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WEEKLY OBJECTIVE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS:

FOR WEEK 42 /52 (21-27 OCT 2018)

1. Kuligod in District ______, Karnataka is the country‟s best developed village, Acc. to Rural Development Ministry survey. (a) Basvagudi (b) Bijapur (c) Belgaum (d) Belagavi 2. to host 4th edition of Global Partners‟ Forum in December 2018 in ______. (a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai (c) New Delhi (d) Chennai 3. India‟s first railway station inside tunnel is located on ______. (a) Leh Spiti Line (b) Spiti- Manali-Leh Line (c) Bilaspur-Manali-Leh line (d) Shimla- Manali-Leh Line 4. Sajjan Jindal has been appointed as Treasurer of the World Steel Association. He is CMD of ______. (a) JSW Steel (b) TATA Steel (c) Mittal Steel (d) SAIL 5. ______has successfully tested indigenous amphibious aircraft AG600 which is World‟s largest amphibious aircraft. (a) Japan (b) China (c) Russia (d) USA 6. World‟s longest sea bridge between China-Hong Kong will open on October 24 is ______long bridge. (a) 55km (b) 50km (c) 59km (d) 60km 7. „Cope India‟ Air Exercise is the trilateral Military Exercise among India, US and ______. (a) France (b) UK (c) China (d) Japan 8. USA is going to withdraw from the ______with Russia. (a) Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty (b) Inter-Range Nuclear Force Treaty (c) Inter-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (d) Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty 9. BepiColombo-Mission is a 7-year mission to Planet ______and was launched by European and Japanese space agencies. (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Jupitar (d) Mars 10. Facebook has appointed Former UK Deputy Prime Minister ______as Head of Global Policy and Communications team. (a) Nick Clegg (b) Nick Halay (c) Nick Carter (d) Nick Fury 11. Marc Márquez Alentà is a ______Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. (a) German (b) French (c) Spanish (d) Italy 12. Saina Nehawal lost in Denmark Open final to ______(Taiwanese professional badminton player). (a) Carolina Marín (b) Nozomi Okuhara (c) Tai Tzu-ying (d) Zhang Beiwen 13. Women and Child Development Ministry will be organizing ______edition of the Women of India Organic Festival at IGNCA, Janpath Road, New Delhi. (a) 5th (b) 8th (c) 7th (d) 6th 14. Which country has topped Brand Finance‟s Nation Brands 2018 report (UK)? (a) USA (b) UK (c) China (d) France 15. Larsen and Toubro has secured ______rank in the list and is the only firm to be featured among the top 25 companies. (a) 32nd (b) 22nd (c) 14th (d) 20th 16. Where is the head quarter of International Finance Corporation? (a) USA (b) UK (c) France (d) Austria

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17. ______is an Indian American player and composer. His collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma for The Silk Road Ensemble – Sing Me Home – won the Grammy award for Best World Music Album at the 59th Grammy Awards, 2017. (a) Ganesh Aacharya (b) Sandeep Das (c) Ved Vyas (d) Ajay Lohani 18. Who is the author of Book named „Losing My Virginity‟? (a) Richard Branson (b) Richard Thallar (c) Mathew Roy (d) James Anderson 19. Pandit ______will be conferred by Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award. (a) Ram Lakhan Bhatt (b) Madan Mohan Bhatt (c) (d) Radha Mohan Bhatt 20. Nobel Prize winner in ______, Osamu Shimomura (Japan) has passed away at 90. (a) Literature (b) Physics (c) Chemistry (d) Peace 21. ______has successfully tested world‟s largest unmanned transport drone „Feihong-98 (FH-98)‟. (a) China (b) Japan (c) USA (d) Russia 22. The 27th Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2018) was held in ______, Gujarat. (a) Gandhinagar (b) Ahmedabad (c) Surat (d) Vadodara 23. India‟s First Domestic Cruise ______has been inaugurated at Mumbai by Nitin Gadkari and CM Devendra Fadnavis. (a) Aarogya (b) Angriya (c) Aagamya (d) Agyaya 24. ______has been appointed as the next Editor of „The Hindu‟. (a) Suresh Nambath (b) Girish Sangathana (c) Himadri Shah (d) Nishank Sardesai 25. 7th meeting of education ministers of member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was held in ______, Kazakhstan. (a) Bishkek (b) Ashgabat (c) Astana (d) Dushanbe 26. ______has won the 18th Miss Deaf Asia 2018 title at an international pageant held in Prague. (a) Nishtha Dudeja (b) Nishitha Dudeja (c) Nishitha Duja (d) Nishtha Duja 27. PM Modi has inaugurated 36th Indian Carpets Expo at Trade facilitation Center and Craft Museum, ______. (a) Kanpur (b) Varanasi (c) New Delhi (d) Noida 28. How many countries are participating in Asian Hockey Champions Trophy? (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9 29. Global Agriculture Leadership Summit 2018 has been inaugurated by Secretary Agriculture and Co- operation Sanjay Agrawal in ______. (a) Chennai (b) Mumbai (c) New Delhi (d) Pune 30. The Seoul Peace Prize was established in 1990 as a biennial recognition with monetary award to commemorate the success of the ______held in Seoul, Korea (a) 24th Summer Olympic Games (b) 24th Winter Olympic Games (c) 25th Summer Olympic Games (d) 25th Winter Olympic Games 31. International Dance Festival is a four-day international dance festival named „Udbhav Utsav‟ in ______, Madhya Pradesh. (a) Gwalior (b) Bhopal (c) Indore (d) Jabalpur 32. UNESCO MGIEP with Andhra Pradesh Govt. will be organising ______from 15-17 November 2018, at Novotel, Vizag City, Andhra Pradesh. (a) TEACH 2018 (b) TECH 2018 (c) TECH INDIA 2018 (d) TEACH INDIA 2018 33. On which date, the 2018 World Development Information Day (WDID) is observed recently? (a) October 24 (b) October 27 (c) October 26 (d) October 25 34. Which of the following are correct statements about Virat Kohli?

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(a) He is the fastest batsman to score 10,000 ODI runs (b) His last 1,000 runs came from just 11 innings, which is also a world record (c) His strike rate at 92.5 is the highest among batsmen with 10,000 runs in one-day format (d) All are correct 35. Which of the following is the national Coordinating Institute to implement the SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration) programme? (a) IIT-Khargapur (b) IIT-Bombay (c) IIT-Madras (d) IIT-Indore 36. Which country is hosting the International Arya Maha Sammelan (IAMS) – 2018? (a) United States (b) Sri Lanka (c) India (d) Israel 37. The 73rd Anniversary of which of the following events was observed recently on 2018 United Nations Day (UND)? (a) Adoption of UN flag (b) UN Charter coming in force (c) Establishment of UN Security Council (d) First Election to UN General Assembly 38. Who will chair the High Level Steering Committee to review National Indicator Framework (NIF) for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? (a) Chief Statistician of India (b) Finance Secretary (c) Home Secretary (d) Chief Economic Adviser

39. Which of the following countries hold their first trilateral meeting on Chabahar port project? (a) Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Iran (b) Iran, Pakistan and Turkmenistan (c) Pakistan, India and Iran (d) India, Afghanistan and Iran 40. Which of the following cities is the venue of the 11th Global Agriculture Leadership Summit 2018? (a) Jaipur (b) Pune (c) New Delhi (d) Kochi 41. Which of the following is the project implementing agency of the scheme “Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences (IMPRESS)”? (a) TRAI (b) NDMA (c) ICSSR (d) ICCR 42. Who won US Grand Prix? (a) Sebastian Vettel (b) Lewis Hamilton (c) Valtteri Bottas (d) Kimi Raikkonen 43. Khushi app has been launched by______. (a) PNB Metlife (b) HDFC (c) IDBI (d) Canara Bank 44. Which Indian film has been selected at 2018 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival? (a) Padmaavat (b) Bajirao Mastani (c) Jodha Akbar (d) All the above 45. Main Nahin Hum app for______. (a) Scientist (b) Banking Sectors (c) IT Professionals (d) Education 46. Which crickeer has become fastest to 10,000 runs in history of ODI cricket? (a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Saurav Ganguly (c) Virat Kohli (d) Dilshan 47. State Bank of India launches Wealth Hub in______. (a) Mangalore (b) Chennai (c) Haridwar (d) Kerala 48. India‟s longest river bridge to be built in______. (a) Kolkata (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Assam (d) Maharastra 49. Who is the current president of Cameroon? (a) Paul Biya (b) Ahmadou Ahidjo (c) Marafa Hamidou Yaya (d) Monaya Ding 50. National award in Netaji‟s name announced for ______. (a) Social service (b) Rescue workers (c) Scientist (d) Defence persons

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