Q1) What was the name of the noted Malayalam poet and Sahitya Akademi awardee who passed away recently?
(a) Chemmanam Chacko
(b) Chandirur Divakaran
(c) Vijayalakshmi
(d) Kavita Balakrishnan
Ans:a
Q2) Which team won its first Tamil Nadu Premier League 2018 title ?
(a) Dindigul Dragons
(b) TUTI Patriots
(c) Chepauk Super Gillies
(d) Madurai Panthers
Ans:d
Q3) Which football player has , who is also known as Spain’s Lionel Messi ,announced his retirement from international football ?
(a) Koke
(b) David Silva
(c) David Villa
(d) Diego Costa
Ans:b
Q4) The government has accepted the resignation of National Housing Bank (NHB) Managing Director. What is his name ?
(a) Vikas Kohli
(b) Braj Singh
(c) Sriram Kalyanaraman
(d) Animesh Nigam
Ans:c
Q5) Who has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to Russia ?
(a) Pankaj Saran
(b) D Bala Venkatesh Varma
(c) Arun Singh
(d) Vikas Swarup
Ans:b
Q6) Who has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to Ukraine ?
(a) Partha Satpathy
(b) Manoj Kumar Bharti
(c) Ajay Bisaria
(d) Vijay Keshav Gokhale
Ans:a
Q7) Who has assumed charge as Director (Pipelines) of Indian Oil Corp (IOC) ?
(a) Sanjeev Singh
(b) Akshay Kumar Singh
(c) Dinesh Sarraf
(d) Atul Sobati
Ans:b
Q8) As per ‘Ficci’s Economic Outlook Survey’, the Indian economy is expected to grow at what per cent in the current fiscal year 2019?
(a) 7.1%
(b) 7.4%
(c) 7.5%
(d) 7.3%
Ans:b
Exp:Rashesh Shah – President
Dilip Chenoy – Secretary General
Q9) Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has inked a loan agreement with KfW bank for EUR 200 million. KfW belongs to which country ?
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Spain
(d) Canada
Ans:b
Q10) Where was the First project under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme was inaugurated ?
(a) Tripura
(b) Assam
(c) Sikkim
(d) Manipur
Ans:d
Q11) The 7th Edition of International Travel Mart is scheduled to be held in November in which state ?
(a) Assam
(b) Tripura
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Mizoram
Ans:b
Q12) Rythu Bima – An insurance scheme for farmers, was launched by which state on Independence day?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Odisha
(d) Telangana
Ans:d
Q13) Kanti Vellugu, under which all the citizens of the state will get free eye screening test, was launched by which state ?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Telangana
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Odisha
Ans:b
Q14) Telangana government will set up a mega textile park in which of the following districts ?
(a) Adilabad
(b) Nizamabad
(c) Warangal
(d) Medak
Ans:c
Q15) E-committee of the Supreme Court ,which was headed by Justice M B Lokur, has launched how many mobile applications for the benefit of litigants and lawyers ?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) One
Ans:b
Q16) Ministry of Railways has launched “Digital Screens” at how many stations in order to spread awareness about Indian Railways Heritage?
(a) 12
(b) 23
(c) 22
(d) 15
Ans:c
Q17) The 24th World Congress of Philosophy (WCP) was held which country?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Bhutan
(d) Sri Lanka
Ans:b
Q18) India has released how much additional amount for Phase I of Postal Highway Project that is being constructed in Southern Plains of Nepal?
(a) Rs 450 million
(b) Rs 500 million
(c) Rs 470 million
(d) Rs 550 million
Ans:c
Q19) Which state will observe September as ‘month of nutrition’?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Rajasthan
Ans:d
Q20) The Uttar Pradesh government has approached the Centre for its approval to rename Bareilly airport to _____________?
(a) Shiv Nagri
(b) Braj Nagri
(c) Nath Nagari
(d) Shambhu Nagari
Ans:c
Q21) Gaganyaan mission will be able to take Indian astronauts to space by which year ?
(a) 2021
(b) 2030
(c) 2022
(d) 2033
Ans:c
Q22) Which state government has declined the Centre’s move in reducing the ‘disturbed areas’ under the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA)?
(a) Tripura
(b) Manipur
(c) Mizoram
(d) Assam
Ans:d
Q23) Who was ranked first in the Kotak Wealth Hurun-Leading Wealthy Women 2018 list ?
(a) Roshini Nadar
(b) Smitha Crishna
(c) Indu Jain
(d) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Ans:b
Q24) Which state has surpassed its own target by planting 9.26 crore saplings in a day?
(a) Odisha
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan
Ans:b
Q25) Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away on August 16, 2018, was born in which city?
(a) Bhopal
(b) Jabalpur
(c) Gwalior
(d) Satna
Ans:c
Q26) Unit of radioactivity is –
(a) Curie
(b) Candela
(c) Pascal
(d) Lux
Ans:a
Q27) The book “Sankalp Kaal” was written by whom ?
(a) Lal Krishna Advani
(b) Rajiv Gandhi
(c) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(d) Indira Gandhi
Ans:c
Q28) Hydrochloric acid (HCI) is formed in which part of the body?
(a) Stomach
(b) Kidney
(c) Liver
(d) Bladder
Ans:a