GK CAPSULE

1) Which police station in collaboration with India Post has issued 10 postage stamps, each featuring the Ashok Chakra Awardees from police department(state police and central police) across the country,under the “My Stamp” scheme?

A.Muchipara Police Station

  1. Rajbagan Police Station
  2. Keonjhar Police Station
  3. Delhi Police Station

2) Swachh Survekshan 2018 award for best capital city in the Solid Waste Management was conferred to which Municipal Corporation?

  1. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation

B.Bhopal City Corporation

C.Indore Municipal Corporation

D.Greater Chennai Municipal Corporation

3)  Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Somalia?

A.Manoj Kumar Bharti

B.Mukta Dutta

C.Saurabh Kumar

D.Rahul Chhabra

4) Who has become the highest wicket taker in International cricket in 2018?

  1. Mohamed Shami

B.Jaspreet Bumrah

C.Billy Stanelcake

D.Marcus Stoinis

5) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has launched the Ujjwala Sanitary Napkin initiative in which city?

A.Bhubaneswar

B.Mumbai

C.Kochi

D.Ranchi

6) Who has won the prestigious Rachel Heyhoe-Flint Award for the best player of the year as well as the ODI player of the year at ICC Women’s Awards?

  1. Sophie Devine
  2. Sana Mir
  3. Harmanpreet Kaur

D.Smriti Mandhana

7) Tuticorin Airport is going to be –th International Airport in Tamil Nadu in 4 years?

  1. 4th
  2. 3rd

C.5th

D.2nd

 

8) Which state will get the First goat Fertility Lab in the state under Rashtriya Krashi Vikas Yojana at the cost of Rs 22 crore?

  1. Jharkhand
  2. Bihar
  3. Rajasthan
  4. Uttar Pradesh

9)Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) in its report titled ‘Growth Outlook for 2019’, has projected India’s growth to be -% in FY 19?

  1. 7%
  2. 7.2%
  3. 7.1%
  4. 7.5%

10) Who has been appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)?

A.Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha

  1. Vanjana N Sarma
  2. Sudhir Bhargava

D.Suresh Chandra

11) Who has become the first ever Indian Player to take 20 catches in a Test Series?

A.Shikhar Dhawan

B.Rishabh Pant

C.Kedar Jadhav

D.Jaspreet Bumrah

12) Delhi High Court has allowed that which section of Indian Penal Code(IPC) can be used by transgenders to register complaints of Sexual Harassment?

  1. Section 354A

B.Section 355B

  1. Section 365
  2. Section 256

13) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated which edition of Indian Science Congress-2019 in Jalandhar,Punjab on the third of January?

A.100th

B.106th

C.103rd

D.101st

14)In which of the following Grand Slam tournaments the heat stress scale will be used for the first time?

A.French Open

B.Wimbledon

C.US open

D.Australian Open

15)Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Palamu in Jharkhand on January 5 where he laid down the foundation stone for which Dam?

A.Palamu Dam

B.Mandal Dam

C.Samradh Dam

D.Munger Dam

16) Which two countries have officially quit the United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)?

A.Israel

B.USA

C.Iran

D.A&B

E.B&C

17)Who has sworn in as the First Chief Justice of Telangana High Court?(Andhra High Court-Chagri Praveen Kumar)

A.BN Srikrishna

B.TBN Radhakrishnan

C.K R Lakshmanan

D.Hrishikesh Roy

18)Which country ceased to be a member of the organization of the petroleum exporting countries from January1,2019?

A.Kuwait

B.Venezuela

C.Iraq

D.Qatar

19) Jair Bolsonaro who took office on January 1,2019 is the new president of which country?

A.France

B.Spain

C.Brazil

D.Morocco

20)Who has taken charge as the new MD and CEO of the Axis bank from 1st January 2019?

A.Sankar Narayanan

B.Amitabh Chaudhary

C.Padmaja Chunduru

D.Mukeh Kumar Jain

21) Who has taken charge of the Chairmanship of Railway Board?

A.Ashwani Lohani

B.VK Yadav

C.Ramesh Chand

D.Arvind Saxena

22)Which country has introduced the GAFA tax on global internet,technology firms?

A.Germany

B.Spain

C.Belgium

D.France

23)A government committee, headed by IIT-Hyderabad chairman BVR Mohan Reddy, has advised the All India Council For Technical Education(AICTE) to stop setting up of new Engineering Colleges from which year?

A.2021

B.2023

C.2025

D.2020

24)Home Minister Rajnath Singh has announced the establishment of a Bodo Museum in which town of Assam?

A.Silchar

B.Jorhat

C.Dhubri

D.Kokrajhar

25)The cabinet has approved the merger of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with which of the following banks?

A.Bank Of India

B.Bank of Baroda

C.Indian Overseas Bank

D.Indian Bank

26)Women in Kerala have made up a human ‘wall’ from where to where as part of the state-sponsored initiative to uphold gender equality?

A.Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram

B.Thrissur to Kollam

C.Varkala to Thiruvananthapuram

D.Kollam to Maradu

27)The Reserve Bank has set up an expert committee under whom to suggest long-term solutions for the economic and financial sustainability of the MSME sector?

  1. Ajay Tyagi

B.Injeti Srinivas

C.UK Sinha

D.D.R .Mehta

28) The celebrated cricket coach credited for discovering Sachin Tendulkar passed away recently,what was his name?

A.Mithun Manhas

B.Anshuman Gaekwad

C.Utpal Chatterjee

D.Ramakant Achrekar

29)Under saubhagya scheme the country has achived yet another milestone in the power sector with completion of electrification in 100% hoseholds in how many states in year end?

A.21

B.23

C.27

D.25

South Africa assumed the seat as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

Life Insurance Corporation of India MD Hemant Bhargava has been given the additional charge of the chairman.

According to the UNICEF,India welcomed as many as 69,944 babies on New Year’s day,the highest in the world.

International Advertising Association(IAA) will host the IAA World Congress at Kochi from 20 February.

The Indian Society for Remote Sensing conferred the’National Geospatial Award for Excellence’ to IIT professor Jayanta Kumar Ghosh for his contribution towards the development of geospatial science and applications.

Which International Airport in Port Blair was declared as an authorised immigration check post for entry into and exit from India?

A.Vishapatnam International Airport

B.Sardar Patel International Airport

C.Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport

D.Veer Savarkar International Airport

30)Which country’s spacecraft ‘change-4’ has made the first ever landing on the far side of the moon?

A.USA

B.China

C.Russia

D.Japan

31)Which state has approved the online transfer policy-2019 of the school education department, thus ensuring equal opportunity for all employees using online method for seeking transfers?

A.Rajasthan

B.Maharashtra

C.Madhya Pradesh

D.Punjab

32) The Union Cabinet has approved the amendment on which Trade Unions Act,to facilitate recognition of trade unions at the central and federal levels?

A.Trade Unions Act 1955

B.Trade Unions Act-1926

C.Trade Unions Act-1931

D.Trade Unions Act-1945

33) Which country has secured the top position in Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2019?

A.France

B.Morocco

C.Sweden

D.Lithuania

34)ISRO is planning to launch how many space missions in 2019?

A.20

B.32

C.25

D.40

35)Which state has launched the “Krishak Bandhu Scheme”?

A.West Bengal

B.Madhya Pradesh

C.Chattisgarh

D.Odisha

36) Which state has government has introduced a “gau kalyan”(cow welfare) cess?

A.Haryana

B.Punjab

C.Uttar Pradesh

D.Gujarat

37) Who has been appointed as the Director General of Ordnance Factories(DGOF) and chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board(OFB)?

A.Pankaj Saran

B.Saurabh Kumar

C.Avinash Singh

D.Umesh Kataria

38) Who has become the fastest batsman to reach 19,000 international runs?

A.Rohit Sharma

B.Marcus Harris

C.Virat Kohli

D.Aaron Finch

39) 21-day long “Makaravilakku” festival started in which state?

A.Andhra Pradesh

B.Tamil Nadu

C.Kerala

D.Karnataka

40) Archeological Survey Of India has declared how many monuments of national importance in 2018?

A.Five

B.Seven

C.Ten

D.Six

41) Train 18 which is India’s Fastest Train will run from Delhi to which city?

A.Lucknow

B.Varanasi

C.Meerut

D.Gautambuddha Nagar

42) Integrated Check Post(ICP) at Moreh, the Dolaithabi Barrage Project was inaugurated by PM Nerandra Modi in which state?

A.Manipur

B.Nagaland

C.Mizoram

D.Sikkim

43) The Ministry of Human Resource Development has constituted a Task Force to look into the reasons of suicides reported by which government school/

A.Kendriya Vidyalaya

B.Kasturba Gandhi Valika Vidyalaya

C.Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

D.Indian Army Public School

44) Arunima Sinha has become the first woman amputee to climb Mount Vinson which is the highest peak of which continent?

A.South America

B.North America

C.Africa

D.Antarctica

45) Which state has launched the Prerna Raksha web application?

A.TamilNadu

B.Andhra Pradesh

C.Kerala
D.Odisha

46) To resurrect Saraswati river which state has launched the projects related to it?

A.Haryana

B.Rajasthan

C.Gujarat

D.Maharashtra

47) The topical storm,locally named Usman,has hit which country causing many deaths?

A.Indonesia

B.Malaysia

C.Cambodia

D.Phillipines

48) Rishabh Pant has become the first Indian Wicket-keeper to score a test century in Australia, he hails from which state?

A.Maharashtra

B.Himachal Pradesh

C.Uttarakhand

D.Uttar Pradesh

Tripura to set up international Buddhist University

Switzerland to win Hopman Cup

49) The Union Minister of Human Resource Development has approved the establishment of a centre for classical Language in which state?

  1. Andhra Pradesh
  2. Kerala
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Odisha

50) 15 year old class IXth student, Wahengbam Lamnganba Singh of which state 0has been selected by the Indian Council for Child Welfare(ICCW) for receiving National Bravery Award?

A.Assam

B.Manipur

C.Mizoram

D.Nagaland

51) The National Green Tribunal has imposed a fine of 100 crore rupees on which state’s government for its failure to curb illegal coal mining in the state?

A.Assam

B.Meghalaya

C.Manipur

D.Nagaland

52) Who has become the first tycoon to be charged as an offender under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act,2018?

A.Nirav Modi

B.Vijay Mallya

C.Mehul Choksi

D.Lalit Modi

53) Which state has bagged the Central Board of Irrigation and Power(CBIP) award for speedy execution of Polavaram multipurpose project?

A.Tamil Nadu

B.Kerala

C.Andhra Pradesh

D.Odisha

54) Cheteswar Pujara faced how many balls in Australia series,broke Rahul Dravid’s record?

A.1230

B.1245

C.1258

D.1120

55) Pakistan declared which ancient Hindu religious site to be national heritage?

A.Panj Teerath

B.Shiva Temple

C.Jagannath Temple

D.Hinglaj Mata Temple

56) A single-window integrated environmental management system named “Parivesh” will be rolled out at state levels by?

A.January 15

B.March1

C.April 30

D.February 10

57) Which state has launched the Atal Solar Krishi Pump Yojana(ASKP)?

A.Gujarat

B.Uttar Pradesh

C.Madhya Pradesh

D.Maharashtra

58) Which team has won the season 6 of the Pro kabaddi title?

A.Gujarat Fortunegiants

B.Puneri Paltan

C.Dabang Delhi

D.Bengaluru Bulls

59) Who has won the Maharashtra open 2019 title?

A.Ivo Karlovic

B.Kevin Anderson

C.Roger Federer

D.Gilles Simon

60) Name the senior Deputy Editor with The Hindu who was presented the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for Investigative Reporting(Print category)?

A.Anand Kumar

  1. Sushant Kumar Singh
  2. Nishant Dattaram
  3. S.Vijay Kumar

61) Railways is planning to seal stations just like airports and passengers would have to arrive 15-20 minutes before scheduled departure of trains to complete the process of security checks and this security plan-with high end technology-has already been put up in which two stations/

  1. Allahabad and Hoobly stations

B.Bhopal and Varanasi stations

  1. Sabarmati junction and Allahabad
  2. Nalanda and Bhopal stations

62) India’s seven blue chip oil firms including IOC and ONGC on Wednesday signed an agreement with which Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),to set up a centre of excellence in Oil,Ga and Energy?

A.Madras

B.Delhi

C.Kanpur

D.Bombay

63) Which state government has decided to cut the salary and allowances of the legislators if they create a ruckus in the assembly?

A.Chattisgarh

B.Rajasthan

C.Madhya Pradesh

D.Karnataka

62)Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Paradip-Hyderabad Pipeline project,it will provide the connectivity to which three states?

  1. Odisha,Andhra Pradesh,Telangana

B.Karnataka,Andhra Pradesh,Telangana

C.Tamil Nadu,Andhra Pradseh,Odisha

D.Odisha,Karnataka,Telangana

63) Name the Former International Carrom Player who passed away recently?

A.Arun Deshpande

B.R.M Shankar

C.Prakash Rele

D.Raviavarman Sharmila

64)With the effect from 1st January 2019, the three Regional Rural Banks(RRBs)-Punjab Gramin Bank,Malwa Gramin Bnk and –Gramin Bank has been amalgamated into a single RRB by the government?

A.Prathama Gramin Bank

B.Sutlej Gramin Bank

C.Odisha Gramin Bank

D.Purvanchal Gramin Bank

65) Government to soon make Aadhar linking with which document to be mandatory?

A.Pan Card

B.Driving License

C.Passport

D.Mobile Number

66) The Lok sabha has passed the Personal Laws(Amendment Bill),2018,which seeks to remove which disease as a ground for divorce?

A.Leprosy

B.Tuberculosis

C.AIDS

D.None of These

67) Union Government has allocated Rs 10,900 crore for the development of how many satellite launch vehicles in the next four years?

A.30

B.40

C.25

D.50

68) A parliamentary standing committee(PSC) has recommended that the centre should accord statutory status to which recruitment agency in the country?

A.UPSC

B.SSC

C.IBPS

D.CBSE

69) Government has announced a ‘one time financial assistance’ for rare disease under which scheme?

  1. PM Suraksha Beema Yojana
  2. Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi
  3. Ayushman Bharat

D.AMRUT Yojana

70) Cabinet has approved -% quota for economically backward upper castes/

A.20%

B.15%

C.10%

D.5%

71) Who has won the best actor award at 76th Golden Globe Awards 2019/

A.Alfonso Cuaron

B.Christian Bell

C.PeterBarelli

D.Rami Malek

72) Indonesian company Asia Pulp and Paper group(APP) is setting up World’s largest paper mill in which state?

A.Tamil Nadu

B.Karnataka

C.Kerala

D.Andhra Pradesh

73) World’s largest cricket stadium is getting built in which of the following cities?

A.Pune

B.Dehradun

C.Ahmedabad

D.Indore

74) Who is the author of the book Lutyens’ Maverick?

A.Chirag Paswan

B.Jay Panda

C.Shashi Tharoor

D.Chetan Bhagat

75) As part of the mission shakti scheme, which state has announced interest-free loans of up to rupees 3 lakh for the women self-help groups(WSHGs) in the state?

  1. Madhya Pradesh
  2. Karnataka
  3. Andhra Pradesh
  4. Odisha

76) Ministry of Railways will be setting up a –Mega watt(MW) solar power plant by 2020-21?

A.500 MW

  1. 250MW
  2. 750MW
  3. 1000MW

77) In which of the following states “monkey fever” has claimed six lives?

A.Andhra Pradesh

B.Kerala

C.Odisha

D.Karnataka

78) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Digital Payments Panel?

A.Nandan Nilekani

B.Haroon R.Khan

C.Rakesh Mohan

D.S S Mundra

79) In which district of Andhra Pradesh the Greenfield airport was inaugurated?

A.Anantapur

B.Chittoor

C.Nellore

D.Kurnool

80) Who was joined International Monetary Fund as its chief economist,becoming the first woman to occupy the top IMF post/

A.Maury Obstfeld

  1. Vidhya Parihat
  2. Gita Gopinath
  3. Shikha Mathur

81) Who has won gold in the 78 kg category at the senior National Women’s judo championship?

  1. Kalpana
  2. Lakshmi
  3. Rani
  4. Sushila Devi

82) Sultan Muhammad V has given his resignation, he is the king of which country?

A.Maldives

B.Qatar

  1. Thailand
  2. Malaysia

83) The ministerial panel under Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi has approved levy of 1 percent ‘calamity cess’ by which state for a period of two years?

  1. Kerala
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Andhra Pradesh
  4. Odisha

84) Who is the author of the book ‘A Crusade Against Corruption’?

A.Suresh Pawar

B.Manohar Manoj

C.Mukul Deva

D.Hari Kumar

85) The Union Minister of Human Resource Development has introduced a –point grading index to assess the quality of school education offered by states?

A.100

B.80

C.70

D.50

86) World Bank President Jim Yong Kim will step down from his position on February 1,who will assume the role of interim president in place of him?

A.Kristalina Georgieva

  1. Rodrigo Rato

C.Scott Morrison

  1. Thomas Jordan

87) Which country has to withdraw from UN backed anti-corruption commission?

  1. Costa Rica
  2. El Salvador
  3. Honduras

D.Guatemala

88) Odisha has got the license for third airport,the airport will be constructed in which city?

A.Cuttack

B.Puri

C.Raurkela

D.Konark

89) The Citizenship Amendment Bill which was passed by Lok sabha allows the persecuted minorities from Bangladesh,Pakistan and Afghanistan to apply for Indian citizenship after_years of residence in India?

  1. 4 years
  2. 6 years
  3. 10 years
  4. 12 years

90) ‘Ocean Dialogue’ was exchanged recently between India and which country?

A.Serbia

B.France

C.Norway

  1. Ngeria

91) Who has taken charge as India’s new envoy to China?

  1. Vikram Misri
  2. Sanjay Kumar Verma
  3. Ruchi Ghanshyam
  4. Ranjit Sethi

92) Russian president has invited whom to take part in the eastern economic forum in Vladivostok in September 2019 as a main guest?

  1. Donald Trump

B.Imran Khan

C.Narendra Modi

D.Li Keqiang

93) Kallakurichi will be the_ th district of Tamil Nadu?

A.34th

B.33rd

C.35th

D.29th

94) Navy will commission a new airbase,named, INS Kohassa in which area?

  1. Ranagat

B.IndiraPoint

C.Port Blair

D.Malaca

95) The government of Arunachal Pradesh will construct the Hollongi Airport in which of its cities?

A.Tawang

  1. Itanagar
  2. Ziro
  3. Pasighat

96) IITM Pune has developed a Mobile App called_to give alerts on impending lightning activity over the area?

A.Prakash

B.Roshini

C.Damini

D.Unnat

97) Telangana government has been given the green nod for Sita Rama Lift Irrigation Project which aims to divert water of which river to irrigate three districts in the state?

  1. Kaveri
  2. Krishna
  3. Godavari
  4. Tapti

98) Name the first transgender woman to be appointed the national general secretary of All India Mhila Congress(AIMC)?

  1. Satyashri Sharmila
  2. Apsara Reddy
  3. Prithika Yashini
  4. Manabi Bndopadhyay

99) Who has become the first Indian to Head Global Solar Council?

A.Suresh Patidar

  1. R K Sharma

C.Vishesh Goyal

  1. Pranav R Mehta

100) Which ministry has launched an online campaign  ‘Web Wonder Women’?

A.Ministry of women and Child Development

B.Ministry of Home Affairs

  1. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  2. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

101) World Hindi Day 2019 was observed on?

  1. January 9
  2. January 8
  3. January 7
  4. Januaru 10

102) Union cabinet has approved Scheduled Tribe(ST) status to six communities of which state?

A.Nagaland

B.Assam

C.Mizoram

D.Sikkim

103) World Bank has projected that India’s GDP is expected to grow at what percent in the fiscal year 2018-19?

A.7.2%

B.7.4%

C.7.6%

D.7.3%

104) According to World Economic Forum,India will become world’s third largest consumer market after US and China in which year?

A.2050

B.2025

C.2035

D.2030

105) International Cricket Council(ICC) has announced USA cricket as its_th member?

A.103rd

B.105th

C.107th

D.101st

106) Which country will host African Cup for the fifth time in 2019/

A.Angola

B.Morocco

C.Zimbabwe

D.Egypt

107) Which city traffic police has launched a mobile application ‘Police-E-Eye’ for the public to report on traffic violations to police and to keep a check on the same?

A.Bhopal

B.Coimbatore

C.Hyderabad

D.Amravati

108) Who was conferred with the 2018 confederation of “African Football Player of The Year Award”,for the second time in Senegal?

A.Sadio Mane

B.Arsenal

C.Mohamed Salah

D.Pierre Emrick Aubameyang

 

 

 

 

 

 



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