singh
(b) Virender Sehwag
(c) Dinesh Mongia
(d) Yuvraj Singh

Q 37. Name the actor who has won the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards in the category of leading actor.
(a) Brad Pitt
(b) Dwayne Johnson
(c) Robert Downey, Jr.
(d) Joaquin Phoenix

Q38. The government of India unveiled a new indigenously developed vaccine for controlling CSF which is a highly contagious fatal pig disease. CSF stands for?

(a) Central Swine fever
(b) Controllable Swine fever
(c) Classical Stink fever
(d) Classical Swine Fever

Q 39. India’s biggest rural technical festival titled ‘Antahpragnya 2020’ held in Basar town of Nirmal District of?

(a) Telangana
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Tamil Nadu

Q 40. Name the punjabi writer who was bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship award in 1996 for his book ‘Pakhi’, passed away recently.

(a) Jaswant Singh Kanwal
(b) Amrita Pritam
(c) Kartar Singh Duggal
(d) Shiv Kumar Batalvi

Q41. Who among the following has become the first deaf person to row an ocean by finishing a 3,000-mile journey across the Atlantic ocean?

(a) Elisabeta Lipă
(b) Georgeta Damian
(c) Mo O’Brien
(d) Steve Redgrave

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Q 42. The ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2020 is taking place in?

(a) South Africa
(b) Australia
(c) England
(d) Pakistan

Q 43. Name the Indian weightlifter who was recently suspended for 2 years by the National Anti-Doping Agency for violating the anti-doping rules.

(a) Sathish Sivalingam
(b) Ramshad AR
(c) Ragala Venkat Rahul
(d) Pardeep Singh

Q 44. Who among the following has assumed the charge as the new chairman and managing director of Coal India Ltd?

(a) Nalin Singhal
(b) S.K. Sharma
(c) D. Rajkumar
(d) Pramod Agrawal

Q 45. Name the Indian Para-athlete who has been elected as president of Paralympic Committee of India.

(a) Mariyappan Thangavelu
(b) Deepa Malik
(c) Devendra Jhajharia
(d) Varun Singh Bhati

Q 46. Who among the following has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka?

(a) P K Mishra
(b) Nripendra Mishra
(c) Gopal Baglay
(d) Vikas Swarup

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Q 47. On which day the World Wetlands Day is annually celebrated globally?

(a) 2nd February
(b) 3rd February
(c) 4th February
(d) 5th February

Q 48. Which of the following country celebrated its 72nd Independence Day on 4th February 2020?

(a) Pakistan
(b) Bangladesh
(c) China
(d) Sri Lanka

Q 49. India hosted the Ministerial-level Defence dialogue between India and South Korea in?

(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Chennai
(d) Kolkata

Q 50. India’s biggest rural technical festival titled ‘Antahpragnya 2020’ held with theme of?

(a) Spot and encourage rural industry innovators
(b) Spot and encourage rural enterprise innovators
(c) Spot and encourage rural tech innovators
(d) Spot and encourage rural scientific innovators

Q 51. World Wetlands Day is annually celebrated globally to raise the awareness about the crucial role played by wetlands for people and our planet. The theme of World Wetlands Day 2020 is?

(a) Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future
(b) Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction
(c) Wetlands for our Future
(d) Wetlands and Biodiversity

Q 52. Name the Indian wrestler who was recently suspended for 4 years by the National Anti-Doping Agency for failing the dope test.

(a) Sushil Kumar
(b) Ravinder Kumar
(c) Mahabali Shera
(d) Yogeshwar Dutt

Q 53. Name the Indian company which has picked up a minority equity stake in Israel’s battery developer Phinergy to jointly set up a facility in India to manufacture metal-air batteries for electric vehicles.

(a) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
(b) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
(c) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(d) Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Q 54. Name the comprehensive health insurance plan which was recently launched by the Reliance General Insurance Company Limited.

(a) Reliance Health Infinity
(b) Reliance State Health Infinity
(c) Reliance Health Cover
(d) Reliance Healthy Status

Q 55. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation has increased the insurance coverage for depositors in all insured banks from Rs 1 lakh to ______ with effect from February 4, 2020.

(a) Rs 1 lakh
(b) Rs 3 lakh
(c) Rs 5 lakh
(d) Rs 7 lakh

Q 56. According to the 6th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2019-20, the repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) is?

(a) 6.15%
(b) 6.00%
(c) 5.75%
(d) 5.15%

Q 57. Name the Indian company which will partner with the Israel Aerospace Industries for the manufacturing of advanced Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles in India.

(a) Defence Research and Development Organisation
(b) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(c) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(d) Bharat Electronics Limited

Q 58. Eastern Railways has partnered with which of the following e-commerce companies to set up a pick-up kiosk at the Sealdah railway station in Kolkata, West Bengal.

(a) Flipkart
(b) Amazon India
(c) Myntra
(d) Snapdeal

Q 59. According to the 6th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2019-20, the reverse repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) is?

(a) 4.90%
(b) 4.75%
(c) 4.50%
(d) 5.00%

Q 60. On which day the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female is observed globally to eradicate female genital mutilation?

(a) 4 February
(b) 5 February
(c) 6 February
(d) 7 February

Q 61. Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog has begin a series of innovation demo days. The first innovation demo day was held in?

(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Chennai
(d) Kolkata

Q 62. According to the 6th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2019-20, the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate is?

(a) 5.15%
(b) 5.40%
(c) 5.75%
(d) 5.90%

Q 63. In its India Economic Outlook, Fitch Ratings has estimated India’s GDP growth in the next FY21 at _____

(a) 6.00%
(b) 5.90%
(c) 5.60%
(d) 5.75%

Q 64. Name the Indian weightlifter who has won the gold medal with a national record of 188kg in clean and jerk in the men’s 89kg event of the National Weightlifting Championships held in Kolkata.

(a) Sambo Lapung
(b) Jeremy Lalrinnunga
(c) Sathish Sivalingam
(d) Vikas Thakur

Q 65. The Union Cabinet has approved to bestow the status of Institution of National Importance to the _____ Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs).

(a) three
(b) four
(c) five
(d) six

Q 66. The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female is observed globally to eradicate female genital mutilation. What is the theme of the day for 2020?

(a) Unleashing Youth Freedom
(b) Unleashing Youth Force
(c) Unleashing Youth Capabilities
(d) Unleashing Youth Power

Q 67. RBI has increased the real GDP growth for fiscal year 2020-21 from 5% to ___ in its 6th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2019-20.

(a) 6.00%
(b) 5.75%
(c) 5.50%
(d) 5.40%

Q 68. Which of the following state celebrate the signing of Bodo Act?

(a) Meghalaya
(b) Assam
(c) Tripura
(d) Manipur

Q 69. India is to develop ____ km range tactical ballistic missile?

(a) 200
(b) 250
(c) 300
(d) 150

Q 70. Which of the following state emerged as Defence Manufacturing Hub?

(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Rajasthan

Q 71. Ease of living index and Municipal Performance Index is launched by:

(a) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(b) Ministry of Home Affairs
(c) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(d) Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Q 72. The _________ signed a Technology Development Contract with Rosoboronexport Russia for the development of spectrum of high energy materials required for missiles, rockets, and guns.

(a) HAL
(b) ISRO
(c) DRDO’s HEMRL
(d) NCCS

Q 73. Which of the following ministry has launched Spice+ form?

(a) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(b) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
(c) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(d) Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Q 74. Bidar Airport is located in:

(a) Maharashtra
(b) Karnataka
(c) Odisha
(d) Andhra Pradesh

Q 75. Which of the following country has make a provision to count LGBT in their next census?

(a) India
(b) Canada
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Nepal

Q 76. Atal Bhujal Yojana was launched in:

(a) 2016
(b) 2015
(c) 2019
(d) 2017

Q 77. With which of the following nation India has partnered on developing Jet Engine Technology?

(a) USA
(b) Russia
(c) Canada
(d) United Kingdom

Q 78. The fifth round of the India-Russia Military Industrial Conference (IRMIC) held at ____.

(a) Mumbai
(b) Lucknow
(c) Jaipur
(d) New Delhi

Q 79. The High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) located at:

(a) Mumbai
(b) Pune
(c) Bangalore
(d) New Delhi

Q 80. MOU with Israel-based defense electronics company Elbit Systems to promote and market the Digital Head-Up Displays (HUD) units has signed by:

(a) HAL
(b) ISRO
(c) BEL
(d) NCCS

Q 81. Which of the following service is launched by the Income Tax (IT) department?

(a) e-tax payment scheme
(b) e-Calculator
(c) e-investment
(d) e-mobile

Q 82. In India, taxpayers are divided into ____ categories?

(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 2

Q 83. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority has decided to increase the minimum net worth criterion for pension fund managers from Rs 25 crore to?

(a) Rs 30 crore
(b) Rs 35 crore
(c) Rs 40 crore
(d) Rs 50 crore

Q 84. Indian Army has developed first bulletproof helmet of the world which can stop an AK-47 bullet round fired from a distance of 10 meters. The Ballistic helmet is developed by an Indian Army Major .

(a) Anoop Mishra
(b) Harpal Singh
(c) S T Upasani
(d) Raj Shukla

Q 85. Name the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s astronaut who has returned to Earth after her record stay of 328 days in space.

(a) Jim Lovell
(b) Christina Koch
(c) Sunita Williams
(d) Thomas P. Stafford

Q 86. Who among the following has been appointed by the Supreme Court of India to formulate an inventory and valuation report of ornaments at Sabarimala temple?

(a) Anu Sivaraman
(b) A. Muhamed Mustaque
(c) Narayana Pisharadi R
(d) C N Ramachandaran Nair

Q 87. Which state government has decided to employ drones for mapping of the villages?

(a) Kerala
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) West Bengal

Q 88. Name the instant messaging platform which got the permission from National Payments Corporation of India to expand its Unified Payment Interface (UPI) services to 10 million users.

(a) Facebook
(b) WhatsApp
(c) Instagram
(d) Telegram

Q 89. Name the present Chief Economist of the World Bank who has recently announced her resignation from the post.

(a) Gita Gopinath
(b) Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
(c) Kristalina Georgieva
(d) Christine Lagarde

Q 90. The Supreme Court has directed the states to establish _________ to provide speedy and inexpensive justice to people in rural areas at their doorsteps.

(a) Gram Sachivalayas
(b) Grameen Court
(c) Gram Panchayat
(d) Gram Nyayalayas

Q 91. Which state government has launched the first Disha Police Station in Rajamahendravaram city to provide speedy justice for female victims of Sexual assault, Sexual harassment and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012?

(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Q 92. Who among the following will replace Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg as the interim Chief Economist of the World Bank?

(a) Alan Greenspan
(b) Aart Kraay
(c) Daniel Kahneman
(d) Robert Solow

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