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(Apr 01–30, 2018)

1. India’s CA Bhavani Devi won a silver medal at the Tournoi World Cup Satellite Fencing Championship

in Reykjavik, the capital city of

1) Iceland

2) Greenland

3) Finland

4) Denmark

5) New Zealand

2. The govt has entered into a legal agreement with which of the following for financing arrangement for

early development of biopharmaceuticals?

1) ADB

2) NDB

3) IMF

4) World Bank

5) Federal Reserve

3. Leisang village was the last village that was brought on the national

power grid on 28 Apr 2018. The village is situated in the state of

1) Jharkhand

2) Manipur

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Kerala

5) Chhattisgarh

4. India and Pakistan will participate in a military drill under the

framework of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the Ural

mountains in

1) China

2) Kazakhstan

3) Uzbekistan

4) Turkmenistan

5) Russia

5. Which country recently offered India a 30 per cent discount on crude oil purchases if India uses the

country’s crypto-currency Petro?

1) Saudi Arabia

2) Qatar

3) Venezuela

4) Iraq

5) Iran

6. The govt had acquired 59.73 per cent stake held by RBI in the country’s largest bank SBI for Rs

35,531.33 cr in the year

1) 2006

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2) 2007

3) 2008

4) 2009

5) 2010

7. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections during financial year 2017-2018 stood at

1) Rs 6.19 lakh cr

2) Rs 6.78 lakh cr

3) Rs 6.89 lakh cr

4) Rs 7.19 lakh cr

5) Rs 7.69 lakh cr

8. The Axis Bank board recently approved a proposal to increase its borrowing limit up to

1) Rs 50,000 cr

2) Rs 75,000 cr

3) Rs 1 lakh cr

4) Rs 1.5 lakh cr

5) Rs 2 lakh cr

9. Prajnesh Gunneswaran is associated with which of the following games? He won his maiden singles title

at Anning, China recently.

1) Badminton

2) Squash

3) Tennis

4) Snooker

5) Table tennis

10. The World Day for Safety and Health at Work is observed every year on

1) 08 Apr

2) 18 Apr

3) 20 Apr

4) 28 Apr

5) 30 Apr

11. The Global remittances, including flows to high-income countries, grew 7 per cent in 2017 to

1) $411 bn

2) $512 bn

3) $613 bn

4) $705 bn

5) $802 bn

12. The RBI sold almost all its holding in the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

(Nabard) to the Central Govt in the year

1) 2006

2) 2007

3) 2008

4) 2009

5) 2010

13. The Defence Acquisition Council approved capital acquisition proposals worth Rs 3,687 cr recently. It

includes development of NAG Missile System which is a/an





1) anti-tank missile

2) anti-aircraft missile

3) anti-submarine missile

4) missile defence system

5) torpedo

14. Shirui Lily State Festival 2018 was held in which of the following states recently?

1) Assam

2) Sikkim

3) Tripura

4) Manipur

5) Jharkhand

15. The World Creativity and Innovation Day is observed every year on

1) 30 Apr

2) 21 Apr

3) 11 Apr

4) 07 Apr

5) 01 Apr

16. Dalmia Bharat Ltd has signed an MoU with the govt to take up Red Fort in Delhi and Gandikota Fort in

which state under the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ project?

1) Karnataka

2) Rajasthan

3) West Bengal

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Andhra Pradesh

17. The leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to pursue a permanent peace and the complete

denuclearization. The capital of North Korea is

1) Kaesong

2) Hamhung

3) Pyongyang

4) Wonsan

5) Seoul

18. Aditya Ghosh resigned as the President of which of the following India airlines recently?

1) IndiGo

2) Spicejet

3) Jet Airways

4) Vistara

5) AirAsia India

19. Which state govt has appointed international shooter Gauri Sheoran as the brand ambassador for its two

health-related programmes?

1) Punjab

2) Haryana

3) Telangana

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Rajasthan





20. The book Why I am a Hindu has been authored by who among the following?

1) Jawaharlal Nehru

2) Siddaramaiah

3) Mamata Banerjee

4) Shashi Tharoor

5) Arvind Kejriwal

21. The foundation day of Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) was observed on 25

Apr. The present MD and Chairman of HUDCO is

1) Hardeep Singh Puri

2) Ravi Kanth Medithi

3) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

4) Sriram Kalyanaraman

5) Mohammad Mustafa

22. The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Christine Schraner Burgener of Switzerland

as his new special envoy on

1) Syria

2) Pakistan

3) Afghanistan

4) Myanmar

5) Philippines

23. The HRD ministry launched the second edition of which of the following schemes recently to make

students adopt villages and learn about lifestyle and problems of people?

1) Ek Bharat Abhiyan

2) Sampark Bharat Abhiyan

3) Unnat Bharat Abhiyan

4) Sundar Bharat Abhiyan

5) None of these

24. In a historical meeting, the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently met the South Korean President

1) Moon Jae-in

2) Roh Moo-hyun

3) Ahn Hee-jung

4) Park Geun-hye

5) Ahn Cheol-soo

25. Which of the following is NOT a scheme launched by the central govt?

1) Gobar-Dhan

2) Jan Dhan

3) Van Dhan

4) Kuber Dhan

5) None of these

26. Which of the following is the most trusted Internet brand in India in the TRA Brand Trust Report 2018?

1) Google

2) Facebook

3) Microsoft

4) Twitter





5) TCS

27. The govt will soon acquire RBI’s stake in housing finance regulator National Housing Bank (NHB). RBI

currently holds what per cent stake in the NHB?

1) 25 per cent

2) 49 per cent

3) 65 per cent

4) 74 per cent

5) 100 per cent

28. _________ has been awarded the National Intellectual Property Award, 2018.

1) JNU

2) CSIR

3) BHU

4) IISc, Bengaluru

5) IIT Mumbai

29. The World Intellectual Property Day is observed every year on

1) 06 Apr

2) 16 Apr

3) 20 Apr

4) 26 Apr

5) 30 Apr

30. Which of the following is the world's largest remittance recipient in 2017 with about $69 bn?

1) India

2) Nigeria

3) Mexico

4) Philippines

5) China

31. The development bank Nabard provided an assistance of Rs 10,012 cr to which state during 2017-18 to

facilitate overall development?

1) Uttar Pradesh

2) Rajasthan

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Karnataka

5) Odisha





32. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced the launch of its e-Gsec platform to invest in govt

securities. The present MD and CEO of NSE is

1) Ashok Chawla

2) Vikram Limaye

3) Ravi

4) Dhirendra Swarup

5) Ajay Tyagi

33. _______ has emerged as India’s most attractive employer brand according to findings of Randstad

Employer Brand Research 2018.

1) Amazon India

2) TCS

3) Infosys

4) Microsoft India

5) Google India

34. What is India’s ranking in the 2018 Press Freedom Index?

1) 175th

2) 98th

3) 112th

4) 132nd

5) 138th

35. Which of the following countries has topped the 2018 Press Freedom Index released by the Reporters

Without Borders (RSF)?

1) Sweden

2) New Zealand

3) Norway

4) Australia

5) Denamark

36. Mario Abdo Benítez was elected as the next President of which of the following countries in the recent

elections?

1) Uruguay

2) Paraguay

3) Chad

4) Colombia

5) East Timor

37. Who among the following has launched a new political party named “Hamro Sikkim”?

1) Bhaichung Bhutia

2) Jeje Lalpekhlua

3) Subrata Pal

4) Sunil Chhetri

5) Gouramangi Singh

38. The ICC has decided to convert the 2021 Champions Trophy into a World T20 event. The 2021 event is

scheduled in

1) England

2) New Zealand





3) India

4) Bangladesh

5) Sri Lanka

39. India and which of the following countries will hold a two-week military exercise beginning Apr 30

named ‘Harimau Shakti’?

1) Indonesia

2) Philippines

3) Thailand

4) Malaysia

5) Vietnam

40. Which of the following banks reported a surprise fourth-quarter (FY18) loss for the first time since its

listing in 1998?

1) ICICI Bank

2) HDFC Bank

3) Kotak Mahindra Bank

4) YES Bank

5) Axis Bank

41. What is the currency of Mongolia?

1) Togrog

2) Rand

3) Kyat

4) Ngultrum

5) Peso

42. ________ has signed a loan agreement with India for IBRD credit of USD 125 mn for the “Innovate in

India for Inclusiveness Project”.

1) IMF

2) Federal Reserve

3) World Bank

4) ADB

5) NDB

43. India has tied up with the United States and which of the following countries to develop a pollution-

forecast system?

1) Norway

2) Sweden

3) New Zealand

4) France

5) Finland

44. The two-day coastal security exercise, ‘Sagar Kavach’, was held on Apr 18 and 19 in

1) Mumbai

2) Goa

3) Chennai

4) Vishakhapatnam

5) Kandla





45. Warangal Durries has received Geographical Indication (GI) tag. It has brought much acclaim to the

weaver community of Warangal region in the state of

1) Karnataka

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Maharashtra

4) Telangana

5) Gujarat

46. The payment solutions company Razorpay will soon enable eNACH for its merchant customers. Here,

the term NACH means

1) National Automated Commodity House

2) National Automated Clearing House

3) National Automated Curing House

4) National Automated Commissioning House

5) None of these

47. Who among the following is all set to become the first woman advocate to be recommended for

appointment as an SC judge as the govt has cleared her appointment?

1) Abhilash Kumari

2) Indira Banerjee

3) Gita Mittal

4) Indu Malhotra

5) Vijaya Tahilramani

48. The World Bank has released a report “The Global Findex.” As per this report, the total bank account

ownership in India is what per cent of the population in 2017?

1) 53 per cent

2) 77 per cent

3) 80 per cent

4) 83 per cent

5) 90 per cent

49. Who among the following is the author of the book Evolution?

1) Emmanuel Macron

2) Justin Trudeau

3) Jacinda Ardern

4) Theresa May

5) Angela Merkel

50. The World Malaria Day is observed every year on

1) 05 Apr

2) 15 Apr

3) 20 Apr

4) 25 Apr

5) 30 Apr

51. The Commonwealth Heads of Govt Meeting (CHOFM) 2018 concluded recently in the UK. The next

CHOGM will be held in 2020 in

1) Rwanda

2) Australia

3) Mauritius





4) Canada

5) Malaysia

52. The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the 6th round of India-Mongolia Joint

Consultative Committee meeting recently. The capital city of Mongolia is

1) Manama

2) Baku

3) Ulaanbaatar

4) Nassau

5) Tirana

53. The Home Ministry has decided to relax the six-decade-old Protected Area Permit regime from which of

the following states for five years for foreign tourists?

1) Nagaland

2) Mizoram

3) Manipur

4) All the above

5) Only 2) and 3)

54. PM Narendra Modi visited which state on the National Panchayati Raj Day and unveiled a roadmap for

development of tribal areas over the next five years?

1) Rajasthan

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Karnataka

4) West Bengal

5) Maharashtra

55. Adilabad Dokra, an ancient bell metal craft popular in the tribal regions of Adilabad district in which

state has been issued the Geographical Indication (GI) tag?

1) Karnataka

2) Jharkhand

3) Odisha

4) West Bengal

5) Telangana

56. The govt has achieved the disbursal target for agriculture credit of Rs 10 lakh cr in 2017-18 fiscal. The

target for the current financial year has been set at

1) Rs 11 lakh cr

2) Rs 11.5 lakh cr

3) Rs 12 lakh cr

4) Rs 12.5 lakh cr

5) Rs 13 lakh cr

57. The Nabard is planning to raise about Rs 40,000 cr through bond issuance in FY2019. The present

Chairman of Nabard is

1) TS Vijayan

2) David Rasquinha

3) Ajay Tyagi

4) Mohammad Mustafa

5) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala





58. The Bharat Financial Inclusion (formerly SKS Microfinance) has approached the Sebi, BSE and NSE for

necessary approval for the merger with

1) Federal Bank

2) IndusInd Bank

3) YES Bank

4) Axis Bank

5) IDFC Bank

59. The National Panchayati Raj Day is observed every year on

1) 04 Apr

2) 14 Apr

3) 24 Apr

4) 28 Apr

5) 30 Apr

60. The theme of the Commonwealth Heads of Govt Meeting (CHOFM) 2018 was

1) Towards a Shared Future

2) Towards a Better Future

3) Towards a Bright Future

4) Towards a Common Future

5) Towards a Green Future

61. Which country is the biggest shareholder at the World Bank as of now?

1) China

2) US

3) UK

4) Japan

5) France

62. Which country won the 8th South Asian Judo Championship held in Nepal recently?

1) India

2) Nepal

3) Pakistan

4) Sri Lanka

5) Bangladesh

63. The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA was removed completely from which of the

following states recently?

1) Assam

2) Manipur

3) Sikkim

4) Jammu and Kashmir

5) Meghalaya

64. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed in principle to give an aid of Rs 1,700 cr for

infrastructure development to

1) Jharkhand

2) Maharashtra

3) Karnataka

4) Uttarakhand

5) Bihar





65. The World Book and Copyright Day is observed every year on

1) 03 Apr

2) 13 Apr

3) 23 Apr

4) 27 Apr

5) 30 Apr

66. Which of the following firms created history recently by becoming the first Indian company to reach the

$100 bn market capitalisation (m-cap) mark? Market capitalisation is the value of a company that is traded

on the stock market.

1) Infosys

2) Wipro

3) Reliance Industries

4) Tata Consultancy Services

5) Tata Motors

67. Who among the following won the 2018 Monte Carlo Masters title recently?

1) Kei Nishikori

2) Rafael Nadal

3) Novak Djokovic

4) Andy Murray

5) Stan Wawrinka

68. Mohamed Salah won the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) player of the year award for the

2017-2018 season. He is first from which country to win the award?

1) Malaysia

2) Indonesia

3) Pakistan

4) Bangladesh

5) Egypt

69. The Digambarpur Garm Panchayat has bagged the India’s best Gram Panchayat award. The Panchayat is

located in which state?

1) West Bengal

2) Gujarat

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Uttar Pradesh

5) Kerala

70. The public sector bank Indian Overseas Bank entered into an agreement with NeSL recently. Letter ‘e’

in the term NeSL stands for

1) education

2) environment

3) e-Governance

4) electronic

5) e-Banking

71. The Idea Cellular’s proposal to allow up to 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in the company is

under consideration of the DIPP which means

1) Department of Industrial Priority and Promotion





2) Department of Industrial Policy and Protection

3) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion

4) Department of Industrial Priority and Protection

5) None of these

72. India’s forest cover has increased by 6,778 sq km during the last two years. Which state has made the

largest contribution in it, according to the Forest Survey of India (FSI)?

1) Jharkhand

2) Chhattisgarh

3) Kerala

4) Karnataka

5) Andhra Pradesh

73. Who among the following is the present Foreign Minister of China? He will be China's new special

representative for border talks with India.

1) Wang Yi

2) Li Keqiang

3) Hua Chunying

4) Yang Jiechi

5) Wang Qishan

74. The World Intellectual Property Day is observed every year on

1) 06 Apr

2) 16 Apr

3) 20 Apr

4) 26 Apr

5) 30 Apr

75. According to the World Bank, the percentage of inactive bank

accounts is highest (48 per cent) in which country in the world?

1) Russia

2) China

3) Indonesia

4) India

5) Pakistan

76. The National Institute of Bank Management, a RBI-owned institute, is located in which of the following

cities?

1) Pune

2) Bengaluru

3) Mumbai

4) Chennai

5) Bhopal

77. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised the Narendra Modi govt for doing well in the area of

reforms. The present Managing Director of the IMF is

1) Haruhiko Kuroda

2) Jim Yong Kim

3) Christine Lagarde

4) Takehiko Nakao

5) Roberto Azevedo





78. At the International Monetary Finance Committee in Washington, the RBI Governor Urjit Patel said that

the real GDP growth of India is expected to expand in 2018-19 at

1) 7.1 per cent

2) 7.2 per cent

3) 7.3 per cent

4) 7.4 per cent

5) 7.6 per cent

79. For the first time after Independence, a record number of more than 1 lakh 75 thousand people will go to

Haj this year. The Minority Affairs Minister in the present govt is

1) Najma Heptulla

2) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

3) Shazia Ilmi

4) MJ Akbar

5) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain

80. Which of the following teams won the inaugural edition of Super Cup Football tournament at the

Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar?

1) Pune City

2) Jamshedpur

3) Kerala Blasters

4) East Bengal

5) Bengaluru FC

81. The govt has promulgated Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance to provide death penalty for rapists of

girls below 12 years which amends POCSO Act. In the term POCSO letter P means

1) Prevention

2) Protection

3) Provision

4) Prison

5) Perpetrator

82. The leaders at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London have

unanimously agreed to take action on cybersecurity by

1) 2019

2) 2020

3) 2021

4) 2022

5) 2023

83. The govt has approved restructured scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) for which the

total outlay during 1 Apr 2018 to 31 Mar 2022 is

1) Rs 4,500.50 cr

2) Rs 5,455.50 cr

3) Rs 6,355.50 cr

4) Rs 7,255.50 cr

5) Rs 8,100.50 cr

84. Nasa recently launched its newest planet-hunting spacecraft, Tess, which means

1) Transforming Exoplanet Survey Satellite





2) Traversing Exoplanet Survey Satellite

3) Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

4) Touring Exoplanet Survey Satellite

5) None of these

85. The group of ministers (GoM) constituted by the Road Ministry has recommended a uniform structure of

road tax across states. The GoM recently met in

1) Jaipur

2) Lucknow

3) Bhopal

4) New Delhi

5) Guwahati

86. The first ever four-day International Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) convention was held

recently in

1) New Delhi

2) Mumbai

3) Bengaluru

4) Hyderabad

5) Patna

87. The first meeting of the BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was held recently on the

sidelines of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in

1) London

2) Geneva

3) Washington

4) Basel

5) Davos

88. _____ and India have reached an agreement under the Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) system on

the tax issue related to Nokia.

1) Sweden

2) Denmark

3) Norway

4) Spain

5) Finland

89. As said by the eeconomic affairs secretary Subhash Chandra Garg at the 97th meeting of the

Development Committee of the World Bank in Washington, India’s GDP is expected to reach $5 tn by

1) 2021

2) 2023

3) 2025

4) 2026

5) 2028

90. The World Bank recently approved $13 bn capital increase as the US dropped its objection. The present

president of the World Bank is

1) Haruhiko Kuroda

2) Jim Yong Kim

3) Takehiko Nakao

4) Christine Lagarde





5) Roberto Azevedo

91. The govt wants to garner what amount from the three gold schemes this fiscal (2018-19)?

1) Rs 5,000 cr

2) Rs 10,000 cr

3) Rs 15,000 cr

4) Rs 20,000 cr

5) Rs 25,000 cr

92. The govt has launched ‘Study in India’ programme to attract more foreign students. What number of

seats India is offering in the 2018-19 academic year?

1) 5,000

2) 10,000

3) 15,000

4) 20,000

5) 25,000

93. The Vice President Venkaiah Naidu recently launched the cashless health scheme of which state govt

named ‘Atal Amrit Abhiyan’?

1) Gujarat

2) Haryana

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Rajasthan

5) Assam

94. According to the recent database of the IMF’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) for Apr 2018, at $2.6

tn, India is world’s _____ largest economy.

1) third

2) fourth

3) fifth

4) sixth

5) seventh

95. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 (CHOGM 2018) was held recently in London.

It was overall ______ CHOGM.

1) 21st

2) 22nd

3) 23rd

4) 24th

5) 25th

96. The Commonwealth countries have unanimously agreed to take action on cybersecurity by 2020. Which

of the following is NOT a member of Commonwealth?

1) Sri Lanka

2) Singapore

3) Malaysia

4) Brunei Darussalam

5) None of these

97. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited which country to participate in a meeting of the foreign

ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)?





1) Russia

2) China

3) Pakistan

4) Kazakhstan

5) Uzbekistan

98. The Civil Services Day is observed every year on

1) 01 Apr

2) 06 Apr

3) 11 Apr

4) 21 Apr

5) 30 Apr

99. The World Liver Day (WLD) is observed every year on

1) 01 Apr

2) 09 Apr

3) 11 Apr

4) 19 Apr

5) 29 Apr

100. The Malaria Summit 2018 was held recently in

1) Tokyo

2) Beijing

3) New Delhi

4) London

5) Sydney

101. The govt has formed a new thinktank, called the Defence Planning Committee (DCP), to reform the

process of higher defence planning. Its chairman is

1) Ajit Doval

2) Brajesh Mishra

3) Rajinder Khanna

4) Arvind Gupta

5) Sanjay Mitra

102. Which state has bagged the Most Film Friendly Award given by the central govt for its efforts to ease

filming in the state?

1) Uttar Pradesh

2) Kerala

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Himachal Pradesh

5) Telangana

103. The govt is set to launch the first tranche of sovereign gold bonds (SGBs) for the current fiscal. The

SGBs will offer ________ annual interest to investors.

1) 1.5 per cent

2) 2 per cent

3) 2.5 per cent

4) 3 per cent

5) 3.5 per cent





104. The govt launched DARPAN app recently. The app is aimed at achieving total digitisation of ________

in the country.

1) medical services

2) pharmacy services

3) passport services

4) postal services

5) subsidies

105. The Finance Ministry is considering coming out with Rs 10,000-cr follow-on fund offer of the Bharat-

22 ETF. Here, the term ETF stands for

1) Externally Traded Fund

2) Exchange Traded Fund

3) Exchange Traded Future

4) Externally Traded Future

5) None of these

106. The Law Commission has favoured the simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and the Assemblies,

possibly in 2019. The law commission is headed by

1) BS Chauhan

2) Kurian Joseph

3) Madan Lokur

4) Ranjan Gogoi

5) Jasti Chelameswar

107. The Poshan Abhiyaan was launched in Mar 2018 by PM Narendra Modi in Jhunjhunu situated in the

state of

1) Madhya Pradesh

2) Maharashtra

3) Bihar

4) Karnataka

5) Rajasthan

108. What is India’s ranking on the new Commonwealth Innovation Index?

1) 3rd

2) 4th

3) 6th

4) 8th

5) 10th

109. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has extended total credit

support of Rs 14,690 cr to which state for 2017-18?

1) Odisha

2) Jharkhand

3) Rajasthan

4) Sikkim

5) Assam

110. The State Bank of India (SBI) recently allowed customers to withdraw money up to what amount via

Point of Sale (PoS) machines?

1) Rs 2,000

2) Rs 3,000





3) Rs 5,000

4) Rs 8,000

5) Rs 10,000

111. As announced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently, India is expected to grow at what

per cent in 2019?

1) 7.3 per cent

2) 7.5 per cent

3) 7.6 per cent

4) 7.8 per cent

5) 7.9 per cent

112. The Pulitzer Prizes is given to the people related to which of the following fields?

1) Film industry

2) Journalism

3) Music

4) Science

5) Sports

113. Lieutenant General PP Malhotra recently assumed charge as the Director General of

1) National Cadet Corps

2) Border Security Force

3) Central Reserve Police Force

4) Central Industrial Security Force

5) National Investigating Agency

114. Which country joined the India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA) ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s

recent visit to the country? It is 62nd country to join ISA.

1) Brazil

2) UAE

3) UK

4) Australia

5) Tuvalu

115. The pace of construction of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) roads reached an eight-year

high in 2017-18 at

1) 74 km per day

2) 82 km per day

3) 95 km per day

4) 116 km per day

5) 134 km per day

116. The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was first launched in which of the following years?

1) 2000

2) 2001

3) 2002

4) 2003

5) 2004

117. Aditi Rao Hydari received Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award 2018 for the Best Leading Lady

(Critics Award) for her memorable performance in





1) Secret Superstar

2) Mom

3) Bhoomi

4) Pink

5) Hindi Medium

118. India has topped the election to the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, a UN subsidiary.

How many votes did India get?

1) 47

2) 43

3) 58

4) 39

5) 46

119. Fourteen new sites have been designated as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems. The

Cascaded Tank-Village System is one of them which is situated in

1) Bangladesh

2) Sri Lanka

3) Maldives

4) Nepal

5) Bhutan

120. The World Heritage Day is observed every year on

1) 02 Apr

2) 08 Apr

3) 18 Apr

4) 28 Apr

5) 30 Apr

121. As announced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

recently, India is expected to grow at what per cent in 2018?

1) 7.1 per cent

2) 7.4 per cent

3) 7.6 per cent

4) 7.8 per cent

5) 8.1 per cent

122. ______ has topped the list of salary trends in 2017 (average annual cost to company (CTC) for talent at

about Rs 11 lakh) according to Randstad Insights.

1) Bengaluru

2) Gurugram

3) Noida

4) Hyderabad

5) Chennai

123. The World Bank has projected what per cent growth rate for India for 2019 and 2020?

1) 7.1 per cent

2) 7.3 per cent

3) 7.5 per cent

4) 7.7 per cent

5) 7.9 per cent





124. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its latest World Economic Outlook report, has projected a

global growth of what per cent in 2018 and 2019?

1) 3.1 per cent

2) 3.3 per cent

3) 3.5 per cent

4) 3.7 per cent

5) 3.9 per cent

125. The Environment Ministry has come out with a draft national action plan called NCAP. The plan

pertains to

1) reducing air pollution

2) community development

3) agriculture

4) pharmaceuticals

5) cattle care

126. PM Narendra Modi visited which of the following countries to attend the two day Commonwealth

Heads of Government Meeting recently?

1) New Zealand

2) Australia

3) Canada

4) UK

5) Sweden

127. The Nordic countries has supported India's candidature for a permanent seat in reformed UN Security

Council. Which of the following is NOT a Nordic country?

1) Norway

2) Iceland

3) Finland

4) Denmark

5) New Zealand

128. As revealed by the UIDAI recently, it has imposed disincentives on which of the following for failing

in their duties while seeking authentication of Aadhar identity?

1) Axis Bank

2) Airtel

3) YES Bank

4) All of these

5) Only 1) and 2)

129. Bandhan Bank has become one of the top 50 most valuable publicly traded firms in India. The bank is

headquartered in

1) New Delhi

2) Hyderabad

3) Kolkata

4) Mumbai

5) Kochi

130. The World Haemophilia Day is observed every year on

1) 03 Apr





2) 07 Apr

3) 17 Apr

4) 27 Apr

5) 30 Apr

131. PM Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with his counterpart Stefan Lofven recently during his visit to

1) Ireland

2) Denmark

3) Norway

4) Sweden

5) Finland

132. The World Bank has projected what per cent growth rate for India for 2018 in its recent report?

1) 7.1 per cent

2) 7.3 per cent

3) 7.5 per cent

4) 7.9 per cent

5) 8.1 per cent

133. The Govt has preponed the target year for completion of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

(PMGSY)-I to

1) 2022

2) 2021

3) 2019

4) 2020

5) 2018

134. The inflation, based on wholesale prices, remained at what per cent in Mar 2018?

1) 2.47 per cent

2) 3.81 per cent

3) 4.28 per cent

4) 4.70 per cent

5) 5.11 per cent

135. The Indian Air Force conducted a pan-India exercise, the biggest such exercise in terms of scale since

1986-1987 recently. The operation was named

1) GaganShakti

2) Brasstacks

3) Parakram

4) Arjun

5) Prahar

136. The Mecca Masjid was in news for acquittal of accused in a blast case in the mosque eleven years ago.

The mosque is located in

1) Chennai

2) Hyderabad

3) New Delhi

4) Ahmedabad

5) Jaipur

137. Who among the following is the present CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?





1) AP Hota

2) Dilip Asbe

3) Renu Satti

4) Ajay Bhushan Pandey

5) Salil Parekh

138. The World Bank released its bi-annual South Asia Economic Focus report for Spring 2018 titled

‘Jobless Growth?’ recently. The report says that India needs to grow at what per cent per year to ensure

employment to the burgeoning workforce?

1) 08 per cent

2) 11 per cent

3) 14 per cent

4) 16 per cent

5) 18 per cent

139. The Central govt has fixed a threshold of what amount for foreign direct investments (FDIs) in

unregistered fund-based activities?

1) $10 million

2) $15 million

3) $20 million

4) $25 million

5) $30 million

140. Riddhi Sen won the best actor award at the 65th National Film Awards for the movie

1) Nagar Kirtan

2) Baahubali 2: The Conclusion

3) Village Rockstars

4) Bhayanakam

5) Toilet Ek Prem Katha

141. The 2018 Commonwealth Games concluded recently. India won how many gold medals in the game?

1) 35

2) 26

3) 24

4) 21

5) 18

142. Which of the following countries topped the medal tally with 198 medals including 80 gold medals at

the recently concluded 2018 Commonwealth Games?

1) Australia

2) Canada

3) England

4) India

5) New Zealand

143. India won highest number of gold medals (7) in which of the following games in the recently

concluded 2018 Commonwealth Games?

1) Wrestling

2) Weightlifting

3) Shooting

4) Tennis





5) Badminton

144. The traditional new year ‘Vishu’ was celebrated by the people of which of the following states

recently?

1) Jharkhand

2) Assam

3) Sikkim

4) Maharashtra

5) Kerala

145. Bulumgavhan, a remote tribal village got electrified after 70 years of independence recently and was

complemented by PM Narendra Modi. The village is situated in

1) Rajasthan

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Telangana

4) Maharashtra

5) Chhattisgarh

146. The 29th Arab League Summit was held recently in Dahran in

1) UAE

2) Qatar

3) Iran

4) Bahrain

5) Saudi Arabia

147. PM Narendra Modi left for which country recently for the India-Nordic Summit?

1) Sweden

2) Netherlands

3) Spain

4) New Zealand

5) Germany

148. In a major boost to Air India’s divestment, International Finance Corporation (IFC) has said it may

participate in the airline’s selloff. The IFC is the investment arm of

1) Federal Reserve

2) World Bank

3) IMF

4) AIIB

5) ADB

149. The CATOBAR (catapult assisted take-off but arrested recovery) is a technology generally used in

1) Intercontinental missiles

2) Submarines

3) Torpedoes

4) Aircraft carriers

5) Unmanned Ariel Vehicles

150. The Centre has appointed a new Banks Board Bureau (BBB) under the Chairmanship of

1) Vinod Rai

2) Pradip P Shah

3) Bhanu Pratap Sharma





4) P Pradeep Kumar

5) Vedika Bandarkar

151. The AU Small Finance Bank wants to ramp up its business via crowd-sourcing with the help of an app

called ‘Kamao’. The bank is headquartered at

1) Bhopal

2) Jaipur

3) Chennai

4) Hyderabad

5) Bengaluru

152. Which of the following banks has bagged the prestigious Banco Award for best performing cooperative

bank?

1) Citizen Credit Cooperative Bank Limited

2) Bharat Cooperative Bank Mumbai Limited

3) Kalyan Janata Sahakari Bank

4) Bhuj Mercantile Cooperative Bank

5) None of these

153. Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to claim a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in which

game recently?

1) Discuss throw

2) Javelin thrower

3) Pole vault

4) Triple jump

5) High jump

154. Sanjeev Rajput won a gold medal in which of the following games in the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

1) Boxing

2) Archery

3) Shooting

4) Wrestling

5) Weightlifting

155. The World Bank recently approved $55mn to expand the use of clean renewable energy in rural areas

of which country?

1) Sri Lanka

2) Bhutan

3) Maldives

4) Afghanistan

5) Bangladesh

156. The SIDBI has announced a plan to promote micro-enterprises in 115 aspirational districts across the

country. It has tied up with CSCs which stand for

1) Common Service Counters

2) Common Service Centres

3) Community Service Centres

4) Common Support Centres

5) None of these

157. Which of the following is India’s largest private bank by market capitalization at present?





1) HDFC Bank

2) ICICI Bank


4) Axis Bank

5) YES Bank

158. The CBI booked Arun Kaul and others for allegedly cheating which of the following banks to the tune

of Rs 621 cr recently? He is the former CMD of the bank.

1) Dena Bank

2) Bank of India

3) UCO Bank

4) Canara Bank

5) Central Bank of India

159. India and which country signed seven MoUs at Defence Expo in Chennai recently?

1) Sweden

2) Norway

3) Ukraine

4) Japan

5) Russia

160. Which of the following banks launched new products such as pre-approved credit card and UPI

solution to mark its 124th foundation day recently on 12 Apr?

1) Indian Bank

2) Bank of Baroda

3) Canara Bank

4) Punjab National Bank

5) State Bank of India

161. The 127th birth anniversary of who among the following was observed on 14 Apr?

1) Jyotirao Phule

2) Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

3) Swami Vivekanand

4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

5) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

162. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the first health centre under Ayushman Bharat Scheme recently in

Bijapur in

1) Chhattisgarh

2) Jharkhand

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Maharashtra

5) Uttar Pradesh

163. Who among the following has been given the 49th Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Indian cinema's highest

honour, posthumously?

1) Shashi Kapoor

2) Rajesh Khanna

3) Sridevi

4) Vinod Mehra

5) Vinod Khanna





164. The Best Film award went to the film Village Rockstars at the 65th National Film Awards. This is a/an

1) Bengali film

2) Marathi film

3) Bhojpuri film

4) Assamese film

5) Tamil film

165. Who among the following has been awarded with the Best Actress award at the 65th National Film

Awards?

1) Zaira Wasim (The Secret Superstar)

2) Bhumi Pednekar (Toilet: Ek Prem Katha)

3) Sridevi (Mom)

4) Saba Qamar (Hindi Midium)

5) Kangana Ranaut (Rangoon)

166. Rongali or Bohag Bihu is a festival observed in the month of Apr in the India state of

1) West Bengal

2) Tripura

3) Sikkim

4) Jharkhand

5) Assam

167. The US has announced eligibility review of India for the GSP which means

1) Generalized System of Participation

2) Generalized System of Preferences

3) Generalized System of Promotion

4) Generalized System of Parameters

5) None of these

168. The names of Yuki Bhambri and Ramkumar Ramanathan are associated with the game of

1) Badminton

2) Squash

3) Snooker

4) Tennis

5) Shooting

169. Malabo is the capital city of which of the following African countries?

1) Equatorial Guinea

2) Zambia

3) Mozambique

4) Ghana

5) Swaziland

170. Which of the following has topped the annual Index of Economic Freedom released by the Heritage

Foundation?

1) New Zealand

2) Singapore

3) Hong Kong

4) South Korea

5) Switzerland





171. As said in the Asian Development Outlook (ADO), 2018, by the Asian Development Bank, India's

economic growth will be what per cent in 2019-20?

1) 7.1 per cent

2) 7.3 per cent

3) 7.6 per cent

4) 7.9 per cent

5) 8.1 per cent

172. Sushil Kumar won a gold medal recently at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in the game of

1) boxing

2) shooting

3) weightlifting

4) wrestling

5) archery

173. Kidambi Srikanth recently became World number one in

men’s singles category. He plays

1) Tennis

2) Badminton

3) Table tennis

4) Squash

5) Snooker

174. According to the data released by the Central Statistics

Office (CSO), the retail inflation remained at what per cent in

the month of Mar 2018?

1) 4.28 per cent

2) 4.44 per cent

3) 5.07 per cent

4) 5.22 per cent

5) 5.33 per cent

175. Which of the following countries recently announced to

scrap the quota system in govt services after across the country

protests?

1) Sri Lanka

2) Nepal

3) Bhutan

4) Pakistan

5) Bangladesh

176. The RBI has tightened reporting norms for the Liberalised Remittance Scheme under which an

individual can transfer up to ________ abroad in a year.

1) USD 1,50,000

2) USD 2,00,000

3) USD 2,50,000

4) USD 3,00,000

5) USD 5,00,000





177. Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that the govt will achieve the target of

constructing ________ houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin by 31 Mar 2019.

1) one crore

2) two crore

3) three crore

4) four crore

5) five crore

178. President Ram Nath Kovind visited three African nations recently. These nations were Swaziland,

Zambia and

1) Nigeria

2) Equatorial Guinea

3) South Sudan

4) Somalia

5) Eretria

179. India (with sales of 5,60,806 units in Jan-Feb 2018) has become the fourth-largest passenger vehicle

market globally. The largest market is

1) France

2) Brazil

3) Japan

4) US

5) China

180. Which of the following firms has signed a pact with HAL and Mahindra Defence Systems to

manufacture F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter planes in India?

1) SAAB

2) Dassault

3) Lockheed Martin

4) Boeing

5) Airbus

181. Shreyasi Singh won a gold medal in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games recently. She is an Indian

1) boxer

2) weightlifter

3) wrestler

4) shooter

5) archer

182. India's foreign exchange reserves hit a life-time high of 424.361 bn US dollar in the week to Mar 30,

2018. Which of the following is NOT a component of India’s foreign reserves?

1) Reserve position in IMF

2) Special Drawing Rights with the IMF

3) Gold reserves

4) Foreign Exchange

5) None of these

183. As said in the Asian Development Outlook (ADO), 2018, by the Asian Development Bank, India's

economic growth will be what per cent in 2018-19?

1) 6.9 per cent





2) 7.1 per cent

3) 7.3 per cent

4) 7.6 per cent

5) 7.8 per cent

184. What is India’s position in the annual Index of Economic Freedom 2018 released by American think-

tank the Heritage Foundation?

1) 122th

2) 130th

3) 143rd

4) 147th

5) 153rd

185. Which of the following countries has approved the issuance of the Law on Equal Wages and Salaries

for Men and Women to provide women with equal opportunities?

1) United Arab Emirates

2) Saudi Arabia

3) Iran

4) Qatar

5) Bahrain

186. As per a recent RBI study titled 'Union Budget 2018-19: An Assessment,' India's social sector

expenditure as per cent of GDP in 2016 was

1) 7.5 per cent

2) 10.4 per cent

3) 14.5 per cent

4) 15.2 per cent

5) 29 per cent

187. India and Morocco have signed a pact to promote mineral exploration. The currency of Morocco is

1) Rand

2) Dirham

3) Pound

4) Dollar

5) Euro

188. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 10th edition of Defence Expo in which of the following cities

recently?

1) Hyderabad

2) Bengaluru

3) New Delhi

4) Chennai

5) Kochi

189. The Indian Space Research Organisation recently launched the eighth satellite in the NavIC navigation

satellite constellation which was named

1) IRNSS-1J

2) IRNSS-1K

3) IRNSS-1L

4) IRNSS-1M

5) IRNSS-1N





190. Who among the following has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Association of Software

and Services Companies (NASSCOM) for 2018-19?

1) Keshav Murugesh

2) Vineet Nayar

3) Anant Gupta

4) C Vijayakumar

5) Rishad Premji

191. President Ram Nath Kovind visited Zambia recently. The capital city of Zambia is

1) Lusaka

2) Baku

3) Manama

4) Lobamba

5) Bogota

192. PM Narendra Modi interacted with over 100 MUDRA beneficiaries from across the country recently.

The Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) was launched in

1) 2013

2) 2014

3) 2015

4) 2016

5) 2017

193. The conference of Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of Union Territories was held recently at

Megapode Resort in

1) Chandigarh

2) New Delhi

3) Kavaratti

4) Diu

5) Port Blair

194. The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has announced to organise the 50-over 2018 Asia Cup in which

country?

1) Pakistan

2) UAE

3) Bangladesh

4) Sri Lanka

5) Afghanistan

195. India's most powerful locomotive (12,000 horsepower) was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi

recently. The loco has been assembled in

1) Varanasi

2) Gonda

3) Marhowra

4) Madhepura

5) Chittaranjan

196. Hlane Royal National Park, which is home to diverse wildlife including lions, hippos and elephants, is

situated in which country? President Ramnath Kovind visited the country recently.

1) Zimbabwe





2) Swaziland

3) Nigeria

4) Mozambique

5) Zambia

197. Which of the following banks has announced the launch of its UK subsidiary with an initial capital

commitment of 225 mn pounds?

1) PNB

2) Bank of Baroda

3) ICICI Bank

4) SBI

5) Axis Bank

198. Which public sector bank will invest a total of Rs 80 bn in the Arun III hydropower project of Nepal as

per a recent agreement?

1) Canara Bank

2) Dena Bank

3) Bank of India

4) Central Bank of India

5) State Bank of India

199. Heena Sidhu set Commonwealth Games record to win gold in a women's event recently. She is an

Indian

1) shooter

2) pugilist

3) shuttler

4) wrestler

5) boxer

200. India has become the world’s second largest importer of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas). The world’s

largest importer of LPG is

1) US

2) Japan

3) China

4) Indonesia

5) Malaysia

201. The World Homeopathy Day is observed every year on

1) 01 Apr

2) 10 Apr

3) 15 Apr

4) 20 Apr

5) 30 Apr

202. Shikha Sharma, the longest serving woman CEO in the financial sector, will step down in Dec 2018 as

the MD and CEO of

1) ICICI Bank

2) HDFC Bank

3) Axis Bank

4) YES Bank

5) IDBI Bank





203. President Ram Nath Kovind, on his recent three-nation Africa visit, held delegation-level talks with

Mswati III who is the king of

1) Swaziland

2) Zimbabwe

3) Namibia

4) Botswana

5) Zambia

204. Ankita Raina recently became only the third Indian woman player to breach the top-200 rankings in

singles in the game of

1) badminton

2) table tennis

3) squash

4) tennis

5) snooker

205. Who won 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix F1 Championship?

1) Valtteri Bottas

2) Daniel Ricciardo

3) Kimi Räikkönen

4) Lewis Hamilton

5) Sebastian Vettel

206. The RBI has switched back to gross domestic product (GDP) model from the GVA methodology for

estimating economic activities. Here, term GVA means

1) Gross Value Accredited

2) Gross Value Acquired

3) Gross Volume Acquired

4) Gross Volume Accumulated

5) Gross Value Added

207. The Indian Navy recently conducted multi-agency humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR)

exercise named ‘Chakravat’ with

1) West Bengal

2) Kerala

3) Maharashtra

4) Odisha

5) Tamil Nadu

208. The RBI has hiked the foreign portfolio investors investment limit in Central govt securities from 5 per

cent of outstanding stock now to what per cent in FY 2019?

1) 5.5 per cent

2) 6 per cent

3) 6.5 per cent

4) 7 per cent

5) 7.5 per cent

209. The PMUY is a central govt scheme to distribute new LPG connections to families belonging to below

poverty line category. Letter ‘U’ in the term PMUY means

1) Ujala





2) Urja

3) Udan

4) Ujjwala

5) Unnatti

210. Indian men’s table tennis team won gold medal in the final at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in

Gold Coast. The team defeated

1) Singapore

2) Bangladesh

3) Nigeria

4) Australia

5) Canada

211. Which state govt has recently launched Ganga Hariteema Yojana (Ganga Greenery scheme) to enhance

green cover in catchment areas of river Ganga?

1) Haryana

2) Bihar

3) Gujarat

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Uttar Pradesh

212. Which state has topped in 4G connectivity according to a report by a wireless coverage mapping

company, OpenSignal?

1) Bengaluru

2) Mumbai

3) Patna

4) Delhi

5) Chennai

213. President Ram Nath Kovind has embarked on three-nation official state visit to African countries of

Equatorial Guinea, Swaziland and Zambia. What is the capital city of Swaziland?

1) Malabo

2) Lusaka

3) Zürich

4) Mbabane

5) None of these

214. Which of the following banks has become the first Indian bank to go live on SWIFT’s GPI service?

1) SBI

2) ICICI Bank

3) Indian Overseas Bank

4) Axis Bank


215. Which women’s team has won the table tennis gold at the CWG 2018?

1) India

2) Singapore

3) Switzerland

4) China

5) Japan





216. Which state govt has recently launched the 'Gobardhan Yojana' to provide for the sale of organic

manure and cow urine?

1) Haryana

2) Punjab

3) Bihar

4) Jharkhand

5) Assam

217. Which Indian armed force has recently conducted a combat exercise, ‘Gagan Shakti, 2018’ along

Pakistan and China borders?

1) Indian Army

2) Indian Coast Guard

3) Indian Air Force

4) National Security Guard

5) Indian Navy

218. Venkat Rahul Ragala has claimed India’s fourth Gold medal at 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold

Coast. He belongs to which of the following sports?

1) Boxing

2) Shooting

3) Rowing

4) Badminton

5) Weightlifting

219. Linguist from University of Hyderabad has discovered two endangered languages Walmiki and Malhar.

The languages are predominantly spoken in

1) Bihar

2) West Bengal

3) Rajasthan

4) Odisha

5) Telangana

220. With which country India has signed an MoU on Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector?

1) Japan

2) United Arab Emirates

3) France

4) Singapore

5) UK

221. Which of the following railway stations in Bihar has got complete makeover with Mithila paintings?

1) Patna railway station

2) Madhubani railway station

3) Kahalgaon railway station

4) Nalanda railway station

5) Katihar railway station

222. Which state govt has recently signed a $420 million project with the union govt and the World Bank to

help small and marginal farmers in the Marathwada and Vidarbha region of the state?

1) Gujarat

2) Rajasthan

3) Maharashtra





4) Uttarakhand

5) Telangana

223. The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), often called Summer Davos, held recently at Boao in Hainan

province of China. What is the capital city of Hainan?

1) Haikou

2) Kunming

3) Nanjing

4) Harbin

5) Fuzhou

224. The national film-maker, Munin Barua has passed away recently. He belonged to

1) Nagaland

2) Telangana

3) Meghalaya

4) Assam

5) Odisha

225. Who has been appointed a whole-time member of market regulator SEBI?

1) Subrata Bhattacharjee

2) Arijit Basu

3) Akhilesh Das Gupta

4) Abhilasha Kumari

5) Santosh Kumar Mohanty

226. The central board of direct taxes (CBDT) has constituted a working group to examine taxation aspects

related to HNWIs. Who will be heading the working group?

1) Navneet Manohar

2) Pragya Sahay Saksena

3) Rajesh Bhoot

4) Zakir Thomas

5) None of these

227. Online travel portal, MakeMyTrip has partnered with which e-commerce giant to allow customers to

book domestic flight tickets and other travel services directly through the firm’s portal?

1) Amazon

2) Jabong

3) Flipkart

4) Snapdeal

5) Ebay

228. Niranjan Thomas Alva passed away recently. He was a

1) Lawyer

2) Politician

3) Actor

4) Cricketer

5) Writer

229. Manu Bhaker has recently grabbed the gold medal at the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

She is an Indian

1) Wrestler





2) Gymnast

3) Shooter

4) Boxer

5) Swimmer

230. Which state govt has launched a mobile application named 'Uzhavan' (farmer)?

1) Telangana

2) Maharashtra

3) Karnataka

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Kerala

231. The union govt has launched an app christened as ‘UTTAM App’ for coal quality monitoring. The

word 'UTTAM' is abbreviated as

1) Unlocking Transfer by Third Party Assessment of Mined Coal

2) Unlocking Trust by Third Party Assessment of Mined Coal

3) Unlocking Trade by Third Party Assessment of Mined Coal

4) Unlocking Transition by Third Party Assessment of Mined Coal

5) Unlocking Transparency by Third Party Assessment of Mined Coal

232. Recently, India has conducted a joint anti-piracy, search and rescue exercise ‘Sahyog- Hyeoblyeog

2018’ with which country in Tamil Nadu?

1) North Korea

2) South Africa

3) China

4) South Korea

5) Russia

233. The World Health Day is observed on Apr 07, 2018 with the slogan

1) Health for World

2) Health for All

3) Health for Society

4) Health for Everyone

5) Health for Living

234. Turkey hosted the tripartite critical summit to speed up the peace process for Syria with Russia and

which country?

1) Iran

2) Iraq

3) Israel

4) Lebanon

5) Jordan

235. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recently proposed a concept of open

architecture-based public Wi-Fi grid to bring down the cost of internet by 90%. Who is the present chairman

of TRAI?

1) Gopal Vittal

2) T.S.Vijayan

3) Ram Sewak Sharma

4) Ajay Tyagi

5) Rahul Khullar





236. Who became the youngest Indian weightlifter to win medal at Commonwealth Games (CWG)?

1) Deepak Lather

2) Vikram Malhotra

3) Saraswati Rout

4) P Gururaja

5) None of these

237. Who has recently been elected President of Sierra Leone?

1) Samura Kamara

2) Salva Kiir Mayardit

3) Ernest Bai Koroma

4) Riek Machar

5) Julius Maada Bio

238. Which airport has been declared as the cleanest and best-maintained airport in the country by Authority

of India (AAI)?

1) Indira Gandhi International Airport

2) Mangaluru International Airport

3) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport

4) Calicut International Airport

5) Jaipur International Airport

239. RBI has recently deferred adoption of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) by commercial banks till

1) Nov 2018

2) Dec 2018

3) Apr 2019

4) Mar 2019

5) Jan 2019

240. Indian Navy has organised the joint humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) exercise

‘Chakravath 2018’ with which state govt?

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Karnataka

3) Odisha

4) Kerala

5) Telangana

241. The RBI issued its first bi-monthly monetary policy of FY19 recently. The RBI has projected the

economic growth for 2018-19 at

1) 6.9%

2) 7.2%

3) 7.4%

4) 7.6%

5) 7.8%

242. The World Menstrual Hygiene Day is observed every year on

1) Apr 15

2) Apr 28

3) May 28

4) May 30





5) Mar 28

243. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has clinched India’s first gold at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG-2018)

in Gold Coast, Australia. She is associated with which games?

1) Weightlifting

2) Archery

3) Pole vault

4) Rafting

5) Boxing

244. The Union Cabinet has approved for rightsizing the total number of members of Competition

Commission of India (CCI) from existing seven members to

1) Nine

2) Six

3) Five

4) Four

5) Three

245. Who bagged India’s first medal at the 21st Commonwealth Games 2018?

1) Srihari Nataraj

2) P Gururaja

3) Muthupandi Raja

4) Manoj Kumar

5) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu

246. As per latest Startupblink report, India ranked at which place in 2017 global startup ecosystem?

1) 39th

2) 38th

3) 37th

4) 36th

5) 35th

247. What is the current statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) as per the first bi-monthly monetary policy of FY19

by RBI?

1) 18%

2) 18.5%




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3) 19%

4) 19.5%

5) 20%

248. Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director and CEO of SBI Life Insurance?

1) Sanjeev Nautiyal

2) Subrata Bhattacharjee

3) Anbumani Ramadoss

4) Arijit Basu

5) None of these

249. Who has been elected president of Badminton Association of India (BAI)?

1) Akhilesh Das Gupta

2) Himanta Biswa Sarma

3) Chandra Bhushan Kumar

4) Abhilasha Kumari

5) None of these

250. The veteran politician, S. Madhavan passed away recently. He belonged to which of the following

political parties?

1) BJP

2) Congress

3) CPI

4) AIADMK

5) DMK

251. Which payments bank has recently commenced its operations in India?

1) Airtel Payments Bank

2) India Post Payments Bank

3) Jio Payments Bank

4) FINO Payments Bank

5) Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank

252. Which Indian university has been adjudged as overall best university in 2018 National Institutional

Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings?

1) Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

2) Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bengaluru

3) Anna University, Chennai

4) Univ of Hyd, Hyderabad

5) Jawaharlal University, Delhi

253. 2018 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings has been released to adjudge

best universities, colleges in various categories. It was released by which union ministries?

1) Ministry of Human Resource Development

2) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

3) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

4) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

5) None of these

254. Indian Army has signed a Memorandum of Undertaking (MoU) with which of the following banks on

Defence Salary Package?





1) City Bank

2) Axis Bank

3) ICICI Bank

4) HDFC Bank

5) SBI

255. Cab aggregator Ola has acquired Mumbai-based Ridlr, an end-to-end public transport ticketing and

commuting app. Who is the current CEO of Ola?

1) Shalabh Seth

2) Nitin Gupta

3) Kunal Bahl

4) Brijraj Vaghani

5) Bhavish Aggarwal

256. The HRD Ministry has recently constituted a high powered committee to examine the entire system of

conducting Class X & XII examination with a view to prevent leakages. The committee is headed by

1) Pavnesh Kumar

2) Vinay Sheel Oberoi

3) Vasudha Kamat

4) J.S. Rajput

5) Krishna Mohan Tripathy

257. Which private sector bank has received RBI's approval to buy the securities services arm of IL&FS?

1) Bandhan Bank

2) Lakshmi Vilas Bank

3) Federal Bank

4) IndusInd Bank


258. The 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games has started in Gold Coast, Australia. Who was the flag-

bearer of Indian contingent?

1) P V Sindhu

2) Kidambi Srikanth

3) Deepika Kumari

4) Vijay Kumar

5) Dipa Karmakar

259. Which countries won the first gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth games?

1) Australia

2) India

3) Kenya

4) Sri Lanka

5) Bermuda

260. Which country hosted the trilateral talks between the three leading democratic powers viz. India, Japan

and the USA of the Indo-Pacific region?

1) Tokyo, Japan

2) Moscow, Russia

3) New Delhi, India

4) Gurugram, India

5) Saint Petersburg, Russia





261. Tomio Mizokami was given Padma Shri award by the President Ramnath Kovind recently. He is an

expert on Indian languages and a resident of

1) Malaysia

2) Singapore

3) Japan

4) Philippines

5) Vietnam

262. Who among the following is the present Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)? He has blamed RBI

of not doing proper auditing in PNB loan fraud case.

1) KV Chowdary

2) Achal Kumar Jyoti

3) Pradeep Kumar Sinha

4) K Narayana Rao

5) Anita Kapur

263. Three TreDS, digital invoice discounting platforms, have jointly implemented a blockchain solution

billed as India’s first live blockchain. Letter ‘D’ in the term TreDS means

1) Document

2) Deal

3) Delivery

4) Distribution

5) Discounting

264. The RBI recently dropped which of the following banks from a list of banks it has cleared to import

gold and silver in the current financial?

1) ICICI Bank

2) HDFC Bam

3) SBI

4) Axis Bank

5) Bank of Baroda

265. Ajay Bisaria is the India’s High Commissioner to which of the following countries at present?

1) Bangladesh

2) Pakistan

3) Nepal

4) Maldives

5) Afghanistan

266. Sushma Swaraj paid a three-day visit to Azerbaijan recently to participate in the Ministerial Meeting of

the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). The capital city of Azerbaijan is

1) Nassau

2) Baku

3) Yerevan

4) Manama

5) Bogota

267. Who among the following is the present Chief Election Commissioner of India?

1) Ashok Lavasa





2) Sunil Arora

3) Rajiv Mehrishi

4) Om Prakash Rawat

5) Ajay Tyagi

268. The Union Defence Minister Nirmala

Sitharaman paid a visit to which of the

following countries and met her counterpart

General Sergei Shoigu?

1) Ukraine

2) Belarus

3) Kazakhstan

4) Uzbekistan

5) Russia

269. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was re-elected as the President of which of the following countries?

1) Greece

2) Turkey

3) Egypt

4) Libya

5) Syria

270. Which state govt recently introduced a new scheme called ‘Rupashree’ in order to provide marriage

assistance to girls coming from economically weaker families?

1) West Bengal

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Maharashtra

4) Jharkhand

5) Bihar

271. India’s Ankita Raina and Ramkumar Ramanathan are associated with which of the following games?

They achieved their career-best rankings recently.

1) Badminton

2) Tennis

3) Table tennis

4) Squash

5) Snooker

272. The eight infrastructure (core) sectors grew by what per cent in Feb 2018?

1) 3.2 per cent

2) 3.6 per cent

3) 4.1 per cent

4) 5.3 per cent

5) 5.6 per cent

273. An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude shook El Salvador recently. The currency of El Salvador is

1) Pound

2) Peso

3) Dollar

4) Euro

5) Rand





274. Laxman Pai received Padma Bhusan award from President Ram Nath Kovind recently. He is an

eminent

1) Singer

2) Dancer

3) Actor

4) Pugilist

5) Painter

275. Which state clocked highest growth in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) credit with

total outstanding of Rs 570 bn at the end of Dec 2017?

1) Uttar Pradesh

2) Bihar

3) Maharashtra

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Gujarat

276. Sanjiv Misra is the present Chairman of which private sector bank? The RBI has asked the bank to

reconsider appointment of Shikha Sharma as MD and CEO for fourth term.

1) Axis Bank

2) ICICI Bank

3) HDFC Bank

4) Federal Bank

5) YES Bank

277. The RBI has given respite to banks allowing them to spread their MTM losses on investments in govt

bonds. Here, the term MTM means

1) Marked-To-Move

2) Move-To-Market

3) Marked-To-Mortgage

4) Marked-To-Market

5) None of these

278. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide a concessional loan of Rs 500 cr for

smarter mobility project in

1) Hyderabad

2) Bengaluru

3) Chennai

4) Kochi

5) Mumbai

279. The World Autism Awareness Day is observed every year on

1) 01 Apr

2) 02 Apr

3) 12 Apr

4) 22 Apr

5) 30 Apr

280. The foundation stone of the 60 MW Naitwar Mori Hydro Electric Project (NMHEP) was laid in which

state recently?

1) Himachal Pradesh





2) Jammu & Kashmir

3) Sikkim

4) Arunachal Pradesh

5) Uttarakhand

281. Which of the following teams won 2018 Santosh Trophy Football title in Kolkata recently?

1) Punjab

2) West Bengal

3) Kerala

4) Mizoram

5) Services

282. ______ has won the men's singles trophy of the 2018 Miami Open tennis tournament.

1) John Isner

2) Alexander Zverev

3) Jack Sock

4) Novak Djokovic

5) Sam Querrey

283. Which of the following countries has become the second-largest mobile phone producer in the world

after China?

1) Japan

2) South Korea

3) Thailand

4) Philippines

5) India

284. The space station named Tiangong-1 entered Earth's atmosphere and broke up into pieces before falling

in the South Pacific Ocean recently. It was launched in 2011 by

1) US

2) China

3) Russia

4) Japan

5) European Union

285. Which of the following Air Forces celebrated its 100th anniversary of founding recently? It was created

on 1 Apr 1918.

1) US Air Force

2) Royal Australian Air Force

3) German Air Force

4) Royal Air Force (UK)

5) Russian Air Force

286. India's longest elevated road, the Hindon Elevated Road (about 10.30 km long), was inaugurated in

which of the following states recently?

1) Maharashtra

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Bihar

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Delhi





287. Which country recently sent twin satellites into space with a single carrier rocket for its domestic

BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS)?

1) Japan

2) Iran

3) Saudi Arabia

4) China

5) South Korea

288. A record amount of Rs 71, 633.45 cr was digitally transacted/routed through the PFMS portal on a

single day recently. Letter ‘F’ in the term PFMS stands for

1) Financial

2) Facility

3) Favour

4) Forwarding

5) Fulfillment

289. Which country tested its heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Sarmat recently?

1) China

2) France

3) UK

4) Germany

5) Russia

290. The Union Cabinet gave its approval to the MoU between India and which country to establish bilateral

cooperation activities in the field of Intellectual Property (IP)?

1) Australia

2) Spain

3) Canada

4) Norway

5) Sweden

291. _________ has been adjudged 'Sportsperson of the Year' at the Telangana Sports Journalists

Association annual awards for 2017.

1) Mithali Raj

2) Harmanpreet Kaur

3) Ekta Bisht

4) Smriti Mandhana

5) Jhulan Goswami

292. Who among the following has been appointed chairman of the central panel of the 65th National Film

Awards?

1) Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury

2) P Sheshadri

3) Rahul Rawail

4) Gautami Tadimalla

5) Shekhar Kapur

293. The “Kadaknath” chicken of which of the following states has got Geographical Indication tag?

1) Rajasthan

2) Maharashtra

3) Madhya Pradesh





4) West Bengal

5) Bihar

294. Which country recently conducted successful test fire of indigenously developed submarine launched

cruise missile BABUR (range of 450 km)?

1) Iran

2) Saudi Arabia

3) Afghanistan

4) Pakistan

5) Bangladesh

295. India’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from the US landed at the Dabhol regasification terminal

recently in

1) Gujarat

2) Maharashtra

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Kerala

5) Odisha

296. The Zero Discrimination Day is observed every year on

1) 01 Jan

2) 01 Feb

3) 01 Mar

4) 01 Apr

5) 01 May

297. The book titled Indian Cultures as Heritage has been authored by

1) Anoop Misra

2) Perumal Murugan

3) Romila Thapar

4) Sanjoy Hazarika

5) Yasser Usman

298. Which of the following states celebrates its formation day as Utkal Divas on 1 Apr?

1) Jharkhand

2) Odisha

3) West Bengal

4) Karnataka

5) Telangana

299. In order to promote and support protection, management and enhancement of the environment in the

South Asian region, the SACEP was set up in 1982 in

1) Pakistan

2) Maldives

3) India

4) Sri Lanka

5) Bangladesh

300. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for enhancing the scope of

PMRPY. In the term PMRPY, letter ‘R’ means

1) Regional





2) Rural

3) Redevelopment

4) Rojgar

5) Ropan

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