Q1. India has been ranked _____ in World Economic Forum (WEF) gender gap index 2018.
103rd
101st
113th
108th
130th
D
Q2. Which of the following country topped the WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report 2018?
Belgium
Iceland
Norway
Singapore
The USA
✅iceland top
Q3. International Migrants Day (IMD) is observed every year on __________.
1st December
10th December
18th December
20th December
14th December
3✅ 18th
Q4. What is the theme for International Migrants Day (IMD) 2018?
Migration with Dignity
Migration to live
Migration for life
Migration with family
Need of the Migrants
1
Q5. Which of the following country/organisation has declared 2019 as the Year of Tolerance?
World Economic Forum
India
United Kingdom
United Nations
United Arab Emirates
5
Q6. Who among the following has been appointed as the Additional Director of CBI by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet?
Vijay Shanker Tiwari
Ranjit Sinha
Alok Verma
M Nageswara Rao
Deepak Kumar
Rao
Q7. Name the Foreign Affairs Minister of South Korea, who co-chaired the 9th India-ROK Joint Commission meeting in New Delhi.
Lee Nak-yeon
Kang Kyung-wha
Park Won-soon
Moon Jae-in
Lee Jae-myung
2
Q8. Who among the following has been named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India’s Person of the Year for 2018?
Deepika Padukon
Kapil Sharma
Sonakshi Sinha
Sonam Kapoor
Anil Kapoor
4
Q9. Tulsi Giri has passed away. He was the former Prime Minister of which of the following country?
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Nepal
Cambodia
Mauritius
Nepal
Q10. Charles Michel has resigned amid pressure on his government over his support for the UN global compact on migration. He was the Prime minister of _______.
Spain
Belgium
Italy
Hungry
Austria
2
Q11. Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, presented awards to handicrafts exporters in New Delhi. Who is the present Minister of State for Textiles?
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Ramvilas Paswan
Pema Khandu
Ajay Tamta
Jitendra Singh
4
Q12. The GSLV F 11 carrying GSAT 7A was successfully launched from the Space research Centre __________.
Port Blaire
Sriharikota
Mahendragiri
Pokhran
Jodhpur
2
Q13. What is the currency of South Korea?
South Korean won
South Korean yuan
South Korean baht
South Korean yen
South Korean krona
1✅s. won
GSAT 11 from where it was launched?
French govt launches it for India
Q14. Who is the present director of ISRO?
G. Satheesh Reddy
A. S. Kiran Kumar
K. Sivan
Mylswamy Annadurai
B. N. Suresh
3
Dec 6-10
Union Cabinet approved implementation of Shahpurkandi Dam Project on river Ravi in Punjab, with central Assistance of ____ rupees for irrigation component, for over 5 years from 2018-19 to 2022-23?
1) Rs 567.77 crore
2) Rs 485.38 crore
3) Rs 985.65 crore
4) Rs 679.90 crore
5) None of these
2✅
Where was the 223rd meeting of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT), EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation) held on 4th December 2018?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkata
4) Indore
5) None of these
A✅
Who was appointed as Chief Economic Advisor for a period of 3 years, on 7th December 2018?
1) Ravi Shankar A S
2) Krishnamurthy Subramanian
3) Leena Thomas
4) Manish Chauhan
5) None of these
2✅
The 10th edition of ‘INDRA NAVY’, the bilateral exercise between the navies of India and which country started at Vishakhapatnam, on 9th December 2018?
1) Australia
2) Russia
3) France
4) United States of America
5) None of these
2
Finance ministry has approved _____ rupees investment for FY19 and FY20 to upgrade Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio (AIR)?
1) Rs 850 crore
2) Rs 670 crore
3) Rs 450 crore
4) Rs 980 crore
5) None of these
1✅
Union Cabinet approved the strategic sale of what per cent of the Government of India’s equity shareholding in Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) to Power Finance Corporation (PFC) along with transfer of management control, on 6th December 2018?
1) 44.58 %
2) 67.56 %
3) 41.50 %
4) 52.63%
5) None of these
1
____ was appointed as additional director on the board of Axis Bank to replace incumbent Shikha Sharma, on 8th December 2018?
1) Suraj Prasad
2) Amitabh Chaudhry
3) Shiv Kumar Kandala
4) Tapas Jain
5) None of these
C
Where was “Conference on EU-India Partnership for Cultural Heritage Conservation” held on 4th and 5thDecember 2018?
1) Kolkata
2) Guwahati
3) New Delhi
4) Kochi
5) None of these
3
Where was the Military Literature Festival (MLF) 2018 held from 7th to 9th December 2018?
1) New Delhi
2) Dehradun
3) Kolkata
4) Chandigarh
5) None of these
4
Union Cabinet approved the launch of National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), at a total outlay of ____ rupees for a period of 5 years, on 6th December 2018?
1) Rs 3660 crore
2) Rs 4235 crore
3) Rs 1296 crore
4) Rs 5678 crore
5) None of these
1✅
Which state government launched a new programme for transparency and awareness on various government schemes, called PEETHA (Peoples Empowerment Enabling Transparency and Accountability), on 4th December 2018?
1) Telangana
2) Gujarat
3) Assam
4) Odisha
5) None of these
4✅
Name the Union Minister for Electronics & IT, Law & Justice, who launched a National Challenge for Youths, “Ideate for India – Creative Solutions using Technology”, in New Delhi, on 6th December 2018?
1) Suresh Prabhu
2) Narendra Singh Tomar
3) Ravi Shankar Prasad
4) Manoj Sinha
5) None of these
3✅
name the former managing director of Facebook India, who has joined SoftBank as its first venture partner at its $100 billion Vision Fund?
1) Juanita Remington
2) Kirthiga Reddy
3) Rashmika Patil
4) Pavithra Gunasekaran
5) None of these
2✅
The ____ session of Policy Commission of World Customs Organisation was held in Mumbai from 3rd to 5thDecember 2018?
1) 80th
2) 75th
3) 68th
4) 91st
5) None of these
1✅
Union Cabinet approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and the United States of America (USA) focused on Scientific and Technical Cooperation in which field, on 6th December 2018?
1) Earth Sciences
2) Maritime Defence
3) Genetic Engineering
4) Food Processing and Technology
5) None of these
1✅
The the Kannur International Airport Ltd (KIAL) was inaugurated in which state on 9th December 2018?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Telangana
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
2✅
Central government announced the inclusion of Gangotri, Yamunotri, Amarkantak and _____ under the Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) scheme, on 4th December 2018?
1) Kanyakumari
2) Parasnath
3) Coorg
4) Anantapur
5) None of these
2✅
Union Cabinet approved a MoU between India and which country, that was signed in June 2018, focused on postage stamp, and following which Commemorative Postage Stamps including depiction of “Manipuri Dance” of India were released?
1) South Korea
2) Armenia
3) Egypt
4) Kazakhstan
5) None of these
2✅
India’s first underwater museum will be opened in _____, in a decommissioned Indian Naval vessel named INS Cuddalore?
1) Odisha
2) Maharashtra
3) Puducherry
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) None of these
3✅
Name the person who is the most followed world leader on Instagram, according to the Twiplomacy study 2018, conducted by Burson-Marsteller, an international public relations and communications firm?
1) Donald Trump
2) Narendra Modi
3) Joko Widodo
4) Pope Francis
5) None of these
2✅
Which country has approved a new law allowing foreign blue-collar workers into the country to ease labour shortages from April 2019?
1) Australia
2) Ethiopia
3) Spain
4) Japan
5) None of these
4✅
Which nation has the most powerful passport, according to Global Passport Power Rank 2018, launched by Arton Capital?
1) United States
2) Singapore
3) United Arab Emirates (UAE)
4) United Kingdom
5) None of these
3✅
Radha Mohan Singh, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, laid foundation stone of Pusa Kisan Haat in Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s (ICAR) Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC) in _____, on 6th December 2018?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkata
4) Chennai
5) None of these
1✅
What is the repo rate as per 5th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy released by Reserve Bank Of India (RBI), on 5thDecember 2018?
1) 6 %
2) 6.25 %
3) 6.5 %
4) 5.75 %
5) None of these
3✅
Which Australian cricketer broke an unwanted 130-year-old record in Australian cricket when he lost his wicket for just 2 runs, on 7th December 2018?
1) Shaun Marsh
2) Tim Paine
3) David Warner
4) Glen Maxwell
5) None of these
1✅
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) signed a loan agreement worth _____ with Green Climate Fund (GCF) to boost rooftop solar power capacity projects through private sector participation, on 8th December 2018?
1) USD 100 million
2) USD 250 million
3) USD 300 million
4) USD 170 million
5) None of these
1✅
Bharti Enterprises chairman ____ has received ESCP Europe’s highest honour ‘Doctor Honoris Causa’ for his innovative entrepreneurship and contribution towards philanthropy in education?
1) Sunil Bharti Mittal
2) Aunbrata Biswas
3) Arpit Singh
4) Ranjan Mishra
5) None of these
1✅
Index of industrial production (IIP) slowed down to what per cent in September 2018, as per 5th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy released by Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)?
1) 3.8 %
2) 4.5 %
3) 5.2 %
4) 2.75 %
5) None of these
2✅
Which bank has approved a $400 million loan for a Water Sanitation Project in Andhra Pradesh?
1) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
2) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
3) World Bank
4) SoftBank
5) None of these
2✅
Who has retained the position of top newsmaker in India in the year 2018, according to the Yahoo Year in Review list?
1) Virat Kohli
2) Narendra Modi
3) Anushka Sharma
4) Rahul Gandhi
5) None of these
2✅
Who won the Miss World 2018 crown at the 68th edition of the Miss World event held in the Chinese city, Sanya, on 8th December 2018?
1) Nicolene Pichapa
2) Maria Vasilevich
3) Kadijah Robinson
4) Vanessa Ponce de Leon
5) None of these
4✅
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has notified amendments to central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, and announced that all new vehicles will be sold pre-fitted with the high-security registration plates from _____?
1) 1 April 2019
2) 1 January 2019
3) 1 March 2019
4) 1 July 2019
5) None of these
1✅
Name the cricketer who set a new record of having the most double tons in Ranji Trophy history, after he scored his eighth double ton in the competition, on 7th December 2018?
1) Paras Dogra
2) Aditya Kaushik
3) Ishant Sharma
4) Atul Parikhar
5) None of these
1✅
What was the GDP (Gross domestic product) prediction for India for 2018-19, as mentioned in the 5th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy released by Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)?
1) 7.6 %
2) 7.9 %
3) 7.4%
4) 7.7 %
5) None of these
3✅
Name the environmentalist who won the Lifetime Service Award in Sanctuary Wildlife Awards 2018, presented by Sanctuary Wildlife Foundation, on 8th December 2018?
1) Vandana Shiva
2) Rohit Choudhury
3) Imran Siddiqui
4) Iho Mitapo
5) None of these
1✅
Where was the Global Venture Capital Summit held on 7th December 2018?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Maharashtra
3) Goa
4) Tamil Nadu
5) None of these
3✅
Name the Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize-winner who was honored by Harvard University in the United States for her work in promoting girls’ education, on 6th December 2018?
1) Asma Jahangir
2) Malala Yousafzai
3) Sabeen Mahmud
4) Farzana Bari
5) None of these
2✅
Which institute won the DSCI Excellence Award 2018, given by Data Security Council of India (DSCI), for its contributions in Cyber Security education, on 8th December 2018?
1) Indian Institute of Madras (IIT), Madras
2) Indian Institute of Madras (IIT), Kharagpur
3) National Institute of Technology (NIT), Trichy
4) Indian Institute of Scicences (IISc), Bangalore
5) None of these
2✅
The number of patents granted by India increased by what per cent in 2017, as per WIPO’s “World Intellectual Property Indicators 2018” report released in Geneva?
1) 50 %
2) 25 %
3) 40 %
4) 30 %
5) None of these
1✅
Which Union Ministry was conferred the Skoch Award for National Significance in New Delhi, on 7th December 2018?
1) Ministry of Home Affairs
2) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
3) Ministry of Women and Child Development
4) Ministry of Railways
5) None of these
2✅
Ministry of shipping approved a Freight Village worth _____ rupees in Varanasi adjoining Inland Waterways Terminal at River Ganga, on 6th December 2018?
1) Rs 156 crore
2) Rs 250 crore
3) Rs 345 crore
4) Rs 400 crore
5) None of these
1✅
_____ was presented the lifetime achievement award at the Trinity Arts Festival in Chennai, on 8th December 2018?
1) Sundaram Iyengar
2) T T Srinivasaraghavan
3) Rohit Bakshi
4) Kiran Rao
5) None of these
2✅
India has the ____ highest FinTech adoption rate among digitally active consumers at 52 %, according to EY FinTech Adoption Index, released on 4th December 2018?
1) Third
2) Fifth
3) Fourth
4) Second
5) None of these
4✅
Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu released two books named “The Republican Ethic” in English and “Loktantra ke Swar” in Hindi, on 8th December 2018. These books contain compilation of selected speeches made by ____?
1) Prime Minister Ram Nath Kovind
2) President Ram Nath Kovind
3) Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
4) Union Minister Arun Jaitley
5) None of these
2✅
Name the person who stepped down as MD and CEO of Axis Capital, on 4th December 2018?
1) Ajay Khuntia
2) Dharmesh Mehta
3) Ramesh Parekh
4) Vikas Singh
5) None of these
2✅
Who was elected as the 14th chairman of the Coca-Cola Company, on 6th December 2018?
1) Muhtar Kent
2) James Quincey
3) Joel Davis
4) Sean Goldman
5) None of these
2✅
Which pair has become India’s Second Inland Water Transport origin destination pair for containerized cargo movement on National Waterway-1?
1) Paradip-Cuttack
2) Kolkata-Patna
3) Mumbai-Chennai
4) Panaji-Kochi
5) None of these
2✅
Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Shobhana Bhartia and _____ are the 4 Indians featured in the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women of 2018 released by Forbes?
1) Deepika Padukone
2) PV Sindhu
3) Priyanka Chopra
4) Mary Kom
5) None of these
3✅
Which country launched its Chang’e-4 moon mission to reach the far side of the moon for the first time, on 7thDecember 2018?
1) Japan
2) Russia
3) South Korea
4) China
5) None of these
4✅
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that India’s current account deficit (CAD) widened to ____ % of the Gross domestic product (GDP) in the July-September quarter of the current fiscal?
1) 3.5 %
2) 2.9 %
3) 4.5 %
4) 1.8 %
5) None of these
2✅
DH C:
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that India’s current account deficit (CAD) widened to ____ % of the Gross domestic product (GDP) in the July-September quarter of the current fiscal?
1) 3.5 %
2) 2.9 %
3) 4.5 %
4) 1.8 %
5) None of these
2✅
Chirag Negandhi and ____ have been made Joint Managing Directors and Co-Chief Executive Officers of Axis Capital?
1) Suraj PS
2) Salil Pitale
3) Nitesh Lade
4) Arushi Sharma
5) None of these
2✅
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Council has approved India’s proposal to observe which year as International Year of Millets?
1) 2019
2) 2021
3) 2023
4) 2025
5) None of these
3✅
Where was Regional Customs Enforcement Meeting (RCEM) conducted by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on 4th and 5th December 2018?
1) Mumbai
2) Bhopal
3) Chandigarh
4) New Delhi
5) None of these
4✅
Which country became the world’s leading exporter of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) for the first time, on 7thDecember 2018?
1) Qatar
2) United States of America
3) Iran
4) Australia
5) None of these
4✅
Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Daredevils were renamed as _____, on 4th December 2018?
1) Delhi Patriots
2) Delhi Capitals
3) Delhi Rebels
4) Delhi Warrior
5) None of these
2✅
_____ scientists have made nanowire devices from zinc oxide crystals that can inherently process and even store information?
1) American
2) Indian
3) German
4) Australian
5) None of these
3✅
India is the _____ highest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, accounting for 7 % of global emissions in 2017, according to a study by Global Carbon Project?
1) Second
2) Third
3) Fourth
4) Fifth
5) None of these
3✅
Which country has retained its position as the world’s top recipient of remittances in 2018 with its diaspora sending $80 billion back home, according to World Bank?
1) India
2) China
3) Mexico
4) Egypt
5) None of these
1✅
Who became the youngest and the fifth Indian to win the Asian Tour Order of Merit in golf, on 8th December 2018?
1) Shubhankar Sharma
2) Anirban Lahiri
3) Shiv Kapoor
4) Jeev Milkha Singh
5) None of these
1✅
Which country has become the first Latin American Country to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
1) Mexico
2) Costa Rica
3) Panama
4) Argentina
5) None of these
3✅
Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) announced extension of credit facility of _____ dollars to Tanzania for water supply projects in the country, on 7th December 2018?
1) USD 500 million
2) USD 210 million
3) USD 400 million
4) USD 350 million
5) None of these
1✅
Which cricketer scored 267 unbeaten on his first-class debut and broke a 24-year-old world record of highest score on first-class debut, on 8th December 2018?
1) Sunil Joshi
2) Ajay Rohera
3) Ramesh Chandar
4) Vinay Madhukar
5) None of these
2✅
Where was the world’s largest Arabic audio library launched on 6th December 2018?
1) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
2) Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
3) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4) Muscat, Oman
5) None of these
2✅
The ____ edition of National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) was organized by National Rifle Association of India in Shotgun and Rifle/Pistol categories at Jaipur and Thiruvananthapuram respectively, during November – December 2018?
1) 53rd
2) 62nd
3) 49th
4) 23rd
5) None of these
2✅
Name the writer who has been selected for Sahitya Akademi Award 2018 under novel category in Hindi language?
1) Inderjeet Kesar
2) Anees Salim
3) Chitra Mudgal
4) Mushtaq Ahmed
5) None of these
3✅
Which country has become the first country to abolish all fares on public transport by 2019?
1) Luxembourg
2) Monaco
3) Ireland
4) Japan
5) None of these
1✅
Belisario Betancur passed away on 8th December 2018. He was the former President of which country?
1) Austria
2) Italy
3) Colombia
4) Vietnam
5) None of these
3✅
Forbes India 2018 Celebrity 100, released on 6th December 2018, was topped by ____?
1) Deepika Padukone
2) Salman Khan
3) Shah Rukh Khan
4) Virat Kohli
5) None of these
2✅
Nebankur Gupta popularly known as ‘Nobby’ who had served at several major companies, died on 7th December 2018. He belonged to which field?
1) Human Resource Developement
2) Marketing
3) Artificial Intelligence
4) Genetic Engineering
5) None of these
2✅
Which country tops in road deaths with 1.51 lakh road deaths in 2016, according to the Global Status Report on Road Safety, released on 7th December 2018?
1) United States
2) India
3) China
4) South Korea
5) None of these
2✅
Who topped Forbes India rich list 2018, released on 6th December 2018?
1) Azim Premji
2) Mukesh Ambani
3) Lakshmi Mittal
4) Pallonji Mistry
5) None of these
2✅
Russia’s Lyudmila Alexeyeva died on 8th December 2018. She was a ____?
1) Human Rights Activist
2) Actress
3) Doctor
4) Politician
5) None of these
1✅
Where did the two day 175th Meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) Conference & one day 5th OPEC and Non OPEC Ministerial Meeting, conclude, on 7th December 2018?
1) Doha, Qatar
2) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3) Vienna, Austria
4) Melbourne, Australia
5) None of these
3✅
Fitch Ratings, in its Global Economic Outlook report, has lowered India’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth forecast to what per cent for current fiscal?
1) 7.4 %
2) 7.2 %
3) 7.1 %
4) 7.0 %
5) None of these
2✅
When was the 16th International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) observed by the United Nations?
1) December 4
2) December 3
3) December 6
4) December 9
5) None of these
4✅
Which state has become the first state in India to create a fund for high-end technology and innovation, named ‘Science & Technology Innovation (STI) Fund’ and has approved 50-crore rupees for the fund?
1) Kerala
2) Telangana
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) None of these
4✅
Swedish firm Spowdi and Indian firm EMVEE signed a MoU, on 3rd December 2018, to set up local manufacturing and assembly unit in which city?
1) Bengaluru
2) Mumbai
3) New Delhi
4) Chennai
5) None of these
1✅
The Cooperative department of Punjab decided to merge how many District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) with the Punjab State Cooperative Bank (PSCB), on 3rd December 2018?
1) 20
2) 35
3) 70
4) 55
5) None of these
1✅
When did Indian Navy celebrate Submarine Day to commemorate the induction of the first submarine, the erstwhile INS Kalvari, into the Navy in 1967?
1) December 6
2) December 7
3) December 8
4) December 9
5) None of these
3✅
CA quizz (dec 11-15)
NITI Aayog has launched ‘AI 4 All Global Hackathon’ to develop AI (Artificial Intelligence) Applications to make positive social and economic impact in India, in partnership with which Singapore based AI startup?
1) iRobot
2) Thoughtworks
3) Perlin
4) Freshwork
5) None of these
3✅
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced the rise in contribution of the government in National Pension Scheme (NPS) to ____ % from existing 10 %, burdening the government by Rs 2,840 crore for 2019-20?
1) 15 %
2) 16 %
3) 14 %
4) 12 %
5) None of these
3✅
Anshuman Gaekwad, Shantha Rangaswamy and _____ comprise the ad-hoc committee formed by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to select head coach of the national women’s senior cricket team?
1) Kapil Dev
2) Saurav Ganguly
3) Anil Kumble
4) Virendra Sehwag
5) None of these
1✅
Indian Navy’s first flyaway Deep Sea Submarine Rescue System was inducted by Chief of Naval staff, Admiral Sunil Lanba. It will be operated and deployed by Submarine Rescue Unit (West) from its base in which city?
1) Mumbai
2) Mangaluru
3) Kochi
4) Vishakapatnam
5) None of these
1✅
Name the head of the 7-member panel constituted by the government to select managing directors of public sector insurance companies, on 13th December 2018?
1) G N Bajpai
2) Mathew Varghese
3) T Bhargava
4) B P Sharma
5) None of these
4✅
Which Indian city will host the second event of the Hockey Series Finals from June 6 to 16 2019?
1) Mumbai
2) Raipur
3) Bhubaneswar
4) Kolkata
5) None of these
3✅
Kazakhstan opened a consulate, under the leadership of the managing director of Chandan Steel Limited _____, in Gujarat to further business partnership, on 10th December 2018?
1) Dilip Chandan
2) Ram Kishan Maurya
3) Vishwas Chandan
4) Shyam Kumar
5) None of these
1✅
Which state/union territory government launched a 10-day special inspection drive named “Operation Minimum Wage” on 10th December 2018, to check implementation of minimum wage rules?
1) Puducherry
2) Delhi
3) Telangana
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) None of these
2✅
Which country announced the installation of the world’s first “floating” nuclear power plant (FNPP), on 11thDecember 2018?
1) China
2) Japan
3) Russia
4) United States of America
5) None of these
3✅
Name Flipkart’s CFO (Chief Financial Officer) who has been given additional charge as COO (Chief Operating Officer)?
1) Sriram Venkataraman
2) Nitin Seth
3) Kalyan Krishnamoorthy
4) Ananth Narayanan
5) None of these
1✅
Where was the 18th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC), held on 13th December 2018?
1) Dehradun
2) New Delhi
3) Mumbai
4) Kochi
5) None of these
2✅
Name the IAS (Indian Administrative Service) Officer who took Oath of Office and Secrecy as Member of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on 13th December 2018?
1) Bharat Bhushan Vyas
2) Rujuta Dev
3) Sita Raman S
4) Vinay Mittal A K
5) None of these
1✅
Where was the first International Conference, on the theme- ‘Sustainable Water Management’, held on 10th and 11th December 2018?
1) Rohtak, Haryana
2) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
3) Mohali, Punjab
4) Kochi, Kerala
5) None of these
3✅
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a fine amounting to ____ rupees on Indian Bank for violating cyber security norms, on 11th December 2018?
1) Rs 2 crore
2) Rs 5 crore
3) Rs 3 crore
4) Rs 1 crore
5) None of these
4✅
The number of countries with strong policy frameworks for sustainable energy increased from 17 to ____ in the eight years till 2017, according to ‘Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) 2018 report’ released by World Bank?
1) 23
2) 45
3) 59
4) 62
5) None of these
3✅
_____ is the first deceased journalist to be honoured with the Time Magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year award?
1) Jamal Khashoggi
2) Yasin Azeem
3) Rustum Daffne
4) Mike Delfino
5) None of these
1✅
Which district became the 23rd district of Arunachal Pradesh on 9th December 2018?
1) Shi Yomi
2) Min Shu
3) Sei Jong
4) Jeo Rada
5) None of these
1✅
_____ was appointed as the new Chairman of Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) India, on 10th December 2018?
1) Amrita Rao
2) Arundhati Bhattacharya
3) Rujuta Singh
4) Shivkumar Shukla
5) None of these
2✅
‘PCS1x’, a cloud based new generation technology, to increase ease of doing business was launched by Indian Ports Association (IPA), on 11th December 2018. What does “C” represent in PCS?
1) Cloud
2) Communication
3) Code
4) Community
5) None of these
4✅
Tamil Nadu Government launched 24-hour toll free helpline number ____ for women facing domestic violence and sexual harassment to get assistance such as police help, legal aid or medical services, on 10th December 2018?
1) 108
2) 181
3) 193
4) 175
5) None of these
2✅
Name NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)’s probe that became the second human-made object in history to reach the edge of our solar system, on 10th December 2018?
1) Voyager 2
2) Soyus 3
3) Galaxy 2
4) Star Rider 2
5) None of these
1✅
Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its supplement report “Asian Development Outlook (2018)” has retained India’s growth forecast at ____% for FY19 and 7.6% for FY20?
1) 7.5 %
2) 7.3 %
3) 7.7 %
4) &.2 %
5) None of these
2✅
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) launched the Buddhist Circuit Tourist Train, on 8thDecember 2018, which will tour for _____ days, across several cities?
1) 24
2) 12
3) 16
4) 30
5) None of these
3✅
When did UNICEF (United Nations International Children Emergency Fund) celebrate its 71st foundation day?
1) December 9
2) December 10
3) December 11
4) December 12
5) None of these
3✅
Where was Vivah Panchami, the wedding of Lord Rama and Goddess Sita, celebrated on 12th December 2018?
1) Dhaka, Bangladesh
2) Janakpur, Nepal
3) Uttar Pradesh, India
4) Colombo, Sri Lanka
5) None of these
2✅
Which entity announced that it will implement an ‘Ombudsman Scheme for Digital Transactions’ covering services provided by entities falling under Reserve Bank’s regulatory jurisdiction?
1) Union Ministry of Finance
2) State Bank of India (SBI)
3) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
4) Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)
5) None of these
3✅
Name the Uttar Pradesh based startup that won 2018 UN Climate Action Award at the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP 24) in Katowice, Poland, on 11th December 2018?
1) GreenTouch
2) HelpUsGreen
3) GreenUs
4) GrowGreen
5) None of these
2✅
India signed an ascension pact to the 30-member Trans Regional Maritime Network (T-RMN), on December 10, 2018. T-RMN is led by which country?
1) France
2) Russia
3) United States
4) Italy
5) None of these
4✅
Where was the 54th SKOCH Summit on the State of Power, Oil and Gas held on 5th December 2018?
1) Mumbai
2) Dehradun
3) Raipur
4) New Delhi
5) None of these
4✅
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows to South and South-West Asia decreased by 6% to _____ dollars in 2017, as per UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) report?
1) USD 63 billion
2) USD 42 billion
3) USD 55 billion
4) USD 38 billion
5) None of these
1✅
Which state hosted the AdventureNext 2018 event from 3rd to 5th December 2018?
1) Maharashtra
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Jammu and Kashmir
5) None of these
3✅
India’s Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was on a 5-day visit to the United States from 3rd to 7th December 2018, at the invitation of the United States Secretary of Defence _____?
1) James N Mattis
2) Mike Pompeo
3) Kenneth Juster
4) Philip S Davidson
5) None of these
1✅
Ministry of Commerce and Industry released India’s 1st Agriculture Export Policy 2018, aimed to propel India to become a USD 5 trillion economy before ____?
1) 2023
2) 2025
3) 2031
4) 2028
5) None of these
2✅
India and _____ signed a revised Inter-Governmental Agreement on restructuring the existing IRIGC-MTC to the IRIGC on Military and Military Technical Cooperation, on 13th December 2018?
1) United States of America
2) Nepal
3) Russia
4) Japan
5) None of these
3✅
Name the 24th Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) who resigned on 10th December 2018?
1) Dr. Raghuram Rajan
2) Dr. Urjit Patel
3) Dr. Arvind Subramaniam
4) Dr. Surjit Bhalla
5) None of these
2✅
Where was the National conference ‘AYUSHCHARYA’ on Dinacharya (Daily Regimen) and Ritucharya (Seasonal Regimen) for public health promotion, held on 10th and 11th December 2018?
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) Puducherry
4) New Delhi
5) None of these
4✅
Where is the Pratibha Parva programme to nurture talent in school children, organized from 13th to 15thDecember 2018?
1) Delhi
2) Maharashtra
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Goa
5) None of these
3✅
____ resigned as Chief Executing Officer (CEO) of online Fashion Retailer Myntra, on 10th December 2018?
1) Ananth Narayanan
2) Vivek Kumar Singh
3) Himanshu Singh
4) Abhishek Singhania
5) None of these
1✅
Japan has selected a Chinese character(Symbol) to define the year 2018. What does the character mean?
1) Success
2) Disaster
3) Glory
4) Downfall
5) None of these
2✅
Name the country which announced that it will organise a Gita festival in February 2019?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Nepal
3) Mauritius
4) Maldives
5) None of these
3✅
Scientists from Fujian Normal University of which country have developed a “rewritable” paper that can be drawn or printed on over and over again by changing the temperature?
1) Japan
2) China
3) South Korea
4) Indonesia
5) None of these
2✅
Where was India’s first private sector unit for manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) inaugurated on 14th December 2018?
1) Mumbai
2) Mangaluru
3) Ghaziabad
4) Hyderabad
5) None of these
4✅
Which state government announced the creation of an umbrella university named after former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on 12th December 2018?
1) Gujarat
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Karnataka
5) None of these
2✅
Which company won the Prime Minister’s Trophy for the ‘Best Performing Integrated Steel Plant’ in India for the performance year 2016-17?
1) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
2) Tata Steel Limited
3) JSW Steel Limited
4) Essar Steel Limited
5) None of these
2✅
Which Indian cricketer became the first Indian Captain to win a Test in South Africa, England and Australia, on 10th December 2018?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Virat Kohli
3) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
4) Shikhar Dawan
5) None of these
2✅
Which state has been selected by the Union Ministry of Agriculture for “Krishi Karman” award in the rice category, that will be awarded in February 2019?
1) West Bengal
2) Kerala
3) Jharkhand
4) Karnataka
5) None of these
3✅
Where was the third exhibition of the 2nd series of collection titled “Uncrowned Glory – An exhibition of Ethnic Ornaments of Himachal Pradesh” inaugurated on 11th December 2018?
1) Shimla
2) Manali
3) New Delhi
4) Mumbai
5) None of these
3✅
_____ was appointed the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Guinea, on 14th December 2018?
1) Manoj Kumar
2) T.C. Barupal
3) Ashutosh Sharma
4) Manish Chandan
5) None of these
2✅
Name the Intelligence Bureau Director who received an extension of tenure for six months, on 14th December 2018?
1) Rajiv Jain
2) PK Singh
3) RK Malhotra
4) Anuj Singh
5) None of these
1✅
Who was re-designated from Advisor to Principal Advisor in NITI Aayog, on 14th December 2018?
1) Suresh Mathur
2) Jitendra Singh
3) Anil Srivastava
4) Roopan Mehta
5) None of these
3✅
Chief of Research and Analysis Wing _____ received an extension of tenure for six months, on 14th December 2018?
1) Anil K Dhasmana
2) P Madhavan Nair
3) Anjali Menon
4) Suvarna Raj
5) None of these
1✅
What is the capital of Russia?
A)Port Louis
B)Singapore city
C)Moscow
D)Mexico city
c✅
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has found evidence of water on which asteroid?
1) Apophis
2) Bennu
3) Seres
4) Vesta
5) None of these
2✅
Name the new human protein discovered by researchers to fight the Ebola virus?
1) ERPT7
2) RBBP6
3) THUL9
4) ZAUN4
5) None of these
2✅
Nancy Wilson passed away on 14th December 2018 in California, United States. What was her profession?
1) Doctor
2) Journalist
3) Politician
4) Singer
5) None of these
4✅
Sondra Locke, died in Los Angeles, United States, in November 2018. She was a _____?
1) Athlete
2) Social Activist
3) Scientist
4) Actress
5) None of these
4✅
1. Strategy for New India @75’ launched by NITI Aayog, defining clear objectives for 2022-23, aims to establish a New India by _ and to propel India towards a USD 5 trillion economy by _?
1) 2022, 2030
2) 2020, 2025
3) 2025, 2030
4) 2023, 2025
5) None of these
2. Strategy for New India @75’, the national Strategy for New India released by NITI Aayog, aims to achieve a GDP growth rate of what percent on average during 2018-23?
1) 9 %
2) 8.5 %
3) 8 %
4) 7.5 %
5) None of these
3. Strategy for New India @75’, the national Strategy for New India released by NITI Aayog, aims to complete Bharat Net programme in which year and to complete all 2.5 lakh gram panchayats digitally?
1) 2019
2) 2020
3) 2021
4) 2022
5) None of these
4. Strategy for New India @75’, the national Strategy for New India released by NITI Aayog, aims to increase gross enrolment ratio in higher education from 25% in 2016-17 to _ in 2022-23?
1) 50 %
2) 45 %
3) 60 %
4) 35 %
5) None of these
5. What is the name of the new autonomous body that has been recommended by NITI Aayog’s ‘Strategy for New India @75’, to make the arbitration process cost effective and speedy, and to pre-empt the need for court intervention?
1) Arbitration Court of India
2) Arbitration Council of India
3) Arbitration Committee of India
4) Arbitration Panel of India
5) None of these
Answer : 1, 3, 1, 4, 2