Q1) Who has written the book “Shades of Truth – A Journey Derailed?

(a) Manmohan Singh

(b) Kapil Sibal
(c) Suresh Prabhu
(d) Shashi Tharoor

Ans:b

Q2) Minister of Railways & Coal, Piyush Goyal has launched which mobile app of ‘Indian Railways e-
procurement system’ (IREPS) ?

(a) PRATISHTHA
(b) AAPOORTI
(c) SANYOJAN
(d) SUVIDHA

Ans:b

Q3) Which Indian Mountaineer, after Mount Everest and Kilimanjaro, has conquered Mount Elbrus,
the highest mountain range in Europe?

(a) Arunima Sinha

(b) Malavath Purna
(c) Shivangi Pathak
(d) Premlata Agarwal

Ans:c

Q4 ) National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a monitoring committee headed by whom to
prepare a time-bound action plan on groundwater recharge in Delhi ?

(a) Justice S.P Garg

(b) Justice P K Singh
(c) Justice Vidyut Sharma
(d) Justice Anita Sharma

Ans:a

Q5) Hanuma Vihari became the 292nd cricketer to play Test cricket for India and become the second
debutante after Rishabh Pant in the ongoing series against England. He plays for which state?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Punjab

Ans:a
Q6) The Supreme Court has approved a scheme that grants a compensation of minimum Rs
__________ lakh to the survivors of rape and sexual assault ?

(a) Rs 7 lakh
(b) Rs 5 lakh
(c) Rs 4 Lakh
(d) Rs 3 lakh

Ans:c

Exp:This scheme will be launched on 2nd October 2018. Prepared by (National Legal Services
Authority (NALSA) For a rape survivor mandatory minimum compensation – Rs 4 lakh

For loss of life or gang rape victims, minimum compensation – Rs 5 lakh & maximum compensation –
Rs 10 lakh Victims of burning and acid attacks, minimum compensation – Rs 7

lakh for total disfigurement & Rs 5 lakh for 50% burns.

Q7) The 3rd ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Conference on ‘Global Ageing and Human Rights of Older
Persons was held in which country?

(a) Canada
(b) France
(c) South Korea
(d) Italy

Ans:c

Q8) Which Bank has announced that the users can now withdraw cash from ATMs, without having
the need for a physical debit or credit card?

(a) Axis Bank

(b) Paytm Bank
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) Airtel Payment Bank

Ans:d

Q9)Which bank has got RBI’s approval for call option on bonds totaling Rs.655 crore?

(a) Oriental Bank of Commerce

(b) Indian Overseas Bank
(c) Federal bank
(d) Bank of India

Ans:b

Q10) Which company for the first time has bagged an order worth Rs 9,200 crore for supply of 7
Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) system?
(a) Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL)
(b) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE)
(c) Bharat Electronics Limited
(d) None of these

Ans:c

Q11) Which Brand has retained its top spot for the 5th consecutive year, in the `WPP and Kantar
Millward Brown’s BrandZ 75 Most Valuable Indian Brands’ ranking ?

(a) Life Insurance Corporation of India

(b) Tata Consultancy Services
(c) Zee TV
(d) HDFC bank

Ans:d

Exp:Rank 1 – HDFC Bank (USD 21.7 billion)

Rank 2 – Life Insurance Corporation of India (USD 19.8 billion)

Rank 3 – Tata Consultancy Services (USD 15 billion)

Q12) Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SBI Mutual
Funds?

(a) Ashwani Bhatia

(b) Anuradha Rao
(c) Deepak Garg
(d) Deepika Sharma

Ans:a

Q13) Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of the State Bank Of India?

(a) Vikrant Sodhi

(b) Anshula Kant
(c) Anushka Rai
(d) Rohit Pandita

Ans:b

Q14) Kavyanjali Diwas will be observed on?

(a) September 10
(b) September 9
(c) September 12
(d) September 16

Ans:d
Q15) Surgical Strike Day will be observed on?

(a) October 15
(b) September 28
(c) November 2
(d) December 3

Ans:b

Q16) Which team has won the Duleep Trophy 2018?

(a) India Blue

(b) India Red
(c) India Green
(d) India Pink

Ans:a

Q17) Pakistan has finally agreed to open which corridor located in Punjab for the Sikh community
living in India ?

(a) Sialkot Corridor

(b) Panja Sahib corridor
(c) Khadur Sahib Corridor
(d) Kartarpur Sahib corridor

Ans:d

Q18) Indian Railways have decided to serve only vegetarian food on trains on the birthday
anniversary of which person?

(a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Pandit Deen Dayal

Ans:c

Q19) Which airport has become the first airport in Asia to use face recognition as boarding pass?

(a) Indira Gandhi International Airport

(b) Vijayawada International Airport
(c) Kempegowda International Airport
(d) Goa International Airport

Ans:c

Q20) Wrestler Rahul Aware, who won the gold medal for the country in the Commonwealth Games
held in the Gold Coast, will be appointed as the Deputy Superintendent of Police. He is from which
state?
(a) Haryana
(b) Punjab
(c) Delhi
(d) Maharashtra

Ans:d

Q21) Following no progress, Jharkhand’s first Mega Food Park which was built in Getalsud will be put
up for an auction. Getalsud comes under which district of Jharkhand?

(a) Bokaro
(b) Dhanbad
(c) Ranchi
(d) Dumka

Ans:c

Q22) Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of Axis Bank?

(a) Paresh Sukthankar

(b) Amitabh Chaudhary
(c) Shikha sharma
(d) Rajesh Sharma

Ans:b

Q23) International Literacy Day is celebrated on?

(a) September 7
(b) September 8
(c) September 6
(d) September 9

Ans:b

Exp:THEME

“Literacy and Skill Development”

Q24) Which former head of the United Nations visited Delhi’s Mohalla Clinic?

(a) Sadako Ogata

(b) Ban-Ki-Moon
(c) Philippo Grandi
(d) Wendy Chamberlain

Ans:b

Q25) Aero India 2019 exhibition will be held in which city?

(a) Lucknow
(b) Delhi
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Hyderabad

Ans:c

Q26) Which famous American singer died recently? He got famous for his album Blue Slide Park?

(a) Jay Sean

(b) Mc Miller
(c) Wiz Khalifa
(d) John Mayer

Ans:b

Q27) Who has written the book 'Kalpasutra'?

(a) Simuka
(b) Panini
(c) Bhadrabahu
(d) Patanjali

Ans:c

Q28) Which of the following is the highest peak of Satpura Range?

(a) Gurushikhar
(b) Dhupgarh
(c) Pachmarhi
(d) Mahendragiri

Ans:b

Q29) Dibang is the tributary of which river?

(a) Ganges
(b) Yamuna
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Brahmaputra

Ans:d

Q30) Which square of Lucknow will now be known as Atal Square?

(a) Awadh Square

(b) Hazratganj Square
(c) Charbagh Square
(d) Aliganj Square

Ans:b