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Current affair for NTPC
• Secunderabad Railway Station: the first Railway station to
hoist Tricolour National flag on a 100 feet tall pole under
Railway’s order.
• Lunar rover Yutu-2 or Jade Rabbit-2 of the Chang’e-
4 spacecraft made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of
the moon.
• Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic retain title for Switzerland.
• 24th Edition of ATP World Tour Tennis
tournament, Maharashtra Open – 2019 also known as Tata
Open Maharashtra organized by Association of Tennis
Professionals (ATP) was held in Pune, Maharashtra. The event
concludes on 5
th January 2019.
• The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi approved 10 pc quota in jobs and educational
institutions for economically weaker sections in general
category.
i. For the implementation of the quota, Articles 15 and 16 of
the Constitution will have to be amended.
• The Group of States’ Finance Ministers (GoFM) led by Deputy
Chief Minister of Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi approved levy
of 1%‘calamity cess’ by Kerala for a period of two years to
fund rehabilitation work in the state of Kerala. It will
recommend the same to the GST council meeting which will
be held in January 10, 2019.
the Reserve Bank of India constituted a 5-member high-level
committee under Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani to
suggest measures to strengthen the safety and security of
digital payments in the country.
• Former Indian envoy to Myanmar, Vikram Misri, took charge
as India’s new envoy to China
• Solar Man of India, Pranav R Mehta, became the first Indian
to Head Global Solar Council, USA
• The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) proposed
renaming of the Indian Forest Service as Indian Forest and
Tribal Service.
• Andaman to be First Island to operate seaplanes under
UDAN-3.
• India’s GDP expected to grow at 7.3% in 2018-19: World Bank
• India is set to become world’s third largest consumer market
after US and China in 2030
• Egypt to host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
• USA Cricket announced as ICC’s 105th member,
• Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu inaugurated
India’s longest 300-meter single- lane steel cable suspension
bridge over Siang River in Upper Siang district of state
bordering China.
• India Ranks 79th, Japan Tops List Of Most Powerful Passports:
Henley Passport Index.
• 36 years old boxer, M C Mary Kom attained the first position in
the latest women ranking released by the International Boxing
Association (AIBA) in the Light Fly 45-48 kilograms category
with 1700 points.
Malala Pens New Book “We Are Displaced” On Refugee Girls
• Bharatiya Pravasi Day or Non Resident Day: 9
th January
• World Hindi Day: 10th January
• The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched a nationwide strategy, to
tackle implementation of air pollution, under the National
Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in New Delhi.
• It will be a mid-term, five-year action plan with 2019 as the
first year.
• National level target of 20%–30% reduction of PM2.5 and
PM10 concentration by 2024 taking 2017 as the base year for
the comparison of concentration,
• 6 states, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi,
Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, in the presence of Union Minister for
Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation,
Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin
Gadkari, signed an agreement for Renukaji Multipurpose Dam
Project in New Delhi.
• Under Renukaji Dam Multipurpose Project:
i. 3 storage projects are proposed to be constructed on the river
Yamuna and two of its tributaries – Tons and Giri in the hilly
regions of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh of Upper Yamuna
Basin. These include:
• Lakhwar project on river Yamuna in Uttarakhand,
• Kishau on river Tons in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and
• Renukaji on river Giri in Himachal Pradesh.
• Sikkim will become first state to roll out Universal Basic
Income
• Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced exit of
West Bengal from the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan
Arogya Yojna due to the use of PM’s picture in the official
poster of the centre-state joint scheme.
• 1st Health centre launched at Bijapur, Chhattishgarh in April
14, 2018.
♦ CEO: Dr. Indu Bhushan.
♦ Implementing authority: National Health Authority (NHA).
• India ranked at 41st at the 11th edition of EIU Democracy
Index 2018, Norway topped the Index: EconomistIntelligent
Unit report.
• WEF recognises Tata Steel’s Netherlands plant
as ‘Manufacturing Lighthouse’ of the 4
th Industrial Revolution
• Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as Venezuela’s President for the
2nd term for a new 6-year term.
• Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chairman K
Sivan announced that the 1st Gaganyaan manned mission to
outer space would be launched by December 2021.
• IWF president Birendra Prasad Baishya will be India’s Chef de
Mission for Tokyo Olympics.
• The three-day 6th annual ‘Women of India Organic
Festival’ commenced at Chandigarh.
• Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched a new scheme
‘Ama Ghare LED’ to distribute free led bulbs
• Dhoni makes his place in the list 10000 runs club like Sachin
Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli had scored
10,000 ODI runs for India.
• The nation celebrated the National Youth Day (also known as Yuva
Diwas) to honour the birthday of Swami Vivekananda, one of
India’s greatest spiritual and social leaders who had strong faith in
the power of youth.
• Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore launched National Youth
Parliament Festival 2019 in New Delhi
• Sushil Modi to head committee on GST revenue shortfall
faced by states
• Sikkim CM launched ‘One Family, One Job’ scheme in Rojgar
Mela 2019 to give one state government job to one family.
• IDFC Bank re-named IDFC First Bank.
• Gujarat becomes 1st state to implement 10% quota to
EWS(Economically Weaker sections)
• India’s largest startup ecosystem, measuring 1.8 lakh sq ft,
inaugurated in Kerala by CM Pinarayi Vijayan.
• Swaraj on 2-day visit to Samarkand,Uzbekistan to attend first
India Central Asia dialogue
• Macedonia renamed as the Republic of Northern Macedonia
• First-ever Philip Kotler Presidential award entitled to
PM Narendra Modi
• ROADEO: robot inducted by Chennai Traffic Police for traffic
management
• Bengaluru Raptors win Premier Badminton League title
• Bengaluru Raptors have become the fifth team after Chennai
Smashers, Delhi Dashers, Hyderabad Hotshots and Hyderabad
Hunters to win the title.
• Suresh Prabhu inaugurates Global Aviation Summit 2019 in
Mumbai
• i.
”Chalo Kumbh Chale” was the slogan used by the devotees
commencing the mela.
ii. An area of 20 lakh sq.ft area, was designated for the street
art projects under an initiative by Kumbh Mela Authority
called ”Paint my city.”
iii. The whole kumbh area is divided into 20 sectors and 9
zones for keen vigil by sector and zonal magistrates.
• iv. For the first time at the Kumbh Mela, a transgender
ashram, known as the Kinnar Akhara, led by rights
activist Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi from Mumbai, joined the
first bathing day.
v. The Kumbh Mela is the largest human congregation in the
world, with the participation of over 130 million pilgrims.
Contribution of the Ministries/state government:
i. 15 state government departments, 28 central government departments
and six union ministries are managing the Kumbh Mela 2019.
ii. The UP government has allocated Rs.4,200 crore for the Ardh Kumbh
(twice in 12 years).
iii. Union minister Harsh Vardhan, launched a special weather service for
the Kumbh Mela, which includes four automatic weather stations. It will
provide information of the prevailing weather and forecasts for the
next three days.
iv. Forty police stations, 58 police outposts including three women police
station are erected where more than 20 thousand security personnel have
been deployed.
v. A mobile app named ‘Kumbh Mela Weather Service’ has also been
developed to disseminate the live weather information on temperature,
humidity, rainfall and winds.
vi. Alongside 21 Snan Ghats set up for bathing, over 120000 toilets have
been erected for making Clean Kumbh.
• According to the 6th City Momentum Index, released by property
consultant JLL, Bengaluru has emerged as the world’s most
dynamic city with a robust technology and innovation ecosystem in
place.
• The London-based, Times Higher Education (THE) released
the Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019 report which
shows that India has improved its ranking and secured a higher
position with 49 institutions making it to the list.
• ccording to this year’s report 25 Indian institutions figure in the top
200 institutes, a rise from 17 last year.
ii. The report stated that the Indian Institute of Science
(IISc),Bangaluru retains the highest spot for India (14th), followed
by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (27th). Last year
India had 42 institutions in the overall list.
• India’s Satyarup Siddhanta became World’s Youngest
Mountaineer to climb 7 Peaks, 7 Volcano Summits.
• India’s 1st CWG Boxing Gold-Medallist Mohammed Ali Qamar
appointed as Women Team’s youngest Coach
• Death of George the tree snail marked the first extinction of
2019.
• WHO Goodwill ambassador Yohei Sasakawa received Gandhi
Peace Prize for 2018.
• The Japan Prize Foundation announced India born
professor Dr. Rattan Lal as the recipient of the 2019 Japan
Prize in the field of “Biological Production, Ecology”
.
• world’s first television channel dedicated to human rights was
launched in London by the International Observatory of
Human Rights (IOHR).
• The 4-day 2nd world Orange Festival commenced in Nagpur,
the city of oranges, for the first time.
• Nashik in Maharashtra to be the site of the country’s second
defence innovation hub after Coimatore.
• Uttar Pradesh became the third
state after Jharkhand and Gujarat to approve the 10 per
cent reservation for economically backward among upper
castes in jobs and educational institutions.
• Vinesh Phogat became first Indian athlete to be nominated in
Laureus World Comeback of Year Award
• Mary Kom named event ambassador of 16th Tata Mumbai
Marathon.
• Shri Narendra Modi unveiled a statue of Dr Vikram Sarabhai,
the father of Indian space programme in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• Government has taken decision to make Euro 6 Emission
standards necessary for the initial launch of vehicles from 1
April 2020. Union Minister for Transport Nitin Gadkari made
the announcement while addressing Symposium of
International Automotive Technology 2019 in Pune.
•
UNESCO names Rio de Janeiro as World Capital of
Architecture for 2020.
• Aparna kumar First female IPS to reach the south pole.
• Saurashtra record highest successful chase in Ranji Trophy
history
• Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched a series of
projects as a part of the Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor
in Tiruchirappalli.This is considered to be the second corridor
succeeding the one launched in Aligarh,Uttar Pradesh.
• Bharat Ratna CNR Rao chosen for Sheikh Saud International Prize
for Materials Research.
• BJP MP Anurag Thakur honoured with Sansad Ratna Award
• Khelo India Youth Games: Hosts Maharashtra finish top with 228
medals
• Haryana, stood at second place with 62 gold, 56 silver and 60
bronze for a total of 178 medals.
Delhi stood third with 48 gold, 37 silver and 51 bronze, a tally of
136 medals.
Individually, Karnataka swimmer Srihari Nataraj became the most
medals winner by competing in seven events in the U-21 category
and winning all of them. The 16-year-old’s timing of 26.16 secs in
50m backstroke was a senior national record.
• On January 21, 2019,Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura are
celebrating their statehood day.It is their 47th statehood day
• Nitin Gadkari inaugurated first inter-state 1210-meter span-
bridge over Ravi River in Keerian Gandial in Kathua
district,jammu and kashmir.
• Arunachal Pradesh Chief
Minister, Pema Khandu declared Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival
(PPHF) as the “State Festival” during a valedictory ceremony of
the fourth edition of the festival at Seijosa in East Kameng
district, Arunachal Pradesh.
• Three day Flamingo Festival,held in Pulicat Lake and
Nellapattu in Sullurpet mandal, Andhra Pradesh.
• the Edelman which is an independent global communications
firm released its 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer report which
placed India at the second place in the informed public
category and third place in the general population category in
the Trust Index.
• India up one place on global talent competitiveness ranking
at 80th
• 30-year-old Indian Cricket Team Captain, Virat Kohli became
the first player to bag all top three ICC Awards in a single year.
He won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the
Year, the ICC Men’s Test Player of the Year and the ICC Men’s
ODI Player of the year for his performance in 2018.
• butterfly researchers of Sikkim rediscovered the Small
Woodbrown butterfly species from Bakhim
in Khanchendzonga National Park after a span of 120 long
years.The Small Woodbrown butterfly was first discovered in
Sikkim in 1887 by a scientist named de Nicéville.
• Global Investor Summit 2019 in Chennai
• or the first time, India has been ranked in the Bloomberg
Innovation Index. India is ranked at the 54th Position with a
score of 47.93 out of 100 among the world’s most innovative
countries according to the Bloomberg 2019 Innovative Index.
• South Korea has retained its top spot with a score of
87.38, Germany ranked second with a score of 87.30
whereas Finland has been ranked at the third spot with a score
of 85.70.
• India became 4th most attractive investment market for
global CEO’s as per PwC Survey conducted over more than
1300 CEOs in 91 countries. The report was released on the first
day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting held
in Davos, Switzerland.
• TheJawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s container port
got listed in the top 30 container ports .
i.It managed to place itself 28th in the list,5 place up from the
previous position.
ii.JNPT also launched their App service to facilitate better
tracking of consignment and ease the trade process for their
EXIM partners.
• Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashaschandra awarded Saraswati
Samman for the year 2017
• Mohammed Shami succeeded the indian record holded by
Irfan Pathan to became the fastest Indian bowler to claim 100
ODI wickets.Shami got this milestone at his 56th match where
as Irfan got in his 59th match.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Subhas
Chandra Bose Museum to mark the 122nd Birth anniversary of
freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose at Red Fort in Delhi.
• Govt renames DIPP as
Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade
• The Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion
(DIPP) has
been renamed as the
Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal
Trade with a mandate to deal
with matters related to start-
ups, facilitating ease of doing
business among others
The International Year of the Periodic
Table of Chemical Elements will be
launched at UNESCO’s Headquarters,
Paris.
According to a statement from
the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO), events and activities will be
held throughout the year to celebrate
the 150th anniversary of the
organisation of the periodic table
by Russian scientist Dmitri
Mendeleev, one of the fathers of
modern chemistry
ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup
2023 to be played in India
• International Cricket Council
CEO and former South Africa
cricketer David
Richardson announced that
the 13th edition of Men’s
Cricket World Cup will be
played in India in 2023.
• Mithali Raj becomes first
woman cricketer to play 200
ODIs.
Haryana beat defending champions
Punjab Royals to lift PWL 4 title.
• Observer Research Foundation (ORF) has
been named the “highest ranked” Indian
think tank in the “2018 Global Go To
Think Tank Index Report. Globally, ORF
has been ranked as the top think tank in
the “Best New Idea or Paradigm
Developed by a Think Tank” category, said
the report by the Think Tanks and Civil
Societies Programme (TTCSP) of
the Lauder Institute at the University of
Pennsylvania.
• 2019 Kala Ghoda Arts Festival begins in
Mumbai
Govt revises GDP growth rate for 2017-18
to 7.2% from 6.7%.
• Qatar beat Japan 3-1 to win their first
Asian Cup Title
• Vani Kapoor becomes first Indian to grab
Australian LPGA card
• World Wetlands Day is celebrated every
year on 2 February. This day marks the
date of the adoption of the Convention on
Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the
Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the
Caspian Sea.
• This year’s World Wetlands Day under
the theme of “Wetlands and Climate
Change”
Indus River Dolphin declared
Punjab’s State aquatic animal.
• International Spice Conference
2019 held in Hyderabad
• Sikkim signs MoU with
Microsoft for digital learning
• ‘Nasr’-short range surface-to-
surface ballistic missile test
fired by Pakistan
• Sana Mir becomes first Asian
woman cricketer to play 100
T20Is
hoist Tricolour National flag on a 100 feet tall pole under
Railway’s order.
• Lunar rover Yutu-2 or Jade Rabbit-2 of the Chang’e-
4 spacecraft made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of
the moon.
• Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic retain title for Switzerland.
• 24th Edition of ATP World Tour Tennis
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tournament, Maharashtra Open – 2019 also known as Tata
Open Maharashtra organized by Association of Tennis
Professionals (ATP) was held in Pune, Maharashtra. The event
concludes on 5
th January 2019.
• The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi approved 10 pc quota in jobs and educational
institutions for economically weaker sections in general
category.
i. For the implementation of the quota, Articles 15 and 16 of
the Constitution will have to be amended.
• The Group of States’ Finance Ministers (GoFM) led by Deputy
Chief Minister of Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi approved levy
of 1%‘calamity cess’ by Kerala for a period of two years to
fund rehabilitation work in the state of Kerala. It will
recommend the same to the GST council meeting which will
be held in January 10, 2019.
the Reserve Bank of India constituted a 5-member high-level
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committee under Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani to
suggest measures to strengthen the safety and security of
digital payments in the country.
• Former Indian envoy to Myanmar, Vikram Misri, took charge
as India’s new envoy to China
• Solar Man of India, Pranav R Mehta, became the first Indian
to Head Global Solar Council, USA
• The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) proposed
renaming of the Indian Forest Service as Indian Forest and
Tribal Service.
• Andaman to be First Island to operate seaplanes under
UDAN-3.
• India’s GDP expected to grow at 7.3% in 2018-19: World Bank
• India is set to become world’s third largest consumer market
after US and China in 2030
• Egypt to host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
• USA Cricket announced as ICC’s 105th member,
• Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu inaugurated
India’s longest 300-meter single- lane steel cable suspension
bridge over Siang River in Upper Siang district of state
bordering China.
• India Ranks 79th, Japan Tops List Of Most Powerful Passports:
Henley Passport Index.
• 36 years old boxer, M C Mary Kom attained the first position in
the latest women ranking released by the International Boxing
Association (AIBA) in the Light Fly 45-48 kilograms category
with 1700 points.
Malala Pens New Book “We Are Displaced” On Refugee Girls
• Bharatiya Pravasi Day or Non Resident Day: 9
th January
• World Hindi Day: 10th January
• The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched a nationwide strategy, to
tackle implementation of air pollution, under the National
Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in New Delhi.
• It will be a mid-term, five-year action plan with 2019 as the
first year.
• National level target of 20%–30% reduction of PM2.5 and
PM10 concentration by 2024 taking 2017 as the base year for
the comparison of concentration,
• 6 states, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi,
Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, in the presence of Union Minister for
Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation,
Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin
Gadkari, signed an agreement for Renukaji Multipurpose Dam
Project in New Delhi.
• Under Renukaji Dam Multipurpose Project:
i. 3 storage projects are proposed to be constructed on the river
Yamuna and two of its tributaries – Tons and Giri in the hilly
regions of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh of Upper Yamuna
Basin. These include:
• Lakhwar project on river Yamuna in Uttarakhand,
• Kishau on river Tons in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and
• Renukaji on river Giri in Himachal Pradesh.
• Sikkim will become first state to roll out Universal Basic
Income
• Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced exit of
West Bengal from the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan
Arogya Yojna due to the use of PM’s picture in the official
poster of the centre-state joint scheme.
• 1st Health centre launched at Bijapur, Chhattishgarh in April
14, 2018.
♦ CEO: Dr. Indu Bhushan.
♦ Implementing authority: National Health Authority (NHA).
• India ranked at 41st at the 11th edition of EIU Democracy
Index 2018, Norway topped the Index: EconomistIntelligent
Unit report.
• WEF recognises Tata Steel’s Netherlands plant
as ‘Manufacturing Lighthouse’ of the 4
th Industrial Revolution
• Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as Venezuela’s President for the
2nd term for a new 6-year term.
• Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chairman K
Sivan announced that the 1st Gaganyaan manned mission to
outer space would be launched by December 2021.
• IWF president Birendra Prasad Baishya will be India’s Chef de
Mission for Tokyo Olympics.
• The three-day 6th annual ‘Women of India Organic
Festival’ commenced at Chandigarh.
• Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched a new scheme
‘Ama Ghare LED’ to distribute free led bulbs
• Dhoni makes his place in the list 10000 runs club like Sachin
Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli had scored
10,000 ODI runs for India.
• The nation celebrated the National Youth Day (also known as Yuva
Diwas) to honour the birthday of Swami Vivekananda, one of
India’s greatest spiritual and social leaders who had strong faith in
the power of youth.
• Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore launched National Youth
Parliament Festival 2019 in New Delhi
• Sushil Modi to head committee on GST revenue shortfall
faced by states
• Sikkim CM launched ‘One Family, One Job’ scheme in Rojgar
Mela 2019 to give one state government job to one family.
• IDFC Bank re-named IDFC First Bank.
• Gujarat becomes 1st state to implement 10% quota to
EWS(Economically Weaker sections)
• India’s largest startup ecosystem, measuring 1.8 lakh sq ft,
inaugurated in Kerala by CM Pinarayi Vijayan.
• Swaraj on 2-day visit to Samarkand,Uzbekistan to attend first
India Central Asia dialogue
• Macedonia renamed as the Republic of Northern Macedonia
• First-ever Philip Kotler Presidential award entitled to
PM Narendra Modi
• ROADEO: robot inducted by Chennai Traffic Police for traffic
management
• Bengaluru Raptors win Premier Badminton League title
• Bengaluru Raptors have become the fifth team after Chennai
Smashers, Delhi Dashers, Hyderabad Hotshots and Hyderabad
Hunters to win the title.
• Suresh Prabhu inaugurates Global Aviation Summit 2019 in
Mumbai
• i.
”Chalo Kumbh Chale” was the slogan used by the devotees
commencing the mela.
ii. An area of 20 lakh sq.ft area, was designated for the street
art projects under an initiative by Kumbh Mela Authority
called ”Paint my city.”
iii. The whole kumbh area is divided into 20 sectors and 9
zones for keen vigil by sector and zonal magistrates.
• iv. For the first time at the Kumbh Mela, a transgender
ashram, known as the Kinnar Akhara, led by rights
activist Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi from Mumbai, joined the
first bathing day.
v. The Kumbh Mela is the largest human congregation in the
world, with the participation of over 130 million pilgrims.
Contribution of the Ministries/state government:
i. 15 state government departments, 28 central government departments
and six union ministries are managing the Kumbh Mela 2019.
ii. The UP government has allocated Rs.4,200 crore for the Ardh Kumbh
(twice in 12 years).
iii. Union minister Harsh Vardhan, launched a special weather service for
the Kumbh Mela, which includes four automatic weather stations. It will
provide information of the prevailing weather and forecasts for the
next three days.
iv. Forty police stations, 58 police outposts including three women police
station are erected where more than 20 thousand security personnel have
been deployed.
v. A mobile app named ‘Kumbh Mela Weather Service’ has also been
developed to disseminate the live weather information on temperature,
humidity, rainfall and winds.
vi. Alongside 21 Snan Ghats set up for bathing, over 120000 toilets have
been erected for making Clean Kumbh.
• According to the 6th City Momentum Index, released by property
consultant JLL, Bengaluru has emerged as the world’s most
dynamic city with a robust technology and innovation ecosystem in
place.
• The London-based, Times Higher Education (THE) released
the Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019 report which
shows that India has improved its ranking and secured a higher
position with 49 institutions making it to the list.
• ccording to this year’s report 25 Indian institutions figure in the top
200 institutes, a rise from 17 last year.
ii. The report stated that the Indian Institute of Science
(IISc),Bangaluru retains the highest spot for India (14th), followed
by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (27th). Last year
India had 42 institutions in the overall list.
• India’s Satyarup Siddhanta became World’s Youngest
Mountaineer to climb 7 Peaks, 7 Volcano Summits.
• India’s 1st CWG Boxing Gold-Medallist Mohammed Ali Qamar
appointed as Women Team’s youngest Coach
• Death of George the tree snail marked the first extinction of
2019.
• WHO Goodwill ambassador Yohei Sasakawa received Gandhi
Peace Prize for 2018.
• The Japan Prize Foundation announced India born
professor Dr. Rattan Lal as the recipient of the 2019 Japan
Prize in the field of “Biological Production, Ecology”
.
• world’s first television channel dedicated to human rights was
launched in London by the International Observatory of
Human Rights (IOHR).
• The 4-day 2nd world Orange Festival commenced in Nagpur,
the city of oranges, for the first time.
• Nashik in Maharashtra to be the site of the country’s second
defence innovation hub after Coimatore.
• Uttar Pradesh became the third
state after Jharkhand and Gujarat to approve the 10 per
cent reservation for economically backward among upper
castes in jobs and educational institutions.
• Vinesh Phogat became first Indian athlete to be nominated in
Laureus World Comeback of Year Award
• Mary Kom named event ambassador of 16th Tata Mumbai
Marathon.
• Shri Narendra Modi unveiled a statue of Dr Vikram Sarabhai,
the father of Indian space programme in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• Government has taken decision to make Euro 6 Emission
standards necessary for the initial launch of vehicles from 1
April 2020. Union Minister for Transport Nitin Gadkari made
the announcement while addressing Symposium of
International Automotive Technology 2019 in Pune.
•
UNESCO names Rio de Janeiro as World Capital of
Architecture for 2020.
• Aparna kumar First female IPS to reach the south pole.
• Saurashtra record highest successful chase in Ranji Trophy
history
• Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched a series of
projects as a part of the Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor
in Tiruchirappalli.This is considered to be the second corridor
succeeding the one launched in Aligarh,Uttar Pradesh.
• Bharat Ratna CNR Rao chosen for Sheikh Saud International Prize
for Materials Research.
• BJP MP Anurag Thakur honoured with Sansad Ratna Award
• Khelo India Youth Games: Hosts Maharashtra finish top with 228
medals
• Haryana, stood at second place with 62 gold, 56 silver and 60
bronze for a total of 178 medals.
Delhi stood third with 48 gold, 37 silver and 51 bronze, a tally of
136 medals.
Individually, Karnataka swimmer Srihari Nataraj became the most
medals winner by competing in seven events in the U-21 category
and winning all of them. The 16-year-old’s timing of 26.16 secs in
50m backstroke was a senior national record.
• On January 21, 2019,Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura are
celebrating their statehood day.It is their 47th statehood day
• Nitin Gadkari inaugurated first inter-state 1210-meter span-
bridge over Ravi River in Keerian Gandial in Kathua
district,jammu and kashmir.
• Arunachal Pradesh Chief
Minister, Pema Khandu declared Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival
(PPHF) as the “State Festival” during a valedictory ceremony of
the fourth edition of the festival at Seijosa in East Kameng
district, Arunachal Pradesh.
• Three day Flamingo Festival,held in Pulicat Lake and
Nellapattu in Sullurpet mandal, Andhra Pradesh.
• the Edelman which is an independent global communications
firm released its 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer report which
placed India at the second place in the informed public
category and third place in the general population category in
the Trust Index.
• India up one place on global talent competitiveness ranking
at 80th
• 30-year-old Indian Cricket Team Captain, Virat Kohli became
the first player to bag all top three ICC Awards in a single year.
He won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the
Year, the ICC Men’s Test Player of the Year and the ICC Men’s
ODI Player of the year for his performance in 2018.
• butterfly researchers of Sikkim rediscovered the Small
Woodbrown butterfly species from Bakhim
in Khanchendzonga National Park after a span of 120 long
years.The Small Woodbrown butterfly was first discovered in
Sikkim in 1887 by a scientist named de Nicéville.
• Global Investor Summit 2019 in Chennai
• or the first time, India has been ranked in the Bloomberg
Innovation Index. India is ranked at the 54th Position with a
score of 47.93 out of 100 among the world’s most innovative
countries according to the Bloomberg 2019 Innovative Index.
• South Korea has retained its top spot with a score of
87.38, Germany ranked second with a score of 87.30
whereas Finland has been ranked at the third spot with a score
of 85.70.
• India became 4th most attractive investment market for
global CEO’s as per PwC Survey conducted over more than
1300 CEOs in 91 countries. The report was released on the first
day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting held
in Davos, Switzerland.
• TheJawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s container port
got listed in the top 30 container ports .
i.It managed to place itself 28th in the list,5 place up from the
previous position.
ii.JNPT also launched their App service to facilitate better
tracking of consignment and ease the trade process for their
EXIM partners.
• Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashaschandra awarded Saraswati
Samman for the year 2017
• Mohammed Shami succeeded the indian record holded by
Irfan Pathan to became the fastest Indian bowler to claim 100
ODI wickets.Shami got this milestone at his 56th match where
as Irfan got in his 59th match.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Subhas
Chandra Bose Museum to mark the 122nd Birth anniversary of
freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose at Red Fort in Delhi.
• Govt renames DIPP as
Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade
• The Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion
(DIPP) has
been renamed as the
Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal
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Trade with a mandate to deal
with matters related to start-
ups, facilitating ease of doing
business among others
The International Year of the Periodic
Table of Chemical Elements will be
launched at UNESCO’s Headquarters,
Paris.
According to a statement from
the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO), events and activities will be
held throughout the year to celebrate
the 150th anniversary of the
organisation of the periodic table
by Russian scientist Dmitri
Mendeleev, one of the fathers of
modern chemistry
ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup
2023 to be played in India
• International Cricket Council
CEO and former South Africa
cricketer David
Richardson announced that
the 13th edition of Men’s
Cricket World Cup will be
played in India in 2023.
• Mithali Raj becomes first
woman cricketer to play 200
ODIs.
Haryana beat defending champions
Punjab Royals to lift PWL 4 title.
• Observer Research Foundation (ORF) has
been named the “highest ranked” Indian
think tank in the “2018 Global Go To
Think Tank Index Report. Globally, ORF
has been ranked as the top think tank in
the “Best New Idea or Paradigm
Developed by a Think Tank” category, said
the report by the Think Tanks and Civil
Societies Programme (TTCSP) of
the Lauder Institute at the University of
Pennsylvania.
• 2019 Kala Ghoda Arts Festival begins in
Mumbai
Govt revises GDP growth rate for 2017-18
to 7.2% from 6.7%.
• Qatar beat Japan 3-1 to win their first
Asian Cup Title
• Vani Kapoor becomes first Indian to grab
Australian LPGA card
• World Wetlands Day is celebrated every
year on 2 February. This day marks the
date of the adoption of the Convention on
Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the
Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the
Caspian Sea.
• This year’s World Wetlands Day under
the theme of “Wetlands and Climate
Change”
Indus River Dolphin declared
Punjab’s State aquatic animal.
• International Spice Conference
2019 held in Hyderabad
• Sikkim signs MoU with
Microsoft for digital learning
• ‘Nasr’-short range surface-to-
surface ballistic missile test
fired by Pakistan
• Sana Mir becomes first Asian
woman cricketer to play 100
T20Is
Current affair for NTpC
• Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi embarked on a day long
visit to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• The PM laid a wreath at the Tsunami Memorial,and lit a candle
at the Wall of Lost Souls remembering those who lost their
lives in 2004 Tsunami.
• Mr Modi also dedicated the 150 feet high Flag Mast at South
Point in Port Blair to commemorate the first unfurling of the
Tricolor on Indian soil by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in Port
Blair on Dec 30, 1943.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of 50
MW LNG-based power project at Hope Town in South Andaman
• Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched
the Ujjwala Sanitary Napkin initiative in Bhubaneswar,
Odisha.
• The Congress-led Madhya Pradesh Government announced that it is going to create an Adhyatmik Vibhag (spiritual department) by merging several existing department.
• The Deen Dayal Veterinary University in Uttar Pradesh proposed to set up the first goat fertility lab in the state under Rastriya Krashi Vikas Yojna at the cost of Rs 22 crore.
i.The University has entered into a contract
with Pradeshik cooperative Dairy Federation for marketing.
• Three Indian-origin women scientists were among the 60 Superstars of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) list awarded by Australian government.
• The 3 scientists are Onisha Patel, Devika Kamath and Asha
Rao.
• Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s alliance won Bangladesh’s
election with a thumping majority giving her a third straight
term.
• The Government of India has appointed Sudhir Bhargava, an information commissioner in the Central Information Commission as the new chief information commissioner. The government has also appointed four new information cgovernmentrs.
• The Sports Authority of India Director General Neelam
Kapur announced that The Sports Ministry has earmarked Rs
100 crore for the funding of athletes under the Target Olympic
Podium Scheme (TOPS) for their preparations for 2020
Olympics.
• 25 years old Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah became the highest international wicket-taker of 2018 with 78 wickets after taking 9 wickets in the 3rd Test Match against Australia held in Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia.
• 21 years old Indian wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant became the 1st ever player to take 20 catches in a Test series by surpassing
former cricketers Naren Tamhane and Syed Kirmani who had recorded 19 catches in 1954-55 and 1979-80 respectively.
• Indian pace trio of Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah broke the 34 year record of highest test wickets in a calendar year to become the most successful pace trio with 131 wickets in 2018.
i. The record was previously held by West Indies seamers Joel Garner, Michael Holding and Malcolm Marshall who had taken 130 wickets in 1984.
• A government appointed panel headed by IIT-Hyderabad chairman B V R Mohan Reddy has suggested to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to stop setting
up new engineering colleges from 2020 and review the creation of new capacity every two years after • A government appointed panel headed by IIT-Hyderabad chairman B V R Mohan Reddy has suggested to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to stop setting up new engineering colleges from 2020 and review the creation of new capacity every two years after that.
• About All India Council for Technical Education( AICTE):
♦ Chairman: Anil Sahasrabudhe
♦ Headquarters: New Delhi
♦ Parent Agency: Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development that.
• About All India Council for Technical Education( AICTE):
♦ Chairman: Anil Sahasrabudhe
♦ Headquarters: New Delhi
♦ Parent Agency: Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development.
• Andhra Pradesh got a separate high court which will
temporarily function from the Chief Minister’s camp office
in Amravati, the new capital of the state till a permanent
building for the High Court is being set up at the ‘Justice City’in
Amaravati.
•
Justice C Praveen Kumar, the senior-most judge among the
judges allotted to Andhra Pradesh, was appointed as acting
Chief Justice of AP High Court, that will have 15 other judges
with effect from January 1 , 2019.
v. Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan took over as the first
Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court with effect from
January 1 , 2019.
• The United states of America (USA) and Israel officially quit
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) amid concerns that the organization
fosters anti-Israel bias.
• France introduced a new “GAFA tax” named after the large
internet and technology companies Google, Apple,
Facebook and Amazon to ensure the global giants pay a fair
share of taxes on their massive businesses in Europe.
• the Government introduced the Minimum Support Price
(MSP) for 17 items of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) items after
revising 23 items.
i. These changes have been done under the recommendations
of the MFP Pricing Cell constituted by the Tribal Cooperative
Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd. (TRIFED).
ii. Among the items revised,10 MFP items have been under the
scheme from 2013-14 and 13 new items were included w.e.f.
31.10.2016.
iii. Further, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs decided to announce
the inclusion of seventeen (17) more MFP items in the scheme
along with their MSP.
• VK Yadav appointed new chairman of Railway Board after
Ashwani Lohani.
• Private sector lender Axis Bank Managing Director (MD) and
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shikha Sharma retired from the
services of the bank and Amitabh Chaudhry will be the new
MD and CEO of the Axis bank from 1
st January 2019.
• The American space agency NASA‘s New Horizons spacecraft
performed the farthest flyby in history as it approached
the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule.
• Ultima is an object in the Kuiper belt which is a band of frozen
material that orbits the Sun more than 2 billion km (1.25bn
miles) further out than the Neptune; and 1.5 billion km
beyond even the dwarf planet Pluto, which New Horizons
visited in 2015.
iii. NASA launched the $700 million nuclear-powered New
Horizons spacecraft in January 2006 on a mission originally
aimed at Pluto which was very successful as the spacecraft
sent the first-ever detailed photos of the dwarf planet.
• Chief Minister of Odisha,Naveen Patnaik, launched a Rs 10,180-
crore scheme,for overall development of small, marginal and
landless farmers, dubbed as ‘The Krushak Assistance for Livelihood
and Income Augmentation (KALIA)’ scheme.
•
This scheme consists of a life insurance of Rs.2 lakh for 57 lakh
farmers and would grant them crop loans at zero percent interest.
ii. Also,financial assistance of Rs 10,000 per farmer family per
annum to around 30 lakh small and marginal farmers’ families.
iii. Furthermore,Rs. 5000 would be given to farmers for Rabi
cultivation and equal amount will be given for Kharif Cultivation.
iv. For landless farmers, a unit cost of Rs 12,500 would be provided
for goat rearing, poultry farming, duck rearing, bee keeping and
mushroom cultivation.
• MHA had earlier approved the renaming of the British-era
railway station Robertsgang as Sonbhadra,Farah Town railway
station near Mathura and iconic Mughalsarai junction
after Deen Dayal Upadhyay — both in Uttar Pradesh.
ii. The Centre had also approved the renaming of Chhatrapati
Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai as Chhatrapati Shivaji
‘Maharaj’ International Airport, earlier.
iii. The Tripura government also got Centre’s approval to
change the name of Agartala Airport as Maharaja Bir Bikram
Manikya Kishore, the erstwhile ruler of the state.
iv. The Home ministry approves any such proposals of name
change after consulting various concerned agencies like Indian
Railways, Survey of India, Department of Posts etc.
• The Mamata Banerjee led West Bengal government announced
two welfare initiatives for farmers as a part of the ‘Krishi Krishak
Bondhu’ scheme which will come into effect from New Year’s Day
i.e. January 1, 2019.
• Under the first of the two schemes, If a farmer aged between 18 to
60 years dies naturally or unnaturally,the state government will pay
his family Rs 2 lakh. The farmers will be able to start applying for
the scheme from February 1, 2019.
ii. Under the second initiative, farmers would get Rs 2,500 twice a
year for growing a single crop on one acre of land. The farmers will
be able to apply for this scheme from February 1, while the amount
will be calculated from January 1, 2019.
iii. The West Bengal government has already waived tax and cess
on agricultural land to help farmers in distress.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched a
new platform named “Samwad with Students” (SwS) as part of
the enhanced outreach programme and to engage youngsters
across India to capture their scientific temperament in
Bengaluru.
• The players in France‘s football team which last year
defeated Croatia to win the World Cup were awarded
the Legion of Honour, France’s highest award for “exceptional
service” to the nation, in the New Year’s honours list
• A 12-year-old Indian-origin student Dhruv Manoj from Singapore
has bagged two gold medals at the World Memory Championships
held in Hong Kong from 20th December to 22nd December 2018.
i. Dhruv Manoj won in the “names and faces” and “random
words” disciplines, beating 56 other contestants in the “kids
category”.
• Brazil elected Jair Bolsonaro as its 42nd president
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 5-day long ‘Indian
Science Congress (ISC)-2019’ in Lovely Professional
University Jalandhar, Punjab.It will conclude on January 7, 2019.
• The theme of 106th edition of ISC-2019, is: ‘Future India: Science
and Technology’.
• Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair declared as
an authorized Immigration Check post
• Tropical Storm Usman hits Philippines
• Dronacharya awardee cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar, who
coached Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar passed away at 86 in
Mumbai.
• The Ministry of Culture announced that Archaeological Survey of
India (ASI) declared 6 monuments as ‘protected and of national
importance’ under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological
Sites and Remains Act, 1958, in 2018.
i. These sites are:
• 125-year-old Old High Court Building in Nagpur, Maharashtra,
• 2 Mughal era monuments in Agra- Haveli of Agha Khan and Hathi
Khana,
• The Neemrana Baori in Alwar district of Rajasthan,
• The Group of Temples in Ranipur Jharail in Bolangir district of
Odisha,
• The Vishnu Temple in Kotali, Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.
• After this the total number of centrally protected sites or
monuments under ASI are 3693.
• In the latest ranking of Singapore’s Asia Competitiveness
Institute’s (ACI), Ease of Doing Business (EDB) index 2018,
Andhra Pradesh emerged on top of the 21 states of India that
were considered for the
ranking,While Maharashtra and Delhi came in second and third
place, respectively.
•
India’s Arunima Sinha becomes first female amputee to climb
the highest peak of Antarctica – Mt Vinson
30 years old former National level Volleyball player turned
mountaineer, Arunima Sinha became the world’s first female
amputee to climb Mount Vinson, the highest peak
of Antarctica.
• Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, the senior most judge of the Supreme
Court, was appointed as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan.
• Indus Food Meet 2019 to be held in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh,
Odisha to participate as partner state
• The provincial Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in northwest
Pakistan has declared the ancient Hindu religious site of Panj
Tirath in the provincial capital Peshawar as national heritage.
• The Water Resources Minister of Andhra Pradesh (AP), Devineni
Umamaheswar Rao received the ‘Central Board of Irrigation and
Power Award-2019‘ for better planning and construction
of Polavaram Irrigation Project on the Godavari River.
• Bandhan Bank announced the resignation of independent
director Krishnamurthy V Subramanian following his
appointment as the chief economic advisor (CEA) to the
government.
• A warning was issued by The India Meteorological
Department (IMD) that a Cyclonic storm
“PABUK” over Andaman Sea and neighbourhood is moving
towards west-northwestwards with a speed of 21 kmph.Cyclone warning for Andaman Islands is • Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced interest-
free loans of up to Rs.3 lakh for six lakh women self-help groups (WSHGs) benefitting about 70 lakh women in Odisha“ORANGE MESSAGE”.
• Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced interest-
free loans of up to Rs.3 lakh for six lakh women self-help
groups (WSHGs) benefitting about 70 lakh women in Odisha
General knowledge
Q:1)Which type of volcanic eruptions is
responsible for Deccan Trap
formations in the Indian peninsular
region?
Shield
Flood
Composite
Caldera
A
Q:2)Consider the following statements
regarding layered structure of earth:
Inner Core is the densest layer of
earth’s interior.
Continental crust is less dense than
the oceanic crust.
Choose the correct statements?
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
None of the above
B
Q;3)Which of the following state is not
crossed by the Tropic of Cancer?
Rajasthan
Chhattisgarh
Odisha
Tripura
C
Q;4)Which is the easternmost longitude of
India?
37° 25' E
87° 6' E
68° 7' E
52° 32' E
C
Q;5)Which of the following is called the
Southernmost Himalayas?
Siwaliks
Himadri
Himachal
None of the above
A
Q;6)The inner core of the earth is
composed of mainly which elements?
Nickel and Cobalt
Nickel and Iron
Iron and Aluminum
Aluminum and Tin
B
Q;7)The Sabarmati river originates in
which among the following ranges?
The Satpuras
The Vindhyas
The Aravallis
The Western Ghats
C
8)Which among the following rivers is
known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet?
Indus
Yamuna
Ganges
Brahamputra
D
9)The discontinuity between the upper
core and the lower core is called-
Lehmann Discontinuity
Guttenberg Discontinuity
Repettie Discontinuity
Moho Discontinuity
A
10)Which elements are the major
constituents of the Earth’s crust?
Silica and Oxygen
Oxygen and Iron
Silica and Aluminum
Aluminum and Iron
C
11)Area wise, which among the following
is the largest physiographic unit of
India?
Himalayan Mountains
Thar Desert
Deccan Plateau
Northern Plains of India
C
12)What is the correct order of the given
hills from West to East?
Garo-Khasi-Jaintia
Jaintia-Khasi-Garo
Garo-Jaintia-Khasi
Jaintia-Garo-Khasi
A
13)The region in which most of the rivers
disappears is called?
Bhabar
Terai
Khadar
Bhangar
A
14)Consider the following statements
regarding latitudes and longitudes?
1. Longitudes are angular distance of a
place from the equator.
2. Latitudes are angular distance of a
place from the prime meridian.
Choose the incorrect statement(s)?
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
None of the above
C
15)Every country calculates its Standard
meridian as the angular distance from
the Greenwich meridian. If it is12
noon at GMT what is the time on
Indian Standard Time?
5:30 P.M
5:00 P.M
5:20 P.M
5:30 A.M
A
16)The scientific study of soil is known
as?
Soilology
Pedology
Soil Science
Soil culture
B
17)South America is a continent located
in which hemisphere?
Western Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
A
18)Which of the following connects the
South America to North America?
Atlantic Ocean
Isthmus of Panama
Island of Tierra del Fuego
Equator
B
19)Which of the following is the highest
peak of South America?
Mt. Quinto
Mt. Etna
Mt. Aconcagua
Mt. Cotopaxy
C
20)The Nagarjuna Sagar project is
constructed on _______ River.
Kaveri
Brahmputra
Krishna
Ganga
C
21)Which of the following is the highest
peak of Europe?
Mt. Elbrus
Mt. Chimborazo
Mt. Godwin Austin
Mt. Etna
A
22)Which of the following group of
countries together called 'Iberia'?
Spain and Portugal
Norway, Sweden, Iceland and
Denmark
Yugoslavia, Greece, Romania and
Albania
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
A
23)Which of the following is the India's
oldest oil Refinery in India?
Haldia
Koyali
Digboi
Mathura
C
24)Which of the following is not the
Peninsular Rivers of India?
Mahanadi
Godavari
Krishna
Ganga
D
25)Where is the Loktak Lake situated?
Mizoram
Uttaranchal
Manipur
Rajasthan
C
responsible for Deccan Trap
formations in the Indian peninsular
region?
Shield
Flood
Composite
Caldera
A
Q:2)Consider the following statements
regarding layered structure of earth:
Inner Core is the densest layer of
earth’s interior.
Continental crust is less dense than
the oceanic crust.
Choose the correct statements?
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
None of the above
B
Q;3)Which of the following state is not
crossed by the Tropic of Cancer?
Rajasthan
Chhattisgarh
Odisha
Tripura
C
Q;4)Which is the easternmost longitude of
India?
37° 25' E
87° 6' E
68° 7' E
52° 32' E
C
Q;5)Which of the following is called the
Southernmost Himalayas?
Siwaliks
Himadri
Himachal
None of the above
A
Q;6)The inner core of the earth is
composed of mainly which elements?
Nickel and Cobalt
Nickel and Iron
Iron and Aluminum
Aluminum and Tin
B
Q;7)The Sabarmati river originates in
which among the following ranges?
The Satpuras
The Vindhyas
The Aravallis
The Western Ghats
C
8)Which among the following rivers is
known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet?
Indus
Yamuna
Ganges
Brahamputra
D
9)The discontinuity between the upper
core and the lower core is called-
Lehmann Discontinuity
Guttenberg Discontinuity
Repettie Discontinuity
Moho Discontinuity
A
10)Which elements are the major
constituents of the Earth’s crust?
Silica and Oxygen
Oxygen and Iron
Silica and Aluminum
Aluminum and Iron
C
11)Area wise, which among the following
is the largest physiographic unit of
India?
Himalayan Mountains
Thar Desert
Deccan Plateau
Northern Plains of India
C
12)What is the correct order of the given
hills from West to East?
Garo-Khasi-Jaintia
Jaintia-Khasi-Garo
Garo-Jaintia-Khasi
Jaintia-Garo-Khasi
A
13)The region in which most of the rivers
disappears is called?
Bhabar
Terai
Khadar
Bhangar
A
14)Consider the following statements
regarding latitudes and longitudes?
1. Longitudes are angular distance of a
place from the equator.
2. Latitudes are angular distance of a
place from the prime meridian.
Choose the incorrect statement(s)?
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
None of the above
C
15)Every country calculates its Standard
meridian as the angular distance from
the Greenwich meridian. If it is12
noon at GMT what is the time on
Indian Standard Time?
5:30 P.M
5:00 P.M
5:20 P.M
5:30 A.M
A
16)The scientific study of soil is known
as?
Soilology
Pedology
Soil Science
Soil culture
B
17)South America is a continent located
in which hemisphere?
Western Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
A
18)Which of the following connects the
South America to North America?
Atlantic Ocean
Isthmus of Panama
Island of Tierra del Fuego
Equator
B
19)Which of the following is the highest
peak of South America?
Mt. Quinto
Mt. Etna
Mt. Aconcagua
Mt. Cotopaxy
C
20)The Nagarjuna Sagar project is
constructed on _______ River.
Kaveri
Brahmputra
Krishna
Ganga
C
21)Which of the following is the highest
peak of Europe?
Mt. Elbrus
Mt. Chimborazo
Mt. Godwin Austin
Mt. Etna
A
22)Which of the following group of
countries together called 'Iberia'?
Spain and Portugal
Norway, Sweden, Iceland and
Denmark
Yugoslavia, Greece, Romania and
Albania
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
A
23)Which of the following is the India's
oldest oil Refinery in India?
Haldia
Koyali
Digboi
Mathura
C
24)Which of the following is not the
Peninsular Rivers of India?
Mahanadi
Godavari
Krishna
Ganga
D
25)Where is the Loktak Lake situated?
Mizoram
Uttaranchal
Manipur
Rajasthan
C
RRB NTPC Syllabus 2019 – Detailed Railways Syllabus for CBT I & CBT II
RRB NTPC Syllabus 2019 – Detailed Railways Syllabus for CBT I & CBT II
आरआरबी एनटीपीसी सिलेबस 2019 - सीबीटी I और सीबीटी II के लिए विस्तृत रेलवे पाठ्यक्रम
The Questions will be of objective type with multiple choices and are likely to include questions pertaining to:
a) Mathematics Syllabus for RRB NTPC
Number System, Decimals, Fractions, LCM, HCF, Ratio and Proportions, Percentage, Mensuration, Time and Work, Time and Distance, Simple and Compound Interest, Profit and Loss, Elementary Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry, Elementary Statistics etc.
b) General Intelligence and Reasoning Syllabus for RRB NTPC
Analogies, Completion of Number and Alphabetical Series, Coding and Decoding, Mathematical Operations, Similarities and Differences, Relationships, Analytical Reasoning, Syllogism, Jumbling, Venn Diagrams, Puzzle, Data Sufficiency, Statement- Conclusion, Statement- Courses of Action, Decision Making, Maps, Interpretation of Graphs etc.
c) General Awareness Syllabus for RRB NTPC
Current Events of National and International Importance, Games and Sports, Art and Culture of India, Indian Literature, Monuments and Places of India, General Science and Life Science (up to 10th CBSE), History of India and Freedom Struggle, Physical, Social and Economic Geography of India and World, Indian Polity and Governance- constitution and political system, General Scientific and Technological Developments including Space and Nuclear Program of India, UN and Other important World Organizations, Environmental Issues Concerning India and World at Large, Basics of Computers and Computer Applications, Common Abbreviations, Transport Systems in India, Indian Economy, Famous Personalities of India and World, Flagship Government Programs, Flora and Fauna of India, Important Government and Public Sector Organizations of India etc.
प्रश्न कई विकल्पों के साथ वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रकार के होंगे और इनमें से संबंधित प्रश्नों को शामिल करने की संभावना है: क) आरआरबी एनटीपीसी के लिए गणित का सिलेबस संख्या प्रणाली, दशमलव, भिन्न, LCM, HCF, अनुपात और अनुपात, प्रतिशत, मासिक धर्म, समय और कार्य, समय और दूरी, सरल और चक्रवृद्धि ब्याज, लाभ और हानि, प्राथमिक बीजगणित, ज्यामिति और त्रिकोणमिति, प्राथमिक सांख्यिकी आदि। ख) आरआरबी एनटीपीसी के लिए सामान्य खुफिया और तर्क पाठ्यक्रम सादृश्यता, संख्या और वर्णमाला श्रृंखला की पूर्णता, कोडिंग और डिकोडिंग, गणितीय संचालन, समानताएं और अंतर, संबंध, विश्लेषणात्मक तर्क, Syllogism, जुंबलिंग, वेन आरेख, पहेली, डेटा सुसंगतता, वक्तव्य- निष्कर्ष, वक्तव्य- कार्रवाई के पाठ्यक्रम, निर्णय बनाना, नक्शे, रेखांकन की व्याख्या आदि। ग) आरआरबी एनटीपीसी के लिए सामान्य जागरूकता पाठ्यक्रम राष्ट्रीय और अंतर्राष्ट्रीय महत्व की वर्तमान घटनाएं, खेल और खेल, भारत की कला और संस्कृति, भारतीय साहित्य, स्मारक और भारत के स्थान, सामान्य विज्ञान और जीवन विज्ञान (10 वीं सीबीएसई तक), भारत का इतिहास और स्वतंत्रता संग्राम, शारीरिक, सामाजिक और भारत और विश्व की आर्थिक भूगोल, भारतीय राजनीति और शासन- संविधान और राजनीतिक प्रणाली, अंतरिक्ष और भारत के परमाणु कार्यक्रम सहित सामान्य वैज्ञानिक और तकनीकी विकास, संयुक्त राष्ट्र और अन्य महत्वपूर्ण विश्व संगठन, पर्यावरण के मुद्दे पर भारत और विश्व में बड़े पैमाने पर, कंप्यूटर के आधार और कंप्यूटर अनुप्रयोग, सामान्य संकेतन, भारत में परिवहन प्रणाली, भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था, भारत और विश्व की प्रसिद्ध हस्तियां, फ्लैगशिप सरकारी कार्यक्रम, भारत के फ्लोरा और जीव, महत्वपूर्ण सरकार और भारत के सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र के संगठन आदि।
प्रश्न कई विकल्पों के साथ वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रकार के होंगे और इनमें से संबंधित प्रश्नों को शामिल करने की संभावना है: क) आरआरबी एनटीपीसी के लिए गणित का सिलेबस संख्या प्रणाली, दशमलव, भिन्न, LCM, HCF, अनुपात और अनुपात, प्रतिशत, मासिक धर्म, समय और कार्य, समय और दूरी, सरल और चक्रवृद्धि ब्याज, लाभ और हानि, प्राथमिक बीजगणित, ज्यामिति और त्रिकोणमिति, प्राथमिक सांख्यिकी आदि। ख) आरआरबी एनटीपीसी के लिए सामान्य खुफिया और तर्क पाठ्यक्रम सादृश्यता, संख्या और वर्णमाला श्रृंखला की पूर्णता, कोडिंग और डिकोडिंग, गणितीय संचालन, समानताएं और अंतर, संबंध, विश्लेषणात्मक तर्क, Syllogism, जुंबलिंग, वेन आरेख, पहेली, डेटा सुसंगतता, वक्तव्य- निष्कर्ष, वक्तव्य- कार्रवाई के पाठ्यक्रम, निर्णय बनाना, नक्शे, रेखांकन की व्याख्या आदि। ग) आरआरबी एनटीपीसी के लिए सामान्य जागरूकता पाठ्यक्रम राष्ट्रीय और अंतर्राष्ट्रीय महत्व की वर्तमान घटनाएं, खेल और खेल, भारत की कला और संस्कृति, भारतीय साहित्य, स्मारक और भारत के स्थान, सामान्य विज्ञान और जीवन विज्ञान (10 वीं सीबीएसई तक), भारत का इतिहास और स्वतंत्रता संग्राम, शारीरिक, सामाजिक और भारत और विश्व की आर्थिक भूगोल, भारतीय राजनीति और शासन- संविधान और राजनीतिक प्रणाली, अंतरिक्ष और भारत के परमाणु कार्यक्रम सहित सामान्य वैज्ञानिक और तकनीकी विकास, संयुक्त राष्ट्र और अन्य महत्वपूर्ण विश्व संगठन, पर्यावरण के मुद्दे पर भारत और विश्व में बड़े पैमाने पर, कंप्यूटर के आधार और कंप्यूटर अनुप्रयोग, सामान्य संकेतन, भारत में परिवहन प्रणाली, भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था, भारत और विश्व की प्रसिद्ध हस्तियां, फ्लैगशिप सरकारी कार्यक्रम, भारत के फ्लोरा और जीव, महत्वपूर्ण सरकार और भारत के सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र के संगठन आदि।
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