Railway Current Affairs Part - 17 English

Q1) India and Singapore hold the ________ edition of joint naval exercise SIMBEX 2018?
A. 15th
B. 20th
C. 25th
D. 21st
Q2) Who has been appointed as the chairperson of the Competition Commission of India?
A. Ashok Kumar Gupta
B. Sudhir Mittal
C. Ravish Singh
D. Avinash Patidar
Q3)Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu had inaugurated the first India-bulit war memorial in which of the following countries?
A. Japan
B. Sweden
C. France
D. Germany
Q4) About three decades after, the Indian Army has inducted which artillery gun systems?
A. M777 A2 Howitzers
B. K-9 Vajra
C. Composite Gun Towing Vehicle
D. All of the above
Q5) The Union cabinet has approved setting up of ‘Central Tribal University’in Vizianagaram city of which state?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Uttar Pradesh
Q6)Which state observed its 18th Foundation Day on 9 November 2018?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Uttarakhand
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Jharkhand
Q7)Who is the author of the book “Becoming”?
A. Barack Obama
B. Theresa May
C. Scott Morrison
D. Michelle Obama
Q8)‘Mo bus service’ was started in which state?
A. Karnataka
B. Odisha
C. Bihar
D. Jharkhand
Q9)“Notes of a Dream: The Authorized Biography of A.R. Rahman” is written by whom?
A. Kiran Desai
B. Krishna Trilok
C. Ashwin Sanghi
D. Arun Joshi
Q10)Which country has recently unveiled ‘Heavenly Palace‘ space station?
A. Russia
B. China
C. Japan
D. Israel
Q11)Who has been chosen for the prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award, presented by the Press Council of India (PCI)?
A. Vivek Goenka
B. N Ram
C. Vineet Kumar Jain
D. Bodhisattva Ganguly
Q12) Election Commission has set up ‘Sangwari’ polling booths in various constituencies of which state to encourage women voters?
A. Karnataka
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Rajasthan
D. Chhattisgarh
Q13) RBI has started the process to set up digital PCR for capturing all details of borrowers? What is the full form of PCR?
A. Personal Credit Registry
B. Personal Code Registration
C. Public Credit Registry
D. Public Cash Registration
Q14) The Union Government has approved the operationalization strategy for Operation Greens to ensure availability of which vegetables throughout the country round the year without price volatility?
A. Tomato
B. Potato
C. Onion
D. All of the above
Q15)Who has become the first cricketer in history to score 4 T20I hundreds?
A. Virat Kohli
B. Rohit Sharma
C. Martin Guptill
D. Kimo Paul
Q16) Which of the following has inaugurated the Queen Hur memorial in Ayodhya?
A. Kim Jung-sook
B. Moon Jae-in
C. Malcolm Turnbull
D. Shinzo Abe
Q17) Ekana International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow was Monday renamed after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the stadium is situated in which city?
A. Pune
B. Indore
C. Lucknow
D. Shimla
Q18) Who has become the fastest player to reach 1,000 Twenty20 International runs by surpassing Virat Kohli?
A. Mohammad Hafeez
B. Babar Azam
C. Ross Taylor
D. Usman Khawaja
Q19) Yoga Guru Ramdev has launched the first apparel and accessory store under which name?
A. Sanskar
B. Paridhan
C. Paushak
D. Aastha
Q20) Boeing will set up its second largest electronics manufacturing and avionics Assembly facility in which city?
A. Surat
B. Hyderabad
C. Bengaluru
D. Amravati
Q21)Name the India’s first nuclear ballistic missile submarine which has become fully operational?
A. Vikraal
B. Vipul
C. Arihant
D. Daksh
Q22) National Ayurveda Day was observed on?
A. 1 November
B. 4 November
C. 3 November
D. 5 November
Q23) Which player has made history by picking up her record 13th career gold medal at the world gymnastics championships?
A. Shawn Johnson
B. Simon Biles
C. Olga Korbut
D. Kerry Strong
Q24) Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) ‘Be the Legacy’ internship programme was established to honor whom? (HQ- Ebene, Mauritius)
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Nelson Mandela
C. Mother Teresa
D. Abdul Kalam
Q25) Tigress Avni was shot dead in which district of Maharashtra as part of an operation?
A. Kolhapur
B. Hingoli
C. Yavatmal
D. Satara
Q26) The _________ metre Signature Bridge built over Yamuna river was inaugurated recently in Wazirabad in Delhi ?
A. 650 m
B. 576 m
C. 675 m
D. 550 m
Q27) The first passenger train to run on broad gauge will run between Nepal and which state of India? (Jayanagar to Dhanusa)
A. Uttarakhand
B. Bihar
C. West Bengal
D. Sikkim
Q28)Which Regional Cinema has completed its 100 years recently?
A. Marathi
B. Bhojpuri
C. Bengali
D. Punjabi
Q29) NASA’s which space telescope has retired after running out of fuel? It has served for 9.5 years. (Event Horizon Telescope – Black Hole photo)
A. Hubble
B. Kepler
C. Spitzer
D. Fermi Gamma
Q30)Which state has launched the Samruddhi scheme to boost employment opportunities for SC/ST youth through entrepreneurship?
A. Odisha
B. Bihar
C. Karnataka
D. Telangana
Q31) Uttar Pradesh has cleared a proposal for thedevelopment of ‘Food Value Chain’ in the state. The chain will be built with the help of which country?
A. Sweden
B. Bulgaria
C. France
D. Japan
Q32) Which state has started the Soura Jalanidhi Scheme?
A. Odisha
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Andhra Pradesh
Q33) Which state celebrated its Foundation Day on 1November?
A. Chhattisgarh & Kerala
B. Haryana & Madhya Pradesh
C. Karnataka
D. All of the above
Q34)Which is the only Indian movie that has made its place in the BBC’s list of the 100 Best Foreign Language Movies of the 21st Century?
A. Pather Panchali
B. Lagaan
C. Sairat
D. Village Rockstar
Q35) On the recommendation of which committee nine new teams will become the part of the Ranji Trophy?
A. Lodha Committee
B. Gadgil Committee
C. Vipin Malik Committee
D. Dave Committee
Q36) Which Bengali newspaper that used to be published by the Communist Party of India will no longer be published?
A. Bartmaan
B. Ekdin
C. Kalantar
D. Sakarbela
Q37) Little India Gate was inaugurated in which country?
A. India
B. Indonesia
C. Singapore
D. Sri Lanka
Q38)Which Indian Institution has designed and booted up India’s first microprocessor, Shakti?
A. IIT Bombay
B. IIT Delhi
C. IIT Madras
D. IIT Kanpur
Q39)Who is the author of the ‘Free Trade & Prosperity’?
A. Raghuram Rajan
B. R. Gandhi
C. Arvind Panagariya
D. Arvind Subramanian
Q40) Yogi government will build ______ metre high Lord Ram statue in Ayodhya?
A. 148 metre
B. 160 metre
C. 221 metre
D. 151 metre