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Explanation: This was Novak’s fourth Wimbledon and 13th overall grand slam. In women’s category
Angelique Kerber of Germany won the title. She defeated Serena Williams.
Q. 115 Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh announced the “National
Policy on Marine Fisheries, 2017” on “Marine Fisheries-Mariculture in India” at?
Answer: Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu
Explanation: Shri Radha Mohan Singh is the MP (Lok Sabha) from Purvi Champaran, Bihar.
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Q. 2 RBI has given approval to which foreign bank to operate in the country through a wholly-owned
subsidiary route under the name SBM Bank (India)?
Answer: State Bank of Mauritius
Q. 3 Name the Indian-Australian mathematician who was awarded the Fields medal at the International
Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
Answer: Akshay Venkatesh
Q. 4 President gave whom the Outstanding Parliamentarian award for 2017?
Answer: Bhartruhari Mahtab
Q. 5 Who has been re-elected as Zimbabwe’s (Capital: Harare. Currency: Dollar) president?
Answer: Emmerson Mnangagwa
Q. 6 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: New Delhi
Q. 7 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. 8 What are the key decisions of RBI’s recenty3rd 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. 9 Who is the new Director (Finance) of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)?
Answer: C B Anantha krishnan
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Q. 13 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. 14 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. 15 Defense manufacturer Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL) signed an MoU with SAAB to market air-
surveillance radar. SAAB is a firm from?
Answer: Sweden (Capital: Stockholm, Currency: Krone)
Q. 16 Who has been announced as the Chef de Mission of the Asian Games-bound Indian contingent?
Answer: Brij Bhushan Saran Singh
Explanation: Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Saran Singh would be named the Chef de
Mission of the Asian Games-bound Indian contingent. Asian games 2018 will be held at Indonesian cities of
Jakarta and Palembang.
Q. 17 Which IIT recently launched world’s first remotely operable LEAP microscope?
Answer: Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M)
Q. 18 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. 19 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. 20 Which bank 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?
Answer: State Bank of India (SBI)
Q. 21 Chairman & Managing Director of which airline received the USISPF Leadership Award at the first
Annual Leadership Summit?
Answer: Ajay Singh (Spice Jet)
Q. 22 Life Insurance Corporation of India’s (LIC’s) board has approved acquiring up to 51% stake in which
bank?
Answer: IDBI Bank
Q.23 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)
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Explanation: France won the world cup by defeating Croatia (capital: Zagreb, currency:Kuna) in the Final.
Mascot:Zabivaka – “the one who scores” (in Russian)
Answer: India
World Customs Organisation (WCO) headquarters: Brussels capital of Belgium (Currency: Franc)
Q. 26 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. 27 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development have joined hands which bank to provide
collateral-free credit to tenant farmers of Telangana?
Answer: State Bank of India (SBI)
Q.28 What is Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s, prediction of India’s
economic growth for 2018?
Answer: 7.4%
Q. 29 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. 30 Which cricketer recently became the fourth Indian to achieve the mark of 10,000 runs in ODIs?
Answer: MS Dhoni
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Q. 31 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. 32 Which Indian has been named as the executive director of thepanel on digital cooperation aimed to
deal with the “dark side” of digital innovation set up by UN Chief (Antonio Guterres)?
Answer: New Zealand (Phil and Anthony Butler, father and son)
Q. 35 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. 36 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. 37 Which ship of the Indian Navy has embarked on to #Lokayan-18 voyage to participate in the
prestigious ‘tall ship races – 2018’?
Q. 39 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. 40 Vice President has appointed whom as the Director General of ICWA (Indian Council of World Affairs)?
Answer:T.C.A. Raghavan
Q. 41 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. 42 Which bank has approved Lining Project of Son canal in Shahabad-Bhojpur region of Bihar?
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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. 43 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. 44 Recently India became the 69thshareholder of which bank?
Answer:European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Q. 45 With which bank Indian Army signed an MoU on the Defense Salary Package?
Answer:SBI (State Bank of India)
Q. 46 What is India’s rank in the Global Innovation Index (GII) developed by Cornell University, Insead and
the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO headquartered at Geneva)?
Answer:57th
Q. 47 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. 48 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. 49 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. 50 Which company announced launch of Mutual Funds transactional capabilities on Facebook Messenger
through their virtual assistant, Arya?
Answer:HDFC securities
Q. 51 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. 52 Which Indian naval ship became the first-ever warship to enter port of Sabang in Indonesia?
Answer: INS Sumitra.
Q. 53 Which organization adopted Resolution 2427 aimed at formulating a framework for protection, rights,
well-being and empowerment of children?
Answer:UN Security Council
Q. 54 Which state emerged as the best state in Ease of Doing Report of DIPP and World Bank?
Answer:Andhra Pradesh
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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. 55 The book “Winning Like Sourav: Think & Succeed Like Ganguly” has been written by-
Answer:Abhirup Bhattacharya
Q. 56 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?
Q. 58 Which state recently has given religious minority status to its Jewish Community?
Answer: Gujarat
Q. 59 Which state will launch the scheme called “one farmer one transformer” to reduce electricity losses?
Answer:Maharashtra
Q. 60 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. 61 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.
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Q. 65 RBI recently announced the cancellation of license of which cooperative bank due to its bad position
to pay its depositors in full?
Q. 72 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. 73 PM addressed the 8th International Convention of Saurashtra Patel Cultural Samaj through video
conference which was held in-
Answer:California, US
Q. 74 Who won the gold medal in the 65kg category at the Tbilisi Grand Prix in Georgia?
Answer: Bajrang Poonia (Wrestler)
Q. 75 Which Indian bank has gone past Russia's Sberbank to become the most valuable bank in the emerging
market outside China?
Answer: HDFC Bank
Explanation: The bank has also launched Digital Loans against Mutual Funds in partnership with transfer
agent CAMS.
Q. 76 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
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Q. 77 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. 78 Airport authority of India has allocated Rs.1200 crores, for the establishment of Civil Aviation Research
Organization (CARO) at-
Answer: Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad
Q. 79 UNESCO entered into an agreement with Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board (APEDB) for
setting up a ‘Design University for Gaming’ in-
Answer:Visakhapatnam
Q. 80 International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) has issued the first BS-VI certification for a
heavy-duty engine model for-
Answer: SEBI
Q. 84 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. 85 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. 86 Appointed as the chief military observer of the (UNMOGIP) Jose Eladio Alcain is from which country?
Answer: Uruguay (Capital: Montevideo, Currency: Peso)
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Q. 90 Which state governmentallocated Rs 15 crore for the implementation of a pension scheme for senior
journalists, called “Acharya Balshastri Jambhekar Sanman Yojana”?
Answer:Maharashtra
Q. 91 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. 92 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)
Q. 93 Niti Aayog recently launched #Innovate India Platform”, which is a collaboration between?
Answer:Atal Innovation Mission and MyGov.
Q. 94 Recently Union Cabinet gave its approval to rename the Agartala Airport in Tripura as-
Answer: Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore Airport
Q. 95 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. 96 JG Nadkarni died recently. He was a-
Answer: Former Chief of Naval Staff
Q. 97 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. 98 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. 99 As per report of Prime Database Investment Bankers League table for FY 2017-18, which is India’s top
investment bank for equity issuance by private sector companies?
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Answer:Tokyo, Japan
Q. 101 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. 106 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. 107 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. 108 Who was appointed the new chairman and managing director (CMD) of SAIL (Steel Authority of India
Limited)?
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Answer:Business France
Q. 112 Which state has bagged the top award in the country by enrolling 68.26 per cent women for ante
natal check-up by a doctor under the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)?
Answer:Himachal Pradesh
Q. 113 Who has been recently appointed as the Director and General Manager of the United India Insurance
Company?
Answer: K B Vijay Srinivas
Explanation: Dutee Chand (representing Odisha) broke her 100m national record to become the fastest
woman of the meet.
Q. 117 Which Indian airport performed best and secured a world rank of 261 in the OTP (On Time
Punctuality) rating conducted by OAG?
Q. 122 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?
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Answer: Maharashtra
Q. 123 3rd Annual Meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was recently held in-
Answer: Mumbai
Q. 124 Who has been recently appointed as whole-time member of the Securities and Exchange Board of
India?
Answer: Anant Barua
Q. 125 With which neighboring country India agreed to institute Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) as an annual
exercise between navies?
Answer: Bangladesh
Explanation: India also conducts similar CORPAT with Indonesia (31st such CORPAT was recently held at
Belawan, Indonesia)
Q. 126 India recently signed an MoU with which country to enhance cooperation in biotechnology and
traditional medicine?
Answer: Cuba (Currency: Peso, Capital: Havana)
Q. 127 Government recently released a commemorative coin of Rs 125 and circulation coin of Rs 5
denomination to mark the 125th Birth Anniversary of-
Answer: 35
Q. 130 Cabinet has approved the capital infusion of what amount for strengthening of Export Credit
Guarantee Corporation (ECGC)?
Answer: Rs.2000 crores
Q. 131 India has pledged to increase its contribution for the next four years to Global Environment Facility
(GEF) to what amount-
Answer: $15 million
Q. 132 Which country has gifted a pair of giant Aldabra tortoise to India?
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Q. 134 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. 135 Which bank has approved $200 million investment in the National Infrastructure and Investment
Fund (NIIF)?
Answer: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) (Headquarter: Beijing, China)
Q. 136 Who declared the Victorian and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai as the World Heritage Property?
Answer: World Heritage Committee of UNESCO
Q. 137 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. 138 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.
Q. 139 Who will head the committee set up to lay down standards for metro rail systems in the country?
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Q. 144 Which state Government announced the launch of the Rs 870-crore pilot project of Suryashakti Kisan
Yojana (SKY)?
Answer:Gujarat
Q. 145 Veteran Prabhakar Choubey passed away after a prolonged illness in Raipur recently. He was a?
Answer:Journalist and litterateur. Swapan Sarkar also passed away recently, he was a sports journalist.
Q. 146 Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director of State Bank of India?
Answer:Arijit Basu
Q. 147 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)
Q. 148 PM recently inaugurated which state’s urban transport scheme named ‘Sutra Seva’?
Answer:Madhya Pradesh
Q. 149 Which sportsperson was honored as the Sportsperson of the Year for 2017 by the Sports Illustrated
India magazine?
Answer:Kidambi Srikanth
Q. 150 Who will succeed Sunil Mittal as ICC chairman (International Chamber of Commerce)?
Answer:Paul Polman
Q. 151 Which Indian bank has featured at 60th rank in the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands
ranking?
Answer:HDFC Bank
Q. 152 Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a nature centre called ‘YO1 Nature Cure
Center’?
Answer: New York City
Explanation: This year’s International Yoga Day’s (21June) main event was held in Dehradun.
Q. 153 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. 154 The Conference on “International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development 2018-
2028” was recently held in?
Answer: Dushanbe, Tajikistan (Currency: Both Somoni and Ruble)
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Q. 155 One97 Communications, which runs Paytm, has appointed which former RBI Deputy Governor as an
advisor?
Q. 157Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation announced which city as the 100th Smart City?
Answer:Shillong, capital city of Meghalaya
Q. 158 Name the world’s most powerful and smartest scientific supercomputer developed by US scientists?
Answer: Summit
Explanation: The app has been launched under ‘Mission Tandarust Punjab’.
Q. 166 Which state has launched 7-Star Gram Panchayat Rainbow scheme to give star rankings to its
panchayats on the basis of seven social parameters?
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Answer: Haryana
Q. 167 Which Union Ministry launched National Digital Library of India (NDLI) on the occasion of National
Reading Day (June 17)?
Q. 169 RBI tightens norms for Liberalized Remittance Scheme (LRS) by making quoting of PAN mandatory
even for transactions below __________.
Answer: USD 25,000
Q. 170 Who will head (convener) the government constituted chief ministers' sub-group to coordinate policy
approaches for agriculture and MGNREGS?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh CM Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan
Q. 171 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. 172 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. 173 Jiten Chakraborty passed away in Guwahati recently. He was a-
Q. 175 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. 176 Who is the new Prime Minister of Jordan?
Answer: Omar-al-Razzaz
Q. 177 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. 178 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. 179 Adiraju Venkateswara Rao passed away in Hyderabad recently he was a-
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Answer: Shikhar Dhawan (This test match was played in M. Chinnaswamy Bangalore stadium)
Q. 181 General Motors recently announced which Indian origin person as Chief Financial Officer?
Answer: Dhivya Suryadevara. She along with three othersIndia-origin persons have been included in
Fortune’s Ledger ’40 Under 40′ list of achievers. Out of 4 selected three are women.
Q. 182 Flipkart-owned PhonePe has partnered with which cab aggregator that will allow riders to book rides.
Answer: Ola
Q. 183 Mulubha Jadeja passed away recently, he was a-
Answer: Former cricketer from Saurashtra
Q. 184 Who won Gold in the 20th International Umakhanov boxing Tournament held in Kaspiysk, Russian
Federation?
Answer: Saweety Bora. Brijesh Yadav and Virender Kumar won silver.
Q. 185 Which company is the highest ranked Indian firm (ranked 83) in Forbes magazine's 'Global 2000' list
this year?
Q. 187 Which bank will raise Rs 24,000 crores in foreign direct investment (FDI) to fund its business growth?
Answer: HDFC Bank
Explanation: Private banks have FDI limit of 74 percent. With this raise HDFC will hit the ceiling of 74%.
Q. 188 With what theme Department of Posts and Viet Nam Post have jointly issued passport?
Q. 190 Motif of which monument is on the reverse side of new lavender colored Mahatma Gandhi series Rs.
100 notes released by RBI?
Answer:Rani Ki Vav - a heritage site located in Gujarat
Explanation:The new Rs. 100 banknote, 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).
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Q. 191 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. 192 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. 193 Which state emerged 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?
Answer: Gujarat
Q. 194 ISRO’s rocket sciences arm Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) has decided to transfer its which
technology to successful Indian industries and start-ups on non-exclusive basis in automobiles for Rs. 1
crore?
Answer: lithium ion (Li ion) cell technology
Q. 195 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. 196 First national police museum will come up at?
Answer:New Delhi
Q. 197 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. 198 YouTube has invested how much money to counter the spread of fake news on its platform?
Answer:$25 million
Q. 199 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. 200 The 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships (18th edition) took place at?
Answer:Gifu, Japan. India finished third with 17 medals (5 Golds)
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Q. 203 Who has taken over as the executive director in the EEPC India, the apex organization of engineering
exporters?
Answer: Suranjan Gupta
Q. 204 Private sector Karur Vysya Bank has entered into a bancassurance partnership with which company?
Explanation: India will host first military exercise of the BIMSTEC Countries in September 2018 in Pune,
Maharashtra.
Q. 209 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. 210 Laxman Patil-Bhosle also known as ‘Lokyukta’ passed away recently he was a-
Answer: Socialist leader
Q. 211 Which bank appointed former RBI deputy governor Harun Rashid Khan as non- executive part time
chairman?
Answer: Bandhan Bank (Headquarter at Kolkata).
Q. 212 Zakum oilfield is in which country from where ONGC Videsh Ltd. received its first equity oil to New
Mangalore port?
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Q. 213 Which 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'?
Answer:Antonio Vitorino
Q. 216 As per DIPP Foreign direct investment in India increased to ________ in 2017-18.
Answer: USD 61.96 billion
Q. 217 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. 218 Which state recently launched a ‘Business First Portal’ to give a big push towards the ease of doing
business in the state?
Answer: Punjab
Q. 219 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. 220 Which Indian became the first Indian women cricketer to score 2000 runs in Twenty20
Internationals?
Answer: Mithali Raj
Q. 221 Which Indian cricketer was presented the Polly Umrigar Award for the best international cricketer
(2016-17 and 2017-18) by the BCCI?
Answer: Virat Kohli
Explanation: According to CEAT Cricket ratings awards Virat Kohli is also the International Cricketer of the
year, Shikhar Dhawan and Trent Boult are International Batsman and bowler of the year respectively.
Q. 222 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. 223 As per fifteenth edition of the QS World University Rankings which Indian institute has been ranked
as the highest ranked Indian institution?
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Answer: IIT Bombay has improved 17 ranks and has been placed in 162 nd spot
Q. 224 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. 225 To whom did China awarded its first highest state honor Friendship Medal?
Answer: Russian President Vladimir Putin
Q. 226 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.
Q. 227 Who will be the next chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs(CBIC)?
Answer: S Ramesh
Q. 228 The 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit was held at-
Answer: Qingdao, China (19th SCO summit will be held at Kyrgyzstan)
Explanation:Total there are eight SCO members China, Russia, Kazakhstan (capital: Astana), Kyrgyzstan
(capital: Bishkek), Tajikistan (Dushanbe), Uzbekistan (Tashkent), India and Pakistan.This was the first time
Indian and Pakistan attended SCO summit.
The Second edition of SCO- Afghanistan contact group meeting was held in Beijing.
Q. 229 Which country will be hosting the 11th World Hindi Congress in August?
Answer: Mauritius (capital: Port Louis, Currency: Rupee)
Explanation: The theme of the Conference will be “Vaishvik Hindi Aur Bharatiya Sanskriti “.
Q. 230 Which are the new non-permanent members of UN Security Council (UNSC)?
Answer: South Africa, Indonesia, Dominican Republic (capital: Santo Domingo), Germany and Belgium
(Brussels)
Q. 231 Who has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian
Nations)?
Answer: Rudrendra Tondon
Q. 232 World Bank’s ‘Global Economic Prospect’ report has estimated India’s GDP to grow at what percent?
Answer: 7.3% in this fiscal year, thus giving India the tag of “Fastest Growing Economy”.
Explanation: The World Bank has also approved Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY), a Rs.6000 crore Central Sector
Scheme.
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Q. 233 “Gandhi: The years that changed the world (1914-1948)” is a book by-
Answer:Ramchandra Guha
Q. 234 Which bank has acquired to acquire Micro-lender Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd (BFIL) through an all-
stock transaction?
Answer: IndusInd Bank (Headquarter: Mumbai)
Q. 235 Which lawyer of Indian ethnicity was appointed as the new Attorney general of Malaysia by the King
Sultan Muhammad V?
Q. 239 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. 240 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. 241 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. 242 Under Swachh Bharat Mission rural sanitation coverage of India has risen to 85%. Recent survey has
found usage of toilets in rural India is around?
Answer: 93.4%.
Q. 243The President has declared queen variety of pineapple as state fruit of which state?
Answer: Tripura
Q. 244 The Union Cabinet has approved The Union Cabinet has approved what amount bailout package for
the ailing sugar industry in the country?
Answer:Rs. 8500 Crores
Q. 245 Government (Union Finance Ministry) has signed loan agreement of what amountwith World Bank to
provide additional financing for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) rural road projects?
Answer:US $500 million (Rs 3,371 crore)
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Q. 246 Name the players awarded withthe 'Most Valuable Player' (MVP) in the Basketball Without Borders
Asia, event held in Noida?
Answer:Sanjana Ramesh compatriot Vaishnavi Yadav won the 'Girls Grit Award'.
Q. 247 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. 248 According to a Morgan Stanley report India is expected to be a leader in shared mobility by-
Answer: 2030
Q. 249 To emphasize the importance of financial literacy, RBI observed the week June 5-9, 2017 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. 250 Like Dalmia Bharat Group adopted Red Fort under “Adopt a Heritage scheme”, which Organisation
adopted Charminar of Hyderabad?
Answer: NTPC Ltd
Q. 251 Who has been sworn in as the Spain’s (capital: Madrid, Currency: Euro) new Prime Minister by King
Felipe?
Answer: Pedro Sánchez
Q. 252 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. 253 Which state recently launched a Zero-Based Natural Farming (ZBNF) scale-out scheme, aimed at
benefitting around six million farmers by 2024?
Answer:Andhra Pradesh
Explanation: Andhra Pradesh also became the first state to use disposable syringes recently the state also
decided to give Rs. 1000 monthly to the unemployed graduates under the scheme- “Yuva Nestam”.
Q. 254 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. 255 Which company recently became India’s first "one app, one minute" service that offers members
wealth creation, automated savings, and expense management through an award-winning user-interface?
Answer:Cube Wealth
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Q. 256 What was India’s rank in Save the Children’s "End of Childhood Index 2018” which ranked 175
countries this year?
Answer: 113
Q. 257 Which state recently launched "Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana" for working
journalists?
Answer: Odisha
Q. 258 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. 259 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. 260 Which bank has once again been recognized with the Champion Security Award at the 14th Visa Asia
Pacific Security Summit?
Answer: HDFC Bank
Q. 261 Who has been awarded the most inspiring icon of the year for Social Welfare award by the
Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF) for his exemplary contribution in the field of social
welfare?
Answer: Yuvraj Singh
Q. 264 Name the India’s CWG gold medalist Discus thrower who recently retired?
Answer: Vikas Gowda
Q. 265 Name the Kerala based cartoonist who has won top award in the best caricature category at the 13th
edition of the World Press Cartoon awards?
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Answer:Fincare Small Finance Bank (Headquarter: Bengaluru). The bank has also tied up with Edelweiss
Tokio Life Insurance to offer specialized product offerings to the bank customers.
Q. 270 United States has renamed its oldest and largest strategically important military command US Pacific
Command (PACOM) as?
Q. 273 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. 274 Which country’s women clinched the Uber Cup (Badminton) recently by beating Thailand in
Bangkok?
Answer: Japan
Q. 275 Recently who was elected as the Chairperson of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development
Federation of India Ltd. (TRIFED)?
Answer: Shri Ramesh Chand Meena
Q. 276 Who has been appointed as the President of National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission
(NCDRC)?
Q. 279 The first edition of Global Wind Summit will be held in ______ from September 25 to 28, 2018.
Answer: Hamburg, Germany
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Q. 280 The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognized which Indian Airport as the
world’s first fully solar energy-powered airport?
Answer: Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) in Kerala
Q. 281 Which company has signed MoU with Government to provide development support in eight worst
Naxal-affected districts in Chhattisgarh.
Answer: Tata Trusts
Q. 282 Zorawar Chand Bakshi passed away recently he was a -
Q. 284 Ganeshi Lal and Kummanam Rajasekharan were recently appointed as Governors of-
Answer: Odisha and Mizoram respectively
Q. 285 Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has announced what percent interest rate for 2017-
18?
Answer: 8.55%
Q. 286 Which country recently formally joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
Answer: Colombia (Capital: Bogota, Currency: Peso) NATO is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium
Q. 287 NITI Aayog has signed Statement of Intent (SoI) with which film personality to collaborate and
support its flagship Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) initiative?
Answer: Sushant Singh Rajput. He will also promote Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) digital payments app
for cashless economy.
Q. 288 ASEAN- India film festival was held in which city?
Answer: New Delhi
Q. 289 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina inaugurated
Bangladesh Bhawan at-
Answer: Vishwa Bharti University in Shanti Niketan, West Bengal.
Q. 290 The Fifteenth Finance Commission has constituted high level group under whose chairmanship to
explore and give recommendations for a balanced expansion of the health sector?
Answer: Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi
Q. 291 Name the 28-year-old mountaineer who has become only woman in the world to climb three highest
peaks in Nepal above 8,000 meters in one season within 25 days?
Answer: Nima Jangmu
Q. 292 Which NGO won the India Biodiversity Award 2018 in the “Conservation of wildlife species” category.
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh-based NGO Singchung Bugun Community Reserve (SBVCR).
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Q. 293 Which Indian bank has received approval from National Stock Exchange (NSE), to be empaneled as
‘Settlement Bank’ for National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCCL), a wholly owned subsidiary of NSE?
Answer: Yes Bank
Q. 294 3 -day long diversified cultural festival ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’ festival was held at?
Answer: Uttarakhand
Q. 295 Prime Minister Modi recently laid foundation stones for the revival of Sindri urea plant in which
state?
Answer: Jharkhand
Explanation: PM also laid the foundation stone for a 750-bed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
and an airport in Deoghar district. Modi also laid online the foundation stone for 800mwx5 super thermal
power plants in Patratu of Ramgarh district.
Q. 296 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. 297 The Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javdekar (MP (Rajya Sabha) from
Maharashtra) launched Samagra Shiksha scheme for school education from pre-school to senior secondary
levels. The scheme is an integration of three already existing schemes. Name the schemes?
Answer: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education
(TE).
Q. 298 Which Indian recently bagged the gold in the Grand Prix in Munich?
Answer: Tejaswini Sawant (Shooter)
Q. 299 Name the non-executive chairperson of various banks appointed by government on recommendation
of Banks Board Bureau (BBB)?
Answer: Charan Singh: Punjab & Sind Bank, Anjali Bansal: Dena Bank, and Tapan Ray of Central Bank of India.
Q. 300 Who was appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of Airtel Payments Bank?
Answer: Anubrata Biswas
Q. 301 According to World Health Statistics 2018 released by World Health Organisation (WHO), India saw
estimated how many cases of TB per 1,00,000 people in 2016?
Answer: 211 cases of tuberculosis (TB). India has pledged to eradicate tuberculosis by 2025, five years ahead
of global target set by WHO.
Q. 302 26th BASIC Ministerial Meeting of Environment Ministers was recently held in-
Answer: Durban. Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan (MP (Lok Sabha) from Chandini Chowk) represented
India at the event.
Explanation: He also led Indian delegation in Mission Innovation (MI) Ministerial at Malmo, Sweden. India
launches an international incubator for clean energy innovators in MI.
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Q. 303 World Bank through its arm IBRD has approved assistance of what amount to help scale up India’s
energy efficiency program to be implemented by the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)?
Answer: Rs 2,040 crore (US $300 million)
Q. 304 Recently which legendary singer was conferred the Banga Bibhushan award of the West Bengal
government?
Answer: Asha Bhosle. She has also been awarded 26th P C Chandra Puraskaar 2018.
Q. 305 Which country defeated India to lift the 5th Women’s Asian Champions Trophy in hockey?
Q. 307 Arunachal Pradesh recently found a place on the aviation map of the country as the state's first
commercial flight with Chief Minister Pema Khandu landed at-
Answer: Pasighat Advance Landing Ground in East Siang district
Q. 308 Which bank has consolidated most of its operational activities at a shared service Center (SSC), in
Gujarat's GIFT City making it the first India bank to actually move a lot of operation to the smart city?
Q. 310 Name the Indian-origin Sikh politician in Malaysia who has become a Cabinet minister, the first
member of the minority community in the country's history?
Answer: Gobind Singh Deo
Q. 311 Bansidhar Panda passed away recently he was a-
Answer: Well-known industrialist from Odisha and founder of Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA),
Q. 312 Name the new software launched in Rajasthan for presumptive diagnosis and monitoring of seasonal
and non-communicable diseases as well as the trends of ailments found in specific areas?
Answer: ‘Nidaan’
Q. 313 Election Commission of India (ECI) is launching multi-lingual mobile application called _______ ahead
of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Answer: Model Code of Conduct Violation Reporting App
Q. 314 What is India’s rank among 195 countries in terms of quality and accessibility of healthcare,
according to a Lancet study?
Answer: 145th. India is behind its neighbors like China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan,
Q. 315 The 4th Smart Cities India 2018 expo, co-locating five major verticals that make up our smart city
framework - Buildings, Solar, Smart Cities, Transport and Water, was recently held in-
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Q. 320 Where will be country's first national sports university be set up?
Answer: Imphal
Q. 321 Union Cabinet has approved additional changes to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code through an
ordinance. Now the home buyers will be considered as?
Answer: Financial creditors. Additionally, promoters of micro, small and medium enterprises would be able
to bid for their companies.
Q. 322 Which three judges recently were appointed to Supreme Court of India?
Answer: Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice KM Joseph,Madras High Court Chief Justice Indira Banerjee
and
Q. 324 What was India’s rank in terms of competitiveness, in the annual rankings compiled by International
Institute for Management Development (IMD)?
Answer: 44th
Q. 325 Which country recently submitted its instrument of accession thereby becoming the part of
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (Headquarter: Hague, Netherlands)?
Answer: Palestine (Capital: Jerusalem, Currency: Egyptian Pound)
Q. 326 Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure Legal Experts (RATS) an anti-terrorism meeting under the banner of
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
Answer: Pakistan
Q. 327 The six members of the Indian Navy Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini team who circumnavigated the globe
were presented with the Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017. The team was led by-
Answer: Lt Commander Vartika Joshi
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Q. 328 Who was appointed as Chairman of Press Council of India (PCI) for second term?
Answer: Former Supreme Court Judge CK Prasad
Q.329 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. 330 7th Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) meeting was recently held between India and
____?
Answer: USA
Q. 331 The government has cut the minimum annual deposit requirement for Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
accounts to Rs ____ from Rs 1,000 earlier?
Answer: 250
Q. 332 Which actor won the best actor award in the 2018 Dadasaheb Phalke Awards?
Answer: Varanasi
Q. 334 Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate in the Pitch Black – 2018 exercise to be held at?
Answer:Darwin Air Force Base, Australia.
Q. 335 Who became the first Transgender Lawyer of India?
Answer: Ramnagar, MP, MP will also host the 106th edition of Indian Science Congress (ISC-2019).
Explanation: RASHTRIYA GRAM SWARAJ ABHIYAN Scheme will be implemented during the period from April
01, 2018 to March 31, 2022 at the total cost of Rs. 7255.50 crore with the Central Share of Rs. 4500 crore
and that of State Share of Rs. 2755.50. The Central Component will be fully funded by the Government of
India. However, Centre: State funding pattern for State Component will be 60:40 for all States, except North
East and Hill States where Centre: State funding pattern will be 90:10. For all Union Territories (UTs) (with
and without legislatures), the Central share will be 100%.
Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) aims at "Incentivization of
Panchayats" and Capacity Building of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). PM launched the Rashtriya Gram
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Swaraj Abhiyan at Ramnagar in this tribal-dominated district of Madhya Pradesh on the occasion of National
Panchayati Raj Day. The government also conducted Kisan Kalyan Karyashala under RGSA.
Q. 338 To promote energy from waste the GOBAR-DHAN scheme was launched from which state?
Answer: Haryana
Explanation: Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation, Uma Bharti launched the GOBAR (Galvanizing
Organic Bio-Agro Resources) – DHAN scheme at Karnal, Haryana.
Q. 339 Ashok Mitra, a noted scholar recently passed away. He was also once the finance minister of which
state?
Answer: West Bengal
Explanation: He also worked with the Central Government as the Chief Economic Adviser from 1970-72. He
was a teacher of economics.
Q. 340 Who was recently appointed as the new Chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority of India (IRDAI)?
Answer: Subhash Chandra Khuntia
Q. 341 Which state has become the first Indian state to provide digitally-signed land record receipts?
Answer: Maharashtra
Q. 342 Who is the winner of 2018 Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix tournament?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton, He has also won the 2018 Formula 1 Spanish, Hungarian and German Grand Prix
tournament.
Chinese Grand Prix Winner: Daniel Ricciardo Australian GP: Sebastian Vettel
Q. 343 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. 344 Who recently became the first woman chief justice of any court in Pakistan?
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Answer: Philippines
Q. 350 15th Asia Media Summit (AMS-2018) was hosted by?
Answer: India
Q. 351 What was India’s rank at the 2018 A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index?
Answer: Eleventh
Q. 352 As per Asian Development Bank (ADB) estimates what would be India’s GDP growth rate for 2018-
19?
Answer: 7.3%
Explanation: For2019-20 the growth rate is projected at 7.6%.
Q. 353 International Children’s Theatre Festival 2018 was recently held in which state?
Answer: Kerala
Q. 354 Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of the National Testing Agency (NTA)?
Answer: Vineet Joshi
Q. 355 The first organized census of Indus Dolphins will be carried out in which state of India?
Answer: Punjab
Q. 356 Which city hosted the first apex conference for the CEOs of Smart Cities?
Answer: Bhopal
Explanation: Madhya Pradesh government has also launched India’s first Integrated Control and Command
Centre (ICCC) for its smart cities at the Bhopal Smart City Development Corporation Ltd. (BSCDCL) facility.
Q. 357 Who has been re-appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India?
Q. 360 What is the India’s rank in the Lowy Institute Asia-Pacific Power Index?
Answer: Fourth
Q. 361 Who was recently elected as the new President of Costa Rica (Capital: San Jose, Currency: Colon)?
Answer: Carlos Alvarado
Q. 362 Rajinder Pal, passed away recently, he was associated with which sports?
Answer: Cricket
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Answer: Telangana
Q. 366 As per latest Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR). What is the India’s rank on the
Global Optimism Index (GOI) in the first quarter of 2018?
Answer: Sixth
Q. 367 FICCI Ladies Organisation, launched which mobile app aimed at creating awareness on preventive
healthcare for women?
Answer: “WOW” (Wellness of Women).
Q. 368 Who will head the Parliamentary panel to study the recovery of black money and performance of
public sector banks for 2018-19?
Q. 371 According to the Fitch’s second-quarter Sovereign Credit Overview for Asia Pacific region, India’s
growth rate in FY 19 is_______.
Answer: 7.3%
Q. 372 “Across the Bench – Insight into the Indian Military Judicial System” is written by whom?
Q. 375 In which India city the UNDP has proposed to set up skill development to empower vulnerable and
marginalized women?
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Answer: Hyderabad
Q. 376 Nandram Das Bairagi, recently passed away he was a _______
Answer: Film Lyricist. He was from Madhya Pradesh
Q. 378 2018 RedInk award for lifetime achievement in journalism was given to?
Answer: Mark Tully
Q. 379 Who has been honored with the 2018 Nikkei Asia Prize in Japan?
Answer: Bindeshwar Pathak
Q. 380 Xavier Rusta, Surendra Nihal and Govind Lal Vohra recently passed away, they were from which field?
Answer: Journalism
Q. 381 The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched which comprehensive plan” to eliminate
industrially-produced artificial trans fats from the global food supply by 2023?
Answer: REPLACE
Q. 382 First-ever executive committee meeting of South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) was
held in which city?
Answer: Kolkata
Q. 383 Yamunabai Waikar passed away, she was a _______
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Q. 390 Who has become the India’s youngest women to scale Mt Everest from Nepal side?
Answer: Shivangi Pathak
Q. 391 Who has been sworn-in as new Chief Justice of Manipur High Court?
Answer: Shoplifters.
Explanation: The director of the movie is Japanese Hirokazu Kore-eda. Marcello Fonte has won the best
actor award for his movie Dogman.
Q. 394 Who is the new President of Hockey India (HI)?
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Answer: Nepal (Kathmandu). First ‘Nepal-India Think Tank’ Summit was also held in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Q. 404 Who will be conferred with the prestigious V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement award at the 55th
Maharashtra State Marathi Film Festival?
Q. 408 World Bank has agreed what amount to revitalize natural resources in Meghalaya?
Answer: $48 million
Q. 409 As per World Bank’s latest “South Asia Economic Focus report” what is India’s projected growth rate
for 2020?
Answer: 7.5%
Q. 410 Pocket Cop Project for police force has been started by which state?
Answer: Gujarat
Q. 411 Bhimsain, who passed away recently was from which field?
Answer: Film Director
Q. 412 Who has been elected the new president of the Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC)?
Answer: TK Rajalakshmi
Q. 413 River bridge ‘Ib Setu’ (on Ib river) was opened to public in which state?
Answer: Odisha
Q. 414 Which bank has allowed depositors to withdraw cash from its Point of Sale (PoS) devices?
Answer: SBI
Explanation: SBI has also signed pact with India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation (IMGC) to offer mortgage
guarantee backed home loan.
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Answer:“Mission Satyanishtha”
Q. 418 Which cricketer recently became the quickest player to reach the 1000 runs in one-day internationals
(ODI)?
Q. 420 Khongjom Day a day to pay tributes to the great warriors was observed by which state?
Answer:Manipur.
Q. 421 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. 422 Located in West Bengal which gram panchayat has recently been declared as the India’s best
panchayat?
Answer: Digambarpur Panchayat
Q. 423 Who has been elected as the President of International Kabaddi Federation (formed in 2004)?
Explanation: ADB has also sanctioned $80 million to boost youth employability in Himachal Pradesh.
Q. 425 India will tie up with which of the following countries to develop a pollution-forecast system?
Answer: Finland and USA
Q. 426 World’s First-ever female foreign ministers’ meeting was hosted by which country?
Answer: Canada
Q. 427 What was India’s rank in the 2018 World Press Freedom Index (WPFI)?
Answer:138
Q. 428 Who has been elected as the new President of Paraguay (Capital: Asuncion, Currency:
Guarani)?Answer: Mario Abdo Benitez
Q. 429 Which Indian carrier has recently become the member of the International Air Transport Association
(IATA)?
Answer: Vistara
Q. 430 Who has become the first woman lawyer to be directly promoted as a judge of the Supreme Court
(SC)?
Answer: Indu Malhotra
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Q. 431 Which Indian shooters were made brand ambassador for Haryana’s Measles and Rubella (MR)
vaccination campaign?
Answer: Gauri Sheoran and Manu Bhaskar
Q. 432 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. 433 2017 Saraswati Samman was given to?
Q. 435 Which bank recently got RBI’s nod toopen offices in Bahrain, Kuwait and Singapore.
Answer: Federal Bank.
Explanation: Bahrain (Capital: Manama Currency: Dinar), Kuwait (Capital:Kuwait City (Al Asimah) Currency:
Dinar)
Q. 436 “My Journey from Marxism-Leninism to Nehruvian Socialism” has been authored by whom?
Answer: C H Hanumantha Rao (He is former Planning Commission and Finance Commission member).
Manmohan Singh inaugurated his book.
Q. 437 Which country recently joined International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became the 68th member of ISA?
Answer: Myanmar (Capital:Naypyidaw, Currency: Kyat)
Q. 438 Which state CM recently inaugurated the 7 day long “Kharchi Puja”?
Answer: Tripura
Q. 439 FICCI recently predicted India’s GDP to grow at what percent in the current financial year?
Answer: 7.5 %
Q. 440 Government has announced which new Technology that would help check on vehicle thefts?
Answer:MicroDot Technology
Q. 441 Which state CM recently launched an online portal and mobile app called ‘Aabhaar-Aapki seva ka’ for
the online pensioners of the state?
Answer:Chhattisgarh
Explanation:Chief Minister Raman Singh also launched ‘Mobile Tihar’, a smartphone distribution scheme
under the Sanchar Kranti Yojna (SKY).
Q. 442 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. 443 Which State became first state in the country to implement National Policy on Biofuels?
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Answer: Rajasthan
Q. 444 Seventh World Junior Wushu championship was recently held in?
Answer: Brasilia capital of Brazil (currency: Real)
Explanation: India bagged 9 medals – 4 Silver and 5 Bronze in the 7th World Junior Wushu championships
held in Brasilia, Brazil.
Q. 445 Which state has approved Rs 39 crores for ‘Seema Darshan’ Project for infra development in state?
Answer:Gujarat
Q. 446 Developed at the cost of Rs 160 crore Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhanlaunched National Skill
Training Institute (NSTI) at?
Answer: Barang, in Bhubaneswar. (Also, National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) for Women at Mohali, Punjab)
Q. 447 India’s first Defense Incubator will come up in?
Q. 450 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 _______.
Answer: 7.3% for 2018-19
Explanation: Moody's Investors Service report has also estimated India’s GDP for this fiscal to be 7.3%.
Q. 451 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) recently held their 28th Plenary meeting at?
Answer: Jurmala, Latvia (Capital: Riga, Currency: Euro)
Q. 452 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: 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
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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. 454 With which company national Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) have announced to jointly train
youth and entrepreneurs in the country on digital skills?
Answer: Facebook. FB has also launched Athena- a new satellite to provide broadband access to unserved
and underserved areas will be launched by Facebook in 2019.
Q. 455 Recently Walmart partnered with which company to compete with Amazon in both technology and
retail?
Answer: Microsoft
Q. 456 Recently seven memberstook oath as member of Rajya Sabha one of which is Sonal Mansingh. She is
associated with which field?
Q. 459 As per latest report of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), what was India’s rank in the doping
violations?
Answer: Sixth
Explanation: India has been ranked joint-sixth in the list of doping violations with 69 cases, same as that of
Russia, according to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) (SBI PO MAINS)
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Manu Bhakar
Muskaan
Pooja Ghatkar
Shreyasi Singh
Ankur Mittal
Om Mitharwal
Shazar Rizvi
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
Table Tennis
Manika Batra
Lawn Tennis Prajnesh Gunneswaran Won the prestigious T.K. Ramanathan award for
the year 2017-18
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Squash Ramit Tondon He has recently won the 2018 Abu Dhabi Open
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World Red Cross Red Crescent May 08 Memorable smiles from around the
Day world
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National Panchayati Raj Day April 24 This day marks the passing of the
Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act,
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