2019 March 1-15
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Question 1 |
Consider the following statements about Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM KISAN).
- Rs 6,000 will be given per year to small and marginal farmer families having combined land holding of upto 2 acres.
- PM KISAN is a Centrally Sponsored Schemes(CSS) with equal contribution from Central and State Governments.
- The Scheme becomes effective from Feb 01, 2019 for transfer of benefit to eligible beneficiaries.
A | (a) 1, 2 |
B | (b) 2, 3 |
C | (c) 1, 3 |
D | (d) 1, 2, 3 |
Question 2 |
What is the India’s rank in The Facebook Inclusive Internet Index (3i) 2019?
A | (a) 54th |
B | (b) 47th |
C | (c)75th |
D | (d)89th |
Question 3 |
The organisation which approved India’s proposal to observe an International Year of Millets in 2023
A | (a) United Nations General Assembly |
B | (b) United Nations World Food Program (WFP) |
C | (c) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Council |
D | (d) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) |
Question 4 |
Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean is a colonized territory by
A | (a) France |
B | (b) Russia |
C | (c) United States |
D | (d) United Kingdom |
Question 5 |
Consider the following statements about Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES).
- It is India’s only facility for conservation of endangered species.
- It is a facility of CSIR’s Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB).
- It has helped to increase the population of mouse deer in Telangana forests
A | (a) 1, 2 |
B | (b) 2, 3 |
C | (c) 1, 3 |
D | (d) 1, 2, 3 |
Question 6 |
Miyako strait is located between
A | (a) Scarborough Shoal and Spratly Islands |
B | (b) Paracel Islands and Okinawa Island |
C | (c) Miyako Island and Paracel Islands |
D | (d) Miyako Island and Okinawa Island |
Question 7 |
Deopahar was notified as a ‘Proposed Reserved Forest’. It is located in which state?
A | (a) Arunachal Pradesh |
B | (b) Sikkim |
C | (c) Assam |
D | (d) Tripura |
Question 8 |
Consider the following statements about Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM)
- PM-SYM is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme.
- It was launched by Union Ministry of Finance.
- The unorganised sector workers, with income of less than Rs 20,000 per month are eligible for the scheme.
- If the subscriber dies during the receipt of pension, his or her spouse will be entitled to receive 100 percent of the pension Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
A | (a) 1, 2, 3 |
B | (b) 2, 3, 4 |
C | (c) 1, 3 |
D | (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Question 9 |
Momentum for Change’ is an initiative of
A | (a) World Bank |
B | (b) UNEP |
C | (c) UN Climate Change secretariat |
D | (d) UNICEF |
Question 10 |
NASA’s ICESat-2 mission aims to
A | (a) To explore the presence of ice on mars |
B | (b) Mapping melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica |
C | (c) Understanding the sea level rise across the globe |
D | (d) Both b and c |
Question 11 |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 5, 2019 launched the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan Yojana from which state?
A | (a) Tamil Nadu |
B | (b) Uttar Pradesh |
C | (c) Gujarat |
D | (d) Delhi |
Question 12 |
Which Ministry came up with the ‘One Nation, One Card’ Model to enable seamless travel by different metros and other transport systems across the country besides retail shopping and purchases?
A | (a) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
B | (b) Ministry of Home Affairs |
C | (c) Ministry of Commerce & Industry |
D | (d) Ministry of Human Resource Development |
Question 13 |
Joint bilateral exercise ‘Exercise Al Nagah 2019’ will be held from March 12 to 25, 2019 between India and which country?
A | (a) Saudi Arabia |
B | (b) Oman |
C | (c) Turkey |
D | (d) Qatar |
Question 14 |
Which city was ranked as the World’s most polluted city of 2018 as per the report released by IQAir AirVisual and Greenpeace on March 5, 2019?
A | (a) Lahore |
B | (b) Hotan |
C | (c) Delhi |
D | (d) Gurugram |
Question 15 |
Who was nominated by Indian Government for the post of the new Director-General of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)?
A | (a) Ramesh Chand |
B | (b) Binay Ranjan Sen |
C | (c) Radha Mohan Singh |
D | (d) Indra Nooyi |
Question 16 |
Which nation has suspended its participation in Intermediate-Range Nuclear treaty with the United States?
A | (a) Germany |
B | (b) Russia |
C | (c) France |
D | (d) Japan |
Question 17 |
ISRO has launched Young Scientist Programme for children studying in which class?
A | (a) 7th class |
B | (b) 9th class |
C | (c) 11th class |
D | (d) 8th class |
Question 18 |
When will be the ‘Janaushadhi Diwas’ celebrated across India?
A | (a) 6 March |
B | (b) 7 March |
C | (c) 8 March |
D | (d) 9 March |
Question 19 |
Minister of State for Culture and Environment, Mahesh Sharma recently inaugurated ‘Azaadi-ke-Diwane’ museum in which city?
A | (a) Mumbai |
B | (b) Amritsar |
C | (c) New Delhi |
D | (d) Panipat |
Question 20 |
Which is the most polluted capital city as per the World Air Quality Report 2018?
A | (a) Delhi |
B | (b) Beijing |
C | (c) Lahore |
D | (d) Dhaka |
Question 21 |
The Union Home Ministry has launched smart fencing on which Indian border to deter illegal infiltration?
A | (a) Indo-Pakistan Border |
B | (b) Indo-Nepal Border |
C | (c) Indo-Bangladesh Border |
D | (d) Indo-Myanmar Border |
Question 22 |
Which city has been adjudged as the cleanest city in Swachh Sarvekshan for third year in a row?
A | (a) Chandigarh |
B | (b) Varanasi |
C | (c) Indore |
D | (d) Pune |
Question 23 |
Which tennis player has become the second-ever in the world to claim 100 ATP titles?
A | (a) Roger Federer |
B | (b) Rafael Nadal |
C | (c) Serena Williams |
D | (d) Novak Djokovic |
Question 24 |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the new series of “visually impaired friendly circulation” coins. Which denomination coin will be of 12-edged polygon shape?
A | (a) Rs 2 |
B | (b) Rs 5 |
C | (c) Rs 10 |
D | (d) Rs 20 |
Question 25 |
National space agency ISRO signed agreement with which country to set up a joint maritime surveillance system?
A | (a) United States |
B | (b) China |
C | (c) France |
D | (d) Russia |
Question 26 |
Which city was awarded as the Cleanest Capital in the Swachh Survekshan 2019 survey?
A | (a) Bhopal |
B | (b) Chennai |
C | (c) Greater Mumbai |
D | (d) Chandigarh |
Question 27 |
Which technology company has launched an application called ‘bolo’ to tutor children to read in Hindi, English?
A | (a) Microsoft |
B | (b) Facebook |
C | (c) Twitter |
D | (d) Google |
Question 28 |
When is the International Women’s Day celebrated across world?
A | (a) 7th March |
B | (b) 8th March |
C | (c) 9th March |
D | (d) 10th March |
Question 29 |
Which app has been launched by Union Urban Affairs Minister that digitilises the process of conversion of a property from leasehold to freehold?
A | (a) e-Dharti |
B | (b) Proper-T |
C | (c) Urban-U |
D | (d) Conversion |
Question 30 |
Marayoor jaggery, a world-famous delicacy, got a Geographical Indication (GI) tag recently. It belongs to which state?
A | (a) Karnataka |
B | (b) Kerala |
C | (c) Tamil Nadu |
D | (d) Odisha |
Question 31 |
President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Padam Shri 2019 on which of the following personality?
A | (a) Nambi Narayan |
B | (b) Bachendri Pal |
C | (c) Teejan Bai |
D | Gautam Gambhir |
Question 32 |
Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of the state of Palestine?
A | (a) Mohammad Shtayyeh |
B | (b) Mohammad Abbas |
C | (c) Muhammad Mustafa |
D | (d) Ziad Abu-Amr |
Question 33 |
Which nation’s cricket board has written to the ICC for action against India for wearing camouflage caps?
A | (a) Bangladesh |
B | (b) Pakistan |
C | (c) Australia |
D | (d) Sri Lanka |
Question 34 |
Which Indian wrestler won a gold medal in 65kg freestyle at the Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov tournament in Bulgaria?
A | (a) Bajrang Punia |
B | (b) Vinesh Phogat |
C | (c) Sakshi Malik |
D | (d) Sushil Kumar |
Question 35 |
When was National Immunisation Day 2019 observed in India?
A | (a) 9th March |
B | (b) 10th March |
C | (c) 11th March |
D | (d) 12th March |
Question 36 |
Which organisation will carry out first all-female spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS)?
A | (a) NASA |
B | (b) ISRO |
C | (c) CNES |
D | (d) SpaceX |
Question 37 |
Which country was the world’s largest exporter of weapons during 2014-18, as per the report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)?
A | (a) Russia |
B | (b) United States |
C | (c) France |
D | (d) Germany |
Question 38 |
Google Doodle on March 12, 2019 celebrated 30 years of which invention?
A | (a) Internet |
B | (b) HTTP |
C | (c) World Wide Web |
D | (d) Search Engines |
Question 39 |
Who took over as the Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) recently?
A | (a) K.N. Vyas |
B | (b) S.R. Krishnan |
C | (c) N.L. Murthy |
D | (d) A.K. Mohanty |
Question 40 |
Which space agency’s lunar orbiter has observed water molecules moving around the dayside of Moon?
A | (a) NASA |
B | (b) ISRO |
C | (c) CNSA |
D | (d) ESA |
Question 41 |
Which company became the official sponsor of ICC World Cup 2019 on March 12, 2019?
A | (a) GoDaddy |
B | (b) Bira 91 beer |
C | (c) MRF Tyres |
D | (d) Emirates Airlines |
Question 42 |
Who was appointed by Supreme Court as mediator to resolve disputes of cricket administration in BCCI?
A | (a) PS Narasimha |
B | (b) DK Jain |
C | (c) AM Sapre |
D | (d) SA Bobde |
Question 43 |
When was the World Kidney Day 2019 observed globally?
A | (a) 12 March |
B | (b) 13 March |
C | (c) 14 March |
D | (d) 15 March |
Question 44 |
Which city is hosting the Special Olympics World Games 2019?
A | (a) Abu Dhabi |
B | (b) Oslo |
C | (c) Tokyo |
D | (d) Sydney |
Question 45 |
Which city hosted the 34th edition of ‘Aahar 2019’-International Food and Hospitality Fair?
A | (a) New Delhi |
B | (b) Mumbai |
C | (c) Jaipur |
D | (d) Lucknow |
Question 46 |
When is the World Consumer Rights Day observed every year?
A | (a) 12 March |
B | (b) 13 March |
C | (c) 14 March |
D | (d) 15 March |
Question 47 |
The West Nile Virus was recently in news due to its outbreak in which state of India?
A | (a) Kerala |
B | (b) Haryana |
C | (c) Bihar |
D | (d) Maharashtra |
Question 48 |
Which country decided to freeze all assets of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar in application of its Monetary and Financial Code?
A | (a) United States |
B | (b) United Kingdom |
C | (c) France |
D | (d) India |
Question 49 |
When was World Sleep Day 2019 observed across the world?
A | (a) March 13th |
B | (b) March 15th |
C | (c) March 14th |
D | (d) March 11th |
Question 50 |
What is the theme of the 6th edition of the Global Environment Outlook Report?
A | (a) Healthy Planet, Healthy People |
B | (b) Save Planet, Save Water |
C | (c) Plant Trees, Plant Joy |
D | (d) Work now for Bright future |
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