CURRENT AFFAIRS of March 2019

1. Which of the following organisation won the 25th Prime Minister's Trophy?
(A) Dubari Steelworks, Jamshedpur
(B) Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur
(C) JSW Steel Limited, Hirapur
(D) Indian Iron and Steel Company
1. B
Q2. PM Modi inaugurated ‘Construction Technology India-2019’ in which of the following city?
(A) Kolkata (B) Nagpur
(C) New Delhi (D) Kanpur
(E) Varanasi
2. C
3. Government will celebrate ‘Poshan Pakhwada’ from ________ 2019 across the Country.
(A) 17th to 30th March (B) 8th to 22th March
(C) 15th to 29th March (D) 1st to 22nd March
(E) 4th to 23rd March
3. B
4. Who among the following assumes charge of Eastern Air Command of Indian Air Force?
(A) Hari Chand Dewan (B) Shivdev Singh
(C) MSD Wollen (D) R D Mathur
4. D
5. India measures its economic growth for every year starting from _______ to _______.
(A) July to June (B) January to December
(C) April to March (D) September to August
5. C
6. Who among the following became the first player to smash 500 sixes in international cricket?
(A) AB de Villiers (B) Chris Gayle
(C) Rohit Sharma (D) Virat Kohli
6. B
7. Who among the following releases the book ‘Mann Ki Baat - A Social Revolution on Radio’?
(A) Arun Jaitley (B) Piyush Goyal
(C) Amit Shah (D) Sushma Swaraj
7. A
8. Who among the following has claimed the 100th ATP at Dubai Tennis Championship?
(A) Rafael Nadal (B) Andy Murray
(C) Roger Federer (D) Novak Djokovic
8. C
9. Who among the following claimed a gold medal in the men's category at the Dan Kolov-Nikol
Petrov tournament in Ruse, Bulgaria?
(A) Sandeep Tomar (B) Bajrang Punia
(C) Sushil Kumar (D) Parveen Rana
9. B
10. Who among the following won the 10 km race of Nepal's COAS Open Marathon and Run for
Fun in Kathmandu?
(A) Sudha Singh (B) Shashank Shekhar
(C) Shiva Thapa (D) Muhammed Anas Yahiya
10. B
11. Recently, Zhores Alferov passed away. He won a Nobel Prize in 2000 in the field of?
(A) Chemistry (B) Peace
(C) Physics (D) Literature
11. C
12. Recently, The US officially closes its consulate at which of the following city in Middle East?
(A) Jerusalem (B) Riyadh
(C) Baghdad (D) Damascus
12. A
13. Who among the following will be the first recipient of the 'Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa
Puraskar'?
(A) MS Dhon (B) Abhinandan Varthaman
(C) Kapil Dev (D) Milkha Singh
13. B
14. What is the prize money given to the recipent of 'Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar'?
(A) Rs. 1.51 Lakh (B) Rs 2 Lakh
(C) Rs 2.51 Lakh (D) Rs 5 Lakh
14. C
15. Centre for Disability Sports will be set up at which of the following location?
(A) Indore (B) Gwalior
(C) Nagpur (D) Ranchi
15. B
16. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Mod dedicated the Joint Venture of Indo-Russian Rifles
Pvt Ltd at which of the following locations?
(A) Ghaziabad (B) Amethi
(C) Jhansi (D) Sultanpur
16. B
17. Which of the following bank has bagged the Best Bank Award from the Tamil Nadu
government?
(A) Allahabad Bank (B) Bank of Baroda
(C) Indian Bank (D) Punjab National
17. C
18. What is the tagline of Indian Bank ?
(A) Where India Bank (B) A Tradition of Trust
(C) India’s International Bank (D) Your Own Bank
18. D
19. Recently, Bharat Mohan Adhikari passes away. He was the former Deputy Prime Minister of
which of the following country?
(A) Indonesia (B) Nepal
(C) Bangladesh (D) Vietnam
19. B
20. PM Modi launches Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan (PM-SYM) Yojana in which of the
following city?
(A) Ghaziabad (B) Gandhinagar
(C) Kanpur (D) Agra
(E) Surat
20. B
21. According to Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan (PM-SYM) Yojana, a monthly pension of
Rs. ________ will be given to the employees of unorganised sector?
(A) Rs 1000 (B) Rs 2000
(C) Rs 3000 (D) Rs 4000
21. C
22. Recently, Rajnath Singh inaugurated project ‘Border Electronically Dominated QRT
Interception Technique’ along which of the following border with India?
(A) India-China (B) India-Pakistan
(C) India-Bangladesh (D) India-Nepal
(E) India-Bhutan
22. C
23. The 2022 kumbh mela will be held at which of the following city?
(A) Ujjain (B) Haridwar
(C) Pryagraj (D) Nasik
23. B

24. Which of the following would be the first state in the country to appoint Lokpal for universities?
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Jharkhand
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Maharashtra
24. D
25. Which of the following Indian bowler secured the No.1 spot in latest ICC women's Rankings?
(A) Sharmila Chakraborty (B) Shobha Pandit
(C) Shashi Gupta (D) Jhulan Goswami
25. D
26. Recently, Dhananjay Kumar passed away. He was a famous _______.
(A) Cricketer (B) Politician
(C) Singer (D) Film Director
26. B
27. The 2019 Kumbh has been concluded at which of the following locations?
(A) Ujjain (B) Haridwar
(C) Prayagraj (D) Nasik
27. C
28. PM Modi launches a card that can be used to pay for bus travel, toll, parking, shopping
named as ________.
(A) National Common Mobility Card
(B) Travel Card
(C) National Common Card for Transport
(D) Rupay
28. A
29. How many Nobel Prizes for literature will be awarded this year?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

29. C
30. Which of the following city has been declared as the most polluted city in the world according
to the IQAir AirVisual 2018 World Air Quality Report?
(A) Gurugram (B) Faridabad
(C) Agra (D) Moradabad
30. A
31. Mukesh Ambani ranked ________ on the latest Forbes World's Billionaire list?
(A) 10th (B) 13th
(C) 19th (D) 6th
31. B
32. Which of the following city has bagged the cleanest city award under Swachh Survekshan,
2019?
(A) Nagpur (B) Ranchi
(C) Chandigarh (D) Indore
32. D
33. Who among the following has been appointed Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre?
(A) A. K. Bhaduri (B) Ajit Kumar Mohanty
(C) Shashi Shanker (D) S. K. Sharma
33. B
34. The new 20 rupee coin will be shaped like a ________.
(A) Quadrilateral (B) Pentagon
(C) Hexagon (D) Dodecagon
34. D
35. Which of the following is the state tree of Uttarakhand?
(A) Burans (B) Kaphal
(C) Pine (D) Banayan
36. A
37. The theme of International Women's Day 2019 is ________.
(A) Better Women, Better tommorrow
(B) Be equal
(C) Think equal, Build smart, Innovative for change
(D) fight against harassment
37.
38. Which of the following state government has announced Gondi language to be taught in tribal
districts?
(A) Jharkhand (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Odisha (D) Bihar
38. B
39. The National Voters Day is celebrated every year on ________?
(A) 10 December (B) 25 January
(C) 2 February (D) 9 March
39. B
40. Who among the following is popularly known as the "Metro Man" in India?
(A) K. Radhakrishnan (B) Nandan Nilekani
(C) E Sreedharan (D) Fali Nariman
40. C
 Current affairs of April 2019
1. Who among the following has been appointed as the head of ICICI Securities?
(A) Rahul Prajapati (B) Sachin Patel
(C) Vijay Chandok (D) N N Jha
1. C

2. Which among the following latest observation satellite is launched by ISRO?

(A) INSAT- 4C (B) EMISAT
(C) GSAT (D) PSAT
2. B

3. When was MNREGA launched?

(A) 2 Feb 2006 (B) 2 March 2008
(C) 1 April 2010 (D) 7 July 2006
3. A

4. Odisha was a part of which among the following states before 1936?
(A) West Bengal (B) Bihar
(C) Jharkhand (D) Chhatisgarh
4. B
5. Odisha foundation day is also known as?
(A) Solidarity Day (B) Utkal Divas
(C) Orissa Divas (D) Swabhiman Divas
5. B

6. Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank have been merged with which of the following bank?
(A) IndusInd Bank (B) State Bank of India
(C) Punjab & Sind Bank (D) Bank of Baroda
6. D
7. Who among the following has won the Miami Open 2019?
(A) Rafael Nadal (B) Novak Djokovic
(C) Andy Murray (D) Roger Federer
7. D
8. World Autism Awareness Day is celebrated every year on which of the following day?
(A) 30 March (B) 31 March
(C) 1 April (D) 2 April

8. D
9. What is the capital of Algeria?
(A) Port Louis (B) Algiers
(C) Rabat (D) Tunis
9. D
10. In April 2018 which of the following city became the first city in the country to leapfrog to Euro-
VI fuels?
(A) Kolkata (B) Indore
(C) Gandhinagar (D) New Delhi
(E) Agra
10. D
11. On April 23, The Reserve Bank of India will inject long-term liquidity worth ________
US Dollars into the banking system.
(A) 1 billion (B) 2 billion
(C) 3 billion (D) 4 billion
11. D

12. Who among the following takes over as Chief Executive of International Cricket Council?
(A) Shashank Manohar (B) Manu Sawhney
(C) David Richardson (D) Lalit Modi
12. B
13. Indian teams finished with a total of ________ gold medals at the Asian Airgun
Championships in Taipei?
(A) 10 (B) 16
(C) 18 (D) 22
13. B
14. Which of the following country will host ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019?
(A) Australia, New Zealand
(C) England, Wales
(D) India, Bangladesh
(F) Leh, Saudi Arabaia
14. B
15. What is the capital of Malawi?
(A) Lusaka (B) Lilongwe
(C) Harare (D) Bamako
15. B
16. Recently opened Maitri Bridge has been built across which of the following river?
(A) Ravi (B) Jhelum
(C) Indus (D) Chenab
16. C
17. Which of the following has platform has launched ‘tipline’ to tackle rumours ahead of
elections?
(A) Facebook (B) Instagram
(C) WhatsApp (D) Twitter
17. C
18. Who among the following became the first Indian male squash player to enter top 10 of PSA
rankings?
(A) Harinder Pal Sandhu (B) Kush Kumar
(C) Siddarth (D) Saurav Ghosal
18. D
19. International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance is observed every year on _________.
(A) 3 April (B) 4 April
(C) 5 April (D) 6 April
19. B
20. Asian Development Bank, ADB has forecasted India's growth rate for 2019 at ________.
(A) 7.1% (B) 7.2%
(C) 7.5% (D) 7.6%

20. B
21. Who has been elected as the Chicago’s first African-American woman mayor?
(A) Ann Williams (B) Kim Foxx
(C) Susana Mendoza (D) Lori Light foot
21. D
22. Who among the following has been awarded with the prestigious John Dirks Canada Gairdner
Global Health Award?
(A) Rahul Singh (B) Vikram Patel
(C) Sachin Jaiswal (D) Sanju Divedi
22. B
23. BSNL have gained a licence form a British telecommunications satellite company named as
________ to provide telecom services in airlines?
(A) Inmarsat (B) Incom
(C) Connect (D) Echostar Iridium
23. A
24. The headquarters of the Bureau of Indian Standards is located in which of the following city?
(A) Chennai (B) Kolkata
(C) New Delhi (D) Pune
24. C
25. National Maritime Day is celebrated every year on which of the following day?
(A) 2 April (B) 3 April
(C) 4 April (D) 5 April
25. D
26. Which of the following country has conferred the prestigious Zayed Medal to Narander Modi?
(A) Oman (B) Saudi Arabia
(C) UAE (D) Qatar
26. C
27. In April 2019, who among the following has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by
London’s University of Law?
(A) Salman Khan (B) Aamir Khan
(C) Amitabh Bachchan (D) Ajay Devgan
27. D
28. According to the latest FIFA rankings, India ranks at ________ place?
(A) 80 (B) 101
(C) 92 (D) 116
28. B
29. Which of the following team tops the new FIFA rankings?
(A) Belgium (B) France
(C) Brazil (D) England
29. A
30. Ugadi is the New Year's Day for the people of ________?
(A) Punjab (B) Bihar
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Assam Bihar
30. C

32. The headquarters of World Bank is located in which of the following city?
(A) Vienna (B) Paris
(C) New York (D) Washington
32. D
33. Recently VG Patel passed away. He was a famous ________.
(A) Writer (B) Economist
(C) Hockey player (D) Politician
33. B
34. In table tennis, the Indian team has won _______ gold medals in the Ghana Junior & Cadet
Open.
(A) 4 (B) 6
(C) 7 (D) 10
34. C
35. Who among the following has been elected as the member of FIFA Executive Council?
(A) Rahul Yadav (B) Praful Patel
(C) Sanjay Gill (D) Naveen Tomar
35. B
36. World Health Day is celebrated every year on which of the following day?
(A) 4 April (B) 5 April
(C) 6 April (D) 7 April
36. D
37. The headquarters of the World Health Organisation is located in which of the following city?
(A) London (B) Paris
(C) Rome (D) Geneva
37. D
38. Pradeep Nandrajog took oath as new Chief Justice of which of the following high court?
(A) Allahabad High Court (B) Bombay High Court
(C) Delhi High Court (D) Punjab High Court
38. B
39. Indian army have inducted Dhanush. It is a/an ________.Long range Ballistic missile
(A) Helicopter (B) Lightweight
(C) Artillery Gun (D) Sniper Gun
39. B
40. Which railway station has become the India’s first-ever railway station to get green ISO
certification?
(A) Indore (B) Hyderabad
(C) Guwahati (D) Nagpur
40. C
41. Who has been named as female sportsperson of the year at the ESPN India Multi-Sport
Awards 2018?
(A) Mary Kom (B) P V Sindhu
(C) Saina Nehwal (D) Krishna Puniya
41. B
42. Which of the following player has been named for Wisden's 'Leading Cricketer', recently?
(A) M S Dhoni (B) Virat Kohli
(C) Shikhar Dhawan (D) Rohit Sharma
42. B
43. Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated every year on: _______
(A) 10th April (B) 14th Apirl
(C) 11th April (D) 15th April
43. B
 CURRENT AFFAIRS of MAY 2019
1. Labour Day is celebrated every year on _______.
(A) 30 April (B) 1 May
(C) 29 April (D) 2 May
1. B
2. Naruhito became the 126th Emperor of which of the following country?
(A) Norway (B) Japan
(C) UK (D) Netherlands
2. B
3. Which of the following state is also known as ‘Jewel of Western India’?
(A) Punjab (B) Rajasthan
(C) Maharashtra (D) Gujarat
3. D
4. The state of Maharashtra gained its statehood day on _________.
(A) 1 April 1950 (B)1 April 1957
(C) 1 April 1960 (D) 1 May 1960
4. D
5. Benjamin Netanyahu has been sworn in as the Prime Minister of which of the following
country?
(A) Iran (B) Iraq
(C) Israel (D) Ethiopia
5. C
6. Who among the following will be the first head of Defence Cyber Agency?
(A) Mohit Gupta (B) Rahul Jaiswal
(C) Sachin Singh (D) Amit Mishra
6. A
7. Varuna is a joint military exercise between India and ________.
(A) Russia (B) Iran
(C) France (D) USA
7. C
8. Who among the following took over as Vice Chief of Air Staff?
(A) Anil Khosla
(B) Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
(C) Balakrishnan Suresh
(D) Jasbir Walia
8. B
9. UN designated Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, he was the chief of which of the following
terrorist organisation?
(A) Jaish-e-Mohammed (B) Lashkar-e-Taiba
(C) Al-Qaeda (D) ISIS
10. Who among the following gained world number one spot in women's 10 m air rifle event?
(A) Mehuli Ghosh (B) Apurvi Chandela
(C) Anjum Moudgil (D) Heena Sidhu
10. B
11. Which of the following statement is not true with reference to Chandrayaan-2?
(A) Chandrayaan-2 will be launched between 9 and 16 July 2019.
(B) It will touch down near the Moon's south pole on 6th September.
(C) Chandrayaan-2 will have three modules an orbiter, a lander and a rover.
(D) It will be launched using PSLV-XL
11. D
12. As Kiran Kumar has been awarded France's Highest Civilian Honour. He was the former chief
of which of the following organisation?
(A) Defence Research and Development Organisation
(B) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
(C) Indian Space Research Organisation
(D) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
12. C
13. World Press Freedom Day is observed every year on _______.
(A) 1 May (B) 2 May
 (C) 3 May (D) 4 May
13. C
14. Which of the following parliament becomes the first parliament to declare a climate
emergency?
(A) USA (B) China
(C) UK (D) France
15. Which of the following institute will help the Indian government to set up a Centre of
Excellence for Waste to Wealth Technologies?
(A) IIT Mumbai (B) IIT Kanpur
(C) IISC Bangalore (D) IIT Delhi
15. D
16 Cyclone Fani makes landfall in which of the following Indian state?
(A) West Bengal (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Maharashtra (D) Odisha
17 Indian Space Research Organisation was founded in the year _______.
(A) 1988 (B) 1969
(C) 1948 (D) 1925
17. B
18 Which of the following city will host Asian youth Women Handball Championship?
(A) Pune (B) Jaipur
(C) New Delhi (D) Gandhinagar
18. B
19. Who among the following has been appointed as the first independent woman Director of
Bombay Stock Exchange?
(A) Rajni Prajapati (B) Sunita Singhal
(C) Jayshree Vyas (D) Mohini Sharma
19. C
20. King Maha Vajiralongkorn has been crowned as the King of which of the following country?
(A) Japan (B) Thailand
(C) China (D) Laos
20. B
21. What is the currency of Thailand?
(A) Rubel (B) Bhat
(C) Kyat (D) Dollar
21. B
22. Indian Navy will decommission its frontline missile destroyer named as _________.
(A) INS Daga (B) INS Ranjit
(C) INS Rajput (D) INS Rana
22. B
23. Saurav Ghoshal is associated with which of the following sports?
(A) Golf (B) Squash
(C) Badminton (D) Shooting
23. B
24. What was the name of last captive white tiger that died at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park?
(A) Shera (B) Bholu
(C) Bajirao (D) Bahadur
24. C
25. What is the name recently launched fourth Scorpene class submarine?
(A) Shakti (B) Vela
(C) Triveni (D) Veena
25. B
29. Which of the following country is not a part of the G7 group?
(A) South Africa (B) France
(C) Italy (D) Canada
29. A
30. In May 2019, which of the following company has unveiled its own blockchain-based service?
(A) IBM (B) Microsoft
(C) Adobe (D) Facebook
30. B
31 Game Changer is the autobiography of which of the following cricketer?
(A) Imran Khan (B) Sahid Afridi
(C) Amit Shah (D) Shane Warne
31. B
32. World Red Cross Day is celebrated every year on ________.
(A) 5 May (B) 6 May
(C) 7 May (D) 8 May
32. D
33. Recently organised ‘Chintan Baithak’ is related to which of the following sector?
(A) Nuclear power (B) Renewable Energy
(C) Steel industry (D) Crude oil
33. B
34 NASA plans to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid in the year ________.
(A) 2020 (B) 2021
(C) 2022 (D) 2023
34. C
35 Amul will sponsor which of the following cricket team at 2019 ICC World Cup?
(A) Australia (B) Bangladesh
(C) Afghanistan (D) Pakistan
35. C
36. Who among the following Indian is a part of new Sustainable Development Goals advocates
od the United Nations?
(A) Virat Kohli (B) Deepika Padukone
(C) Dia Mirza (D) Priyanka Chopra
36. D
37. Which of the following city will host WTO Ministerial Meeting of Developing Countries?
(A) Pune (B) New Delhi (C) Chennai (D) Kolkata
37. B
38. What is the name new lunar lander spacecraft showcased by Amazon?
(A) Falcon (B) Bits (C) Blue moon (D) High moon
38. C
39. What is the name of the recently approved dengue vaccine by the US?
(A) Dengflow (B) Dengtide
(C) Dengvaxia (D) Denguplosum
39. C
40 Recently, Which of the following country has blocked all language editions of Wikipedia?
(A) Japan (B) USA (C) China (D) South Korea
40. C
41. The official song of the 2019 Men’s World Cup titles as ________.
(A) It is Better (B) Stand By
(C) Paly well (D) It is important
41. B
42. Which of the following became the first Indian state to tap into masala bond market?
(A) Telangana (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Kerala
42. D
43. BSNL partners with which of the following company to expand WiFi footprint?
(A) Facebook (B) TCS (C) Google (D) IBM
43. C
44. Which among the following companies is planning to buy Shopclues?
(A) Amazon (B) Flipkart (C) Myntra (D) Snapdeal
44. D
45. Recently Indra Nooyi receives an honorary degree from Yale University. She is the former
CEO of ________.
(A) Google (B) Nestlé
(C) PepsiCo (D) Unilever
46. Which of the following bank has launched the ‘Bank on Wheels’ facility?
(A) Indian Bank (B) Canara Bank
(C) IDBI Bank (D) Indian Overseas Bank
46. D