Hicky’s Day’ was recently observed to celebrate 238th anniversary of India’s first newspaper ‘The Bengal Gazette’, on?
A) Jan 30
B) Jan 31
C) Jan 29
D) Feb 1
Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu recently laid foundation stone of Universal Peace Retreat Centre of Prajapita Brahmakumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya in?
A) Vijaywada
B) Amravati
C) Guntur
D) Vishkhapatnam
World’s oldest man Francisco Nunez Olivera, who recently passed away, hailed from?
A) Spain
B) Portugal
C) Germany
D) France
Who has become the first Indian to receive WHO’s IhsanDogramaci Family Health Foundation Prize?
A) Vinod Paul
B) Pawan Arora
C) Deepak Chaddha
D) Amal Bharti
Which state government has approved a scheme, titled ‘Asmita Yojana’, to provide sanitary napkins at a subsidised rate of Rs 5 to women in rural areas?
A) Assam
B) Telangana
C) Maharashtra
D) Gujarat
Kalamandalam Geethanandan, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Poet
B) Politician
C) Dancer
D) Scientist
As per Central Statistics Office, India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate for 2016-17 is?
A) 7.3%
B) 7.2%
C) 7.1%
D) 7.0%
How much amount of loan agreement has World Bank signed for Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project?
A) $150 million
B) $200 million
C) $50 million
D) $100 million
Which state’s chief minister recently inaugurated Mahesra over bridge?
A) Jharkhand
B) Tamilnadu
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) West Bengal
Which state government has constituted a committee to devise a horticulture development model?
A) Maharashtra
B) Jammu & Kashmir
C) Bihar
D) Uttar Pradesh
As per a report by World Steel Association, India has overtaken which country to become the world’s third largest steel producer?
A) UK
B) China
C) Japan
D) US
Thanglura Darlong has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to?
A) Latvia
B) Georgia
C) Bulgaria
D) Romania
Who has been appointed as the director general of Sports Authority of India (SAI)?
A) Neelam Kapoor
B) Usha Sinha
C) Kirti Biswas
D) Sunidhi Chhabaria
Indian Coast Guard recently conducted a ‘Day at Sea’ event for children in?
A) West Bengal
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Kerala
D) Gujarat
World Wetlands Day was recently observed, with the 2018 theme “Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future” on?
A) Feb 3
B) Feb 1
C) Feb 4
D) Feb 2
Which state government has announced to rank and grade state employees on the basis of performance?
A) Maharashtra
B) Assam
C) Karnataka
D) Punjab
How many medals did India win at the India Open Boxing Tournament?
A) 12
B) 10
C) 4
D) 6
Who has been appointed as the chairman of Alphabet?
A) John Hennessy
B) David Patterson
C) John Doerr
D) Ann Mather
Who has been appointed by IOA as the Chef-de-Mission for the Commonwealth Games to be held in Gold Coast, Australia?
A) VA Shiyad
B) Namdev Shirgaonkar
C) Vikram Singh Sisodia
D) Ajay Narang
Who has become the highest-ranked Indian squash player in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) rankings?
A) Saurav Ghosal
B) Harinder Pal Sandhu
C) Joshna Chinappa
D) Dipika Pallikal
Which of the following has signed a MoU with the Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation to create a child-friendly village?
A) Azim Premji Foundation
B) Infosys Foundation
C) Tata Trusts
D) HCL Foundation
Tribal festival ‘Sammakka Saaralamma Maha Jathara’ recently began in?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Telangana
C) Tamilnadu
D) Karnataka
Who won the men’s singles at the Senior Table Tennis Nationals held in Ranchi?
A) Kamlesh Mehta
B) Sharath Kamal
C) Anthony Amalraj
D) Soumyajit Ghosh
What is the name of the high performance computer (HPC) system launched by MoES Dr Harsh Vardhan, to improve India’s weather forecasting ?
A) Aditya
B) Suyash
C) Mihir
D) Vidur
As per a report by New World Wealth, what is India’s rank among the list of wealthiest countries?
A) 6th
B) 9th
C) 2nd
D) 15th
Football Delhi has honoured which footballer by declaring his birthday ‘3rd August’, to be celebrated as Delhi’s Football Day?
A) Bhaichung Bhutia
B) Sunil Chhetri
C) Subrata Pal
D) Gurpreet Sandhu
How much amount of loan agreement has India signed with ADB to finance construction of roads in five states – Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal?
A) $200 million
B) $150 million
C) $250 million
D) $300 million
What is India’s rank on annual Global Democracy Index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?
A) 33
B) 42
C) 56
D) 28
Google has signed a $1.1 billion deal to acquire which company’s smartphone design division?
A) Vivo
B) HTC
C) Xiaomi
D) Samsung
Which company launched interceptor boat ‘V-410’ to be commissioned into ICG, at its Panambur shipyard, Karnataka?
A) Reliance Defence and Engineering
B) L&T Heavy Engineering
C) Bharati Defence and Infrastructure
D) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
Which Scorpene class submarine was recently launched in Mumbai by Reena Lanba, wife of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba?
A) INS Khanderi
B) INS Chakra
C) INS Karanj
D) INS Shankul
Indian Coast Guard recently celebrated its 41st anniversary on?
A) Feb 2
B) Feb 1
C) Feb 3
D) Feb 4
Which country has become the first among the low-income nations to provide universal eye care?
A) Gabon
B) Nigeria
C) Benin
D) Rwanda
Who has taken charge as the new Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army?
A) Vinay Shukla
B) Anil Chauhan
C) Pankaj Kumar
D) Kamal Chauhan
Which state government has approved a ban on the sale of Endosulfan and 19 other insecticides?
A) Jharkhand
B) Odisha
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Punjab
A PM-appointed Group of Infrastructure, headed by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, has formed a high-level committee to look into procedures for sharing of infrastructure for utilities. The new committee will be headed by?
A) Aruna Sundararajan
B) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
C) Sanjay Kothari
D) Shobhana K. Pattanayak
Indian Railways has announced to set up a coach factory to manufacture EMUs (electric multiple units) in?
A) Latur
B) Kapurthala
C) Varanasi
D) Patiala
Which state’s Chief Minister has launched Zero Budget Natural Farming project?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Odisha
C) Telangana
D) Himachal Pradesh
World Bank’s IREDA has signed an MoU with Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited for a loan of?
A) USD 210 million
B) USD 160 million
C) USD 30 million
D) USD 100 million
Which state has bagged Geospatial World Excellence Award-2018 at the Geospatial World Forum Meeting held in Hyderabad?
A) Rajasthan
B) West Bengal
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Odisha
Sauli Niinisto has been re-elected as the President of?
A) Sweden
B) Finland
C) Norway
D) Iceland
Which bank has launched the 4th edition of ‘Evolve’, titled “Transform your Family Business into your dream company”?
A) Yes Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) Axis Bank
D) ICICI Bank
Who will be conferred the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2017?
A) Ghulam Nabi Azad
B) Bhartruhari Mahatab
C) Dinesh Trivedi
D) Hukumdev Narayan Yadav
Government has announced National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), which seeks to provide health insurance cover to over 10 crore economically vulnerable families, worth?
A) Rs 15 lakh
B) Rs 2 lakh
C) Rs 5 lakh
D) Rs 10 lakh
India and Pakistan have agreed to extend the Thar Link Express till Jan, 2021. It connects which cities?
A) Jaipur – Lahore
B) Jodhpur – Karachi
C) Jaisalmer – Quetta
D) Barmer – Hyderabad
Who has been conferred with V Shantaram Lifetime achievement award at the 15th Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films?
A) Ravi Jhankal
B) Girish Karnad
C) Shyam Benegal
D) Ketan Mehta
Which company has launched a public initiative “#SecurityCheckKiya”?
A) Google
B) Facebook
C) Amazon
D) Microsoft
Department of Telecom has announced to set up a development centre for 5G technologies in partnership with?
A) IIT Kanpur
B) IIT Chennai
C) IIT Kharagpur
D) IIT Bombay
Government announced a new scheme, called “Revitalising of Infrastructure and Systems in Education (RISE)”, with a total outlay over the next 4 years of?
A) Rs 1 lakh crore
B) Rs 5 lakh crore
C) Rs 2 lakh crore
D) Rs 3 lakh crore
Uttar Pradesh’s first butterfly park was recently inaugurated in?
A) Gorakhpur
B) Allahabad
C) Varanasi
D) Kanpur
Which regiment of Indian Army celebrated its 250th raising day on Feb 4th?
A) Maratha Light Infantry
B) Rajputana Rifles
C) Dogra Regiment
D) Sikh Light Infantry
What is the name of the Rs 1.4 lakh-crore scheme launched for promoting solar farming?
A) SURYA
B) ANMOL
C) KUSUM
D) SASHAKT
Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced to develop the first defence industrial production corridors between?
A) Ahmedabad and Mumbai
B) Chennai and Bengaluru
C) Hyderabad and Bengaluru
D) Chennai and Mumbai
Juan Orlando Hernandez recently swore-in as the President of?
A) Guatemala
B) Nicaragua
C) Colombia
D) Honduras
India’s largest floating treatment wetland (FTW) was recently launched in?
A) Saroornagar Lake
B) Neknampur Lake
C) Safilguda Lake
D) Himayat Sagar
Which company has signed an MoU with Assam government for river taxi service in Guwahati?
A) Easy
B) Ola
C) Meru
D) Uber
Who has written the book ‘Hisaab Kitaab’ on household budgeting?
A) Chitrangada Singh
B) Anjana Sukhani
C) Neetu Chandra
D) Amrita Arora
How much amount has Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced for the Restructured National Bamboo Mission?
A) Rs 3,170 crore
B) Rs 2,560 crore
C) Rs 1,290 crore
D) Rs 1,850 crore
Who won the women’s singles in the India Open Super 500 badminton tournament after defeating PV Sindhu in the final?
A) Beiwen Zhang
B) Greysia Polii
C) Apriyani Rahayu
D) Christinna Pedersen
Centre sanctioned a new Rs 62 crore project to control pollution in River Sal located in?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Telangana
D) Goa
Which space agency recently launched the world’s smallest satellite-carrying rocket?
A) CNSA
B) JAXA
C) NASA
D) ISRO
Which union ministry recently launched the ‘Green Good Deeds’ campaign?
A) Environment, Forest and Climate Change
B) Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare
C) Health and Family Welfare
D) Science and Technology
Nicos Anastasiades has been re-elected as the President of?
A) Lithuania
B) Bulgaria
C) Greece
D) Cyprus
Which Indian golfer won the The Maybank Championship, Malaysia?
A) Shubhankar Sharma
B) Shiv Chawrasia
C) Jeev Milkha Singh
D) Anirban Lahiri
Which union minister launched the Rapid Detection Kits for Adulterants in Fresh Fish?
A) Ravi Shankar Prasad
B) Dr Harsh Vardhan
C) JP Nadda
D) Radha Mohan Singh
Which team won the Under-19 cricket World Cup held in New Zealand?
A) Australia
B) India
C) South Africa
D) Pakistan
What is the name of the new initiative to be launched to expand airport capacity by more than five times?
A) NABH Nirman
B) GAGAN Nirman
C) AKASH Nirman
D) ABHRA Nirman
Which documentary won the US Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, held in Utah?
A) Sachin: A Billion Dreams
B) Kaagaz Ki Kashti
C) Kailash
D) On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace
Which of the following has been launched by the Government with the allocation of Rs 500 crore, to promote production of tomato, onion and potatoes?
A) Operation Yellow
B) Operation Green
C) Operation Blue
D) Operation Red
Who inaugurated the 32nd Surajkund international crafts mela in Haryana?
A) Yogi Adityanath
B) Shivraj Patil
C) Manoharlal Khattar
D) Vasundhara Raje
Government has announced to make PAN mandatory from April 1, for any entity entering into a financial transaction of more than?
A) Rs 2.5 lakh
B) Rs 10 lakh
C) Rs 7.5 lakh
D) Rs 5 lakh
Who has taken charge as the new foreign secretary of India?
A) Sanjay Kothari
B) Vijay Keshav Gokhale
C) Nripendra Misra
D) A.K. Dhasmana
Which country’s President Abdulla Yameen has declared “state of emergency”?
A) Mongolia
B) Mauritius
C) Maldives
D) Malaysia
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has proposed a law for automatic revision of salaries of MPs every?
A) 10 years
B) 7 years
C) 5 years
D) 3 years
Which country celebrated its 70th Independence Day on Feb 4th?
A) Myanmar
B) Nepal
C) Bangladesh
D) Sri Lanka
20th edition of the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival was recently held in?
A) Jaipur
B) New Delhi
C) Lucknow
D) Mumbai
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently announced the plans to build a tunnel through the Sela Pass in?
A) Assam
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Jammu & Kashmir
D) Meghalaya
Which state government, in collaboration with UNICEF, inaugurated the “Dastak Campaign” against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES)?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Jharkhand
D) Bihar
Which pharmaceutical company has partnered with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to set up a centre in New Delhi, to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR)?
A) Pfizer
B) Sanofi
C) Novartis
D) GSK
Which country recently inaugurated the world’s longest zip line?
A) China
B) Switzerland
C) US
D) UAE
Which airport has become the world’s busiest single-runway airport, with handling 980 arrivals and take-offs in 24 hours?
A) Bengaluru
B) Delhi
C) Hyderabad
D) Mumbai
Pelican festival was recently held on Kolleru Lake at Atapaka birds sanctuary in?
A) Odisha
B) Tamilnadu
C) Kerala
D) Andhra Pradesh
Who will head the task force constituted by Department of Defence Production to study use of artificial intelligence in military?
A) Rajiv Gauba
B) Gulshan Rai
C) Hansraj Ahir
D) N Chandrasekaran
Who has become the first service air chief of a foreign country to fly on India’s indigenously built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas?
A) Joseph Dunford
B) David L Goldfein
C) Mark A. Milley
D) Martin E. Dempsey
Book titled ‘Exam Warriors’ has been authored by?
A) Prakash Javdekar
B) Sri Sri Ravishankar
C) Narendra Modi
D) Jaggi Vasudev
Which state government has signed an agreement with the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) for setting up a 65-storey twin tower trade centre?
A) Assam
B) Odisha
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Jharkhand
Government has announced to levy corporate tax of 25% on companies with turnover upto?
A) Rs 200 crore
B) Rs 500 crore
C) Rs 100 crore
D) Rs 250 crore
Which of the following has signed a project agreement with Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) for a $375 million loan for Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP)?
A) World Bank
B) ADB
C) AIIB
D) NDB
Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley has announced to merge three public sector general insurance companies. Which of the following is not one of them?
A) United India Assurance Co. Ltd
B) New India Assurance Co. Ltd
C) Oriental India insurance Co. Ltd
D) National Insurance Co. Ltd
What is the name of the series of residential schools to be set up by the Government in every block with at least 50% ST population and 20,000 tribal persons, by 2022?
A) Vivekananda Schools
B) Shivaji Schools
C) Chanakya Schools
D) Eklavya Schools
Which country has recently been admitted to the Agreement on the Establishment of an International Transit Corridor between Iran, Oman, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (Ashgabat Agreement)?
A) Afghanistan
B) Pakistan
C) India
D) Nepal
Which state government has approved Ghodazari in Chandrapur district as a new wildlife sanctuary?
A) Gujarat
B) Odisha
C) Maharashtra
D) Madhya Pradesh
How much amount of standard deduction has been announced by Finance Minister for salaried taxpayers in lieu of transport allowance and medical expense reimbursement?
A) Rs 40,000
B) Rs 100,000
C) Rs 50,000
D) Rs 10,000
Who has been chosen for the 2nd Akbar Kakkattil Award for his novel “Sugandhi Enna Andaldevanayaki”?
A) Satish Sesetti
B) T.D. Ramakrishnan
C) Purvam Tanneru
D) Umesh K
Which bank has unveiled a musical logo called ‘MOGO’?
A) IndusInd Bank
B) Kotak Mahindra bank
C) Yes Bank
D) Axis Bank
Which state government has announced the setting up of a ‘Kisan Kalyan Pradhikaran’?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Haryana
D) Madhya Pradesh
Union Cabinet has approved ratification of Minamata Convention on the use of?
A) Plutonium
B) Arsenic
C) Rubidium
D) Mercury
Which ministry launched tools to rank states/UTs on the basis of measures taken by them to promote start ups?
A) Electronics and IT
B) Commerce
C) Human Resource Development
D) MSME CCEA has approved to enhance of the target of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)
from 5 crore to?
A) 7 crore
B) 6 crore
C) 8 crore
D) 10 crore
Which company along with Tata Trusts, is expanding their ‘Internet Saathi’ programme in Tamil Nadu to improve digital literacy among rural women?
A) Facebook
B) Amazon
C) Google
D) Microsoft
India recently test-fired which indigenously developed nuclear capable missile at Chandipur Test Range?
A) Prithvi-I
B) Prithvi-II
C) Prithvi-III
D) Prithvi-IV
How much amount of Development Impact Bond (DIB) has Prince Charles launched to help improve education in India?
A) $25-million
B) $10-million
C) $50-million
D) $70-million
What is the name of the jet trainer fitted with an indigenous Real Time Operating System (RTOS), developed by HAL, which made its maiden flight recently?
A) Eagle-i
B) Falcon-i
C) Hawk-i
D) Harrier-i
Which indigenously developed ballistic missile was successfully test fired from Abdul Kalam Island of Odisha coast?
A) Agni-II
B) Agni-III
C) Agni-IV
D) Agni-I
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj recently visited ‘Janadriyah’, the National Cultural Festival of?
A) Saudi Arabia
B) Qatar
C) Oman
D) UAE
Union Cabinet has approved amendments to MSME Development Act, 2006 to change the criteria for classifying MSMEs from investment in plant & machinery to?
A) Annual Turnover
B) Profit Before Tax
C) Employee Strength
D) Owner’s Equity
Which state government has launched a mobile application, named ‘pollution metre’, to spread awareness against pollution?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Punjab
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Madhya Pradesh
Who has been re-elected as the President of Bangladesh?
A) Shahabuddin Ahmed
B) Fakhruddin Ahmed
C) Abdul Hamid
D) Tarique Rahman
Who has become the first woman cricketer in the world to take 200 wickets in One Day International (ODI)?
A) Jhulan Goswami
B) Rajeshwari Gayakwad
C) Ekta Bisht
D) Deepti Sharma
Which state has topped the ‘Healthy States, Progressive India’ report by NITI Aayog?
A) Punjab
B) Kerala
C) Sikkim
D) Maharashtra
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has sanctioned more than Rs 100 crore funds to develop how many solar cities?
A) 75
B) 60
C) 45
D) 30
Which state government has launched the ‘Gobardhan Yojana’ to provide organic manure and cow urine to farmers?
A) Haryana
B) Uttarakhand
C) Rajasthan
D) Uttar Pradesh
President Ram Nath Kovind recently inaugurated the 88th Mahamastakabhisheka Utsav of Lord Gommateshwara in?
A) Tamilnadu
B) Kerala
C) Karnataka
D) Andhra Pradesh
With reference to 6th RBI Monetary Policy, which of the following has been changed by the Monetary Policy Committee?
A) Bank Rate
B) Marginal Standing Facility
C) Repo Rate
D) None of the Above
Which state topped the overall medal tally with 102 medals in the inaugural edition of the Khelo India School Games?
A) Haryana
B) Maharashtra
C) Delhi
D) Punjab
How much amount of penalty has Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed on Google for unfair business practices?
A) Rs 136 crore
B) Rs 105 crore
C) Rs 121 crore
D) Rs 158 crore
Which of the following has become the first railway zone to complete 100% LED lighting at all the stations?
A) South Central Railway
B) Konkan Railway
C) East Central
D) North Western Railway
Who took oath as the first woman Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur?
A) Madhvi Bansal
B) Pooja Banerjee
C) Abhilasha Kumari
D) Ritika Sinha
Which space agency recently launched the world’s most powerful rocket, ‘Falcon Heavy’?
A) SpaceX
B) JAXA
C) CNSA
D) NASA
An inter-regulatory working group formed by RBI has recommended introducing a “regulatory sandbox” to foster financial technology innovation and a standalone data protection law. It was headed by?
A) Pradeep kant
B) CK Mitra
C) Sudarshan Sen
D) Jagdish Bahuguna
Which company has partnered with NCERT to integrate a course on ‘Digital Citizenship and Safety’ in information and communication technology curriculum?
A) Paytm
B) Facebook
C) Microsoft
D) Google
Which of the following has been ranked the top environment policy think tank in India, by The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) of the Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania?
A) Council on Energy, Environment and Water
B) Development Alternatives
C) Institute of Water Policy
D) Centre for Science and Environment
RBI has announced setting up ombudsman for addressing customer grievances in?
A) NBFC
B) Small Finance Bank
C) Payments Bank
D) All of the Above
Who launched the mobile app ‘ASH TRACK’ for better management of fly ash produced by thermal power plants?
A) Dharmendra Pradhan
B) Dr Harsh Vardhan
C) Piyush Goyal
D) RK Singh
Who will head the Raksha Mantri’s Advisory Committee on Ministry of Defence Capital Projects (RMCOMP), that will review capital acquisition projects worth over Rs 5 billion?
A) Sanhita Kar
B) Vinay Sheel Oberoi
C) Sudhir Pillai
D) RK Tyagi
Which airport was the world’s busiest in terms of international passengers in 2017?
A) Heathrow International Airport
B) Dubai International Airport
C) Hong Kong International Airport
D) Changi International Airport
A committee constituted in which state has recommended an official three-coloured state flag?
A) Tamilnadu
B) Kerala
C) Punjab
D) Karnataka
What is India’s rank out of 50 countries on the International Intellectual Property (IP) Index, by US Chambers of Commerce?
A) 19
B) 28
C) 44
D) 37
Who laid the foundation stone for a Rhododendron Park in Tawang district?
A) Pema Khandu
B) Manik Sarkar
C) Mukul Sangma
D) TR Zeliang
Which company has tied up with Intel to design an electic scooter ‘Creon’?
A) Hero Motor
B) Yamaha
C) TVS Motor
D) Bajaj Auto
Scientists from which institute have developed world’s thinnest material?
A) IIT Madras
B) IIT Delhi
C) IIT Gandhinagar
D) IIT Kharagpur
Which instant messaging app has started testing its digital payments feature in India?
A) Whatsapp
B) Telegram
C) Hike
D) Facebook Messenger
Which Chief Minister recently launched bike ambulance service in his state?
A) Nitish Kumar
B) Manohar Parrikar
C) Amrinder Singh
D) Raman Singh
Which state government has banned sale of loose cigarettes?
A) Assam
B) Punjab
C) Bihar
D) Odisha
Worlds first ski tournament for robots was recently held in?
A) Gold Coast
B) Beijing
C) Sochi
D) Pyeongchang
Which company has won been awarded the Golden Peacock Award 2017 for corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
A) Reliance Industries
B) TATA Group
C) Kotak Industries
D) Infosys
How many MoUs did India sign with Oman?
A) 6
B) 8
C) 4
D) 12
As per a report published in ‘Water Resources Research’, which country contributes highest to the phosphorus pollution caused by human activity?
A) Spain
B) China
C) USA
D) India
Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of All India Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB)?
A) Saurabh Malik
B) Deepak Kumar
C) Vidit Gujrathi
D) Swapnil Jha
Who has been conferred the first Raj Kapoor Award for Excellence in Cinema?
A) Raj Kumar Santoshi
B) Subhash Ghai
C) Ramesh Sippy
D) Satish Kaushik
Who has been awarded the 2017 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership?
A) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
B) Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
C) Azali Assoumani
D) Patrice Talon
An Inter-Ministerial Committee has been constituted for controlling the menace of trafficking, under the Chairmanship of?
A) Arpit Goyal
B) Sahil Giri
C) Rakesh Srivastava
D) Hari Shankar
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched a Centre for Spoken Sanskrit in?
A) Ahmedabad
B) Coimbatore
C) Nagpur
D) New Delhi
World’s tallest hotel, Gevora, recently opened in?
A) Dubai
B) New York
C) Beijing
D) Paris
Who won the Allan Border Medal?
A) David Warner
B) Mitchell Starc
C) Nathan Lyon
D) Steve Smith
Which port has received ‘Good’ score in the ‘Port Performance Index’ by Dun & Bradstreet?
A) Kamarajar
B) Visakhapatnam
C) JNPT
D) All of the Above
Which bank has announced to end its operation in South Africa?
A) Bank of Baroda
B) State Bank of India
C) Punjab National Bank
D) Canara Bank
Which of the following is India’s first online radio station, which was launched recently?
A) Radio Umang
B) Radio Ekta
C) Radio Bharat
D) Radio Sehar
Which Indian engineer was honoured with the scientific and engineering award at the Oscars 2018 Scientific and Technical Awards?
A) Manjeet Singh
B) Mridul Gupta
C) Vikas Sathaye
D) Vinod Khare
Which state’s Chief Minister has announced to set up a “Dada-Dadi Park” for senior citizens in every city?
A) Jharkhand
B) Rajasthan
C) Assam
D) Uttar Pradesh
Who is going to become the first Hindu female lawmaker in Pakistan?
A) Ashwini Anand
B) Lakshmi Raj
C) Indu Singh
D) Krishna Kumari
Who has been elected as president of the Sahitya Akademi?
A) Tejaswi Dubey
B) Chandrashekar Kambar
C) Uttam Jaiswal
D) Madhav Koushik
Who has been named as the new brand ambassador of Bata’s sport wear brand ‘Power’?
A) Ekta Bisht
B) Rajeshwari Gayakwad
C) Smriti Mandhana
D) Harmanpreet Kaur
What was the title of opening ceremony of Winter Olympics held in Pyeongchang, South Korea?
A) Together We Grow
B) Rise in Unity
C) Shine to Glory
D) Peace in Motion
How many MoUs did India sign with UAE?
A) 5
B) 2
C) 8
D) 11
A “Swachh Bharat Sanitation Park” was recently inaugurated in?
A) Ranchi
B) Chandigarh
C) Bhopal
D) New Delhi
How many MoUs did India sign with Palestine worth USD 40 million?
A) 6
B) 4
C) 9
D) 12
As per a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms, which of the following is India’s richest Chief Minister?
A) K Chandrasekhar Rao
B) Chandrababu Naidu
C) Amarinder Singh
D) Pema Khandu
The Integrated Automatic Aviation Meteorological System (IAAMS) was inaugurated at?
A) INS Kiltan
B) INS Shakti
C) INS Garuda
D) INS Rakshak
Indian Navy has recently received access to which port in Oman for the use of military vessels?
A) Khasab
B) Duqm
C) Salalah
D) Sohar
Which union ministry has announced to establish National Women Entrepreneurship Council (NWEC)?
A) Ministry of Social Justice
B) Ministry of Skill Development
C) Ministry of Women and Child Development
D) Ministry of MSME
Who won the 13th National ‘A’ Chess Championship for Blind?
A) Ashvin Makwana
B) Soundarya Kumar Pradhan
C) Kishan Gangolli
D) Prakash Kumar
Who has become the first Asian and the youngest to swim across the Cook Strait between North and South Islands of New Zealand?
A) Saksham Mitra
B) Pradeep Singla
C) Abhay Rawat
D) Rohan More
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated a project for the construction of the first Hindu temple in?
A) Ramallah
B) Riyadh
C) Muscat
D) Abu Dhabi
Who has been conferred the ‘Grand Collar of the State of Palestine’ by President Mahmoud Abbas?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Sushma Swaraj
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Ramnath Kovind
Which country has announced to withdraw from the UN refugee programme?
A) Burundi
B) Gabon
C) Tanzania
D) Nigeria
Who has sworn in as the next Prime Minister of Nepal?
A) Ram Baran Yadav
B) Madhav Kumar Nepal
C) Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
D) Baburam Bhattarai
Which state has the highest Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) of 300 against the national average of 167?
A) Jharkhand
B) Bihar
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Assam
India’s first institute for artificial intelligence is going to be set up in?
A) New Delhi
B) Bengaluru
C) Mumbai
D) Chennai
As per the ‘Military Balance 2018’ report, India overtook which country to become the fifth-largest defence spender in the world in 2017 at $52.5 billion?
A) UK
B) China
C) Russia
D) US
Which Indian app has won the Best m-Government Service Award for the Accessible Government Category, at the 6th World Government Summit held in Dubai?
A) Umang
B) MyGov
C) MEAIndia
D) eGovApp
Who has become the new President of South Africa, after the resignation of Jacob Zuma?
A) Danny Jordaan
B) Thandi Modise
C) Mmusi Maimane
D) Cyril Ramaphosa
Which space agency recently launched an unmanned ‘Progress’ cargo ship to ISS aboard its Soyuz rocket?
A) CNSA
B) NASA
C) ISRO
D) Roscosmos
Madhya Pradesh’s first butterfly park has been inaugurated in which district?
A) Dewas
B) Raisen
C) Dhar
D) Balaghat
As per India State Forest Report 2017, what is India’s rank in terms of annual forest gain?
A) 12th
B) 8th
C) 2nd
D) 19th
Which team has won its maiden title in the 23rd edition of the Senior Women’s National Football Championship?
A) Tamilnadu
B) Punjab
C) West Bengal
D) Maharashtra
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated the National Banana Festival in?
A) Mysuru
B) Coimbatore
C) Thiruvananthapuram
D) Vellore
Who has become the first batsman to score 500 runs in a bilateral ODI series?
A) Shikhar Dhawan
B) MS Dhoni
C) Rohit Sharma
D) Virat Kohli
As per a report released by NITI Aayog, which state has reported the highest decline in sex ratio at birth (SRB)?
A) Rajasthan
B) Haryana
C) Gujarat
D) Uttarakhand
Which tropical cyclone recently hit Tonga?
A) Barkha
B) Gita
C) Renu
D) Lata
Which state government has announced to sponsor Indian Hockey teams for the next five years?
A) Maharashtra
B) Haryana
C) Telangana
D) Odisha
Which of the following countries have been suspended from voting in the UNGA for the third time in three years due to unpaid dues?
1. Venezuela 2. Comoros
3. Somalia 4. Libya
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 1 & 4
Who has been selected for the national award by Department of Science and Technology, for his contribution in the field of science, technology and communication?
A) Sanjay Kumar Rakesh
B) Dhananjay V. Gadre
C) Raghbir Singh Khandpur
D) Ajay Prakash Sawhney
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently laid the foundation stone for the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Science, in?
A) Tripura
B) Manipur
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Meghalaya
RBI has relaxed the norms for priority sector lending by removing the loan limit of ______ to medium enterprises?
A) Rs 10 crore
B) Rs 15 crore
C) Rs 20 crore
D) Rs 25 crore
Ruud Lubbers, who recently passed away, was the longest serving Prime Minister of?
A) Germany
B) Netherlands
C) Spain
D) Iceland
New Development Bank (NDB) has signed a loan agreement of USD 100 million for financing a water project in?
A) Gujarat
B) Rajasthan
C) Maharashtra
D) Punjab
Hampi has been announced as one of the 10 tourist destinations to be developed as an ‘Iconic Tourism Site’. It is located in which district in Karnataka?
A) Bellary
B) Udupi
C) Gulbarga
D) Bijapur
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)’s summit is going to be held in?
A) Moscow, Russia
B) New Delhi, India
C) Astana, Kazakhstan
D) Qingdao, China
Centre has set up a high-level committee for “proper management of the water resources in the North Eastern Region (NER)” under the Chairmanship of?
A) Amitabh Kant
B) Rajiv Kumar
C) R Gandhi
D) VK Saraswat
Which country has signed a declaration of partnership with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) for assistance in tackling climate change?
A) Cayman Islands
B) Guatemala
C) Madagascar
D) Fiji
What is the name of the cyclone that hit Australia recently?
A) Watt
B) Kelvin
C) Ohm
D) Joule
Which state government is planning to geotag the houses of over 10 lakh livestock and poultry farmers?
A) Kerala
B) Haryana
C) Telangana
D) Gujarat
Cabinet has recently approved constitution of a tribunal to adjudicate the inter-state water dispute on river?
A) Mahanadi
B) Narmada
C) Godavari
D) Tapti
Who won the men’s singles at the Rotterdam Open tennis tournament?
A) Rafael Nadal
B) Grigor Dimitrov
C) Dominic Thiem
D) Roger Federer
Who has been named the brand ambassador of the Pakistan Cricket Board?
A) Shahid Afridi
B) Shoaib Akhtar
C) Wasim Akram
D) Waqar Younis
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has announced to set up an international educational institution for minorities in?
A) Alwar
B) Bathinda
C) Gwalior
D) Jhajjar
Multi-Military exercise ‘Cobra Gold’ was conducted recently in?
A) Thailand
B) India
C) Malaysia
D) USA
As per a report by UNICEF, what is India’s rank in terms of worst Newborn mortality Rate among 52 low-middle income countries?
A) 12
B) 4
C) 20
D) 33
National Housing Bank (NHB) has recently approved the merger of Capital First with?
A) IndusInd Bank
B) Yes Bank
C) IDFC Bank
D) Federal Bank
How many MoUs did India sign with Iran, during the visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani?
A) 4
B) 11
C) 9
D) 6
CCEA has approved 130 Km long Jeypore-Malkangiri New Line project in the state of?
A) Odisha
B) Kerala
C) Bihar
D) Assam
Maharashtra Government has signed an MoU with the Ministry of Railways to build a coach factory in?
A) Bhiwandi
B) Nashik
C) Kolhapur
D) Latur
CCEA has given its approval for the construction of Silkyara Bend – Barkot Tunnel in?
A) Manipur
B) Jammu & Kashmir
C) Meghalaya
D) Uttarakhand
What is India’s rank among 180 countries on the Corruption Perception Index, released by Transparency International (TI)?
A) 68
B) 73
C) 95
D) 81
As per a report by Home Ministry, how many Indian languages are endangered?
A) 56
B) 42
C) 21
D) 35
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently flagged off the Palace Queen Hamsafar Express from which railway station?
A) Nashik
B) Mysuru
C) Hyderabad
D) Jodhpur
Which state government has made vaccination cards mandatory for admissions to first standard?
A) Tamilnadu
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Kerala
D) Rajasthan
Who is be the chairperson of Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) constituted by UGC, to shortlist 20 Institutions of Eminence (IoE)?
A) N Gopalaswami
B) Renu Khator
C) Pritam Singh
D) Tarun Khanna
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently laid the foundation stone of Rs 16,700-crore international airport at?
A) Jhansi
B) Navi Mumbai
C) Deogarh
D) Jalandhar
India recently conducted the test flight of which indigenously made light transport aircraft?
A) Tejas
B) Saras
C) Dhruv
D) Vikram
Which movie won the ‘Best film’ award at the Bafta Film Awards 2018?
A) Call Me by Your Name
B) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
C) The Death of Stalin
D) The Shape of Water
Which company has been recognised as the world’s best employers by the Top Employer Institute?
A) Infosys
B) KPMG
C) Wipro
D) TCS
Which country will host the 2018 World Environment Day on June 5, on the theme ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’?
A) India
B) China
C) USA
D) Spain
Which player has become the first Indian bowler to bag a five-wicket haul in all the three formats of cricket?
A) Kuldeep Singh
B) Jasprit Bumrah
C) Bhuvneshwar Kumar
D) R Ashwin
Which state has launched ‘Mission Buniyaad’ from April 2018?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Delhi
C) Manipur
D) Kerala
Which state is going to become the first state in India to be manual scavenging-free by installing a robot named ‘Bandicoot’?
A) Punjab
B) Kerala
C) Telangana
D) Gujarat
RBI has constituted an expert committee to look into issues relating to classification of bad loans, under the chairmanship of?
A) VM Mallick
B) BN Srikrishna
C) PT Balakrishnan
D) YH Malegam
Which state government has launched the scheme Parivartan?
A) Haryana
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Rajasthan
D) Andhra Pradesh
Who has become the first Indian woman fighter pilot to fly solo?
A) Sneha Bisht
B) Avani Chaturvedi
C) Vineeta Kumari
D) Priyanka Shukl
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