QUESTION DISCUSSION – 13.02.2018 TO 21.02.2018

No. of Questions : 40 Correct : ______Full Mark : 40 Wrong : ______

Time : 20 min Mark Secured : ______

1. To encourage the manufacturing sector in the National Productivity Week is observed annually between A) February 10-16 B) February 12-18 C) February 14-20 D) February 8-14 2. Who among the following filmmakers has been selected to be conferred with the inaugural ‘Raj Kapoor Award for Excellence in Cinema’? A) S. S. Rajamouli B) Kabir Khan C) Shyam Benegal D) Ramesh Sippy 3. Eduvanz Financing – a skill development loan provider, has been granted the non-banking financial company (NBFC) licence by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).Eduvanz Financing headquartered situated at A) B) New Delhi C) Ranchi D) Bhopal 4. The World’s tallest 75 storied hotel named Gevora Hotel has been unveiled in which city recently? A) Dubai B) Chicago C) Beijing D) Singapore 5. The first World Government Summit was held in which year? A) 2017 B) 2009 C) 2000 D) 2013 6. Radio Umang, India’s first online radio station that allows the listener to just download and tune in, has been launched. When is the World Radio Day observed? A) February 11 B) February 14 C) February 12 D) February 13 7. Who is the current governor of ? A) Syed Sibtey Razi B) C) Syed Ahmed D) 8. As per India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2017 which of the following state has maximum % of forest coverage? A) Mizoram B) Madhay Pradesh C) Arunachal Pradesh D) Manipur 9. The World’s first Robot Ski Challenge was held in which country? A) South Korea B) Greece C) North Korea D) France 10. The Chandrashekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology (CSAUT) is situated in which city? A) Agra B) Kanpur C) Lucknow D) Gorakhpur 11. A ‘gender park’ is soon to be set up in which of the following cities of Kerala to fight gender inequality? A) Kochi B) Kottayam C) Thrissur D) Alappuzha 12. Which among the following Indian states has recently unveiled India-Bangladesh “Friendship Gate” for the border guards of the two nations? A) Assam B) Tripura C) Mizoram D) Meghalaya 13. Muzaffar Hussain who passed away recently was a renowned name in which field? A) Scientist B) Politician C) Journalist D) Actor 14. West Bengal the first Indian state which has announced to opt out of Central Governments ambitious ‘Modicare’ scheme.Under the scheme 10 crore family will get Rs 5 lakh insurance scheme every year in case of A) secondary & tertiary hospitalisation. B) only secondary hospitalisation. C) Primary & tertiary hospitalisation. D) Primary & secondary hospitalisation. 15. The RBI has relaxed the priority sector lending (PSL) rules for banks by announcing all credits to Micro small and medium enterprises (MSME) to qualify for PSL. Earlier, this limit was capped at A) Rs 15 crore B) Ra 10 crore C) Rs 25 crore D) Rs 20 crore 16. Equitas Small Finance Bank has recently unveiled an interactive digital savings account named SelfeSavings.The headquarter of Equitas Small Finance Bank is located in which city? A) Bangalore B) Chennai C) Varanasi D) Mumbai 17. What is the currency of Ethiopia? A) krona B) franc C) birr D) sum 18. Who is the current President of South Africa? A) Cyril Ramaphosa B) Jacob Zuma C) David Mabuza D) Kgalema Motlanthe 19. India’s first radio festival has been orgainzed in which of the following cities by International Association of Women in Radio and Television, in collaboration with UNESCO. A) Pune B) New Delhi C) Indore D) Chandigarh

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20. Which country has attained the top position in the latest World FIFA Rankings? A) Germany B) Spain C) Argentina D) Portugal 21. The Group of Monuments at Hampi have been selected as one of the 10 tourist destinations to be developed as ‘Iconic Tourism Site’ as stated in the Union Budget 2018-19.Hampi is associated with which of the following Empire? A) Rastrkuta Empire B) Chola Empire C) Pandya Empire D) Vijayanagara Empire 22. Which among the following teams has won the 23rd edition of the Senior Women’s National Football Championship? A) Assam B) Haryana C) Manipur D) Tamil Nadu 23. KP Sharma Oli has become new Prime Minister of Nepal for the second time.His belongs to which party A) Unified Communist Party of Nepal B) Communist Party of Nepal C) Nepali Congress D) Rashtriya Prajatantra Party 24. The Government of India and the New Development Bank has signed a loan agreement worth USD 100 million to rehabilitate A) Upper Ganges Canal,Haridwar B) Indira Gandhi Canal, Rajasthan C) Buckingham Canal,Vijayawada D) Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal 25. The World Sustainable Development Summit 2018 has been inaugurated in which of the following cities? A) Hyderabad B) Mumbai C) New Delhi D) Pune 26. Ruud Lubbers who died recently was the longest serving prime minister of which country? A) Belgium B) Switzerland C) Netherlands D) France 27. Which among the following apps has been honored with the Best M-Government Service award in the Accessible Government category at the recently concluded World Government Summit 2018? A) Umang App B) NARI App C) SFOORTI App D) Shakthi App 28. India’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute is soon to be established in which among the given cities? A) New Delhi B) Gurgoan C) Mumbai D) Hyderabad 29. India’s largest ‘train the trainers’ programme has been launched by which noted player? A) B. Sai Praneeth B) H. S. Prannoy C) Prakash Padukone D) Pullela Gopichand 30. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is located in which country? A) London, United Kingdom B) Paris, France C) Beijing, China D) Wahisngton DC, United States 31. What is the authorized share capital of NABARD? A) Rs 50,000 crore B) Rs 10,000 crore C) Rs 20,000 crore D) Rs.30,000 crore 32. Which of the following combination of ISRO mission is false A) Chandrayaan-1 on 8 November 2008. B) Mars Mission (MOM) on 24 September 2014. C) Chandrayaan-2 by April 2019 D) Aditya-1 by 2019–20 33. The State Bank of India has announced to set up its first Global NRI Centre (GNC) in which of the following cities? A) Kochi B) Hyderabad C) Bengaluru D) Manipal 34. Who among the given players has won the Rotterdam’s ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament 2018? A) Roger Federer B) Andreas Seppi C) Robin Haase D) Daniil Medvedev 35. Name the President of Iran who was on three days visit to India recently A) Ashraf Ghani B) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan C) Hassan Rouhani D) Abdullah Abdullah 36. Which among the given organisations has allowed the beta launch of WhatsApp BHIM UPI with user base of 1 million? A) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) B) NABARD C) National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) D) Both NPCI & RBI 37. Who is the Chairman of TCS? A) Nandan Nilekani B) Abidali Neemuchwala C) Natarajan Chandrasekaran D) Rajesh Gopinathan 38. Who is the author of the book titled, ‘The Dairy Of Domestic Diva’? A) Sonali Bendre B) Twinkle Khanna C) Shilpa Shetty D) Anu Agarwal 39. The Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) is located in which state? A) B) West Bengal C) Haryana D) Telangana 40. Name the first foreign e-commerce firm which has recently entered into food retail venture in India? A) Amazon B) Flipkart C) eBay D) Alibaba

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ANSWER KEYS 1 B 21 D

2 D 22 D

3 A 23 B

4 A 24 B

5 D 25 C

6 D 26 C

7 B 27 A

8 A 28 C

9 A 29 D

10 B 30 A

11 B 31 D

12 D 32 C

13 C 33 A

14 A 34 A

15 B 35 C

16 B 36 C

17 C 37 C

18 A 38 C

19 B 39 B

20 A 40 A

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