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FREE PDF DoWnload – 4th Week MCQ/Question & Answers Based Current Affairs Jan 2018
Which documentary has won two awards at the 11th Tehran International FICTS Festival 2018?
A) On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace
B) A Suitable Girl
C) Uncommon Sense
D) Sachin: A Billion Dreams
Who won both junior and cadet girls titles at 79th Junior and Youth National Table Tennis
Championships?
A) Surbhi Patwari
B) Moumita Datta
C) Nikita Sarkar
D) Archana Kamath
UP government recently celebrated Uttar Pradesh Diwas on?
A) Jan 23
B) Jan 24
C) Jan 22
D) Jan 25
Which company has introduced India’s first augmented reality feature on its trains app?
A) Yatra
B) Cleartrip
C) Ixigo
D) Makemytrip
Srikumar Menon, has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to?
A) DR Congo
B) Zamibia
C) Angola
D) Namibia
As per a survey of CEOs by PwC, what is India’s rank among most attractive market for investments?
A) 5th
B) 3rd
C) 7th
D) 2nd
Which automobile company has unveiled India’s firstever BS VI-compliant vehicles?
A) BMW India
B) Audi India
C) Land Rover India
D) Mercedes-Benz India
Who has taken charge as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India?
A) Ashok Lavasa
B) Om Prakash Rawat
C) Sunil Arora
D) Achal Kumar Joti
Which cities have been chosen as the European City of Culture for 2018?
1. Valletta 2. Kaunas
3. Galway 4. Leeuwarden
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 1 & 4
Which state government has launched Chief Ministergi Hakshelgi Tengbang (CMHT), a health assurance scheme for the poor and disabled people?
A) Mizoram
B) Meghalaya
C) Manipur
D) Sikkim
What is India’s rank out of 180 countries on the Environmental Performance Index 2018, released by Yale and Columbia Universities along with the World Economic Forum?
A) 158
B) 185
C) 177
D) 163
Tsewang Namgyal has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to?
A) Poland
B) Georgia
C) Slovenia
D) Croatia
World Economic Forum funded ‘Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution’ is going to be set up in?
A) Ahmedabad
B) New Delhi
C) Bengaluru
D) Mumbai
National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) has signed an MoU with SME Corporation of?
A) Philippines
B) Singapore
C) Indonesia
D) Malaysia
Roy Bennett, who recently passed away, was a politician from?
A) Zimbabwe
B) Botswana
C) Kenya
D) Mozambique
Which company has recently been granted NBFC-ND license from RBI?
A) Prodigee Finance
B) Orbis Financial
C) Aadi Finance
D) Prescient Holdings
India’s automated ocean pollution observation system, called automated moorings, is going to be functional by?
A) Mar 2019
B) Apr 2018
C) Dec 2018
D) Jan 2019
How many new schemes were recently announced by Minister for S&T Dr. Harsh Vardhan to promote young scientists and researchers?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 3
D) 6
Which ministry launched the first phase of Rapid Reporting System for the Scheme for Adolescent Girls?
A) Social Justice and Empowerment
B) Science and Technology
C) Women and Child Development
D) Health and Family Welfare
Which film has won the top prize at Producers Guild Award?
A) Call Me by Your Name
B) The Shape of Water
C) Molly’s Game
D) The Post
Which bank has tied up with National Housing Bank for implementation of the Rural Housing Interest Subsidy Scheme (RHISS)?
A) Bank of Baroda
B) Dena Bank
C) IDBI Bank
D) Indian Overseas Bank
What is India’s rank among emerging economies on the Inclusive Development Index by WEF?
A) 83
B) 78
C) 57
D) 62
National Girl Child Day was recently celebrated on?
A) Jan 24
B) Jan 21
C) Jan 23
D) Jan 22
International Dam Safety Conference – 2018 was recently held in?
A) Thiruvananthapuram
B) Vishakhapatnam
C) Chennai
D) Mangalore
Who has become the first woman ever nominated for the cinematography Academy Award?
A) Reed Morano
B) Ellen Kuras
C) Rachel Morrison
D) Amy Vincent
Noted entrepreneur and philanthropist Honsen Lyngdoh, who recently passed away, hailed from?
A) Tripura
B) Meghalaya
C) Assam
D) Manipur
As per a report by Sanctum Wealth Management, which country will become the fastest growing large economy in the world in 2018?
A) Phillipines
B) India
C) China
D) Indonesia
Who has taken charge as the new director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)?
A) S Somnath
B) H Gandhi
C) V Balasubramanian
D) N Venkatesh
Which Indian shuttler won his maiden international title, by winning the men’s singles event at Swedish Open Junior International Series 2018?
A) Sai Praneeth
B) Ajay Jayaram
C) Siddharth Pratap Singh
D) H S Prannoy
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced to infuse additional grant of Rs 88,139 crore in how many PSBs?
A) 15
B) 10
C) 20
D) 5
Who released the book ‘Staniya Svasasan Mei Addhi Aabadhi’ authored by Dr. Sadhana Pandey?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) M Venkaiah Naidu
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Arun Jaitley
National Voters’ Day was recently observed with the theme ‘Accessible Elections’ on?
A) Jan 24
B) Jan 23
C) Jan 22
D) Jan 25
Who has been appointed as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve by US Senate?
A) Daniel Brady
B) Jerome H Powell
C) Norman Anderson
D) James Braun
The GST rates of how many goods were revised at the 25th GST Council Meeting held in New Delhi?
A) 17
B) 32
C) 29
D) 45
Which company has recently launched direct mutual funds on its platform?
A) Paisabazaar.com
B) Rubique
C) BankBazaar.com
D) Moneycontrol
Which company has become the second after Reliance Industries to cross Rs 6 lakh crore mark in market cap?
A) Maruti Suzuki
B) ITC
C) HDFC Bank
D) Tata Consultancy Services
As per IMF, India will grow in FY19 at the rate of?
A) 7.3%
B) 7.4%
C) 7.6%
D) 7.1%
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and Dubai’s DP World have announced to set up an investment platform worth?
A) $5 billion
B) $1 billion
C) $7 billion
D) $3 billion
Which state’s Chief Minister recently inaugurated the World War II Memorial Museum in the Changlang district?
A) Manipur
B) Nagaland
C) Assam
D) Arunachal Pradesh
President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the recommendation of the Election Commission to
disqualify ___ MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)?
A) 20
B) 21
C) 19
D) 22
Amane Gobena, who won the gold medal in the elite women category in Tata Mumbai Marathon, hails from?
A) Uganda
B) Ethiopia
C) Jamaica
D) Kenya
Who has taken charge as the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police?
A) O P Singh
B) S P Sharma
C) V K Chauhan
D) R P Kohli
Government is going to organise ‘Bharat Parv’ from January 26 to 31 at?
A) Taj Mahal
B) India Gate
C) Red Fort
D) Qutub Minar
Which team won the 8th Hockey India Sub Junior (Women) National Championship 2018 (A Division)?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) West Bengal
C) Haryana
D) Uttarakhand
Yashwant Chavan, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Actor
B) Cricketer
C) Journalist
D) Politician
Which state government is going to introduce a system to issue daily district-wise weather advisory to farmers?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Tamilnadu
D) Madhya Pradesh
Who has been appointed as the Director General of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)?
A) Sandeep Khurana
B) Dilip Chenoy
C) Ramesh Bidhuri
D) Naresh Khatri
Which state government has launched a nutrition scheme for HIV-positive children up to 18 years of age?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Odisha
D) Madhya Pradesh
Which city will host the 7th edition of the Asia Steel International Conference?
A) Jamshedpur
B) Durgapur
C) Bhubaneswar
D) Bhilai
Which state government has entered into a sisterstate agreement with the Canton of Zurich?
A) Gujarat
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Maharashtra
D) Karnataka
An upgraded version of which indigenous transport aircraft recently made its maiden flight in Bengaluru?
A) HAWKER
B) CHINOOK
C) SARAS
D) GARUD
MoS for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik laid the foundation stone for Central Research Institute of Homeopathy (CRIH) in?
A) Kanpur
B) Jaipur
C) Raipur
D) Patna
First stand-alone edition of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 will be held in?
A) India
B) West Indies
C) England
D) Australia
How many air routes have been awarded by AAI to 15 airlines and helicopter operators under UDAN-II?
A) 410
B) 235
C) 140
D) 325
Minister of State for MoHUA Hardeep Singh Puri launched the ‘Protocol for Star Rating of Garbage-Free Cities’ in?
A) Goa
B) Rajasthan
C) Odisha
D) Kerala
Health ministry has announced to increase the number of AMRIT pharmacy stores by ___ times by Dec 2018?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 5
D) 3
Which state’s cabinet has approved ‘one district, one product’ scheme to promote products indigenous to every district?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Himachal Pradesh
Which Indian has received the 24th Crystal Award at the Annual Crystal Awards ceremony held in Davos?
A) Amitabh Bachchan
B) Shah Rukh Khan
C) Akshay Kumar
D) Aamir Khan
What is India’s rank on the global index of talent competitiveness?
A) 81
B) 73
C) 69
D) 94
How much amount of loan agreement has the World Bank signed for Nepal’s earthquake reconstruction?
A) $800 million
B) $100 million
C) $300 million
D) $500 million
Hugh Masekela, who recently passed away, was a famous?
A) Journalist
B) Social Activist
C) Politician
D) Musician
World Bank has signed a $120 million loan agreement to help improve water supply services in peri-urban areas in?
A) Assam
B) Jharkhand
C) Uttarakhand
D) Telangana
Which city will host the 16th International Energy Forum (IEF) Ministerial meeting?
A) Riyadh
B) Abu Dhabi
C) Vienna
D) New Delhi
Which of the following has launched an app named ‘Roadkills’, to help citizens report wildlife deaths by uploading geotagged photographs?
A) Wildlife Conservation Trust
B) Wild World India
C) Wildlife Protection Society Of India
D) Wildlife Trust Of India
Which country has announced to stop import of cars below Euro IV emission standards and without airbags?
A) Bangladesh
B) Sri Lanka
C) India
D) Nepal
Scientists from which country have identified a moss that can absorb lead from water?
A) China
B) US
C) Japan
D) India
What was the theme of India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit held in New Delhi?
A) Shared Values, Common Destiny
B) Building on the Best
C) Facing the Future – Together
D) Together Towards Tomorrow
How much amount of assistance has the Centre released for 26 irrigation projects?
A) Rs 735 crore
B) Rs 518 crore
C) Rs 624 crore
D) Rs 893 crore
Who has become the first Indian player to become the world No 2 in the boys’ under-18 category of ITTF
rankings?
A) Manav Thakkar
B) Manush Shah
C) Snehit S
D) Jeet Chandra
Which city recently organized India’s first Kachra Mahotsav (garbage festival)?
A) Raipur
B) Bhopal
C) Lucknow
D) Ranchi
India-ASEAN Business and Investment meet and Expo was recently held in?
A) Mumbai
B) Hyderabad
C) Bengaluru
D) New Delhi
L&T recently launched its second offshore patrol vessel (OPV) for Indian Coast Guard, named?
A) Sankalp
B) Bharti
C) Aadesh
D) Vijaya
How much amount has ONGC recently borrowed from ICICI Bank for acquisition of HPCL?
A) Rs 9,000 crore
B) Rs 6,000 crore
C) Rs 1,500 crore
D) Rs 4,000 crore
Jimmy Armfield, who recently passed away, was associated with which sport?
A) Cricket
B) Wrestling
C) Football
D) Shooting
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