Which smart city is testing a prototype of an intelligent traffic management solution?
A) Hyderabad
B) Gurugram
C) Kolkata
D) Bengaluru
How many Technology Centers have been set up by MSME Ministry for North East?
A) Six
B) Four
C) Two
D) Eight
Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred Awards for Excellence in Public Administration on the Civil Services Day . How many priority programs have been identified for the award?
A) 4
B) 3
C) 6
D) 5
General James Ajongo, who recently passed away, was the army chief of which country?
A) Uganda
B) Kenya
C) South Sudan
D) Tanzania
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the Andhra Pradesh Cyber
Security Operations Center (APCSOC) at which place?
A) Warangal
B) Vijaywada
C) Amravati
D) Vishakhapatnam
Which state’s CM has announced 2% reservation in state government jobs for sports persons?
A) Odisha
B) Bihar
C) Kerala
D) Telangana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan in which village in
Madhya Pradesh?
A) Ramnagar
B) Handia
C) Bilaspur
D) Sirali
Who headed the group of ministers (GoM) constituted by MoRTH, which recommended a
uniform structure of road tax for vehicles across states?
A) Vikas Yadav
B) Yoonus Khan
C) Bimal Ram
D) Ravi Dudi
Which city is going to host Global IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities (GITC), 2018?
A) Seoul
B) Beijing
C) Hanoi
D) New Delhi
UN celebrates ‘Spanish Language Day’ on which date?
A) Apr 21
B) Apr 24
C) Apr 22
D) Apr 23
RBI Governor Urjit Patel has announced India’s GDP growth to expand in 2018-19 to?
A) 7.3%
B) 7.5%
C) 7.2%
D) 7.4%
International Mother Earth Day’ was observed on 2018 theme ‘End Plastic Pollution’, on?
A) Apr 22
B) Apr 24
C) Apr 25
D) Apr 21
Researchers at which institute have developed a small molecule to treat chikungunya?
A) IIT Roorkee
B) IIT Chennai
C) IIT Kharagpur
D) IIT Delhi
Former US first lady Barbara Bush, who recently passed away, was the wife of?
A) George W. Bush
B) Jeb N. Bush
C) George H. W. Bush
D) George P. Bush
Administrative Professionals Day was observed on?
A) Apr 23
B) Apr 24
C) Apr 22
D) Apr 21
Which company has appointed S. Jaishankar as their president in global corporate affairs?
A) Reliance Industries
B) Tata Group
C) Mahindra Group
D) Aditya Birla
Which state launched the “Saubhagya, Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana” which targets to electrify over 90,000 household in the state by 31st March 2019?
A) Tripura
B) Manipur
C) Nagaland
D) Arunachal Pradesh
Who is going to be awarded the Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize by UNESCO?
A) Steve McCurry
B) Mahmoud Abu Zeid
C) Raymond Depardon
D) Andreas Gursky
World Malaria Day was observed on?
A) Apr 25
B) Apr 24
C) Apr 26
D) Apr 23
Which company has become the first Indian IT company to cross $100 billion dollar in market
capitalisation?
A) HCL
B) Infosys
C) TCS
D) Wipro
Which team won the Copa del Rey title held at Madrid?
A) Real Madrid
B) Barcelona
C) Sevilla
D) Valencia
English Language Day was observed on Apr 23rd. It is
the birthday and date of death of which famous writer?
A) Oscar Wilde
B) Charles Dickens
C) William Shakespeare
D) John Milton
Which team won the team champion title at the 8th South Asian Judo Championship held in Lalitpur.
Nepal?
A) Nepal
B) Bangladesh
C) India
D) Thailand
Which place in Manipur has been declared as the first cashless island of India?
A) Ambu
B) Pamban
C) Salsette
D) Karang
MoRTH minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that India is in talks to sign an MoU on developing a Road Information System with which country?
A) USA
B) South Korea
C) Canada
D) France
How much amount has the Center allocated for development of Diu into a Smart City?
A) Rs 1,400 crore
B) Rs 600 crore
C) Rs 3,300 crore
D) Rs 2,500 crore
Which city hosted the meetings of the defence and foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)?
A) Beijing
B) Astana
C) Bishkek
D) Dushanbe
Which country has topped as the highest recipient of remittances globally in 2017, with its diaspora sending back $69 billion?
A) India
B) Philippines
C) China
D) Mexico
Who won the Lifetime achievement award at the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2018?
A) Simi Garewal
B) Shatrughan Sinha
C) Dharmendra
D) Jitendra
As per a poll by Reuters, which country will be at top among the world’s fastest-growing major economies this year?
A) Philippines
B) China
C) Indonesia
D) India
Which of the following is likely to be declared a Ramsar Site under the Ramsar Convention?
A) Tso Morari Wetland
B) Ashtamudi Wetland
C) Kolleru Wetland
D) Sunderban Reserve Forest
As per finance ministry, the total deposits in Jan Dhan accounts have crossed the mark of?
A) Rs 80,000 crore
B) Rs 50,000 crore
C) Rs 30,000 crore
D) Rs 100,000 crore
Who inaugurated the Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop of the UN Convention to Combat
Desertification (UNCCD) in New Delhi?
A) Kiren Rijiju
B) Sushma Swaraj
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Which team won the Indian Super Cup Football final
2018?
A) East Bengal
B) Bengaluru FC
C) Mohun Bagan
D) FC Goa
Which city hosted the 2018 Secure India Conclave?
A) New Delhi
B) Bengaluru
C) Hyderabad
D) Kolkata
How much amount has Asian Development Bank (ADB) agreed to sanction for infrastructure
development and sewage treatment in Uttarakhand?
A) Rs 2,400 crore
B) Rs 3,800 crore
C) Rs 600 crore
D) Rs 1,700 crore
Who has been appointed as the CMD of Coal India Ltd (CIL)?
A) Ramkrishna Rawat
B) Manish Dholakia
C) Suresh Kumar
D) Neeraj Sharma
Which bank has entered into an agreement for information utility services with the National E Governance Services Limited (NeSL)?
A) Indian Overseas Bank
B) Central Bank of India
C) Dena Bank
D) Syndicate Bank
World’s oldest person Nabi Tajima passed away recently. She hailed from?
A) Indonesia
B) China
C) Japan
D) Nigeria
Dharampal Chaudhary, who recently passed away, belonged to which political party?
A) BJP
B) BSP
C) INC
D) SP
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach presented a memento to which Indian sports persons?
1. Abhinav Bindra 2. PV Sindhu 3. Vijender Singh
4. Sushil Kumar
A) 1, 2 & 3
B) 1 & 3
C) 2 & 4
D) 1, 2 & 4
23rd edition of Island Tourism Festival was held in?
A) Lakshadweep
B) Goa
C) Andaman & Nicobar
D) Daman & Diu
Scientists from which institute have successfully removed sulphur from fossil fuels using four
bacterial strains?
A) CSIR-AMPRI
B) CSIR-CBRI
C) CSIR-CCMB
D) CSIR-IMMT
EDM artist Tim Bergling aka Avicii, who recently passed away, hailed from?
A) Germany
B) UK
C) USA
D) Sweden
Which country is going to host the world’s female foreign ministers meeting?
A) India
B) France
C) Canada
D) New Zealand
Which Chief Minister’s Facebook page has been judged the most popular among all other chief
ministers in India?
A) Arvind Kejriwal
B) Yogi Adityanath
C) Shivraj Patil
D) Mamta Banerjee
Who inaugurated the new office of Central Project Monitoring Unit for the e-Vidhan project?
A) Venkaiah Naidu
B) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
C) Dr Jitendra Singh
D) Vijay Goel
Who has become the first Egyptian to win the English Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year award?
A) Mohamed Salah
B) Yacine Brahimi
C) Arda Turan
D) Islam Slimani
India and World Bank has signed a $210 million loan agreement for the Rural Connectivity Project in which state?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Odisha
Which country has reached an accord with India
under the Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP), to
settle Nokia tax dispute?
A) Finland
B) Iceland
C) Sweden
D) Denmark
World Book and Copyright Day’ was observed on Apr 23rd. Which city has been declared as the World Book Capital for 2018?
A) Dubai
B) Athens
C) Sharjah
D) Canberra
Which state’s Chief Minister has launched a campaign called “Devbhoomi dialogue” to connect
with youth?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Uttarakhand
D) Himachal Pradesh
President Ram Nath Kovind has promulgated an ordinance amending which of the following acts?
A) Indian Evidence Act, 1872
B) Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act,
2012
C) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
D) All of the Above
Which high court has become the first in South India to introduce e-court fee payment facility?
A) Madras
B) Karnataka
C) Kerala
D) Hyderabad
A committee set up to advise on legal issues related to inter-country removal and retention of children due to parental disputes, has submitted its report to MoWCD. Who headed the committee?
A) Vishal Saksena
B) Rajesh Bindal
C) Suneet Chandel
D) Prakash Sinha
Finance Ministry is planning to come out with the follow-on offer of Bharat-22 ETF, worth?
A) Rs 20,000 crore
B) Rs 50,000 crore
C) Rs 25,000 crore
D) Rs 10,000 crore
Who has been appointed by Airports Authority of India (AAI) as its first ever woman firefighter?
A) Chhavi Verma
B) Taniya Sanyal
C) Shrishti Gupta
D) Reena Sethi
Who became first man in the Open era to win the same title 11 times by winning Monte Carlo Masters title?
A) Rafael Nadal
B) Andy Murray
C) Roger Federer
D) Novak Djokovic
Which of the following has announced to have reached 100 million KYC compliant wallets?
A) Google Tez
B) Oxigen
C) Mobikwik
D) Paytm
National Muaythai Federation Cup recently concluded in?
A) Chandigarh
B) Lucknow
C) Bhopal
D) Srinagar
India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) organized a
Consultative Workshop for the delegation from Central Election Commission (CEC) of?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Malaysia
C) Kazakhstan
D) Ghana
Who chaired the first meeting of the think tank setup to frame the national policy on e-commerce?
A) Ravi Shankar Prasad
B) Nitin Gadkari
C) Suresh Prabhu
D) Piyush Goyal
Which city hosted annual 5G Indian Congress 2018?
A) Delhi
B) Bengaluru
C) Hyderabad
D) Ahmadabad
Which union minister chaired the 3rd Island Development Agency (IDA) meeting held in New
Delhi?
A) Uma Bharti
B) Rajnath Singh
C) Suresh Prabhu
D) Nitin Gadkari
Which GP has won the best Gram Panchayat award in India?
A) Vivekanandpur
B) Janakpur
C) Digambarpur
D) Parangara
Rajinder Sachar, who recently passed away, was the former Chief Justice of which High Court?
A) Madras
B) Delhi
C) Bombay
D) Calcutta
Which bank has launched ‘Cash@POS’ initiative to allow depositors to withdraw cash from its PoS devices?
A) Punjab National Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) State Bank of India
D) HDFC Bank
As per World Bank Global Findex Report, how much percent of new bank accounts opened globally during 2014-17, were from India?
A) 40%
B) 55%
C) 65%
D) 30%
President Ram Nath Kovind received first copy of the book “Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker”. It has been authored by?
A) Siddharth Singh
B) Pavan Varma
C) Sujeet Nair
D) Anil Mishra
Who has been announced as the next head of the Commonwealth?
A) Prince Harry
B) Prince Charles
C) Theresa May
D) Prince William
Who inaugurated the 29th Road Safety Week at a function held in New Delhi?
A) Smriti Irani
B) JP Nadda
C) Nitin Gadkari
D) Rajnath Singh
Which of the following Indians have been named by Fortune magazine in the top 50 World’s Greatest Leaders of 2018?
1. Indira Jaising 2. Mukesh Ambani 3. Ratan Tata
4. Balkrishna Doshi
A) 1, 2 & 3
B) 1 & 3
C) 2 & 4
D) 1, 2 & 4
World Day for Laboratory Animals was observed on?
A) Apr 23
B) Apr 25
C) Apr 24
D) Apr 26
National Panchayati Raj Day was observed on?
A) Apr 23
B) Apr 24
C) Apr 25
D) Apr 22
Which state government has ordered all government hospitals and orphanages to establish Shishu Swagat Kendra – Palna, to put up cradles in front of their
buildings where parents can give up unwanted babies safely?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Haryana
D) Rajasthan
Which city has become the first in India to have a policy to compensate consumers for unscheduled outages?
A) Lucknow
B) Chandigarh
C) Ahmedabad
D) Delhi
Which bank has impounded passports of 150 willful loan defaulters?
A) State Bank of India
B) Punjab National Bank
C) Bank of Baroda
D) IDBI Bank
National Health Mission (NHM) will roll out ‘Integrated initiative for prevention & control of viral
hepatitis’ with a budget of?
A) Rs 517 crore
B) Rs 463 crore
C) Rs 628 crore
D) Rs 392 crore
Which operator has signed an MoU with Ministry of Power to achieve 9200 Million Units power
generation during 2018-19 under ‘Excellent’ category?
A) KSEB
B) NHPC
C) THDC
D) SJVN
Home Ministry has relaxed the Protected Area Permit regime from three north-eastern states.
Which of the following is not one of them?
A) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Mizoram
C) Nagaland
D) Manipur
Mahindra Electric has announced collaboration with which company for a pilot EV project in Hyderabad?
A) Uber
B) Meru
C) Ola
D) Easycab
Which smart city has become the first city in India that runs on 100 per cent renewable energy during the daytime?
A) Ludhiana
B) Raipur
C) Diu
D) Pune
Julio Cesar recently announced retirement from football. He belonged to which team?
A) Brazil
B) Spain
C) Italy
D) Argentina
How much amount of increase in paid-in capital has the World Bank’s Board of Governors approved?
A) $35 billion
B) $5 billion
C) $13 billion
D) $24 billion
Adilabad Dokra has been issued the Geographical Indication (GI) Registration Certificate by the GI Registry, Chennai. The artisans of the craft belong to which state?
A) Maharashtra
B) Telangana
C) Karnataka
D) Andhra Pradesh
Which country has recently banned its banks from dealing in currencies?
A) Bangladesh
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Israel
D) Iran
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