General Studies Current Affairs useful for groups and bank exams

1. Where was the Border Personnel Meet(BPM) of Indian and Chinese army held?
1) Ladakh 
2) New Delhi
3) Lachung 
4) Tawang

2. Which government agency has organized 5th Smart Cities India 2019 Expo in New Delhi recently?
1) Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited
2) National Centre for Trade Information
3) India Trade Promotion Organisation
4) State Trading Corporation of India Limited

3. Which two institutions are merged to create new statistical body National Statistical Office (NSO) under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)?
1) Central Statistical Organisation & National Sample Survey Office
2) Central Statistical Organisation & National Statistical Organisation
3) National Sample Survey Office & Survey of India
4) Central Statistical Organisation & Survey of India

4. What is the name of the contemporary artist who became the first Indian to be awarded with Joan Miro Prize?
1) Sheela Gowda
2) Nalini Malani
3) Bharti Kher
4) Shilpa Gu

5. For whom the sahara hostel has been inaugurated by Anij Baijal in New Delhi?
1) Disabled Childrens
2) Disabled Military Personnel
3) 'Naval Widows' or 'Veer Naris'
4) Retired Military Personnel

6. What is the name of the Green man of India, who proposed the new initiative of India's first Tree Ambulance in Chennai, Tamil Nadu?
1) Sunitha Krishnan
2) Dr K Abdul Ghani
3) Medha Patkar
4) Sunderlal Bahuguna

7. How many states were penalised with Rs.1 Crore for not submitting their action plans on plastic disposal to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recently?
1) 22 
2) 23 
3) 24 
4) 25

8. Which armed force of India has signed an agreement with ISRO for selecting and training astronaut for Gaganyaan Programme?
1) Indian Army
2) Indian Air Force
3) Indian Navy 
4) Coast Guard

9. Where did India and Pakistan discuss the modalities for a corridor linking Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab's Gurdaspur district to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib?
1) Kartarpur Zero Point
2) Islamabad 
3) New Delhi
4) Wagah Zero Point

10. Where was the 2nd Urban 20 (U20) Mayors summit held?
1) Tokyo, Japan
2) Beijing, China
3) Berlin, Germany
4) Buenos Aires, Argentina

11. Where was the 2nd Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Mass Media Forum held recently?
1) Beijing, China
2) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
3) New Delhi, India
4) Jakarta, Indonesia

12. Which country is using CFC-11 or Trichlorofluoromethane, a banned Ozone-Depleting chemical against 1987 Montreal Protocol?
1) Malaysia 
2) Japan
3) China 
4) Pakistan

13. Where was the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) inter-sessional meeting held?
1) Moscow, Russia
2) New Delhi, India
3) Bangkok, Thailand
4) Beijing, China

14. Which country has been elected to the Executive Board of first UN-Habitat Assembly?
1) Iran 
2) India
3) Israel 
4) Pakistan

15. Where was the 72nd session of the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s World Health Assembly held?
1) Beijing, China
2) Geneva, Switzerland
3) Washington D.C.,U.S
4) Jakarta, Indonesia

16. What is the rank of India in World Competitiveness Rankings 2019 released by Institute for
Management Development's?
1) 44th
2) 41st
3) 42nd 
4) 43rd

17. Which country's oil import was terminated by India after USA waivers expired?
1) Russia 
2) Saudi Arabia
3) Venezuela 
4) Iran

18. Which country is set to host World Leaders Conference to Combat Anti-Semitism in October 2020?
1) India 
2) Swedan
3) Russia 
4) U.S.A

19. Which global internet technology and financial services provider has collaborated with India to issue Permanent Account Number (PAN) card?
1) Steinhoff International
2) Evotec A.G.
3) Comdirect 
4) Wirecard

20. How much India GDP growth projected to for the financial year 2019 as per the rating agency India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra)?
1) 7.3%
2) 6.9%
3) 7.1%
4) 7.5%


21. What is the GDP growth of India for the 4th Quarter, as per the Ecowrap Report of State Bank of India(SBI)?
1) 6.7-6.3% 
2) 6.1-5.9%
3) 6.3-5.7% 
4) 6.5-6.1%

22. Which airline has became the fourth Indian Airline to have 100 aircraft fleet?
1) SpiceJet 
2) IndiGo
3) GoAir 
4) Jet Airways

23. Which of the following countries signed a Tripartite Pact with Sri Lanka to develop "East Container Terminal(ECT)" in the Port of Colombo?
1) India & Israel
2) India & Japan
3) Japan & China
4) USA & India

24. How much billion dollar is invested in India through FDI, as per the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)?
1) USD 44.37 billion
2) USD 45.37 billion
3) USD 46.37 billion
4) USD 47.37 billion

25. Which Indian State, is now permitted to export fruits and vegetables to Saudi Arabia?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Kerala 
4) Karnataka

26. Which telescope is used to discover the 18 hidden 'Earth-sized Exoplanets' outside our Solar System?
1) Galileo National Telescope
2) Hubble Space Telescope
3) Kepler Space Telescope
4) Spitzer Space Telescope

27. Which country has test fired surface-to-surface ballistic missile, Shaheen-II with strike range of upto 1500 km?
1) Pakistan 
2) Iraq
3) Iran 
4) Oman

28. In which state Researchers from North Eastern Regional Institute of Sciences and Technology has discovered the new medicinal plants of Zeliangrong ethnic group?
1) Assam
2) Manipur
3) Nagaland 
4) Mizoram

29. Where did Indian Space agency ISRO has inaugurated its new commercial arm 'NewSpace India Limited' (NSIL)?
1) Bengaluru, Karnataka
2) Kolkata, West Bengal
3) Guwahati, Assam
4) Mumbai, Maharashtra

30. Where did DRDO successfully test fired a 500 kg class guided bomb from Sukhoi combat jet (Su-30 MKI Aircraft)?
1) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
2) Chandipur, Odisha
3) Dr Abdul Kalam island, Odisha
4) Pokhran, Rajasthan

31. Which country launched the world's largest nuclear-powered icebreaker named 'Ural'?
1) Finland 
2) Russia
3) Canada 
4) Greenland

32. In which ocean the researchers from the University of Chicago have discovered the remnants of seawater of the Ice Age from the rock formations?
1) Arctic Ocean 
2) Indian Ocean
3) Atlantic Ocean
4) Pacific Ocean

33. Who headed the high level panel which suggested the issuance of 'Elephant Bonds' for infrastructure projects and investing undisclosed income?
1) Sandeep Sanyal
2) Harish Kher
3) Santosh Zainulbhai
4) Surjit Bhalla

34. Who sworn in as the 6th Chief Minister of Sikkim recently?
1) Prem Singh Tamang
2) Sanchaman Limboo
3) Pawan Kumar Chamling
4) Nar Bahadur Bhandari

35. Who sworn in as the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh for a second term?
1) Bhupesh Baghel
2) Sarbanda Sonowal
3) Nabam Tuki 
4) Pema Khandu

36. Who has sworn in as chief minister of Odisha for Fifth consecutive term?
1) Naveen Patnaik
2) Biju Patnaik
3) Binayak Achary
4) Hemanad Biswal

37. Who was sworn in as Prime Minister of Australia?
1) Scott Morrison
2) Tony Abott
3) Malcolm Turnbull
4) Julie Bishop

38. Who sworn in as the Second chief minister of Andhra Pradesh post its bifurcation on 30th May, 2019?
1) Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
2) N. Chandrababu Naidu
3) Nara Lokesh
4) K Pavan Kalyan

39. Who was appointed as the 8th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea?
1) Sam Abal
2) Sir Michael Somare
3) Peter O'Neill
4) James Marape

40. Who is the head of the SEBI constituted panel that suggested significant changes to Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) Regulations recently?
1) M Narasimham
2) Dr. Y V Reddy
3) S Venkitaramanan
4) H R Khan


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6) 2 7) 4 8) 2 9) 1 10) 1
11) 2 12) 3 13) 3 14) 2 15) 2
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