- Who was appointed as the Principal Scientific Advisor to Union Government Ans: Krishnaswamy Vijay Raghavan
- On which day National Handloom Day is celebrated in India? Ans: 7th August
- The famous Shahi litchi which recently got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag belongs to which state? Ans: Bihar
- Name the environmental NGO founded by Anil Kumar Agarwal which has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2018? Ans: Centre for Science and Environment
- The Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, 2019 which came into effect on January 14, 2019 provides what percentage of reservation quota for the economically weaker sections in the general category? Ans: 10 percent
- On which day World Malaria Day is celebrated every year? Ans: 25th April
- On which date the National Anti Terrorism Day is celebrated in India every year? Ans: 21st May
- Which city hosted the 2018 Sanskriti Mahotsav ‘Swachhagrah – Bapu ko Kaaryaanjali‘? Ans: Varanasi
- The Assam Government signed MoU with which cab operator for a pilot project of app-based river taxi services in Guwahati? Ans: Ola
- Which team won the 2018-19 Duleep Trophy cricket tournament? Ans: India Blue
- Which drug was banned by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for domestic use from July 2018? Ans: Oxytocin
- Which Indian state has recorded the best Maternal Mortality Ratio since 2013? Ans: Kerala
- Which Bollywood actors have been signed as ambassadors of Skill India Campaign to promote and endorse the Skill India Mission? Ans: Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma
- In which country President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the World Hindi Secretariat? Ans: Mauritius
- Morocco has re-established diplomatic ties after 37 years, with which country? Ans: Cuba
- Which film won award in the Best Hindi language film category at the 65th National Film Awards? Ans: Newton
- Which airline has recently recognized itself as a defaulter of bank payments with a debt of over USD 1 billion? Ans: Jet Airways
- Which country is not a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)? Ans: Israel
- On which date Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) Day is celebrated every year? Ans: 27th June
- Which international organisation recently urged the international community to co-operate with India in dealing with terrorism? Ans: United Nations Security Council
- What was the theme of 25th National Children‘s Science Congress (NCSC) held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat? Ans: Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development
- English Language Day at the UN was observed on —– Ans: 23rd April
- Ministry of Railways launched an app to enable its passengers to to see meals on offer and order it onboard train . What is the name of this app? Ans: Meal on Trains
- Which nation has become the first G-7 country to sign up for China‘s Belt and Road Initiative? Ans: Italy
- Name the mission in which Indian scientists successfully targeted and brought down a live satellite on a Low Earth Orbit with an anti-satellite missile (A-SAT)? Ans: Mission Shakti
