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President Ram Nath Kovind recently inaugurated the CCEA has accorded the ex-post facto approval for
21st World Congress of Mental Health in? implementation of Special Banking Arrangement
A) New Delhi (SBA) for payment of outstanding claims on account
B) Bengaluru of fertilizer subsidy in the year 2016-17, for?
C) Mumbai A) Rs 10,000 crore
D) Hyderabad B) Rs 25,000 crore
C) Rs 20,000 crore
Which state cabinet has decided to provide a 15 acre D) Rs 15,000 crore
land to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) on
lease for 90 years at Re 1 to help set up the National Government has approved the sale of its entire stake
Centre of Excellence? in Dredging Corp. of India, of?
A) Maharashtra A) 73.47%
B) Goa B) 58.21%
C) Sikkim C) 81.54%
D) West Bengal D) 62.86%

Who has been named the highest paid deceased India recently agreed to celebrate the golden jubilee
celebrity for the fifth year in a row? of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations
A) Arnold Palmer in 2018 with which country, during the visit of its
B) Elvis Presley King and Queen?
C) Michael Jackson A) Brunei
D) Bob Marley B) Japan
C) Bhutan
Khadri Achyuthan, who recently passed away, was a D) Malaysia
famous?
A) Journalist How many agreements were recently signed during
B) Filmmaker the 12th Session of the India-Tunisia Joint
C) Politician Commission held at New Delhi?
D) Lawyer A) 6
Which of the following is the environmental, social B) 2
and governance (ESG) index recently launched by C) 8
Asia Index Private Ltd? D) 11
A) S&P BSE 100
Indian Air Force (IAF) is conducting a two-week-long
B) S&P 500
multilateral air exercise named 'Blue Flag-17' with
C) S&P BSE SENSEX
which country?
D) NIFTY 500
A) Iran
How much amount of loan has been sanctioned by B) US
State Bank of India and World Bank for 575 MW C) Japan
rooftop solar power projects? D) Israel
A) Rs 3,712 crore
Government has made it mandatory for all new
B) Rs 4,193 crore four-wheelers to have FASTag devices from?
C) Rs 1,964 crore
A) Mar 31, 2018
D) Rs 2,317 crore
B) Dec 1, 2017
C) Jan 1, 2018
D) Dec 31, 2017

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Which state's Chief Electoral Officer Ashwini Bhagat Union Cabinet has given its approval for introduction
recently launched the Election Commission's web- of a bill to amend which of the following acts?
based project, ERO-Net? A) National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993
A) Rajasthan B) The University Grants Commission Act, 1956
B) Punjab C) The All India Council for Technical Education Act,
C) Chhattisgarh 1987
D) Uttarakhand D) The Copyright Act, 1957

State Bank of India has reduced the benchmark Who has been appointed Director General of Bureau
lending or the marginal cost of funds based lending of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)?
rate (MCLR) by? A) A P Maheshwari
A) 10 bps B) Prashant Shenoy
B) 5 bps C) Meeran C Borwankar
C) 50 bps D) Bisma Qasim
D) 15 bps

Walmart Stores has opened its first India fulfilment Which bank recently unveiled an upgraded version
centre or 'dark store' in? of the existing payment wallet service ?
A) Secunderabad A) Federal Bank
B) Bhiwandi B) Axis Bank
C) Surat C) IndusInd Bank
D) Moradabad D) Yes Bank

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has signed how Which state government has imposed a ban on sea
many more advance pricing agreements (APAs) with fishing to protect the endangered Olive Ridley sea
Indian taxpayers in October? turtles?
A) 11 A) Odisha
B) 9 B) Andhra Pradesh
C) 5 C) West Bengal
D) 7 D) Jharkhand

Who has been selected for 2017 Ezhuthachan Who has been appointed as the head of the steering
Puraskaram, Kerala government's highest literary committee, constituted to set in motion the process
honour? of setting up a sports university in Patiala?
A) Chitharanjan S A) Pargat Singh
B) Manikandan R B) L S Ranawat
C) K Satchidanandan C) Randhir Singh
D) Aditya Vivek D) J S Narula

Vivian Balakrishnan, who recently visited India for An international Conference on "Ramayan Circuit
the Joint Ministerial Committee, is the Foreign and Mithila-Awadh Relations" is being held in?
Minister of which country? A) India
A) Sri Lanka B) Sri Lanka
B) Nepal C) Nepal
C) Malaysia D) Myanmar
D) Singapore
Which state is going to hold the ‘Nobel Prize Series
— India 2018 (Science Impacts Life)’?
A) Assam
B) Goa
C) Telangana
D) Karnataka

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World’s third largest book fair recently opened in? Which Indian doubles pair won the Vietnam Open
A) Milan trophy at the Ho Chi Minh City?
B) Copenhagen A) Sumit Nagal and Vishnu Vardhan
C) Sharjah B) Vishnu Vardhan and Saketh Myneni
D) Melbourne C) Saketh Myneni and Vijay Sundar Prashanth
D) Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Sumit Nagal

Who won a silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle prone Which state's chief minister announced a Rs 3-crore
event at the Commonwealth Shooting sports fund for state's police?
Championships in Gold Coast? A) Maharashtra
A) Gagan Narang B) Haryana
B) Neerak Kumar C) Uttar Pradesh
C) Gurpreet Singh D) Bihar
D) Anish Bhanwala
How much amount of funding is Global Environment
CCEA has approved Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana Facility (GEF) going to provide Energy Efficiency
(RKVY) scheme as RKVY-Remunerative Approaches Services Ltd (EESL)?
for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation A) $411 million
(RAFTAAR) to be implemented, with a budget B) $396 million
allocation of Rs 15,722 crore, till? C) $454 million
A) 2018-19 D) $567 million
B) 2020-21
C) 2021-22 India has made an offer to share intelligence of
D) 2019-20 maritime movements in the Indian Ocean in real-
time with how many Indian Ocean littoral states?
India recently set a Guinness world record by A) 10
cooking 918 kg of which dish at the World India Food B) 6
2017 being held at New Delhi? C) 14
A) Kheer D) 7
B) Rajma Chawal
Which state has signed an MoU with ITE Education
C) Aloo Puri
Services (ITEES) of Singapore, for skill development?
D) Khichdi
A) Rajasthan
Martina Hingis, who recently announced her B) Odisha
retirement from tennis, belongs to? C) Tamilnadu
A) Germany D) Punjab
B) Switzerland
C) Spain
Which of the following has been awarded the
D) Serbia
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage
Which of the following has become the first Indian Conservation?
canine breed to be inducted into Indian Army? A) Patthar Ki Masjid
A) Rajapalayam dog B) Gol Ghar
B) Kanni C) Royal Opera House
C) Mudhol Hound D) Dhar Fort
D) Bisben
Who has been chosen for 2017 Tata Literature Live!
Lifetime Achievement Award?
A) Javed Akhtar
B) Madhur Bhandarkar
C) Mahesh Bhatt
D) Girish Karnad

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SEBI is evaluating whether ICO and crypto-currencies Which minister recently launched the Pradhan
can be brought under its regulatory purview. ICO Mantri Jan Aushadhi Pariyojayana in Mumbai?
stands for? A) JP Nadda
A) Integrated Coin Offerings B) Ramdas Athawale
B) Initial Coin Offerings C) Devendra Fadnavis
C) Investment Coin Offerings D) Uddhav Thackeray
D) Intermediate Coin Offerings
Indian Army has launched Integrated Quarter
Shinzo Abe recently began his ______ term as the Master Package (IQMP) software, to manage
newly re-elected Prime Minister of Japan? logistics at unit level. It has been developed by the
A) 5th Army Software Development Centre along with?
B) 3rd A) Infosys
C) 4th B) Accenture
D) 2nd C) TCS
D) Wipro
China and members of ASEAN, held a joint maritime
rescue drill in? Who has been appointed as ad interim United
A) Sea of Japan Nations Resident Coordinator in Myanmar?
B) Yellow Sea A) Knut Ostby
C) South China Sea B) Renata Lok-Dessallien
D) East China Sea C) Alexander Freese
D) Gerald Daly
Union Tourism Ministry has earmarked how much
amount for Puducherry to promote heritage and In which report has the Law Commission of India,
spiritual tourism under 'Swadesh Darshan' scheme? proposed a new anti-torture law, the Prevention of
A) Rs 85 crores Torture Bill, 2017?
B) Rs 109 crores A) 273
C) Rs 301 crores B) 251
D) Rs 212 crores C) 298
D) 347
Which Indian tennis player won the Erste Open title
in Vienna with Pablo Cuevas? Kidambi Srikanth, recently reached his career-best
A) Ramkumar Ramanathan BWF ranking of?
B) Rohan Bopanna A) 1
C) Vishnu Vardhan B) 3
D) Sumit Nagal C) 2
D) 4
Who has been appointed by Paytm Payments Bank
as its CFO? Which of the following companies has announced
A) Rajeev Ranjan the completion of its acquisition of Tata Capital
B) Sudhanshu Jain Forex Ltd and TC Travel and Services Ltd?
C) Vivek Nandan A) Make My Trip
D) Ketan Gupta B) Thomas Cook India
C) Cox & Kings
In September, India's core sector growth hit a six- D) SOTC India
month high of?
A) 3.7% Which of the following has been named as 2017
B) 6.1% word of the year by Collins dictionary?
C) 4.8% A) Fake News
D) 5.2% B) Gig Economy
C) Banana Republic
D) Fidget Spinner

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Actor Kim Joo-hyuk, who recently passed away, Which state government has announced lifetime
hailed from? monthly pension of Rs 10,000 for 'Hindi Satyagrahis'
A) China and those who were jailed during the Emergency?
B) South Korea A) Rajasthan
C) Japan B) Uttar Pradesh
D) Myanmar C) Punjab
D) Haryana
Who has been signed by Gatorade as a brand
ambassador on a four-year contract till 2021? As per the Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI),
A) Neeraj Chopra developed by Plan India, which state is ranked at the
B) Pankaj Advani top on composite parameter?
C) Devendra Jhajharia A) Goa
D) Kidambi Srikanth B) Sikkim
C) Kerala
Researchers at which university have developed a D) Manipur
seismic-resistant concrete, which can withstand
earthquakes with magnitudes as high as 9.1? Which union minister recently launched the
A) Stanford University VidyarthiVigyan Manthan (VVM) app?
B) University of Cambridge A) Satya Pal Singh
C) University of British Columbia B) Alphons Kannanthanam
D) Tsinghua University C) Prakash Javdekar
D) Ravi Shankar Prasad
India recently commenced its 14 days joint training
exercise 'PRABAL DOSTYK 2017' with which country Union Cabinet has given its approval for the trade
at Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh? Agreement with which country for strengthening
A) Kazakhstan and promoting trade and economic co-operation?
B) Mongolia A) Somalia
C) Kyrgyzstan B) Uganda
D) Oman C) Ethiopia
D) Kenya
World Savings Day was observed in India on?
A) Nov 2 Who has been appointed the secretary (security) in
B) Nov 3 the Cabinet Secretariat?
C) Nov 1 A) P N Pandey
D) Oct 30 B) S K Sinha
C) Anand S R
D) A R K Kini
Which state government has signed an MoU and
Terms of Reference (ToR) with Singapore for skilling Who has been chosen for 2017 Jnanpith Award by
youth? the Jnanpith Selection Board?
A) Manipur A) Krishna Sobti
B) Tripura B) Maitreyi Pushpa
C) Sikkim C) Mannu Bhandari
D) Assam D) Mamatā Kāliyā

Virender Sehwag Gate was recently inaugurated at Who has been appointed as global Managing
which cricket stadium to honour the former India Director and CEO by Tata Steel?
opener? A) Gaurav Setia
A) Dharamshala B) Koushik Chatterjee
B) Firoz Shah Kotla C) Mayank Agarwal
C) Eden Gardens D) TV Narendran
D) Wankhede

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A Blackbuck Conservation Reserve has been The world’s tallest statue, a 210-metre-high statue
approved to be set up in the Meja forest division in? of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, has received
A) Chhattisgarh environmental clearance for being built in?
B) Rajasthan A) Maharashtra
C) Madhya Pradesh B) Karnataka
D) Uttar Pradesh C) Goa
D) Gujarat
Who has been appointed as Karnataka's first woman
Director General and Inspector General of Police? Which state is going to host the inaugural India-US
A) Rupak Kumar Dutta Ocean Dialogue?
B) Sudhakar Jain A) Andhra Pradesh
C) Keshav Tyagi B) Goa
D) Neelamani N. Raju C) Kerala
D) Gujarat

Defence ministry recently gave approvals to the Rs How many Indians have featured on the 14th
21,738-crore naval project for how many armed light Forbes' Top 100 Most Powerful Women list?
utility helicopters? A) 2
A) 102 B) 14
B) 111 C) 9
C) 95 D) 5
D) 128
Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing and
‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes ratifying an agreement on cooperation and mutual
against Journalists’ was recently observed on? assistance in customs matters with?
A) Nov 2 A) Georgia
B) Nov 4 B) Lithuania
C) Nov 1 C) Bulgaria
D) Nov 3 D) Armenia

Whom did Mukesh Ambani overtake to become the In how many categories has the DGCA classified
richest person in Asia with a net worth of $42.1 drones based on their weights, as per the proposed
billion as per Forbes' real-time billionaire's list? rules?
A) Jack Ma A) 8
B) Ma Huateng B) 5
C) Hui Ka Yan C) 3
D) Li Ka-shing D) 6

Which union minister participated in the 7th Asian As per a report by Assocham and EY, which nation
Ministerial Energy Roundtable (AMER) conference in has about 50% of undernourished children of the
Bangkok, Thailand? world?
A) R. K. Singh A) Bangladesh
B) Piyush Goyal B) Pakistan
C) Suresh Prabhu C) Sudan
D) Dharmednra Pradhan D) India

9th CMS Vatavaran - an international film festival on Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has
environment and wildlife, was held in? approved a USD 2 million loan for five project in?
A) Bengaluru A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Hyderabad B) Telangana
C) Mumbai C) Tamilnadu
D) New Delhi D) Karnataka

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India has jumped 21 places on the World Economic Which of the following has become the first Asian
Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap index to? city to hold the Gay Games in 2022?
A) 76 A) New Delhi
B) 108 B) Colombo
C) 123 C) Hong Kong
D) 97 D) Bangkok

Who has been re-elected president of the Indian Who won the gold medal at the 66th All-India Police
Weightlifting Federation (IWLF)? Wrestling Cluster Championship 2017?
A) Abraham Techi A) Vinesh Phogat
B) Narayan Sahu B) Babita Kumari
C) Birendra Prasad Baishya C) Sakshi Malik
D) Tara Singh D) Geeta Phogat

Who has been appointed as the CEO of Bharti AXA President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Global
Life Insurance? Clubfoot Conference, organised by the CURE India,
A) Sam Ghosh in?
B) Ramesh Chandra A) New Delhi
C) Vikas Seth B) Lucknow
D) Sandeep Ghosh C) Bhopal
D) Jaipur
Who has been appointed as the next High
Commissioner of India to the Republic of Malta? Who has been appointed as Honorary Consul
A) Sudeep Kaushal General in Hyderabad by the Republic of Korea?
B) Rajesh Vaishnaw A) Gopisetty Hari Prasad
C) Animesh Garg B) Suresh Chukkapalli
D) Saurav Jain C) Jadeeswar Reddy
D) Pansuria Toral
Etikoppaka toys have been given Geographical
Indication tag. The Etikoppaka village is located in? Pension Fund Regulatory and Development
A) Karnataka Authority (PFRDA) has increased the maximum age
B) Tamilnadu of joining under NPS-private sector from 60 years
C) Andhra Pradesh to?
D) Kerala A) 62 years
B) 70 years
Who won a silver and a gold medal at the 2017 ITTF C) 65 years
World Cadet Challenge held in Suva, Fiji? D) 68 years
A) Tejasvi Jha
B) Abhilasha Rana Karnataka has signed an agreement to establish
C) Diya Chitale
sister-state ties with which state in the United
D) Ganga Sharma
States?
World Vegan Day was recently observed on? A) Tennessee
A) Nov 2 B) Indiana
B) Nov 4 C) Texas
C) Nov 3 D) Virginia
D) Nov 1

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