Q1) What is the name of the new ranking system launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) to systematically rank education institutions and universities primarily on innovation related indicators ?
A.Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements
B.Atal Innovation Ranking
C.Atal New Ranking
D.Atal Institution Innovation Ranking
Q2)Which country is going to provide Euro 120 million soft loan for Clean Ganga
Mission ?
A.Sweden
B.Germany
C.Mauritius
D.Japan
Q3) Ganga book project has been piloted in government schools in which state and it will
be replicated in other states ?
A.Uttar Pradesh
B.Bihar
C.West Bengal
D.Uttarakhand
Q4) Which commission has submitted its ‘draft’ report to the Law Ministry recommended holding of simultaneous elections to House of the People (Lok Sabha) and the State Legislative Assemblies (except the State of Jammu and Kashmir)?
A.Niti Aayog
B.Law Commission
C.Election Commission
D.Supreme Court
Q5) The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi and All India Institute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS) has entered into a pact for setting up a Biomedical Research Park in which district of
Haryana?
A.Rohtak
B.Gurugram
C.Karnal
D.Jhajjar
Q6) An Indian-American scientist has identified as many as 50 protein biomarkers that can
non-invasively detect inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)? What’s his name?
A.Sunil Mahanto
B.Kabir Sethi
C.Chandar Mohan
D.Vikas Sharma
Q7) Which Tiger Reserve has launched a tollfree number 1926 to curtail man-animal
conflicts?
A.Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
B.Bandipur Tiger Reserve
C.Pench Tiger reserve
D.Kaziranga Tiger Reserve
Q8) Which state government has extended AFSPA in the state for six more months with
immediate effect?
A.Tripura
B.Assam
C.Nagaland
D.Manipur
9) Indian Railways has rolled out its first “SMART” coach. The coach has been
manufactured by which company?
A.Integral Coach Factory Chennai
B.Rail Coach Factory Punjab
C.Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli
D.None of these
Q10) YES Bank has got nod from the RBI for re-appointment of whom as its MD & CEO ?
A.P S Jayakumar
B.Rana Kapoor
C.Rakesh Sharma
D.Mukesh Kumar Jain
Q11)Which Indian Naval Ship has entered the Port of Darwin, Australia to take part in a
multilateral maritime exercise – KAKADU ?
A.INS Vikrant
B.INS Virat
C.INS Sahyadri
D.INS Shivalik
Q12) A special home to house around 1,000 widows was inaugurated at Vrindavan in Uttar
Pradesh. What is the name of this house?
A.Kanha Kutir
B.Krishna Kutir
C.Gopala Kutir
D.Vrindavan Kutir
Q13) The five day Vostok-2018 exercises to be held from September 11. Which of the following
countries will participate in it?
A.China
B.Russia
C.Mongolia
D.All of the above
Q14) India’s e-commerce market to grow fourfold to $150 billion bywhich year?
A.2023
B.2021
C.2022
D.2025
Q15) The 4th BIMSTEC Summit concluded in Kathmandu on August 31, 2018 with the
signing and adoption of which Declaration?
A.Nepal Declaration
B.Kathmandu Declaration
C.Myanmar Declaration
D.Bhutan Declaration
Q16) Indian Railways has Signed an MoU with which company for the use Of Natural
Gas in Railway Workshops?
A.GAIL
B.HPCL
C.ONGC
D.BPCL
Q17) Who has taken over as Vodafone Idea’s first Chief Executive Officer?
A.Himanshu Kapania
B.Rajesh Mittal
C.Anurag Tiwari
D.Balesh sharma
Q18) The 6th RCEP Trade Ministers’
Meeting took place in which country?
A.Japan
B.Australia
C.New Zealand
D.Singapore
Meeting consisting of 10 ASEAN countries and six ASEAN FTA
partners namely, India, China, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand
Q19) Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) made public 13 standardised state-of-the-art
ship designs suitable for large barge haulage on river _______ (National Waterway-1)?
A.Yamuna
B.Godavari
C.Krishna
D.Ganga
Q20) Who had organized two-day conference on Motivating & Attracting Youth in Agriculture
(MAYA) ?
A.Indian Council of Agricultural Research
B.University of Agricultural Sciences
C.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare
D.NITI Aayog
Q21) With ‘Mobility Week, which commission kickstarted the action on MOVE: India’s First
Global Mobility Summit 2018 ?
A.Competition Commission Of India
B.NITI AAyog
C.Finance Commission
D.National Innovation Foundation
Q22) Vindhyashakti was founder of which of the following dynasties in ancient India?
A.Chalukya
B. Vakataka
C.Kakatiya
D.Kalachuri
Q23)Who among the following was a religious teacher of Shivaji?
A. Tukaram
B. Eknath
C.Gyaneshwar
D. Ramdas
Q24) Which legendary Sufi saint of Chishti order was popularly known as ‘Chirag-eDehlavi
(Chirag of Delhi)’?
A.Nizamuddin Auliya
B. Nasiruddin Mahmud
C.Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
D.None of the above
Q25) Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated which Dharamshala
in Nepal?
A.Shiv Dharamshala
B.Pashupati Dharamshala
C.Bodh Dharamshala
D.Shaktipeeth Dharamshala
Q26) A book on Weather Information Portal for Indian Power System was launched by
whom?
A.Nitin Gadkari
B.Dr. Harsh Vardhan
C.R K Singh
D.Arun Jaitley
Q27) Which medal was won by Indian Women Hockey Team at Asian Games 2018?
A.Gold Medal
B.Bronze Medal
C.Silver Medal
D.None of these
Q28) Which state/ UT has announced doorstep delivery of various government services for its
citizens from September 10 ?
A.Chandigarh
B.Madhya Pradesh
C.Delhi
D.Maharashtra
Q29) According to government data India’s GDP has grown by what percent in the first
quarter of 2018-19?
A.7.8 %
B.7.9%
C.8.2%
D.8%