Shailendra Education Society’s

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“MIND BENDERS”
Quiz Club Updates 3rd April, 2018

1. Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of the National Testing Agency (NTA)?

[A] Ritvik Ranjanam Pandey

[B] B Kishore

[C] Vineet Joshi

[D] Nitishwar Kumar

Ans : [C] Vineet Joshi

2. The Union Cabinet has approved formulation of a new Integrated Scheme for School Education by
subsuming which of the following schemes?

[A] Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

[B] Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan

[C] Teacher Education

[D] All of the above

Ans : [D] All of the above

3. The Union Cabinet has approved MoU between India and SACEP for cooperation on oil and chemical
pollution in the South Asian Seas Region. What does ‘SACEP’ stands for?
[A] South Asian Campatibility Environment Programme
[B] South Asian Cooperative Environment Programme
[C] South Asian Connectivity Environment Programme [D] South Asian Coercive Environment Programme
Ans : [B] South Asian Cooperative Environment Programme
4. Who has been elected as the new President of Egypt?

[A] Moussa Mostafa Moussa

[B] El-Sayyid el-Badawi

[C] Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

[D] Ahmed Shafik Sisi

Ans : [C] Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

5. Which union ministry has recently joined hands with Ministry of Power to support household
electrification scheme ‘Saubhagya’?

[A] Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

[B] Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

[C] Ministry of Rural Development

[D] Ministry of Women and Child Development

Ans : [A] Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

6. R K Dorendra Singh, who passed away recently, was the former Chief Minister of which state?

[A] Punjab

[B] Manipur

[C] Assam

[D] Nagaland

Ans : [B] Manipur

7. Who has been appointed as the new Deputy Election Commissioner of India?

[A] Anurag Agarwal

[B] Mukul Ratra

[C] Girish C Hosur

[D] Chandra Bhushan Kumar

Ans : [D] Chandra Bhushan Kumar

8. Which state government has recently raised retirement age of state govt employees from 60 to 62 years?

[A] Madhya Pradesh

[B] Rajasthan

[C] Punjab

[D] Uttar Pradesh

Ans : [A] Madhya Pradesh

9. Who has been appointed as the new Joint Secretary of 15th Finance Commission of India?

[A] Krishna Bahadur Singh

[B] Ravi Kota

[C] Anoop Singh

[D] Sanjay Adlakha

Ans : [B] Ravi Kota

10. The Rangit dam is build across which tributary of Tista River in Sikkim?

[A] Rangpo River

[B] Rangit River

[C] Lachung River

[D] Ringyong Chhu River

Ans : [B] Rangit River

11. The first mega food park of Rajasthan has come up in which city?
[A] Kota
[B] Ajmer
[C] Jaipur
[D] Udaipur
Ans : [B] Ajmer
12. Who has been appointed as chairman of the central panel of the 65th National Film Awards (NFA)?
[A] Shekhar Kapur
[B] Imtiaz Hussain
[C] Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
[D] P Sheshadri
Ans : [A] Shekhar Kapur
13. Who has been appointed as the new Director General Border Roads (DGBR)?
[A] SK Shrivastava
[B] Deepak Jain
[C] Harpal Singh
[D] Sanjeev Kumar
Ans : [C] Harpal Singh
14. Which state is hosting the 17th Sub-junior National Wushu Championship 2018?
[A] Himchal Pradesh
[B] Punjab
[C] Jammu & Kashmir
[D] Sikkim
Ans : [C] Jammu & Kashmir
15. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ayushman Bharat – National
Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)?
[A] Suraj Gupta
[B] Deepankar Singhvi
[C] Kirti Pal Saxena
[D] Indu Bhushan
Ans : [D] Indu Bhushan
16. Who is the newly elected President of Myanmar?
[A] Win Myint
[B] Htin Kyaw
[C] Myint Swe
[D] Henry Van Thio
Ans : [A] Win Myint
17. ISRO has successfully launched GSAT-6A satellite from which rocket vehicle?
[A] GSLV-F07
[B] GSLV-F09
[C] GSLV-F05
[D] GSLV-F08
Ans : [D] GSLV-F08
18. The 114th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC)between India and Pakistan has started in
which city?
[A] Islamabad
[B] New Delhi
[C] Karachi
[D] Shimla
Ans : [B] New Delhi