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1. Name the two Indians who have made the country proud as their names figured in the list of 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award winners. (a) Bezwada Wilson and Thodur Madabusi Krishna (b) Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk (c) Bezwada Wilson and Sonam Wangchuk (d) Bharat Vatwani and Bezwada Wilson 2. With which of the following company, Invest has signed an MoU to promote investment facilitation and cooperation between startups of India and France? (a) Hermes (b) Bouygues (c) Richemont France (d) Business France 3. The Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik launched the mission named ______by planting a sapling on the bank of river Mahanadi in western Odisha. (a) Ganga Mahanadi Mission (b) Green Mahanadi Mission (c) Harith Mahanadi Mission (d) Paschim Mahanadi Mission 4. The 6th India-UK Science & Innovation Council (SIC) meeting was held in ______and discussed a range of issues on S&T cooperation between the two countries. (a) Chennai (b) Pune (c) Thane (d) New Delhi 5. Which of the following state minister has recently inaugurated the Rs 300 crore Rukura Medium Irrigation Dam project in Sundargarh district? (a) Odisha (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra 6. According to the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) report, which of the following state is the new national leader in renewable energy generation? (a) (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Maharashtra (d) Karnataka 7. Insurance regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has constituted a 16-member committee to examine motor third party insurance pricing aspects and make recommendations on the premium rates for 2019-20. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the committee? (a) Finance Minister Piyush Goyal (b) NITI Aayog Chairman Rajiv Kumar (c) IRDAI Member P.J. Joseph (d) IRDAI Chairman Subhash Chandra Khuntia 8. The Parliament approved a legislation to help the government bring back fugitives involved in white-collar crimes to stand trial in India. What is the name of this bill? (a) Business Offenders Bill, 2018 (b) Economic Offenders Bill, 2018 (c) Banking Offenders Bill, 2018 (d) Indian Offenders Bill, 2018 9. Name the company that has surpassed Wipro Ltd to become India’s third-biggest software services firm in the three months. (a) TCS (b) Infosys Ltd (c) Cognizant (d) HCL Technologies Ltd 10. The heads of state and government of all five BRICS nations convened for the 10th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. The theme of BRICS Summit 2018 was ______. (a) Inclusive Growth: Sustainable Solutions (b) BRICS: Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions (c) BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future and Prosperity (d) BRICS in Africa: Collaboration for inclusive growth and shared prosperity in the 4th Industrial Revolution 11. Atal Innovation Mission and MyGov launched the platform named ______to serve as the common point for all the innovation happening across the nation. It is a citizen-centric platform of the Government of India. (a) LearnIndia Platform (b) EntrepreneurIndia Platform (c) InnovateIndia Platform (d) 247India Platform 12. Name the state Tourism Development Corporation that has recently launched the hotel named 'Hostess' which is claimed to be the first such in the country. (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Maharashtra 13. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has given final approval to the merger of Vodafone India and ______. (a) Telenor (b) Uninor (c) Aircel (d) Idea Cellular 14. Name the Operation that was successfully launched by Indian Air Force during Kargil war. (a) Operation Vijay (b) Safed Sagar (c) Operation Parakram (d) Operation Neela Samunder

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15. Name the Veteran sports journalist who passed away recently . (a) Swapan Sarkar (b) Mayanti Langer (c) Kadambari Murali (d) Boria Majumdar 16. India has recently celebrated the anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas to mark the success of ‘Operation Vijay’. This was the ______edition of Kargil Vijay Diwas. (a) 18th (b) 20th (c) 19th (d) 16th 17. Name the Renowned historian and author of several bestselling books who has penned a new book titled "Gandhi: The years that changed the world (1914-1948)" on the father of the nation. (a) Anita Desai (b) Kiran Desai (c) Aravind Adiga (d) Ramachandra Guha 18. Name the SFB that has signed an agreement with e-payment company Oxigen to roll out the Branchless Banking services, using Oxigen's flagship Point of Sale device called the Oxigen Micro ATM Super PoS. (a) Equitas Small Finance Bank (b) Fincare Small Finance Bank (c) AU Small Finance Bank (d) Capital Small Finance Bank 19. Name the mobile tower arm of telecom major Bharti Airtel, that has received clearance from SEBI for its merger with Indus Towers. (a) Structuretel (b) Towertel (c) Infratel (d) Bhartel 20. Name the Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment who attended the Global Disability Summit held in London, UK to firm up the commitments of the country leaders towards the cause of persons with disabilities. (a) Anant Geete (b) Jagat Prakash Nadda (c) Ananthkumar (d) Thaawarchand Gehlot 21. In which of the following field/fields, India and Uganda have recently signed MoU/MoUs? (a) Defence Cooperation (b) Visa exemption for Diplomatic and official passport holders (c) Cultural Exchange Programme (d) All of the given option is true 22. The Government of India has set-up POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission) which was launched by the Prime Minister of India in ______. (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan (c) Karnataka (d) Odisha 23. The 10th edition of BRICS Summit had begun recently in which of the following city? (a) Beijing (b) New Delhi (c) Moscow (d) Johannesburg 24. The Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched a contest inviting people to share images of the Childline logo. What is the helpline number for CHILDLINE? (a) 1055 (b) 1018 (c) 1098 (d) 1045 25. Name the Canadian author who has again made the Man Booker Prize list with his latest novel “Warlight”. (a) Margaret Laurence (b) Michael Ondaatje (c) Margaret Atwood (d) Robertson Davies 26. Tata AIA Life has recently announced that its board has appointed ______as the new chief executive officer and managing director, subject to regulatory approval from IRDAI. (a) Gautam Kaul (b) Brij Bhushan Saran Singh (c) Rishi Srivastava (d) TV Narendran 27. Ministry of Women and Child Development had organized the 2nd meeting of National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges under POSHAN Abhiyaan in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, NITI Aayog. In the meeting which of the following month was declared to be celebrated as National Nutrition Month every year? (a) June (b) July (c) August (d) September 28. An Indian Air Force contingent comprising of four Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft landed at Darwin Air Force Base, Australia for participating in the Exercise named ______. (a) Black Panther 2018 (b) Exercise Pitch Black-2018 (c) Exercise Back Fire 2018 (d) Exercise SIMBEX 2018 29. In which of the following country, the 4th BIMSTEC Summit will be held? (a) Myanmar (b) Nepal (c) Bangladesh (d) India 30. The 28th meeting of the GST Council was held recently in New Delhi. It was chaired by ______. (a) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (b) PM Narendra Modi (c) NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar (d) Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal

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31. Facebook has confirmed it is working on a new satellite project, named ______, that will provide broadband internet connections to rural and underserved areas. (a) FBSS- I (b) Nanchuck (c) Athena (d) Atomi 32. Shubhankar Sharma has recently become the youngest Indian to make the cut in any Major. He is related to which sports? (a) Badminton (b) Hockey (c) Table Tennis (d) Golf 33. Name the football goalkeeper who has become the World's most expensive goalkeeper while transferring clubs from Italy's Roma to England's Liverpool. (a) Gianluigi Buffon (b) Manuel Neuer (c) Alisson Becker (d) David de Gea 34. In which of the following city, the 8th BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting was held, recently? (a) Pretoria (b) Durban (c) Geneva (d) New Delhi 35. The Indian Government has recently announced the launch of a new technology that would help check on vehicle thefts. What is the name of this technology? (a) MultiRada Technology (b) MicroPut Technology (c) MicroDot Technology (d) MultiPoint Technology 36. The chief Minister of which of the following state government has recently launched ‘e-Pragati core platform’ which is aimed at connecting the citizen to 34 departments, 336 autonomous organisations and 745-plus services? (a) Jammu & Kashmir (b) Maharashtra (c) Haryana (d) Andhra Pradesh 37. In which of the following city, the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched the Student Police Cadet (SPC) programme for nationwide implementation? (a) New Delhi (b) Panipat (c) Gurugram (d) Faridabad 38. Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan has unveiled the first of a kind Air Quality and Weather Forecast System named ______in New Delhi. (a) HAMRAHI (b) SAFAR (c) MAUSAM (d) KHABAR 39. India won 8 medals in the two day Junior Asian Wrestling Championship. The championship was held recently in ______. (a) Jakarta (b) New Delhi (c) Vienna (d) Manama 40. Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan unveiled a state-of-the-art Air Quality and Weather Forecast System in New Delhi. The Environment Ministry’s mission model project is being implemented in four cities of India viz. ______. (a) Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad (b) Delhi, Pune, Chennai, and Faridabad (c) Delhi, , Indore, and Ahmedabad (d) Delhi, , Mumbai, and Faridabad 41. According to recently released Public Affairs Index 2018, which of the following is the best-governed state in the country? (a) Karnataka (b) West Bengal (c) Kerala (d) Maharashtra 42. The All India Football Federation (AIFF), the governing body of football in India named ______as the AIFF Player of the Year in the Federation's Executive Committee Meeting in Mumbai. (a) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (b) Sunil Chhetri (c) Bhaichung Bhutia (d) Subrata Pal 43. Name the Indian badminton player who has bagged the gold medal after defeating Indonesia’s Kunlavut Vitidsaran in the final match of the Badminton Asia Junior Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia. (a) Vinod Sharma (b) Sourabh Verma (c) Parupalli Kashyap (d) Lakshaya Sen 44. The All India Football Federation (AIFF), the governing body of football in India named ______as the AIFF women Player of the Year. (a) Kamala Devi (b) Aditi Chauhan (c) Yumnam Devi (d) Sasmita Malik 45. Name the Private Sector Lender that has received the RBI's nod to open offices in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Singapore. (a) Karnataka Bank (b) Karur Vyasya Bank (c) Federal Bank (d) Union Bank of India 46. Name the Star sprinter of India who entered the record books as he broke his own national record to win the 400 meters in the Czech Republic. (a) Dharambir Singh (b) Muhammed Anas Yahiya (c) Gyan Bhalla (d) Murali Kuttan 47. Name the Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic who passed away recently. (a) Andrew Marshall (b) Michael Sloan (c) Jonathan Gold (d) Jerry Saltz

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48. Name the player who recently scored a double century and became the quickest player in history to reach 1,000 runs in the ODI format. (a) Rashid Khan (b) Aron Finch (c) Babar Azam (d) Fakhar Zaman 49. Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari launched the foundation for National Highways projects project worth over Rs 5485 Crores in Guna district of which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Gujarat (d) Tamil Nadu 50. Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha inaugurated Regional Rail Training Institute (RRTI) in _____? (a) Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh (b) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh (c) Dehradun, Uttarakhand (d) Nagpur, Maharashtra 51. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the three day National Traders’ Conclave at Constitution Club of India, in which city? (a) Guwahati (b) New Delhi (c) Mumbai (d) Goa 52. The first meeting of the India-Bangladesh Joint Committee on Border Haats was held in ____? (a) Agartala, Tripura (b) Shillong, Meghalaya (c) Guwahati, Assam (d) Patna, Bihar 53. The first tribal atlas of which state was released consisting of a set of maps and statistics highlighting the tribal demography of the state? (a) Odisha (b) West Bengal (c) Assam (d) Rajasthan 54. Under the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, the government has cut the minimum annual deposit requirement for accounts to ____ from Rs 1,000 earlier? (a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 350 (c) Rs. 250 (d) Rs. 750 55. _____, a collaboration of Sahapedia and YES Arts & Culture, has been awarded the PATA Gold Award 2018? (a) India Heritage Walk Festival (b) Indian Heritage Show Festival (c) India Culture and Heritage Festival (d) India Commerce and Industry Festival 56. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has created an online tool named ____ to help people overcome issues related to mental health? (a) TreadWill (b) WillGood (c) GoodWill (d) SmartHelp 57. Which tennis player remains in the top position of the ATP tennis world rankings as per standings? (a) Rafael Nadal (b) Roger Federer (c) Dominc Thiem (d) Novac Djokovic 58. The Lok Sabha passed which bill that aims to reduce delays in resolution of cheque bouncing cases? (a) Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2017 (b) Banking Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2018 (c) Market Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2017 (d) Money Market (Amendment) Bill, 2018 59. Canadian author Michael Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize list with his latest novel ____? (a) Moonlight (b) Warlight (c) Graveyard (d) Flowers of Sin 60. Chief Minister of Delhi Mr. Arvind Kejriwal launched which scheme aimed to increase the income of farmers by three to five times in the national capital? (a) Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Solar Yojna (b) Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Wind Power Yojna (c) Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Bijili Yojna (d) Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Jal Yojna 61. The 2nd meeting of National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges under POSHAN Abhiyaan was held in New Delhi. It was said that, which month will be celebrated as the National Nutrition Month? (a) August (b) September (c) October (d) November 62. Who has written the book titled “Gandhi: The years that changed the world (1914-1948)” that will be released in September 2018? (a) Hansraj Sinha (b) Ravi Burman (c) Adhiraj Malavya (d) Ramachandra Guha 63. _____ Platform, collaboration between the Atal Innovation Mission and MyGov was launched by NITI Aayog to create and encourage a structured ecosystem for innovation in India? (a) #InnovateIndia (b) #NewIndia (c) #CelebrateIndia (d) #ThinkIndia 64. Where was the 18th International Children’s Film Festival inaugurated? (a) Gujarat (b) Tamil Nadu (c) West Bengal (d) Kerala

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65. Which state has become the leading State for renewable energy in India according to the report released by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Gujarat (c) Karnataka (d) Kerala

ANSWER KEYS 1 b 2 d 3 b 4 d 5 a 6 d 7 c 8 b 9 d 10 d 11 c 12 b 13 d 14 b 15 a 16 c 17 d 18 b 19 c 20 d 21 d 22 b 23 d 24 c 25 b 26 c 27 d 28 b 29 b 30 d 31 c 32 d 33 c 34 b 35 c 36 d 37 c 38 b 39 b 40 a 41 c 42 b 43 d 44 a 45 c 46 b 47 c 48 d 49 a 50 a 51 b 52 a 53 a 54 c 55 a 56 a 57 a 58 a 59 b 60 a 61 b 62 d 63 a 64 c 65 c

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