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Which bank has associated with Rupay and Which state's chief minister has launched a web
Transcorp International to launch a platinum pre- portal 'Darpan', to provide details of government
paid card to facilitate cashless transactions? schemes and projects to the people?
A) Federal Bank A) Manipur
B) IndusInd Bank B) Sikkim
C) Yes Bank C) Tripura
D) Axis Bank D) Assam

Who has been awarded the Pramod Mahajan Smriti 36th National Games is going to be held in Nov 2018
Award in Pune by an organisation named in?
Muktachhand? A) Goa
A) Akshay Kumar B) Odisha
B) Ashok Pandit C) Punjab
C) Madhur Bhandarkar D) Haryana
D) Anupam Kher
Which of the following forces has been equipped
Which team has won the FIFA U-17 World Cup held with ISRO's GSAT-6 to track activities along the
in India? Himalayan border?
A) Spain A) RR
B) England B) BSF
C) Italy C) ITBP
D) Germany D) SSB

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) What was India's rank in the 7th Sultan of Johor Cup
mission, which recently came to an end, was carried hockey held in Malaysia?
out by which space agencies? A) 4th
1. DLR 2. ISRO B) 3rd
3. ESA 4. NASA C) 1st
A) 1 & 2 D) 2nd
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4 Researchers have found which of the following to be
D) 1 & 4 a potential cause of kala-azar?
A) Protozoa
India has signed a $200 million loan agreement with B) Fungi
World Bank to facilitate investment in the C) Bacteria
agricultural sector and increase productivity in? D) Virus
A) Tamilnadu Who launched the mandatory use of Public Finance
B) Assam Management System (PFMS) for all Central Sector
C) Punjab Schemes?
D) Jharkhand A) Arun Jaitley
B) Narendra Modi
Which company has been ranked ninth on the 2017
C) Santosh Gangwar
annual Top Employers' Survey by The Science and
D) Rajiv Kumar
Science Careers?
A) Syngene With the assistance from which institute, Central
B) Cipla Vigilance Commission (CVC) has announced to
C) Biocon launch an 'Integrity Index', that will score 25
D) Lupin government departments?
A) IIM A
B) NALSAR
C) IIT D
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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal recently launched the Who won the silver medal in men's double trap at
railways' first set of solar plants with a total capacity the the ISSF World Cup held at New Delhi?
of 5 megawatt peak (MWp) at? A) Amanpreet Singh
A) Bhopal B) Jitu Rai
B) Jaipur C) Sangram Dahiya
C) Mumbai D) Ankur Mittal
D) New Delhi

Which nation has topped the list of the seven With which country is India going to implement the
nations which had 64% of all new tuberculosis cases programme for Helicopter Operations from Ships
worldwide in 2016, as per the WHO's The Global other Than Aircraft Carriers (HOSTAC)?
Tuberculosis Report 2017? A) US
A) India B) Japan
B) Indonesia C) Israel
C) China D) Russia
D) Philippines
Who has become the richest person in the world as
Indian Air Force recently carried out a special drill to per Bloomberg Billionaires Index, surpassing Bill
land planes on which expressway? Gates?
A) Ahmedabad-Vadodara A) Jack Ma
B) Ambala-Chandigarh B) Jeff Bezos
C) Agra-Lucknow C) Warren Buffet
D) Mumbai-Pune D) Carlos Slim

Which company has partnered with the National Which nation will host Asian Cricket Council (ACC)
University, Philippines to launch a plan to enhance Emerging Nations Cup?
the skills-readiness of varsity graduates for the job A) Sri Lanka
market? B) Pakistan
A) Infosys C) Bangladesh
B) Cisco D) Afghanistan
C) TCS
D) HCL Which nation is going to host the next UN global
wildlife conference, called '13th Meeting of the
Which state government has made Aadhar Conference of the Parties to the Convention on
mandatory for purchasing fertilisers through PoS Migratory Species', in 2020?
machines at the dealers for availing subsidy? A) Nigeria
A) Maharashtra B) Indonesia
B) Madhya Pradesh C) Rwanda
C) Andhra Pradesh D) India
D) Chhattisgarh
Minister of Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal
How much amount has been released by the Union inaugurated International Conference on Green
government to states to compensate for the Initiatives and Railway Electrification in?
revenue loss due to GST implementation for the A) Kolkata
months of July and August? B) Mumbai
A) Rs 5,922 crore C) Chennai
B) Rs 6,216 crore D) New Delhi
C) Rs 10,370 crore
D) Rs 8,698 crore

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N.J.Gangte has appointed as the next High Kenneth Chenault, has announced to retire from his
Commissioner of India to? position of CEO after a 17-year run, of which
A) Zambia company?
B) Sudan A) American Express
C) Malawi B) JP Morgan
D) Congo C) McKinsey
D) Deloitte
Which country has introduced a minimum wage for
migrants workers, for the first time? Which small finance bank has signed an MoU with
A) Oman SIDBI to launch a Rs 200 crore fund for providing
B) UAE loans to MSMEs?
C) Saudi Arabia A) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
D) Qatar B) AU Small Finance Bank
C) Equitas Small Finance Bank
What is the latest rank of Indian captain Mithali Raj D) Disha Small Finance Bank
in the latest ICC ODI rankings for women?
A) 4 The lawmakers of Catalonia recently passed a
B) 3 motion declaring independence from which
C) 2 country?
D) 1 A) Spain
B) Portugal
C) France
Saudi Arabia has announced to let women enter D) Netherlands
three sports stadiums in major cities from?
A) 2017 Which nation's Navy has recently approved a plan
B) 2018 for deploying mission-ready ships and aircraft?
C) 2019 A) India
D) 2020 B) China
C) Sri lanka
Which bank has slashed Immediate Payment Service
D) Pakistan
(IMPS) charges up to 80 pct?
A) Punjab National Bank
B) Bank of Baroda SEBI has revised the framework for “block deals”by
C) State Bank of India increasing the minimum order size to?
D) Vijaya Bank A) Rs 20 crore
Which state's cabinet recently approved a B) Rs 30 crore
transgender policy? C) Rs 5 crore
A) Madhya Pradesh D) Rs 10 crore
B) Karnataka First batch of four Afghan Air Force pilots completed
C) Andhra Pradesh their training in the United States for which of the
D) Kerala following helicopters?
Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary DoT has announced A) Sea Knight
that first phase of national optic fibre network, B) Venom
named 'Bharat Net project', will be completed by? C) Apache
A) Mar 2018 D) Black Hawk
B) Dec 2017
C) Dec 2018
D) Mar 2019

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What was the UN theme of 'World Day for Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad and Malaysia
Audiovisual Heritage' 2017 observed on Oct 27? Tourism Promotion Board have signed an agreement
A) Archives at risk: protecting the world's identities with which airport to promote tourism?
B) Discover, remember and share A) Delhi
C) It's your story – don't lose it B) Bengaluru
D) Archives at Risk: Much more to do C) Mumbai
D) Hyderabad
Who led the Indian delegation at the second round
of strategic dialogue held in Abi Dhabi? Indian Army recently celebrated its 71st Infantry Day
A) Kiren Rijiju on?
B) Vijay Kumar Singh A) Oct 31
C) Sushma Swaraj B) Oct 30
D) M J Akbar C) Oct 29
D) Oct 27
Which nation is going to host the 11th World
Congress on Adolescent Health, on the theme International Animation Day was recently celebrated
"Investing in Adolescent Health - the Future is on?
Now"? A) Oct 30
A) Italy B) Oct 26
B) South Korea C) Oct 28
C) India D) Oct 31
D) Mexico
Kiren Rijiju recently launched Centre for Excellence
Rasiklal Dhariwal, who recently passed away, was in Disaster Research and Resilience at which
the CMD of which tobacco and Pan masala university?
company? A) University of Delhi
A) Shikhar B) Jawaharlal Nehru University
B) Manikchand C) Jamia Milia Islamia
C) Vimal D) Banaras Hindu University
D) Rajnigandha
Florence Parly, the Defence Minister of which
SAP has announced the launch of Asia Pacific Japan country recently held talks with Indian Defence
(APJ) region's first SAP Leonardo Center at? Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi recently?
A) Chennai A) Germany
B) Hyderabad B) Spain
C) Gurgaon C) France
D) Bengaluru D) Italy

Who is going to head the Commission of Inquiry

India recently organised a tourism exchange seminar constituted by Tamil Nadu government to
in which city of China? investigate the death of former Chief Minister
A) Sanya Jayalalithaa?
B) Chengdu A) Justice C. Ramachandran
C) Nanjing B) Justice A. Arumughaswamy
D) Shanghai C) Justice P. Chandra Reddy
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World Stroke Day was recently observed on? Which cricketer has been made the brand
A) Oct 26 ambassador for the cleanliness initiatives by the
B) Oct 29 Ghaziabad municipal corporation?
C) Oct 27 A) Suresh Raina
D) Oct 31 B) Yuvraj Singh
C) Gautam Gambhir
D) Ashish Nehra
Who has become the fastest batsman to score 9,000
runs in ODIs? How many species of vultures in India, have been
A) Virat Kohli awarded the highest protection by the Convention
B) AB de Villiers on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild
C) David Warner Animals?
D) Aaron Finch A) 2
B) 4
A wax figurine of which pop artist was recently C) 8
unveiled at Madame Tussaud’s Delhi? D) 6
A) Drake
B) Ed Sheeran Which has become the first Indian company ever to
C) Chris Martin
cross a market capitalization of Rs 6-trillion?
D) Justin Bieber
A) ITC
Nitin Gadkari recently flagged off MV IDM Doodle, a B) TCS
RoRo-cum-general cargo vessel to Mongla port in C) Reliance Industries
Bangladesh from? D) HDFC Bank
A) Kolkata
B) Vishakhapatnam
Who has been honoured with Lifetime Achievement
C) Chennai
Award by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and
D) Paradip
Industry?
Which ministry has launched a new initiative titled A) Asha Parekh
"#AsktheSpokesperson” on Twitter? B) Sharmila Tagore
A) Human Resource Development C) Waheeda Rehman
B) External Affairs D) Hema Malini
C) Power
India-U.S. Trade Policy Forum (TPF) was recently
D) Skill Development
held at?
INSV Tarini which is being sailed by an all-women A) New Delhi
crew on a globe circumnavigation mission, recently B) Washington DC
reached? C) New York
A) Africa D) Hyderabad
B) Australia
Which F1 driver won the Mexican Grand Prix?
C) South America
A) Valtteri Bottas
D) Europe
B) Sebastian Vettel
PM Narendra Modi recently inaugurated Bidar- C) Lewis Hamilton
Kalaburagi railway line in? D) Max Verstappen
A) Odisha
B) Goa
C) Telangana
D) Karnataka

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Which team won the Vivo Pro Kabaddi League Centre recently announced that the deadline for
Season 5 title? mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail benefits of
A) Patna Pirates government schemes has been postponed to?
B) Gujarat Fortunegiants A) Dec 2018
C) Dabang Delhi B) June 2018
D) telugu Titans C) Dec 2017
D) Mar 2018
Home ministry has notified new Arms rules, which
allow arms manufacturing licences to be valid for? World's first 'smart train', which runs track-less and
A) Lifetime is known as Autonomous Rail Transit (ART), has
B) 10 years begun its test runs in which country?
C) 15 years A) Japan
D) 25 years B) Switzerland
C) China
D) US
"Dreamnation: Uniting a Country with Handwritten
Dreams", recently released by Mithali Raj, is a book Which state has signed an MoU with Microsoft India
containing inspiring words of? to enable farmers with technology-oriented
A) Vallabhbhai Patel solutions?
B) Bhagat Singh A) Karnataka
C) Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam B) Telangana
D) Mahatama Gandhi C) Jharkhand
D) Punjab
Which Indian shuttler won the French Open Super
Series men’s singles title? Who has been appointed as the Private Secretary to
A) Ajay Jayaram President Ram Nath Kovind?
B) Sai Praneeth A) Nitish Singla
C) Kidambi Srikanth B) Anand Kumar
D) HS Prannoy C) Sachin Gupta
D) Vikram Singh
Which state government is going to launch the 2nd
phase of the State Climate Change Action Plan Utpal Kumar Singh, has taken over as the new chief
(SCCAP) at an outlay of Rs 31,667 crore for the next secretary of which state?
five years? A) Rajasthan
A) Kerala B) Uttarakhand
B) West Bengal C) Assam
C) Goa D) Punjab
D) Odisha
Union Cabinet has approved over Rs 7,000 crore for
What is the name of India's first private and construction of permanent campuses of how many
indigeniously developed offshore patrol vessel (OPV) new Indian Institute of Technology (IITs)?
by L&T, which has recently been handed over to the A) 3
Coast Guard? B) 5
A) Shakti C) 8
B) Virat D) 6
C) Shaurya
D) Vikram

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India has overtaken which country to become the International Peace Conference was recently held
second-largest smartphone market in the world? at?
A) Canada A) Agartala
B) China B) Imphal
C) Japan C) Itanagar
D) United States D) Kohima

President Ram Nath Kovind laid foundation stone for

Dassault Aviation has announced to invest €100 the first government IT building at Technocity in?
million in its defence JV with which company? A) Rajasthan
A) Reliance Aerostructure B) Karnataka
B) Tata Advanced Systems C) Kerala
C) Bharat Electronics D) Chhattisgarh
D) Hindustan Aeronautics

Rashtriya Ekta Diwas was recently celebrated, to

India has announced to provide University of Jaffna commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar
in Sri Lanka, an aid of? Vallabh bhai Patel, on?
A) USD 585,000 A) Oct 29
B) USD 428,000 B) Oct 31
C) USD 616,000 C) Oct 28
D) USD 390,000 D) Oct 30

Which app has won the award for 'Best Mobile App Army has finalized a procurement plan to replace its
for Travel and Leisure' at the Mobexx Awards 2017? ageing and obsolete weapons, at a cost of?
A) Tripadvisor A) Rs 40,000 crore
B) Makemytrip B) Rs 110,000 crore
C) Cleartrip C) Rs 10,000 crore
D) Yatra D) Rs 70,000 crore

Which nation's High Court has ruled that its deputy Which country has emerged as the best destinations
PM Barnaby Joyce and 4 other senators, are to visit as per Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2018?
ineligible to sit in the parliament over their foreign A) South Korea
citizenship? B) Chile
A) Japan C) Portugal
B) Canada D) New Zealand
C) Australia
D) UK
With which nation has India started an air-based
Who has joined US India Strategic and Partnership anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Indian
Forum (USISPF) board? Ocean?
A) Richard Verma A) Japan
B) Vishal Singh B) South Korea
C) Sameer Bagga C) Singapore
D) Mike Chowdhry D) Sri Lanka

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Scientists have identified what may be the world’s Who has launched MSME Delayed Payment Portal –
oldest tsunami victim by analysing a 6,000-year-old MSME Samadhaan?
human skull that was discovered in 1929 in? A) Arun Jaitley
A) Papua New Guinea B) Kalraj Mishra
B) Madagascar C) Giriraj Singh
C) Indonesia D) Suresh Prabhu
D) Tasmania
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Which Indian shooter won the gold medal in Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) was recently
women’s air pistol at the Commonwealth shooting held in?
championships held in Brisbane, Australia? A) Philippines
A) Deepika Kumari B) Vietnam
B) Ayonika Paul C) Myanmar
C) Heena Sidhu D) India
D) Apurvi Chandela
Dr MV Sridhar, who recently passed away, was
Which of the following companies is exiting its associated with which sport?
infrastructure and private equity funds management A) Badminton
business, worth Rs 17,000 crore? B) Cricket
A) HDFC C) Shooting
B) IDFC D) Chess
C) ICICI
D) UTI Which state Assembly has passed a bill increasing
reservation for OBC in the state from 21% to 26%?
Who released a coffee table book titled 'A journey A) Rajasthan
towards self-reliance'? B) Haryana
A) Ramnath Kovind C) Uttar Pradesh
B) Rajnath Singh D) Madhya Pradesh
C) M. Venkaiah Naidu
D) Nirmala Sitharaman
Which of the following has become the first nation
Conference of South Asian Association For Regional ever to leave the international criminal court, set up
Co-operation in Law (SAARCLAW) was recently held 15 years ago?
at? A) South Africa
A) New Delhi B) Gambia
B) Colombo C) Burundi
C) Kathmandu D) Angola
D) Dhaka
Which portal has recently been revamped by SIDBI,
Punathil Kunjabdulla, who recently passed away, to provide MSMEs easy access to credit?
was a writer in which language? A) udyogmitra
A) Malayalam B) vyaparsaathi
B) Tamil C) udyamimitra
C) Kannada D) rozgarsaathi
D) Telugu
European Parliament has awarded Europe's most
How many pacts did India sign with Italy during the prestigious human rights award, the Sakharov Prize
visit of Italian PM Paolo Gentiloni? for Freedom of Thought, to the democratic
A) 6 opposition of?
B) 9 A) Ukraine
C) 3 B) Yemen
D) 2 C) Venezuela
D) Bangladesh

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As per a survey by Capgemini and LinkedIn, which Which of the following has been sent as the first
nation has highest proportion of digital talent with consignment by India to Afghanistan via Chabahar
76%? port of Iran?
A) Spain A) Meat
B) India B) Milk
C) Italy C) Wheat
D) France D) Tea

Who is going to head the ministerial panel set up by What is the name of membership card launched by
government, to oversee mergers among the PSUs? Air Passengers' Association of India (APAI), for
A) Nirmala Sitharaman offering insurance covers?
B) Suresh Prabhu A) Safefly
C) Arun Jaitley B) Flysecure
D) Piyush Goyal C) Insurefly
D) Flyhome

World’s first hybrid electric tram, with hydrogen as Dr Digamber Singh, who recently passed away, was
the main power source, has started running in? associated with which political party?
A) Switzerland A) BSP
B) France B) INC
C) China C) BJP
D) South Korea D) RJD

Which company has introduced the first health

Government has retained interest rate on General insurance cover for people already diagnosed with
Provident Fund (GPF) and other related schemes for cancer?
the October-December at? A) Aditya Birla Health Insurance
A) 7.8% B) Bajaj Allianz Health Insurance
B) 7.5% C) Star Health and Allied Insurance
C) 8.2% D) Apollo Munich Health Insurance
D) 7.1%
Which tennis player won his eighth Swiss Indoors
What was the UN sub-theme of 'World Cities Day' Basel title?
2017 observed on Oct 31? A) Rafael Nadal
A) Designed To Live Together B) Andy Murray
B) Leading Urban Transformations C) Roger Federer
C) Innovative Governance, Open Cities D) Juan Martin del Potro
D) Inclusive Cities, Shared Development
Which telecom company has announced to shut
India recently signed an agreement with which down its 2G business?
country for construction of 1,200 houses through 50 A) BSNL
model villages at Rs 600 million? B) Vodafone
A) Bhutan C) Airtel
B) Sri Lanka D) RCom
C) Bangladesh
D) Nepal

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Uttar Pradesh government has issued an order Which country recently inaugurated its first cricket
notifying which of the following towns as “pavitra stadium?
teerth sthals (sacred pilgrimage sites)”? A) Morocco
1. Barsana 2. Allahabad B) Suriname
3. Sarnath 4. Vrindavan C) Bolivia
A) 1 & 2 D) Rwanda
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4 What is India's rank on the World Bank’s Ease of
D) 1 & 4 Doing Business rankings?
A) 100
Who has assumed charge as the Vice Chief of Naval B) 103
Staff? C) 96
A) Vice Admiral G. Ashok Kumar D) 89
B) Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar Who has been appointed as the new chief secretary
C) Vice Admiral A. K. Chawla of Arunchal Pradesh?
D) Vice Admiral S N Ghormade A) Satya Gopal
Researchers from which country have succeeded in B) Ayush Sinha
generating the world's shortest X-ray laser pulse C) Ashwani Kumar
with a duration of only 43 attoseconds? D) Niraj Kumar
A) Netherlands Shipping Ministry has recently sanctioned Rs 75
B) Switzerland crore for infrastructure development at?
C) Germany 1. JLN Port 2. Karwar Port
D) Sweden 3. Haldia Port 4. Marmugao Port
A) 1 & 2
Which Chief Minister has received the Golden
B) 2 & 3
Peacock Award under the category - Global
C) 3 & 4
Leadership in Public Service and Economic
D) 1 & 4
Transformation, at a ceremony held in London?
A) Pawan Kumar Chamling
Which institute has received an award from AICTE
B) N Chandrababu Naidu
for supporting start-ups, at the International Science
C) Naveen Pattnaik
Festival’s Start-up Summit – 2017 held at Chennai?
D) Manohar Parrikar
A) Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India
B) Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship
Which state recently celebrated the Tawang
C) Indian Institute Of Entrepreneurship Management
Festival?
D) Indian Institute Of Management And Technology
A) Sikkim
B) Manipur Producer Gautam Adhikari, who recently passed
C) Arunachal Pradesh away, was the co-founder and Chairman of?
D) Assam A) SAB TV
B) SET
Which country has qualified for the Hockey World
C) Colors
Cup 2018 for the first time ever?
D) &TV
A) Italy
B) Japan As per a report by UBS AG and
C) South Korea PricewaterhouseCoopers, which continent has
D) China surpassed the U.S. for the first time in terms of the
number of billionaires?
A) Australia
B) Africa
C) Europe
D) Asia

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