India has launched its biggest city gas distribution licensing round offering how many permits?
A) 128
B) 64
C) 86
D) 105
As per IMF, Indian economy will be the fastest growing in 2018 with a growth rate of?
A) 7.5%
B) 7.2%
C) 7.3%
D) 7.4%
Researchers from which institute have identified a key peptide that can be used to develop a new
preventive vaccine against leptospirosis?
A) International Centre For Genetic Engineering And
Biotechnology, New Delhi
B) Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre,
Gandhinagar
C) National Institute of Immunology, Delhi
D) Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad
Which country will host the 15th Asia Media Summit,
on the theme ‘Telling Our Stories Asia and More’?
A) Myanmar
B) Philippines
C) Vietnam
D) India
Idris Hassan Latif, who recently passed away, was
the former Chief of?
A) IB
B) CBI
C) IAF
D) Army
Which of the following organisations is going to help
NITI Aayog in fraud detection and prevention in
Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection
Mission (AB-NHPM)?
A) Asian Development Bank
B) World Bank
C) New Development Bank
D) International Monetary Fund
Which Indian American has received a grant of USD 1.6 million from the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) to examine a kidney cell that could prevent
damage from inflammation caused by obesity?
A) Nilesh Swami
B) Avinash Roy
C) Inderjit Khulbe
D) Tahir Hussain
National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC) has signed an MoU with Ministry of MSME for the
year 2018-19. NSIC projects to increase its total
business in this fiscal to?
A) Rs 14,000 crore
B) Rs 36,000 crore
C) Rs 27,000 crore
D) Rs 48,000 crore
Which state in US has surpassed UK to become the world’s fifth largest economy?
A) Texas
B) New York
C) California
D) Florida
What is India’s rank in Asia-Pacific on Power Index, released by The Lowy Institute?
A) 3rd
B) 9th
C) 4th
D) 7th
When was ‘World Athletics Day’ celebrated?
A) May 11
B) May 9
C) May 5
D) May 7
Researchers from which institute have found that Western Ghats contribute as much as 40% of
moisture to the southwest monsoon rainfall over
Tamil Nadu?
A) IIT Madras
B) IISc Bangalore
C) IIT Bombay
D) IIT Kharagpur
Nikol Pashinian has been elected as the Prime Minister of?
A) Algeria
B) Slovenia
C) Romania
D) Armenia
Dr Nirmal Hirawat, who recently passed away, was a
former INC minister from?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Madhya Pradesh
CBDT has notified the amendments of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) signed by
India with which country?
A) Saudi Arabia
B) Oman
C) Kuwait
D) Qatar
What is Indian PM Narendra Modi’s rank on the World’s Most Powerful People, released by Forbes?
A) 7th
B) 2nd
C) 5th
D) 9th
President Ram Nath Kovind has approved which state/UT government’s bill to amend the Minimum
Wages Act under which employers violating labour rules, will face fine ranging from Rupees 20,000-
50,000?
A) Puducherry
B) Bihar
C) Kerala
D) Delhi
When was ‘International No Diet Day’ observed?
A) May 6
B) May 7
C) May 8
D) May 9
Which country’s Press Council has rejected the World Press Freedom Index, released recently by
Reporters Without Borders (RWB)?
A) India
B) US
C) China
D) Russia
Who inaugurated the ‘Cochlear Implant Awareness Programme’ titled ‘Swar Swagtam’, in Faridabad?
A) JP Nadda
B) Viren Kumar Roy
C) Anupriya Patel
D) Krishan Pal Gurjar
Which company has acquired the start-up SpaceTime Insight to expand its IoT portfolio?
A) Nokia
B) Lenovo
C) Apple
D) Samsung
Who has been appointed as the chief innovation officer of Panasonic India?
A) Parveen Sharma
B) Nirav Kumar
C) Manish Misra
D) Sanjay Joshi
Which state government has announced to provide Rs 3 subsidy for every litre of milk to the cooperative
and private producers to manufacture milk powder?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarat
D) Punjab
Pochishe Boishakh’ or Rabindra Jayanti was recently celebrated on?
A) May 9
B) May 10
C) May 8
D) May 11
When was ‘Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second
World War’ observed?
A) May 7-8
B) May 9-10
C) May 8-9
D) May 10-11
Which state government has launched India’s first Integrated Control and Command Centre (ICCC) for
all seven smart cities of the state?
A) Telangana
B) Gujarat
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Kerala
What is the name of the IoT platform for developers launched by Google recently?
A) Android Create
B) Android Develop
C) Android Things
D) Android Learn
Which city will host the 2018 World Robot
Conference?
A) Beijing
B) Seoul
C) Singapore
D) Gurugram
MoWCD has approved setting up of how many additional ‘One Stop Centres’ for women across 9
states?
A) 250
B) 150
C) 500
D) 100
Who has been chosen to receive the V K Krishna Menon Award in recognition of his contribution to
the Indian diaspora?
A) Sharat Chander
B) Mahendra Chaudhry
C) Narayan Singh
D) Parveen Kumar
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) celebrated its 58th raising day on?
A) May 7
B) May 9
C) May 10
D) May 12
What is the name of the mineral recently found by scientists, which could point to the abundant hidden
reserves of water ice under the surface of the
Moon?
A) Kuiper
B) Mafalda
C) Iggiteor
D) Moganite
Who was honoured with the ‘Legend of Animation’ award at the 19th edition of TOONZ Animation
Masters Summit, held in Thiruvananthapuram?
A) P K Gandhi
B) V G Samant
C) R S Doshi
D) M L Chander
Central government has constituted an Advisory Council to advise the 15th Finance Commission on
matters related to its Terms of Reference. The Council constitutes how many members?
A) 10
B) 6
C) 8
D) 4
When was World Cartoonist’s Day observed?
A) May 8
B) May 5
C) May 6
D) May 7
Who has been re-appointed as the Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament?
A) Kapil Sibal
B) Mallikarjun Kharge
C) P. Chidambaram
D) Ghulam Nabi Azad
Which tennis player has been included in Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) by the SAI?
A) Tara Iyer
B) Rushmi Chakravarthi
C) Isha Lakhani
D) Ankita Raina
When was ‘World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day’ observed?
A) May 10
B) May 12
C) May 7
D) May 8
MeitY has launched ‘Digital India Internship Scheme’ portal. Under the scheme, interns will be given a per
month remuneration of?
A) Rs 20,000
B) Rs 10,000
C) Rs 25,000
D) Rs 5,000
Which Indian squash player won the Abu Dhabi Open?
A) Ramit Tandon
B) Saurav Ghosal
C) Cyrus Poncha
D) Harinder Pal Sandhu
Who inaugurated the ‘First Apex Conference for the CEOs of Smart Cities’ in Bhopal?
A) Hardeep Singh Puri
B) Venkaiah Naidu
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Ravi Shankar Prasad
Who has been appointed as the captain for Australia’s ODI team?
A) Tim Paine
B) D’Arcy Short
C) Aaron Finch
D) Alex Carey
Whose term has been extended by one year as the Cabinet Secretary of India?
A) Arvind Kumar Sharma
B) Sanjeev Kumar Singla
C) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
D) Vijay Kumar Mantri
Star Khel Mahakumbh’ was recently launched in which state?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Odisha
C) Rajasthan
D) Tamilnadu
Arun Date, who recently passed away, was a famous?
A) Poltician
B) Singer
C) Filmmaker
D) Diplomat
How much amount of securities, with maturities
ranging from 2020 to 2033 , has the RBI announced
to buy?
A) $3 billion
B) $1.5 billion
C) $2.5 billion
D) $2 billion
Scientists at which institute have developed a new laparascope-assisted insemination technique for
sheep?
A) ICAR-CSWRI, Avikanagar
B) ICAR-NIANP, Bengaluru
C) ICAR-NBAGR, Karnal
D) ICAR-CCARI, Goa
Which country has announced to withdraw from the Iran Nuclear deal?
A) US
B) China
C) France
D) Britain
Which Indian shuttler has climbed into the top-10 of BWF latest rankings?
A) B Sai Praneeth
B) Ashwini Ponappa
C) Saina Nehwal
D) Ajay Jayaram
Carlos Alvarado has sworn-in as the President of?
A) Brazil
B) Peru
C) Costa Rica
D) Cuba
Which cab aggregator has signed an agreement with NASA to launch autonomously flying electric taxis?
A) Lyft
B) Uber
C) Didi
D) Ola
Which country has agreed with India to support each other’s candidature for the non-permanent
membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)?
A) El Salvador
B) Guatemala
C) Mexico
D) Venezuela
Which Indian pair won the silver medal in the 10m air rifle event at Grand Prix of Liberation
international shooting competition in Plzen, Czech Republic?
A) Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu
B) Ravi Kumar and Mehuli Ghosh
C) Gagan Narang and Pooja Ghatkar
D) Ankur Mittal and Shreyasi Singh
The bi-annual Naval Commanders Conference was recently held in?
A) Vishakhapatnam
B) Mumbai
C) Kochi
D) New Delhi
Who has been conferred the ‘Excellent Woman of Excellence’ award for her spiritual services, at the
Annual Women Economic Forum 2018 Awards?
A) Nisha Bhalla
B) Ritu Barman
C) Veena Shah
D) Shreya Dwivedi
India has agreed to cooperate with which country on exchange of information to tackle smuggling of
drugs?
A) Myanmar
B) Nepal
C) Bangladesh
D) Sri Lanka
Which Indian company has been granted power generation licence for the Arun-3 Hydropower
Project by Investment Board Nepal (IBN)?
A) PTC India
B) Neyveli
C) SJVN
D) NTPC
Who won the Miss Koovagam pageant, held in Villupuram, Tamil Nadu?
A) Mobina
B) Subashree
C) Preethi
D) Kavitha
Which Centre under ISRO has developed an indigenous navigation satellites atomic clock?
A) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
B) Space Applications Centre (SAC)
C) National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC)
D) Antrix Corporation Limited
How much amount of budget has been approved for 2018-19 by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB)?
A) Rs 4,836 crore
B) Rs 2,272 crore
C) Rs 5,137 crore
D) Rs 6,048 crore
71st annual Cannes Film Festival recently opened in Cannes, France. Who is the jury president on the
panel this year?
A) Cate Blanchett
B) Sandra Bullock
C) Naomi Watts
D) Nicole Kidman
Who has been approved by Russia’s house of parliament as the prime minister?
A) Dmitry Medvedev
B) Mikhail Prokhorov
C) Alexei Navalny
D) Sergei Lavrov
TRAI has released the draft of Telecommunication Interconnection Regulation. It has set the time-frame
for provisioning of ports for initial interconnection and augmentation at?
A) 35 working days
B) 21 working days
C) 42 working days
D) 56 working days
How many gold medals did India win at the 3rd South Asian Junior Athletics Championships (SAJAC),
held in Colombo?
A) 25
B) 20
C) 15
D) 10
Walmart has signed a deal to acquire 77% stake in Flipkart, worth?
A) $7 billion
B) $16 billion
C) $24 billion
D) $33 billion
Which country has withdrawn its bid for a UN Security Council seat in 2019 and 2020?
A) Iran
B) US
C) Russia
D) Israel
Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission has approved animal-free tests for drug manufacturers. Which test
has been replaced by the IPC, with a bacterial endotoxin test or a monocyte activation test?
A) Pyrogen test
B) Dysplasia test
C) Mastocytosis test
D) Alpers test
As per the data released by RBI, the growth in bank deposit fell to a five-decade low in 2017-18, to?
A) 6.7%
B) 7.5%
C) 3..3%
D) 5.4%
B. N. Vijay Kumar, who recently passed away, was a BJP MLA from?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Jharkhand
C) Assam
D) Karnataka
Which company has signed a statement of intent (SoI) with NITI Aayog to train Indian startups
specialising in AI-based technology?
A) Google
B) Microsoft
C) Facebook
D) Apple
Which city hosted the International Children’s Theatre Festival, on the theme “Safe Drive Save Life,
Save Kids’ Life”?
A) Hyderabad
B) Mumbai
C) New Delhi
D) Kolkata
Which state’s Chief Minister has launched ‘NCBN’ app, to provide citizens a platform to interact with
the government?
A) Rajasthan
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Karnataka
D) Andhra Pradesh
3rd edition of the United Nations Peacekeeping Course for African Partners (UNPCAP) was recently
held in which city?
A) New Delhi
B) Johannesburg
C) Brussels
D) Washington DC
Which city has been announced to host the 2019 Climate Summit by UN Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres, to review the Paris Agreement commitments?
A) Kuala Lumpur
B) New York
C) Paris
D) New Delhi
What is India’s rank as per the Business Optimism Index, released by Grant Thornton?
A) 12th
B) 6th
C) 9th
D) 2nd
Which country has launched a hyperspectral imaging satellite ‘Gaofen-5’, as part of the country’s highresolution
Earth observation project?
A) Germany
B) China
C) India
D) Japan
How much amount of loan agreement has the Government signed with World Bank for National
Nutrition Mission POSHAN Abhiyaan?
A) $500 million
B) $300 million
C) $200 million
D) $100 million
A new species of snake, named ‘Uropeltis bhupathyi’, has been found in?
A) Samanar Hills
B) Keelavalavu Hills
C) Pothigai Hills
D) Anaikatty Hills
Who has been appointed as the country head for Google Cloud India?
A) Deepak Singh
B) Nitin Bawankule
C) Vineet Dutta
D) Ayush Thakkar
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has announced that LPG penetration in Odisha has
reached?
A) 48.5%
B) 66.12%
C) 58.55%
D) 83.74%
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