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Question 1 |
Who has been named as the ‘Cricketer of the Year’ in the 6th edition of Wisden India Almanack 2018?
A | Suresh Raina |
B | MS Dhoni |
C | Virat Kohli |
D | KL Rahul |
Question 2 |
Which state is hosting the 105th edition of the Indian Science Congress (ISC-2018)?
A | Tripura |
B | Manipur |
C | Mizoram |
D | Nagaland |
Question 3 |
What is the India’s rank in the WEF Energy Transition Index 2018?
A | 55th |
B | 69th |
C | 78th |
D | 47th |
Question 4 |
Which Indian para-athlete has recently secured the No. 1 rank in Asia in F53 Javelin category?
A | Rinku Hooda |
B | Deepa Malik |
C | Karamjyoti Dalal |
D | Pooja Khanna |
Question 5 |
The “red corridor”, often in the news, is most appropriately related to
A | The human trafficking network |
B | Insurgency-affected regions |
C | Regions documenting unusually high number of cancer cases |
D | The drug trafficking network |
Question 6 |
Rafatazmia Chitrakootensis’, recently in the news, is
A | A type of legless skink which was long considered lost and “rediscovered” in the Chilika Lake region |
B | A newly discovered species of night frog from the Eastern Himalayan region |
C | A type of phosphorite rock, recently discovered in Central India, which contains large deposits of shale oil |
D | A set of fossils which suggest that the origins of plants may go back hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought. |
Question 7 |
Which cricket team has won the Irani Trophy cricket tournament 2018?
A | Karnataka |
B | Rest of India |
C | Vidarbha |
D | Madhya Pradesh |
Question 8 |
Which union ministry will organise the International Yoga Fest 2018?
A | Ministry of Women and Child Development |
B | Ministry of Home Affairs |
C | Ministry of AYUSH |
D | Ministry of Water Resources |
Question 9 |
The Nabakalebara festival is celebrated in which state?
A | Karnataka |
B | Odisha |
C | Assam |
D | Kerala |
Question 10 |
The Salal Hydroelectric Power Station is built across which river in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)?
A | Jhelum |
B | Ravi |
C | Chenab |
D | Beas |
Question 11 |
The 17th Annual Conference of International Competition Network 2018 (ICN2018) has started in which city?
A | New Delhi |
B | Mysuru |
C | Agartala |
D | Shimla |
Question 12 |
The 2018 World Poetry Day (WPD) is celebrated on which date?
A | March 23 |
B | March 20 |
C | March 22 |
D | March 21 |
Question 13 |
What is the theme of the 2018 International Day of Happiness?
A | Share Happiness |
B | Angry Birds Happy Planet |
C | Reclaim Happiness |
D | Happy Heroes |
Question 14 |
Who authored the book on Paramveer Chakra Awardees ‘Paramveer Parwane’?
A | Somnath Sharma |
B | Prabhakiran Jain |
C | Aman Anand |
D | Bipin Rawat |
Question 15 |
What is the theme of the 2018 World Water Day (WWD)?
A | Why Waste Water? |
B | Nature for Water |
C | Water is Life |
D | Better Water, Better Jobs |
Question 16 |
The Union Government has decided to declare 2018 as National Year of which of the following commodities?
A | Rice |
B | Wheat |
C | Pulses |
D | Millets |
Question 17 |
Which state government has observed martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru as ‘Youth Empowerment Day’?
A | Uttar Pradesh |
B | Chattisgarh |
C | Punjab |
D | West Bengal |
Question 18 |
Which Indian sportsperson has won the 2018 Asian Billiards Championships?
A | Subhash Agarwal |
B | Manan Chandra |
C | Pankaj Advani |
D | Geet Sethi |
Question 19 |
What is the theme of the 2018 World Tuberculosis Day (WTD)?
A | Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world |
B | Gear up to end TB |
C | Transforming the fight |
D | I am stopping TB |
Question 20 |
Which one of the following statements with reference to the National Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Elimination (2017-2025) is correct?
A | The emphasis will be on undertaking universal testing for drug-resistant TB instead of waiting for patients to walk in to get tested |
B | It seeks to make the daily treatment regimen universal |
C | Patients approaching the private sector will be provided with free treatment |
D | a, b and c |
Question 21 |
With reference to the GRAPES-3 experiment located at Ooty in India, which one of the following statements is correct?
A | It is a collaboration between institutions from India and Russia |
B | It is a collaboration between institutions from India and Russia |
C | It studies the origin of cosmic rays |
D | It issues warnings to the International Space Station of imminent impact of space junk larger than one centimetre |
Question 22 |
The ‘vernal window’, recently in the news, is
A | The period of transition into spring from winter |
B | The gap in the Earth’s ionosphere which enables dedicated ground detectors to study muons |
C | The brief period between the HIV virus entering the blood stream and infecting the T cells |
D | Any process which has a time period equal to the duration between two consecutive heartbeats |
Question 23 |
Namami Brahmaputra’ is
A | A programme for prevention and control of pollution in River Brahmaputra |
B | A campaign to bring attention to Chinese authorities the fragility of ecosystems that depend on river Brahmaputra |
C | A river festival |
D | None of the above |
Question 24 |
Grand Challenges India’ is
A | A mission-directed research initiative funded by the Department of Biotechnology and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
B | A fund which will finance innovative solutions to societal problems not only within India but also developing nations, managed by the NGO We The People |
C | A periodic inter-ministerial meeting that seeks innovative solutions to seemingly intractable problems in implementation of the Union Government’s flagship programmes |
D | An online-competition organised by NITI Aayog seeking innovative solutions to make the transition from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals. |
Question 25 |
‘NIKSHAY’ is a web-based platform for
A | Monitoring tuberculosis patients |
B | Monitoring all World Bank-funded projects |
C | Grievance redressal in oil and gas related service issues |
D | Tracking and finding missing children |
Question 26 |
World Consumer Rights Day’ is observed on
A | Mach 12 |
B | March 15 |
C | March 18 |
D | March 31 |
Question 27 |
‘TROPEX’, is
A | A bilateral naval exercise between India and France |
B | A multilateral naval exercise between India, Maldives, Indonesia and Singapore |
C | An inter-service military exercise of the Indian Armed Forces |
D | A joint bilateral military exercise between India and China |
Question 28 |
‘Mission 11 Million’ refers to
A | A project to establish world-class sports infrastructure across Tier-II and III cities with a primary objective to facilitate full-fledged training of 11 million sports-men and women by 2025. |
B | A target-based initiative of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to produce 11 million qualified teachers by 2019. |
C | The Election Commission of India’s outreach programme to rid the electoral rolls of an estimated 11 million bogus voters before the 2019 general election. |
D | A programme to engage more than 11 million children in activities relating to football, initiated by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in coordination with FIFA. |
Question 29 |
The nodal body in India for cross border trade of electricity is
A | Directorate General of Foreign Trade |
B | SAARC Energy Centre |
C | Engineering Export Promotion Council |
D | Central Electricity Authority |
Question 30 |
Which among the following is not authored by M.Sukumaran?
A | Sheshakriya |
B | Charithragadha |
C | Pithrukhadikaram |
D | Marichittillathavarude Smarakangal |
Question 31 |
First country to conduct elections based on block chain technology
A | Philippines |
B | Sierra Leone |
C | Tuvalu |
D | San Marino |
Question 32 |
Which district has become the India’s first district to have 100% solar powered health centres?
A | Kolkata |
B | Chennai |
C | Bangaluru |
D | Surat |
Question 33 |
First Complete food safety district in india
A | Chennai |
B | Kollam |
C | Nagpur |
D | Salem |
Question 34 |
Isro’s first woman scientist who spent over 403 days in Antartica
A | Mangala Mani |
B | Nandini Harinath |
C | Anuradha TK |
D | N. Valarmathi |
Question 35 |
Who has won the 2018 Formula One Australian Grand Prix tournament?
A | Kimi Raikkonen |
B | Max Verstappen |
C | Lewis Hamilton |
D | Sebastian Vettel |
Question 36 |
India’s first Insect Museum has opened in which state?
A | Kerala |
B | Tamil Nadu |
C | Assam |
D | Odisha |
Question 37 |
Who has been appointed as chairman of the central panel of the 65th National Film Awards (NFA)?
A | Shekhar Kapur |
B | Imtiaz Hussain |
C | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury |
D | P Sheshadri |
Question 38 |
The first Indian state to conduct on exclusive household survey to estimate multidimensional poverty:
A | Telangana |
B | Andhra Pradesh |
C | Goa |
D | Gujarat |
Question 39 |
The first ever International Children’s Film Festival of Kerala (ICFFK) was held at:
A | Kochi |
B | Thiruvananthapuram |
C | Kozhikode |
D | Thrissur |
Question 40 |
‘Hellenic space Agency’ is the space agency of which country?
A | Denmark |
B | Greece |
C | Switzerland |
D | Nepal |
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