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Exclusive Monthly GA MCQs: IBPS PO Main

(Oct 28-Nov 21)

1. What is India’s ranking on the World Bank’s ‘Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs’ report released

recently?

1) 75th

2) 100th

3) 105th

4) 111th

5) 147th

2. Which of the following countries has topped the World Bank’s ‘Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs’

report?

1) Singapore

2) Switzerland

3) Norway

4) New Zealand

5) South Korea

3. The index of eight core industries of India expanded at what per cent in the month of Sep 2017?

1) 3.9 per cent

2) 4.2 per cent

3) 4.7 per cent

4) 4.9 per cent

5) 5.2 per cent

4. Which of the following states celebrated its 17th state foundation day on 1 Nov?

1) Telangana

2) Sikkim

3) Chhattisgarh

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Nagaland

5. Which of the following was the host for the India-US Ocean Dialogue held recently?

1) Goa

2) New Delhi

3) Mumbai

4) Pondicherry

5) Lakshadweep

6. The State Bank of India (SBI) has slashed the MCLR across maturities. In the term MCLR, the letter ‘C’ denotes

1) Cost

2) Capital

3) Commission

4) Credit

5) Commodity

7. Heena Sidhu won gold medal at the Commonwealth Championships in Brisbane recently. She is associated with the

game of

1) boxing

2) archery

3) shooting

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4) weightlifting

5) discuss throw

8. The navies of India and which country conducted a three-day anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Indian Ocean

region recently?

1) Australia

2) US

3) Sweden

4) Russia

5) Japan

9. The Govt of India and the World Bank signed a $200-mn loan agreement for the Agribusiness and Rural

Transformation Project in the state of

1) Arunachal Pradesh

2) Assam

3) Jharkhand

4) Telangana

5) Himachal Pradesh

10. India has also been adjudged the _____ best-performing nation globally in reforming the business environment in

the World Bank’s Doing Business 2018.

1) second

2) third

3) fourth

4) fifth

5) sixth

11. At least 20 people were killed in a recent blast at NTPC’s Unchahar plant situated in the state of

1) Uttar Pradesh

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Maharashtra

4) Gujarat

5) Rajasthan

12. Which state govt has announced pension for Hindi ‘satyagrahis’ and World War-II veterans?

1) Punjab

2) Rajasthan

3) Bihar

4) Uttar Pradesh

5) Haryana

13. Which bank has announced credit facilities of Rs 2,317 cr to corporates for financing Grid Connected Rooftop

Solar projects?

1) PNB

2) ICICI Bank

3) SBI

4) HDFC Bank

5) Axis Bank

14. India and Tunisia have agreed to jointly combat terrorism and extremism while ramping up cooperation in the field

of security. What is the currency of Tunisia?

1) Peso

2) Dinar

3) Pound

4) Dollar





5) Rand

15. ______ topped the list of seven nations, accounting for 64 per cent of the 10.4 mn new tuberculosis (TB) cases

worldwide in 2016.

1) Pakistan

2) Philippines

3) China

4) India

5) Indonesia

16. The govt has given its nod for the implementation of the Special Banking Arrangement (SBA) of _______ for

fertiliser subsidy in 2016-17.

1) Rs 8,000 cr

2) Rs 10,000 cr

3) Rs 12,000 cr

4) Rs 15,000 cr

5) Rs 20,000 cr

17. The Union Cabinet has approved the trade Agreement between India and Ethiopia for promoting trade and

economic cooperation. The capital city of Ethiopia is

1) Manila

2) Manama

3) Dili

4) Addis Ababa

5) Tbilisi

18. Who among the following tennis players announced her retirement from the professional tennis recently?

1) Martina Hingis

2) Monica Seles

3) Martina Navratilova

4) Venus Williams

5) Steffi Graf

19. Suresh Chukkapalli has been appointed as the honorary consul general in Hyderabad by

1) Australia

2) Japan

3) South Korea

4) Vietnam

5) Israel

20. The world’s third largest book fair opened recently in _______ with the theme ‘A World inside My Book’.

1) Dubai

2) Riyadh

3) Manama

4) Port Luis

5) Sharjah

21. Which Islamist group recently began handing control of border crossings in Gaza to the Palestinian Authority (PA)

as part of a reconciliation deal?

1) Hamas

2) ISIS

3) Al-Qaeda

4) Al-Shabaab

5) Boko Haram





22. Ajay Bisaria has been appointed as India's new High Commissioner to

1) Nepal

2) Sri Lanka

3) Pakistan

4) Myanmar

5) Bangladesh

23. The Horizons Active AI Global Equity ETF, the first to be run by robots, made its debut recently in Canada. The

term ETF means

1) Extensively Traded Fund

2) Externally Traded Fund

3) Exclusively Traded Fund

4) Exchange-Traded Fund

5) None of these

24. The Inter-State Council has been reconstituted. The Council will investigate and advise on disputes between states

and will be headed by

1) Home Minister

2) Finance Minister

3) Prime Minister

4) President

5) Vice President

25. The ‘Ease of Doing Business’ index is released every year by which of the following organisations?

1) IMF

2) ADB

3) WTO

4) UN

5) World Bank

26. Who among the following has been appointed as the Private Secretary to the President Ram Nath Kovind?

1) Vikram Singh

2) PC Meena

3) CR Chaudhary

4) Ruchika Chaudhry Govil

5) N Saravana Kumar

27. Which of the following insurers appointed Vikas Seth as its new Chief Executive Officer recently?

1) Reliance Life

2) Bharti AXA Life

3) SBI Life

4) Bajaj Allianz

5) Tata AIG Life

28. The joint training exercise - PRABAL DOSTYK - 2017 was held recently in Himachal Pradesh between India and

which country?

1) Afghanistan

2) Tajikistan

3) Uzbekistan

4) Kazakhstan

5) Kyrgyzstan

29. The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of an Agreement between India and Armenia on cooperation and

mutual assistance in customs matters. The capital city of Armenia is

1) Tirana





2) Luanda

3) Yerevan

4) Baku

5) Nassau

30. The Govt has approved the sale of its entire 73.47 per cent stake in

1) IDBI Bank

2) Antrix Corporation

3) Engineers India Ltd

4) Bharat Electronics

5) Dredging Corporation

31. The World Food India 2017 fair was organised recently in

1) Mumbai

2) New Delhi

3) Hyderabad

4) Bengaluru

5) Patna

32. The two branches of the India Post Payments Bank are operational in

1) Patna and Lucknow

2) Mumbai and Bhopal

3) Ranchi and Raipur

4) Chennai and Bengaluru

5) Kochi and Surat

33. Kenneth Juster is the next ambassador of which country to India?

1) UK

2) France

3) Germany

4) US

5) Russia

34. Which country recently excluded China's Bank of Dandong from its financial system over North Korea ties?

1) Japan

2) South Korea

3) Australia

4) India

5) US

35. Maris Kucinskis visited India recently. He is the present Prime Minister of

1) Latvia

2) Bulgaria

3) Belgium

4) Ukraine

5) Sweden

36. Which country has topped the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap index for 2017?

1) Iceland

2) Sweden

3) Rwanda

4) Finland

5) Norway

37. Who has been awarded the 53rd Jnanpith Award for the year 2017?





1) Mamata Kaliya

2) Maitreyi Pushpa

3) Krishna Sobti

4) Mridula Garg

5) Mannu Bhandari

38. The controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has been given permanent residency in Malaysia. The capital city of

Malaysia is

1) Manila

2) Hanoi

3) Caracas

4) Jakarta

5) Kuala Lumpur

39. What is India’s position on the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap index for 2017?

1) 10th

2) 108th

3) 47th

4) 100th

5) 83rd

40. India is going to conduct “Exercise Sampriti” with which of the following countries is Mizoram?

1) Bhutan

2) Nepal

3) Myanmar

4) Bangladesh

5) Sri Lanka

41. The National Highways Authority of India has launched an RFID-enabled electronic toll collection program called

FASTag. Here, the term RFID means

1) Road-Frequency Identification

2) Rationing-Frequency Identification

3) Reference-Frequency Identification

4) Radio-Frequency Identification

5) None of these

42. The Glasgow City Council (UK) withdrew an honour bestowed upon who among the following recently?

1) Aung San Suu Kyi

2) Harvey Weinstein

3) Tony Blair

4) Vladimir Putin

5) Donald Trump

43. The Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School of the Indian Army is situated in Vairengte in the state of

1) Manipur

2) Mizoram

3) Assam

4) Tripura

5) Nagaland

44. Serzh Sargsyan visited New Delhi recently. He is the present President of

1) Bulgaria

2) Nigeria

3) Armenia

4) Poland





5) New Zealand

45. The International Energy Forum’s 7th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable (AMER7) was held recently in

1) Tokyo

2) Manila

3) Shanghai

4) New Delhi

5) Bangkok

46. _______ has been named the ‘word of the year’ by Collins dictionary due to its widespread use around the world.

1) Selfie

2) Fake news

3) Nougat

4) Me too

5) Not in my name

47. The Indian Air Force and the DRDO tested SAAW system recently. It is a/an

1) anti-aircraft missile

2) anti-submarine missile

3) anti-tank missile

4) glide bomb

5) torpedo

48. _______ received RBI’s approval recently to operate as Scheduled Commercial Bank.

1) AU Small Finance Bank

2) Equitas Holdings

3) Disha Microfin

4) Capital Local Area Bank

5) None of these

49. Which private sector lender has signed an agreement with the govt to provide Rs 1,000-cr financing for food

processing projects?

1) Federal Bank

2) Kotak Mahindra Bank

3) Yes Bank

4) IndusInd Bank

5) Axis Bank

50. The revenue department of the govt has said that farmers do not need to quote PAN for cash sale of their produce

up to

1) Rs 2 lakh a day

2) Rs 3 lakh a day

3) Rs 5 lakh a day

4) Rs 8 lakh a day

5) Rs 10 lakh a day

51. Who won the Panasonic Open India golf tournament in New Delhi recently?

1) Paul Peterson

2) Om Prakash Chouhan

3) SSP Chawrasia

4) Shiv Kapur

5) Ajeetesh Sandhu

52. Which of the following teams won the Women’s Asia Cup 2017 hockey title?

1) China





2) India

3) Japan

4) South Korea

5) Malaysia

53. In which country, 11 princes, 4-ministers and scores of former ministers were detained by anti-corruption body

recently?

1) Saudi Arabia

2) Kuwait

3) UAE

4) Yemen

5) Bahrain

54. The Indian Army launched an independent and fully-integrated Joint Training Node (JTN) recently at Umroi

cantonment in

1) Agartala, Tripura

2) Imphal, Manipur

3) Shillong, Meghalaya

4) Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

5) Kohima, Nagaland

55. King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visited India recently. Philippe is the present King of

1) Spain

2) Netherlands

3) Sweden

4) Denmark

5) Belgium

56. R Subramaniakumar is the present Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Indian Overseas Bank

(IOB). The IOB has its headquarters in

1) Mumbai

2) Chennai

3) Kolkata

4) New Delhi

5) Gurugram

57. Who among the following has been named as the ambassador of the AIBA Women's Youth World

Championships?

1) MC Mary Kom

2) Laishram Sarita Devi

3) Priyanka Chopra

4) Vijender Singh

5) Shiva Thapa

58. The Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resigned recently. The capital city of Lebanon is

1) Yerevan

2) Hanoi

3) Nassau

4) Beirut

5) Baku

59. The host for the ‘Nobel Prize Series — India 2018 (Science Impacts Life)’ is

1) Hyderabad

2) Pondicherry

3) Goa





4) Vishakhapatnam

5) Lakshadweep

60. The World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed across the world on

1) 01 Nov

2) 05 Nov

3) 15 Nov

4) 25 Nov

5) 30 Nov

61. The price of the new series of Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs) has been fixed at

1) Rs 2,750 per gram





62. The host of the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup is

1) London

2) Paris

3) Tokyo

4) Kuala Lumpur

5) Manila

63. Who among the following has been designated as the new Finance Secretary?

1) Nripendra Misra

2) Rajiv Mehrishi

3) Arvind Subramanian

4) Hasmukh Adhia

5) Arvind Mayaram

64. India won how many medals in the Commonwealth Shooting Championships 2017 concluded recently?

1) 10

2) 15

3) 20

4) 25

5) 30

65. Tata Steel has established India’s largest Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ) facility at Kalinganagar Industrial Complex

in Jajpur district of

1) Jharkhand

2) Karnataka

3) Andhra Pradesh

4) Chhattisgarh

5) Odisha

66. The annual ‘Balijatra’ festival was inaugurated recently on the banks of river Mahanadi in the state of

1) Odisha

2) West Bengal

3) Assam

4) Sikkim

5) Telangana

67. Which bank has launched India's first voice-based international remittance service in association with Apple?

1) SBI





2) HDFC Bank

3) ICICI Bank

4) Axis Bank

5) YES Bank

68. The Minister of State Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Rathore visited which country recently to attend

World Youth Forum at Sharam El Shiekh?

1) Greece

2) Egypt

3) Israel

4) Iran

5) UAE

69. Aditi Ashok won the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open in Abu Dhabi recently. She is a

1) shuttler

2) tennis player

3) pugilist

4) chess player

5) golfer

70. Which bank has made online transactions through RTGS and NEFT free of cost from Nov 1? Aditya Puri is the

Managing Director of the bank.

1) Federal Bank

2) IndusInd Bank

3) Axis Bank

4) HDFC Bank


71. ________ has become the first man to take two hat-tricks in the same first-class cricket match.

1) Mitchell Starc

2) R Ashwin

3) Mitchell Johnson

4) Ravindra Jadeja

5) David Warner

72. The ride hailing app Ola has started a global partnership with which tech giant for building connected vehicle

platform?

1) Google

2) TCS

3) Microsoft

4) Infosys

5) Oracle

73. In the proposed Rs 2.11 lakh-cr recapitalisation package for PSBs, what amount is to be infused from the Union

Budget?

1) Rs 1.50 lakh cr

2) Rs 1.35 lakh cr

3) Rs 89,000 cr

4) Rs 58,000 cr

5) Rs 18,139 cr

74. Who among the following is the author of the book “Lincoln in the Bardo”?

1) Salman Rushdie

2) George Saunders

3) Jhumpa Lahiri





4) Junot Diaz

5) Zadie Smith

75. The 23rd annual “conference of the parties” (COP) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

(UNFCCC) meet was held recently in

1) Athens, Greece

2) Ankara, Turkey

3) London, UK

4) Bonn, Germany

5) Paris, France

76. India has contributed an additional million dollars to a UN partnership fund aimed at supporting sustainable

development projects across the

1) developed world

2) developing world

3) oceans

4) poles

5) equator

77. India recently conducted a flight test of its long-range sub-sonic cruise missile named

1) Nishchay

2) Nirbhik

3) Navik

4) Nirbhay

5) Nag

78. The joint military exercise “Sampriti-7” was held between the armies of India and which country recently?

1) Sri Lanka

2) Nepal

3) Myanmar

4) Maldives

5) Bangladesh

79. The 2017 Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championships was held recently in

1) Seoul, South Korea

2) Manila, Philippines

3) Brisbane, Australia

4) New Delhi, India

5) New York, US

80. The Sri Ranganathaswamy temple has won the UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Merit 2017. The temple is

situated in the state of

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Karnataka

3) Kerala

4) Andhra Pradesh

5) Telangana

81. Who among the following won the women’s singles title in the Senior National Badminton Championship 2017?

1) PV Sindhu

2) Saina Nehwal

3) PC Thulasi

4) N Sikki Reddy

5) Ashwini Ponnappa





82. Guinea has become the new member of the International Solar Alliance. The capital city of Guinea is

1) Conakry

2) Belmopan

3) Nassau

4) Tirana

5) Luanda

83. India has signed a loan pact with the World Bank for US$ 119 mn for the higher education programme in

1) Jharkhand

2) Rajasthan

3) Maharashtra

4) Gujarat

5) Odisha

84. The Paytm introduced BHIM UPI on its platform recently. The term UPI stands for

1) Unique Payments Interface

2) Unilateral Payments Interface

3) Uninterrupted Payments Interface

4) Unified Payments Interface

5) None of these

85. _____ was recently included in the UNESCO Creative Cities list.

1) Madhubani

2) Aligarh

3) Chennai

4) Jaipur

5) Raipur

86. ______ has won the 'General Insurance Company of the Year' award.

1) Star Health

2) HDFC Ergo

3) Apollo Munich

4) Max Bupa

5) IDBI Standard

87. Who among the following won the men’s singles title in the Senior National Badminton Championship 2017?

1) HS Prannoy

2) Kidambi Srikanth

3) Sameer Verma

4) Ajay Jayaram

5) Parupalli Kashyap

88. Which state govt has inked an MOU with Intel and UST Global for transforming the state into an electronic

hardware manufacturing hub?

1) Bihar

2) Rajasthan

3) Maharashtra

4) Andhra Pradesh

5) Kerala

89. Twitter has decided to introduce expanded word-limit for tweets which will be

1) 220-character

2) 240-character

3) 250-character

4) 280-character





5) 300-character

90. Guppy is the official mascot of the 2017 AIBA Youth Womens World Boxing Championship. It is a/an

1) Asiatic lion

2) snow leopard

3) ox

4) one-horn rhino

5) black buck

91. Which Indian short film has won the Best Short Film Award at the South Asian Film Festival of Montreal

(SAFFM)?

1) The School Bag

2) Black Mirror

3) That Day After Everyday

4) Rastaa

5) Bypass

92. Business leaders in which city expressed the highest confidence in their digital environment in a recent survey?

1) Tokyo

2) New Delhi

3) Mumbai

4) San Francisco

5) Bengaluru

93. _______ won the gold medal in the Asian Boxing Championships in the Light Flyweight category recently.

1) Kim Hyang Mi

2) Mary Kom

3) Alejandra Jimenez

4) Laishram Sarita Devi

5) Pinki Rani

94. The Price Stabalisation Fund (PSF) was created by the govt in 2015 with a corpus of

1) Rs 500 cr

2) Rs 1000 cr

3) Rs 1500 cr

4) Rs 2000 cr

5) Rs 2500 cr

95. India has been re-elected as the member of the UNESCO's executive board. The UNESCO is headquartered at

1) London

2) New York

3) Paris

4) Geneva

5) Hague

96. To curb cheap shipments, the govt recently doubled the import duty on wheat to

1) 12 per cent

2) 14 per cent

3) 16 per cent

4) 18 per cent

5) 20 per cent

97. The central govt employees can get loans up to what amount from the govt under the house building advance

(HBA) scheme?

1) Rs 10 lakh





2) Rs 15 lakh

3) Rs 20 lakh

4) Rs 25 lakh

5) Rs 50 lakh

98. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Bandhan Express which will provide connectivity between India and

1) Myanmar

2) Bangladesh

3) Bhutan

4) Nepal

5) Pakistan

99. The govt has notified the third protocol between India and New Zealand for avoidance of double taxation. The

currency of New Zealand is

1) Dollar

2) Euro

3) Pound

4) Peso

5) Rand

100. ________ is the world's most visited city by international travelers in 2017.

1) London

2) Bangkok

3) Hong Kong

4) New York

5) Singapore

101. Which of the following items attract GST of 28 per cent as of now?

1) Paan masala

2) Automobiles

3) Refrigerator

4) Washing machine

5) All of these

102. Which state govt has appointed Phanindra Sama as Chief Innovation Officer of the State?

1) Odisha

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Maharashtra

4) Gujarat

5) Telangana

103. The Nordic-Baltic embassies hosted the first ever youth film festival of the European nations in the India city of

1) Mumbai

2) New Delhi

3) Pune

4) Chennai

5) Kolkata

104. The Delhi govt recently signed a twin city agreement with

1) Seoul

2) Tokyo

3) Manila

4) Singapore

5) Geneva





105. Adani Power inked a power purchase agreement with the power development board of which country recently?

1) Nepal

2) Bhutan

3) Bangladesh

4) Myanmar

5) Pakistan

106. The Indian-origin Priti Patel resigned as the Cabinet Minister in which country recently?

1) Canada

2) Malaysia

3) Australia

4) New Zealand

5) UK

107. Which of the following private sector banks recently received RBI’s nod to open offices in Kuwait and

Singapore?

1) Federal Bank

2) YES Bank

3) IndusInd Bank


5) IDFC Bank

108. Which of the following states declared Urdu as its second official language recently?

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Bihar

3) Telangana

4) Karnataka

5) Odisha

109. Who among the following has been awarded Israel’s 2018 Genesis Prize? The prize is widely known as the

“Jewish Nobel Prize”.

1) Scarlett Johansson

2) Mila Kunis

3) Angelina Jolie

4) Natalie Portman

5) Julia Roberts

110. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2017 Summit was held recently in

1) Danang (Vietnam)

2) Manila (Philippines)

3) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

4) Bangkok (Thailand)

5) Jakarta (Indonesia)

111. The industrial output rose at what per cent in Sep 2017?

1) 3.1 per cent

2) 3.3 per cent

3) 3.6 per cent

4) 3.8 per cent

5) 4.2 per cent

112. The World Immunization Day is celebrated every year on

1) 10 Nov

2) 15 Nov

3) 20 Nov





4) 25 Nov

5) 30 Nov

113. The APEC summit was held recently in Vietnam. The term APEC means

1) Asia-Pacific Exclusive Cooperation

2) Asia-Pacific Extensive Cooperation

3) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

4) Asia-Pacific Elaborate Cooperation

5) None of these

114. __________ has become the first state in the country to treat Hepatitis-C patients of all categories through oral

medicine.

1) Punjab

2) Haryana

3) Maharashtra

4) Gujarat

5) Rajasthan

115. The Goods and Services Tax was implemented from Jul 1, 2017. Which of the following is NOT one of the five

tax slabs of GST?

1) 28 per cent

2) 18 per cent

3) 12 per cent

4) 5 per cent

5) 2 per cent

116. Which of the following is the capital city of Slovenia?

1) Ljubljana

2) Yerevan

3) Djibouti

4) Tirana

5) Baku

117. The RBI has asked banks to provide customised basic services at the doorsteps to differently-abled persons and

senior citizens aged more than

1) 60 years

2) 61 years

3) 65 years

4) 68 years

5) 70 years

118. The British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the United Kingdom will exit the European Union (EU)

at 11 p.m. on 29 Mar

1) 2018

2) 2019

3) 2020

4) 2021

5) 2022

119. The GST Council recently decided to levy a uniform tax on all restaurants without the distinction of AC or non-

AC. This uniform tax will be

1) 02 per cent

2) 05 per cent

3) 10 per cent

4) 12 per cent





5) 18 per cent

120. The private sector Federal Bank has its headquarters in

1) Manipal, Karnataka

2) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

3) Mangalore, Karnataka

4) Aluva, Kerala

5) Kolkata, West Bengal

121. Who among the following won the IBSF World Billiards Championship in Doha recently?

1) Peter Gilchrist

2) Rupesh Shah

3) Mike Russell

4) Pankaj Advani

5) Aditya Mehta

122. Which of the following pairs won the men’s doubles title of the Knoxville Challenger at Tennessee in United

States?

1) Leander Paes and Purav Raja

2) Adil Shamasdin and Scott Lipsky

3) James Cerretani and John Patrick

4) Divij Sharan and Mahesh Bhupati

5) None of these

123. A 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit the border regions of which of the following countries recently killing at least

160 people?

1) India and Pakistan

2) Iraq and Iran

3) Afghanistan and Tajikistan

4) India and Myanmar

5) Myanmar and Thailand

124. Borut Pahor was re-elected as the President in which of the following countries recently?

1) Slovakia

2) Eretria

3) Slovenia

4) Estonia

5) Jordan

125. The capital of Central African Republic is

1) Bogota

2) Nassau

3) Baku

4) Manama

5) Bangui

126. The Public Service Broadcasting Day is observed every year on

1) 02 Nov

2) 12 Nov

3) 22 Nov

4) 26 Nov

5) 30 Nov

127. The RBI has notified that the Non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) cannot outsource

1) management of investment portfolio





2) sanction of loans

3) strategic and compliance functions for KYC norms

4) internal audit

5) All of these

128. _________ has been named as the recipient of the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice, 2017.

1) Red Cross

2) Unicef

3) UNHCR

4) UNESCO

5) WHO

129. Audrey Azoulay is the new UNESCO Director-General. She is the former Culture Minister of

1) Spain

2) Italy

3) Norway

4) France

5) Sweden

130. The Padma Shri awardee Manu Sharma died recently. He was a noted

1) author

2) musician

3) singer

4) bureaucrat

5) politician

131. Bhaskar Ganguly was recently appointed by the Supreme Court as the ombudsman of

1) AIFF

2) BCCI

3) BAI

4) IBF

5) AITA

132. India’s first Cartoon Network branded amusement park “Amaazia” is to be opened in

1) Mumbai

2) Jaipur

3) Bhopal

4) Patna

5) Surat

133. The Minister of Women and Child Development in the present Union Cabinet is

1) Kalraj Mishra

2) Ram Vilas Paswan

3) Maneka Gandhi

4) Harsimrat Kaur Badal

5) Nirmala Sitharaman

134. The 4th Annual Ministerial Dialogue between India and which of the following countries was held in New Delhi

recently?

1) Italy

2) Canada

3) Sweden

4) Germany

5) South Korea





135. The 15th Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) India summit and the 12th East Asia Summit was

held recently in

1) Bangkok

2) Hanoi

3) Jakarta

4) Manila

5) Kuala Lumpur

136. Which of the following countries has been ranked as the most vulnerable country on the latest global climate risk

index (CRI)?

1) Vietnam

2) Haiti

3) Sri Lanka

4) Fiji

5) Zimbabwe

137. Kirti Nidhi Bista passed away recently. He was the former ________ of Nepal.

1) Prime Minister

2) President

3) Chief Justice

4) Finance Minister

5) Maoist leader

138. What is India’s position as the most vulnerable country in the world in terms of facing extreme weather events on

the latest global climate risk index (CRI)?

1) Second

2) Third

3) Fourth

4) Sixth

5) Seventh

139. The govt has launched the second phase of BharatNet project at an outlay of around

1) Rs 20,000 cr

2) Rs 28,000 cr

3) Rs 34,000 cr

4) Rs 39,000 cr

5) Rs 44,000 cr

140. What is the currency of Philippines?

1) Peso

2) Pound

3) Real

4) Rand

5) New Shekel

141. Ranjit Shahani recently stepped down as managing director of which firm after 15 years at the helm?

1) Sun Pharmaceuticals

2) Novartis India

3) Paras Pharmaceuticals

4) Dabar India

5) Cipla

142. Which of the following four nations held their first talk in Manila to counter China?

1) South Korea, US, Japan, Australia

2) Indonesia, US, Japan, South Korea





3) Japan, US, Vietnam, Australia

4) Thailand, Japan, Philippines, South Korea

5) India, US, Japan, Australia

143. A recent Bank of America Merrill Lynch report predicts that India will pip Japan and become world's third-

largest economy by

1) 2022

2) 2024

3) 2026

4) 2028

5) 2030

144. The Govt has taken the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) route to disinvest in the public sector companies. The

Bharat ETF houses

1) 18 PSUs

2) 20 PSUs

3) 22 PSUs

4) 25 PSUs

5) 27 PSUs

145. The global carbon emissions from human activities are slated to grow at what per cent in 2017?

1) 2 per cent

2) 1.9 per cent

3) 1.7 per cent

4) 1.4 per cent

5) 1 per cent

146. The retail inflation remained at what per cent in Oct 2017?

1) 2.98 per cent

2) 3.15 per cent

3) 3.58 per cent

4) 3.74 per cent

5) 3.99 per cent

147. Which of the following countries will host the 2018 FIFA World Cup?

1) Italy

2) France

3) Argentina

4) UK

5) Russia

148. Surendra Kumar Sinha resigned as the Chief Justice of which of the following countries recently after graft

allegations?

1) Bangladesh

2) Pakistan

3) Afghanistan

4) Maldives

5) Nepal

149. _________ has topped in opening new PMJDY accounts after demonetisation.

1) West Bengal

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Maharashtra

4) Uttar Pradesh

5) Bihar





150. The Air India has received a loan worth Rs 1,500 cr to meet urgent working capital needs from

1) Indian Bank

2) Bank of India

3) UCO Bank

4) Bank of Baroda

5) State Bank of India

151. ________ voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage in a recent historic poll.

1) Austrians

2) Australians

3) Canadians

4) Americans

5) British

152. The army took over the govt in which country recently taking President Robert Mugabe in custody?

1) Nigeria

2) Somalia

3) Kenya

4) Zimbabwe

5) Jordan

153. Who among the following won the 2017 Brazilian Grand Prix F1 championship?

1) Kimi Raikkonen

2) Valtteri Bottas

3) Lewis Hamilton

4) Sebastian Vettel

5) Fernando Alonso

154. Saeed Ajmal announced his retirement from all forms of cricket recently. He has been playing as an off-spinner

for

1) Pakistan

2) Bangladesh

3) England

4) South Africa

5) Afghanistan

155. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has launched a new unified mobile app for PF, NPS,

gas booking and accessing other govt services. The app is named

1) UMANG

2) TARANG

3) VIHANG

4) SAATHI

5) SARATHI

156. The name of Aditi Ashok is associated with which of the following games?

1) Snooker

2) Golf

3) Polo

4) Chess

5) Squash

157. After the GST rate revision, which of the following items comes under 18% slab?

1) Detergents

2) Briefcases





3) Furniture

4) Wires

5) All of these

158. Cornelia Sorabji was the first Indian woman student in Britain and India’s first woman

1) civil servant

2) lawyer

3) judge

4) deputy governor of RBI

5) district magistrate

159. Rodrigo Duterte is the present President of which of the following countries?

1) Thailand

2) Vietnam

3) Venezuela

4) Philippines

5) Cambodia

160. The 10th South Asia Economic Summit (SAES) was held recently in

1) New Delhi

2) Dhaka

3) Colombo

4) Kabul

5) Kathmandu

161. The Union Cabinet has approved the pact between India and which country on Scientific and Technological

Cooperation in the areas of science, technology, agriculture?

1) Ukraine

2) Belarus

3) Tajikistan

4) Jordan

5) Colombia

162. The National Press Day is observed every year on

1) 01 Nov

2) 06 Nov

3) 16 Nov

4) 26 Nov

5) 30 Nov

163. India’s first Global Tribal Entrepreneurship Summit was organised recently at Dantewada district in

1) Jharkhand

2) Uttarakhand

3) Andhra Pradesh

4) Chhattisgarh

5) Telangana

164. _________ is a proposed nation in outer space that is free of the control of existing nations, and be recognized as

a nation state.

1) Asgardia

2) Specia

3) NationX

4) My Space

5) New Nation





165. Ennore Port or Kamarajar Port is situated in

1) Vishakhapatnam

2) Kolkata

3) Kandla

4) Mumbai

5) Chennai

166. Which country recently launched world's first all-electric ship that can travel up to 80 km with 2000-tonnes

cargo?

1) Japan

2) South Korea

3) China

4) Singapore

5) Russia

167. India’s CERT-In organized the Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) Conference

recently in

1) Bengaluru

2) Hyderabad

3) Gurugram

4) New Delhi

5) Chennai

168. What is the currency of Slovenia?

1) Rand

2) Real

3) Dollar

4) Pound

5) Euro

169. Vijay Prasad Dimri has been appointed president of 36th International Geological Congress (IGC) to be hosted in

2020 by

1) Pakistan

2) Nepal

3) Bangladesh

4) India

5) All of these

170. A curtain raiser event for the founding ceremony of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) was held recently at

1) Bonn, Germany

2) Seoul, South Korea

3) Paris, France

4) Madrid, Spain

5) New Delhi, India

171. The venue of the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is

1) Mumbai

2) New Delhi

3) Bengaluru

4) Goa

5) Hyderabad

172. The Govt of India recently launched Bharat-22 Exchange Traded Fund which is managed by

1) ICICI Prudential MF

2) Axis MF





3) SBI Magnum MF

4) Franklin India MF

5) ABN AMRO MF

173. Which of the following is the capital city of Philippines?

1) Bangkok

2) Manila

3) Hanoi

4) Bandar Seri Begawan

5) Naypyidaw

174. The wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation remained at what per cent in Oct 2017?

1) 2.63 per cent

2) 3.61 per cent

3) 3.59 per cent

4) 3.95 per cent

5) 4.12 per cent

175. The theme of the 37th India International Trade Fair (IITF) celebrated the programme

1) Digital India

2) Skill India

3) Make In India

4) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

5) Startup India: Stand Up India

176. Which of the following gulf countries recently approved yoga as a sports activity?

1) Saudi Arabia

2) Iran

3) Iraq

4) Kuwait

5) Bahrain

177. Dalveer Bhandari of India contested Christopher Greenwood of which country to be elected as a judge to the

International Court of Justice (ICJ)?

1) US

2) France

3) UK

4) Germany

5) Norway

178. The secretariat of the International Energy Agency (IEA) is located in

1) London

2) Geneva

3) Basel

4) New York

5) Paris

179. The financial year of the RBI ends on

1) Mar 31

2) Jun 30

3) Sep 30

4) Oct 31

5) Dec 31

180. The FPIs pumped in nearly $10 bn in the primary share market this year. The term FPI stands for





1) Foreign Priority Investor

2) Foreign Participatory Investor

3) Foreign Progressive Investor

4) Foreign Portfolio Investor

5) None of these

181. After 10 years, the govt recently removed all the restrictions on export of all types of

1) cotton

2) cane

3) pulses

4) maize

5) spices

182. Which of the following firms has launched a $1-bn funding plan to transform smart cities?

1) Cisco

2) IBM

3) Microsoft

4) Google

5) Facebook

183. Who among the following is the present president of software body NASSCOM?

1) Shobana Kamineni

2) Rakesh Bharti Mittal

3) Naushad Forbes

4) Pankaj Patel

5) R Chandrashekhar

184. India had organised which of the following sessions of the International Geological Congress (IGC) at New Delhi

in 1964?

1) 18th

2) 19th

3) 20th

4) 22nd

5) 24th

185. The govt has set what amount as the minimum balance in bank accounts as one of the rural poverty measures?

1) Rs 5,000

2) Rs 10,000

3) Rs 15,000

4) Rs 20,000

5) Rs 25,000

186. Which of the following states has been granted GI or the Geographical Indication status for Rasgullah?

1) Jharkhand

2) West Bengal

3) Odisha

4) Assam

5) Karnataka

187. Which of the following is the partner country for the 37th India International Trade Fair (IITF)?

1) US

2) Germany

3) Japan

4) Vietnam

5) Philippinesa





188. The first session of the International Geological Congress (IGC) was organised in 1878 in

1) Egypt

2) Greece

3) Spain

4) UK

5) France

189. Which of the following is the partner state for the 37th India International Trade Fair (IITF)?

1) Jharkhand

2) Gujarat

3) Karnataka

4) Kerala

5) Jammu and Kashmir

190. India's total household wealth has increased by 10 per cent to ____in the one-year period to mid-2017.

1) $1 tn

2) $3 tn

3) $5 tn

4) $7 tn

5) $9 tn

191. Toyota has inked an MoU with which of the following automakers to work together on the introduction of

electric vehicles in India by 2020?

1) Nissan

2) Tesla

3) General Motors

4) Fiat

5) Suzuki

192. Which of the following countries has been ranked on top in terms of GDP per capita of countries in the IMF’s

recent World Economic Outlook report?

1) Kuwait

2) Qatar

3) Japan

4) South Korea

5) Germany

193. Which two banks will make an entry in the BSE’s benchmark index Sensex from Dec 18?

1) Federal Bank and Yes Bank

2) Federal Bank and IDFC Bank

3) IDFC Bank and Bandhan Bank

4) IndusInd Bank and Yes Bank

5) Kotak Mahindra Bank and Yes Bank

194. Which of the following technology firms has announced a Rs 13,000-cr buyback programmed beginning Nov

30?

1) Wipro

2) HCL

3) Infosys

4) TCS

5) Tech Mahindra

195. The World Toilet Day is observed every year on

1) 19 Nov





2) 20 Nov

3) 18 Nov

4) 21 Nov

5) 17 Nov

196. A key parliamentary panel in which country recently approved the automatic information exchange pact between

India and that country?

1) Switzerland

2) Mauritius

3) Singapore

4) Germany

5) Japan

197. Almaz Ayana won the women's and Berhanu Legese won the men's sections in the recent Delhi Half Marathon.

Both of them belong to

1) Zimbabwe

2) Kenya

3) Jordan

4) Nigeria

5) Ethiopia

198. What is India’s ranking in terms of GDP per capita of countries in the world in the IMF’s recent World Economic

Outlook report?

1) 111th

2) 116th

3) 121st

4) 126th

5) 132nd

199. Panaji is the capital city of

1) Nagaland

2) Puducherry

3) Lakshadweep

4) Andaman and Nicobar

5) Goa

200. India is going to host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 in

1) Chennai

2) Hyderabad

3) Mumbai

4) New Delhi

5) Bengaluru

201.Who among the following has been crowned Miss World 2017?

1) Manushi Chhillar

2) Stephanie Hill

3) Aditi Arya

4) Andrea Meza

5) Anukriti Gusain

202. Who among the following won the 2017 ATP Finals in London recently?

1) Roger Federer

2) Rafael Nadal

3) David Goffin

4) Grigor Dimitrov





5) Juan Martín del Potro

203. ______ sector was granted infrastructure status by the govt recently.

1) Education

2) Logistics

3) Automobiles

4) Pharmaceuticals

5) Textiles

204. Which of the following is the capital of Nicaragua?

1) Nassau

2) Tirana

3) Managua

4) Baku

5) Manama

205. The govt’s Bharat-22 exchange traded fund (ETF) has garnered

1) Rs 12,500 cr

2) Rs 16,500 cr

3) Rs 13,500 cr

4) Rs 15,500 cr

5) Rs 14,500 cr

206. The International Monetary Fund ranks over 200 countries in terms of per capita GDP based on PPP. Here, the

term PPP means

1) Public Private Partnership

2) Pure Purchasing Power

3) Pure Parity Power

4) Purchasing Power Parity

5) None of these

207. Which of the following countries is soon to induct the ‘Dongfeng-41’ missile system which can hit targets

anywhere in the world?

1) Russia

2) North Korea

3) Iran

4) Japan

5) China

208. _________ has taken charge as an executive director to the Markets regulator SEBI.

1) Anand Rajeshwar Baiwar

2) Meena Hemchandra

3) KK Vohra

4) MD Patra

5) Deepali Pant Joshi

209. Who among the following has won the 2017 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary

honor?

1) Mario Vargas Llosa

2) Javier Cercas

3) Sergio Ramirez

4) Arturo Pérez-Reverte

5) Svetlana Alexievich

210. _________ has been appointed global ambassador of the World Packaging Organisation (WPO)?





1) Ajay Goel

2) Chakravarthi AVPS

3) Mahendra Agarwal

4) Sanjiv Kathuria

5) Vinayak Mullick

211. Saketh Myneni and Vijay Sundar Prashanth clinched the Vietnam Open trophy recently. Both of them plays

1) tennis

2) badminton

3) squash

4) snooker

5) table tennis

212. The Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is observed every year on the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel on

1) 11 Oct

2) 21 Oct

3) 28 Oct

4) 31 Oct

5) 01 Nov

213. The world’s first hybrid electric tram powered by hydrogen fuel cells started service in which country recently?

1) Japan

2) China

3) Malaysia

4) South Korea

5) Germany

214. Which state govt has signed an MoU with Microsoft to empower small holder farmers with technology-oriented

solutions?

1) Odisha

2) Bihar

3) Karnataka

4) Maharashtra

5) Gujarat

215. Florence Parly visited New Delhi recently. She is the Minister for the Armed Forces in

1) Spain

2) Germany

3) Sweden

4) Norway

5) France

216. The Union Cabinet has approved over __________ for the construction of permanent campuses of six new Indian

Institute of Technology (IITs).

1) Rs 6,000 cr

2) Rs 5,000 cr

3) Rs 9,000 cr

4) Rs 7,000 cr

5) Rs 10,000 cr

217. The govt has constituted a ministerial panel to oversee merger proposals of state-owned banks. The Panel is

headed by

1) Arun Jaitley

2) Suresh Prabhu

3) Piyush Goyal





4) Manohar Parrikar

5) Nirmala Sitharaman

218. Which of the following teams won the 2017 Pro Kabaddi league?

1) Gujarat Fortunegiants

2) Dabang Delhi

3) Patna Pirates

4) Bengal Warriors

5) Bengaluru Bulls

219. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck visited New Delhi recently. He is the present King of

1) Bhutan

2) Thailand

3) Philippines

4) Vietnam

5) Japan

220. India and which of the following countries have decided to implement HOSTAC to strengthen maritime security?

1) Russia

2) France

3) Japan

4) Italy

5) US

221. Who won the 2017 Erste Open title in Vienna with partner Pablo Cuevas?

1) Rohan Bopanna

2) Mahesh Bhupathi

3) Leander Paes

4) Marin Cilic

5) Ivan Dodig

222. Who among the following won the men's singles title of the 2017 French Open Superseries badminton in Paris?

1) Prannoy Kumar

2) Lee Chong Wei

3) Kidambi Srikanth

4) Kenta Nishimoto

5) Parupalli Kashyap

223. Paolo Gentiloni is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries? He visited New Delhi

recently.

1) France

2) Spain

3) Sweden

4) Denmark

5) Italy

224. India sent the first shipment of wheat to which country recently through Chabahar Port in Iran?

1) Russia

2) Afghanistan

3) Ukraine

4) Tajikistan

5) Belarus

225. The India Army has been given what amount to replace ageing weapons and counter China and Pak?

1) Rs 10,000 cr





2) Rs 25,000 cr

3) Rs 40,000 cr

4) Rs 40,000 cr

5) Rs 50,000 cr

226. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added 70 new Indian words. Which of the following is one of these

words?

1) Anna

2) Jugaad

3) Dadagiri

4) Gulab jamun

5) All of these

227. NJ Gangte has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to

1) Zambia

2) Eretria

3) Somalia

4) Kenya

5) Nogeria

228. Who among the following was bestowed with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the PHD Chamber of

Commerce and Industry recently?

1) Madhuri Dixit

2) Sridevi

3) Sharmila Tagore

4) Hema Malini

5) Zeenat Aman

229. Who among the following has became the fastest batsman to score 9,000 runs in ODIs?

1) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

2) Virat Kohli

3) Hashim Amla

4) Shikhar Dhawan

5) Rohit Sharma

230. Which of the following teams won the FIFA U-17 World Cup final?

1) Spain

2) Argentina

3) India

4) England

5) US

231. Jacinda Ardern was sworn in as Prime Minister of which of the following countries recently?

1) Australia

2) New Zealand

3) Poland

4) Norway

5) Switzerland

232. Which of the following has become the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC)?

1) Serbia

2) South Sudan

3) Somalia

4) Chad

5) Burundi





233. Which of the following has become the first Indian company to cross Rs 6-tn market capitalisation?

1) TCS

2) Infosys

3) RIL

4) Wipro

5) Patanjali

234. Which country has become the second largest smartphone market in the world?

1) China

2) US

3) Indonesia

4) India

5) Pakistan

235. The Asia-Pacific-Japan region's first SAP Leonardo centre was launched recently in

1) Bengaluru

2) Hyderabad

3) Chennai

4) New Delhi

5) Mumbai

236. __________ received the 'Golden Peacock Award' under the category - Global Leadership in Public Service and

Economic Transformation in London recently.

1) N Chandrababu Naidu

2) Nitish Kumar

3) Mamta Banerjee

4) Devendra Fadnavis

5) Vasundhara Raje

237. Sangram Dahiya is associated with which of the following games?

1) Archery

2) Chess

3) Snooker

4) Golf

5) Shooting

238. The govt of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) sign $65.5-mn loan to support coastal protection in

the state of

1) West Bengal

2) Karnataka

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Gujarat

5) Maharashtra

239. Qatar has introduced the minimum wage for first time in the country. The capital city of Qatar is

1) Dili

2) Lima

3) Doha

4) Riyadh

5) Manama

240. What is the currency of Chile?

1) Pound

2) Euro





3) Dollar

4) Peso

5) Rand

241. The European Union deployed an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to which country to observe upcoming

parliamentary and provincial elections (Nov-Dec)?

1) Sri Lanka

2) Maldives

3) Bhutan

4) Bangladesh

5) Nepal

242. Salim A Karim and Quarraisha A Karim have won the US award for AIDS research from the Institute for Human

Virology (IHV) in Baltimore. They are Indian-origin

1) South Africans

2) Canadians

3) Mexicans

4) Malaysians

5) Indonesians

243. Which of the following has become the first country to give a robot citizenship?

1) Japan

2) Saudi Arabia

3) Malaysia

4) UAE

5) Israel

244. Punathil Kunjabdulla passed away recently. He was a renowned writer of

1) Kannada

2) Telugu

3) Malayalam

4) Tamil

5) Assamese

245. The Union Cabinet has cleared the Bharatmala project at an estimated cost of Rs 7 lakh cr. The project does not

pass through

1) Himachal Pradesh

2) Jammu and Kashmir

3) Punjab

4) Rajasthan

5) None of these

246. The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is observed on

1) 07 Oct

2) 17 Oct

3) 21 Oct

4) 27 Oct

5) 31 Oct

247. Reliance Communications has announced to shut down which of the following services by 30 Nov?

1) 2G

2) 3G

3) 4G

4) All the above

5) None of these





248. The deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail benefits of various govt schemes would be extended till

1) 31 Jan 2018

2) 31 Mar 2018

3) 30 Jun 2018

4) 30 Sep 2018

5) 31 Dec 2017

249. The travel guide company Lonely Planet has ranked which country as the number one country to visit in 2018 in

its Best in Travel 2018 list?

1) Chile

2) South Korea

3) Portugal

4) Djibouti

5) New Zealand

250. The Sultan Johor Cup is associated with which of the following games? India thrashed USA in the tournament

recently.

1) Football

2) Basketball

3) Hockey

4) Kabaddi

5) Futsal

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