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1.Who will lead India at the 2018 Asian Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy in Muscat?
[A] Manpreet Singh
[B] Rupinder Pal Singh
[C] Somwarpet Vittalacharya Sunil
[D] Harendra Singh
2.The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discovery of which cancer therapy?
[A] Chemotherapy
[B] Radiation
[C] Surgery
[D] Immunotherapy
3.India’s first AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy is to be set up in which city?
[A] Jaipur
[B] Thiruvananthapuram
[C] Baroda
[D] Guwahati
4.Who has been appointed the first-ever female major general in the 47 years history of Bangladesh?
[A] Nasreen Jahan
[B] Selina Hossain
[C] Monica Ali
[D] Susane Giti
5.The 17th century ‘Oonth Kadal’ bridge, which is in news recently, is located in which state?
[A] Punjab
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Himachal Pradesh [D] Jammu & Kashmir
6.Which new initiative has been launched by the Government of India (GoI) to promote use of Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG)?
[A] CBG-U
[B] SATAT
[C] STAAR
[D] AMOKSH
7.Who has been named as the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the 3rd Youth Olympic Games 2018?
[A] Mehuli Ghosh
[B] Saurabh Chaudhary
[C] Manu Bhaker
[D] Lakshya Sena
8.India’s tallest National flag from the average city elevation has recently installed in which city?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Guwahati
[C] Gandhi Nagar
[D] Kolkata
9.The joint Multi – National Maritime Exercise “IBSAMAR 2018” has kicked off in which country?
[A] India
[B] Brazil
[C] South Africa
[D] South Korea
10.Which of the following women physicists has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics?
[A] Lisa Randall
[B] Lisa Randall
[C] Donna Strickland
[D] Gabriela Gonzalez
11.Who has been named as the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the 3rd Paralympic Asian games 2018?
[A] Devendra Jhajharia
[B] Thangvellu Mariyappan
[C] Amit Kumar Saroha
[D] Girisha Nagarajegowda
12.Which of the following women scientists has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
[A] Christiane Volhard
[B] Ada Yonath
[C] Frances H. Arnold
[D] Carol W. Greider
13.Who has been elected as the new President of Iraq?
[A]Barham Salih
[B]Fuad Masum
[C]Jalal Talabani
[D]Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
14.Which of the following cities is the venue of the first-ever General Assembly of International Solar Alliance (ISA)?
[A] Pune
[B] New Delhi
[C] Chennai
[D] Kolkata
15.The world’s largest dome has recently inaugurated in which country?
[A]Israel
[B]Iran
[C]India
[D]Bangladesh
16.Sahyog HOP TAC-2018 is held between India and which country? [A] Sri Lanka
[B] South Africa
[C] Thailand
[D] Vietnam
17.Which gynecologist has been named winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize? [A] Denis Mukwege
[B] Evelyn Varnado
[C] Tara J. Cole
[D] Blanca Duncan
18.Which technology-driven futuristic initiative will be roll out by the Civil Aviation Ministry to make hassle-free air travel for passengers?
[A] BHIM Yatra
[B] Bharat Yatra
[C] Digi Yatra
[D] Aadhaar Yatra
19.India has launched which humanitarian assistance operation to provide assistance to the earthquake and tsunami victims in Indonesia?
[A] Operation Trident
[B] Operation Samudra Parakram
[C] Operation Maitri
[D] Operation Samudra Maitri
20.What is the theme of the 4th edition of the India International Science Festival (IISF – 2018)?
21.What is the theme of the 2018 World Teachers’ Day (WTD)? [A] Valuing teachers, improving their status
[B] A call for teachers
[C] Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers
[D] The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher
22.India’s first ‘Methanol Cooking Fuel Program’ has launched in which state?
[A] Assam
[B] Manipur
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Jammu & Kashmir
23.The Indo-Japan bilateral maritime exercise “JIMEX 18” has started at which of the following cities?
[A] Chennai
[B] Kochi
[C] Visakhapatnam
[D] Agartala
24.Which Indian sportsperson has won the Girls title in the IBSF WorldUnder-16 Snooker Championships 2018?
[A] M S Jyoti
[B] Anupama Ramachandran
[C] Manasvini Sekar
[D] Keerthana Pandian
25.Who has been adjudged man-of-the-tournament at the 2018 Under-19Asia Cup cricket tournament?
[A] Harsh Tyagi
[B] Ayush Badoni
[C] Prabh Simran Singh [D] Yashasvi Jaiswal
26. Who has become the India’s first judoka to win a medal at the Olympics – junior or senior?
[A]Garima Chaudhary
[B]Kalpana Thoudam
[C]Tababi Devi Thangjam
[D]Shushila Likmabam
27. Which of the following have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize for Economics?
[A]Damian Roland and Christina Choung
[B]William Nordhaus and Paul Romer
[C]Daniel Kahneman and Richard H. Thaler
[D]Friedrich Hayek and Elinor Ostrom
28. Who is the winner of India’s first Gold Medal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics?
[A]Srihari Nataraj
[B]Mehuli Ghosh
[C]Jeremy Lalrinnunga
[D]Manav Thakkar
29. On which date, the 2018 World Post Day (WPD), is observed recently?
[A]October 11
[B]October 8
[C]October 10
[D]October 9
30. Who clinched India’s first gold medal at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Para Games?
[A]Paramjeet Kumar
[B]Sandeep Chaudhary
[C]Farman Basha
[D]Devanshi Satijawon
31.Who is the author of the book “The Paradoxical Prime Minister: Narendra Modi And His India”?
[A] Shashi Tharoor
[B] Sanjay Baru
[C] Piyush Goyal
[D] Ravi Mantha
32.Which sports personality has been honoured with the Ramineni Foundation’s outstanding person award?
[A] Sakshi Malik
[B] Pullela Gopichand
[C] Dipa Karmakar
[D] P V Sindhu
33.Who has become the first shooter from India to claim a gold at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics?
[A] Manu Bhaker
[B] Tushar Mane
[C] Mehuli Ghosh
[D] Anjum Moudgil
34.Who has been appointed the new Solicitor General of India?
[A]Ranjit Kumar
[B]Kunal Mangal
[C]Tushar Mehta
[D]Pankaj Jain
35.Which Indian armed force has launched an innovative mobile health App ‘MedWatch’?
[A] Indian Air Force
[B] Indian Navy
[C] Indian Army
[D] Indian Coast Guard
[B] Empower Girls: Before, during and after crises
[C] Girls’ Progress = Goals’ Progress: What Counts for Girls
[D] The Power of Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030
37.India’s first 2G Ethanol Bio-Refinery will be set up in which state, where ethanol will be produced from rice straw?
[A] Assam
[B] Odisha
[C] Rajasthan
[D] Punjab
38.Which Indian sportsperson has clinched Gold in the 10-metre air pistol event at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games?
[A] Anish Bhanwala
[B] Shardul Vihan
[C] Saurabh Chaudhary
[D] Rushiraj Barot
39.Which Indian sportsperson has clinched men’s individual recurve gold at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Para-Games?
[A] Harvinder Singh
[B] Mariyappan Thangavelu
[C] Mohammed Yasser
[D] Monu Ghangas
40.Which state government has decided to set up anti-terrorist force ‘Kavach’?
[A] Arunachal Pradesh
[B] Haryana
[C] Jammu & Kashmir
[D] Sikkim
[B] Sanya Sood
[C] Nitasha Biswas
[D] Namita Ammu
42.Which of the following musicians has recently won the special lifetime achievement award from the Music Academy?
[A] Lalgudi G Jayaraman
[B] Vikku Vinayakram
[C] Hariprasad Chaurasia
[D] Kamala Lakshminarayanan
43.Which Indian javelin thrower has won silver in the men’s F46 category of the 2018 Asian Para Games?
[A] Devendra Jhajharia
[B] Rinku
[C] Sundar Singh Gurjar
[D] Sandeep chaudhary
44.Which of the following African countries will host the 2022 Youth Olympic Games?
[A] Senegal
[B] Nigeria
[C] Morocco
[D] Kenya
45.India has recently elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The headquarters of UNHRC is located at ___? [A] Geneva
[B] Paris
[C] New York
[D] Berlin
[A] Bengaluru
[B] New Delhi
[C] Pune
[D] Chennai
47.What is the theme of the 2018 World Egg Day (WED)?
[A]Eat & Run
[B]Protein for Life
[C]Put an Egg On It
[D]Protein for Good Health
48.Which country’s team has won the 2018 Sultan Johar Cup Junior Hockey? [A] India
[B] Britain
[C] New Zealand
[D] Malaysia
49.Which Indian folk artist has won the 2018 Fukuoka Arts and Culture Prize? [A] Ila Arun
[B] Swaroop Khan
[C] Teejan Bai
[D] Malini Awasthi
50.Who has won the 2018 New Academy Prize in Literature, which is formed in protest to the Nobel Literature Prize?
[A] Haruki Murakami
[B] Maryse Conde
[C] Neil Gaiman [D] Kim Thuy
[B] Borna Coric
[C] Novak Djokovic
[D] Andy Murray
52.Which noted historian has authored the book “Maharana Pratap: The Invincible Warrior”?
[A] Irfan Habib
[B] Sumit Sarkar
[C] Rima Hooja
[D] Uma Chakravarti
53.Which country to host the 2019 IAAF World Relays?
[A]Indonesia
[B]South Korea
[C]Japan
[D]China
54.Paul Allen, who passed away recently, co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in which year?
[A] 1971
[B] 1983
[C] 1975
[D] 1980
55.Which of the following is the official mascot of 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup?
[A] Olly
[B] Zabivaka
[C] Gauchito [D] Rhino
[A] Meena Kandasamy.
[B] Nidhi Dugar Kundalia
[C] Amish Tripathi
[D] Amitabha Bagchi
57.Who has won the India’s first medal in athletics at the Youth Olympic Games 2018?
[A] Simran
[B] Lakshya Sen
[C] Suraj Panwar
[D] Tababi Devi
58.The ancient city “Prayaga” was renamed as “Allahabad” by which Mughal emperor?
[A] Akbar
[B] Aurangzeb
[C] Humayun
[D] Shah Jahan
59.‘Swastha Bharat Yatra’ national campaign has been launched for which purpose?
[A] Safe Food
[B] Healthy Drink
[C] Hygienic Locality
[D] Secure Travelling
60.What is the theme of the 2018 World Food Day (WFD)?
[A]A millennium free from hunger
[B]Our Actions Are Our Future
[C]Break the Cycle of Rural Poverty
[D]Harvesting nature’s diversity
[A] Sushma Swaraj
[B] Ram Nath Kovind
[C] Narendra Modi
[D] Venkaiah Naidu
62.The festival of Fulpati has recently celebrated in which neighboring country of India?
[A] Myanmar
[B] Nepal
[C] Sri Lanka
[D] Bhutan
63.What is the theme of the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM-2018)?[A] Working Together for a Sustainable and Secure Future
[B] Global Partners for Global Challenges
[C] 20 years of ASEM: Partnership for Future
[D] Biodiversity and Cultural Heritage
64.Who has won the 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction?
[A]Anna Burns
[B]Val McDermid
[C]Leo Robson
[D]Leanne Shapton
65.Who has become the India’s first silver-medalist in archery at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games?
[A] Swapana Kumar
[B] Jeremy Lalrinnunga
[C] Akash Malik [D] Tababi Devi
[A] 45th
[B] 77th
[C] 58th
[D] 69th
67.Which of the following G7 countries has officially legalized recreational use of marijuana?
[A] France
[B] Germany
[C] United States
[D] Canada
68.Which country has successfully tested world’s largest unmanned transport drone “FH-98”?
[A] Germany
[B] China
[C] Japan
[D] Indonesia
69.On which date, the 2018 World Students’ Day (WSD) is observed recently?
[A] October 15
[B] October 16
[C] October 19
[D] October 18
70.Under which article of the Constitution, the President of India can accept resignation of Council of Ministers?
[A] Article 76
[B] Article 73
[C] Article 74 [D] Article 75
[A] South Africa
[B] Brazil
[C] Japan
[D] Chile
72.The famous Shahi litchi of which state has recently got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag?
[A] Bihar
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] West Bengal
[D] Assam
73.Which cricket statistician has authored the book “Indian Sports: Conversations and Reflections”?
[A] Sanjay Manjrekar
[B] Jatin Sapru
[C] Sushil Doshi
[D] Vijayan Bala
74.Which of the following Indian research organisations has developed an affordable Water Disinfection System “OneerTM”?
[A] BARC
[B] ISRO
[C] CSIR
[D] DRDO
75.Which of the following states is set to become the India’s first smoke- free State?
[A] Karnataka
[B] Kerala
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Andhra Pradesh
[A] Brazil
[B] China
[C] Japan
[D] Russia
77.Which of the following space agencies have successfully launched an unmanned Bepi Colombo spacecraft to Mercury?
[A] European Space Agency and JAXA
[B] ISRO and NASA
[C] JAXA and NASA
[D] ISRO and European Space Agency
78.Which country to host four nation summit on Syria crisis?
[A]Turkey
[B]Russia
[C]Israel
[D]Iran
79.Which state has recently celebrated the Kati Bihu festival 2018? [A] Meghalaya
[B] Assam
[C] West Bengal
[D] Jharkhand
80.Who has won the Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2018?
[A]Thomas D Mangelsen
[B]Michael Nichols
[C]Marsel van Oosten
[D]Pal Hermansen
81.Which Indian photographer has won the 2018 Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Asia) Award for ‘Pipe Owls’?
[A] Rajesh Bedi
[B] Sunjoy Monga
[C] A K Raju
[D] Arshdeep Singh
82.Which Indian-American personality has been honoured with US Presidential award for Combating Human Trafficking?
[A] Minal Patel Davis
[B] Neil Jain
[C] Vivek R Sinha
[D] Jagdeep Rajput
83.In which year, the Azad Hind Government was formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose?
[A] 1943
[B] 1942
[C] 1940
[D] 1941
84.Which US-based Dalit writer has won the 2018 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize?
[A] Deepak Unnikrishnan
[B] Aanchal Malhotra
[C] Sujatha Gidla
[D] Sanam Maher
85.What is “poly-Oxime”, that was developed recently by Indian researchers and was making news?
[A] A skin gel
[B] A pesticide
[C] A very strong nano-material[D] A coolant
[B] Abhijit Mukherjee
[C] Rudrangshu Mukherjee
[D] Sudip Bandyopadhyay
87.Which of the following is the India’s first domestic cruise?
[A]Dhruv
[B]Angriya
[C]Parry
[D]Tarangini
88.Who has been honoured with the 19th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration?
[A] Fali S. Nariman
[B] Bindeshwar Pathak
[C] D K Srivastava
[D] Ajit Doval
89.Sittwe Port, which is in news recently, is located in which country? [A] Sri Lanka
[B] Myanmar
[C] India
[D] Bangladesh
90.Which of the following cricket teams has won the 2018 Vijay Hazare Trophy?
[A] Mumbai
[B] Delhi
[C] Bihar [D] Kolkata
91.Japanese biologist Osamu Shimomura, who passed away recently, won the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovery of ____?
[A] Green fluorescent protein
[B] Quasi crystals
[C] Cryo-electron microscopy
[D] Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
92.Which country has officially opened the world’s longest sea-crossingbridge?
[A] Russia
[B] China
[C] Indonesia
[D] Japan
93.Who has won the 2018 Cameroonian presidential election?
[A]Dion Ngute
[B]Clement Atangana
[C]Maurice Kamto
[D]Paul Biya
94.Which Indian personality has been chosen for the 2018 Seoul Peace Prize?
[A] A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
[B] Kailash Satyarthi
[C] Narendra Modi
[D] Sonam Wangchuk
95.Which of the following cities is the venue of the 2018 WETEX (Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition)?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Dubai
[C] Paris
[D] New York
96.Which Indian personality has been crowned the Miss Deaf Asia 2018? [A] Deshna Jain
[B] Shree Saini
[C] Anukreethy Vas
[D] Nishtha Dudeja
97.Which Indian scientist will be honoured with the ICFA’s first-everWorld Agriculture Prize?
[A] M. S. Swaminathan
[B] Jayant Narlikar
[C] C. N. R. Rao
[D] Mitali Mukerji
98.The International Conference on Status and Protection of Coral Reefs (STAPCOR 2018) was held in which union territory of India?
[A] Dadra & Nagar Haveli
[B] Puducherry
[C] Daman & Diu
[D] Lakshadweep
99.‘Druzhba-III’ has started between which of the following countries? [A] India and Afghanistan
[B] Russia and Pakistan
[C] United States and Israel
[D] India and Bangladesh
100.Which of the following is the India’s first engine-less train?
[A]Train 25
[B]Train 47
[C]Train 51
[D]Train 18
[A] Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Iran
[B] Iran, Pakistan and Turkmenistan
[C] Pakistan, India and Iran
[D] India, Afghanistan and Iran
102.The 73rd Anniversary of which of the following events was observed recently on 2018 United Nations Day (UND)?
[A] Adoption of UN flag
[B] UN Charter coming in force
[C] Establishment of UN Security Council
[D] First Election to UN General Assembly
103.Which city is venue of 5th edition of the Women of India National Organic Festival 2018?
[A] Bhopal
[B] New Delhi
[C] Gangtok
[D] Guwahati
104.Which of the following is the national Coordinating Institute to implement the SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration) programme?
[A] IIT-Khargapur
[B] IIT-Bombay
[C] IIT-Madras
[D] IIT-Indore
105.Which of the following are correct statements about Virat Kohli?
[A]He is the fastest batsman to score 10,000 ODI runs
[B]His last 1,000 runs came from just 11 innings, which is also a world record
[C]His strike rate at 92.5 is the highest among batsmen with 10,000 runs in one-day format
[D]All are correct
[A] Myanmar
[B] Sri Lanka
[C] Nepal
[D] Bangladesh
107.Under which sea, the world’s oldest known intact shipwreck has been discovered by an international team of maritime archaeologists? [A] Red Sea
[B] Caribbean Sea
[C] South China Sea
[D] Black Sea
108.The political party registered under which section of the Representation of the People Act (RPA) of 1951 shall be eligible to receive the Electoral Bonds?
[A] Section 29A
[B] Section 38A
[C] Section 21A
[D] Section 24A
109.Which Indian player has clinched the 2018 World Billiards Championship title at Leeds in UK?
[A] Subhash Agarwal
[B] Geet Sethi
[C] Sourav Kothari
[D] Pankaj Advani
110.Which Indian woman table tennis player has won silver at Under-21Belgium Open?
[A] Archana Kamath
[B] Ayhika Mukherjee
[C] Moumita Dutta [D] Poulomi Ghatak
[A] IIT-Kharagpur
[B] IIT-Indore
[C] IIT-Bombay
[D] IIT-Madras
112.India’s largest Dry Dock will come in which of the following Shipyards?
[A] Mazagon Dock
[B] Cochin Shipyard
[C] Goa Shipyard
[D] Hindustan Shipyard
113.Which state government will organise the 2018 Sangai Festival to boost tourism?
[A] Kerala
[B] Odisha
[C] Sikkim
[D] Manipur
114.Who has won the 2018 Presidential election of Brazil?
[A]Fernando Haddad
[B]Manuela d Avila
[C]Hamilton Mourao
[D]Jair Bolsonaro
115.Which Indian sportsperson has been declared the Best Player of the tournament at the 2018 Asian Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy?
[A] Manpreet Singh
[B] Akashdeep Singh
[C] P. R. Sreejesh [D] Faizal Saari
[A] Meghalaya
[B] Arunachal Pradesh
[C] Manipur
[D] All of the above
117.Who has been elected as the new President of Ireland?
[A]Michael D Higgins
[B]Enda Kenny
[C]Mary McAleese
[D]Peter Casey
118.Which Nobel Prize winner will be honoured by Harvard University for her work promoting girls’ education?
[A] Nadia Murad
[B] Malala Yousafzai
[C] Kailash Satyarthi
[D] Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
119.The world’s largest airport ‘Under One Roof’ has officially opened in which city?
[A] Kochi
[B] Istanbul
[C] Beijing
[D] Tokyo
120.The scientists of which Indian organisation has recently developed less polluting firecrackers named – SWAS, SAFAL & STAR?
[A] CSIR
[B] DRDO
[C] ISRO [D] BARC
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