WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 26.06.2018 TO 03.07.2018

No. of Questions : 40 Correct : ______

Full Mark : 40 Wrong : ______

Time : 20 min Mark Secured : ______

1. What is the minimum and maximum denomination of the electoral bond launched by the govt.? A) Rs. 1000 to Rs. 1 cr. B) Rs. 10000 to Rs. 10 lakh C) Rs. 1000 to Rs. 1 lakh D) Rs. 1000 to Rs. 10 lakh 2. Electoral Bond is being sold through the designated branches of A) SBI B) IDBI C) HDFC D) NABARD 3. PAN Card issued by the Income Tax dept. has how many digit? A) 6 B) 8 C) 10 D) 112 4. How many sites from India has been totally included in the UNESCO World Heritage list? A) 35 B) 33 C) 37 D) 39 5. Which Indian Airline has been ranked as the best in India in flight on time record? A) Air India B) Indigo C) Air Asia D) Go Air 6. Which state in India has highest number of UNESCO World Heritage sites? A) Maharashtra B) Gujarat C) Odisha D) Rajasthan 7. Who is the present head of the BBB? A) Vinod Rai B) Ravindra Dholakia C) Bhanupratap Sharma D) P.J. Nayak 8. Anjolie Ela Menon has been conferred with Kalidas Samman for her contribution to visual arts by which govt.? A) Madhya Pradesh B) Uttar Pradesh C) Gujarat D) Maharashtra 9. Dutee Chand who created national record is associated with which sports? A) Chess B) Wrestling C) Boxing D) Running 10. GST Day is celebrated on 1st July as it was implemented on the same date in which year? A) 2015 B) 2016 C) 2017 D) 2018 11. Van Dhan Mission has been launched for the livelihood generation of A) SCs B) STs C) Minorities D) Women 12. Prime Minister has appointed a committee under E. Sreedharan to lay down the standards for A) Railways B) Bullet Train C) Metro Rail D) Mono Rail 13. India has recently gifted a Dornier Aircraft to which country for maritime reconnaissance A) Maldives B) Sri Lanka C) Seychelles D) Indonesia 14. Which is incorrect? A) AIIB has its headquarter in Beijing B) AIIB has 87 member nations C) Jen Liqun is its president D) Its 4th annual meeting will be held in 2019 at New Delhi 15. As part of first interstate translocation of tiger a male tiger from Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh has been transferred to A) Satkosia B) Similipal C) Mahanadi Tiger Reserve D) Cabert National Park 16. OPCW is an international organisation working to check spread of A) Nuclear Weapon B) Biological Weapon C) Chemical Weapon D) All of these 17. Which Indian state is the best performer in reducing MMR in the country? A) Odisha B) Kerala C) Uttar Pradesh D) Maharashtra 18. Union Cabinet has approved capital infusion of what amount to EPGC Ltd.? A) Rs. 1000 cr. B) Rs. 2000 cr. C) Rs. 3000 cr. D) Rs. 5000 cr. 19. Which foreign bank will launch its Indian subsidiary in October 2018? A) CITI Bank B) HSBC C) DBS D) Doha Bank 20. Deepika Kumari won a gold medal in women’s event in the US recently in the World Cup of A) Boxing B) Shooting C) Archery D) Wrestling 21. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated ‘Udyam Sangam 2018’ to mark UN MSME Day recently which falls on A) 07 Jun B) 17 Jun C) 27 Jun D) 29 Jun

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WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 26.06.2018 TO 03.07.2018

22. The World Food Prize 2018 has been awarded to who among the following? A) Dr David Nabarro B) Lawrence Haddad C) Akinwumi Adesina D) Both 1) and 2) 23. India and which country recently agreed to institute a Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) as an annual feature between the two Navies? A) Myanmar B) Thailand C) Bangladesh D) Sri Lanka 24. Who among the following has been appointed as the new chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)? A) Sushil Chandra B) S Ramesh C) J Satyanarayana D) Prakash Kumar 25. Which of the following has emerged as the world’s most dangerous country for women according to the recent Thomson Reuters Foundation survey? A) Saudi Arabia B) Somalia C) Syria D) India 26. Which state govt recently announced an increase in the health cover for women under the Biju Swasthya Kalyana Yojana (BSKY) from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh? A) B) Odisha C) Bihar D) Uttarakhand 27. From 1 Jul 2018, no private manufacturer will be allowed to manufacture Oxytocin for domestic use. Oxytocin is misused in the A) fisheries industry B) sea food industry C) dairy industry D) trans fat industry 28. The Centre is set to replace the apex higher education regulator body University Grants Commission (UGC) with A) HECI B) HEERA C) HERB D) HECA 29. The Union Cabinet has approved establishment of additional 6.5 mn metric tonne strategic petroleum reserve facilities at Chandikhol in Odisha and Padur in A) Kerala B) Tamil Nadu C) Karnataka D) Maharashtra 30. According to data on language released recently as part of Census 2011, Hindi is the mother tongue of 44% in India. The second most spoken language in India is A) Telugu B) Marathi C) Assamese D) Bengali 31. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has officially placed which country on its grey list for failing to curb terror financing on its soil? A) Afghanistan B) Pakistan C) Iran D) Saudi Arabia 32. The world’s largest multilateral naval exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) began recently off Hawaii in A) Russia B) Australia C) Canada D) US 33. Nikki Haley visited India recently to strengthen strong alliance between the US and India. She is the US envoy to A) India B) China C) WTO D) United Nations 34. According to data on language released recently as part of Census 2011, which of the following languages has replaced Telugu for the third place? A) Dogri B) Konkani C) Manipuri D) Marathi 35. The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) recently extended USD 10-mn line of credit (LoC) to which country for healthcare and procurement of goods and projects? A) Seychelles B) Myanmar C) Nepal D) Maldives 36. B Sriram resigned as one of the Managing Directors of which of the following public sector banks recently? A) PNB B) BoB C) Dena Bank D) SBI 37. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced to set up its consulate in which of the following cities? A) Patna B) Lucknow C) Hyderabad D) Manipal 38. Which city 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 39. With which country, BHEL has signed Technology Collaboration Agreement (TCA) for design and manufacture of emission controlling devices for coal-based power plants? A) Russia B) France C) South Korea D) Israel 40. Who among the given has been named as the Captain of India’s 18-member squad for the women’s hockey World Cup 2018? A) B) C) Navjot Kaur D) Nikki Pradhan

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WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 26.06.2018 TO 03.07.2018

ANSWER KEYS 1 A 21 C 2 A 22 D 3 C 23 C 4 C 24 B 5 B 25 D 6 A 26 B 7 C 27 C 8 A 28 A 9 D 29 C 10 C 30 D 11 B 31 B 12 C 32 D 13 C 33 D 14 D 34 D 15 A 35 A 16 C 36 D 17 B 37 C 18 B 38 B 19 C 39 C 20 C 40 B

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