WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 04.10.2018 TO 11.10.2018
No. of Questions : 40 Correct : ______
Full Mark : 40 Wrong : ______Time : 20 min Mark Secured : ______
1. Which organization issued commemorative stamps on International Day of Non Violence? A)Indian Post B)UN Postal Agency C)OECD D)World Bank 2. Indian Railways have planned to develop 640 Utkrisht Rakes under its project of upgrading the mail/express trains in the next two years at what expenditure? A)400 crore B)500 crore C)600 crore D)700 crore 3. Which state became the 23rd state to become Open Defecation Free in India? A)Mizoram B)Karnataka C)Sikkim D)Manipur 4. Which IIT has been named the national coordinating institute of the Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration(SPARC) of the Ministry of Human Resource Development? A)IIT Kharagpur B)IIT Bombay C)IIT Madras D)IIT Kanpur 5. RBI allowed state-owned oil marketing companies to raise ECBs from lenders under the automatic route. What is “C” in ECBs? A)Comeback B)Commercial C)Cooperative D)Commercialization 6. Which wallet player launched the breakthrough product called “Boost”? A)Oxigen Wallet B)Paytm C)Mobikwik D)Freecharge 7. Government unveiled which initiative under which travellers will soon be able to enter airports in the country with facial recognition biometrics? A)Yatra India B)Digi Yatra C)Digi Dhan D)Yatra 8. Which city stood first in the all-India cleanliness ranking in a survey of 685 districts across the country? A)Nashik B)Satara C)Pune D)Lucknow 9. Reliance Jio started a campaign with which Facebook owned company to train people about using the mobile messaging platform responsibly on their Jio Phones? A)Wechat B)Whatsapp C)Instagram D)Telegram 10. 36th National Games in 2019 will be held in which state? A)Uttar Pradesh B)Goa C)Maharashtra D)Sikkim 11. The government took how much loan from World Bank to implement the scheme „Status of India Nutrition” report which will cover all districts across various states and union territories? A)$250 million B)$200 million C)$300 million D)$450 million 12. The Centre and ADB have signed a 110 million dollar loan agreement for the upgradation of 2800 km kilometers all-weather rural roads for which state? A)Arunachal Pradesh B)Himachal Pradesh C)Madhya Pradesh D)Uttar Pradesh 13. Who was nominated for “Mother Teresa Memorial Award” instituted by the city-based Harmony Foundations? A)Jack Murray B)Nadia Murad C)Francas Arnold D)Denis Hinvi 14. The Indian Postal services honoured which non-profit organization by launching their postal stamps? A)Bhartiya Yog Sansthan B)Jagannath Seva Sansthan C)Narayan Seva Sansthan D)Mahavir Cancer Sansthan 15. Who was appointed as chairman of working group committee by World Federation of Exchange(WFE)? A)Ajay Tyagi B)Sandeep Bansal C)Vikram Limaye D)Amit Tandon 16. Who received the prestigious 2018 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award? A)Evan Atar Adaha B)Eleanor Rosevelt C)Aya Mohammed D)Atar Rosevelt 17. Who has been selected for the prestigious Ekalabya Puraskar 2018? A)Rani Rampal B)Abhinav Bindra C)Lilima Minz D)PV Sindhu 18. Who has been appointed as the ambassador and India‟s permanent representative to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva? A)Ajay Singh B)Pankaj Sharma C)Navtej Sharna D)Sandeep Bhattarcharya 19. NASSCOM launched its Centre of Excellence for Internet of Things in which state? A)Jharkhand B)Odisha C)Bihar D)Haryana 20. India‟s first “Methanol Cooking Fuel Program” is to be launched in which state? A)Karnataka B)Mizoram C)Sikkim D)Assam
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21. India signed a deal with which country for cooperation on a new nuclear power project and to setup 6 latest VVER-1200 type nuclear reactors in India? A)Russia B)Australia C)France D)China 22. Who was named as flag bearer of the Indian contingent for the 3rd Para Asian Games to be held in Jakarta from October 6-13? A)PV Sindhu B)Sardar Singh C)Rani Rampal D)Thangvellu Mariyappan 23. Who has been unanimously elected as the chairman and world president of International Advertising Association? A)Srinivisan Swamy B)R Swamy C)S Chidambaram D)N Ravi 24. Who won the Japanese Grand Prix? A)Valteri Bottas B)Nico Roseberg C)Lewis Hamilton D)Sebastian Vettel 25. Which e-commerce company has partnered with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance to offer customised insurance solutions to power its mobile phone protection programme? A)Paytm B)Flipkart C)Snapdeal D)Amazon 26. Recently, RBI approved the proposal of which state‟s bank having Rs 650 bn in deposits and which will be formed by consolidating State Cooperative Bank and the 14 district cooperatives? A)Karnataka B)Kerala C)Sikkim D)Mizoram 27. JIMEX -18, a bilateral maritime exercise is between India and which other country? A)Indonesia B)China C)Japan D)SriLanka 28. Which pair of girls has won the Under 15 girls double titles in the Badminton Asia Junior Under-17 and Under- 15 championships? A)PV Sindhu and Vidya Phillai B)Tasnim Mir and Vidya Phillai C)Pooja Reddy and Meghna Reddy D)Meghana Reddy and Tasnim Mir 29. Recently, Natwar Thakkar, popularly known as “Nagaland‟s Gandhi”, passed away. He was related to which field? A)Social Worker B)Actor C)Sports D)Singer 30. Who is the author of “Feisty At Fifty”? A)Anita Desai B)Sudha Menon C)Preeti Shenoy D)Arundhati Roy 31. Which state government launched Unnati, a scheme to foster entrepreneurs working on rural and social impact technologies? A)Karnataka B)Madhya Pradesh C)Uttar Pradesh D)Bihar 32. Which state well set up anti terror force “Kavach”? A)Bihar B)Uttar Pradesh C)Sikkim D)Haryana 33. The National Housing Bank increased its refinance limit to how much amount to make more funds available to eligible housing finance companies? A)20000 cr B)25000 cr C)30000 cr D)40000 cr 34. Sandeep Chaudhary ended India‟s wait for a gold medal at the 2018 Para Asian Games in Indonesia in which sports? A)Tennis B)High Jumper C)Javelin Throw D)Swimmer 35. Who has been sworn in as the 114th US Supreme Court Justice? A)Elena Kagan B)Stephen Bryer C)Brett Kavanaugh D)Samuel Alto 36. Who was awarded with Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2018? A)Barry Barish and Richard Henderson B)Richard Thaler and Paul M.Romer C)William D.Norddhaus and Paul M.Romer D)Barry Barish and Jeffery C.Hall 37. Which organization has won the “ISSA Good Practice Award” for Administrative Solution for Coverage Extension at the “Regional Social Security Forum for Asia and the Pacific” held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia? A)NABARD B)ESIC C)PNB D)SBI 38. World Shooting Para Sports Trap Championship 2018 was held in which country? A)UK B)France C)Iran D)Italy 39. According to World Bank, what will be Indian GDP growth in 2018-19 fiscal? A)7.6 percent B)7.8 percent C)7.3 percent D)7.5 percent 40. Women achievers meet at UN forum recently concluded in which city? A)Delhi B)Pune C)Bengaluru D)Mumbai
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WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 04.10.2018 TO 11.10.2018
ANSWER KEYS 1 b 21 a 2 a 22 d 3 d 23 a 4 a 24 c 5 b 25 b 6 c 26 b 7 b 27 c 8 b 28 d 9 b 29 a 10 b 30 b 11 b 31 a 12 c 32 d 13 b 33 c 14 c 34 c 15 c 35 c 16 a 36 c 17 c 37 b 18 b 38 d 19 d 39 c 20 d 40 c
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