Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2019

1. The theme of National Conference of Vice Chancellors & Directors of Higher Education Institutions is

Artificial Intelligence & e-Governance Technology for Accelerating Development Research and innovation in Higher Education Technology for Humankind

2.Which ministry launched the National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme recently?

Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ministry of Minority Affairs Ministry of Home Affairs

3.Which company become India's third-biggest software services firm?

Tech Mahindra CTS Wipro HCL

4.Which state government passed an 'Urban Sanitation and Cleanliness Policy' for better management of solid and liquid waste in cities?

Assam Odisha Bihar Gujarat

5.Who of the following has been appointed as the head coach of Indian Arrow football club by AIFF?

Gostha Pal Floyd Pinto Sandesh Jhingan V. P. Sathyan

Daily Current Affairs 2018

1. Which Airport has been selected for the Champion of Earth Prize-2018?

Chennai International Airport Cochin International Airport Limited Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.

2.The World's oldest person, Chiyo Miyako dies recently, She belongs to the country of;

Japan Malaysia Singapore Turkey

3.Shivangi Pathak the youngest Indian woman scaling Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro in 3 days. She belongs to which state?

Haryana Telangana Odisha Himachala Pradesh

4.World Hepatitis Day is celebrated on which date?

July 25 July 26 July 28 July 27

5.Who became first Indian to score 2,000 runs in T20 International?

Jhulan Goswami Mithali Raj Smriti Mandhana Deepti Sharma

GK & Current Affairs – July

1.Swapan Sarkar, who passed away recently, was associated with which field?

Actor Sports journalist Artist Photographer

2.Who plans to launch world's first mission to touch the Sun?

NASA ISRO European Space Agency JAXA

3.The museum for all former Prime Ministers of India will be constructed in __________.

Mumbai Gandhinagar Surat New Delhi

4.Society to advance former Indian president Dr Abdul Kalam's vision set up in __________.

Malaysia Sydney New york Singapore

5.The National Traders Conclave 2018 has been organized in which city?

Mumbai Chennai New Delhi Hyderabad

UPSC Civil Services Examination 2019

1.Name of the CM who launched an e-Pragati core platform in the state is;

Shri Manohar Lal Khattar Shri Pema Khandu Shri Nitish Kumar Shri Chandrababu Naidu

2.Scientists from which country have developed the world's first blood test capable of detecting melanoma in its early stages?

India China Russia Australia

3.Two Plus Two Dialogue Between India and USA to be held in __________.

Chennai Kolkata New Delhi Hyderabad

4.Who of the following signs agreement to source 100 MW wind power?

BYPL JSW Energy Ltd NTPC Ltd Tata Power Company Ltd

5. How many agreements have been signed between India and Ghana recently?

4 2 5 3

GK & Current Affairs 2018

1. Infosys signed a MoU with this city's Metro for constructing the station.

Bangalore Metro Chennai Metro Delhi Metro Kolkata Metro

2. Name of the country which host the biennial multi-national large force employment warfare exercise "Pitch Black 2018 (PB-18)".

Italy Canada Australia Swedan

3.This bank launched DigiLocker facility recently.

Kotak Mahindra Bank Yes Bank Canara Bank Karnataka Bank

4.How many new members took oath of office in the Rajya Sabha?

6 7 5 4

5.Which Indian city ranked 3rd in the best cities in the world by Travel?

Udaipur Agra Ahmedabad Vadodara

Daily Current Affairs 2018

1.A Google-affiliated company chooses __________ for delivering internet access to remote areas using high-altitude balloons.

Kenya Nigeria Zimbabwe Morocco

2.Name the company which is working on a project to convert Asteroids into spacecrafts.

Roscosmos SpaceX Made In Space Blue Origin

3.Who became the youngest Indian golfer to make the cut in any Major?

Shubhankar Sharma Shiv Kapur Jeev Milkha Singh Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia

4.Who has topped in the ODI rankings?

David Warner Babar Azam Virat Kohli Rohit Sharma

5.According to a recent UN report, which country placed with the increase of HIV?

Pakistan Cambodia Thailand Myanmar

2018 Current Affairs

1.Which among the following joined with three vendors to outsource Spacecraft Assembly Integration and Testing (AIT) activities?

DRDO HAL NASA ISRO

2.Who will launch satellite 'Athena' in 2019?

Google Facebook Royal Dutch Shell Sinopec Group

3.NIWE has installed a remote sensing instrument - LiDAR for assessment of offshore wind resource at __________.

Gulf of Khambhat Gulf of Tonkin Gulf of Kutch Gulf of Mannar

4.Recently, The Indian Government launches biodegradable sanitary napkins under which scheme?

Swadesh Darshan Yojana Rashtriya Gokul Mission Mission Indradhanush Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana

5.The 8th BRICS Health Minister's Meeting was held at which country?

Russia Brazil South Africa India

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2019

1.How many Indian women ranked in the Forbes list of Americas 60 richest self-made women?

5 4 3 2

2.Recently, This country joined with the India-initiated International Solar Alliance.

Japan Myanmar China Swedan

3.As per ADB's Asian Development Outlook report, India is the fastest growing economy in Asia with the GDP of __________.

7.5 7.3 7.4 7.6

4.Google's Android Dev Summit will be held in __________.

Washington Oregon California New York

5.For whom, Madhusudan Padhi was appointed as the principal secretary?

Dr. Krishan Kant Paul Anandiben Patel V. P. Singh Badnore Dr Ganeshi Lal

Current Affairs Quiz 2018

1.Who receives lifetime achievement award at Seatrade 30th Anniversary?

Charles Scharf Ravi Mehrotra Ashish Chemburkar Paul Hermelin

2. __________ and GMB sign MOU for improving working conditions in the ship recycling yards at Alang.

Institute for Human Development Directorate General Factory Advice Service & Labour Institutes V.V.Giri National Labour Institute National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development

3.Who won the gold in the junior men's rapid fire pistol at 28th Meeting of Shooting Hopes international championship?

Anish Bhanwala Anhad Jawanda Matej Rampula Adarsh Singh

4.Who inagurated the state-run power giant National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) 250 MW Solar Power Plant in Mandsaur?

Shri Arun Jaitley Shri Narendra Modi Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan Smt Sushma Swaraj

5.Dr. TCA Raghavan was appointed as the Director General of this department

ACCA ICSI CIMA ICWA

GK & Current Affairs Quiz

1.How much money has been invested by YouTube to counter the spread of fake news on its platform?

$30 million $20 million $25 million $35 million

2.The 4th National Conclave on Mines & Minerals was held at __________.

Surat Noida Indore Agra

3.Who is the newly-appointed chairman of the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC)?

Ghan Shyam Verma Shrimat Pandey Tarun Mathur Pankaj Pareek

4.How many MoU's have been signed between India and South Korea, recently?

13 8 11 15

5.Recently; With which bank, Indian Army have inked an MoU on the Defence Salary Package?

HDFC SBI ICICI Axis

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.Scientists from this country have performed the first-ever 3-D, colour X-ray on a human.

Peru New Zealand Spain Uk

2.Which Indian project has bagged World Bank's internal award for exceptional performance in achieving many development goals?

AIC MoEF ICZM CRZ

3.How many jets have purchased by Vistara from Boeing, Airbus?

15 20 19 10

4.The Second India-China Maritime Affairs Dialogue was held in __________.

Shanghai Beijing Hong Kong Tokyo

5.Who opened India's first exquisite air-conditioned bed space dormitory?

Kochi Metro Rail Limited Namma Metro Rail Limited Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited Visakhapatnam Metro Rail Limited

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2019

1.Which state tops in the Revenue Collection Under GST?

Odisha Haryana Goa Kerala

2.Who issued an order allowing photography within the premises of all centrally protected monuments/sites except at Ajanta Caves, Leh Palace and Taj Mahal?

Archaeological Survey of India Survey of India Geological Survey of India Indian Council of Historical Research

3.With which country India signed a deal to reduce tariffs on Indian medicines, anti cancer drugs?

Denmark Finland Iran China

4.Which country announced new NATO training Centre?

Malaysia Germany Bhutan Canada

5.Name of the company which plans to set up two plants in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh.

Toray Industries Hitachi Mitsui AGC

General Awareness 2018

1. India's first biofortified sorghum (jowar) that containing higher iron and zinc than regular sorghum. It's named as

Param Shakti Parbhani Chakra Parbhani Shakti Indra Shakthi

2.Recently, Who has been named as the brand ambassador of Muthoot Pappachan Group?

Aishwarya Rai Kareena Kapoor Vidya Balan Kangana Ranaut

3. NASA's mission that aims to get the closest to the Sun than ever by any human-made object has got its revolutionary heat shield "Thermal Protection System or TPS" is

Heather Solar Probe Parker Solar Probe Aviator Solar Probe Minius Solar Probe

4.This ministry will upgrade National Information Security Policy and Guidelines to secure government data.

Ministry of Home Affair Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministry of Civil Aviation Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

5. Which novel won the Golden Man Booker International prize 2018?

Girls Burn Brighter The English Patient Children of Blood and Bone An American Marriage

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2019

1.Which country launched the new visas to Indian scientists?

UK USA Germany Russia

2.Who won the gold medal at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup 2018?

Bisheshwar Nandi Ashish Kumar Aruna Reddy Dipa Karmakar

3.Integral Coach Factory (ICF) of Chennai announced the launch of indigenously manufactured semi high-speed train, the train is named as;

Train 15 Train 25 Train 12 Train 18

4.With which state NASSCOM launched a Centre of Excellence for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (CoE - DSAI), recently?

Uttarkhand Rajasthan Tamilnadu Karnataka

5.Name of the Indian cricketer reached the milestone of playing 500 international matches during the second T20 International against England?

R Ashwin Shikhar Dhawan Rohit Sharma Mahendra Singh Dhoni

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.Who received Knowledge Excellence Award at the 22nd International Conference on Non-Ferrous Minerals and Metals 2018?

N G Nair Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand Ramesh Agrawal Chandrani Prasad Verma

2.The 6th edition of biennial World Cities Summit will be held in __________.

France Singapore Germany Italy

3.The British Council has signed a MoU with this state to promoting cultural, educational and skill development.

Haryana Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Assam

4.World Chocolate Day is celebrated every year on __________.

July 8 July 7 July 6 July 9

5.Which state government allotted 200 acres to 3 women entrepreneurs' associations in the state?

Telangana Kerala Maharashtra Gujarat

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2019

1. Recently, CBIC launched an app to verify if the person collecting GST from the consumer is eligible to collect it or not. The name of the app is;

GST Verify GST Check GST Collect GST Value

2.Which telecom operator unveils the internet telephony service 'Wings'?

BSNL Vodafone Airtel Reliance Jio

3.Who bagged the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent?

Punam Yadav Sanjita Chanu Jhili Dalabehera Ragala Venkat Rahul

4.Who won the first prize of National Human Rights Commission's logo design contest?

Prashant Mishra Aayushi Garg Bansi Lal Ketki Dharm Priya Singh

5.The Indian Railways is planning to launch a tourist train, it was named as

Dakshin Express Flying Rani Sri Ramayana Express Tungabhadra Express

July Current Affairs

1.The first meeting of the Task Force on e-commerce chaired by Rita Teaotia was held in __________

Chandigarh Ahmedabad New Delhi Pune

2.Mark Zuckerberg becomes the World's __________ richest person.

3rd 2nd 4th 5th

3.This bank revised the interest rates on Foreign Currency Non-Resident (banking) term deposits with immediate effect.

HDFC Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Indian Bank Citibank India

4.Which company becomes India's largest tax payer in private sector?

ICICI Bank Reliance Industries TCS Tata Steel

5.Siemens PLM Software and __________ developed the open cloud-based IoT operating system called MindSphere.

IBM TCS Wipro Infosys

Daily Current Affairs

1. With which state government, RIMES signs MoU for effective disaster management?

Andra Pradesh Odisha Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh

2.Sathyasri Sharmila becomes First Transgender Lawyer of India. He belongs to the state of __________.

Bihar Kerala Telangana Tamil Nadu

3.Which country has been tagged "worst human trafficking nation" as per the report of US State Department's 2018 Trafficking in Persons?

Canada France Russia North Korea

4. The first UN's International Day of Parliamentarism is celebrated on which date?

June 30 June 28 June 27 June 29

5.The first India state to set up the Khadi mall is;

Gujarat Jharkhand Bihar Maharashtra