Q1) Who is the author of the book “Brief Answers to the Big Questions”?
(a) Peter Higgs
(b) Stephen Hawking
(c) Alan Guth
(d) James Watson
Ans:b
Q2) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow, has developed an innovative technology for “Drinking Water Disinfection System” with the trade name _______ _?
(a) CleanH2O
(b) StarTM
(c) OneerTM
(d) SoftwaterPro
Ans:c
Q3) Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018 has been awarded to?
(a) Martin Bailey
(b) Joe Findlay
(c) Tim lamen
(d) Marsel van Oosten
Ans:d
Q4) 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award in the 10-years-and-under category has been awarded to?
(a) Sukhwinder Singh
(b) Arshdeep Singh
(c) Aditya Parihar
(d) Nikunj Anand
Ans:b
Q5) Which state cabinet has approved an extension of the enhanced 50 % reservation for women from the earlier 33 % for the office of the chairperson of panchayat samitis and zila parishads?
(a) Haryana
(b) Punjab
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand
Ans:b
Q6) Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi unfurled India’s highest tricolor flag in which of the following cities?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Delhi
(c) Shimla
(d) Amritsar
Ans:a
Q7) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has chaired the ________ meeting of National Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA) at New Delhi?
(a) Seventh
(b) Fifth
(c) Sixth
(d) Third
Ans:c
Q8) ‘DHARMA GUARDIAN-2018’ is a military exercise between which two countries?
(a) India and Russia
(b) India and Japan
(c) Bhutan and Nepal
(d) Myanmar and Nepal
Ans:b
Q9) Which professional boxer has signed the largest contract in the history of sports, agreeing a five-year, 11-fight deal worth at least $365 million?
(a) Manny Pacquiao
(b) Rocky Merciano
(c) Joe Lewis
(d) Canelo Alvarez
Ans:d
Q10) World Steel Association has appointed whom as its treasurer?
(a) TV Narendran
(b) Rajesh Kumar Rathi
(c) Arun Kumar Rath
(d) Sajjan Jindal
Ans:d
Q11) Two MoUs were signed by Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun, with Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan in order to launch which programme?
(a) Prakriti
(b) Kudarat
(c) Srishti
(d) Nisarg
Ans:a
Q12) Who among the following formed a government-in-exile, the Aarzi Hukumat or a temporary government in Junagarh?
(a) Ramdas Gandhi
(b) Samaldas Gandhi
(c) Ramchandra Gandhi
(d) Harilal Gandhi
Ans:b
Q13) Who among the following was the leader of Mahagujarat Movement?
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Indulal Yagnik
(c) Savjibhai Korat
(d) Vinubhai Patel
Ans:b
Q14) Which among the following is India’s first ministry to have an account on twitter?
(a) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(b) Ministry of External Affairs
(c) Ministry of Finance
(d) Home Ministry
Ans:b
Q15) Which country is to launch 3 artificial moons in space in 2022 with mirrors to provide 24-hour sunlight?
(a) Japan
(b) Russia
(c) China
(d) USA
Ans:c
Q16) Which Indian-American woman has been honoured with a Presidential award for her extraordinary contribution towards combatting human trafficking in Houston?
(a) Minal Patel Davis
(b) Nidhi Thomas Sen
(c) Niharika Smith
(d) Nikki Peter
Ans:a
Q17) Which of the following countries has opposed the US sanctions against Iran?
(a) Japan
(b) Russia
(c) China
(d) India
Ans:b
Q18) In order to attract tourists from Japan, China, Thailand, and Sri Lanka, railways has decided to run a special train on which of the following circuits?
(a) Buddhist circuit
(b) Ramayana Circuit
(c) Krishna Circuit
(d) Himalayan Circuit
Ans:a
Q19) Which of the following organization has released the operational guidelines to facilitate payments among prepaid instruments (PPI) such as mobile wallets?
(a) NITI Aayog
(b) Ministry of Finance
(c) Supreme Court
(d) RBI
Ans:d
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