Correct Answer : Option (B) :   Malnutrition

Explanation : Malnutrition behind 69% deaths among children below 5 years in India: UNICEF's State of the World's Children Report.

Correct Answer : Option (A) :   3

Explanation : India ranked third in the 2019 Hurun Global Unicorn List. It accounts for 21 of the world's 494 unicorns. China topped the list with 206 Unicorns, followed by the US with 203 Unicorns

Correct Answer : Option (C) :   Both 1 and 2

Explanation : The Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report (APTIR) was jointly released by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Correct Answer : Option (B) :   Uttar Pradesh

Explanation : The first National Hindi Science writers conference 2019 started in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Correct Answer : Option (C) :   Mumbai

Explanation : Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue at Kala Ghoda, Gloria Church in Byculla, and Flora Fountain, three-city landmarks, of Mumbai won the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation for the year 2019.

Correct Answer : Option (D) :   Russia

Explanation : Russia topped the tournament with six medals, followed by China with a medal tally of 5.

Correct Answer : Option (A) :   Asian Development Bank

Explanation : The Asian Development Bank and the Government of India signed a $190 million loan to upgrade 754 kilometres of state highways and major district roads (MDRs) to two-lane or intermediate-lane standards that will benefit about 26 million people in 14 districts of Rajasthan. The signatories to the Tranche 2 loan agreement for the Rajasthan State Highway Investment Programme were Shri Sameer Kumar Khare, Additional Secretary (Fund Bank and ADB), Department of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance, on behalf of the Government of India, and Mr Kenichi Yokoyama, Country Director of ADB’s India Resident Mission, who signed for ADB. The Tranche 1 loan of $220 million under the Programme, signed in July 2017, upgraded about 1,000 km of state roads.

Correct Answer : Option (A) :   T R Alamelu

Explanation : The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has constituted 9-member panel headed by TR Alamelu, to have a look at the set of regulations, circulars and guidelines on Reinsurance and Foreign Reinsurance Branches.

Correct Answer : Option (B) :   Priyadarshan

Explanation : Malayalam and Hindi film producer Priyadarshan awarded MP's National Kishore Kumar Samman for 2018-19.

Correct Answer : Option (C) :   Lakshya Sen

Explanation : Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen won the Dutch Open title 2019. He defeated Yusuke Onodera of Japan with 15-21, 21-14, and 21-15. Lakshya Sen belongs to the Uttarakhand state. He is the student of Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy.