Current affairs and static general knowledge — history, geography, polity, economy, science, sports, awards, books, and important days as asked in the general awareness section.
Who is the author of the book ‘The Third Pillar-How Markets and the State leave the Community Behind’?
Raghuram Rajan
Anita Desai
Chetan Bhagat
Arundhati Roy
Ravinder Singh
Correct answer
Raghuram Rajan
Which of the following global payment technology company has signed up newly crowned World Champion P.V. Sindhu as an athlete member for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games?
Mastercard
Global payments
VISA
Heartland
PayPros
Correct answer
VISA
The Ramsar wetland Rudrasagar lake is located in which state?
Assam
Tripura
Meghalaya
Manipur
Mizoram
Correct answer
Tripura
Who among the following has been appointed as the first Lieutenant (Lt) Governors of Ladakh, the newly created Union Territories of India?
Dineshwar Sharma
Girish Chandra Murmu
Satya Pal Malik
P S Sreedharan Pillai
Radha Krishna Mathur
Correct answer
Radha Krishna Mathur
Which of the following countries will host the G20 summit in 2020?
Japan
Saudi Arabia
Canada
India
Indonesia
Correct answer
Saudi Arabia
‘Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly’ is the autobiography of _______.
Lal Krishna Advani
Pranab Mukherjee
Amitabh Bachchan
Anupam Kher
Sanjay Dutt
Correct answer
Anupam Kher
Helsinki is the capital of which country?
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Croatia
Belgium
Correct answer
Finland
Lakshmi Vilas Bank is set to be merged with which of the following companies?
PNB Housing Finance Limited
LIC Housing Finance Limited
Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd
ICICI Housing Finance
None of these
Correct answer
Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd
IAAF World Athletics Championships 2019 was held in which country?
Qatar
UAE
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Correct answer
Qatar
Which of the following Mutual Fund has been renamed as ‘Nippon India Mutual Fund’?
Religare Mutual Fund:
Bharti AXA Mutual Fund
Reliance Mutual Fund
HSBC Mutual Fund
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund
Correct answer
Reliance Mutual Fund
Recently, Edgar Chagwa Lungu visited New Delhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held delegation-level talks with him, he is the President of which of the following country?
Zambia
Jamaica
Zimbabwe
Kenya
Kongo
Correct answer
Zambia
Which of the following banks has announced the launch of ‘Express FD’, a digital fixed deposit (FD) product that allows the customer to open an FD account in three minutes through the digital mode without opening a savings account with the bank?
ICICI Bank
HDFC Bank
Axis Bank
Yes Bank
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Correct answer
ICICI Bank
According to the ‘Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat 2019’ report, which railway station topped the list of the cleanest railway station in India?
Jhansi
Jaipur
Kharagpur
Bhopal
None of the above/More than one of the above
Correct answer
Jaipur
What is the theme of the International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC), 2019?
Innovating for girl's education
GirlForce: Unscripted and Unstoppable
Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence
EmPOWER Girls: Before, during and after crises
Girls' Progress = Goals
Correct answer
GirlForce: Unscripted and Unstoppable
Which country has launched the World's Biggest Transport Spaceship, Kounotori-8 for Space Station in September 2019?
China
Russia
USA
Japan
Israel
Correct answer
Japan
The 7th annual World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) 2019 held in _______.
Chicago, USA
Paris, France
Mumbai, India
London, UK
Kathmandu, Nepal
Correct answer
Mumbai, India
During the UN Climate Change Summit, 2019 the 16-year-old environmental activist Greta Thunberg shook world leaders with her speech at the United Nations, accusing world leaders of failing to take action on climate change. She belongs to which country?
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Austria
Correct answer
Sweden
Who among the following has won the 2019 Japan Open single title in Tokyo, Japan?
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal
Novak Djokovic
John Millman
Daniil Medvedev
Correct answer
Novak Djokovic
Which of the following cities has hosted the first-ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF)?
Ahmedabad
Lucknow
Patna
New Delhi
Indore
Correct answer
New Delhi
Which among the following countries had decided to withdraw its membership from Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) effective from January 2019?
Iran
Venezuela
Iraq
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United Arab Emirates
Correct answer
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