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A book containing English translation of the 100-year-old classic Punjabi poem about Jallianwala Bagh massacre, ‘Khooni Vaisakhi’ has been released in Abu Dhabi. Who is the original poet of this poem?
Mohan Singh
Kartar Singh Duggal
Vir Singh
Nanak Singh
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Answer: Option DExplanation
The poem was translated by Mr. Suri whose grandfather, revolutionary poet and novelist Nanak Singh, a Jallianwala Bagh survivor, wrote it after witnessing first-hand the events of April 13, 1919.
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Who took over as a member of Railway board(Material Department)?
KN Sharma
PV Gill
RM Falimullah
VP Pathak
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Indian Railway Stores Service Officer of 1980 batch VP Pathak has taken over as Member (Materials Management) Railway Board. Prior to his assuming the post, the officer had been working as Director General (RS), Railway Board since June 12, 2018.
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How much amount to be provided to Rwanda by Exim Bank for various projects?
USD 255.78 million
USD 266.60 million
USD 495.70 million
USD 326.80 million
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Answer: Option BExplanation
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said Exim Bank has provided soft loans of USD 266.60 million to Rawanda for various projects. The funding, done in three separate tranches to Rawanda, is to support agricultural projects, development of special economic zones (SEZs) and for financing road project in the African nation.
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Who was honoured with ‘Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award’ for writing ‘Samvidhan Kavya’, a poetic version of the Indian Constitution?
Kailash Nath Katju
Lal Bahadur Sastri
Sunil Kumar Gautam
Sampurnanand
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Sunil Kumar Gautam, Special Commissioner of Police (Operations) was honoured with ‘Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award‘ for 2018-19 by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) under the Ministry of Home Affairs, for his book titled ‘Samvidhan Kavya‘. The book was originally been written in Hindi language. There are total 238 couplets which explains the lengthiest Constitution of the world, the Indian Constitution in a very simple and poetic form. It took the officer 6 months to write the book and also mentions all the articles of the Constitution. 4 other Indian police officers who have also written books have been rewarded.‘Samvidhan Kavya’ was released by Dr Kiran Bedi, Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry on 5th October, 2016 in Puducherry.
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How much percent of life insurer’s premium income was grown for the year 2019, as per the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)?
11%
15%
13%
14%
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Answer: Option AExplanation
According to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) data, after a very low growth phase, life and non-life premium income of insurance companies have registered substantial growth in financial year 2019. Life insurer’s premium income grew 11% in FY19 over 2018 and non-life insurance firms witnessed a 13% rise in their total premium income to Rs 1.70 lakh crore in the financial year ended March 2019. 25 are general insurers: whose collective gross premium in 2018-19 was Rs 1.50 lakh crore, up by around 13% from Rs 1.33 lakh crore in 2018. 7 are standalone private sector insurers: they had a rise of 37% in their combined premium to Rs 11,368.82 crore in the financial year ended March 2019, against Rs 8,314.27 crore in 2018. 2 are government-owned specialised insurers: among them, Agricultural Insurance Company of India and ECGC Ltd registered a dip of 7.75% in premium at Rs 8,425.75 crore during the fiscal ended March 2019, as against Rs 9,133.78 crore in 2018.
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Name the General Insurance company, which has received preliminary approval and R1 approval from regulator IRDAI to foray into non-life business.
Bharti AXA General Insurance
HDFC ERGO General Insurance
Indiabulls General Insurance
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
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Find the Metro rail corporation which has kick started an initiative to become the world’s first 100% solar-powered metro.
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC)
Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Thursday started receiving solar power from Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa Solar Power Project, kick-starting an initiative to be the world’s first 100% green energy rail network. DMRC received 27 megawatts (MW) power from the MP-based project and will gradually increase it to 99 MW. “The power received from Rewa will be utilised for the operational as well as auxiliary requirement of Delhi Metro. Till now, the solar power generated by the roof top plants installed in DMRC premises were utilised for the auxiliary requirements such as lighting and air conditioning of stations and depots
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The “World Heritage Day” is celebrated on 18th April with the theme:
Megalithic Culture
Our Heritage Our Pride
Save the Old
Rural Landscape
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Answer: Option DExplanation
The International Day for Monuments and Sites was proposed by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) on 18 April 1982 and approved by the General Assembly of UNESCO in 1983. The aim is to promote awareness about the diversity of cultural heritage of humanity, their vulnerability and the efforts required for their protection and conservation.
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On 19th April 2019, Christians all around the world celebrated Good Friday also known as?
Diwali Friday
Holy Friday
Black hole Friday
Ball Friday
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Answer: Option BExplanation
On 19th April 2019, Christians all around the world celebrated Good Friday also known as Holy Friday or Black Friday.The day is observed every year in honor and remembrance of Jesus’s Crucifixion and Christians believe Jesus was crucified on Good Friday and rose again three days later which is marked as Easter.Many countries observe Good Friday as a national holiday on the Friday before Easter.
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Ace cricketer Mithali Raj has been named as the goodwill ambassador of which of the following team for the Street Child Cricket World Cup (SCCWC-2019)?
New Zealand
Indian Team
Australia
West Indies
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Ace cricketer Mithali Raj has been named as the goodwill ambassador of the Indian team for the Street Child Cricket World Cup (SCCWC-2019. She joined former captain Saurav Ganguly and IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals in supporting the team. The Street Child Cricket World Cup (SCCWC-2019) is the first cricket world cup for street-connected children. The tournament is being organised by Street Child United (SCU), a UK based organisation, which has a legacy of holding street child tournaments around major sporting festivals like FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Olympics in Brazil, FIFA World Cup Russia and more.
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India Electronics and Semiconductor Association has appointed _____________ as its chairman recently
Sonia Gupta
Manohar Lal
Anju Mohapatra
Jitendra Chaddah
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Chaddah has over two decades of industry experience. He, at Intel, has played multiple leadership roles. Recently, he led the conceptualization of Semiconductor Fabless Accelerator Lab.
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Researchers at the ___________ have found a new method to detect breast and ovarian cancer
IIT-Guwahati
IIT-Roorkee
IIT-Goa
IIT-Delhi
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Towards development of saliva-based clinical tests, the results of this study serve as an initial step. The research team was led by Kiran Ambatipudi from the IIT Roorkee’s Biotechnology Department.
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Who has been named as the goodwill ambassador of the Indian team for the Street Child Cricket World Cup?
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Ace cricketer Mithali Raj has been named as the goodwill ambassador of the Indian team for the Street Child Cricket World Cup (SCCWC-2019. She joined former captain Saurav Ganguly and IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals in supporting the team. The Street Child Cricket World Cup (SCCWC-2019) is the first cricket world cup for street-connected children. The tournament is being organised by Street Child United (SCU), a UK based organisation, which has a legacy of holding street child tournaments around major sporting festivals like FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Olympics in Brazil, FIFA World Cup Russia and more.
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Who has been honored with the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in fiction category?
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Richard Powers has been honoured with the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in fiction category for his innovative novel ‘The Overstory’, which shows us the world through the perspective of nature.
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Veteran IAS officer HK Khan passed away recently. He had served as the Chief Secretary of which Indian state?
Gujarat
West Bengal
Maharashtra
Punjab
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Answer: Option AExplanation
The veteran IAS officer and former Chief Secretary of Gujarat, HK K Khan, passed away in New Delhi.
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Rama Sengupta Paul who died recently was a well known
Actress
Cricketer
Mountaineer
Journalist
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Answer: Option CExplanation
The veteran lady mountaineer of the country Rama Sengupta Paul, who led the first successful all women expedition to Krdarnath Dome in Garhwal Himalaya, has passed away following a cardiac arrest. She was 66.
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Which Indian boxer clinched gold in Boxing World Cup in 54 kg?
Meena Kumari Maisnam
Sakshi Chaudhary
Pwilao Basumatary
Pinki Rani
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Answer: Option AExplanation
India finished with 5 medals in the Boxing World Cup which concluded at Cologne, Germany on April 13, 2019. While Meena Kumari Maisnam continued her fine run to win gold in the 54 kg, reigning youth world champion Sakshi (57 kg) and India Open champion Pwilao Basumatary (64 kg) settled for the silver. Pinki Rani (51 kg) and Parveen ( 60 kg) won bronze.
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The UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize 2019 was awarded to Reuter’s reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo for reporting on alleged human rights violations in which country?
Sudan
Myanmar
Libya
Syria
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Answer: Option BExplanation
The UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize 2019 was awarded to Reuters’ reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo for their exceptional courage in reporting on alleged human rights violations in Myanmar’s state of Rakhine. The award carries prize money of USD 25000.
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TIME Magazine has published “TIME’s 100 Most Influential People list 2019” recently, the list divides people into ________ categories?
Four
Five
Three
Six
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Answer: Option BExplanation
The list divides the 100’s most influential people in five categories – pioneers, leaders, artists, titans and icons.
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Name the airport complex, which has opened the World’s tallest indoor waterfall of 131 foot(40 meters) tall recently?
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport complex, Georgia
Changi Airport complex, Singapore
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport complex, France
Los Angeles International Airport complex, California
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Answer: Option BExplanation
The world’s tallest indoor waterfall, 131-foot-tall, opened for the general public at Singapore’s Jewel Changi Airport.The waterfall is housed inside a dome-shaped complex which has gardens growing over four storeys, more than 280 retail and food outlets, a hotel and a movie theatre. The structure also has a botanical garden with 120 species of plants.
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India’s first foreign interactive and exotic world park has come up in which of the following city?
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Answer: Option AExplanation
EsselWorld launched India’s first foreign interactive and exotic world park at the Essel World Bird Park in Gorai, Mumbai.
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One of the world’s largest one-day elections began in which nation on April 17, 2019?
Algeria
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Indonesia on April 17, 2019 kicked off one of the world’s biggest one-day elections to pick a new president and parliament after a six-month campaign. The polls have pitted incumbent President Joko Widodo, who is a clear favourite, against ex-general Prabowo Subianto in a race to lead the nation.
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McAfee recently announced the appointment of __________ as managing director (India)
Sanjay Manohar
Sanjay Narula
Rishi Munjal
Yashika Chauhan
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Manohar has worked for over 25 years across marketing, sales & channel strategy. He holds an MBA from Bharathidasan Institute of Management.
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India and _______ will conduct their largest ever naval exercise ‘Varuna’.
Iran
Russia
France
Italy
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Answer: Option CExplanation
The naval exercise will witness the participation of aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines & fighters. India will deploy INS Vikramaditya with its MiG-29K fighters.
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