Quiz 1 and Answer

1. Which is the oldest English daily in India?

a) The Hindustan Times

b) The Statesman
c) The Times of India 
d) The Indian Express

2. Which country has the same National Animal as India?

a. Bangladesh
b. Pakistan
c. Afghanistan
d. Indonesia

3. Which of the following is the National Aquatic animal of India?

a) Alligator
b) River Dolphin
c) Cat Fish
d) Stripped Dolphin

4. Which of the following country has recently withdrawn from the contest for non permanent
seat in UNSC
a. Israel
b. Iraq
c. Germany
d. Iran

5. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the Climate Summit to be

held in September 2019 to review the commitments of the 2015 Paris Agreement. Where
will the climate summit be organized?
A. Cancun
B. London
C. New York
D. Paris

6. Who amongst the given sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Malaysia on May 10th,
2018?
A. Abdul Razak
B. Najib Razak
C. Mahathir Mohamed
D. Nashid Mohammad

7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepali PM K. P. Sharma Oli on 11 May 2018 jointly
inaugurated a direct bus service between which two sacred cities?
a) Janakpur and Ayodhya
b) Kathmandu and Pokhara
c) Patan to Mathura
d) None of the Above

8. On May 19th, 2018, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of the Zojila Tunnel on
the Srinagar-Leh National Highway at an event in Jivetsal in Leh. Its length is –
A. 9.15 km
B. 15km
C. 14 km
D. 8.5km

9. Which player won the European Golden Shoe Award in the session 2017-18?
a) Cristiano Ronaldo
b) Lionel Messi
c) Mohamed Salah
d) Luis Suarez

10. The Union Cabinet approved ordinace for setting India’s First National Sports University
in?
a) Guwahati
b) Imphal
c) Shillong
d) Patna

11. Which of the following state is unaffected by Cauvery Water Management Scheme

a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Kerala
d) Puducherry

12. Recently, whose name was approved as the first woman director of the CIA by the US
Senate?
a) Gina Tillerson
b) Gina Haspel
c) Nikki Haley
d) Ivanka Trump
13. Which of the following is not an Indian Dance form
a. Kottam
b. Lota
c. Khayal
d. Mohobelo

14. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognized which Indian
airport as the world’s first fully solar energy-powered airport?
a. Indira Gandhi International Airport
b. Goa International Airport
c. Cochin International Airport Ltd
d. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

15. Which of the following place is considered as the “Money Laundering capital of the
world”
a. Bern
b. Mumbai
c. London
d. Islamabad

16. India ranked ……… in Healthcare Access and Quality Index as released by Lancet Study
a) 112th
b) 119th
c) 125th
d) 145th

17. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) recently released a report which
suggest India is ……… largest military spender
a. Eighth
b. Seventh
c. Fifth
d. Fourth

18. Icarus, which is the farthest star discovered recently is

a) 11 million light year distant
b) 9 Billion light year distant
c) 15 Trillion light Year distant
d) Yet to be measured

19. Birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar is celebrated on

a) 17th May
b) 14th April
c) 21st May
d) 29th May

20. Which amoung the following is basically a North Indian Dance form?
a) Bharatanatyam
b) Kathak
c) Kathakali
d) None of the above

21. Which of the following railway zones and corresponding headquarter is not correctly
matched?
a. North eastern Railway : Gorakhpur
b. South eastern Railway : Bhubaneshwar
c. Eastern railway : Kolkata
d. South East Central Railway : Bilaspur

22. World Health Organisation declared ……………… to be the first country to be able to
eliminate trachoma
a) Nigeria
b) Senegal
c) Kenya
d) Nepal

23. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority of India (IRDAI)?
A. Nilesh Sathe
B. Badri Singh Bhandari
C. Subhash Chandra Khuntia
D. VK Sharma

24. Who has been awarded as BRICS business forum leadership award for lifetime
achievement
a. Prajnesh Gunneswaran
b. Sridevi
c. Lata Mangeshkar
d. Narendra Modi

25. Who has been ranked top in the latest list of World’s Most Powerful People released by
Forbes on May 8th, 2018?

A. Angela Merkel
B. Xi Jinping
C. Donald Trump
D. Vladimir Putin

26. Which country will host upcoming BIMSTEC summit

a. Nepal
b. China
c. India
d. Bangladesh

27. Which of the following Force and their Motto is not correctly matched
a) BSF : Duty and Death
b) CRPF : Protection and Security
c) Indo-Tibetan Border Police : Valour-Determination-Devotion to Duty
d) NSG : Sarvatra Sarvottam Suraksha

28. Who has become the oldest Indian woman to have scaled the world’s tallest peak “Mount
Everest”?
A. Shivangi Patel
B. Premlata Agarwal
C. Neerja Pathak
D. Sangeeta Bahl

29. Which of the following dance form is not based on the principles of Natya Shastra
a. Bharatnatyam
b. Odissi
c. Manipuri
d. Kuchipudi

30. “Hidden India” is authored by

a) Pritika Singh
b) Namarat Karath
c) Malvika Sitlani
d) None of the Above
31. Who won the title of the recently concluded 5th Women’s Asian Champions Trophy,
2018?
a. South Korea
b. India
c. China
d. Malaysia

32. India is not a member of which of the following association/organisation

a. ASEAN
b. SAARC
c. SCO
d. G20

33. Who among the following has designed the Indian currency symbol?
a) Udaya Kumar
b) Brijmohan Upadhyaya
c) Madheesh Sarkar
d) Shailja Mukherjee

34. Brahmos Cruise Missile was successfully tested from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at
Chandipur, Odisha coast on May 21, 2018. It was tested-
A. To extend its service period
B. To reduce its service period
C. To end its service period
D. None of the above

35. National Education Day is celebrated on?

a. 17th September
b. 11th November
c. 28th February
d. 29th February

36. What is the name of the deadly virus carried mainly carried by fruit bats that during May
2018 struck Kerala causing large-scale panic in the state?
a. Nipah
b. Ebola
c. Lassa
d. Rabies

37. Which of the following companies are not part of FAANG

a) Apple
b) Amazon
c) Alphabet
d) AT&T

38. World Health Organisation have launched a campaign to eliminate industrial produced
trans fat, the name of the campaign is
a) FATFREE
b) HEALTH
c) REPLACE
d) CHANGE

39. The PIN Code system was introduced in India in

a) 1886
b) 1972
c) 1872
d) 1965

40. Who was the President of Indian National Congress?

a. Annie Besant
b. JM Tagore
c. Moti lal Nehru
d. Womesh Chandra Bannerji

41. India is the largest producer of all but ………….. in the world.
a) Sugarcane
b) Mica
c) Ginger
d) Millet

42. Who holds the record of being the uninterrupted longest serving Chief Minister of India
a. Jyoti Basu
b. Pawan Kumar Chamling
c. Narendra Modi
d. Sheila Dikshit

43. Which of the following countries is not a part of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
(JCPOA)
a) India
b) China
c) USA
d) Iran
44. Who is the new chairman of IRDAI
a. Subhash Chandra Khuntia
b. Rajesh Bharti Mittal
c. Nipun Agarwal
d. Sommesh Mukherjee

45. India’s First Railway Station run by solar power is located in?
a. Bhopal
b. Hyderabad
c. Guwahati
d. Patna

46. Which of the following is not celebrated in May?

a) International Labour Day
b) World Press Freedom Day
c) World No Tobacco Day
d) International Yoga Day

47. Which Indian city topped the list of 20 most polluted cities in the World (in terms of air
pollution) that was released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva on 2
May 2018?
a. Varnasi
b. Delhi
c. Kanpur
d. Agra

48. National Integration Day is celebrated on

a) 9th November
b) 19th November
c) 29th November
d) 9th December

49. Which of the following would be India’s longest Road and Railway bridge, linking
Dibrugarh in Assam to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh, expected to be inaugurated by PM
in 2018?

a. Deendayal Upadhyay Setu

b. Bogibeel Bridge
c. Bhupen Hazarika Setu
d. Mahatama Gandhi Setu

50. When was the national flag adopted?

a) July 22, 1947

b) January 24, 1950
c) January 26, 1950
d) March 22, 1957

51. First International Telephone line that connected India was from London to
a. Mumbai
b. Kolkata
c. Shimla
d. Madras

52. Danda Nata or Danda Jatra is a dance form/festival organised in

a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Odisha
c) Kerela
d) Tamil Nadu

53. Hirakud Dam, built across the Mahanadi River, is the longest dam in India and is situated
in
a. West Bengal
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Punjab
d. Odisha

54. Who was the first Governor General of British India

a) Warren Hasting
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) Lord William Bentinck
d) Lord Viscount Canning

55. Sushmita Sen, first Indian to win the Miss Universe, was just 18 when she won the title in
a. 2000
b. 2002
c. 1990
d. 1994

56. Who is the first and also the Present Independent Chairman of the International Cricket
Council (ICC)?
a) Ajay Shirke
b) Giles Clarke
c) Shashank Manohar
d) Dave Richardson

57. The book ‘Straight Talk’ has been authored by which Indian political personality?
a. Manmohan Singh
b. M. Venkaiah Naidu
c. Abhishek Manu Singhvi
d. Shashi Tharoor

58. What is the India’s rank in the 2018 IMD’s competitiveness rankings?
a) 54th
b) 44th
c) 35th
d) 26th

59. Who has been appointed as the new president of Hockey India?
a. Rajinder Singh
b. Mariamma Koshy
c. Narinder Batra
d. Mushtaque Ahmed

60. Recently, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan constituted a parliamentary committee
under whose chairmanship to investigate the recovery of black money and performance of
public sector banks among a host of subjects?
a) Mallikarjun Kharge
b) Ghulam Nabi Azad
c) Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi
d) K.V. Thomas

61. Indus dolphin is one of the world’s rarest amphibian found only in India and Pakistan. The
first organized census on Indus dolphins are conducting by the Punjab government along
with WWF-India. Find the error.
a. Indus dolphin not found in Pakistan
b. Indus dolphin also Found In Bangladesh
c. Indus dolphin is a mammal
d. None of the Above

62. Vladimir Putin became Russia's president for a historic fourth term at a ceremony
Kremlin. He will extend his power to another six years. He has remained as the Russian
President for last 17 years. Find the error.
a) Ceremony was not in Kremlin rather in Moscow
b) He is the President only since 2012 as there can’t be a three consecutive terms.
c) His power extended only for another 5 years.
d) This was his Third term as President.

63. The Cleanest City award is given by

a. Ministry for Housing and Urban affairs
b. Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation
c. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
d. Health and Family Welfare

64. What was the theme of World Press Freedom Day 2018 celebrate on 3rd May?
a) Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law
b) Freedom of press and Rights of Journalists
c) Keeping Freedom in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law
d) Pillars of Democracy: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law

65. Madhya Pradesh Government launched India's first Integrated Control and Command
Centre (ICCC) for all seven smart cities of the state. The centre was inaugurated by
 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Minister of State for Housing
and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri. The ICCC will enable State authorities to monitor
the status of various smart civic amenities in real-time through the sensors connected to it.
ICCC is a cloud-based Universal Internet of Things (UIoT) platform. It has been
developed by Reliance Enterprise (RE). Cities of Madhya Pradesh that have been selected
under Smart Cities Mission are Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Satna, and
Sagar. Find the error.
a. For Six cities only.
b. Cities covered are Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Satna.
c. ICCC is Develeped by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
d. Both A and B

66. Which of the following countries is not a part of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
(JCPOA)
a. European Union
b. Germany
c. Russia
d. Japan

67. Alan Bean, who was the 4th man to walk on the Moon has passed away. He was an
astronaut from which country?
a. Russia
b. United States
c. France
d. Germany

68. Which country has become the largest remittance-receiving country in the world in 2017,
as per report ‘RemitSCOPE – Remittance markets and opportunities – Asia and the
Pacific’?
a) Bangladesh
b) Philippines
c) India
d) Vietnam

69. Who has recently been awarded ‘India Biodiversity Award, 2018’ in the category of
Conservation of Wild Species?
a. Singchung Bugun Village Community, Arunachal Pradesh
b. Lemscheloklok Organization, Nagaland
c. A and B both
d. Nota

70. Who amongst the following was the winner of the recently concluded UEFA Champions
League Football Championship, 2017-18?
a) Real Madrid
b) Barcelona
c) Liverpool
d) Atletico Madrid

71. Under which Article of the constitution it is the responsibility of the Indian
Government to protect states from external aggression and internal disturbance?
a) Article 355
b) Article 356
c) Article 352
d) Article 360

72. Under the Article 356 of the Constitution of India, President’s Rule was imposed
for the first time in-
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Travancore-Cochin
c. PEPSU
d. Bihar

73. United Kingdom which is expected to exit EU next year had joined European
Economic Community in year
a) 1993
b) 1976
c) 1952
d) 1973

74. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is an authority, established by

Article …… of the Constitution of India.
a. Article 148
b. Article 165
c. Article 324
d. Article 63

75. What is the tenure of Chief Vigilance Commissioner?

a) 65 Years or 6 years whatever is earlier
b) 65 Years or 5 years whatever is earlier
c) 65 Years or 4 years whatever is earlier
d) Pleasure of the President

76. Which of the following treaty/treaties amended Maastricht Treaty?

a. Treaty of Amsterdam 
b. Treaty of Nice 
c. Treaty of Lisbon 
d. All of the Above

77. Which of the following is an Act to Repeal the European Communities Act 1972
and make other provision in connection with the withdrawal of the United
Kingdom from the EU recently getting the royal assent?
a) European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
b) The United Kingdom (Withdrawal from European Union) Act 2018
c) The Britain (Withdrawal from European Union) Act 2018
d) The Brexit Act 2018

78. The Article 50 which UK invoked to leave European Union is authored by

a. Jean-Claude Juncker
b. Michel Barnier
c. Emmanuel Macron
d. Lord Kerr

79. In which year European Union get the explicit status of being a legal personality
a) 1992
b) 1993
c) 2004
d) 2009

80. The President of India may declare the National Emergency if there is he threat
of:
1. External aggression
2. Internal disturbance
3. Armed Rebellion
4. Communal Clash
Select the correct answer:
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1, 2 and 3 only
c) 3 and 4 only
d) 1 and 3

81. In which of the following state there is no provision for President’s Rule
a. Meghalaya
b. Manipur
c. Jammu and Kashmir
d. All of the Above

82. Which one of the following Article of the Constitution has never been
implemented into action?
a) Article 60
b) Article 360
c) Article 365
d) Article 356

83. EU’s Jean Claude Juncker has appointed whom as the Brexit negotiator?
a) Michel Barnier
b) Nick Clegg
c) Frederic Barnier
d) Jean Barnier

84. Who said the U.K. should leave the EU?

a. Barack Obama
b. Donald Trump 
c. Christine Lagarde
d. Madeleine Albright

85. When was the word "armed rebellion" added to the Constitution to declare a
National Emergency?
(A) After 44th Constitution Amendment Act
(B) After 42nd Constitution Amendment Act
(C) After 40th Constitution Amendment Act
(D) After 38th Constitution Amendment Act

86. Which of the following statements is not true?

(A) The Fundamental Rights of Article 19 are susepnded automatically during
National Emergency declared on the basis of war or external aggression .
(B) The Fundamental Rights of Article 19 can not be suspended in the case of
National Emergency declared on the basis of armed rebellion.
(C) Article 19 automatically revives when the National Emergency is over.
(D) When a National Emergency is enforced, the Fundamental Rights of Article 19
are repealed after the President's order.

87. How many times have the National Emergency been implemented in India?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5

88. Name the spacecraft launched by NASA aboard an Atlas V rocket to study
“Marsquakes”, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States, on
5th May 2018?
a) InTouch
b) Marsee
c) InSight
d) InOrbit

89. Where was 15th meeting of the Shanghai Corporation Organization (SCO) held
on 17th May,
2018?
a. Wuhan, China
b. Sanya, China
c. Manilla, Philippines
d. New Delhi, India

90. With an objective to conserve water, the Bhusawal Division of Indian Railways
has fitted
specially designed aerators in basin-taps of which train?
a. Shatabdi Express
b. Rajdhani Express
c. Duronto Express
d. Tejas Express

91. Flipkart co-founder _________________has announced his exit from the

company, hours after the news of American retailer Walmart acquiring Flipkart
broke in the nation.

92. What is the name of the specialised anti-Naxal combat force for the state of
Chhattisgarh that was announced by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on 21
May 2018?

93. Which country is poised to become the first country in Latin America to join
NATO as a "global partner", as was announced on 25 May 2018?

94. Andhra Pradesh government on 30 May 2018 announced separate symbols for
the state after the bifurcation of Telangana. What is the new state animal of
Andhra Pradesh?

95. Electric vehicles (EVs) in India will get number plate of which colour, as was
approved by the Union Government during May 2018?