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1. The 2018 World Biodiesel Day (WBD) 4. Which Bollywood personality has is observed on which date? become the brand ambassador for (a) August 11 Government of India (GoI)‟s road safety awareness campaign? (b) August 8 (a) Amitabh Bachchan (c) August 10 (b) Anushka Sharma (d) August 9 (c) Deepika Padukone

(d) Akshay Kumar 2. What is the current number of India‟s

Biosphere reserves included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves? 5. The International team of scientists has recently cracked the genetic code of (a) 8 which cultivated crop for the first time?

(b) 9 (a) Wheat

(d) 11 (c) Maize

(d) Pulses

3. Which rescue operation has been launched by Indian Army in the flood-hit 6.Kofi Annan was from which African areas of Kerala? country? (a) Operation Madad (a) Ghana (b) Operation Sahyog (b) Morocco (c)Operation Surya (c) Nigeria (d) Operation Surya Hope (d) South Africa

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7. Who has become first Indian woman 11. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) wrestler to bag gold at the 18th Asian has appointed which committee to Games 2018? decide Vedanta‟s plea challenging closure of its Sterlite plant? (a) Pooja Dhanda (a) A K Goel committee (b) Sakshi Malik (b) Aruna Sundararajan committee (c) Vigesh Phogat (c) M S Sivan committee (d) Priyanka (d) S J Vazifdar committee

8. Which Indian personality has been conferred the WHO World No Tobacco 12.Who has been appointed new Day 2017 Award? chairman of the Defence Research and (a) Nilesh Mishra Development Organisation (DRDO)?

(b) Anish Rajan (a) G Satheesh Reddy

(d) Kailash Kum (c) S Christoph

(d) Mrinal S Das

9.Recently tested Anti-Tank Guided Missile „Helina‟ is helicopter-launched 13. India‟s first-ever test flight powered version of which missile? by biojet fuel was successfully (a) Akash conducted by which airline?

(b) Nag (a) Air India

(d) Agni (c) Vistara

(d) JetLite

10. The book “281 and Beyond” is the autobiography of which Indian 14. India has made alliance with which cricketer? country to eliminate TB? (a) Rahul Dravid (a) Bhutan (b) Sourav Ganguly (b) United States (c) Sunil Gavaskar (c) France (d) VVS Laxmanan (d) Nepal

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15.Project Unnati is related to: 19. The first organised census of Indus Dolphins will be carried out in which (a) Eradication of Poverty in rural areas state of India? (b) Upliftment Tribals by improving (a) Punjab connectivity (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) Development of ports (c) Jammu & Kashmir (d) Development of Railways in hilly areas (d) Jharkhand

16. India‟s first methanol-based 20. The Vindhyachal Thermal Power alternative cooking fuel is to be Station is located in which state? established in which state? (a) Maharashtra (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Madhya Pradesh (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Karnataka (d) Assam

21. Which state government has 17.The GOBAR-DHAN scheme has launched RythuBandhu scheme for launched from which state to promote farmers? wealth and energy from waste? (a) Telangana (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Kerala (b) Punjab (c) Andhra Pradesh (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu (d) Haryana

22. The Sikkim government has 18. Who has won the „Miss Koovagam nominated which Bollywood personality 2018‟ beauty pageant title? as the Green Ambassador of the state?

(a) Sukanyeah (a) Shreya Ghoshal

(b) Amita (b) Atif Aslam

(d) Nirjara (d) Sonu Nigam

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23. The first-ever all-woman Post Office 27. Which of the following missiles of Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) has India is a “supersonic cruise missile”? started operations in which city? (a) Agni-V (a) Phagwara (b) BrahMos (b) Ujjain (c) Prithvi-III (c) Udaipur (d) Aakash (d) Kochi

28. Which Indian sportsperson has 24. Which country has launched the clinched India‟s first Gold in the 18th world‟s first floating nuclear power Jakarta Asian Games 2018? station? (a) Mary Kom (a) United States (b)Bajrang Punia (b) Russia (c) Apurvi Chandela (c) China (d) Neeraj Chopra (d) France

29.Kofi Annan was from which African 25. The joint military exercise “SURYA country? KIRAN-XIII” between India and Nepal (a) Ghana will be conducted at which place? (b)Morocco (a) Gorakhpur (c) Nigeria (b) Jaisalmer (d) South Africa (c) Pithoragarh

(d) Saljhandi

30. FSSAI has constituted which expert committee to look into draft of Food 26. Which committee has been Safety and Standards (Labelling and constituted by the Central Government Display) Regulations 2018? to review Companies Act 2013? (a) P K Agarwal (a) InjetiSrinivas Committee (b)B Sesikeran committee (b) Avinash K. Srivasta (c) Hemalatha committee (c) Raghvendra Singh Committee (d) Nikhil Tandon committee (d) Sanjay Mitra Committee

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31. The Union Government has 35. Who heads the steering committee proposed to set up which committee to which recently submitted „Making India suggest changes to the JEE (Advanced) 5G Ready‟ report to government? examination? (a) Aruna Sundararajan (a) Kannan Moudgalya committee (b)Vinod Tawde (b)Abhay Karandikar committee (c) Waqar Ali (c) Vineet Joshi committee (d) AJ Paulraj (d) Bhaskar Ramamurthy committee

32. Which country‟s national team has 36. The Government of India (GoI) has clinched the South Asian Football decided to lift ban on retail sale of which Federation (SAFF) Under-15 Women‟s life saving drug from September 2018? Championship 2018? (a) Nialamide

(a) Bangladesh (b)Metformin

(b)India (c) Oxytocin

(d) Nepal

37.The world‟s first public blockchain 33. Who has become the first-ever bond “bond-i” has recently launched by Indian woman to win an individual gold which International organisation? in shooting at the 2018 Asian Games? (a) AIIB

(a) Manu Bhaker (b)ADB

(b)Ankita Raina (c) World Bank

(d) Rahi Sarnobat

38. India‟s first-ever test flight powered 34. The first-ever International Day of by biojet fuel was successfully Remembrance and tribute to the Victims conducted by which airline? of Terrorism is observed on which date? (a) Air India (a) August 22 (b)SpiceJet (b)August 21 (c) Vistara (c) August 20 (d) JetLite (d) August 19

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39. Which of the following is the India‟s SEPTEMBER - 2018 only aircraft carrier to have marine

hydraulic system? 1. Who has been sworn-in as the first (a) INS Sahyadri female high court Chief Justice in Pakistan? (b)INS Vikrant (a)TahiraSafdar (c) INS Vikramaditya (b)Maria Hassan (d) INS Satpura (c)RiffatQuraishi

(d)AsifaUlfah 40. Which Indian personality has been awarded with the UN‟s highest environmental honour „Champions of 2. Which country is host to the 4th the Earth 2018‟? International Ayurveda Congress (IAvC) 2018? (a) Sonam Wangchuk (a)Belgium (b)Maneka Gandhi (b)Russia (c) Chandi Prasad Bhatt (c)France (d) Narendra Modi (d)Netherlands

41. Who heads the Lokpal Search Committee to recommend the 3. Who of the following Indians chairperson and members of the anti- has/have received the 2018 Ramon corruption ombudsman Lokpal? Magsaysay Award?

(a)Deepa Joshi and Nileema Mishra (a) A Surya Prakash (b)Kulendi Francis and Anshu Gupta (b)RanjanPrakash Desai (c)SanjivChaturvedi (c) Arundhati Bhattacharya (d)Bharat Vatwani and Sonam (d) S Kiran Kumar Wangchuk

********************************************* 4. Indian men‟s hockey team defeated which country to win bronze at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games?

(a)Japan

(b)South Korea

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(c)Indonesia (d)Italy and Spain

(d)Pakistan

9. Which country has signed pact with India to collaborate on ISRO‟s first 5. Who is the author of the book “Moving human spaceflight programme On, Moving Forward: A year in Office”? “Gaganyaan”? (a)SumitraMahajan (a)Germany (b)Anand Sharma (b)France (c)ArunJaitley (c)Japan (d) Venkaiah Naidu (d)United States

6. The multi-nation tsunami mock 10. KAZIND-2018 is an army exercise exercise (drill) “IOWave18” has started in between India and which country? which of the following oceans? (a)Kuwait (a)Indian Ocean (b)Kenya (b)Pacific Ocean (c)Kyrgyzstan (c)Atlantic Ocean (d)Kazakhstan (d)Southern Antarctic Ocean

11. GovindanLakshmanan is associated 7. Which state government has decided with which sports? to provide free mobile phones to women of BPL families? (a)Sprint

(a)Rajasthan (b)Basketball

(b)Gujarat (c)Hockey

(c)Himachal Pradesh (d)Badminton

(d)Uttar Pradesh

12. Which sportsperson has been appointed the new Brand Ambassador of 8. Which two countries will participate BSNL? in SLINEX-2018 naval exercise? (a)BajrangPunia (a)Indonesia and Singapore (b)Mary Kom (b)India and Sri Lanka (c)Neeraj Chopra (c)India and South Africa

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(d)Rani Rampal 17. Who has become the first Japanese

player to clinched the women‟s singles title of US Open 2018? 13. Which cricket team has won the 57th edition of Duleep Trophy 2018? (a)Ai Sugiyama

(a)India Red (b)Kimiko Date

(b)India Blue (c)Kurumi Nara

(c)India Green (d)Naomi Osaka

(d)India Orange

18. BARC has recently re-commissioned an upgraded version of which nuclear 14. Under which article, the Odisha reactor? Assembly has passed a resolution for establishing Legislative Council (a)Dhruva (VidhanParishad) in the state? (b)Apsara (a)Article 169 (c)Purnima (b)Article 170 (d)Zerlina (c)Article 171

(d)Article 168 19. Which state government has launched India‟s first scheme for 15. Chagos Islands, which is in news doorstep delivery of essential recently, is the disputed islands between government services? which of the following countries? (a)Andhra Pradesh

(a)United Kingdom and United States (b)Karnataka

(b)Mauritius and United Kingdom (c)Odisha

(c)Maldives and United States (d)Delhi

(d)Maldives and Mauritius

20. Nomadic Elephant 2018 is an army 16. India‟s longest rail-cum-road bridge exercise between India and which “Bogibeel” will come up over which river? country? (a)Ganga (a)Nigeria (b)Yamuna (b)Senegal (c)Brahmaputra (c)Mongolia (d)Godavari (d)Ghana

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21. India‟s first railway university 25. Under which article of the “National Rail and Transportation constitution, President has appointed Institute (NRTI)” is located in which city? Justice RanjanGogoi as the 46th Chief Justice of India? (a)Ahmedabad (a)Article 123 (b)Kanpur (b)Article122 (c)Patna (c)Article 124 (d)Vadodara (d)Article 121

22. Which state government has banned the manufacture, sale and possession of 26. What is the India‟s ranks in the e-cigarettes? latest UN‟s Human Development Index (HDI) report 2018? (a) Odisha (a)130 (b)Assam (b)132 (c)Tamil Nadu (c)134 (d)Karnataka (d)136

23. Who has been appointed new chairman of the LokSabha Ethics 27. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has Committee? recently commissioned which indigenously built patrol vessel? (a) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (a)Tarmugli (b)Chandrakant B Khaire (b)Vijaya (c)L K Advani (c)Chetlat (d)P Karu (d)Baratang

24. Which country is host to the 2018 28. Which country has rolled out world‟s G-20 trade and investment ministerial first hydrogen-powered train? meeting? (a)Italy (a)Argentina (b)Norway (b)France (c)Germany (c)Germany (d)Denmark (d)Brazil

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29. Who has been appointed new 33. Who is the chairman of 15th finance secretary of Central Vigilance commission? Commission (CVC)? (a)K.C.Niyogi (a)AnindoMajumdar (b)Y.V.Reddy (b)ShakuntalaGamlin (c)Nandh Kishore Singh (c)Shashi Sharma (d)Mathan Kumar Reddy (d)Alka Tiwari

34.The first Smart City India Exhibition 30. Who has been named The 2018 Best was held in? FIFA Men‟s Player? (a)Trichy-TN (a)Lionel Messi (b)Ernakulam-Kerala (b)Luka Modric (c)Jaipur-Rajastan (c)Cristiano Ronaldo (d)Ahamadabad-Gujarat (d)Mohamed Salah

35.Which state is host “first corn 31. What is the purpose of Justice festival”? Amitava Roy committee constituted by Supreme Court recently? (a)Odisa

(a)Reforms in Tax Laws of India (b)Tamilnadu

(b)Prison Reforms (c)Madhyapradesh

(c)Police and Public Order Reforms (d)Gujarat

(d)Executive-Legislative Relations reforms 36.Mahatma Gandhi international

Sanitation convention was held in ………………? 32. On which date, the 2018 International Day for the Total (a)New Delhi Elimination of Nuclear Weapons was (b)Bangalore observed recently? (c)Kolkata (a)September 27 (d)Mumbai (b)September 29

(c)September 26

(d)September 28

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37. “The statue of Unity” is related to? 41.Where is ISRO planning to set up the first overseas ground station? (a)Nehru (a)North pole (b)Gandhiji (b)South pole (c)Vallabai patel (c)Alps mountain (d)Ambetkar (d)The Himalayas

38. Which of the following state got the National Clean school Award 2018? 42.Where is Tamilnadu planning its fourth open air prison? (a)Tamilnadu (a)Coimbatore (b)Puduchery (b)Salem (c)Lakhadives (c)Sivaganga (d)New Delhi (d)Thirumalaisamudiram

39.Who is appointed as Ambassador of sports of Assam? 43.What is the present conservation status of snow leopard? (a)Neeraj Chopra (a)Vulnerable (b)Dutee chand (b)Endangered (c)Pawat Misra (c)Critically endangered (d)Hima Das (d)Near threatened

40.World Suicide prevention day 44.Which is the India‟s oldest research …………..? reactor? (a)September 1 (a)Aspara (b)September 2 (b)Kamini (c)September 10 (c)Cirus (d)September 20 (d)Dhruva

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45.Sardara singh is associated with 49.Which of the following metros has which of the following sport? become the 2nd largest Metro Rail (MR) network in India? (a)Pistol shooting (a)Delhi (b)Pole vault (b)Mumbai (c)Hockey (c)Hyderabad (d)Hurdling (d)Chennai

46.When was Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan born? 50.Who has been appointed recently as the goodwill ambassador for Nepal (a)1888 tourism? (b)1890 (a)A.R.Rahman (c)1900 (b)Akshay Kumar (d)1875 (c)Jayaprada

(d)Anuska Sharma 47.Which country in going to become ************************************* the world first country to double its tiger population? (a)Nepal OCTOBER - 2018

(b)India 1. The Prime Minister has inaugurated (c)Russia the Mahatma Gandhi Museum in which city? (d)Bangladesh a) Rajkot

b) Ahmedabad 48.Which period has been recently declared as the Nelson Mandela Decade c) Surat of the peace by the United Nations (UN)? d) Pune

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percent power from non fossil fuel by 3. Which country join hands with India which year? for developing ICT Sector ? a) 2022 a) Uzbekistan b) 2020 b) Pakistan c) 2025 c) Saudi Arabia d) 2030 d) Albania

8. The Cabinet approve to set up the 4. Where was India's first Corn Festival National Institute of Mental Health started? Rehabilitation in which state? a) Maharashtra a) Andhra Pradesh b) Madhya Pradesh b) Himachal Pradesh c) Uttarakhand c) Madhya Pradesh d) Assam d) Rajasthan

5. In which country India releases 9. Where did Mukhyamantri Yuva commemorative stamps to mark Gandhi Nestham scheme was launched? Jayanti? a) Assam a) China b) Tamil Nadu b) South Africa c) Andhra Pradesh c) Netherlands d) Manipur d) Indonesia

10. Which company become the top 6. India‟s first National Dolphin brand in the world in 2018? Research Centre will soon be opened in which city? a) Facebook a) Lucknow b) Google b) New Delhi c) Apple c) Patna d) Microsoft d) Surat

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11. Which country recently dedicated 15. Central Information Commission has Rabindranath Tagore Memorial brought which organization under RTI? Auditorium? a)Private Schools a) India b)BCCI b) Srilanka c)Sports Authority of India c) Maladies d)NGOs d) Nepal

16. Who has become the New President 12. What is the GDP of India in 2018, of Iraq? according to IMF? a)Shiite Adel Abdul Mahdi a) 7.0 b)Abdul Salam Arif b) 7.1 c)Barham Salih c) 7.3 d)Haider- al- Abadi d) 7.5

17. In which state health ministry 13. What is the rank of India in world‟s confirms 22 Zika cases? Powerful Passport? a) Gujarat a) 80 b) Rajasthan b) 81 c) Orissa c) 82 d) Maharashtra d) 83

18. Who wins Social Entrepreneur of the 14. With which city Delhi government Year award 2018? has signed a twin city agreement? a) S B Zaware a) Tokyo b) Zahur Khayyam Hashmi b) Moscow c) Prema Gopalan c) London d) Nimesh Shah d) Dublin

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19. Which of the following is the world‟s 23. Which country is working on most depressed country? creating an artificial moon? a) India a) India b) China b) US c) Russia c) China d) USA d) Canada

20. Where did India‟s first 24. Who is the author of the book Cryptocurrency ATM opens? “Nehru and Bose: Parallel Lives”? a) New Delhi a) Arpita Ghosh b) Mumbai b) Abhijit Mukherjee c) Kolkata c) Rudrangshu Mukherjee d) Bangalore d) Sudip Bandyopadhyay

21. Who of the following is the author of 25. Which state Hosts 4-Day the book "Indian Sports: Conversations International Dance Festival? and Reflections"? a) Bihar a) Harsha Bhogle b) Madhya Pradesh b) Sanjay Manjrekar c) Mumbai c) Rameez Raja d) Kerala d) Vijayan Bala

26. Which Ministry launches Harit 22. Which two countries launched Diwali, Swasth Diwali campaign ? Ariane 5 rocket successfully? a) Environment Ministry a) France, China b) Finance Ministry b) Europe, Japan c) Defence Ministry c) China, Russia d) Home Ministry d) US, Russia

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27. Druzhba-III is a Joint Military 31.National Khadi Festival 2018 was Exercise between Pakistan and held in which city? ______. a)Delhi a) France b)Mumbai b) US c)Surat c) India d)Lucknow d) Russia

32. Which Indian state has become the 28. Who will receive the first World 23rd open defecation free state? Agriculture Prize? a)Assam a) Vikram Sarabhai b)Mizoram b) Mina Swaminatan c) Arunachal Pradesh c) M.S.Swaminathan d)Manipur d) Verghese Kurien

33. „Sahyog-Hop Tac 2018‟ is a joint 29. What is the new name of IDFC exercise between Indian and which Bank? country? a) Capital IDFC a)Cambodia b) IDFC First b)Japan c) IDFC Capital c)Vietnam d) First IDFC d)Australia

30. China and Japan are partnering to 34. The 36th National Games will be develop ______. held from March 30 to April 14 next year in which state? a) Trade and financial purpose a)Maharashtra b) Infrastructure in Asia b)Goa c) Missile treaty c)Rajasthan d) Banking resources d)Odisha

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35. Which two countries made alliance 39. When was world vegetarian day in public and private sectors to combat 2018 celebrated all over the world? the menace of tuberculosis (TB)? a) September 29 a) India and US b) September 30 b) Sudan and India c) October 1 c) Namibia and US d) October 2 d) Angola and US

40. Where is Anshi National Park 36. Who has been recently appointed as located? the chairman of the lokpal search a) Assam committee? b) Tamil Nadu a) Surya Prakash c) Karnataka b) Arundhati Bhattacharya d) Madhya Pradesh c) Ranjana prakash d) S. Kiran kumar 41. Name the district that has been

inducted as the 52nd district of Madhya 37. Which city has recently launched Pradesh India‟s first flood forecasting and early a) Rewari warning system (FFEWS)? b) Niwari a) Mumbai c) Kapurthala b) Hyderabad d) Aniket c) Kolkatta d) Chennai 42. Name the joint winners of Nobel

Medicine Prize 2018? 38. Name the hockey player who has a) James P Allison, Tasaku Honjo been selected for the Ekalabya puraskar 2018? b) Arthur Ashkin, Gerald Mourou a) Lilima minz c) Gerald partrick, Donna Strickland b) Akash Sharma d) Mikey Jonas, Morgan Reed c) Sindhu Turadi d) None of these

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43. Who was appointed India‟s 47. Where is Bir Aishvan wildlije Ambassador to spain on 5th October sanctuary located? 2018? a) Rajastan a)Manish Karmakar b) Punjab b)Sanjay Verma c) Gujrat c)Subash Rao d) Assam d)Anil Chandra

48. Name the chairman of securities and 44. Name the capital and the currency of exchange board of India (SEBI)? Kazakhstan? a) Arun Tyagi a) Astana and Kazakhstani tenge b) Rajiv Kumar b) Bogota and Colombian peso c) Ajay Tyagi c) Kabul and Kazakhstani tenge d) Rajiv Ranjan d) Baku and Kazakhstani tenge

49. Which state celebrated its 3rd Bihu 45. Which one of the following countries festival known as the “Kati Bihu” on 18th decided to abolish the death penalty, on Oct, 2018? 11th October 2018? (a)Bihar a) India (b)Gujarat b) China (c)Assam c) Saudi Arabia (d)Odisha d) Malaysia

50.Government has announced ………. 46. When was world egg day celebrated? Rupees to develop the National highway in Andaman Nicobar Islands? a) October 10 (a)Rs.1500 crore b) October 11 (b)Rs.250 crore c) October 12 (c)Rs.1000 crore d) October 13 (d)Rs.2000 crore

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NOVEMBER – 2018 c) IIT-Bombay

d) IIT-Kolkata

1.The 7th International Tourism Mart (ITM) was held from 22nd to 24th 5. Which IIT researchers has launched November 2018 in _____? India's first indigenously-developed a) Agartala, Tripura microprocessor? b) Nagpur, Maharashtra a) IIT-Kanpur c) Shillong, Meghalaya b) IIT-Guwahati d) Imphal, Manipur c) IIT-Delhi

d) IIT-Madras

2.Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) with effect from 2nd December 2018 ? 6. Which country will build its first permanent airport in the South Pole? a) Sunil Arora a) Bangladesh b) Mahesh Reddy b) India c) Karan Shukla c) China d) Rajat Veer d) Nepal

3.What was the theme of the 14th 7. What is the rank of India in ease of Formation day of National Disaster doing business? Management Authority (NDMA), observed on 27 November 2018? a) 70

a) Swift Action Saves Lives b) 72 c) 77 b) Early Warning for Disasters d) 75 c) Better Warning System for Disasters

d) Disaster Management Education 8. For which sector PM Modi launches support, outreach programme?

4. Young Innovators Programme YIP a) Self Help Group 2018 was organized by; b) PWD a) IIT-Indore c) MSME b) IIT-Kharagpur d) Women

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9. Which of the following ship become a 13. Which state records highest school floating museum? dropouts in India? a) INS Virat a) Nagaland b) INS Vikrant b) Tripura c) INS Sukanya c) Uttar Pradesh d) INS Vikramadithya d) Odisha

10. In which city the first WHO Global 14.Government of India will observe the Conference on Air Pollution and Health remembrance of 100 years of the was held? historical Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre in 2019. The Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre a) New York incident took place on _____ in 1919? b) Geneva a) April 13 c) New Delhi b) June 25 c) August 17 d) Paris d) November 11

11. Where did the fifth World Buddhist Forum held? 15.When was Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) launched? a) Kathmandu, Nepal a) 2015 b) New Delhi, India b) 2016 c) Putian, China c) 2014 d) Tokyo, Japan d) 2017

12. Which Indian port is planning to host an edible oil refinery? 16. Which of the following satellite is used for faster Internet connectivity? a) Marmagao Port a) GSAT-11 b) Jawaharlal Nehru Port b) GSAT-12 c) Cochin Port c) GSAT-13 d) Tuticorin Port d) GSAT-14

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17. Which country was unveiled the 21. Where did the 34th National Junior World's first AI news anchor? Athletics Championships 2018 held? a) India a) Nagpur, Maharashtra b) Germany b) Ranchi, Jharkhand c) Japan c) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh d) China d) Kochi, Kerala

18. Where did the 24th edition of the 22. Samudra Shakti is a Bilateral India-Italy Technology Summit held? Exercise between which two countries? a) Chennai a) South Korea and India b) Hyderabad b) China and France c) Bengaluru c) India and Indonesia d) New Delhi d) Russia and Japan

19. The Union Cabinet has approved 23. INDRA 2018 is a joint military setting up of a Central Tribal University exercise between India and which in which state? country? a) Telangana a) Japan b) Chhattisgarh b) France c) Andhra Pradesh c) Russia d) Jharkhand d) Britain

20. Which state bans importing of fish 24. 2018 is decided as the Year of the officially for 6 months? Disabled Soldier by a) Karnataka a) Indian Army b) Tamilnadu b) Indian Navy c) Kerala c) Indian Air Force d) Goa d) Indian Coast Guard

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25. India's first specialized hospital for 29. Who among the following has been elephants will be opened in which city of appointed as the head of WhatsApp Uttar Pradesh? India? a) Jaipur a) Sabeer Bhatia b) Varanasi b) Ruchi Sanghvi c) Mathura c) Abhijit Bose d) Allahabad d) Vic Gundotra

26. Which of the following organizations 30. International Day for the Elimination has won the 2018 Indira Gandhi Prize of Violence Against Women observed on for Peace, Disarmament and which day? Development? a) November 21 a) IRDAI b) November 26 b) ISRO c) November 25 c) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) d) November 24 d) UNESCO

31. West Bengal commits to become ODF by? 27. Which of the following is the India's first 'Justice City'? a) October 2019 a) Patna b) August 2019 b) Chennai c) December 2018 c) Hyderabad d) January 2019 d) Amaravati

32. World's Tallest Statue in 2018 is 28. Which country is rejoining situated in which Country? Commonwealth after 2 years of a) China withdrawal? b) India a) Maldives c) Tibet b) Mauritius d) None of the Above. c) Thailand d) Indonesia

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33.Which country did India invited to a) China participate in the defence sector under b) Japan the "Make in India" scheme. c) Laos a) Spain d) Taiwan b) Italy

c) Germany 38. Recently one of the World's new d) Paris busiest airport opened at?

a) Istanbul, Turkey 34. Which company conferred with the b) Beijing, China status of Miniratna? c) Tokyo, Japan a) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) d) Muscat, Oman b) Reliance Communications c) Ashok Leyland 39. National Centre for Coastal Research d) National Projects Construction (NCCR) headquarters is at? Corporation Limited (NPCC) a) Visakhapatnam

b) Goa 35. Who has been conferred with the highest French civilian award? c) Chennai a) Azim Premji d) Cochin b) Chanda Kochhar c) Lakshmi Mittal 40. November 5 was ______d) Vishal Sikka a) National Youth Day

b) World Tsunami Awareness Day.

36. In India the GST was launched in? c) National Voters day a) 1st April, 2017 d) World War Orphan Day

[ b) 1st May, 2017

c) 1st June, 2017 41.Rosogolla Day‟ to be observed on d) 1st July, 2017 November 14 by which state government?

a) Odisha 37. Boat burning festival is one of top folk festivals in? b) West Bengal

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Unique IAS Academy- TNPSC Current Affairs Question with Answer c) Jharkhand d) Indian Windmill Transmission Cooperation Scheme d) Bihar

42. Which Wrestler becomes World 46. Ice age crater discovered beneath? number one in 65kg category? a) Arctic glacier a) Yogeshwar Dutt b) Atlantic glacier b) Sushil Kumar c) Alaska glacier c) Bajrang Punia d) Greenland glacier d) Sandeep Tomar

47. 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup to be 43. Which Country is recently affected held at? by Ebola? a) Germany a) Somalia b) India b) Congo c) Netherlands c) Nigeria d) England d) Ethiopia

48. 13th G-20 summit takes place at? 44. China restores ban on trade in ______Products a) London a) Tiger b) Buenos Aires b) Zeebra c) Ottawa c) Elephant d) Paris d) Mammals

49. ISRO Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle 45. IWTCS Stands for (PSLV-C43) successfully launched how many satellites? a) Indian Wind Turbine Certification Scheme a) 28 b) Indian Wild Transmission Control b) 31 Scheme c) 33 c) International Wild Transmission d) 35 Control Scheme

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50. Press Council of India formed in? 4. The Global Agriculture and Food summit was held on 29th and 30th a) 1966 November 2018 in _____? b) 1968 a) Guwahati, Assam c) 1970 b) Darjeeling, West Bengal d) 1972 c) Ranchi, Jharkhand

d) Cuttack, Odisha ***************************************

DECEMBER – 2018 5. Asia Pacific Summit-2018 was held in _____ 1.What is DAIC? a) New Delhi, India a) Dr Ambedkar International Centre b) Seoul, South Korea b)Defence and Acquisition Intermediate c) Dhaka, Bangladesh centre d) Kathmandu, Nepal c)Department of Automobile Incubent centre d)Delhi Anglo Indian Council 6. “SHINYUU Maitri-18”, the first 5-day bilateral air exercise between India and

which country started in 2. Who has become the first woman Agra, Uttar Pradesh, on 3rd December President of Georgia? 2018? a) Salome Zurabishvili a) China b) Lynette Brian b) Malaysia c) Susanne Mayer c) Singapore d) Rufina Thomas d) Japan

3. George HW Bush passed away on 1st 7. Which country will host the G20 December 2018. He was the former Summit in 2022? president of which country? a) Japan a) France b) Saudi Arabia b) United States c) Qatar c) Russia d) India d) Spain

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8. Who was appointed as the new d) Mushtaq Ahmed finance secretary, by the Union Government, on 3rd December 2018? 12. Food and Agriculture Organisation a) Sumit Sehgal (FAO) Council has approved India‟s proposal to observe which year as b) Hasmukh Adhia International Year of Millets? c) Ajay Narayan Jha a) 2019 d) Rajeev Kapoor b) 2021

c) 2023 9. SpaceX launched India‟s first privately built satellite _____ along with d) 2025

63 other satellite from 18 countries from California, USA, on 3rd December 2018? 13. The 10th edition of „INDRA NAVY‟, a) ExseedSAT 1 the bilateral exercise between the navies of India and which country started at b) KalamSat 1 Vishakhapatnam, on 9th December c) Xplorer 2 2018? d) RainSat 3 a) Australia

b) Russia

10. What is the repo rate as per 5th Bi- c) France Monthly Monetary Policy released by Reserve Bank Of India (RBI), on d) United States of America 5thDecember 2018? a) 6 % 14. Which district became the 23rd b) 6.25 % district of Arunachal Pradesh on 9th December 2018? c) 6.75 % a) Shi Yomi d) 6.5 % b) Min Shu

c) Sei Jong 11. Name the writer who has been selected for Sahitya Akademi Award d) Jeo Rada 2018 under novel category in Hindi language? a) Inderjeet Kesar 15. Which politician will be awarded as “Best Woman Parliamentarian – Rajya b) Anees Salim Sabha” by Vice-President M.Venkaiah Naidu? c) Chitra Mudgal

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Unique IAS Academy- TNPSC Current Affairs Question with Answer a) Sushma Swaraj 19. Who was appointed as the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India b) Vasundhara Raje (RBI)? c) Mamta Banerjee a) Ravi Handa d) Kanimozhi b) Shaktikanta Das

c) S Krishnamoorthy 16. Which Indian cricketer became the first Indian Captain to win a Test in d) Arjun Rishab

South Africa, England and

Australia? 20. Which country announced the installation of the world‟s first “floating” a) Rohit Sharma nuclear power plant (FNPP)? b) Virat Kohli a) China c) Mahendra Singh Dhoni b) Japan d) Shikhar Dawan c) Russia

d) United States of America 17. Which Indian power station created a world record for the longest uninterrupted operation for 941days? 21. Which state has been selected by the a) Bokaro Power Station-1, Jharkhand Union Ministry of Agriculture for “Krishi Karman” award? b) Kaiga Power Station-1, Karnataka a) West Bengal c) Durgapur Power Station-2, West Bengal b) Kerala d) Barauni Power Station-2, Bihar c) Jharkhand

d) Karnataka

18. Name NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)‟s probe that 22. When was National Energy became the second human-made object Conservation Day 2018 celebrated in history to reach the edge of our solar throughout India? system? a) December 12 a) Voyager 2 b) December 14 b) Soyus 3 c) December 9 c) Galaxy 2 d) December 11 d) Star Rider 2

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23.Which District Court has become the c) Asma Jahangir first court in India to allow e-payments d) Razia Samir of court fee, judicial deposits, fines and penalties? a) Indore District Court 27.Name the 2250 kg military communication satellite launched by b) Mangaluru District Court Indian Space Research Organization c) Visakhapatnam District Court (ISRO) from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, which is also the 39th Indian d) Pune District Court Communication satellite?

a) GSAT-7A 24.Who won the Miss Universe 2018 title at the Miss Universe 2018 event, b) GSAT-6A held in Thailand, on 16th December c) GSAT-29C 2018? d) GSAT-11C a) Tamaryn Green b) Catriona Elisa Gray 28.Which city was confirmed as the new c) Angela Ponce political capital of Burundi, on 22nd December 2018? d) Nehal Chudasama a) Bujumbura

b) Gitega 25.Name the state that received Geographical Indication (GI) Tag for its c) Muyinga sweet delicacy named „Silao Khaja‟? d) Kabezi a) Assam b) Bihar 29.What is the weighs of GSAT-11 c) Andhra Pradesh satellite? d) West Bengal a) 5854kg

(b)3250 kg

26.Name Pakistan‟s human rights (c)1000 kg activist who was posthumously awarded the UN (United Nations) Human Rights (d)4000 kg Prize for 2018? a) Munizae Kalam b) Safia Al Hamid

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30.”Exercise ―Clean Sea 2018” was held 34.What was the theme of National at which place? Consumer Day 2018 celebrated in India on 24th December 2018? (a) Port Blair a) Timely Disposal of Consumer (b)Visakapattinam Complaints (c)Goa b) Making digital marketplaces fairer (d)Indian Ocean c) Building a Digital World

d) Consumer Protection 31.India„s first railway University opened up in which city? 35.Name the former Prime Minister of (a) Vadodara India whose 94th birth anniversary was (b)Goa celebrated as Good

(c)New delhi Governance Day in India on 25th December? (d)Hyderabad a) Nehru

b) Rajiv Gandhi 32.Name the Assamese singer popularly known as „Nightingale of Assam‟, who c) Indira Gandhi died on 21st December d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2018? a) Dipali Borthakur 36.Who was elected as the new b) Gitali Kakoti President of Madagascar? c) Rishita Palkar a) Andry Rajoelina d) Neelam Kapoor b) Marc Ravalomanana

c) Ramon Miguel 33.Which state houses the Lalitgiri d) Oliver Mandrova Archaeological Museum inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24thDecember 2018? 37.Where did President Ram Nath a) Gujarat Kovind inaugurate the 12th Global Healthcare Summit? b) Odisha a) New Delhi c) Jharkhand b) Mysuru d) Himachal Pradesh

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Unique IAS Academy- TNPSC Current Affairs Question with Answer c) Kolkata 42.What is the theme of world AIDS day 2018? d) Mumbai

(a)Know your status

38.Prime Minister Narendra Modi (b)Defeat AIDS attended the One District, One Product Regional Summit held in _____on (c)Target AIDS 29thDecember 2018? (d)Know your health a) Ghaziabad b) Varanasi 43.Which state emerged as the best state at the 38th India International c) Kanpur Trade fair? d) Lucknow (a)Himachal Pradesh

(b)Assam 39. Where is Fakim Wildlife Sanctuary located? (c)Uttarkhand a) Nagaland (d)Odisha b) Andhra Pradesh 44.Countries first owl festival was held c) Karnataka in which city? d) Kerala (a)Delhi

40. Who is the President of International (b)Ranchi Olympic Committee? (c)Pune a) Franco Carraro (d)Hyderabad b) Thomas Bach c) Iván Dibos 45.Who has become the first Indian to scale Sahayadri mountain range? d) Ching-Kuo Wu (a)Malavatha Purna

(b)Tuhin Satarkar 41. President of Sahitya Akademi is _____? (c)Santhosh Yadav a) Utpal Bora (d)Shivangi Pathak b) Anita Karwal c) Karnal Singh d) Chandrashekhar Kambar

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46.Who has authored the book titled 50.On which river “Shahpurkandi Dam” “Blue waters Ahoy”? will be Constructed?

(a)Sunil Lanba (a)Krishna

(b)Karambir Singh (b)Cauvery

(c)Anup singh (c)Ravi

(d)Ajith Kumar (d)Godavari

************************************* 47.Who has been appointed as the new Chief Economic Advisor (CEA)?

(a)Shiva Shankar menon JANUARY – 2018

(b)Krishnamoorthy Subramanian 1. RYSKS this scheme beneficiary‟s (c)Deepak Bhojwani youth age in between ______.

(d)Veerander Dayal a) 15-29 years

b) 16-30 years

48. „Dainik jagran‟ news paper c) 15-30 years celebrated its ……… Anniversary recently? d) 16-29 years

(a)25th

(b)50th 2. PM inaugurates integrated check post at ______. (c)75th a) Sawombung (d)100th b) Moreh

c) Mizoram 49.Which country is set to become the first country in the world to make all d) Tripura public transport free?

(a)Japan 3. Which constitution article says that a (b)Germany person suffering from mental disability is still a human being & his dignity (c)Luxembourg cannot be violated?

(d)France a) Art 22

b) Art 21

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Unique IAS Academy- TNPSC Current Affairs Question with Answer c) Art 23 c) section 66A d) Art 20 d) section 59

5. When was NREGA renamed as 10. Which Amendment Bill which takes MGNREGA? about 10% quota for the general category poor‟s? a) 2010 a) 124th b) 2011 b) 123rd c) 2008 c) 125th d) 2009 d) 122nd

6. Where is the Polavaram Project located? 11. Which 2 article of the fundamental rights are going to be amended? a) Tamil Nadu a) 15 & 14 b) Karnataka b) 14 & 16 c) Kerala c) 15 & 16 d) Andhra Pradesh d) 16 & 17

8. Navy to set up new air base in ______12. “Web-looder women” campaign was launched by which ministry? a) Tuticorin a) Ministry of Human Resource b) Port Blair Development c) Visha Kapattnam b) Ministry of women & child c) Ennore Development

c) Ministry of Home affairs

9. ______section defines the d) Ministry of External affairs punishment for sending “offensive” manage through any other communication devices? 13. Swadesh Darshan scheme was totally (or) partially sponsored scheme? a) section 66 a) central b) section 66 B

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Unique IAS Academy- TNPSC Current Affairs Question with Answer b) state b) Char dam project c) Both a & b c) Kedarnth project d) None of these d) Badrinath project

14. How many cities have been included 20. The project director of in pilgrimage sires of Swadesh Darshan Gaganyaan______scheme? a) R. Henry a) 13 b) R. Hutton b) 14 c) R. Hecqurel c) 15 d) R. Unnikrishnan. d) 16

15. Creation of GST council as per 23. Which state government launched Article______of amendment act. this scheme KALIA? a) 269 A 101 Amendment Act. a) Odisha b) 279A 101 Amendment Act. b) Haryana c) 259A 101 Amendment Act. c) Maharashtra d) 249A 101 Amendment Act. d) Karnataka

17. Renuka multipurpose project on Giri 26.“One stop center” scheme set up for River which covers ______states? ______a) 7 a) Women b) 6 b) Skill training c) 8 c) Housing d) 10 d) Financial aid

18. Which project involves developing & 27. Mekedatu project‟s main aim in to widening 900 km of national highways supply drinking water to ______connecting the holy Hindu Pilgrimage which city of Karnataka? sites? a) Madikeri a) Renuka project b) Dharmasthala

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Unique IAS Academy- TNPSC Current Affairs Question with Answer c) Mysore 34. Kalam sat is the ______d) Bangalore a) Communication sat

b) Military sat

28. UDAN scheme for ______c) Geo – stationary sat a) Air travel affordable d) Earth – observatory sat b) LED Bulbs c) Gas supply 35. What is the rank of India in Global Talent Competitive Index (2019)? d) None of these a) 80th

b) 81st 30. What is meant by phumdis? c) 82nd a) Floating Island d) 83rd b) a ship c) floating plateau 36. National Girl Child Day celebrated d) floating country on

a) 24th January 31. Where this keibullamjao national b) 25th January park situated? c) 26th January a) Mizoram d) 27th January b) Nagaland c) Manipur 37. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, is d) Tripura ______sponsored.

a) 100% state 32. PSLV – C44 caries ______b) 100% centre. satellite. c) 50% state and 50% centre a) Chandrayaan -2 d) 75% centre and 25% state b) Micro sat- R c) Kalam sat d) Both B & C

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38. Who conferred the Barat Ratna 42. Which state completed the 100% award 2019? electrification under the central scheme of Saubhagya? a) Pranab Mukherjee a) Tamil Nadu b)Bhupen Hazarika b) Karnataka c) Nanaji Deshmukh c) Maharashtra d) All of these d) Andhra Pradesh

39. What percentage of India‟s tigers lived in outside protected reserves? 43. The theme of 106th Indian science a) 25-35% congers session? b) 20-30% a) Science & technology c) 40-50% b) Future India d) 30-40% c) Future India science & Technology

d) None of these

40. The centre has launched the National clean air programme to reduce particulate matter pollution by? 46. Mission Indradhanush goal? a) 2022 a) Nutrition b) 2024 b) Immunization c) 2020 c) Education d) 2021 d) None of these

41. Human space flight centre head 47.What is siang River? quartered at? (a)Originates at Angsi Glacier a) Sriharikota (b)Also called as Dining b) Bangalore (c)Enter at Arunachal Pradesh c) Trivandrum (d)All of the above d) Chennai

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48. Centre extends AFSPA in which 52. Where did the second world orange state? festival commence on 18th January 2019? a) Tripura a) Nagpur b) Nagaland b) Luknow c) Mizoram c) New Delhi d) Manipur d) Gujarat

49. PMJAY ______53. What is the main objective of a) Health Insurance Scheme AMRUT? b) Bank account scheme a) Providing basic civic Amenities c) Housing scheme b) Providing job for all educated youths d) all of these c) Providing Health insurance for poor

d) None of the above 50. Which foreign nation excavated the skeletal remains of the couple from the harapan grave? 54. In which of the following schemes have the objective “Housing for all by a) North Korean 2022”, is? b) South Korean a) Pradhan Mantri Gram sadak yojana c) China b) Pradhan Mantri Awas yojana (urban) d) Japan c) Pradhan Mantri Ujwala yojana

d) Pradhan Mantri Ujala yojana 51. Which country decided to decrease its oil expert from January 2019 by 10%? 55. CBI was established by the recommendation given by______. a) Quatar a) Santhanam Committee b) Iran b) Swaransingh Committee c) Saudi Arabia c) Sarkariya Committee d) Yemen d) Mukarji Committee

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56. Which Indian state, establishes the 60. Tamil Nadu Government recently Lokayukta first? launches the scheme E-monitor, which means? a) Maharashtra a) Cyber security b) Gujarat b) To stop hoarding ration products c) Kerala c) To control e-Sava centre‟s d) Tamil Nadu d) To build internet facility in schools

57. Which of the following is the 33rd district of Tamil Nadu? 61. Where was the 7th Meeting of a) Nagarkoil Tourism - Ministers of ASEAN India held b) Tirupattur on 18th January 2019? c) Kallakkurichi a) Xuhan, China d) Arakonam b) Bangkok, Thailand

c) New Delhi, India 58. Which Indian state, introduced LKG, UKG in government school? d) Ha Long City, Viet Nam a) Gujarat b) Kerala 62._____ was appointed the Director c) Tamil Nadu General (Investigation) in the National d) Telungana Human Rights Commission?

a) Gurbachan Singh

59. International rice research centre is b) Rudhra Kumar located at? c) Prabhat Singh a) Tamil Nadu d) Kuldeep Yadav b) Utter Pradesh c) Andhra Pradesh d) Goa 63.Who took oath as the 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan?

a) Justice Asif Saeed Khosa b) Justice Rasheed Ahmed Khan

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Unique IAS Academy- TNPSC Current Affairs Question with Answer c) Justice Areef Sheikh d) Justice Mohammed Rafeeq

64.Which port became the only Indian port to be listed amongst the world‟s top

30 container ports, at 28thposition?

a) VOC Port b) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust c) Paradip Port d) Sardar Vallabhai Patel Port

65.Who was appointed as Additional Solicitor General of India for the Supreme Court? a) Rujuta Sen b) Sanjay Jain c) Advyth Mahila d) Arpit Kumar

66.Name the Indian who became the world‟s first female amputee to climb Mount Vinson, the highest peak of Antarctica?

a) Poornima Rao b) Arunima Sinha c) Sudipta Sengupta d) Archana Sarthak

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