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Weekly Current Affairs Question Bank (13th-19th May 2018) Question 1 c) 15 d)18 In which year did the Postal Life Insurance extend the insurance cover to rural population under the Question 6 banner ‘Rural Postal Life Insurance' (RPLI)? Consider the following statements: a) 1992 b) 1994 1.Ministry of Defence has issued a notification for c) 1996 d) 1995 a unified Directorate of Trade Remedies (DGTR) Question 2 2.DGTR will provide trade defence support to do- The Monetary Policy Committee, which is respon- mestic industry and to exporters in trade remedy sible for fixing the benchmark interest rate in In- investigations instituted by other countries. dia comprises of how many members? 3. DGTR will be the apex national authority for all a) 4 b) 7 trade remedial measures including anti-dumping, c) 5 d) 6 countervailing duties and safeguard measures. Which of the above statement/s is/are true re- Question 3 garding the Directorate General of Trade Reme- The Union Environment Ministry has launched a dies? drive aimed at cleaning ______in the run-up a) Both 1 and 2 b) Both 2 and 3 to the World Environment Day. c) Only 2 d) Only 1 a) Roads and Highways b) Beaches and Water bodies Question 7 c) Villages in Rural areas d) Railway stations Who among the following has received a lifetime achievement award for his contributions towards Question 4 promoting brand in the UK? According to a study using an array of NASA sat- a) Gopichand Hinduja b) Anurag Dikshit ellite observations of Earth, which country is c) Naresh Goyal d) Swraj Paul among the hotspots where overuse of water re- sources has caused a decline in the availability of Question 8 freshwater? India has pledged to eradicate tuberculosis by a) India b) China ______c) Pakistan d) Bangladesh a) 2022 b) 2020 c) 2025 d) 2023 Question 5 The Department of Telecommunications has en- hanced the number of connections per user to Question 9 ______. Private players of which state have been invited a) 9 b) 5

for building the Advanced Medium Combat Air- b) Godavari Management Scheme craft by the Aeronautical Development Agency? c) Periyar Management Scheme a) Karnataka b) Tamil Nadu d) Cauvery Management Scheme c) Odisha d) Maharashtra Question 15 Question 10 Who among the following has been appointed as Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar was recently ap- the next chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi? pointed as the Chief Justice of ______High a) CS Krishna Setty b) Ashok Vajpeyi Court by the President of India) c) Uttam Pacharne d) Balan Nambia a) Gujarat b) Meghalaya c) d) Manipur Question 16 Indian American Susheela Jayapal has become Question 11 the first South Asian to be elected as a member of Name the bank that was recently slapped with a the Board of Commissioners of which US state? penalty of ₹ 50 million for non-compliance with a) New Jersey b) Delaware the directions issued by RBI. c) Connecticut d) Oregon a) Punjab National Bank b) Dena Bank c) South Indian Bank d) Canara Bank Indian American Susheela Jayapal has been elected as a member of the Board of Commission- Question 12 ers of Multnomah County in Oregon, USa) With Who among the following has been elected as the this Susheela becomes first South Asian to be Vice-President of Badminton Asia Confederation? elected in Oregon. Susheela, a political newcomer, a) S.Muralidharan b) Devender Singh will represent North and Northeast Portland com- c) Himanta Biswa Sarma d) Arun Hanuman Das missioner's seat Lakhani Question 17 Question 13 Who among the following is the youngest Indian Who along with the National Investigation women to scale the Mt Everest ? Agency recently organised a workshop in New a) Shivangi Pathak b) Malavath Poorna Delhi on countering online radicalisation? c) Premlata Agarwal d) Gurmayum Anita Devi a) North Atlantic Treaty Organization b) European Union Question 18 c) Interpol ______has been appointed as the Central d) UN Office of Counter Terrorism Intelligence Agency's first female director. a) Ann E. Dunwoody b) Gina Haspel Question 14 c) Susan Roley Malone d) Penny Harrington Which draft management scheme of the central government was recently approved by the Su- Question 19 preme Court for smooth distribution of water The first Para-National Games under the Khelo among the four southern riparian states? India Scheme will be held in which city? a) Krishna Management Scheme a) b) Chennai

c) Mumbai d) Bengaluru 2. The government has set up an IFSC in Maha- rashtra) Question 20 3. To enable IBUs to start operations, parent According to the UN World Economic Situation banks have to provide a minimum capital of USD and Prospects (WESP), India's economy is pro- 20 million. jected to grow at ______in the fiscal year Which of the above statements is/are correct? 2018-19. a) Only 1 b) 1 and 2 a) 7.4% b) 7.3% c) 1 and 3 d) Only 3 c) 7.5% d) 7.6% Question 25 Question 21 Which is handling the laying of 'alterna- Read the following statements: tive communication network' for defence ser- 1. New Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) guide- vices? lines will ensure that banks maintain a stable a) BSNL b) MTNL funding profile. c) Reliance Communications d) Larsen and 2. The guidelines on NSFR are in line with global Toubro norms prescribed by the Basel Committee. 3. NSFR would be applicable for Indian banks at Question 26 the solo as well as consolidated level. Coal linkage rationalisation for Independent Which of the above statements is/are correct? Power Producers (IPPs) will be undertaken by a) 1 and 2 b) 1 and 3 ______. c) 2 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3 a) Coal India b) South Eastern Coalfields Question 22 c) Central Electricity Authority Where will the National Institute of Mental d) All of the above Health Rehabilitation be set up? a) Lucknow b) Ranchi Question 27 c) d) Bhopal Who has been given the 'Shri Jayadev Rashtriya Yuva Pratibha Puraskar 2018'? Question 23 a) Kumudini Lakhiya b) Sunayana Hazarilal Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Cul- c) Vidya Patel d) Anindita Anaam tural Ministers Meeting (2018) will be held at ______. a) Sanya, China b) Beijing, China c) Wuhan, China d) Hainan, China Question 28 Question 24 What is the script name of Santali language? Read the following statements: a) Tirhuta b) Kaithi 1. RBI had formulated a scheme for setting up of c) Ol Chiki d) Newari IFSC Banking Units (IBUs) in April 2015.

Question 35 Where will a 'Freight Village' be set up under Question 29 the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Pro- Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has cre- ject? ated history by establishing a road link to a) Neemrana, b)Ahmedabad, Guja- China border beyond which village? rat a) Martoli b) Limeking c) Dadri, Uttar Pradesh d) Nangal c) Khilanch d) Laspa Chaudhary, Question 30 Name the cyclonic storm which has devel- Question 36 oped in the Gulf of Aden between Yemen and Where will the first central university in An- Somalia) dhra Pradesh, after its division from Tel- a) Ava b) Kanga angana, be set up? c) Melina d) Sagar a) Vishakhapatnam b) Kurnool c) Anantapur d) Srikakulam Question 31 Who has been given additional charge of the Question 37 post of Chairman of National Highways Au- A narrow-mouthed frog named Microhyla ko- thority of India? dial has been discovered in which city? a) Bhaskar Khulbe b) K. Dhasmana a) Mangaluru b) c) Yudhvir Singh Malik d) Pradeep Kumar c) Belgaum d) Matheran Sinha Question 38 Question 32 A cabinet meeting of which state was held in a In which year was The World Hypertension boat named Marina for the first time ever? Day inaugurated? a) Uttarakhand b) a) 2009 b) 2000 c) Kerala d) Chhattisgarh c) 2014 d) 2005 Question 39 Question 33 PM will lay the foundation Which Chinese firm has launched the coun- stone of a tunnel on which pass on 19 May try's first private space rocket? 2018? a) OneSpace Technology b) ExPace a) Bolan Pass b) Shipki La Pass c) SpaceX d) Made in Space c) Rohtang Pass d) Zojila Pass

Question 34 An International Rail Coach Expo (2018) is Question 40 being held for the first time in ______. On which bank has RBI imposed a penalty of a) Mumbai b) Perambur ₹50,000 for violating loan guidelines? c) VaranasI d) Chennai

a) Khattri Co-operative Urban Bank c) States b) Universal Co-operative Urban Bank d) Regulatory bodies c) The Kangra Co-operative Bank d) Indraprastha Sehkari Bank Question 46 Which city has been selected “India’s best city in solid waste management”? Question 41 a) Vishakhapatnam b) Indore India’s production of foodgrains touched a c) Chandigarh d) Mangaluru record ______million tonnes in 2017-18. a) 536.2 b) 480.5 Question 47 c) 279.5 d) 110.3 International Widows’ Day is commemorated every year on Question 42 a) June 24th b) June 23rd With which country has India signed a MoU c) June 22nd d) June 25th for cooperation in the legal field? a) Morocco b) Swaziland Question 48 c) Egypt d) Ethiopia Which city is projected to become the most populous city in the world around 2028? Question 43 a) Shanghai b) Karachi With how many banks has Infosys formed a c) Tokyo d) New Delhi blockchain-based trade finance network ? a) 5 b) 3 Question 49 c) 7 d)10 Which organisation won the top award in public communication category at the international Question 44 event ATOMEXPO, 2018? Which is the first Indian exchange to receive a a) Nuclear Power Corporation of India recognition certificate of ‘Designated Offshore b) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Securities Market’ from the United States Se- c) Indian Space Research Orgaisation curities and Exchange Commission (SEc)? d) NTPC Limited a) National Stock Exchange b) Bombay Stock Exchange Question 50 c) Calcutta Stock Exchange Aadhar is not mandatory for which of the fol- d) Multi Commodity Exchange lowing? a) Supplementary Nutrition Program Question 45 b) Benefits under Grih Kalyan Kendra scheme Cabinet has approved a mechanism for c) Pension for government employees speedy resolution of commercial disputes of d) Benefits under National Meum-Merit Schol- ______. arship a) Private Enterprises b) Central Public Sector Enterprises Question 51 Who is the governor of Gujarat? is situated in which city? a) Tathagata Roy a) Siliguri b) Rajkot b) Anandiben Patel C) Bhubaneswar d) Guwahati c) Om Prakash Kohli d) C Vidyasagar Rao Question 58 Read the following statements: Question 52 1. National Policy on Biofuels allows doping of India has recently agreed to sign a tax infor- ethanol produced from biological sources with mation exchange pact with which country? petrol. a) Cambodia b) Laos 2. Bio-diesel from non-edible oilseeds is catego- c) Indonesia d) Brunei rised as 1st Generation bio-fuel. 3. 2nd Generation ethanol can be produced Question 53 from molasses. What is the approved corpus for the “Micro Irri- Which of the above statements is/are correct? gation Fund” under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sin- a) Only 2 b) 1 and 2 chayee Yojana? c) 2 and 3 d) 1 and 3 a) Rs 5,000 core b) Rs 3,000 crore Question 59 c) Rs 1,000 crore In which Jharkhand city has the government d) Rs 8,000 crore approved to set up AIIMS? a) Jamshedpur b) Koderma Question 54 c) Bokaro d) Deoghar Who has taken oath as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka? a) BS Yeddyurappa b) HD Kumaraswamy Question 60 c) HD Deve Gowda d) Siddaramaiah Name the second country to open its embassy in Jerusalem after US Question 55 a) Saudi Arabia b) Panama Who has become the first Indian minister to c) Guatemala d) Turkey visit North Korea in 20 years? a) Digvijay Singh b) Sushma Swaraj Question 61 c) General V.K. Singh d) Narendra Modi According to Swachh Survekshan 2018 survey, which is the cleanest city in India? Question 56 a) Indore b) Chandigarh What is the name of the Indian Intellectual c) Mysore d) Surat Property mascot? a) IP Sakhi b) IP Dadi Question 62 c) IP Didi d) IP Nani Which railway zone has planned to install 'panic buttons' in its railway coaches? Question 57 a) East Central Railway India's first railway station run by solar power b) Southern Railway

c) Konkan Railway c) 18.7 billion USD d) North Eastern Railway d) 45.2 billion USD

Question 67 Question 63 The newly discovered supermassive black Where will a frozen cattle semen station be hole discovered by the scientists was also set up under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission? known as ______. a) Kannauj b) Etawah a) Nebula b) Triton c) Purnea d) Madhubani c) Europa d) Quasar

Question 64 Question 68 Read the following statements: 16th of May has been declared by UN as the 1. 'Samarth' is a scheme for capacity building International Day of ______. under the Skill India Mission. a) Living Together in Peace 2. 'Samarth' aims is to skill the youth for gain- b) Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutila- ful and sustainable employment in the textile tion sector. c) Forests 3. The target of 'Samarth' scheme is to train d) Human Space Flight 20 lakh people. Which of the above sentences is/are correct? Question 69 a) Only 1 b) 1 and 2 How many Champion Services Sectors have c) 1 and 3 d) Only 3 been identified by the Union government? a) 10 b) 8 Question 65 c) 15 d)12 Read the following statements: 1. India has released a grant of Nepali Rupees Question 70 180.74 mn for Nepal. May 15 is observed as the ______. 2. The grant will be used for river training a) Zero Discrimination Day and embankment construction. b) World Down Syndrome Day 3. Work will be carried along Lalbakeya, Bag- c) World Health Day mati and Kamla rivers. d) International Day of Families Which of the above statements is/are correct? Question 71 a) 1 and 2 b) 2 and 3 Where has the first all-woman Passport Seva c) Only 2 d) 1, 2 and 3 Kendra started operating? a) Ambala b) New Delhi Question 66 c) Phagwara d) Bangalore What was the value of Indian exports in April 2018? Question 72 a) 25.9 billion USD b) 36.5 billion USD

Which body has recently published its 1st es- in the Lokpal selection committee? sential diagnostics list (EDL)? a) Indira Jaising b) Sidharth Luthra a) WHO b) Medecins Sans Frontieres c) Mukul Rohatgi d) K.K. Venugopal c) CARE International d) UNICEF Question 79 Question 73 Who has been selected as the independent Who will serve as the India's head of US-In- chairman of the International Cricket Coun- dia Business Council (USIBc)? cil? a) Adarsh Kanoria a) Shashank Manohar b) Jagmohan Dalmiya b) Ambika Sharma c) Dave Richardson d) N. Srinivasan c) Shashwat Goenka d) Rudra Chatterjee Question 80 Who will succeed Vittoria Colao as the CEO of Question 74 Vodafone group? Who has been appointed as the brand ambas- a) Serpil Timuray b) Gerard Kleisterlee sador of Netmeds? c) Ernest Harrison d) Nick Read a) Virat Kohli b) Gagan Narang c) Sushil Kumar d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni Question 81 Who will be given the 2018 RedInk award for Question 75 lifetime achievement in journalism? Which company has signed a MoU with SAP a) John Reith b) Mark Tully to jointly offer GST solutions to Indian enter- c) Gillian Wright d) John Prendergast prises? a) Deloitte b) BSNL Question 82 c) Tata Consultancy d) Cygnet Recently, Women Officers’ Mountaineering Expedition consisting of 9 Question 76 officers has been flagged off to which moun- Which is the third largest solar market in the tain? world? a) Mt. Bhagirathi II b) Nanda Devi a) USA b) China c) Chaukhamba d) Trishu c) India d) Denmark Question 83 Question 77 Which country will Prime Minister Narendra Which institute has launched a $25 mn Bha- Modi visit on May 21 for an informal summit? rat Inclusion Initiative for startups? a) Israel b) Iran c) Russia d) Germany a) IIT-Mumbai b) IIT-Delhi c) NIT-Trichy d) IIM-Ahmedabad Question 84 Which Indian origin physicist is known for Question 78 his contribution to quantum zeno effect? Who has been appointed as an eminent jurist a) Jayant Narlikar b) E. George Sudarshan c) Meghnad Saha d) V. Raman a) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy b) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Cli- Question 85 mate Change According to International Labour Organiza- c) Ministry of Skill Development tion, how many jobs can India create by d) Ministry of Power adopting a green economy? a) 6 million b) 2 million Question 91 c) 10 million d) 3 million Read the following statements: 1. Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Question 86 Haryana and Uttarakhand have agreed to im- India’s GDP is expected to grow by plement the National Health Protection Mis- ______in January-March, according to a sion (NHPM). Nomura report. 2. NHPM will provide an annual coverage of a) 7.2% b) 6.9% Rs 3 lakh per family. c) 7.7% d) 5.9% 3. The beneficiaries of NHPM can avail bene- fits in both public and empanelled private fa- Question 87 cilities. Who has been appointed as the new Director Which of the above statements is/are correct? General of Assam Rifles? a) Only 1 b) Only 2 a) Vikram Singh b) c) 1 and 3 d) 2 and 3 c) Shokin Chauhan d) Sukhdeep Sangwan Question 92 Question 88 Read the following statements: When was the E-Way Bill system for inter- 1. WHO has launched "REPLACE" initiative State movement of goods rolled out? to eliminate artificial trans fats from global a) January 1, 2018 food supply by 2023. b) April 1, 2018 2. The initiative provides 6 strategic actions c) December 25, 2017 to ensure removal of trans-fatty acids glob- d) July 1, 2017 ally. 3. It is the first time that WHO is working to Question 89 eliminate something other than a noncom- Govt. has collected approximately how much municable disease. money in taxes during the first year of GST Which of the above statements is/are correct? rollout? a) Only 1 b) 1 and 2 a) Rs. 5 trillion b) Rs. 4.5 trillion c) 1 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3 c) Rs. 7.4 trillion d) Rs. 9.8 trillion Question 93 Question 90 SEBI has asked listed companies to disclose Which Ministry has issued the National payment delays related to debt securities Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy? within ______.

a) 12 hours b) 24 hours c) 48 hours d) 36 hours Question 100 Usha Ananthasubramanian is the CEO of Question 94 which bank? Who is the winner of Nikkei Asia Prize 2018? a) Punjab National Bank b) Bank of India a) Ma Jun b) Nguyen Thanh Liem c) Allahabad Bank d) Indian Bank c) Bindeshwar Pathak d) Kailash Satyarthi Question 101 Question 95 Name the bank whose common equity tier-1 Which country is developing the world's larg- breached the minimum regulatory require- est amphibious aircraft? ment of 7.37% in March 2018. a) Japan b) USA a) Punjab National Bank c) China d) India b) Canara Bank c) State Bank of India d) Allahabad Bank

Question 96 How many workers does the Green Skill De- velopment Programme (GSDP) aim to train Question 102 by 2021? The largest bank of which country has a) 3 lakh b) 3.5 lakh launched its first India-dedicated publicly of- c) 4 lakh d) 5.5 lakh fered investment fund? a) Singapore b) Japan Question 97 c) China d) Sweden Who has been conferred the Swara Mauli Award for 2018? Question 103 a) Lata Mangeshkar b) Asha Bhosle Which country will be provided a grant by the c) Alka Yagnik d) Shreya Ghoshal World Bank to meet the basic needs of Roh- ingyas? Question 98 a) India b) Myanmar Who is the winner of women's 10m air pistol c) Thailand d) Bangladesh at the International Shooting Competitions 2018 in Hannover, Germany? a) Mathilde Lamolle b) Anna Korakaki c) Ai Wen Yu d) Heena Sidhu Question 104 What is the mobile banking app of Fino pay- Question 99 ment bank called? Who has been appointed as the new Minister a) BPay b) FPay of Information and Broadcasting? c) M-Pesa d) Nuvo a) Piyush Goyal b) Rajyavardhan Rathore c) Sachin Pilot d) Smriti Irani Question 105

'Kalasala Babu' who recently passed away be- thunderstorms, dust storms etc) longed to which profession ? 2. Doppler radars have a radius of 250 km. a) Actor b) Journalist 3. The first Doppler radar in India was in- c) Playwright d) Painter stalled in Chennai in 2002. Which of the above statements is/are correct? Question 106 a) Only 2 b) 1 and 3 When was the electronic National Agriculture c) 2 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3 Market (eNAM) launched? a) December, 2016 b) March, 2017 Question 112 c) January, 2018 d) April, 2016 For whom does the Indian government plan to install e-Gates at airport immigration Question 107 counters? The Union government is going to boost the a) Low-risk foreign travellers manpower and infrastructure of which para- b) High-risk foreign travellers military force? c) Government dignitaries a) Sashastra Seema Bal (SSb) d) NRIs b) Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) c) National Security Guard (NSG) d) Border Security Force (BSF) Question113 The Army has finalised a ₹15,000-crore pro- Question 108 ject for indigenous development of Which mobile wallet has recently introduced ______. automatic recurring payments feature? a) Amazon Pay b) MobiKwik a) Utility vehicles b) Missile systems c) Paytm d) PayUMoney c) Ammunition d) Radar systems Question 109 Question 114 Which company has recently filed patent ap- Read the following statements: plications relating to e-currency technology? 1. The Domestic Violence Act is meant to pun- a) Cognizant b) IBM ish men who abuse women in a relationship. c) Capgemini d) Barclays 2. It also protects divorced women from their former husband) Question 110 3. It does not amount to domestic violence if Which Hindi film lyricist was popularly the former husband tried to dispossess the known as Balkavi? woman from a jointly-owned property. a) Sajeev Sarathi b) Nandram Das Bairagi Which of the above statements is/are correct? c) Shailendra d) Maya Goving a) Only 1 b) 1 and 2 c) 2 and 3 d) Only 3 Question 111 Read the following statements: Question 115 1. Doppler radars provide information about What is India's rank globally with respect to area of mangrove forests lost between 2000 Between which two places have India and Ne- and 2015? pal started a direct bus service? a) 3rd b) 9th a) Haridwar and Kathmandu c) 12th d) 15th b) Muktinath and Ayodhya c) Janakpur and Ayodhya Question 116 d) Muktinath and Haridwar According to the draft bill on DNA technol- ogy, at which level the DNA data banks would Question 122 be set up? Industrial output grew by ______in a) National level b) State level March, the slowest in five months, due to a c) District level d) National and state level fall in capital goods production and decelera- tion in mining activity. Question 117 a) 4.4% b) 4% ISRO scientists are developing a green pro- c) 4.2% d) 3.9% pellant to replace which conventional rocket fuel? Question 123 a) Hydrazine b) Kerosene Government has constituted a special com- c) Liquid Hydrogen d) Liquid Oxygen mittee to suggest ways for better-securing air- port cargo terminals in the country against Question 118 terror threats. Who is/are the members of the Which of the following is not a member of committee? South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network a) Central Industrial Security Force (SAWEN)? b) Bureau of Civil Aviation Security a) Afghanistan b) India c) Intelligence Bureau c) Sri Lanka d) Malaysia d) All of the Above

Question 119 Question 124 Which Indian Coast Guard ship is first in the Who has approved 'Compensation Scheme class of seven new-generation offshore patrol for Women Victims/Survivors of Sexual As- vessels? sault/Other Crimes-2018' a scheme for man- a) Mackinaw b) Harriet datory grant of compensation to victims of c) Samrat d) Vikram sexual assault & acid attack? a) National Human Rights Commission Question 120 b) Supreme Court Name the author of the book 'Across the c) Ministry of Home Affairs Bench - Insight into the Indian Military Judi- d) Ministry of Women and Child Develop- cial System'. ment a) b) Gyan Bhushan c) d) Ranbir Singh Question 125 Which among the following is correct Question 121 1.The Union Government announced that it

would double the credit guarantee for 2018- Question 129 19 under the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Which ministry has started the exercise to re- Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE). vise base year to 2017-18 for computation of 2.This will tackle the trade finance woes of wholesale inflation? micro, small and medium enterprises a) Ministry of Finance (MSMEs). b) Ministry of Commerce and Industry 3.The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium c) Ministry of Heavy Industries Enterprises & Small Industries Development d) Ministry of Labour and Employment Bank of India has established CGTMSE. a) Only 2 b) Both 2 and 3 Question 130 c) Both 1 and 3 d) All are correct Which ministry has identified stupas and vi- haras in these states, around which small in- Question 126 tra-state Buddhist zones will be developed? The seed centre at ______has bagged an a) Ministry of Tourism award for excellence in research on seed tech- b) Ministry of Culture nology. c) Ministry of Rural Development a) GB Pant University of Agriculture and d) Ministry of Road and Highways Technology b) Punjab Agricultural University c) Tamil Nadu Agricultural University d) Central Agriculture University Question 131 The 'Air Cavalry' concept was used by the ______to locate and assault enemy ground forces during the Vietnam War. a) Indian Army b) US Army Question 127 c) Russian Army d) British Army ______will set up a dedicated web portal to disseminate information on filming facili- Question 132 ties available in the country. Which country has begun its sea trials of its a) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting first domestically developed aircraft carrier? b) Ministry of Tourism a) United Kingdom b) Russia c) Ministry of Culture c) China d) USA d) Ministry of Home Affair Question 133 Question 128 Which country was the largest remittance-re- United Nations Development Programme will ceiving country in the world in 2017? soon set up a skill development centre at a) China b) Japan 'Bharosa,' in ______. c) Sri Lanka d) India a) Delhi b) Visakhapatnam c) Mumbai d) Hyderabad Question 134

Which state has signed a MoU with Centres Question 139 Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assess- Name the company which has recently sent ment (GRIHa) Council to train state PWD of- the 1st cargo vessel with 2 million barrels of ficials to rate govt buildings? crude oil for India's strategic petroleum re- a) Gujarat b) Maharashtra serve. c) Andhra Pradesh d) Tamil Nadu a) Rosneft b) Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Question 135 c) National Iranian Oil Company Which country will commence dismantling its d) Saudi Aramco nuclear test site later this month in a bid to uphold its pledge to discontinue nuclear Question 140 tests? The 2018 BIMSTEC Summit will be hosted by a) Iran b) Russia which country? c) USA d) North Korea a) Bangladesh b) India c) Nepal d) Sri Lanka Question 136 The World Migratory Bird Day is observed on the second weekend of which month? a) June b) May c) January d) April

Question 137 The International Atomic Energy Agency has informed that its top inspector, ______, has quit with immediate effect. a) Yakov Alpert b) Michael K. Moe c) Yoshio Shimamoto d) Tero Varjoranta

Question 138 Who will be responsible on behalf of Govern- ment of India for cooperation in response to oil & chemical pollution in South Asian seas? a) Indian Navy b) Indian Coast Guard c) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation d) Indian Oil Corporation 1 3 5 7 11 13 1 c 1 c 1 c 1 c 91 c 1 d 1 b Answer Key: 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 2 c 2 d 2 d 2 a 2 d 2 a 2 c 1 d 21 d 41 c 61 a 81 b 101 d 121 c 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 3 b 3 a 3 a 3 b 3 b 3 c 3 d

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