Who has been appointed as an ’eminent jurist’ in the selection committee for appointment of the Lokpal?
A) Ranjit Kumar
B) KK Venugopal
C) Harish Salve
D) Mukul Rohatgi
Who was presented ‘Young Scientist Award – 2017’ by President Ram Nath Kovind at the National Geoscience Award 2017, instituted by Ministry of Mines?
A) Dr. Aditya Mohan Jha
B) Dr. Shib Sankar Ganguli
C) Dr. Ravi Sidhharth Mishra
D) Dr. Sachin Ranjan Raut
Which satellite of NASA has captured the first global picture of the small frozen particles inside clouds?
A) IceCube
B) CloudSat
C) CloudCube
D) IceSat
India has sent the second relief consignment of 373- tonne for Rohingya Muslims to which country?
A) Thailand
B) Nepal
C) Sri Lanka
D) Bangladesh
Which of the following has launched ‘My Payments’ feature for automatic recurring payments?
A) Mobikwik
B) Oxigen
C) Airtel Money
D) Paytm
Which campaign has been launched by World Health Organization to eliminate artificial trans fats from the global food supply by 2023?
A) REPLACE
B) WELLNESS
C) PROTECT
D) CHANGE
Who has been honored with the Nikkei Asia Prize in Japan, for his contribution to Asia’s development?
A) Baba Ramdev
B) E. Sreedharan
C) Dr Bindeshwar Pathak
D) M. S. Swaminathan
Union Cabinet has approved the signing and ratification of agreement for exchange of
information and assistance in collection of taxes, with?
A) Brunei Darussalam
B) Singapore
C) Fiji Islands
D) Madagascar
Who flagged off the new weekly Antyodaya Express to run between Darbhanga in Bihar and Jalandhar in Punjab?
A) Piyush Goyal
B) Suresh Prabhu
C) Manoj Sinha
D) Dharmendra Pradhan
Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation (NIMHR) at?
A) Gandhinagar
B) Lucknow
C) Bhopal
D) Nagpur
Balkavi Bairagi, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Painter
B) Environmentalist
C) Poet
D) Musician
Which NGO along with Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), is helping villages in Assam to develop a rural tourism model?
A) Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
B) Environics Trust
C) Root Bridge Foundation
D) Satpuda Foundation
As per a report by Centre for Development Studies, which state is experiencing an advanced
demographic transition?
A) Bihar
B) Maharashtra
C) Kerala
D) Gujarat
Which ministry organized a meeting of stakeholders to take feedback on capacity building and schilling scheme ‘Samarth’?
A) Skill Development
B) Coal
C) Agriculture
D) Textiles
Which F1 driver won the Spanish Grand Prix?
A) Lewis Hamilton
B) Max Verstappen
C) Valtteri Bottas
D) Sebastian Vettel
Union Cabinet has given its in-principle approval for establishing a “Central University of Andhra
Pradesh” at?
A) Nagasamudram Village
B) Janthaluru Village
C) Rebbenpalle Village
D) Tallapet Village
Who won ‘Scientist of the Year Award – 2017’ at the DRDO awards, presented by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, held in New Delhi?
A) VK Saraswat
B) S Pazhanikumar
C) Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre
D) YST Raju
Union Cabinet has approved signing an MoU in the field of electoral management and administration, with?
A) Guyana
B) Suriname
C) Ecuador
D) Nicaragua
Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has inaugurated the Uttarakhand’s first City Gas
Distribution (CGD) network at?
A) Rudrapur
B) Haldwani
C) Kathgodam
D) Ramnagar
11th World Agri Tourism Day was recently celebrated on the theme “Development and
Doubling the Farmers Income Through Agri Tourism”, on?
A) May 18
B) May 15
C) May 16
D) May 17
Who has been named as France’s player of the year?
A) Thiago Silva
B) Raúl Albiol
C) André-Frank Zambo
D) Neymar
NALCO has signed an MoU with Ministry of Mines, for 2018-19, setting a target of generating revenues of?
A) Rs 9,350 crore
B) Rs 5,790 crore
C) Rs 6,540 crore
D) Rs 8,210 crore
Union Cabinet has approved an extension of Delhi Metro corridor from Noida City Centre to Sector-62, Noida, at a cost of?
A) Rs 3,849 crore
B) Rs 2,462 crore
C) Rs 731 crore
D) Rs 1,967 crore
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has issued
National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy. By 2022, India has
targeted wind power capacity of?
A) 60 GW
B) 75 GW
C) 50 GW
D) 100 GW
When was ‘International Day of Light’ observed?
A) May 15
B) May 16
C) May 18
D) May 17
MoRTH minister Nitin Gadkari recently inaugurated two highways NH-7 and NH-54, in?
A) Varanasi
B) Nagpur
C) Jaipur
D) Bathinda
Who has been honoured with the ‘Shri Jayadev Rastriya Yuva Pratibha Puraskar 2018’?
A) Anindita Anaam
B) Namrata Pandey
C) Bhumika Patel
D) Shrishti Sharma
Union Cabinet has approved a new mechanism for resolution of commercial disputes of CPSEs and nother government departments/organisations, to replace?
A) Permanent Machinery of Arbitration (PMA)
B) Mediation and Arbitration Mechanism (MAM)
C) Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR)
D) Conflict Resolution Mechanism (CRM)
A mountaineering expedition by the Indian Army women officers was flagged off to which mountain?
A) Nanda Devi
B) Chaukhamba
C) Mt Bhagirathi-II
D) Trisul
CCEA has approved the development of trunk infrastructure components for the integrated multi modal logistics hub known as ‘Freight Village’ at?
A) Duliana
B) Nahawani
C) Nangal Chaudhary
D) Malakpur
First Ayushman Bharat workshop of Northern Region on Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Swasthya
Suraksha Mission (PMRSSM) was recently held in?
A) Shimla
B) Dehradun
C) New Delhi
D) Chandigarh
CCEA has approved enhancement of budget for implementation of Network for Spectrum for
Defence Services, by?
A) Rs 11,330 crore
B) Rs 7,980 crore
C) Rs 33,110 crore
D) Rs 22,260 crore
How many States and UTs have participated in States Startup Ranking Framework, launched by DIPP?
A) 25
B) 30
C) 33
D) 28
Who has authored the book “Hidden India”?
A) Latika Nath
B) Smriti Gupta
C) Radhika Verma
D) Nishi Mishra
Which of the following states have rolled out e-way bill for intra-state movement of goods recently?
1. West Bengal 2. Assam
3. Rajasthan 4. Punjab
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 4 & 1
Which state’s cabinet has approved non-functional (monetary) scheme (NFS) for members of the general executive cadre of the state’s Police Service?
A) Maharashtra
B) Bihar
C) Jammu & Kashmir
D) Tamilnadu
Which of the following has been unveiled as the IP mascot by Minister of Commerce Suresh Prabhu, at the conference on National Intellectual Property Rights Policy, held in New Delhi?
A) IP Dadi
B) IP Amma
C) IP Nani
D) IP Didi
Yamunabai Waikar, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Dancer
B) Singer
C) Actor
D) Poet
Union Cabinet has approved a provision of funds
worth Rs 1,103 crore for setting up of a new AIIMS
in?
A) Bellary
B) Sambalpur
C) Jamshedpur
D) Deoghar
Which city hosted the International Rail Coach Expo
(IRCE)?
A) Bangalore
B) Chennai
C) Kapurthala
D) Varanasi
Which of the following football associations is going to launch a Pro League?
A) Football Goa
B) Football Bengal
C) Football Assam
D) Football Delhi
Which company has completed acquisition of 72.65% stake in Bhushan Steel Ltd?
A) Reliance Steel
B) Tata Steel
C) Jindal Steel
D) Essar Steel
Which government-run Chinese bank has launched China’s first India-dedicated publicly offered
investment fund?
A) China CITIC Bank
B) Bank of Dalian
C) China Everbright Bank
D) Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the 4th ‘Global Exhibition on Services’, in?
A) Chennai
B) Mumbai
C) New Delhi
D) Bengaluru
Income Tax Department has notified the ITR Form-2. It is the _____ income return form for AY 2018-19 on e-filing portal?
A) First
B) Second
C) Fourth
D) Third
Which institute’s Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) has launched a Bharat Inclusion Initiative?
A) IIM Kozhikode
B) IIM Bangalore
C) IIM Ahmedabad
D) IIM Calcutta
Which of the following is going to establish a dedicated web portal to disseminate information on filming locations and the facilities available for pre/post production?
A) Film Facilitation Office
B) Film and Television Institute of India
C) National Film Development Corporation
D) Central Board of Film Certification
World Bank has agreed to provide which country grant money to meet the basic needs of around 1 million Rohingyas?
A) Pakistan
B) India
C) Bangladesh
D) Nepal
Which bank has launched ‘Agenda 25×25’ for budding women entrepreneurs in India?
A) IndusInd Bank
B) Axis Bank
C) Yes Bank
D) ICICI Bank
Western Air Command conducted a seminar on Humanitarian and Disaster relief (HADR) in?
A) Mumbai
B) New Delhi
C) Ahmedabad
D) Jodhpur
Which bank is going to sell its 8.26% stake in Universal Sompo General Insurance to Dabur
Investment Corporation and Sompo Japan?
A) Federal Bank
B) Allahabad Bank
C) Indian Overseas Bank
D) Karnataka Bank
Environment minister Harsh Vardhan launched Green Skill Development Programme(GSDP). It aims to train over 5.5 lakh workers in environment and forest sectors through 30 courses by?
A) 2020
B) 2019
C) 2022
D) 2021
CCEA has approved setting up of a dedicated “Micro Irrigation Fund” (MIF) with NABARD under PMKSY at a corpus of?
A) Rs 1,000 crore
B) Rs 7,000 crore
C) Rs 3,000 crore
D) Rs 5,000 crore
Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador by Netmeds?
A) Vijender Singh
B) MS Dhoni
C) Sunil Chhetri
D) Virat Kohli
Which team won the four-nation U-16 football tournament, held in Serbia?
A) Serbia
B) India
C) Tajikistan
D) Jordan
RBI has imposed restrictions on which bank on its lending to risky assets and raising high-cost deposits?
A) Allahabad Bank
B) Indian Overseas Bank
C) UCO Bank
D) IDBI Bank
Which of the following has become India’s first railway station fully powered by solar power?
A) Puri
B) Nagpur
C) Guwahati
D) Surat
Union Cabinet has given its ex-post-facto approval for signing of an MoU with Swaziland in the field of?
A) Health and Medicine
B) Sports
C) Agriculture
D) Water Management
Who has been given the additional charge as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh?
A) Om Prakash Kohli
B) Kalyan Singh
C) Ram Naik
D) Kaptan Singh Solanki
A High Level Committee headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh has approved central assistance to Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Rajasthan & Lakshadweep, worth?
A) Rs 1,161 crore
B) Rs 2,383 crore
C) Rs 3,464 crore
D) Rs 4,242 crore
Tom Wolfe, who recently passed away, was a noted?
A) Politician
B) Filmmaker
C) Journalist
D) Animator
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat inaugurated a communication laboratory set up by Indian Army at School of Signals in which country?
A) Bangladesh
B) Sri Lanka
C) Nepal
D) Myanmar
Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has approved Bharti Airtel’s acquisition of?
A) Aircel
B) Sistema Shyam
C) Telenor India
D) Ufone
Agriculture ministry has pegged the output of major crops in its third advance estimates at?
A) 365.20 million tonnes
B) 412.85 million tonnes
C) 138.46 million tonnes
D) 279.51 million tonnes
Union Cabinet has approved National Policy on Biofuels – 2018. It was conceptualised by?
A) Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
B) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
C) Ministry of Earth Sciences
D) Ministry of Science and Technology
Who launched the three state government welfare schemes in Rajasthan, at an event held in Jaipur?
A) Vasundhara Raje
B) Ram Nath Kovind
C) Narendra Modi
D) M Venkaiah Naidu
Who has been elected as the independent chairman of ICC for a second two-year term?
A) Anurag Thakur
B) Zaheer Abbas
C) Shashank Manohar
D) Kapil Dev
Who has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Red Ink Awards in
Mumbai?
A) Arun Shourie
B) Karan Thapar
C) Vikram Chandra
D) Mark Tully
India’s wholesale price inflation (WPI) was recorded in April 2018, at?
A) 3.18%
B) 4.54%
C) 2.61%
D) 5.87%
Union Cabinet has ex-post-facto approved signing of an MoU with Morocco in the field of?
A) Medical
B) Science & Technology
C) Economics
D) Legal
When was ‘International Day of Living Together in Peace’ observed?
A) May 16
B) May 14
C) May 19
D) May 18
India’s first all-women run Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) has been opened in?
A) Phagwara
B) Cuttack
C) Bhavnagar
D) Ajmer
Ministry of Finance organized a seminar on the theme of ‘Physical and Social Infrastructure for
Regional Development’ in?
A) Gangtok
B) Shillong
C) Imphal
D) Guwahati
As per a report by HSBC, inflation could average in FY 2019 at?
A) 3.8%
B) 6.2%
C) 5.1%
D) 4.3%
As per the report ‘Clampdowns and Courage-South Asia Press Freedom Report 2017-18’ released by the UNESCO-International Federation of Journalists, which country in South Asia experienced most number of internet shutdowns?
A) Pakistan
B) India
C) Sri Lanka
D) Bangladesh
What was the 2018 theme of ‘International Day of Families’, observed on May 15th?
A) Families, healthy lives and sustainable future
B) Families, education and well-being
C) Families Matter for the Achievement of
Development Goals
D) Families and inclusive societies
NTPC has signed MoU to acquire three power plants, with a cumulative capacity of 3,470 MW, located in which state?
A) Punjab
B) Bihar
C) Gujarat
D) Tamilnadu
Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to an MoU for cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine, with which of the following countries?
1. Brazil 2. El Salvador
3. Colombia 4. Equatorial Guinea
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 1 & 4
As per Mercom Communications, India was the
_____ largest solar market in the world in 2017?
A) Fifth
B) Third
C) Fourth
D) Second
Which country’s minister Dr. Sultan Al Jaber along with Indian PNG Minister Dharmendra Pradhan flagged off first consignment of 2 million barrels of ADNOC crude for Mangalore Cavern?
A) Qatar
B) Oman
C) Saudi Arabia
D) UAE
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