In which city was an exhibition on Indian Civilisation ,
titled “India and The World: A History in Nine Stories”,
inaugurated?
A) Mumbai
B) Hyderabad
C) New Delhi
D) Chennai
Who has been appointed as the new head coach of Australian cricket team?
A) Justin Langer
B) Gary Kirsten
C) John Wright
D) Duncan Fletcher
Who swore in as the chief executive member (CEM) of the Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) in
Mizoram?
A) John Rotluangliana
B) R. Romawia
C) Shanti Jiban Chakma
D) P.C. Lalthanliana
Which of the following won “Best Co-operative Society on digital platform” award in the BFSI leadership
Awards 2018?
A) BASF India
B) Farmers Agro
C) Migros
D) Adarsh Credit
Who led the Indian Delegation at the 12th informal
meeting of SAARC Finance Ministers held in Manila?
A) Hasmukh Adhia
B) Arun Jaitley
C) Subhash Chandra Garg
D) Santosh Gangwar
MWCD held a National Conference of how many districts under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) in New
Delhi?
A) 315
B) 244
C) 186
D) 370
Maharashtra government has announced to rename which university after the Bahinabai Chaudhari?
A) North Maharashtra University
B) Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University
C) University of Mumbai
D) Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
conducted a workshop on Data Requirements for
Disaster Risk Reduction Database in which city?
A) Kolkata
B) Bengaluru
C) New Delhi
D) Chandigarh
Which company has acquired Belgian firm Hedera Consulting?
A) Cognizant
B) Infosys
C) Accenture
D) TCS
India and China have resumed the bilateral trade through?
A) Lipulekh Pass
B) Shipki La
C) Nathu La border
D) Jelep La
Kottayam Pushpanath, who recently passed away, was a noted?
A) Journalist
B) Novelist
C) Photographer
D) Politician
Which Nobel Prize for 2018 has been postponed by the Swedish Academy?
A) Literature
B) Chemistry
C) Medicine
D) Physics
Pakyong airport is going to become the 100th operational airport in India. It is located in which
state?
A) Meghalaya
B) Mizoram
C) Nagaland
D) Sikkim
What was the theme of World Press Freedom Day observed on May 3rd, 2018?
A) Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and the Rule of Law
B) Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media’s role in
advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies
C) Access to Information and Fundamental Freedoms
D) Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in All Media
Which state’s Chief Minister launched ‘Go to Village’ (Khungang Chatsi) mission in the state?
A) Manipur
B) Nagaland
C) Meghalaya
D) Assam
Who has been appointed as an additional (independent) director to the ICICI Bank’s board?
A) Kunal Singh
B) Shashi Tripathi
C) Radhakrishnan Nair
D) Mahesh Bora
Which state has become the first to provide digitallysigned land record receipts?
A) Gujarat
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Tamilnadu
D) Maharashtra
Indian Army’s South Western Command is conducting the exercise “Vijay Prahar”, in which state?
A) Karnataka
B) Gujarat
C) Rajasthan
D) Maharashtra
How much amount has the MoRTH minister Nitin Gadkari sanctioned for laying a 363-km regional ring
road around Hyderabad?
A) Rs 3,200 crore
B) Rs 4,400 crore
C) Rs 2,600 crore
D) Rs 5,500 crore
Which space agency launched the Apstar-6C communications satellite?
A) CNSA
B) ISRO
C) SpaceX
D) JAXA
Which country has overtaken India to become the top ranked in ICC ODI Team Rankings?
A) Australia
B) South Africa
C) England
D) New Zealand
Union cabinet has approved restructuring of the posts in which organisation?
A) Indian Bureau of Mines
B) Airports Economic Regulatory Authority
C) National Innovation Foundation
D) Centre for Biotechnology
Who has been conferred with the WBC Asia Boxer of the Year Award in welter weight category by the Asian
Boxing Council, at WBC Asia and WBC Muaythai annual awards ceremony held in Bangkok?
A) Amit Panghal
B) Satish Kumar
C) Vikas Yadav
D) Neeraj Goyat
Which country’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic held bilateral
talks with Indian EAM Sushma Swaraj?
A) Austria
B) Georgia
C) Serbia
D) Croatia
Which of the following items have recently been banned by the Environment Ministry?
A) Confetti
B) Balloons
C) Party Poppers
D) Candles
Who was conferred the Visitor’s Award 2018 by President Ramnath Kovind, for his work on the
development of a drug delivery system for cancer?
A) Prof. Ram Vikas
B) Prof. Devender Sai
C) Prof. Sanjay K. Jain
D) Prof. Ranjit Basu
Ravinder Sharma, who recently passed away, was a veteran?
A) Jurist
B) Artist
C) Journalist
D) Politician
How many National Resource Centres have been
identified by MHRD to prepare online training material
for higher education faculty under project SWAYAM?
A) 75
B) 50
C) 100
D) 125
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has
allowed pensioners to view their pension passbook via
which app?
A) Armaan
B) GARV
C) MyGov
D) Umang
DoT has released the draft National Digital Communications Policy (NDCP) 2018. Which of the
following is not one of the main action paths suggested to address issues in the digital arena?
A) Connect India
B) Propel India
C) Secure India
D) Lead India
Vibrant North East 2018′ was recently held in?
A) Gangtok
B) Guwahati
C) Itanagar
D) Imphal
CCEA has approved the continuation of the Agriumbrella
programme, ‘Green Revolution —
Krishonnati Yojana’ for two more years with an outlay
(approx) of?
A) Rs 33,000 crore
B) Rs 19,000 crore
C) Rs 28,000 crore
D) Rs 45,000 crore
CCEA has approved a proposal to build new terminals
at a total cost of Rs 5,082 crore, at how many airports?
A) 5
B) 3
C) 1
D) 7
NMCG has tied up with Survey of India, to facilitate
the Ganga rejuvenation task using Geographic Information System (GIS), at a cost of?
A) Rs 64 crore
B) Rs 76 crore
C) Rs 87 crore
D) Rs 92 crore
Kisan Kalyan Karyashalas (Farmer’s Welfare Workshop) were held across India, under Gram Swaraj
Abhiyan initiative, on?
A) May 2
B) May 6
C) May 1
D) May 8
Which spacecraft has been launched by NASA to study ‘Marsquakes’ from Vandenberg Air Force Base in
California?
A) InSight
B) Juno
C) Cassini-Huygens
D) Ulysses
What is India’s rank on the FDI Confidence Index 2018 released by AT Kearney?
A) 5th
B) 9th
C) 11th
D) 14th
Which of the following has set up a National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC)?
A) National Green Tribunal
B) Ministry of Water Resources, River Development
and Ganga Rejuvenation
C) Ministry Of Earth Sciences
D) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate.
Union Cabinet has given its approval for acceding to
the protocol under the WHO Framework Convention on?
A) Tuberculosis eradication
B) Air pollution
C) Tobacco control
D) HIV/AIDS
Who chaired the first meeting of the National Committee for Commemoration of 150th Birth
Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi?
A) Mahesh Sharma
B) Ram Nath Kovind
C) Narendra Modi
D) KJ Alphons
Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of
India (IRDAI)?
A) Rajnish Kumar Singla
B) Pankaj Anand Sharma
C) Ram Singh Jajodia
D) Subhash Chandra Khuntia
As per a report by Harvard University, which country topped the list of the fastest growing economies in the
world for the coming decade?
A) Indonesia
B) China
C) Vietnam
D) India
As per a study, Tapanuli orangutans are facing survival threats due to human activities. The species was
recently discovered in which country?
A) Peru
B) Indonesia
C) Brazil
D) India
Keyur Bhushan, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Actor
B) Architect
C) Filmmaker
D) Freedom fighter
How much amount of investment has been targeted by Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) in FY
2019?
A) Rs 30,000 crore
B) Rs 20,000 crore
C) Rs 15,000 crore
D) Rs 25,000 crore
A Dakota DC-3 VP 905 aircraft gifted by Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar, was recently inducted
in the IAF again. The aircraft has been rechristened as?
A) Matsya
B) Narsimha
C) Vamana
D) Parashuram
India-South Africa Business Summit 2018 was recently held in?
A) Johannesburg
B) New Delhi
C) Cape Town
D) Mumbai
Who has been appointed as the CEO of South Asia
operations, by GroupM?
A) Vineet Chauhan
B) Karan Rai
C) Rohan Singh
D) Sameer Singh
Which Indian javelin thrower broke his own national
record and finished fourth at the IAAF Diamond League in Doha?
A) Davinder Singh Kang
B) Ravinder Singh Khaira
C) Anil Singh
D) Neeraj Chopra
Who launched the online event clearance system for
grant of security clearance to foreign participants of
conferences organised in India?
A) MJ Akbar
B) Rajiv Gauba
C) Ravi Shankar Prasad
D) Kiren Rijiju
Which company has signed an agreement with NITI
Aayog to develop a crop yield prediction model using
AI to provide real-time advisory to farmers in
Aspirational Districts?
A) Lenovo
B) IBM
C) Intel
D) Microsoft
Who won the 2018 ONV Literary Prize, instituted in
the memory of poet late O N V Kurup?
A) Pavithran Theekuni
B) M T Vasudevan Nair
C) Ranganatha
D) Honaji Bala
Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) to 2019-20, at the financial outlay of?
A) Rs 25,373 crore
B) Rs 32,842 crore
C) Rs 9,252 crore
D) Rs 14,832 crore
As per Commerce Ministry, the growth of eight core
sectors was recorded in March 2018 at?
A) 4.8%
B) 4.1%
C) 4.5%
D) 3.9%
Union Cabinet has approved setting up of a 100-
bedded hospital at the rural health training centre in
Najafgarh, at a cost of?
A) Rs 131 crore
B) Rs 95 crore
C) Rs 163 crore
D) Rs 47 crore
As per Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute (SIPRI), India has surpassed which country to become the world’s fifth biggest military spender?
A) Germany
B) France
C) Japan
D) UK
Who laid the foundation stone of New State of Art
Building of DST, on its foundation day celebrated on May 3rd?
A) Ravi Shankar Prasad
B) Prakash Javdekar
C) Suresh Prabhu
D) Dr Harsh Vardhan
Which Indian shooter has been ranked World No. 1 in
10m Air Pistol Men in the latest ISSF World rankings?
A) Jitu Rai
B) Deepak Kumar
C) Ravi Kumar
D) Shahzar Rizvi
Who has been appointed as interim judge to the civil court of New York City?
A) Pankaja Mittal
B) Deepa Ambekar
C) Rita Barman
D) Monika Rao
ADB President Takehiko Nakao has projected India to
grow in 2018 at?
A) 7.3%
B) 7.2%
C) 7.5%
D) 7.4%
Who has been appointed as the acting chief justice of
the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
A) Justice Utpal Roy
B) Justice Sanjiv Tripathi
C) Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal
D) Justice Ashok Chawala
Which railway stations have been adjudged “Most Beautiful Station” on Indian Railways?
A) Indore station
B) Secundrabad station
C) Chandrapur and Ballarshah stations
D) Vishakhapatnam station
International Firefighters’ Day was observed on?
A) May 3
B) May 6
C) May 4
D) May 5
Which state government along with WWF-India is conducting the first organised census of Indus
dolphins?
A) Punjab
B) Jammu & Kashmir
C) Haryana
D) Himachal Pradesh
How many Indian cities have featured in a WHO list of 20 most polluted cities in the world in terms of PM2.5
levels in 2016?
A) 14
B) 18
C) 6
D) 10
Union Cabinet has approved extending the investment limit for Senior Citizens under Pradhan Mantri Vaya
Vandan Yojana (PMVVY) from Rs 7.5 lakh to?
A) Rs 30 lakh
B) Rs 20 lakh
C) Rs 15 lakh
D) Rs 25 lakh
Dave Michener, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Animator
B) Musician
C) Writer
D) Photographer
Which union minister chaired an interactive session on
the Act East Policy with the Chief Ministers of the north-eastern states?
A) Suresh Prabhu
B) Sushma Swaraj
C) Dr Jitendra Singh
D) Rajnath Singh
Which brokerage company has launched ‘Free Intraday Trading’?
A) HDFC Securities
B) Kotak Securities
C) ICICI Securities
D) Axis Securities
A task force submitted its report to the Home Ministry
on ‘Establishing a Coalition on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)’. The task force was headed by?
A) Vinay Mittal
B) Preeti Saran
C) Rekha Sharma
D) Hemant Tewari
4th Regional Conference on ‘Futuristic, Resilient and Digital Infrastructure’ was recently held in?
A) New Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Bengaluru
D) Hyderabad
Who has become the first African to be named footballer of the year by Football Writers’ Association?
A) Sadio Mane
B) Mohamed Salah
C) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
D) Victor Moses
CCEA has approved renaming of Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) as?
A) PMJPV
B) PMKNK
C) PMJVK
D) PMJVV
Who chaired the task force set up by International Solar Alliance, which has identified six star centres of
global excellence?
A) Upendra Tripathy
B) Masayoshi Son
C) Thomas Piketty
D) Rajiv Kumar
Which company launched a New Shepard suborbital capsule to space, with a dummy astronaut named
‘Mannequin Skywalker’?
A) Blue Origin
B) DLR
C) SpaceX
D) Virgin Galactic
When was ‘World Asthma Day’ observed on the theme
‘Never too early, never too late. It’s always the right time to address airways disease’?
A) May 1
B) May 3
C) May 5
D) May 7
Union Cabinet has approved Mutual Recognition
Agreement of ICAI with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of?
A) Canada
B) Australia
C) UK
D) South Africa
GST Council in its 27th meeting has approved the new simplified model of filing returns. It will be
implemented after _____ months?
A) Six
B) Three
C) Four
D) Two
Which state government has announced to adopt the startup ranking framework issued by DIPP?
A) Rajasthan
B) Odisha
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Haryana
Who has sworn in as the Governor of Manipur?
A) Banwari Lal Purohit
B) Nirbhay Sharma
C) BD Mishra
D) Jagdish Mukhi
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