Desizn

Circle G.K. Notes (Feb.)

1. Who has won the 2017 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year? – Roger Federer
2. Who has won the 2017 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year? – Serena Williams
3. Who has won the 2017 Laureus Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability? – Marcel Hug
4. MARCH
1: Self injury Awareness Day
2: Texas Independence Day
3: National Defense Day
4: National Security Day
5: World Spelling Day
8: International Women Day
10: World Kidney Day
13: Common wealth Day
15: World Consumer Rights Day
5. List of National Flowers
• India-Lotus
• Australia-Golden Wattle
• England-Tudor rose
• Pakistan-Jasmine
• China-Peony
• South Africa-Protea
• Singapore-Orchid
• Bangladesh-Shapla
• Malaysia-Hibiscus
• Bhutan-Blue poppy
• Nepal-Rhododendron
• Sri Lanka-Water lily
6. What is the rank of India in Inclusive Internet Index 2018? - 47th
7. Which nation has been topped in the Internet Index 2018? - Sweden
8. Which nation has been bottom in the Internet Index 2018? - Congo
9. Which state cricket team has won the 2018 Vijay Hazare trophy? - Karnataka
10. What did C. V. Raman’s discovery deal with? - Scattering of light
11. In which year C. V. Raman awarded with Nobel Prize in Physics for Raman Effect? - 1930
12. Who is the first President of India, on his death anniversary today? – Dr Rajendra Prasad
13. Which highest civilian award was given to C. V. Raman by the government of India in 1954? A)
Padma Bhushan
B) Bharat Ratna
C) Padma Shri
D) Padma Vibhushan
Ans: B (Bharat Ratna)
14. The National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February each year to mark the discovery
of the Raman Effect by Indian physicist Sir C V Raman on 28 Feb 1928. The theme of the year
2018 is "Science and Technology for a sustainable future."
15. Arrange the following oceans from largest to smallest?
A) Indian Ocean
B) Pacific Ocean
C) Arctic Ocean
D) Atlantic Ocean
E) Antarctica Ocean
Choose the correct order
1) B,E,A,C,D
2) D,A,B,E,C
3) B,D,A,E,C
4) A,D,C,B,E
Answer: 3 (B,DA,E,C)
16. Which state’s Chief Minister has announced a 5 lakh health-cum-life insurance scheme for
farmers?
A) Odisha
B) Karnataka
C) Haryana
D) Telangana
Answer: D Telangana
17. Which lake in India has been found to be the single largest habitat of Irrawaddy dolphins in the
world?
A) Dal Lake
B) Chilika Lake
C) Wular Lake
D) Pulicat Lake
Answer: B
18. The Botanical Survey of India (BSI) is located in which of the following cities?
A) Hyderabad
B) New Delhi
C) Kolkata
D) Lucknow
Ans: C (Kolkata)
19. Who is the CEO of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)? - Navin Agarwal
20. The DRDO successfully conducted the test flight of its long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) named _______ on Feb 25, 2018? - Rustom 2
21. The DRDO was formed in which year? – 1958
22. Which state become the 1st in India to launch a pension scheme for single and divorced
women? - Telangana
23. In a first, which state to have eco-friendly bridges for movement of tigers? - Telangana
24. Which state to have world’s 1st IT campus for differently-abled? – Telangana
25. Which organization has launched India's first live payments bank in March 2017 - Bharti Airtel
26. Which bank has launched YONO (You Need Only One) app? - SBI
27. Where is the headquarters of NABARD? - Mumbai Name the country, which will host the BRICS
summit 2018 - South Africa
28. The 15th edition of Bio Asia 2018 held in? - Hyderabad, Telangana
29. What is the theme of Bio Asia 2018? - “Right Time, Right Now” The Int'l Conference on
Sustainable Biofuels begins in? - New Delhi
30. The 21st national conference on e-Governance will be held in? – Hyderabad
31. RBI asked all the commercial banks in the country to link Core Banking Solution (CBS) with which
banking system by April 30, 2018? - SWIFT
32. The RBI recently launched the Ombudsman Scheme for which organizations? - Non-Banking
Financial Companies
33. Who has created history by becoming the 1st Indian gymnast to win an individual medal at 2018
Gymnastics World Cup? - Aruna Budda Reddy
34. The state govt. of Assam has declared which day to be observed as Rhino Day in the state? -
September22
35. The UIDAI (Aadhaar) has come up with ________ coloured Aadhaar known as "Baal Aadhaar"
card for children below the age of 5 years?
A) Pink
B) Blue
C) Red
D) Yellow
Answer: B
36. Arrange the following in chronological order ____?
A) Chandra Gupta II
B) Skanda Gupta
C) Chandra Gupta I
D) Kumar Gupta
E) Samudra Gupta
Choose the correct answer
(1) A,B,C,D,E
(2) B,C,A,D,E
(3) C,E,A,D,B
(4) D,A,B,C,E
Ans: 3 (C,E,A,D,B)
37. Which country to host the 2018 SAARC Business Leaders’ Conclave? - Nepal
38. Who authored the book “Hari Singh Nalwa: Champion of the Khalsaji – 1791-1837”? - Vanit
Nalwa
39. Which city host the Economic Times–Global Business Summit 2018? - New Delhi
40. Our BORN4WIN Questions in TS_TRT_2017 Exam
Lord Narsimha temple is located in which place of Telangana? - Yadagirigutta, Nalgonda
Who is the author of the book "I Do What I Do"? - Raghuram Rajan
Who is the chairman of the first Indian Education Commission? - William Hunter
How many languages are recognized by our constitution? - 22
Who conducted excavations near river Indus in 1921-22? - Sir Jhon Marshall
Which river is not flows in AP & Telangana? - Kaveri
Nirbhay missile is a? - Sub-sonic cruise missile
41. Arrange the layers from nearest to the Earth's surface?
1. Troposphere
2. Stratosphere
3. Mesosphere
4. Thermosphere
5. Exosphere
Arrange the Oceans largest to smallest?
1. Pacific
2. Atlantic
3. Indian
4. Arctic
5. Antarctica
42. The nature of non-metal oxide is? - Acidic
43. Which method is using for remove impurities from water? - Sedimentation
44. Which gas occupied 1/5th % in the atmosphere? - Oxygen
45. Which is called milk of magnesia? - Magnesium hydroxide
46. India has successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Dhanush ballistic missile
with a strike range of __?
(A) 350 km
(B) 500 km
(C) 300 km
(D) 450 km
Answer: A 350 km
47. The Khajuraho Temples were situated in which state of India?
[A] Maharashtra
[B] Mizoram
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Arunachal Pradesh
Ans-C (Madhya Pradesh)
48. India successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a strike range of 350
km from Odisha coast? - Dhanush
49. Who is the author of the book 'Exam Warriors'? - Narendra Modi
50. Who is the present Vice President of India? - Venkaiah Naidu
51. What is the rank of India in the 2018 Global Passport Index? - 73rd
52. Which country to host first International Solar Alliance summit? - India
53. Which state Sign MoU with Taiwan for Better Technology Partnership? – Teleganna
54. Which country to host the 23rd edition of the World Congress on Information Technology
(WCIT-2019)? - Armenia
55. Which nations were the most powerful passports in the world with a visa-free score of 162 as
per 2018 Global Passport Index? – South Korea & Singapore
56. Which state becomes 1st Indian state to clear projects digitally? - Uttar Pradesh
57. India will co-host the 1st Int'l Solar Alliance summit with which country? - France
58. What is the theme of Youth Festival 2018 in New Delhi? - Let Love Live
59. Which city’s railway station has become the first fully women operated station?
A) Jaipur
B) Bengaluru
C) Kochi
D) Ahmedabad
Ans-A (Jaipur)
60. India successfully conducted the first night trial of indigenously developed nuclear-capable
surface-to-surface ballistic missile? - Prithvi-II
61. What is the rank of India among the list of targeted countries for Web Application Attacks 2017?
- 7th
62. Which state officially launched Parivartan scheme "Cleanliness & Pollution Free Drive? - Haryana
63. Avani Chaturvedi become 1st Indian woman2fly fighter aircraft solo. She hails from? - Madhya
Pradesh
64. Which state recently made vaccinations compulsory for school admissions? – Kerala
65. ABBREVIATIONS
MB - Mega Byte
MHz - Mega Hertz
GB - Giga Byte
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LED - Light Emitting Diode
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
DOS - Desk Operating System
DTP - Desk Top Publishing
LAN- Local Area Network
66. India Int'l Textiles Expo 2018 held in? - Sri Lanka World Thinking Day 2018 is celebrated on - Feb
22nd
67. Cobra Gold 2018 is a military exercise conducted b/w two countries of? – USA &Thailand
68. Who becomes 1st Indian woman pilot to fly fighter jet MiG-21 bison? – Avani Chaturvedi
69. Which railway station became the country’s 1st major railway station to be fully-managed by
women? - Gandhi Nagar railway station
70. What is the theme of World Thinking Day 2018? - "Impact for the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is
all about bringing positive change!"
71. What is the India's ranked in the global Corruption Perception Index 2017? - 81
72. Which nation topped the global Corruption Perception Index 2017? - New Zealand
73. Which light transport aircraft recently completed the 2nd test-flight successfully? – SARAS
74. Which country recently declared to impose a ‘carbon tax’ from 2019 to cut its greenhouse gas
emissions? - Singapore
75. Which city is hosting the 2018 Sanskriti Mahotsav ‘Swachhagrah – Bapu ko Kaaryaanjali”? -
Varanasi
76. Where is the HQ of the Centre for Policy Research? - New Delhi
77. Which committee has been constituted by the RBI to look into bank frauds? - Y H Malegam
committee
78. Which country host the World Congress on Information Technology 2018? - India
79. Which country won the Commonwealth bridge championship 2018? – India
80. What is the India's worst rank on based the no. of children dying within the first month of their
1,000 live births, while top worst Pakistan and best born Japan ?
A) 20th
B) 35th
C) 12th
D) 15th
Answer: C
81. Mac Mahon is the boundary line between which two countries?
A) India and Nepal
B) India and China
C) India and Pakistan
D) Nepal and China
Ans: B (India & China)
82. Which city is hosting the National conference on doubling farmer’s income? - New Delhi
83. Which city is hosting the regional conference of southern states on water resources? -
Hyderabad
84. Which start-up recognized as the Startup of the Year 2017? – Milkbasket
85. A banana plant fits into which of these groups?
[A] Grasses
[B] Trees
[C] Flowers
[D] Herbs
Ans: D (Herbs)
86. What is India’s neonatal mortality rate in the UNICEF report on newborns? - 25.4
87. According to UNICEF report, which nation is riskiest to be born in? - Pakistan
88. Which state unveiled a new tourism policy to woo tourists and investors? - Uttar Pradesh
89. Which country will host the World Environment Day 2018? - India
90. Which country recently allowed women to start business without male permission? – Saudi
Arabia
91. Which gulf nation is going to host its first-ever Arab Fashion week? – Saudi Arabia
92. The World Day of Social Justice is observed every year on February 20 to recognize the need to
promote efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion and unemployment. What is the
2018 theme of this day? - “Workers on the Move : the Quest for Social Justice”
93. Who is who___in India
 • Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog - Rajiv Kumar
• Chief Election Commissioner - Om Prakash Rawat
• Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission - H. L. Dattu
• Comptroller & Auditor General of India - Shri Rajiv Mehrishi
94. Newspapers & Founders
• Mooknayak-BR Ambedkar
• Vande Mataram-Bipin Chandra Pal
• Independent-Motilal Nehru
• Navayug-Muzaffar Ahmed
• Young India-Gandhi
• Inquilab-Ghulam Hussain
• Free Hindusthan-TaraknathDas
• Prabudha Bharat-Swami Vivekanand
• The Leader-MM Malviya
95. Which is the world's first stock market? - New York Stock Exchange
96. The Nizam gold cup is given to which sports? - Football
97. Guru Gobind Singh gold cup is given to which games? - Hockey
98. Which institution called as 'Think Tank' of Govt of India? - NITI aayog
99. Bafta Awards 2018
• Best Actor: Gary Oldman
• Best Actress: Frances Mc Dormand
• Best Director: Guillermo Del Toro,
• Best Film: Three Billboards outside Ebbing
• Best Original Music: The Shape of Water
100. Which city host World Congress on Information Technology? - Hyderabad
101. Who is the new Chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research? - Arvind P.
Jamkhedkar
102. Which state to have India’s first artificial intelligence centre? – Maharashtra
103. Who was called as the ‘Father of Indian Navy’ for his strategic plan to protect the
coastline from other rulers?
[A] Shivaji Maharaj
[B] Ashoka Maurya
[C] Samudragupta
[D] Krishnadevaraya
Ans: A (Shivaji Maharaj)
104. Name the title conferred on Shivaji? - Chhatrapati
105. Who was Shivaji’s Guru? - Swami Samartha Ramadas
106. Shivaji belonged to this clan? - Marathas
107. Shivaji learned moral & spiritual values by reading these two epics? - Mahabharatha &
Ramayana
108. Where is the fort of Shivaji’s? – Raigad
109. Tributes to the bravest Maratha ever & the warrior king of India, Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj on his Birth Anniversary on Feb 19, 2018
110. What is the rank of India in ‘DHL Global Connectedness Index 2016? - 78th
111. Who is the author of the book titled, ‘The Dairy of Domestic Diva’? - Shilpa Shetty
112. What is the theme of Theatre Olympics 2018 which held in Delhi? - Flag of Friendship
113. Which state to launch cheap sanitary pad scheme “Asmita Yojana” for rural women? -
Maharashtra
114. Which oil company to introduce Asia’s first large scale CO2 injection Technique? - ONGC
115. Which state is hosting National Banana Festival 2018? - Kerala
116. Which planet has the same period of rotation and revolution? - Venus
117. Which is the fastest revolving planet? - Mercury
118. Which planet is rotates from North to South? - Uranus
119. Which planet is rotates from East to West? – Venus
120. Which city is also known as City of Pearls?
[A] Bhubaneswar
[B] kochi
[C] Hyderabad
[D] Visakhapatnam
Ans: [C] Hyderabad
121. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has tabled Economic Survey in Parliament. The Survey sees
FY19 GDP growing ____________ vs 6.75% in FY18? (
A) 7.1-7.5%
(B) 7.3-7.8%
(C) 7.2-7.6%
(D) 7.0-7.5%
Answer: D
122. The Calcium deficiency in the human body occurs in the absence of _______ ?
a) Vitamin C
b) Vitamin D
c) Vitamin A
d) Vitamin E
Ans: B (Vitamin D)
123. The recently launched India’s largest ‘train the trainers’ programme is related with
which sports? - Badminton
124. India’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute is soon to be established in which city? –
Mumbai
125. The Indian Space Research Organization is set to land India’s 2nd lunar exploration
mission Chandrayaan 2 on the moon by? - April 2018
126. The State Bank of India has announced to set up its first Global NRI Centre (GNC) in
which of the following cities? – Kochi
127. Name the Veteran singer was honoured with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award? - Asha
Bhosle
128. Who was named India’s new Ambassador to Brazil? - Ashok Das
129. Name the Iran President arrives on 3-day visit to India? - Hassan Rouhani
130. Who surpasses Agassi to become oldest World No. 1 in tennis history? – Roger Federer
131. Name the Canadian PM, who visit a 7-day to India? – Justin Trudeau
132. Name the Indian has honored with the Scientific & Engineering Academy Award? – Vikas
Sathaye
133. Xerophthamia in man is caused by the deficiency of ____ ?
a) Vitamin K
b) Vitamin A
c) Vitamin D
d) Vitamin C
Ans: B (Vitamin A)



134. The largest part of human brain is ___?
[A] Medulla Oblongata
[B] Cerebellum
[C] Cerebrum
[D] None of the above
Ans: C (Cerebrum)
135. The world’s tallest hotel ‘Gevora’ has opened in which city?
[A] Paris
[B] Beijing
[C] Tokyo
[D] Dubai
Ans: D (Dubai)
136. Which Indian app won the Best m-Government Service Award? - Umang app
137. India’s biggest Global Pharma Conference began in____with the theme ‘Driving Next
Gen Pharmaceuticals"? - Bengaluru
138. When India did became a full member of the SCO organization? – 2017
139. Which country has attained the top position in the latest FIFA Rankings? - Germany
140. What is the rank of the Indian football team in the latest FIFA rankings? - 102nd
141. The India-Russia Agriculture Business Summit 2018 was held in which city? - New Delhi
142. Who has been sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal? - KP Sharma Oli
143. Which country to host the World Sustainable Development Summit – 2018? - India
144. Which state has won the Sr W’s National Football Championship 2018? - Tamil Nadu
145. Which state has become the India’s first state to opt out of the National Health
Protection Scheme “Modi Care”?
[A] Karnataka
[B] Punjab
[C] West Bengal
[D] Kerala
Ans: C (West Bengal)
146. Who has been elected as new president of South Africa? - Cyril Ramaphosa
147. India's first radio festival is being held in? - New Delhi
148. Which nation to host Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2018? – China
149. What is the rank of India among the top ten countries of the world in terms of forest
area, according to the report by Food and Agriculture Organization?
A) 3rd
B) 8th
C) 9th
D) 5th
Answer: B
150. FEBRUARY
20: World Day of Social Justice
21: International Mother Language Day
22: Thinking Day
23: World Rotary Day
24: Central Excise Day
28: National Science Day
28: Rare Disease Day
151. List of First In World
• Introduce internet voting - Estonia
• Make a constitution - USA
• Education compulsory - Prussia
• Voting right to women - New Zealand
• Start paper currency - China
• Approve stem cell therapy - South Korea
152. Top states with maximum Forest cover (in terms of area) in India
1. Madhya Pradesh (77,414 sq km)
2. Arunachal Pradesh (66,964 sq km)
Top states with highest Forest cover in terms of percentage geographical area
1. Lakshadweep (90.33%)
2. Mizoram (86.27%)
153. Which country will host the 8th edition of Theatre Olympics? - India
154. The World’s first Robot Ski Challenge was held in which country? - South Korea
155. Name the India’s first online radio station launched recently? - Radio Umang
156. Who has won the National ‘A’ Chess Championship 2018 for Blind? - Kishan Gangolli
157. The National Productivity Council established in which year? - 1958
158. What is the theme of the 2018 National Productivity Week? - Industry 4.0 Leapfrog
Opportunity for India
159. The World’s tallest 75 storied hotel named Gevora Hotel has been unveiled in which city
recently?
A) Dubai
B) Chicago
C) Beijing
D) Singapore
Answer: A
160. Who was the first person to reach space?
[A] V. Tereshkova
 [B] Alexey Leonov
[C] Neil Armstrong
[D] Yuri Gagarin
Ans: D (Yuri Gagarin)
161. Who will be the 1st female Hindu lawmaker in Pakistan since 1947? - Krishna Kumari
162. Who honored with 2018 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership? - Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf
163. Johann Johannsson, the renowned musician passed away. He hailed from? – Iceland
164. The World Radio Day is observed annually on 13 February.
165. The theme for World Radio Day 2018 is "Radio and Sports".
166. The Day is organized globally by the UNESCO since 2012.
167. Who is the richest with 177 crore among the Indian Chief Ministers? – Chandrababu
Naidu (AP)
168. Who is the poorest with 26 lakh among the Indian Chief Ministers? – Manik Sarkar
(Tripura)
169. Disease & Effect_Body_Part
• Glossitis-Tongue
• Gastritis-Stomach
• Hepatitis-Liver
• Leukemia-Blood
• Gout-Joints of Bone
• Peritonitis-Abdomen
• Tonsillitis-Tonsils
• Dementia-Brain
• Polio-Legs
• Rhinitis-Nose
• Hemophilia-Blood
• Leprosy-Skin

170. Which Indian city featured in the New World Wealth’s list of top 15 wealthiest cities
globally? - Mumbai
171. The World Government Summit is held in which city? - Dubai
172. The World’s first driverless transport pod unveiled in which country? – UAE
173. The 2018 World Radio Day is observed on which date across the world? - February 13
174. The first-of-its-kind Centre for learning Sanskrit language has come up in which city? -
Ahmedabad
175. The 2018 National Productivity Day observed on which date in India? - February 9
176. Who became the first Asian as well as the first Indian to swim across the Ocean Seven? –
Rohan More
177. Who has become the first Indian golfer to qualify for the China Ladies PGA Tour? –
Sharmila Nicollet
178. What is SAARC? - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
179. What is APEC? - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
180. What does ‘ASEAN’ means? - Association of Southeast Asian Nations
181. What is SAFTA? - South Asian Free Trade Area
182. PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of first Hindu Temple in which country? – Abu
Dhabi
183. Which Indian cricketer became the first Indian to score a century in his 100th ODI? –
Shikhar Dhawan
184. Name the new app launched for Fly Ash Management? - ASHTRACK
185. Who has been elected as the new President of Bangladesh? - Abdul Hamid
186. Well known human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir passed away recently. She
hailed from which country? - Pakistan
187. Who is the CEO of Microsoft? - Satya Nadella
188. Two Indian institutes featured in top 50 Asian institutes in TIMES Higher Education
World University rankings for edn institutes in Asia. They are :
• Indian Institute of Science (29)
• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (44)
• Topped by National University of Singapore
189. The NHAI will start a pilot project called, on the Delhi-Mumbai Highway? - “pay as you
use”
190. Which states were top rankers in NITIAayog’s latest Health Index report? - Kerala,
Punjab & Tamil Nadu
191. Use of ‘#Hello’ as telephone greeting was proposed by – Edison
192. Which country is the most traffic congested country in the world 2017? - Thailand
193. Which city is the most traffic congested city in the world 2017? - Los Angeles
194. To create world record, over 2000 people play “Shankh” at Rajim Kumbh Mela at the
river of? – Mahanadi
195. Disease & Effect_Body_Part
•Jaundice-Liver
•Meningitis-Brain
•Malaria-Spleen
•Asthma, TB-Lungs
•Carditis-Heart
•Cystitis-Bladder
•Typhoid-Intestine
•Conjuctivitis-Eyes
•Pneumonia-Lungs
•Diabetes-Pancreas
•Diphtheria-Throat
•Rickets-Bones
•Paralysis-Nerves & Limbs
196. A book "Mere Sapno Ka Bharat” written by? - Tarun Vijay
197. Which country banned from Winter Olympics 2018? - Russia
198. Who is the Chairman of ICC? - Shashank Manohar
199. In which year Payment and Settlement Systems Act ested? – 2007
200. Which planet is known as the Morning Star or the Evening Star?
[A] Mercury
 [B] Venus
[C] Saturn
[D] Jupiter
Ans: B (Venus)
201. The_Highest_Mountain
• Asia : Mt Everest (8848m)
• South America : Mt Aconcagua (6962m)
• North America : Mt McKinley (6190m)
• Africa : Mt Kilimanjaro (5895m)
• Europe : Mt Elbrus (5642m)
• Antarctica : Vinson Massif (4892m)
• Australia : Mt Kosciusko (2228m)
202. Which city host 2018 International Conference on Unani Medicine? - New Delhi
203. Which city host Nepal Buildcon and Wood International Expo 2018? – Kathmandu
204. Which state tops the overall medal tally at 1st-ever Khelo India School Games 2018? –
Haryana
205. The Almatti Dam is built on which river in Karnataka?
[A] Krishna River
[B] Kaveri River
[C] Godavari River
[D] Brahmaputra River
Ans-A (Krishna River)
206. Which Indian personality has been conferred the ‘Grand Collar of the State of
Palestine’? – Narendra Modi
207. Who has been appointed as non-executive chairman of the National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI)? - Biswamohan Mahapatra
208. The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in? - Beijing, China
209. Which state has topped in 'Healthy States, Progressive India' report by NITIAayog? -
Kerala
210. Finland's President was re-elected for a second six-year term. Name him? - Sauli Niinisto
211. The 2018 Winter Olympics Games have been organized at _________ ?
A) Sochi, Russia
B) Tokyo, Japan
C) Pyeongchang, South Korea
D) Beijing, China
Answer: C
212. Which of the following nations from Asia continent are having part of their land in
Europe (transcontinental countries)?
[A] Azerbaijan
[B] Kazakhstan
[C] Turkey
[D] Russia
[E] Georgia
[F] All of the above
 [G] None of the above
Ans: F (All of the above)
213. Which planet has the most moons? - Jupiter (66)
214. Which is the hottest planet in the solar system? - Venus
215. Which planets have rings around them? - Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune
216. Which planets do not have moons? - Mercury and Venus
217. Who has becomes the ICC's 1st Independent female Director? – Indra Nooyi
218. What is the India's ranks in Global Intellectual Property Index, while US tops? - 44th
219. Which railway zone becomes 1st zone with 100% LED lighting at Stations? – South
Central Railway
220. Which city to host the 6th World Government Summit 2018? - Dubai
221. Which city is host the National Meet on Grassroot Informatics- VIVID 2018? - New Delhi
222. NCERT has collaborated with which internet company to teach students digital safety? –
Google
223. Who sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court? - Abhilasha Kumari
224. Mobile Democracy Vans deployed in which state to create voter awareness? -
Meghalaya
225. Who sworn in as the Chief Justice of Kerala HC? - Antony Dominic
226. What is the diameter of ______ miles(kilometers)}?
MERCURY - 3,032 miles (4,879km)
VENUS - 7,521 (12,104)
EARTH - 7,918 (12,742)
MARS - 4,212 (6,779)
JUPITER - 86,881 (139,822)
SATURN - 120 536 km
URANUS - 31,518 (50,724)
NEPTUNE - 30,599 (49,244)
227. Which state will host the 7th Annual India Golf Expo in April 2018? - Karnataka
228. The Mobile App named ‘Pollution Metre’ has launched to spread awareness against
pollution in the state? - Madhya Pradesh
229. Who has become the world’s first female cricketer to take 200 wickets in One-Day
Internationals (ODI)?
[A] Jhulan Goswami
[B] Veda Krishnamurthy
[C] Smriti Mandhana
[D] Neetu David
Ans: A (Jhulan Goswami)
230. Which nation has become the 1st country to legalise and then repeal same-sex
marriage? - Bermuda
231. Which airport retains rank as world’s busiest Int'l airport in 2017? - Dubai
232. Name the 1st flight of with indigenous Real Time Operating System (RTOS), it's
developed by HAL - Hawk-i
233. United States based SpaceX successfully launched the world’s most powerful rocket into
the outer space on February 6. Name the rocket?
 A) Falcon XXX
B) Falcon Jumbo
C) Falcon 9X
D) Falcon Heavy
Answer: D
234. Which is the largest planet in our solar system?
[A] Mercury
[B] Venus
[C] Saturn
[D] Jupiter
Ans: D (Jupiter)
235. What is the percentage of calcium stored in the bones? - 97%
236. What is the name of covering of central nervous system? - Meninges
237. Which part of the brain controls anger, fear, body temperature? - Hypothalamus
238. What is the mixed gland of human body? – Pancreas
239. RBI Policy Rates (07-02-2018)
• Policy Repo Rate: 6%
• Reverse Repo Rate: 5.75%
• Marginal Standing Facility: 6.25%
• Bank Rate: 6.25%
• CRR: 4%
• SLR: 19.5%
• FY18 growth: 6.6%
240. India successfully test-fired its short-range nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-I (A) on
February 6, 2018. It is _______ type of missile?
A) Air-to-surface
B) Surface-to-air
C) Air-to-air
D) surface-to-surface
Answer: D
241. Which city is hosting the 5th edition of South Asia Region Public Procurement
Conference 2018? - New Delhi
242. Indian External Affairs Minister attended the opening ceremony of the 32nd Al Jana-
driyah festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as chief guest? - Sushma Swaraj
243. Who become the first bowler to take 200 ODI wickets in Men's Cricket? – Kapil Dev in
1991
244. Who become the first bowler to take 200 ODI wickets in Women's Cricket? – Jhulan
Goswami in 2018
245. Name the indigenously developed nuclear capable missile that was India successfully
test-fired today? - Prithvi-II
246. Indian women's cricket team pacer has become the first woman in the world to take 200
wickets in ODI cricket? – Jhulan Goswami
247. The first-ever Pelican Festival will be held at? - Andhra Pradesh
248. Which Aerospace company has launched the Falcon Heavy, world’s most powerful
rocket? - SpaceX
249. Who won the International Press Institute’s award 2018? - Ritu Sarin
250. How much time does sun rays take to reach earth ________ ?
[A] 08 minutes
[B] 04 minutes
[C] 12 minutes
[D] 10 minutes
Ans: A (8 minutes)
251. What is the estimated no. of cells that the human body is composed of? - 37.2 trillion
252. What is the approximate weight of the brain? - 1.36 kg
253. What is the weight of heart in an average human being? - 300 gm
254. Which acid is secreted from stomach? – HCL
255. Which online security campaign launched by Google India to safeguard internet users? –
Security Check Kiya
256. The Ghodazari Wildlife Sanctuary will come up in which state? - Maharashtra
257. Who sworn-in as the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve? - Jerome H Powell
258. Who has been chosen for the 2018 Genome Valley Excellence Award of Telangana? -
Michael N Hall
259. Which state govt. launched ‘Gobardhan Yojana’ to support farmers? - Haryana
260. Which country successfully launched the world’s smallest rocket to carry tiny satellite
into orbit? – Japan
261. Where is location of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Int'l Airport, it's sets a world’s busiest
single-runway airport record with 980 flights in 24 hours?
A) Hyderabad
B) New Delhi
C) Kolkata
D) Mumbai
Answer: D
262. According to a latest study, which type of plants originated 250 million years ago?
A) Herbs
B) Shrubs
C) Flowering Plants
D) Creepers
Answer: C
263. Which country’s tea cultivation has recently received international trademark after 154
years of beginning tea cultivation in the country? - Nepal
264. Who is the current Chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board of India? - S.P. Singh
Parihar
265. Which bone is called ‘beauty bone’?
[A] Femur
[B] Clavicle
[C] Stapes
[D] Hyoid
 Ans: B (Clavicle)
266. India successfully test fires nuclear capable missile today? - Agni-I
267. What is the average blood pressure of human? - 120/80mmHg
268. Which part occupies 80% of brain? - Cerebram
269. What is the largest gland? - Liver
270. What is the master gland of body? - Pituitary gland
271. What is the covering of heart? - Pericardium
272. What is the brain of the cell? – Nucleus
273. Which city is hosting the first-ever International Kala Mela? - New Delhi
274. The unique, first-of-its-kind, floating market has come up in which city of West Bengal? -
Kolkata
275. Name the singer, who wins the Operación Triunfo 2017 OT Final ? – Amaia Ganadora
276. Which nation launches smallest rocket ever to carry Tiny Satellite into orbit? - Japan
(JAXA)
277. Who appointed as new Chief Justice of Bangladesh? – Mahmud Hossain
278. Name the Cyprus President has won re-election for a 2nd term? – Nicos Anastasiades
279. The Out side layer of Skin is called as _____ ?
[A] Epidermis
[B] Endo dermis
[C] Exo dermis
[D] None of the above
Ans: A (Epidermis)
280. Newspapar – Ested Year
Times of india : 1838
the_ hindu : 1878
ht Tweets : 1924
Indian Express : 1931
Deccan Chronicle : 1938
Economic Times : 1961
New Indian Xpress : 1999
India Today : 1975
281. Who has taken charge as new Director General of Military Operations of the Indian
Army? - Anil Chauhan
282. Who recently appointed as new Prime Minister of Romania? - Viorica Dancila
283. The 10th Global Forum for Food & Agriculture recently held at? – Germany
284. The 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in which country? - New Zealand
285. Who is the Chairman of Inland Waterways Authority of India? - Nutan Guha-Biswas
286. What was the theme of the World Wetlands Day 2018? - Wetlands for a Sustainable
Urban Future
287. Did You Know !
• A solar day is greater than of a sidereal day by 4 minutes
• Each degree of latitude is equal of 111 kilometers
• A person crossing International Date Line from the East to West loses 1 day
288. Today is World Cancer Day , Cancer is responsible for 1 in 6 deaths worldwide, but up to
50% of all cancers are preventable. What is the theme of the World Cancer Day 2018 ? - We Can.
I Can
289. Who awarded the 'Times Power Women of the Year 2017'? - Shabnam Asthana
290. Who awarded the V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award? - Shyam Benegal
291. Who becomes the highest-ranks (14) Indian Squash Player 2018? - Saurav Ghosal
292. Name the first Indian to be honored with the WHO’s prestigious Ihsan Dogramaci Family
Health Foundation Prize? - Vinod Paul
293. Which country’s Parliament has recently passed a bill to make its National Anthem
gender-neutral? – Canada
294. Which city is hosting the 2018 Kala Ghoda Arts festival? - Mumbai
295. Which union minister has launched India’s first sentiment index “CriSidEx”? - Arun
Jaitely
296. Which country has launched the world’s longest zip line? - UAE The book “Exam
Warriors” is authored by? - Narendra Modi
297. Which city is hosting the 2nd edition of Nobel Prize Series-India 2018? - Panaji
298. Who has been appointed the new vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University? - B A
Chopade
299. Which country has recently joined Ashgabat agreement? – India
300. India become the first team to win the ICC U19CWC for four times ____ ? - 2000, 2008,
2012 and 2018
301. Which of the following countries cricket team has been lift the U19WorldCup 2018 ? A)
Australia
B) New Zealand
C) India
D) Pakistan
Answer: C
302. Which state won Geospatial World Excellence Award 2018? - Odisha
303. Who has honoured with Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman award? - S. A. Madhukar
304. Which nation has becomes the 1st poor country to provide Eye Care for all? – Rwanda
305. What is the India’s rank in the list of Human Development Index 2017 out of 188
countries, while Norway at No.1?
[A] 131st
[B] 136th
[C] 141th
[D] 100th
Ans: A (131st)
306. Where is the headquarters of _____ ?
Google : United States
Yahoo : United States
Apple : United States
Mircosoft : United States
Facebook : United States
WhatApp : United States
 Twitter : United States
YouTube : United States
Instagram : United States
307. Which city is hosting the 7th India Energy Congress 2018? – New Delhi
308. What is the theme of the World Leprosy Day 2018? - Zero Disabilities in girls and boys
309. Who has been elected as the new President of Finland ? – Sauli Niinisto
310. Which Indian female boxer won gold at the India Open Boxing tournament in the 48kg
weight category? - Mary Kom
311. Name the long-lost NASA satellite that was discovered recently by an amateur
astronomer? - IMAGE satellite
312. What is the India’s rank in the list of Global Democracy Index 2018?
[A] 32nd
[B] 36th
[C] 42nd
[D] 46th
Ans: C (42nd)
313. Who was presented the first budget of Independent India on November 26, 1947? - R. K.
Shanmukham Chetty
314. Who was presented the first budget of the Republic of India in 1949-50? - John Mathai
315. The Budget was first introduced in India from East-India Company to British Crown on? -
7th April, 1860
316. The first Indian Budget was presented by James Wilson on? - 18th February, 1869
317. The first Finance Minister of India was? - Sir RK Shanmukham Chetty
318. What is the salary for President of India as per Union Budget 2018? - Rs 5 lakh
319. What is the salary for Vice-President of India as per Budget 2018? - Rs 4 lakh
320. What is the salary for Governors in India as per Union Budget 2018? - Rs 3.5 lakh
321. What is the India’s rank in the list of wealthiest countries, according to a new report by
New World Wealth?
[A] 11th
[B] 6th
[C] 9th
[D] 4th
Ans: B (6th)
322. Who appointed as Director General of Sports Authority of India ? – Neelam Kapoor
323. Who has won the Indonesian Master 2018 recently? – Tai Tzu Ying
324. Who has appointed as its Director General of FICCI ? – Dilip Chenoy