Current Affairs, GK, News, Quiz Free PDF : 4th Week June'18 P1 -

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated an urban
transport scheme named ‘Sutra Seva” in which city?
A) Surat
B) Varanasi
C) Udaipur
D) Indore
Who has been elected as the President of Turkey?
A) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
B) Devlet Bahçeli
C) Muharrem Ince
D) Abdullah Gül
When was ‘United Nations Public Service Day’
observed?
A) June 23
B) June 24
C) June 27
D) June 26
Which of the following ministers will hold the
inaugural 2+2 dialogue with US, in Washington D.C.?
1. Sushma Swaraj 2. Rajnath Singh
3. Nirmala Sitharaman 4. Piyush Goyal
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 4
C) 1 & 3
D) 2 & 3
Which of the following have been named as the
recipients of World Food Prize 2018?
1. Lawrence Haddad 2. David Nabarro
3. Andrew Frenkel 4. Edward Wiles
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 1 & 4
UK-India Week 2018 recently began in?
A) New Delhi
B) London
C) Mumbai
D) Manchester
India’s first robotic telescope, called ‘GROWTH-India’
has become operational. It is located in?
A) Kozhikode
B) Panaji
C) Kutch
D) Ladakh
Kim Jong-pil, who recently passed away, was the
former prime minister of?
A) Japan
B) South Korea
C) North Korea
D) Mongolia
Which state government has issued notification for
revising allowances in various categories, based on
the recommendations of 7th CPC?
A) Bihar
B) Telangana
C) Odisha
D) Haryana
India recently held a meeting on counter-terrorism
with which country?
A) Australia
B) Thailand
C) Singapore
D) Indonesia
When was ‘International Day of Parliamentarism’
observed?
A) June 30
B) June 24
C) June 22
D) June 29
Which of the following has been has declared as the
long-term target for offshore wind power capacity
addition by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(MNRE)?
A) 40 GW by 2040
B) 35 GW by 2035
C) 30 GW by 2030
D) 25 GW by 2025
Jamsheed Marker, who passed away recently, was a?
A) Comedian
B) Sand artist
C) Diplomat
D) Writer
Which of the following has been awarded at the X
International IT Forum at Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia?
A) ASSOCHAM
B) NASSCOM
C) FICCI
D) CII
Which Indian archer has won gold in the women’s
recurve event at the World Cup (Stage III), held in
Salt Lake City?
A) Pranitha Vardhineni
B) Chekrovolu Swuro
C) Bombayala Devi
D) Deepika Kumari
Minister of State KJ Alphons attended ‘Incredible
India’ roadshows organised by Tourism Ministry in
which country?
A) France
B) Spain
C) US
D) Germany
Which state government has announced wind-solar
hybrid power policy – 2018?
A) Karnataka
B) Rajasthan
C) Tamilnadu
D) Gujarat
Which country has become the biggest borrower
from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB)?
A) China
B) Bangladesh
C) Phillipines
D) India
When was 70th International Olympic Day observed?
A) June 26
B) June 23
C) June 28
D) June 22
Scientists have named the newly discovered six
species of minute goblin spiders after fictional
characters from Enid Blyton’s books. The spiders
have been discovered in which country?
A) India
B) Myanmar
C) Sri Lanka
D) Bangladesh
RBI has proposed that all Urban Co-operative Banks
(UCBs) having deposits of over _______ should set
up a Board of Management within one year?
A) Rs 500 crore
B) Rs 300 crore
C) Rs 50 crore
D) Rs 100 crore
When was ‘International Widows’ Day’ observed?
A) June 22
B) June 23
C) June 24
D) June 25
Gautam Kanjilal, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Mountaineer
B) Singer
C) Writer
D) Hockey Player
India recently gifted an HAL built Dornier maritime
patrol aircraft to which country?
A) Comoros
B) Cape Verde
C) Seychelles
D) Mauritius
Which union minister launched a campaign to
promote energy efficiency in the area of airconditioning?
A) Dr Harsh Vardhan
B) RK Singh
C) Piyush Goyal
D) Dharmendra Pradhan
India has signed MoUs with Cuba in which of the
following fields, during the visit of President
Ramnath Kovind?
1. Traditional Systems of Medicine 2. Sports
3. Bio-technology 4.
Agriculture
A) 1,2 & 4
B) 1, 2, 3 & 4
C) 2, 3 & 4
D) 1, 3
How much amount is IFCI ltd planning to raise from
debt during the FY 2018-19?
A) Rs 3,000 crore
B) Rs 7,000 crore
C) Rs 5,000 crore
D) Rs 1,000 crore
HRD Ministry has approved to set up an interuniversity
yoga centre at?
A) Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar
B) Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana
Samsthana, Bengaluru
C) Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati
D) Lakulish Yoga University, Ahmedabad
Who has been appointed as CEO of Emaar India?
A) Neelesh Jain
B) Pratik Awasthi
C) Amit Baghel
D) Prashant Gupta
Which Indian tennis player won her maiden singles
title on the ITF Pro circuit?
A) Rushmi Chakravarthi
B) Ankita Raina
C) Isha Lakhani
D) Karman Kaur Thandi
Which state government has launched a new
scheme ‘Paani Bachao, Paise Kamao’?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Punjab
D) Haryana
Which Supreme Court judge resigned from his office
recently?
A) Justice Ranjan Gogoi
B) Justice Madan Lokur
C) Justice Kurian Joseph
D) Justice Jasti Chelameswar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently laid the
foundation stone of Vanijya Bhawan at?
A) Chandigarh
B) Mumbai
C) Hyderabad
D) New Delhi
What is the 2018 theme of ‘International Day Against
Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking’, observed on June
26th?
A) A message of hope: Drug use disorders are
preventable and treatable
B) Make health your ‘new high’ in life, not drugs
C) Lets Develop — Our Lives — Our Communities —
Our Identities — Without Drugs
D) Listen First – Listening to children and youth is the
first step to help them grow healthy and safe
Union Commerce Ministry will set up a special cell
for turmeric in which city?
A) Nizamabad
B) Karimnagar
C) Secundrabad
D) Adilabad
Which panchayat has become the first in India to
pass a resolution to marry off girls only to families
that have a toilet in their house?
A) Barola
B) Konkpur
C) Dhurana
D) Godikan
When was ‘Micro-, Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises Day’ observed?
A) June 29
B) June 27
C) June 25
D) June 23
As per the United Nations’ Sustainable Development
Goals (SDG) 2018 report, the number of
undernourished people in the world has risen in
2016 to?
A) 815 million
B) 634 million
C) 932 million
D) 736 million
Mongolia has launched construction of its first oil
refinery, funded by India, in which province?
A) Arkhangai
B) Zavkhan
C) Khentii
D) Dornogovi
A 150-million years old turtle fossil belonging to
Jurassic Period has been discovered in which
country?
A) China
B) Australia
C) Brazil
D) India
An exhibition by Photojournalist Welfare Association
on the theme of girl child was held in which city?
A) Gandhinagar
B) Jaipur
C) Chandigarh
D) New Delhi
Which exchange has announced to launch a platform
to list startups?
A) NCDEX
B) BSE
C) MCX
D) NSE
When was ‘International Asteroid Day’ observed?
A) June 26
B) June 25
C) June 27
D) June 30
Which organisation has announced a USD 4.26
million grant to NGO WaterAid to provide safe water
access to communities in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
and Kerala by December 2020?
A) PepsiCo Foundation
B) Metlife Foundation
C) Walmart Foundation
D) Pfizer Foundation
Researchers at which university have developed the
world’s smallest computer, measuring 0.3
millimetres?
A) University of Maryland
B) University of Texas
C) University of Pennsylvania
D) University of Michigan
Odisha cabinet has approved to use land in which
district as Domestic Tariff Area (DTA), to set up a
Private Industrial Park by Tata Group?
A) Angul
B) Khordha
C) Ganjam
D) Balasore
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
recently launched a campaign to clean which river?
A) Ghaghara river
B) Betwa river
C) Gomti river
D) Sharda river
Who has been appointed as President of
International Castor Oil Association (ICOA) at the
annual meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden?
A) Sameer Chouksey
B) Abhinav Borah
C) Abhay V. Udeshi
D) Jay Sangwan
Which actress has been conferred with ‘Knight of the
Order of Arts and Letters’ by the Ambassador of
France to India H.E. Mr Alexandre Ziegler?
A) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
B) Deepika Padukone
C) Kalki Koechlin
D) Priyanka Chopra
Chief minister Chandrababu Naidu laid the
foundation for 33-storey iCon tower in which city?
A) Amaravati
B) Warangal
C) Vishakhapatnam
D) Vijaywada
When was ‘International Day of the Tropics’
observed?
A) June 25
B) June 28
C) June 29
D) June 27
Who has been appointed as MD & CEO of IDBI Bank?
A) Sai Cherian
B) Rohith P
C) B Sriram
D) V Thyagarajan
As per a report by Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute (SIPRI), which country has the
highest number of nuclear warheads?
A) China
B) US
C) Russia
D) Israel
India will play their opening match against which
team in the ICC Women’s World T20, to be held in
the West Indies?
A) Australia
B) South Africa
C) England
D) New Zealand
Who has been appointed as CFO of Bharti Infratel?
A) Shadman Alvi
B) S Balasubramanian
C) Janyendra Kumar
D) Ram Mahendra
Which Indian swimmer has won gold in men’s 50m
breaststroke event at the Singapore National
Swimming Championships?
A) Vikas Budania
B) Virdhawal Khade
C) Sandeep Sejwal
D) Arvind Mani
What is the name of the satellite deployed in space
to clear out the junk orbiting the Earth?
A) RemoveTRASH
B) RemoveJUNK
C) RemoveDEBRIS
D) RemoveSCRAP
How much amount has the Centre sanctioned for
tourism development projects in Himachal Pradesh?
A) Rs 2,400 crore
B) Rs 1,100 crore
C) Rs 600 crore
D) Rs 1,800 crore
Koko, the gorilla who had mastered sign language
passed away recently in?
A) China
B) US
C) Australia
D) Japan
When was ‘International Day in Support of Victims of
Torture’ observed?
A) June 26
B) June 25
C) June 30
D) June 28
Which bank has become the only domestic brand to
be featured in the BrandZ’s top 100 most valuable
global brands?
A) Axis Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) SBI
D) ICICI Bank
Who has been crowned as the winner of the Tribal
Queen Contest, held in Bhubaneswar?
A) Rashmirekha Hasdah
B) Pallavi Durua
C) Kiran Munda
D) Panchami Majhi
Which Indian boxer won gold medal at the
Ulaanbaatar Cup in Mongolia?
A) Ashish Kumar
B) Mandeep Jangra
C) Himanshu Sharma
D) Shiva Thapa
India will launch a pilot project on organic farming
and soil health in which country?
A) Bhutan
B) Nepal
C) Myanmar
D) Sri Lanka
Which F1 driver won French Grand Prix?
A) Max Verstappen
B) Sebastian Vettel
C) Lewis Hamilton
D) Kimi Raikkonen
Who led the Indian delegation at global conference
on “International Decade for Action: Water for
Sustainable Development”, held in Dushanbe,
Tajikistan?
A) Narendra Singh Tomar
B) Nitin Gadkari
C) Sushma Swaraj
D) Dr Harsh Vardhan
Which cricketer has been signed by Sumadhura
Group as its first brand ambassador?
A) R Ashwin
B) MS Dhoni
C) Rohit Sharma
D) Virat Kohli
Who has assumed charge as the next Chairman of
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)?
A) Paul Polman
B) Dilip Shanghvi
C) Uday Kotak
D) Anand Mahindra
Which city hosted the ‘National Level Review and
Consultation on the Swachh Iconic Places’?
A) Chennai
B) Bhopal
C) Hyderabad
D) New Delhi
Centre of Excellence in Maritime & Shipbuilding
(CEMS) has announced to set up how many labs in
Mumbai and Vizag for skill development in maritime
and shipbuilding sector?
A) 24
B) 18
C) 30
D) 10
Who has been appointed as managing director of
State Bank of India?
A) Arjit Basu
B) Indra Ghosh
C) Nand Kishor
D) Anshu Jha
Which state government has launched a microfinance
programme in the co-operative sector, titled
‘Muttathe Mulla’?
A) Karnataka
B) Tamilnadu
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Kerala
B Sujatha Devi, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Historian
B) Poet
C) Actress
D) Musician
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated US’ first
Nature Cure facility ‘YO1’ in which state?
A) Washington D.C.
B) California
C) New York
D) Florida
What is the 2018 theme of ‘Day of the Seafarer
(DotS)’, observed on June 25th?
A) At Sea For All
B) Seafarers Matter
C) Seafarers’ Wellbeing
D) Faces of the Sea
Who is the author of book ‘The Great Indian Nature
Trail with Uncle Bikky’ launched recently at WWF
office?
A) Rohan Chakravarty
B) Palash Deka
C) Manish Bansal
D) Syed Abbas
Which city is hosting 58th National Inter-State Senior
Athletic Championship, 2018?
A) Guwahati
B) Lucknow
C) Ranchi
D) Bhubaneswar
As per the report ‘The Power of Parity: Advancing
Women’s Equality In Asia Pacific’ by McKinsey Global
Institute (MGI), addressing gender inequality at work
can boost India’s GDP by _____ by 2025?
A) 10%
B) 18%
C) 6%
D) 21%
Which city hosted National Seminar on
“Conservation of Particularly Vulnerable Tribes of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands: The Way Forward”?
A) Port Blair
B) New Delhi
C) Chennai
D) Kolkata
Who inaugurated 11.2-km-long MundkaBahadurgarh
section of Delhi Metro’s Green Line?
A) Narendra Modi
B) M Venkaiah Naidu
C) Hardeep Singh Puri
D) Piyush Goyal
Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba recently inaugurated
the first edition of Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) with
which country?
A) Singapore
B) Bangladesh
C) Combodia
D) Sri Lanka
Indian Army’s 7 Garhwal Rifles Infantry Battalion has
been awarded the United Nations Medal for “selfless
service” for its peacekeeping mission in?
A) Chad
B) Burundi
C) Angola
D) South Sudan
Armstrong Changsan has been appointed as the next
Ambassador of India to?
A) Norway
B) Iceland
C) Sweden
D) Denmark
Which city hosted an anti-doping sports conference
titled ‘Clean Sport=Fair Outcome?’?
A) Oslo
B) Reykjavík
C) Stockholm
D) Copenhagen
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved to set
up a committee to lay down standards for metro rail
systems in India. It is to be headed by?
A) E Sreedharan
B) T. N. Seshan
C) Mangu Singh
D) G Madhavan Nair
Sindhu Darshan Festival recently began in?
A) Jammu
B) Ladakh
C) Srinagar
D) Budgam
Who has been appointed as CEO of Indiabulls AMC?
A) Raghav Iyengar
B) Vivek Agarwal
C) Pravesh Mehra
D) Nitesh Khattar
Who has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of
Jammu and Kashmir?
A) Ashok Rai
B) BVR Subrahmanyam
C) Hassan Rizvi
D) Mayur Upadhyay
How much amount has AIIB announced to invest in
‘National Investment & Infrastructure Fund’ set up
by India for infrastructure projects?
A) USD 600 million
B) USD 400 million
C) USD 200 million
D) USD 500 million
Which power utility company has signed an MoU
with Finnish government organisation ‘Business
Finland’?
A) Neyveli Lignite
B) SJVN
C) Tata Power
D) BYPL
Which state government has launched a solar power
scheme for farmers, named ‘Suryashakti Kisan
Yojana (SKY)’?
A) Gujarat
B) Kerala
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
Which team has created a new world record in One
Day Internationals by scoring 481 runs?
A) Australia
B) India
C) South Africa
D) England
Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan led
the Indian delegation to Organisation of Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC) international seminar,
held in?
A) Vienna
B) Paris
C) Rome
D) Berlin
Which film was honoured with ‘Best Picture’ award
at the 19th IIFA awards, held in Bangkok?
A) Hindi Medium
B) Tumhari Sulu
C) MOM
D) Secret Superstar
Which Indian boxers won gold medal at the
Chemistry World Cup, held in Halle, Germany?
A) Amit Panghal and Madan Lal
B) Madan Lal and Gaurav Solanki
C) Gaurav Solanki and Mohammed Hussamuddin
D) Mohammed Hussamuddin and Amit Panghal
President Ramnath Kovind has announced
developmental aid worth $51 Million to which
country?
A) Lesotho
B) Guyana
C) Grenada
D) Suriname
India has announced to construct a war memorial at
Villers-Guislain in which country for its World War I
martyres?
A) France
B) Italy
C) Germany
D) UK
A team of students from which city won the top
honours at the Smart India Hackathon 2018 –
Hardware Edition under the ‘Smart Communication’
category?
A) Mumbai
B) Chennai
C) Bengaluru
D) Delhi