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FREE PDF DoWnload – 3rd Week MCQ/Question & Answers Based Current Affairs Jan 2018
Which state has become the first to fully achieve the
target of the door-to-door garbage collection in areas
under urban bodies?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
Centre has decided to set up a Cyber Warrior Police
Force (CWPF), under the Cyber and Information
Security (CIS) division of?
A) Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
B) Ministry of Law
C) Ministry of Finance
D) Ministry of Home Affairs
Who has been appointed as the new governor of
Madhya Pradesh?
A) Anandiben Patel
B) Draupadi Murmu
C) Nazma Heptulla
D) Mridula Sinha
Khagen Das, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Writer
B) Jurist
C) Actor
D) Politician
What is the name of the second bus service launched
from Agartala to Kolkata via Dhaka?
A) Sahyog-2
B) Maitre-2
C) Saath-2
D) Parijan-2
Who has been appointed as the new DG of National
Security Guard (NSG)?
A) Pankaj Mishra
B) Satish Yadav
C) Nitin Tiwari
D) Sudeep Lakhtakia
Which state government has signed a MoU to develop
an online dashboard for the 115 most backward
districts in the country?
A) Telangana
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Jharkhand
D) Andhra Pradesh
Which country has recently launched two highresolution
optical remote sensing satellites Jilin-1
Video 07 and 08?
A) Japan
B) China
C) Israel
D) South Korea
Which country has decided to declare 2018 as the
͚national year of millets͛?
A) China
B) Nepal
C) Sri Lanka
D) India
Which state will host its first ever international martial
arts games?
A) Jammu and Kashmir
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Uttarakhand
D) Jharkhand
Manjit Singh Calcutta, who recently passed away, was
a?
A) Politician
B) Biologist
C) Hockey player
D) Actor
Who has authored the book ‘The Heartfulness Way’,
recently unveiled by President Ramnath Kovind?
A) Kamlesh Patel and Joshua Pollock
B) Joshua Pollock and Aman Ahuja
C) Aman Ahuja and Nigel Foster
D) Nigel Foster and and Kamlesh Patel
ONGC has announced acquisition of 51.11% stake of
the Government in HPCL for?
A) Rs 54,957 crore
B) Rs 28,639 crore
C) Rs 36,915 crore
D) Rs 42,846 crore
Which state government has announced to
commission Early Warning Dissemination System
(EWDS) in six districts by Mar 2018?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Tamilnadu
D) Odisha
Who was awarded the Kalam Innovation in
Governance Award-2018 (KIGA) by the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul
Kalam Centre?
A) Nara Lokesh
B) Kamineni Srinivas
C) Siva Prasad Rao
D) C Ramesh
Which country has launched a radar imaging satellite
ASNARO-2 aboard Epsilon rocket?
A) Israel
B) Germany
C) Japan
D) France
Which of the following app has been launched to
allow users to check authenticity of currency notes of
any major currency globally?
A) Safe Money
B) Counterfeit Detector
C) INRfake
D) Chkfake
As per the study ‘Reward Work, Not Wealth’ by Oxfam
international, India’s richest 1% accounted for ___ of
the wealth generated in the past 12 months?
A) 64%
B) 85%
C) 73%
D) 52%
Which country recently conducted a missile
evacuation drill amid North Korea’s missile strike
threats?
A) South Korea
B) Japan
C) US
D) China
Sulaiman ‘Dik’ Abed, who recently passed away, was
associated with which sport?
A) Football
B) Hockey
C) Cricket
D) Tennis
As per RBI’s “Census on Foreign Liabilities and Assets
of Indian Direct Investment Companies 2016-17”,
which country was the largest source of foreign
investment in India with 21.8% share?
A) US
B) Singapore
C) Mauritius
D) UK
Who was awarded by President Ram Nath Kovind as
part of MoWCD’s ‘First Ladies’ celebration, for being
the first actor to be recognised as a Global Icon from
India?
A) Priyanka Chopra
B) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
C) Deepika Padukone
D) Konkona Sen
What is India’s rank on the recent FIFA rankings?
A) 102
B) 117
C) 124
D) 93
NGT has ordered “intensive survey” of Kali, Krishna
and the Hindon rivers in?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Karnataka
C) Telangana
D) Madhyra Pradesh
Which state government has approved a Rs 4,000
crore project, named Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivani
Yojna?
A) Kerala
B) Maharashtra
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Goa
Which union minister has launched 100 government
websites accessible for Divyangs?
A) Arun Jaitley
B) Ravishankar Prasad
C) Suresh Prabhu
D) Thaawarchand Gehlot
Which publishing house has entered into the Limca
Book of Records 2018 for its wide collection of 80,000
books?
A) Gulshan Books
B) Jaico
C) Roli Books
D) Srishti
Which of the following has won the award for
“Innovation in Tourism Enterprise” at the 14th
UNWTO Awards held in Madrid?
A) Centre For Environment Education
B) Inspire Network for Environment
C) Govardhan Eco Village
D) Mangalajodi Ecotourism Trust
Which state/UT government recently launched Girl
Child week?
A) Haryana
B) Delhi
C) Rajasthan
D) Puducherry
Who launched the “Yuva Udghosh programme” in
Varanasi?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Rajnath Singh
C) Amit Shah
D) Yogi Adityanath
Which bank has become the first public sector lender
to offer employee share purchase scheme (ESPS)?
A) Central Bank of India
B) IDBI Bank
C) Dena Bank
D) Allahabad Bank
Who has been appointed as the first African American
to be appointed to Facebook͛s board?
A) Roger Ferguson
B) Don Thompson
C) Kenneth Chenault
D) Clarence Otis
Sriniwas Tiwari, who recently passed away, was the
former speaker of which state assembly?
A) Bihar
B) Maharashtra
C) Odisha
D) Madhya Pradesh
Which indigenously-developed weapon system
integrated helicopter is going to make its maiden
appearance in the Republic Day parade?
A) Cheetah
B) Dhruv
C) Chetak
D) Rudra
Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj recently
inaugurated a new post-office passport seva kendra
(POPSK) in?
A) Thanjavur
B) Kumbakonam
C) Karaikal
D) Rameswaram
Viorica Dancila has been named as the first female
prime minister of?
A) Romania
B) Slovenia
C) Austria
D) Georgia
Peter Wyngarde, who recently passed away, was a
famous?
A) Novelist
B) Social activist
C) Actor
D) Neurologist
Which state government has signed an agreement
with Software Technology Park of India (STPI), IIT and
philanthropist Sushmita Bagchi, for setting up an
incubator for promoting research?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Assam
C) Odisha
D) Tamilnadu
Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the
Indian School of Business (ISB) Executive Board,
suceeding Adi Godrej?
A) Sandeep Verma
B) Vinay Aggarwal
C) Harish Manwani
D) Abhishek Gupta
With which country is India conducting the ‘All-India
Tiger Estimation’ exercise in Sunderbans?
A) Nepal
B) China
C) Bangladesh
D) Bhutan
Which team won the 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup,
held in Sharjah?
A) UAE
B) Pakistan
C) Bangladesh
D) India
Who is going to lead the Indian delegation at the
World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2018 in
Davos?
A) Arun Jaitley
B) Sushma Swaraj
C) Narendra Modi
D) Nirmala Sitharaman
Ramayana Festival of the Association of South-East
Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries was held in?
A) Coimbatore
B) New Delhi
C) Vijaywada
D) Hampi
Which city is going to host 10th edition of Defexpo
2018?
A) Chennai
B) Bengaluru
C) New Delhi
D) Hyderabad
India has announced to set up a solar development
fund to support financing of solar projects, worth?
A) $200 million
B) $350 million
C) $700 million
D) $550 million
MoRTH has made it mandatory for all passenger
transport vehicles to install GPS and an alert button
from?
A) June 30, 2018
B) Oct 1, 2018
C) Dec 31, 2018
D) April 1, 2018
Who launched the official anthem of Bharat Ke Veer
initiative, through which an amount of Rs. 12.93 crore
was raised?
A) Rajnath Singh
B) Nirmala Sitharaman
C) Nitin Gadkari
D) Arun Jaitley
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched a
liveability index of _____ cities?
A) 124
B) 116
C) 109
D) 131
Which of the following is Indian Navy’s largest ship,
which was recently affiliated formally to the Indian
Army’s Bihar Regiment and IAF’s No 6 Squadron?
A) INS Jalashwa
B) INS Vikramaditya
C) INS Kolkata
D) INS Satpura
Fourth edition of the India International Science
Festival (IISF) will be held in?
A) Chennai
B) Bhubaneswar
C) Lucknow
D) Indore
Who won the Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) at
the 63rd Jio Filmfare Awards 2018?
A) Irrfan Khan
B) Rajkummar Rao
C) Salman Khan
D) Akshay Kumar
India has joined the Australia Group (AG) as its ____
member?
A) 51st
B) 39th
C) 43rd
D) 27th
Sur Festival’ organized every year by Sublime Urge to
Rejoice (SUR), has been renamed in tribute to?
A) S Janaki
B) MS Subbulakshmi
C) Kesarbai Kerkar
D) Girija Devi
Leslie Harding Pde, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Dancer
B) Writer
C) Politician
D) Footballer
MoS for Textiles, Ajay Tamta recently inaugurated
60th India International Garment Fair (IIGF) in?
A) Bengaluru
B) New Delhi
C) Hyderabad
D) Mumbai
Fourteenth meeting of the Special Committee for
Inter-linking of Rivers was recently held in?
A) Nagpur
B) Lucknow
C) New Delhi
D) Bhopal
All-women crew sailing vessel INSV Tarini recently
reached which place after crossing the Cape Horn?
A) Falklands
B) Lyttelton
C) Fremantle
D) Morondava
Which bank has tied-up with NGO Srijan through an
initiative called Buddha Fellowship Programme?
A) ICICI Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) Yes Bank
D) Axis Bank
Which state government has signed an MoU with
Clean Authority of Tokyo, for municipal solid waste
incineration facilities?
A) Karnataka
B) Rajasthan
C) Punjab
D) Telangana
Which of the following has become the first banksponsored
broking entity to take membership of
commodity derivatives exchange, MCX?
A) HDFC Securities
B) Axis Securities
C) ICICI Securities
D) Kotak Securities
Which country has announced to introduce a public
register for foreign companies that own a property in
the country to disclose their ultimate owners?
A) UK
B) India
C) Russia
D) France
Anindya Sengupta, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Cricketer
B) Journalist
C) Lawyer
D) Singer
PFRDA has reduced the subscription time period for
partial withdrawals of NPS from 10 years to?
A) 1 year
B) 7 years
C) 5 years
D) 3 years
Which state government approved to set up State
Administrative Tribunal for state employees͛ servicerelated
grievances?
A) Maharashtra
B) Haryana
C) Assam
D) Rajasthan
Which of the following forces celebrated its 13th
Raising Day on Jan 19th?
A) NDRF
B) ITBP
C) BSF
D) SSB
Who launched the National CSR Data Portal &
Corporate Data Portal?
A) Dr Harshvardhan
B) Suresh Prabhu
C) Ravishankar Prasad
D) Arun Jaitley
Chandi Lahiri, who recently passed away, was a
renowned?
A) Politician
B) Actor
C) Diplomat
D) Cartoonist
World’s longest underwater cave has been discovered
in?
A) Australia
B) India
C) Mexico
D) South Africa
Which country has announced to resume train
services with Pakistan by Sept 2018?
A) India
B) Afghanistan
C) Iran
D) China
Which state government recently launched an eHospital
Management Information System?
A) Bihar
B) Odisha
C) Assam
D) Haryana
Which small finance bank has signed an MoU with LIC
to offer Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
(PMJJBY)?
A) Equitas Small Finance Bank
B) AU Small Finance Bank
C) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
D) Disha Small Finance Bank
How much amount has Tata Steel raised by issuance
of unsecured bonds in the international markets?
A) $2.8 billion
B) $1.3 billion
C) $1.8 billion
D) $2.2 billion
In a first, a Blockchain Academy has been launched in?
A) Kerala
B) Bihar
C) Rajasthan
D) Karnataka
Which of the following has launched its Business app
for small and medium enterprises?
A) WhatsApp
B) Telegram
C) Google
D) Hike
Nirmala Sitharaman became the first Indian woman
defence minister to fly on a?
A) Sukhoi-30 MKI
B) Tejas
C) Rafale
D) MiG-21
Environment Ministry has banned the import of pet
coke for trading in?
A) West Bengal
B) Delhi NCR
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Maharashtra
How many new cities have recently been added to the
Smart City Mission with a proposed investment of Rs
12,824 ?
A) 4
B) 9
C) 14
D) 17
Ava Mukherjee, who recently passed away, was a
famous?
A) Singer
B) Journalist
C) Actor
D) Writer
Which state assembly has passed grants of the
horticulture department for the year 2018-19, worth
Rs 528 crore?
A) Jammu and Kashmir
B) Odisha
C) Gujarat
D) Sikkim
Which union ministry has launched the Cyber
Surakshit Bharat initiative in partnership with top tech
companies?
A) Electronics and IT
B) Finance
C) Law
D) Home
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