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| 51. |
The bilateral military exercise “Harimau Shakti 2018” will be conducted between India and which country? |
| A. | Indonesia |
| B. | Malaysia |
| C. | New Zealand |
| D. | South Korea |
| Answer» C. New Zealand | |
| 52. |
The Union Cabinet has approved the hike of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for raw jute to Rs ___per quintal for 2018-19? |
| A. | Rs 3700 |
| B. | Rs 3800 |
| C. | Rs 3600 |
| D. | Rs 3900 |
| Answer» B. Rs 3800 | |
| 53. |
Who bagged India’s first medal at the 2018 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in South Korea? |
| A. | Ronjan Sodhi |
| B. | Shahzar Rizvi |
| C. | Om Prakash Mitharwal |
| D. | Jitu Rai |
| Answer» C. Om Prakash Mitharwal | |
| 54. |
Mahmoud Abu Zeid has won the 2018 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. He hails from which country? |
| A. | Israel |
| B. | Iraq |
| C. | Iran |
| D. | Egypt |
| Answer» E. | |
| 55. |
The Union Government has signed how much amount of loan agreement with World Bank for nurturing innovation? |
| A. | $225 million |
| B. | $325 million |
| C. | $125 million |
| D. | $425 million |
| Answer» D. $425 million | |
| 56. |
What is the theme of the 2018 World Malaria Day (WMD)? |
| A. | Ready to beat malaria |
| B. | Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria |
| C. | Invest in the future: defeat malaria |
| D. | Malaria: A disease without borders |
| Answer» B. Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria | |
| 57. |
India will tie up with which of the following countries to develop a pollution-forecast system? |
| A. | Japan and Australia |
| B. | Sweden and United Kingdom |
| C. | South Africa and Brazil |
| D. | United States and Finland |
| Answer» E. | |
| 58. |
The coastal security exercise ‘Sagar Kavach’ has recently held in which state? |
| A. | Kerala |
| B. | Karnataka |
| C. | Andhra Pradesh |
| D. | Tamil Nadu |
| Answer» B. Karnataka | |
| 59. |
Which of the following smart cities has become the India’s first city to run on 100% Renewable Energy during Daytime? |
| A. | Bangaluru |
| B. | Jaipur |
| C. | Indore |
| D. | Diu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 60. |
Uttarakhand will get how much amount of aid by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for infrastructure development? |
| A. | Rs 2,000 crore |
| B. | Rs 2,500 crore |
| C. | Rs 1,700 crore |
| D. | Rs 3,250 crore |
| Answer» D. Rs 3,250 crore | |
| 61. |
Which country is the highest recipient of remittances in 2017, as per World Bank (WB)’s latest report “Migration and Development Brief”? |
| A. | India |
| B. | Maxico |
| C. | China |
| D. | Philippines |
| Answer» B. Maxico | |
| 62. |
Indo-Pak 1971 war veteran Brigadier Francis Regis Campos passed away. He was associated with which Indian Armed Force? |
| A. | Indian Coast Guard |
| B. | Indian Air Force |
| C. | Indian Army |
| D. | Indian Navy |
| Answer» D. Indian Navy | |
| 63. |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan in which district of Madhya Pradesh? |
| A. | Jabalpur |
| B. | Gwalior |
| C. | Mandla |
| D. | Indore |
| Answer» D. Indore | |
| 64. |
Who chaired the first meeting of the think tank on the Framework for National Policy on E-commerce? |
| A. | Narendra Modi |
| B. | Arun Jaitely |
| C. | Suresh Prabhu |
| D. | Smriti Irani |
| Answer» D. Smriti Irani | |
| 65. |
India has signed how much amount of loan agreement with World Bank to improve rural road network in Madhya Pradesh? |
| A. | $220 million |
| B. | $210 million |
| C. | $230 million |
| D. | $240 million |
| Answer» C. $230 million | |
| 66. |
Who has become the first Egyptian footballer to win the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year for the 2017-18 season? |
| A. | Mohamed Salah |
| B. | Kevin De Bruyne |
| C. | Gary Lineker |
| D. | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu |
| Answer» B. Kevin De Bruyne | |
| 67. |
Who has won the 2018 Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament? |
| A. | Marin Cilic |
| B. | Rafael Nadal |
| C. | Grigor Dimitrov |
| D. | Diego Schwartzman |
| Answer» C. Grigor Dimitrov | |
| 68. |
The Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has signed Information Utility pact with NeSL. What does “NeSL” stands for? |
| A. | National E-Governance Solutions Limited |
| B. | National E-Governance Services Limited |
| C. | National E-Governance Server Limited |
| D. | National E-Governance sBank Limited |
| Answer» C. National E-Governance Server Limited | |
| 69. |
The Digambarpur gram panchayat has recently declared as the India’s best panchayat. It is located in which state? |
| A. | Karanataka |
| B. | West Bengal |
| C. | Kerala |
| D. | Assam |
| Answer» C. Kerala | |
| 70. |
The World Book And Copyright Day (WBD) is observed on which date? |
| A. | April 23 |
| B. | April 24 |
| C. | April 22 |
| D. | April 21 |
| Answer» B. April 24 | |
| 71. |
The 2018 National Panchayati Raj Day (NPRD) is celebrated on which date in India? |
| A. | April 21 |
| B. | April 22 |
| C. | April 24 |
| D. | April 23 |
| Answer» D. April 23 | |
| 72. |
Which city is hosting the 2018 Secure India Conclave? |
| A. | Kanpur |
| B. | Indore |
| C. | Jaipur |
| D. | New Delhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 73. |
The Basava Sagar Dam is located in which state? |
| A. | Odisha |
| B. | Karnataka |
| C. | Assam |
| D. | Punjab |
| Answer» C. Assam | |
| 74. |
Which company has become the first listed Indian IT firm to hit $100 billion market capitalisation (m-cap)? |
| A. | ITC |
| B. | Acenture |
| C. | Reliance |
| D. | TCS |
| Answer» E. | |
| 75. |
Which country has officially changed its name to the ‘Kingdom of eSwatini’? |
| A. | Swaziland |
| B. | Switzerland |
| C. | Sweden |
| D. | Suriname |
| Answer» B. Switzerland | |
| 76. |
MS Ravi, who passed away recently, was the veteran personality from which field? |
| A. | Sports |
| B. | Politics |
| C. | Journalism |
| D. | Film Industry |
| Answer» D. Film Industry | |
| 77. |
Which of the following kids have been selected as India’s representatives at the global Football For Friendship (F4F) social programme in Russia? |
| A. | Surya Varikuti and Rudresh Gaudnour |
| B. | Avinash Kumar and Pankaj Jain |
| C. | Preeti Desai and Nishad Das |
| D. | K S Parashar and Trilok Chanda |
| Answer» B. Avinash Kumar and Pankaj Jain | |
| 78. |
The Government of India (GoI) has celebrated 2018 Civil Services Day (CSD) on which date? |
| A. | April 20 |
| B. | April 21 |
| C. | April 22 |
| D. | April 23 |
| Answer» C. April 22 | |
| 79. |
The World Creativity and Innovation Day (WCID) is observed on which date? |
| A. | April 22 |
| B. | April 21 |
| C. | April 23 |
| D. | April 20 |
| Answer» C. April 23 | |
| 80. |
Which city hosted the 16th Federation Cup Junior National athletics championship 2018? |
| A. | Coimbatore |
| B. | Madurai |
| C. | Bengaluru |
| D. | New Delhi |
| Answer» D. New Delhi | |
| 81. |
Balantrapu Rajanikantha Rao, the noted Telugu poet-composer has passed away. He belonged to which state? |
| A. | Karnataka |
| B. | Andhra Pradesh |
| C. | Maharashtra |
| D. | Telangana |
| Answer» C. Maharashtra | |
| 82. |
Which state is observing Khongjom Day to pay tributes to the great warriors of their state? |
| A. | Nagaland |
| B. | Tripura |
| C. | Mizoram |
| D. | Manipur |
| Answer» E. | |
| 83. |
Who has been conferred with the All India Management Association’s (AIMA’s) annual award for lifetime contribution to media? |
| A. | Indu Jain |
| B. | Karan Thapar |
| C. | Palagummi Sainath |
| D. | Josy Joseph |
| Answer» B. Karan Thapar | |
| 84. |
Who has won the 2018 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix tournament? |
| A. | Carlos Sainz |
| B. | Kimi Raikkonen |
| C. | Daniel Ricciardo |
| D. | Valtteri Bottas |
| Answer» D. Valtteri Bottas | |
| 85. |
Which of the following has been declared the official mascot of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019? |
| A. | Mother of Peace |
| B. | Qiu Qiu |
| C. | Speed Tiger |
| D. | Son of Dreams |
| Answer» E. | |
| 86. |
T V R Shenoy, who passed away recently, was the veteran personality from which field? |
| A. | Sports |
| B. | Journalism |
| C. | Science |
| D. | Film Industry |
| Answer» C. Science | |
| 87. |
Who will become the first-ever Indian Filmmaker in Madame Tussauds Collection? |
| A. | Neeraj Pandey |
| B. | Rajkumar Hirani |
| C. | Shoojit Sircar |
| D. | Karan Johar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 88. |
Which football team has won the 2018 Indian Super Cup Football tournament? |
| A. | East Bengal FC |
| B. | Kerala Blasters FC |
| C. | Bengaluru FC |
| D. | Churchill Brothers FC |
| Answer» D. Churchill Brothers FC | |
| 89. |
Nabi Tajima, the world’s oldest person has passed away. She belonged to which country? |
| A. | Japan |
| B. | China |
| C. | South Korea |
| D. | Taiwan |
| Answer» B. China | |
| 90. |
What is the theme of the 2018 World Earth Day (WED)? |
| A. | Save Your Earth from Plastic |
| B. | Environmental and Climate Literacy |
| C. | Beware from Plastic Pollution |
| D. | End Plastic Pollution |
| Answer» E. | |
| 91. |
Tim Bergling, who passed away recently, was the noted dance music star of which country? |
| A. | Sweden |
| B. | Australia |
| C. | United States |
| D. | Oman |
| Answer» B. Australia | |
| 92. |
Which country is hosting the meeting of the Council of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)? |
| A. | India |
| B. | China |
| C. | Russia |
| D. | South Africa |
| Answer» C. Russia | |
| 93. |
Which city to host the first-ever International SME Convention-2018? |
| A. | Shimla |
| B. | Bhopal |
| C. | Amritsar |
| D. | New Delhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 94. |
Who represented India in the first meeting of the BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors? |
| A. | Ajit Doval |
| B. | Sushma Swaraj |
| C. | Subhash Chandra Garg |
| D. | Arvind Subramanian |
| Answer» D. Arvind Subramanian | |
| 95. |
Which city will become the India’s first city to have a policy to compensate consumers for unscheduled outages? |
| A. | Delhi |
| B. | Kolkata |
| C. | Pune |
| D. | Kochi |
| Answer» B. Kolkata | |
| 96. |
The Union Government has constituted Defence Planning Committee (DPC) to facilitate comprehensive planning for the defence forces. The committee will be headed by whom? |
| A. | P S Krishnan |
| B. | Arvind Subramanian |
| C. | Arvind Panagariya |
| D. | Ajit Doval |
| Answer» E. | |
| 97. |
Which bank has allowed depositors to withdraw cash from its Point of Sale (PoS) devices? |
| A. | Punjab National Bank |
| B. | Bank of India |
| C. | State Bank of India |
| D. | Bank of Baroda |
| Answer» D. Bank of Baroda | |
| 98. |
Rajinder Sachar, who passed away recently, was the former Chief Justice of which High Court? |
| A. | Kolkata High Court |
| B. | Delhi High Court |
| C. | Madras High Court |
| D. | Mumbai High Court |
| Answer» C. Madras High Court | |
| 99. |
What is the India’s rank in the latest Commonwealth Innovation Index (CII- 2018)? |
| A. | 16th |
| B. | 24th |
| C. | 10th |
| D. | 5th |
| Answer» D. 5th | |
| 100. |
What is the India’s position in the world in terms of economy, as per IMF’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) for April 2018? |
| A. | 10th |
| B. | 6th |
| C. | 8th |
| D. | 11th |
| Answer» C. 8th | |