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Q. 51 Who was renominated as Chairman of Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha by the speaker Sumitra Mahajan
(Lok Sabha Constituency: Indore, MP) recently?
Answer: Lal Krishna Advani (Lok Sabha Constituency: Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
Q. 230 Who has been sworn in as the new President of Paraguay (Capital: Asuncion, Currency: Guarani)?
Answer: Mario Abdo Benítez has been sworn in as the new President of Paraguay.
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Q. 1 Where was 7th United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) (Headquarters: Madrid, Spain)
Global Summit on Urban Tourism recently held?
Answer: Seoul, South Korea (Capital: Seoul, Currency: Won). Theme: ‘A 2030 Vision for Urban Tourism’.
Q. 2 Name the portal launched by Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to facilitate individuals and private
companies in seeking security clearance for setting up businesses?
Answer: e-Sahaj
Q. 3 Which organization rolled out “Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna” for providing unemployment allowance
to workers rendered jobless due to changing employment pattern?
Answer: Employee’s State Insurance (ESI) Corporation (Headquarters: New Delhi).
Q. 4 Who has been recently appointed Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy and Chairman, Atomic
Energy Commission?
Answer: Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas

Q. 5 Who has been recently appointed to the post of the Secretary Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)?
Answer: Anindo Majumdar
Q. 6 Where was recently a technology Incubation Centre of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
inaugurated?
Answer: Agartala, Tripura (CM: Biplab Kumar Deb, Governor: Kaptan Singh Solanki)
Q. 7 “Narendra Modi: A Charismatic & Visionary Statesman”, is a book on PM Modi. Who has written the
book?
Answer: Adish C Aggarwal and Sarah J Marchington. The foreword of this book has been written by Amit
Shah.
Explanation: “Making of a Legend” written by Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak is another book on PM Modi.
Q. 8 Anna Rajam Malhotra, passed away recently. She was a?
Answer: India’s first woman IAS officer post-Independence.
Q. 9 Which insurance company signed up as a global Olympic sponsor for four Olympic Games for a period
of 10 years?
Answer: German insurer Allianz (Germany Capital: Berlin, Currency: Euro)
Q. 10 Who recently took charge as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of National Insurance
Company Limited (NIC) (Headquarters: Kolkata)?
Answer: Tajinder Mukherjee
Q. 11 Which two actors have been signed as ambassadors of Skill India Campaign to promote the Skill India
Mission?
Answer: Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma
Q. 12 Name the two mountaineers who recently created history by climbing Asia’s highest volcanic peak
“Mount Damavand” in Iran?
Answer: Satyarup Siddhanta and Mousumi Khatua
Q. 13 Ganpatrao Andalka passed away recently. He was a/an -

Answer: Asian Games champion wrestler
Q. 14 Who was recently awarded the ‘Mexican order of the Aztec Eagle’ by Ms. Melba Pría, ambassador of
Mexico to India on the eve of 128th National Day of Mexico?
Answer: Dr. Raghupati Singhania (Chairman and MD JK Tyres)
Q. 15 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently approved which payment platform India to operate its own non-
banking financial company (NBFC)?
Answer: PayU
Q. 16 Where did Cyclone-30 the biggest cyclotron in India for medical application became operational
recently?
Answer: Kolkata
Q. 17 The governments of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir signed an agreement for renewing work on Rs.
2793 crore on which dam project?
Answer: Shahpurkandi dam project.
Q. 18 Dolagobinda Pradhan passed away recently, he was a?
Answer: Freedom fighter and former Odisha Minister
Q. 19 Which two personalities were awarded ‘Santokbaa Humanitarian Award'?

Answer: Child rights activist and Noble Laureate Kailash Satyarthi and space scientist A S Kiran Kumar.
Q. 20 ISRO (Headquarters: Bengaluru) recently launched two satellites named NovaSAR and S1-4 of which
country?
Answer: United Kingdom (UK)

Q. 21 Moutaz Mousa Abdallah recently has become the Prime Minister of which country?
Answer: Sudan (Capital: Khartoum. Currency: Sudanese pound)
Q. 22 Who is the author of the book “Kashi: Secret of the Black Temple”-his third and last book on Harappa
trilogy?
Answer: Vineet Bajpai. The first two books are: “Harappa: Curse of the Blood River” and “Pralay: The Great
Deluge”.
Q. 23 On which border ‘smart fence’ pilot project was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
recently?
Answer: At the Indo-Pak border at the BSF frontier headquarters in Ploura, Jammu.
Q. 24 Vice President Venkaiah Naidu presented “Rajbhasha Kirti” award to which bank on the occasion of
Hindi Divas (September 14) for remarkably implementing the Official Language Policy during 2017-18?
Answer: Punjab National Bank (Headquarter: New Delhi)
Q. 25 What is India’s rank in the Credit Suisse Family 1000 in 2018’ study in terms of number of family-owned
companies?
Answer: Third. India has a total of 111 companies and $839 billion total market capitalization. India follows
China (159 companies) and the US (121 companies).
Q. 26 Which state has recently flagged off the ‘Swachh Dhara’ programme?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh (CM: N. Chandrababu Naidu, Governor: ESL Narasimhan)

Q. 27 Which state government rolled out scheme, “Swayangsiddha”, in its different districts to combat
human trafficking?
Answer: West Bengal (CM: Mamta Banerjee, Governor: Keshari Nath Tripathi)
Q. 28 According to a recent report “HIV Estimations 2017” released by Health and Family Welfare Ministry,
which state has the highest number of people living with HIV in India?
Answer: Maharashtra (CM: Devendra Fadnavis, Governor: C Vidyasagar Rao)
Q. 29 Name India’s first underwater robotic drone which was launched and handed over to the Naval Physical
and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) of DRDO?
Answer: EyerovTUNA
Q. 30 What was India’s rank out of 189 countries in the latest human development rankings released by the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?
Answer: India climbed one spot to 130. India’s HDI value for 2017 is 0.640
Q. 31 Which state has been ranked the best among states in the country for the construction of maximum
number of roads under the PMGSY during 2017-2018?
Answer: Uttarakhand (CM: Trivendra Singh Rawat, Governor: Baby Rani Maurya) was awarded the best state
by Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar (Lok Sabha Constituency: Gwalior)
Q. 32 The Archaeological Survey of India (Headquarter: New Delhi) has recently discovered 254 copper coins
in the premises of Khirki Mosque. Where is this mosque located?
Answer: New Delhi
Explanation: Also, first national police museum will come up at New Delhi.
Q. 33 As per recent data released by Goods and Services Tax Network, which state has generated the highest
number of e-way bills since its inception in April 2018?
Answer: Maharashtra (3.13 crores)
Q. 34 Who will be honoured with Meera Puruskar by Rajasthan Sahitya Academy for his contribution to Hindi
literature?
Answer: Jaipur-based poet and writer Sawai Singh Shekhawat
Q. 35 Which Indian born women has been chosen for a prestigious award for her work to help detect
potentially life-threatening health issues using smartphones?
Answer: Rajalakshmi Nandakumar
Q. 36 Who has been elected as the new President of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)?
Answer: Rajan Wadhera
Q. 37 Goura Chandra Mohapatra passed away recently he was a?
Answer: Freedom Fighter

Q. 38 Who inaugurated the 6th International Geriatric Orthopaedic Society of India Conference at the All
India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi?
Answer: Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh (Lok Sabha MP from Lucknow). Theme: “Increased
Longevity with Reduced Fragility and Enhanced Mobility”.
Q. 39 PM Modi inaugurated MOVE: India’s first ever Global Mobility Summit organized by NITI Aayog in
New Delhi. The summit focused on how many themes?
Answer: Five namely Electrification, alternative fuels, reinventing public transport, goods transport and
logistics through data analytics.
Explanation: Focus would be given on ‘Clean Kilometres’ and he declared the 7Cs of future mobility. They
are: Common, Connected, Convenient, Congestion-free, Charged, Clean, Cutting-edge
Q. 40 Who is the head of the 7-member trustee group of the trust “Bharat Ke Veer” which was launched by
Union Minister recently?
Answer: Rajiv Gauba. Akshay Kumar is the brand ambassador of this trust.
Q. 41 Who has been appointed by the government to head panel to select the next Chief Economic Adviser
in the finance ministry?
Answer: Bimal Jalan

Q. 42 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved 100% electrification of broad-gauge
routes of Indian Railways (IR) by-
Answer: 2021-22
Q. 43 Where has Union Minister of Tourism KJ Alphons (Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan) inaugurated India’s
first tribal circuit project?
Answer: Chhattisgarh (CM: Raman Singh)
Q. 44 Recently Union Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare launched Dairy Processing & Infrastructure
Development Fund (DIDF) scheme with an outlay of?
Answer: Rs. 10881 crores. Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister (Lok Sabha constituency: Purvi
Champaran, Bihar)
Q. 45 Which Odia poet would be awarded 39th ‘Sarala Puraskar’ for his poetry collection ‘Misra Dhrupad’?
Answer: Satrughna Pandav

Q. 46 Where has National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), the first of its kind university on the
transport sector in India, started functioning?
Answer: Vadodara
Q. 47 Sadarmatt Anicut and Pedda Cheruvu irrigation tanks are the first from India to secure a place in the
register of World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS) maintained by International Commission on
Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). These tanks are from which state?
Answer: Telangana
Explanation: The state government recently also laid foundation stone for Gattu irrigation project.
Q. 48 Union Cabinet has approved MoU signed between Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank-
headquarter- Mumbai) and member banks under BRICS Interbank Cooperation Mechanism for?
Answer: Research on Distributed Ledger and Block chain Technology
Q. 49 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (headquarters- Hyderabad) announced the
guidelines for which method to enable testing of new innovative insurance products?
Answer: Sandbox method. It was announced on 11th Global Insurance Summit, organised by ASSOCHAM in
Mumbai.
Q. 50 Who was recently conferred ‘Honoris Causa’ by the University of Engineering & Management (UEM)
in Kolkata?
Answer: Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister.
Q. 51 Who was re-nominated as Chairman of Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha by the speaker Sumitra Mahajan
recently?
Answer: Lal Krishna Advani (Lok Sabha Constituency: Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
Q. 52 Who is the author of the book named “The Rule Breakers”?
Answer: Preeti Shenoy
Q. 53 Marbat festival in which burning of effigies that represent evil forces called ‘Marbats’ of Kali (black)
and Pivli (Yellow) are carried out is celebrated in?
Answer: Nagpur, Maharashtra
Q. 54 Where has Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) recommissioned India’s oldest nuclear research
reactor named ‘Apsara’?
Answer: Trombay (Mahrashtra). The new version has been named as ‘Apsara-upgraded’ (Apsara-U).
Q. 55 Where has Samsung opened world’s largest mobile experience centre which offers virtual reality (VR),
artificial intelligence and Internet of Things?
Answer: Opera House, Bengaluru
Q. 56 Which Union Ministry and Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) have signed agreement to
implement-Vidya Bharati and e-Aarogya Bharati (e-VBAB) Network Project in Africa?
Answer: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
Q. 57 Recently who was named chairman of 11-member selection committee to pick this year’s Dronacharya
and Dhyanchand awardees?
Answer: Justice Mukul Mudgal
Q. 58 NITI Aayog, Intel, and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) are collaborating to set up Model
International Center for Transformative Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI) at?
Answer: Bengaluru
Q. 59 Which Indian bank recently announced that it had raised $400 million (Rs. 2,900 crore) via syndicated
loan facility, from its IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) in Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City?
Answer: YES Bank
Explanation: YES bank has also received SEBI approval to start mutual fund business named Yes Asset
Management (India) Limited (YAMIL).
Q. 60 Life Insurance Corporation (Headquarters: Mumbai) recently signed an agreement with whom to
provide group insurance coverage to all eligible demat account holders?
Answer: Central Depository Services (India)
Q. 61 With whom India Post Payments Bank has tied up with for providing banking solutions to unorganized
sector especially rural households, small and medium enterprises and women?
Answer: Financial Software and Systems (FSS)

Explanation: IPPB has also signed a 5-year corporate agency agreement with PNB and Bajaj Allianz Life
Insurance Co. Ltd. to offer life insurance products to its consumers.
Also, Prime Minister launched the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) with capital of Rs 14.35 billion (Rs. 1435
crores) at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi. IPPB branches have opened across 650 districts and 3,250 access
points.
Q. 62 Name the first field training military exercise of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical
and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC-Secretariat: Dhaka, Bangladesh) which was recently held?
Answer: MILEX-19 in Pune, Maharashtra. Nepal and Thailand are not the part of this exercise.
Explanation: (BIMSTEC) summit 2018 was held in Nepal. The theme of the summit was ‘Towards a Peaceful
Prosperous, and Sustainable Bay of Bengal Region’.
Q. 63 Which Indian telecom company inked partnership with Unlimit, for Internet of Things (IoT) solutions?
Answer: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) (Headquarters: New Delhi)
Q. 64 Which organization has been awarded the 2018 Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace and Fraternity among
Peoples?
Answer: Terre des Hommes, an international children rights charity.
Explanation: Other Balzan winners: Eva Kondorosi (Hungary / France) --- Chemical Ecology, Detlef Lohse
(Germany) --- Fluid Dynamics, Jürgen Osterhammel (Germany) --- Global History and Marilyn Strathern
(United Kingdom) --- Social Anthropology
Q. 65 Where did Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully carried out first ever mid-air refueling of indigenously
developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas MK-1?
Answer: Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The fuel was transferred from IAF’s Russian-origin Ilyushin-78 (IL-78)
tanker.
Q. 66 Which Indian IT company has signed a 3-year partnership with the Australian Open as its official digital
innovation partner?
Answer: Infosys
Q. 67 Vijay Shankar Vyas died recently in Jaipur, Rajasthan, he was a?

Answer: Agricultural economist and Padma Bhushan awardee
Q. 68 Where was Nomadic Elephant 2018 joint exercise by India and Mongolia organised?
Answer: Ulaanbaatar (capital of Mongolia, Currency: Togrog)
Q. 69 Which state government has launched scheme for doorstep delivery of 40 essential government
services like caste and marriage certificate etc.?
Answer: Delhi Government led by Aam Aadmi Party
Q. 70 Where was Regional Conference on Good Governance with Focus on Aspirational Districts recently
held?
Answer: Bhopal
Q. 71 Name India’s oldest female athlete who has won a gold medal at the World Masters Athletics
Championships in Malaga, Spain?
Answer: Man Kaur
Q. 72 Who was recently appointed as the chairman of Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)?
Answer: D Shivakumar
Q. 73 To commemorate 125 years of Swami Vivekananda’s historic Chicago speech on September 11, 1893,
World Hindu Congress (WHC-2018) was recently held in?
Answer: Chicago, United States. Theme of WHC-2018 was “Sumantrite Suvikrante” — think collectively,
achieve valiantly”. It was attended by the Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu.
Q. 74 Which Indian reinsurance company, has secured 10th position among the top 40 global reinsurers, as
per a recent ranking published by Standard and Poor’s?
Answer: General Insurance Corporation (GIC Re) (Headquarter: Mumbai)
Q. 75 Which Indian film personalities were honoured at the first Women in Film and Television (WIFT) India
Awards in Washington, US?
Answer: Aishwarya Rai was presented the inaugural Meryl Streep Award for Excellence. Director Zoya
Akhtar was handed the Wyler Award for Excellence in Direction. Actress Janhvi Kapoor was presented the
WIFT Emerald Award.
Q. 76 In which wildlife sanctuary, snow leopard was spotted?
Answer: Lippa-Asra wildlife sanctuary in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh.

Q. 77 Union Cabinet approved new umbrella scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan,
PM-AASHA’. What is the total outlay for the scheme?
Answer: Total outlay is Rs. 45,550 crores, including additional government guarantee of Rs. 16,550 crores
Q. 78 Where did Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurate the Indo-Bhutan Border Centre at
Darranga in Assam’s Baksa district?
Answer: Darranga in Assam’s Baksa district
Q. 79 Who inaugurated the World Summit on Accreditation (WOSA-2018) which was held recently in New
Delhi?
Answer: Union HRD Minister Prakash Javdekar (MP from Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha). Theme of the summit:
“Challenges and Opportunities in Outcome Based Accreditation”.
Q. 80 Who has been conferred the UN Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) Award for his contribution towards
prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and associated Sustainable Development
Goals?
Answer: Manoj Jhalani

Q. 81 Which Indian airport is set to become first airport in Asia to introduce face recognition-based passage
system?
Answer: Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru. To implement this system the airport has
signed an agreement with a Portugal based firm Vision Box.
Q. 82 Union Finance Ministry has doubled pecuniary limit to ______ for filing loan recovery application in
Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRT).
Answer: Rs. 20 lakhs
Q. 83 To reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to urban transport, India has signed
implementation agreement with which country on Mobilise Your City (MYC) to support three pilot cities –
Nagpur, Kochi and Ahmedabad?
Answer: France. Both the countries have also collaborated for ISRO’s first human space mission “Gaganyaan”
to be launched in 2022.
Q. 84 Festival of Harvest “Nuakhai” was celebrated on September 14 recently in which state?

Answer: Odisha (CM: Naveen Patnaik, Governor: Ganeshi Lal)
Q. 85 President Kovind visited Czech Republic (Capital: Prague, Currency: Koruna) on final leg of his state
visit to three European nations. Which are other two countries?
Answer: Cyprus (Capital: Nicosia, Currency: Euro) and Bulgaria (Capital: Sofia, Currency: Lev).
Q. 86 Which team defeated India Red to lift the 2017-18 Duleep Trophy?
Answer: India Blue
Q. 87 Name the annual combat exercise between India and the US which is being held at Chaubatia in
Uttarakhand?
Answer: “Yudh Abhyas”
Q. 88 Novak Djokovic from Serbia (Capital: Belgrade, Currency: Dinar) won 2018 US Open title of tennis in
men’s singles category by defeating whom?
Answer: Argentina’s (Capital: Buenos Aires, Currency: Peso) Juan Martín del Potro. Novak has also won
Wimbledon.
Explanation: Japan’s Naomi Osaka won in the women’s category by defeating Serena Williams of US.
Q. 89 Who was honoured at the 36th International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Congress in
Athens, Greece?
Answer: Ramendra Kumar

Q. 90 Singapore-based global investment firm Temasek has signed agreement to invest up to what amount
in National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF’s) Master Fund?
Answer: Rs 2,750 crore ($400 million)
Explanation: Also, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) (Headquarter: Beijing, China) has approved
$200 million investment in the National Infrastructure and Investment Fund (NIIF).
Q. 91 Who was appointed as Sports Ambassador of Assam?
Answer: Hima Das was appointed as Sports Ambassador of Assam.

Q. 92 Who recently took over as Chairman and Managing Director of defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited (HAL)?
Answer: R Madhavan
Q. 93 The enrolment age for Atal Pension Yojana has been relaxed further to ____ years, taking into
consideration rise in average age-expectancy?
Answer: 65 years
Q. 94 Which Indian cricketer was appointed the head coach of Zimbabwe national cricket team by the
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC)?
Answer: Lalchand Rajput
Explanation: Ramesh Powar has been appointed as head coach of the women’s national cricket team.
Q. 95 Statue, ‘Lingodhbhavamurti’, a 12th century granite sculpture depicting an iconic representation of
Lord Shiva, which dates back to the Chola dynasty and the second phyllite sculpture depicts the bodhisattva
of wisdom, ‘Manjusri’ are the two antique statues that have been repatriated to India by which country?
Answer: United States
Q. 96 Which bank has retained its top spot for the 5th consecutive year, in the ‘WPP and Kantar Millward
Brown’s BrandZ 75 Most Valuable Indian Brands’ ranking?
Answer: HDFC Bank. The bank also featured at 60th rank in the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands
ranking.
Q. 97 Which Payments Bank has partnered with Empays to enable users to withdraw cash from ATMs,
without the need for a physical debit card?
Answer: Airtel Payment Bank. Also, Airtel Payment’s Bank has tied up with Bharti AXA to team Airtel up to
offer Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana.
Q. 98 Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment attended the 3rd ASEM
(Asia-Europe Meeting) Conference on ‘Global Ageing and Human Rights of Older Persons’ held in-
Answer: Seoul, South Korea.

Q. 99 Indian navy ships and aircraft arrived in Sri Lanka to take part in the 8th edition of joint exercise named?
Answer: SLINEX-2018
Q. 100 Vice President recently released a book ‘Constitutionalizing India: An Ideational Project’ authored by?
Answer: Shri Bidyut Chakrabarty.
Q. 101 Facebook has announced it will invest more than S$1.4 billion to construct its first data centre in Asia
in?
Answer: Singapore
Q. 102 Which country was the partner and focus country in the 87th Izmir International tradeshow which
was held in Turkey (Capital: Ankara, Currency: Lira)?
Answer: India was the Partner as well the focus country
Q. 103 According to the biennial Nuclear Security Index released by US-based Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI),
what was India’s ranks in the ‘Theft Ranking’ for countries with weapons usable nuclear materials?
Answer: 19th
Q. 104 US-India Business Council (USIBC), an American business advocacy group held its two-day India Ideas
Summit at?
Answer: Mumbai
Q. 105 Bhagwati Kumar Sharma passed away, he was a-
Answer: Gujarati author and journalist
Q. 106 Which company has signed Indian Boxer Mary Kom as the brand ambassador of the company?
Answer: BSNL
Q. 107 HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company announced the launch of ______ a Cyber Insurance Policy
for individuals.
Answer: ‘E@Secure’
Q. 108 Reserve Bank of India directed all scheduled commercial banks with more than how many branches
to appoint an internal ombudsman for a maximum tenure of five years?
Answer: 10 branches. RRBs are not included in this directive. This direction of RBI is under ‘Internal
Ombudsman Scheme, 2018’ which gives ombudsman statutory powers under section 35 A of the Banking
Regulation Act, 1949.
Q. 109 The government has announced to make the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) an open-
ended scheme. The over-draft limit for account holders has now been doubled to?
Answer: Rs 10,000. Also, the upper age limit for overdraft facility has been hiked to 65 from the earlier 60
years and the free accident insurance cover for new accounts after August 28 has been doubled to Rs 2 lakh.
Explanation: Also, 20 lakh people have joined the modified Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY), taking
the total number of account holders in the flagship financial inclusion programme to 32.61 crore as on
September 5, according to finance ministry data.
Q. 110 Name the book released by Union Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javdekar, on
the occasion of National Teachers’ Day?
Answer: “Experiential Learning – Gandhiji’s Nai Talim”
Q. 111 Which state government has launched a first of its kind initiative called “Mil-Banche” in all
government schools across the state?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh

Q. 112 Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri J P Nadda inaugurated the ‘71st Session of the WHO
Regional Committee for South-East Asia,’ at?
Answer: New Delhi
Q. 113 Which Union Territory has bagged top position in National Clean School Award after seven schools
from Puducherry were awarded for cleanliness?
Answer: Union Territory of Puducherry
Q. 114 Minister of Railways launched a new mobile app named _____of ‘Indian Railways e-procurement
system’ (IREPS), at the seminar on “Leveraging IT for Mobility” in New Delhi?
Answer: “AAPOORTI”
Q. 115 India, Kazakhstan joint army exercise KAZIND will be conducted between Indian and Kazakhstan Army
in?
Answer: Otar region, Kazakhstan (Capital: Astana, Currency: Tenge)
Q. 116 Major Indian ocean-wide tsunami mock exercise known as _______ will be organized by
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO.
Answer: IOWave18. India along with 23 other nations will be participating.

Q. 117 Written by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, book “Moving On, Moving Forward – A Year in Office” was
released by?
Answer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Q. 118 Who was sworn in as the first woman chief justice in Pakistan’s Balochistan High Court?
Answer: Justice Tahira Safdar

Q. 119 Who was unanimously re-elected as Regional Director of WHO for another five-year term?
Answer: Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh
Q. 120 Suresh Prabhu attended 6th East Asia Summit- Economic Ministers’ Meeting (EAS-EMM) and 15th
India-ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM) was held in?
Answer: Singapore. The sixth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Trade Ministers’
Meeting was also held in Singapore. Suresh Prabhu was the head of a government panel which decided on
negotiations from Indian side in RCEP.
Explanation: Next ASEAN-India Business Summit will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in November 2018.
The theme of the meeting would be: “Towards Building Strategic”.
Q. 121 Which country will conduct joint military exercise named Rapid Trident with United States and other
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) member countries?
Answer: Ukraine (Capital: Kiev, Currency: hryvnia)

Explanation: Russia will conduct Vostok-2018 (East-2018) military exercise in central and eastern Russian
military districts in the month of September.
Q. 122 Tarun Sagar died following a long-term illness, he was a?
Answer: Jain monk
Q. 123 India recently participated in the 1st International Kho-Kho Championship which was held in?
Answer: England.
Q. 124 Justice Ranjan Gogoi will be which Chief Justice of India?
Answer: 46th Chief Justice of India.

Q. 125 Who has recently become the first Indian poet to be invited to record his poems at the Library of
Congress in Washington D.C?
Answer: Abhay K
Q. 126 What amount Government got from Advance Pricing Agreements (219) with MNCs FY-18?
Answer: Rs 3,000 crores
Q. 127 Which person from Mumbai has been named for 2018 Dr B.C. Roy National Award as an Eminent
Medical Person of the Year?
Answer: Dr B.K. Misra from Mumbai has been named for 2018 Dr B.C. Roy National Award as an Eminent
Medical Person of the Year.
Q. 128 How many medals did India win in the Eighteenth Asian Games concluded in Jakarta, Indonesia?
Answer: India stood at eighth position with 69 Medals (Gold: 15, Silver: 24, Bronze: 30).
Explanation: Flag-Bearer Opening Ceremony: Neeraj Chopra (Javelin Throw). Flag-Bearer Closing
Ceremony: Rani Rampal (Hockey). Chef de Mission: Mr. Brijbhushan Sharan Singh.
Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the games: Japanese woman swimmer Rikako Ikee (18) for winning 6 gold
and 2 silver medals.
Q. 129 Who inaugurated fourth International Ayurveda Congress (IAvC) held in Leiden, Netherlands?
Answer: Minister of State, (IC), for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik (Lok Sabha constituency: North Goa). The
Congress was jointly organized by International Maharishi Ayurveda Foundation, Netherlands; All India
Ayurvedic Congress, New Delhi.
Q. 130 Which country defeated Spain to lift its first FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup?
Answer: Japan. The event was played at Vannes, France.
Q. 131 According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, which country was top source of foreign direct
investment (FDI) into India in 2017-18 followed by Singapore?
Answer: Mauritius (Capital: Port Louis Currency: Rupee). Also, United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the top source
of inward remittances, and Kerala has received the maximum funds sent from abroad.
Q. 132 Which company has been appointed by Kerala Government as project consultant partner for
rebuilding state ravaged by recent massive floods?
Answer: KPMG
Q. 133 Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has asked banks to set Bank Aadhaar Kendras in one
out of every how many branches?
Answer: 10 branches.
Q. 134 Recently a financial assistance of what amount for Shimla water supply and sewerage project was
approved by the World Bank?
Answer: Rs. 929.89 crores
Q. 135 Which village in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh was recently made fully digital under Digital India Programme
of the Union government?
Answer: Pindara Thakur village

Q. 136 Who has won the Italian, Hungary, Azerbaijan and Singapore Grand Prix recently?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton
Explanation: Sebastian Vettel (Belgian Grand Prix), Max Verstappen (Austrian Grand Prix).
Q. 137 Where was International Women Entrepreneurs Summit 2018 held?
Answer: Kathmandu, Nepal. Theme: “Equality begins with Economic Empowerment”.
Explanation: Kathmandu also hosted International Conference on Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) recently held. The Theme of two-day conference was “Sustainable Development Goals for
Q. 138 Who was elected as the new President of Pakistan?
Answer: Dr Arif Alvi
Q. 139 Organised by Airports Authority of India (AAI) and (International Air Transport Association) IATA,
International Aviation Summit was held in?
Answer: New Delhi
Q. 140 The Vice President of India, released the Book 'Colonial Syndrome: The Videshi Mind Set in Modern
India', written by?
Answer: Prof. Rama Krishna Rao
Q. 141 Which bank has announced that it will adopt 30 villages in flood-hit Kerala as part of its long-term
relief and rehabilitation efforts?
Answer: HDFC Bank
Explanation: Also, Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) announced its tie-up with HDFC Ergo general insurance
company.
Also, HDFC bank will raise Rs 24,000 crores in foreign direct investment (FDI) to fund its business growth.
Private banks have FDI limit of 74 percent. With this raise HDFC will hit the ceiling of 74%.
Q. 142 Which movie has become the first Bollywood film ever to release in Saudi Arabia?
Answer: Akshay Kumar- starrer “Gold"

Q. 143 Google has rebranded its payment app Google Tez to what to improve its growth in India to add more
features?
Answer: Google Pay
Explanation: Also, Google has unveiled “Project Navlekha” to make online content relevant for more Indian
users especially in local languages. Search engine giant Google has launched Dataset Search, a new search
engine for scientific community that will help them make sense of millions of datasheets present online.
Q. 144 Who was conferred Praful Bidwai memorial award 2018?
Answer: Ulka Mahajan
Q. 145 Who has received Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Puraskar given by Daily India Media?
Answer: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das
Q. 146 Idea Cellular and Vodafone completed their merger of India operations. This deal is valued at- roughly
Answer: $23 billion (roughly Rs. 1.6 lakh crores)
Q. 147 Which state assembly recently passed a bill for the creation of three new districts namely- Pakke-
Kesang, Lepa Rada and Shi Yomi, in the state?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh (CM: Pema Khandu, Governor: B D Mishra). Now AP would have 25 districts.
Q. 148 ‘One District One Product’ scheme which has been earlier launched in UP was recently launched by
Giriraj Singh in which state at a function of the SC-ST State Conclave cum Exhibition under National SC-ST
Hub?
Answer: Odisha
Explanation: Odisha also recently launched "Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana" for working
journalists. A total of two crore saplings will be planted on the banks of the Mahanadi, Tel and Ib rivers under
the Green Mahanadi Mission.
Q. 149 Prasar Bharati and Mizzima Media Group of which country signed an MoU for cooperation and
collaboration in broadcasting and content sharing in New Delhi?
Answer: Myanmar (Capital: Naypyidaw, Currency: Kyat)
Q. 150 Which bank’s subsidiary launched commodity broking services with MCX and became the first bank
subsidiary to enter the commodity broking business?
Answer: Axis Bank’s Axis Securities
Explanation: Axis bank has also become the first bank in the country to introduce Iris Scan Authentication
feature for Aadhaar -based transactions through its micro ATM tablets.
Q. 151 Indian Naval Ship Sahyadri has reached Port of Darwin, Australia to participate in multilateral regional
maritime exercise _________ conducted by Australia?
Answer: KAKADU 2018
Q. 152 Who was elected as new chairman of Indian Banks Association (IBA) for year?
Answer: Sunil Mehta

Q. 153 Germany has announced to provide soft loan of what amount to India to strengthen sewage water
treatment infrastructure in Uttarakhand in an effort to clean River Ganga under Clean Ganga Mission?
Answer: Euro 120 million (Rs. 990 crores approximately)
Explanation: German development agency GIZ also has prepared ‘Ganga Box’ aimed to target schools-going
children and inform them about the river. Similarly, “Ganga Book” on the lines of Danube book has also been
prepared.
Q. 154 The first South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Agri Cooperative Business Forum
was held in?
Answer: Kathmandu, Nepal. Theme: ‘Organizing and Strengthening Family Farmers’ Cooperatives to attain
the Sustainable-Development-Goals-1 and 2 in South Asia’.
Q. 155 India has inked loan agreement of what amount with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to finance
Karnataka State Highways Improvement III Project (KSHIP-III) for improvement of over 400 km of state
highways in Karnataka?
Answer: $346 million

Q. 156 In which state was the International water colour festival held at the Audrey House in it’s capital city?
Answer: Jharkhand (CM: Raghubar Das, Governor: Draupadi Murmu)
Q. 157 Union Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Suresh Prabhu announced the Drone Regulations 1.0. These
regulations will enable the safe, commercial usage of drones starting December 1, 2018. Digital Sky Platform,
the first-of-its-kind national UTM platform that implements “no permission, no take-off” (NPNT). What is the
full form of UTM
Answer: Union traffic management (UTM)

Q. 158 John McCain passed away recently, he was a?
Answer: US senator
Q. 159 Goldman Sachs appointed whom as the managing director and chief India economist.
Answer: Prachi Mishra

Q. 160 Global Finance magazine named which bank as the world’s best bank for digital innovation while still
maintaining stable operations for its customers?
Answer: DBS Bank (Headquarter: Singapore)
Q. 161 Owing to rise in oil prices and moderate growth in exports, the current account deficit of the country
will rise to 2.8% of the GDP in the current financial year as per the report “Ecowrap”. This report is published
by?
Answer: State Bank of India
Explanation: The Bank also recently appointed Prashant Kumar as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the
Bank. Also, in another appointment Anshula Kant and Arijit Basu were appointed as Managing Director of
the Bank.
Also, SBI recently launched Kisan Mela outreach program for 10 lakh farmers in 14000 rural and semi urban
branches to help in imparting financial literacy to the farmers.
Q. 162 According to a report of Department of Financial Services, which Indian bank has been rated as
number one state-owned bank in terms of digital transactions it was ranked sixth among all banks in digital
performance?
Answer: Punjab National Bank
Q. 163 Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved package of what amount to implement project for
providing safe, sustainable drinking water services in West Bengal?
Q. 164 Who will head the new 21-member advisory panel called Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and
Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC) on science, technology and innovation?
Answer: K Vijay Raghavan.

Q. 165 Government has approved umbrella scheme “Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources
Modelling and Science (O-SMART) of Rs.?
Answer: Rs.1623 crore.
Q. 166 Who was appointed assistant secretary general of United Nations and will head New York office of
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)?
Answer: Satya S. Tripathi
Q. 167 Central Government along with Government of Rajasthan has Development Policy Loan (DPL)
agreement with World Bank (IBRD) for Electricity Distribution Sector Reforms in Rajasthan?
Q. 168 Which Indian bank has agreed to a multi-year partnership with Manchester United?
Answer: ICICI Bank

Q. 169 Gopal Bose passed away recently, he was a?
Answer: Cricketer (Bengal opener)
Q. 170 Who is the author of “Atal Ji Ne Kaha” a book on former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
which was released by PM Modi?
Answer: Doordarshan producer, senior journalist Brijendra Rehi.
Q. 171 Asia Society, a global cultural organization announced whose name for the Game Changer of the Year
title of the 2018?
Answer: PepsiCo’s CEO Indra Nooyi
Q. 172 In an analysis titled “The Urban Commute” by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) which city
has got the top spot for lowest overall emission and energy use from urban commute?
Answer: Bhopal. On the other hand, Delhi ranked last in overall emission and fuel use. Kolkata and Mumbai
are among the mega cities which emit least due to high usage of public transport and walking.
Q. 173 The fourth edition of Asian electoral stakeholder’s forum (AESF-IV) was held at?
Answer: Colombo, Sri Lanka. Theme: ‘Advancing Election Transparency and Integrity: Promoting and
Defending Democracy Together’.
Q. 174 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) constituted a 7-member working
group headed by whom for norms regarding insurance surveyors?
Answer: Yegna Priya Bharat
Q. 175 India’s first flight using biofuel (from Jetropha seeds) was recently conducted from -
Answer: Dehradun to Delhi. The first ever biofuel test flight was conducted by SpiceJet in its Bombardier
Q400 turboprop aircraft.
Q. 176 Where did External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Lok Sabha constituency: Vidisha, MP) inaugurate
the third edition of Indian Ocean Conference?
Answer: Hanoi, capital city of Vietnam (Currency: Dong)
Q. 177 Who was sworn in as Australia’s 30th prime minister recently?
Answer: Scott Morrison
Q. 178 9th edition of Mountain Echoes Literary Festival 2018 was held in-
Answer: Thimphu, Bhutan (Currency: Ngultrum)
Q. 179 The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), will start operating its first regional on the campus of
Wetland Research and Training Centre in?
Answer: Chilika Lake (Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon), Odisha.
Q. 180 External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj inaugurated 'Panini Language Laboratory' at Mahatma
Gandhi Institute (MGI) in-
Answer: Mauritius
Q. 181 Which Indian women cricketer has announced her retirement from Twenty-20 Internationals (T20Is)?
Answer: Jhulan Goswami

Explanation: Also, Mithali Raj became the first Indian women cricketer to score 2000 runs in Twenty20
Internationals.
Q. 182 ASSOCHAM appointed whom as its new Secretary General?
Answer: Uday Kumar Varma

Q. 183 Which telecom company has launched “WINGS” a VOIP based service?
Answer: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)
Q. 184 Balram Das Tandon passed away recently, he was-
Answer: Chhattisgarh Governor
Q. 185 Recently which company became the first Indian company to cross Rs 8 lakh crore market
capitalization?
Answer: Reliance Industries Ltd. Also, Reliance Jio has topped the fortune’s 4th annual ‘Change the World’
List 2018.
Q. 186 Paytm has launched “Paytm AI Cloud for India” for developers, start-ups, and enterprises in
partnership with?
Answer: Alibaba, a global tech giant.
Q. 187 Which company has unveiled a dedicated portal ‘2Gud‘ for refurbished goods, including mobile
phones, laptops and tablets?
Answer: Flipkart
Q. 188 Name India’s first captive-born Humboldt Penguin which also recently died barely a week after it was
born at Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo (Byculla), Mumbai?
Answer: Freedom Baby

Q. 189 Which state launched India’s largest Business Incubator “Bhamashah Techno Hub”?
Answer: Chief Minister of Rajasthan
Q. 190 Second ‘Mt Everest Friendship Exercise’ was recently concluded between which of the two countries?
Answer: Nepal and China
Q. 191 Who is the head of the 5G steering committee which submitted its recommendations to the
Department of Telecommunication (DoT)?
Answer: Paul Raj

Q. 192 International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) which is a global monument conservation
body recently launched Kerala Heritage Rescue Initiative to assess damage to rich cultural and built heritage
sites in flood-devastated Kerala is headquartered at?
Answer: Paris (France)
Q. 193 Who was ranked seventh on Forbes list of highest-earning women sportspersons?
Answer: India’s ace Shuttler and Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu (23) was ranked seventh on Forbes
list of highest-earning women sportspersons.
Q. 194 Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) organised India Banking Conclave (IBC) 2018 in New Delhi
along with -
Answer: NITI Aayog
Q. 195 Ujjivan Small Finance Bank announced the launch of its overdraft facility for micro and small
enterprises (MSE) with a turnover of-
Answer: Rs 50 lakhs or more
Q. 196 Moody’s Investor services report called Global Macro Outlook for 2018-19 has predicted that the
Indian economy will grow by around what per cent in 2018 and 2019?
Answer: 7.5%
Q. 197 According to Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) data maximum percentage (35%)
of cyber-attacks on Indian websites is from which country?
Answer: China
Q. 198 “International Buddhist Conclave (IBC), 2018” was inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind
recently at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. What was this year’s theme?
Answer: Theme of this conclave is: “Buddha Path – The Living Heritage” and this year partner country for
IBC 2018 was Japan.
Q. 199 Maharashtra Government has appointed Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon as the brand ambassador
of Mumbai city-based which national park?
Answer: Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).
Q. 200 Gurudas Kamat, MM Jacob and Rajinder Kumar Dhawan passed away recently, they were-
Answer: Politician. Senior Congress leaders.

Q. 201 Which Indian movie has won an award for screenplay at Treasure Coast International Film Festival in
Florida?
Answer: An Assamese film: Xhoixobote Dhemalite” (Rainbow fields)
Q. 202 President Ram Nath Kovind recently appointed governors of seven states. Name these-
Answer: J&K: Satya Pal Malik, Bihar: Lal Ji Tandon, Sikkim: Ganga Prasad, Meghalaya: Tathagata Roy,
Tripura: Kaptan Singh Solanki, Haryana: Satyadev Narayan Arya, Uttarakhand: Baby Rani Maurya.
Q. 203 In recognition of his remarkable career and humanitarian efforts, which footballer will be presented
the 2018 UEFA President’s Award?
Answer: David Beckham

Q. 204 The World Bank launched world’s first public blockchain bond named ________ created, allocated,
transferred and managed by using blockchain technology.
Answer: Bond-i
Explanation: The World Bank has launched a blockchain-only bond. The so-called bond-i—for “Blockchain
Operated New Debt instrument” and perhaps also for Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach—is a two-year bond
that was arranged by Commonwealth Bank of Australia and raised 110 million Australian dollars ($80
million.)
Q. 205 Former President Pranab Mukherjee launched which mobile application that allows voters to rate
and review their political representatives?
Answer: National Electoral Transformation (NETA) mobile application

Q. 206 Airport Authority of India (AAI) has allowed Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation
of India Limited (TRIFED) to open Tribes India outlets at
Answer: Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Udaipur (Rajasthan) and Kolkata (West Bengal) airports.
Q. 207 The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) Peace Mission 2018 military exercise is being
conducted in?
Answer: Chebarkul, Russia.
Explanation: The 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit was held at Qingdao, China (19 th
SCO summit will be held at Kyrgyzstan)
Q. 208 Nandamuri Harikrishna died recently, he was a-

Answer: Actor-politician
Q. 209 NITI Aayog has launched which competition to provide budding entrepreneurs of India unique
opportunity to pitch their business ideas to experts and distinguished businessmen?
Answer: Pitch to MOVE

Q. 210 India defeated which country to win the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship which was held at
Changlimithang Stadium, in Bhutan?
Answer: Bangladesh
Q. 211 The Receivables Exchange of India (RXIL) said which PSU has become the first public sector enterprise
to make a transaction on the _______.
Answer: Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) "TReDS (Trade Receivables electronic Discount System) is an online
electronic institutional mechanism for facilitating the financing of trade receivables of micro, small and
medium enterprises (MSME) through multiple financiers.
Q. 212 RBI has given approval to which foreign bank to operate in the country through a wholly-owned
subsidiary route under the name ______.
Answer: State Bank of Mauritius SBM Bank (India)
Q. 213 India successfully flight tested the indigenously developed helicopter launched Anti-Tank Guided
Missile (ATGM) named ________.
Answer: ‘HELINA’
Explanation: India also recently tested first indigenous long-range artillery gun- Dhanush
Q. 214 Who has been awarded the WHO World No Tobacco Day 2018 Award for his remarkable contribution
towards tobacco control?
Answer: K. Arora
Q. 215 Which city was ranked as world’s most livable city among 140 major cities in 2018 Global Livability
Index released by Economist Intelligence Unit?
Answer: Austrian capital Vienna. Also, New Delhi had figured at 112th and Mumbai 117th position in list.
Q. 216 Which state government has said that the state will have three awards each for poets, journalists and
administrators after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee?
Q. 217 United States government recently awarded the Legion of Merit (Degree of Commander) to?
Answer: General Dalbir Singh Suhag (Retired) chief of the Army staff, Indian Army.
Q. 218 As per report by Nomura, India’s current account deficit (CAD) is expected to widen to what per cent
of the GDP in FY19 from 1.9 per cent of GDP, in 2017-18 fiscal?
Answer: 2.8 per cent
Q. 219 All India Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS) by which organisation says that 88 per cent of rural
households have bank accounts?
Answer: NABARD (Headquartered: Mumbai)

Explanation: Also, NABARD has joined hands with SBI to provide collateral-free credit to tenant farmers of
Telangana. NABARD has also launched first of its kind in South Asia in Centre for Climate Change in Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh and NABARD also awarded Repco Micro Finance Ltd for its service to self-help group (SHG)
linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal year 2017-18.
Q. 220 Union government has announced that it would observe which month as ‘month of nutrition’?
Answer: September. Theme: ‘har ghar Poshan tyohar’. Also, CM of Rajasthan launched ‘Annapurna Milk
Scheme’ on the occasion.
Q. 221 Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan passed away recently. He was from ______.
Answer: Ghana (Capital: Accra and Currency: Cedi)
Q. 222 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has directed all insurance
companies to create provision to cover which illness in policies?
Answer: Mental illness
Q. 223 ISRO’s which mission is India’s first mission to study the solar corona, which is planned to be launched
in 2019-2020?
Answer: 5 Aditya-L1 mission
Q. 224 Amnesty International India launched a new campaign named _______ among children against sexual
abuse.
Answer: ‘Our Safety, Our Rights’
Q. 225 Central government has constituted a panel headed by whom to coordinate the discharge of
floodwaters from Kerala-TN inter-State projects like Mullaperiyar?
Answer: Central Water Commission (CWC) chairman Narendra Kumar
Q. 226 Ajit Wadekar and Mulubha Jadeja passed away recently, they were-
Answer: Cricketers. Ajit was also the former Indian cricket captain
Q. 227 Who has been elected the Chair of the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI), a global policy making
initiative?
Answer: N Raghuram
Q. 228 Indian Banks’ Association has appointed which organisation as the ‘Knowledge Partner’ to the Banks
Board Bureau (BBB)?
Answer: Egon Zehnder International
Q. 229 Who has topped the India’s wealthiest women list for 2018, prepared by Kotak Wealth-Hurun Report?
Answer: Smitha Crishna of Godrej
Q. 230 Who has been sworn in as the new President of Paraguay (Capital: Asuncion, Currency: Guarani)?
Answer: Mario Abdo Benítez has been sworn in as the new President of Paraguay.
Q. 231 Who was re-elected as president of Mali (Capital: Bamako, Currency: Franc)?
Answer: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
Q. 232 Which payment platform who was awarded as an outstanding merchant UPI player at the NPCI
excellence awards 2018 announced its partnership with IRCTC app ‘IRCTC Rail Connect’, to facilitate
convenient, fast and secure payments?
Answer: PhonePe
Explanation: PhonePe has also partnered with cab aggregator OLA, that will allow riders to book rides.
Q. 233 24th World Congress of Philosophy (WCP) was held in-
Answer: Beijing, China. Theme for this event was: “Learning to Be Human”.
Q. 234 Chhattisgarh cabinet has approved the proposal to rename Naya Raipur, capital of Chhattisgarh as
________ to pay tribute to former PM AB Vajpayee?
Answer: Atal Nagar. Also, upcoming Bundelkhand Expressway would be named as ‘Atal Path’ to honour
former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Q. 235 The Union Government has formed a group headed by whom to look into red-labelling of packaged
products containing fat, sugar and salt by FSSAI?
Answer: B Sesikeran, former director of National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)
Q. 236 Where would be the centralised secretariat established by the five northern state - Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Union Territories: Delhi and Chandigarh to tackle drug menace
located?
Answer: Panchkula, Haryana

Q. 237 Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), recently started an international conference
‘iCRAFPT ’18’, on recent advances in food processing technology in-
Answer: Thanjavur. The theme of the conference is: ‘Doubling Farmers Income through Food Processing’.
Q. 238 11th World Hindi Conference (WHC) was organized by the Ministry of External Affairs, India in
collaboration with the Government of -
Answer: Mauritius. Theme of the Conference was “Hindi Vishwa Aur Bharatiya Sanskriti” (Hindi World and
Indian Culture).
Q. 239 Ministry of Railways launched ____ and QR code-based posters to spread awareness about Indian
Railways Heritage?
Answer: “Digital Screens”
Explanation: Indian Railways also launched “Mission Satyanishtha” on Ethics in Public Governance with an
aim to bring transparency and ethics in the work culture and among all railway employees.
Q. 240 President gave whom the Outstanding Parliamentarian award for 2017?
Answer: Bhartruhari Mahtab
Q. 241 Shane Warne and VVS Laxman will come up with their autobiographies namely-
Answer: “No spin” and “281 and Beyond” respectively.
Q. 242 Sarvatra Technologies has launched which co-operative bank as 450th co-operative bank on National
Financial Switch (NFS)?
Answer: ‘Sevalia Urban Co-operative Bank’ in Gujarat
Q. 243 Chemmanam Chacko died recently, he was a-
Answer: Malayalam poet and Sahitya Akademi awardee

Q. 244 As per Ficci’s survey ‘Ficci’s Economic Outlook Survey’, the Indian economy is expected to grow at
what per cent in the current fiscal?
Answer: 7.4 per cent
Q. 245 Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) inked a loan agreement with German bank KfW in Frankfurt
for what amount?
Answer: EUR 200 million.
Q. 246 Governor of which state, inaugurated project “Development of North East Circuit: Imphal &
Khongjom” implemented as the first project under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme?
Answer: Manipur Dr. Najma A. Heptulla

Q. 247 Telengana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao launched two major schemes name them?
Answer: Rythu Bima: insurance to farmers and Kanti Velugu: free eye screening for all citizens. Under Rythu
Bima every farmer would be provided with life insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh.
Q. 248 Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra launched 3 mobile applications made under E-committee of the
Supreme Court headed by Justice M B Lokur, for the benefit of litigants and lawyers. Name the apps?
Answer: The three apps are: e-courts services: e-filing along with user manual. E-pay: making digital
payments. NSTEP (National Service and Tracking of Electronic Processes): service of judicial notices.
Q. 249 Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari launched road safety awareness program
with a series of three videos with brand ambassador-
Answer: Akshay Kumar
Q. 250 National Wildlife Genetic Resource Bank was inaugurated at Centre for Cellular and Molecular
Biology’s (CCMB) Laboratory of Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES) facility in-
Answer: Hyderabad, Telangana.

Q. 251 Toronto Masters and Cincinnati Open has been recently won by?
Answer: Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic respectively.
Q. 252 Minister of Railways, Coal, Finance & Corporate Affairs, Shri Piyush Goyal has released a report on
Station Cleanliness conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI). In the A1 category which station is the
cleanest station in India?
Answer: Jodhpur is the cleanest station in India. Marwar in Rajasthan topped the list in A category.
Q. 253 Which language has become the first Indian tribal language to get a Wikipedia edition in its own
script?
Answer: Santhali
Q. 254 Government has appointed whom as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojana (PMFBY)?
Answer: Ashish Kumar Bhutani
Q. 255 Ease of Living Index, released by Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs ranks which city as the
best city to live in?
Answer: Pune. The survey rated 111 cities in India. Ease of Living Index framework comprises four pillars
namely-Institutional, Social, Economic and Physical.
Q. 256 US space agency Nasa has launched which mission to send a satellite closer to the Sun than any
before?
Answer: Parker Solar Probe
Q. 257 Name the former President of Chile (Capital: Santiago, Currency: Peso) who was appointed as next
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Right?
Answer: Michelle Bachelet

Explanation: Antonio Vitorino has been elected as new Director General of UN migration agency.
Q. 258 Hakam Singh passed away recently, he was a-
Answer: Sportsman. Asian Games gold medalist (in Athletics).
Q. 259 Somnath Chatterjee passed away recently he was a-

Answer: Politician. He was a former speaker of the Lok Sabha
Q. 260 Bajaj Allianz General Insurance entered into a bancassurance deal with which bank?
Answer: Vijaya Bank (Headquarter: Bengaluru)

Q. 261 Who has been re-elected as Zimbabwe’s (Capital: Harare. Currency: Dollar) president?
Answer: Emmerson Mnangagwa
Q. 262 Global Innovation Index 2018 was launched in India, it is the 11th edition of GII. What was its theme?
Answer: The theme for GII 2018 is: “Energizing the World with Innovation”. India has been ranked 57th in
the index. The Index is developed by Cornell University, Insead and the World Intellectual Property
Organisation (WIPO headquartered at Geneva).
Q. 263 Name the operation which was launched by the Southern Naval Command (SNC) in Kerala for
undertaking disaster relief operations due to the unprecedented floods?
Answer: Operation “Madad” and Indian army launched Operation Sahyog.
Q. 264 Which Indian-Australian mathematician, was awarded the Fields medal at the International Congress
of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
Answer: Akshay Venkatesh
Q. 265 The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) launched a dedicated portal named ___________ to
connect cargo owners and shippers with real time data on availability of vessels.
Answer: FOCAL
Q. 266 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has transferred surplus (dividend) of what amount to Government
for year ended in June 2018?
Answer: Rs. 50,000 crores
Q. 267 The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu released the book ‘Bebak Baat’, authored by-
Answer: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Statistics & Programme Implementation, Shri Vijay
Goel.
Q. 268 The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has reappointed whom as the chairman of Telecom
Regulatory Authority (TRAI)?
Answer: R.S. Sharma
Q. 269 Who recently has been appointed as the chairperson of the National Commission for Women?
Answer: NCW member Rekha Sharma
Q. 270 World Biofuel day is celebrated on August 10, 2018. Which state recently became the first state to
implement biofuel policy of the Government of India?
Answer: Rajasthan (CM: Vasundhara Raje, Governor: Kalyan Singh)
Explanation: Also, PM Modi, launched PARIVESH (Pro-Active and Responsive facilitation by Interactive,
Virtuous and Environmental Single-window Hub) on the occasion of World Biofuel Day.
Q. 271 The government has appointed which two people to the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) recently?
Answer: Swadeshi Jagaran Manch co-convenor Swaminathan Gurumurthy and businessman Satish
Kashinath Marathe
Q. 272 Name the communication exercise under the Multinational Communications Interoperability
Program (MCIP) which was held in Kathmandu by Nepali Army and the United States Pacific Command?
Answer: Pacific Endeavor-2018 (PE-18)
Q. 273 HSBC has launched a new digital platform named _____ to simplify capital raising process through
capital markets by providing real-time access to information such as investors' feedback, profiles, client
orders and deal pricing.
Answer: My Deal
Q. 274 Which Payment platform has partnered with Reliance Money to offer personal loans via Lazy Pay?
Answer: PayU
Q. 275. Krishna Shripad Rao Deshpande passed away recently. He was a-
Answer: Eminent library scientist
Q. 276 Who was adjudged the most influential woman in history, through a poll conducted by BBC History
Magazine?
Answer: Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie
Q. 277 Who became the first-ever woman Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
Answer: Justice Gita Mittal
Q. 278 India’s only lab for conservation of endangered species, National Wildlife Genetic Resource Bank
(NWGRB) was inaugurated by Dr Harsh Vardhan at?
Answer: Hyderabad.
Q. 279 Which state has become the first state in India to provide Right to Skills’ Development to the youth?
Answer: Chhattisgarh. The Chattisgarh government has flagged off 15 Skill Chariots to launch ‘Skills on
Wheels’ project in Chhattisgarh.
Q. 280 UK-based online market research and data analytics firm YouGov announced which bank to be the
most patriotic brand in India?
Answer: SBI
Q. 281 Chandrayaan-2 lander would be named ________ after Vikram Sarabhai, the father of Indian space
programme.
Answer: Vikram
Explanation: Also, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) has decided to transfer its lithium ion (Li ion) cell
technology to successful Indian industries and start-ups on non-exclusive basis in automobiles for Rs. 1 crore.
Q. 282 Who was elected as a vice president of the newly formed South West Asian Football Federation
(SWAFF)?
Answer: Subrata Dutta

Q. 283 Who was awarded the Hindu Playwright Award 2018 for her play Untitled-1, at the launch of the 14th
edition of The Hindu Theatre Fest?
Answer: Annie Zaidi

Q. 284 Hindi Academy Delhi has given its highest Shalaka Samman for 2017-18 to?
Answer: Bollywood lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar.
Q. 285 Who is the first Indian to receive the International Contributions Award given by the Association for
Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), USA?
Answer: Anvar Sadath
Q. 286 Who handed over 5 croreth LPG connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in the
Parliament House recently?
Answer: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan (Lok Sabha constituency: Indore, MP)
Q. 287 Which company recently became the first $1 trillion publicly listed U.S. company?
Answer: Apple Inc (Founders: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne, CEO: Tim Cook)
Q. 288 Name the exercise which is a joint military exercise between Indian Army and Royal Thai Army of
Thailand (Capital: Bangkok and Currency: Baht)?
Answer: Exercise Maitree

Explanation: 22nd edition of trilateral Naval Exercise Malabar 2018 between India, Japan and United States
was held off the coast of Guam in Philippine Sea.
Q. 289 NITI Aayog’s International Conference on “Sustainable Growth through Material Recycling: Policy
Prescriptions” was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways & Ganga Rejuvenation,
Shri. Nitin Gadkari at-
Answer: New Delhi.
Q. 290 President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the ‘Festival of Democracy’ in?
Answer: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (CM: Pinyari Vijayan, Governor: P. Sadhasivam)

Q. 291 Name the person from Saudi Arabia (Capital: Riyadh, Currency: Riyal) who has been crowned
champion of the FIFA e-World Cup?
Answer: Mosaad Aldossary
Q. 292 Name the Escorts Group chairman who passed away recently?
Answer: Rajan Nanda
Q. 293 Fintech start-up Nearby Technologies in partnership with which bank has gone live with Bharat Bill
Payments, the telecom bill payments ecosystem managed by National Payments Corp of India?
Answer: Yes Bank (Headquarter: Mumbai)
Explanation: Also, Yes bank launched a deposit scheme, which could fetch up to 8 per cent for a tenure of
little over 18 months, through this the bank is eyeing Rs 1,000 crores and the scheme is named 'Green Future:
Deposit'.
Q. 294 Which state CM launched ‘Mobile Tihar’, a smartphone distribution scheme under the Sanchar Kranti
Yojna (SKY)?
Answer: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh
Explanation: Also, Chhattisgarh CM recently launched an online portal and mobile app called ‘Aabhaar-Aapki
seva ka’ for the online pensioners of the state.
Q. 295 Writer, poet, critic and translator Sumatheendra R. Nadig passed away recently, he was from which
state?
Answer: Karnataka (CM: HD Kumaraswamy, Governor: Vajubhai Vala)

Q. 296 Which state CM launched Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana for empowerment of women?
Answer: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The scheme will provide Rs 54,100 from the birth of a girl child
till she graduates.
Q. 297 Which Biosphere Reserve has become the 11th Biosphere Reserve from India that has been included
in the UNESCO designated World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR)?
Answer: The Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve in Sikkim.
Explanation: World Heritage Committee of UNESCO declared the Victorian and Art Deco Ensembles of
Mumbai as the World Heritage Property.
Q. 298 Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Aviation Suresh Prabhu launched which mobile app to
provide wide range of information for export and import?
Answer: Niryat Mitra
Q. 299 State Bank of India launched a payments machine called MOPAD. What is it’s full form-
Answer: MOPAD is Multi Option Payment Acceptance Device.

Q. 300 The world’s first-ever thermal battery plant owned by Bharat Energy Storage Technology Private
Limited (BEST) was inaugurated at-
Answer: Amravati, Andhra Pradesh.
Explanation: AP also, recently launched a Zero-Based Natural Farming (ZBNF) scale-out scheme, aimed at
benefitting around six million farmers by 2024
Q. 301 According to recent study released by LIRNEAsia, India has highest gender gap in mobile phone
ownership amongst 18 comparable countries and ranks among the lowest in women’s access to Internet.
What percent of women in India own mobile phones?
Answer: Only 43% of women in India own mobile phones compared to almost 80% of Indian males mostly
because of lack of awareness.
Q. 302 Mony K. Mathew passed away he was a-
Answer: Senior financial journalist
Q. 303 United India Insurance Company (Headquarter: Chennai) appointed whom as its Director and General
Manager?
Answer: S Gopakumar
Q. 304 According to a report called N-SIPI (State Investment Potential Index) series by economic think-tank
NCAER, which state/UT replaced Gujarat as the state with most investment potential?
Answer: Delhi
Q. 305 Parliament recently passed Fugitive Offenders Bill. A fugitive economic offender is an individual
against whom an arrest warrant is issued for economic offences of what amount?
Answer: Rs 100 crores and above
Q. 306 What are the key decisions of RBI’s recent 3rd Monetary Policy Review meeting?
Answer: RBI retained its earlier prediction of GDP from June’s bi-monthly statement that GDP growth for
the year 2018-19 would be 7.4%. Also, GDP of first quarter of the next financial year 2019-2020 is projected
to be 7.5%.
RBI has raised benchmark repo, or the short-term rate at which it lends to other banks, by 0.25 per cent to
6.5 per cent. Reverse repo rate stands at 6.25%, Marginal Standing Facility stands at 6.75%.
Current SLR is 19.5% and CRR is 4%.
Q. 307 World Junior Squash Championships 2018 held at?
Answer: Chennai, India
Q. 308 Recently National Registry of Citizens of Assam declared how many people as ‘illegal citizens’ of India?
Answer: 40 lakh people. NRC was first prepared in 1951. The Registrar General of India (RGI) drafts NRC.
Q. 309 What is the new tagline of India’s Geographical Indication (GI) products?
Answer: “Invaluable Treasures of Incredible India”. MP’s Kadaknath chicken gets GI.
Q. 310 Recently which country was elected as President of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting
Development (AIBD) for period of two years?
Answer: India. F. Sheheryar was also re-elected as chair of executive board of AIBD.
Q. 311 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed non-fund-based Umbrella organizations (UO) at State levels
to revive India’s co-operative banking sector. Which is the first State in the country to have an UO for the
UCB sector?
Answer: Gujarat
Q. 312 Which IIT recently launched world’s first remotely operable LEAP microscope?
Answer: Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M)
Q. 313 Which country is planning to launch of 300 low-orbit satellites to provide worldwide communication
services?
Answer: China. Also, FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 will be held in China (Mascot: Son of Dreams)
Q. 314 Prime Minister recently laid the Foundation Stone of the Poorvanchal Expressway in Azamgarh, UP.
The 340-kilometre-long expressway will connect Lucknow to?
Answer: Ghazipur
Q. 315 Chairman & Managing Director of which airline received the USISPF Leadership Award at the first
Annual Leadership Summit?
Answer: Ajay Singh (Spice Jet)

Q. 316 Life Insurance Corporation of India’s (LIC’s) board has approved acquiring up to 51% stake in which
bank?
Answer: IDBI Bank

Q. 317 Who won the Golden Boot and Golden Glove award in the recently concluded FIFA 2018 football
World Cup in Russia?
Answer: Golden Boot: Harry Kane from England (6 Goals) Golden Glove: Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
Explanation: France won the world cup by defeating Croatia (capital: Zagreb, currency:Kuna) in the Final.
Mascot: Zabivaka – “the one who scores” (in Russian)
Golden Ball: Luka Modrić
FIFA fair play was given to Spain (capital: Madrid)
2026 World Cup will be jointly held in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Q.318 What is Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s, prediction of India’s
economic growth for 2018?
Answer: 7.4%
Explanation: Also, in its updated World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, IMF has cut India’s growth
projection by 0.1% for 2018-19. It now predicts the GDP growth to be 7.3. Same rating i.e. 7.3% has been
give by Moody’s Investors service as well.
Also, World Bank’s ‘Global Economic Prospect’ report has estimated India’s GDP to grow at 7.3% in this fiscal
year, thus giving India the tag of “Fastest Growing Economy”.
Q. 319 Who has been named the “British Indian of the Year” for his achievements in Yoga?
Answer: Ishwar Sharma (He is an Indian-origin school kid)
Q. 320 Which cricketer recently became the fourth Indian to achieve the mark of 10,000 runs in ODIs?
Answer: MS Dhoni
Q. 321 According to the progress figures of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) in rural India, total how many
toilets have been built in rural India?
Answer: Over 7.7 crores
Explanation: Toilet usage is over 93% as per an independent third-party survey conducted in 2017-18 across
all States/UTs.
Q. 322 Which Indian has been named as the executive director of the panel on digital cooperation aimed to
deal with the “dark side” of digital innovation set up by UN Chief (Antonio Guterres)?
Answer: Amandeep Singh Gill
Q. 323 To emphasize the importance of financial literacy, RBI observed the week June 5-9, 2018 as Financial
Literacy Week across the country. The literacy week focused on how many themes?
Answer: Four broad themes, viz. KYC, Exercising Credit Discipline, Grievance Redressal and Going Digital (UPI
and *99#).
Q. 324 Who has been sworn in as the Spain’s (capital: Madrid, Currency: Euro) new Prime Minister by King
Felipe?
Answer: Pedro Sánchez
Q. 325 PM recently visited three ASEAN (Headquarter: Jakarta, Indonesia) countries Indonesia, Malaysia
and Singapore, in which country he addressed Shangri-La dialogue?
Answer: Singapore (capital: Singapore, Currency: Dollar)
Explanation: He also launched three Indian payment apps in Singapore. These apps were RuPay Card, BHIM
app and SBI app. Modi also gave Padma Shri award to former Singaporean Diplomat Mr. Tommy koh.
Dendrobrium Narendra Modi - an orchid named after PM on the occasion of his visit to the National Orchid
Garden in Singapore
Q. 326 Making a breakthrough in missile technology, which country successfully carried out the flight test of
Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) propulsion-based missile recently?
Answer: India
Q. 327 Which ministry introduced a new scheme called ‘Seva Bhoj Yojna’ to reimburse the central share of
CGST and IGST on items for food/prasad/langar/Bhandara with a total outlay of Rs. 325.00 crores?
Answer: Union Ministry of Culture (Mahesh Sharma is the minister of Culture he is MP (Lok Sabha) from
Gautam Buddha Nagar, UP)
Q. 328 Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi (MP (Lok Sabha) from Pilibhit,
UP) recently laid the foundation stone of an advanced DNA forensic laboratory at?
Answer: Chandigarh. The lab is also called ‘Sakhi Suraksha' lab.
Q. 329 Who represented India in the 2-day G-20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meeting, held in Mar del
Plata in Argentina?
Answer: Suresh Prabhu (Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation). He is the MP (Rajya Sabha)
from Andhra Pradesh.
Explanation: The theme for the G-20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meeting was: “Building Consensus
for Fair and Sustainable Development”.
Q. 330 Who is the head of ten Member Committee, formed by Ministry of Corporate affairs to review
Companies Act 2013?
Answer: Injeti Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate Affairs)

Q. 331 Which country will head the Asia Pacific Region of World Customs Organisation (WCO) for two years
as its Vice Chair from July, 2018 to June, 2020?
Answer: India
World Customs Organisation (WCO) headquarters: Brussels capital of Belgium (Currency: Euro)
Q. 332 Education Department of which state recently launched ‘I am not afraid of English’ initiative from
Class 1 in the state’s primary schools?
Answer: Haryana
Explanation: Haryana government in addition to ‘I am not afraid of English’ initiative has also announced
“Chhatra Parivahan Suraksha scheme” for girl students to provide them free transportation to their
educational institutions.
Q. 333 As per Bloomberg Billionaires Index, who is the richest Asian?

Answer: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani, he overtook China’s Jack Ma
Explanation: Also, according to Bloomberg Japan has overthrown China as the world’s second biggest
market for stocks, the United States is the world’s biggest market for stocks with total worth just over $31
trillion.
Q. 334 Which state recently announced the constitution of a ‘Heritage Cabinet to protect ancient
monuments, temples and archaeological sites and preservation of culture?
Answer: Odisha. (Odisha government also announced “Green Mahanadi Mission” recently.
Q. 335 Which state government recently released the State Credit Plan (banking) 2018-19, with an aim to
improve banking services in the state?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister (N Chandrababu Naidu).
Q. 336 Which ship of the Indian Navy has embarked on to #Lokayan-18 voyage to participate in the
prestigious ‘tall ship races – 2018’?
Answer: INS Tarangini

Q. 337 Which Indian project has bagged World Bank’s internal award for exceptional performance in
achieving many development goals?
Answer: India’s Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
Q. 338 Vice President has appointed whom as the Director General of ICWA (Indian Council of World Affairs)?
Answer: T.C.A. Raghavan
Q. 339 Name the campaign launched by The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)to improve
public health and combat lifestyle disease?
Answer: The Eat Right Movement

Q. 340 Which bank has approved Lining Project of Son canal in Shahabad-Bhojpur region of Bihar?
Answer: Asian Development Bank (Headquarter: Manila, Philippines (Currency: Peso))
Explanation: The estimated cost of this project is US $503 million (Rs 3272.49 crore) out of which US $352
million is being provided by ADB.
Q. 341 Sixth edition of World Cities Summit was recently held at?
Answer: Singapore. Its theme was “Livable & Sustainable Cities: Embracing the Future through Innovation
and Collaboration”
Q. 342 Recently India became the 69thshareholder of which bank?
Answer: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Q. 343 Recently 15-point action plan named “Breathe India” for combating air pollution in ten most polluted
cities in the country was released by?
Answer: NITI Aayog

Q. 344 Name the President of South Korea who recently visited New Delhi and inaugurated ‘world’s largest
mobile factory’ of Samsung in Noida?
Answer: Moon Jae-in. India and South Korea have also decided to join forces to work towards Industrial 4.0.
Q. 345 Which bank partnered with Carlyle Group for selling of at least 51 per cent stake in its mortgage
lender?
Answer: Punjab National Bank (PNB). The bank announced to sell the stake in its PNB Housing Finance, a
mortgage lender.
Q. 346 Which company announced launch of Mutual Funds transactional capabilities on Facebook
Messenger through their virtual assistant, Arya?
Answer: HDFC securities
Q. 347 According to report of which institute India has become the world’s sixth largest economy overtaking
France?
Answer: World Bank (Headquarters: Washington DC). India is $2.597 trillion economy.
Q. 348 Which Indian naval ship became the first-ever warship to enter port of Sabang in Indonesia?
Answer: INS Sumitra.
Q. 349 Which organization adopted Resolution 2427 aimed at formulating a framework for protection, rights,
well-being and empowerment of children?
Answer: UN Security Council
Q. 350 Which state emerged as the best state in Ease of Doing Report of DIPP and World Bank?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh

Explanation: DIPP, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with the World Bank conducted an
annual reform exercise for all States and UTs under the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) considering Ease
of Doing Business. Andhra Pradesh has emerged as the top state in the report.
Q. 351 The book “Winning Like Sourav: Think & Succeed Like Ganguly” has been written by-
Answer: Abhirup Bhattacharya
Q. 352 Who has become the second Indian mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to climb Mt Ojos del Salado
(in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border), the highest volcano in the world?
Answer: Satyarup Siddhanta

Q. 353 Rajasthan Government has signed MoU with which company to provide free digital training to 9,500
college students for one year?
Answer: Microsoft
Q. 354 Which state recently has given religious minority status to its Jewish Community?
Answer: Gujarat
Explanation: Gujarat also, came on top in NITI Aayog’s Composite Water Management Index which is a useful
tool to assess and improve the performance in efficient management of water resources.
Q. 355 Which state will launch the scheme called “one farmer one transformer” to reduce electricity losses?
Answer: Maharashtra
Q. 356 Who won the special one-off Golden Man Booker Prize to mark the 50th anniversary of the literary
award?
Answer: Michael Ondaatje for his book ‘The English Patient’
Q. 357 Who was appointed chairperson of the Empowered Expert committee (EEC) to select the six (3 public
and 3 private) Institutes of eminence (IoE)?
Answer: N Gopalaswami
Explanation: Institutes of eminence (IoE) selected are: IIT-Delhi, IIT-Bombay and the Bengaluru-based Indian
Institute of Science (IISc) in the public sector, and Manipal Academy of Higher Education, BITS Pillani and Jio
Institute by Reliance Foundation in the private sector.
Q. 358 Which Indian athlete was appointed Asia’s representative in the Athletes Advisory Commission of the
Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)?
Answer: Dipika Pallikal (Squash Player)
Q. 359 17th World Sanskrit Conference was inaugurated and attended by Human Resource Development
Minister Shri Prakash Javdekar at?
Answer: Vancouver, Canada

Q. 360 Which state government has announced Five-year jackfruit mission?
Answer: Meghalaya (Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma)
Explanation: Also, the President has declared queen variety of pineapple as state fruit of Tripura.
Q. 361 Kabutari Devi died following a heart attack. She was a-

Answer: Kumaoni folk singer
Q. 362 Who has been appointed the chairperson of National Green Tribunal?
Answer: Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel
Q. 363 International Conference on Non-Ferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 was recently held at-
Answer: Ranchi, Jharkhand
Explanation: In this conference Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD, NALCO, received Knowledge Excellence
Award for Outstanding Contribution in Aluminum Knowledge domain.
Q. 364 Who is the head of the task force set up to recommend the framework for a national policy on e-
commerce?
Answer: Rita Teaotia
Q. 365 Name the mobile app developed by Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) to protect
interest of consumers?
Answer: GST Verify. (Between April 01-June 30, Haryana was the top stat in GST collection).
Q. 366 PM addressed the 8th International Convention of Saurashtra Patel Cultural Samaj through video
conference which was held in-
Answer: California, US
Q. 367 Which Indian bank has gone past Russia's Sberbank to become the most valuable bank in the
emerging markets outside China?
Answer: HDFC Bank

Explanation: The bank has also launched Digital Loans against Mutual Funds in partnership with transfer
agent CAMS.
Q. 368 What is the name of the indigenously manufactured semi high-speed metro like engine less train
announced by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) of Chennai?
Answer: Train 18
Q. 369 Airport authority of India has allocated Rs. 1200 crores, for the establishment of Civil Aviation
Research Organization (CARO) at-
Answer: Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad

Q. 370 UNESCO entered into an agreement with Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board (APEDB) for
setting up a ‘Design University for Gaming’ in-
Answer: Visakhapatnam
Q. 371 International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) has issued the first BS-VI certification for a
heavy-duty engine model for-
Answer: M/s Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicle Limited
Q. 372 Name the virtual assistant that SBI Card, the country’s second largest credit card issuer recently
announced?
Answer: Electronic Live Assistant (ELA)

Q. 373 Global banks acting as custodians for foreign funds including HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Citi, Standard
Chartered and JP Morgan shared a list of 25 countries that were tagged as “high-risk jurisdictions” with-
Answer: SEBI
Explanation: Anant Barua has been recently appointed as whole-time member of the Securities and
Exchange Board of India.
Q. 374 Recently which state government announced new Defense Manufacturing policy?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh. The policy is named ‘UP Defense Aerospace Unit and Employment Generating Policy’
Q. 375 Who launched the Coal Mine Surveillance & Management System (CMSMS) and Mobile Application
‘Khan Prahari’ on Swami Vivekananda’s death anniversary in New Delhi?
Answer: Union Minister of Coal Piyush Goyal (He is Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Maharashtra.
Q. 376 Appointed as the chief military observer of the (UNMOGIP) Jose Eladio Alcain is from which country?
Answer: Uruguay (Capital: Montevideo, Currency: Peso)
Q. 377 Who was recently appointed as the Chairman of Payments Council of India?
Answer: Vishwas Patel
Q. 378 Who has been selected for 2018 National Maritime Search and Rescue Award?
Answer: Milan Shankar Tare, he is a fisherman from Maharashtra.

Q. 379 Which state government announced Mukhyamantri Jan Kalyan (Sambal) Yojana 2018 to provide
subsidized power for labourer and poor families?

Q. 380 Name the mobile app launched by Chief Election Commissioner Shri. O.P. Rawat to report on violation
of election code of conduct?
Answer: cVIGIL
Q. 381 International Finance Corporation (IFC) a constituent of World Bank group invested $100 million in
__________ to give financial assistance to small and medium enterprises.
Answer: Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (M&M)
Explanation: Also, Telangana State Information Technology, Electronics and Communication department
(ITE&C) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tech Mahindra to launch India’s first Blockchain
district.
Q. 382 Recently Union Cabinet gave its approval to rename the Agartala Airport in Tripura as-
Answer: Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore Airport
Q. 383 The Union Cabinet has approved the extension of the scheme of recapitalization of Regional Rural
Banks (RRBs) till-
Answer:2019-20
Explanation: This extension has been done so as to enable the RRBs to maintain the minimum prescribed
Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) of 9 per cent.
Q. 384 JG Nadkarni died recently. He was a-

Answer: Former Chief of Naval Staff
Q. 385 Non-banking financial company Manappuram Finance has entered into an agreement to acquire
85.39 per cent stake in-
Answer: Indian School Finance Corporation (ISFC)

Q. 386 Which Indian cricketer was recently inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame for his achievements
in international cricket?
Answer: Rahul Dravid
Explanation: Along with Rahul Dravid, Australian Ricky Ponting and retired England woman wicketkeeper-
batter Claire Taylor was also inducted.
Q. 387 Which state recently launched “Happiness Curriculum” for students of nursery to Class 8 in
government schools?
Answer: New Delhi (Arvind Kejriwal launched it in the presence of Dalai Lama)
Q. 388 Recently which Indian refinery has become the first oil public sector undertaking (PSU) to adopt an
online legal compliance system by introducing ‘Legatrix’?
Answer: Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) in Assam
Q. 389 As per the decision of GST Council, e-Way Bill system for all inter-State movement of goods has been
rolled-out from ___________?
Answer: April 01, 2018
Q. 390 Who was appointed the new chairman and managing director (CMD) of SAIL (Steel Authority of India
Limited)?
Answer: Saraswati Prasad
Q. 391 Who is the head of the IRDAI formed 16-member committee to examine motor third party insurance
pricing and make recommendations on the premium rates for 2019-20?
Answer: IRDAI member – P.J. Joseph
Q. 392 Name the Netherlands Prime Minister who was recently on a two-day visit to India?
Answer: Mark Rutte. He launched the ‘Clean Air India Initiative’ in New Delhi. Also new Dutch Consulate will
be opened in Bengaluru and Netherlands also became the 64th to join ISA.
Explanation: Governments of India, Netherlands and Sweden launched first-of-its-kind collaborative
research Programme on HIV/AIDS.
Q. 393 Name the novelist from Poland (capital: Warsaw, Currency: Zloty) who won the prestigious Man
Booker International Prize for fiction “For Flights”?
Answer: Olga Tokarczuk

Q. 394 What was India’s rank in terms of competitiveness, in the annual rankings compiled by International
Institute for Management Development (IMD)?
Answer: 44
Explanation: India ranked 35 in the Global Real Estate Transparency Index 2018 released by Jones Lang
LaSalle Inc. (JLL)-
Q.395 Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Institute of Banking and Finance of which country?
Answer: Bahrain (Capital: Manama, Currency: Dinar)

Explanation: Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF), Bahrain to work
together to strengthen the accounting, financial and audit knowledge base within Bahrain a similar MoU was
approved between ICAI and National Board of Accountants and Auditors (NBAA), Tanzania.
Q. 396 7th Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) and 2+2 dialogue meeting was recently held
between India and ____?
Answer: USA
Q. 397 The government has cut the minimum annual deposit requirement for Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
accounts to Rs ____ from Rs 1,000 earlier?
Answer: 250
Q. 398 Which Assamese film won 3 top awards including that of the best movie, at the 3rd Love International
Film Festival in United States?
Answer: “Xhoihobote Dhemalite” (“Rainbow Fields”)

Q. 399 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBS-2019) will be hosted by which city?
Answer: Varanasi
Q. 400 Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate in the Pitch Black – 2018 exercise to be held at?
Answer: Darwin Air Force Base, Australia.
Q. 401 Who became the first Transgender Lawyer of India?
Answer: Sathyasri Sharmila from Tamil Nadu.
Q. 402 Who is the head of the four-member committee formed by the government to suggest measures and
legal framework to effectively deal with incidents of mob violence?
Answer: Home Secretary Shri Rajiv Gauba
Q. 403 Who was recently elected as the new PM of Armenia (Capital: Yerevan, Currency: Dram)?
Answer: Nikol Pashinian

Q. 404 As per latest Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR). What is India’s rank on the Global
Optimism Index (GOI) in the first quarter of 2018?
Answer: Sixth
Q. 405 FICCI Ladies Organisation, launched which mobile app aimed at creating awareness on preventive
healthcare for women?
Answer: “WOW” (Wellness of Women).
Q. 406 Who was recently elected as the new President of Costa Rica (Capital: San Jose, Currency: Colon)?
Answer: Carlos Alvarado
Q. 407 What is India’s rank in the Lowy Institute Asia-Pacific Power Index?
Answer: Fourth
Explanation: Also, India’s rank was 138 in the 2018 World Press Freedom Index (WPFI).
Q. 408 Xavier Rusta, Surendra Nihal and Govind Lal Vohra recently passed away, they were from which field?
Answer: Journalism
Q. 409 First-ever executive committee meeting of South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) was
held in which city?
Answer: Kolkata
Q. 410 The book “When Coal Turned Gold: The Making of a Maharatna Company” has been written by?
Answer: Coal India Ltd.’s (CIL)’s former chairman Partha Sarathi Bhattacharyya
Q. 411 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service was won by?
Answer: The New York Times and The New Yorker
Explanation: Pulitzer Prize in the music category: Kendrick Lamar (USA)
Q. 412 Which airport has been selected for the Champion of Earth Prize-2018?
Answer: Cochin International Airport. It is the first Indian airport to completely operation on solar. Also,
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognized this airport as the world’s first fully solar
energy-powered airport.
Q. 413 Who was conferred with Odisha’s highest literary award Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman for 2018?
Answer: Eminent Poet Ramakanta Rath
Q. 414 Who recently announced the ‘Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Solar Yojna’ which aims to
increase to increase the income of farmers by three to five times in the national capital.
Answer: Arvind Kejriwal

Q. 415 Who has been elected as the President of International Kabaddi Federation (formed in 2004)?
Answer: Janardan Singh Gehlot
Q. 416 Which Organisation re-introduced the ‘Medini Puraskar Yojna’– a scheme that awards Indian authors
for their original work in Hindi on environment?
Answer: Union Environment Minister (Dr Harshvardhan). He is MP from Chandini Chowk, New Delhi.
Q. 417 Who became the first serving Indian Army officer to complete Ironman competition 2018 held in
Austria?
Answer: Major General Vikram Dogra.
Q. 418 Which bank recently got RBI’s nod to open offices in Bahrain, Kuwait and Singapore?
Answer: Federal Bank.
Explanation: Bahrain (Capital: Manama Currency: Dinar), Kuwait (Capital: Kuwait City (Al Asimah) Currency:
Dinar)
Q. 419 Which country recently joined International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became the 68th member of ISA?
Answer: Myanmar (Capital: Naypyidaw, Currency: Kyat)
Q. 420 Which state CM recently inaugurated the 7 day long “Kharchi Puja”?
Answer: Tripura
Q. 421 Government has announced which new Technology that would help check on vehicle thefts?
Answer: MicroDot Technology
Q. 422 According to a report by online speed testing platform Ookla, India with 9.12 Mbps 4G speed is at
what rank in the world in Internet Speed?
Answer: 109th position

Explanation: According to a report by online speed testing platform Ookla, India with 9.12 Mbps in the 4G
speed category stands at 109th position in the world and is behind neighbours Pakistan (14.03 Mbps) and
Sri Lanka (16.98). Qatar stood first in the list.
Q. 423 The Finance Ministry has recently approved capital infusion of Rs 11,336 crores in how many PSBs?
Answer: Five
Explanation: The Finance Ministry has approved capital infusion of Rs 11,336 crore in 5 public sector banks.
The 5 banks are: Punjab National Bank (PNB), Andhra Bank, Corporation Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and
Allahabad Bank. This infusion is a part of the remaining Rs.65000 crore of infusion under government’s
announcement of Rs.2.11 lakh crore of credit infusion in banks in 2017.
Q. 424 Recently seven members took oath as member of Rajya Sabha one of which is Sonal Mansingh. She
is associated with which field?
Answer: Indian Classical Dancer
Explanation: The seven members are:
Rakesh Sinha, Sonal Mansingh, Raghunath Mohapatra, Ram Shakal, Elamaram Kareem, Binoy Viswam, Jose
K Mani
Rakesh Sinha of RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) is the founder and honorary director of India Policy
Foundation.
Sonal Mansingh is a popular Indian classical dancer. She performs Bharatanatyam and Odissi. He took oath
in Hindi.
Raghunath Mohapatra is an internationally renowned sculptor and architect. He took oath in Odia.
Ram Shakal is a former BJP lawmaker. He took oath in Hindi.
Q. 425 What is the name of the mobile application launched by Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and
Civil Aviation (Suresh Prabhu) to track and trace missing and abandoned children in India?
Q. 426 Which state government allocated Rs 15 crore for the implementation of a pension scheme for senior
journalists, called “Acharya Balshastri Jambhekar Sanman Yojana”?
Answer: Maharashtra
Q. 427 Developed at the cost of Rs 160 crore Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched National Skill
Training Institute (NSTI) at?
Answer: Barang, in Bhubaneswar. (Also, National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) for Women at Mohali, Punjab)
Q. 428 India’s first Defense Incubator will come up in?
Answer: T-Hub, Hyderabad
Q. 429 Recently where did Rajnath Singh inaugurate largest Indian visa centre in the world?
Answer: Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Q. 430 Which country recently formally joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
Answer: Colombia (Capital: Bogota, Currency: Peso) NATO is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium
Q. 431 The first edition of Global Wind Summit will be held in ______ from September 25 to 28, 2018.
Answer: Hamburg, Germany
Q. 432 Name the Indian botanist who received the prestigious Linnean Medal in Botany from the Linnean
Society of London?
Answer: Kamaljit S. Bawa
Q. 433 Name the web portal and app launched by Power Ministry for better administration and
transparency?
Answer: web portal: www.praapti.in app: PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification and Analysis in Power
procurement for bringing Transparency in Invoicing of generators)
Q. 434 Where did PM recently laid the foundation stone of India’s first Mobile Open Exchange Zone (MOX)?
Answer: World Trade Centre, Noida.

Q. 435 Who has been selected as the new President of Mexico?
Answer: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (Capital: Mexico City, Currency: Peso)
Q. 436 Which National Park has become the largest habitat of the endangered estuarine crocodiles in the
country?
Answer: Bhitarkanika National Park (in Odisha)
Q. 437 Which two Indians were named winners of 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award?
Answer: Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk
Q. 438 Which state Government has signed MoU with India’s largest commodities exchange platform, Multi
Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX) to launch Cotton Mission to empower cotton farmers in the
state?
Answer: Maharashtra
Q. 439 Cabinet has approved the capital infusion of what amount for strengthening of Export Credit
Guarantee Corporation (ECGC)?
Answer: Rs.2000 crores
Q. 440 Which country has gifted a pair of giant Aldabra tortoise to India?
Answer: Seychelles (Capital: Victoria, Currency: Rupee)
Explanation: India gifted Dornier aircraft to Seychelles. Its President Danny Faure recently visited India and
has said that Seychelles will not allow India to develop naval base at Assumption Island.
Q. 441 Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has approved construction of how many more houses under
the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (Urban) with an investment of Rs 8,692 crore?
Answer: 3,18,900
Q. 442 Who launched the ‘Solar Charkha Mission’ on the occasion of the UN MSME Day (June 27) to mark
the important economic role played by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)?
Answer: President Ram Nath Kovind
Q. 443 Which district performed best in the NITI Aayog’s first Delta Ranking (Incremental Progress) of the
Aspirational Districts?
Answer: Dahod district of Gujarat improved 19.8 points to rank 1st in the Delta ranking
Explanation: The data considered was on five developmental areas- Health and Nutrition, Education,
Agriculture and Water Resources, Financial Inclusion and Skill Development, and Basic Infrastructure.
Also, Gujarat Government announced the launch of the Rs 870-crore pilot project of Suryashakti Kisan Yojana
(SKY).
Q. 444 B Sujatha Devi died at a private hospital recently. She was a -
Answer: Poetess
Q. 445 WWF-India has launched its first-ever comic book named-
Answer: The Great Indian Nature Trail with Uncle Bikky
Q. 446 What is the name of the India’s first robotic telescope located at the Indian Astronomical Observatory
(IAO) at Hanle in Ladakh?
Answer: GROWTH-India
Q. 447 Veteran Prabhakar Choubey and Adiraju Venkateswara Rao passed away, they were?
Answer: Journalist and litterateur (author).

Explanation: Swapan Sarkar also passed away recently, he was a sports journalist.
Q. 448 Which Indian city created Guinness World Record when more than 1.05 lakh people performed yoga
to mark International Yoga Day (June 21)?
Answer: Kota (Rajasthan). This year’s International Yoga Day’s (21June) main event was held in Dehradun.
Explanation: Also, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a nature centre called ‘YO1 Nature Cure
Center’ in the New York City.
Q. 449 PM recently inaugurated which state’s urban transport scheme named ‘Sutra Seva’?
Q. 450 Which sportsperson was honoured as the Sportsperson of the Year for 2017 by the Sports Illustrated
India magazine?
Answer: Kidambi Srikanth
Q. 451 Which state recently launched Muttathe Mulla scheme which involves the disbursement of loans
between Rs 1,000 and Rs 25,000 at low rates of interests to rural households?
Answer: Kerala
Q. 452 The Conference on “International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development 2018-2028”
was recently held in?
Answer: Dushanbe, Tajikistan (Currency: Both Somoni and Rouble)

Q. 453 One97 Communications, which runs Paytm, has appointed which former RBI Deputy Governor as an
advisor?
Answer: Rama Subramaniam Gandhi
Q. 454 Ramapada Chowdhury passed away recently he was associated with which field?
Answer: Writer. His novel ‘Abhimanyu’ was made into an award-winning Hindi movie named ‘Ek doctor ki
maut’ in 1990 died due to cardiac arrest.
Q. 455 Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation announced which city as the 100th Smart City?
Answer: Shillong, capital city of Meghalaya
Q. 456 Name the world’s most powerful and smartest scientific supercomputer developed by US scientists?
Answer: Summit
Q. 457 Who has been elected as the new president of Columbia?

Answer: Ivan Duque
Explanation: Columbia Capital: Bogota, Currency: Peso
Q. 458 The Finance Ministry recently launched the second tranche of Bharat-22 exchange traded fund (ETF)
with an aim to raise up to what amount?
Answer: Rs. 8,400 crores
Q. 459 The world’s first International Centre for Humanitarian Forensics was launched in
Answer: Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Explanation: Also, Surat in Gujarat was selected for ‘City Award’ for showing great momentum in
implementation of projects under India Smart Cities Awards 2018.
Q. 460 Which state government launched ‘i-Hariyali’ mobile application aimed at increasing the state’s green
cover?
Answer: Punjab
Explanation: The app has been launched under ‘Mission Tandarust Punjab’. Also, the state recently launched
a ‘Business First Portal’ to give a big push towards the ease of doing business in the state.
Q. 461 Which state has launched 7-Star Gram Panchayat Rainbow scheme to give star rankings to its
panchayats on the basis of seven social parameters?
Answer: Haryana
Q. 462 RBI tightens norms for Liberalized Remittance Scheme (LRS) by making quoting of PAN mandatory
even for transactions below __________.
Answer: USD 25,000

Q. 463 Who is the head of the High Level Empowered to address the issues of Stressed Thermal Power
Projects?
Answer: Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Q. 464 Who will head the 10-member panel set up by IRDAI to review norms related to insurance marketing
firm (IMF) with an aim to increase insurance penetration in the country?
Answer: Suresh Mathur
Q. 465 Jiten Chakraborty and Laxman Patil-Bhosle passed away in recently. They were-
Answer: Social activists/ leaders

Q. 466 Which organization has declared the obsessive gaming phenomenon as a legit disorder- “Gaming
Disorder”?
Answer: World Health Organisation (WHO).
Q. 467 Which state police has launched a mobile-based messenger application ‘COP Connect’ dedicated to
provide real time information to over 60,000 police officers across the State?
Answer: Telangana
Q. 468 Who is the new Prime Minister of Jordan (Capital: Amman, Currency: Dinar)?
Answer: Omar-al-Razzaz
Q. 469 Which country has surpassed India to become the top destination for greenfield FDI investment in
2017, according to FDI Report 2018 compiled by FDI Intelligence?
Answer: US
Q. 470 Marg ERP limited, has partnered with which Bank, to offer an integrated payments platform to Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) customers?
Answer: ICICI Bank (Headquarter: Mumbai)
Q. 471 Which Indian cricketer became the first Indian to score a test century before Lunch of Day 1? He
achieved the feat against Afghanistan?
Answer: Shikhar Dhawan (This test match was played in M. Chinnaswamy Bangalore stadium)
Q. 472 General Motors recently announced which Indian origin person as Chief Financial Officer?
Answer: Dhivya Suryadevara. She along with three other India-origin persons have been included in
Fortune’s Ledger ’40 Under 40′ list of achievers. Out of 4 selected three are women.
Q. 473 Which company is the highest ranked Indian firm (ranked 83) in Forbes magazine's 'Global 2000' list
this year?
Answer: Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL)
Q. 474 In which country did Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently inaugurate the first
Representative Office of Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL)?
Answer: Vietnam (Capital: Hanoi, Currency: Dong)
Explanation: Also, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently inaugurate the first Representative Office
of Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) in Vietnam (Capital: Hanoi, Currency: Dong)
Q. 475 With what theme Department of Posts and Viet Nam Post have jointly issued passport?
Answer: Ancient Architecture
Q. 476 Which stock exchange has introduced a ‘tri-party repo market’ platform, a mechanism to deepen the
corporate bond market liquidity?
Answer: National Stock Exchange (NSE)
Q. 477 Motif of which monument is on the reverse side of new lavender coloured Mahatma Gandhi series
Rs. 100 notes released by RBI?
Answer: Rani Ki Vav - a heritage site located in Gujarat

Explanation: The new Rs. 100 banknotes, will be of the dimension of 66 mmx142. Earlier, RBI had issued
fresh Rs. 50 notes in fluorescent blue color with motif of Hampi with chariot (Karnataka), Rs. 200 notes in
bright yellow color with a motif of the Sanchi Stupa (Madhya Pradesh) and Rs. 10 banknotes in chocolate
brown color with motif of Konark Sun Temple (Odisha).
Q. 478 Name the mobile application developed by Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) that enables
booking and cancellation of unreserved tickets, issue and renewal of season and platform tickets and other
facilities?
Answer: utsonmobile
Q. 479 Maharashtra government has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which province of
Canada to increase economic cooperation and welfare of tribal community in the state?
Answer: Quebec, Canada (Currency: Dollar, Capital: Ottawa)
Explanation: 44th G-7 Summit 2018 was held in Quebec, Canada only. Justin Trudeau is the PM of Canada,
he also recently visited India.
Q. 480 At 17.2%, share of mobile banking transactions which bank is at the top if largest value of transactions
is concerned according to State Bank of India’s (SBI) annual report for 2017-18?
Answer: Axis Bank (Headquarter: Mumbai)

Q. 481 Who heads the union government formed committee which aims to bring more transparency in
employment related data releases?
Answer: Former Chief Statistician Prof. T.C.A Anant
Q. 482 Who won the French Open singles title in men’s category?
Answer: Rafael Nadal, he defeated Dominic Thiem in the finals. In women’s category Simona Halep defeated
Sloane Stephens to lift the title. Nadal has also won Barcelona Tennis tournament as well.
Q. 483 The 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships (18th edition) took place at?
Answer: Gifu, Japan. India finished third with 17 medals (5 Golds)
Q.484 Bangladesh women’s team beat Indian women’s cricket team to win their maiden Asia cup trophy.
The event was held in
Answer: Kuala lumpur (Capital), Currency: Ringgit
Q. 485 Who has taken over as the executive director in the EEPC India, the apex organization of engineering
exporters?
Answer: Suranjan Gupta
Q. 486 Private sector Karur Vysya Bank has entered into a bancassurance partnership with which company?
Answer: Aditya Birla Health
Q. 487 Which state has been put on top in a national disaster risk index prepared by the Union home ministry
with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) mapping hazards and vulnerabilities
across 640 districts?
Answer: Maharashtra. Among UTs Delhi is most vulnerable.
Q. 488 Who has been appointed as the vigilance commissioner in Central Vigilance Commission?
Answer: Sharad Kumar
Q. 489 India recently extended a financial aid of Rs 99 million to Nepal for the construction of 2,700 shallow
tube well irrigation systems under which project?
Answer: Nepal-Bharat Maitri Irrigation Project
Explanation: India and Nepal have signed MoU to build strategic railway line connecting Raxaul city in Bihar,
India to Kathmandu, Nepal. Also, a Nepal-Bharat Maitri Pashupati Dharamshala was opened in Kathmandu.
Q. 490 India defeated which country to win the Intercontinental Cup in football?
Answer: Kenya (Capital: Nairobi, Currency: Shilling)

Explanation: In this match Sunil Chhetri became joint second highest international goal scorer among active
players along with Argentine superstar footballer Lionel Messi.
Q. 491 Which bank appointed former RBI deputy governor Harun Rashid Khan as non- executive part time
chairman?
Answer: Bandhan Bank (Headquarter at Kolkata).
Q. 492 Zakum oilfield is in which country from where ONGC Videsh Ltd. received its first equity oil to New
Mangalore port?
Answer: Abu Dhabi
Explanation: Similarly, GAIL, India’s biggest gas utility, received its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from
Russia’s GAZPROM at western city of Dahej (Gujarat).
Q. 493 Sarita Nayyar has been inducted as a member of Managing board of-
Answer: World Economic Forum (Headquartered at Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland)
Q. 494 As per DIPP Foreign direct investment in India increased to ________ in 2017-18.
Answer: USD 61.96 billion
Q. 495 RBI has made changes in the Gold Monetization Scheme (GMS) to make it more attractive. These
deposits will be for a short period of-
Answer: 1-3 years Deposits can also be allowed for broken periods (e.g. 1 year 3 months; 2 years 4 months
5 days; etc.).
Explanation: The Medium-Term Government Deposit (MTGD) can be made for 5-7 years and Long-Term
Government Deposit (LTGD) for 12-15 years or for such period as may be decided by the Central Government
from time to time. Deposits can also be allowed for broken periods (e.g. 5 years 7 months; 13 years 4 months
15 days; etc.).
Q. 496 Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Subhash Bhamre inaugurated 578 m long Theng tunnel built by BRO
(Border Road Organisation)?
Answer: Sikkim. It is Sikkim’s longest tunnel
Q. 497 As per new RBI directive the NPA recognition for all MSMEs (both registered and non-GST entities)
will be within how many days?
Answer:180 days – for dues up to December 31, 2018.

Q. 498 As per fifteenth edition of the QS World University Rankings which Indian institute has been ranked
as the highest ranked Indian institution?
Answer: IIT Bombay has improved 17 ranks and has been placed in 162nd spot
Q. 499 Under which Operation Indian Navy brings back 38 Indians from cyclone-hit Socotra islands in Yemen
(Capital: Sana, Currency: Real) under which was in the wake of the devastation caused by Cyclonic storm –
Mekunu?
Answer: Operation Nistar
Q. 500 To whom did China awarded its first highest state honour Friendship Medal?
Answer: Russian President Vladimir Putin

Q. 501 What was India’s rank among 163 countries in Global Peace Index 2018 that was released by Sydney-
based think tank Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)?
Answer: 136th. Iceland was ranked most peaceful country.

Explanation: India also ranked 113 in Save the Children’s "End of Childhood Index 2018” which ranked 175
countries this year.
Q. 502 Who is the new chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)?
Answer: S Ramesh
Q. 503 Who has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian
Nations)?
Answer: Rudrendra Tondon
Q. 504 “Gandhi: The years that changed the world (1914-1948)” is a book by-
Answer: Ramchandra Guha
Q. 505 Which bank has agreed to acquire Micro-lender Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd (BFIL) through an all-
stock transaction?
Answer: IndusInd Bank (Headquarter: Mumbai)
Q. 506 Which lawyer of Indian ethnicity was appointed as the new Attorney general of Malaysia by the King
Sultan Muhammad V?
Answer: Tommy Thomas
Q. 507 Name the child who has been named 'Youngest Author of India’ for his book 'Honeycomb'?
Answer: Four-Year-Old Boy Ayan Gogoi Gohain from Assam

Q. 508 Which bank recently became the first corporate bank to enroll with the UK Open Banking Directory
as a Payment Initiation Service Provider (PISP)?
Answer: Citi Bank (India Headquarter: Mumbai)
Q. 509 The government recently launched which scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi
Pariyojana (PMBJP) for women?
Answer: ‘JANAUSHADHI SUVIDHA’, the Oxo-biodegradable Sanitary Napkin.
Q. 510 Name the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of IDBI Bank who was recently appointed as
a deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
Answer: Mahesh Kumar Jain
Q. 511 According to a recently released ‘Status of Environment Report, India 2015’, India’s forest cover was
_______ in 2015.
Answer: 21.34 %. Mizoram with 89% has the highest forest cover compared to other states and UTs.
Q. 512 Environment friendly, clean and equipped with amenities of international standards for tourists, 13
Indian beaches will soon get___________
Answer: Blue Flag certification. Chandrabhaga Beach in Odisha got the first such certificate.
Q. 513 The Union Cabinet has approved what amount bailout package for the ailing sugar industry in the
country?
Answer: Rs. 8500 Crores
Q. 514 Government (Union Finance Ministry) has signed loan agreement of what amount with World Bank
to provide additional financing for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) rural road projects?
Answer: US $500 million (Rs 3,371 crore)
Q. 515 Name the Indian who works on satellite navigation for French major Safran and has been appointed
ambassador for an initiative in France to encourage girls to follow scientific careers and take it to higher
education levels?
Answer: Priyanka Das from Assam
Q. 516 According to a Morgan Stanley report India is expected to be a leader in shared mobility by-
Answer: 2030
Q. 517 What is the name of the “World’s emptiest airport” that India has agreed to develop since it was loss-
making?
Answer: Mattala International airport in Sri Lanka.
Q. 518 Recently servers of Cosmos banks were hacked, headquarters of Cosmos bank is located in-
Answer: Pune, Maharashtra

Q. 519 ILO’s ‘India Wage Report: Wage policies for decent work and inclusive growth’ says that Indian
workers were paid less than the indicative national minimum wage. What percent of workers were paid less?
Answer: 33 % i.e. 62 million
ASIAN GAMES 2018 Gold Medal Winners and their Sports
SPORTS NAME EVENT

Wrestling Bajrang Poonia Freestyle 65 Kg
Wrestling Vinesh Phogat Women’s Freestyle 50 Kg
Shooting Saurabh Chaudhary Men's 10 metre air pistol
Shooting Rahi Sarnobat Women's 25 metre pistol
Rowing Sawarn Singh Men's quadruple sculls
Dattu Baban Bhokanal
Om Prakash
Sukhmeet Singh
Lawn Tennis Rohan Bopanna
Divij Sharan
Athletics Tajinderpal Singh Toor Men's shot put
Athletics Neeraj Chopra Javelin Throw
Athletics Manjit Singh Men's 800 metres
Athletics Arpinder Singh Triple Jump
Athletics Swapna Barman Women's heptathlon
Athletics Jinson Johnson Men's 1500 metres
Athletics M. R. Poovamma Women's 4 x 400 m relay
Saritaben Gaikwad
Hima Das
Vismaya
Boxing Amit Panghal Light flyweight (49 kg)
Bridge Pranab Bardhan Men’s Pair
Shibhnath Sarkar
IMPORTANT DAYS
EVENT DATE THEME

World Ozone Day September 16 ‘Keep Cool and Carry On: The
Montreal Protocol’
International Day of September 15 Democracy under Strain: Solutions
Democracy for a Changing World
National Engineer’s Day September 15
International Day for South- September 12
South Cooperation
International Literacy Day September 08 Literacy and skill development
World Suicide Prevention September 10
Day
International Day of Charity September 05
World coconut day September 02
International Day of the August 30
Victims of Enforced
Disappearances
International Day against August 29
Nuclear Tests
National Sports Day August 29
International Day for the August 23
Remembrance of the Slave
Trade
World Mosquito Day August 20

World Photography Day August 19
World Humanitarian Day August 19 #NotATarget.
World Senior Citizen Day August 21
World Elephant Day and August 12
International Youth Day
International left handers August 13
day
Earth Overshoot Day August 01
World Ranger Day July 31
World Day against July 30 Responding to the trafficking of
Trafficking in Persons children and young people
8th International Tiger July 29
World Hepatitis Day July 28 Test. Treat. Hepatitis
Nelson Mandela July 18
International Day
International Malala Day July 12
World Youth Skills Day July 15
World Population Day July 11 Family Planning is a Human right
Global Forgiveness Day, July 07 Theme of Cooperatives Day:
International Co-operative Sustainable consumption and
Day, World Chocolate Day production
World Zoonosis Day July 06
World UFO day, World July 02
Sports Journalists Day
National Doctor’s Day, GST July 01 Doctor Day theme: Zero tolerance to
Day violence against doctors and clinical
establishment.
12th Statistics Day June 29
International Day of Tropics June 29
UN MSME Day June 27 The Youth Dimension
International Day Against June 26 Listen First – Listening to children
Drug Abuse and Illicit and youth is the first step to help
Trafficking them grow healthy and safe
Day for Seafarer June 25 Seafarers wellbeing
United Nations Public June 23 Transforming governance to realize
Service Day the Sustainable Development Goals
World Music Day June 21
International Yoga Day June 21 Yoga for Peace
World Refugee Day June 20 Now More Than Ever, We Need to
Stand with Refugees
International Picnic Day June 18
National Reading Day June 17
World Day to Combat June 17 Land has true value – invest in it
Desertification (WDCD)
World Elder Abuse June 15
Awareness Day (WEAAD)
World Blood Donor Day June 14 Be there for someone else. Give
blood. Share life
World Day Against Child June 12 Generation Safe & Healthy
Labour
World Ocean Day and the June 08

World Tumor Day
World Environment Day June 05 Beat the Plastic
International Day of June 04
Innocent Children Victims of
Aggression
First World Bicycle Day June 03
Global Day of Parents June 01
OTHER IMPORTANT SPORTSPERSONS
SPORT PLAYERS SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT (IF ANY)

Badminton PV Sindhu Flag bearer of opening ceremony CWG 2018
Sourabh Verma Clinched the 2018 Russian Open badminton
tournament which took place in Vladivostok,
Russia
Mannu Attri and Won the men’s doubles title at Lagos
Sumeeth Reddy International Badminton in Lagos, Nigeria.
Shooting Elavenil Valarivan Won gold in ISSF Junior World Cup in Sydney.
Manu Bhakar
Muskaan
Pooja Ghatkar
Shreyasi Singh
Ankur Mittal
Om Mitharwal
Anish Bhanwala Youngest Indian to win gold in CWG ever
Shazar Rizvi
Shardul Vihan Silver Medal in Asian games in double trap
shooting
Boxing Mary kom Flag Bearer in closing ceremony of CWG 2018
also first ever Indian women to win gold in
boxing in CWG.
Neeraj Goyat Indian boxer who was recently conferred WBC
Asia Boxer
Wrestling Sanjita Chanu Won gold in the 53 kg category respectively at
the 2018 CWG.
Mirabai Chanu Won gold for India in the 48 kg category
respectively at the 2018 CWG.
Bajrang Punia
Rahul Aware
Javelin Throw Neeraj Chopra Won gold medal at Sotteville Athletics Meet in
France
Hammer Throw Ashish Jakhar Gold medal in the men's hammer throw event
in the 2018 Asian Junior Championship in Japan
Lawn Tennis Prajnesh Gunneswaran Won the prestigious T.K. Ramanathan award for
the year 2017-18
Yuki Bhambri Won the 2018 Santaizi ATP Challenger
tournament in Taipei
Bhavani Devi Fencing Won a silver medal in the sabre event of the
Tournoi World Cup Satellite Fencing
Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Squash Ramit Tondon He has recently won the 2018 Abu Dhabi Open
squash title.
Billiards Pankaj Advani Asian Billiards Championship
Athletics Hima Das Won a Gold Medal in World U20
Championships held in Tampere Stadium,
Finland in 400m race.
Gavit Murli Kumar (long Gold medal in the Gouden Spike meet at
distance runner) Leiden, Netherlands
Muhammad Anas Silver (Men’s 400m) in Asian Games 2018
Yahiya
Dharun Ayyasami Silver (Men’s 400m Hurdles) Asian Games 2018
Neena Varakil Silver (Women’s Long Jump) Asian Games 2018
Arokia Rajiv 4*400 mixed relay silver in Asian Games 2018
Weightlifting Jhilli Dalabehera Bagged the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF
Junior World Weightlifting Championships at
Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Swimming Prabhat Koli first Asian to swim the choppy water from
Jersey (an Island in the UK) to France in cold
weather.
Golf Gaganjeet Bhullar his first European Tour title at the Fiji
International, at Natadola Bay Championship
Golf Course, in Fiji.
Viraj Madappa Became the youngest Indian to win on the
Asian Tour
Cycling Esow Alben Won India’s first medal (a silver medal) at the
2018 UCI Junior Track Cycling World
championships in Switzerland.
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Answer: Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas

Q. 13 Ganpatrao Andalka passed away recently. He was a/an -

Q. 19 Which two personalities were awarded ‘Santokbaa Humanitarian Award'?

Answer: United Kingdom (UK)

Answer: Andhra Pradesh (CM: N. Chandrababu Naidu, Governor: ESL Narasimhan)

Answer: Freedom Fighter

Answer: Bimal Jalan

Answer: Satrughna Pandav

Answer: Financial Software and Systems (FSS)

Q. 67 Vijay Shankar Vyas died recently in Jaipur, Rajasthan, he was a?

Answer: Lippa-Asra wildlife sanctuary in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh.

Answer: Manoj Jhalani

Q. 84 Festival of Harvest “Nuakhai” was celebrated on September 14 recently in which state?

Answer: Ramendra Kumar

Answer: Hima Das was appointed as Sports Ambassador of Assam.

Answer: Seoul, South Korea.

Answer: Madhya Pradesh

Answer: IOWave18. India along with 23 other nations will be participating.

Answer: Justice Tahira Safdar

Answer: Ukraine (Capital: Kiev, Currency: hryvnia)

Answer: 46th Chief Justice of India.

Answer: Pindara Thakur village

Answer: Akshay Kumar- starrer “Gold"

Answer: Sunil Mehta

Answer: $346 million

Answer: Union traffic management (UTM)

Answer: Prachi Mishra

Answer: K Vijay Raghavan.

Answer: ICICI Bank

Answer: Jhulan Goswami

Answer: Uday Kumar Varma

Answer: Freedom Baby

Answer: Paul Raj

Answer: Politician. Senior Congress leaders.

Answer: David Beckham

Answer: National Electoral Transformation (NETA) mobile application

Q. 208 Nandamuri Harikrishna died recently, he was a-

Answer: Pitch to MOVE

Answer: NABARD (Headquartered: Mumbai)

Answer: B Sesikeran, former director of National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)

Answer: Panchkula, Haryana

Answer: Malayalam poet and Sahitya Akademi awardee

Answer: Manipur Dr. Najma A. Heptulla

Answer: Hyderabad, Telangana.

Answer: Michelle Bachelet

Q. 259 Somnath Chatterjee passed away recently he was a-

Answer: Vijaya Bank (Headquarter: Bengaluru)

Answer: Subrata Dutta

Answer: Annie Zaidi

Answer: Exercise Maitree

Answer: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (CM: Pinyari Vijayan, Governor: P. Sadhasivam)

Answer: Karnataka (CM: HD Kumaraswamy, Governor: Vajubhai Vala)

Answer: MOPAD is Multi Option Payment Acceptance Device.

Answer: Ajay Singh (Spice Jet)

Answer: IDBI Bank

Answer: Injeti Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate Affairs)

Q. 333 As per Bloomberg Billionaires Index, who is the richest Asian?

Answer: INS Tarangini

Answer: The Eat Right Movement

Answer: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Answer: NITI Aayog