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This section includes 53 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Current Affairs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which state government has launched SMART initiative for agribusiness & rural transformation? |
| A. | Kerala |
| B. | Tamil Nadu |
| C. | Maharashtra |
| D. | Assam |
| Answer» D. Assam | |
| 2. |
Which state government has decided to form a new Spiritual Department? |
| A. | Rajasthan |
| B. | Uttar Pradesh |
| C. | Madhya Pradesh |
| D. | Odisha |
| Answer» D. Odisha | |
| 3. |
Which state government has launched the ‘Bharat Ratna Atal Bihar Vajpayee International Schools’ for students in rural areas? |
| A. | Uttar Pradesh |
| B. | Maharashtra |
| C. | Haryana |
| D. | Assam |
| Answer» C. Haryana | |
| 4. |
Which city is the venue of the 39th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit (GCCS-2018)? |
| A. | Baghdad |
| B. | Riyadh |
| C. | Muscat |
| D. | Tehran |
| Answer» C. Muscat | |
| 5. |
Under which article of the constitution, the member of UPSC shall be appointed by the President? |
| A. | Article-315 |
| B. | Article-318 |
| C. | Article-320 |
| D. | Article-316 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Which former Indian diplomat has been elected to an Asia Pacific seat on the UN’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)? |
| A. | Nirupama Rao |
| B. | Preeti Saran |
| C. | Meera Shankar |
| D. | Lalit Mansingh |
| Answer» C. Meera Shankar | |
| 7. |
Which Asian country has recently submitted its 6th National Report (NR6) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)? |
| A. | China |
| B. | India |
| C. | Nepal |
| D. | Bhutan |
| Answer» C. Nepal | |
| 8. |
Mount Etna, which is in news, is located in which country? |
| A. | UK |
| B. | Italy |
| C. | France |
| D. | Germany |
| Answer» C. France | |
| 9. |
Who has been appointed as the new president of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)? |
| A. | Sharmila Tagore |
| B. | Sajid Nadiadwala |
| C. | S. Shankar |
| D. | Brijendra Pal Singh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Who has been selected for the Best Woman Parliamentarian (Rajya Sabha) for 2018? |
| A. | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| B. | Smriti Irani |
| C. | Roopa Ganguly |
| D. | Kanimozhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Atlawim Debebe, who won the 2018 Pune International Marathon, is from which country? |
| A. | Greece |
| B. | Kenya |
| C. | Ethiopia |
| D. | Jamaica |
| Answer» D. Jamaica | |
| 12. |
Which Indian Armed Force has recently conducted ‘Ex Clean Sea-2018’ at sea off Port Blair? |
| A. | Indian Navy |
| B. | Indian Air Force |
| C. | Indian Army |
| D. | Indian Coast Guard |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Who is the author of the book “Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From”? |
| A. | Ashok Rajagopalan |
| B. | Tony Joseph |
| C. | Roopa Pai |
| D. | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni |
| Answer» C. Roopa Pai | |
| 14. |
Who clinched the Indian-style prestigious wrestling championship ‘Maharashtra Kesari 2018’? |
| A. | Saurav Gurjar |
| B. | Bala Rafique Shaikh |
| C. | Abhijeet Katke |
| D. | Jinder Mahal |
| Answer» C. Abhijeet Katke | |
| 15. |
The EU Parliament has recently approved the world’s largest free trade deal with which Asian country? |
| A. | India |
| B. | Japan |
| C. | Thailand |
| D. | Vietnam |
| Answer» C. Thailand | |
| 16. |
Who has been appointed as new SWIFT India Chairman? |
| A. | Sunil Mehta |
| B. | Ravi Venkatesan |
| C. | Arundhati Bhattacharya |
| D. | Girish Chandra Chaturvedi |
| Answer» D. Girish Chandra Chaturvedi | |
| 17. |
Which is the first North-Eastern State in India to launch Pan-India single emergency number ‘112’ under ERSS? |
| A. | Nagaland |
| B. | Sikkim |
| C. | Mizoram |
| D. | Meghalaya |
| Answer» B. Sikkim | |
| 18. |
Who has become the 1st Indian youngster to won the Junior Debate Championship at the World Scholar’s Cup 2018? |
| A. | Anand Rai |
| B. | Jayashree Vijiyan |
| C. | Akash Banerjee |
| D. | Aadi Sai Vijaykaran |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Where is the headquarters of the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB)? |
| A. | Lucknow |
| B. | Kochi |
| C. | Kolkata |
| D. | New Delhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Which Atomic Power Station (APS) has created a world record for the longest uninterrupted operation for 941 days? |
| A. | Kaiga |
| B. | Kakrapar |
| C. | Kudankulam |
| D. | Kalpakkam |
| Answer» B. Kakrapar | |
| 21. |
Which Indian sportsperson has been honoured with Meethoileima title? |
| A. | Heena Sidhu |
| B. | Mirabai Chanu |
| C. | Mary Kom |
| D. | Neeraj Chopra |
| Answer» D. Neeraj Chopra | |
| 22. |
Who has been awarded the PETA ‘Hero to Animals’ award for banning the Chinese manjha in Delhi? |
| A. | Imran Hussain |
| B. | Arvind Kejriwal |
| C. | Manish Sisodia |
| D. | Rajendra Pal Gautam |
| Answer» B. Arvind Kejriwal | |
| 23. |
Which wildlife sanctuary has been declared as National Park by the Madhya Pradesh government? |
| A. | Bori Wildlife Sanctuary |
| B. | Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary |
| C. | Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary |
| D. | Kheoni Sanctuary |
| Answer» C. Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary | |
| 24. |
India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge “Bogibeel” is located in which of the following states? |
| A. | Arunachal Pradesh |
| B. | Assam |
| C. | Tripura |
| D. | Nagaland |
| Answer» C. Tripura | |
| 25. |
Which country has recently picked the Chinese character “disaster” to define 2018? |
| A. | South Korea |
| B. | North Korea |
| C. | Russia |
| D. | Japan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Which of the following organisations has released the Global Nutrition Report for 2018? |
| A. | FAO |
| B. | WHO |
| C. | UNESCO |
| D. | ILO |
| Answer» C. UNESCO | |
| 27. |
What is the name of India’s first locomotive-less train, which was recently in news? |
| A. | Train 21 |
| B. | Train 18 |
| C. | Train 11 |
| D. | Train 36 |
| Answer» C. Train 11 | |
| 28. |
Which International organisation will provide a $85 million loan for skill development in Odisha? |
| A. | AIIB |
| B. | NDB |
| C. | World Bank |
| D. | ADB |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
Which country has recently legalized exports of medical marijuana? |
| A. | France |
| B. | Israel |
| C. | Australia |
| D. | Japan |
| Answer» C. Australia | |
| 30. |
The Government of India (GoI) has announced the institution of a new award named after which noted personality for National Integration? |
| A. | Subhas Chandra Bose |
| B. | Abul Kalam Azad |
| C. | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| D. | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Which South Asian country has recently signed an ascension pact to the 30-member Trans Regional Maritime Network (T-RMN)? |
| A. | India |
| B. | Bhutan |
| C. | Bangladesh |
| D. | Sri Lanka |
| Answer» B. Bhutan | |
| 32. |
The Central Government contribution in National Pension Scheme (NPS) has raised to how much percentage from the existing 10%? |
| A. | 0.14 |
| B. | 0.15 |
| C. | 0.16 |
| D. | 0.13 |
| Answer» B. 0.15 | |
| 33. |
Which of the following words has been declared People’s Word of 2018 by Cambridge Dictionary? |
| A. | Nomophobia |
| B. | No-platforming |
| C. | Gender gap |
| D. | Ecocide |
| Answer» B. No-platforming | |
| 34. |
Which of the following organizations has won the highest number of awards at the National Energy Conservation Awards (NECA) 2018? |
| A. | ISRO |
| B. | India Post |
| C. | Indian Railways |
| D. | NABARD |
| Answer» D. NABARD | |
| 35. |
What is the India’s rank in the 2019 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI)? |
| A. | 10th |
| B. | 11th |
| C. | 12th |
| D. | 13th |
| Answer» C. 12th | |
| 36. |
Dr. Rajanish Giri has been awarded the DBT Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA) 2018 for his proposed innovative idea on______? |
| A. | Ebola virus |
| B. | Chikungunya |
| C. | HIV |
| D. | Zika virus |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
The 2nd Russia-India-China ‘RIC’ Trilateral Summit has recently held in which of the following cities? |
| A. | New Delhi |
| B. | Beijing |
| C. | Buenos Aires |
| D. | Moscow |
| Answer» D. Moscow | |
| 38. |
Who has been appointed the new Chairman of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)? |
| A. | Anil Manibhai Naik |
| B. | Sunil Arora |
| C. | Nishant Jain |
| D. | P S Chaku |
| Answer» B. Sunil Arora | |
| 39. |
Who has been bestowed with the Mohammed Rafi Lifetime Achievement Award? |
| A. | Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma |
| B. | M. S. Subbulakshmi |
| C. | Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar |
| D. | Bismillah Khan |
| Answer» D. Bismillah Khan | |
| 40. |
Indo-China joint military exercise ‘Hand-in-Hand’ has started in which of the following locations? |
| A. | Chengdu |
| B. | Tianjin |
| C. | Guangzhou |
| D. | Hangzhou |
| Answer» B. Tianjin | |
| 41. |
Which union ministry has been conferred the Skoch Award for National Significance? |
| A. | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy |
| B. | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation |
| C. | Ministry of Women and Child Development |
| D. | Ministry of Railways |
| Answer» B. Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation | |
| 42. |
Which of the following countries has become the world’s first nation to recognise ‘orphanage trafficking’ as a form of modern slavery? |
| A. | Indonesia |
| B. | Spain |
| C. | Belgium |
| D. | Australia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
The air force units of India & which country are scheduled to participate in exercise ‘Cope India 2019 (CI19)’? |
| A. | South Africa |
| B. | United States |
| C. | China |
| D. | Maldives |
| Answer» C. China | |
| 44. |
Which of the following African countries has declared the new political capital ‘Gitega’? |
| A. | Tanzania |
| B. | Burundi |
| C. | Algeria |
| D. | Senegal |
| Answer» C. Algeria | |
| 45. |
Which of the following states have emerged as top performing states in NITI Aayog’s SDG India index 2018? |
| A. | Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Himachal Pradesh |
| B. | Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu |
| C. | Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Assam |
| D. | Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh |
| Answer» C. Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Assam | |
| 46. |
Which city is the venue of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Global Compact for Migration for year 2018? |
| A. | New Delhi |
| B. | Kathmandu |
| C. | Marrakech |
| D. | New York |
| Answer» D. New York | |
| 47. |
Which country is set become the world’s first country to make all its public transport free by 2019? |
| A. | Laos |
| B. | Venezuela |
| C. | Vietnam |
| D. | Luxembourg |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
Who is the author of the book “Architecture of Justice: A Pictorial Walk-through of the Supreme Courts and High Courts of India”? |
| A. | Kuldip Singh |
| B. | Vinay Thakur |
| C. | Nageswara Rao |
| D. | S. Chandra Roy |
| Answer» C. Nageswara Rao | |
| 49. |
Which Indian philanthropist has been bestowed with the highest French civilian distinction Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur? |
| A. | Azim Premji |
| B. | Shiv Nadar |
| C. | P. N. C. Menon |
| D. | Kushal Pal Singh |
| Answer» B. Shiv Nadar | |
| 50. |
Krakatoa island, which is in news recently, is situated in which of the following countries? |
| A. | Malaysia |
| B. | Singapore |
| C. | Indonesia |
| D. | New Zealand |
| Answer» D. New Zealand | |