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This section includes 68 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. |
Acc. to the Global Wage Report 2018-19 report, Gender Wage Gap is highest in India, Women are paid __________ less than Men. |
| A. | 0.54 |
| B. | 0.44 |
| C. | 0.34 |
| D. | 0.39 |
| Answer» D. 0.39 | |
| 2. |
Cabinet has approved Agriculture Export Policy, 2018 with an aim to double farmers’ income by _________ |
| A. | 2023 |
| B. | 2020 |
| C. | 2021 |
| D. | 2022 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
Finance ministry has approved Rs __________ crore investment to upgrade Doordarshan and All India Rad |
| A. | 875 |
| B. | 800 |
| C. | 950 |
| D. | 850 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of Goa and this ministry hosted the annual Startup India Venture Capital Summit in Goa |
| A. | Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| B. | Ministry of External Affairs |
| C. | Ministry of Environment and Forests |
| D. | Ministry of Rural Development |
| Answer» B. Ministry of External Affairs | |
| 5. |
Indian Coast Guard has conducted Exercise ___________ at sea off Port Blair. |
| A. | Clean Sea-2018 |
| B. | Cleaning Sea-2018 |
| C. | Sea Clean -2018 |
| D. | Sea Cleaning -2018 |
| Answer» B. Cleaning Sea-2018 | |
| 6. |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate India's longest rail-cum-road bridge "Bogibeel Bridg" located in the state of |
| A. | Jharkhand |
| B. | Gujarat |
| C. | Haryana |
| D. | Assam |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
What is the current Bank Rate? |
| A. | 6.50 percent |
| B. | 6.75 percent |
| C. | 6.25 percent |
| D. | 6.00 percent |
| Answer» C. 6.25 percent | |
| 8. |
Who has entered the Limca Book of Records for training 2,08,125 women and girls in 989 selfdefence programme in 2017? |
| A. | Hyderabad Police |
| B. | Delhi Police |
| C. | Rajasthan Police |
| D. | Uttar Pradesh Police |
| Answer» C. Rajasthan Police | |
| 9. |
_____________ Ashok Amritraj has been honoured with the French Knight of the National Order of Merit. |
| A. | Background Composer |
| B. | Director |
| C. | Actor |
| D. | Producer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Who is the DG of Indian Ordnance Factories Board Arms industry company ? |
| A. | Manjeet Singh |
| B. | PK Shrivastava |
| C. | KK Modi |
| D. | BS Saha |
| Answer» C. KK Modi | |
| 11. |
Home Ministry has launched a Twitter account named _________ to enhance people’s basic knowledge about cybercrimes. |
| A. | @CyberYaar |
| B. | @CyberSathi |
| C. | @CyberDost |
| D. | @CyberMitra |
| Answer» D. @CyberMitra | |
| 12. |
Govt. has signed a loan agreement of worth ____________ million with Asian Development Bank to boost the tourism in Tamil Nadu. |
| A. | 39 |
| B. | 31 |
| C. | 33 |
| D. | 35 |
| Answer» C. 33 | |
| 13. |
___________ is an umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India. |
| A. | RBI |
| B. | NPCI |
| C. | NABARD |
| D. | IBA |
| Answer» C. NABARD | |
| 14. |
India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable long-range ballistic missile Agni-IV, with a strike range |
| A. | 1,800 km |
| B. | 2,200 km |
| C. | 3,600 km |
| D. | 4,000 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
Where is the headquarter of NABCB? |
| A. | Pune |
| B. | Mumbai |
| C. | New Delhi |
| D. | Hyderabad |
| Answer» D. Hyderabad | |
| 16. |
Who is the Governor of Telangana? |
| A. | ESL Narasimhan |
| B. | K Chandrashekhar Rao |
| C. | C Chandra |
| D. | K Shivam |
| Answer» B. K Chandrashekhar Rao | |
| 17. |
___________ Govt. has launched the ‘Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation’ (KALIA) scheme. |
| A. | Odisha |
| B. | Andhra Pradesh |
| C. | Karnataka |
| D. | Tamilnadu |
| Answer» B. Andhra Pradesh | |
| 18. |
The Global Aviation Summit 2019 will take place on January 15-16, 2019 at ___________ |
| A. | Mumbai |
| B. | . New Delhi |
| C. | Kolkata |
| D. | Chennai |
| Answer» B. . New Delhi | |
| 19. |
What is the theme of 2017 National Science Day (NSD)? |
| A. | Fostering Scientific Temper |
| B. | Science for Nation Building |
| C. | Scientific Issues for Development of the Nation |
| D. | Science and Technology for Specially Abled Persons |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Which public sector bank has signed MoU with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to start higher education financing agency? |
| A. | Canara Bank |
| B. | State Bank of India |
| C. | ICICI Bank |
| D. | HDFC Bank |
| Answer» B. State Bank of India | |
| 21. |
Who is the author of the book “Welcome to Nowhere”? |
| A. | David Olusoga |
| B. | Malorie Blackman |
| C. | Revathi Suresh |
| D. | Elizabeth Laird |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Which state government has recently implemented e-Cabinet solution for the state cabinet members? |
| A. | Arunachal Pradesh |
| B. | Tripura |
| C. | Nagaland |
| D. | Manipur |
| Answer» B. Tripura | |
| 23. |
Who is the newly appointed chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST)? |
| A. | Bari Krishna Damor |
| B. | Nand Kumar Sai |
| C. | Anusuia Uikey |
| D. | Raghav Chandra |
| Answer» C. Anusuia Uikey | |
| 24. |
Ved Prakash Sharma, who passed away recently, was the renowned novelist of which language? |
| A. | Telugu |
| B. | Tamil |
| C. | Odia |
| D. | Hindi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
Which state to host 3rd edition of LIC-Gateway LitFest? |
| A. | Maharashtra |
| B. | Karnataka |
| C. | West Bengal |
| D. | Assam |
| Answer» B. Karnataka | |
| 26. |
In which state India’s first-ever floating elementary school has started? |
| A. | Manipur |
| B. | Mizoram |
| C. | West Bengal |
| D. | Assam |
| Answer» B. Mizoram | |
| 27. |
Which committee will be constituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on cyber security? |
| A. | N K Singh committee |
| B. | Meena Hemachandra committee |
| C. | Ravi Iyer committee |
| D. | Tushar Krishna committee |
| Answer» C. Ravi Iyer committee | |
| 28. |
Who has won silver in men’s double trap at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2017? |
| A. | Shapath Bharadwaj |
| B. | Ankur Mittal |
| C. | Sangram Dahiya |
| D. | Ankur Mittal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
What is the theme of United Nations’ (UN) World Day of Social Justice-2017? |
| A. | Promote global justice & poverty eradication |
| B. | Promote global justice & poverty eradication |
| C. | A Just Transition – environmentally sustainable economies and societies |
| D. | Preventing conflict and sustaining peace through decent work |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
Which state is hosting the 2017 South Asian Speaker’s summit? |
| A. | Madhya Pradesh |
| B. | Himachal Pradesh |
| C. | Andhra Pradesh |
| D. | Kerala |
| Answer» B. Himachal Pradesh | |
| 31. |
Which country to host the 4th Rollball World Cup-2017? |
| A. | India |
| B. | Kenya |
| C. | Bangladesh |
| D. | Nepal |
| Answer» D. Nepal | |
| 32. |
Which Indian-origin British sculptor has won the 2017 Genesis Prize? |
| A. | Ram Sutar |
| B. | Srihari Bholekar |
| C. | Dhruva Mistry |
| D. | Anish Kapoor |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
India’s first hill station bicycle path has opened in which state? |
| A. | Manipur |
| B. | West Bengal |
| C. | Tripura |
| D. | Mizoram |
| Answer» C. Tripura | |
| 34. |
India has sanctioned how much amount of soft loan to Nepal for infra projects? |
| A. | $444 million |
| B. | $245 million |
| C. | $340 million |
| D. | $542 million |
| Answer» D. $542 million | |
| 35. |
What is the India’s rank in the 2017 Economic Freedom Index (EFI)? |
| A. | 143rd |
| B. | 117th |
| C. | 92nd |
| D. | 88th |
| Answer» B. 117th | |
| 36. |
Who has been elected the new President of Germany? |
| A. | Christian Wulff |
| B. | Joachim Gauck |
| C. | Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| D. | Olivia Jones |
| Answer» D. Olivia Jones | |
| 37. |
“Let’s read together” programme was held in which state’s government-run schools? |
| A. | Rajasthan |
| B. | Madhya Pradesh |
| C. | Manipur |
| D. | Himachal Pradesh |
| Answer» C. Manipur | |
| 38. |
Who has become the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu? |
| A. | KA Sengottaiyan |
| B. | O Panneerselvam |
| C. | Edappadi K Palaniswamy |
| D. | E Madhusudanan |
| Answer» D. E Madhusudanan | |
| 39. |
Which country has launched the world’s first Braille Atlas for visually impaired persons? |
| A. | China |
| B. | India |
| C. | Japan |
| D. | France |
| Answer» C. Japan | |
| 40. |
Who has become the acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public broadcaster Prasar Bharti? |
| A. | Sunil Gogoi |
| B. | Nirmal Kumar |
| C. | Rajeev Singh |
| D. | Suresh Panda |
| Answer» D. Suresh Panda | |
| 41. |
Which country is host to the 4th BIMSTEC Summit-2017? |
| A. | India |
| B. | Nepal |
| C. | Bhutan |
| D. | Thailand |
| Answer» C. Bhutan | |
| 42. |
Which Indian sportsperson will represent IOC’s Athletes’ Commission (AC) in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) |
| A. | Saina Nehwal |
| B. | P V Sindhu |
| C. | Pullela Gopichand |
| D. | Prakash Padukone |
| Answer» B. P V Sindhu | |
| 43. |
Who has been chosen as the new chief minister of Nagaland? |
| A. | K. L. Chishi |
| B. | John Bosco Jasokie |
| C. | Hokishe Sema |
| D. | Shurhozelie Liezietsu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Which city has hosted the 7th edition of Indian Seed Congress (ISC)-2017? |
| A. | Chennai |
| B. | New Delhi |
| C. | Kochi |
| D. | Kolkata |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
India has recently signed MoU with which country to ease restrictions on number of scheduled flights? |
| A. | United States |
| B. | United Kingdom |
| C. | South Africa |
| D. | Brazil |
| Answer» C. South Africa | |
| 46. |
Which country is host to the first-ever BIMSTEC National Security Chiefs (NSA) meet to discuss counter terror action plan? |
| A. | India |
| B. | Nepal |
| C. | Bhutan |
| D. | Pakistan |
| Answer» B. Nepal | |
| 47. |
Which state government has launched “Chief Minister Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana (CMSGUY)” to develop villages of the state? |
| A. | Tripura |
| B. | Odisha |
| C. | Assam |
| D. | Kerala |
| Answer» D. Kerala | |
| 48. |
Who has taken charge as the Whole Time Member (WTM) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)? |
| A. | Neha Sharma |
| B. | Suman Saxena |
| C. | Vasant Kumar |
| D. | Niranjan Tyagi |
| Answer» C. Vasant Kumar | |
| 49. |
The India Vetiver Network (INVN) has been launched in which state? |
| A. | Kerala |
| B. | Tamil Nadu |
| C. | Karnataka |
| D. | Assam |
| Answer» C. Karnataka | |
| 50. |
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, who has been appointed United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, is from which country? |
| A. | United States |
| B. | France |
| C. | Japan |
| D. | China |
| Answer» C. Japan | |