11)

Kandhamal Haldi, a variety of turmeric indigenous to ______, earned the Geographical Indication (GI) tag from Intellectual Property (India) in April, 2019.

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A)

Odisha

B)

Meghalaya

C)

Assam

D)

Nagaland

12)

_____ was appointed Chief Justice of India with effect from 18 November 2019.

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A)

Ranjan Gogoi

B)

Dipak Misra

C)

Ashok Bhushan

D)

Sharad Arvind Bobde

13)

Who won the ‘ICC (International Cricket Council) Spirit of Cricket, 2019’ award?

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A)

Rohit Sharma

B)

Pat Cummins

C)

Virat Kohli

D)

Ben Stokes

14)

Who among the following was NOT a recipient of the Arjuna Awards in 2019?

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A)

Poonam Yadav

B)

Ravindra Jadeja

C)

Mezban Patel

D)

Swapana Burman

15)

Who was appointed as brand ambassador of Visa - the payment technology company in 2019?

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A)

PT Usha

B)

P.V. Sindhu

C)

Dutee Chand

D)

D Sania Mirza

16)

In December 2019, the Rohtang passageway in Himachal Pradesh was renamed as:

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A)

Atal Tunnel

B)

Mukherjee Tunnel

C)

Swaraj Tunnel

D)

Bose Tunnel

17)

Which of the following states topped among all the states with the highest number of fire alerts according to a 2019 report by the Forest Survey of India?

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A)

Madhya Pradesh

B)

Arunachal Pradesh

C)

Odisha

D)

Mizoram

18)

According to India State of Forest Report 2019, how much of the total geographical area of the country is covered by forests and trees?

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A)

21.30%

B)

34.56%

C)

24.56%

D)

42.56%

19)

Which player of the Indian Women’s Hockey team has been nominated for the ‘World Games Athlete of the Year’ Award, 2019 by the International Hockey Federation (FIH)?

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A)

Reena Khokhar

B)

Rajani Etimarpu

C)

Bichu Devi Kharibam

D)

Rani Rampal

20)

In July 2019, which among the following operations was launched by the BSF to fortify the Pakistan border in Punjab and Jammu?

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A)

Chakravyuh

B)

Vayuputra

C)

Garuda

D)

Sudarshan