TIRELESSSOUL

Which city has got first rank in 'Ease of

Living Index 2018‘?

A.Delhi
B.Pune
C.Bhopal
D.Tirupati
 Rank City
1. Pune

2. Navi Mumbai

3. Greater Mumbai
111 Cities
4. Tirupati
MoHUA 5. Chandigarh
6. Thane
7. Raipur
8. Indore

9. Vijaywada
10. Bhopal
Who have been awarded, posthumously ,with the
President's Police Medal for Gallantry?

1. Mohammad Tufail
2. Sharief-ud-din Ganaie
3. Jaswant Singh Rawat
4. Mohammad Usman

A)1 & 2
B) 3 & 4
C ) 1 &4
D) 2 & 3
 Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin
Gadkari has launched the road safety awareness
video in New Delhi. Who is the Brand ambassador
of road safety campaign ?

A.Virat Kohli
B.Akshay Kumar
C.John Abraham
D.Sushant Singh Rajput
 Tatkal Sewa for property registration across
the state has been introduced by which state
Government?

A.Haryana
B.Rajasthan
C.Madhya Pradesh
D.Punjab
 Which state has become the first one to
provide Right to Skills’ Development to
youth through their “SKILLS ON WHEELS”
project?

A.Madhya Pradesh
B.Chhattisgarh
C.Odisha
D.Karnataka
Which city will become the first city in North
India to get a full-fledged Space Technology
Research Centre ?

A.Kanpur
B.Jammu
C.Gurugram
D.Patna
The Space Commission has approved ISRO’s
proposal of naming the Chandrayaan-
2 lander after the name of which scientist ?

A.K Radhakrishnan
B.U R Rao
C.Nambi Narayan
D.Vikram Sarabhai
Who has become the 1st bowler to take
100 wickets at Lord’s ?

A.Paul Collingwood
B.James Anderson
C.Ravichandran Ashwin
D.Ishant Sharma
Who has become the youngest Indian
golfer to win on Asian tour?

A.Gaganjeet Bhullar
B.Shubham Jaglan
C.Viraj Madappa
D.Shubhankar Sharma
Gujarat ‘Seema Darshan’
Banaskantha
Nadabet near Suigam

Samjhauta Express
Attari to Wagah

Thar Express
Jodhpur to Karachi
 Which state government will foot the bill for
transgenders willing to undergo sex change
operations for free of cost?

A.Tamil Nadu
B.Andhra Pradesh
C.Odisha
D.Kerala
 Q9) What was the name of the Former Lok
Sabha Speaker who passed away recently ?

A.Somnath Chatterjee
B.Sardar Hukam Singh
C.Balram Jakhar
D.Rabi Ray
CJI Dipak Mishra has Inaugurated which
court Complex – it is Largest Taluk--Level
Court Building In the Country ?

A.Mangalore
B.Hooghly
C.Hubballi
D.Cuttack
Who has sworn in as the Chief Justice of the
Madras High Court ?

A.Indira Banerjee
B.K M Joseph
C.Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilaramani
D.VK Menon
 üOdisha High Court - Kalpesh Jhaveri
üUttarakhand High Court – Rajesh Sharma
üPatna High Court – Mukesh Shah
üJharkhand High Court – Aniruddh Bose
üDelhi High Court – Rajendra Menon
üKerala High Court – Hrishikesh Roy
üJ&K High Court – Geeta Mittal
 Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has
released the book 'Bebak Baat', who is the
author of this book?

A.Vijay Goel
B.Meira Nair
C.Arun Jaitley
D.Suresh Prabhu
Who won the 2018 Rogers Cup men's
singles?

A.Dominic Thiem
B.Stefanos Tsitsipas
C.Novak Djokovik
D.Rafael Nadal
National Wildlife Genetic Resource Bank which is
the India’s first genetic bank for wildlife
conservation was inaugurated in which city?

A.Mangalore
B.Pune
C.Hyderabad
D.Lucknow
A1 category stations A category stations (out
(out of 75): of a total of 332):

1st: Jodhpur/North- 1st: Marwar/North

Western Railway Western Railway
2nd: Jaipur/North- 2nd: Phulera/North -
Western Railway Western Railway
3rd: Tirupati/South- 3rd: Warangal/South-
Central Railway Central Railway.
BBC History Magazine conducted a reader's poll
of 100 women who changed the world. Who
topped this list?

A.Mother Teresa
B. Rosa Parks
C.Marie Curie
D. Emmeline Pankhurst.
 The Supreme Court has asked which
state/ UT to have hologram-based coloured
stickers on vehicles, which would indicate
the nature of fuel being used ?

A.Chandigarh
B.Uttar Pradesh
C.Delhi
D.Punjab
Petrol + CNG – Blue
Diesel - Orange
 Which Indian authority has recently
introduced the RUCO (Repurpose Used Cooking
Oil) initiative?

A.National Disaster Management Authority

B.Ministry of Home Affairs
C. Food Safety and Standards Authority of
India
D.Bureau of Indian Standards
Bengaluru-based e-commerce startup Flipkart
has shut down which of its acquired e-
commerce business in India ?

A.Myntra
B.Jabong
C.E Bay
D.Snap Deal
 Who has been awarded with Kirti Chakra
posthumously, the second highest peacetime
gallantry award?

A.Sepoy Vrahma Pal Singh

B.Major Aditya Kumar
C.Rifleman Aurangzeb
D.Major Pawan Gautam
Major Aditya and Rifleman Aurangzeb

Shaurya Chakra
Who has been appointed as the new
governor of Chhattisgarh?

A.Draupadi Murmu
B.Satya Pal Malik
C.Anandiben Patel
D.Mridula Sinha
Which country was recently affected by
Typhoon Karding and typhoon Mangkhut ?

A.Philippines
B.Japan
C.South Korea
D.China
Which team won its first Tamil Nadu
Premier League 2018 title ?

A.Dindigul Dragons
B.TUTI Patriots
C.Chepauk Super Gillies
D.Madurai Panthers
 FICCI
Rashesh Shah - President
Dilip Chenoy – Secretary General
 TRIPURA in NEWS

• Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore

• 10% reservation for women in police forces
• Queen Pineapple
• Gumti, Rowa, Trishna Wildlife
Sancturies
• Clouded leopard National Park, Rajbari
National Park
 Rythu Bima - An insurance scheme for
farmers, was launched by which state on
Independence day?

A.Andhra Pradesh
B.Karnataka
C.Odisha
D.Telangana
Kanti Vellugu, under which all the citizens
of the state will get free eye screening
test, was launched by which state ?

A.Andhra Pradesh
B.Telangana
C.Tamil Nadu
D.Odisha
Telangana government will set up a mega
textile park in which of the following
districts ?

A.Adilabad
B.Nizamabad
C.Warangal
D.Medak
Falaknuma Palace

Kuntala water falls

Kawal, Amrabad
Tiger Reserve
Which state will observe September
as ‘month of nutrition’?

A.Madhya Pradesh
B.Uttar Pradesh
C.Gujarat
D.Rajasthan
 The Uttar Pradesh government has
approached the Centre for its approval to
rename Bareilly airport to _____________?

A.Shiv Nagri
B.Braj Nagri
C.Nath Nagari
D.Shambhu Nagari
 Agra Airport – Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
Mughalsarai Railway Station - Deen Dayal
Upadhyaya

Robertsganj Railway Station - Sonebhadra

Chakeri Airport, Kanpur – Freedom Fighter

Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
 Gaganyaan mission will be able to
take Indian astronauts to space by
which year ?

A.2021
B.2030
C.2022
D.2033
 Who was ranked first in the Kotak Wealth
Hurun-Leading Wealthy Women 2018 list ?

A.Roshini Nadar
B.Smitha Crishna
C.Indu Jain
D.Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
 1. Smitha Crishna – Godrej

2. Roshni Nadar – HCL

3. Indu Jain – Times Group

4. Kiran Majumdar Shaw - BIOCON

Which state has surpassed its own target
by planting 9.26 crore saplings in a day?

A.Odisha
B.Uttar Pradesh
C.Madhya Pradesh
D.Rajasthan
 Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee, who passed away on August
16, 2018, was born in which city?

A.Bhopal
B.Jabalpur
C.Gwalior
D.Satna
Navroz new year was being celebrated across
the world. This is the festival of which
community?

A.Parsi
B.Iranian
C.Shinto
D.Jews
• Pollution Meter APP

• First butterfly park –

Raisen district

• Khajuraho Dance
Festival
- Chhatarpur District
• Pink Electricity
Zone for Women
Staff

• Mukhyamantri
Mahila Kosh", to
provide pension to
unmarried women
above 50 years
 • 5th 'Nadi
Mahotsava’
Hoshangabad

• Animal
healthcare
programme, ‘
Pashu Dhan
Sanjeevani - 1962'
 • Raising the
retirement age of
State government
employees from 60
years to 62 years

• Kadaknath Chicken
– GI Tag (Jhabua)

• Rashtriya Gram
Swaraj Abhiyaan -
Ramnagar
 • India's first
Integrated Control
and Command
Centre (ICCC) for
all seven smart
cities of the state

• Mohanpur
Irrigation Project
- Rajgarh
• launched a portal “Hum
Chuu Lenge Aasmaan”
Career Counselling
programme‘Pahal’

• Deen Dayal Canteen

• Girls as District Brand

Ambassador who have
made significant
achievements under the
Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao
Yojana
Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve,
MP
to
Satkosia Tiger Reserve,
Odisha
Bank Board Bureau Chairman

Bhanu Pratap Sharma

 The famous singer, known as Queen of
Soul, died recently, what was her name?

A.Annie Lennox
B.Diana Ross
C.Cindy locker
D.Aretha Franklin
 Who has become India’s 53rd
Grandmaster after winning Abu Dhabi
Masters?

1. Nihal Sarin
2. R. Praggnanandhaa
3. G.N.Gopal
4. S.L. Narayan
 11th World Hindi Conference is being
organized
From 18-20 August in which country ?

1. Maldives
2. Sri Lanka
3. Canada
4. Mauritius
• Mauritius PM Praveen Kumar Jagannath

• (theme) “"Hindi Vishwa Aur Bharatiy Sanskriti"”

• First World Hindi Conference 1975, Nagpur

• National Hindi Day - 14 September

• World Hindi Day - 10 January
• 17th World Sanskrit Conference – Vancouver,
Canada
 NGT has ordered which state to bear the
expenses for patients who have been affected
because of rising pollution of Kali, Hindon and
Krishna Rivers?

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Karnataka
Which of the following actresses has
topped the Forbes’ annual list of the
world’s highest-paid actresses ?

A.Angelina Jolie
B.Jennifer Aniston
C.Scarlett Johansson
D.Emma Stone
Q8) Former cricketer and Pakistan Tehreek-e-
Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan elected as
_______Prime Minister Of Pakistan?

A.24th
B.23rd
C.25th
D.22nd
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
has constituted a committee to review food
labelling standards. Who will head this
committee?

A.Pradeep Kumar Sinha

B.B Sesikeran
C.Ajay Shankar
D.Umesh Sinha
 The first black African to become UN
secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize
winner passed away recently, what was his
name ?

A.George Sampaio
B.Philippo grandi
C.Dag Hammers
D.Kofi Annan
Which of the following cities will host
shooting World Cup in 2020 ?

A.Kolkata
B.Delhi
C.Mumbai
D.Bengaluru
Who has been awarded with the prestigious
WHO World No Tobacco Day 2018 Award for
his extraordinary contribution towards
tobacco control ?

A.S K Arora
B.Siddhartha Nath Singh
C.Anil Vij
D.Narottam Mishra
The Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority (IRDA) has asked insurers to cover
which disease under medical insurance
policy ?

A.Heart related illness

B.Mental illness
C.Paralysis
D.Cancer
 India’s first mission to study the solar corona,
is planned to be launched in 2019-2020, by
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL) from
Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. What is the name
of this mission ?

A.Aditya-K1
B.Aditya-L1
C.Aditya-F1
D.Aditya -A1
 Union Ministry of Human Resource
Development (HRD) has proposed to set up
five-member committee to suggest changes to
JEE (Advanced). The committee will be headed
by whom ?

A.Bhaskar Ramamurthy
B.Abhay Karandikar
C. Vineet Joshi
D. Kannan Moudgalya
Sadbhavana Diwas or Harmony Day is
celebrated on which date?

A.August 18
B.August 19
C.August 20
D.August 21
 Gopal Krishna Gandhi

Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna Award for 2018

Ex Governor of West Bengal
 The Madhya Pradesh government will move to the
Union Railway ministry for renaming which railway
station after late Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee ?

A.Indore junction
B.Habibganj Railway Station
C.Gwalior Railway Station
D.Hoshangabad Railway Station
 To reduce attacks on cash vaults and ATM
frauds, the Home Ministry has issued a
directive stating that no ATM will be refilled
with cash after ________in cities?

A.4 pm
B.6 pm
C.8 pm
D.9 pm
 no ATM will be refilled with cash after
1. 9 pm in cities
2. 6 pm in rural areas
3. 4 pm in Naxal-affected areas

Every cash van will carry not more than

₹5 crore per trip
India won SAFF Under-15 Women’s Football
Championship by defeating which country ?

A.Bhutan
B.Nepal
C.Bangladesh
D.Sri Lanka
 India has successfully conducted the test of
indigenously built Anti-Tank Guided Missile in
Pokhran. What is the name of this missile?

A.Sagarika
B.Shaurya
C.Helina
D.Ashwin
 Who has won 2018 Western and
Southern Open or Cincinnati Masters
2018 ?

A.Novak Djokovic
B.Roger Federer
C.Rafael Nadal
D.Kevin Anderson
Which institution has decided to set up Re-
Water Research Center to replenish and
rejuvenate water resources ?

A.IIT Kanpur
B.IIT Kharagpur
C.IIT Delhi
D.IIT Madras
Whatsapp CEO Chris Daniels
‘None of The Above’ (NOTA) option will not be
applicable for voting in which one of the
following elections ?

A.Rajya Sabha
B.Lok Sabha
C.Legislative Assembly
D.Legislative Council
 The first ever joint air exercise involving the
Indian Air Force (IAF) and which country’s Air
Force commenced at Subang Air Base?

A.Nepal
B.Indonesia
C.Malaysia
D.Thailand
No Spin in the autobiography of ?

A.Harbhajan Singh
B.Muttiah Muralitharan
C.Anil Kumble
D.Shane Warne
What is the name of the autobiography
written by VVS Laxman?

A.281 and Beyond

B.Master stroke
C.Beyond the cricket
D.Best century
Satya Pal Malik - Jammu & Kashmir (Replaced NN Vohra)

Tathagata Roy - Meghalaya (Replaced Ganga Prasad)

Lalji Tandon - Bihar (Replaced Satya Pal Malik)

Ganga Prasad - Sikkim (Replaced Shriniwas Patil)

Kaptan Singh Solanki -Tripura (Replaced Tathagata Roy)

Satyadev Narayan Arya - Haryana (Replaced Kaptan Singh

Solanki)

Baby Rani Maurya - Uttarakhand (Replaced K K Paul)

Who has become the only Indian to feature in
Forbes' list of top 10 highest-paid female
athletes of 2018?

A.Sania Mirza
B.PV Sindhu
C.Saina Nehwal
D.Mithali Raj
 1.Serena Williams
2.Caroline Wozniacki - Denmark
3.Sloane Stephens
4. Garbine Muguruza - Spain
5. Maria Sharapova - Russia
6.Venus Williams
• Kalpesh Jhaveri – Odisha High
Court

• First Tribal Atlas

• Dhanu Yatra - Bargarh District

• Mukhyamantri Kalakaar Sahayata

Yojana – Rs 1200 per month for
artists

• Gurupriya Bridge - Malkangiri

• Irrawaddy Dolphins – Chilika Lake

• Khushi Scheme – Free
sanitary Napkins for girls
(class 6 -12)

• Ama Gaon Ama Vikaas

programme

• 1 April – Utkal Dibas

• Gopabandhu Sambadika
health insurance scheme for
journalists
• Chandrabhaga beach – Blue Flag

• Green Mahanadi Mission - 2 Crore

trees - Mahanadi, IB, Tel

• Rukura irrigation dam project –

Sundargarh

• "Estuarine" crocodile –
Bhitarkanika National Park

• New Riverine Port) –

Mahandi – Kendrapara District
Which state is Organizing the 2018 Men’s
Hockey World Cup for the first time?

A.Karnataka
B.Odisha
C.Punjab
D.Haryana
 Kalinga Stadium
28 November to 16 December 2018

16 Teams

Hague, Netherlands - 2014

Won by Australia
Which Assamese movie has won award
for screenplay at Treasure Coast
International Film Festival in Florida?

A.Xhoixobote Dhemalite
B.Ishu
C.Raktabeez
D.Nayak
What was the name of the Veteran journalist
and a High Commissioner of India to the
United Kingdom in 1990, who passed away
recently?

A.Vishnu Bishnoi
B.Abhilash Pathak
C.Abhishek Bhatia
D.Kuldip Nayar
 Which female cricketer has announced its
retirement from T20 International cricket ?

A.Amita Sharma
B.Soni Yadav
C.Archana Das
D.Jhulan Goswami
Uttar Pradesh government has decided to
name the upcoming Bundelkhand
Expressway as _______?

A.Atal Rath
B.Atal Expressway
C.Atal Path
D.Atal Safar
The Bundelkhand Expressway - 289 Kms,
The route will start from Jhansi , after that route will be Auraiya - Jalaun -
Banda - Chitrakoot
it will join Agra Lucknow Expressway near Etawah

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial

1. Agra
2. Lucknow
3. Kanpur
4. Balrampur
Who has written the book
“Sea Prayer”?

A.Alan kurdi
B.Khaled Hosseini
C.Haruki Murakami
D.Salman Rushdie
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has given
recognition to India’s which
indigenous sport ?

A.Kabaddi
B.Carrom
C.Pachisi
D.Kho Kho
Who has been announced to be appointment as the
brand ambassador of the Sanjay Gandhi National
Park (SGNP) based in Mumbai?

A.Twinkle Khanna
B.Priyanka Chopra
C.Alia Bhatt
D.Raveena Tandon
• Chandoli National Park
• Tadoba National Park
Melghat
• Gugamal National Park
Tadoba
• Navegaon National Pench
Park Sahayadari
• Sanjay Gandhi
National Park Nagjhira
Scott Morrison has been elected as the Prime
Minister of which country?

A.Sweden
B.Germany
C.Argentina
D.Australia
Which airline operated a flight from Dehradun
to Delhi using biofuel, which was first such
experiment in India?

A.Vistara
B.Indigo
C.Jet Airways
D.Spice Jet
What was the name of the India’s first
Humboldt Penguin who died recently?

A.Freedom Baby
B.Flipper
C.Donald
D.Olive
 Former President Pranab Mukherjee has launched
the National Electoral Transformation or NETA
mobile app, a platform where voters can review and
rate their elected representatives and hold them
accountable as well. The app is brainchild of?

A.Pratham Mittal
B.Anubhav Soni
C.Abhijeet Sikka
D.Nisha Sharma
Which country's Cyber Town will be named
after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee?

A.Nepal
B.Bhutan
C.Mauritius
D.Singapore
• The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) announced its
decision to rename its School of Management and
Entrepreneurship as Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of
Management and Entrepreneurship.

• Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh renaming upcoming

capital of the state Naya Raipur as Atal Nagar.

• Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government to name the

proposed Bundelkhand Expressway as ‘Atal Path’.

• Upcoming airport at Deoghar as Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Airport Deograh
• Andhra Pradesh to name AIIMS Mangalagiri after the
former PM.

• Himachal Pradesh to rename the Rohtang Tunnel.

• Shivraj Singh Chouhan led Madhya

Pradesh government to rename the Habibganj
railway station after him.

• Assam to name the yet-to-be-inaugurated Bogibeel

bridge after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee as Atal Setu.
• ‘Jharkhand Innovation Lab’ as Atal Innovation Lab

• Convention Centre, Ranchi as Atal Convention Centre

Ranchi

• Medical College Palamu as Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical

College Palamu

• Sahibganj Harbour to be renamed as Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Harbour Sahibganj
Who has been appointed as the chairman of
DRDO for a two year term?

A.A S Kiran Kumar

B.G Satheesh Reddy
C.K Sivan
D.Avinash chander
 Who has been appointed as a head of a three-
member committee, to decide mining company
Vedanta's plea challenging closure of its Sterlite
copper plant at Tuticorin, constituted by NGT?

A.A K Goyal
B.Kurien Joseph
C.Arun Kumar Mishra
D.S J Vazifdar
Avani Chaturvedi is India's first female fighter
pilot

Meghana Shanbough - South India's 1st

Woman Fighter Pilot

Shubhangi Swaroop is the first Naval

woman pilot
Hurricane Lane is causing flash flooding and
landslides in which state of US?

A.Florida
B.Hawaii
C.Ohio
D.Alaska
Who will be honoured with 2018 Asia Game
Changer of the Year Award?

A.Indra Nooyi
B.Jane Yan
C.Shaheen Mistry
D.Avni Davda
Which country has won its first FIFA U-20
Women’s World Cup title in France ?

A.Spain
B.England
C.Japan
D.Argentina
On 24th August 2018, Japan won its first FIFA U-
20 Women’s World Cup title at the La Rabine
Stadium in Vannes, France.

Japan wins first women’s world under-20 title:

i. Japan defeated Spain 3-1 in the final and won

its first FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
• A R Rehman – Brand
Ambassador

• SpiceJet plane from Kolkata

became the first flight to land
in Sikkim (Q400 70-seater
Bombardier plane) – Pakyong
Airport – 100th

• Pawan Chamling > Jyoti Basu

• Singer Mohit Chauhan –

Green Ambassador of Sikkim
 Bhaichung Bhutia launched Hamro
Sikkim Party at Daramdin in West
Sikkim.

Daramdin is the same place

where Sikkim Democratic Front
founder and Sikkim Chief
Minister Pawan Chamling had
launched his party back in 1993.
 List of Smart Cities in North-east

Guwahati – Assam
Agartala – Tripura
Imphal – Manipur
Namchi – Sikkim
Kohima – Nagaland
Pasighat – Arunachal Pradesh
Aizawl – Mizoram
Gangtok – Sikkim
Shillong - Meghalaya – 100th smart city
Itanagar – Arunachal (Added in 2018-19 Budget)
 115 aspirational districts list
Arunachal – Namsai
Assam – Darrang, Dhubri, Barpeta,
Goalpara, Baksa, Udalgiri, Hailakandi
Manipur – Chandel
Mizoram - Mamit
Nagaland - Kiphire
Meghalaya – Ribhoi
Sikkim – West Sikkim
Tripura - Dhalai
• Arunachal Pradesh emerged as the second state
in the Northeast, after Sikkim, to be declared
Open Defecation Free.

• Sikkim – 1st State in India to become ODF

Who has been sworn in as President of
Zimbabwe?

A.Nelson Chamisa
B.Robert Mugabe
C.Emmerson Mnangagwa
D.Jonathan Moyo
Which two new teams will play Ranaji Trophy
next season?

1. Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh

2. Uttarakhand and Pondicherry
3. Sikkim and Uttar Pradesh
4. Manipur and Pondicherry
 12th 2017 G20 Hamburg summit
14th 2019 G20 Osaka summit

44th G7 summit 2018, Quebec, Canada

45th G7 summit 2019, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

9th BRICS summit 2017 – Xiamen

10th BRICS summit 2018 – Johannesburg
11th BRICS summit 2019 – Brazil
 18th NAM Summit 2019 - Azerbaijan

51st ADB Annual Meeting 2018 : Manila

52nd ADB Annual Meeting 2019 : Nadi, Fiji

NATO Summit 2018 : Belgium (11th-12th July)

30th APEC Summit 2018 - Papua New Guinea, Port
Moresby

13th East Asia Summit 2018 - Singapore

The government has decided to grant the
commercial use of the drones in the
country from ___________?

A.1 December 2018

B.1 January 2019
C.1 November 2018
D.31 December 2018
The regulations state that no permissions will be needed for
flying ‘nano’ drones, which weigh less than 250gm, within the
visual range.

Operators will be able to apply for permissions and get

instant approvals through a portal (Digital Sky Platform) for
the use of drones for photography and recreational purposes.
The commercial use of drones — as taxis, delivery vehicles,
or other services — will not be allowed as of now

RED
YELLOW
GREEN
 India's first interstate connected wind
power project has been commissioned in
which state ?

A.Gujarat
B.Karnataka
C.Tamil Nadu
D.Odisha
126 MW Wind Power, Bhuj

The energy generated from this project is

being purchased by Bihar, Odisha,
Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
At the fourth 'Google for India' event, Google
has unveiled which Project to help Indian
language publishers to take their content
online?

A.Saral Lekh
B.Navlekha
C.Sugmata
D.Digital Lekh
 Which state’s Chief
Minister has inaugurated India's tallest
Film Studio?

A.Andhra Pradesh
B.Maharashtra
C.Madhya Pradesh
D.Tamil Nadu
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K.
Palaniswami has inaugurated India's tallest Film
Studio named 'MGR Centenary Film Studio'.

The 56 feet tall, 110 metres long and 100 feet wide
studio was constructed using funds collected by the
Federation of Film Employees Union of South India
(FEFSI), at Paiyanur.

The studio is named after former Chief Minister M.G.

Ramachandran
 The Union Government has constituted a
_____________member science and technology
council to advise Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on matters related to science, technology and
innovations ?

A.20
B.25
C.21
D.22
The council, named as Prime Minister's
Science Technology and Innovation
Advisory Committee (PM-STIAC), will be
headed by K Vijay Raghavan, the
principal scientific adviser to the Union
Government.
The Union Government, which state and the World
Bank signed a USD 250 million Development Policy
Loan (DPL) to support this state in improving the
performance of its Electricity Distribution Sector
under the State’s ‘24x7 Power for All’ program ?

A.Gujarat
B.Madhya Pradesh
C.Bihar
D.Rajasthan
Actor Nandamuri Harikrishna dies in a car
accident. He belonged to which political
party?

A.YSR Congress Party

B.Telugu Desam Party
C.Jana Sewa Party
D.NTR Telugu Desam Party
 Tripura chief minister has promised to distribute
50,000 white ducklings among fishermen residing
on the banks of which Lake ?

A.Bijoy Sagar
B.Kamlasagar
C.Rudrasagar
D.Tam Dil
The Union Cabinet has approved an increase
of _______ per cent in the dearness allowance
(DA) for the central government employees
with retrospective effect from July ?

A.1 %
B.2.5 %
C.2 %
D.3 %
 Union Government has signed $375 million
loan agreement with Asian Development Bank
(ADB) for which state’s Irrigation Efficiency
Improvement Project?

A.Rajasthan
B.Madhya Pradesh
C.Uttar Pradesh
D.Jharkhand
 30th August – MP, Karnataka, West
Bengal
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of
India today signed a $346 million loan to finance improvement
of over 400 kilometers (km) of state highways that will
enhance connectivity and access to economic centers across
12 districts in Karnataka.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a financing

package totaling $245 million to provide safe, sustainable, and
inclusive drinking water service to about 1.65 million people in
three districts of West Bengal state, India, affected by arsenic,
fluoride, and salinity.
Which country is using Keeko robots to
teach the Kindergarten children ?

A.Japan
B.Russia
C.China
D.Iceland
Arunachal Cabinet has passed a Bill for
creation of how many new districts ?

A.Two
B.Three
C.Four
D.Five
 • Pakke-Kessang district (East
Kameng)
• Lepa Rada district (Lower Siang
district)
• Shi-Yomi district (West Siang district)
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has
given its approval for which of its ocean
development umbrella scheme and it will be
implemented during the period from 2017-18 to
2019-20 at an overall cost of Rs.1623 crore ?

A.O-SMART
B.V-SMART
C.E-SMART
D.S-SMART
 “Ocean Services, Technology,
Observations, Resources Modelling and
Science
(O-SMART)”

Ministry of Earth Sciences

 According to RBI in its Annual Report 2017-18
what percent of demonetised currency has been
returned to the banks?

A.99.3 %
B.90.3 %
C.93.3 %
D.91.3 %