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1.BANKING & FINANCE

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2.STATE AFFAIRS

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3.NATIONAL NEWS

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4.GLOBAL NEWS

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5.PEOPLE IN NEWS

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6.SPORTSPage-12

7.AWARDSPage-14

8.Know more about Madhya Pradesh

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9.GK/CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

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10.FUN TIME LESSON

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BANKING & FINANCE

IndusInd Bank appointed Sumant Kathpalia asnew MD & CEO� A private sector lender, IndusInd Bank has

appointed its consumer banking head SumanKathpalia, as its new Managing Director (MD)and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

� He will replace Romesh Sobti, who will be retiredin March 2020.

Finance Minister launches two IT initiativesICEDASH and ATITHI� Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled

two new IT Initiatives – ICEDASH and ATITHIfor improved monitoring and pace of customsclearance of imported goods and facilitatingarriving international passengers.

� ICEDASH is an Ease of Doing Businessmonitoring dashboard of the Indian Customshelping the public see the daily Customsclearance times of import cargo at various portsand airports.

� The ATITHI app will facilitate hassle-free andfaster clearance by Customs at the airports andenhance the experience of international touristsand other visitors at the airports.

Exim Bank grants $30 million line of credit toGhana� The Export-Import (Exim) Bank has provided a

USD 30 million (about Rs 210 crore) line of creditto Ghana for a potable water project in thecountry.

� As per the agreement, the terminal utilisationtime is 60 months period after the scheduledcompletion date of the project.

Moody’s revises India’s economic outlook to“negative” from “Stable”� The American financial service company

Moody’s has downgraded India’s economicoutlook to “Negative” from “Stable”. Thisdowngrade was due to slow growth in theeconomy.

� It also predicted that slow growth would beprolonged and would also have debt rises.

� Moody’s has also predicted a budget deficit of3.7% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) inthe year through March 2020, which is a breach

in the govt’s target of 3.3%.� This was due to corporate tax rate cuts, slow

growth etc. The long term foreign currency bondand bank deposit ceilings were unchanged atBaa1 and Baa2(both being 2nd lowestinvestment-grade score), respectively.

Banks cannot charge on NEFT transactionsfrom January 2020� As per the report titled “Furthering Digital

Payments” released by the Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI), With a view to promoting digitaltransactions on the 3 anniversary ofdemonetisation, the Reserve Bank has moved aproposal in this regard.

� From January 2020, banks can no longer chargesavings bank account holders for onlinetransactions in the NEFT system.

� The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has nowmandated banks to do this. RBI stated that it isdoing this to promote digital payments.

SBI’s economic research team revised India’sFY20 GDP forecast to 5%� The economic research team from the State

Bank of India (SBI) has revised India’s GrossDomestic Product(GDP) to 5% from its earlierestimate of 6.1% for the Fiscal Year 2020(FY20).

� This downgrade was due to global slowdown inthe index of industrial production (IIP).

� The SBI economic research team group hasprojected the second quarter (July-September)GDP growth at 4.2% in their report titled“EcoWrap”.

� It expects the growth rate to pick up in FY2021to 6.2%.

BHIM UPI all set for global launch withSingapore demo� A demo of BHIM UPI QR-based payments

began in Singapore with a live transaction at amerchant terminal at the FinTech Festival 2019.

� High Commissioner of India to Singapore JawedAshraf demonstrated the first transaction underthe pilot run, which was continue during theSingapore FinTech Festival 2019.

NBFCs with over Rs. 500 cr assets size now

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under IBC� On the heels of putting in place a generic

framework for insolvency proceedings ofSystemically Important Financial ServiceProviders (FSP), the Centre has now specificallybrought Non Banking Finance Companies(NBFCs) with over Rs. 500 crore assets sizeunder the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code(IBC) fold.

� After discussions with the central bank, thecorporate affairs ministry issued a notificationspecifying the categories of financial serviceproviders (FSPs) that can be taken up forresolution under the “generic framework” of theInsolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

� The ministry notified the framework for dealingwith systemically important FSPs, excludingbanks, under the Code wherein sectoralregulators can seek resolution of stressedentities.

New rules framed under IBC for rescue of non-bank lenders� The Government of India has issued fresh rules

under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code(IBC) to govern the rescue of non-bank lenders.

� The new rules are likely to help out distressedshadow banks and housing financiers, whichhave been battling a liquidity crunch for a year.

� These entities will be covered by a specialwindow under the bankruptcy code, which willbe notified from time to time.

� Reserve Bank of India has been given theauthority to decide which companies will betaken up to a bankruptcy tribunal under theserules.

India to contribute $13.5 mn for UNdevelopment activities for 2020� India will contribute USD 13.5 million for various

operational activities of development across the

UN agencies for the year 2020.� The contribution was announced at the UN

General Assembly Pledging Conference forDevelopment Activities. The contribution is inline with the country’s long-standing tradition ofsupporting development activities across the UNsystem.

NCAER forecasts India’s GDP growth at 4.9%for FY20� The National Council of Applied Economic

Research (NCAER) has pegged India’s grossdomestic product (GDP) growth for 2019-20 at4.9% as against 6.8 % in 2018 (or FY-19).

� It lowers its outlook due to the slowdown inalmost all sectors & it is primarily driven by asimultaneous deceleration of all the drivers ofaggregate demand.

RBI enhances scope of Non-Resident RupeeAccounts� The RBI expanded the scope of Special Non-

Resident Rupee Accounts (SNRR account) bypermitting non-residents to open such accountsfor rupee-denominated overseas borrowings,trade credit and trade invoicing for popularisingcross-border transactions in the domesticcurrency.

� Any person resident outside India, having abusiness interest in India, can open a non-interestbearing Special Non-Resident Rupee Account(SNRR account) with a bank for bona fidetransactions in rupees.

� The restriction on the tenure of SNRR account,which is currently 7 years, has also beenremoved.

� RBI has also modified norms regarding re-export of unsold rough diamonds from the specialnotified zone of Customs without exportdeclaration form (EDF) formality.

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STATE AFFAIRS

Punjab Cabinet passes resolution to instituteSri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Award� Punjab State Cabinet passed a unanimous

resolution to institute Sri Guru Nanak Dev JiAward for Promotion of Peace and InterfaithUnderstanding, in commemoration of the 550thPrakash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

� The award would carry a citation and a cashprize of 11 lakh rupees. This coveted award wouldbe given each year and would be adjudicated bya jury to be notified by the State Government.

Satya Pal Malik takes oath as Goa Governor� New Governor of Goa, Satya Pal Malik took oath

of office. Chief Justice of Mumbai High Court,Pradeep Nandrajog administered him the oath ina ceremony held at Raj Bhavan at Dona Paulanear Panaji.

� Earlier, Mr Malik has been Governor of Biharwith additional charge of Governor of Odisha andJammu and Kashmir.

Umang Narula assumes charge of Advisor toLG, Ladakh� Mr Umang Narula has assumed charge of

Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Ladakh.� 1989 batch IAS officer Mr Umang Narula took

first-hand information from Ladakh AffairsDepartment Secretary Rigzin Samphel about thenewly setup Union Territory.

Amarinder Singh launches first of its kind‘Punjab job helpline’for job seekers� The Punjab Chief Minister(CM) Amarinder Singh

has launched a first of its kind job helpline number76260-76260 for the unemployed youth of thestate under ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar’ programme.

� The objective of this helpline is to reach everyhouse in Punjab and it can be contacted on 75thousand mobile numbers daily.

Andhra Pradesh government launches ‘Nadu-Nedu’ scheme� Andhra Pradesh government has launched the

‘Nadu-Nedu’ programme.� The programme aims to introduce English medium

from classes 1 to 6 in state-run schools.� The scheme will be implemented in 15,715 schools

in the first phase.� It will cover all schools in three years’ time with

a budget of Rs 12,000 crores.

� The decision to switch over to the Englishmedium in government schools has been takento uplift the marginalised section of society.

Yogi Adityanath inaugurates North India’s 1stsugar mill which will produce ethanol� Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has

inaugurated North India’s first sugar mill whichwill produce ethanol direct from sugarcane.

� The mill was inaugurated in Pipraich area ofGorakhpur.

Darjeeling’s green and white teas get GI tag� The green tea and white tea of Darjeeling have

been registered as a geographical indication (GI)products in the country.

� This will “strengthen the protection of theintellectual property rights of the Darjeeling tea”which is considered as “niche and luxury”products in the country and abroad.

Assam Govt approves 1 Tola Gold to Bridesfree of cost under Arundhati scheme� Assam Govt approves Arundhati scheme to

provide 1 Tola Gold to Brides free of cost.� Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal approved

this scheme to give 1 tola Gold (11.66 grams ) tobrides parents belonging to the economicallyweaker sections of the society.

� With the aim to reduce child marriage under theProhibition of Child Marriage Act that a girl inIndia cant get married before the age of 18, anda boy cant get married before 21 years of age,this scheme can be availed by formal registrationof the marriage under the Special Marriage(Assam) Rules, 1954 at the time of marriage.

� This is only limited to the weaker section of thesociety whose annual income is below Rs 5 lakhirrespective of caste, creed, religion etc.

Uttarakhand CM launches virtual classesproject� Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh

Rawat launched a project that will connect 500secondary schools to virtual classrooms andschools in the state facing a shortage of teacherswill benefit from the new technology.

� Virtual classes are attended through videoconferences where students can meet theteacher on a real-time basis and ask questions.

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J&K achieves highest road length underPMGSY in 2019� Jammu and Kashmir have achieved the highest

road length in the country this year so far undera Centre’s rural roads’ programme with thecompletion of around 11,400 kilometres covering1,838 habitations.

� The work is being carried under the centrally-sponsored Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY), which is a mega flagship programmewith the main objective of providing connectivity

to rural areas.Madhya Pradesh govt to give 5% reservationto sportspersons in jobs� Madhya Pradesh government has announced 5%

reservation to national and international medallistssportspersons in state government jobs.

� The announcement in this regard was made byMadhya Pradesh Minister of Sports and YouthWelfare Jitu Patwari while inaugurating theRegional Olympic Games at Kampoo sportscomplex in Gwalior.

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NATIONAL NEWSSecunderabad to get country’s first ‘sciencecorridor’�A first-of-its kind ‘science corridor’ will be

developed between Secunderabad East andNagole Metro stations to create scientific temper.As part of it, promotional activities, especiallytheme-based science and technology exhibitions,will be organised at some metro stations.

�Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited, Indian Instituteof Chemical Technology (IICT) and L&T MetroRail (Hyderabad) Limited signed a MoU todevelop the science corridor betweenSecunderabad East and Nagole Metro stations atHyderabad Metro Rail Bhavan.

Govt releases maps of newly-created UTs ofJammu and Kashmir, Ladakh�The Government of India released the maps of

newly created union territories of Jammu-Kashmirand Ladakh and the map of India depicting theseunion territories.

�According to the Home Ministry, the new UnionTerritory of Ladakh consists of Kargil and Leh –two districts. The rest of the former state ofJammu and Kashmir is in the new Union Territoryof Jammu and Kashmir.

�The maps prepared by Survey General of Indiadepicting the new UTs of Jammu and Kashmir,and Ladakh, as created on October 31, 2019, alongwith the map of India.

First-ever movement of container cargo onBrahmaputra�The first-ever containerised cargo movement via

Indo-Bangladesh protocol route and Brahmaputra

river will start from West Bengal’s Haldia.�National Waterway 2 (NW-2) is a section of the

Brahmaputra River having a length of 891 kmbetween the Bangladesh border near Dhubri andSadiya in Assam.

India refuses to sign up for RCEP, says its coreconcerns remain unresolved� India has decided not to join the Regional

Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)pact, saying it will not “compromise” on its coreissues.

�All RCEP participating countries will worktogether to resolve these outstanding issues in amutually satisfactory way. India’s final decisionwill depend on satisfactory resolution of theseissues. 15 RCEP countries (all members other thanIndia) had completed the negotiations for theRCEP agreement and would sign the deal nextyear.

IIT Madras launches India’s first indigenouslydeveloped ‘Standing Wheelchair’�The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)

in collaboration with Phoenix Medical Systemslaunched India’s first indigenously-designed‘Standing Wheelchair.

�The standing wheel chair branded as ‘Arise’enables a differently-abled person requiring awheelchair to shift from sitting to standing position,and vice versa, independently and in a controlledmanner.

Maharashtra tops in justice delivery�Maharashtra has topped the list of 18 large

medium States in the overall first ever ranking of

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Indian States on justice delivery, followed byKerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Haryana.

� In this category, Jharkhand, Bihar and UttarPradesh are at the bottom, while among sevensmaller States, Goa leads the group.

Guinness World Record of most studentsassembling radio kits simultaneously createdat IIS�A Guinness World Record of most students

assembling radio kits simultaneously was createdon the third day of India International ScienceFestival at Kolkata.

�While 490 students participated in the event, arecord 268 succeeded in completing theassembling process in the stipulated hours.

�A representative of the Guinness World Recordspresented a certificate and memento to UnionMinister of Science and Technology HarshVardhan who took it on behalf of the students.

India to host 2023 men’s hockey World Cup� India will become the first country to host

consecutive World Cups after being awarded thehosting rights for the men’s 2023 edition.

�The men’s event will be held from January 13-29, 2023, and the women’s event from July 1-17,2022.

�The women’s event will be hosted jointly by Spainand the Netherlands - the first time the event willbe held across multiple countries - in 2022. TheFIH had proposed two windows for both events— 2022 and 2023.

Indian Oil to set up 2G ethanol plant in Panipat�The Ministry of Environment has granted

clearance to the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd(IOCL) to set up a Rs.766-crore 2G ethanol plantin Haryana’s Panipat district.

�The Ethanol produced in the plant will beexclusively used to blend transportation fuels. Theproject also aims at doubling farmers income.

Brazilian President to be Republic Day chiefguest�Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has accepted

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to bethe chief guest at the Republic Day celebrationsin 2020.

First night trial of Agni II missile conductedsuccessfully� India has successfully conducted the first night

trial of Agni-II, its versatile surface-to-surfacemedium-range nuclear-capable missile from Dr

Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.�Agni-II, an intermediate-range ballistic missile

(IRBM), has already been inducted into the armedforces.

�The two-stage ballistic missile can carry a payloadof 1000 kg over a distance of 2000 km.

Justice SA Bobde takes oath as 47th ChiefJustice of India� Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde took oath as the

47th Chief Justice of India.�President Ram Nath Kovind administered him the

oath of office at Rashtrapati Bhavan. JusticeBobde succeeds Justice Ranjan Gogoi, whoretired on 17 November.

� Justice Bobde will have a tenure of around 18months till his retirement on April 23, 2021.

� Justice Bobde was elevated as a Judge of theSupreme Court on April 12, 2013.

�He was part of the five-judge constitution benchwhich delivered the landmark Ayodhya verdict.

ISRO to launch Cartosat-3, 13 commercialnano satellites on Nov 25� India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C47

will launch Cartosat-3 and 13 commercialnanosatellites into Sun Synchronous orbit fromSatish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR,Sriharikota on 25th November.

�Cartosat-3 satellite is a third-generation agileadvanced satellite having high-resolution imagingcapability.

�This will be the 74th launch vehicle mission fromSDSC SHAR, Sriharikota.

�PSLV-C47 is the 21st flight of PSLV in ‘XL’configuration, that is with 6 solid strap-on motors.

�PSLV-C47 will also carry 13 commercialnanosatellites from the United States of Americaas part of a commercial arrangement withNewSpace India Limited (NSIL), Department ofSpace.

Amit Shah launches special winter-grade dieselfor Ladakh�Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the

supply of special winter-grade diesel for highaltitude Ladakh, which faces sub-zerotemperatures during the winter months.

�Motorists in high-altitude areas like Ladakh,Kargil, Kaza and Keylong face the problem offreezing of diesel in their vehicles when wintertemperatures drop to as low as minus 30-degreecelsius.

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Cabinet approves establishment of the NationalInstitute of Sowa Rigpa (NISR)

�The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi approved the establishment of theNational Institute for Sowa-Rigpa in Leh, Ladakh.

�The Institute will be an autonomous NationalInstitute under Ministry of AYUSH with themandate to undertake interdisciplinary educationand research programmes in Sowa-Rigpa incollaboration with premier national and

international Institutes and facilitate the integrationof different systems of medicine.

�The objective is to establish the National Instituteof Sowa-Rigpa (NISR) as an apex Institute forSowa-Rigpa with aim of bringing a valid and usefulsynergy between Traditional Wisdom of Sowa-Rigpa and modern science, tools and technology.

� It will help to promote interdisciplinary research& education of Sowa-Rigpa.

GLOBAL NEWS

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Spain to host COP-25 climate summit inDecember� Spain will host the Conference of the Parties

(COP-15) climate summit in December, afterChile abandoned plans to hold it due to deadlyanti-government protests.

� The COP Bureau has agreed that COP-25 willtake place from 2-13 December in Madrid.

China rolls out 5G telecom services� China’s three major state-run telecom operators

have unveiled their 5G network, as the countryaims at becoming the global leader in nextgeneration telecom technology surpassing the USand other western nations. The US, the UK andSouth Korea have already rolled out their 5Gnetworks this year, according to a BBC report.

Guyana to be fastest growing country in theworld next year at 86%� According to the International Monetary Fund

(IMF), Guyana’s GDP is expected to be more at86% in 2020 after expanding 4.4% in 2019.

� This growth expectation had done after ExxonMobil Corp.’s discovery of oil at Guyana.Guyana’s economy will grow more than threetimes within five years.

� Guyana’ GDP is to get fourteen times as fast asChina’s GDP in 2020. Guyana is projecting $300million in petroleum revenue in 2020.

China launches Sudan’s first ever satellite“SRSS-1”� Sudan’s first-ever satellite for conducting research

in military, economic and space technology hasbeen launched by China.

� Sudan’s remote-sensing satellite (SRSS-1), was

developed by the Shenzhen Aerospace OrientalRed Sea Satellite Co.

� The satellite was launched aboard China’s LongMarch-4B rocket along with other Chinesesatellites including Gaofen 7, Xiaoxiang-1 08,Whampoa 1 from the Taiyuan Satellite LaunchCenter in northern China.

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan re-electedas President of UAE� The UAE’s Supreme Council of the Union has

re-elected His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin ZayedAl Nahyan as its President for a fourth five-yearterm, in accordance with the provisions of theUAE Constitution.

� President Sheikh Khalifa was first electedPresident of the UAE by the Supreme Councilof the Union on 3rd November, 2004.

Mauritius elects incumbent Prime Minister for5-year term� Mauritius’ ruling Militant Socialist Movement

(MSM) has won more than half of the seats inParliament, securing incumbent Prime MinisterPravind Kumar Jugnauth a five year term, in thefinal election results.

NASA unveils its first electric airplane� NASA (National Aeronautics and Space

Administration) has launched its 1st all-electricexperimental aircraft named the X-57“Maxwell”.

� It is NASA’s 1st crewed X-plane (experimentalplane) in nearly 2 decades adapted from ItalianTecnam P2006T aircraft.

� The aircraft is expected to be operational by late2020.

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NASA detects huge X-ray burst from outerspace� NASA has detected a massive thermonuclear

explosion coming from outer space, caused by amassive thermonuclear flash on the surface of apulsar.

� The crushed remains of a star that long agoexploded as a supernova. The explosion releasedas much energy in 20 seconds as the Sun does innearly 10 days.

� NASA’s Neutron Star Interior CompositionExplorer (NICER) telescope on the InternationalSpace Station (ISS) detected a sudden spike ofX-rays on August 20, reports the US spaceagency.

� The X-ray burst, the brightest seen by NICERso far, came from an object named “J1808”.

� The observations reveal many phenomena thathave never been seen together in a single burst.

Iran discovers new oil field with 53 Bn barrelsof reserves� Iran has discovered a new oilfield with 53 billion

barrels of crude oil in Khuzestan province, hometo Iran’s Khuzestan’s crucial oil industry.

� The new oil field discovered is 2,400 squarekilometres (925 square miles), with the depositsome 80 metres (260 feet) deep.

Sri Lanka becomes 1st South Asian country tocall match fixing a crime� Sri Lanka has become the first South Asian nation

to bring match-fixing cases to the category ofcrime as its parliament passed a bill related to‘Prevention of Offences Related to Sports’.

� This new legislation related to match-fixing andcorruption will apply to all sports & if a person isfound guilty of corruption in the game, he can bepunished for up to 10 years and also be requiredto pay other fines.

Bill Gates tops Jeff Bezos as world’s richest� Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates overtook

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos as the world’s richestperson reclaiming the top ranking for the first timein more than two years.

� Gates may have been helped in part by thePentagon’s surprise decision announced October25 to award a $10 billion cloud- computingcontract to Microsoft over Amazon. Shares ofMicrosoft have since climbed 4%, giving Gates a$110 billion fortune, according to the BloombergBillionaires Index.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa elected president of SriLanka� Sri Lanka’s former wartime defence chief

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, part of the country’s mostpowerful political dysnasty, has been electedpresident.

� Gotabaya was sworn in as seventh President ofSri Lanka.

� Rajapaksa, the candidate for the SLPP, theSinhalese-Buddhist nationalist party, claimed aneasy victory in the election.

Pakistan successfully tests nuclear-capablemissile� Pakistan successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable

surface-to-surface ballistic missile which canstrike targets up to 650 km.

� The launch of the Shaheen-I missile was held aspart of a training exercise “aimed at testing theoperational readiness of Army Strategic ForcesCommand”.

Abe becomes Japan’s longest-serving premier:2,887 days� Shinzo Abe entered the history books as Japan’s

longest-serving premier, topping the recordpreviously set by Taro Katsura, a reveredpolitician who served three times between 1901and 1913.

� The 65-year-old is also the second-longest-servingleader of the Group of Seven major economiesbehind only German Chancellor Angela Merkel,who has been in office since 2005

� Abe’s tenure likely to last until at least September2021.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tops Fortune’sBusinessperson of the Year 2019 list� Microsoft’s India-born Chief Executive Officer

Satya Nadella has occupied the top spot inFortune’s Businessperson of the Year 2019 list.

� The list also includes Mastercard CEO AjayBanga and Arista head Jayshree Ullal. Banga isranked 8th, while Ullal comes in at the 18th spotin the list for which Fortune looked at 10 financialfactors ranging from a total return to shareholdersto return on capital. Both Banga and Ullal are ofIndian-origin.

� Fortune’s annual Businessperson of the Year listfeatures 20 business leaders “who tackledaudacious goals, overcame impossible odds, foundcreative solutions”.

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Oxford Dictionary names ‘Climate Emergency’its 2019 Word of the Year� Oxford Dictionaries has named “climate

emergency” as its 2019 Word of the Year,choosing it from an all-environmental shortlist that

also included “climate action,” “climate denial,”“eco-anxiety,” “extinction” and “flight shame.

� The word is selected because it shows theincrease in usage since 2018.

PEOPLE IN NEWS

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Sanjeev Nandan Sahai appointed as Secretary,Ministry of Power�Sanjeev Nandan Sahai assumed charge as

Secretary, Ministry of Power. Prior to this, he wasserving as the Special Secretary in the Ministryof Power.

Dhanlaxmi Bank MD, CEO T. Latha resigns�Private sector lender Dhanlaxmi Bank managing

director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO)T. Latha has resigned. The bank’s board hasaccepted the resignation.

�She was appointed as MD and CEO of DhanlaxmiBank for three years due to the retirement offormer MD and CEO G Sreeram.

Pavan Kapoor appointed as Ambassador toUAE�Pavan Kapoor, a 1990 batch Indian Foreign

Service officer took charge as the newAmbassador to UAE.

�Ambassador Kapoor replaced Navdeep SinghSuri.

�During his diplomatic career, Pavan Kapoor hasserved in different capacities at the IndianMissions in Moscow, Kyiv, London and Geneva.

Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal sworn in as ChiefJustice of MP High Court� Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal was sworn in as the

Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Courttoday. Governor Lalji Tandon administered himthe oath of office at Raj Bhavan.

Aditya Mishra appointed as chairman of LandPorts Authority of India

�Senior IPS officer Aditya Mishra was appointedas the chairman of the Land Ports Authority ofIndia (LPAI).

�He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradeshcadre. The Appointments Committee of theCabinet has approved the appointment of Mishra

as the chairman of the LPAI on therecommendations of a search-cum-selectionpanel.

Former President of FICCI & IndustrialistK.K. Modi passes away�Former President of Federation of Indian

Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)and Chairman of Modi Enterprises KrishnanKumar Modi(K.K.Modi) passed away.

�He was also the president of the confederationof Asia-pacific chambers of commerce andindustry from 2002 to 2006. He hailed from Patialadistrict, Punjab.

Former Maharashtra minister BabasahebDhabekar passes away�Former Maharashtra minister and senior Congress

party leader Babasaheb Dhabekar passed away.�He served as water resource minister in the 1990s

during the Shiv Sena-BJP (Bharatiya JanataParty) alliance government.

Government clears Justice A.A. Kureshi’sappointment�The government have cleared the Supreme Court

Collegium’s recommendation to appoint JusticeA.A. Kureshi as the Chief Justice of the TripuraHigh Court.

Eminent Bengali writer Nabanita Deb Sen isdead�Award-winning poet, writer and acclaimed teacher

Nabanita Deb Sen passed away in her southKolkata residence after prolonged illness. She was81.

�A Sahitya Akademi and Padma Shri awardee,Ms. Deb Sen will be best remembered for herfeminist take on the Ramayana, which she hasanalysed from the perspective of Sita. Her book,Sitayana, was translated into many languages andread across the world, establishing her as a

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formidable feminist writer.Arvind Singh takes over as AAI chairman�Arvind Singh, a 1988-batch IAS officer of

Maharashtra cadre, took charge as the chairmanof the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

Dr. Vinaya Shetty appointed as IODA’s 1stIndian and Asian General Vice President�Dr Vinaya Shetty is the first Indian to be elected

to the position of General Vice President (GVP),International Organisation DevelopmentAssociation (IODA) since its inception in 1986.

Google has appointed Sanjay Gupta as its newcountry manager and vice-president�Google has appointed former Disney India

executive Sanjay Gupta as its new countrymanager and vice-president of sales andoperations for India.

Sahitya Akademi awardee writer NabaneetaDev Sen passes away�Sahitya Akademi awardee writer Nabaneeta Dev

Sen passed away.�A poet, novelist and short-story writer, Dev Sen

won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1999 for herbook ‘Naba-Nita’. She was also the recipient ofthe Padma Shri in 2000.

Anjani Kumar appointed as next Ambassadorof India to the Republic of Mali�The Ministry of external affairs (MEA)

announced Anjani Kumar was the nextambassador of India to the Republic of Mali.

�He is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Officer ofbatch 2003. He will replace Pradeep KumarGupta.

CJI Ranjan Gogoi releases Assamese versionof book ‘Courts of India: Past to Present’�Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi

released the Assamese version of the book‘Courts of India: Past to Present’ in Guwahati,Assam.

�The book has been published by the Publicationdivision. The various chapters of the book narratethe historical events of the court.

Padma Shri Dhrupad vocalist RamakantGundecha passes away�Padma Shri-awardee Dhrupad vocalist Ramakant

Gundecha passed away.�He was awarded the Padma Shri for 2012 in the

field of Art – Indian Classical Music – Vocal alongwith his brother Umakant Gundecha.

�Dhrupad is a genre in Hindustani classical music

from the Indian subcontinent and is related to theSouth Indian Carnatic tradition.

Former chief election commissioner TNSeshan passes away�Former chief election commissioner TN Seshan

passed away. A 1955 batch IAS officer of theTamil Nadu cadre, Seshan had led the ElectionCommission from 1990 to 1996.

Mohammad Imran appointed Bangladesh HighCommissioner to India�Mohammad Imran has been appointed as the new

High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India. Heis currently Bangladesh’s Ambassador to UnitedArab Emirates. He succeeds Syed Muazzem Ali.

Mukesh Kumar Gupta & Rajkumar are newMDs of LIC�Mukesh Kumar Gupta and Raj Kumar have taken

charge as new Managing Directors of LIC.Justice AP Sahi sworn-in as Chief Justice ofMadras High Court� Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi was sworn-in as

Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.�Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit

administered the oath of office to Justice Sahi.Justice Sahi replaces Justice VK Tahilramani,who quit on September 6.

Unilever appoints Nils Andersen as newChairman�British-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever

named non-executive director Nils Andersen asits new chairman to utilise his deep experienceacross consumer goods and logistics industries.

�Andersen will replace Marijn Dekkers.ITDC appoints Kamala Vardhana Rao as its newChairman and MD� India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)

has appointed G Kamala Vardhana Rao as thenew Chairman and Managing Director.

Prakash Javadekar takes charge as Ministerof Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises�Prakash Javadekar took charge as the Union

Minister of Heavy Industries and PublicEnterprises. This decision was taken after ShivSena leader Arvind Sawant resigned from theUnion Cabinet.

� Javadekar also holds information & broadcasting,and environment, forest and climate changeportfolios.

Justice Muhammad Raffiq takes oath as ChiefJustice of Meghalaya HC

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� Justice Muhammad Raffiq took oath as ChiefJustice of Meghalaya High Court. He succeedsAjay Kumar Mittal who is now the Chief Justiceof Madhya Pradesh High Court.

Nilam Sawhney appointed as Andhra PradeshChief Secretary�Senior IAS officer Nilam Sawhney has been

appointed as the Chief Secretary of AndhraPradesh.

�She has become the first woman Chief Secretaryof Andhra Pradesh.

�She belongs to the 1984 batch of the IAS andfrom AP Cadre.

�She will replace Neerabh Kumar who is holdingthe additional charge as the Chief Secretary ofAndhra Pradesh.

Renowned mathematician Vashishtha NarayanSingh passes away�Renowned mathematician Vashishtha Narayan

Singh passed away. He was born in 1942 inBasantpur village of the Bhojpur district in Bihar,Narayan Singh was said to have challengedEinstein’s theory of relativity.

�He completed his PhD on cycle vector spacetheory in 1969 and served as a professor at theIndian Institute of Technology, Kanpur(IITK) andthe Indian Statistical Institute(ISI), Kolkata.

Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan takes oath as ChiefJustice of Jharkhand HC� Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan took oath as the Chief

Justice of Jharkhand High Court.�He has been appointed as the 13th Chief Justice

of the Jharkhand High Court.Sudhir Mital elected president of GymnasticsFederation of India�Former Competition Commission of India

chairman Sudhir Mital and Shantikumar Singhwere elected as president and general secretaryrespectively, of the Gymnastics Federation of India(GFI).

�Sudhir Mital is a retired IAS officer of Punjabcadre, was also a former president and workedas GFI chief from 2003 to 2007.

Lt Col Jyoti Sharma appointed as Army’s firstfemale JAG officer�Lieutenant Colonel Jyoti Sharma has been

appointed as Indian Army’s first female JudgeAdvocate General officer to be deployed on aforeign mission.

�She will serve the government of the East Africancountry of Seychelles as a legal expert & wouldgive her opinion about defence and military act.

Lieutenant Shivangi is the first-ever womanpilot for Navy�The first woman pilot, Lieutenant Shivangi, will

join naval operations on completion of operationaltraining here on December 2. She hails fromMuzzafarpur, Bihar.

�She was inducted into Indian Navy as SSC (Pilot)as part of 27 NOC course in Indian NavalAcademy, Ezhimala, Kerala.

Kerala cadre IAS officer to head UN tourismbody�Kerala cadre senior IAS officer Suman Billa is

set to join the United Nations World TourismOrganisation (UNWTO) at its headquarters inMadrid, Spain.

�He will take charge next week as Director,Technical Cooperation and Silk RoadDevelopment at the D1 level at UNWTO, aspecialised agency responsible for the promotionof responsible, sustainable and universallyaccessible tourism.

Bipin Rawat to be first Chief of Defence Staff�General Bipin Rawat to be first Chief of Defence

Staff. He will end his tenure as the Army Chief inDecember 2019.

�He will take over as the first Chief of DefenceStaff – a four-star position being created as partof a defence management overhaul.

�He will get a term of 2 years as the CDS.�He took over as the 27th Chief of Army Staff on

31 December 2016 after General Dalbir Singhretired.

Australian writer & broadcaster Clive Jamespasses away�Australian writer and broadcaster, Clive James

passed away.�He was born in 1939, he moved to England in

1961 and rose to prominence as a literary criticand TV columnist.

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SPORTS

Maisnam Meiraba clinches Korea Jr OpenTitle 2019� India’s Maisnam Meiraba Luwang clinched the

boys’ singles U-19 title at the Woncheon YonexKorea Junior Open Badminton InternationalChallenge 2019 in Miryang, Korea.

� Meanwhile, the eighth seed, Sathish KumarKarunakaran, who had bowed out to Luwang16-21, 22-24 in the semi-final claimed bronze inthe same category.

3Pooja Gehlot wins silver in UWW Under-23World Championships� Pooja Gehlot (53kg) in wrestling claimed India’s

second silver medal after going down to Japan’sHaruna Okuno in the finals of the UWW Under-23 World Championships in Budapest.

Novak Djokovic won the Paris Masters 2019title� Novak Djokovic won the Paris Masters 2019 title.

He won the title for the fifth time.� He sealed his 34th Master’s title and fifth overall

ATP victory of the year 2019.Lakshya Sen wins SaarLorLux Openbadminton tournament� India’s Lakshya Sen has won the SaarLorLux

Open badminton tournament at Saarbrücken inGermany.

� He defeated Sen Weng Hong Yang of China.Lakshya, seeded eighth, needed 59 minutes toovercome Weng 17-21 21-18 21-16 in the summitclash for his third successive singles title of theseason.

South Africa wins Rugby World Cup 2019� South Africa defeated England’s team by 32-12

scores in the final of the 9 edition of Rugby WorldCup 2019 held at International Stadium,Yokohama, Japan.

� This was the 3 time the South African(SA) teamreached the final of the World Cup and won thetournament.

Manu Bhaker bags gold medal in AsianShooting Championships 2019� Manu Bhaker won gold medal in women’s 10m

air pistol event. She put up a dominant showing,shooting 584 in qualification and 244.3 in the finalto take gold.

� While Vivaan Kapoor and Manisha Keer alsowon the yellow metal in junior trap mixed eventat the Asian Shooting Championships 2019.

Smriti becomes fastest Indian women to score2000 ODI runs� Smriti Mandhana became the fastest Indian

women cricketer to smash 2,000 runs in ODIs.� With 2,025 runs in 51 innings, Mandhana is also

the third-fastest woman to reach the milestone.Women’s boxing icon Nicola Adams announcedretirement� Two-time Olympic boxing champion Nicola

Adams (37 years) announced her retirement fromthe sport on medical advice due to thevulnerability of losing eyesight.

� She became the first-ever women’s Olympicboxing champion at London 2012 in the UnitedKingdom(UK), and also the first female boxerto become a double Olympic champion afterwinning a second gold medal at the Rio Olympics2016, in Brazil.

Aradhya and Srishti are National junior chesschampions� Delhi’s Aradhya Garg claimed a sixth straight

victory and became the National junior chesschampion. The girls’ title went to Maharashtra’sSrishti Pandey.

� Garg was seeded a distant 20th and Srishti sixth.Indian-origin boy breaks Praggnanandhaa’syoungest International Master (IM) record� At 10 years 9 months and 3 days, Abhimanyu

Mishra became the youngest InternationalMaster (IM) in the world.

� Abhimanyu, an American boy with Indian roots,bettered Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa’srecord of being the youngest IM by 17 days.

Javelin thrower Sundar Singh wins gold inWorld Para Athletics Championships� Javelin thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar has won

India’s second gold defending his World ParaAthletics Championships title in the men’s F-46javelin throw event in Dubai.

� With this, India has secured three TokyoParalympic Games quota, along with the bronzewinner Ajeet Singh and Rinku.

Saurabh Chaudhary wins silver medal in Men’s10m air pistol event at Asian Championship� Saurabh Chaudhary claimed the silver medal in

men’s 10m air pistol event at the 14th AsianChampionship in Doha.

� World Cup and Asian Games gold-medallist shot244.5 to finish second on the podium behind North

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Korea’s Kim Song Guk, who won the top prizewith a world record 246.5. Iran’s Foroughi Javedbagged the bronze.

� In all, India picked up eight medals on the day.India won six Olympic quotas across events fromthe prestigious championship, taking their total to15.

Thomas Dennerby takes charge as Indian HeadCoach in FIFA U-17 Women’s WC� All India Football Federation (AIFF) has

announced the appointment of Thomas Dennerby(Sweden) as the Indian head coach of theWomen’s U-17 football team.

� The FIFA (Fédération Internationale de FootballAssociation) U-17(under 17) women’s footballWorld Cup 2020 will be hosted by India.

� Thomas led the Sweden Women’s national teamto finish third in the FIFA World Cup in 2011.

� He previously worked as coach of Super Falcons,the Nigerian women’s national team to the 2019FIFA World Cup in France.

� He was also awarded the coach of the year for2018 in Nigeria.

FIFA bans three football officials for life forcorruption� FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football

Association) has banned 3 South Americanfootball officials for a lifetime for connection witha 2015 corruption scandal in football.

� The three officials who were banned wereFormer Peru Football Federation Manuel Burgaand Argentinian officials Eduardo Deluca andJose Luis Meiszner.

FIFA names Arsene Wenger as global footballdevelopment chief� Veteran coach Arsene Wenger has been named

FIFA’s Chief of global football development.� The former Arsenal and Monaco coach would

be responsible for the growth of the game forboth men and women around the world and wouldalso be the leading authority on technical matters,including potential changes to the sport’s laws.

India set to host World Kabaddi cup 2019 inPunjab� The 2019 World Kabaddi Cup will take place

from December 1 to 9 and will be organised bythe Punjab government in Punjab.

� This year’s tournament will be dedicated to the550th birth anniversary of Sikh guru, Guru NanakDev Ji.

� Nine teams: India, USA, Australia, England, SriLanka, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan andCanada are expected to take part in the

tournament.Korea’s Kim Joo Hyung wins Panasonic Open� South Korea’s Kim Joo Hyung has won the

Panasonic Open held at the Classic Golf andCountry Club in Gurugram, India.

� India’s Shiv Kapur finished tied runner-up withS. Chikkarangappa.

� The victory has made Hyung the second-youngest winner behind Thailand’s ChinnaratPhadugsil on the Tour at 17 years and 149 days.

IAAF officially changes its name to “WorldAthletics”� The International Association of Athletics

Federations (IAAF) has officially changed itsname and will now be known as “WorldAthletics”.

� The IAAF was founded in 1912 as theInternational Amateur Athletic Federation andchanged its name to the “International Associationof Athletics Federations” in 2001.

Harmeet Desai claims Indonesia Open TTChampionship� Indian paddler Harmeet Desai wins men’s singles

title at International Table Tennis Federation(ITTF) Challenge Indonesia Open 2019 TableTennis tournament held at Batam, Indonesia.

Sarita Devi elected as member of AIBAathletes commission� Laishram Sarita Devi (Manipur) is among the 6

boxers from 5 continents who were elected asmembers of AIBA Athletes Commission.

� She was inspired by Muhammad Ali’sachievements and turned professional in boxingin the year 2000. She is DSP in Manipur Police.

Shooter Shreyasi Singh crowned NationalChampion in Women’s Trap� Reigning Commonwealth Games champion

Shreyasi Singh won the women’s Trap Gold atthe ongoing 63rd National Shooting Championshipfor shotgun events in New Delhi.

� Shreyasi representing Bihar shot 42 out of 50birds to claim the crown, while Rajeshwari fromPunjab managed 38 hits to settle for silver.

Brazil beats Mexico to lift U-17 World Cup title� The Brazilian football team defeated the football

team of Mexico in the finals for 2-1, to win the18th edition of the FIFA (FédérationInternationale de Football Association) under 17World Cup trophy held in Brasilia, Brazil.

� The victory added to Brazil’s successes in 1997,1999 and 2003 as it moved within one of Nigeria’srecord of five championships.

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Manu Bhaker bags gold medal in ISSF WorldCup Finals� India’s Manu Bhaker created history at World

Cup Finals in Women’s 10m Air Pistol event.� She bagged India’s first gold medal in the

tournament this year.� She shot 244.7 to claim the top prize in the season-

ending tournament of International Shooting SportFederation at Putian in China.

� Serbia’s Zorana Arunovic won the silver whileQuian Wang of China bagged the bronze.

Bodybuilder Chitahresh Natesan crowned MrUniverse 2019� Chitahresh Natesan 33yr old former hockey

player turned bodybuilder also known as the‘Indian Monster’ by bodybuilding circles becamethe first Indian to win ‘Mr. Universe (Pro) 2019’in 90kg category at the 11th World Bodybuildingand Physique Sports Championship(WBPF) in

South Korea.� India secured the second position in the team

championship category at the same event.Rafael Nadal wins Davis Cup title 2019� Rafael Nadal has clinched 6th Davis Cup title

for Spain after beating Denis Shapovalov ofCanada in front of a jubilant home crowd inMadrid.

� Nadal defeated Shapovalov 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) toclinch Spain’s 2-0 win against Canada.

Lakshya Sen wins Scottish Open title� India’s Lakshya Sen has won the Scottish Open

badminton men’s singles title, defeating BrazilianYgor Coelho to seal his fourth title in 3 months.

� Entering the tournament as the top seed, the worldnumber 41 registered an 18-21, 21-18, 21-19 winin 56 minutes to claim the title in Glasgow,Scotland.

AWARDS

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui wins Golden DragonAward at 2019 CIFF� Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been

awarded the prestigious Golden Dragon Awardfor his works in Hindi cinema at the CardiffInternational Film Festival (CIFF ) 2019 held inWales, United Kingdom.

� Veteran Hollywood star-actress Dame JudithOlivia Dench was also honoured with the LifetimeAchievement award at the ceremony.

Pepsico India wins US award for saving water� US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo presented

the prestigious Award for Corporate Excellenceto Pepsico India.

� This award is given for its efforts to save morethan 17 billion of litres of water by conductingvarious community programs and replenishedover 5 billion litres of water, by impacting 60,000community members.

� This award is given by the U.S. Department ofState’s Bureau of Economic and BusinessAffairs.

Rajinikanth to be honoured special Icon awardat IFFI� The 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)

honoured superstar Rajinikanth with a special Iconof Golden Jubilee Award and the Life TimeAchievement Award for a Foreign Artiste

conferred to French Actress Isabelle Huppert.Writer Anand selected for 27th EzhuthachanPuraskaram 2019� Noted writer Anand has been selected for the

27th Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2019.� This award is given by Kerala Sahitya Akademi

Award and the Government of Kerala.� He was chosen for his overall contributions to

Malayalam language and Literature. His realname is P.Satchidanandan uses the pseudonym,Anand.

Sudarsan Pattnaik selected for Italian GoldenSand Art Award� International acclaimed Sand Artist Sudarsan

Pattnaik who belongs to Odisha has been selectedfor the prestigious Italian Golden Sand Art Award2019.

Neeraj sharma wins ‘Early career researcherof the year 2019’ award� Indian-origin researcher Neeraj Sharma has been

given the ‘Early Career Researcher of the Yearaward’ by the Australian government.

� This award is given for developing next-generationbattery systems such as a sodium-ion battery thatwill leave a minimal environmental impact.

� He is a professor at the University of South Wales(UNSW)’s School of Chemistry.

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Serbia’s Sara Damnjanovic wins “Miss AsiaGlobal title 2019”� The 5th Edition of ‘Miss Asia Global Title 2019’

was organized at Gokulam Convention centre inKochi, Kerala. Sara Damnjanovic from Serbiahas been crowned ‘Miss Asia Global 2019’.

Infosys Prize 2019 for science and research� The award is given annually to honour outstanding

achievements of contemporary researchers andscientists across six categories are: Humanities:Manu V. Devadevan, Life Sciences: ManjulaReddy, Mathematical Sciences: Sidhartha Mishra,Physical Sciences: G. Mugesh, Social Sciences:Anand Pandian, Engineering and ComputerScience: Sunita Sarawagi. The annual awardincludes a pure gold medal, a citation and a prizepurse worth $100,000 or it’s equivalent in theIndian rupees.

Gulab Kothari to be awarded Raja Ram MohanRoy Award� Rajasthan Patrika group chairman Gulab Kothari

has been chosen for the prestigious Raja RamMohan Roy Award, presented by the PressCouncil of India, for his outstanding contributiontowards journalism.

George Schaller award for wildlife biologist� Wildlife biologist K. Ullas Karanth, Director,

Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bengaluru, wasawarded the George Schaller Lifetime Award inWildlife Conservation Science for his contributionto the field of conservation.

� He is the first recipient of the award instituted bythe Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), NewYork.

Kumar Mangalam Birla conferred ABLF GlobalAsian award� Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya

Birla Group, was conferred the ABLF GlobalAsian Award, for “powerful individual whosebusiness footprint and commitment to excellencehave engaged international interest and attention”.

Indian wins BRICS-Young Innovator Prize� Ravi Prakash, a PhD scholar of ICAR-National

Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore, has won the$25,000 BRICS-Young Innovator Prize forinventing an affordable indigenous milk chillingunit for smaller and marginal rural dairy farmers.

� Prakash was a part of 21- member delegationsent to Brazil by the Department of Science andTechnology for the 4th BRICS Young ScientistForum, 2019.

� The unit can bring down the temperature of rawmilk from 37°C to 7°C within 30 minutes.

Robert De Niro to be conferred with SAG LifeAchievement award� Hollywood veteran and double Oscar winner

Robert De Niro will receive the SAG-AFTRA’shighest tribute: the SAG Life Achievement Awardfor career achievement and humanitarianaccomplishment, at the 26th edition of theceremony 2019.

� The SAG Life Achievement Award is givenannually to an actor who fosters the “finest idealsof the acting profession”.

Movie “Bhonsle” Wins awards at Asian FilmFestival Barcelona� The Critically acclaimed movie “Bhonsle” has

won prestigious awards at the Asian Film FestivalBarcelona.

� The film has bagged two awards in the ‘BestScreenplay’ and ‘Best Director’ categories at thefestival. The film is directed by DevashishMakhija.

� Bhonsle revolves around a police constableplayed by Manoj Bajpayee, who tries to help inthe struggles of migrants and their battles withthe local politicians.

Veteran actors Sridevi and Rekha conferredwith ANR National Award� The veteran actors Sridevi and Rekha were

conferred with the Akkineni Nageswara RaoNational Award for 2018 and 2019 respectively.

� The award was presented by renowned Teluguactor Chiranjeevi.

� The award is instituted by the AkkineniInternational Foundation and honours those whohave made a lasting impact on Indian cinema.

Bajrang Punia, Mahant Gaurav Sharmahonoured in Dubai� Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia has been conferred

the Indian Personality of the Year Award (Sports)at the Indo Arab Leaders Summit & Awards 2019in Dubai.

� World powerlifting champion Mahant GauravSharma was also honoured with VisionaryLeaders of the Year (Sports) award.

Naturalist Sir David Attenborough will receiveIndira Gandhi peace prize 2019� The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament

and Development for 2019 will be conferred onrenowned naturalist and broadcaster Sir DavidAttenborough for his tireless work to preserveand protect biodiversity.

� The award consists of a monetary award of 25lakhs and a citation. The 2017 Prize had gone to

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former Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh.Virat Kohli named PETA India’s Person of theYear� India captain Virat Kohli was named People for

the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India’s‘Person of the Year for 2019’ for his animaladvocacy efforts.

� Kohli’s efforts to improve conditions for animalsinclude sending a letter on PETA India’s behalfto officials calling for the release of Malti, anelephant used for rides at Amer Fort, who wasreportedly violently beaten by eight men.

Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2019� The Union Minister of the Ministry of Chemical

and Fertilizers, conferred the Swachh SurvekshanGrameen 2019 awards to top-ranked states, unionterritories, and districts in the various categorieson the occasion of World Toilet Day at PravasiBhartiya Kendra, New Delhi.

� The top-ranked state: Tamil Nadu, and the top-ranked district: Peddapalli (Telangana), along withthe state with the maximum citizen participation:Uttar Pradesh.

Greta Thunberg awarded internationalchildren’s peace prize� Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg was

awarded an international children’s peace prize,for her work in the struggle against climate changewhich has resonated with schoolchildren acrossthe world.

� Cameroonian peace activist Divina Maloum, aged15, also received the International Children’sPeace Prize, for her fighting spirit and ‘Peacefulstruggle’ against Boko Haram jihadist group.

Marathon man Kipchoge, hurdle heroineMuhammad win Athlete of the Year� Eliud Kipchoge, the first man to run a marathon

in less than two hours, and 400 metres hurdlesworld champion Dalilah Muhammad won the

World Athlete of the Year awards.� Kipchoge, claimed governing body World

Athletics’ year-ending prize in Monaco aftermaking history last month when he ran themarathon distance of 42.195 kilometres (26.219miles) in 1hr 59min 40.2sec.

Ekalabya award 2019 for Odia weightlifter JhilliDalabehera� Odia women weightlifter Jhilli Dalabehera, who

has brought laurels for both the State and thecountry in several national and internationalevents, will receive the 27th Ekalabya Award for2019.

� The annual award instituted by Indian MetalsPublic Charitable Trust (IMPaCT) comprises acash prize of Rs 5 lakh along with a citation.

Billie Eilish is Billboard’s 2019 ‘Woman of theYear’� Singer Billie Eilish will be honoured as Billboard’s

2019 Woman of the Year.� Pop star Taylor Swift will also be honoured at

Billboard’s event, receiving the inaugural Womanof the Decade award.

Royal Aeronautical Society honour for DRDOchief G Satheesh Reddy� Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) London has

conferred the Honorary Fellowship of the Societyfor the year 2019 to G Satheesh Reddy,SecretaryDepartment of Defence R&D and ChairmanDRDO.

� He is the first Indian recipient of this prestigiousaward in over 100 years.

� The Society’s highest award is bestowed inrecognition of Reddy’s pioneering technologicalcontributions over the past three decades whichhas enabled the country to realise frontline militarysystems and world-class missile technologies.

� This fellowship is considered as Nobel Prize inthe aerospace.

Know more about Madhya Pradesh

MADHYA PRADESH

“HEART OF INDIA”1.Capita - Bhopal2.Governor- Lalji Tandon3. CM- Kamal Nath4. Neighboring States- 5 (Uttar Pradesh,Chhatisgarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan)5. After Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh is the second

largest state in India by area(308,000 sq. km)6. After India’s independence, Nagpur was itscapital. However, in 1956 the state was reorganizedand Bhopal became its new capital.7.The Khajuraho monuments- The 10th centuryworld heritage site8. The Caves of Bhimbetka- A collection of 600caves and is considered one of the oldest cavecollections in India.

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9. Ujjain-‘The City of Temples’ Kumbh-Mela is hosted on the banksof the river Shipra10. Protected Areas:National Parks; Bandhavgarh National Park, KanhaNational Park, Satpura National Park, SanjayNational Park, Madhav National Park, Van ViharNational Park, Mandla Plant Fossils NationalPark, Panna National Park, Pench NationalPark and Dinosaur National Park, Dhar11. Project Tiger areas. Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Pench, Panna, andSatpura National Parks12. State symbols

13. Rivers Narmada, Tapti,Chambal, Shipra,. KaliSindh, Parbati, Kuno, Sind, Betwa, Dhasan and Ken14.Main Tribal Groups –Gond, Bhil, Baiga, Korku, Bhadia (or Bhariya),Halba, Kaul, Mariya, Malto and Sahariya15.Culture#World Heritage Sites by UNESCO: The Khajuraho Group Of Monuments (1986)Including Devi JagadambiTemple, Khajuraho, Buddhist Monuments AtSanchi (1989) And The Rock Shelters OfBhimbetka (2003).16. The Major Folk Dances –Rai, Karma, Saila, Matki, Gangaur, Badhai, Baredi,Naurata, Ahiri and Bhagoria.17.Birthplace of Legends-

Madhya Pradesh has been home to numerous famous

personalities. Freedom fighter – Chandra Shekhar

Azad, children rights activist – Kailash Satyarthi,

singers like Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar,

actor Arjun Rampal, actress Jaya Bachchan

(Bhaduri) and cricketers like Mansoor Ali Khan

Pataudi, Amay Khurasia, and Narendra Hirwani

among many others.

18. Natural Resources-Balaghat is famous for bauxite, copper, manganese,and dolomite. Panna is the most famous diamondmine, while Betul and Chhatarpur are known forfireclay, china clay, and coal reserves. 19.The Jungle Book Connection-The famous novel ‘Jungle Book’ by RudyardKipling draws its inspiration from the forests ofPench Tiger Reserve and Kanha National Park.20.The Historic City of GwaliorA tourist center surrounded by historic monuments,forts, museums etc.21.The Elegance of a Silken TouchSince the 11th century, the exquisite hand-wovenChanderi sarees adorn the historic town of Chanderiin Madhya Pradesh. 22.Be Enlightened At SanchiThe Stupas of Sanchi were constructed on the ordersof Emperor Ashoka the Great.23.Jahaz Mahal in Mandu(1436-1439)It stands floating over the twin lakes- Munj Talaoand Kapur Talao that makes Jahaz Mahal look as ifit’s floating.24.Queen of Satpura- PachmarhiDiscovered by Captain James Forsyth in 1857,Pachmarhi is Madhya Pradesh’s only hill stationthat offers a refreshing escape from steamy centralIndia. Situated at 1100 m, Pachmarhi is popularlyknown as ‘Satpura ki Rani’ (Queen of Satpura).25.Host To India’s Largest Water CarnivalEvery year, Hanuwantiya hosts India’s only andlargest water carnival, Jal Mahotsav, which is India’sone of its kind water festivals.( Indira Sagar Damon River Narmada)

TitleState animal

State bird

State treeState fishState Flower

SymbolBarasingha (Rucervusduvaucelii)Indian paradise flycatcher(Terpsiphone paradisi)banyan tree (ficus bengalensis)Mahasheer (Tor tor)Madonna lily (Lilium candidum)

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GK/CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

1. Who is the recently appointed chairman ofAirports Authority of India (October 2019)?(a) Arvind Singh (b) Sukhbir Singh Sandhu(c) Sanjiv Saran (d) Bhupendra Singh

2. Recently, Paralympics champion MariekeVervoort ended her life through euthanasia atthe age of 40 to end her sufferings due todegenerative muscle disease. She was fromwhich country?(a) Spain (b) Belgium(c) France (d) Italy

3. Which professional football club has recentlyconferred life membership to Nobel laureateAbhijit Banerjee?(a) Bengaluru FC (b) Mohun Bagan(c) United Sikkim (d) Indian Arrows

4. Dilip Parikh, who recently passed away, was aformer chief minister of which state?(a) Maharashtra (b) Gujarat(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh

5. TP Radhamani was an actress predominantly inwhich language films?(a) Kannada (b) Tamil(c) Telugu (d) Malayalam

6. K R Wadhwaney who recently passed awaywas a famous __?(a) Poet (b) Author(c) Sports Journalist (d) Political Leader

7. What is India’s rank in Global Health SecurityIndex, 2019?(a) 54th (b) 57th(c) 68th (d) 75th

8. Which organization awards Sakharov Prize forHuman Rights?(a) UN Human Rights Council(b) Amnesty International(c) Refugees International(d) European Union (EU) Parliament

9. Which two Indian cricketers are winners of theprestigious Wisden India Almanack Cricketer ofthe Year award this year (2019)?(a) Bhuvneshwar Kumar & Mithali Raj(b) Hardik Pandya & Jhulan Goswami(c) Hardik Pandya & Smriti Mandhana(d) Jasprit Bumrah & Smriti Mandhana

10. A school located in which city has won theGuinness World Record for becoming the‘world’s largest school’ in terms of strength ofstudents?(a) Mumbai (b) Hyderabad(c) Lucknow (d) Dehradun

11. Which Indian public sector bank has recentlylaunched an healthcare insurance policy incollaboration with Universal Sompo GeneralInsurance Company Ltd?(a) Canara Bank(b) Indian Overseas Bank(c) Union Bank of India(d) Bank of India

12. Manohar Lal Khattar, who has recently becomeCM of Haryana state for second time, representswhich constituency of Haryana LegislativeAssembly?(a) Jind (b) Karnal(c) Rohtak (d) Bhiwani

13. Which cyclone recently became first SuperCyclonic storm in Arabian Sea in last 12 years?(a) Cyclone Fani (b) Cyclone Hikaa(c) Cyclone Kyarr (d) Cyclone Vayu

14. In Mumbai, Indian Railways recently launched42 Automatic Ticket Vending Machines for fastdelivery of tickets of local trains. These ATVMswork on which operating system?(a) Windows (b) Linux(c) Debian (d) HeliOS

15. Which Buddhist site of Bihar was recently innews for 50th anniversary of establishment ofVishwa Shanti Stupa (World Peace Pagoda)?(a) Gaya (b) Rajgir(c) Nalanda (d) Bodh Gaya

16. Ex Shakti -2019 is a joint counter-terrorism drillbetween armies of India and __?(a) USA (b) UK(c) France (d) Israel

17. Recently Kalidhar Battalion was in news for awhite-water rafting expedition called the“Rudrashila”. The “Battle of Kalidhar” was apart of which war?(a) Indo-Pak War, 1948(b) Indo-Pak War, 1965(c) Indo-China War, 1962(d) Indo-Pak War, 1971

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18. On which date, World Day for AudiovisualHeritage is celebrated?(a) 25 October (b) 26 October(c) 27 October (d) 28 October

19. What is the theme of 2019 Vigilance AwarenessWeek?(a) Students and Watchfulness(b) Observing Prudence in Workplace(c) Integrity- A way of life(d) Vigilance for liberty and integrity of the

country20. Which actor has joined hands with UNICEF and

Ministry of Women and Child Development toraise awareness and speak up against sexualabuse of children?(a) Ayushmann Khurrana(b) Hritik Roshan(c) Rajkummar Rao(d) Vicky Kaushal

21. Which company has recently won DigiDhanMission Fintech Award 2018-2019?(a)PayTM (b)BharatPe(c)PhonePe (d)MobiKwik

22. Which Indian city has got the World GuinnessRecord for lighting 4 lakh diyas?(a)Lucknow(b)Ayodhya(c)Bhopal (d)Jaipur

23. Which two companies have got Maharatna statusin October 2019?(a)Bhel and Power Grid Corporation(b)HPCL and Power Grid Corporation(c)Bhel and HPCL(d)GAIL and BHEL

24. Which Central Armed Police Forces of Indiarecently celebrated its 58th raising day?(a)Border Security Force (BSF)(b)Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)(c)Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)(d)Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

25. Recently, Central Government has given finalapproval to Tamil Nadu’s proposal to establishsix new medical colleges. Which of the followingis not a location of these new medical colleges?(a)Tiruppur (b)Ramanathapuram(c)Dindigul (d)Sivagangai

26. Sadako Ogata, the first female UN refugee chiefpassed away. She was from which country?(a)Japan (b)New Zealand(c)United States (d)France

27. Who has been appointed as new IndianAmbassador to Iraq?(a)P S Chawala(b)Piyush Agrawal(c)Birender Singh Yadav(d)Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi

28. Don Valentine, the founder of Sequoia Capitalhas passed away. He was from which country?(a)United States (b)China(c)France (d)Germany

29. V Nanammal, India’s oldest yoga teacher haspassed away. She was from which state?(a)Odisha (b)Tamil Nadu(c)Kerala (d)Karnataka

30. Who has been appointed as the 47th ChiefJustice of India (CJI)?(a)Jasti Chelameswar(b)Aniruddha Bose(c)Sharad Arvind Bobde(d)Madan Lokur

31. Which state government has decided to partnerwith MIT-based Abdul Latif Jameel PovertyAction Lab (J-PAL)?(a) West Bengal (b) Kerala(c) Odisha (d) Sikkim

32. What is the theme of 2019 edition of World CitiesDay (WCD)?(a) Designed to Live Together(b) Inclusive Cities, Shared Development(c) Changing the world(d) Promoting a better urban future

33. Which golfer has won the 2019 ZozoChampionship in Japan?(a) Anirban Lahiri (b) Jyoti Randhawa(c) Gaganjeet Bhullar (d) Tiger Woods

34. Which state government has launched a newinitiative “Meal in exchange for plastic waste”?(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Odisha(c) Jharkhand (d) West Bengal

35. John Witherspoon, who passed away recently,was the noted actor and comedian of whichcountry?(a) United States (b) France(c) Japan (d) China

36. Saint Kittis and Nevis, which recently signed ISAFramework Agreement, is an island country ofwhich ocean?(a) Pacific Ocean (b) Indian Ocean(c) Arctic Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean

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37. Girija Kir, who passed away recently, was thenoted author of which language?(a) Marathi (b) Tamil(c) Telugu (d) Odia

38. UNESCO has designated which Indian city asCreative City of Gastronomy?(a) Mumbai (b) Chennai(c) Hyderabad (d) Varanasi

39. On which date, the 2019 edition of World ThriftDay (WTD) is observed in India?(a) October 31 (b) October 30(c) October 29 (d) October 28

40. Who is leading the Indian delegation at the 35thASEAN Summit?(a) Ram Nath Kovind (b) Venkaiah Naidu(c) Narendra Modi (d) Rajnath Singh

41. Which IIT has decided to set up spacetechnology cell in collaboration with ISRO?(a) IIT Delhi (b) IIT Kanpur(c) IIT Bombay (d) IIT Madras

42. India’s first-ever Arts Exposition for talents withintellectual challenges “eCAPA 2019” hasstarted in which city?(a) Kanpur (b) Kochi(c) Dehradun (d) New Delhi

43. Which city is hosting the UN Climate ChangeConference (COP 25) after Chile withdraws?(a) New York (b) Paris(c) Madrid (d) New Delhi

44. Which country will be the partner country at theInternational Film Festival of India (IFFI-2019)?(a) Afghanistan (b) China(c) Japan (d) Russia

45. Which noted philanthropist has won the 2019Sasthaaram Award?(a) M Padmakuma(b) K P Nandakumar(c) V A Shrikumar Menon(d) Unni Menon

46. Which Indian sand artist has been selected forItalian Golden Sand Art Award 2019?(a) Manisha Swarnkar(b) Dhanraj Shelke(c) Sudarsan Pattnaik(d) Nitish Bharti

47. Which IIT has launched the Rs 250 crore GlobalAlumni Endowment Fund?(a) IIT Delhi (b) IIT Kharagpur(c) IIT Bombay (d) IIT Kanpur

48. The Madhya Pradesh government has decidedto set up Sikh museum and research centre inwhich city?(a) Bhopal (b) Jabalpur(c) Indore (d) Gwalior

49. The Indo-French exercise ‘Shakti-2019’ hasstarted at which region?(a) Udaipur (b) Jodhpur(c) Bikaner (d) Jaipur

50. The 2019 meeting of Council of Heads ofGovernment (CHG) of SCO was held in whichcity?(a) Tashkent (b) Bishkek(c) Ashgabat (d) Baku

51. The 1st-ever India-Uzbekistan joint militaryexercise “Dustlik-2019” has started in whichregion?(a) Bukhara (b) Shahrisabz(c) Samarkand (d) Tashkent

52. Which country has won the 2019 Rugby WorldCup in Japan?(a) Japan (b) England(c) South Africa (d) Singapore

53. Which Indian sportsperson has won the 2019SaarLorLux Open badminton tournament inGermany?(a) Srikanth Kidambi (b) Lakshya Sen(c) Parupalli Kashyap (d) B Sai Praneeth

54. Which Indian organization is hosting the 2019SCO Joint Exercise on Earthquake Rescue?(a) NDRF (b) CISF(c) CRPF (d) BSF

55. The biennial Commonwealth Law Ministers’Conference has recently begun in which city?(a) New Delhi (b) Colombo(c) Tokyo (d) Male

56. The Asia Pacific Golf Summit (APGS) hasstarted in which city?(a) Dehradun (b) Shimla(c) Gurugram (d) Lucknow

57. The ‘Red Atlas Action Plan Map’ has beenlaunched by which union ministry?(a) Ministry of Defence(b) Ministry of Earth Sciences(c) Ministry of External Affairs(d) Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change

58. Which Indian author has won the JCB Prize forLiterature 2019?(a) Madhuri Vijay (b) Pradip Krishen(c) Anjum Hasan (d) KR Meera

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59. Pooja Gehlot has won India’s 2nd silver inUnder-23 World Wrestling Championships inwhich category?(a) 57kg (b) 53kg(c) 63kg (d) 65kg

60. The documentary of which Indian Football leaguehas won the ‘BAFTA Scotland’ Awards 2019 inthe ‘Single Documentary’ category?(a) Churchill Brothers(b) Lonestar Kashmir(c) Real Kashmir(d) Madhya Bharat

61. The National Tribal Festival (NTF-2019) is beingheld in which city?(a) Kanpur (b) Patna(c) Mumbai (d) New Delhi

62. What is the theme of the 5th India InternationalScience Festival (IISF)?(a) Science for Transformation(b) Science for New India(c) RISEN India(d) Boost New India

63. Who is leading Indian delegation at the 15thmeeting of the Governing Council of SACEP?(a) Narendra Modi (b) Om Birla(c) Prakash Javadekar (d) Ram Nath Kovind

64. Which country has decided not to join the RegionalComprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) deal?(a) India (b) United States(c) New Zealand (d) United Kingdom

65. Who has been selected for 27th EzhuthachanPuraskaram 2019?(a) M Mukundan (b) Anand(c) K Jayakumar (d) Rani George

66. Which Indian-origin researcher has won theAustralian government’s ‘Early careerresearcher of the year 2019’ award?(a) K S Mukherjee (b) Nishant Patil(c) M K Sanoo (d) Neeraj Sharma

67. Which IIT has launched ‘Arise-A StandingWheelchair’ for disabled?(a) IIT Madras (b) IIT Bombay(c) IIT Indore (d) IIT Kanpur

68. Which team has clinched the 2019 DeodharTrophy?(a) India C (b) India B(c) India A (d) India E

69. Who has been appointed as the chairman ofthe Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI)?(a) Virat Singh (b) Nitish Rana(c) Aditya Mishra (d) Ishan Porel

70. Which IT initiative has recently launched as anEase of Doing Business (EODB) monitoringdashboard of the Indian Customs?(a) TECHDASH (b) CUSTOMDASH(c) ICEDASH (d) PORTDASH

71. Who led Indian parliamentary delegation at the6th G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit?(a) S Jaishankar (b) Om Birla(c) Piyush Goyal (d) Nitin Gadkari

72. The students of which city has created GuinnessWorld Records with largest astrophysics assemble?(a) Kolkata (b) Mysuru(c) Pune (d) New Delhi

73. DRDO Igniter Complex has come up in whichDRDO’s laboratory?(a) Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

(CAIR)(b) Defence Research & Development

Establishment (DRDE)(c) Armaments Research & Development

Establishment (ARDE)(d) High Energy Materials Research Laboratory

(HEMRL)74. Which union ministry has released 5th edition of

Wastelands Atlas 2019?(a) Ministry of Rural development(b) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate

Change(c) Ministry of Jal Shakti(d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

75. Sara Damnjanovic, who won the Miss AsiaGlobal Title 2019, is from which country?(a) France (b) Vietnam(c) Serbia (d) Spain

76. The Ministry of Skill Development &Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched the SkillsBuild platform in collaboration with which company?(a) Microsoft (b) Infosys(c) Facebook (d) IBM

77. The International Conference on Soil and WaterResources Management for Climate has startedin which city?(a) Paris (b) Colombo(c) Kathmandu (d) New Delhi

78. CARAT- 2019 is the biggest Naval Exercisebetween which of the following countries?(a) France & India(b) India & Sri Lanka(c) United States & Bangladesh(d) Sri Lanka & Bangladesh

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79. On which date, the 2019 edition of World TsunamiAwareness Day (WTAD) is observed?(a) November 5 (b) November 4(c) November 6 (d) November 7

80. Danakil Depression, which is in news recently,is associated to which African country?(a) Morocco (b) Ethiopia(c) Algeria (d) Kenya

81. Which country has banned the Islamist outfit‘Allar Dol’?(a) India (b) Bangladesh(c) Pakistan (d) Sri Lanka

82. Which country has recently approved the world’sfirst drug for Alzheimer’s Disease “GV-971”?(a) China (b) India(c) United States (d) France

83. India’s CO2 emissions growth poised to slowsharply by what % in 2019, according to ananalysis published in Carbon Brief?(a) 3% (b) 1% (c) 4% (d) 2%

84. Which Indian leader co-chaired IRIGC-M&MTC meeting in Moscow?(a) Piyush Goyal (b) Venkaiah Naidu(c) Rajnath Singh (d) Narendra Modi

85. Which state / UT government is organizing thetheater festival “Mohan Rakesh Natya evamSamman Samaroh”?(a) MP (b) Punjab (c) UP (d) Delhi

86. The Union Ministry of Shipping is hosting thefirst-ever BIMSTEC Ports’ Conclave in whichcity?(a) Kochi (b) Visakhapatnam(c) Mumbai (d) Kolkata

87. The first-ever tri-services exercise “TigerTRIUMPH” is being conducted between India& which country?(a) United States (b) France(c) Germany (d) Spain

88. Who has been chosen for the Tata LiteratureLive! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2019?(a) Shanta Gokhale (b) Arun Kolatkar(c) K Satchidanandan (d) Bhau Panchbhai

89. Which noted journalist has been chosen for the2019 Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award?(a) Akhil E S (b) Saurabh Duggal(c) P G Unnikrishnan (d) Gulab Kothari

90. Harmonized System (HS) code, which is in newsrecently, is associated to which field?(a) Insurance (b) Rural Banking(c) Khadi (d) Medical

91. Abhisek Sarkar, who won award at 2019 DhakaLit-fest, is from which state?(a) West Bengal (b) Maharashtra(c) Bihar (d) Jharkhand

92. Who has become the first Indian man cricketerto complete 100 T-20 Internationals?(a) Ravindra Jadeja (b) Virat Kohli(c) Rohit Sharma (d) Dinesh Karthik

93. Which country has protested over the inclusionof the region of Kalapani in the new politicalmap of India?(a) Pakistan (b) Bhutan(c) Nepal (d) Bangladesh

94. Nabaneeta Dev Sen, who passed away recently,was the renowned poet of which language?(a) Odia (b) Marathi(c) Bengali (d) Tamil

95. Which Indian armed force has conductedReSAREX – 19 off Goa coast?(a) Indian Air Force (b) Indian Navy(c) Indian Army (d) Indian Coast Guard

96. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has beenelected as the new President of which country?(a) Turkmenistan (b) Afghanistan(c) Kazakhstan (d) UAE

97. The National Cancer Awareness Day (NCAD)is observed on the birth anniversary of whichnoted scientist?(a) Satyendra Nath Bose (b) C V Raman(c) Har Gobind Khorana (d) Madame Curie

98. Who has become the first Indian to be appointedas General Vice President (GVP) of IODA?(a) Rajesh Reddy (b) Vinaya Shetty(c) Mohit Kumar (d) Nidhi Sharma

99. Indian Navy conducted the bilateral maritime ExSamudra Shakti-19 with which country?(a) Vietnam (b) Malaysia(c) Indonesia (d) Maldivies

100. The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has partneredwith which bank for payment related services?(a) BoB (b) SBI(c) Central Bank of India (d) Dena Bank

101. Spain and which country have been named co-hosts of the 2022 Women’s Hockey World Cup?(a) Italy (b) France(c) Poland (d) Netherlands

102. Who has been named country manager atGoogle India?(a) Sanjay Gupta (b) Jay Kumar(c) Ajay Jain (d) Rushiraj Pawar

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103. Which American University has collaboratedwith AIIMS on genetic testing?(a) Harvard University(b) Stanford University(c) Michigan University(d) Yale university

104. Which state has topped India’s first-everranking of states on justice delivery?(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu(c) Maharashtra (d) Haryana

105. Which city hosted the 2019 conference of the‘No Money For Terror’?(a) Melbourne (b) New Delhi(c) Paris (d) New York

106. Which country has assumed the Chairship ofthe Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)for 2019-2021?(a) Israel (b) UAE(c) India (d) South Africa

107. The 10th Asian Conference of EmergencyMedicine (ACEM) was held in which city?(a) Mumbai (b) Chennai(c) Bangaluru (d) New Delhi

108. India’s first air pollution web repository“IndAIR” has been launched by whichorganisation?(a) BARC (b) CSIR(c) DRDO(d) ISRO

109. Special Protection Group (SPG) Act,sometimes seen in news, was enacted byParliament of India in which year?(a) 1988 (b) 1987(c) 1986 (d) 1984

110. The Sanskrit Bharati Vishwa Sammelan hasstarted in which city?(a) Shimla (b) Pune(c) Ranchi (d) New Delhi

111. Which Indian personality has been conferred2019 ABLF Global Asian award?(a) Mukesh Ambani (b) Gautam Adani(c) Azim Premji (d) Kumar Mangalam Birla

112. Legendary poll reformer TN Seshan, whopassed away recently, hold the post of CECfor how many years?(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 7

113. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) hasproposed to merge which Central paramilitaryforce with ITBP?(a) BSF (b) Assam Rifles(c) CISF (d) SSB

114. Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP),sometimes seen in news, is associated to whichcountry?(a) Iran (b) Afghanistan(c) Russia (d) United States

115. Which state assembly has passed resolutiondemanding lifting of traffic restrictions on NH766?(a) Karnataka (b) Tamil Nadu(c) Kerala (d) Andhra Pradesh

116. Ramakant Gundecha, who passed awayrecently, was the renowned maestro of whichclassical Hindustani musical form?(a) Dhrupad (b) Khyal(c) Tarana (d) Ghazal

117. Shafali Verma, who has become the youngestIndian cricketer to international fifty, is fromwhich state?(a) Haryana (b) Odisha(c) UP (d) Rajasthan

118. The 50th WEF annual Meeting 2020 is beingheld in which city?(a) New Delhi (b) Paris(c) Davos (d) New York

119. Brazil is hosting the 2019 BRICS summit underwhich theme?

(a) BRICS: 4th Industrial Revolution(b) BRICS: Economic Growth for an Innovative

Future(c) BRICS: Unite for Climate Awareness(d) BRICS: Nature & Future

120. What is the theme of 2019 edition ofInternational Day of Radiology (IDoR) ?(a) Cardiac Imaging (b) Sports Imaging(c) Emergency Imaging (d) Brain Imaging

121. The world’s first CNG port terminal isscheduled to be built in which Indian city?(a) Bhavnagar (b) Chennai(c) Pune (d) Dehradun

122. On which date, the 2019 edition of PublicService Broadcasting Day (PSBD) iscelebrated in India?(a) November 13 (b) November 11(c) November 12 (d) November 10

123. Sundar Singh Gurjar is is an Indian Paralympicjavelin thrower in which category?(a) F57 (b) F46 (c) F45 (d) F48

124. Who has become the first Indian bowler to takea hat-trick in Men’s T20 match?(a) R Ashwin (b) Jasprit Bumrah(c) Deepak Chahar (d) Mohammed Siraj

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125. What is the theme of 2019 edition of WorldScience Day for Peace and Development(WSDPD) ?

(a) Science, a Human Right(b) Science for Global Understanding(c) Celebrating Science Centres and Science

Museums(d) Open science, leaving no one behind

126. Which country has discovered a new oil fieldin Khuzestan with 53 billion barrels reserve?(a) Saudi Arabia (b) Iran(c) Turkmenistan (d) Uzbekistan

127. Pliosaurs, which are in news recently, areknown from which geologic period?(a) Pleistocene (b) Oligocene(c) Jurassic (d) Carboniferous

128. Which Indian wildlife biologist has beenconferred the George Schaller lifetime award?(a) Latika Nath (b) Biju Das(c) Purnima Sharma (d) K Ullas Karanth

129. Thomas Dennerby, who has taken charge asIndian Head Coach of Indian Women’s U-17team, is from which country?(a) Denmark (b) Portugal(c) Sweden (d) Spain

130. What is the theme of 2019 edition of WorldPneumonia Day (WPD)?(a) Healthy Lungs for all(b) Every Breath Counts: Stop Pneumonia Now(c) Innovate to End Child Pneumonia(d) Universal access to pneumonia preventionand care

131. Which space agency has detected huge X-rayburst from outer space?(a) NASA (b) ISRO(c) JAXA (d) Roscosmos

132. Which space agency has launched first all-electric experimental aircraft “ X-57Maxwell”?(a) LAPAN (b) JAXA(c) CNES (d) NASA

133. Who has been sworn-in as the new PrimeMinister of Mauritius?(a) Navin Ramgoolam (b) Nando Bodha(c) Ameenah Gurib (d) Pravind Jugnauth

134. How many times the President’s rule has beenimposed in Maharashtra?(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

135. The 7th edition of North East Festival (NEF-2019) was held in which city?(a) Lucknow (b) Laddakh(c) New Delhi (d) Guwahati

136. India’s first elephant memorial has come up inwhich city?(a) Agra (b) Kanpur(c) Lucknow (d) Mathura

137. On which date, the 2019 edition of NationalLegal Services Day (NLSD) is celebrated?(a) November 11 (b) November 9(c) November 10 (d) November 8

138. Which union ministry has launched ‘Swachh-Nirmal Tat Abhiyaan’?

(a) Ministry of Jal Shakti(b) Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and

Fisheries(c) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate

Change(d) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

139. Which state government has decided toinstitute Suraj award to promote organdonation?(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Gujarat(c) Rajasthan (d) Odisha

140. Which state government has decided to launchSishu Suraksha app to help report child rightsviolations?(a) Nagaland (b) Assam(c) Tripura (d) Karnataka

141. Which state government has launched e-GannaApp for sugarcane farmers?(a) Chhattisgarh (b) Uttar Pradesh(c) Maharashtra (d) Gujarat

142. Which country is the focus country at the 39thIndia International Trade Fair (IITF)?(a) South Africa (b) South Korea(c) Vietnam (d) Malaysia

143. Which Indian sprinter has been listed in theTIME 100 Next?(a) Dutee Chand (b) Hima Das(c) Sarita Gayakwad (d) Sathi Geetha

144. The Good Air Summit (GAS-2019) has beenorganized under which theme?(a) Making India Responsible(b) Making India Breathe(c) Making India Clean(d) Making India Green

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145. The UN Women has proposed to partner withwhich state’s gender park?(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala

146. The 7th edition of IUCN Asia RegionalConservation Forum 2019 was held in whichcity?(a) Beijing (b) Colombo(c) Islamabad (d) New Delhi

147. India has partnered with which countries toexplore an alternative to SWIFT?(a) South Africa & Maldives(b) Bangladesh & Sri Lanka(c) Russia & China(d) France & Japan

148. Which tech giant has introduced ‘Project Zero’in India to remove counterfeit products?(a) Paytm (b) Amazon(c) Flipkart(d) Indiamart

149. Who led Indian delegation at the 8th Sessionof Governing Body of Seed Treaty in Rome?(a) Parsottambhai Rupala(b) Abhishek Singh Chauhan(c) Krishna Raj(d) Narendra Singh Tomar

150. Which country has become the first South Asiannation to criminalize offences related to match-fixing & sports betting?(a) Bangladesh (b) Pakistan(c) Sri Lanka (d) India

151. Which country’s President has been invited asthe chief guest at the India’s 2020 RepublicDay?(a) Italy (b) Brazil(c) Portugal (d) New Zealand

152. Which Indian personality has been named anhonorary trustee of “The Metropolitan Museumof Art”?(a) Nita Ambani (b) Ratan Tata(c) Amitabh Bachchan (d) Priyanka Chopra

153. Who has been appointed as new CMD of IndiaTourism Development Corporation (ITDC)?(a) Sudhir Kumar (b) Payal Sharma(c) Kamala Vardhana Rao (d) Kirti Patel

154. The first-ever Indo-US tri-services ‘TigerTriumph’ has started in which state?(a) Madhya Pradesh(b) Andhra Pradesh(c) Himachal Pradesh(d) Uttar Pradesh

155. Which state government has decided toorganize 2019 World Kabaddi Cup?(a) Tripura (b) Kerala(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Punjab

156. Suranga Bawadi, which has been selected asthe World Monument Watch List for 2020, islocated in which state?(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Nagaland(c) Karnataka (d) Mizoram

157. India is hosting the 19th Council of Heads ofGovernment (CHG) of SCO 2020 in which city?(a) Chennai (b) New Delhi(c) Pune (d) Bangaluru

158. On which date, the 2019 edition of WorldKindness Day (WKD) is celebrated?(a) November 13 (b) November 14(c) November 15 (d) November 16

159. Which Indian scholar has won the 2019BRICS-Young Innovator Prize?(a) Sunil Rajput (b) Ravi Prakash(c) Laxmi Jain (d) Deepankar Kumar

160. The 2019 International Lavi fair was held inwhich district of Himachal Pradesh?(a) Shimla (b) Hamirpur(c) Kangra(d) Kullu

161. What is the India’s rank at the 2019 GlobalBribery Risk Index?(a) 78th (b) 93rd(c) 102nd (d) 55th

162. Which state government has launched the‘Nadu-Nedu’ programme?(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Karnataka

163. Vashishtha Narayan Singh, who passed awayrecently, was the noted personality of which field?(a) Maths (b) Biology(c) Chemistry (d) Physics

164. The first ever international buyer seller meeton agriculture and horticulture produce hasstarted in which state?(a) Rajasthan (b) Arunachal Pradesh(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh

165. The Golden Leaf Awards are awarded forwhich sector?(a) Tobacco (b) Coffee(c) Tea (d) Jute

166. Who has been named FIFA’s Chief of globalfootball development?(a) Robert Jerni (b) Arsene Wenger(c) Harendra Singh (d) Igor Stimac

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167. On which date, the 2019 edition of NationalPress Day (NPD) is celebrated in India?(a) November 16 (b) November 14(c) November 17 (d) November 15

168. Which union ministry has decided to launchBharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK)?(a) Ministry of Finance(b) Ministry of Rural Development(c) Ministry of Women and Child Development(d) Ministry of HRD

169. Which Indian movie bagged the Best Directoraward at the 2019 Asian Film FestivalBarcelona?(a) Super 30 (b) War(c) Bhonsle (d) Panipat

170. Which movie bagged the Golden Royal BengalTiger Award for the Best Film at the 25thKolkata International Film Festival (KIFF)?(a) Aga\’s House (b) The Painted Bird(c) Run Kalyani (d) The Weeping Woman

171. The 6th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) was held in which city?(a) Colombo (b) New Delhi(c) Hanoi (d) Bangkok

172. Who has been sworn-in as new President ofSri Lanka?(a) Gotabaya Rajapakasa(b) Priyantha Sirisena(c) Namal Rajapaksa(d) Karu Jayasuriya

173. Which Indian boxer has been elected as amember of the first-ever international boxingbody (AIBA) athletes’ commission?(a) Shiva Thapa (b) Laishram Sarita Devi(c) Mary Kom (d) Vijender Singh

174. Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, who has beensworn-in as the new Chief Justice of India(CJI), is a former Chief Justice of which HighCourt?(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajasthan(c) Maharashtra (d) Uttar Pradesh

175. The Andhra Pradesh government has selectedwhich IIM to help curb corruption in the stateadministration?(a) IIM Calcutta (b) IIM Indore(c) IIM Ahmedabad (d) IIM Bangalore

176. Which country has become the first country inthe world to introduce WHO approved typhoidvaccine?(a) Sri Lanka (b) Pakistan(c) India (d) Bangladesh

177. Which state government has launched virtualclasses project?(a) Chhattisgarh (b) Jharkhand(c) Uttarakhand (d) Bihar

178. The ‘SAANS’ campaign has been launchedby which union ministry?

(a) Ministry of Environment, Forest and ClimateChange

(b) Ministry of Human Resource Development(c) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare(d) Ministry of Jal Shakti

179. Which state government has launchedMukhyamantri Septic Tank Safai Yojana?(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh(c) Rajasthan (d) Delhi

180. The first-ever National AgrochemicalsCongress (NAC) was held in which city?(a) Pune (b) Bangaluru(c) Chennai (d) New Delhi

181. Which state government has decided to createnew new Foreign Cooperation department?(a) Odisha (b) Haryana(c) Karnataka (d) Kerala

182. What is the India’s rank in the 2019 IMD WorldTalent Ranking?(a) 62nd (b) 43rd(c) 59th (d) 68th

183. Which union ministry has launched BharatiyaPoshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK)?(a) Ministry of Women and Child Development(b) Ministry of Food Processing Industries(c) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare(d) Ministry of Rural Development

184. The bilateral maritime exercise “Roar of theSea” has started between India & whichcountry?(a) Qatar (b) Japan(c) Afghanistan (d) Saudi Arabia

185. Which state Olympic Association has decidedto launch ‘Grassroot Olympic – Mission TalentHunt’ to groom talent?(a) Odisha (b) Rajasthan(c) Punjab (d) Assam

186. Who is the author of the book “The Daughterfrom a Wishing Tree Unusual Tales aboutWomen in Mythology”?(a) Sudha Chandran (b) Sudha Murty(c) Kiran Bedi (d) Lakshmi Venu

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187. On which date, the 2019 edition of NationalEpilepsy Day (NED) is observed?(a) November 17 (b) November 18(c) November 19 (d) November 20

188. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of WorldToilet Day (WTD)?(a) Toilets and Nutrition(b) Follow the Flush(c) When Nature Calls(d) Leaving No One Behind

189. Which company has launched 60 Starlinksatellites for cheaper global Internet?(a) SpaceX (b) Blue Origin(c) Virgin Galactic (d) Boeing

190. Jayakwadi Dam, sometimes seen in news, islocated on which river?(a) Krishna (b) Kaveri(c) Godavari (d) Mahanadi

191. The Union government has banned which state-based insurgent group Hynniewtrep NationalLiberation Council (HNLC)?(a) Nagaland (b) Tripura(c) Mizoram (d) Meghalaya

192. Which state government has decided to startArundhati gold scheme by January 2020?(a) Tamil Nadu (b) West Bengal(c) Assam (d) Kerala

193. Who has been named PETA India’s Person ofthe Year for 2019?(a) KS Panicker Radhakrishnan(b) Virat Kohli(c) Shashi Tharoor(d) R Madhavan

194. Who is the head of the panel on petrochemicalinvestment?(a) P Raghavendra Rao(b) S Chaudhary(c) Pradeep Sharma(d) Rajat Bhargava

195. Which military unit has been honoured withPresident’s Colour award?(a) Mahar Regiment(b) Rajputana Rifles(c) Indian Naval Academy(d) The Garhwal Rifles

196. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of WorldChildren’s Day (WCD)?(a) Protect Child, Protect World(b) Children of today, our keepers tomorrow(c) Children are taking over and turning the world blue(d) Kids Take Over

197. Which city has become the India’s first Cityto Install ‘Third Umpire’ RT-PCR Machines?(a) Mumbai (b) Chennai(c) Kolkata (d) Delhi

198. IRCTC has signed pact with which statetourism to market & run Golden Chariot train?(a) Karnataka (b) Maharashtra(c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu

199. NASA scientists have recently detected watervapor on which Jupiter’s moon?(a) Ganymede (b) Europa(c) Callisto (d) Io

200. Which country has declared that Israelisettlements on West Bank do not violateinternational laws?(a) United Kingdom (b) Russia(c) United States (d) France

201. Which Indian state has launched the first Hindidaily “Arun Bhoomi”?(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Nagaland(c) Tripura (d) Mizoram

202. Which international organisation has releasedWorld Energy Outlook (WEO-2019)?(a) IMF (b) WHO(c) IEA (d) WB

203. Which international organization has organizedthe 2019 World Conference on Access toMedical Products – Achieving the SDGs 2030in New Delhi?(a) WHO (b) UNICEF(c) UNESCO (d) IMF

204. Who has been conferred the Indira GandhiPrize for Peace, Disarmament andDevelopment for 2019?(a) Angela Merkel(b) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf(c) David Attenborough(d) Ela Bhatt

205. Which tech giant has organized the South AsiaSafety Summit 2019?(a) Microsoft (b) Facebook(c) Twitter (d) Infosys

206. The first-ever pink ball Test match is being heldbetween India & which country?(a) South Africa (b) Bangladesh(c) New Zealand (d) England

207. Which state government has launched YSRMatsyakara Bharosa scheme for fishermen?(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu(c) West Bengal (d) Kerala

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208. On which date, the 2019 edition of WorldFisheries Day (WFD) is observed?(a) November 22 (b) November 21(c) November 23 (d) November 20

209. Which country is hosting the world’s firstMuslim yoga camp?(a) India (b) Israel(c) Bangladesh (d) China

210. On which date, the 2019 edition of WorldTelevision Day (WTD) is observed?(a) November 22 (b) November 20(c) November 21 (d) November 23

211. Which tech giant has launched ‘K-12 EducationTransformation Framework’ to facilitate digitaltransformation of schools in India?(a) Twitter (b) Wipro(c) Facebook (d) Microsoft

212. Which state government has decided to legalizethe cultivation of cannabis in the state formedical and industrial purpose?(a) Haryana (b) Karnataka(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Punjab

213. Chitharesh Natesan, who became the firstIndian to be crowned Mr Universe 2019, is fromwhich state?(a)Telangana (b) Tamil Nadu(c) Odisha (d) Kerala

214. Which Indian organisation hosted the first-everCounter Terrorism Table Top Exercise (CTTE)for the Quad countries?(a) BSF (b) DRDO(c) NIA (d) Indian Army

215. Which union ministry is organizing theDestination North East (NE) in Varanasi?(a) Ministry of Home Affairs(b) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region(c) Ministry of Finance(d) Ministry of Defense

216. Which business tycoon has been conferredwith Lifetime Achievement Award by the IndianCouncil of Medical Research (ICMR)?(a) Azim Permji(b) Mukesh Ambani(c) Ratan Tata(d) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

217. The NuGen Mobility Summit 2019 is being heldin which village of Haryana?(a) Badesra (b) Nathuwas(c) Chandeni (d) Manesar

218. The Union Cabinet has recently approvedestablishment of the National Institute of SowaRigpa (NISR) under which union ministry?(a) Ministry of Home Affairs(b) Ministry of Tribal Affairs(c) Ministry of AYUSH(d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

219. Nilkanth Khadilkar, who passed away recently,was the noted personality of which field?(a) Photography (b) Journalism(c) Politics (d) Arts

220. Who is set to become the first woman pilot ofIndian Navy to join Naval operations?(a) Nikita Gupta (b) Komal Sharma(c) Divya Kumari (d) Shivangi

221. Shaukat Kaifi, who passed away recently, wasthe renowned actress of which cinema?(a) Hindi (b) Tamil(c) Telugu (d) Marathi

222. Who has been bestowed with the 28th BihariPuraskar for 2018?(a) Vijay Verma(b) Satya Narayan(c) Manisha Kulshreshtha(d) Bhagwati Lal Vyas

223. Bougainville, which is in news recently, is theprovince of which country?(a) Solomon Islands (b) Fiji(c) Kiribati (d) Papua New Guinea

224. Living Root Bridges, sometimes seen in news,are associated to which state?(a) Meghalaya (b) Tripura(c) Nagaland (d) Mizoram

225. Which oil company has rolled out specialwinter-grade diesel for Ladakh ?(a) HP (b) IOCL(c) BPCL (d) GAIL

226. Which state assembly is hosting theCommonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP-2019)?(a) Delhi (b) Telangana(c) Kerala (d) Punjab

227. Who is the author of the book “RN Kao: GentleSpymaster”?(a) S E Joshi (b) Nitin A Gokhale(c) K Sankaran Nair (d) Girish Chandra Saxena

228. Which state government has decided toconstitute State Folk Art Council (SFAC)?(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajasthan(c) Chhattisgarh (d) Uttar Pradesh

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229. The 8th International Tourism Mart (ITM-2019)was held in which city?(a) Imphal (b) Guwahati(c) Itanagar (d) Kolkata

230. Oxford Dictionaries has named which word asits 2019 Word of the Year?(a) Climate action (b) Climate denial(c) Climate anxiety(d) Climate emergency

231. Which state government has decided to provide5% reservation for its athletes in govt jobs?(a) Haryana (b) Uttar Pradesh(c) Punjab (d) Madhya Pradesh

232. Kailash Joshi, who passed away recently, wasthe former CM of which country?(a) Rajasthan (b) Madhya Pradesh(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Chhattisgarh

233. Who became the first Indian bowler to takefive-wicket haul with a pink ball?(a) Mohammed Shami (b) Umesh Yadav(c) Ishant Sharma (d) Jasprit Bumrah

234. Which Indian Armed force has celebrated‘Poonch Link Up Day’?(a) Indian Army (b) Indian Air Force(c) Indian Navy (d) Indian Coast Guard

235. India’s first largest biotechnology stakeholdersconglomerate – the Global Bio-India (GBI)Summit 2019 was held in which city?(a) Chennai (b) New Delhi(c) Pune (d) Kolkata

236. Which state government has launchedimmunisation campaign against Filaria?(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh(c) Rajasthan (d) Kerala

237. The Arcadia Education Project of which countryhas won 2019 Aga Khan Architecture Award?(a) India (b) Bangladesh(c) Nepal (d) Sri Lanka

238. Which country’s team has won the 2019 DavisCup title?(a) Spain (b) Canada(c) Switzerland (d) USA

239. Simon Taufel, who launched his book “FindingThe Gaps”, is the former cricket umpire ofwhich country?(a) South Africa (b) New Zealand(c) Australia (d) Sri Lanka

240. On which date, the 2019 edition of InternationalDay for the Elimination of Violence againstWomen is observed?(a) November 25 (b) November 26(c) November 24 (d) November 23

241. The 70th Constitution Day of India hascelebrated on which date?(a) November 25 (b) November 27(c) November 28 (d) November 26

242. Which state government has launched a citizenhelpline No. 14400 for corruption-relatedcomplaints?(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Andhra Pradesh(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan

243. Which Indian armed force is set to host multi-nation military drill ‘Milan 2020’?(a) Indian Air Force (b) Indian Coast Guard(c) Indian Navy (d) Indian Army

244. Sudhir Dhar, who passed away recently, wasthe renowned personality of which field?(a) Painting (b) Journalism(c) Cartoon (d) Poetry

245. The Indian Railway Institute of FinancialManagement (IRIFM) has been set up inwhich city?(a) Dehradun (b) Hyderabad(c) Pune (d) Bangaluru

246. The Guru Ghasidas National Park is located inwhich district of Chhattisgarh?(a) Korea (b) Bilaspur(c) Jashpur (d) Mungeli

247. Which country has strongly criticized China’slending practices under its Belt and RoadInitiative (BRI)?(a) Russia (b) United States(c) France (d) England

248. The Proposed Etalin Hydroelectric Project,sometimes seen in news, is associated to whichstate?(a) Odisha (b) Tripura(c) Punjab (d) Arunachal Pradesh

249. Which state cabinet has approved thenomination of at least one differently abledmember to each panchayat?(a) UP (b) Odisha(c) Rajasthan (d) Chhattisgarh

250. The Union government has decided to mergewhich of the following Union Territories (UTs)?(a) Puducherry & Lakshadweep(b) Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli(c) A&N and Lakshadweep(d) Chandigarh & Delhi

251. Which university has become the first stateuniversity of Madhya Pradesh to be accordedA+ Grade from National Assessment andAccreditation Council (NAAC)?(a) Jiwaji University(b) Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundelkhand University(c) Devi Ahilya University(d) Barkatullah University

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252. The Uttar Pradesh government has decided toset up its 1st vulture conservation in whichdistrict?(a) Lucknow (b) Sitapur(c) Maharajganj (d) Raebareli

253. On which date, the 2019 edition of NationalMilk Day (NMD) is celebrated in India?(a) November 29 (b) November 26(c) November 28 (d) November 27

254. Which union ministry has launched Credit-linked Subsidy Services Awas Portal (CLAP)?(a) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs(b) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways(c) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare(d) Ministry of Women and Child Development

255. Which union ministry has launched Kartavyaportal as part of nationwide Nagrik KartavyaPalan Abhiyan?(a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare(b) Ministry of Human Resource Development(c) Ministry of Home Affairs(d) Ministry of Women and Child Development

256. Which Indian scientist has been conferred theRAeS Honorary Fellowship of the Society 2019?(a) Punit Goenka (b) K Sivan(c) G Satheesh Reddy (d) Ram Sewak Sharma

257. Which state has topped the overall crimesagainst children, as per latest CRY Report?(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Punjab(c) Haryana (d) Odisha

258. Balasingh, who passed away recently, was therenowned actor of which regional cinema?(a) Marathi (b) Odia(c) Telugu (d) Tamil

259. Madhu Shetye, who passed away recently, wasthe founding member of which press club?(a) Kolkata Press Club(b) Mumbai Press Club(c) Press Club of India(d) Chennai Press Club

260. Which state government has decided to launchproject Shakti to alert the public about crimes?(a) Kerala (b) Uttar Pradesh(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan

261. Who designed the logo for the apex anti-corruption ombudsman “Lokpal”?(a) Nikhil Kumar(b) Prashant Mishra(c) Kanon Krishna(d) Narayanan Krishnaswamy

262. Which Indian organization has revised theframework on currency swap arrangement forthe SAARC countries for 2019-2022?(a) Finance Ministry (b) RBI(c) SEBI (d) IRDA

263. Which launch vehicle has successfully carriedout remote sensing satellite Cartosat-3 into orbit?(a) PSLV-44 (b) PSLV-49(c) PSLV-48 (d) PSLV-47

264. Which state Police has organized the 47th AllIndia Police Science Congress (AIPSC)?(a) Punjab (b) MP(c) UP (d) Rajasthan

265. Who is the head of the expert committee toreview Draft National Sports Code?(a) Sudhanshu Mittal (b) B P Baishya(c) Adille Sumariwala (d) Mukundakam Sharma

266. Who is the author of the book “HemantKarkare: A Daughters Memoir”?(a) S H Khan (b) Bhagat Gupta(c) Ajay Singh (d) Jui Navare

267. Which Indian news channel has won the 2019IPI India Award for Excellence in Journalismfor Kathua coverage?(a) NDTV India (b) Aaj Tak(c) Zee News (d) News 24

268. Clive James, who passed away recently, was therenowned writer & broadcaster of which country?(a) South Africa (b) Australia(c) France (d) United States

269. What is the theme of the 10th CMSVATAVARAN Environment and Wildlife FilmFestival?(a) Celebrating Indian Villages(b) Celebrating Ganga(c) Celebrating Indian Wildlife(d) Celebrating Himalayas

270. Which company has become the first Indian firmto hit Rs 10 lakh crore market valuation mark?(a) Hindustan Unilever (b) HDFC Bank(c) Reliance Industries (d) TCS

271. Which Indian archer has won gold in thewomen’s individual recurve event of the 21stAsian Championships in Bangkok?(a) Nisha Rani Dutta(b) Trisha Deb(c) Ankita Bhakat(d) Deepika Kumari

272. The 2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup is beinghosted by which city?(a) Jaipur (b) New Delhi(c) Bhubaneswar (d) Gwalior

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273. Brad Gobright, who passed away recently, wasthe world-renowned rock climber of which country?(a) Germany (b) United States(c) France (d) Russia

274. Which international organization has declareda global climate & environmental emergency?(a) European Union (b) BRICS(c) WHO (d) SAARC

275. Which state government has decided toreplicate Tamil Nadu model of MicroComposting Centre (MCC)?(a) Odisha (b) Punjab(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan

276. Which state Government has decided to set upoutdoor gyms at public places?(a) Rajasthan (b) Odisha(c) UP (d) Himachal Pradesh

277. The researchers of which IIT has decided tocreate Gandhipedia?(a) IIT Kanpur (b) IIT Delhi(c) IIT Indore (d) IIT Kharagpur

278. What is the India’s rank in the GlobalDiplomacy Index 2019?(a) 64th (b) 25th(c) 5th (d) 12th

279. The Union Government has proposed to set uprocket launching pad near Kulasekarapattinam.The site is located in which state?(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Andhra Pradesh

280. Which Union Ministry has collaborated withMinistry of Women and Child Development(MoWCD) to organize National OrganicFestival of Women Entrepreneurs?(a) Ministry of Jal Shakti(b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare(c) Ministry of Food Processing Industries(d) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

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FUN TIME LESSON

Change Your Vision..!!

Once there was very wealthy man who was sufferingfrom severe eye pain. He consulted many doctors andtried their treatments but nothing helped. Even afterconsuming so many drugs to treat his eye, he still sufferedfrom pain and that pain in eye persisted more than before.At last, he heard about a monk who was famous for beingan expert in treating such problems. He went to him andtold him about his problem.Monk understood his problem and said that, “You shouldconcentrate only on green colors and try not to let youreyes fall on any other color.”Man found this kinda prescription strange but he wasdesperate to find cure and decided to try it.Wealthy man called for group of painters and purchasedloads of green paint and directed that every object hiseye was likely to fall to be painted green just as the monkhad directed.Just in few days everything around that man was in green.Wealthy man made sure that nothing around would inany other color.After some days, monk came to visit wealthy man,millionaire servant ran with bucket of green paint andpoured it all over him.Monk asked servants reason for this. Servant replied,“You were wearing saffron and we can’t let our mastersee any other color than green..”Hearing this monk laughed and said, “If only.. you hadpurchased a pair of green colored glasses for him to wear..worth just few dollars..You could have saved all these walls, articles and alsowould have been able to save a large amount of hisfortune.. You cannot paint the world green.”Moral:It is foolish to shape/ Change the world, Let’s Shapeourselves first.. Let us change our vision and the worldwill appear accordingly.