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1. Which state becomes 1st state to provide free Internet for the Poor?
Kerala

2. India has pledged to make donation for Global Alliance for Vaccine?
USD 15 million

3. Who takes charge as Steel Secretary of India?

Pradip Kumar Tripathi

4. Who appointed as a J&K High Court Judge?

Lawyer Javed Iqbal Wani

5. Which country is hosting the World Environment Day 2020?

Colombia

6. Who has Appointed as CEO of Technosoft?

Sean Narayanan

7. The theme of WED 2020?

"Biodiversity"

8. Who has been appointed as Senior Director of Google Cloud?

Anil Valluri
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9. Recently H Atheli has been appointed as India's advisor to ____.

Asian Development Bank

10. Which company has become the India's first to launch antiviral drug
COVID19?
Glenmark

11. What is name of the drug is treating for corona virus?

Fabi Flu (Favipiravir)

12. Who has become the only Indian to bag the prestigious Richard Dawkins
Award ?
Javed Akhtar

13. Which state’s Chief Minister has launched Raj Kaushal Portal and Online
Shramik Employment Exchange?
Rajasthan

14. India’s 1st company to reach $150-billion in terms of market capitalisation?

Reliance Industries

15. Who appointed as Chairman of National Institute of Public Finance &

Policy?
Urjit Patel
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16. Theme of World Refugee Day 2020 is?

“Every Action Counts”

17. Who becomes Chief Executive Officer of FSSAI?

Arun Singhal

18. Who appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Carat India?

Anita Kotwani

19. Who becomes new MD of IIFCL?

PR Jaishankar

20. PM Modi launches a video blogging contest is?

My Life My Yoga

21. Who becomes India’s new Ambassador to WTO?

Brahendra Nvnit

22. Who was started Insta cash to provide working capital to traders?
Instamojo

23. Who becomes new president of 75th UN General Assembly?

Volkan Bozkir
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24. Which state govt observes “Mask Day” on 18-06-2020?

Karnataka

25. India to serve as the President of UNSC in?

August 2021

26. Which state launches India’s first online waste management plat form?
Andhra Pradesh

27. India ranked ___ on IMD’s World Competitiveness Index; Singapore on

top?
43rd

28. India is ____ largest recipient of foreign investment ($51 billion) in 2019:
UN report?
9th

29. Which country's large market continues to attract market-seeking

investments to the country?
India

30. India was elected as a non-permanent member of UNSC with how many
votes?
184 out of 193
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31. Which country to host Asian Youth Para Games 2021?

Bahrain

32. The Govt of India to be launch Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan on?
20th June, 2020

33. Which state launches a job portal “Karmabhumi”?

West Bengal

34. Which state becomes top state in providing employment under

MGNREGA?
Uttar Pradesh

35. Name the Pop star honored with BET Awards 2020 Humanitarian Award?
Beyonce

36. Govt of India bans which country's apps by security reasons?

China

37. Which state forest department develops India’s 1st lichen park?
Uttarakhand

38. Who wins President election in Malawi’s?

Lazarus Chakwera
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39. Which state govt to launch ‘Kill Corona’ campaign?

Madhya Pradesh

40. Which state/ UT has planned to launch India's 1stPlasma Bank for
COVID19?
Delhi

41. Which state has launched 'Project Platina' - world’s largest convalescent
plasma therapy trial?
Maharashtra

42. The centre has increased the budget of which state/ UT by four times?
Ladakh

43. Which is the first country to control locusts through drones?

India

44. Name the Indian umpire who inducted in ICC Elite Panel 2020-21 season?
Nitin Meno

45. The Indian Navy has inducted an advanced anti-torpedo decoy system
called?
Maareech
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46. Which port trust has been renamed as Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port
Trust?
Kolkata Port Trust

47. How much fund has allocated under PM CARES fund for 50,000 ‘Made In
India’ ventilators?
Rs 2000 crore

48. Which nation plans to set up a permanent military base in the Indian
Ocean?
Iran

49. Which nation has decided to amend its Citizenship Act?

India

50. IMF projects global economy at in 2020-21?

4.9%

51. Who becomes the 1st Woman Chief Secretary of Punjab?

Vini Mahajan

52. NASA announced that its HQ wil be named after?

Mary W Jackson

53. Who is the greatest Indian Test batsman of all time in WisdenIndia’s poll?
Rahul Dravid
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54. Which organization launched a behaviour change campaign named

‘Navigating the New Normal’?
NITI Aayog

55. Which country will host FIFA Women's Football World Cup 2023?
Australia, New Zealand

56. Which nation has passed a bill to sanction China over Hong Kong security
law?
USA

57. Which country had hosted FIFA Women's World Cup 2019?
France

58. Which nation’s space corporation is planning to take the first tourist on a
spacewalk in 2023?
Russia

59. Which state Panchayati Raj department wins 1st prize undere Panchayat
Puraskar-2020?
Himachal Pradesh

60. Union Cabinet gives Int'l airport status to which airport?

Kushinagar Airport, UP
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61. Who launches the e Blood Services Mobile App?

Dr. Harsh Vardhan

62. Which is the first state has launches "FIR at your Home"?
Madhya Pradesh

63. Which is the 1st state to provide ventilators in every district hospital?
Uttar Pradesh

64. How much fuel demand fall in India during the 40-days lockdown: Global
Energy Review 2020?
30 percentage

65. World’s first Yoga university outside India has launched in which country?
US

66. India has pledged how much amount to UNRWA for next two years?
$10 million

67. Which country recently decided to join the UN Arms Trade Treaty?
China

68. Moody’s forecasts India’s GDP to shrink in 2020?

3.1%
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69. Who becomes new Chairman of IFTAS?

T. Rabi Sankar

70. Name the Indian airport which has bagged the award for ACI Asia-Pacific
Green Airports Platinum Recognition 2020?
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

71. IIT-Bombay develops Indian receiver chip for routes and locations?
Dhruva

72. Which state to launch Indira Rasoi Yojna for the poor to ensure that “no
one sleeps hungry”?
Rajasthan

73. Who became the only Indian among top global philanthropists of 2020,
features alongside Oprah, Tim Cook?
Nita Ambani

74. Who won the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade?
Amartya Sen

75. Which nation has temporarily suspended the issuance of H-1B visa and
other work visas?
US
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76. The Supreme Court allowed the world-famous Jagannath Rath Yatra to
take place in which city?
Puri

77. Cipla Ltd has announced a antiviral drug used to treat COVID-19 infection?
Cipremi

78. Which state will launch ‘Play little, Study little’ scheme for school
students?
Tripura

79. Which Indian entered Forbes list of world’s top 10 richest people?
Mukesh Ambani

80. Which org to launch 'Decarbonising Transport in India' project?

NITI Aayog

81. World's largest COVID 10,000 bed makeshift hospital is being planned in
which Indian state/ UT?
Delhi

82. India was placed at which position by world’s top FDI recipients in 2019?
9th
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83. How much fund has been allocated for Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan?
Rs 50,000 crores

84. Who has been appointed by IIFL Finance as its first-ever brand
ambassador?
Rohit Sharma

85. What is the theme of the International Day Of Yoga 2020?

"Yoga For Health Yoga At Home"

86. Who wins Sharjah Online International Chess Championship?

Mamedyarov

87. Who appointed as a ‘Goodwill Ambassador for the Poor’ by UNDP?

M Nethra

88. A flood warning system “I FLOWS” launched in?

Mumbai

89. Name the current Attorney General of India was get 1-year extension?
KK Venugopal

90. Name the India’s oldest 1st class cricketer passes away at the age of 100?
Vasant Raiji
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91. OECD projects Indian Economy at _ in FY21?

3.7%

92. Who becomes 1st woman to reach deepest point of Ocean?

Kathryn D. Sullivan

93. Which state becomes 1st state to get ISO for tribal hostels?
Odisha

94. Who appointed India’s next Ambassador to Philippines?

Shambhu S. Kumaran

95. What will be India's GDP growth rate in FY21 as estimated by RBI?
1.5%

96. When will be Russia-India-China trilateral meeting take place on?

22nd June

97. Which bank has decided to completely digitise its lending operations?
Bank Of Baroda

98. Bollywood actor who played a main role in MS Dhoni's biopic was passed
away recently?
Sushant Singh Rajput
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99. India's rank in the Nature Index 2020 in science research?

12th

100. Who become first female head of NASA’s Human Space Flight Program?
Kathy Lueders

101. Which state govt starts “Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana” to educate child
labourers?
Uttar Pradesh

102. Which city police launches ‘STREE’ programme for women’s safety and
security?
Hyd citypolice

103. Which state topped India’s State Food Safety Index among larger states?
Gujarat

104. Which institute topped the list of educational institutions in NIRF India
Ranking 2020?
IIT Madras

105. Which state made Bande Utkala Janani its state song?
Odisha
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106. Chhattisgarh Police have launched Which campaign named to check

mental stress and depression among their personnel?
D. Spandan Campaign

107. Who has been nominated for EY World Entrepreneur of the Year for
2020?
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

108. With which country, India has signed Logistics Support Agreement?
Australia

109. Who has tops in Forbes 100 world’s highest-paid celebrities 2020?
Kylie Jenner

110. What is the Rank of Akshay Kumar in Forbes 100 world’s highest-paid
celebrities 2020?
52

111. Who is appointed as the new brand ambassador of Adidas India?

Manushi Chillar

112. India launched a web-based solution for the healthcare supply chain, that
is?
Aarogyapath

113. India ranks in the FIFA latest rankings, while topped by Belgium?
108th
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114. Which becomes the first construction sector organisation to go Fully

Digital?
NHAI

115. Union Gvt allocated highest ever budget under MGNREGS during FY20-21?
Rs 1,01,500 cr

116. Which scheme launches to develop 200 Urban Forests across country in
next 5years?
Nagar Van

117. A urban learning internship program launched for graduates?

TULIP

118. What is the India's rank on #Covid_19 safety assessment, Switzerland

tops?
56 (out of 200)

119. Which state becomes country’s top wheat producer?

Madhya Pradesh

120. Who conferred vt Medal of Order of Australia?

Shobha Sekhar

121. Which Indian institution has emerged as the best institute in the THE Asia
University Rankings 2020?
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore
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122. Which state ordered a lockdown on weekends & public holidays?

Punjab

123. Which among these is the first bank in the country to launch a mobile app-
based facility for opening current accounts in a paperless manner?
IndusInd Bank

124. Who won 2020 World Food Prize?

Dr. Rattan Lal

125. Which state launched a state-level sample collection campaign?

UP

126. World Day Against Child Labour is observing every year on?
12th June

127. Theme for World Day Against Child Labor 2020?

COVID19: Protect Children from Child Labour, now more than ever!

128. India records increase in Asiatic Lion population from 523 in 2015 to ___ in
2020?
674

129. Govt of India increases customs duty on bamboo from 10% to___?
25%
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130. Which states are topped in the Food Safety Index for 2019-20?
Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra

131. Which awards has been cancelled for 2020 due to COVID19?
Ramon Magsaysay

132. The global economy will shrink by how much in 2020: World Bank?
5.2 percent

133. team of the Archaeological Survey of India has discovered a 1100-year-

old monolithic sandstone Shiva lingam in which country?
Vietnam

134. India's rank in Environment Performance Index 2020, while Denmark top?
168

135. A plantation drive named Thank Mom started in?

Madhya Pradesh

136. 'Bande Utkala Janani’ song gets state anthem status in?
Odisha

137. Karnataka launches app for real time info on rains?

Meghasandesha
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138. Which state has launched an online waste exchange platform?

Andhra Pradesh

139. Which of the following railway station is set to get the world’s longest
railway platform?
Hubballi railway station

140. Which int'l organisation has completed 75 years in 2020?

United Nations

141. North Korea has cut off its hotlines with which nation?
South Korea

142. India has pledged to make donation for Global Alliance for Vaccine?
USD 15 million

143. Which city declared as summer capital of Uttarakhand state?

Gairsain

144. Which state govt implemented Food forest’ project in tribal belts of
Attapady?
Kerala
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145. Which state govt gave Rs 10,000 each to 2.62 lakh auto, cab drivers in
state?
Andhra Pradesh

146. How many Indian Institute made to Asia University Ranking 2020 by Time
Higher Education?
8

147. World Brain Tumor Day is observed every year on, since 2000?
8th June

148. Who appointed India’s next Ambassador to Switzerland?

Monika Mohta

149. Which group of nations pledges over $21 billion to fight Covid-19
pandemic?
G20

150. Which state launches India’s first online waste management platform?
Andhra Pradesh