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A. June 2
B. June 3
C. June 4
D. June 5
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. June 3 Explanation: This day encourages the nations to devote particular attention to the bicycle in cross-cutting development strategies.
2.International Sex Workers’ Day takes place on _______.
A. 2nd June
B. 4th June
C. 6th June
D. 8th June
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. 2nd June Explanation: It remembers the discrimination of prostitutes and their often exploitative living and conditions of working.
3. Who was recently elected to the board of the International Air Transport Association (IATA)?
A. Sumit Khanna
B. Ajay Singh
C. Rajiv Munjal
D. Radhika Chopra
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Ajay Singh
Explanation: SpiceJet chief Ajay Singh was elected to the board of the IATA. The new board would be chaired by Lufthansa Group Chief Executive Officer Carsten Spohr.
4.The main event of International Yoga Day on June 21 this year will be held in _____ with Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending it.
A. Chandigarh
B. Pune
C. Ranchi
D. Jammu
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – C. Ranchi Explanation: It will be the government’s first mega public event after Modi became prime minister for a second term. It is expected that about 10,000 people, will attend the event. The United Nations declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga in 2014.
5.The Centre has directed ____ airports across the country to install body scanners by March 2020, replacing existing door frame metal detectors and hand-held scanners.
A. 34
B. 52
C. 59
D. 84
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – D. 84 Explanation: The circular also states the standard operating procedures (SOPs) also. These 28 hypersensitive & 56 sensitive airports would have to install body scanners by March 2020.
6.Biju Janata Dal has appointed ___________ as its parliamentary party leader.
A. Rahul Gandhi
B. Pinaki Misra
C. Sambit Patra
D. Naveen Patnaik
E. None of these
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Correct Answer –B. Pinaki Misra
Explanation: It is worth noting that BJD won 13 of the state’s 21 Lok Sabha seats. Misra won the Puri LS seat for the straight third time.
7. Which nation cancelled the July 4 presidential elections?
A. USA
B. Algeria
C. Spain
D. Ukraine
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Algeria
Explanation: Algeria has seen months of anti-government protests. Its President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned recently.
8. Nayib Bukele took office as president of __________ recently.
A. El Salvador
B. Poland
C. South Africa
D. South Sudan
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. El Salvador
Explanation: During his term, Bukele wants to tackle El Salvador’s legacy of gang violence and corruption. By bolstering education, he wants to reduce the number of young people joining El Salvador’s notorious criminal gangs.
9.The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has appointed _____________ as its special envoy on Jammu and Kashmir.
A. Yousef Aldobeay
B. Saddam Ali
C. Hina Khan
D. Saleema Begum
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Yousef Aldobeay
Explanation: The 14th OIC summit in the holy city of Makkah. It reiterated its support for the legitimate right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people in accordance with UN resolutions.
10. The government reappointed _________ as National Security Adviser, according him/her a Cabinet rank.
A. Sushma Swaraj
B. S Jaishankar
C. Ajit Doval
D. Hardeep Puri
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – C. Ajit Doval
Explanation: Doval becomes the first NSA to get Cabinet status in the table of precedence. The cabinet rank will facilitate his interactions with the most senior officials.
11.________ has toppled Indian Oil Corp (IOC) to regain crown of being the country’s most profitable public sector company.
A. ONGC
B. SAIL
C. SBI
D. NABARD
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. ONGC
Explanation: ONGC, in the previous two financial years, had lost the most profitable PSU tag to IOC. ONGC reported a 34% jump its in 2018-19 fiscal net profit to Rs 26,716 crore.
12. The two-day Elephanta Festival has been recently organised in ________.
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. UP
C. Maharashtra
D. Kerala
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – C. Maharashtra
Explanation: The MTDC (Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation) organises the festival every year to promote tourism and the culture of Mumbai.
13.________ came up with a dress code which has to be followed by the Secretariat employees.
A. Telangana
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Punjab
D. Tamil Nadu
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – D. Tamil Nadu
Explanation: The dress code orders Tamil Nadu government employees to avoid casual attire. They have been ordered to wear clothes that reflect Indian and Tamil culture.
14.Pratap Chandra Sarangi was sworn-in as Minister of State recently. He represents which among the following constituencies?
A. Balasore
B. Gurdaspur
C. Aurangabad
D. Ranchi
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Balasore
Explanation: Pratap Chandra Sarangi won the Balasore parliamentary seat in Odisha in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
15.Operation Blue Star, sometimes seen in the news, was carried out in ______.
A. 1980
B. 1984
C. 1991
D. 1999
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – C. 1984
Explanation: Operation Blue Star was carried out in Amritsar between June 1 and 8, 1984. It was former PM’s Indira Gandhi’s solution to the haywire going law and order situation in Punjab.