‘Gaj Yatra’ has been rolled out from Tura town in which state?
A) Tamilnadu
B) Assam
C) Meghalaya
D) Kerala
Patanjali Ayurved has announced to launch ‘Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM card’ in association with?
A) MTNL
B) Airtel
C) BSNL
D) Vodafone
Which of the following has been named the state animal of Andhra Pradesh?
A) Iguana
B) Black buck
C) Goat
D) Baboon
2nd SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group Meeting was held in?
A) Beijing
B) St Petersburg
C) Astana
D) New Delhi
Who has won the ‘best caricature’ award at the 13th edition of the World Press Cartoon awards?
A) Anand Mittal
B) Dinesh Rao
C) Thomas Antony
D) Vijay Mishra
Kameshwar Paswan, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Artist
B) Politician
C) Botanist
D) Journalist
How much amount of loan has Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced to provide for a project to
improve irrigation in Madhya Pradesh?
A) USD 375 million
B) USD 425 million
C) USD 150 million
D) USD 200 million
Which of the following is the Master Chief Special Warfare Operator (Sea, Air, and Land), who was
awarded the Medal of Honor by US President Donald Trump?
A) Paul Biden
B) Marco Franken
C) Britt Slabinski
D) Rick Scott
Pandurang Phundkar, who recently passed away, was Maharashtra state’s minister of?
A) Law
B) Agriculture
C) IT
D) Finance
Rajnath Singh chaired the 13th standing committee meeting of the Inter-State Council (ISC). The
committee completed deliberations on which of the following commissions?
A) BN Srikrishna Commission
B) Punchhi Commission
C) Saraswat Commission
D) Khanduri Commission
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has partnered with which company to send extreme weather
warnings to people?
A) Airtel
B) Vodafone
C) Idea
D) BSNL
Who inaugurated the new test facilities installed at the International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) at Manesar, Haryana?
A) Suresh Prabhu
B) Piyush Goyal
C) Anant Geete
D) Nitin Gadkari
Navies of India, US and Japan are going to begin the trilateral Malabar Exercise in?
A) Philippine Sea
B) South China Sea
C) Arabian Sea
D) Sea of Japan
Who has been won the International Cricketer of the Year Award at the CEAT Cricket Ratings?
A) Shikhar Dhawan
B) Trent Boult
C) Virat Kohli
D) Chris Gayle
Which state cabinet has approved an ordinance to make provision for grant of salary and allowances of
chief whip?
A) Bihar
B) Punjab
C) Haryana
D) Rajasthan
Which of the following app and portal has been launched by Minister of State (I/C) for Power RK Singh,
to bring transparency in power purchase transactions between Generators and Discoms?
A) PRAAPTI
B) SHAKTI
C) DRISHTI
D) SULABH
Which of the following has been appointed as the nodal agency for setting up 2,500 MW of inter-state
transmission system-connected (ISTS) power projects?
A) SECI
B) Power Grid
C) NTPC
D) NHPC
Which Chief Minister has launched the campaign ‘Polythene Hatao Paryavaran Bachao’?
A) Devendra Fadnavis
B) Jai Ram Thakur
C) Raman Singh
D) Sarbanand Sonowal
Which union ministry has signed an MoU with Uttar Pradesh government for management of Homes for
Widows?
A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
B) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
C) Ministry of Women and Child Development
D) Ministry of Culture
Ibrahima Kassory Fofana has sworn-in as the Prime Minister of?
A) Guinea
B) Indonesia
C) Morocco
D) Egypt
Which state’s Chief Minister has launched an educational resource portal ‘Samagra’?
A) Assam
B) Telangana
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Kerala
Which company has surpassed Alphabet in market value to become the third most valuable company in
the world?
A) Microsoft
B) Facebook
C) IBM
D) Intel
Bihar Cabinet has approved to set up a Fisheries College at?
A) Saharsa
B) Kishanganj
C) Bhojpur
D) Gopalganj
Which country has inaugurated part of $40 billion European gas pipeline?
A) Georgia
B) Turkey
C) Mongolia
D) Azerbaijan
Who has been given additional charge of DRDO?
A) Sanjay Mitra
B) Ajay Kumar
C) Navin Verma
D) Parameswaran Iyer
Which state has launched a mobile app for ration card holders, named ePDS?
A) Gujarat
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Punjab
D) Himachal Pradesh
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DoNER minister Dr Jitendra Singh has announced to set up a Rs 28 crore Brahmaputra Study Centre at
which university?
A) Gauhati University
B) Tripura University
C) Dibrugarh University
D) Tezpur University
Urmila Singh, who recently passed away, was the former governor of?
A) Punjab
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Gujarat
D) Madhya Pradesh
Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved the procurement of equipment valued at over?
A) Rs 3,500 crore
B) Rs 5,100 crore
C) Rs 4,300 crore
D) Rs 6,900 crore
Who has been appointed as Director on the Boards of Max Financial Services and Max Life Insurance?
A) Sahil Vachani
B) Arpan Verma
C) Neeraj Mishra
D) Vishal Dhasmana
Which company has partnered with National
Commission for Women (NCW) to launch a digital literacy programme?
A) Microsoft
B) Google
C) Facebook
D) PayTm
Which city hosted the first edition of the Global Wind Summit?
A) Amsterdam
B) Gandhinagar
C) Copenhagen
D) Hamburg
Which city will host the main event of International Yoga Day celebrations on June 21?
A) Patna
B) Dehradun
C) Bhopal
D) Jaipur
IFFCO and Indian Potash Ltd (IPL) have acquired 37% stake in JPMC. It is the largest mining and chemical
firm in?
A) Jordan
B) Bangladesh
C) Nepal
D) Russia
Which bank has been honoured with the Champion Security Award, in the India and South Asia category,
at the 14th Visa Asia Pacific Security Summit?
A) State Bank of India
B) HDFC Bank
C) Axis Bank
D) ICICI Bank
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered which element to be the fourth single
element to have magnetic properties at room temperature?
A) Oganesson
B) Astatine
C) Meitnerium
D) Ruthenium
Who have been presented the ‘Santokbaa Humanitarian Award’ by President Ramnath Kovind?
1. Kailash Satyarthi 2. A S Kiran Kumar
3. MS Swaminathan 4. Arvind Subramanian
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 1 & 4
Who has become the first Indian to win the Linnean Medal in Botany, by Linnean Society of London?
A) Arun Srivastava
B) Kamaljit Bawa
C) Yudhvir Dubey
D) Suresh Panda
Tourism ministry has issued revised safety and quality guidelines for ‘adventure tourism’ in India. The
guidelines have been formulated in consultation with?
A) Adventure Tour Operators Association of India
B) Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism &
Hospitality
C) Indian Association of Tour Operators
D) Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India
Moody’s Investors Service has reduced India’s growth forecast for 2018 from 7.5% to?
A) 7.4%
B) 7.2%
C) 7.1%
D) 7.3%
Which company has acquired US-based firm Wongdoody for $75 million?
A) Wipro
B) HCL
C) TCS
D) Infosys
Which country hosted the 108th meeting of the Executive Council of the UN World Tourism
Organization (UNWTO)?
A) France
B) India
C) Spain
D) Russia
Scientists have identified the fossil of world’s oldest lizard, named ‘Megachirella wachtleri’. It was found
in?
A) Germany
B) India
C) Italy
D) China
India is organising an international conference to revive WTO discussions on linking Trade Related
Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), in which city?
A) New York
B) Geneva
C) Kathmandu
D) New Delhi
Who has been included in the list of world’s 30 best CEOs by Barron’s?
A) Uday Kotak
B) Dinesh Paliwal
C) Gopal Rai
D) Aditya Puri
When was ‘Global Day of Parents’ observed?
A) June 2
B) June 4
C) June 1
D) June 3
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognised which Indian airport as the world’s first
fully solar energy-powered airport?
A) Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL)
B) GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL)
C) Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL)
D) Bengaluru International Airport Ltd (BIAL)
Who has been appointed the President of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)?
A) Pramod Chaudhary
B) R K Agrawal
C) Ravi Verma
D) Ajit Kumar
Who inaugurated the first biannual IAF Commanders’ Conference of 2018 at Air Headquarters (Vayu
Bhawan), New Delhi?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) M Venkiah Naidu
C) Nirmala Sitharaman
D) BS Dhanoa
Who is the author of book ‘Straight Talk’, recently released by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu?
A) Abhishek Manu Singhvi
B) Arun Jaitley
C) Kapil Sibbal
D) Salman Khurshid
When was ‘International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression’ observed?
A) June 4
B) June 3
C) June 2
D) June 1
Who has taken over as General Officer Commandingin-Chief of the Northern Command?
A) Lt Gen Vijay Singh
B) Lt Gen Mahesh Chand
C) Lt Gen Sukhbir Singh
D) Lt Gen Ranbir Singh
What was the 2018 theme of ‘World No Tobacco Day’ observed on May 31?
A) Get ready for plain packaging
B) Tobacco and heart disease
C) Stop illicit trade of tobacco products
D) Tobacco – a threat to development
How much amount of loan agreement has the World Bank signed for PMGSY rural road projects?
A) $300 million
B) $500 million
C) $250 million
D) $750 million
Who launched ‘The Pankha’ exhibition, curated by J D Centre for Arts and Tribes India, in New Delhi?
A) Thawar Chand Gehlot
B) M Venkaiah Naidu
C) Narendra Singh Tomar
D) Jual Oram
As per data from Central Statistics Office, India’s GDP growth in Q4 2017-18 was at?
A) 7.4%
B) 7.6%
C) 7.5%
D) 7.7%
Which of the following has launched a Next Generation e-Ticketing (NGeT) system?
A) Indian Railways
B) HOHO Bus Service
C) Air India
D) FASTag
Scientists at which university have 3D printed human corneas for the first time?
A) Tsinghua University
B) National University of Singapore
C) Cambridge University
D) Newcastle University
Which city hosted the workshop “Mission Raftaar”, conducted by Ministry of Railways, aimed at raising
the average speed of freight and coaching trains?
A) Ahmedabad
B) Kolkata
C) New Delhi
D) Chennai
When was ‘World Milk Day’ observed on the 2018 theme “Drink Move Be Strong”?
A) June 4
B) June 3
C) June 2
D) June 1
Which of the following companies have signed a MoU with Maharashtra government for deployment of
1000 Electric Vehicles (EV)?
1. Hyundai 2. Maruti Suzuki
3. Tata Motors 4. Mahindra & Mahindra
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 1 & 4
Director General of Military Training Ranbir Singh flagged off a joint Indo-Bangladesh Army Trekking
Expedition to?
A) Mt Nanda Devi
B) Mt Trisul
C) Mt Kamet
D) Mt Namcha Barwa
Who has been promoted by Uber to the position of Regional General Manager for Asia Pacific region?
A) Rahul Vaishnav
B) Lalit Yadav
C) Vineet Chandhok
D) Amit Jain
Kh.Kalambia Chanu has been granted Rs 5 lakh from the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare
Fund for Sportspersons by the Sports minster Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. She is associated with
which sport?
A) Boxing
B) Fencing
C) Shooting
D) Weightlifting
Who has been appointed as the Deputy National Security Advisor?
A) Prabhat Jha
B) Anil Sinha
C) Pankaj Saran
D) Sandeep Tripathi
Which state government has submitted a report of the Rs 189 crore Devika river rejuvenation project to the
Centre for approval?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Jammu & Kashmir
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Himachal Pradesh
Which co-operative bank has been allowed by RBI to continue its services with restrictions for three more
months?
A) Delhi Nagrik Sehkari Bank
B) Janta Co-Operative Bank
C) Central Co-Operative Bank
D) Rupee Co-Operative Bank
Which state government has launched ‘Reuse of Treated Waste Water Policy’ to reduce dependence on
fresh water sources?
A) Odisha
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Maharashtra
D) Gujarat
Who has been appointed as the Ambassador of Pakistan to US?
A) Ashraf Qazi
B) Ali Jahangir Siddiqui
C) Shahryar Khan
D) Masood Khan
India has provided which country Rs 33 crore for construction of a Postal Highway?
A) Nepal
B) Bangladesh
C) Bhutan
D) Myanmar
Who has been appointed as an additional independent director on the ICICI Bank’s board?
A) MD Mallya
B) Alok Sudan
C) George Eapen
D) Girish Mohapatra
When was the first official ‘World Bicycle Day’ celebrated?
A) June 4
B) June 1
C) June 2
D) June 3
Which country has banned goods from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt?
A) Oman
B) Qatar
C) Israel
D) Kuwait
Which Indian discus thrower has announced his retirement from the sport?
A) Shakti Singh
B) Ranjith Kumar
C) Vikas Gowda
D) Anil Kumar
How much amount of loan has the World Bank announced to provide for strengthening the public
financial management in Rajasthan?
A) $43.4 million
B) $11.5 million
C) $21.7 million
D) $39.8 million
Alicia Pucheta has become the first woman president of which country?
A) Colombia
B) Peru
C) Chile
D) Paraguay
Facebook has announced to launch WhatsApp Pay in India. It has partnered with how many banks for its
Payments service?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8
Who has been honoured with the ‘most inspiring icon of the year for Social Welfare” award by the
Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF)?
A) MS Dhoni
B) Yuvraj Singh
C) Virat Kohli
D) R Ashwin
Who has been elected the president of Indian Journalists Union (IJU)?
A) K. Sreenivas Reddy
B) K. Amarnath
C) Amar Devulapalli
D) S. N. Sinha
Who has been appointed the first ever chief financial officer (CFO) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
A) Veena Saundarajan
B) Asha Gupta
C) Sudha Balakrishnan
D) Aruna Panda
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