GENERAL AWARENESS-CURRENT AFFAIRS 1.Which of the following is the focus country in the New Delhi World Book Fair 2018? (a) European Union (b) (c) United Kingdom (d) Egypt 2.The 2018 Annual Conference of DGPs and IGPs has started in which state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Gujarat (d) Assam 3.Who has been appointed the Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)? (a) MukeshAgnihotri (b) JanardanDwivedi (c) T S Tirumurti (d) Narayanan Chandrakumar 4.Who has won the 2018 men’s singles Tata Open Maharashtra Tennis tournament? (a) Roberto Bautista Agut (b) Benoit Paire (c) Yuki Bhambri (d) Gilles Simon 5.Which city is hosting the Himalayan Hydro Expo 2018? (a) Kathmandu (b) Shimla (c) Gangtok (d) Itanagar 6.Which country has become the world’s first country to enforce equal pay for women and men? (a) Finland (b) (c) (d) Sweden 7.Who has been named as the best central bank governor in Asia-Pacific for 2018? (a) Ravi Menon (b) Pramod Jain (c) UshaVisvas (d) Nirmal Kumar 8.The 2018 International Kite Festival (Uttarayan) has been launched in which city of Gujarat? (a) Surat (b) Ahmedabad (c) Gandhinagar (d) Vadodara 9.Which city is to host World Sweet Festival (WSF-2018)? (a) New Delhi (b) Lucknow (c) Hyderabad (d) Chennai 10.The Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) is located in which state? (a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Assam (d) Manipur 11.Which union minister will inaugurate the 2018 ASEAN- PravasiBharatiya Divas (PBD)? (a) Rajnath Singh (b) Prakash Javadekar (c) Nitin Gadkari(d) SushmaSwaraj 12.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has initiated PCA against Allahabad Bank over its high bad loans. What does “PCA” stands for? (a) Prompt Control Action (b) Principal Complaints Action (c) Principal Component Action (d) Prompt Corrective Action 13.Who has been appointed as the Editor of the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW)? (a) Gopal Guru (b) ParanjoyGuhaThakurta (c) Geetanjali Das (d) Priyank Kumar 14.Which union ministry has launched India’s first digital online oncology tutorial series? (a) Ministry of Human Resource Development (b)Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (c) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (d) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 15.Which state to host the 3rd edition of the Science Film Festival of India (SCI-FFI 2018)? (a) Maharashtra (b)Goa (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Jammu & Kashmir 16.Which state to host the 39th National Games in 2022? (a) Meghalaya (b)Nagaland (c) Mizoram (d) Assam 17.The Border Security Force (BSF) has launched which operation on Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) International Border to curb infiltration? (a) Operation Border (b)Operation Control (c) Operation Alert (d) Operation Star 18.Vasant Shankar Davkhare, who passed away recently, was the noted politician of which party? (a) Communist Party of India (b)Indian National Congress (c) Nationalist Congress Party (d) Bharatiya Janata Party 19.Which city is hosting the Conference on Transformation of Aspirational Districts? (a) New Delhi (b)Kochi (c) Chennai (d) Bengaluru 20.The BasavaSagar Dam is located in which state? (a) Kerala (b)Karnataka (c) Odisha (d) Tamil Nadu 21.Which city to host the 2018 Karnataka International Travel Expo (KITE)? (a) Bengaluru (b)Bijapur (c) Mysuru (d) Hubli 22.Which of the following countries has formally joined as the new non-permanent members of UNSC? (a) (b) (c) India (d) Egypt 23.Endangered ‘bird language’ has entered the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is belong to which country? (a) Senegal (b)Turkey (c) India (d) Uruguay 24.The Rajasthan Government has tied up with which bank to promote and nurture startups in the state? (a) SBI (b)HDFC Bank (c) ICICI Bank (d) PNB 25.NABARD has signed pact with which bank to promote Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) in Bengal? (a) Punjab National Bank (b)Bank of India (c) State Bank of India (d) Dena Bank 26.The 2018 Mylapore festival has started in which state? (a) Karnataka (b)Kerala (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu 27.Who has taken charge as the new chief of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)? (a) R RBhatnagar (b)RinaMitra (c) Abhay (d) Om Prajapati 28.Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (REAT) for Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands? (a) Indira Banerjee (b)V Rajamani (c) N Swaminathan (d) B Rajendran 29.The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) has signed MoU with which Payments Bank to provide training on payment banking? (a) Paytm Payments Bank (b)Airtel Payments Bank (c) India Post Payments Bank [D] Fino Payments Bank 30.The Khadakwasla Dam is located in which state? (a) Punjab (b)Maharashtra (c) Odisha (d) Karnataka 31.Which Indian golfer has won the Royal Cup tournament 2017? (a) Jyoti Randhawa (b)Gaganjeet Bhullar (c) Khalin Joshi (d) Shiv Kapur 32.After Sikkim, which North-East state has been officially declared Open Defecation Free (ODF)? (a) Manipur (b)Arunachal Pradesh (c) Nagaland (d) Mizoram 33.Which country to host the mini-ministerial meeting of WTO members in Feb 2018 to revitalize the multi-lateral trade body? (a) Israel (b)Argentina (c) India (d) United States 34.KKR & Co. has become the India’s first Foreign-Owned Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC). It is associated to which country? (a) United States (b)France (c) Germany (d) 35.Which country has launched the world’s largest human genome research project? (a) China (b)Japan (c) (d) 36.Which union minister has launched a new start-up incubation centre “Centre for Entrepreneurship Opportunities and Learning (CEOL)” in Mangaluru? (a) Arun Jaitley (b)Prakash Javadekar (c) NirmalaSitharaman [D] Ravi Shankar Prasad 37.Which company has bagged the broadcast rights of 2018 Khelo India School Games (KISG)? (a) Sahara (b)Star Sports (c) Adidas (d) Reebok 38.Which cricket team has won the 2017 Ranji Trophy tournament? (a) Hyderabad (b)Gujarat (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Vidarbha 39.The Chamera Dam is located in which state/UT? (a) Puducherry (b)Uttar Pradesh (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Jharkhand 40.Which state will be the theme state for the 32nd Surajkund International Crafts fair? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b)Uttar Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Haryana 41.Which union minister has launched an online portal NARI for the empowerment of women? (a) Maneka Gandhi (b)Narendra Modi (c) Uma Bharti (d) SmritiIrani 42.Anwar Jalalpuri, the noted Urdu poet has passed away. He hailed from which state? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b)Rajasthan (c) Telangana (d) Uttar Pradesh 43.The 171st Araadhanai Music Festival (AMF) has started in which state? (a) Kerala (b)Tamil Nadu (c) Odisha (d) Tripura 44.Who has taken charge as the new CEO and MD of Infosys? (a) Michael Pesch (b)NandanNilekani[ (c) Salil Parekh (d) Pravin Rao 45.Which state government has recently received the approval for purchase of electric vehicles under Central government’s FAME-India scheme? (a) Karnataka (b)Assam (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Gujarat 46.Who has been appointed the new Foreign Secretary of India? (a) V.Rajamani (b)Vijay KeshavGokhale (c) MadhukarBhave

(d) Husain Dalwai 47.Who has become the India’s highest-ranked player in latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings? (a) Sharath Kamal (b)Soumyajit Ghosh (c) G Sathiyan (d) Anthony Amalraj 48.R .Margabandu, the noted politician passed away. He hailed from which state? (a) Gujarat (b)Odisha (c) Chattisgarh (d) Tamil Nadu 49.Rajneesh Gurbani is associated with which sports? (a) Cricket (b)Chess (c) Boxing (d) Table Tennis 50.The Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) is located in which state? (a) Uttarakhand (b)Andhra Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Punjab 51.Which one film is declared as the best film in 62nd filmfare awards ? (a) Dangal (b) Sultan (c) Nil battery Sannata (d) Ae Dil Hai Mushkil 52.Who is named as the world's best player for 2016 by FIFA ? (a) Neymar (b) Lionel Messi (c) Cristiance Ronaldo (d) Luis Suarez 53. The 14th pravasibhartiya divas held by which city ? (a)Delhi (b) Kolkata (c) Bengaluru (d) Gandhi Nagar 54. World Braille day is observed on ? (a) 2nd January ( b) 4th January (c) 10th January (d) 18th January 55.Which country become the first to ban FM radio broadcasting ? (a) south America (b) Brazil (c) Ecuador (d) Norway 56. Which team wins the Ranji trophy final this year ? (a) Gujarat (b) railway (c) Mumbai (d) Delhi 57. National girl child day is observed on ? (a) 3rd January (b) 8th January (c) 12th January (d) 24th January 58. ViratKohli completes 1000 runs as ODI Captain in the ______innings, which is quickest in the world ? (a) 16th (b) 17th (c)18th (d) 19th 59. The bull- taming sport Jallikattu is typically practiced in ? (a) Karnataka ( b) Andhra Pradesh ( c) Tami Nadu (d) Kerala 60.Which internet web portal change it's name to AltabaInc ? (a) Google (b) Yahoo (c) MSN (d) Twitter 61.Which one is the first city in India to have WIFI connectivity in public places? (a) Mumbai (b) New Delhi (c) Kolkata (d) Chennai 62.Which Indian American is appointed as the US ambassador to the United Nations ? (a) Bobby Jindal (b) Kamala Harris (c) Nikki Haley (d) Kumar P. Barve 63. Who wins the 2017 Australian open women's single title ? (a) Serena Williams (b) Venus Williams (c) Coco vandeweghe (d ) kiristinamladenovic 64. Who was the chief guest of the official ceremony in the republic day in 2017 ? (a) President of China (b) President of France ( c) King of Qatar (d) crown prince of Abu Dhabi 65.Which city is declared as the capital of Himachal Pradesh ? (a) Shimla (b) Manali (c) Dharamsala (d) kasauli 66.Who is appointed as the head of the committee formed by supreme Court to run BCCI ? (a) Vinod Rai (b) Ramachandra Guha (c) VikramLimaye (d) Diana Edulji 67. Who has won the 2017 Australian open men's single title ? (a) Novak Djokovic (b) Rafael Nadal (c) Roger Federer (d) Andy Murry 68.Anti- leprosy day is observed on ? (a) 18th January (b) 25th January (c) 30th January (d) 2nd February 69.Who has won the 2016 title ? (a) (b) Iris Millenaena (c) SieraBearchell (d) RaissaSatana 70. The 2016 Nobel prize in literature was won by ? (a) Alice Munro (b) Svetlana Alexievich (c) Bob Dylan (d) Angus Deaton 71. International mother language day is celebrated on ? (a) 5th February (b) 12th February (c) 18th February (d) 21st February 72.Total number of satellites launched by ISRO on 15th February ,2017 is ? (a) 102 (b) 104 (c) 108 (d) 110 73. Which film wins the best film award in 2017 Oscars ? (a) arrival (b) La La Land (c) moonlight (d) lion 74. Who wins the best actress in a leading role award in 2017 Oscars ? (a) Emma stone (b) Natalic Portman (c) Meryl Streep (d) Isabelle Huppert 75. Who wins the best actor in a leading role award in 2017 Oscars ? ( a) Andrew Garfield (b) Ryan gosling (c) Denzel Washington (d) Casey Affleck 76.Which one is the first city in India to have Wi-fi connectivity in public places . (a) Mumbai (b) New Delhi (c)Kolkata (d)Chennai 77.The 2017 Nobel prize in literature is given to ______. (a) Ian Mc Ewan (b)Martin Amis (c)Haruki Murakami (d)Kazuo Ishiguro 78. The currency notes are printed in ______. (a) Bombay (b)Nasik (c) New Delhi (d) Nagpur 79.The largest mountain range in the world is ______. (a) The Alps (b) The Himalayas (c) The Andes (d) The Rockies 80.First University in India was founded at ______. (a) Bombay (b)Calcutta (c) New Delhi (d) Chennai 81.The country without income tax is ______. (a) Nepal (b) Kuwait (c)Burma (d) 82.The planet nearest to the sun is ______. (a)Saturn (b) Jupiter (c)Venus (d)Mercury 83.The first Bank established in India was ______. (a) Punjab Bank (b) Traders Bank (c)State bank of India (d)Bank of Hindustan 84.The value of gold is determined in ______. (a)Rome (b)Washington (c)America (d)London 85.The metal whose salts are sensitive to light is______. (a)Zinc (b) Silver (c)Copper (d)Aluminium 86.The World largest desert is ______. (a)Thar (b) Kalahari (c)Sahara (d)Sonoran 87. The gateway of India is______. (a) Mumbai (b) New Delhi (c)Kolkata (d)Chennai 88. ______is considered as the biggest part of India. (a) Mumbai (b) New Delhi (c)Kolkata (d)Chennai 89.Mount Everest is located in ______. (a)India (b) Nepal (c)Tibet (d)China 90.India has largest deposits of ______in the world. (a)Gold (b) Copper (c) Mica (d)None 91.The Kesari was a ______. (a)Magazine (b) TV channel (c) News paper (d)Journal 92.Numismatics is the study of ______. (a)coins (b) numbers (c) stamps (d)space 93..Normally the Common wealth games are held at intervals of ______. (a) 3 years (b) 4 years (c) 5 yeas (d) no fixed intervals 94.Where is the India’s largest floating treatment wetland (FTW) innagurated? (a) Mumbai(b) Hyderabad (c) Bhubaneshwar(d) Kolkata 95.In which state the first ever Butterfly Park was inaugurated? (a) Mumbai (b) Hyderabad (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Kolkata 96.When is the World cancer day observed all over the world? (a) 1st February (b) 2nd February (c) 3rdFebruary (d) 4th February 97.RBI released 6th bi-monthly Monetary policy on 7th February,2018.What is the projected economic growth for 2017-2018? (a) 7% (b) 6.9% (c) 6.8% (d) 6.6% 98.India Post Payments Bank(IPPB) will enable Digital Payments in Post Officies by ______? (a)July 2018 (b) June 2018 (c) May 2018 (d) April 2018 99.Name the India’s first online radio station that was launched recently? (a)Radio Peace (b) Radio Station (c) Radio Web (d) Radio Umang 100.Which country successfully tested Arrow-3 advanced missile defence system? (a)USA (b) India (c) China (d)Israel

Answer key 1. (a) European Union 2. (b) Madhya Pradesh 3. (c) T S Tirumurti 4. (d) Gilles Simon 5. (a) Kathmandu 6. (c) Iceland 7. (a) Ravi Menon 8. (d) Vadodara 9. (c) Hyderabad 10. (d) Manipur 11. (c) Nitin Gadkari 12. (d) Prompt Corrective Action 13. (a) Gopal Guru 14. (b)Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 15. (b)Goa 16.(a) Meghalaya 17. (c) Operation Alert 18. (c) Nationalist Congress Party 19. (a) New Delhi 20. (b)Karnataka 21. (a) Bengaluru 22. (a) Poland 23. (b)Turkey 24. (b)HDFC Bank 25. (c) State Bank of India 26. (d) Tamil Nadu 27. (c) Abhay 28. (d) B Rajendran 29. (c) India Post Payments Bank 30. (b)Maharashtra 31. (d) Shiv Kapur 32. (b)Arunachal Pradesh 33. (c) India 34. (a) United States 35. (a) China 36. (c) NirmalaSitharaman 37. (b)Star Sports 38. (d) Vidarbha 39. (c) Himachal Pradesh 40. (b)Uttar Pradesh 41. (a) Maneka Gandhi 42. (d) Uttar Pradesh 43. (b)Tamil Nadu 44.(c) Salil Parekh 45. (a) Karnataka 46. (b)Vijay KeshavGokhale 47. (c) G Sathiyan 48. (d) Tamil Nadu 49. (a) Cricket 50. (a) Uttarakhand 51.(a) Dangal 52. (c)Cristiance Ronaldo 53. (c) 54. (b) 4th January 55. (d) Norway 56. (a) Gujarat 57.(d) 24th January 58. (b) 17th 59. (c) Tami Nadu 60. b) Yahoo 61. (a) Mumbai 62. (c) Nikki Haley 63.(a) Serena Williams 64.(d) crown price of Abu Dhabi 65.(c) Dharamsala 66. (a) Vinod Rai 67.(c) Roger Federer 68.(c) 30th January 69.(b) Iris Millenaer 70) c) Bob Dylan 71.(d) 21st February 72.(b) 104 73.(c) moonlight 74.(a) Emma stone 75.(d) Casey Affleck 76. (a) Mumbai 77. (d)Kazuo Ishiguro 78. (b)Nasik 79.(c) The Andes 80.(b)Calcutta 81.(b) Kuwait 82. (d) Mercury 83. (d)Bank of Hindustan 84.(d)London 85.(b) Silver 86. (c)Sahara 87. (a) Mumbai 88. (a) Mumbai 89. (b) Nepal 90. (c) Mica 91. (c) News paper 92. (a) Coins 93. (a) 4 years 94. (b) Hyderabad 95. (c) Uttar Pradesh 96. (d) 4th February 97. (d) 6.6% 98. (d) April 2018 99. (d) Radio Umang 100. (d)Israel