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Private Partnership (PPP) in Non-Communicable D GENERAL AWARENESS EXAM 80 1. Which body released model guidelines for Public – A) 50 % Private partnership (PPP) in Non-Communicable B) 40 % Diseases (NCDs), on 17th October 2018? C) 60 % A) NITI Aayog D) 30 % B) Indian Medical Association (IMA) E) None of these C) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare D) Ministry of Ayush 7. Which state government has launched the Chief E) None of these Minister Solar Pump Programme for farmers to install 1 lakh pumps at an investment of Rs 3,435 crore in the 2. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural next 3 years? Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM), Ministry of Rural A) Andhra Pradesh Development (MoRD) signed a MoU with which B) Telangana institution to establish Roshni – Centre of Women C) Maharashtra Collectives led Social Action? D) Rajasthan A) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi E) None of these B) Lady Irwin College, New Delhi C) Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru 8. What is the rank of India among 140 countries, in D) All India Institute of Medical Sciences the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Index on Most E) None of these Competitive Economy for 2018? A) 45 3. How many MoUs were signed between India and B) 125 Tanzania on 16th October 2018 following India- C) 111 Tanzania 9th Session of Joint Commission on D) 58 Economic, Technical and Scientific Cooperation in New E) None of these Delhi? A) 4 9. Which institute ranked number one in the “QS India B) 5 University Rankings 2019”, Quacquarelli Symonds’s first C) 2 standalone ranking of India’s higher education D) 3 institutions? E) None of these A) Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay B) Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 4. Name the campaign launched by Government of C) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras India to create awareness about Safe Food, on the D) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Occasion of the World Food Day, on 16th October E) None of these 2018? A) Swastha Bharat Yatra 10. What is the rank of India in terms of development B) Swacch Bharat Yatra of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies for the C) Safe Food Better Life Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT), according to a D) Food Safety Campaign survey by Finnish AI-based solutions specialists Zyfra? E) None of these A) 10 B) 5 5. Where was the Preparatory Meeting for the First C) 13 National Summit on Invest in Ayush held on 16th D) 2 October 2018? E) None of these A) New Delhi B) Mumbai 11. National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) C) Chennai invested ____ rupees in HDFC’s real estate investment D) Kolkata platform HDFC Capital Affordable Real Estate – 2 (H- E) None of these CARE 2)? A) Rs 660 crore 6. More than ____ % of the world’s stunted children live B) Rs 900 crore in India, according to a report on ‘Public Health and C) Rs 1000 crore Nutrition – Freeing Future Generations from D) Rs 450 crore Malnutrition’ compiled by the NGO Sukarya? E) None of these 18. Who won the 12. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) signed a MoU International Olympic Committee’s Sport and Active with which company to leverage Industry 4.0 for Society Commission’s Grant Award for his contribution manufacturing excellence at Nokia’s factory in to sports for development in Buenos Aires, Argentina? Oragadam, Tamil Nadu? A) Sunil Chhetri A) Nokia Solutions and Networks India Pvt Ltd B) Suheil F. Tandon B) Vodafone Idea Private Limited C) Samir Khan C) Bharti Airtel Private Limited D) Farhan Quereshi D) Aircel India Private Limited E) None of these E) None of these 19. Name the author of the book “Maharana Pratap: 13. Who became the First Northern Irish writer to win The Invincible Warrior”? the 50th Man Booker Prize for her Novel Milkman, on A) Mallika Khanna 16thOctober 2018? B) Rima Hooja A) Lynette Huffman C) Roopa Sen B) Anna Burns D) Vinay Sakhiya C) Bree Delfino E) None of these D) Gabrielle Solis E) None of these 20. Where was the sixth meeting of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) held on 18th October 14. Name the author who will be conferred the 2018 2018? Hridaynath Award for Lifetime Achievement, on A) New Delhi October 26, 2018 in Mumbai? B) Mumbai A) Ramdev Palikhar C) Bengaluru B) Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi D) Kolkata C) Vasudev Ramji E) None of these D) Parthik Saini E) None of these 21. Where did Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi unfurl India’s highest tricolor 15. Name the Indian folk-artist who received the 2018 flag, on 17thOctober 2018? Fukuoka Arts and Culture Prize in Japan? A) Kolkata A) Teejan Bai B) Hyderabad B) Madhubani Sai C) Mumbai C) Rajitha Bai D) New Delhi D) Amritha Ra E) None of these E) None of these 22. Shahi litchi of which state got the 4th Geographical 16. Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved Indication (GI) tag, on 18th October 2018? the acquisition of Star Health and Allied Insurance A) Bihar Company by which company, on 15th October 2018? B) Assam A) Safecrop Holdings C) Himachal Pradesh B) Bajaj Alliance D) Jammu and Kashmir C) Maxlife Insurance E) None of these D) General Insurance Corporation E) None of these 23. Which state government has decided to amend the Industrial and Business Development Policy 2017 to 17. Which football club won the Puttaiah Memorial give investment incentive through ‘Net SGST (Net Cup 2018 at the Bangalore Football Stadium, in State Goods And Services Tax) Incentive’ on intrastate Bengaluru, on 14th October 2018? sale? A) Bengaluru FC A) Gujarat B) Chennai Tigers B) Rajasthan C) Royal Rajasthan C) Punjab D) Kerala FC D) Maharashtra E) None of these E) None of these 24. Which state announced 3 % sub-quota in 30. Who was elevated recruitments for sportspersons to be extended for as the Head of Investment, Equity in Canara Robeco recruitments in Government Departments and public Mutual Fund on 16th October 2018? sector undertakings, on 17th October 2018? A) Ashwathy Nair A) Gujarat B) Nimesh Chandan B) Himachal Pradesh C) John Samuel C) Tamil Nadu D) Preethi Reddy D) Telangana E) None of these E) None of these 31. Name the Minister of state for external affairs who 25. Which state approved extension of the enhanced resigned on the account of rising amount of sexual 50 % reservation for women to the office of the allegations against him, on 17th October 2018? chairperson of panchayat samitis and zila parishads, on A) MJ Akbar 18th October 2018? B) Ananth Kumar A) Madhya Pradesh C) Rajesh Hegde B) Haryana D) Prathap Kumar C) Kerala E) None of these D) Punjab E) None of these 32. What is the trade name of the innovative technology for “Drinking Water Disinfection System” 26. Which country celebrated the festival of Fulpati, on launched by Council of Scientific and Industrial the seventh day of 10-day long Dashain festival, on Research, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research 16thOctober 2018? (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow? A) Sri Lanka A) SafeWater B) Nepal B) OneerTM C) Bangladesh C) WaterPlus D) Myanmar D) PureAquaTM E) None of these E) None of these 27. Who will be awarded the Rachana Entrepreneur of 33. Name the galaxy proto-supercluster discovered by the Year award on November 17, 2018 in Mangaluru? scientists at the European Southern Observatory (ESO), A) Aloysius Richard Lobo which is the largest and the most massive structure in B) Lawrence Pinto the early universe known so far? C) Ronald Castelino A) Hyperloop D) Faye D’Souza B) Hyperion E) None of these C) Marsel D) Bruno 28. Who has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year E) None of these 2018 awarded by London’s Natural History Museum? A) Mike Delfino 34. Name the author of the book “Brief Answers to the B) Rex Van de Camp Big Questions” that was released on 18th October C) Marsel van Oosten 2018? D) Michael Zachary A) Stephen Hawking E) None of these B) Paul Freeman C) Courtney Huber 29. Name the former SBI chairperson who was D) Susan Phylis appointed as the independent additional director of E) None of these Reliance Industries (RIL) on 18th October 2018? A) Arundhati Bhattacharya 35. India has imposed anti-dumping duties of up to B) Surya Kumar 185.51 US dollars per tonne for 5 years on some C) A S Kiran varieties of steel imports from which country? D) Radhakrishnan Nair A) Bangladesh E) None of these B) United States C) China D) Russia E) None of these infrastructure, from 36. Which state has become the first state in India to 10% to _____ % of capital funds, until 31st December have 100% penetration of LPG in public sector oil 2018? companies? A) 12 % A) Maharashtra B) 15 % B) Andhra Pradesh C) 17 % C) Tamil Nadu D) 20 % D) Kerala E) None of these E) None of these 43. Where was India’s 1st Cryptocurrency ATM installed 37. Which state celebrated its 3rd Bihu festival known by virtual currency exchange Unocoin, on 19th October as the ‘Kati Bihu’ on 18th October 2018? 2018? A) Bihar A) Mumbai B) Assam B) Bengaluru C) Gujarat C) New Delhi D) Odisha D) Hyderabad E) None of these E) None of these 38. Where was the 8th European Congress on SME 44. Air India has received equity infusion of ____ rupees (Small and Medium Size Enterprises) held from 17th to from NSSF (National Small Savings Fund)? 19thOctober 2018? A) Rs 1,000 crore A) New Jersey, United States B) Rs 250 crore B) Kotawice, Poland C) Rs 550 crore C) Sydney, Australia D) Rs 900 crore D) England, United States E) None of these E) None of these 45.
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