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WEEKLY OBJECTIVE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS: FOR WEEK 46/52 (NOV 18 –NOV 24 2018) 1. Which state government has launched the ‘Gau Samridhi Plus scheme’ for dairy farmers? (a) Odisha (b) Jharkhand (c) (d) Kerala 2. Which of the following banks has launched the India’s first interactive credit card with buttons? (a) ICICI Bank (b) Induslnd Bank (c) Bandhan Bank (d) Axis Bank 3. India’s first specialized hospital for elephants has opened in which of the following cities? (a) Varanasi (b) Kochi (c) Mathura (d) Bangaluru 4. Which of the following words has been chosen ‘Word of the Year 2018’ by Oxford Dictionaries? (a) Toxic (b) MeToo (c) Cakeism (d) Vegan 5. Ad Guru , who passed away recently, created which of the following Indian ad campaigns? (a) Cherry Charlie (b) TV detective Karamchand (c) Hamara Bajaj (d) All of the above 6. The Union Government has set up tribunal to decide on ban on two Tripura militant groups “NLFT & ATTF”. Who is the head of the tribunal? (a) Ramesh Abhishek (b) Alok Verma (c) Rita Teaotia (d) Suresh Kait 7. The Union Government has signed a $300 million loan pact with which international organisation to boost infra funding by IIFCL? (a) World Bank (b) NDB (c) ADB (d) AIIB 8. What is the theme of the 26th Conference of Central and State Organizations (COCSSO)? (a) Agriculture & Farmers’ Statistics (b) Administrative Statististics (c) Quality Assurance in Official Statistics (d) Agriculture & Quality Statistics 9. The birth anniversary of which freedom fighter is celebrated as National Education Day (NED) in India? (a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (b) J B Kripalani (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 10. William Goldman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and novelist has passed away. He was from which country? (a) France (b) Germany (c) United Kingdom (d) United States 11. The RBI purchased govt securities under OMO for an aggregate amount of Rs 80 bn on Nov 22, 2018. Here, the term OMO stands for (a) Overseas Market Operations (b) Open Market Operations (c) Out Market Operations (d) Organised Market Operations 12. Carlos Ghosn was arrested in Tokyo recently for alleged financial misconduct. He is the chairman of (a) Toyota Motor (b) General Motors (c) SAIC (d) Nissan Motor 13. HDFC Ltd has disbursed subsidy to over 51,000 customers amounting to over Rs 1,100 cr under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana’s CLSS scheme. Here, the term CLSS means (a) Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (b) Cash Linked Subsidy Scheme (c) Conversion Linked Subsidy Scheme (d) Customer Linked Subsidy Scheme 14. As part of the European Union (EU) project ‘International Urban Cooperation’, Kochi and Vilnius have signed an MoU. Vilnius is the capital of (a) Nigeria (b) Chad (c) Lithuania (d) Morocco 15. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was sworn in as the new President in which of the following countries recently? (a) Malaysia (b) Indonesia (c) Bangladesh (d) Maldives 16. Following the demise of Ananth Kumar, the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has been given to who among the following as an additional charge? (a) Ram Vilas Paswan (b) Vijay Kumar Singh (c) Manoj Sinha (d) Narendra Singh Tomar 17. Late Dr Martha Farrell was honoured with the “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the 6th Indian Social Work Congress. She was killed in a terrorist attack in May 2015 in (a) Pakistan (b) Afghanistan (c) Bangladesh (d) Turkey 18. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has appointed who among the following as he Chief Representative for Asia and the Pacific? (a) Takehiko Nakao (b) Jin Liqun (c) Siddharth Tiwari (d) Veerathai Santiprabhob 19. Who among the following has been assigned additional portfolio of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers after the death of Ananth Kumar? (a) Sadananda Gowda (b) Narendra Singh Tomar (c) Jual Oram (d) Kalraj Mishra Plot-1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 Ph. : 8338050077, Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] 1

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20. The two-day annual meeting of World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Future Councils was held recently in (a) Doha (b) Manama (c) Kuwait City (d) Dubai 21. Who among the following has been elected as the new President of the International Criminal Police Organization, more commonly known as Interpol? (a) Jurgen Stock (b) Kim Jong Yang (c) Wang Lijun (d) Amulya Patnaik 22. Which bank has launched the Nexxt Credit Card, the first interactive Credit Card in India with buttons providing flexibility of three payment options? (a) RBL Bank (b) Axis Bank (c) IndusInd Bank (d) YES Bank 23. Odisha govt announced a new Biotechnology Policy 2018 to attract investments in the sector. The present Governor of Odisha is (a) Ganeshi Lal (b) Anandiben Patel (c) Keshari Nath Tripathi (d) Kalyan Singh 24. The 26th Conference of Central and State Organizations (COCSSO) was held recently at Dharamshala in (a) Jammu and Kashmir (b) Uttarakhand (c) Haryana (d) Himachal Pradesh 25. The 9th Session of the India – Kyrgyzstan Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation (IK-IGC) was held in New Delhi recently. The capital of Kyrgyzstan is (a) Bishkek (b) Manama (c) Dushanbe (d) Ashgabat 26. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Centre have signed a $300-mn loan agreement to support lending by (a) IDBI Bank (b) IDFC (c) IIFCL (d) NHB 27. The Nongkrem dance festival was celebrated recently in which of the following states? (a) Mizoram (b) Tripura (c) Sikkim (d) Meghalaya 28. TS Kanaka passed away recently. She was Asia’s first woman (a) Army Officer (b) Combat Pilot (c) Astrologer (d) Neurosurgeon 29. Who among the following won the ATP World Tour finals in London recently? (a) Novak Djokovic (b) Alexander Zverev (c) Roger Federer (d) Marin CiliC 30. Joint military exercise INDRA, between India and which country, started at Babina Military Station, in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh? (a) Germany (b) United States (c) France (d) Russia 31. Which state launched its Online Open Learning training platform named KOOL? (a) (b) Kerala (c) Jammu & Kashmir (d) West Bengal 32. Which country launched its first high-speed rail line, the first ever such line in Africa? (a) Nigeria (b) Morocco (c) Kenya (d) Mauritius 33. Sashakt India Asset Management, incorporated by the Sunil Mehta committee, will have an Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) to resolve non-performing assets (NPAs) amounting to over ____ rupees? (a) Rs 500 crore (b) Rs 100 crore (c) Rs 200 crore (d) Rs 600 crore 34. Which bank introduced a new saving bank scheme ‘KBL SB – TASC’, a specialized scheme for Trusts, Associates Societies and Clubs during Current & Saving Accounts campaign (CASA) for FY 2018-19? (a) Karur Vysya Bank (b) Kutch Cooperative Bank (c) Kerala Coopeartive Bank (d) Karnataka Bank 35. Who was presented with “Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement” at Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi for enrichment and promotion of Indian Classical Music, on 17th November 2018? (a) Ustad (b) Kishori Amonkar (c) (d) 36. Who was elected the President of Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)? (a) Tamonas Chaudhri (b) Sowmya Sehgal (c) Raghu Ram (d) Arvind Kumar 37. Who was appointed the new Secretary in Department of Revenue, ? (a) Hasmukh Adhia (b) PK Rawat (c) Ajay Bhushan Pandey (d) Utpal Jain 38. Name the person who was appointed the Lokayukta of West Bengal for a period of three years? (a) Samaresh Banerjee (b) Debashish Sircar (c) Asim Kumar Roy (d) Pramod Karmakar 39. Myntra, an Indian fashion e-commerce company, has decided to integrate its sister firm Jabong with itself. The integrated firm will be led by _____? (a) Ananth Narayanan (b) Jagdish Sen (c) Rahul Singh (d) Meera Das

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40. When was the first Naturopathy Day celebrated throughout India? (a) November 16 (b) November 15 (c) November 18 (d) November 17 41. What was the theme of The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims observed? (a) Respect the rules (b) Roads have stories (c) Reduce road fatalities by 50% by 2020 (d) Rules to remember 42. Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri passed away in Mohali, Punjab. He was known as the hero of the Battle of ____ during the 1971 Indo-Pak war? (a) Battle of Karnal (b) Battle of Samugarh (c) Battle of Longewala (d) Battle of Chausa 43. Banamali Maharana passed away in Odisha. He was a _____? (a) journalist (b) politician (c) musician (d) cricketer 44. Who won the Bengaluru Open ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Challenger title in Bengaluru? (a) Rakesh Nagpal (b) Prashanth Jain (c) Saketh Myneni (d) Prajnesh Gunneswaran 45. Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram has announced setting up of 36 Ekalavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in Meghalaya, with a total project cost of _____ rupees? (a) Rs 980 crores (b) Rs 720 crores (c) Rs 650 crores (d) Rs 450 crores 46. Vajra Prahar’, a 12-day long joint military exercise between India and which country was started in Jaipur? (a) Russia (b) France (c) United States (d) Japan 47. Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi lay the foundation of India’s first Sri Vishwakarma Skill Development University? (a) Surat, Gujarat (b) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh(c) Palwal, Haryana (d) Indore, Madhya Pradesh 48. Where was the 27th BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change held on? (a) Mumbai (b) Guwahati (c) Bengaluru (d) New Delhi 49. Where was National Conference of Women in Police (NCWP) held on? (a) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (b) Mumbai, Maharashtra (c) Pune, Maharashtra (d) Ranchi, Jharkhand 50. Name the Indian-American Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Adobe who has been named by Fortune in its 2018 Business Person of the Year list? (a) Shantanu Narayen (b) Ramnath Kataria (c) Pariwar (d) Shivram Mathavan

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