1. Who Has Won the 2017 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year? – Roger Federer 2

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1. Who has won the 2017 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year? – Roger Federer 2. Who has won the 2017 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year? – Serena Williams 3. Who has won the 2017 Laureus Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability? – Marcel Hug 4. MARCH 1: Self injury Awareness Day 2: Texas Independence Day 3: National Defense Day 4: National Security Day 5: World Spelling Day 8: International Women Day 10: World Kidney Day 13: Common wealth Day 15: World Consumer Rights Day 5. List of National Flowers • India-Lotus • Australia-Golden Wattle • England-Tudor rose • Pakistan-Jasmine • China-Peony • South Africa-Protea • Singapore-Orchid • Bangladesh-Shapla • Malaysia-Hibiscus • Bhutan-Blue poppy • Nepal-Rhododendron • Sri Lanka-Water lily 6. What is the rank of India in Inclusive Internet Index 2018? - 47th 7. Which nation has been topped in the Internet Index 2018? - Sweden 8. Which nation has been bottom in the Internet Index 2018? - Congo 9. Which state cricket team has won the 2018 Vijay Hazare trophy? - Karnataka 10. What did C. V. Raman’s discovery deal with? - Scattering of light 11. In which year C. V. Raman awarded with Nobel Prize in Physics for Raman Effect? - 1930 12. Who is the first President of India, on his death anniversary today? – Dr Rajendra Prasad 13. Which highest civilian award was given to C. V. Raman by the government of India in 1954? A) Padma Bhushan B) Bharat Ratna C) Padma Shri D) Padma Vibhushan Ans: B (Bharat Ratna) 14. The National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February each year to mark the discovery of the Raman Effect by Indian physicist Sir C V Raman on 28 Feb 1928. The theme of the year 2018 is "Science and Technology for a sustainable future." 15. Arrange the following oceans from largest to smallest? A) Indian Ocean B) Pacific Ocean C) Arctic Ocean D) Atlantic Ocean E) Antarctica Ocean Choose the correct order 1) B,E,A,C,D 2) D,A,B,E,C 3) B,D,A,E,C 4) A,D,C,B,E Answer: 3 (B,DA,E,C) 16. Which state’s Chief Minister has announced a 5 lakh health-cum-life insurance scheme for farmers? A) Odisha B) Karnataka C) Haryana D) Telangana Answer: D Telangana 17. Which lake in India has been found to be the single largest habitat of Irrawaddy dolphins in the world? A) Dal Lake B) Chilika Lake C) Wular Lake D) Pulicat Lake Answer: B 18. The Botanical Survey of India (BSI) is located in which of the following cities? A) Hyderabad B) New Delhi C) Kolkata D) Lucknow Ans: C (Kolkata) 19. Who is the CEO of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)? - Navin Agarwal 20. The DRDO successfully conducted the test flight of its long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) named ______on Feb 25, 2018? - Rustom 2 21. The DRDO was formed in which year? – 1958 22. Which state become the 1st in India to launch a pension scheme for single and divorced women? - Telangana 23. In a first, which state to have eco-friendly bridges for movement of tigers? - Telangana 24. Which state to have world’s 1st IT campus for differently-abled? – Telangana 25. Which organization has launched India's first live payments bank in March 2017 - Bharti Airtel 26. Which bank has launched YONO (You Need Only One) app? - SBI 27. Where is the headquarters of NABARD? - Mumbai Name the country, which will host the BRICS summit 2018 - South Africa 28. The 15th edition of Bio Asia 2018 held in? - Hyderabad, Telangana 29. What is the theme of Bio Asia 2018? - “Right Time, Right Now” The Int'l Conference on Sustainable Biofuels begins in? - New Delhi 30. The 21st national conference on e-Governance will be held in? – Hyderabad 31. RBI asked all the commercial banks in the country to link Core Banking Solution (CBS) with which banking system by April 30, 2018? - SWIFT 32. The RBI recently launched the Ombudsman Scheme for which organizations? - Non-Banking Financial Companies 33. Who has created history by becoming the 1st Indian gymnast to win an individual medal at 2018 Gymnastics World Cup? - Aruna Budda Reddy 34. The state govt. of Assam has declared which day to be observed as Rhino Day in the state? - September22 35. The UIDAI (Aadhaar) has come up with ______coloured Aadhaar known as "Baal Aadhaar" card for children below the age of 5 years? A) Pink B) Blue C) Red D) Yellow Answer: B 36. Arrange the following in chronological order ____? A) Chandra Gupta II B) Skanda Gupta C) Chandra Gupta I D) Kumar Gupta E) Samudra Gupta Choose the correct answer (1) A,B,C,D,E (2) B,C,A,D,E (3) C,E,A,D,B (4) D,A,B,C,E Ans: 3 (C,E,A,D,B) 37. Which country to host the 2018 SAARC Business Leaders’ Conclave? - Nepal 38. Who authored the book “Hari Singh Nalwa: Champion of the Khalsaji – 1791-1837”? - Vanit Nalwa 39. Which city host the Economic Times–Global Business Summit 2018? - New Delhi 40. Our BORN4WIN Questions in TS_TRT_2017 Exam Lord Narsimha temple is located in which place of Telangana? - Yadagirigutta, Nalgonda Who is the author of the book "I Do What I Do"? - Raghuram Rajan Who is the chairman of the first Indian Education Commission? - William Hunter How many languages are recognized by our constitution? - 22 Who conducted excavations near river Indus in 1921-22? - Sir Jhon Marshall Which river is not flows in AP & Telangana? - Kaveri Nirbhay missile is a? - Sub-sonic cruise missile 41. Arrange the layers from nearest to the Earth's surface? 1. Troposphere 2. Stratosphere 3. Mesosphere 4. Thermosphere 5. Exosphere Arrange the Oceans largest to smallest? 1. Pacific 2. Atlantic 3. Indian 4. Arctic 5. Antarctica 42. The nature of non-metal oxide is? - Acidic 43. Which method is using for remove impurities from water? - Sedimentation 44. Which gas occupied 1/5th % in the atmosphere? - Oxygen 45. Which is called milk of magnesia? - Magnesium hydroxide 46. India has successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Dhanush ballistic missile with a strike range of __? (A) 350 km (B) 500 km (C) 300 km (D) 450 km Answer: A 350 km 47. The Khajuraho Temples were situated in which state of India? [A] Maharashtra [B] Mizoram [C] Madhya Pradesh [D] Arunachal Pradesh Ans-C (Madhya Pradesh) 48. India successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from Odisha coast? - Dhanush 49. Who is the author of the book 'Exam Warriors'? - Narendra Modi 50. Who is the present Vice President of India? - Venkaiah Naidu 51. What is the rank of India in the 2018 Global Passport Index? - 73rd 52. Which country to host first International Solar Alliance summit? - India 53. Which state Sign MoU with Taiwan for Better Technology Partnership? – Teleganna 54. Which country to host the 23rd edition of the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT-2019)? - Armenia 55. Which nations were the most powerful passports in the world with a visa-free score of 162 as per 2018 Global Passport Index? – South Korea & Singapore 56. Which state becomes 1st Indian state to clear projects digitally? - Uttar Pradesh 57. India will co-host the 1st Int'l Solar Alliance summit with which country? - France 58. What is the theme of Youth Festival 2018 in New Delhi? - Let Love Live 59. Which city’s railway station has become the first fully women operated station? A) Jaipur B) Bengaluru C) Kochi D) Ahmedabad Ans-A (Jaipur) 60. India successfully conducted the first night trial of indigenously developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile? - Prithvi-II 61. What is the rank of India among the list of targeted countries for Web Application Attacks 2017? - 7th 62. Which state officially launched Parivartan scheme "Cleanliness & Pollution Free Drive? - Haryana 63. Avani Chaturvedi become 1st Indian woman2fly fighter aircraft solo. She hails from? - Madhya Pradesh 64. Which state recently made vaccinations compulsory for school admissions? – Kerala 65. ABBREVIATIONS MB - Mega Byte MHz - Mega Hertz GB - Giga Byte LCD - Liquid Crystal Display LED - Light Emitting Diode URL - Uniform Resource Locator DOS - Desk Operating System DTP - Desk Top Publishing LAN- Local Area Network 66. India Int'l Textiles Expo 2018 held in? - Sri Lanka World Thinking Day 2018 is celebrated on - Feb 22nd 67. Cobra Gold 2018 is a military exercise conducted b/w two countries of? – USA &Thailand 68. Who becomes 1st Indian woman pilot to fly fighter jet MiG-21 bison? – Avani Chaturvedi 69. Which railway station became the country’s 1st major railway station to be fully-managed by women? - Gandhi Nagar railway station 70. What is the theme of World Thinking Day 2018? - "Impact for the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is all about bringing positive change!" 71. What is the India's ranked in the global Corruption Perception Index 2017? - 81 72. Which nation topped the global Corruption Perception Index 2017? - New Zealand 73. Which light transport aircraft recently completed the 2nd test-flight successfully? – SARAS 74. Which country recently declared to impose a ‘carbon tax’ from 2019 to cut its greenhouse gas emissions? - Singapore 75. Which city is hosting the 2018 Sanskriti Mahotsav ‘Swachhagrah – Bapu ko Kaaryaanjali”? - Varanasi 76. Where is the HQ of the Centre for Policy Research? - New Delhi 77. Which committee has been constituted by the RBI to look into bank frauds? - Y H Malegam committee 78. Which country host the World Congress on Information Technology 2018? - India 79. Which country won the Commonwealth bridge championship 2018? – India 80. What is the India's worst rank on based the no. of children dying within the first month of their 1,000 live births, while top worst Pakistan and best born Japan ? A) 20th B) 35th C) 12th D) 15th Answer: C 81. Mac Mahon is the boundary line between which two countries? A) India and Nepal B) India and China C) India and Pakistan D) Nepal and China Ans: B (India & China) 82. Which city is hosting the National conference on doubling farmer’s income? - New Delhi 83. Which city is hosting the regional conference of southern states on water resources? - Hyderabad 84. Which start-up recognized as the Startup of the Year 2017? – Milkbasket 85. A banana plant fits into which of these groups? [A] Grasses [B] Trees [C] Flowers [D] Herbs Ans: D (Herbs) 86. What is India’s neonatal mortality rate in the UNICEF report on newborns? - 25.4 87. According to UNICEF report, which nation is riskiest to be born in? - Pakistan 88. Which state unveiled a new tourism policy to woo tourists and investors? - Uttar Pradesh 89. Which country will host the World Environment Day 2018? - India 90. Which country recently allowed women to start business without male permission? – Saudi Arabia 91. Which gulf nation is going to host its first-ever Arab Fashion week? – Saudi Arabia 92. The World Day of Social Justice is observed every year on February 20 to recognize the need to promote efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion and unemployment. What is the 2018 theme of this day? - “Workers on the Move : the Quest for Social Justice” 93. Who is who___in India • Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog - Rajiv Kumar • Chief Election Commissioner - Om Prakash Rawat • Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission - H. L. Dattu • Comptroller & Auditor General of India - Shri Rajiv Mehrishi 94. Newspapers & Founders • Mooknayak-BR Ambedkar • Vande Mataram-Bipin Chandra Pal • Independent-Motilal Nehru • Navayug-Muzaffar Ahmed • Young India-Gandhi • Inquilab-Ghulam Hussain • Free Hindusthan-TaraknathDas • Prabudha Bharat-Swami Vivekanand • The Leader-MM Malviya 95. Which is the world's first stock market? - New York Stock Exchange 96. The Nizam gold cup is given to which sports? - Football 97. Guru Gobind Singh gold cup is given to which games? - Hockey 98. Which institution called as 'Think Tank' of Govt of India? - NITI aayog 99. Bafta Awards 2018 • Best Actor: Gary Oldman • Best Actress: Frances Mc Dormand • Best Director: Guillermo Del Toro, • Best Film: Three Billboards outside Ebbing • Best Original Music: The Shape of Water 100. Which city host World Congress on Information Technology? - Hyderabad 101. Who is the new Chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research? - Arvind P. Jamkhedkar 102. Which state to have India’s first artificial intelligence centre? – Maharashtra 103. Who was called as the ‘Father of Indian Navy’ for his strategic plan to protect the coastline from other rulers? [A] Shivaji Maharaj [B] Ashoka Maurya [C] Samudragupta [D] Krishnadevaraya Ans: A (Shivaji Maharaj) 104. Name the title conferred on Shivaji? - Chhatrapati 105. Who was Shivaji’s Guru? - Swami Samartha Ramadas 106. Shivaji belonged to this clan? - Marathas 107. Shivaji learned moral & spiritual values by reading these two epics? - Mahabharatha & Ramayana 108. Where is the fort of Shivaji’s? – Raigad 109. Tributes to the bravest Maratha ever & the warrior king of India, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his Birth Anniversary on Feb 19, 2018 110. What is the rank of India in ‘DHL Global Connectedness Index 2016? - 78th 111. Who is the author of the book titled, ‘The Dairy of Domestic Diva’? - Shilpa Shetty 112. What is the theme of Theatre Olympics 2018 which held in Delhi? - Flag of Friendship 113. Which state to launch cheap sanitary pad scheme “Asmita Yojana” for rural women? - Maharashtra

114. Which oil company to introduce Asia’s first large scale CO2 injection Technique? - ONGC 115. Which state is hosting National Banana Festival 2018? - Kerala 116. Which planet has the same period of rotation and revolution? - Venus 117. Which is the fastest revolving planet? - Mercury 118. Which planet is rotates from North to South? - Uranus 119. Which planet is rotates from East to West? – Venus 120. Which city is also known as City of Pearls? [A] Bhubaneswar [B] kochi [C] Hyderabad [D] Visakhapatnam Ans: [C] Hyderabad 121. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has tabled Economic Survey in Parliament. The Survey sees FY19 GDP growing ______vs 6.75% in FY18? ( A) 7.1-7.5% (B) 7.3-7.8% (C) 7.2-7.6% (D) 7.0-7.5% Answer: D 122. The Calcium deficiency in the human body occurs in the absence of ______? a) Vitamin C b) Vitamin D c) Vitamin A d) Vitamin E Ans: B (Vitamin D) 123. The recently launched India’s largest ‘train the trainers’ programme is related with which sports? - Badminton 124. India’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute is soon to be established in which city? – Mumbai 125. The Indian Space Research Organization is set to land India’s 2nd lunar exploration mission Chandrayaan 2 on the moon by? - April 2018 126. The State Bank of India has announced to set up its first Global NRI Centre (GNC) in which of the following cities? – Kochi 127. Name the Veteran singer was honoured with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award? - Asha Bhosle 128. Who was named India’s new Ambassador to Brazil? - Ashok Das 129. Name the Iran President arrives on 3-day visit to India? - Hassan Rouhani 130. Who surpasses Agassi to become oldest World No. 1 in tennis history? – Roger Federer 131. Name the Canadian PM, who visit a 7-day to India? – Justin Trudeau 132. Name the Indian has honored with the Scientific & Engineering Academy Award? – Vikas Sathaye 133. Xerophthamia in man is caused by the deficiency of ____ ? a) Vitamin K b) Vitamin A c) Vitamin D d) Vitamin C Ans: B (Vitamin A)

134. The largest part of human brain is ___? [A] Medulla Oblongata [B] Cerebellum [C] Cerebrum [D] None of the above Ans: C (Cerebrum) 135. The world’s tallest hotel ‘Gevora’ has opened in which city? [A] Paris [B] Beijing [C] Tokyo [D] Dubai Ans: D (Dubai) 136. Which Indian app won the Best m-Government Service Award? - Umang app 137. India’s biggest Global Pharma Conference began in____with the theme ‘Driving Next Gen Pharmaceuticals"? - Bengaluru 138. When India did became a full member of the SCO organization? – 2017 139. Which country has attained the top position in the latest FIFA Rankings? - Germany 140. What is the rank of the Indian football team in the latest FIFA rankings? - 102nd 141. The India-Russia Agriculture Business Summit 2018 was held in which city? - New Delhi 142. Who has been sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal? - KP Sharma Oli 143. Which country to host the World Sustainable Development Summit – 2018? - India 144. Which state has won the Sr W’s National Football Championship 2018? - Tamil Nadu 145. Which state has become the India’s first state to opt out of the National Health Protection Scheme “Modi Care”? [A] Karnataka [B] Punjab [C] West Bengal [D] Kerala Ans: C (West Bengal) 146. Who has been elected as new president of South Africa? - Cyril Ramaphosa 147. India's first radio festival is being held in? - New Delhi 148. Which nation to host Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2018? – China 149. What is the rank of India among the top ten countries of the world in terms of forest area, according to the report by Food and Agriculture Organization? A) 3rd B) 8th C) 9th D) 5th Answer: B 150. FEBRUARY 20: World Day of Social Justice 21: International Mother Language Day 22: Thinking Day 23: World Rotary Day 24: Central Excise Day 28: National Science Day 28: Rare Disease Day 151. List of First In World • Introduce internet voting - Estonia • Make a constitution - USA • Education compulsory - Prussia • Voting right to women - New Zealand • Start paper currency - China • Approve stem cell therapy - South Korea 152. Top states with maximum Forest cover (in terms of area) in India 1. Madhya Pradesh (77,414 sq km) 2. Arunachal Pradesh (66,964 sq km) Top states with highest Forest cover in terms of percentage geographical area 1. Lakshadweep (90.33%) 2. Mizoram (86.27%) 153. Which country will host the 8th edition of Theatre Olympics? - India 154. The World’s first Robot Ski Challenge was held in which country? - South Korea 155. Name the India’s first online radio station launched recently? - Radio Umang 156. Who has won the National ‘A’ Chess Championship 2018 for Blind? - Kishan Gangolli 157. The National Productivity Council established in which year? - 1958 158. What is the theme of the 2018 National Productivity Week? - Industry 4.0 Leapfrog Opportunity for India 159. 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 Answer: A 160. Who was the first person to reach space? [A] V. Tereshkova [B] Alexey Leonov [C] Neil Armstrong [D] Yuri Gagarin Ans: D (Yuri Gagarin) 161. Who will be the 1st female Hindu lawmaker in Pakistan since 1947? - Krishna Kumari 162. Who honored with 2018 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership? - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 163. Johann Johannsson, the renowned musician passed away. He hailed from? – Iceland 164. The World Radio Day is observed annually on 13 February. 165. The theme for World Radio Day 2018 is "Radio and Sports". 166. The Day is organized globally by the UNESCO since 2012. 167. Who is the richest with 177 crore among the Indian Chief Ministers? – Chandrababu Naidu (AP) 168. Who is the poorest with 26 lakh among the Indian Chief Ministers? – Manik Sarkar (Tripura) 169. Disease & Effect_Body_Part • Glossitis-Tongue • Gastritis-Stomach • Hepatitis-Liver • Leukemia-Blood • Gout-Joints of Bone • Peritonitis-Abdomen • Tonsillitis-Tonsils • Dementia-Brain • Polio-Legs • Rhinitis-Nose • Hemophilia-Blood • Leprosy-Skin

170. Which Indian city featured in the New World Wealth’s list of top 15 wealthiest cities globally? - Mumbai 171. The World Government Summit is held in which city? - Dubai 172. The World’s first driverless transport pod unveiled in which country? – UAE 173. The 2018 World Radio Day is observed on which date across the world? - February 13 174. The first-of-its-kind Centre for learning Sanskrit language has come up in which city? - Ahmedabad 175. The 2018 National Productivity Day observed on which date in India? - February 9 176. Who became the first Asian as well as the first Indian to swim across the Ocean Seven? – Rohan More 177. Who has become the first Indian golfer to qualify for the China Ladies PGA Tour? – Sharmila Nicollet 178. What is SAARC? - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 179. What is APEC? - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. 180. What does ‘ASEAN’ means? - Association of Southeast Asian Nations 181. What is SAFTA? - South Asian Free Trade Area 182. PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of first Hindu Temple in which country? – Abu Dhabi 183. Which Indian cricketer became the first Indian to score a century in his 100th ODI? – Shikhar Dhawan 184. Name the new app launched for Fly Ash Management? - ASHTRACK 185. Who has been elected as the new President of Bangladesh? - Abdul Hamid 186. Well known human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir passed away recently. She hailed from which country? - Pakistan 187. Who is the CEO of Microsoft? - Satya Nadella 188. Two Indian institutes featured in top 50 Asian institutes in TIMES Higher Education World University rankings for edn institutes in Asia. They are : • Indian Institute of Science (29) • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (44) • Topped by National University of Singapore 189. The NHAI will start a pilot project called, on the Delhi-Mumbai Highway? - “pay as you use” 190. Which states were top rankers in NITIAayog’s latest Health Index report? - Kerala, Punjab & Tamil Nadu 191. Use of ‘#Hello’ as telephone greeting was proposed by – Edison 192. Which country is the most traffic congested country in the world 2017? - Thailand 193. Which city is the most traffic congested city in the world 2017? - Los Angeles 194. To create world record, over 2000 people play “Shankh” at Rajim Kumbh Mela at the river of? – Mahanadi 195. Disease & Effect_Body_Part •Jaundice-Liver •Meningitis-Brain •Malaria-Spleen •Asthma, TB-Lungs •Carditis-Heart •Cystitis-Bladder •Typhoid-Intestine •Conjuctivitis-Eyes •Pneumonia-Lungs •Diabetes-Pancreas •Diphtheria-Throat •Rickets-Bones •Paralysis-Nerves & Limbs 196. A book "Mere Sapno Ka Bharat” written by? - Tarun Vijay 197. Which country banned from Winter Olympics 2018? - Russia 198. Who is the Chairman of ICC? - Shashank Manohar 199. In which year Payment and Settlement Systems Act ested? – 2007 200. Which planet is known as the Morning Star or the Evening Star? [A] Mercury [B] Venus [C] Saturn [D] Jupiter Ans: B (Venus) 201. The_Highest_Mountain • Asia : Mt Everest (8848m) • South America : Mt Aconcagua (6962m) • North America : Mt McKinley (6190m) • Africa : Mt Kilimanjaro (5895m) • Europe : Mt Elbrus (5642m) • Antarctica : Vinson Massif (4892m) • Australia : Mt Kosciusko (2228m) 202. Which city host 2018 International Conference on Unani Medicine? - New Delhi 203. Which city host Nepal Buildcon and Wood International Expo 2018? – Kathmandu 204. Which state tops the overall medal tally at 1st-ever Khelo India School Games 2018? – Haryana 205. The Almatti Dam is built on which river in Karnataka? [A] Krishna River [B] Kaveri River [C] Godavari River [D] Brahmaputra River Ans-A (Krishna River) 206. Which Indian personality has been conferred the ‘Grand Collar of the State of Palestine’? – Narendra Modi 207. Who has been appointed as non-executive chairman of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)? - Biswamohan Mahapatra 208. The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in? - Beijing, China 209. Which state has topped in 'Healthy States, Progressive India' report by NITIAayog? - Kerala 210. Finland's President was re-elected for a second six-year term. Name him? - Sauli Niinisto 211. The 2018 Winter Olympics Games have been organized at ______? A) Sochi, Russia B) Tokyo, Japan C) Pyeongchang, South Korea D) Beijing, China Answer: C 212. Which of the following nations from Asia continent are having part of their land in Europe (transcontinental countries)? [A] Azerbaijan [B] Kazakhstan [C] Turkey [D] Russia [E] Georgia [F] All of the above [G] None of the above Ans: F (All of the above) 213. Which planet has the most moons? - Jupiter (66) 214. Which is the hottest planet in the solar system? - Venus 215. Which planets have rings around them? - Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune 216. Which planets do not have moons? - Mercury and Venus 217. Who has becomes the ICC's 1st Independent female Director? – Indra Nooyi 218. What is the India's ranks in Global Intellectual Property Index, while US tops? - 44th 219. Which railway zone becomes 1st zone with 100% LED lighting at Stations? – South Central Railway 220. Which city to host the 6th World Government Summit 2018? - Dubai 221. Which city is host the National Meet on Grassroot Informatics- VIVID 2018? - New Delhi 222. NCERT has collaborated with which internet company to teach students digital safety? – Google 223. Who sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court? - Abhilasha Kumari 224. Mobile Democracy Vans deployed in which state to create voter awareness? - Meghalaya 225. Who sworn in as the Chief Justice of Kerala HC? - Antony Dominic 226. What is the diameter of ______miles(kilometers)}? MERCURY - 3,032 miles (4,879km) VENUS - 7,521 (12,104) EARTH - 7,918 (12,742) MARS - 4,212 (6,779) JUPITER - 86,881 (139,822) SATURN - 120 536 km URANUS - 31,518 (50,724) NEPTUNE - 30,599 (49,244) 227. Which state will host the 7th Annual India Golf Expo in April 2018? - Karnataka 228. The Mobile App named ‘Pollution Metre’ has launched to spread awareness against pollution in the state? - Madhya Pradesh 229. Who has become the world’s first female cricketer to take 200 wickets in One-Day Internationals (ODI)? [A] Jhulan Goswami [B] Veda Krishnamurthy [C] Smriti Mandhana [D] Neetu David Ans: A (Jhulan Goswami) 230. Which nation has become the 1st country to legalise and then repeal same-sex marriage? - Bermuda 231. Which airport retains rank as world’s busiest Int'l airport in 2017? - Dubai 232. Name the 1st flight of with indigenous Real Time Operating System (RTOS), it's developed by HAL - Hawk-i 233. United States based SpaceX successfully launched the world’s most powerful rocket into the outer space on February 6. Name the rocket? A) Falcon XXX B) Falcon Jumbo C) Falcon 9X D) Falcon Heavy Answer: D 234. Which is the largest planet in our solar system? [A] Mercury [B] Venus [C] Saturn [D] Jupiter Ans: D (Jupiter) 235. What is the percentage of calcium stored in the bones? - 97% 236. What is the name of covering of central nervous system? - Meninges 237. Which part of the brain controls anger, fear, body temperature? - Hypothalamus 238. What is the mixed gland of human body? – Pancreas 239. RBI Policy Rates (07-02-2018) • Policy Repo Rate: 6% • Reverse Repo Rate: 5.75% • Marginal Standing Facility: 6.25% • Bank Rate: 6.25% • CRR: 4% • SLR: 19.5% • FY18 growth: 6.6% 240. India successfully test-fired its short-range nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-I (A) on February 6, 2018. It is ______type of missile? A) Air-to-surface B) Surface-to-air C) Air-to-air D) surface-to-surface Answer: D 241. Which city is hosting the 5th edition of South Asia Region Public Procurement Conference 2018? - New Delhi 242. Indian External Affairs Minister attended the opening ceremony of the 32nd Al Jana- driyah festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as chief guest? - Sushma Swaraj 243. Who become the first bowler to take 200 ODI wickets in Men's Cricket? – Kapil Dev in 1991 244. Who become the first bowler to take 200 ODI wickets in Women's Cricket? – Jhulan Goswami in 2018 245. Name the indigenously developed nuclear capable missile that was India successfully test-fired today? - Prithvi-II 246. Indian women's cricket team pacer has become the first woman in the world to take 200 wickets in ODI cricket? – Jhulan Goswami 247. The first-ever Pelican Festival will be held at? - Andhra Pradesh 248. Which Aerospace company has launched the Falcon Heavy, world’s most powerful rocket? - SpaceX 249. Who won the International Press Institute’s award 2018? - Ritu Sarin 250. How much time does sun rays take to reach earth ______? [A] 08 minutes [B] 04 minutes [C] 12 minutes [D] 10 minutes Ans: A (8 minutes) 251. What is the estimated no. of cells that the human body is composed of? - 37.2 trillion 252. What is the approximate weight of the brain? - 1.36 kg 253. What is the weight of heart in an average human being? - 300 gm 254. Which acid is secreted from stomach? – HCL 255. Which online security campaign launched by Google India to safeguard internet users? – Security Check Kiya 256. The Ghodazari Wildlife Sanctuary will come up in which state? - Maharashtra 257. Who sworn-in as the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve? - Jerome H Powell 258. Who has been chosen for the 2018 Genome Valley Excellence Award of Telangana? - Michael N Hall 259. Which state govt. launched ‘Gobardhan Yojana’ to support farmers? - Haryana 260. Which country successfully launched the world’s smallest rocket to carry tiny satellite into orbit? – Japan 261. Where is location of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Int'l Airport, it's sets a world’s busiest single-runway airport record with 980 flights in 24 hours? A) Hyderabad B) New Delhi C) Kolkata D) Mumbai Answer: D 262. According to a latest study, which type of plants originated 250 million years ago? A) Herbs B) Shrubs C) Flowering Plants D) Creepers Answer: C 263. Which country’s tea cultivation has recently received international trademark after 154 years of beginning tea cultivation in the country? - Nepal 264. Who is the current Chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board of India? - S.P. Singh Parihar 265. Which bone is called ‘beauty bone’? [A] Femur [B] Clavicle [C] Stapes [D] Hyoid Ans: B (Clavicle) 266. India successfully test fires nuclear capable missile today? - Agni-I 267. What is the average blood pressure of human? - 120/80mmHg 268. Which part occupies 80% of brain? - Cerebram 269. What is the largest gland? - Liver 270. What is the master gland of body? - Pituitary gland 271. What is the covering of heart? - Pericardium 272. What is the brain of the cell? – Nucleus 273. Which city is hosting the first-ever International Kala Mela? - New Delhi 274. The unique, first-of-its-kind, floating market has come up in which city of West Bengal? - Kolkata 275. Name the singer, who wins the Operación Triunfo 2017 OT Final ? – Amaia Ganadora 276. Which nation launches smallest rocket ever to carry Tiny Satellite into orbit? - Japan (JAXA) 277. Who appointed as new Chief Justice of Bangladesh? – Mahmud Hossain 278. Name the Cyprus President has won re-election for a 2nd term? – Nicos Anastasiades 279. The Out side layer of Skin is called as _____ ? [A] Epidermis [B] Endo dermis [C] Exo dermis [D] None of the above Ans: A (Epidermis) 280. Newspapar – Ested Year Times of india : 1838 the_ hindu : 1878 ht Tweets : 1924 Indian Express : 1931 Deccan Chronicle : 1938 Economic Times : 1961 New Indian Xpress : 1999 India Today : 1975 281. Who has taken charge as new Director General of Military Operations of the Indian Army? - Anil Chauhan 282. Who recently appointed as new Prime Minister of Romania? - Viorica Dancila 283. The 10th Global Forum for Food & Agriculture recently held at? – Germany 284. The 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in which country? - New Zealand 285. Who is the Chairman of Inland Waterways Authority of India? - Nutan Guha-Biswas 286. What was the theme of the World Wetlands Day 2018? - Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future 287. Did You Know ! • A solar day is greater than of a sidereal day by 4 minutes • Each degree of latitude is equal of 111 kilometers • A person crossing International Date Line from the East to West loses 1 day 288. Today is World Cancer Day , Cancer is responsible for 1 in 6 deaths worldwide, but up to 50% of all cancers are preventable. What is the theme of the World Cancer Day 2018 ? - We Can. I Can 289. Who awarded the 'Times Power Women of the Year 2017'? - Shabnam Asthana 290. Who awarded the V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award? - Shyam Benegal 291. Who becomes the highest-ranks (14) Indian Squash Player 2018? - Saurav Ghosal 292. Name the first Indian to be honored with the WHO’s prestigious Ihsan Dogramaci Family Health Foundation Prize? - Vinod Paul 293. Which country’s Parliament has recently passed a bill to make its National Anthem gender-neutral? – Canada 294. Which city is hosting the 2018 Kala Ghoda Arts festival? - Mumbai 295. Which union minister has launched India’s first sentiment index “CriSidEx”? - Arun Jaitely 296. Which country has launched the world’s longest zip line? - UAE The book “Exam Warriors” is authored by? - Narendra Modi 297. Which city is hosting the 2nd edition of Nobel Prize Series-India 2018? - Panaji 298. Who has been appointed the new vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University? - B A Chopade 299. Which country has recently joined Ashgabat agreement? – India 300. India become the first team to win the ICC U19CWC for four times ____ ? - 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018 301. Which of the following countries cricket team has been lift the U19WorldCup 2018 ? A) Australia B) New Zealand C) India D) Pakistan Answer: C 302. Which state won Geospatial World Excellence Award 2018? - Odisha 303. Who has honoured with Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman award? - S. A. Madhukar 304. Which nation has becomes the 1st poor country to provide Eye Care for all? – Rwanda 305. What is the India’s rank in the list of Human Development Index 2017 out of 188 countries, while Norway at No.1? [A] 131st [B] 136th [C] 141th [D] 100th Ans: A (131st) 306. Where is the headquarters of _____ ? Google : United States Yahoo : United States Apple : United States Mircosoft : United States Facebook : United States WhatApp : United States Twitter : United States YouTube : United States Instagram : United States 307. Which city is hosting the 7th India Energy Congress 2018? – New Delhi 308. What is the theme of the World Leprosy Day 2018? - Zero Disabilities in girls and boys 309. Who has been elected as the new President of Finland ? – Sauli Niinisto 310. Which Indian female boxer won gold at the India Open Boxing tournament in the 48kg weight category? - Mary Kom 311. Name the long-lost NASA satellite that was discovered recently by an amateur astronomer? - IMAGE satellite 312. What is the India’s rank in the list of Global Democracy Index 2018? [A] 32nd [B] 36th [C] 42nd [D] 46th Ans: C (42nd) 313. Who was presented the first budget of Independent India on November 26, 1947? - R. K. Shanmukham Chetty 314. Who was presented the first budget of the Republic of India in 1949-50? - John Mathai 315. The Budget was first introduced in India from East-India Company to British Crown on? - 7th April, 1860 316. The first Indian Budget was presented by James Wilson on? - 18th February, 1869 317. The first Finance Minister of India was? - Sir RK Shanmukham Chetty 318. What is the salary for President of India as per Union Budget 2018? - Rs 5 lakh 319. What is the salary for Vice-President of India as per Budget 2018? - Rs 4 lakh 320. What is the salary for Governors in India as per Union Budget 2018? - Rs 3.5 lakh 321. What is the India’s rank in the list of wealthiest countries, according to a new report by New World Wealth? [A] 11th [B] 6th [C] 9th [D] 4th Ans: B (6th) 322. Who appointed as Director General of Sports Authority of India ? – Neelam Kapoor 323. Who has won the Indonesian Master 2018 recently? – Tai Tzu Ying 324. Who has appointed as its Director General of FICCI ? – Dilip Chenoy