Railway Current Affairs Part - 18 English

Q1)Who was conferred with the 2018 Gleitsman Award by Harvard University?
A. Kailash Satyarthi
B. Nadia Murad
C. Malala Yousafzai
D. Denis Mukwege
Q2) The first edition of North East Olympic Games 2018 was won by which state?
A. Assam
B. Manipur
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Meghalaya
Q3)Which country has launched the world’s first sovereign blue bond?
A. Seychelles
B. Indonesia
C. Japan
D. China
Q4)The Ministry of Science & Technology has announced the development of less polluting firecrackers named ?
A. SWAS
B. SAFAL
C. STAR
D. All of the above
Q5) National Unity day (also known as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) was celebrated on 31st of October. The day was first observed in which year?
A. 2013
B. 2015
C. 2014
D. 2016
Q6) Which has become the first police force in country to digitise all malkhanas across every police station in the state under the e-malkhana project?
A. Mumbai Police
B. Delhi Police
C. Gurugram police
D. Noida police
Q7) Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary was recently been declared a National Park, it is located in which state?
A. Bihar
B. Rajasthan
C. Gujarat
D. Madhya Pradesh
Q8) A postage stamp and special cover were released to mark _______ years of the invention of ‘Bengal’s Rossogolla’ by Nabin Chandra Das?
A. 120 years
B. 150 years
C. 130 years
D. 110 years
Q9) PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the International Rice Research Institute South Asia Regional Centre campus in which city?
A. Lucknow
B. Meerut
C. Noida
D. Varanasi
Q10) India in collaboration with which country will work on 720 MW Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project?
A. Nepal
B. Bhutan
C. Myanmar
D. Bangladesh
Q11) The Congress observed its which Foundation Day on 28 December 2018?
A. 124th
B. 138th
C. 134th
D. 120th
Q12) Lok Sabha has passed the Triple Talaq Bill 2018, it seeks to make the practice of instant triple talaq a punishable offence with imprisonment of up to how many years?
A. 5 years
B. 2 years
C. 7 years
D. 3 years
Q13) Virat Kohli surpassed which cricketer’s longstanding record of most runs scored by an Indian in a calendar year overseas?
A. Sachin Tendulkar
B. Virender Sehwag
C. Rahul Dravid
D. Sourav Ganguly
Q14) The Union government has declared which organization a banned organisation?
A. Boko Haram
B. Khalistan Liberation Force
C. Palestinian Islamic Jihad
D. Jaish-e-Mohammad
Q15) Cabinet has approved a bill for setting up of National Commission for _____?
A. Ayurveda
B. Homeopathy
C. Aayush
D. Cancer
Q16) Which former Australian Cricketer was formally inducted into ICC Hall of Fame?
A. Shane Warne
B. Steve Smiths
C. Greg Matthews
D. Ricky Ponting
Q17) Name the noted sitar player who was conferred with the ‘Tansen Samman‘ for 2018?
A. Manju Mehta
B. Krishna Bhatt
C. Shama Rehman
D. Ragini Trivedi
Q18) The union government has changed the name of three islands of Andaman Nicobar, Ross Island was renamed after which freedom fighter?
A. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
B. Shaheed Bhagat Singh
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Chandrashekhar Azad
Q19) Which division of Central Railway’s has developed the robot, which has been named USTAAD?
A. Mumbai
B. Pune
C. Nagpur
D. Solapur
Q20) Which country has decided to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC)?
A. Russia
B. USA
C. Malaysia
D. Japan
Q21) Which zoo has been closed for an indefinite period following the confirmation of H5NI virus killing six peacocks in the zoo?
A. Surat Zoo
B. Patna Zoo
C. Udaipur Zoo
D. Mumbai Zoo
Q22) Where was Atal Bihari Vajpayee International School was inaugurated on the occasion of the 94th birth anniversary of the late prime minister?
A. Pune
B. Nagpur
C. Mumbai
D. Delhi
Q23) Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) observed its_______ anniversary ?
A. 50th
B. 55th
C. 44th
D. 59th
Q24) Which state has announced to name all the Child Care Institutes being run in the state as ‘Jagannath Ashrams‘?
A. Punjab
B. Gujarat
C. Haryana
D. Jharkhand
Q25) India’s first music museum will be set up in which state?
A. Karnataka
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Maharashtra
D. Tamil Nadu
Q26)Name the memorial of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee which was dedicated to the nation on his 94th birth anniversary?
A. Vibhinta Mai Atal
B. Karmveer Atal
C. Sadaiv Atal
D. Bharatputra Atal
Q27) Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) is a scheme of which state?
A. Karnataka
B. Telangana
C. Odisha
D. Andhra Pradesh
Q28) Which state has launched the Mukhya Mantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana?
A. Bihar
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Jharkhand
D. Madhya Pradesh
Q29) Who is the author of the book “India Unmade: How the Modi Government Broke the Economy”?
A. Yashwant Sinha
B. Jaswant Singh
C. P Chidambaram
D. Manmohan Singh
Q30) Who is the author of the book “Of Counsel: The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy”?
A. Kaushik Basu
B. Raghuram Rajan
C. Arvind Subramanian
D. Arvind Virmani
Q31) Which state has launched the Tembhu irrigation scheme?
A. Jharkhand
B. Bihar
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Maharashtra
Q32) Who has written the book”A Rural Manifesto“?
A. Maneka Gandhi
B. Varun Gandhi
C. Nitin Gadkari
D. Suresh Prabhu
Q33) Who was conferred with the Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award?
A. Devendra Fadnavis
B. Biplab Kumar Deb
C. Mamata Banerjee
D. Nitish Kumar
Q34) Defence Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman has inaugurated Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) in which city?
A. Delhi
B. Gurugram
C. Bengaluru
D. Pune
Q35) Which among the following has been named the new political capital of Burundi?
A. Bujumbura
B. Gitega
C. Gatumba
D. Bururi
Q36)Who has become the fastest Asian to cycle the globe?
A. Vedangi Kulkarni
B. Geeta Bisht
C. Deborah Harold
D. Poonam Acharya
Q37)Name the singer who passed away recently, she was known as the ‘Nightingale of Assam’?
A. Parveen Sultana
B. Anima Chowdhury
C. Dipali Borthakur
D. Kalpana Patowari
Q38) Who was appointed as the Defence Secretary of United States?
A. James Richard Perry
B. Alexander Acosta
C. Jim Mattis
D. Patrick Shanahan
Q39)Which country faced the Tsunami after the eruption of Mount Krakatau volcano?Operation
A. Cambodia
B. Mali
C. Indonesia
D. Laos
Q40) UNESCO’s International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography was inaugurated in which city?
A. Pune
B. Hyderabad
C. Bengaluru
D. Nagpur