Q1) India and which country has signed a second protocol amending Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) ?
(a) Mauritius
(b) Singapore
(c) Switzerland
(d) New Zealand
Ans:b
Q2) Which country’s Cyber Town will be named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee?
(a) Nepal
(b) Bhutan
(c) Mauritius
(d) Singapore
Ans:c
Q3) Which Contract has been launched by IAF for speedy delivery of consignments ?
(a) SPEEDEX
(b) MOVEX
(c) FASTEX
(d) RAPIDX
Ans:a
Q4) Telangana government has increased free power units for SC/ST families from 50 Unit to ______ Units ?
(a) 105 Unit
(b) 100 Unit
(c) 110 Unit
(d) 101 Unit
Ans:d
Q5) 9th edition of Mountain Echoes Literary Festival 2018 was held in which country?
(a) Nepal
(b) Bhutan
(c) Russia
(d) South Africa
Ans:b
Q6) The World Bank has launched the world’s first public bond created and managed using only blockchain technology. What is the name of this bond?
(a) Bondi Bond
(b) Sondi Bond
(c) Hondi Bond
(d) Mondi Bond
Ans:a
Q7) Who has been appointed as the chairman of DRDO for a two year term?
(a) A S Kiran Kumar
(b) G Satheesh Reddy
(c) K Sivan
(d) Avinash chander
Ans:b
Q8) Who has been appointed as a head of a threemember committee, to decide mining company Vedanta’s plea challenging closure of its Sterlite copper plant at Tuticorin, constituted by NGT?
(a) A K Goyal
(b) Kurien Joseph
(c) Arun Kumar Mishra
(d) S J Vazifdar
Ans:d
Q9) India’s only aircraft carrier INS ______ will be fitted with a marine hydraulic system to boost the air operations of the ship ?
(a) INS Kamorta
(b) INS Shakti
(c) INS Vikramaditya
(d) INS Vikrant
Ans:c
Q10) Who has become the first woman fighter pilot in Japan ?
(a) Misa Matsushima
(b) Seiko Tanaka
(c) Yuko Ogato
(d) Masako Mori
Ans:a
Q11) The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reportedly said that people will be allowed to make calls and use the internet during flights (at 30,000 ft) from _________ ?
(a) November 2018
(b) January 2019
(c) October 2018
(d) September 2018
Ans:c
Q12) Who has launched an initiative to assess the damage to the rich cultural and built heritage
(a) UNESCO
(b) ICOMOS
(c) ASI (d) Ministry of Culture
Ans:b
Q13) A senator from US’s Arizona and a two time contender for the presidency passed away recently. What was his name?
(a) John Thune
(b) Mike Lee
(c) Jeff Flake
(d) John McCain
Ans:d
Q14) Hurricane Lane is causing flash flooding and landslides in which state of US?
(a) Florida
(b) Hawaii
(c) Ohio
(d) Alaska
Ans:b
Q15) What was the name of the former India batsman and Bengal captain who passed away recently in Birmingham?
(a) Amber Roy
(b) Gopal Bose
(c) Dilip Doshi
(d) Manoj Tiwari
Ans:b
Q16) Who will be honoured with 2018 Asia Game Changer of the Year Award?
(a) Indra Nooyi
(b) Jane Yan
(c) Shaheen Mistry
(d) Avni Davda
Ans:a
Q17) In which city did the Quit India Movement begin?
(a) Madras
(b) Kolkata
(c) Bombay
(d) Delhi
Ans:c
Q18) The Mansabdari system was introduced by whom ?
(a) Humayu
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangzeb
Ans:c
Q19) The French Revolution was started in which year ?
(a) 1799
(b) 1789
(c) 1790
(d) 1718
Ans:b
Q20) Which country’s government has banned the first-class air travel by officials and leaders, including the president and the prime minister, as part of its austerity drive ?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Nepal
(c) China
(d) Pakistan
Ans:d
Q21) As per the Finmin report which bank has been ranked at top among the public banks in digital transaction ?
(a) Bank of Baroda
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) Allahabad Bank
(d) State Bank of India
Ans:b