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S. Ratnavel Pandian, who recently passed
away, was associated with?
A) Law
B) Film Industry
C) Journalism
D) Politics

Which state's cabinet has approved


death penalty for rapists of girls below
the age of 12 years?
A) Gujarat
B) Haryana
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Maharashtra

Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi,


who recently passed away, was the 69th
pontiff of?
A) Kalahasthi Mutt
B) Trichy Mutt
C) Kanchi Mutt
D) Chidambaram Mutt

CCEA has approved continuation of Prime


Minister's Employment Generation
Programme (PMEGP), at an outlay of Rs
5,500 crore, for 3 years till?
A) 2017-18
B) 2020-21
C) 2019-20
D) 2018-19

Which team won the Vijay Hazare


Trophy?
A) Maharashtra
B) Karnataka
C) Haryana
D) Saurashtra

Which Indian para-swimmer has been


suspended for three years by the
Paralympic Committee of India (PCI)?
A) Prasanta Karmakar
B) Sharath Gayakwad
C) Niranjan Mukundan
D) Murlikant Petkar

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EPFO has introduced UAN-Aadhaar
linking facility in which app?
A) Kavach
B) MyGov
C) Garv
D) Umang

Which company has announced to buy


video doorbell maker 'Ring', in a deal
valued about $1 billion?
A) Google
B) Microsoft
C) Amazon
D) Facebook

International Tennis Federation has


proposed to transform which of the
following tournaments into a 18-nation
World Cup of Tennis?
A) Davis Cup
B) Grand Slam
C) Hopman Cup
D) Fed Cup
Which country's membership has been
reinstated by International Olympic
Committee (IOC)?
A) Italy
B) Russia
C) Pakistan
D) Ukraine

Shipping minister Nitin Gadkari recently


laid the foundation stone for setting up of
a National Technology Centre for Ports,
Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC) at?
A) IIT Delhi
B) IIT Chennai
C) IIT Bombay
D) IIT Palakkad

Which state government has announced


to set up a State Sanskrit Education
Council?
A) Telangana
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Tamilnadu
D) Delhi

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Which space agency has announced to
set up a lunar habitat on moon by
sending robots and 3D printers?
A) JAXA
B) ISRO
C) SpaceX
D) NASA

Who has been honoured with Sportsman


of the Year at the Laureus World Sports
Awards 2018?
A) Lionel Messi
B) Roger Federer
C) Cristiano Ronaldo
D) Rafael Nadal

Which institute has developed a website


and app, named "marinefishsales", to
help fishermen sell fish directly to
customers?
A) Central Institute of Freshwater
Aquaculture
B) Central Institute of Fisheries
Technology
C) Central Inland Fisheries Research
Institute
D) Central Marine Fisheries Research
Institute
India successfully conducted the test of
which Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM), in
Pokhran, Rajasthan?
A) Shaurya
B) Akash
C) Nag
D) Agni

Who has been appointed the National


Goodwill Ambassador for Pakistan by
UNDP?
A) Mohsina Abbas
B) Simi Mariam
C) Nazma Ahmad
D) Samina Baig
Which state is going to host the 13th
edition of annual India-Nepal joint
military exercise 'Surya Kiran'?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Uttarakhand
D) Punjab

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Who is going to become the youngest
captain in the history of international
cricket?
A) Rashid Khan
B) JE Taylor
C) Hasan Raza
D) Salman Butt
Vinay Kumar has been appointed as
India's ambassador to?
A) Nepal
B) Sri Lanka
C) Kazakhstan
D) Afghanistan

Who launched ‘Viral load testing for all


People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV)’?
A) Anupriya Patel
B) Narendra Modi
C) JP Nadda
D) Ramnath Kovind

Union Cabinet was recently apprised of


the MoU on Renewable Energy with?
A) Fiji
B) Vanuatu
C) Samao
D) Tuvalu

What is India's rank out of 86 countries


on the "Inclusive Internet Index" by
Facebook?
A) 34
B) 47
C) 51
D) 23
Which lake's ‘Annual Monitoring’ report
has revealed that it is the single largest
habitat of Irrawaddy dolphins in the
world?
A) Vembanad
B) Loktak
C) Chilika
D) Wular
The ceremony for kicking off work in
Afghan section of TAPI pipeline project
was held recently.Which gas field in
Turkmenistan will feed the pipeline?
A) Urengoy
B) Galkynysh
C) Shtokman
D) Dauletabad

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How much amount has been allocated to
IITs out of the Rs 1,00,000 crore corpus
under the Revitalising Infrastructure and
Systems in Education (RISE) scheme?
A) Rs 60,000 crore
B) Rs 10,000 crore
C) Rs 45,000 crore
D) Rs 25,000 crore

The founding conference of International


Solar Alliance (ISA) is going to be held in?
A) Canberra
B) Capetown
C) Paris
D) New Delhi

Which country has declined India's


invitation to join the multilateral exercise
MILAN, to be hosted in Andaman &
Nicobar?
A) Australia
B) Maldives
C) Thailand
D) Oman
Which state government has announced
a Rs 5 lakh health-cum-life insurance
scheme for farmers?
A) Telangana
B) Assam
C) Punjab
D) Jharkhand

Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation


Uma Bharti, recently launched the Swajal
pilot project in?
A) Rajasthan
B) Odisha
C) Telangana
D) Maharashtra

Which ministry has launched an idea


competition, named 'SRIJAN'?
A) Railways
B) Skill Development
C) Human Resources
D) Power

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World Rare Disease Day was recently
observed on?
A) Mar 3
B) Mar 1
C) Feb 28
D) Mar 2

How much amount of loan has Asian


Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
recently approved to India for
infrastructure-related projects in 2018?
A) $1 billion
B) $1.5 billion
C) $2.5 billion
D) $2 billion
Railway Ministry has announced to install
sanitary napkin dispensers and
incinerators at how many railway
stations by International Women's Day
on March 8?
A) 100
B) 500
C) 1000
D) 200

Which institute has entered into an MoU


with RCSTT of Indian Ocean Rim
Association (IORA) for designating
Central Institute of Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants, Lucknow as
Coordinating Center on Medicinal Plants?
A) CSIR
B) IISc
C) IIT Kanpur
D) IIT Roorkee

Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapathi


Raju recently inaugurated India's first
Aviation Multi Skill Development Centre
at?
A) Mangalore
B) Bhubaneswar
C) Jodhpur
D) Chandigarh
Who has won the Aravindan Puraskaram
for the best debutant director of 2017?
A) Shashank Kumar Sawan
B) Kranthi Kumar Shukla
C) Sagar Chaya Vanchari
D) Raja Gopal Sankara

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EPFO has made it mandatory to make PF
claims online for withdrawals of more
than?
A) Rs 15 lakh
B) Rs 20 lakh
C) Rs 10 lakh
D) Rs 25 lakh
Which country is going to be put in the
‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task
Force (FATF) in June 2018?
A) Pakistan
B) Qatar
C) Myanmar
D) Bangladesh

Which country has recently allowed


women to join military for the first time?
A) Qatar
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Kuwait
D) Oman

CCEA has approved a proposal to double


the guarantee to NAFED to help it obtain
higher credit from banks, to?
A) Rs 27,000 crore
B) Rs 8,000 crore
C) Rs 32,000 crore
D) Rs 19,000 crore

Which state government has launched an


m-Governance mobile app called ‘T App
Folio’?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Bihar
C) Telangana
D) Tamilnadu

Who led the Indian delegation to the


20th Conference of the Commonwealth
Education Ministers (20CCEM) held in
Nadi, Fiji?
A) MJ Akbar
B) Prakash Javdekar
C) Smriti Irani
D) Dr. Satya Pal Singh

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Ministry of Defence has begun the
process to set up India's first defence
industrial corridor in?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Karnataka
C) Tamilnadu
D) Kerala

Which institute has recently discovered


methane gas in the Krishna–Godavari
basin?
A) National Institute of Oceanography,
Dona Paula
B) Central Institute of Mining and Fuel
Research, Dhanbad
C) National Geophysical Research
Institute, Hyderabad
D) Institute of Minerals and Materials
Technology, Bhubaneswar

Union Cabinet has approved a Bill to


allow which agency to probe human
trafficking cases?
A) CBI
B) NIA
C) NCB
D) IB

Who is going to take oath as the next


Chief Minister of Tripura?
A) Hemochandra Singh
B) Karam Shyam
C) Letpao Haokip
D) Biplab Kumar Deb

Armen Sarkisian has recently been


elected as the president of?
A) Egypt
B) Cyprus
C) Armenia
D) Greece

World's largest solar park named 'Shakti


Sthala' was recently launched in?
A) Karnataka
B) Odisha
C) Tamilnadu
D) Andhra Pradesh

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RBI has announced to remove the per
borrower loan limits for classification
under priority sector lending for?
A) Agriculture
B) Education
C) MSME
D) Housing

Who won the Tal Memorial rapid chess


title held in Moscow?
A) Viswanathan Anand
B) Pentala Harikrishna
C) Krishnan Sasikiran
D) Baskaran Adhiban

Which team won the IBSF Snooker Team


World Cup held in Doha?
A) India
B) Bangladesh
C) Sri Lanka
D) Pakistan

Which state government has launched


'KHUSHI' scheme to provide free sanitary
napkins to school girls?
A) Goa
B) Odisha
C) Assam
D) Bihar

Who has been awarded lifetime


achievement honour at London's House
of Commons?
A) Dharmendra
B) Amitabh Bachchan
C) Jitendra
D) Shatrughan Sinha
Which union minister launched the social
media of “Namaste Shalom”, the
magazine on India-Israel relations?
A) Dr Harsh Vardhan
B) Smriti Irani
C) Dr Jitendra Singh
D) Sushma Swaraj

Who is going to swear in as the next


Chief Minister of Nagaland?
A) Neiphu Rio
B) James K Sangma
C) Prestone Tynsong
D) Comingone Ymbon

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The silver jubilee of which festival was
recently celebrated in Itanagar?
A) Losar
B) Hornbill
C) Bihu
D) Dree

Which film won the 'Best Picture' award


at the 90th Academy Awards?
A) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,
Missouri
B) The Shape of Water
C) Call Me By Your Name
D) Darkest Hour
Which state government has launched
mobile video vans under 'Ama Gaon,
Ama Vikas' programme?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Telangana
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Odisha

Which space agency recently launched


world’s most advanced weather satellite,
named 'GOES-S'?
A) CNSA
B) NASA
C) JAXA
D) ISRO

Who has become the first Indian woman


to win gold at the Senior Asian Wrestling
Championships?
A) Vinesh Phogat
B) Babita Kumari
C) Navjot Kaur
D) Sakshi Malik

Researchers from which city have


developed a compound, silver copper
telluride (AgCuTe), which can turn waste
heat into electricity?
A) Chennai
B) Delhi
C) Bengaluru
D) Ahmedabad
Which space agency has signed an
agreement with China on lunar
exploration?
A) ESA
B) NASA
C) Roscosmos
D) ISRO
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A book reading event held at which
place, recently broke the Guinness world
record?
A) Gadchiroli
B) Ramtek
C) Baramati
D) Panchgani
As per Conservation Assured | Tiger
Standards (CA|TS) survey, how much
percent of the tiger conservation areas
met the global standards of an
accreditation system?
A) 13%
B) 25%
C) 47%
D) 33%

Which state's local bodies department


has signed an MoU with e-Governance
Foundation for managing e-governance
of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)?
A) Karnataka
B) Bihar
C) Punjab
D) Rajasthan

Which Indian shooter won the gold medal


with a world record score in the 10m air
pistol in ISSF World Cup held in
Guadalajara, Mexico?
A) Om Prakash Mitharval
B) Shahzar Rizvi
C) Mehul Ghosh
D) Jitu Rai
Union Cabinet has approved
establishment of NFRA, an oversight
body for auditors. NFRA stands for?
A) National Financial Reporting Authority
B) National Fair Reporting Agency
C) National Financial Risk Agency
D) National Fair Regulatory Authority

Government has constituted a Steering


Committee on Fintech related issues,
under the Chairmanship of?
A) Hasmukh Adhia
B) Subhash Chandra Garg
C) Rajiv Kumar
D) Rajiv Gauba

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Which country is going to launch world's
first legal tender cryptocurrency?
A) Marshall Islands
B) Vanuatu
C) Soloman Islands
D) Fiji

India has again become the fastest


growing major economy in the world, by
marking a growth rate of ____ in Q3?
A) 7.5%
B) 7.6%
C) 7.2%
D) 7.3%

Which Indian-origin Scotland Yard officer


has been appointed as the counter-
terrorism chief?
A) Vikram Patel
B) Neil Basu
C) Rahul Bakshi
D) Ajay Verma

Who broke the world record for 50-


metres long-course freestyle in 100 to
104 years men’s masters category?
A) Briton John
B) Peter Evans
C) George Corones
D) Kevin Berry

As per the data released by National


Payments Corporation of India (NPCI),
which company accounted for almost
40% of the total UPI transactions?
A) Whatsapp
B) Paytm
C) Google Tez
D) BHIM

Minister of Food Processing Industries


Harsimrat Kaur Badal recently
inaugurated Maharashtra's first Mega
Food Park in?
A) Kolkapur
B) Satara
C) Nashik
D) Sangli

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As per Global Firepower (GFP) List 2017,
at what rank has Indian military prowess
been ranked among 133 countries?
A) 7th
B) 2nd
C) 4th
D) 9th

Kirshna Kumari Kolhi has become the


first-ever Hindu Dalit woman Senator in?
A) Pakistan
B) Bangladesh
C) Afghanistan
D) Malaysia

Which state government has launched a


Rs 2,000 crore universal health scheme?
A) Karnataka
B) Telangana
C) West Bengal
D) Kerala

What is the name of new malware


detected by cybersecurity agencies,
which can take over electronic devices
and use them as bots?
A) Trappy
B) Bugat
C) Saposhi
D) Zeus
Which institute is going to conduct a
National Sizing Survey to come up with a
standardised "India size chart" for the
garment industry?
A) Symbiosis Institute of Design
B) Northern India Institute of Fashion
Technology
C) National Institute of Fashion
Technology
D) Pearl Academy of Fashion
Mascots for which of the following games
were released recently?
A) Paris Summer Olympics 2024
B) Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020
C) Beijing Winter Olympics 2020
D) Los Angeles Summer Olympics 2028

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Who has resigned recently from his post
of the Chairman of BCCI junior selection
committee?
A) Venkatesh Prasad
B) Sunil Gavaskar
C) Kiran More
D) Anil Kumble

Shigmotsav festival was recently


celebrated in?
A) Sikkim
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Goa
D) Meghalaya

India recently signed a tripartite


agreement with which countries for civil
nuclear cooperation?
1. USA 2. Bangladesh
3. Russia 4. Nepal
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 1 & 4

As per Hurun Global Rich List 2018, what


is India's rank in terms of highest number
of billionaires in the world?
A) 5th
B) 4th
C) 3rd
D) 2nd

Which team won the interstate national


tennis championship 2018, held in
Chhattisgarh?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Haryana
C) Maharashtra
D) Gujarat

Which space agency is going to launch


Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
(TESS)?
A) Roscosmos
B) ISRO
C) ESA
D) SpaceX

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Who has taken oath as the 12th chief
minister of Meghalaya in Shillong?
A) P. Paiwang
B) Conrad Sangma
C) Vikheho Swu
D) P. Longon

Which state/UT has recently joined Ujwal


Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY)
scheme?
A) Lakshwadeep
B) Odisha
C) West Bengal
D) Delhi
How much amount has the Union
Government sanctioned for 2nd phase of
Impacting Research Innovation and
Technology (IMPRINT) India programme?
A) Rs 7,000 crore
B) Rs 1,000 crore
C) Rs 3,000 crore
D) Rs 5,000 crore

What is the name of the association of all


Indian Metro Rail companies launched
recently to create a knowledge pool?
A) O – Metro
B) I – Metro
C) N – Metro
D) D – Metro

Who has become the first woman to be


inducted as a direct-entry combat officer
by ITBP?
A) Anjana
B) Vaishali
C) Prakriti
D) Sonali

Which state's power utility has started a


"Pink Electricity Zone' to be managed by
women staffers?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) West Bengal
C) Rajasthan
D) Telangana

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Which state government recently
unveiled the State flag (nada dhwaja)?
A) Telangana
B) Kerala
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Karnataka

Haryana's first cyber police station


recently opened in?
A) Panipat
B) Gurugram
C) Faridabad
D) Rohtak

Which Indian-origin man has been


selected for 'Pride of Birmingham' award?
A) Amit Bakshi
B) Harry Athwal
C) Bobby Patel
D) Robin Arora

Which ministry has launched 'Sukhad


Yatra' app?
A) Electronics and IT
B) Railways
C) Civil Aviation
D) Road Transport & Highways

Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has


shifted its headquarters from Chennai to?
A) Dehradun
B) Bhubaneswar
C) Ballabhgarh
D) Mysuru

Which state government has approved


the proposal for home delivery of rations
under Public Distribution System (PDS)?
A) Delhi
B) Bihar
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Haryana

Who has been appointed by Uber (India)


as its first ambassador?
A) Amitabh Bachchan
B) MS Dhoni
C) Virat Kohli
D) Shah Rukh Khan

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What is the name of 'Biodegradable
Sanitary Napkins' launched by Union
Chemicals & Fertilizers Minister Ananth
Kumar?
A) Suvidha
B) Samarth
C) Sneh
D) Sampoorna
Which union minister has been given the
additional charge of the Civil Aviation
Ministry?
A) Piyush Goyal
B) Nirmala Sitharaman
C) Suresh Prabhu
D) Nitin Gadkari

Which state government has approved


setting up of a centre of National
Medicinal Plants Board?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Assam
C) Sikkim
D) Uttarakhand

Union Cabinet has approved continuation


of Swatantra Sainik Samman Yojana
(SSSY) till?
A) 2022
B) 2025
C) 2020
D) 2023

Which team won the title of I-League?


A) Churchill Brothers FC
B) Mohun Bagan FC
C) Shillong Lajong FC
D) Minerva Punjab FC

Who has been recognised by Queen


Elizabeth II as the 26th Commonwealth
Point of Light?
A) Himani Goel
B) Neeta Chauhan
C) Gauri Bajaj
D) Srishti Bakshi

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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
recently announced a project for
women's economic empowerment in
India, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda,
worth?
A) USD 90 million
B) USD 310 million
C) USD 170 million
D) USD 230 million
Finance Ministry has directed banks to
collect passport details of customers who
seek loans above?
A) Rs 20 crore
B) Rs 100 crore
C) Rs 150 crore
D) Rs 50 crore

Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable


Laboratory (IBSD), Imphal has set up a
floating laboratory on?
A) Mirik Lake
B) Lake Tsomgo
C) Loktak Lake
D) Chandubi Lake

Who has been appointed as the new


director general of Press Information
Bureau (PIB)?
A) Alok Shrivastava
B) Sitanshu Kar
C) Prabhat Jha
D) Rajiv Kumar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently


launched National Nutrition Mission and
expansion of 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao'
campaign in?
A) Kota
B) Jhunjhunu
C) Dausa
D) Nagaur
US recently conducted joint military
exercise 'Operation Juniper Cobra' with?
A) Israel
B) Germany
C) India
D) UK

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Who has resigned as the chief economic
advisor to US President Donald Trump?
A) Gary Cohn
B) Ryan Zinke
C) Steve Mnuchin
D) Matt Turner

Who has become the first Indian


architect to win the prestigious 45th
Pritzker Prize?
A) Balkrishna Doshi
B) Amarjeet Sinha
C) Dinesh Singh
D) Ajay Bhatia
Union Cabinet has increased the
dearness allowance (DA) for Central
Government employees from 5% to?
A) 7%
B) 9%
C) 6%
D) 8%

Who has become the first person with


more than $100 billion fortune to top
Forbes’ annual rankings of the world’s
richest people?
A) Bill Gates
B) Warren Buffett
C) Mark Zuckerberg
D) Jeff Bezos
RBI has recently imposed a penalty of Rs
5 crore on which payments bank?
A) Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank
B) Paytm Payments Bank
C) Airtel Payments Bank
D) Fino Payments Bank

Which union minister flagged off the


National E-Mobility Programme?
A) Piyush Goyal
B) Nitin Gadkari
C) Dharmendra Pradhan
D) RK Singh

Which airport has been rated as the best


among airports handling more than 40
million passengers per annum in Airports
Council International (ACI) survey?
A) Indira Gandhi International Airport
B) Chhatrapati Shivaji International
Airport
C) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
D) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

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International Airport

GAIL India has signed a 3.5 million


tonnes per annum LNG agreement with?
A) Afghanistan
B) Japan
C) US
D) China

What is the name of a new state of


matter created by scientists by filling a
giant atom with ordinary atoms?
A) Angstrom polarons
B) Rydberg polarons
C) Wien polarons
D) Balmer polarons

Which of the following organizations has


approved India's membership as its 69th
member?
A) European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD)
B) East African Development Bank
(EADB)
C) Economic Cooperation Organization
Trade and Development Bank (ETDB)
D) International Investment Bank (IIB)

Which state has become the first in the


U.S. to pass legislation mandating net
neutrality?
A) Colorado
B) Washington
C) Louisiana
D) California

How much amount of penalty has


Competition Commission of India (CCI)
imposed on Jet Airways, InterGlobe
Aviation, and SpiceJet?
A) Rs 79 crore
B) Rs 43 crore
C) Rs 54 crore
D) Rs 67 crore

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How many gold medals did India win at
the Archery Asia Cup, held in Bangkok?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 1
D) 9

Which of the following has signed an


MoU with CSC e-governance Services
(CSCeGS) for its Udyami Mitra portal?
A) SEBI
B) RBI
C) NABARD
D) SIDBI

ONGC Videsh has recently signed an


agreement with IDRO Oil for developing
Susangerd oilfield in?
A) Iraq
B) Oman
C) Qatar
D) Iran

Which portal has been launched by


MSME ministry for women
entrepreneurs?
A) Udyam Meet
B) Udyam Sakhi
C) Udyam Saheli
D) Udyam Sathi
Which country recently declared a state
of emergency due to clashes between
Muslim and Buddist communities?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Bhutan
C) Bangladesh
D) Cambodia

Programme 'Vision for Future' was


recently held in New Delhi to
commemorate 70 years of India's ties
with?
A) Russia
B) France
C) Nepal
D) Japan
What is the name of exercise recently
conducted by Eastern Naval Command?
A) Iron Fist
B) Shatrujeet
C) ENCORE
D) Warrior

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Which state has been awarded Nari
Shakti Puraskar 2017 by MoWCD?
A) Telangana
B) West Bengal
C) Rajasthan
D) Punjab

Who has been named as the chairman of


'Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal'
constituted to adjudicate the dispute
between Odisha and Chhattisgarh?
A) Indermeet Kaur Kochhar
B) Rajesh Kotecha
C) Ravi Ranjan
D) A M Khanwilkar
Government has approved a proposal to
institute "Union Home Ministers Medal for
Excellence in Police Investigation", to be
given out based on a review every?
A) 3 years
B) 1 year
C) 5 years
D) 10 years

Who headed the Executive Committee


meeting held under the 'POSHAN
Abhiyaan'?
A) A.K. Dhasmana
B) Rakesh Srivastava
C) Bhaskar Khulbe
D) Inderjit Singh
How many countries recently signed
Comprehensive and Progressive
Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
(CPTPP), in Santiago, Chile?
A) 49
B) 11
C) 32
D) 26

Which institute won the 2017 Kochon


Prize for its work in TB research and
development?
A) IIT Kharagpur
B) IISc Bangalore
C) ICMR
D) TERI

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Which country won the best exhibitor
award at International Tourism Festival
ITB-Berlin?
A) Indonesia
B) China
C) Japan
D) India

Which state has been announced to host


the 80th edition of Senior Nationals Table
Tennis championships after a gap of 12
years, by TTFI ?
A) Odisha
B) Haryana
C) Gujarat
D) Kerala
Which bank has launched the scheme
'Vikas She Plus' for women
entrepreneurs?
A) Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank
B) Tamilnadu Grameena Vikas Bank
C) Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank
D) Kerala Vikas Grameena Bank
India's tallest national flag was recently
unfurled in?
A) Belagavi
B) Gulbarga
C) Dharwad
D) Karwar

How much amount of line of credit has


been announced by India for 27 solar
projects in 15 countries?
A) $2.3 billion
B) $1.4 billion
C) $3.5 billion
D) $4.8 billion

Who has become the first Indian woman


to be conferred the "Academy Award for
Nobel Peace"?
A) Dr Anandi Narayan Nanda
B) Dr Bharati Sihag
C) Dr Ketzia David Prakasam
D) Dr Jai Priye Prakash

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Which country topped the medal tally at
the ISSF World Cup shooting in 
Guadalajara, Mexico?
A) Germany
B) India
C) China
D) US

Who has been announced to be the


'FMSCI National MotorSports Person of
the Year 2017?
A) Aditya Patel
B) Arjun Maini
C) Jehan Daruvala
D) Anindith Reddy

In a first, a stretch on India's border with


which country has become a ‘crime-free
zone’?
A) Bangladesh
B) Myanmar
C) Nepal
D) Pakistan

What is the name of the first


Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster
Relief (HADR) exercise conducted by IAF
in association with South Asian Region
nations, off the coast of Kerala?
A) Sugam
B) Sahaj
C) Samvedna
D) Suraksha
Which country recently launched a
hypersonic missile named 'Kinzhal'?
A) Russia
B) Israel
C) China
D) India

President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated


the World Hindi Secretariat building in?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Mauritius
C) Nepal
D) Thailand

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Who has been honoured with the
'Godavari Gaurav' award by 'Kusumagraj
Prathishthan'?
A) Raj Babbar
B) Naseeruddin Shah
C) Amol Palekar
D) Asrani

Haryana government has constituted a


committee on the issue of supply of
untreated water to Yamuna, under the
chairmanship of?
A) O P Dhankar
B) Susheel Kumar
C) R.N. Choubey
D) Devendra Chaudhary
European investment bank (EIB) has
signed a long-term loan with IREDA to
finance clean energy projects in India,
worth?
A) EUR 200 million
B) EUR 450 million
C) EUR 150 million
D) EUR 300 million
Who won the women's category senior
National triathlon championship, held in
Vishakhapatnam?
A) Samira Abraham
B) N Meher
C) Pragna Mohan
D) Monika Nagpure

Which cricket team won the Deodhar


Trophy title, held at Dharamsala,
Himachal Pradesh?
A) Karnataka
B) Haryana
C) India B
D) Maharashtra

As per World Bank's ‘India Development


Update’, India's economy will grow in
2018-19 at?
A) 7.1%
B) 7.5%
C) 7.3%
D) 7.6%

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Spicejet recently made a successful
landing of a commercial flight at the
Pakyong Airport in?
A) Nagaland
B) Sikkim
C) Meghalaya
D) Manpur

What is the name of India’s biggest


Media and Entertainment Services
Market, inaugurated by Commerce
Minister Suresh Prabhu?
A) e-Mart
B) MeMart
C) enTTech
D) EMarket
Union home ministry has sanctioned to
set up India's first National Academy of
Coastal Policing (NACP) at?
A) Maharashtra
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Karnataka
D) Gujarat

Which UT has become the first in India to


be 100% solar energy efficient?
A) Chandigarh
B) Diu
C) Delhi
D) Puducherry

A new species of Himalayan moth,


named "Eucyclodes gavissima", has been
discovered in?
A) Periyar National Park
B) Simlipal National Park
C) Indravati National Park
D) Papikonda National Park

Which country has approved a plan to


abolish presidential term limits, allowing
its President to stay in power
indefinitely?
A) Japan
B) China
C) Maldives
D) Venezuela

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Which of the following recently
celebrated its 33rd Inception Day and
launched a mobile app named “Citizen
Services”?
A) Railway Board
B) National Crime Records Bureau
C) National Highway Authority of India
D) Central Bureau of Investigation
Which state's forest department has
launched an app to track and fight forest
fires?
A) Tripura
B) Odisha
C) Assam
D) Jharkhand
What was the theme of 9th Women’s
Film Festival, organised by National Film
Archives of India (NFAI), Pune?
A) Exploring Women
B) Influencing Women
C) Travelling Women
D) Daring Women

Which country has unfurled the 'world's


biggest flag'?
A) Bolivia
B) Ecaudor
C) Argentina
D) Paraguay

Which team won the 10th Sultan Azlan


Shah Cup title held in Ipoh, Malaysia?
A) Netherlands
B) Australia
C) England
D) India

Which state government has set up a


fund, called "Mukhyamantri Mahila Kosh",
to provide pension to unmarried women
above 50 years?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Gujarat
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
What is India's rank out of 156 countries
on the World Happiness Report, released
by U.N. Sustainable Development
Solutions Network?
A) 124
B) 133
C) 148
D) 117

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International Air Transport Association
(IATA) has signed an MoU with Civil
Aviation Ministry and National Aviation
University. The Rajiv Gandhi National
Aviation University is located in?
A) Telangana
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
Which Indian film has won the 'Grand
Prix de Montreal' honour at the 21st
Festival International du Film Pour
Enfants de Montréal Film (FIFEM)?
A) Poorna
B) Mukti Bhawan
C) Raag Desh
D) Halkaa
Lok Sabha has passed the Payment of
Gratuity (Amendment) bill. The bill raises
the ceiling of tax-free gratuity from Rs 10
lakh to?
A) Rs 30 lakh
B) Rs 20 lakh
C) Rs 15 lakh
D) Rs 25 lakh
Which state government has proposed
an insurance scheme for journalists and
their families?
A) Bihar
B) Gujarat
C) Punjab
D) Assam

Lok Sabha recently passed the Finance


Bill 2018 with how many amendments?
A) 29
B) 6
C) 15
D) 21

Which short film has won the best film


award at Best of India Short Film Festival
held in Los Angeles, US?
A) Unmute
B) Tara
C) Shunyata
D) Cakewalk

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RBI has announced to disallow banks to
use which of the following instruments as
trade credit for imports?
1. Letters of Credit 2. Bank
Guarantees
3. Letters of Undertaking 4. Letters of
Comfort
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 1 & 4
Who won a bronze medal in women's
8km cross country race in 14th Asian
Cross Country Championship, held in
Guiyang, China?
A) Neha Kumar
B) Priti Singh
C) Sanjivani Jadhav
D) Anupama Bhati
Which state cabinet has approved to
impose a ban on plastic carry bags and
certain plastic items?
A) Tamilnadu
B) Punjab
C) Maharashtra
D) Uttar Pradesh

As per Stockholm International Peace


Research Institute (SIPRI), which country
is the world's biggest importer of
weapons, accounting for 12% of global
purchases during the past 5 years?
A) India
B) Pakistan
C) Russia
D) China
Which cricket board recently launched a
book, titled "A Tribute to Jagu", in a
tribute to former BCCI President
Jagmohan Dalmiya?
A) Sri Lanka Cricket
B) Board of Control for Cricket in India
C) Bangladesh Cricket Board
D) Cricket Australia
World’s largest theatre festival, the 8th
Theatre Olympics is going to conclude
in?
A) Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Hyderabad
D) Kolkata

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15th Finance Commission recently held
its first meeting with the Members of
Parliament. Who is the chairman of 15th
Finance Commission?
A) Hasmukh Adhia
B) Shaktikanta Das
C) NK Singh
D) SC Garg
NITI Aayog has released roadmaps for
'Sustainable Action for Transforming
Human Capital in Education (SATH-E)'.
Which of the following states is not
covered under the initiative?
A) Jharkhand
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Odisha
D) Bihar
United Nations Committee for
Development Policy (CDP) has
recommended for graduation of how
many countries from the least developed
country (LDC) category?
A) 11
B) 7
C) 4
D) 9

As per the World Bank’s 'India


Development Update', what is the rank
of India among 115 nations using GST in
terms of the highest tax rates?
A) 10th
B) 2nd
C) 8th
D) 17th
What is the name of the programme
launched by Health Ministry, to improve
quality of care in labour room and
maternity operation theatre?
A) LaQshya
B) Suraksha
C) Maatru
D) Jeevan
Which country has announced to
withdraw from the International Criminal
Court (ICC)?
A) Cambodia
B) Philippines
C) Myanmar
D) Indonesia

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CCEA has recently approved to continue
the Urea Subsidy Scheme, at an
estimated cost of Rs 1,64,935 crore,
upto?
A) 2019-20
B) 2021-22
C) 2020-21
D) 2018-19
Union Minister for Water Resources Nitin
Gadkari recently inaugurated the 5th
'Nadi Mahotsava' in?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) New Delhi
D) Maharashtra

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has


announced to set up a multi-skill centre
in?
A) Dehradun
B) Mandi
C) Darjeeling
D) Guwahati
Ministry of Environment and Forests
(MoEF) has given clearance to Indian
Neutrino Observatory (INO) project to be
set up in?
A) Bodi West Hills
B) Kalrayan Hills
C) Palani Hills
D) Kolli Hills
Who has been felicitated with "UK Golden
Flame Award" at the annual Tongues of
Fire UK Asian Film Festival held in
London?
A) Waheeda Rehman
B) Hema Malini
C) Asha Parekh
D) Simi Garewal
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has
signed a loan agreement to improve rail
infrastructure, worth?
A) $340 million
B) $270 million
C) $460 million
D) $120 million

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Scientists from which institute have, for
the first time, cloned a Assamese buffalo
male calf?
A) ICAR-CIFE
B) ICAR-CIRB
C) ICAR-NDRI
D) ICAR-IARI

Which of the following has launched its


lost and found mobile app, named
'UMANG', for passengers at 59 airports
across India?
A) CRPF
B) NIA
C) CISF
D) BSF
Which state has become the best
performing State both in terms of
allotting jobs and utilising funds under
the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) West Bengal
C) Maharashtra
D) Tamilnadu
PM Narendra Modi recently inaugurated
the 105th Indian Science Congress, on
the focal theme “Reaching the
Unreached through Science and
Technology”, in?
A) Itanagar
B) Dispur
C) Shillong
D) Imphal

Who has been removed as the Chief


Justice of Nepal over faking the date of
birth?
A) Khil Raj Regmi
B) Gopal Parajuli
C) Ram Baran Yadav
D) Baburam Bhattarai
Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) scientists
have discovered a new species of water
strider, named 'Ptilomera nagalanda
Jehamalar and Chandra' from?
A) Bugai River
B) Intanki River
C) Jinari River
D) Kopili River

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Which country's Supreme Court has
barred the foreign firms and lawyers from
practicing law in the country on a
permanent basis?
A) Singapore
B) India
C) Russia
D) China
What is India's rank among 114 countries
on the WEF's Energy Transition Index?
A) 52nd
B) 64th
C) 78th
D) 83rd

Which of the following has become the


latest nation to achieve the one-day
international status for the first time?
A) Papua New Guinea
B) Philippines
C) Hong Kong
D) Nepal

FIFA has lifted its three-decade ban on


hosting international football from which
country ?
A) Iraq
B) Nigeria
C) Pakistan
D) Sudan

Which Indian Chess player has won the


33rd Reykjavik Open?
A) Abhijeet Gupta
B) Viswanathan Anand
C) Baskaran Adhiban
D) Pentala Harikrishna

Which Indian para-athlete won gold in


the F53/54 Javelin event at the World
Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai?
A) Deepa Malik
B) Devendra Jhajharia
C) Sundar Singh Gurjar
D) Rinku Hooda

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Which Indian shuttler has won the
women's singles (Under-19) title at the
Israel Junior 2018 held in Rishon LeZion?
A) Ruchi Jangid
B) Purva Barve
C) Sonali Bisht
D) Tara Shah

Africa's only female head of state,


Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has resigned as
the President of?
A) Tunisia
B) Morocco
C) Cameroon
D) Mauritius

Which team won the 4th edition of Hero


Indian Super League (ISL) title?
A) FC Goa
B) Bengaluru FC
C) Aizwal FC
D) Chennaiyin FC

Indian Navy has begun the bilateral


maritime exercise, named 'Varuna' with
the Navy of?
A) Japan
B) France
C) UK
D) Russia

Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister


Ananth Kumar has announced to set up a
Plastic Park in?
A) Sambalpur
B) Deoghar
C) Dharwad
D) Bellary

Who has been announced by Norwegian


Academy of Sciences and Letters as the
winner of Abel Prize 2018?
A) Robert Langlands
B) Bill Foster
C) Rush Holt
D) Esward Witten

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Which cricket team won the Irani Cup?
A) Rest of India
B) Saurashtra
C) Vidarbha
D) Tamilnadu

World's last Northen white male


rhinoceros, named 'Sudan', recently died
in Laikipia national park in?
A) Sudan
B) Namibia
C) Kenya
D) Tanzania

Who inaugurated 7th Women Science


Congress, 2018 at Manipur University,
Imphal?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Maneka Gandhi
C) Keshari Nath Tripath
D) N Biren Singh
Indian Coast Guard recently
commissioned its ship C-437 at?
A) Porbandar
B) Vishakhapatnam
C) Mumbai
D) Kochi

Which of the following has received the


'Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Krishi Vigyan
Protsahan Award-2017'?
A) Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chhattisgarh
B) National Academy of Agricultural
Sciences
C) College of Agriculture, Vellayani
D) Institute of Agriculture Science,
Kolkata
Who has resigned as the Prime Minister
of Slovakia?
A) Robert Fico
B) Richard Sulik
C) Andrej Kiska
D) Ivan Lexa

Which state government has declared


Lingayat community to be a minority
religion distinct from Hinduism?
A) Karnataka
B) Tamilnadu
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Kerala

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Htin Kyaw recently resigned as the
President of?
A) Malaysia
B) Thailand
C) Myanmar
D) Cambodia

Which country has prohibited the


purchase of Venezuelan cryptocurrency
Petro?
A) Brazil
B) Canada
C) US
D) Mexico
India has imposed anti-dumping duty on
import of 'Ofloxacin' from?
A) China
B) Simgapore
C) Malaysia
D) US

Mar 20 was observed by the UN to


celebrate which language?
A) English
B) Russian
C) Arabic
D) French

Which state/UT government has


launched a mobile app to search for
singing and dancing talent?
A) Puducherry
B) Odisha
C) Delhi
D) Goa

Who has been named the next governor


of China's central bank, the People's
Bank of China (PBOC)?
A) Bo Xilai
B) Yi Gang
C) Jiang Zemin
D) Zhou Xiaochuan

President Ram Nath Kovind recently


released Rs 10 and Rs 1,000
denominations coins to commemorate
which festival?
A) Gangaru Festival
B) Vaikunta Ekadashi
C) Sravana Festival
D) Nabakalebara festival

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Which country has topped the medal
tally at the Pyeongchang Winter
Paralympics 2018?
A) USA
B) France
C) Canada
D) Germany

Who has been re-elected as the Vice-


President of Nepal?
A) Sher Bahadur Deuba
B) Baburam Bhattarai
C) Nanda Bahadur Pun
D) Gagan Thapa

Which state's chief minister has launched


an anti-graft portal?
A) Karnataka
B) Bihar
C) Rajasthan
D) Uttar Pradesh

Which country has launched its own


space agency, called Hellenic Space
Organization?
A) Cyprus
B) Denmark
C) Norway
D) Greece
Which team won the Nidahas Trophy, in
the final held in Colombo, Sri Lanka?
A) Bangladesh
B) India
C) Pakistan
D) Sri Lanka

Which state government has announced


to set up a Rs 100 crore Apparel Super
Hub in Sircilla?
A) Punjab
B) Telangana
C) Jharkhand
D) Gujarat

Who has been given the additional


charge as the Governor of Odisha?
A) Balram Das Tandon
B) Satya Pal Malik
C) Ram Naik
D) Keshari Nath Tripathi

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BHEL has commissioned first unit of 110
MW of which hydro-project in Jammu and
Kashmir?
A) Mirzapur
B) Subansiri
C) Parbati
D) Kishanganga

Which of the following Chief Ministers


has released a handbook, titled 'Mahila
Suraksha', on women safety?
A) Jai Ram Thakur
B) Trivendra Singh Rawat
C) Capt Amrendra Singh
D) Raman Singh

Who has become the second woman


pilot of Indian Air Force to fly solo in a
fighter aircraft?
A) Ankita Swarup
B) Bhawana Kanth
C) Seema Panda
D) Preeti Narayan

Telangana Legislative Assembly has


passed a bill to make Telugu as a
compulsory subject upto Class?
A) 5th
B) 10th
C) 8th
D) 12th

Which of the following has partnered with


NITI Aayog to work for transformation of
115 ‘aspirational districts’?
A) Infosys Foundation
B) Tech Mahindra Foundation
C) Tata Trusts
D) Piramal Foundation

Who has won the G.K. Reddy Memorial


National Award for journalism?
A) Vinod Dua
B) Rajat Sharma
C) Karan Thapar
D) Vikram Chandra

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World's longest sandstone cave
measuring 24.5 km, named Krem Puri,
was recently discovered in?
A) Mizoram
B) Nagaland
C) Meghalaya
D) Sikkim

India Post recently released a special


postal cover to pay tribute to?
A) Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati
B) Sridevi
C) Shashi Kapoor
D) Stephen Hawking

Which of the following minesweepers


were recently decommissioned by the
Indian Navy recently?
A) INS Konkan
B) INS Cannanore
C) INS Cuddalore
D) All of the Above

Which city has become the first in North


India to install Automatic Speed Gun
Cameras with digital displays for traffic
management?
A) New Delhi
B) Gurgaon
C) Chandigarh
D) Dehradun
CCEA recently approved continuation of
Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan
(RUSA) till?
A) Apr 2019
B) Dec 2018
C) Dec 2019
D) Mar 2020

IRCTC has launched billing through POS


hand-held machines in which train on a
pilot basis?
A) Mandovi Express
B) Himalayan Queen
C) Karnataka Express
D) Nizamuddin Duronto Express

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Which state celebrated its 106th
foundation day on Mar 22nd?
A) Jammu & Kashmir
B) Bihar
C) Haryana
D) Assam

Who has flagged off a multi-utility


vehicle, named 'Naipunya Ratham'?
A) K Chandrasekar Rao
B) Pinarayi Vijayan
C) Chandrababu Naidu
D) Edappadi K. Palaniswami

Which state's Animal Husbandry


Department has signed an MoU with
Bharat Financial Inclusion to roll out an
animal healthcare programme, 'Pashu
Dhan Sanjeevani - 1962'?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Haryana
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Jharkhand

Which exchange has launched world's


first futures trading in brass?
A) ICEX
B) NCDEX
C) NMCE
D) MCX

Who has sworn in as the president of


Peru?
A) Mario Vargas
B) Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
C) Ollanta Humala
D) Martin Vizcarra

Union Cabinet has approved the


continuation of the National Health
Mission, with a budgetary support of Rs
85,217 crore, from Apr 2017 to?
A) Apr 2019
B) Dec 2018
C) Dec 2019
D) Mar 2020

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Union Cabinet has approved inclusion of
'Parivara and Talawara' communities for
granting ST status in the state of?
A) Karnataka
B) Telangana
C) Tamilnadu
D) Kerala

Which airport has been named as the


world's best airport at the Skytrax World
Airport Awards held in Stockholm,
Sweden?
A) Hamad International Airport
B) Haneda International Airport
C) Changi International Airport
D) Incheon International Airport
Who inaugurated the first Indian Sign
Language Dictionary of 3000 words?
A) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
B) Thaawarchand Gehlot
C) D. V. Sadananda Gowda
D) Narendra Singh Tomar

Which state government recently signed


an MoU with British Council to strengthen
educational and cultural cooperation?
A) West Bengal
B) Odisha
C) Telangana
D) Jharkhand

Who has become the first woman Leader


of the Opposition in Pakistan Senate?
A) Marvi Memon
B) Sherry Rehman
C) Maryam Nawaz
D) Sumaira Malik

India has handed over the 18th and the


last diesel railway locomotive engine to?
A) Bangladesh
B) Sri Lanka
C) Nepal
D) Myanmar

Which city topped the Mercer’s 20th


annual Quality of Living survey?
A) London
B) Rome
C) New York
D) Vienna

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Which of the following has developed an
instrument, named "Fluorimeter", to
measure traces of uranium in water?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced
Scientific Research, Bangalore
B) Institute of Advanced Study in Science
& Technology, Guwahati
C) Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced
Technology, Indore
D) Centre for Nano and Soft Matter
Sciences, Bangalore
India recently test-fired which supersonic
cruise missile with an indigenous 'seeker'
at the Pokhran test range?
A) BrahMos
B) Prithvi
C) Akash
D) Nirbhay

Which Indian shooter won gold medal in


the women’s 10m air rifle at the ISSF
Junior World Cup held in Sydney?
A) C. Ganapathy
B) Linganatha Adisesh
C) Arati Jagannath
D) Elavenil Valarivan

Which company has acquired Saavn and


merged it with its own digital music
service to create a combined entity
valued at over $1 billion?
A) Reliance Industries
B) Bharti Airtel
C) Amazon.in
D) Paytm
Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)
has approved construction of a new
frontline airbase for the IAF in Gujarat at?
A) Bhania
B) Ajnala
C) Patti
D) Deesa

Union Cabinet has approved the launch


of Ayushman Bharat -National Health
Protection Mission (AB-NHPM). It will
subsume which of the following
schemes?
1. RSBY 2. SCHIS
3. PMJJBY 4. PMBJK
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4

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D) 1 & 4

As per the World Prison Brief data,


published by Institute for Criminal Policy
Research, India has a lower
imprisonment rate among major
economies. How many Indians per one
lakh are imprisoned?
A) 77
B) 95
C) 33
D) 45
Which indigenously built frigate of the
Indian Navy has been decommissioned in
Mumbai recently?
A) INS Gomati
B) INS Beas
C) INS Betwa
D) INS Ganga

Which state government has imposed a


permanent ban on hookah bars?
A) Punjab
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Goa
D) Telangana

Which airline flew the first commercial


flight to Israel through Saudi Arabia's
airspace?
A) Jet Airways
B) IndiGo
C) Air India
D) SpiceJet
Which of the following has been declared
as Kerala's official fruit?
A) Coconut
B) Jackfruit
C) Banana
D) Tapioca

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Union Cabinet has approved the
extension of the term of the Commission
set up to examine Sub-categorization of
OBC in the Central List, upto June 2018.
The Commission is headed by?
A) G. Rohini
B) Sobhana Mohapatra
C) Bharti Sinha
D) Aruna Srinivas
External Publicity and Public Diplomacy
Division under MEA, has launched the
initiative 'Videsh Aaya Pradesh ke Dwaar'
in?
A) New Delhi
B) Chennai
C) Hyderabad
D) Ahmedabad
Union cabinet has approved
amendments to National Medical
Commission Bill. As per the
amendments, the final MBBS
examination, to be held as a common
exam, will be called?
A) NEIT
B) NEET
C) NRTE
D) NEXT
As per the Ministry of Drinking Water and
Sanitation, which state has the highest
number of tribal habitations fully covered
by Drinking Water supply?
A) Odisha
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Jharkhand
D) Madhya Pradesh

Who won the 17th Asian Billiards


Championships title, held in Yangon?
A) Aditya Mehta
B) Pankaj Advani
C) Geet Sethi
D) Manan Chandra

Which team has won the 8th Hockey


India Senior Men National Championship
(A Division) 2018, at the final held in
Lucknow?
A) Air India
B) Hockey Haryana
C) Railways
D) Hockey Punjab

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A first of its kind Insect Museum has
been inaugurated in?
A) Guwahati
B) Coimbatore
C) Nashik
D) Kanpur

Airport Authority of India (AAI) has


signed an MoU with which state
government for sustainable development
of human settlements at villages in
Kamrup district?
A) Sikkim
B) Manipur
C) Nagaland
D) Assam
What is the name of the LTTE ship which
has been sunk by the Sri Lankan Navy?
A) Sagarawardena
B) We Ling
C) Gajabahu
D) Jayasagara

Which state government has launched


the scheme 'Mission Sambavh' to install
one lakh toilets?
A) Assam
B) Bihar
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Manipur

At which position on medal tally did India


finish at the ISSF Junior World Cup, held
in Sydney?
A) 2nd
B) 3rd
C) 1st
D) 4th

Which state bagged the National 'Water


Digest Award' for Water Conservation-
Diversion and increasing the irrigation
capacity?
A) Punjab
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Maharashtra

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Madhavpur Mela recently began at
Madhavpur Ghed, in the state of?
A) Gujarat
B) Rajasthan
C) Jharkhand
D) Uttarakhand

Indian Navy's INS Tarkash recently


carried out a “greeting and training”
exercise with which country's Navy?
A) US
B) Russia
C) Japan
D) UK

Dr BR Ambedkar's birth anniversary has


been announced to be celebrated every
year as 'National Social Justice Day', on?
A) May 2
B) Apr 14
C) Mar 31
D) Apr 9

Which state has set up a seawater


desalination plant of 100 million litre per
day (mld) capacity?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarat
D) Kerala

Which of the following communication


satellite has been launched by ISRO
aboard GSLV-F08 rocket from Satish
Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in
Sriharikota?
A) GSAT-7D
B) GSAT-8C
C) GSAT-2B
D) GSAT-6A

India has overtaken which country to


become the fourth largest automobile
market in the world?
A) China
B) Germany
C) Japan
D) US

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Which of the following countries have
signed Brazzaville declaration, to protect
the world’s largest tropical peatlands?
1. Democratic Republic of Congo 2.
Indonesia
3. Republic of Congo 4.
India
A) 2, 3 & 4
B) 2 & 3
C) 1 & 4
D) 1, 2 & 3
Which organisation has received the
Frederick Pincott Award for 2017?
A) Academy of Arts & Sciences
B) Film Heritage Foundation
C) Hartley Film Foundation
D) South Asian Cinema Foundation

Who has been appointed as the Principal


Scientific Advisor to the Government of
India?
A) S.N.Joshi
B) Rakesh Aggarwal
C) K Vijay Raghavan
D) Vinod Kumar

Who has been chosen as the flag-bearer


of the Indian contingent for the opening
ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth
Games in Gold Coast, Australia?
A) Deepa Karmakar
B) Sakshi Malik
C) Mary Kom
D) P.V. Sindhu

As per the data released by Union


ministry of Social Justice, which state has
the highest number of beggars in India?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) West Bengal
D) Bihar

CCEA has approved formulation of a new


Integrated Scheme for School Education.
The new scheme subsumes which of the
following schemes?
A) Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
(RMSA)
B) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
C) Teacher Education (TE)
D) All of the Above

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Which F1 racer has won the season
opening Australian Grand Prix title?
A) Max Verstappen
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Sebastian Vettel
D) Kimi Raikkonen

Minister of Food Processing Harsimrat


Kaur Badal inaugurated Rajasthan's first
mega food park in which district?
A) Ajmer
B) Bikaner
C) Jodhpur
D) Udaipur

Who has been appointed as the new


acting Chairperson of the National Green
Tribunal (NGT)?
A) Justice Kuldeep Singh
B) Justice Santosh Kapoor
C) Justice Anil Kumar
D) Justice Jawad Rahim

Who has been appointed as the first CEO


of merged entity of Vodafone-Idea?
A) Pramod Kumar
B) Balesh Sharma
C) Yatender Singh
D) Prakash Chand

What is the name of world's largest


cruise ship which is going to make its
maiden voyage from Barcelona?
A) Symphony of the Seas
B) Allure of the Seas
C) Oasis of the Seas
D) Anthem of the Seas

As per the Economic Affairs Secretary


Subhash Chandra Garg, India will
become a $5 trillion economy by?
A) 2025
B) 2022
C) 2030
D) 2020

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Which of the following has become the
first district in India to have 100% solar
powered Primary Health Centers (PHC)?
A) Kannur
B) Surat
C) Nagpur
D) Kannauj

Asia's largest tulip garden has been


opened for tourists in?
A) Srinagar
B) Darjeeling
C) Gangtok
D) Manali

How much amount of loan agreement


has Asian Development Bank signed to
boost youth employability in Himachal
Pradesh?
A) $80 million
B) $50 million
C) $120 million
D) $100 million
Which company conducted the
integrated power development scheme
(IPDS) project in Varanasi, transforming it
into a wireless city?
A) NTPC
B) Powergrid
C) BHEL
D) Tata Power

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