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Q1. Which of the following sentence is not correct?
(a) Guwahati Airport renamed as Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore Airport.
(b) British-era railway station Robertsgang renamed as Sonbhadra.
(c) Mughalsarai junction renamed after Deen Dayal Upadhyay.
(d) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai renamed as Chhatrapati Shivaji ‘Maharaj’ International Airport.
(e) All the above statements are right.
Q2. As per RBI Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India, what % of the total complaints received by all BO offices, is from tier-1 cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad?
(a) 67%
(b) 75%
(c) 49%
(d) 79%
(e) 57%
Q3. The West Bengal government announced two welfare initiatives for farmers. The first initiative will provide Rs 2 lakh to the family of a deceased farmer while under the second initiative, farmers would get Rs 2,500 twice a year for growing a single crop on one acre of land. Name the scheme both the initiatives are part of.
(a) Bangla Krishak Bondhu
(b) Krishi Krishak Bondhu
(c) Krishak Bondhu Vikas Yojana
(d) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
(e) None of the above option is the right answer
Q4. Who among the following has been appointed as the Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)?
(a) CA Kuttappa
(b) Sudhir Kumar
(c) Hemant Kumar
(d) Saurabh Kumar
(e) P V Bharthi
Q5. Who among the following has been appointed as the Acting Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India?
(a) Hemant Bhargava
(b) Sudhir Bhargava
(c) Y K Yadav
(d) Ajay Tyagi
(e) BVP Rao
Q6. CH Lokanath passed away after suffering cardiac arrest. He was a Veteran_______
(a) Telugu actor
(b) Kannada writer
(c) Kannada actor
(d) Tamil actor
(e) Tamil journalist
Q7. In which district of Punjab, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 106th Indian Science Congress (ISC-2019)?
(a) Chandigarh
(b) Ludhiana
(c) Jalandhar
(d) Amritsar
(e) Gurdaspur
Q8. What is the theme for the 106th Indian Science Congress (ISC-2019)?
(a) Future: Artificial Intelligence in India
(b) Future: India-Science and Technology
(c) India-Technology and Internet of Things
(d) Science of Internet and Technology
(e) None of the above option is the right answer
Q9. Ramakant Achrekar passed away following a heart attack. He was a veteran________.
(a) Dance teacher
(b) Cartoonist
(c) Journalist
(d) Cricket coach
(e) Musician
Q10. Veer Savarkar International Airport has been declared as an authorized Immigration Check post for entry into/exit from India. This airport is located at_______.
(a) Kanyakumari
(b) Ross Island
(c) Lakshadweep
(d) Port Blair
(e) Swaraj Dweep
Solutions
Ans.1.(a)
Exp. Agartala Airport renamed as Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore Airport. All other options are right.
Ans.2.(e)
Exp. The number of complaints registered at banking ombudsman offices have seen a 25% increase in the fiscal year 2018. “The banking ombudsman offices in tier-1 cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad accounted for more than 57% of the total complaints received by all BO offices,” the RBI Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India has stated.
Ans.3.(b)
Sol. The West Bengal government announced two welfare initiatives for farmers. Both initiatives, which are part of the ‘Krishi Krishak Bondhu’ scheme, will come into effect from 1st January 2019.
Ans.4.(d)
Exp. Saurabh Kumar has been appointed as the Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). Kumar, a 1982-batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, is an M-Tech in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur.
Ans.5.(a)
Exp. The government has appointed Hemant Bhargava, Managing Director, Life Insurance Corporation of India, as the Acting Chairman. The move comes after VK Sharma retired from the top job at LIC on December 31.
Ans.6.(c)
Exp. Veteran Kannada actor CH Lokanath passed away after suffering cardiac arrest. He was 91. Lokanath was in the Kannada film industry for nearly six decades and was affectionately addressed as ‘Uncle Lokanath’ by his fans.
Ans.7.(c)
Exp.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 106th Indian Science Congress (ISC-2019) at Jalandhar, Punjab.
Ans.8.(b)
Exp. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 106th Indian Science Congress (ISC-2019) at Jalandhar, Punjab. The theme for which is ‘Future: India-Science and Technology’.
Ans.9.(d)
Exp. Veteran cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar, who trained Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli, among others, passed away following a heart attack.
Ans.10.(d)
Exp.Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair has been declared as an authorized Immigration Check post for entry into/exit from India with valid travel documents for all classes of passengers.
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