Institute of Disaster Management at Kondapavuluru village, Andhra Pradesh?
A) M Venkaiah Naidu
B) Rajnath Singh
C) Narendra Modi
D) Ramnath Kovind
Which singer has been honoured with West Bengal’s highest civilian award Banga
Bibhushan?
A) Shreya Ghosal
B) Shaan
C) Asha Bhosle
D) Arijit Singh
The first ‘Bastariya’ battalion has been commissioned into service to curb
Naxalism. The battalion created with 543 tribal youth comes under?
A) CISF
B) BSF
C) SSB
D) CRPF
Which institute has set up first of its kind Centre for Energy Regulation (CER) in India?
A) IIT Kanpur
B) IIT Roorkee
C) IIT Chennai
D) IIT Guwahati
S. D. Moorthy has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to?
A) South Sudan
B) Kenya
C) Uganda
D) Ethiopia
What was the theme of ‘International Day of UN Peacekeepers’ celebrated on May 29?
A) Investing in peace around the world B) UN Peacekeepers: 70 Years of Service
and Sacrifice.
C) UN70 and UN Peacekeeping: Past,
Present, and Future
D) Honoring Our Heroes
Indian Army recently concluded its ‘Gandiv Vijay’ exercise in?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Manipur
C) Telangana
D) Rajasthan
Union Cabinet has approved the “Universal Service Obligation Fund [USOF]” supported
scheme to provide mobile services in Left Wing Extremism Areas. What is the total
project cost of the scheme?
A) Rs 7,330 Crore
B) Rs 6,450 Crore
C) Rs 5,250 Crore
D) Rs 8,630 Crore
Which of the following has approved a $220 million loan and an $80 million guarantee
for the India Energy Efficiency Scale-Up Program?
A) Asian Development Bank
B) World Bank
C) New Development Bank
D) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Which of the following has launched a ‘data visualization app’ to provide visual
representation of complex analytics of the education scenario in India?
A) British Council
B) UNICEF
C) HRD Ministry
D) World Bank
Who has been appointed as the part-time official director on the board of BHEL?
A) Sachin Desai
B) Pravin Agrawal
C) Vikas Mishra
D) Amit Bansal
Which state government has launched ‘Nidaan’ software for monitoring of seasonal
and non-communicable diseases?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Haryana
D) Rajasthan
As per United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA), which of the following is not
one of the top three sources for money laundering in UK?
A) Nigeria
B) India
C) Russia
D) Pakistan
Which tennis player won the men’s singles event at the Italian Open?
A) Alexander Zverev
B) Roger Federer
C) Grigor Dimitrov
D) Rafael Nadal
Who have been appointed as independent directors to the board of IDBI Bank?
1. Samaresh Parida 2. N Jambunathan
3. Ninad Karpe 4. S Ravi
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 1 & 4
Vinod Bhatt, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Actor
B) Filmmaker
C) Writer
D) Musician
Which exchange has launched India’s first options contract on copper futures?
A) BSE
B) NCDEX
C) NSE
D) MCX
When was ‘World No Tobacco Day’ observed?
A) May 27
B) May 28
C) May 31
D) May 26
ICRA has predicted India’s GDP growth for Q4 FY 2017-18 at?
A) 7.4%
B) 7.2%
C) 7.6%
D) 7.3%
When was ‘Anti-Terrorism Day’ observed, to commemorate the 27th death anniversary
of former PM Rajiv Gandhi?
A) May 21
B) May 25
C) May 26
D) May 23
Who has won the Formula Junior Racing Series 2018 championship, held in
Coimbatore?
A) Bala Prasath
B) Nirmal Umashankar
C) Rehan Daruvala
D) Ajith Kumar
Who has been conferred with the BRICS Business Forum Leadership Award for
Lifetime Achievement?
A) Madhuri Dixit
B) Sridevi
C) Sharmila Tagore
D) Kajol
Which country has become the first in south-east Asia to eliminate trachoma?
A) Nepal
B) Myanmar
C) Sri Lanka
D) India
Which of the following sports persons have signed agreements with sports
management firm IOS?
1. Dipa Karmakar 2. Manika Batra
3. Mirabai Chanu 4. Heena Sidhu
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 1 & 4
Union Cabinet recently gave its ex-post facto approval to signing of an MoU with
France in the field of?
A) Renewable Energy
B) Tourism
C) Sports
D) Agriculture
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Kishanganga hydro power project in J&K.
What is the capacity of the project?
A) 330 MW
B) 650 MW
C) 100 MW
D) 250 MW
Mahender Singh Kanyal has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to?
A) Ecuador
B) Brazil
C) Guyana
D) Suriname
Bansidhar Panda, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Politician
B) Journalist
C) Scientist
D) Industrialist
Which bank has entered in an MoU with CDSL Commodity Repository (CCRL) for
pledge finance?
A) Bank of Baroda
B) State Bank of India
C) Punjab National Bank
D) Canara Bank
As per NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, Indian economy will achieve a
growth rate of _____ on sustained basis by 2022?
A) 7%
B) 8%
C) 9%
D) 10%
Which space agency has launched Queqiao satellite?
A) JAXA
B) ISRO
C) NASA
D) CNSA
Pradeep Kumar Gupta has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to?
A) Senegal
B) Algeria
C) Mauritiana
D) Libya
Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry CR Chaudhary inaugurated the 4th
Smart Cities India 2018 expo in?
A) Raipur
B) New Delhi
C) Jaipur
D) Bhopal
Who has become the youngest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest?
A) Manisha Khatri
B) Shivangi Pathak
C) Kavita Singh
D) Preeti Sehrawat
When was ‘International Day to End Obstetric Fistula’ observed?
A) May 26
B) May 27
C) May 23
D) May 22
Which city hosted the 5th India-CLMV Business Conclave?
A) Phnom Penh
B) New Delhi
C) Vientiane
D) Naypyidaw
Who has been honoured by John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with Mark
Twain Prize for American Humor?
A) Rebel Wilson
B) Mindy Kaling
C) Julia Louis-Dreyfus
D) Kristen Wig
CCEA has approved waiver of Penal Interest of Rs 250 crore on Government Loans to?
A) Kandla Port Trust
B) Cochin Port Trust
C) Visakhapatnam Port Trust
D) Chennai Port Trust
Who has become the first Sikh to be appointed as a cabinet minister in
Malaysia?
A) Jagmeet Singh
B) Ravinder Bhalla
C) Sant Singh Chatwal
D) Gobind Singh Deo
New Development Bank has announced to launch its Americas Regional Office in?
A) Mexico
B) Canada
C) Brazil
D) South Africa
Which team won the 5th Women’s Asian Champions Trophy, held in Donghae City,
South Korea?
A) India
B) Malaysia
C) South Korea
D) Japan
Which company has announced to acquire Magento for $1.68 billion?
A) Cisco
B) Google
C) Adobe
D) Apple
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has announced to set up a specialised antiNaxal
combat force called the “Black Panther”, in which state?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Jharkhand
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Odisha
Union Cabinet has approved Implementation of a Comprehensive
Telecom Development Plan (CTDP) for NER at a total cost of Rs 3,911 crore, in?
A) Tripura
B) Meghalaya
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Assam
Which state government has launched a scheme to help Scheduled Caste landless
labourers to acquire agricultural land?
A) Jharkhand
B) Punjab
C) Maharashtra
D) Madhya Pradesh
Who led the Indian delegation at the 3rd Mission Innovation Ministerial held in
Malmo, Sweden?
A) Sushma Swaraj
B) Dr. Harsh Vardhan
C) Piyush Goyal
D) Suresh Prabhu
Which city hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation-Regional Anti Terrorist
Structure (SCO-RATS) meeting?
A) Astana
B) Islamabad
C) Beijing
D) New Delhi
What is the 2018 theme of ‘International Day for Biological Diversity’ observed on
May 22nd?
A) Biodiversity for Sustainable Development
B) Celebrating 25 Years of Action for
Biodiversity
C) Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Sustaining
People and their Livelihoods
D) Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism Which bank has launched Digital Loans
against Mutual Funds (LAMF)?
A) ICICI Bank
B) Axis Bank
C) IndusInd Bank
D) HDFC Bank
Which South African player recently announced his retirement from the
international cricket?
A) Faf du Plessis
B) Hashim Amla
C) Stephen Cook
D) AB de Villiers
Environment Ministry has given its
clearance for increasing production of bank
note paper at Bank Note Paper Mill India
(BNPM), Mysuru from 12,000 tonnes to?
A) 14,000 TPA
B) 18,000 TPA
C) 20,000 TPA
D) 16,000 TPA
13th India-Nepal Joint Military Exercise ‘Surya Kiran’ is being conducted in which
state?
A) Sikkim
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Rajasthan
D) Uttarakhand
Union Cabinet has approved the signing of an MoU on trade in poppy seeds, with?
A) Myanmar
B) Bangladesh
C) Turkey
D) Saudi Arabia
Who has sworn-in as the president of Venezuela?
A) Nicolas Maduro
B) Antonio Ledezma
C) Leopoldo López
D) Henrique Capriles
Which country has submitted its instrument of accession to Chemical Weapons
Convention to European Union (EU)?
A) South Sudan
B) Egypt
C) Palestine
D) Israel
Who inaugurated a workshop on “Ganga and its Biodiversity: Developing a roadmap
for habitat and Species Conservation” in New Delhi?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Nitin Gadkari
C) Yogi Adityanath
D) Trivendra Singh Rawat
Union Cabinet recently approved signing of an MoU in the field of Food Safety, with?
A) Norway
B) Denmark
C) Iceland
D) Sweden
Who has won gold medal in the Women’s 50m Rifle Prone event at the Munich Grand
Prix?
A) Tejaswini Sawant
B) Saniya Shaikh
C) Heena Sidhu
D) Avneet Sidhu
Which company has signed a statement of intent (SoI) with NITI Aayog for robotics and
AI?
A) Schneider Electric
B) General Electric
C) Siemens
D) ABB India
Union Cabinet has approved the signing of an MoU in the field of Personnel
Management and Public Administration, with?
A) South Africa
B) Canada
C) New Zealand
D) Singapore
Who has been roped in by NITI Aayog to promote BHIM app and women
entrepreneurship platform (WEP)?
A) Sushant Singh Rajput
B) Siddharth Malhotra
C) Varun Dhawan
D) Ayushmann Khurana
Which Indian shooter won the gold medal in the women’s 10m air pistol at the
International Shooting Competitions of Hannover (ISCH)?
A) P Shri Nivetha
B) Heena Sidhu
C) Seema Tomar
D) Anisa Sayyed
Where have the scientists discovered a 4,000 year old human cremation site?
A) Russia
B) England
C) Germany
D) India
World Health Organization (WHO) has published the first Essential Diagnostics
List, which contains ______ tests?
A) 134
B) 121
C) 109
D) 113
As per International Institute for Management Development (IMD), what is
India’s rank out of 63 countries in terms of competitiveness?
A) 26
B) 37
C) 53
D) 44
Which institute has won the Clarivate Analytics India Innovation Award 2018 in
the Academic Institutions category?
A) IIT Kharagpur
B) IIT Bombay
C) IISc Bangalore
D) IIT Delhi
As per Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), how many LED bulbs have been
distributed under the UJALA scheme?
A) 20 crore
B) 30 crore
C) 60 crore
D) 50 crore
Who has been awarded the Man Booker International Prize for 2018, for her book
titled ‘Flights’?
A) Antonio Munoz Molina
B) Laszlo Krasznahorkai
C) Olga Tokarczuk
D) Han Kang
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently received the all-women crew of
INSV Tarini, who returned after circumnavigating around the globe, at?
A) Kochi
B) Vishakhapatnam
C) Mumbai
D) Panaji
Which state’s Chief Minister has announced to launch ‘Chatra Parivahan Suraksha
Yojana’, for the safety of girl students ?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Odisha
C) Haryana
D) Bihar
Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of Airtel Payments Bank?
A) Anubrata Biswas
B) Mayank Verma
C) Dilip Pathak
D) Ritesh Patel
As per Telangana government, works on rejuvenation of how many tanks have been
completed under Mission Kakatiya programme?
A) 27,000
B) 18,000
C) 9,000
D) 36,000
Who has been announced as the winner of European Golden Shoe?
A) Lionel Messi
B) Mohammad Salah
C) Cristiano Ronaldo
D) Neymar
Which city hosted the first informal Summit between India and Russia?
A) Hyderabad
B) St. Petersburg
C) India
D) Sochi
Arunachal Pradesh’s first commercial flight recently landed at which airport?
A) Pasighat airport
B) Ziro airport
C) Itanagar airport
D) Tuting airport
As per the study ‘Global Burden of Disease’ by The Lancet, what is India’s rank among
195 countries in terms of quality and accessibility of healthcare?
A) 145
B) 158
C) 136
D) 121
Which city hosted the 26th BASIC Ministerial Meeting of Environment
Ministers?
A) Brasilia
B) New Delhi
C) Durban
D) Beijing
Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance to set up the India’s first National Sports
University in?
A) Meghalaya
B) Tripura
C) Manipur
D) Assam
Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Musician
B) Writer
C) Actor
D) Politician
Where have the scientists found a 400 million-year-old fossil of marine animal,
called ‘Cystoidea or cystoids’?
A) US
B) Australia
C) China
D) India
Which country is going to conduct a joint operation with India to control wildlife
poaching and trafficking of animal parts?
A) Nepal
B) Sri Lanka
C) Bangladesh
D) Bhutan
When was Commonwealth Day observed on the theme ‘Towards a Common Future’?
A) May 22
B) May 27
C) May 23
D) May 24
Government has finalized a new methodology for rationalization of ______
linkages for independent power producers (IPP)?
A) Natural Gas
B) Oil
C) Coal
D) Biomass
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