1. The Final meeting of Eminent Persons Group (EPG) on India-Nepal relations was held in which city?

(a) New Delhi (b) Mumbai (c) Kathmandu (d) Pokhara

2. The Guinness world record ring was made by which City Jewellers?
(a) Vadodara (b) Ahmedabad (c) Surat (d) Gandhinagar
3. Who has been elected the new Director General (DG) of International Organization for Migration (IOM)?
(a) Christine A. Elder (b) Antonio Vitorino (c) Abraham Hanson (d) George Crennan
4. According to the British aviation intelligence firm OAG, _____ is the fifth-least punctual airport in the world in terms of on-
time performance.
(a) Port Blair (b) Doha (c) Tokya (d) Mumbai
5. Which City has Smartest City in Middle East?
(a) Abu Dhabi (b) Dubai (c) Doha (d) Cairo
6. Which day was observed as National Doctors Day?
(a) July 30 (b) July 06 (c) July 22 (d) July 01
7. Which Country replaced India to become World’s Largest Poor Population?
(a) Ghana (b) Liberia (c) Guinea (d) Nigeria
8. Who launches Solar Charkha Mission?
(a) Pratibha Patil (b) Ram Nath Kovind (c) Pranab Mukherjee (d) Mohammad Hidayatullah
9. Which Country wins Hockey champions Trophy final 2018?
(a) Fiji (b) Indonesia (c) New Zealand (d) Australia
10. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador elected which Country President?
(a) Canada (b) USA (c) Mexico (d) Guatemala
11. Which State to set up India’s first Khadi mall?
(a) Jharkhand (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Gujarat
12. Which veteran cricketer became the fifth Indian player to be named in the Hall of Fame?
(a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Yuvraj Singh (c) Rahul Dravid (d) MS Dhoni
13. Which Indian actor was honoured with special Icon Award at the London Indian Film Festival?
(a) Amitabh Bachchan (b) Ranbir Kapoor (c) Justice Ajay Rastogi (d) Irfan Khan
14. Saraswati Prasad has taken over the additional charge as chairman & MD of which company?
(a) HAL (b) TELCO (c) BALCO (d) SAIL
15. The govt has set up a 13 member committee for sub national accounts. Who will head this committee?
(a) Sunil Mehta (b) Manmohan Juneja (c) Ravindra H Dholakia (d) N Gopalaswami
16. Which country has enacted a new law which will financially penalize the Palestinian Authority for paying stipends to the
Palestinians killed or jailed by that country?
(a) Jordan (b) Egypt (c) Turkey (d) Israel
17. Which Indian state has been awarded with national award for best performance under PMSMA?
(a) Punjab (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) Karnataka (d) Kerala
18. Who among the following has been appointed as the new President of DDCA?
(a) Madan Lal (b) Rakesh Bansal (c) Rajat Sharma (d) Javagal Srinath
19. Which Life Insurance Company has ties up with Oxigen?
(a) Birla Sun Life Insurance (b) IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Limited
(c) Aegon Life Insurance Company. (d) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
20. Who has been appointed as new Chairman of Payments Council of India?
(a) Nakul Chopra (b) Vishwas Patel (c) Naveen Surya (d) Loney Antony
21. ISRO’s first ‘pad abort’ test conducted successfully in _______.
(a) Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad (b) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
(c) Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota (d) ISTRAC ground station, Lucknow
22. Uttam Dhillon appointed head of drug enforcement agency of which Country?
(a) India (b) China (c) Sri Lanka (d) USA
23. Who was appointed NGT Chairperson?
(a) Vikramajit Sen (b) Adarsh Kumar (c) Prafulla Chandra Pant (d) Amitava Roy
24. Which countries are agreed to jointly promote Buddhist and Ramayana circuits & Adventure tourism?
(a) India, China (b) India, Japan (c) Nepal, India (d) Nepal, China
25. Which bank has announced that its mortgage loan portfolio crossed the Rs 1.5-trillion milestone?
(a) Andhra Bank (b) ICICI (c) YES Bank (d) SBI
26. Who has gets another 5 years as Reliance Chairman?
(a) Mukesh Ambani (b) Anil Ambani (c) Akash Ambani (d) None of the above
27. Which currency has been ranked as one of the 10 best-performing currencies?
(a) Turkish lira (b) South Korean won (c) Brazilian real (d) Rupee
28. Who is Secretary of State of U.S.?
(a) Hillary Rodham Clinton (b) Mike Pompeo (c) John Kerry (d) Rex Wayne Tillerson
29. Brexit Secretary who has resigned from the UK government?
(a) Boris Johnson (b) David Davi (c) Sajid Javid (d) Philip Hammond
30. Who has retired as a Supreme Court judge?
(a) Dipak Misra (b) Madan Lokur (c) Kurian Joseph (d) A K Goel
31. Who has appointed new UK foreign secretary?
(a) Jeremy Hunt (b) Shri Sanjay Kumar (c) Niharika Barik Singh (d) Nidhi Khare
32. Who is the President of South Korea?
(a) Park Geun-hye (b) Lee Myung-bak (c) Moon Jae-in (d) Roh Moo-hyun
33. Which Country launched 2 indigenously built satellites named PRSS-1 & PAK-TES-1A?
(a) Pakistan (b) India (c) China (d) Nepal
34. Who has becomes 1st Chairman of Rajya Sabha?
(a) M. Venkaiah Naidu (b) Mohammad Hamid Ansari
(c) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (d) Krishan Kant
35. Which Country climbs 3 spots to 57th in global innovation rankings?
(a) Nepal (b) USA (c) India (d) China
36. Which State of India has been 1sth rank in the final rankings of States in Ease of Doing Business in New Delhi?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Bihar (c) Odisha (d) Rajasthan
37. Which day was observed as World Population Day?
(a) July 10 (b) July 12 (c) July 22 (d) July 11
38. Who releases the book ‘Two Classical Plays from India’?
(a) Krishan Kant (b) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(c) Mohammad Hamid Ansari (d) Venkaiah Naidu
39. Who was nominated by the US President Donald Trump as the Supreme Court Judge?
(a) Brett Kavanaugh (b) Raymond Kethledge (c) Amy Coney Barrett (d) Thomas Hardiman
40. Which country becomes world’s 6th largest economy?
(a) China (b) Nepal (c) India (d) USA
41. Who has takes charge as President of AIU?
(a) Prof M M Salunkhe (b) Prof. Sandeep Sancheti (c) Prof. P.B.Sharma (d) Prof
Furqan Qamar
42. 6th meeting of BRICS Education Ministers was held in which country?
(a) Southern Africa (b) USA (c) India (d) North Africa
43. Which country has world’s fifth largest area cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops in 2017?
(a) Southern Africa (b) USA (c) India (d) North Africa
44. Which state has topped the states in per capita revenue collection under GST?
(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Bihar (c) Haryana (d) Andhra Pradesh
45. Who is at the top position on Forbes 2018 list of America’s most successful women entrepreneurs?
(a) Kylie Jenner (b) Marian Ilitch (c) Jayshree Ullal (d) Diane Hendricks
46. Which Station has been awarded first prize of Station Beautification competition?
(a) Balharshah & Chandrapur Railway Station (b) Madhubani Station
(c) Kota Station (d) Secunderabad Station
47. Who becomes first woman to win gold in IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships?
(a) Navjeet Kaur Dhillon (b) Hima Das (c) Neeraj Chopra (d) Sonia Baishya
48. Who has been appointed as Director General of ICWA?
(a) TCA Raghavan (b) Ranjan Kumar Mishra (c) Nalin Surie (d) Pritam Jain
49. Which Country releases India economic strategy?
(a) Papua New Guinea (b) New Zealand (c) Fiji (d) Australia
50. Who topples Jack Ma as Asia’s richest person?
(a) Li Ka-Shing (b) Mukesh Ambani (c) Ma Huateng (d) Azim Premji
51. Book titled ‘Winning Like Sourav: Think & Succeed Like Ganguly’ is written by_______.
(a) Chandrahas Choudhury (b) Anuja Chauhan (c) Abhirup Bhattacharya (d) Nikesh Shukla
52. Which country becomes Regional Head of Asia Pacific Region in WCO?
(a) Australia (b) USA (c) Chennai (d) India
53. Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar is likely to be named as brand ambassador of which state?
(a) Tripura (b) Odisha (c) Bihar (d) Sikkim
54. Who has head of MCA Constitutes 10-Member Committee?
(a) Akhilesh Nigam (b) V. Ramakrishnan (c) Mr Injeti Srinivas (d) Sachin Dhiraj Gala
55. 4th National Conclave on Mines & Minerals held in which of the following city?
(a) Bhopal (b) Indore (c) Pune (d) Ranchi
56. Which State govt to appoint girls as district Brand Ambassador?
(a) Bihar (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Haryana (d) Madhya Pradesh
57. Which Bank securities launched Mutual Funds (MF) transactional capabilities on Facebook Messenger?
(a) Andhra Bank (b) HDFC Bank (c) SBI (d) YES Bank
58. Which State Govt constitutes ‘Heritage Cabinet’ to preserve culture?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka (c) Kerala (d) Odisha
59. Ishwar Sharma has been named the “British Indian of the Year” for his achievements in which discipline?
(a) Dance (b) Yoga (c) Music (d) None of the above
60. Who has been selected for Sangita Kalanidhi 2018 award of the Music Academy?
(a) Sriram Parthasarathy (b) Sikkil Gurucharan (c) S.J. jananly (d) Aruna Sairam
61. Who will come out with the fourth novel ‘Lethal White’?
(a) Ian McEwan (b) Zadie Smith (c) J K Rowling (d) Monica Ali
62. Which country has won the FIFA World Cup 2018?
(a) Italy (b) Spain (c) England (d) France
63. Federations’ Executive Committee elections held in which city?
(a) Pokhara (b) Biratnagar (c) Kathmandu (d) Patan
64. Which Country to launch 300 low-orbit satellites?
(a) China (b) Japan (c) Mongolia (d) North Korea
65. Which country has topped the global ranking of nations’ soft power?
(a) US (b) Canada (c) France (d) UK
66. Which day was observed as Nelson Mandela International day?
(a) July 14 (b) July 16 (c) July 18 (d) July 15
67. Which country win first Athletics World Cup, 2018?
(a) USA (b) Britain (c) Poland (d) Japan
68. Which City ranked 3rd among world’s best cities?
(a) Jaipur (b) Udaipur (c) Kota (d) Jodhpur
69. Which Country takes up US seat at UN rights council?
(a) Germany (b) France (c) Croatia (d) Iceland
70. Who has re appointed AICTE Chairman?
(a) Anita Karwal (b) Dr. M.P. Poonia (c) Anil D Sahasrabudhe (d) Rakesh Kumar Srivastava
71. Who has chaired of UGC Committee on examination Reforms?
(a) M.M. Salunkhe (b) TSR Subramanian (c) Yash Pal (d) Pankaj Saran
72. Which Company is the second place to Hit $900 Billion Valuation after Apple?
(a) Google (b) Flipkart (c) Amazon (d) Snap deal
73. 8th BRICS Health Ministers’ meeting held at which City?
(a) Johannesburg (b) Port Elizabeth (c) Pietermaritzburg (d) Durban
74. N N Vohra appointed D C Raina as the advocate general of which State?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Jammu & Kashmir (c) Bihar (d) Rajasthan
75. Which Country selects Sutherland for its first spaceport?
(a) France (b) Germany (c) United Kingdom (d) Italy
76. Who has become the World’s most expensive goalkeeper?
(a) Alisson Becker (b) Neyma (c) Marcelo Vieira (d) Philippe Coutinho
77. Who is the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court?
(a) Dipak Misra (b) Jagdish Singh Khehar (c) Rajendra Menon (d) Gita Mittal
78. Which of the following has to launch Satellite ‘Athena’ in 2019?
(a) Amazon (b) Google (c) Flipkart (d) Facebook
79. According to Public Affairs Index Which State tops list of best governed States for third time?
(a) Kerala (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Andhra Pradesh
80. Madhusudan Padhi appointed as the principal secretary to the Governor of Which State?
(a) Odisha (b) Bihar (c) Punjab (d) Assam
81. Which Space centre has launched an online toolkit?
(a) NADA (b) KCST (c) NASA (d) ISRO
82. Who has been awarded the PATA Gold Award 2018?
(a) Cannes Film festival (b) India Heritage Walk Festival
(c) Lumiere Festival (d) None of the above
83. The first meeting of the India-Bangladesh Joint Committee on Border Haats was held in Which State?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Tripura (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
84. Which Bank gets RBI nod to enter Bahrain, Kuwait, Singapore?
(a) Andhra Bank (b) Federal Bank (c) SBI (d) YES Bank
85. Who is the first-ever CM to have visited all 75 districts of the state in just 16 months of his rule?
(a) Naveen Patnaik (b) Mamata Banerjee (c) Yogi Adityanath (d) Chandrababu Naidu
86. Andrzej Bargiel became the first person to ski down the world’s 2nd highest mountain ________.
(a) K2 (b) Makalu (c) Lhotse (d) Mount Everest
87. Which of the following Bill did Lok Sabha recently pass?
(a) EMPA Amendment Bill (b) NCTE Amendment Bill
(c) Teaching and Higher Education Amendment Bill (d) The School Standards and Framework Bill
88. Who has the AIFF player of the year?
(a) Sunil Chhetri (b) Subrata Pal (c) Bhaichung Bhutia (d) Sandesh Jhingan
89. Which of the following Indian Actress has been listed in world’s top 500 entertainment leaders by Variety magazine?
(a) Katrina Kaif (b) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Deepika Padukone
90. Which Country is hosting the multinational air Exercise Pitch Black – 18?
(a) Australia (b) Sri Lanka (c) China (d) UK
91. Which Company appointed Rishi Srivastava as CEO & MD?
(a) AEGON Life Insurance (b) Tata AIA Life Insurance
(c) Aviva Life Insurance (d) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
92. Who won Formula One 2018 German Grand Prix?
(a) Sebastian Vettel (b) Valtteri Bottas (c) Lewis Hamilton (d) Kimi Raikkonen
93. Name the Indian-Origin ranked 04th in Fortune’s 40 young influential people list?
(a) Anjali Sud (b) Dhivya Suryadevara (c) Baiju Bhatt (d) Anu Duggal
94. Which two of the following Indians are among 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award Winners?
(a) Afroz Shah and Bharat Vatwani (b) Sonam Wangchuk and Madhav Chavan
(c) Sonam Wangchuk and Afroz Shah (d) Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk
95. Which state assembly passed a resolution to change the name of the State to Bangla?
(a) Karnataka (b) Gujarat (c) West Bengal (d) Bihar
96. Name the cricketer who presented with International Player of the year award for 2017-18?
(a) Virat Kohli (b) M.S. Dhoni (c) Rohit Sharma (d) Suresh Raina
97. Imran khan’s PTI emerges as single largest party after the 2018 elections in which country?
(a) America (b) China (c) Pakistan (d) Bangladesh
98. India ranks ___ in Global Optimism Index.
th th th th
(a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 6
99. Which head coach has bagged the ISL coach of the year award by AIFC?
(a) John Gregory (b) Dean Saunders (c) Brian Little (d) Mark Yates
100. Who will head of the IRDAI constituted a 16-member committee?
(a) P.J. Joseph (b) Raj Kumar Sharma (c) Sumit Arora (d) Bhaskar Roy
101. Which day was observed as World Hepatitis day?
(a) 28 July (b) 22 July (c) 23 July (d) 12 July
102. Which Bank CEO Renu Satti has resigned from the role?
(a) Punjab National Bank (b) SBI (c) Andhra Bank (d) Paytm Payments Bank
103. Which country women’s compound archery team reaches World No: 1 rank?
(a) Afghanistan (b) Bangladesh (c) India (d) Bhutan
104. World’s Oldest Person, who recently died at age 117 in Japan is?
(a) Kane Tanaka (b) Chiyo Miyako (c) Masazo Nonaka (d) Nabi Tajima
105. Which day was observed as International Tiger Day?
(a) 10 July (b) 20 July (c) 13 July (d) 29 July
106. Which Committee suggests amendments in Aadhaar Act?
(a) Srikrishna Committee (b) Budget & Finance Committee.
(c) Communications Committee (d) None of the above
107. The government decided that a museum for all _______of the country would be constructed in the Teen Murti Bhavan
complex that houses the NMML.
(a) Chief Ministers (b) Presidents (c) Prime Ministers (d) Ministers
108. Which airport first in world to get top UN environmental award?
(a) Trivandrum International Airport (b) Cochin International Airport
(c) Calicut International Airport (d) Kannur International Airport
109. Who has 1st Asian Teen to swim UK France Channel?
(a) Virdhawal Khade (b) Sandeep Sejwal (c) Sajan Prakash (d) Prabhat Koli
110. Which state Government To Roll Out PRANAM Act?
(a) Assam (b) Bihar (c) Maharashtra (d) Madhya Pradesh
111. Who is the head of Centre constitutes committee for thermal power assets issues?
(a) B. K. Chaturvedi (b) K. M. Chandrasekhar (c) Ajit Seth (d) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
112. Which State Govt has announced to implement its own Food Security Act?
(a) Rajasthan (b) Bihar (c) Gujarat (d) Odisha
113. As per (IBBI), which country has won Global Restructuring Review's "most improved jurisdiction" award?
(a) Singapore (b) Malaysia (c) India (d) China
114. Which state government have launched Kanya Van Samruddhi Yojana recently?
(a) Maharashtra (b) Jharkhand (c) Punjab (d) Odisha
115. Which country conducts drill in Tibet 1st time since Doklam standoff?
(a) Pakistan (b) China (c) Nepal (d) Bangladesh
116. The 42nd session of World Heritage Committee (WHC) meeting of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) was held in __________.
(a) Turkey (b) Libya (c) Bahrain (d) Jordan
117. The first Assamese to scale Mount Kanchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world is;
(a) Monti Rajkhowa (b) Sangeeta Bahl (c) Arunima Roy (d) Payal Singh
118. Asia's first arbitration centre will be come up in __________.
(a) Tokyo (b) Beijing (c) Kuala Lumpur (d) Bangkok
119. What is the name of the moon of Saturn where complex organic molecules, that adds its potential to life, were
discovered?
(a) Sirius (b) Rigel (b) Vega (d) Enceladus
120. Which will be the World's largest government funded health care programme?
(a) Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (b) Janani Suraksha Yojana
(c) National Ayush Mission (d) Ayushman Bharat programme
121. Ravi Thapar to be the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of __________.
(a) Guatemala (b) Serbia (c) Nicaragua (d) Costa Rica
122. Sathyasri Sharmila becomes First Transgender Lawyer of India. He belongs to the state of __________.
(a) Bihar (b) Kerala (c) Telangana (d) Tamil Nadu
123. The first UN's International Day of Parliamentarism is celebrated on which date?
(a) June 30 (b) June 28 (c) June 27 (d) June 29
124. Indian Government celebrated the 1st Anniversary of the Goods and Services Tax on which date?
(a) 29th June (b) 28th June (c) 30th June (d) 1st July
125. Who of the following is elected as President of International Kabaddi Federation Chief recently?
(a) Surender Nada (b) Charu Sharma (c) Janardan Singh Gehlot (d) Manjeet Chillar
126. Facebook has admitted it shared its users' data with how many tech companies?
(a) 52 (b) 25 (c) 44 (d) 38
127. Who has become the first Sikh man to be hired as an anchor by a news channel in Pakistan?
(a) Harmeet Singh (b) Arnab Goswami (c) Menaka Doshi (d) Udayan Mukherjee
128. Which company has acquired Saudi Arabia's Flyin to expand their business in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
region?
(a) Cleartrip (b) Makemytrip (c) Trivago (d) Goibibo
129. This company agreed to a 50-50 joint venture with Germany's Thyssenkrupp to create Europe's second-largest steel
company after Lakshmi Mittal's ArcelorMittal.
(a) MSR Steels (b) Reliance Industries Limited
(c) Tata Steel (d) Gupta Steels
130. Which country will host the 19th edition of the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST)?
(a) Singapore (b) Italy (c) India (d) UK
131. The International Joke Day celebrated all over the world on which date?
(a) July 2 (b) July 1 (c) June 30 (d) June 29
132. How many members are there in Ravindra Dholakia committee to upgrade norms for state, district level economic data
collection?
(a) 15 (b) 13 (c) 8 (d) 10
133. Who has been selected for the 2018 National Maritime Search and Rescue Award?
(a) Milan Shankar Tare (b) Rutv Thakur (c) Radhika Sharma (d) Milind Kumar
134. Which will organise 'MOVE: Global Mobility Summit' in New Delhi in September 2018?
(a) Ministry of Finance (b) NITI Aayog
(c) NDC (d) Ministry of Human Resource Development
135. Which national park of Colombia is declared as the world heritage site by UNESCO?
(a) Chiribiquete Natural Park (b) Los Nevados National Park
(c) Chicamocha National Park (d) Tayrona National Park
136. India's first e-waste recycling unit will come up in __________.
(a) Bengaluru (b) Chennai (c) Hyderabad (d) Pune
137. Which among the following has been ranked the "Best Dental College" in India?
(a) Manipal College of Dental Sciences (b) Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences
(c) Bharati Vidyapeeth University (d) Institute of Dental Sciences Bareilly
138. Defence ministry approves how many baffle shooting ranges for Indian Army?
(a) 17 (b) 25 (c) 12 (d) 8
139. The government has decided to sharply increase the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for which crops?
(a) Rabi Crops (b) Zaid Crops (c) Kharif crops (d) None of the above
140. Who has announced to launch plan for its first 10-kg nanosatellite Centauri I with ISRO's PSLV?
(a) Fleet Space Technologiess(b) Blue Origin (c) Bigelow Aerospace (d) Deep Space Industries
141. This plans to add 40 million WiFi users in India by 2019.
(a) Google (b) Facebook (c) Twitter (d) LinkedIn
142. Name of the first serving Indian Army officer to complete Ironman competition is;
(a) Vikram Dogra (b) Balwan Singh (c) Kanwal Kumar (d) Paramjit Singh
143. Name of the CM who launches a Special Drive Against Malnutrition: POSHAN Abhiyan is;
(a) Vasundhara Raje (b) Vijay Rupani (c) Devendra Fadnavis (d) Nitin Gadkari
144. Russia will build two nuclear power units in ___________.
(a) Germany (b) Israel (c) Italy (d) China
145. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Head of Mission and Chief Military Observer for (UNMOGIP)?
(a) Stephanie T. Williams (b) Jose Eladio Alcain (c) Per Gustaf Lodin (d) Antony K Luce
146. Which of the following has approved a Higher Education Financing Agency Capital Base Enhanced to Rs.10,000 Crores?
(a) NEET (b) CBSE (c) Edexcel (d) CCEA
147. The world's first digital art museum was opened at ___________.
(a) New York (b) Tokyo (c) Hong Kong (d) London
148. Which state CM ordered all government employees to undergo a mandatory dope test?
(a) Kerala (b) Punjab (c) Andra Pradesh (d) Jammu & Kashmir
149. Who become the first-ever transgender woman to be crowned Miss Universe Spain?
(a) Catriona Gray (b) Jenna Talackova (c) Angela Ponce (d) Alexandra Daddario
150. Which company has promoted its head of digital business Rajan Kohli as a president?
(a) TCS (b) Infosys (c) Wipro (d) HCL
151. Which will be the first central paramilitary force to opt for e-ticketing instead of the railway warrant under an agreement
signed with the IRCTC?
(a) National Security Guard (b) Indian Armed Forces (c) Indian Air Force (d) Defence Security Corps
152. Which among the following carried out a flight test for a newly-designed Crew Escape System for saving lives of astronauts
in an exigency?
(a) NASA (b) ISRO (c) BARC (d) SpaceX
153. UNESCO and this state palns to set up Design University for Gaming.
(a) Kerala (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Bihar (d) Uttar Pradesh
154. An app which has been launched by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for people to report model code violations?
(a) cVigil (b) pVigil (c) eVigil (d) mVigil
155. Which bank has received final regulatory approval from the SEBI to start mutual fund business?
(a) Canara Bank (b) Yes Bank (c) Axis Bank (d) Dena Bank
156. The High Court of this state declared 'legal person or entity' to the animals in the state.
(a) Karnataka (b) Gujarat (c) Uttarakhand (d) Meghalaya
157. Agartala Airport is renamed as __________.
(a) Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore Airport (b) Mahendra Manikya
(c) Kirit Vikrama Kishor Manikya (d) Dhanajaya Thakur
158. The first meeting of the Task Force on e-commerce chaired by Rita Teaotia was held in __________.
(a) Chandigarh (b) Ahmedabad (c) New Delhi (d) Pune
159. Which company becomes India's largest tax payer in private sector?
(a) ICICI Bank (b) Reliance Industries (c) TCS (d) Tata Steel
160. Siemens PLM Software and __________ developed the open cloud-based IoT operating system called MindSphere.
(a) IBM (b) TCS (c) Wipro (d) Infosys
161. The Ministry of Coal has launched which mobile app to curb illegal coal mining activity in the coalfield areas of the
country?
(a) Khan Dost (b) Khan Prahari (c) Khan Saviour (d) Khan Rakshak
162. Which is the locomotive algorithm provided in Cheetah 3 robot?
(a) Walk locomotion (b) Blind locomotion (c) Benthic locomotion (d) Gliding locomotion
163. The First BS-VI engine certificate was released by __________.
(a) Green Fort Engineering College (b) ICAT
(c) Institute of Engineering and Technology (d) Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology
164. Which among the following launches AI enabled Electronic Live Assistant (ELA) for customer support and interaction?
(a) SBI Life Insurance (b) IndusInd Bank (c) ICICI Bank (d) SBI Cards
165. Recently, CBIC launched an app to verify if the person collecting GST from the consumer is eligible to collect it or not. The
name of the app is;
(a) GST Verify (b) GST Check (c) GST Collect (d) GST Value
166. Who won the first prize of National Human Rights Commission's logo design contest?
(a) Prashant Mishra (b) Aayushi Garg (c) Bansi Lal Ketki (d) Dharm Priya Singh
167. The Indian Railways is planning to launch a tourist train, it was named as;
(a) Dakshin Express (b) Flying Rani (c) Sri Ramayana Express (d) Tungabhadra Express
168. Who is appointed as the MD of National Film Development Corporation?
(a) Nina Lath Gupta (b) Joydeep Ghosh (c) Ali Raza Rizvi (d) Manoj Kumar Pingua
169. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Hyderabad High Court for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh?
(a) T G Lingappa (b) R Nagendra Rao (c) Thottathil B Radhakrishnan (d) K E Krishna Murthy
259. Which Indian warship has reached Sri Lanka in a goodwill visit, recently?
(a) INS Kalvari (b) INS Shalki (c) INS Arihant (d) INS Trikand
170. On which date, the World Zoonoses Day is observed?
(a) July 9 (b) July 8 (c) July 7 (d) July 6
171. Who received Knowledge Excellence Award at the 22nd International Conference on Non-Ferrous Minerals and Metals
2018?
(a) N G Nair (b) Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand (c) Ramesh Agrawal (d) Chandrani Prasad Verma
172. The 6th edition of biennial World Cities Summit will be held in __________.
(a) France (b) Singapore (c) Germany (d) Italy
173. World Chocolate Day is celebrated every year on __________.
(a) July 8 (b) July 7 (c) July 6 (d) July 6
174. Which country launched the new visas to Indian scientists?
(a) UK (b) USA (c) Germany (d) Russia
175. Integral Coach Factory (ICF) of Chennai announced the launch of indigenously manufactured semi high-speed train, the
train is named as;
(a) Train 15 (b) Train 25 (c) Train 12 (d) Train 18
176. Name of the Indian cricketer reached the milestone of playing 500 international matches during the second T20
International against England?
(a) R Ashwin (b) Shikhar Dhawan (c) Rohit Sharma (d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
177. India's first biofortified sorghum (jowar) that containing higher iron and zinc than regular sorghum. It's named as;
(a) Param Shakti (b) Parbhani Chakra (c) Parbhani Shakti (d) Indra Shakthi
178. NASA's mission that aims to get the closest to the Sun than ever by any human-made object has got its revolutionary heat
shield "Thermal Protection System or TPS" is;
(a) Heather Solar Probe (b) Parker Solar Probe (c) Aviator Solar Probe (d) Minius Solar Probe
179. This ministry will upgrade National Information Security Policy and Guidelines to secure government data.
(a) Ministry of Home Affair (b) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
(c) Ministry of Civil Aviation (d) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
180. Which novel won the Golden Man Booker International prize 2018?
(a) Girls Burn Brighter (b) The English Patient (c) Children of Blood and Bone (d) An American Marriage
181. On which date, the Global forgiveness day is observed?
(a) July 10 (b) July 9 (c) July 8 (d) July 7
182. Which state introduced a 'One farmer one transformer' scheme to reduce electricity losses?
(a) Telangana (b) Tamilnadu (c) Punjab (d) Maharashtra
183. Which ministry has organished an International Round Table Conference on 'Data for New India' in New Delhi?
(a) Ministry of Communications (b) Ministry of Statistics & Programme
(c) Ministry of Home Affairs (d) Ministry of Information and broadcasting ministry
184. The Odisha government has partnered with this organisation for development of cancer care facilities in the State.
(a) Global Hospital (b) Tata Trust (c) Max Healthcare (d) Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
185. The India-Korea Technology Exchange Centre was inaugurated in __________.
(a) Noida (b) New Delhi (c) Chandigarh (d) Agra
186. The theme of 2018 World Population Day is;
(a) Family Planning is a Human Right
(b) Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies
(c) Family Planning: Empowering People, Developing Nations
(d) Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services
187. Which city to host the first-ever 'India Tourism Mart (ITM)'?
(a) Pune (b) Lucknow (c) New Delhi (d) Agra
188. L&T will inagurate a new second production line for BRAHMOS Transport Launch Canister (TLC) in _________.
(a) Uttarkhand (b) Gujarat (c) Odisha (d) Maharashtra
189. Sun Pharma Consumer Healthcare has named which actor as the brand ambassador of health supplement Revital H?
(a) Salman Khan (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Ranbir Kapoor (d) Akshay Kumar
190. Students from this University has developed self-driving wheelchair to help orthopaedically challenged persons.
(a) Cochin University of Science and Technology (b) Manipal University
(c) SRM University (d) Amrita University
191. Which company introduced 'Launchpad Accelerator India', a mentorship program for AI start-ups of India?
(a) Google (b) Facebook (c) Oracle (d) IBM
192. Which state Government bans the use of plastic and thermocol cutlery?
(a) Himachala Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Meghalaya
193. Which country is in the 1st position of Global Innovation Index 2018?
(a) Finland (b) Netherland (c) Switzerland (d) Denmark
194. Name of the drug firm, who get an approval from the U S Food and Drug Administration for Hydroxy chloroquine Sulfate
tablets that is used to treat malaria?
(a) Cipla (b) Lupin (c) Ranbaxy (d) Novartis
195. The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) will be held in __________.
(a) Varanasi (b) Jaipur (c) Kanpur (d) Haridwar
196. Indian Railways introduced Double Stack Dwarf Container Services from which railway station?
(a) Jaipur (b) Kota (c) Rajkot (d) Alwar
197. Which Indian naval ship has become the first-ever warship to enter port of Sabang in Indonesia?
(a) INS Sumitra (b) INS Vikramaditya (c) INS Sahyadri (d) INS Viraat
198. Who receives lifetime achievement award at Seatrade 30th Anniversary?
(a) Charles Scharf (b) Ravi Mehrotra (c) Ashish Chemburkar (d) Paul Hermelin
199. India's first-ever metal craft exhibition was held in which city?
(a) Leh (b) Ladakh (c) Chandigarh (d) Srinagar
200. Nina Tshering La has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to which of the following?
(a) Republic of Venezuela (b) Republic of Haiti (c) Republic of Laos (d) Republic of Congo
201. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has adopted which resolution to protect children in armed conflict?
(a) Resolution 2657 (b) Resolution 2537 (c) Resolution 2347 (d) Resolution 2427
202. Who issued an order allowing photography within the premises of all centrally protected monuments/sites except at
Ajanta Caves, Leh Palace and Taj Mahal?
(a) Archaeological Survey of India (b) Survey of India
(c) Geological Survey of India (d) Indian Council of Historical Research
203. With which country India signed a deal to reduce tariffs on Indian medicines, anti cancer drugs?
(a) Denmark (b) Finland (c) Iran (d) China
204. Which country announced new NATO training Centre?
(a) Malaysia (b) Germany (c) Bhutan (d) Canada
205. Scientists from this country have performed the first-ever 3-D, colour X-ray on a human.
(a) Peru (b) New Zealand (c) Spain (d) Uk
206. The Second India-China Maritime Affairs Dialogue was held in __________.
(a) Shanghai (b) Beijing (c) Hong Kong (d) Tokyo
207. Who opened India's first exquisite air-conditioned bed space dormitory?
(a) Kochi Metro Rail Limited (b) Namma Metro Rail Limited
(c) Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (d) Visakhapatnam Metro Rail Limited
208. This state approved Rs 39 crore 'Seema Darshan' Project for infra development.
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Gujarat (d) Rajasthan
209. Who is the most followed world leader on Twitter?
(a) Theresa May (b) Narendra Modi (c) Donald Trump (d) Pope Francis
210. Indian Railway's first consolidated Bridge Management System (IR-BMS), a web-enabled IT application to store data on
how many bridges?
(a) 1 lakh` (b) 1.5 lakh (c) 2.5 lakh (d) 3 lakh
211. Which country approved a law that will allow citizens to change their gender and name from the age of 16 without a
medical report showing identity disruption?
(a) Portugal (b) Germany (c) Denmark (c) Finland
212. Scientists have developed a computer _________ that mimics human brain's neural networks, and would overcome the
speed and power consumption problems of conventional supercomputers?
(a) Simunoid (b) SpiNNaker (c) Rapidex (d) EXpro
213. Which state will soon get world's cheapest clean drinking water through the concept of 'Sulabh Sauchalya' by Sulabh
International Ltd?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Bihar (c) Haryana (c) Punjab
214. OPPI launched ThinkforHealth digital campaign in collaboration with this state government.
(a) Karnataka (b) Kerala (c) Tamilnadu (d) Telangana
215. Who was named as the 'NRI Of the Year 2018'?
(a) Prem Watsa (b) Sunil Chhetri (c) Feridun Hamdullahpur (d) Warren Buffett
216. Which country has unveiled the 64-dish MeerKAT radio telescope, recently?
(a) Iraq (b) France (c) South Africa (d) Nigeria
217. Scientist RA Mashelkar proposed as the Chancellor of __________.
(a) Micromax (b) Jio Institute (c) Paytm (d) TRAI
218. Which among the following has proposed a new integrated digital healthcare system in India?
(a) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (b) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(c) NITI Aayog (d) National Development Council
219. The World's largest visa centre has been opened in which of following city?
(a) Chittagong (b) Dhaka (c) Islamabad (d) Bangkok
220. India's first hypercar 'Shul' was unveiled by __________
(a) Vazirani Automotive (b) Audi (c) Renault (d) Nissan
221. World Youth Skills Day is observed on which date?
(a) 15 July (b) 16 July (c) 14 July (d) 13 July
222. The 8th India-Oman Joint Commission meeting begins in __________.
(a) Dubai (b) Muscat (c) Bahrain (d) Riyadh
223. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has praised which bank for its effective communications strategy?
(a) SBI (b) RBI (c) ICICI Bank (d) HDFC Bank
224. Which team get Oxford Awards For Arsenic Poisoning Research?
(a) IIT Guwahati (b) IIT Bombay (c) IIT Kharagpur (d) IIT Madras
225. Who has been appointed as the interim coach of India women's cricket team by BCCI?
(a) Wasim Jaffer (b) Ajit Agarkar (c) Ramesh Powar (d) Munaf Patel
226. The Education Department of which state launched 'I am not afraid of English' initiative from Class 1 in the state's primary
schools?
(a) Maharashtra (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Assam (d) Haryana
227. Which of the following will host Country's 1st Defence Incubator?
(a) Nixi (b) T-Hub (c) TiE (d) COAI
228. What is the position of India in the FIH rankings?
th th th th
(a) 7 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 8
229. Who clinched ninth consecutive German Grand Prix victory?
(a) Danilo Petrucci (b) Maverick Vinales (c) Valentino Rossi (d) Marc Marquez
230. According to data speed tester Ookla, which country ranked first in overall 4G mobile internet speeds?
(a) Norway (b) Qatar (c) Pakistan (d) India
231. Name the Indian who received the USISPF Leadership Award at the first Annual Leadership Summit of the US-India
Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) in Washington.
(a) Aman Mittal (b) Pramod Sharma (c) Ravi Ishaan (d) Ajay Singh
232. The Official mascot of FIFA World Cup 2018?
(a) Zabivaka (b) Ishikova (c) Mituako (d) Xiamio
233. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the Foundation Stone of the Poorvanchal Expressway in which state?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Uttarkhand (c) Meghalaya (d) Rajasthan
234. This company had signed a partnership with French energy company Total to develop a digital innovation centre in India.
(a) Google (b) Wipro (c) Infosys (d) TCS
235. This bank will launch a kisan Mela outreach program for farmers to help in imparting financial literacy to the farmers.
(a) ICICI (b) SBI (c) Canara (d) HDFC
236. Who inagurated the Jammu & Kashmir's first all-women branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank?
(a) Usha Vohra (b) Kalpana Morparia (c) Shanti Ekambaram (d) Naina Lal Kidwai
237. Who received the Golden Ball award for best player at the 2018 FIFA World Cup?
(a) Kylian Mbappe (b) Luka Modric (c) Harry Kane (d) Thibaut Courtois
238. RBI to issue New Design Rs.100 denomination banknote. The base colour of the note is;
(a) Red (b) Green (c) Lavender (d) Gray
239. This company has acquired Zopper Retail recently.
(a) Myntra (b) MobiKwik (c) Paytm (d) PhonePe
240. The 7th Defence Technology and Trade Initiative meeting was held in __________.
(a) New Delhi (b) Kolkata (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai
241. The 67th National Garment Fair was held at which city?
(a) Pune (b) Mumbai (c) Jaipur (d) Indore
242. Who of the following have decided a partnership with Google for Monitoring impact of Human Activity on Ecosystem?
(a) UNICEF (b) IUCN (c) UNEP (d) UNESCO
243. The scientists from this IIT institute has created mini-organs that mimic hair growth.
(a) IIT Delhi (b) IIT Guwahati (c) IIT Bombay (d) IIT Gandhinagar
244. India's first 'Transgender Poets' meet held in __________.
(a) Ahmedabad (b) Bangalore (c) Kolkata (d) Chennai
245. Which finance company received Nabard 2018 award recently?
(a) Muthoot Finance (b) Bajaj Finserv (c) Repco Micro Finance Ltd (d) LIC Finance Limited
246. This bank launched DigiLocker facility recently.
(a) Kotak Mahindra Bank (b) Yes Bank (c) Canara Bank (d) Karnataka Bank
247. Scientists from which country have developed the world's first blood test capable of detecting melanoma in its early
stages?
(a) India (b) China (c) Russia (d) Australia
248. Hima Das was declared as the first sports ambassador of __________.
(a) Maharashtra (b) Gujarat (c) Assam (d) Bihar
249. Which state introduced the Online Pension Management System?
(a) Telangana (b) Jammu & Kashmir (c) Odisha (d) Chhattisgarh
250. Google's Android Dev Summit will be held in __________.
(a) Washington (b) Oregon (c) California (d) New York
251. For whom, Madhusudan Padhi was appointed as the principal secretary?
(a) Dr. Krishan Kant Paul (b) Anandiben Patel (c) V. P. Singh Badnore (d) Dr Ganeshi Lal
252. Which among the following joined with three vendors to outsource Spacecraft Assembly Integration and Testing (AIT)
activities?
(a) DRDO (b) HAL (c) NASA (d) ISRO
253. Recently, The Indian Government launches biodegradable sanitary napkins under which scheme?
(a) Swadesh Darshan Yojana (b) Rashtriya Gokul Mission
(c) Mission Indradhanush (d) Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana
254. A Google-affiliated company chooses __________ for delivering internet access to remote areas using high-altitude
balloons.
(a) Kenya (b) Nigeria (c) Zimbabwe (d) Morocco
255. Name the company which is working on a project to convert Asteroids into spacecrafts.
(a) Roscosmos (b) SpaceX (c) Made In Space (d) Blue Origin
256. According to a recent UN report, which country placed with the increase of HIV?
(a) Pakistan (b) Cambodia (c) Thailand (d) Myanmar
257. Harindra Rao has taken over additional charge of General Manager of ___________.
(a) North Eastern Railway (b) South Western Railway(c) Northern Railway (d) South Eastern Railway
258. Park Systems and this institute plans to open Nanoscience Lab.
(a) IIT Chennai (b) IISC Bangalore (c) JNCASR Bangalore (d) JNU Delhi
259. Recently, Flipkart and __________ launched a video advertisement platform.
(a) FreeCharge (b) Voot (c) Hotstar (d) BookMyShow
260. Who of the following has decided to buy US-based Alight Solutions' India operations for $117 million?
(a) TCS (b) Google (c) Infosys (d) Wipro
261. Government launched this Technology that would help check on vehicle thefts?
(a) MicroTrack (b) MicroDot (c) SafeTrack (d) MircoTek
262. How many players have been selected for a scholarship programme under the Khelo India Talent Identification
Development scheme?
(a) 632 (b) 525 (c) 734 (d) 818
263. Which of the following country has passed a law to declare that only Jews have right of self-determination?
(a) Palestine (b) Israel (c) Spain (d) New Zealand
264. The Cabinet approve the Bill for the setting up of Central University in Andhra Pradesh. Then the Bill is;
(a) Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2018 (b) Right to Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018
(c) National University Bill, 2017 (d) Educational (Amendment) Bill, 2018
265. What are the companies that ISRO signed with to help it assemble 27 satellites?
(a) Tata Advanced Systems Ltd., SAIL, ONGC
(b) Bharat Electronics Ltd, Trans India Realty, ONGC
(c) Alpha Design Technologies P Ltd, Bharat Electronics Ltd, Tata Advanced Systems Ltd
(d) Coal India Limited, BHEL, National Thermal Power Corporation
266. NABARD launched the Centre for Climate Change in __________.
(a) Agra (b) Lucknow (c) Bhopal (d) Surat
267. The police department of this state plans to set up Digital Armies to counter fake news.
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Tenagana (d) Bihar
268. Name the country which plans to buy environmentally friendly TaxiBots from Israel Aerospace Industries.
(a) Japan (b) Russia (c) Swedan (d) India
269. This country plans to explore concepts to save UNESCO World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef.
(a) Germany (b) Australia (c) Turkey (d) Singapore
270. Name of the goalkeeper who became the world's most expensive goalkeeper?
(a) Jan Oblak (b) Manuel Neuer (c) Gianluigi Buffon (d) Alisson Beckar
271. Which institute introduced a Drone delivery system for medical supplies?
(a) IISc (b) AIIMS (c) CSDS (d) IIPH
272. Which city has launched 'Walking Action Plan' to become the world's most walkable city in the world?
(a) New York, United States (b) New Delhi, India (c) London, United Kingdom (d) Scy dney, Australia
273. Recently, Lok Sabha Passes this bill for allowing a court trying an offence related to cheque bouncing.
(a) National Council For Teacher Education (NCTE) Amendment Bill
(b) Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill
(c) Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill
(d) Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill
274. Who has been crowned as the Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018?
(a) Deshna Jain (b) Pratista Sharma (c) Sonali Bhargav (d) Chandra Prabha Kumari
275. Who has been nominated as the first woman chief justice of a Pakistani high court?
(a) Rabia Qari (b) Hina Jilani (c) Asma Jahangir (d) Tahira Safdar
276. Which country has become a popular hub of medical tourism?
(a) Mexico (b) India (c) Malaysia (d) Brazil
277. The government has slashed the minimum annual deposit requirement for accounts under the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
(SSY) to __________ from Rs 1,000.
(a) Rs 350 (b) Rs 500 (c) Rs 250 (d) Rs 400
278. The Ministry of Women and Child Development launched a contest named - " #Childline1098" to mark this day;
(a) International Children's Day (b) World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse
(c) World Day against Trafficking in Persons (d) World Day Against Child Labour
279. Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha inaugurated Regional Rail Training Institute in which state?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Jharkand
280. The Union government has constituted which high-level committee to suggest laws against mob lynching and violence?
(a) Rajiv Gauba committee (b) A.K. Dhasmana committee
(c) Bhaskar Khulbe committee (d) Inderjit Singh committee
281. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has created an online tool to help people overcome issues related to
mental health. The name of the tool is;
(a) TreadWill (b) Smartwill (c) GoodWill (d) SmartHelp
282. The Kargil War memorial, built by the Indian Army, is located in;
(a) Rajpath (b) Dras (c) Tawang (d) Palam Vihar
283. Which month was declared as the National Nutrition Month every year by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
(a) August (b) September (c) October (d) November
284. Name the first international festival of Mizoram.
(a) Mizo Hnahthlak (b) Mizo Chinmap (c) Miza Limnoug (d) Miza Paryab
285. The tenth BRICS Summit 2018 begins in which of the following?
(a) Johannesburg (b) Beijing (c) Athens (d) Denmark
286. Under the 'Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana' scheme, Narendra Modi has adopted which of the following village?
(a) Donja (b) Udwa (c) Jayapur (d) Deeh
287. 18th International Children's Film Festival was inaugurated in which Indian state?
(a) Punjab (b) Gujarat (c) West Bengal (d) Maharashtra
288. Which department participate Pitch Black Exercise in Australia?
(a) Indian Air Force (b) Indian Navy (c) Indian Coast Guard (d) National Security Guard
289. This state government launched Green Mahanadi Mission to stop soil erosion on river banks and recharge the
groundwater reserve.
(a) Maharashtra (b) Odisha (c) Haryana (d) Bihar
290. The Tourism Development Corporation of which state Launches country's 1st State-Run All-Woman Hotel?
(a) Andra Pradesh (b) Telangana (c) Tamilnadu (d) Kerala
291. The 19th Kargil Vijay Diwas 2018 has celebrated on __________.
(a) July 26 (b) July 25 (c) July 24 (d) July 23
292. This country will organize the international conference of female parliamentarians on September.
(a) UK (b) Israel (c) Ireland (d) Canada
293. Which union ministry has organized the 2nd meeting of National Council on India's Nutrition Challenges under POSHAN
Abhiyaan in New Delhi?
(a) Ministry of Women and Child Development (b) Ministry of Panchayati Raj
(c) Ministry of Food Processing Industries (d) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
294. According to a report on US journal Science, a massive underground lake has been detected in which planet?
(a) Pluto (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Mercury
295. Recently, Which scheme was launched to increase the income of farmers by three to five times in the national capital?
(a) Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Solar Yojna (b) Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Wind Power Yojna
(c) Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Bijili Yojna (d) Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Jal Yojna
296. Who introduced the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018 in Lok Sabha?
(a) Shashi Tharoor (b) Maneka Gandhi (c) Hardeep Singh Puri (d) Vijay Goel
297. Name the Indian who was re-elected President of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship Working Group for a 2nd two-
year term at the annual meeting in Johor, Malaysia.
(a) Arjun Karthik (b) Vicky Chandhok (c) Prithviraj S (d) Amal Roy
298. Name the platform that was launched by the Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog & MyGov, recently.
(a) #Digitize India Platform (b) #MyGov (c) #InnovateIndia Platform (d) #InnovateIndia MyGov-AIM
299. Society to advance former Indian president Dr Abdul Kalam's vision set up in __________.
(a) Malaysia (b) Sydney (c) New York (d) Singapore
300. Which Airport has been selected for the Champion of Earth Prize-2018?
(a) Chennai International Airport (b) Cochin International Airport Limited
(c) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata (d) Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
301. Shivangi Pathak the youngest Indian woman scaling Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro in 3 days. She belongs to
which state?
(a) Haryana (b) Telangana (c) Odisha (d) Himachala Pradesh
302. Who became first Indian to score 2,000 runs in T20 International?
(a) Jhulan Goswami (b) Mithali Raj (c) Smriti Mandhana (d) Deepti Sharma
303. Which state government passed an 'Urban Sanitation and Cleanliness Policy' for better management of solid and liquid
waste in cities?
(a) Assam (b) Odisha (c) Bihar (d) Gujarat
304. Google and __________ join hands to help enterprises to build next generation business processes with Artificial
Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).
(a) HCL (b) Wipro (c) Infosys (d) Accenture
305. With which bank Paytm partners to launch cashless payments service in Japan?
(a) SoftBank (b) Doha Bank (c) Federal Bank (d) IndusInd Bank
306. Which state passed the Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2018, Recently?
(a) Telangana (b) Jharkhand (c) Bihar (d) West Bengal
307. ICC, organised the 'Sano Cricket Curry Festival' in which city?
(a) Sano (b) Tokyo (c) Shinjuku (d) Hong Kong
308. Name of Pakistan's cricket player who has been elected as the next Prime Minister Pakistan.
(a) Shahid Afridi (b) Wasim Akram (c) Imran Khan (d) Waqar Younis
309. The International Army Games 2018 will be opened in __________.
(a) New Delhi (b) Moscow (c) London (d) Berlin
310. What are the two engines built under Center's 'Make in India' programme?
(a) 248 Mk-I and 118 Mk-II (b) M22 Locust and M24 Chaffee (c) CM-11 and CM-12 (d) V-46-6 and V92S2
311. The Ministry of Civil Aviation introduced a technological facility for air passengers. It is named as;
(a) DigiYatra (b) Blockchain Technology (c) Digishala (d) Chatbot
312. Which of the following blood group is found in India for the first time?
(a) P(2) phenotype (b) P1(k) phenotype (c) P null phenotype (d) P2(k) phenotype
313. Which company has launched Electric Vehicle charging and battery swapping infrastructure initiative in Lucknow?
(a) Essel Infraprojects Ltd (b) Essel Vision Productions (c) Reliance Industries (d) Ranbaxy Laboratories
314. This state government plans to implement Pranam Scheme to ensure that govt staff take care of their parents & physically
challenged siblings?
(a) Karnataka (b) Assam (c) Tripura (d) Odisha
315. The first Nepal-India Think Tank Summit held in __________.
(a) Pokhara (b) New Delhi (c) Kathmandu (d) Mumbai
316. Who of the following launched a smartphone distribution scheme called 'Mobile Tihar' under Sanchar Kranti Yojna?
(a) Sonakshi Sinha (b) Kangana Ranaut (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Bipasha Basu
317. American and Spanish Scientists have discovered a new shape from the Human Cells. It is in the form of;
(a) Dodecagon (b) Kite (c) Annulus (d) Scutoid
318. Who launched the Mission 'Satyanishtha', recentkly?
(a) Indian Railways (b) Indian Airways (c) Indian Navy (d) Indian Police
319. Lok Sabha passed this bill which provide a death sentence for raping girls aged under 12.
(a) Protection of Women Against Violence Bill, 2015 (b) Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018
(c) Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (d) Anti-Human Trafficking Bill, 2018
320. Who was conferred with the Best Actress in the Third BRICS Film Festival?
(a) Bhanita Das (b) Charlize Theron (c) Yulia Peresild (d) Zhang Ziyi
321. Which firm was awarded the INFRA Icon Award in the 'Global Energy' category at the mid-day INFRA Icons Awards 2018, in
Mumbai?
(a) IOCL (b) SAIL (c) GAIL (d) ONGC
322. Who has been appointed as the next Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command?
(a) Anil Kumar Chawla (b) Sunil Lanba (c) Robin K. Dhowan (d) Bimal Verma
323. Which company beats TCS and becomes India's Most Valued Company?
(a) HDFC (b) ITC (c) Reliance (d) Infosys
324. Max how many questions can a Lok Sabha member can ask?
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 8
325. Which university has found that air pollution leads to a significantly increased risk of diabetes?
(a) Oxford (b) Manchester university (c) Washington University (d) Chicago University
326. Which day is observed as Tax Day?
(a) July 2 (b) July1 (c) July4 (d) June 30
327. Antonio Vitorino elected as new Director General of UN migration agency. He belongs to which country?
(a) Argentina (b) France (c) China (d) Portugal
328. Which of the following country plans to tow icebergs from Antarctica for drinking water?
(a) Russia (b) U.S.A. (c) UAE (d) South Africa
329. Which country will host 19th World Congress of Food Science and Technology?
(a) USA (b) India (c) China (d) Russia
330. Which telecom provider launched its fiber broadband technology?
(a) Airtel (b) Jio (c) Idea (d) Bsnl
331. In which state India’s 1st taxi ambulance service flagged off?
(a) Gujrat (b) Maharashtra (c) Delhi (d) Kerala
332. Which company will launch fully self-driving buses in Japan?
(a) Baidu (b) Google (c) Xiomi (d) Lenovo
333. Which state launched ‘Poshan Abhiyan’ to eradicate malnutrition?
(a) Punjab (b) Gujrat (c) Delhi (d) Rajasthan
334. Which scheme is approved by Cabinet for relief and rehabilitation of Migrants?
(a) PURNA (b) Poshan (c) Umbrella (d) Shelter
335. Who Became first Indian to hit three T20I hundreds?
(a) K.L. Rahul (b) Virat Kohli (c) Shikhar Dhawan (d) Rohit Sharma
336. Which is the world’s emptiest airport’?
(a) Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (b) Nyingchi Mainling Airport
(c) Alert Airport, Canada (d) Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport, Alaska
337. Which state orders plastic ban from July 15?
(a) Gujrat (b) Tamil Nadu (c) West Bengal (d) Uttar Pradesh
338. Who is appointed as New Chairman of National Green Tribunal?
(a) J. AK Goel (b) J. Jawad Rahim (c) J. Swatantra Kumar (d) J. HL Dattu
339. Who developed ‘GST Verify’?
(a) Mehran Akbar (b) Bharat Nigam (c) B Raghu Kiran (d) None of these
340. Which is the China’s first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan?
(a) PRSS-1 (b) PakTES-1A (c) Babar (d) PSSR-2
341. Who is the first Indian to climb world’s highest volcano?
(a) Satyarup Siddhanta (b) Malli Mastan Babu (c) Boris Johnson (d) None of these
342. Who is appointed as new Brexit Secretary?
(a) David Davis (b) Dominic Raab (c) Malli Mastan Babu (d) Boris Johnson
343. Gujarat Government grants religious minority status to which community?
(a) Jews (b) Hindu (c) Sikhs (d) Marathi
344. Which app launched ‘forward label’ feature for texts globally?
(a) What’s app (b) Facebook (c) Telegram (d) Skype
345. Who classified sex addiction as mental illness?
(a) World Bank (b) WHO (c) United nation (d) None of these
346. Name the largest naval exercise?
(a) RIMPAC (b) Ekuverine (c) Eagle (d) None of these
347. From which city Shri Ramayana express will start?
(a) Ayodhya (b) Delhi (c) Ahmedabad (d) Mithila
348. What is rank of India in Global Innovation Index?
(a) 58 (b) 60 (c) 57 (d) 62
349. Which country’s scientists developed hybrid chayote fruit to battle cancer?
(a) China (b) Mexico (c) Thailand (d) Russia
350. Who inaugurated new HQ building of Archaeological Survey of India?
(a) Vice president (b) President (c) Prime Minister (d) Home minister
351. Which country finished 4th at 2018 FIFA World Cup?
(a) Belgium (b) England (c) Portugal (d) Argentina
352. With which country china opened first land-based communication link?
(a) Russia (b) Afghanistan (c) Sri Lanka (d) Pakistan
353. Which country unveiled $330 mn telescope set to be world’s largest?
(a) Russia (b) U.S.A. (c) Sri Lanka (d) South Africa
354. In which country SCO drill will be held?
(a) Russia (b) Bangladesh (c) Sri Lanka (d) Pakistan
355. Who joined hands with J&K to set up telemedicine centre at 12,700 feet?
(a) NSG (b) NASA (c) ISRO (d) DRDO
356. Who successfully test fired BrahMos Missile from Odisha?
(a) DRDO (b) ISRO (c) Indian space agency (d) None
357. Which state CM launched Paudhagiri Campaign?
(a) Haryana (b) Assam (c) Bihar (d) Odisha
358. Walmart partners with which firm for cloud solutions?
(a) Apple (b) Google (c) Microsoft (d) Xiomi
359. Who is the speaker of Lok Sabha?
(a) Mira Kumar (b) Pratibha patil (c) Sumitra Mahajan (d) Mallikaarjun khadge
360. Which country will withdraw from UN migration pact?
(a) Afghanistan (b) Israel (c) Hungry (d) Chile
361. What is India’s rank in overall 4G mobile internet speeds?
(a) 108 (b) 100 (c) 110 (d) 109
362. Earth’s latest phase named after which Indian state?
(a) Assam (b) Meghalaya (c) Sikkim (d) Uttarakhand
363. Which sport is played by Vinesh Phogat?
(a) Wrestling (b) Shot put (c) Javelin (d) Hockey
364. In which city India’s first Defence incubators will come up?
(a) Lucknow (b) Bengaluru (c) Vishakhapatnam (d) Hyderabad
365. Which disease treatment injection is prepared by Sun Pharma?
(a) HIV (b) CANCER (c) TB (d) Ebola
366. RS passes bill on how many years jail term for bribing public servants?
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 9
368. Which state launched Abhar Aapki Sewa Ka app for pensioners?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Himanchal Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Chhattisgarh
369. Who became the first man to hold all four world cruiser weight titles?
(a) Oleksandr Usyk (b) Murat Gassiev (c) Kunlavut Vitidsarn (d) Paul Kagame
370. Who launched world’s heaviest communications satellite?
(a) ISRO (b) NASA (c) SpaceX (d) JAXA
371. Which country topped the list of skilled visa immigrants in Australia?
(a) India (b) USA (c) Russia (d) Japan
372. K2 also known as
(a) Peak of Peaks (b) Mountains king (c) Savage Peak (d) Savage Mountain
373. Which country declared end of Ebola outbreak?
(a) South Africa (b) Nigeria (c) West Indies (d) Democratic Republic of Congo
374. Which city will host Olympics in 2020?
(a) London (b) Shanghai (c) New York (d) Tokyo
375. Who will open startup incubator in China despite website ban?
(a) Google (b) What’s up (c) Facebook (d) Microsoft
376. Man, who wins Ramon Magsaysay award inspired which of the following film?
(a) 3 idiots (b) PK (c) Satyagraha (d) Dangal
377. Which country demanded Australia to change its flag?
(a) USA (b) France (c) New Zealand (d) China
378. Name the district which became 1st ODF district in Bihar?
(a) Patna (b) Sitamarhi (c) Gaya (d) Ranchi
379. Who is the Union Minister of Women and Child Development?
(a) Prakash Javadekar (b) Smriti Irani (c) Rajnath Singh (d) Maneka Gandhi
380. Gandhi: The years that changed the world is written by?
(a) Salman Rushdie (b) Salman Khurshid (c) Ramchandra Guha (d) Pranab Mukharjee
381. National Sports Day 2018 will be celebrated on?
(a) August 29 (b) September 25 (c) July28 (d) August 4
382. Which country has planned to establish an “Arab NATO” force?
(a) Russia (b) China (c) Japan (d) US
383. Who has become the first Indian political figure to lead a party for 50 years?
(a) M Karunanidhi (b) V. Narayanasamy (c) Shri Naveen Patnaik (d) Km. Mamata Banerjee
384. India’s Bharat Vatwani won 2018 Ramon Magsaysay award, who is a __________?
(a) Social Servicer (b) Politician (c) Psychiatrist (d) Lyricist
385. BAN2401, a new drug for __________.
(a) Diabetes (b) Cancer (c) Alzheimer disease (d) Autoimmune Diseases
386. Who has been awarded as Best Footballer for the year 2017-18 by Mohun Bagan club?
(a) Shilton Paul (b) Sudip Chatterjee (c) Sourav Das (d) Rahim Ali
387. Who has approved Aurobindo Pharma for generic anticoagulant injection?
(a) WHO (b) USFDA (c) Indian Medical Association (d) None of these
388. India has pledged how much amount of aid to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)?
(a) $5 million (b) $10 million (c) $25 million (d) $30 million
389. The Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble of which Indian city has recently declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
(a) Pondicherry (b) Panaji (c) Kochi (d) Mumbai
390. The 2018 International Day of Tropics is observed on which date?
(a) June 27 (b) June 28 (c) June 29 (d) June 30
391. Who has taken over charge as the new chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)?
(a) P K Sinha (b) B K Chaturvedi (c) Ajit Seth (d) S Ramesh
392. Which Indian journalist has authored the book “Eleventh Hour” to pay tribute to the men in uniform?
(a) Karan Thapar (b) Arun Shourie (c) Hussain Zaidi (d) Madhu Trehan
393. NITI Aayog has partnered with GNFC Ltd. to implement fertiliser subsidy disbursement through which technology?
(a) Internet of Things (b) Blockchain (c) Cryptocurrency (d) Counterparty
394. Which of the following is the world’s first medicine made from marijuana that has been approved by the US Food and Drug
Administration?
(a) Aconite (b) Epidiolex (c) Nux Vomica (d) Calendula
395. Who will chair the first meeting of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA)?
(a) Kavindra H Dholakia (b) Suryanath Upadhyay (c) Bhagat Singh Koshyari (d) S Masood Hussain
396. The Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) has become the India’s first oil Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) to introduce online
legal compliance “Legatrix”. It is located in which state?
(a) Assam (b) Manipur (c) West Bengal (d) Jharkhand
397. Which of the following National parks has become the largest habitat of the endangered estuarine crocodiles in India?
(a) Jim Corbett National Park (b) Bhitarkanika National Park
(c) Ranthambore National Park (d) Nagarhole National Park
398. Who is the newly appointed Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) & Chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board
(OFB)?
(a) P K Shrivastava (b) Saurabh Kumar (c) P W Ralegankar (d) S P Mishra
399. Which high-level committee has submitted its report to Finance ministry to tackle Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) and to
create credit capacity?
(a) Rajnish Kumar committee (b) Viral Acharya committee (c) V S Jayakumar committee (d) Sunil Mehta committee
400. Which city is set to host the Monsoon session of the Maharashtra Legislature after a gap of 47 years?
(a) Aurangabad (b) Nashik (c) Mumbai (d) Nagpur
401. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) launched its e-marketing system “KIMIS” in New Delhi. What does
“KIMIS” stands for?
(a) Khadi Institution Management and Infallible System (b) Khadi Institution Management and Industrial System
(c) Khadi Institution Management and Infographic System (d) Khadi Institution Management and Information System
402. India’s first Global Mobility Summit will be organised by NITI Aayog in which city?
(a) Bhopal (b) Chennai (c) New Delhi (d) Pune
403. The Kerala government has set up a panel to choose an official song for the state. Who is the convenor of the panel?
(a) K P Mohanan (b) Ezhachery Ramachandran (c) M M Basheer (d) Rani George
404. Which country is hosting the 8th International Convention of Saurashtra Patel Cultural Samaj 2018?
(a) United States (b) Brazil (c) South Africa (d) India
405. Who has become the first from the minority community to contest assembly elections in Pakistan?
(a) Sunita Parmar (b) Bishnu Chattopadhyay (c) Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry (d) Mukesh Kumar Chawla
406. Who has been appointed as new member of the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC)?
(a) Arundhati Nag (b) Mahir Sen (c) Uday K Varma (d) Vikramajit Sen
407. The Union Government has declared the area around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) as an Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ). The
MTR is located in which state?
(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka
408. Recently, the term of K Kasturirangan Committee was extended by the Government of India (GoI). The committee was
constituted for which purpose?
(a) To draft new education policy (b) To draft new income-tax policy
(c) To draft new FDI policy (d) To draft new forest policy
409. Which Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) has launched mobile help centre “Saathi” for Amarnath Yatra pilgrims?
(a) National Security Guard (b) Border Security Force
(c) Central Reserve Police Force (d) Sashastra Seema Bal
410. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has launched which movement for healthier FMCG food
products?
(a) The Eat Right Movement (b) The Eat Healthy Movement
(c) The Eat Safe Movement (d) The Eat Calculative Movement
411. Which Indian destination has bagged the 4th best tourist spot in Lonely Planet’s top five “2018 Best in Asia” list?
(a) Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park (b) Ajanta Caves
(c) Western Ghats (d) Bhimbetka Rock Shelters
412. Which Indian University has discovered a pigment in wild edible mushroom that may help fight against cancer?
(a) Goa University (b) IISC Bangalore (c) IIT Roorkee (d) University of Calcutta
413. For the first time, which Indian Naval Aircraft has been deployed for Rim of Pacific Multinational Naval exercise (RIMPAC-
18)?
(a) Poseidon Eight India (P 8I) (b) Poseidon Nine India (P 9I) (c) Poseidon Seven India (P 7I) (d)
Poseidon Six India (P 6I)
414. The play script “Hello Farmaish”, which is being shortlisted for The Hindu Playwright Award 2018, is written by whom?
(a) Nayantara Nayar (b) Sneh Sapru (c) Alistair Bennis (d) Manjima Chatterjee
415. The book “Aluminium: The Future Metal” has been authored by whom?
(a) Aruna Sharma (b) Anil Gopishankar Mukim (c) Haribhai Chaudhary (d) Tapan Kumar Chand
416. The UNSC has adopted which resolution to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan?
(a) Resolution 2428 (b) Resolution 2426 (c) Resolution 2425 (d) Resolution 2427
417. The play script “Guilt” which is being shortlisted for The Hindu Playwright Award 2018, is written by whom?
(a) Swetanshu Bora (b) Annie Zaidi (c) Sumit Ray (d) Parag Motwani
418. Under which of the following international organizations, the “Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration”
has been finalized recently?
(a) United Nations (b) International Refugee Organization (c) Refugees International (d) None of the above
419. Recently, ISRO successfully tested the high thrust version of the Vikas Engine at its Propulsion Complex (IPRC) in Tamil
Nadu’s Mahendragiri. Vikas Engine is a useful liquid rocket engine powering which of the following?
(a) PSLV (b) GSLV (c) GSLV Mk-III (d) All of Above
420. As per the Census 2011 data, 24,821 people in India have registered Sanskrit as their mother tongue (in comparison to
14,135 in Census 2001). In which of the following states of India, Sanskrit is an official language?
(a) Karnataka (b) Maharashtra (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Uttarakhand
421. A PIL (public interest litigation) by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay has sought doing away with the law allowing
candidates contesting more than one seat in elections in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas. As per existing laws, on how many
maximum seats an MP / MLA candidate is allowed to contest?
(a) Two (b) Three (c) Four (d) Five
422. Which of the following missiles of India is a “supersonic cruise missile”?
(a) Agni-V (b) BrahMos (c) Prithvi-III (d) Aakash
423. What term has been used for medical professionals assisting patients seeking treatment under the Ayushman Bharat-
National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)?
(a) Ayushman Saathi (b) Ayushman Sahayak (c) Ayushman Sahkari (d) Ayushman Mitra
424. Recently, the Government of India has increased the monetary threshold for filing appeals in tax disputes in courts and
tribunals to bring down the tax litigation in the country. What is the new monetary threshold for filing appeals in
tribunals?
(a) Rs. 10 Lakh (b) Rs. 20 Lakh (c) Rs. 35 Lakh (d) Rs. 50 Lakh
425. The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) has recently organized the Conference of Heads of AYUSH National Institutes.
Where is the headquarters of AIIA?
(a) Jabalpur (b) Raipur (c) New Delhi (d) Patna
426. Under which Article of the Constitution, the President has recently nominated Classical dancer Sonal Mansingh to the
Rajya Sabha?
(a) Article 84 (b) Article 83 (c) Article 80 (d) Article 81
427. The Government of India (GoI) has given ‘In-Principle’ approval for construction and operation of LIGO-India Laboratory in
which district of Maharashtra?
(a) Hingoli (b) Nagpur (c) Aurangabad (d) Kolhapur
428. The NMCG has organised “Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan” in which of the following main stem Ganga basin states?
(a) Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh (b) West Bengal (c) Bihar and Jharkhand (d) All of the above
429. Recently, the Supreme Court has stated that women have the constitutional right to enter the famous Sabarimala temple.
The temple is located in which state?
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Kerala
430. Who is the author of the book “The House of Islam: A Global History”?
(a) Abdullah Quilliam (b) Maajid Nawaz (c) Ayaan Hirsi Ali (d) Ed Husain
431. Which road suburban railway station in Mumbai has been rechristened as Prabhadevi station?
(a) Boisar (b) Andheri (c) Churchgate (d) Elphinstone
432. Myanmar has become the 68th signatory to the Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). Where is
the headquarters of ISA?
(a) Australia (b) France (c) Belgium (d) India
433. Afghan player Samira Asghari has been nominated for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership. She is
associated with which sports?
(a) Football (b) Sprint (c) Basketball (d) Boxing
434. Which state police has launched drive to bust an international smuggling racket of pangolin?
(a) Assam (b) Odisha (c) Meghalaya (d) Tripura
435. Which of the following is the official mascot for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games?
(a) Someity (b) Keito (c) Zabivaka (d) Miraitowa
436. NITI Aayog has signed Statement of Intent (SoI) with which pharmaceutical company to collaborate in Aspirational Districts
Programme?
(a) Cipla (b) Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (c) Aurobindo Pharma (d) Lupin Foundation
437. Which ministerial committee has been set up by the Odisha government for development of Odia film industry?
(a) S B Behera committee (b) Prafulla Samal committee (c) Ananta Das committee (d) Kirti Patnaik committee
438. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon issue new 100 Rupee notes with motif of which UNESCO World Heritage site?
(a) Sanchi Stupa (b) Rani Ki Vav (c) Hampi (d) Konark
439. Which state government has released its first-ever tribal atlas to highlight the tribal demography of the state?
(a) Manipur (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Odisha (d) Tamil Nadu
440. Who is the author of the book “The Dhoni Touch: Unravelling the Enigma That Is Mahendra Singh Dhoni”?
(a) Nuwan Kulasekara (b) Vijaya Kumar (c) Jagdish Singh Rajput (d) Bharat Sundaresan
441. In which state, acid attack victims have been included under disability and will be eligible to get all benefits as per
Disabilities Act 2016?
(a) Rajasthan (b) Odisha (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Assam
442. Which state government has recently decided to set up a separate directorate for the Divyangs?
(a) Kerala (b) Punjab (c) Haryana (d) Assam
443. The Langshiang Falls is located in which state?
(a) Tripura (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Meghalaya (d) Nagaland
444. Which state government has recently constituted inter-district council to identify the developmental priorities of the
State?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Haryana (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Assam
445. Which former chairman of Coal India Ltd (CIL) has authored the book “When Coal Turned Gold: The Making of a
Maharatna Company”?
(a) Gopal Singh (b) PB Bhattacharyya (c) Suresh Kumar (d) Sutirtha Bhattacharya
446. Which Bollywood personality has been conferred D Litt (Honoris Causa) by Kazi Nazrul University in West Bengal?
(a) Sharmila Tagore (b) Aishwarya Rai (c) Rani Mukerji (d) Kajol
447. Which state government has launched smartphone scheme “Sanchar Kranti Yojna” to the people of the state?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Chhattisgarh (c) Odisha (d) Jharkhand
448. Which citizen centric platform has been jointly launched by Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and MyGov?
(a) Swachh India Platform (b) Educate India Platform (c) Innovate India Platform (d) Indian culture Platform
449. What is the theme of the 2018 World Hepatitis Day (WHD)?
(a) Hepatitis: Think Again (b) Eliminate Hepatities (c) Test. Treat. Hepatitis (d) Know Hepatitis-Act now
450. Who has become the world’s oldest verified living person?
(a) Kane Tanaka (b) Chiyo Miyako (c) Nabi Tajima (d) Jeanne Calment
451. The Central government has launched the National Viral Hepatitis Control programme in collaboration with which
organisation to combat the disease by 2030?
(a) UNICEF (b) UNHRC (c) WHO (d) UNISDR
452. Which country has been designated as a nodal centre for preparing flash-flood forecasts to Asian nations by the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO)?
(a) Thailand (b) Vietnam (c) Sri Lanka (d) India
453. The completed draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) has been officially published by which state government?
(a) Assam (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Manipur
454. The Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu recently launched a mobile application to trace missing and
abandoned children in India. The app is named
(a) Milan (b) ReUnite (c) Milap (d) Find
455. The US State Department categorised North Korea as one of the “worst human trafficking nations” for the 16th straight
year. It has been included in the Tier 3 category along with
(a) Iran (b) Russia (c) China (d) All the above
456. The navies of India and which of the following countries participated in Passage Exercise (PASSEX) recently?
(a) Malaysia (b) Vietnam (c) Thailand (d) Indonesia
457. According to the Cost of Living Survey published by global personnel consultants Mercer, which of the following is ranked
as the world's costliest city to live in for expatriates?
(a) Hong Kong (b) Seoul (c) Singapore (d) Zurich
458. ______ has been ranked first among 108 ‘aspirational districts’ by the NITI Aayog on the basis of incremental development
over two months from 31 Mar 2018.
(a) West Sikkim, Sikkim (b) Dahod, Gujarat (c) Bengaluru, Karnataka (d) Ghaziabad, UP
459. The govt has notified the Electoral Bond Scheme 2018. The Electoral Bonds shall be valid for _________ calendar days
from the date of issue.
(a) seven (b) ten (c) fifteen (d) twenty
460. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the deadline for the PAN-Aadhaar linking till
(a) 31 Oct 2018 (b) 31 Dec 2018 (c) 31 Mar 2019 (d) 31 May 2019
461. Mount Fanjingshan has been added to UNESCO World Heritage List. The mountain is situated in
(a) Indonesia (b) Vietnam (c) Philippines (d) China
462. The indigenous fighter aircraft Tejas of No 45 Squadron recently formally commenced operations from the Air Force
Station at Sulur situated in
(a) Karnataka (b) Kerala (c) Telangana (d) Tamil Nadu
463. What was India’s position in terms of money parked by its citizens and companies with Swiss banks in 2017?
(a) 55th (b) 63rd (c) 68th (d) 73rd
464. India is in the process of inducting the first batch of its intercontinental ballistic missile system, Agni V. The missile system
has a strike range of
(a) 3,500 km (b) 4,000 km (c) 5,000 km (d) 7,000 km
465. Asian trade ministers reached closer in Japan toward creating what could be the world’s biggest trading bloc which is
called
(a) Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (b) Regional Cooperative Economic Partnership
(c) Regional Collective Economic Partnership (d) Regional Constructive Economic Partnership
466. Which of the following automakers has launched ‘India 2.0’ project to invest 1 bn euro by 2021 in India?
(a) Renault (b) Nissan (c) Tata Motors (d) Volkswagen
467. India is planning to float 'Oil Buyers Club' with which of the following countries to cut OPEC's dominance?
(a) China (b) Russia (c) US (d) UK
468. The Election Commission of India (ECI) recently launched ‘EPIC’ with Braille on it to ensure participation of visually
impaired persons in the electoral process. Here, EPIC means
(a) Electors Personal Identity Card (b) Election People Identity Card
(c) Election Purpose Identity Card (d) Electors Photo Identity Card
469. The govt has hiked the minimum support price for paddy by a record
(a) Rs 100/quintal (b) Rs 120/quintal (c) Rs 150/quintal (d) Rs 200/quintal
470. The RBI recently imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 40 lakh on which bank for non-compliance of its directions on
detection and impounding of counterfeit notes?
(a) PNB (b) SBI (c) BoB (d) Canara Bank
471. ________ has bagged the 'SKOCH Order-of Merit' Award for the Measles-Rubella Vaccination campaign and also for the
CM's Free Cancer Chemotherapy Scheme.
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) Uttarakhand (d) Tamil Nadu
472. Which state govt recently launched 'Happiness Curriculum' for school students, with the Dalai Lama gracing the occasion?
(a) Bihar (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Sikkim (d) Delhi
473. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) recently announced a 524-member contingent of athletes for the Asian Games to be
held in
(a) Japan (b) China (c) Malaysia (d) Indonesia
474. Noted artist A Ramachandran was conferred with the which of the following awards recently?
(a) Kalidas Award (b) Saraswati Samman (c) Kala Ratna (d) Tulsi Samman
475. Which of the following state govts recently launched 'Purna' project to eliminate malnutrition among girls in the age group
of 14 to 18?
(a) Odisha (b) West Bengal (c) Karnataka (d) Gujarat
476. Jose Eladio Alcain has been appointed head of the UN mission for monitoring the ceasefire line between India and
Pakistan. He hails from Uruguay which has its capital in
(a) Asuncion (b) Montevideo (c) Yerevan (d) Sana’a
477. The National Housing Bank is set to achieve a milestone of covering two lakh households till date under the CLSS of
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. The term CLSS means
(a) Commodity-Linked Subsidy Scheme (b) Customer-Linked Subsidy Scheme
(c) Category-Linked Subsidy Scheme (d) Credit-Linked Subsidy Scheme
478. The Law Commission recently recommended that gambling and betting on sports, including cricket, be allowed as
regulated activities. The present chairman of the law commission is
(a) BS Chauhan (b) KG Balakrishnan (c) Swatanter Kumar (d) Dipak Misra
479. The Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar recently inaugurated the 17th World Sanskrit Conference
in
(a) Frankfurt, Germany (b) Lyon, France (c) Sydney, Australia (d) Vancouver, Canada
480. The Hindi edition of the book 'An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradiction' named 'Bharat Aur Uske Virodhabhas' was
launched recently. The book has been co-authored by Jean Dreze with
(a) TN Srinivasan (b) Arvind Panagariya (c) Jagdish Bhagwati (d) Amartya Sen
481. Which of the following has become the most valuable bank in the emerging market outside China (with current market
capitalisation of $78.4 bn)?
(a) ICICI Bank (b) Axis Bank (c) Bank of Baroda (d) HDFC Bank
482. The Members of the Rajya Sabha can speak in any of the ____ Scheduled Languages from the Monsoon Session of
Parliament with the addition of simultaneous interpretation facility for five languages.
(a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 22
483. The Govt has approved the Idea Cellular and Vodafone India merger. The combined entity will create the country's largest
telecom operator unseating
(a) BSNL (b) MTNL (c) Reliance Jio (d) Bharti Airtel
484. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit was held recently in Brussels which is the capital city of
(a) Bulgaria (b) Sweden (c) Greece (d) Belgium
485. The data protection watchdog of which country is planning to slap a fine of $662,501 on Facebook over the Cambridge
Analytica data leak scandal?
(a) Germany (b) France (c) UK (d) Canada
486. A recent study by Azim Premji University (APU) and Lokniti has revealed that ______ enjoys the highest level of “effective
trust” in the country.
(a) Political parties (b) High Courts (c) Supreme Court (d) Indian Army
487. _______ has unveiled the country’s first internet telephony service that will allow users to dial any telephone number in
India through its mobile app “Wings” without using SIM.
(a) MTNL (b) BSNL (c) Airtel (d) Vodafone
488. India’s first private sector unit for manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be
set up by DCM Shriram Industries in
(a) Pune (b) Kota (c) Mumbai (d) Gurugram
489. Satyarup Siddhanta has become the second Indian mountaineer to climb Mt Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano in the
world located in/on
(a) Italy (b) Indonesia (c) South Africa (d) Argentina-Chile border
490. Which state recently started shipping the ‘Kew’ variety of the pineapples to the international markets? Pineapple is the
state fruit of this state.
(a) Assam (b) Kerala (c) Sikkim (d) Tripura
491. Jack Guy Lafontant resigned as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries recently?
(a) Haiti (b) Ghana (c) Djibouti (d) Suriname
492. Who among the following is the Cabinet Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation in the present Union Govt? The
Ministry launched a rural cleanliness programme ‘Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018’ recently.
(a) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (b) Uma Bharti (c) DV Sadananda Gowda (d) Harsh Vardhan
493. A huge iceberg recently drifted close to a village on the western coast of Greenland, prompting fears of tsunami. The
capital of Greenland is
(a) Helsinki (b) Amsterdam (c) Stockholm (d) Nuuk
494. Lee Hsien Loong is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries? He recently announced that the EU and
ASEAN have agreed to restart FTA talks.
(a) Vietnam (b) Philippines (c) Singapore (d) Thailand
495. Kuniyo Mikuriya is the present Secretary General of which of the following institutions?
(a) World Customs Organisation (b) World Trade Organisation
(c) Asian Development Bank (d) New Development Bank
496. Peru has declared a 60-day state of emergency on its border with Colombia. The capital city of Peru is
(a) Manama (b) Nuuk (c) Tbilisi (d) Lima
497. The 2018 Women's hockey World Cup is being played in which of the following countries?
(a) Australia (b) England (c) South Korea (d) Spain
498. Which of the following items was recently freed from attracting Goods & Service Tax (GST)?
(a) Ethanol (b) Bamboo flooring (c) Handloom dari (d) Sanitary napkin
499. Which of the following is the world's biggest single market?
(a) US (b) Japan (c) China (d) EU
500. The TRAI Chairman has said that apps should collect minimal data from people. The present chairman of TRAI is
(a) Aruna Sundararajan (b) TCA Anant (c) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala (d) RS Sharma
501. Who among the following recently became the richest man in modern history with a net worth of $150 bn?
(a) Bill Gates (b) Warren Buffett (c) Mark Zuckerberg (d) Jeff Bezos
502. The new book “Lethal White” has been authored by who among the following under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith?
(a) Kazuo Ishiguro (b) Salman Rushdie (c) Stephen King (d) JK Rowling
503. _______ has launched a Rs 40-cr remotely operable miscroscope, claimed to be the world's first of its kind, that would
enable precise view of atoms of a material.
(a) IIT Delhi (b) IIT Madras (c) IIT Kanpur (d) IIT Bhubaneswar
504. The Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan recently laid the foundation stone
of country’s first skill training institute at Barang in the state of
(a) Bihar (b) Odisha (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
505. In which country the state of emergency, imposed after the failed coup two years ago, was lifted recently? President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan had declared emergency.
(a) Greece (b) Egypt (c) Turkey (d) Zimbabwe
506. The inaugural US-India ‘2+2 dialogue’ will be held in which city in India as announced by the US recently?
(a) Mumbai (b) Bengaluru (c) New Delhi (d) Hyderabad
507. The 4th BIMSTEC Summit will be held in
(a) Bangkok (b) Kathmandu (c) Colombo (d) Thimphu
508. Which of the following automakers crossed the production of 20 million vehicles at its Gurugram and Manesar facilities
recently?
(a) Tata Motors (b) Mahindra & Mahindra (c) Renault (d) Maruti Suzuki
509. The revenue generated by which IIT in the last three years through research, inventions, consultancy and patents was the
highest among the premier engineering institutes, according to HRD ministry data?
(a) IIT-Delhi (b) IIT-Madras (c) IIT-Kanpur (d) IIT-Bombay
510. Which telecom firms aims to sale 10,000 satellite phones by Mar 2019?
(a) Bharti Airtel (b) Reliance Jio (c) BSNL (d) Vodafone
511. Insurance services under the Centrally-sponsored Ayushman Bharat scheme will be exempt from GST. The present CEO of
Ayushman Bharat scheme is
(a) CK Mishra (b) Indu Bhushan (c) Randhir Sud (d) Naresh Trehan
512. The Fifteenth Finance Commission visited Gujarat on a 4-day tour to the state. The chairman of the 15th Finance
Commission is
(a) NK Singh (b) Bibek Debroy (c) Y Venugopal Reddy (d) RK Singh
513. Abdul Rashid Dostum survived a suicide bomb attack at an airport recently. He is the Vice-President of
(a) Bangladesh (b) Pakistan (c) Malaysia (d) Afghanistan
514. India recently extended $200-mn lines of credit to Rwanda for its economic development. The currency of Rwanda is
(a) Peso (b) Franc (c) Pound (d) Dollar
515. Who among the following won the ‘2017 Women Player of the Year’ award at the All India Football Federation (AIFF)
awards?
(a) Dalima Chhibber (b) Manisha Panna (c) Okram Roshini Devi (d) Kamala Devi
516. Among smaller states (with population less than two crore), which state has topped the ‘Public Affairs Index 2018’?
(a) Tripura (b) Sikkim (c) Mizoram (d) Himachal Pradesh
517. The World Day against Trafficking in Persons is observed every year on
(a) 03 Jul (b) 13 Jul (c) 23 Jul (d) 30 Jul
518. The 14-year-long operation of which of the following online retailers in India came to an end recently?
(a) Infibeam (b) ebay India (c) Shopclues (d) Snapdeal
519. The market value of which of the following technology firms plunged USD 119 bn recently in biggest loss in stock market
history?
(a) Google (b) Apple (c) Intel (d) Facebook
520. The Committee constituted to deliberate on a data protection framework submitted its report recently. The Committee
was headed by
(a) KG Balakrishnan (b) HL Dattu (c) BN Srikrishna (d) SH Kapadia
521. The tenth edition of BRICS Summit concluded recently in South Africa. What was the theme for the 2018 Summit?
(a) BRICS in America (b) BRICS for African Development
(c) BRICS in South Africa (d) BRICS for African Welfare (e) BRICS in Africa
522. In which state Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the Rs 300-cr Rukura Medium Irrigation Dam project in
Sundargarh district recently?
(a) Jharkhand (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Odisha
523. Which of the following books has been authored by the renowned historian Ramachandra Guha?
(a) India After Gandhi (b) Gandhi Before India
(c) Gandhi: The years that changed the world (1914-1948) (d) All the above
524. Balesh Sharma has been named chief executive officer of which of the following telecom companies in India?
(a) Bharti Airtel (b) Vodafone Idea Ltd (c) Reliance Jio (d) Reliance Communications
525. The Global Disability Summit 2018 was held recently in which city? It was attended by Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union
Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment.
(a) Paris (b) New York (c) London (d) Johannesburg
526. The book “The English Patient” was named the best work of fiction from the last five decades of the Man Booker Prize. It
was authored by
(a) Rohinton Mistry (b) Esta Spalding (c) Margaret Atwood (d) Michael Ondaatje
527. The film Xhoihobote Dhemalite bagged three top awards at the 3rd Love International Film Festival in Los Angeles. It is
a/an
(a) Bengali film (b) Marathi film (c) Assamese film (d) Malayalam film
528. The NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has said the country needs to improve its HDI to achieve a growth of around 10 per
cent. Here, the term HDI means
(a) Human Determination Index (b) Human Dedication Index
(c) Human Decisiveness Index (d) Human Development Index
529. A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck island of Lombok in which country recently?
(a) Indonesia (b) Malaysia (c) Thailand (d) Philippines
530. Which of the following payments banks is expected to go live with 650 branches in Aug 2018?
(a) India Post Payments Bank (b) Fino Post Payments Bank (c) Paytm Post Payments Bank (d) Airtel Post Payments Bank
531. India is considering buying National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS)-II to bolster missile shield in its
major cities. NASAMS belongs to
(a) Russia (b) US (c) Sweden (d) Japan
532. Who has laid the foundation stone of Dharmashastra National Law University in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh?
(a) Arun Jaitley (b) Ram Nath Kovind (c) Dipak Misra (d) Narendra Modi
533. In which city, 4th Australia India Education Council (AIEC) meeting was held?
(a) Mumbai (b) New Delhi (c) Adelaide (d) Sydney
534. Which Day is observed as the International Mother Language Day?
(a) 20 February (b) 23 March (c) 21 February (d) 25 January
535. Which State Government has announced to increase the pension of persons detained under the Maintenance of Internal
Security Act (MISA) and the Defence of India (DIR) rules during the 1975-77 national emergency?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Andhra Pradesh
536. Who is the only Commander invitee from Asia to the Golden Globe Race?
(a) Vivek Sharma (b) Rakesh Nagpal (c) Abhilash Tomy (d) Piyush Sharma
537. Who has been appointed as the Secretary of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)?
(a) Ritika Singh (b) Neetu Singh (c) Alka Tiwari (d) Tanya Gupta
538. Which State Government has launched “Annapurna Milk Scheme” for supplying milk to children studying in the State-run
schools?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Haryana
539. Which application has been launched by Election Commission for citizens to share proof of malpractices by political
parties?
(a) ‘cVigil’ (b) ‘dVigil’ (c) ‘lVigil’ (d) ‘gVigil’
540. Who has taken charge as the 1st woman DGP of Puducherry?
(a) Nirali Jain (b) Jyoti Verma (c) Alka Kumari (d) S. Sundari Nanda
541. To which Bank, RBI has issued license to launch operations in India?
(a) Bank of Malaysia (b) Bank of Japan (c) Bank of China (d) Bank of Russia
542. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
(a) Om Prakash Rawat (b) Ashok Lavasa (c) Sunil Arora (d) Mahesh Kumar Jain
543. In which city, National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has opened a Center of Excellence (CoE)
for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence?
(a) Bhopal (b) Gurugram (c) Lucknow (d) Bengaluru
544. In which city, UNCTAD meeting of third inter- governmental group of experts on consumer protection will be held?
(a) Vienna, Austria (b) Geneva, Switzerland (c) Rome, Italy (d) Ottawa, Canada
545. In which City, 2nd meeting of the joint working group on tourism cooperation between India and Nepal was concluded?
(a) Mumbai (b) New Delhi (c) Kathmandu (d) Dharan
546. Which Day is observed as the World Environment Day?
(a) 20 February (b) 22 March (c) 21 February (d) 5 June
547. Who is the Union Minister of Law & Justice?
(a) Ramvilas Paswan (b) Uma Bharati (c) Maneka Gandhi (d) Ravi Shankar Prasad
548. Who is the Vice Chairman of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI AAYOG)?
(a) Narendra Modi (b) Rajiv Kumar (c) Amitabh Kant (d) Dinesh Arora
549. Which Bank has launched 'Cash@PoS' facility to withdraw cash from PoS terminals?
(a) UCO Bank (b) ICICI (c) HDFC (d) Karnataka Bank
550. Which Day is observed as the World Tourism Day?
(a) 27 September (b) 22 March (c) 10 April (d) 5 June
551. Who has inaugurated the country's first Drone Application Research Laboratory and Cyber Security centre in Dehradun?
(a)Trivendra Singh Rawat (b) Narendra Modi (c) Venkaiah Naidu (d) Sumitra Mahajan
552. Which State Government and Microsoft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide digital training to 9,500
college students of state?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Uttarakhand (c) Maharashtra (d) Rajasthan
553. Which State Government has ordered a ban on the use of plastic bags, polythene and single-use plastic in the State from
Gandhi Jayanti in October?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamilnadu (c) Kerala (d) Odisha
554. Government has set up a high-level task force to suggest ways of reducing import dependence. Who will head this task
force?
(a) Upendra P. Singh (b) Rahul Bhatnagar (c) P K Sinha (d) Rakesh Srivastava
555. Where is the Headquarters of World Food Programme?
(a) Vienna, Austria (b) Rome, Italy (c) Paris, France (d) Geneva, Switzerland
556. Who is Governor of Assam?
(a) B D Mishra (b) Banwarilal Purohit (c) Jagdish Mukhi (d) Ganga Prasad
557. UN chief Antonio Guterres has established a panel on digital cooperation aimed at addressing concerns of cybersecurity
threats and rise in hate speech. Who is the executive director of this panel?
(a) Melinda Gates (b) Amandeep Singh Gill (c) Jack Ma (d) Rakesh Pal
558. Who has unveiled the Goa IT Policy 2018 at the Inox complex in Panaji?
(a) Ravi Shankar Prasad (b) Manohar Parrikar (c) Smriti Irani (d) Ram Nath Kovind
559. In which city, India and Pakistan will be part of anti- terror drill “Peace Mission”?
(a) Chelyabinsk, Russia (b) New Delhi, India (c) Beijing, China (d) Islamabad, Pakistan
560. With which country, India has signed revised travel agreement to ease visa restrictions for citizens from the neighboring
country?
(a) Bhutan (b) Bangladesh (c) Sri Lanka (d) Nepal
561. Where is the headquarters of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)?
(a) Islamabad, Pakistan (b) New Delhi, India (c) Beijing, China (d) Moscow, Russia
562. RBI to Issue New Design Rs. 100 Denomination Banknote. What will be the Dimension of the banknote?
(a) 66 mm × 140 mm (b) 66 mm × 142 mm (c) 66 mm × 144 mm (d) 66 mm × 146 mm
563. In Which city, Fourth round of Maritime Affairs Dialogue between India and Japan was held?
(a) Mumbai (b) Dehradun (c) New Delhi (d) Lucknow
564. Which of the following is not Note Printing Press?
(a) Mysore, Karnataka (b) Salboni, West Bengal (c) Dewas, Madhya Pradesh (d) Kolkata, West Bengal
565. Which of the following is the governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
(a) N. S. Vishwanathan (b) B.P. Kanungo (c) Viral Acharya (d) Mahesh Kumar Jain
566. Who has inaugurated the most advanced System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting (SAFAR) at Chandni Chowk in
Delhi?
(a) Harsh Vardhan (b) Ram Nath Kovind (c) Venkaiah Naidu (d) Narendra Modi
567. National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has initiated the process of introducing QR code in their
textbooks. Where is the Headquarters of NCERT?
(a) Mumbai (b) New Delhi (c) Dehradun (d) Kolkata
568. Which State Government has decided to give reservation in promotions to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
personnel in its services?
(a) Telangana (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Bihar (d) Tripura
569. Who has been honoured by Britain’s University of East Anglia by Doctorate in Civil Laws?
(a) Rakesh Pal (b) Jitendra Parashar (c) Vivek Kumar (d) Asoke Mukerji
570. According to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s SPIN portal, Rooftop solar installations in India have crossed 1
Giga Watt. Which state hold top spot?
(a) Maharashtra (b) Gujarat (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Tripura
571. Which company has partnered with the Vidarbha Defence Industries Association (VDIA) for setting up an aerospace and
defence centre in Nagpur?
(a) RIL (b) Tata Technologies (c) Ashok Leyland (d) Bharat Forge
572. In which city, Haryana Government has decided to set up a cultural centre?
(a) Gurugram (b) Hisar (c) Ambala (d) Kurukshetra
573. Who will be awarded Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) Lifetime Achievement Award?
(a) Suresh Singh (b) Rahul Kumar (c) Vimal Verma (d) Ram Sehgal
574. What is the Maximum Age limit under Sukanya Samriddhi Account Yojana?
(a) 10 Years (b) 15 Years (c) 05 Years (d) 12 Years
575. In which city, Dharmendra Pradhan has laid the foundation stone for permanent campus of National Skill Training Institute
(NSTI) for Women?
(a) Agra (b) Mohali (c) Mathura (d) Lucknow
576. National Green Tribunal has formed a monitoring committee on the cleaning of the Yamuna. Who is the Member of this
committee?
(a) B S Sajwan (b) Shailaja Chandra (c) Rakesh Pal (d) Both 1 & 2
577. Who is the Social Justice and Empowerment Minister?
(a) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (b) Nirmala Sitharaman (c) Piyush Goyal (d) Thaawar Chand Gehlot
578. What is the Maximum Deposit amount limit under Sukanya Samriddhi Account Yojana?
(a) 1,50,000 (b) 1,75,000 (c) 2,00,000 (d) 1,25,000
579. In which city, World Badminton Championships has been started?
(a) Tokyo, Japan (b) New Delhi, India (c) Nanjing, China (d) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
580. How many is Lok Sabha Seat in Goa?
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
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