NOV.

2018 ENGLISH
1.Who has been selected for 2018 Ezhuthachan [B] Vivan Sundaram [C] Jitish Kallat [D] N. N. Rimzon
Puraskaram, the highest literacy prize of the Kerala ANS:A.
government? [A] Uma Shankar Singh 11.Which decommissioned aircraft carrier will be
[B] K Satchidanan [C] M Mukundan converted into India’s first-ever moored maritime
[D] Ram V Kumar ANS:C [M Mukundan] museum-cum-marine adventure centre?
2. Who has been appointed as the new Director [A] INS Chakra [B] INS Vagsheer [C] INS Vikrant
General (DG) of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)? [D] INS Viraat ANS:D
[A] RK Pachnanda [B] S S Deswal 12. Which of the following is the global satellite
[C] Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar [D] Sudeep Lakhtakia ANS:B navigation system of European Union? [A] BeiDou
3. Which Indian cricketer has officially been inducted [B] GPS [C] Galileo [D] GLONASS ANS:C [Galileo]
into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame? 13. India has officially signed a $950 million contract
[A] Sachin Tendulkar [B] Saurav Ganguly with which country for the purchase of two upgraded
[C] Rahul Dravid [D] VVS Laxman ANS:C Krivak III-class stealth frigates? [A] France [B] Russia
4. Which state government has recently launched [C] Japan [D] United States ANS:B [Russia ]
“Soura Jalanidhi” scheme? [A] Jharkhand 14. Which Indian company has been named an
[B] Odisha [C] Bihar [D] Uttar Pradesh ANS:B Official Partner of FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup
5. What is the India’s rank in the World Bank’s Ease 2018? [A] Tata Steel [B] Reliance [C] Infosys
of Doing Business Index 2018? D] Wipro A NS:A [Tata Steel]
[A] 77th [B] 98th [C] 87th [D] 64th ANS:A [77th ] 15. Ntozake Shange, who passed away recently,
6. Who has become the first Indian to win an Asian was the acclaimed playwright and poet of which
Snooker Tour event [A] Pankaj Advani [B] Lucky country? [A] New Zealand [B] Brazil[C] United States
Vatnani [C] Varun Madan [D] Manan Chandra ANS:A [D] South Africa ANS:C [United States]
7. Which country has launched the world’s first 16. The first-ever Indo-Japan joint military exercise
Sovereign Blue Bond? [A] United Kingdom Dharma Guardian-2018’ has started in which of the
[B] Mauritius [C] Japan [D] Seychelles ANS: :D following states? [A] Mizoram [B] Nagaland
8. Which union territory falls under jurisdiction of [C] West Bengal [D] Odisha ANS:A [Mizoram]
Calcutta High Court? [A] Puducherry 17. Which country to host the 23rd edition of the
[B] Lakshadweep [C] Andaman and Nicobar Islands World Corporate Games (WCG-2019)? [A] Qatar
[D] West Bengal ANS:C [B] Saudi Arabia [C] India [D] Bangladesh ANS:A
9. Which is the only Indian film has been included in 18. On which date, the 2018 World Vegan Day
BBC’s 100 best foreign language films list of the 21st (WVD) was observed recently? [A] November 2
century? [A] Pather Panchali [B] Aparajit [C] The [B] November 3 [C] November 1
World of Apu [D] The Big City ANS:A [D] November 4 ANS:C [November 1]
10. Which Indian Sculptor designed the world’s 19. The Jharsuguda Airport of Odisha will be
‘tallest statue’Statue of Unity’? [A] Ram V. Sutar renamed after which eminent freedom fighter of the
state?
[A] Jagabandu Hota [B] Surendra Sai [C] Salegram 32. RBI has started process to set up PCR for
Bariha [D] Trilochan Panigrahi ANS:B [Surendra capturing borrowers’ details. The acronym “PCR”
20. Which of the following states doesn’t celebrate its stands for? [A] Public Credit Registry
foundation day on November 1? [A] Kerala [B] [B] Personal Credit Registry [C] Prone Credit
Karnataka [C] Jharkhand [D] Haryana ANS:C Registry [D] Premium Credit Registry ANS:A
21. Simone Biles, who has become the first ever 33. IAMAI has constituted which AR/VR Committee
gymnast to win 13 world championship gold medals, to promote the technologies in India?
is from which country? [A] United States [B] Brazil [A] Kumar Yadav committee
[C] South Africa [D] Chile ANS:A [United States] [B] Mahesh Prabhu committee
22. RBI has recently permitted banks to provide PCE [C] Ajit Kumar committee
to NBFC bonds. What does ‘PCE’ stands for? [D] Namrita Mahindro committee ANS:D
[A] Premium Credit Enhancement 34. The All-India ‘Unreserved Mobile Ticketing’
[B] Personal Credit Enhancement facility (UTS on Mobile) has been developed by
[C] Prone Credit Enhancement Indian Railway- CRIS. Where is the headquarters of
[D] Partial Credit Enhancement ANS:D CRIS? [A] Pune [B] New Delhi [C] Kolkata
23. What is the theme of the United Nations for 2018 [D] Chennai ANS:B [New Delhi]
World Cities Day (WCD)? 35. V. Rathinam, veteran freedom fighter and
[A] Promoting a better urban future member of Indian National Army (INA) has passed
[B] Building Sustainable and Resilient Cities away. He belonged to which state? [A] Karnataka
[C] Better City, Better Life [B] Kerala [C] Tamil Nadu [D] Odisha ANS:C
[D] Innovative Governance, Open Cities ANS:B 36. The first WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution
24. India and which country have signed a loan pact and Health was held in which city? [A] New York
of Rs 18.17 crore for the construction of the Turga [B] Geneva [C] New Delhi [D] Paris ANS:B
Pumped Storage in West Bengal? [A] France 37. ‘Little India Gate’, which is in news recently, is
[B] Brazil [C] South Africa [D] Japan ANS:D [Japan] inaugurated in which of the following cities?
25. Recently, the first-ever India-US Dialogue On [A] Medan [B] Jakarta [C] Banten
Intellectual Property (IP) was launched in which of [D] Depok ANS:A [Medan]
the following cities? [A] New York [B] New Delhi 38. On which date, the 2018 World Tsunami
[C] Washington DC [D] Pune ANS:B [New Delhi] Awareness Day (WTAD) is observed on which date?
26. Who has been named the Brand Ambassador of [A] November 3 [B] November 4 [C] November
2018 Women’s World Boxing Championships 5[D] November 6 ANS:C
(WWBC)? [A] Sarjubala Devi [B] Yogeshwar Dutt 39. India’s first asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge
[C] Mary Kom [D] Pinki Jangra ANS:C [Mary Kom] “Signature Bridge” has recently inaugurated in which
27. Which of the following cities is the venue of the of the following cities? [A] Mumbai [B] Kolkata
2018 India International Cherry Blossom (IICB) [C] Chennai [D] Delhi ANS:D [Delhi]
festival? [A] Agartala [B] Gangtok [C] Srinagar 40. The Union government has awarded which state
[D] Shillong ANS:D [Shillong] police for citizen services under an e-governance
28. Which city has topped the Ola Mobility Institute project “CCTNS”? [A] Haryana [B] Assam
(OMI)’s ‘Ease of Moving Index 2018’ in public [C] Jharkhand [D] Kerala ANS:B [Assam ]
trANS:port? [A] Chennai [B] Hyderabad 41. Which noted journalist has been chosen for the
[C] Kolkata [D] New Delhi ANS:C [Kolkata] prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award?
29. Which of the following films was the India’s lone [A] Ruby Sarkar [B] Rajesh Parshuram Joshte
entry at the Rome Film Festival 2018? [C] VS Rajesh [D] N. Ram ANS:D [N. Ram]
[A] Sui Dhaaga [B] Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran 42. Which of the following cities is the venue of the
[C] Raazi [D] Mare Pyare Prime Minister ANS:D 18th IORA Council of (Foreign) Ministers Meetings
30. Under the provisions of which article of the (COM)? [A] Santiago [B] Durban
constitution, the President appoint judges of [C] Brasília [D] Harare ANS:B [Durban]
Supreme Court (SC)? [A] Article 125 43. Which company has received India’s first Letter
[B] Article 124 [C] Article 126 [D] Article 127 of Credit (LC) payment via blockchain?
ANS:B [Article 124] [A] Tata Motors [B] Wipro [C] Reliance Industries
31. Which city is the venue of the National Seminar [D] Infosys ANS:C [Reliance Industries]
on Entrepreneurship and Business Development in 44. The Government of India (GoI) has recently
Ayurveda? [A] Guwahati [B] Chennai [C] Pune approved operationalisation strategy for Operation
[D] New Delhi ANS:D [New Delhi] Greens for which of the following crops? [A] Tomato,
Onion and Potato [B] Onion, Carrot and Peas
[C] Potato, Wheat and Onion [D] Tomato, Peas and [B] Anup Mishra [C] Rama Devi [D] Nischal Jain
Chilli ANS:A ANS:A
45. Who has been appointed India’s new 58. Which Indian shooter has won the historic men’s
Ambassador to Iran? [A] Saurabh Kumar skeet gold at the Asian Shotgun Championship 2018
[B] Gaddam Dharmendra [C] N K Saxena in Kuwait? [A] Saurabh Chaudhary [B] Arjun Babuta
[D] Priti Jindal ANS:B [C] Angad Vir Singh Bajwa [D] Hriday Hazarika
46. Who of the following lifted the 2018 Men’s ANS:C
Singles title at the Rolex Paris Masters?
[A] Milos Raonic [B] Juan Martín del Potro
[C] Karen Khachanov [D] Novak Djokovic ANS:C
47. Which sports journalist is the author of the book
“The Fire Burns Blue: A History of Women’s Cricket
in India”? [A] Jatin Sapru [B] Karunya Keshav
[C] Mayanti Langer [D]Boria Majumdar ANS: B
48. What is the theme of the 2018 National Ayurveda
Day (NAD) of India? [A] Ayurveda for Public Health
[B] Ayurveda for Prevention and Control of Diabetes
[C] Ayurveda: Cure and Protect Our Lives
[D] Live happily with Ayurveda ANS:A
49. The newly-built Ekana cricket stadium is located
in which of the following cities? [A] Udaipur [B]
Lucknow [C] New Delhi [D] Pune ANS:B [Lucknow]
50. Which renowned personality has been honoured 59. Under which schedule of the Andhra Pradesh
with ‘Distinguished Fellow Award’ by IndiaGlobal in Reorganisation Act – 2014, the Central Tribal
Boston? [A] Sachin Tendulkar [B] Sudha Murthy University will be set up in the state? [A] 10th
[C] Anupam Kher [D] Piyush Goyal ANS:C [B] 13
th
[C] 11
th
[D] 12th ANS:B [13th ]
51. Supreme Court has recently given nod for a 60. Lalan Sarang, who passed away recently, was
separate High Court for which of the following the noted theatre personality of which regional
states/UTs? cinema? [A] Marathi [B] Odia [C] Tamil
[A] Nagaland [B] Andhra Pradesh [C] Andaman [D] Telugu ANS:A
and Nicobar Islands [D] Mizoram ANS:B 61. The 5th edition of World Buddhist Forum (WBF -
52. Who has been elected the new President of 2018) was recently held in which country?
International Boxing Association (AIBA)? [A] India [B] Nepal [C] Sri Lanka [D] China ANS:D
[A] Thomas Bach [B] P S Bopanna 62. The 25th maritime exercise “SIMBEX-18” has
[C] Gafur Rakhimov [D] Will Smith ANS:C started between India and which country?
53. Which state government has recently rolled out [A] Saudi Arabia [B] Seychelles [C] Sri Lank
the technology-driven & citizen-friendly ‘Mo Bus’ [D] Singapore ANS:D
service? [A] Andhra Pradesh [B] Karnataka 63. India is hosting the “Global IT Challenge for
[C] Odisha [D] Kerala ANS:C [Odisha ] Youth with Disabilities 2018” in collaboration with
54. Which international organisation has recently which country? [A] South Korea [B] Spain
inked $172 million loan pact to make farming viable [C] Japan [D] France ANS:A [South Korea]
in Andhra Pradesh?[A] AIIB [B] New Development 64. The first-ever solutions-focused event “Global
Bank [C] UNICEF [D] World Bank ANS:D Cooling Innovation Summit” will be held in which
55. For which term, India has been elected as a country? [A] Brazil [B] India [C] Correca
member of the International Telecommunications [D] United Kingdom ANS:B [India]
Union (ITU) Council? [A] 2020 to 2023 65. Which news agency has recently launched the
[B] 2019 to 2022 [C] 2021 to 2024 [D] 2018 to 2021 world’s first AI news anchor? [A] Yonhap
ANS:B [2019 to 2022] [B] Kyodo News [C] Xinhua [D] Lankapuvath ANS:[C]
56. Which of the following countries have recently 66. The Union Cabinet has recently approved sale of
exempted by United States for buying Iranian oil? Govt. of India’s equity in DCIL to consortium of which
[A] China, Taiwan and Greece [B] Japan, South of the following ports? [A] Paradeep Port
Korea and India [C] India, Italy and Turkey [D] All of [B] Vishakhapatnam Port [C] Jawahar Lal Nehru Port
the above ANS:D [D] All of the above ANS:D [All of the above]
57. Who has been appointed the new Secretary 67. Who has been appointed the new chairperson of
General of Lok Sabha? [A] Snehlata Shrivastava Competition Commission of India (CCI)?
[A] G P Mittal [B] U C Nahta [A] Environment Efficiency Revolving Fund
[C] Ashok Kumar Gupta [D] Smita Jhingran ANS:C [B] Ecology Efficiency Revolving Fund
68. Which Indian personality has recently bestowed [C] Eco Efficiency Revolving Fund
with France’s highest civilian honour “Knight of the [D] Energy Efficiency Revolving Fund ANS:D
Legion of Honour”? [A] Kailash Satyarthi 80. What is the theme of the 33rd ASEAN summit
[B] Amartya Sen [C] Jawahar Lal Sarin 2018? [A] Partnering for change, engaging the world
[D] Soumitra Chatterjee ANS:C [B] Resilient and Innovative Asean
69. On which date, the National Cancer Awareness [C] One ASEAN atthe Heart of Dynamic Asia
Day (NCAD), was observed recently in India? [D] Strengthening ASEAN Maritime Cooperation
[A] November 7 [B] November 9 [C] November ANS:B
10 [D] November ANS:A [November 7] 81. Which of the following countries has become the
70. Which IIT has developed a portable solar- world’s first nation to ban reef-killing toxic
powered cold storage device with a 500 kg capacity? sunscreen? [A] Nauru [B] Papua [C] New Guinea
[A] IIT Indore [B] IIT Bombay [C] IIT Kanpur [D] Vanuatu ANS: B [Papua ]
[D] IIT Madras ANS:D [IIT Madras] 82. Which Indian journalist has won the 2018 London
71. Who has won the 2018 Fuzhou China Open Press Freedom Award for Courage?
Badminton tournament? [A] Huang Yuxiang [A] Ravish Kumar [B] Arnab Goswami
[B] Lin Dan [C] Kento Momota [D] Chou Tien-chen [C] Swati Chaturvedi [D] Dhruv Rathee ANS: :C
ANS:C 83. As per latest US-based National Bureau of
72.Which Indian wrestler has been ranked world No. Economic Research (NBER) report, which of the
1 rank in 65 Kg category? [A] Sushil Kumar following cities is the India’s most congested city?
[B] Sanjeet Kumar [C] Yogeshwar Dutt [A] Bengaluru [B] Delhi
[D] Bajrang Punia ANS:D [C] Chennai [D] Kolkata ANS: A [Bengaluru ]
73. M777 Howitzers, which are recently inducted into 84. Which article of the Constitution provides free
Indian Army, are procured from which country? legal assistance to the poor and weaker sections of
[A] United States [B] South Korea [C] Russia the society?
[D] Italy ANS:A [United States] [A] Article 39A [B] Article 38A [C] Article 37A
74. Ananth Kumar, who passed away recently, was [D] Article 36A ANS: A [Article 39A]
in charge of which of the following union ministries? 85. Who is the author of the book “Notes of a Dream
[A] Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs [B] Ministry of The Authorized Biography of A.R. Rahman”?
Overseas Indian Affairs [C] Ministry of Heavy [A] Anuja Chauhan [B] Krishna Trilok [C] Mridula
Industries and Public Enterprises [D] Ministry of Behari [D] Devapriya Roy ANS: B [Krishna Trilok]
Labour and Employment ANS: A 86. The Union HRD ministry has launched the LEAP
75. Which Indian mountaineer has recently been initiative for higher education faculty. What does
awarded an honorary doctorate by a prestigious ‘LEAP’ stands for?
University of Strathclyde ? [A] Bachendri Pal [A] Legitimate for AcademiciANS: Programme
[B] Premlata Agarwal [C] Arunima Sinha [C] Leadership for AcademiciANS: Programme
[D] Malavath Purna ANS:C [D] Legible for AcademiciANS: Programme ANS: C
76. What is the theme of the 2018 World Science 87. Which India’s restoration project has won the
Day for Peace and Development? 2018 UNESCO Asia-Pacific award for conservation
[A] Science for Global Understanding in Award of Distinction category? [A] Ruttonsee
[B] Science, a Human Right Muljee Jetha Fountain [B] Rajabai Clock Tower
[C] Celebrating Science Centres and Science [C] Agra Fort [D] LAMO center ANS: D
Museums 88. The first-ever bilateral naval exercise ‘Samudra
[D] Quality Science Education ANS:B Shakti 2018’ has started between India and which
77. Which city is the venue of the International country? [A] Indonesia [B] Seychelles [C] Vanuat u
Conference on Yoga for Public Health? [A] Kolkata [D] Philippines ANS: A [Indonesia]
[B] Panjim [C] Agartala D] Bhopal ANS:B [Panjim] 89. Which social initiative has been launched by
78. Which state government is celebrating the Twitter India to boost youth engagement for 2019
“Jashn-e-Virasat-e-Urdu” festival? [A] Telangana General Elections? [A] #PowerOf18
[B] Uttarakhand [C] Delhi [D] Jharkhand ANS:C [B] #PowerOfVoters [C] #PowerOf19
79. During INSPIRE 2018, EESL and ADB signed [D] #PowerOfElection ANS: A
pact for $13 million Global Environment Facility 90. Stan Lee, who passed away recently, was the
(GEF) grant to set up an EERF. What does EERF legendary comic book writer of which country?
stands for? [A] South Africa [B] United States [C] France
[D] Canada ANS: B [United States ] [A] Oman [B] Qatar [C] UAE [D] Israel ANS: C
91. Who has become the first Indian to climb Mt 101. Which of the following cities is the principal seat
Giluwe in Papua New Guinea? [A] Taka Tamut of the Madhya Pradesh High Court? [A] Gwalior
[B] Sivangi Pathak [C] Raj Singh Dharmshaktu [B] Bhopal [C] Indore [D] Jabalpur ANS: D
[D] Satyarup Siddhanta ANS: D [Satyarup Siddhanta] 102. India has recently signed pact with which
92. The 17th ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) country to collaborate on cancer research? [A] Japan
Council Meeting was held in which country? [B] United Kingdom [C] France [D] United States
[A] Indonesia [B] New Zealand [C] Singapore ANS: B
[D] Malaysia ANS: C 103. Who has been honoured with the “Lifetime
Achievement Award” at the 6th Indian Social Work
93. Who has been honoured with the 2018 Munin
Congress in New Delhi? [A] Neelam Kler
Barkotoki Literary Award? [A] Arupa Kalita Patangia [B] Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw [C] M. Subhadra Nair
[B] Homen Borgohain [C] Debabhuson Borah [D] Martha Farrell ANS: D [Martha Farrell]
[D] Dhrubajyoti Bora ANS: C [Debabhuson Borah] 104. ISRO has successfully launched GSAT-29
94. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) satellite into space from which launch vehicle?
has recently hired which of the following India’s [A] GSLV Mk III [B] GSLV Mk I [C] GSLV Mk II
strategic crude oil storage facility? [D] GSLV Mk IV ANS: A [GSLV Mk III]
[A] Padur [B] Visakhapatnam 105. Who has been appointed the new Chief
[C] Mangalore [D] Rajkot ANS: A [Padur ] Representative for Asia and the Pacific by the Bank
95. Which of the following countries is the Partner for International Settlements (BIS)? [A] Ramesh Gelli
Country at the 38th India International Trade Fair [B] K. V. Kamath C] Siddharth Tiwari
(IITF-2018)? [A] Iran [B] Afghanistan [C] Nepal [D] Narayanan Vaghul ANS: C [Siddharth Tiwari]
[D] Bangladesh ANS: B [Afghanistan ] 106. Which state police has launched e-learning
96. What is the theme of the 2018 campaign of World portal ‘Nipun’ for training its personnel? [A] Tamil
Diabetes Day (WDD)? [A] Go Blue for Breakfast Nadu Police [B] Mumbai Police [C] Delhi Police
[B] Eyes on Diabetes [C] The Family and Diabetes [D] Kolkata Police ANS: C [Delhi Police]
D] Women and diabetes ANS: C 107. Which Indian sportsperson has been appointed
as UNICEF India’s first-ever Youth Ambassador?
[A] Hima Das [B] Amit Panghal [C] Neeraj Chopra
[D] Bajrang Punia ANS: A [Hima Das]
108. Which of the following international personalities
will be chief guest at the 2019 Republic Day parade
of India? [A] Mauricio Macri [B] Cyril Ramaphosa
[C] Ashraf Ghani [D] Petro Poroshenko ANS: B
109. Which city is the venue of the 2018 Women’s
World Boxing Championships? [A] New Delhi
[B] Pune [C] Shimla [D] Patna ANS: A
110. Which country is the current chair at the 13th
East Asia Summit (EAS -2018)? [A] New Zealand
[B] South Korea [C] Singapore [D] Australia ANS: C
111. What is the theme of the 2018 World
Pneumonia Day (WPD)? [A] Stop Pneumonia: Invest
97. India’s first multi-modal terminal has recently in Child Health [B] Keep the Promise, Stop
inaugurated on which of the following rivers? Pneumonia Now [C] Every Breath Counts: Stop
[A] Yamuna [B] Ganga [C] Brahmaputra Pneumonia Now [D] Universal access to pneumonia
[D] Godavari ANS: B [Ganga ] prevention and care ANS: A
98. Which is the host nation for the conference on 112. Which city is the venue of the 2018 South Asian
Global Digital Content Market (GDCM) 2018? Regional Conference on Urban Infrastructure?
[A] India [B] Nepal [C] France [A] Kathmandu [B] New Delhi
[D] Indonesia ANS: A [India] [C] Naypyidaw [D] Bangkok ANS: B [New Delhi]
99. Which Indian city is the venue of the regional 113. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
meeting of the World Customs Organisation (WCO)? has recently lifted sanctions against which African
[A] New Delhi [B] Jaipur [C] Pune nation after 9 years? [A] Eritrea [B] Burundi
[D] Hyderabad ANS: B [Jaipur] [C] Somalia [D] Egypt ANS: A [Eritrea ]
100. Which of the following countries is the Partner 114. Where is the headquarters of National
Country at the 9th Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2019? Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)?
[A] Chennai [B] Kolkata [C] New Delhi 127. The Union Government has signed a $300
[D] Pune ANS: C [New Delhi] million loan pact with which international organisation
115. On which date, the 2018 National Press Day to boostinfra funding by IIFCL? [A] World Bank
(NPD) was celebrated in India recently? [B] NDB [C] ADB [D] AIIB ANS: C [ADB]
[A] November 14 [B] November 15
[C] November 17 D] November 16 ANS: D
116. Prof. T N Srinivasan, who passed away
recently, was the renowned personality of which
field? [A] Marine Science [B] Economy [C] Art
[D] Biology ANS: B [Economy]
117. The Himalayan State Regional Council (HSRC),
which is recently set up by NITI Aayog, will be
chaired by whom? [A] K. Radhakrishnan
[B] V K Saraswat [C] Kailasavadivoo Sivan
[D] G. Madhavan Nair ANS: B
118. On which date, the 2018 International Day for
Tolerance was observed recently?
[A] November 17 [B] November 18
[C] November 16 [D] November 15 ANS: C
119. Which city is the venue of the 4th edition of
Intex South Asia 2018? [A] New Delhi [B] Colombo
[C] Kathmandu [D] Naypyidaw ANS: B [Colombo ]
120. Who is the author of the book ‘A Great
Association-Glimpses into the Life of Swami
Bhoomananda Tirtha’? [A] Mylswamy Annadurai
[B] Shashi Shekar V empati [C] Nirviseshananda
Tirtha [D] K Sreedharan ANS: C
121. Which state government has launched the ‘Gau
Samridhi Plus scheme’ for dairy farmers?
[A] Odisha [B] Jharkhand [C] Uttar
128. What is the theme of the 26th Conference of
Pradesh [D] Kerala ANS: D [Kerala ]
Central and State Organizations (COCSSO)?
122. Which of the following banks has launched the
[A] Agriculture & Farmers’ Statistics
India’s first interactive credit card with buttons?
[B] Administrative Stat istics
[A] ICICI Bank [B] Induslnd Bank
[C] Quality Assurance in Official Statistics
[C] Bandhan Bank [D] Axis Bank ANS: B
[D] Agriculture & Quality Statistics ANS: C
123. India’s first specialized hospital for elephants
129. The birth anniversary of which freedom fighter is
has opened in which of the following cities?
celebrated as National Education Day (NED) in
[A] Varanasi [B] Kochi [C] Mathura [D] Bangaluru
India?
ANS: C
[A] Maulana Abul Kalam Azad [B] J B Kripalan
124. Which of the following words has been chosen
[C] Jawaharlal Nehru [D] Sarvepalli
‘Word of the Year 2018’ by Oxford Dictionaries?
Radhakrishnan ANS: A [Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]
[A] Toxic [B] MeToo [C] Cakeism
130. William Goldman, the Oscar-winning
[D] Vegan ANS: A [Toxic]
screenwriter and novelist has passed away. He was
125. Ad Guru Alyque Padamsee, who passed away
from which country?
recently, created which of the following Indian ad
[A] France [B] Germany [C] United
campaigns?
Kingdom [D] United States ANS: D
[A] Cherry Charlie [B] TV detective Karamchand
131.Three educational institutions Shree Sarswati
[C] Hamara Bajaj [D] All of the above ANS: D
Tika Higher Secondary School ,Shree Laxmi
126. The Union Government has set up tribunal to
Adarsha Multiple Campus and Shree Gupteshwor
decide on ban on two Tripura militant groups “NLFT Mahadev Multiple Campus were built in which
& ATTF”. Who is the head of the tribunal? country? A)Pakistan B)Bangladesh
[A] Ramesh Abhishek [B] Alok Verma C)Nepal D)SriLanka ANS; C
[C] Rita Teaotia [D] Suresh Kait ANS: 132.Who will head the tribunal that has been set up
by Delhi High Court to ban two Tripura militant
groups?
A)Rajesh Singh Chauhan B)Suresh Kait A)Shubhakar Jain B)Jalal Srivastava
C)Govind Mathur D)Jamshed Munir ANS:B C)S Varadarajan D)D Rajkumar ANS:B
133According to Women and Child Development 147.Who became the first Indian to win the tours Sir
Ministry,the government will now give the salaries for Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award?
how many weeks out of 26 weeks of maternity leave A)Shubankar Sharma B)Anirban Lahiri
for women? A)10 B)8 C)6 D)7 ANS:D C)Sharmila Nicollet D)Aditi Ashok ANS:A
134.The government will setup Animation,Gaming 148.Recently, TS Kanaka, passed away in
and Visual effects Institute in which city? Chennai.She was related to which field?
A)Mumbai B)Pune C)Chennai D)Bengaluru A)Poet B)Neurosurgeon
ANS:A C)Sports D)Philanthropist ANS:B
135.Which country has developed “artificial sun” 149.Eminent maestro Guru Banamali Moharana
eight times brighter than the natural sun to replace passed away.He used to play which instrument?
the country’s streetlights by 2020? A)Mardal B)Flute C)Sitar D)Tabla ANS:A
A)Japan B)China C)Australia D)USA ANS:B 150.What is the theme of this year’s World Toilet
136.Twins of Ireland ,Isobel Joyce and Cecelia Joyce Day 2018? A)Nature based Solutions
announced their retirement from which sports? B)Safely Managed Sanitation C)Wastewater
A)Chess B)Baseball D)When Nature Calls,We have to listen and act
C)Hockey D)Cricket ANS;D ANS:D
137.Ministry of AYUSH is celebrating first 151.What is the theme of this year’s World day of
Naturopathy Day on which day? Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims?
A)15 Nov B)19 Nov A)Vital Post Crash actions B)Roads have Stories
C)18 Nov D)20Nov ANS;C C)Improving global road safety D)Road PeaceANS:B
138.What is the currency of Ireland? 152.What is the capital of Morocco?
A)Euro B)Dollar C)Rupee D) Ruble ANS: A A)Tamera B)Rabat C)Kiev D)Kampala ANS:B
What is the capital of Tripura? 153.Where is the HQ of Karnataka Bank?
A)Aizawl B)Shillong A)Chennai B)Thiruvanathpuram
C)Dispur D)Agartala ANS: D C)Mangalore D)Bangalore ANS:C
139India and Russia will hold joint military exercise 154.The 14th edition of international children’s
“INDRA 2018”in which city? theatre festival, “Jashne Bachpan”, was inaugurated
A)Mumbai B)Gandhinagar in which city? A)Pune B)New Delhi C)Lucknow
C)JhANS:I D)Panaji ANS:C D)Mumbai ANS:B
140.Which state has rolled out Online Open Learning 155.RBI Central Board decided to constitute a BFS
training platform KOOL?
of the Central bank to examine the framework for
A)Kerala B)Karnataka
banks under PCA.What is “S” in BFS?
C)TamilNadu D)Odisha ANS:A
A)Super B)Supervision
141.When Qaumi Ekta Week will be observed across
C)Syndrome D)System ANS:B
the country?
156.The 12-day long joint milita ry exercise
A)18th-25th November B)19th-25th November
between India and the USA known as “Vajra
C)20th-25th November D)22nd-28th November
Prahar”commenced in which city? A)Jaipur
ANS:B
B)Mumbai C)Bengaluru D)Chennai ANS:A
142.Which country have inaugurated first high speed
157.According to a WHO report,which is the only
rail line, the first ever such line in Africa?
country to have recorded a substantial decline in
A)Austria B)South Africa
malaria cases in 2017 by 24 percent?
C)Morocco D)Papua New Guinea ANS:C
A)SriLanka B)Australia
143.Which bank has launched Current and Savings
C)India D)Nepal ANS:C
Accounts Campaign(CASA) of FY 2018-19 and
158.Prime Minister Narendra Modi constituted a
introduced a new SB scheme “KBL SB-TASC” a
National Implementation Committee(NIC) under the
specialized product for Trusts/ Associates/ Societies/
chairmANS:hip of which minister?
Cities?
A)Arvind Subramaniyam B)Rajnath Singh
A)HDFC Bank B)Kotak Mahindra Bank
C)Smriti Irani D)Arun Jaitley ANS:B
C)Karnataka Bank D)Karur Vyswa Bank ANS:C
159.Which ministry has introduced the upgraded
144.Online fashion retailer Myntra to merge which
version of AirSewa 2.0 web portal?
company with itself?
A)Ministry of Civil Aviation B)Ministry of Defence
A)TataCliq B)Ebay
C)Ministry of Finance D)Ministry of Human
C)Jabong D)Snapdeal ANS:C.
Resources Development ANS A
145.Who won ATP Finals Championship 2018?
160.Which state government signed a pact with
A)Leander Paes B)Novak Djokovic
World Bank under which the multilateral agency will
C)Roger Federer D)Alexander Zverev ANS:D
advance a loan of $310 million to boost the state’s
146.Who was appointed as new chairman of Inland
power system, mainly trANS:mission infrastructure?
Waterways Authority of India(IWAI)?
A)Uttar Pradesh B)Kerala
C)Jharkhand D)Odisha ANS: C 177.What is the capital of Maldives?
161.Which state launched BhuSeva Programme? A)Kampala B)Male C)Kiev D)Port Louis ANS:B
A)Andhra Pradesh B)Odisha The 27th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate
C)Kerala D)Uttar Pradesh ANS: A. Change was held in which city?
162.Which state became the third state in the country A)Lucknow B)Pune C)Mumbai D)New Delhi ANS:D
after Gujarat and Maharashtra where hookah bars or 178.What is the rank of India in IMD World Talent
lounges were banned through law? rd th
Ranking 2018? A)53 B)50 C)55 D)52 ANS:A
th nd

A)Maharashtra B)Punjab 179.India’s first Justice City to be setup in which

C)Andhra Pradesh D)Kerala ANS: B state? A)Haryana B)Maharashtra
163.The world’s standard definitions of the C)Andhra Pradesh D)Uttar Pradesh ANS:C
kilogram,the ampere,the Kelvin and the mole has 180.Which state launched “Bhudaar”portal?
been changed after how many years? A)Andhra Pradesh B)Maharashtra
A)130 years B)135 years C)Haryana D)Bihar ANS:A
C)140 years D)150 years ANS:A 181.Which state government implemented Sashakt
164.Who is the author of “The Velvet Gloves”? Mahila Yojana? A)Bihar B)Himachal Pradesh
A)Sudeep Nagarkar B)Balakrishna Kamath C)Odisha D)Haryana ANS:B
C)Bala Sagar Singh D)Ravi Subramanaian ANS:B 182.The First International Public Art
165.Which application was launched by National Symposium(IPAS) was inaugurated in which city?
Stock Exchange of India for retail investors to buy A)Mumbai B)Pune C)Nashi D)Bhubaneshwar
government securities? ANS:D
A)MeBID B)GiveBid 183.Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the
C)goBID D)BIDs ANS:C foundation stone of Vishwakarma Skill University in
167.Which country has decided to to rejoin the which city? A)Kanpur B)Lucknow C)Nashik
Comenwealth, two years after withdrawing from the D)Gurugram ANS:D
184.Union Human Resource Development Minister
53-nation grouping?
Prakash Javedkar launched the Institution’s
A)Maldives B)Mauritius
Innovation Cell(IIC) in which city?
C)SriLanka D)Pakistan ANS:A A)Pune B)New Delhi
168.Who was sworn as new Fiji PM? C)Chennai D)Kolkata ANS: B
A)Frank Bainimarama B)Faiyaz Koya 185.Who has resigned as UN environment chief?
C)Jioji Konrote D)Voreque Bainimarama A)Tedros Adhanom B)Emmercel Macron
ANS:D C)Robert Mugabe D)Erik Solheim ANS: D
169.Who was conferred with “Universal Acceptance 186.Which application was launched by Google
Thought Leader Award”by The Internet Corporation which is specifically designed for the Indian market,
for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN)? will give hyper local information on neighbourhoods?
A)Yogi Adityanath B)Vasundhara Raje A)NeighbourHood Me B)Locals
C)Pawan Chamling D)Trivendra Singh Rawat C)Neighbour D)Neighbourly ANS:D
ANS;B. 187.Which country won 59th edition of Subroto Cup
170.Who was awarded with Mexican Order of the International Football Torurnament? A)Bangladesh
Aztec Eagle, the highest civilian honour given to a B)India C)Maldives D)China ANS:A
foreigner by Mexico? 188.Who won in the 48kg quarterfinals of the
A)SP Ganguly B)Harendra Singh women’s World Boxing Championship in New Delhi?
C)PC Rai D)Philio Randolph ANS: A A)Mary Kom B)Wu Yu C)Sarjubala Devi
172.Who was awarded this year’s Indira Gandhi D)Katie Taylor ANS:A
Prize for Peace,Disarmament and Development? 189.87th session of the INTERPOL General
A)Centre for science and Environment Assembly held in which city?
B)NABARD C)IISR D)AIIMS ANS: A A)Paris B)Dubai C)New York D)Abu Dhabi ANS:B
173.Padma Shri awardee Narayan Das Maharaj of 190.Who was appointed as India head of Whatsapp?
Triveni dham near Jaipur passed away.He was A)Taranjeet Singh B)Balaji Krish
related to which profession? C)Nitin Bawankule D)Abhijit Bose ANS:D
A)Poet B)Saint C)Singer D)Actor ANS:B 191.Which actor was awarded with third Sayaji Ratna
174.What is the theme of this year’s United Nations’
award established in the memory of erstwhile Baroda
(UN) Universal Children’s Day?
ruler Sayajirao Gaekwad III?
A)Improving Child Welfare Worldwide
B)KidsTakeOver C)Stop Violence against A)Sharukh Khan B)Amitabh Bachchan
Children D)Children are taking over and turning the C)Rishi Kapoor D)Aamir Khan ANS:B
world blue ANS: D 192.Recently,William Goldman passed away.He was
175.Where is the HQ of National School of Drama? related to which field?
A)Chennai B)Mumbai C)Pune D)New Delhi ANS:D A)Actor B)Poet C)Singer D)Author ANS:D
176.Where is the HQ of World Health Organization? 193.Recently, MI Shahnawaz passed away.He was
A)Geneva B)Paris C)Tokyo D)New York ANS:A related to which field?
A)Scientist B)Actor C)Author D)Politician ANS: D
194.What is the theme of this year’s World Fisheries the winners of the Asia Environment Enforcement
Day? A) Labour rights are human rights:working Awards for its work in combating trANS:-boundary
together to ensure the rights of fishers-fighting environmental crime? A)SIDBI B)NABARD
trafficking and forced labour in the fishing sector C)Central Bureau of Investigation
B)Fisheries,Sustainability and Innovation D)Wildlife Crime Control Bureau ANS:D
C)A Time to remember ,A time to act 211.Recently, Baishnab Parida passed away.He was
D)Human trafficking and Labour ANS: A related to which field?
195.When is World Television Day observed? A)Journalist B)Writer C)Actor D)Singer ANS:B
A)Dec 12 B)Nov 21 C)Nov 20 D)Oct 21 ANS:B 212.Noted poet and human rights activist Fahmida
196.What is the capital of Netherlands? Riaz passed away.He belongs to which country?
A)Amsterdam B)New York C)Paris D) Dublin A)India B)Saudi Arabia
ANS:A C)Pakistan D)Afghanistan ANS:C
197.Where is the HQ of INTERPOL? 213.When is World Hello day observed?
A)USA B)Austria C)Russia D)France ANS:D A)Nov 22 B)Nov 15 C)Nov 21 D)Nov 20 ANS;C
198.The 50th Union World Conference on Lung 214.Where is the HQ of UNICEF?
Health will be held in which city? A)Tokyo B)Paris C)Geneva D)New York ANS:D
A)Gangtok B)Ahmedabad 215.Where is the HQ of State Bank of Mauritius?
C)Hyderabad D)Pune ANS:C A)Grand Baie B)Tamarin C)Port Louis D)Mahebourg
199.What is the rank of India among the major Asian ANS: C
countries in terms of overall patent publication 216.Where is the HQ of Wildlife Control Crime
volume,according to “India Innovation Report” by Bureau? A)Lucknow B)Chennai C)Mumbai
Philadelphia-headquartered Clarivate Analytics?
D)New Delhi ANS:C
A)2nd B)4th C)3rd D)1st ANS:B
217.Whch state will host 7th International Tourism
200.According to WHO World Malaria Report
Mart 2018? A)Tripura B)Assam C)Nagaland
2018,India recorded how much percentage decline in
D)Sikkim ANS:A
cases in a year between 2016 and 2017?
218.President Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate
A)18% B)15% C)24% D)20% ANS:C.
Kartarpur Corridor in which city?
201Sangai festival 2018 begins in which state?
A)Bhatinda B)Gurdaspur
A)Sikkim B)Assam C)Mizoram D)Manipur ANS: D
C)Pune D) Chandigarh ANS:B
202.Which carpet city got the major boost as the
219.Which company has partnered with LIC to offer
government has extended the “export excellence
online insurance premium on its platform?
tag”? A)Kolhapur B)Solapur
A)Paytm B)PayU C)Freecharge D)Tez ANS:A
C)Bhadohi D)Gorakhpur ANS: C
220.Which state has topped the list with highest
203.According to LinkedIn,which city pays the
employability as per India Skills Report 2019?
highest salary in india?
A)Uttar Pradesh B)Maharshtra
A)Bengaluru B)Mumbai C)Delhi
C)Sikkim D)Andhra Pradesh ANS:D
D)Chennai ANS;A
204.President Ramnath Kovind unveiled a statue of
Mahatma Gamdhi in which city? A)Melbourne
B)Sydney C)New York D)Paris ANS: B
205.12th World Congress on mountain Medicine
started in which city? A)Beijing B)New Delhi
C)Tokyo D)Kathmandu ANS: D
206.Nepal’s largest exhibition on construction
equipment and technology “ConMac 2018”started in
which city? A)Pokhara B)Birgunj
C)Kathmandu D)Dharan ANS:C
207.According to India Skills Report 2019,
employability increased from 37% to how much
percent in 5 years? A)48.52% B)44.58% C)45.00
% D)47.38% ANS:D
208.Who was appointed as UNICEF’s youngest ever
goodwill ambassador? A)Roger Moore
B)Millie Bobby Brown C)Richard Attenboro 221.Which finance bank has launched personal loan
facility for salaried professionals making it first small
D)Leon Lai ANS:B
finance bank to offer?
209.Who was appointed as MD of State Bank of
A)Jio Payments Bank B)Ujjvan Small Finance Bank
Mauritius India? A)Anil Rai B)Dinesh Sharma
C)Fincare Small Finance Bank D)Paytm Payments
C)Arijit Basu D)Siddharth Rath ANS:D
Bank ANS:B
210.Which organization has been selected among
222.Who has been appointed as first “Youth 238.Where is the HQ of European Investment Bank?
Advocate” of the north eastern region by UNICEF to A)USA B)Australia
fight for child rights? A)Majeed Afreen B)Zaira Shekih C)Luxembourg D)Ukraine ANS:C
C)Neha Kakkar D)Nahid Afrin ANS:D 239.Which country’s foreign Affairs Minister arrived
223.Who has won Forbes India Leadership Awards in India completing 70 years of diplomatic relations?
2018? A)Mark Zuckerberg B)Aziz Premji A)Romania B)Austria
C)Mukesh Ambani D)Satya Nadella ANS:B C)Australia D)Ukraine ANS:A
224.Recently,Ustad Imrat Khan passed away.He was 240A chatbot specially designned to provide
related to which field? A)Sportsmen B)Musician medically verified information for health-related
C)Politician D)Poet ANS:B queries was launched by Lupin. Name it?
225.Where is the Hq of Paytm? A)AVNI B)ANYA
A)Noida B)Gurgaon C)Delhi D)Pune ANS:A C)AKANS:HA D)ARYA ANS:B
226.Where is the Hq of LIC? 241.Which country has set a Guinness world record
A)Delhi B)Chennai C)Pune D)Mumbai ANS:D with plankathon?
227.Which country’s PM arrived India with the aim to A)Japan B)Russia C)SriLanka D)India
repair the bilateral ties which came under severe ANS:D
strain during the previous government in the island 242.According to Organisation for economic
nation? Cooperation and Development(OECD), India’s GDP
A)Netherlands B)Australia C)Maldive D)Austria to remain at how much percent in 2019 and 2020?
ANS:C A)7.5 percent B)7.3 percent
228.The 2nd Edition of India Gold and Jewellry C)7.2 percent D)7.8 percent ANS:A
Summit will be held in which city? 243.Which country bagged their 4th Women’s World
A)NewDelhi B)Pune C)LucknowD)Mumbai ANS:A T20 crown 2018? A)Pakistan B)England
Baliyatra Festival was inaugurated in which city? C)Australia D)India ANS:C.
A)Dispur B)Pune C)Gnadhinagar D)Cuttack ANS:D 244.Who won the gold medal in the Sabre event in
229. “Jhiri Mela”was inaugurated in which state? the Senior Commonwealth Fencing Championship
A)Assam B)Himachal Pradesh 2018 held in Canberra, Australia?
C)Jammu and Kashmir D)Sikkim ANS:C A)Husanpreet Kaur B)Bhupen Singh
230.Which bank has tied up with European C)Karan Singh D)Bhavani Devi ANS:D
Investment Bank agreed to finance the renewable 245.Which Indian player registered history in the T10
energy sector by providing new support for wind cricket league, where he stunned Kerala Knights with
energy projects across India? A)IDBI B)PNB a five-wicket haul, including a hat trick?
C)IOB D)SBI ANS:D A)HimANS:hu Rana B)Harvik Desai
231.Which Indian boxer has created history by C)Manjot Kalra D)Pravin Tambe ANS:D
becoming India’s only six time world boxing 246.Who won the Confederation of Indian Industry –
champion? A)Mary Kom B)Pinki Rani Exim Bank Business Excellence Award 2018?
C)Kavita Goyat D)Sarjubala Devi ANS:A. A)HPCL B)ONGC C)BEL D)BHEL ANS:C
232.Men’s Hockey World Cup Anthem which is to be 247.Recently, Ricky Jay passed away. He was
held in Odisha is composed by whom? related to which field? A)Musician B)Actor
A)Anu Malik B)Amit Trivedi C)Philanthropist D)Magician ANS:D
C)Pritam D)AR Rahman ANS:D 248.Recently, MH Ambareesh passed away. He was
233.Didier Drogba has confirmed his retirement as a related to which field? A)Journalist B)Politician
player.He was related to which sports? C)Musician D)Actor ANS:D
A)Cricket B)Football 249.Recently,CK Jaffer Sharief passed away.He was
C)Baseball D)Badminton ANS:B related to which field? A)Actor B)Sports
234.Who will be honored with International C)Politics D)Journalism ANS:C
Federation of Film Producers Associations Award at 250.What was the theme of this year’s International
the 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards(APSA) in Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women?
Brisbane? A)Anurag Basu B)Mira Nair A)Orange The World: #HearMeToo
C)Karan Johar D)Nandita Das ANS:D B)Say No:Unite to End Violence
235.Former player Sandeep Michael passed away C)Take Action: Say No To Violence
recently.He was related to which sports? D)Leave No One Behind: End Violence Against
A)Tennis B)Hoc key Women and Girls ANS:A”.
C)Football D)Cricket ANS:B 251.Where is the HQ of Bharat Electronics Limited?
236.What is the capital of Maldives? A)Chennai B)Mumbai
A)Male B)Kampala C)Kiev D)Amsterdam ANS:A C)Bengaluru D)New Delhi ANS:C
237.What is the currency of Maldives? 252.Where is the HQ of Confederation Of Indian
A)Rial B)Rupee C)Dollar D)Rufiyaa ANS:D Industry? A)Kolkata B)Mumbai
C)Lucknow D)New Delhi ANS:D
253.Where is the HQ of Organisation for Economic 269.Where is the HQ of National dairy Development
Cooperation and Development?A)Paris B)New York Board? A)Uttar Pradesh B)Uttrakhand
C)Vienna D)London ANS: A C)Gujarat D)Haryana ANS:C
254.What is the capital of Romania? 270.What is the currency of Netherlands?
A)Port Louis B)Kampala A)Rial B)Euro C)Dollar D)Rupee ANS:B
C)Kiev D)Bucharest ANS:D 271.Government launched which portal for affordable
255.The United Nations selected which city of India credit and to connect directly with loan beneficiary?
to participate in its Global Sustainable Cities 2025 A)Mmoney B)CPaisa C)PAiSA D)Rupee ANS:C
initiative? A)Lucknow B)Gurugram 272.“HAUSLA” 2018 will be inaugurated in which
C)Delhi D)Noida ANS:D city? A)New Delhi B)Mumbai
256.Which state government will install a 221 metre C)Chennai D)Lucknow ANS:A
bronze statue of Lord ram? 273.World’s first underground hotel has been
A)Himachal Pradesh B)Uttar Pradesh C)Bihar opened in which city? A)New York B)Shanghai
D)Haryana ANS:B C)Tokyo D)Beijing ANS:B
257.Which state unveiled a 70 feet tall statue of Lord 274.Who won gold medal at the 62nd national
Buddha? A)Uttrakhand B)Telangana championship for shotgun in New Delhi?
C)Bihar D)Haryana ANS:C A)Vandana shah B)Meenakshi das
258.How much amount will be infused by C)Aditi Shah D)Varsha Varman ANS:D
government in the state owned banks by March-end? 275.Who has been appointed as new Chief Election
A)35000 cr B)42000 cr Commissioner?
C)40000 cr D)45000 cr ANS:B A)Ajay Tyagi B)Om Prakash Rawat
259.According to SBI,India’s GDP growth in Q2 is C)OP Mehta D)Sunil Arora ANS:D
likely to remain at how much percent? 276.Who will be awarded with Bharat Ratna Pandit
A)7.2-7.3 percent B)7.4-7.5 percent Bhimsen Joshi Lifetime Achievement Award for
C)7.0-7.1 percent D)7.5-7.6 percent ANS:D Classical Music? A)Hariprasad Chaurasia B)Keshav
260.The Indian government and ADB signed how Ginde C)Shivakumar Sharma D)Zakir Hussain
much loan agreement for improving Bihar’s state ANS:B
highways? A)$500 million B)$200 million 277.Who will be conferred with highest French
C)$300 million D)$400 million ANS:B civilian award Chevalier del la Legion d’Honneur ?
261.Recently, RBI reduced the mandatory hedging A)Mukesh Ambani B)Aziz Premji
provision to how much percent from 100 per cent? C)Anil Ambani D)Vijay Shekhar Sharma ANS:B
A)90 % B)70 % C)85 % D)65 % ANS:B 278.Recently ,Mohammed Aziz passed away.He was
262.Which country won its seventh Women’s Hockey related to which field?
Champions Trophy at the Wujin Hockey Stadium in A)Singer B)Poet C)Journalist D)Actor ANS:A
Changzhou China? A)Netherlands B)Australia 279.Where is Hq of Allahabad Bank?
C)England D)India ANS:A A)Mumbai B)Kolkata C)Chennai D)Delhi ANS:B
263.Manu Bhaker won a double gold in junior sport 280.What is the capital of China?
pistol women’s events in Thiruvanathapuram.She A)Beijing B)Tokyo C)Shanghai D)New York ANS:A
hails from which state? A)Uttrakhand B)Rajasthan 281.Government of India and the ADB signed how
C)Bihar D)Haryana ANS:D much loan agreement to provide 24*7 water supply in
264.Who won Abu Dhabi Grand Prix? Karnataka? A)$100 million B)$45 million C)$75
A)Max Versteppan B)Lewis Hamilton million D)$80 million ANS:C
C)Sebastian Vettel D)Nico Rosberg ANS: B 282.Which ministry will launch Operation Raksha
265.Who won men’s singles final to win the Syed Gyan Shakti?
Modi International Championships in Lucknow? A)Ministry of Defence B)Ministry of Finance
A)Ramkumar ramathan B)Vijay Amritraj
C)Ministry of Women and Child Development
C)Sameer Verma D)Prajnesh Gunneshwaran ANS:C
D)Ministry of Corporate Affairs ANS:A
266.When is Constitution Day (National Law Day)
observed? 283.Union Health Secretary launched IDSP in
A)24 Nov B)26 Nov C)25 Nov D)30 Nov ANS:B 7states.What does “S” stands for in IDSP?
267.When is National Milk Day observed? A)Support B)Secure C)System D)Surveillance
A)Nov 27 B)Nov 20 ANS:D
C)Nov 25 D)Nov 26 ANS:D 284.India’s premier National Research Laboratory
268.The week-long celebrations for the 70th National CSIR will establish a High Skill Development Centre
Cadet Corps(NCC) Day kicked off with a “Run for in which city? A)Chandigarh B)Mumbai
Fun” marathon in which city? C)Lucknow D)Pune ANS:A
A)Mumbai B)Pune 285.Recently,which airport has been decided to be
C)Kanpur D)Lucknow ANS:D renamed after former prime minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee? A)Indira Gandhi International Airport
B)Sardar Vallabhbhai Airport
C)Kempegowda International Airport published by the International Food Policy Research
D)Jolly Grant Airport ANS:D Institute(IFPRI)? A)South Africa B)Nigeria
286.Which state became the first state to launch a C)India D)Uganda ANS:C
single emergency number “112”? 302.World class Autism Township is to be
A)Uttar Pradesh B)Himachal Pradesh established in which city?
C)Haryana D)Uttrakhand ANS:B A)Pune B)Mumbai C)Chennai D)Kolkata ANS:D
287.Recently,which company has been accrediated 303.Mumbai based startup Emotix, an advanced
with the status of Miniratna company? robotics company, has launched a conversational
A)Gas Authority Of India B)TATA Steel child companion robot.Name it?
C)National Projects Construction Corporation A)Crics1 B)Sophia C)Capek D)Miko2 ANS:D
D)National Mineral Development Corporation ANS:C 304. G-20 Summit started in which country?
288.A 3 day “South Asia Regional Youth Peace A)India B)Japan C)USA D)Argentina ANS:D
Conference”will be held in which city? A)Mumbai 305.The first Sustainable Blue Economy Conference
B)NewDelhi C)Pune D)Chennai ANS:B was held in which city? A)Vienna B)Nairobi
289.The 43rd International Kolkata Book Fair will C)Buenos Aires D)Port Louis ANS:B.
begin in which country? A)Australia B)Ukraine 306.Recently, RBI eased the MHP norm for the
C)Austria D)Guatemala ANS:D NBFC sector companies to sell or securitise their
290.How much outlay has been setup by the loANS: in order to ease the liquidity crunch.Expand
government for the first phase of the FAME India MHP? A)Maximum Holding Period
scheme? B)Minimum Holding Period
A)750 cr B)895 cr C)800 cr D)795cr ANS:B C)Maximum Heritage Period
291.Hockey’s Men’s World Cup 2018 kicked off in D)Minimum Hosting Period ANS:B
which state? A)Odisha B)Sikkim 307.The central government has decided to
C)Haryana D)Maharshtra ANS:A trANS:fer Air India’s how much debt to a special
292Who became the fastest cricketer in the history of purpose vehicle?
Test cricket to complete the double of 200 wickets A)29000 cr B)25000 cr
and 3000 runs? A)Tim Paine B)Shakib Al Hasan C)31000 cr D)45000 cr ANS:A
C)Yujevendra Chahal D)Steve Smith ANS:B 308.Who has retained his world chess title?
293.Who was named as World Gold Council next A)Vishwanthan Anand B)Fabiano Caruana
CEO? A)Peter Hambro B)Arvind Saxena C)Magnus Carlsen D)Bobby Fischer ANS:C
C)Aram Shishmanian D)David Tait ANS:D 309.Which country won Davis Cup?
294.Who was appointed as next chairman of UPSC? A)America B)Russia C)France D)Croatia ANS:D.
A)Deepak Gupta B)Arvind Saxena 310.Which state won 2018-19 BC Roy Junior
C)Vinay Mittal D)Alka Sirohi ANS:B National Championships? A)Assam B)Manipur
295.Who was appointed as next chairman of C)Haryana D)Sikkim ANS:C
National Skill Development Corporation? 311.Who has been awarded “Asian of the Year”
A)Ajay Sharma B)Manish Kumar award for Kerala floods rescue?
C)Jayant Krishna D)AM Naik ANS:D A)Gopal Krishna and Shubagi Swaroop
296.Where is the HQ of National Skill Development B)Viraj Shah and Vijay Verma
Corporation? A)Mumbai B)Lucknow C)Shubangi Swaroop and P.Rajkumar
C)NewDelhi D)Pune ANS:C D)Vijay Verma and P.Rajkumar ANS:D
297.Where is the HQ of World Gold Council? 312.Who has been awarded “Global Geospatial
A)Washington DC B)NewYork Industry Ambassador” award by UN-GGIM(United
C)Paris D)London ANS:D Nations Global Geospatial Information Management)
298.What is the currency of Guatemala? recenty at the United Nations World Geospatial
A)Rican Colon B)Loti C)Quetzal D)Guarani ANS:C Information Congress held at Deqing city in China?
Global aviation Summit 2019 will be held in which A)Vijay Shekhar Sharma B)Binny BANS:al
city? A)Pune B)Chennai C)Delhi D)Mumbai ANS:D C)Sanjay Kumar D)Ritesh Agarwal ANS:C
299. ISRO launched which satellite on PSLV-C43 313.Where is the HQ of Federation of Indian
carrying 30 other satellites from 8 countries? Chambers of Commerce and Industry?
A)HYn B)SraV C)HysIS D)Ino ANS:C A)Ahmedabad B)Pune C)Mumbai D)New Delhi
300.India –UK joint naval exercise “Konkan-2018” ANS:D
started in which state? A)Himachal Pradesh B)Goa 314.What is the currency of Argentina?
C)Sikkim D)Gujarat ANS:B A)Krone B)Quetzal C)Peso D)Dollar ANS:C
301.Which country tops the list with 46.6 million 315.What is the currency of Kenya?
stunted children,according to Global Nutrition Report A)Som B)Quetzal C)Shilling D)Dollar ANS:C