ONE LINERS --- MICA MAY 2019

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PERSONS IN NEWS

## Who has been nominated as the Next Chief of the

World Bank?                      -    David Malpass

## Who has been appointed as the additional director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)?

-   Praveen Sinha

## Who is the new Union Sports Secretary?

-   Radheyshyam Julaniya

## A Renowned Novelist, Alaa Mashzoub has passed away recently. He was from which country?

-   Iraq

## Who has been appointed as Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Home Ministry?

-   A P Maheshwari

## MP and senior leader, Ladu Kishore Swain passed away. He was associated to which party?

-   Biju Janata Dal (BJD)

## Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of

India to Colombia?            -    Sanjiv Ranjan

## Who was nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump as Head of the Department of Interior?

-   David Bernhardt

## Who has assumed charge as the Director General of National Cadet Corps (DGNCC)?

-   Rajeev Chopra

## Who took over as the managing director and chief executive officer of the Corporation Bank and become the first woman to hold this post in the bank?

		-	P V Bharathi
##	Who has been appointed as the new CBI Director for a
	period of two years?	-	Rishi Kumar Shukla
##	Who has been appointed as Nepal’s ambassador to
	India?	-	Nilambar Acharya

## Which senior journalist and author passed away?

-   Banarasi Singh

## Who has been appointed as the chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?

-   Pramod Chandra Mody

## Who has been appointed as the chairman and managing

director of Air India?         -    Ashwani Lohani

## Film director-producer Vijaya Bapineedu has passed away recently. He was related to which regional film

industry?                            -    Telugu

AWARDS

## Who was conferred the Legion d'Honneur, the highest civilian award of France? - Franois Laborde

## Who has been declared as the winner of the Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA) Award?

-   Shashikant Patil

## Who has been awarded the EY Entrepreneur of the

	Year for 2018?	-	Siddhartha Lal
##	Who won the Cricket Australia's highest honour 'Allan
	Border Medal'?	-	Pat Cummins
##	Who has won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year
	Award for the fourth time? -		Novak Djokovic

## Raigarh Municipal Corporation won the "Swachhata Excellence awards 2019". In which state is it located?

-   Chhattisgarh

## Which organisation has won the 'Laureus Sport for

Good award'?                     -    Yuwa

SCHEMES AND LAUNCHES

##	Which State Government launch a 'Pravasi Dividend
	Pension Scheme' to provide regular pension to its Non-
	Residents?	-	Kerala
##	Which state government has announced a universal
	old age pension scheme - Mukhyamantri Vridhajan
	Pension Yojana (MVPY) for all people above 60 years
	of age?	-	Bihar

## The West Bengal government has appointed ___ as the principal advisor on internal security.

-   Reena Mitra

## Which State Government has announced 'Indira Gram

Jyoti Yojana'?                    -    Madhya Pradesh

Where was the Regional Conference on ‘Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme’ held?

-   Mumbai

## Which state government announced the launch of a "Yuva Swabhiman Yojana" to ensure 100 days of employment every year to the youths from the economically weaker sections (EWS) in urban areas?

-   Madhya Pradesh

NATIONAL & STATE

##	Which state government has launched 'Rajiv Gandhi
	Career Portal' for students from classes 9 to 12?
		-	Rajasthan
##	Andhra Pradesh Government has introduced which
	new scheme to give economic support to farmers?
		-	Annadata Sukhibhava
##	The Andhra Pradesh government has partnered with
	private sports management firm TENVIC, to promote
	sports culture in the state. Who is the owner of
	TENVIC?	-	Anil Kumble
##	Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stones
	for several development projects, including an All
	India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and an
	Indian  Institute  of  Mass		Communication  (IIMC),
	in___.	-	Jammu
##	Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the
	foundation stone of the first-ever university in Jammu
	and Kashmir Division?	-	Ladakh Region
##	Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation
	stone for the Sela Tunnel Project in which of the
	following state?	-	Arunachal Pradesh
##	Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated National
	Cancer Institute (NIC) at Badhsa in Jhajjar district of
	which state?	-	Haryana
##	Centre and Gujarat government have announced an
	Asiatic Lion Conservation Project of __ crore.
		-	97.85
##	The foundation stone for a permanent campus of the
	Central University at Dehra was laid recently. In which
	state is Dehra located?	-	Himachal Pradesh

## Which state Government has formed the "Transgender Welfare Board" to provide social security to

	Transgender community?	-	Gujarat
##	Manoj Yadava has been appointed as Director General
	of Police of which state?	-	Haryana
##	Fourth Agri Leadership Summit was held in Gannaur.
	In which state is Gannaur? -		Haryana

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## Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth over __in Bihar, including the long-awaited Patna Metro

Rail Project.                       -    `33,000 crore

## The Indian Navy conduct which Coastal Defence Exercise along the entire coastline of the country?

-   Sea Vigil 2019

## Where Prime Minister Narendra Modi did laid the foundation stone for All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) recently in Tamilnadu?

-   Madurai

## Which state has recently celebrated its 49th Full Statehood day on 25th January?

-   Himachal Pradesh

## What was the name given to National Conclave on Technical Textiles organised by Ministry of Textiles in

Mumbai?                            -    TechnoTex 2019

## Which state government has approved the construction of world's longest expressway recently?

-   Uttar Pradesh

##  Where is the 34th edition of the India International

Leather Fair held?              -    Chennai

##  Where  was  Early  Ed  Asia  2019,  Asia's  largest

conference on Early Childhood held?

-   Jaipur

## Where was First Law Association for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA) Human Rights Conference held?

-   New Delhi

## Where was the 25th Conference of All India Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives held?

-   Patna

##  Who is the Minister of Commerce & Industry and

Civil Aviation?                  -    Suresh Prabhu

## Where was the International Conference and Exhibition on Energy and Environment: Challenges and Opportunities (ENCO 2019) inaugurated?

-   New Delhi

##  Where  was  14th  Agricultural  Science  Congress

organised?                          -    New Delhi

## Where was the Third edition of Annual "Words in the Garden" festival was celebrated?

-   New Delhi

##  Which city host the world’s largest religious festival of women, Attukal Pongala? -  Thiruvananthapuram

##  Who is the Union Minister of Steel?

-   Chaudhary Birender

INTERNATIONAL

##	Which country signed an accord to become the 30th
	member of NATO?	-	Macedonia
##	A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between
	India and which country on cooperation in the field of
	Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy
	was signed recently?	-	Brazil
##	India has signed a MoU with which country to foster
	relations in the field of coal mining and clean coal
	technologies?	-	Poland
## Dinesh  Bhatia  has		been  appointed  as  the  next
	Ambassador of India to which country?
		-	Argentina

## American President Donald Trump has appointed ___

to be his assistant and chief medical adviser.

-   Ronny Jackson

## Which country shall provide 2.5 billion dollars loans to Pakistan to boost the foreign exchange reserves?

-   China

## Which group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bank of Singapore to form a strategic partnership to provide clients of both entities the opportunity to access their respective

product platforms?            -    Edelweiss Group

## Which city has added Hindi as the third language in

courts?                               -    Abu Dhabi

## India and which country have agreed to continue close cooperation on maritime security, counter-terrorism &

medical cooperation?         -    Maldives

## India and __ signed five Memorandum of Understandings (MOU) for bilateral investment in various fields, including tourism and broadcasting.

-   Saudi Arabia

## ICC has banned UAE-based coach ___ for 10 years after he was found guilty of making a “corrupt approach” to Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed in

2017.                                  -    Irfan Ansari

## Who has won the ‘Miss India USA 2019’ title?

-   Kim Kumari

## Where was International Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) conference held?

-   Rishikesh

## Which state has signed a pact with the US-India Business Council (USIBC) to promote the state as an investment destination for American companies?

-   Maharashtra

FINANCIAL AWARENESS

## The Reserve Bank of India has slapped how much as penalty on the State Bank of India for violating

norms?                               -    Rs 1 crore

## Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised the limit of collateral-free agricultural loans to `1.6 lakh. What

was the earlier limit?         -    `1 lakh

## The Reserve Bank of India projected an economic growth rate of __ per cent for the next fiscal.

-   7.4

## According to the finance ministry, India's economic growth is expected to accelerate to __ per cent in 2019-

20?                                     -    7.5

## Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) announced the launch of Ujjivan Bank Kisan Suvidha loan to offer financial credit services to small and marginal farmers. Where is its Headquarters? - Bengaluru

## Which country have set up a payment channel with Iran called INSTEX, to help continue trade and circumvent

US sanctions?                    -    Germany, France & UK

## The Reserve Bank of India imposed a penalty of Rs 2 crore on which bank for the violation of various

banking norms?                 -    Corporation Bank

## The Bihar Khadi and Village Industries Board signed a MoU with company to enable rural khadi weavers to sell their products through the e-commerce portal?

-   Amazon

## Army signed a contract with Sig Sauer for 72,400 SIG716 assault rifles for front-line soldiers deployed in operational areas. Sig Sauer is a firearm manufactured

of which country?              -    USA

## NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) has signed a term loan agreement for Rs 5,000 crore with which of the following? - State Bank of India

## Which Indian company group has acquired an Israeli company, Light and strong Ltd., which is specialised in aerospace and military carbon fibre and glass fibre composite components production?

-   Lohia Group

## According to the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer report, which country is among the most trusted nations globally when it comes to government, business,

NGOs and media?             -    India

##	What is the name of the common digital currency
	launched by the central banks of the UAE and Saudi
	Arabia?	-	Aber
## The  Reserve  Bank  of		India  (RBI)  has  approved
	the appointment of Dilip Sadarangani as part-time
	chairman of which bank?	-	Federal Bank
##	Which company has entered into a five-year global
	strategic sponsorship agreement with International
	Cricket Council (ICC)?	-	Coca Cola Co
SPORTS
##	Rohit Sharma became the highest run-getter in the
	Twenty20 Internationals. Earlier this record was held
	by whom?	-	Martin Guptill

## EGAT Cup is related to which games?

-   Weightlifting

## Who has become the number 1 in latest ICC women's

ODI rankings?                   -    Smriti Mandhana

## Who has won the IDBI Federal Life Insurance Kolkata

Marathon?                          -    Anjali Saraogi

## Who won the Chennai Open ATP Challenger tennis

tournament title?                -    Corentin Moutet

## Who  won  the  86th  Senior  Snooker  National

Championship title?          -    Pankaj Advani

## Who has won the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup for the first time? - Qatar

## Who has won the Men's singles title of 83rd Senior National Badminton championship?

-   Sourabh Verma

## Who has won the women's singles tennis title of Qatar

	Open?	-	Elise Mertens
##	Who has won the women's singles title of Malaysia
	Masters?	-	Ratchanok Intanon
##	Who has won the Australian Open title for the record
	seventh time?	-	Novak Djokovic

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## India’s latest communication satellite __ was successfully launched by European launch services provider Arianespace’s rocket from French Guiana.

-   GSAT-31

## Which IT company has launched a new e-commerce platform for handloom weavers 'reweave.in'?

-   Microsoft

## Where is the Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC)

located?                              -    Bengaluru

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MISCELLANEOUS

## Where has the music and dance festival 'Sopan 2019'

held?                                  -    New Delhi

## Where was the 4th edition of Bharat Parv held?

-   New Delhi

## Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation stone of the Subarnarekha port in which

district of Odisha?              -    Balasore

## President Ram Nath Kovind unveiled a life-size portrait of which former Prime Minister in the Central Hall of Parliament House? - Atal Bihari Vajpayee

## Where was New India Youth Conclave held?

-   Surat

## Where is the “Waste to Wonder” Park situated?

-   New Delhi

## In which year the Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA) will be conducted by OECD?

		-	2021
##	Where is India's first 'full dome 3D Digital Theatre'
	located?	-	Kolkata
##	Where has the 15th edition of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas
	started?	-	Varanasi

## Where Prime Minister Narendra Modi did inaugurated the National Museum of Indian Cinema?

-   Mumbai

## According to an analysis by research agency Itihaasa, What is the rank of India in the world in terms of high quality research publications in artificial intelligence

(AI)?                                   -    Third

##  Where was the Seventh Meeting of Tourism Ministers of

	ASEAN and India held?	-	Vietnam
##	Where has Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated
	3D laser projection show? -		Gujarat
##	Which country organized First International Bhojpuri
	Festival?	-	Mauritius

## Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial and Museum at Dandi. In which district of Gujarat is Dandi located?

-   Navsari

## Who is Human Resource Development Minister?

-   Prakash Javadekar

## Who is the Union Science and Technology Minister?

-   Dr Harsh Vardhan

## First ever National Conference on “Prison Design” was held in ------------. - Hyderabad