1. Indian Coast Guard Day: February 1 2. World Wetland Day: February 2 3. World Cancer Day: February 4 4. International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation: Februarv 6

1. Army Medical Corps Establishment Day : January 1 2. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (India) : January 9 3. World Hindi Day : January 10 4. National Youth Day : January 12

1. World AIDS Day : December 1 2. International Day for the Abolition of Slavery : December 2 3. International Day of Persons with Disabilities : December 3 4. Navy Day : December 4

The Swedish Academy has announced that 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature has gone to Mr. Peter Handke, an Austrian novelist, on October 10, 2019. Mr. Peter Handke receives it for "an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience".

Indian-American Mr. Abhijit Banerjee, Ms. Esther Duflo and Mr. Michael Kremer have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for their "experimental approach to alleviating global poverty".

Ethiopian Prime Minister Mr. Abiy Ahmed Ali was awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on October 11, 2019. The Norwegian Nobel Committee points out that the Award is the recognition for his efforts to resolve the long-running conflict with neighbouring Eritrea to achieve peace and international cooperation and more particularly for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with Eritrea.

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Mr. John B. Goodenough, Mr. M. Stanley Whittingham and Mr. Akira Yoshino "for the development of lithium-ion batteries".

1. Which state government's Medical & Health Depart­ment has received the WHO's 'World No Tobacco Day Award, 2019' ? (A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat (C) Chattisgarh (D) West Bengal

1. Which of the following is not a feature of Discovery ? (A) Discovery of a dockyard (B) Rectangular and circular fire alters for animal sacrifice (C) Depiction of a ship on a seal (D) Evidence of the use of the plough

1. Where was the First Session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1885 ? (A) Ahmedabad (B) Bombay (C) Calcutta (D) Delhi