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Unique IAS Academy –TNPSC Current Affairs September - 2018 UNIQUE IAS ACADEMY The Best Coaching Center in Coimbatore NVN Layout, New Siddhapudur, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore Ph: 0422 4204182, 98842 67599 1.Who has been sworn-in as the first female 4.Indian men‟s hockey team defeated which high court Chief Justice in Pakistan? country to win bronze at the 2018 Jakarta [A] TahiraSafdar [B] Maria Hassan Asian Games? [C] RiffatQuraishi [D] AsifaUlfah [A] Japan [B] South Korea [C] Indonesia [D] Pakistan 2.Which country is host to the 4th International Ayurveda Congress (IAvC) 5.Who is the author of the book “Moving On, 2018? Moving Forward: A year in Office”? [A] Belgium [B] Russia [A] SumitraMahajan [B] Anand Sharma [C] France [D] Netherlands [C] ArunJaitley [ D] Venkaiah Naidu 3.Who of the following Indians has/have 6.The multi-nation tsunami mock exercise received the 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award? (drill) “IOWave18” has started in which of [A] Deepa Joshi and Nileema Mishra the following oceans? [B] Kulendi Francis and Anshu Gupta [A] Indian Ocean [C] SanjivChaturvedi [B] Pacific Ocean [D] Bharat Vatwani and SonamWangchuk [C] Atlantiic Ocean 0422 4204182, 9884267599 NVN Layout, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore Page 1 Unique IAS Academy –TNPSC Current Affairs September - 2018 [D] Southern Antarctic Ocean 10. Which country has signed pact with India to collaborate on ISRO‟s first human 7.The Government of India (GoI) has decided spaceflight programme “Gaganyaan”? to observe which month as National Nutrition [A] Germany [B] France Month (NNM) across country to mark the [C] Japan [D] United States fight against malnutrition? [A] October [B] December 11.Justice RanjanGogoi, who is expected to [C] September [D] August become 46th Chief Justice of India (CJI), hails from which North-East State of India? 8.Which state government has decided to [A] Assam [B] Arunachal Pradesh provide free mobile phones to women of BPL [C] Tripura [D] Nagaland families? [A] Rajasthan [B] Gujarat 12.KAZIND-2018 is an army exercise [C] Himachal Pradesh [D] Uttar Pradesh between India and which country? [A] Kuwait [B] Kenya 9. Which two countries will participate in [C] Kyrgyzstan [D] Kazakhstan SLINEX-2018 naval exercise? [A] Indonesia and Singapore 13. GovindanLakshmanan is associated with [B] India and Sri Lanka which sports? [C] India and South Africa [A] Sprint [B] Basketball [D] Italy and Spain [C] Hockey [D] Badminton 0422 4204182, 9884267599 NVN Layout, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore Page 2 Unique IAS Academy –TNPSC Current Affairs September - 2018 14. Which military communications pact has 18. Chagos Islands, which is in news recently, been signed by India and the United States in is the disputed islands between which of the the first round of the „2-plus-2-dialogue‟? following countries? [A] GSOMIA [B] LEMOA [A] United Kingdom and United States [C] BECA [D] COMCASA [B] Mauritius and United Kingdom [C] Maldives and United States 15.Which sportsperson has been appointed [D] Maldives and Mauritius the new Brand Ambassador of BSNL? [A] BajrangPunia [B] Mary Kom 19.India‟s longest rail-cum-road bridge [C] Neeraj Chopra [D] Rani Rampal “Bogibeel” will come up over which river? [A] Ganga [B] Yamuna 16. Which cricket team has won the 57th [C] Brahmaputra [D] Godavari edition of Duleep Trophy 2018? [A] India Red [B] India Blue 20.Who has become the first Japanese player [C] India Green [D] India Orange to clinched the women‟s singles title of US Open 2018? 17.Under which article, the Odisha Assembly [A] Ai Sugiyama [B] Kimiko Date has passed a resolution for establishing [C] Kurumi Nara [D] Naomi Osaka Legislative Council (VidhanParishad) in the state? 21.The Indian Air Force has successfully [A] Article 169 [B] Article 170 carried out the first-ever mid-air refuelling of [C] Article 171 [D] Article 168 the indigenously build which aircraft? [A] Tejas [B] Sukhoi 0422 4204182, 9884267599 NVN Layout, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore Page 3 Unique IAS Academy –TNPSC Current Affairs September - 2018 [C] Jaguar [D] Mirage 25.BARC has recently re-commissioned an upgraded version of which nuclear reactor? 22. Which city is host to the first-ever [A] Dhruva [B] Apsara BIMSTEC military exercise “MILEX-18”? [C] Purnima [D] Zerlina [A] Hyderabad [B] Pune [C] Chennai [D] Bhubaneswar 26.Which state government has launched India‟s first scheme for doorstep delivery of 23.Who will head the panel of secretaries to essential government services? look into the issues raised on some proposals [A] Andhra Pradesh of the draft e-commerce policy? [B] Karnataka [A] Rajiv Gauba [C]Odisha [B] S SAhluwalia [D] Delhi [C] Ajay PrakashSawhney [D] Ramesh Abhishek 27.Nomadic Elephant 2018 is an army exercise between India and which country? 24.The Indo-US military training Exercise [A] Nigeria [B] Senegal “YudhAbhyas 2018” will be held at which [C] Mongolia [D] Ghana state? [A] Himachal Pradesh 28. India‟s first railway university “National [B] Uttarakhand Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI)” is [C] Uttar Pradesh located in which city? [D] Pune [A] Ahmedabad [B] Kanpur [C] Patna [D] Vadodara 0422 4204182, 9884267599 NVN Layout, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore Page 4 Unique IAS Academy –TNPSC Current Affairs September - 2018 29. Which state government has banned the 32. Which country is host to the 2018 G-20 manufacture, sale and possession of e- trade and investment ministerial meeting? cigarettes? [A] Argentina [B] France A] Odisha [B] Assam [C] Germany [D] Brazil [C] Tamil Nadu [D] Karnataka 33.Under which article of the constitution, 30.Sagarmatha Friendship-2018 military President has appointed Justice RanjanGogoi exercise is scheduled to start between which as the 46th Chief Justice of India? of the following countries? [A] Article 123 [B] Article122 [A] Nepal and China [C] Article 124 [D] Article 121 [B] Myanmar and India [C] India and Nepal 34.What is the India‟s ranks in the latest [D] India and Sri Lanka UN‟s Human Development Index (HDI) report 2018? 31.Who has been appointed new chairman of [A] 130 [B] 132 [C] 134 [D] 136 the LokSabha Ethics Committee? [A] Ramesh PokhriyalNishank 35.Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has recently [B] Chandrakant B Khaire commissioned which indigenously built [C] L K Advani patrol vessel? [D] P Karu [A] Tarmugli [B] Vijaya [C] Chetlat [D] Baratang 0422 4204182, 9884267599 NVN Layout, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore Page 5 Unique IAS Academy –TNPSC Current Affairs September - 2018 36.The first lion safari of Rajasthan has come [A] Merin Joseph [B] SmitaSabharwal up at which of the following parks? [C] RijjuBafna [D] Anna RajamMalhotra [A] Nahargarh Biological Park [B] Ranthambore National Park 40. Exercise Aviaindra 18 has started [C] Keoladeo National Park between which of the following countries? [D] Sariska National Park [A] Japan & India [B] Russia & Japan [C] China & Pakistan [D] India & Russia 37. The Government of India (GoI) has proposed to merge which of the following 41. Who has been appointed new secretary of banks to create India‟s third largest lender? Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)? [A] Indian Bank, PNB and BBoB [A] AnindoMajumdar [B] BoB, PNB and Allahabad Bank [B] ShakuntalaGamlin [C] BoI, IDBI and PNB [C] Shashi Sharma [D] BoB, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank [D] Alka Tiwari 38. Which country has rolled out world‟s first 42.India‟s first indigenously developed 500- hydrogen-powered train? megawatt (mw) prototype fast breeder [A] Italy [B] Norway reactor is located in which state? [C] Germany [D] Denmark [A] Odisha [B] Andhra Pradesh [C] Tamil Nadu [D] Goa 39.Who of the following was the India‟s first woman IAS officer post-Independence, who passed away recently? 0422 4204182, 9884267599 NVN Layout, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore Page 6 Unique IAS Academy –TNPSC Current Affairs September - 2018 43. Who of the following have won the 2018 [A] Nagaland [B] Manipur Rajiv Gandhi KhelRatna? [C] Mizoram [D] Tamil Nadu [A] Hima Das &ManikaBatra [B] ViratKohli&MirabaiChanu 47. Who has won the 2018 Presidential [C] Jinson Johnson &SavitaPunia Election of Maldives? [D] Neeraj Chopra &Jiwanjot Singh Teja [A] Mohamed Waheed Hassan [B] Abdulla Yameen 44. What is the strike range of indigenously [C] Ibrahim Mohamed Solih developed Short-range tactical ballistic [D] Mohamed Nasheed missile “Prahar”, which is successfully flight tested by DRDO? 48. Who has been named The 2018 Best FIFA [A]250 Km [B] 150 Km Men‟s Player? [C] 200 Km [D] 350 Km [A] Lionel Messi [B] Luka Modric 45. Which of the following is the India‟s [C] Cristiano Ronaldo biggest cyclotron facility, which recently [D] Mohamed Salah became operational? [A] Cyclone-103 [B] Cyclone-123 49. What is the purpose of Justice Amitava [C] Cyclone-68 [D] Cyclone-30 Roy committee constituted by Supreme Court recently? 46. Which state government has announced a [A] Reforms in Tax Laws of India novel scheme for the protection of the exotic [B] Prison Reforms Neelakurinji plants? [C] Police and Public Order Reforms 0422 4204182, 9884267599 NVN Layout, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore Page 7 Unique IAS Academy –TNPSC Current Affairs September - 2018 [D] Executive-Legislative Relations reforms 53.On which date, the 2018 International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear 50. Which air pollution control device has Weapons was observed recently? recently launched by the Union Government [A] September 27 [B] September 29 for traffic junctions? [C] September 26 [D] September 28 [A] VAYU [B] WAYU [C] VAN [D] MANUSH 54. Who heads the Lokpal Search Committee to recommend the chairperson and members 51. Which Indian personality has been of the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal? awarded with the UN‟s highest [A] A Surya Prakash environmental honour „Champions of the [B] RanjanaPrakash Desai Earth 2018‟? [C] Arundhati Bhattacharya [A] SonamWangchuk [D] S Kiran Kumar [B] Maneka Gandhi [C] Chandi Prasad Bhatt 55. Which of the following is the India‟s best [D] NarendraModi institute, according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 52.