Most Important One Liner Questions of May Part-I
Most Important One Liner Questions of May Part I
1. Which of the following country topped the Asian
Wrestling Championship 2019 medal tally?
Ans- Iran
2. Which of the following country has recently withdrawn
from the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty?
Ans- USA
3. The Defence Ministry has awarded a contract of
worth____________ to Garden Reach Shipbuilders &
Engineers Limited (GRSE) to build eight anti-submarine
warfare shallow watercraft (ASWSWC) for the Indian
Navy.
Ans- Rs 6,311 crore
4. Wipro Consumer Care announced that it is acquiring
personal care company__________,which is based in
the Philippines.
Ans- Splash
5. Who among the following is set to become the first
wrestler from India to fight at the iconic Madison
Square Garden in New York?
Ans- Bajrang Punia
6. Who among the following won the outstanding
achievement as a player award at the fourth edition of
the annual India Golf Industry Association (GIA) awards
at the Delhi Golf Club?
Ans- Gaganjeet Bhullar
7. Which of the following city hosted the 5th Asia Pacific
Broadcasting Union (ABU) Media Summit on Climate
Action & Disaster Preparedness?
Ans- Kathmandu
8. Who among the following was named Professional
Footballers’ Association (PFA) Players’ Player of the Year
for the 2018-19 season?
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Ans- Virgil van Dijk
9. Who among the following has become the first Indian
to break into the top-25 of world rankings in Table
Tennis?
Ans- G Sathiyan
10. India Ratings & Research (A Fitch Group Company) has
lowered the country’s growth forecast for the current
fiscal to _______.
Ans- 7.3%
11. Who among the following was appointed as the Officer
on Special Duty (OSD) in the office of Lokpal?
Ans- Dilip Kumar
12. International Workers’ Day is celebrated across the
world on___________ every year.
Ans- 1st May
13. Which of the following firm has recently launched a
recurring payment service for merchants that are
working on a digital subscription model?
Ans- Paytm
14. Markets regulator SEBI directed ______to pay more
than Rs 625 crore in the case of misuse of its co-location
facility.
Ans- NSE
15. India was the world’s ______biggest military spender in
2018 according to new data think tank Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Ans- 4th
16. BSE has appointed its first independent woman
director_________.
Ans- Jayshree Vyas
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17. Who among the following has set a record with the
most wins ever, taking home 12 honours at the
Billboard Music Awards?
Ans- Drake
18. Indian shooting ace_________ has been ranked the
world number one in the women’s 10 metres air rifle.
Ans- Apurvi Chandela
19. Who among the following has been named as the next
President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), becoming
the first non-British President of the club?
Ans- Kumar Sangakkara
20. Which of the following bank had announced that it will
link its interest rate on savings account with a balance
above Rs1 lakh and short-term loans like overdraft and
cash credit facility to Reserve Bank of India’s repo rate,
effective 1 May 2019?
Ans- SBI
21. Which of the following country has emerged as the third
largest foreign direct investor in India during 2017-18?
Ans- The Netherlands
22. World Tuna Day is celebrated every year on_______.
Ans- 2 May
23. Which of the following country has become India’s top
crude oil supplier for the second consecutive year,
meeting more than one-fifth of the country’s oil needs
in the 2018-19 fiscal year?
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Ans- Iraq
24. The first part of the Indo-French joint naval exercise
______ was kicked off the Goa coast.
Ans- Varuna 19.1
25. Who among the following has become the first Indian
to win gold at the Ali Aliev wrestling tournament?
Ans- Bajrang Punia
26. Who among the following was conferred with France’s
highest civilian honour, Chevalier de l’Ordre national de
la Legion d’Honneur, for his contribution to India-France
space cooperation?
Ans- A S Kiran Kumar
27. What is the name of the all-women police patrol unit
launched by Mangaluru City Police?
Ans- Rani Abbakka Force
28. Which of the following organisation has become the
first operator to start optical fiber-based high-speed
broadband service in Pulwama with the launch of
‘Bharat Fibre’?
Ans- BSNL
29. Which of the following country has formed a new law
that aims to expand government control over the
Internet?
Ans- Russia
30. Which of the following country's parliament became
the first national legislative body in the world to declare
a climate change emergency?
Ans- UK
31. World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) is celebrated all over
the world on the________.
Ans- May 3rd
32. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has
appointed_________ as its policy director for India.
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Ans- Sanjay Ubale

33. According to the Asian Development Outlook 2019

report Asia-Pacific region is projected to grow by
______ in 2019.

Ans- 5.7%

34. _________, president at Paytm, has resigned from his

post.

Ans- Bhushan Patil

41. Which organisation has launched a $5 Billion Action
35. Defence ministry has approved the procurement of 10 Plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue
Kamov Ka-31 Airborne Early Warning and Control Economies for the Asia and Pacific region recently?
helicopters for the Indian Navy. The cost of the deal
would be around ________. Ans- Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Ans- Rs 3,600 crore
36. Xavi Hernandez has announced that he will retire from
professional football at the end of the current season.
He plays for _______.
Ans- Spain
37. Who among the following has been sworn in as the top
military officer of the 29-nation NATO military alliance?
42. The 52nd Annual Meeting of ADB’s Board of Governors
was held in-
Ans- Fiji
43. A Japanese aerospace start-up Interstellar Technology
Inc. has successfully launched a first privately developed
rocket _____________ into space.
Ans- Momo-3

Ans- Tod D. Wolters

38. Which of the following city will host the 8th Asian Youth
Women Handball Championship in which 10 teams will
be participating in August 2019?
Ans- Jaipur
39. Which of the following city hosted the 16th Ministerial
Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)?
Ans- Doha
40. Common Service Centre’s (CSC) e-Governance Services
India Limited has tied up with __________________ to
upscale ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’.
Ans- IIT- Kanpur
44. Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (Space X)
launched its __________________ commercial
resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS)
by using Falcon 9 rocket with Dragon Spacecraft.
Ans- 17th
45. Pakistan’s former captain and star all-rounder Shahid
Afridi released his autobiography, titled ‘__________’.
Ans- Game Changer
46. World Laughter Day 2019 is celebrated on-
Ans- 5th May
47. Prominent writer and academician _________ passed
away following a cardiac arrest recently.

Ans- Maramraju Satyanarayana Rao

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48. Which organisation has launched new initiative named
Global Registry of Violent Deaths (GReVD) to count
deaths caused by all forms of violence across the world
and display these in open-source database.
Ans- SIPRI
49. India will be attending the Group of 7 industrialised
nations meet organised by _____________ in August
2019 along with Australia, Chile, and South Africa.
Ans- France
50. SIPRI is an international institute dedicated to research
into conflict, armaments, arms control and
disarmament. It was based in-?
Ans- Sweden
51. The RBI has stated that it had imposed a penalty of INR
____________________ lakh on Western Union
Financial Services Inc., USA.
Ans- INR 29.67 lakh
52. The fourth of Indian Navy’s stealth Scorpene class
Submarines of Project 75, ____________________ was
launched at the Kanhoji Angre Wet Basin of Mazagon
Dock Limited at Mumbai in Maharashtra.
Ans- INS Vela
53. Ace Indian ________________ players Saurav Ghoshal
and Joshna Chinappa won their respective Asian
Individual Squash Championship titles in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Ans- squash
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54. INS Ranjit, an Indian navy destroyer built by erstwhile
USSR, is set to be decommissioned. The third of the five
Kashin-class destroyers, it was commissioned in-
Ans- 1983
55. As per the RBI housing loans given by RRBs and SFBs to
individuals up to _______ in metropolitan centers (with
population of 10 lakh and above) and INR 25 lakh in
other centers, will be eligible for classification under
priority sector lending.
Ans- INR 35 lakh
56. The IBSA (India, Brazil & South Africa) Sherpas’ Meeting,
following the 9th IBSA Trilateral Ministerial Meeting,
was held in _______.
Ans- Cochin
57. Which of the following state has passed an act that will
allow the shops and other businesses in the state to
operate 24×7?
Ans- Gujarat
58. World Asthma Day is an annual event that is observed
every year on ________.
Ans- First Tuesday in May
59. Which of the following country recently honoured Lt.
Gen. (retd) Jack Farj Rafael (JFR) Jacob, who negotiated
the historic surrender of Pakistani troops in Dhaka after
the 1971 Bangladesh’s liberation war with a plaque on
the Wall of Honour?
Ans- Israel
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60. Who among the following has been honoured in the UK
with 2019 V K Krishna Menon award for his outstanding
contribution as a pioneer of decolonised journalism?
Ans- GD Robert Govender
61. Who among the following has been appointed as the
head coach of the men’s national team?
Ans- Dragan Mihailovic
62. The theme of World Asthma Day 2019 was ________.
Ans- STOP for Asthma
63. The G7’s (Group of Seven) Environment Ministers
gathered for a 2-day meeting in__________ to discuss
on steps required to handle deforestation, plastic
pollution and depletion of coral reefs.
Ans- France
64. Which of the following telecom operator has signed a
five-year multi-million-dollar IT outsourcing deal with
tech giant IBM?
Ans- Vodafone Idea
65. ________ has decided to enhance the housing loan
limits for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and Small Finance
Banks (SFBs) for eligibility under priority sector lending,
in a bid to give them a level playing field with other
Scheduled Commercial Banks.
Ans- RBI
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66. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has
organised a 2-Day meeting of the Regional Heads of
Customs Administration of Asia Pacific Region of the
World Customs Organisation (WCO) in________.
Ans- Kochi
67. The 15th Finance Commission headed by Chairman,
N.K. Singh held a detailed meeting with the Governor
and Deputy Governors of RBI in _________.
Ans- Mumbai
68. Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) held
a____________ with the stakeholders of the
Renewable Energy sector.
Ans- Chintan Baithak
69. Indian boxers finished with a rich haul of six medals,
including two gold at the 36th Feliks Stamm
International Boxing Tournament in________.
Ans- Poland
70. World Red Cross Day (also known as Red Crescent Day)
is observed every year on________.
Ans- May 8
71. The 2019 theme for the World Red Cross Day is_____.
Ans- #Love
72. The National Institute of Open Schooling Ministry of
Human Resources Development (NIOS) and National
Health Mission of Public Health Department (NHMPH)
of Government of ________signed an MOU.
Ans- Maharashtra
73. Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu embarked on a
four-day official visit to__________to participate in
16th United Nations Day of Vesak.
Ans- Vietnam
74. The __________ police for the first time has inducted
women commandos in the District Reserve Guard
(DRG), its frontline anti-Naxal force.
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Ans- Chhattisgarh Ans- Leadership for Road Safety

75. India was re-elected as Observer to the _________, an
intergovernmental forum recently. The decision was
taken during the 11th ministerial meeting at Rovaniemi,
Finland.
Ans- Arctic Council
76. ____________, the first chronicler of Partition, who
started building an archive in 1954, passed away at 95
in Chandigarh.
Ans- Kirpal Singh
77. Which of the following country's Parliament passed a
law to curb the spread of fake news under which
offenders may face up to 10-year jail or fines of up to
INR 5.12 crore?
84. The Australian flight carrier, _______has operated the
world’s first zero-waste commercial flight from Sydney
to Adelaide.
Ans- Qantas
85. Bank credit grew by______in the financial year 2018-19
as compared to 10.3% in the previous financial year,
mainly aided by loans to services and retail sector.
Ans- 13.2%
86. India Ratings has downgraded the YES bank’s long-term
rating to_______with a negative outlook, while
reaffirming short-term rating.
Ans- IND AA-

Ans- Singapore

78. Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for

Literature in_______.

Ans- 1913

79. The Indian Army is commemorating 2019 as

the__________.

Ans- Year of Next of Kin

80. Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) acquired British toy retailer
‘Hamleys’ in about INR ________.
Ans- 620 cr
81. Facebook has chosen _______as the centre for the
global roll-out of WhatsApp pay.
Ans- London
87. A WTO Ministerial meeting of developing countries will
be hosted by India in_______.
Ans- New Delhi
88. Which country has declared a climate emergency in
their country, to be the second country after Britain to
do so?

82. The 5th United Nations Global Road Safety Week Ans- Ireland
observed from____to___ 2019. 89. The Padma Bhushan awardee and ITC’s Non-Executive
Ans- May 6-12 Chairman ___________________ passed away at the
age of 72.
83. The theme of the Road Safety Week is 2019 is
____________. Ans- YC Deveshwar

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96. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) decided to
hold its 5-day long 2020 high-level conference early
June in-?

Ans- Lisbon

97. Who has been appointed as the new President of the

United Nations General Assembly?

Ans- Tijjani Mohammad Bande

98. What is the theme for International Nurses Day 2019?

90. Name the actress, who was honoured with a star on the
Ans- Nurses– A Voice to Lead– Health for All
Hollywood Walk Of Fame in Los Angeles, US recently?
99. Global air passengers right expert Airhelp has released
Ans- Anne Hathaway
the list of world’s best airports recently. Which of the
91. First AH-64E (I)– Apache Guardian helicopter was following Indian airport has been ranked the world’s
formally handed over to the Indian Air Force at Boeing eighth best airport?
production facility in-
Ans- Rajiv Gandhi International airport, Hyderabad
Ans- USA
100. The 2019 Madrid Open (sponsored by Mutua) is a
92. National Technology Day is observed every year on professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay
______________ of May in India, acting as a reminder courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain. It was
of the anniversary of Shakti. the ____________ edition of the event.

Ans- 11th Ans- 18th

93. Name the Indian actress, who is among the 17 global 101. Mumbai Indians became IPL champions for the
public figures appointed by UN Secretary-General ___________________ time after defeating Chennai
Antonio Guterres as the new advocates to drive action Super Kings by one run in a thrilling final in Hyderabad.
and solidify global political will for the ambitious
Ans- fourth
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
102. Who has won the Madrid Open 2019 in Men’s singles?
Ans- Dia Mirza
Ans- Novak Djokovic
94. Inaugural issue of world’s first exclusive women’s
cricket magazine ‘Criczone’ was released with Indian 103. Kiki Bertens won the Madrid Open 2019 in Women’s
team vice-captain ____________________ featuring as singles. She belongs to which country?
the cover story.
Ans- Netherlands
Ans- Smriti Mandhana
104. Which of the following country has started testing its
95. International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world fastest-ever bullet train capable of reaching 400
on- kilometers per hour (249 mph) as it continues to
develop the revolutionary mode of travel?
Ans- 12th May
Ans- Japan

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105. Former Croatia international and manager
_______________________ was appointed as the
Indian men’s team coach.

Ans- Igor Stimac

106. In 2019, World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated on May

11 and October 12. World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD)
started in-?

Ans- 2006

107. Former Manchester City and Barcelona midfielder

__________________ has officially announced his
retirement from football.

Ans- Yaya Toure

114. CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) Awards 2019 were
108. Sana Mir has become the most successful women’s ODI
announced in Mumbai. Name the player who bagged
spinner in history after she took her 147th wicket,
International Cricketer of the Year award?
highest ever by any spinner in One-day International
(ODI) cricket. Sana Mir is belongs to- Ans- Virat Kohli

Ans- Pakistan
109. What is the theme for World Migratory Bird Day 2019?
Ans- Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution
110. Which team has clinched their fourth Premier League
title (football) after winning the 2018-19 season?
Ans- Manchester City
111. Mercedes’ ____________ won the Spanish Grand Prix
in Barcelona, Spain and rose to the top of the Formula Ans- Rs 700-crore
One world championship.
Ans- Lewis Hamilton
112. Padma Shri awardee ___________ vocal artist Hiralal
Yadav passed away in Varanasi at the age of 93.
115. Doordarshan has launched an online souvenir store for
its viewers on __________ so that one can easily access
it.
Ans- Amazon India
116. In a first, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development has recently announced ___________
venture capital fund for equity investments in
agriculture and rural-focused startups.
117. India’s Rahil Gangjee finished tied 39th position at the
Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup held in Japan. Rahil Gangjee is
related with which of the following sport?
Ans- Golf

Ans- Bhojpuri
113. One of the most prestigious international events from
the world of cinema, the Cannes Film Festival has begun
in which of the following country?
118. Name the Lender that has announced the launch of a
co-branded multi-currency card with online travel
booking portal Goibibo.
Ans- ICICI Bank

Ans- France

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119. LIC Mutual Fund appointed ________ as the company’s
Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Ans- Abhyas
Ans- Dinesh Pangtey
121. Name the Mumbai municipal commissioner who has
120. India successfully conducted the flight test of High- been appointed as Maharashtra’s new chief secretary.
speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT). It has been
named as __________. Ans- Ajoy Mehta

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