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Who has won the FIDE World Women’s Rapid Chess Championship 2019?
A) Koneru Humpy
B) Ju Wenjun
C) Lei Tingjie
D) Tania Sachdev

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Option A
Explanation: Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy claimed the FIDE World Women’s Rapid Chess Championship, which was held from December 26-28, 2019 in Moscow, Russia. The 32-year-old Indian beat China’s Lei Tingjie, in tie-breaker to win the 12-round Swiss tournament.Turkey’s Ekaterina Atalik won bronze.
Name the e-auction platform launched by the Ministry of Finance to enable transparent online auction of attached assets by PSBs?
A) eAuction
B) eBkray
C) eNilami
D) eNivesh

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Option B
Explanation: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched a common e-auction platform ‘eBkray’ (eBक्रय), on December 28, 2019, to enable online auction of attached assets by banks transparently and cleanly for the improved realization of value. The e-platform eBkray provides a single-window access to information on all the properties up for e-auction, as well as a facility for the comparison of similar properties.
Who has been appointed as the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India?
A) Karambir Singh
B) Ajit Doval
C) Sunil Lanba
D) Bipin Rawat

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Option D
Explanation: The Chief of the Army Staff (CoAS), General Bipin Rawat has been named as the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India on December 30, 2019. Gen Rawat is retiring as the CoAS on December 31, 2019.
Recently, the world’s oldest rhino, Fausta, passed away in Ngorongoro Conservation Area. It is based in which country?
A) Tanzania
B) Norway
C) Australia
D) Canada

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Option A
Explanation: A female black rhino, named Fausta, has passed away of natural causes, that was held captive in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. The rhino is believed to the world’s oldest. She was of the age of 57.
Which among these states has launched the Abhinandan education loan subsidy scheme to help students pursue higher education?
A) Gujarat
B) Rajasthan
C) Assam
D) Karnataka

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Option C
Explanation: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched the state government’s Abhinandan education loan subsidy scheme to bolster its education infrastructure and urge more students to pursue higher education.
Late Mr Vikho-o Yhoshu was the former Legislative Assembly Speaker of which state?
A) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Sikkim
C) Manipur
D) Nagaland

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Option D
Explanation: Nagaland Legislative Assembly Speaker Vikho-o Yhoshu passed away due to lung cancer. He was 69.
Who among these astronauts has created new record of longest single spaceflight by a woman?
A) Peggy Whitson
B) Christina Koch
C) Anne McClain
D) Yi So-yeon

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Option B
Explanation: On December 28, 2019, NASA Astronaut Christina Koch created the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, which was earlier held by NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson in 2017.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index 2019-20 is which edition of the annual ranking?
A) Fourth
B) First
C) Second
D) Third

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Option C
Explanation: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant launched the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index 2019-20 on December 30, 2019. This is the second edition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index, which indicates where the country and its States and UTs currently are on SDG implementation.
Justice S. Mohan, who passed away was the former Chief Justice of which High Court?
A) Karnataka
B) Madras
C) Bombay
D) Delhi

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Option A
Explanation: Former Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, Justice S. Mohan, Passes Away at 89. He also served as Supreme Court judge between 1991 and 1995.
Peter Siddle has announced his retirement from international cricket. He played for which country?
A) England
B) New Zealand
C) Australia
D) South Africa

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Option C
Explanation: Australia paceman Peter Siddle has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 35
The government had recently infused an amount of Rs. 60,314 crore in FY20 for revival of banks. Further an amount of Rs ________ has been approved as additional capital infusion in four PSBs (IOB, UCO, Andhra and Allahabad)
A) Rs 6142 crore
B) Rs 2153 crore
C) Rs 4360 crore
D) Rs 8,855 crore

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Option D
Explanation: To strengthen banks, the Ministry has approved additional infusion of Rs. 8,855 crore (Rs 4360 crore to Indian Overseas Bank, Rs 2153 crore to Allahabad Bank, Rs 2142 crore to UCO Bank and Rs 200 crore to Andhra Bank), in addition to the recent infusion of Rs. 60,314 crore.
Who has won the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2019?
A) Sergey Karjakin
B) Viswanathan Anand
C) Fabiano Caruana
D) Magnus Carlsen

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Option B
Explanation: In Men’s category, Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the world rapid championship for the third time in his career.
The 2019 SDG India Index is based upon how many SDG Goals?
A) 17
B) 15
C) 13
D) 16

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Option D
Explanation: The 2019 SDG Index ranked states based on 16 goals across 54 targets spread among 100 indicators drawn from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s National Indicator Framework, comprising 306 indicators.
What is the composite score of India in its SDGs Index-2019-20?
A) 60
B) 57
C) 69
D) 75

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Option A
Explanation: Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana are top states on the SDGs Index-2019-20. India has improved its composite score from 57 in 2018-19 to 60 in 2019-20 in the index. None of the States scored below 50 out of 100 score.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index has been released by which organisation?
A) Ministry of Finance
B) NPCI
C) NITI Aayog
D) NGT

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Option C
Explanation: NITI Aayog

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