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Exclusive Monthly GA MCQs: (May 01–31,

2018)

1. Which country will be hosting the first edition of Global Wind Summit?

1) France

2) Germany

3) India

4) UK

5) US

2. Who among the following has signed an MoU with the union govt to provide development support in eight worst

Naxal-affected districts in Chhattisgarh?

1) Amicorp Trusts

2) Vistra Trusts

3) News India Trusts

4) Tata Trusts

5) Patanjali Trusts

3. Which country has become the first Latin American to formally join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

(NATO) as global partner?

1) Colombia

2) Ecuador

3) Peru

4) Venezuela

5) Cuba

4. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recently recognised which international airport as the

world’s first fully solar energy-powered airport?

1) Indira Gandhi International Airport

2) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

3) Cochin International Airport

4) Kempegowda International Airport

5) Mangalore International Airport

5. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has recently teamed up with who among the following to send

extreme weather warnings (alerts) to people?

1) Airtel

2) Jio

3) Vodafone

4) Idea

5) BSNL

6. India has recently concluded price negotiations with which country to procure S-400 Triumf air defence missile

systems for Indian Air Force (IAF)?

1) Russia

2) Japan

3) France

4) US

5) Israel

7. Who won the Monaco Grand Prix?

1) Valtteri Bottas

2) Sebastian Vettel

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3) Lewis Hamilton

4) Daniel Ricciardo

5) Marcus Ericsson

8. Who among the following has become the oldest Indian woman to scale Mount Everest?

1) Lhakpa Sherpa

2) Sangeeta Bahl

3) Ang Rita

4) Anshu Jamsenpa

5) Malavath Purna

9. Which bollywood actor has launched advertisement campaign for the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) in Delhi?

1) Aamir Khan

2) Sushant Singh Rajput

3) Akshay Kumar

4) Salman Khan

5) Nana Patekar

10. Who won the 11th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018?

1) Kolkata Knight Riders

2) Mumbai Indians

3) Rajasthan Royals

4) Sunrisers Hyderabad

5) Chennai Super Kings

11. The Telangana govt has announced a unique scheme to provide life insurance upto what amount for farmers?

1) Rs 2 lakh

2) Rs 4 lakh

3) Rs 5 lakh

4) Rs 8 lakh

5) Rs 10 lakh

12. Which company has recently created history by becoming the first Indian company to reach Rs. 7 lakh crore

market capitalisation (m-cap) milestone?

1) Reliance Industries

2) TCS

3) HDFC Bank

4) HUL

5) ITC

13. Which Indian actor has signed a statement of intent (SoI) with NITI Aayog for the promotion of Women

Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) launched by the Cenrtal govt?

1) Ranveer Kapoor

2) Aamir Khan

3) Salman Khan

4) Ranveer Singh

5) Sushant Singh Rajput

14. Who has become the first female Prime Minister of the Caribbean island of Barbados?

1) Sirimavo Bandaranaike

2) Isabel Martínez de Perón

3) Yingluck Shinawatra

4) Mia Amor Mottley

5) None of these





15. Which IIT institute along with Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) has won the

Clarivate Analytics India Innovation Award 2018 in the Academic Institutions category? 1) IIT Bombay

2) IIT Kharagpur

3) IIT Kanpur

4) IIT Delhi

5) IIT Guwahati

16. The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated which country for having eliminated trachoma as a public

health problem?

1) Bangladesh

2) Afghanistan

3) Nepal

4) Bhutan

5) Myanmar

17. Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Mizoram?

1) Kummanam Rajasekharan

2) Ganeshi Lal

3) Nirbhay Sharma

4) Satya Pal Malik

5) S C Jamir

18. Which country has clinched the 2018 Uber Cup?

1) India

2) Japan

3) China

4) South Korea

5) France

19. National Informatics Centre (NIC) has recently set up cloud-enabled National Data Centre at which Indian city?

1) Delhi

2) Hyderabad

3) Pune

4) Bhubaneswar

5) Chennai

20. Who won Man Booker International Prize 2018?

1) Virginie Despentes

2) Han Kang

3) László Krasznahorkai

4) Antonio Muñoz Molina

5) Olga Tokarczukv

21. Prime Minister of Netherlands has recently inaugurated the Indo-Dutch Ganga Forum. Who among the following

is the PM of Netherlands?

1) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

2) Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson

3) Mark Rutte

4) Atonio Costa

5) None of these

22. Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Odisha?


2) Ganeshi Lal

3) Nirbhay Sharma





4) Satya Pal Malik

5) S C Jamir

23. The prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017 has been presented to the members of the INSV Tarini team in New

Delhi. The six-member all-women team of INSV Tarini was led by

1) Lt Commander Vartika Joshi

2) Lt Commander Pratibha Jamwal

3) Lt Commander Swathi Patarpalli

4) Lt Aishwarya Bodapatti

5) Lt Payal Gupta

24. Which country in association with India has launched Clean Air India Initiative in New Delhi?

1) Germany

2) Bangladesh

3) Nepal

4) Netherlands

5) Myanmar

25. The ninth edition of ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’ under the Ministry of Culture held in which Indian state?

1) Telangana

2) Jammu & Kashmir

3) Maharashtra

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Uttarakhand

26. Surya Kiran-XIII exercise will be conducted at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand between India and which country?

1) Vietnam

2) Myanamar

3) Nepal

4) Bhutan

5) Bangladesh

27. Which payments bank has appointed Anubrata Biswas as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer?

1) Airtel

2) India Post

3) Paytm

4) Jio

5) Fino

28. Which Indian shooter won gold in the women’s 50m rifle prone event at the Munich Grand Prix?

1) Anjum Moudgil

2) Apurvi Chnadela

3) Heena Sidhu

4) Tejaswini Sawant

5) Manu Bhaker

29. Geeta Kapoor has passed away recently. She was a/an

1) Dancer

2) Singer

3) Actress

4) Musician

5) Journalist

30. The 4th man to walk on the Moon, Alan Bean has passed away. He was an astronaut of which country?

1) Russia

2) Canada





3) Japan

4) United States

5) European

31. Which city hosted the ASEAN India Film Festival 2018?

1) Mumbai

2) Bengaluru

3) New Delhi

4) Panji

5) Chennai

32. The World Thyroid Awareness Day is observed every year on

1) 24 May

2) 25 May

3) 26 May

4) 27 May

5) 28 May

33. India Biodiversity Award 2018 has been conferred to Singchung Bugun Village Community Reserve (SBVCR) in

the “Conservation of wildlife species” category. The reserve is related to which state/UT?

1) Arunachal Pradesh

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Himachal Pradesh

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Andaman & Nicobar

34. The 5th India-CLMV Business Conclave 2018 is hosted by which country?

1) India

2) Laos

3) Vietnam

4) Myanmar

5) Cambodia

35. Zorawar Chand Bakshi passed away recently. He was associated with which Indian armed forces?

1) Indian Coast Guard

2) Indian Air Force

3) Indian Navy

4) Indian Army

5) None of these

36. The Union Cabinet has recently approved USOF to provide mobile connectivity in Left Wing Extremism (LWE)

areas. What does ‘O’ in USOF stands for?

1) Obligation

2) Offshore

3) Organisation

4) Open

5) Offer

37. The Fifteenth Finance Commission has recently constituted a high level group to explore and give

recommendations for a balanced expansion of the health sector. The committee will be headed by

1) N. K. Singh

2) Dr. Randeep Guleria

3) Shaktikanta Das

4) Anoop Singh

5) Ashok Lahiri





38. Which Indian development bank has recently signed MoU with Common Service Centres (CSC) Special Purpose

Vehicle (SPV) for providing financial support village level entrepreneurs in CSCs?

1) NIDC

2) NABARD

3) IDBI

4) IFCI

5) SIDBI

39. Which Indian e-commerce has recently launched Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on its platform via its own

virtual payment address?

1) Paytm

2) Freecharge

3) MobiKwik

4) Flipkart

5) Makemytrip

40. What is the India’s ranking in 2018 IMD’s competitiveness?

1) 12th

2) 25th

3) 36th

4) 44th

5) 46th

41. Stacey Cunningham was appointed as the first female chief of which of the following stock exchanges in its 226-

year-old history recently?

1) London Stock Exchange

2) New York Stock Exchange

3) NASDAQ

4) Chicago Stock Exchange

5) NASDAQ

42. The International Bio-diversity Day is observed every year on

1) 02 May

2) 12 May

3) 22 May

4) 26 May

5) 31 May

43. Which state govt has announced to provide pension (Rs 250/month) to 16 lakh senior citizens of the state?

1) Odisha

2) Karnataka

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Assam

5) West Bengal

44. India’s Prajnesh Gunnesweran is associated with which of the following games?

1) Tennis

2) Badminton

3) Squash

4) Basketball

5) Snooker

45. The joint military exercise named SURYA KIRAN-XIII is scheduled to be held between India and which country

in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand?

1) Bangladesh

2) Maldives





3) Bhutan

4) Myanmar

5) Nepal

46. The govt has claimed that more than 31.56 cr accounts have been opened so far under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan

Yojana (PMJDY). The PMJDY was launched in

1) 2012

2) 2013

3) 2014

4) 2015

5) 2016

47. In Congo, the number of confirmed Ebola cases is increasing every day. The capital of Congo is

1) Kinshasa

2) Tirana

3) Nassau

4) Yerevan

5) Bogota

48. Upendra Kushwaha is the Minister of State in which of the following ministries in the present govt?

1) Home Affairs

2) External Affairs

3) Information and Broadcasting

4) Health

5) HRD

49. The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) will provide financial support to Common Service

Centres that act as access points for delivery of electronic services. The SIDBI is headquartered at

1) Patna

2) Lucknow

3) Jaipur

4) Bhopal

5) Hyderabad

50. What is India’s ranking among 195 countries in terms of quality and accessibility of healthcare according to a

Lancet study?

1) 48th

2) 71st

3) 134th

4) 145th

5) 149th

51. Who among the following was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka recently?

1) HD Deve Gowda

2) HD Kumaraswamy

3) DK Shivakumar

4) Siddaramaiah

5) G Parameshwara

52. Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, visited India recently. The capital of the Netherlands is

1) Helsinki

2) Copenhagen

3) Oslo

4) Amsterdam

5) Willington





53. India launched a complaint against which country recently with the World Trade Organization, WTO to challenge

that country’s tariffs on Steel and Aluminium?

1) China

2) Japan

3) US

4) South Korea

5) UK

54. The US recently withdrew its invitation to which country to participate in the biennial maritime exercise called,

Rim of the Pacific or RIMPAC?

1) China

2) Russia

3) North Korea

4) India

5) Iran

55. AB de Villiers has retired from all forms of international cricket with immediate effect. He has been playing for

1) New Zealand

2) West Indies

3) England

4) Australia

5) South Africa

56. India’s Ankita Raina is associated with which of the following games?

1) Tennis

2) Squash

3) Badminton

4) Shooting

5) Boxing

57. Manika Batra plays which of the following games? She is a Commonwealth gold medal winner.

1) Archery

2) Discuss throw

3) Javelin

4) Table tennis

5) Fencing

58. The World Bee Day is observed every year on

1) 02 May

2) 12 May

3) 20 May

4) 24 May

5) 31 May

59. As announced by the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the family of a paramilitary soldier who dies in action

will be given a minimum compensation of

1) Rs 25 lakh

2) Rs 50 lakh

3) Rs 75 lakh

4) Rs 90 lakh

5) Rs 1 cr

60. Who among the following has won the Man Booker International Prize 2018?

1) Jenny Erpenbeck (Go, Went, Gone)

2) Olga Tokarczuk (Flights)

3) Virginie Despentes (Vernon Subutex 1)





4) Javier Cercas (The Impostor)

5) Laurent Binet (The 7th Function of Language)

61. In which of the following states at least 9 people were killed during violent protests demanding closure of a

Vedanta’s Sterlite plant over pollution concerns?

1) Karnataka

2) Kerala

3) Odisha

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Andhra Pradesh

62. Who among the following won the 2018 Italian Open tennis tournament recently?

1) Alexander Zverev

2) Rafael Nadal

3) Kei Nishikori

4) Andy Murray

5) Novak Djokovic

63. An outbreak of Nipah virus was reported in which of the following states recently which has so far killed 10

people?

1) Kerala

2) Jharkhand

3) Assam

4) Himachal Pradesh

5) Goa

64. Nicolas Maduro was re-elected for another six year term in the recent Presidential election in

1) Cambodia

2) Nigeria

3) Venezuela

4) Chile

5) Peru

65. Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes inaugurated his country’s Israel embassy in Jerusalem recently. The capital

of Paraguay is

1) Tegucigalpa

2) Bucharest

3) Dodoma

4) Montevideo

5) Asuncion

66. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited which of the following countries recently to held informal summit with the

President of that country in Sochi?

1) Japan

2) Mongolia

3) South Korea

4) Russia

5) Israel

67. Film Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, was awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival. This is a

1) Korean film

2) Japanese film

3) Mongolian film

4) Spanish film

5) Turkish film





68. Which of the following public sector banks has reported whopping Rs 77.18 bn loss in its fourth quarter of FY18?

1) Dena Bank

2) Canara Bank

3) Corporation Bank

4) Punjab National Bank

5) State Bank of India

69. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, went on a four-day visit to which country recently?

1) Israel

2) Sweden

3) France

4) Germany

5) Vietnam

70. The 71st World Health Assembly was held recently in

1) London

2) New York

3) Geneva

4) Paris

5) The Hague

71. Anil Kumar Jha has been appointed as the chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of

1) Nalco

2) Indian Oil

3) Coal India

4) BHEL

5) OFB

72. Who among the following won the European Golden Shoe for the fifth time recently?

1) Cristiano Ronaldo

2) Harry Kane

3) Mohamed Salah

4) Lionel Messi

5) Neymar

73. The govt approved the signing of MoU between India and Colombia on establishing cooperation on Traditional

Systems of Medicine of India. The capital city of Colombia is

1) Bogota

2) Baku

3) Manama

4) Yerevan

5) Nassau

74. The RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 5 cr on which bank for non-compliance with its directions on Income

Recognition and Asset Classification (IRAC) norms, Know Your Customer (KYC) norms and treasury function?

1) Federal Bank

2) South Indian Bank

3) RBL Bank

4) YES Bank

5) IndusInd Bank

75. The MoU between India and Equatorial Guinea for cooperation in the field of traditional systems of medicine was

approved by the govt. The currency of Equatorial Guinea is

1) US Dollar

2) Pound

3) Peso





4) Krona

5) Central African CFA franc

76. The Uber Cup is associated with which of the following games? The 27th edition of the game was held recently.

1) Tennis

2) Cricket

3) Football

4) Hockey

5) Badminton

77. Which of the following countries recently unveiled world's first floating nuclear power station?

1) Russia

2) Japan

3) China

4) US

5) UAE

78. The govt has approved the establishment of National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation (NIMHR) at

1) Patna

2) Jaipur

3) Bhopal

4) Bengaluru

5) Chennai

79. The govt has approved the setting up of a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) with a provision of

funds worth Rs 1103 cr in

1) Raipur

2) Gangtok

3) Kochi

4) Deoghar

5) Indore

80. The Shirui lily is a unique species of land-lily which is the State Flower of

1) Sikkim

2) Manipur

3) Odisha

4) Assam

5) Karnataka

81. According to the AfrAsia Bank Global Wealth Migration Review, the US is the wealthiest country in the world

and India’s position in this regard with a total wealth of 8,230 bn US dollars is

1) Third

2) Fourth

3) Fifth

4) Sixth

5) Seventh

82. A Delhi court recently sentenced who among the following former diplomats to three years in jail for passing on

sensitive information to Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI?

1) Gautam Bambawale

2) TCA Raghavan

3) Madhuri Gupta

4) Sharat Sabharwal

5) Devyani Khobragade





83. Ethiopia has said that more than 1,000 of its citizens will be released from detention centres in which country after

a request by new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed?

1) UAE

2) Iraq

3) Iran

4) Qatar

5) Saudi Arabia

84. Britain's Prince Harry got married with who among the following US actresses in London recently?

1) Megan Fox

2) Emma Watson

3) Charlize Theron

4) Cate Blanchett

5) Meghan Markle

85. A Cuban-operated airliner with at least 110 people aboard crashed and burned after takeoff recently. The capital

city of Cuba is

1) Budapest

2) Havana

3) Hawaii

4) Caracas

5) Santiago

86. Which of the following banks would be able to realise around Rs 1,993 cr from the first successful National

Company Law Tribunal resolution concerning Bhushan Steel?

1) Dena Bank

2) UCO Bank

3) Bank of India

4) Indian Bank

5) Bank of Baroda

87. _______ has approved a $220-mn loan and an $80-mn guarantee for the India Energy Efficiency Scale-Up

Program.

1) ADB

2) AIIB

3) IMF

4) Bank of Japan

5) World Bank

88. The US Senate approved who among the following as the CIA's first female director recently?

1) Gina Haspel

2) Heather Higginbottom

3) Kathryn Ruemmler

4) Avril Haines

5) Lisa Monaco

89. _________ has bagged the S&P Global Platts Global Metals Award 2018 in the corporate social responsibility

category.

1) Coal India

2) JSW

3) Essar Steel

4) NMDC

5) Nalco

90. The Indian women's Hockey team failed to defend its crown at the fifth Asian Champions Trophy recently, as it

lost in the summit clash to





1) Japan

2) South Korea

3) Malaysia

4) Philippines

5) China

91. The World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is observed every year on

1) 03 May

2) 07 May

3) 17 May

4) 27 May

5) 31 May

92. Uttam Pacharne has been appointed as the chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi. He is a/an

1) cartoonist

2) sand artist

3) poet

4) sculptor

5) architect

93. Mark Rutte is soon to visit India with an aim to boost the economic and political cooperation between the two

countries. He is the present Prime Minister of

1) Netherlands

2) Denmark

3) Norway

4) Finland

5) Colombia

94. The ‘Green Good Deeds’ has found acceptance by the global community. The movement has been launched by Dr

Harsh Vardhan who holds

1) Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry

2) Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry

3) Health and Family Welfare Ministry

4) Chemicals and Fertilizers Ministry

5) Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry

95. Which of the following firms recently bagged Bhushan Steel in a Rs 35,200-cr bid?

1) JSW

2) Vedanta

3) Adani Group

4) Mittal Sttel

5) Tata Steel

96. For the first time, an international rail coach expo was held recently in

1) Chennai

2) Mumbai

3) Hyderabad

4) Varanasi

5) Gonda

97. Which city now has India's first railway station run by solar power?

1) Patna

2) Gorakhpur

3) Guwahati

4) Varanasi

5) Indore





98. An MoU was signed between India and Suriname recently for cooperation in the field of electoral management

and administration. The currency of Suriname is

1) Pound

2) Dollar

3) Peso

4) Rupee

5) Taka

99. India's economy is projected to grow at what per cent in fiscal year 2018-19, according to a recent UN report?

1) 7.2 per cent

2) 7.4 per cent

3) 7.6 per cent

4) 7.8 per cent

5) 7.9 per cent

100. The Union Cabinet has approved MoU signed between India and Morocco in the legal field. The capital of

Morocco is

1) Rabat

2) Baku

3) Nassau

4) Yerevan

5) Bogota

101. PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Zojila Tunnel in which of the following states recently?

1) Himachal Pradesh

2) Rajasthan

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Karnataka

5) Jammu and Kashmir

102. ECG Sudarshan passed away at 86 recently. He was an eminent Indian-American

1) physicist

2) biologist

3) chemist

4) economist

5) columnist

103. The Union Environment Ministry has launched Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) that aims to train

over 5.5 lakh workers in environment and forest sectors by

1) 2019

2) 2020

3) 2021

4) 2022

5) 2023

104. The Minister of State for External Affairs General VK Singh visited which of the following countries recently? It

was the first high-level visit from India in 20 years.

1) Cambodia

2) Venezuela

3) Chile

4) North Korea

5) Mongolia

105. The UN General Assembly President has lauded India's contribution and commitment to UN peacekeeping

operations. The present President of the UNGA is





1) Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

2) Miroslav Lajcak

3) Jorge Sampaio

4) Ban Ki-moon

5) Antonio Guterres

106. The Thomas Cup is associated with which of the following games? The tournament started in Thailand recently.

1) Tennis

2) Badminton

3) Hockey

4) Cricket

5) Squash

107. Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts

recently?

1) Allahabad High Court

2) Delhi High Court

3) Patna High Court

4) Manipur High Court

5) Madras High Court

108. The GLOBSEC 2018 Bratislava Forum meet was held recently in Slovakia. The capital of Slovakia is

1) Vienna

2) Budapest

3) Oslo

4) Copenhagen

5) Bratislava

109. Which of the following has become the second country to announce to open its embassy in Jerusalem in Israel?

1) Guatemala

2) Paraguay

3) Honduras

4) Chad

5) Niger

110. Which state govt will spend Rs 25 cr on renovating and developing the historic British Raj ‘Bantony Castle

Estate’ as a major tourist attraction?

1) Rajasthan

2) Gujarat

3) Himachal Pradesh

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Bihar

111. The Union Cabinet approved the MoU between the India and Swaziland on cooperation in the field of Health and

Medicine recently. The capita of Swaziland is

1) Mbabane

2) Bogota

3) Manama

4) Baku

5) Caracas

112. The Union Minister Smriti Irani reviewed the progress of the ‘Samarth’ scheme at a meeting of the stakeholders

on the scheme recently. The scheme is associated with

1) IT Sector

2) Fisheries Sector

3) Dairy Sector





4) Textile Sector

5) Women Self-help Groups

113. Which of the following banks launched ‘Agenda 25X25’ recently to create a synergetic start-up environment for

budding women entrepreneurs in India?

1) Federal Bank

2) YES Bank

3) IndusInd Bank

4) Bandhan Bank

5) Axis Bank

114. The Union Cabinet has unveiled a comprehensive biofuels policy which allows farmers to divert excess crop

produce for biofuels production. The policy sets aside what amount to help establish second-generation (2G) ethanol

refineries?

1) Rs 2,000 cr

2) Rs 2,500 cr

3) Rs 5,000 cr

4) Rs 7,000 cr

5) Rs 10,000 cr

115. Who among the following won the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix F1 championship recently?

1) Max Verstappen

2) Valtteri Bottas

3) Sebastian Vettel

4) Nico Rosberg

5) Lewis Hamilton

116. Indian team won the Under-16 football tournament held in Serbia recently. India defeated which of the following

teams?

1) Tajikistan

2) Serbia

3) Jordan

4) Kazakhstan

5) Uzbekistan

117. The India Meteorological Department recently issued an advisory to Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa,

Maharashtra and the Lakshadweep archipelago over cyclonic storm

1) Laher

2) Sagar

3) Tarang

4) Tandav

5) Ugra

118. The European Commission took which of the following European Union countries to court over air pollution?

1) Romania

2) Hungary

3) Italy

4) UK

5) All of these

119. Which country is considering giving India access to a deep sea port in Sabang, including to its naval vessels? PM

Narendra Modi is to visit this country shortly.

1) Venezuela

2) Myanmar

3) Philippines

4) Indonesia





5) Cambodia

120. Volcano Mount Kilauea erupted recently. It is situated in which of the following countries?

1) Japan

2) Russia

3) US

4) Italy

5) Indonesia

121. The Union Cabinet has approved signing and ratification of pact between India and Brunei Darussalam with

regard to Taxes. The capital of Brunei Darussalam is

1) Naypyidaw

2) Phnom Penh

3) Caracas

4) Ulaanbaatar

5) Bandar Seri Begawan

122. _______ has been ranked first in India's cleanest cities survey ‘Swachh Survekshan-2018’.

1) Chandigarh

2) Bhopal

3) Indore

4) Bengaluru

5) Mysore

123. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved an initial corpus of what amount for Micro

Irrigation Fund (MIF) with NABARD under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana?

1) Rs 2000 cr

2) Rs 5000 cr

3) Rs 8000 cr

4) Rs 10,000 cr

5) Rs 12,000 cr

124. The RBI has placed lending and deposit curbs on Allahabad Bank. The bank is headquartered in

1) Chennai

2) Lucknow

3) Allahabad

4) Kolkata

5) New Delhi

125. _______ has set up India Trade Connect, a blockchain-based trade network in India, in partnership with seven

banks.

1) Infosys

2) TCS

3) Wipro

4) HCL

5) Tech Mahindra

126. The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000 on Universal Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd with

respect to violations on loans and advances. The bank is based in

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Telangana

4) Jharkhand

5) Odisha

127. The department of telecommunications (DoT) has approved the merger of Bharti Airtel and





1) Idea Cellular

2) Reliance Communication

3) Aircel India

4) Telenor India

5) MTS

128. Free banking services are likely to remain out of the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Which of the

following is a free service offered by the banks?

1) Cheque book issuance

2) ATM withdrawals

3) Demand Draft issuance

4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 2)

129. The govt approved enhancement of budget for Network For Spectrum (NFS) project by what amount for laying

alternative communication network for Defence Services?

1) Rs 7,000 cr

2) Rs 9,250 cr

3) Rs 10,330 cr

4) Rs 11,330 cr

5) Rs 12,110 cr

130. ________ will serve a second two-year term as the independent chairman of the International Cricket Council

after he was elected unopposed recently.

1) Shashank Manohar

2) Ajay Shirke

3) Dave Richardson

4) N Srinivasan

5) Anurag Thakur

131. India released grant of Rs 18.07 cr to which country recently for river training and construction of embankments

along Lalbakeya, Bagmati and Kamla rivers?

1) Bhutan

2) Bangladesh

3) Nepal

4) Pakistan

5) Myanmar

132. Which public sector bank posted its highest-ever quarterly net loss of Rs 134 bn in the last quarter of 2017-18,

owing to the fraudulent loans worth Rs 143 bn?

1) SBI

2) PNB

3) Dena Bank

4) UCO Bank

5) Canara Bank

133. What was India's trade deficit for the fiscal year 2017-18 ending in Mar 2018?

1) $125.2 billion

2) $136.6 billion

3) $145.5 billion

4) $156.8 billion

5) $165.4 billion

134. Which of the following public sector banks divested its MD and CEO Usha Ananthasubramanian of all powers

recently?

1) Allahabad Bank





2) PNB

3) UCO Bank

4) Dena Bank

5) Corporation Bank

135. Which of the following IIMs has launched a Bharat Inclusion Initiative to build knowledge and foster innovation

and entrepreneurial activity across areas such as financial inclusion, livelihood, education and health?

1) IIM-Lucknow

2) IIM-Kolkata

3) IIM-Raipur

4) IIM-Bangalore

5) IIM-Ahmedabad

136. Atal Pension Yojana has added over 1 crore subscribers since its launch in May

1) 2014

2) 2015

3) 2016

4) 2017

5) 2018

137. Inflation based on wholesale prices touched a four-month high of _______ in Apr 2018.

1) 2.81 per cent

2) 3.12 per cent

3) 3.18 per cent

4) 3.44 per cent

5) 3.82 per cent

138. The International Day of Families is observed every year on

1) 05 May

2) 15 May

3) 20 May

4) 25 May

5) 31 May

139. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that air pollution still kills about _______ people each year,

almost all of them in poor countries in Asia and Africa

1) 02 mn

2) 03 mn

3) 05 mn

4) 07 mn

5) 09 mn

140. The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a plan called 'REPLACE' to eliminate industrially-

produced artificial trans fats from the global food supply by

1) 2020

2) 2021

3) 2022

4) 2023

5) 2024

141. Which of the following banks recently filed a lawsuit against fugitive fraudster Nirav Modi in a Hong Kong court

for the recovery of the debt to the tune of USD 6.25 mn?

1) Indian Bank

2) Allahabad Bank

3) Corporation Bank

4) Bank of India





5) IDBI Bank

142. Who among the following has been made Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting (Independent

Charge) in the recent cabinet reshuffle?

1) Rajyavardhan Rathore

2) SS Ahluwalia

3) Smriti Irani

4) Piyush Goyal

5) Alphons Kannanthanam

143. The credit rating agency Fitch has said that India's economic growth will accelerate to ________ in the current

financial year.

1) 7.1 per cent

2) 7.3 per cent

3) 7.5 per cent

4) 7.7 per cent

5) 7.9 per cent

144. Who among the following won the women’s singles title of the Madrid Open 2018?

1) Simona Halep

2) Maria Sharapova

3) Caroline Wozniacki

4) Kiki Bertens

5) Petra Kvitova

145. India’s Heena Sidhu is associated with which of the following games? She clinched a gold medal in the

International Competitions of Hannover, Germany recently.

1) Boxing

2) Weightlifting

3) Shooting

4) Squash

5) Tennis

146. Who among the following has been assigned the portfolio of Ministry of State in the Ministry of Electronics &

Information Technology in the recent cabinet reshuffle?

1) SS Ahluwalia

2) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

3) Smriti Irani

4) Piyush Goyal

5) Alphons Kannanthanam

147. Shinmoedake volcano erupted recently in which of the following countries?

1) Italy

2) Japan

3) Philippines

4) Indonesia

5) Cambodia

148. PM Narendra Modi will visit which of the following countries (on 21 May) for an informal Summit with the

President of the country?

1) Mongolia

2) Iran

3) South Korea

4) Russia

5) Israel





149. The ICBC of which of the following countries recently launched its first India-dedicated publicly offered

investment fund?

1) Japan

2) France

3) China

4) Russia

5) UK

150. Which of the following countries opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem recently?

1) France

2) China

3) Germany

4) Japan

5) US

151. Army Chief General Bipin Rawat visited which of the following countries on a five-day visit recently?

1) Bangladesh

2) Sri Lanka

3) Afghanistan

4) Bhutan

5) Myanmar

152. Balboa is the currency of which of the following countries?

1) Panama

2) Guatemala

3) Peru

4) Ghana

5) Belize

153. The govt has decided to come out with a new index PPI for 10 services, including telecom and railways on

experimental basis. The term PPI means

1) Purchasing Price Index

2) Production Price Index

3) Performance Price Index

4) Producers Price Index

5) None of these

154. Who among the following was declared the richest person of the UK in the Sunday Times Rich List for 2018?

1) Len Blavatnik

2) Alisher Usmanov

3) Jim Ratcliffe

4) Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja

5) Lakshmi Mittal

155. Federal Bank has approved 26 per cent strategic investment by True North in its wholly-owned subsidiary

FedFina. The bank is headquartered in

1) Chennai

2) Manipal

3) Hyderabad

4) Vishakhapatnam

5) Kochi

156. The RBI put which of the following banks under Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) recently? The bank is

headquartered in Mumbai.

1) PNB

2) UCO Bank





3) Dena Bank

4) Corporation Bank

5) Syndicate Bank

157. The Commerce and Industry Ministry has started the exercise to revise base year for the computation of

wholesale inflation to

1) 2012-13

2) 2013-14

3) 2014-15

4) 2016-17

5) 2017-18

158. Which country launched its second aircraft carrier for sea trial recently? It has also developed a new jet fighter

called A J-15 fighter to operate its carriers.

1) Japan

2) France

3) UK

4) China

5) North Korea

159. The Army has finalised a mega project under which a range of ammunition for its critical weapons and tanks will

be produced indigenously. The size of the project is

1) Rs 100 bn

2) Rs 150 bn

3) Rs 180 bn

4) Rs 200 bn

5) Rs 220 bn

160. The International Nurses Day is observed every year on

1) 02 May

2) 12 May

3) 22 May

4) 28 May

5) 31 May

161. The National Technology Day is observed every year on

1) 01 May

2) 11 May

3) 21 May

4) 25 May

5) 31 May

162. Achieving a historic feat, the Indian tea industry recorded the highest ever production during financial year 2017-

18 of

1) 925 mn kg

2) 1,032.05 mn kg

3) 1,125 mn kg

4) 1,232.05 mn kg

5) 1,325.05 mn kg

163. Which of the following firms purchased leading Pakistani online retailer ‘Daraz’ recently?

1) Alibaba

2) Amazon

3) Walmart

4) Flipkart

5) Tencent





164. Who among the following is the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism presently? He attended the

Tourism Ministers’ conference by Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Wuhan, China recently.

1) Narendra Singh Tomar

2) Anant Geete

3) Ashok Gajapathi Raju

4) KJ Alphons

5) Jagat Prakash Nadda

165. Ram Nath Kovind has become the second President to visit Siachen. Who among the following was the first

President to visit Siachen?

1) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

2) KR Narayanan

3) APJ Abdul Kalam

4) Pratibha Patil

5) Pranab Mukherjee

166. Gujarat has signed an MoU with which of the following countries for the centenary celebrations to mark

independence of that country in Delhi?

1) Poland

2) Australia

3) Canada

4) Russia

5) Belarus

167. In which state, Chief Minister Pema Khandu inaugurated the state’s biggest solar power plant at Energy

Awareness Park in Itanagar recently?

1) Nagaland

2) Mizoram

3) Sikkim

4) Meghalaya


168. The month-long massive military exercise “Vijay Prahar” was conducted by the Indian Army is association with

Indian Air Force recently in

1) Madhya Pradesh

2) Rajasthan


4) Jammu and Kashmir

5) Tamil Nadu

169. The Birsa Zoological Park is located in which of the following states?

1) Chhattisgarh

2) Odisha

3) Jharkhand

4) West Bengal

5) Uttarakhand

170. Who among the following was honoured with the 11th KISS Humanitarian Award 2018 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha

recently?

1) Raghuram Rajan

2) Debraj Ray

3) Amartya Sen

4) Muhammad Yunus

5) Jagdish Bhagwati





171. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that India’s growth rate will rise to ______ in 2019.

1) 7.1 per cent

2) 7.3 per cent

3) 7.4 per cent

4) 7.6 per cent

5) 7.8 per cent

172. PM Narendra Modi visited Nepal on a two day state visit recently. What is the currency of Nepal?

1) Rupee

2) Rufiyaa

3) Rupiah

4) Rand

5) Baht

173. Dena Bank’s net loss widened to Rs 1,225 cr in the fourth quarter ended Mar 31, 2018. The bank is

headquartered in

1) Chennai

2) Bengaluru

3) Mumbai

4) Hyderabad

5) New Delhi

174. India and which of the following countries recently held warfare training exercise called “Ekatha”?

1) Mauritius

2) Maldives

3) Sri Lanka

4) Bangladesh

5) Nepal

175. The monetary threshold for public sector banks to report frauds to CBI has been revised. Now, frauds of

minimum ________ have to be reported to CBI's Anti-Corruption Branch.

1) Rs 25 mn

2) Rs 30 mn

3) Rs 50 mn

4) Rs 80 mn

5) Rs 100 mn

176. Industrial growth measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew by what per cent in Mar 2018?

1) 3.4 per cent

2) 3.9 per cent

3) 4.4 per cent

4) 4.8 per cent

5) 5.4 per cent

177. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority fined Barclays Chief Executive

Jes Staley for breaching conduct rules recently. Both are the regulators of

1) UK

2) Singapore

3) Switzerland

4) Franc

5) US

178. Which of the following states has paid farmers to meet input costs by giving them Rs 4,000 each for every acre as

part of its ‘Rythu Bandhu’ scheme?

1) Andhra Pradesh

2) Tamil Nadu





3) Karnataka

4) Odisha

5) Telangana

179. Which of the following banks is rolling a project with farmers in Haryana and Rajasthan under its ‘Livelihood

and Water Security’ CSR initiative?

1) Federal Bank

2) RBL Bank

3) IndusInd Bank

4) YES Bank

5) Kotak Mahindra Bank

180. The govt recently approved raising the investment limit under the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana

(PMVVY) from Rs 7.5 lakh to

1) Rs 20 lakh

2) Rs 15 lakh

3) Rs 12 lakh

4) Rs 10 lakh

5) Rs 9 lakh

181. The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) in consultation with the Centre has drawn up a relief policy for

rape and acid attack victims offering minimum amounts respectively of

1) Rs 1 lakh and Rs 2 lakh





182. The 92 years old Mahathir Mohamad has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of which of the following

countries?

1) Malaysia

2) Indonesia

3) Vietnam

4) Nigeria

5) Bangladesh

183. The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited which of the following countries recently and met President

U Win Myint in the capital Nay Pyi Taw?

1) Vietnam

2) Philippines

3) Myanmar

4) Thailand

5) Cambodia

184. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu visited Peru recently. The capital of Peru is

1) Manama

2) Rabat

3) Nassau

4) Yerevan

5) Lima

185. The International Monetary Fund, IMF has reaffirmed that India will be the fastest-growing major economy in

2018, with a growth rate of

1) 7.1 per cent

2) 7.4 per cent

3) 7.6 per cent





4) 7.7 per cent

5) 7.8 per cent

186. B Sai Praneeth is associated with which of the following games?

1) Tennis

2) Badminton

3) Snooker

4) Table tennis

5) Squash

187. Which state govt has launched the country's first Integrated Control and Command Centre (ICCC) for all seven

smart cities of the state in its capital?

1) Rajasthan

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Bihar

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Andhra Pradesh

188. The 15th Asia Media Summit (AMS) was held recently in

1) Dhaka

2) Islamabad

3) Colombo

4) Kathmandu

5) New Delhi

189. Which country recently successfully launched a hyperspectral imaging satellite 'Gaofen-5' for comprehensive

observation of the atmosphere, including air pollution?

1) China

2) Japan

3) South Korea

4) Saudi Arabia

5) Vietnam

190. What is India’s ranking on Global Optimism Index released as part of Grant Thornton’s International Business

Report (IBR) in the first quarter of 2018?

1) Second

2) Third

3) Fourth

4) Fifth

5) Sixth

191. The 15th Finance Commission has constituted an advisory council to advise and assist the commission. The

Council will be headed by

1) Arvind Virmani

2) Arvind Mehta

3) Ramesh Chand

4) Ashok Lahiri

5) Anoop Singh

192. PM Narendra Modi has been included among the 10 most powerful people in the world in US magazine Forbes'

2018 list. His position in the list is

1) Tenth

2) Ninth

3) Eighth

4) Seventh

5) Sixth





193. Who among the following has been ranked on the top as the most powerful person in the world in US magazine

Forbes' 2018 list?

1) Tim Cook

2) Theresa May

3) Bladimir Putin

4) Donald Trump

5) Xi Jinping

194. The US President Donald Trump has scrapped the Iran nuclear deal which was signed between five permanent

members of US Security Council as well as Germany and Iran in

1) 2012

2) 2013

3) 2015

4) 2016

5) 2017

195. India's largest e-commerce company Flipkart recently agreed to sell 77 per cent stake to which of the following

firms for $16 bn?

1) Walmart

2) Hathway

3) Nesper

4) Walmart

5) Softbank

196. Carlos Alvarado was sworn in as the new president of which of the following countries recently?

1) Colombia

2) El Salvador

3) Nicaragua

4) Honduras

5) Costa Rica

197. The parliament of which of the following countries has elected Nikol Pashinyan as the new Prime Minister?

1) Armenia

2) Estonia

3) Eretria

4) Chad

5) Peru

198. Which of the following firms and NASA have announced teaming up to develop electric flying cars?

1) Ola

2) Uber

3) Curb

4) Lyft

5) Hailo

199. There are currently four mints in the country where coins are minted. Which of the following is NOT one of

them?

1) Noida

2) Mumbai

3) Hyderabad

4) Kolkata

5) None of these

200. As announced by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, a climate summit will take place in Sep 2019 in

which city to review the Paris Agreement commitments?





1) London

2) Madrid

3) New York

4) New Delhi

5) Tokyo

201. Cochlear Implant is a modern technology to help young children who have severe to profound

1) deafness

2) blindness

3) hair loss

4) blood related disorder

5) kidney issue

202. Which of the following countries has topped the inaugural Asia Power Index by The Lowy Institute, an

Australian think tank?

1) India

2) China

3) US

4) Japan

5) South Korea

203. Jafeth Cabrera Franco is the present vice president of which of the following African countries? Vice President M

Venkaiah Naidu visited the country recently.

1) Ghana

2) Estonia

3) Swaziland

4) Peru

5) Guatemala

204. The President Donald Trump recently announced withdrawal from the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with

1) North Korea

2) Vietnam

3) Saudi Arabia

4) Iran

5) Russia

205. Which of the following has been the largest group of H-1B beneficiaries in the US in the 12-month period ending

Sep 30, 2017?

1) Chinese

2) Indians

3) Philippines

4) Russians

5) Indonesians

206. NITI Aayog and which of the following firms have come together to work on a range of initiatives to help build

the AI ecosystem across the country?

1) Microsoft

2) Google

3) IBM

4) TCS

5) Infosys

207. Which of the following countries recently dropped out of a race for a Security Council seat in 2019 and 2020

following a campaign by Arab states?

1) Turkey

2) Egypt





3) Belgium

4) Israel

5) Germany

208. The third edition of the United Nations Peacekeeping Course for African Partners (UNPCAP) was held recently

in

1) Dhaka

2) Colombo

3) Islamabad

4) Male

5) New Delhi

209. What is India’s ranking out of 25 nations in the Asia-Pacific region on Asia Power Index by The Lowy Institute,

an Australian think tank?

1) Second

2) Third

3) Fourth

4) Fifth

5) Sixth

210. The Space Applications Centre (SAC), one of the major centres of the Indian Space Research Organisation

(ISRO), is situated in

1) Bengaluru

2) Hyderabad

3) Kochi

4) Noida

5) Ahmedabad

211. Which of the following countries finished on top in the South Asian Junior Athletics Championships in

Colombo?

1) India

2) Sri Lanka

3) Pakistan

4) Bangladesh

5) Maldives

212. The US Vice President Mike Pence has urged the Organization of American States (OAS) to suspend

Venezuela’s membership. The capital of Venezuela is

1) Georgetown

2) Bogota

3) Caracas

4) Maputo

5) Nassau

213. India has signed a pact of 200-mn dollar loan with which of the following for the National Nutrition Mission

(POSHAN Abhiyaan) for 315 districts in the country?

1) Unicef

2) IMF

3) ADB

4) NDB

5) World Bank

214. India and Guatemala have signed an agreement to boost cooperation in education sector. The currency of

Guatemala is

1) Rand

2) Peso





3) Shekel

4) Quetzal

5) Baht

215. PM Narendra Modi recently reviewed preparations for launch of Health Assurance programme under Ayushman

Bharat. Which of the following is NOT correct about the scheme?

1) Its mission is to create a network of 1.5 lakh Health and Wellness Centres.

2) The first Health and Wellness Centre was launched in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh.

3) It aims at providing insurance cover to 40 per cent of India’s population.

4) The Scheme has the benefit cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year.

5) None of these

216. Arun Date passed away recently. He was a leading ______ singer.

1) Marathi

2) Punjabi

3) Bengali

4) Assamese

5) Malayalam

217. Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for a fourth term as Russian president. Who is the present Prime Minister of

Russia?

1) Steven Seagal

2) Dmitry Medvedev

3) Petro Poroshenko

4) Dmitry Peskov

5) Sergey Lavrov

218. Who among the following is the Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment in the present govt?

1) Avtar Singh Bhadana

2) Rao Inderjit Singh

3) Thawar Chand Gehlot

4) Krishan Pal Gurjar

5) Harsimrat Kaur Badal

219. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) recently notified the protocol amending the Double Taxation

Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and

1) Iran

2) Saudi Arabia

3) Kuwait

4) Bangladesh

5) Maldives

220. Rashid Kutbiddinovitch Alimov visited New Delhi recently. He is the present Secretary General of

1) ASEAN

2) SAARC

3) OIC

4) BIMSTEC

5) SCO

221. At the recent meeting of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Dhaka, Bangladesh made a call to induct

which of the following countries as observer to the OIC?

1) Sri Lanka

2) Nepal

3) India

4) US

5) Russia





222. The US space agency Nasa sent a mission called InSight (Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations,

Geodesy and Heat Transport) to which of the following planets recently?

1) Jupiter

2) Saturn

3) Mercury

4) Venus

5) Mars

223. The RBI has asked banks authorised to deal in foreign exchange (Authorised Dealer-I Banks) to share data with

the DRI which means

1) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

2) Directorate of Resource Intelligence

3) Directorate of Revenue Initiatives

4) Directorate of Resource Integration

5) None of these

224. Who among the following won the 2018 Abu Dhabi Open squash title?

1) Omar Abdel Meguid

2) Ramit Tandon

3) Mahesh Mangaonkar

4) Cyrus Poncha

5) Ryosei Kobayashi

225. The Enforcement Directorate has registered a case of money laundering in connection with an alleged Rs 621-cr

loan fraud involving

1) Dena Bank

2) Bank of India

3) Canara Bank

4) UCO Bank

5) Corporation Bank

226. The quadrennial international football tournament 2018 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to take place from 14 Jun

to 15 Jul 2018 in

1) Russia

2) Spain

3) Argentina

4) France

5) England

227. Neeraj Chopra has been recommended for Khel Ratna award. He is associated with which of the following

games?

1) Shooting

2) Archery

3) Weightlifting

4) Boxing

5) Javelin throw

228. Who among the following is the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Secretary in the present govt?

1) Rajiv Gauba

2) Pradeep Kumar Sinha

3) Rajiv Mehrishi

4) Subhash Chandra Garg

5) Hasmukh Adhia





229. The US central bank Federal Reserve has kept interest rate unchanged. Who among the following is the present

chairman of the bank?

1) Stanley Fischer

2) William C Dudley

3) Jerome Powell

4) Daniel Tarullo

230. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will buy govt bonds worth up to Rs 10,000 cr on 17 May through OMO which

means

1) Out Market Operations

2) Open Market Operations

3) Open Market Observance

4) Open Market Option

5) None of these

231. The twelfth informal meeting of SAARC Finance Ministers was held recently in Manila, the capital of

1) Thailand

2) Myanmar

3) Vietnam

4) Philippines

5) Bhutan

232. The 4th Regional Conference on ‘Futuristic, Resilient and Digital Infrastructure’ was held recently in which of

the following cities?

1) Chennai

2) Bengaluru

3) Hyderabad

4) Mumbai

5) Gurugram

233. Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched 'Go to Village' mission in which of the following states recently?

1) Manipur

2) Mizoram

3) Nagaland

4) Tripura

5) Meghalaya

234. Which of the following Nobel prizes was cancelled for 2018 after sexual assault scandal?

1) Physics

2) Chemistry

3) Economics

4) Medicine and Physiology

5) Literature

235. Which of the following US states has now become world’s fifth largest economy?

1) Florida

2) Georgia

3) California

4) Massachusetts

5) Virginia

236. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu recently went on a five-day visit to South American nations of Guatemala,

Peru and

1) Panama

2) Honduras

3) Belize





4) El Salvador

5) Nicaragua

237. The World Tuna Day is observed every year on

1) 01 May

2) 02 May

3) 12 May

4) 22 May

5) 31 May

238. The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmednra Pradhan has said that govt has set a target of

providing gas connections to 80 lakh households by end of Dec 2018 in

1) Odisha

2) Jharkhand

3) Karnataka

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Gujarat

239. The polling to elect new parliament was held recently in Lebanon for the first time in nine years. The capital of

Lebanon is

1) Manama

2) Nassau

3) Baku

4) Yerevan

5) Beirut

240. The Asian Development Bank has said that India’s 7% projected growth rate is ‘amazingly fast’ and will double

economy in 10 years. The ADB has its headquarters in

1) Bangkok

2) Tokyo

3) Beijing

4) Manila

5) Caracas

241. The Human Resource Development Ministry has launched a major and unique initiative of online professional

development using the online courses platform

1) SANKALP

2) SAMADHAN

3) SWAYAM

4) SAATHI

5) SUGAM

242. The market regulator Sebi has tightened know your client norms for FPIs. The term FPI stands for

1) Fresh Portfolio Investors

2) Fragmented Portfolio Investors

3) Forward Portfolio Investors

4) Foreign Portfolio Investors

5) None of these

243. Radhakrishnan Nair was recently appointed as an independent director of which of the following banks?

1) ICICI Bank

2) HDFC Bank

3) Axis Bank

4) Federal Bank

5) RBL Bank





244. Justin Langer was recently named as the new head coach of the national cricket team of which of the following

countries?

1) New Zealand

2) Australia

3) South Africa

4) England

5) Sri Lanka

245. India’s position in the global military spending as per SIPRI?

1) Third

2) Fourth

3) Fifth

4) Sixth

5) Seventh

246. Which of the following has become the first state to provide digitally-signed land record receipts (also known as

7/12 receipts) in the country?

1) Maharashtra

2) Gujarat

3) Andhra Pradesh

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Karnataka

247. Which of the following countries has topped the AT Kearney Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index for

2018?

1) Singapore

2) UK

3) US

4) Japan

5) Indonesia

248. What was the theme of the World Press Freedom Day (3 May) observed recently?

1) Keeping Media in Check: Journalism, Justice and The Rule of Law

2) Keeping Rumour in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law

3) Keeping Favourism in Check: Media, Accountability and The Rule of Law

4) Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law

5) None of these

249. India’s manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to ______ in Apr 2018.

1) 49.4

2) 49.8

3) 50.5

4) 50.7

5) 51.6

250. The NITI Aayog and which of the following IT giants have signed a Statement of Intent to develop a crop yield

prediction model using Artificial Intelligence?

1) TCS

2) IBM

3) Infosys

4) Wipro

5) Microsoft

251. Fahad Fazil was given as the Best Supporting Actor award at the 65th National Film Awards for the movie

1) Dhappa

2) Baahubali-2





3) Irada

4) Thondimuthalum Drikshakshiyum

5) PK

252. Who among the following is the present Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation? He attended

India-South Africa business summit in Johannesburg, South Africa recently.

1) Nitin Gadkari

2) Suresh Prabhu

3) Piyush Goyal

4) Manohar Parrikar

5) Smriti Irani

253. The World Press Freedom Day is observed every year on

1) 03 May

2) 03 May

3) 13 May

4) 23 May

5) 31 May

254. The govt has identified four regional rural banks (RRBs) for listing on stock exchanges. How many RRBs are

there in the country at present?

1) 43

2) 48

3) 56

4) 64

5) 83

255. The number of transactions on the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) has crossed the Rs 100-cr mark within two

years. The UPI was launched by

1) NPCI

2) RBI

3) Nabard

4) SIDBI

5) IBA

256. Sunil Mehta is the present Managing Director and CEO of which of the following public sector banks?

1) SBI

2) Bank of Baroda

3) Dena Bank

4) UCO Bank

5) PNB

257. The RBI has clarified that FPIs can invest in treasury bills issued by the Central Govt. The term FPI means

1) Foreign Priority Investors

2) Foreign Participatory Investors

3) Foreign Portfolio Investors

4) Foreign Proportional Investors

5) None of these

258. Chandra Sekhar Ghosh has taken over as the Deputy Chairman of CII Eastern Region (ER). He is the Managing

Director and CEO of

1) Federal Bank

2) Bandhan Bank

3) IDFC Bank

4) IDBI Bank

5) RBL Bank





259. Who among the following is the new Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India

(IRDAI)?

1) Hemant Contractor

2) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

3) TS Vijayan

4) Subhash Chandra Khuntia

5) Ajay Tyagi

260. What is India’s position in the AT Kearney Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index for 2018?

1) 3rd

2) 8th

3) 11th

4) 15th

5) 18th

261. India has been ranked sixth with which of the following countries in the list of doping violations (with 69 cases)

according to the recent World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report?

1) Russia

2) China

3) Australia

4) Spain

5) Germany

262. The GOBAR - DHAN scheme was launched recently in Haryana. The term GOBAR means

1) Gathering Organic Bio-Agro Resources

2) Growing Organic Bio-Agro Resources

3) Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources

4) Generating Organic Bio-Agro Resources

5) None of these

263. What is the capital city of Nigeria? The terror group Boko Haram has been active in the country.

1) Yerevan

2) Nassau

3) Baku

4) Maputo

5) Abuja

264. Which of the following films was awarded as the Best Hindi Film at the 65th National Film Awards?

1) Irada

2) Newton

3) PK

4) Secret Superstar

5) Hindi Medium

265. Divya Dutta was awarded as the Best Supporting Actress award at the 65th National Film Awards for her role in

the Hindi feature film

1) Bhayanakam

2) Dhappa

3) Baahubali-2

4) Irada

5) Newton

266. The Union Cabinet has approved a plan to set up how many AIIMS in the country and upgrade 73 medical

colleges as part of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)?

1) 8





2) 10

3) 12

4) 16

5) 20

267. French President Emmanuel Macron has called for the creation of a new strategic alliance among France, India

and

1) China

2) Vietnam

3) Australia

4) Canada

5) US

268. Zulfadli Zulkiffli and Tan Chun Seang were barred by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) recently. Both of

them belong to

1) Japan

2) Malaysia

3) Singapore

4) South Korea

5) Vietnam

269. The noted economist Ashok Mitra passed away recently. He was the first Finance Minister in the Left Front govt

in

1) West Bengal

2) Tripura

3) Kerala

4) Odisha

5) Nagaland

270. Who among the following was honoured with 26th PC Chandra Puraskaar recently for her contribution in the

field of Indian music?

1) Sadhana Sargam

2) Alka Yagnik

3) Anuradha Paudwal

4) Asha Bhosle

5) Lata Mangeshkar

271. ________ and India have decided to prepare a detailed project report of the Pancheshwar multi-purpose dam

project which was conceived over 22 years ago.

1) Bhutan

2) China

3) Bangladesh

4) Pakistan

5) Nepal

272. The govt has released the draft of the new Telecom policy - National Digital Communications Policy, 2018. The

policy aims at creating how many new jobs by 2022?

1) 10 lakh

2) 20 lakh

3) 30 lakh

4) 40 lakh

5) 50 lakh

273. How many Indian cities have figured in a list of world's 20 most polluted cities in terms of particulate matter

PM2.5 levels in 2016?

1) 05





2) 09

3) 14

4) 16

5) 20

274. Gabon's govt resigned recently after the constitutional court dissolved the national Parliament. The capital city of

Gabon is

1) Libreville

2) Kinshasa

3) Maputo

4) Manama

5) Luanda

275. The Hockey India has named who among the following as chief coach of the Indian men's team?

1) Gagan Ajit Singh

2) Harendra Singh

3) Viren Rasquinha

4) Dilip Tirkey

5) Dhanraj Pillay

276. The National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) is situated in

1) Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

2) Surat, Gujarat

3) Karnal, Haryana

4) Patiala, Punjab

5) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

277. What is India’s ranking in the list of doping violations with 69 cases according to World Anti-Doping Agency

(WADA) report for samples collected in 2016?

1) Third

2) Fourth

3) Fifth

4) Sixth

5) Seventh

278. Which country has topped the list for doping violations according to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report

for samples collected in 2016?

1) Italy

2) France

3) United States

4) Australia

5) Belgium

279. Who among the following recently became the world number one shooter in the 10-metre air pistol category?

1) Zhu Qinan

2) Shahzar Rizvi

3) Jitu Rai

4) Gagan Narang

5) Abhinav Bindra

280. CA Bhavani Devi is associated with which of the following games? She won a silver medal in Reykjavik, Iceland

recently.

1) Javelin

2) Pole vault

3) Triple jump

4) Discuss throw





5) Fencing

281. Who among the following won the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix F1 championship?

1) Kimi Raikkonen

2) Fernando Alonso

3) Nico Rosberg

4) Sebastian Vettel

5) Lewis Hamilton

282. Sajid Javid has been appointed as Interior Minister (Home Secretary) of which of the following countries?

1) UK

2) New Zealand

3) Australia

4) Canada

5) Malaysia

283. Who among the following has been sworn in as the new Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir?

1) Devinder Kumar Manyal

2) Rajiv Jasrotia

3) Satpal Sharma

4) Kavinder Gupta

5) Nirmal Singh

284. Idris Hassan Latif passed away recently. He was the former chief of

1) Indian Air Force

2) Indian Navy

3) Indian Army

4) BSF

5) CRPF

285. The Airports Council International (ACI) has projected India as the second fastest growing country in the world

for air passenger traffic. The ACI has put which country at the top position in this regard?

1) China

2) Malaysia

3) Vietnam

4) Indonesia

5) Thailand

286. The troops of India and which country kick-started “Exercise Harimau Shakti 2018” in the latter’s capital city

recently?

1) Japan

2) Maldives

3) Vietnam

4) Malaysia

5) Philippines

287. President Ram Nath Kovind recently greeted people of Maharashtra and Gujarat on their statehood day which

falls on

1) 01 Apr

2) 10 Apr

3) 25 Apr

4) 30 Apr

5) 01 May

288. The United Nations Security Council members recently visited Rakhine state, the epicenter of the Rohingya

refugee crisis. The state is situated in





1) Bangladesh

2) Bhutan

3) Myanmar

4) Sri Lanka

5) Thailand

289. The International Labour Day is observed every year on 01 May. The theme of the 2018 ILD is

1) Uniting Workers for Social and Economic Advancement

2) Uniting Workers for Social and Economic Goals

3) Uniting Workers for Social and Economic Upliftment

4) Uniting Workers for Social and Economic Endeavour

5) None of these

290. The Dominican Republic has announced establishing diplomatic relations with China and breaking its diplomatic

ties with Taiwan. The capital of Dominican Republic is

1) Maputo

2) Santo Domingo

3) Port Luis

4) Port-au-Prince

5) San Juan

291. Who has been appointed as the first chief financial officer (CFO) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?


2) Anubrata Biswas

3) Sudha Balakrishnan

4) Pravin Agrawal

5) Anil Kumar Jha

292. The International Day of UN Peacekeepers is observed every year on

1) May 30

2) May 29

3) May 31

4) Jun 05

5) Jun 10

293. The union govt has rolled out an awareness campaign, ‘Gaj Yatra’ in which Indian state to protect elephants?

1) Meghalaya

2) Manipur

3) Nagaland

4) Assam

5) Sikkim

294. Which city will host the main event of the 4th International Yoga Day celebrations (IDY-2018)?

1) New Delhi

2) Gurugram

3) Bengaluru

4) Hyderabad

5) Dehradun

295. Which global consulting firm has entered into a strategic partnership with SmartConnect Technologies?

1) HCL AXON

2) Accenture

3) BCG

4) BMGI

5) None of these





296. Who has been appointed as the interim Prime Minister of Pakistan?

1) Shahid Khaqan

2) Khursheed Shah

3) Nasirul Mulk

4) Jawwad S. Khawaja

5) Shaukat Aziz

297. Who has recently been appointed as President of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)?

1) R K Agrawal

2) K M Enayetul Haque

3) D K Jain

4) Arvind Kapoor

5) Sangeeta Bahl

298. Which state govt has launched the ‘Prakritik Kheti Khushhaal Kisaan Yojana’ to enhance agricultural income?


2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Uttrakhand

4) Himachal Pradesh

5) Assam

299. India has recently signed a loan agreement for IBRD credit of USD 21.7 mn with World Bank for which state

project?

1) Haryana

2) Telangana

3) Maharashtra

4) Gujarat

5) Rajasthan

300. National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has established the second digital

collaborative opportunities plaza (SIDCOP) platform in which country?

1) France

2) China

3) Japan

4) Bangladesh

5) Myanmar

301. The union minister of state for Power, RK Singh has launched the web portal and an app to bring transparency in

power purchase transactions. The app is named as

1) SAANTI

2) SAMPAATI

3) PRAAPTI

4) SAMPARK

5) SURYA

302. World Elephant Day is observed every year on

1) Aug 10

2) Aug 11

3) Aug 12

4) Aug 13

5) Aug 14

303. The union ministry of women and child and development (MoWCD) has recently signed an MoU with which

state govt for the management of home of widows?

1) Madhya Pradesh

2) Uttar Pradesh






4) Kerala

5) Maharashtra

304. Which state has celebrated its statehood day on May 30?

1) Jharkhand

2) Manipur

3) Uttrakhand

4) Rajasthan

5) Goa

305. Who won international award in the best caricature category at the 13th edition of the World Press Cartoon

awards 2018?

1) Peter Nieuwendijk

2) Hicabi Demirci

3) Silvano Mello

4) Thomas Antony

5) Marilena Nardi

306. According to the Moody's Investors Service report, India's GDP growth is projected at what per cent in 2018?

1) 7.3%

2) 7.5%

3) 7.6%

4) 7.8%

5) 7.9%

307. Paraguay has recently got the first interim woman President, Alicia Pucheta. The currency of Paraguay is

1) Real

2) Forint

3) Guarani

4) Colon

5) Kronur

308. Who has recently been appointed as the new Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA)?

1) Shivshankar Menon

2) Pankaj Saran

3) MK Narayanan

4) Rajinder Khanna

5) None of these

309. Which global giant has recently become the third most valuable firm globally?

1) Apple

2) Amazon

3) Alphabet

4) Alibaba

5) Microsoft

310. Who among the following has emerged as the International Cricketer of the Year at the CEAT Cricket Ratings

awards?

1) MS Dhoni

2) Rashid Khan

3) Trent Boult

4) Virat Kohli

5) Colin Munro





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