1. Govt launched eAksharayan Software in how many languages?

A. 7 B. 10
C. 15 D. 18

Answer: A

2. Which network company signed world's first big 5G deal worth $3.5 billion?
A. Ericsson B. Huawei
C. Samsung D. Nokia

Answer: D

3. Which team won the WSF-World junior squash team championship 2018?
A. Egypt B. England
C. USA D. India

Answer: A

4. Which of the following is the only state in India that has an NRC (National Register of Citizens)?
A. Bihar B. Assam
C. Punjab D. West Bengal

Answer: B

5. Who of the following conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award 2018?
A. Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi B. Shri Padmanabha Acharya
C. Shri Acharya Dev Vrat D. Shri Om Prakash Kohli

Answer: A

6. Which team entered quarter finals of 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup?
A. Ireland B. India
C. England D. Italy
Answer: B

7. Which bank awarded as the best performing bank in CLSS schemes?

A. HDFC Bank B. ICICI Bank
C. Canara Bank D. Axis Bank

Answer: A

8. Which ministry signed MoU With Ministry Of Electronics And Information Technology recently?
A. Ministry of Finance B. Ministry of Home Affairs
C. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare D. Ministry of External affairs

Answer: B

9. RBI increased the policy repo rate by 25 basis points to __________

A. 6.3% B. 6.5%
C. 6.7% D. 6.8%

Answer: B

10. Which player enters pre-quarterfinals of World Badminton Championships at Nanjing in China?
A. Prannoy Kumar B. Kidambi Srikanth
C. Sai Praneeth D. Jwala gutta

Answer: B

11. Which rank did India obtain at UN E-Government Index recently?

A. 35 B. 48
C. 96 D. 105

Answer: C
12. Name the Bengali author who has passed away, recently.
A. Sushant Sanyal B. Vijayendra Ghatge
C. Subhash Mukhopadhyay D. Ramapada Chowdhury

Answer: D

13. This city hosted the 2018 Unified Commanders' Conference (UCC).
A. Ladakh B. Srinagar
C. New Delhi D. Pahalgam

Answer: C

14. Which of the following country will build the intercontinental ballistic missiles?
A. Israel B. North Korea
C. Afghanistan D. Philippines

Answer: B

15. Which of the following countries is/are hosting the 2018 International Army Games (IAG)?
A. Russia B. Armenia
C. Iran D. All of the above

Answer: D

16. Which of the following has been awarded the ‘Marketer of the Year’ award by the International
Advertising Association of India (IAAI)
A. Amul B. Hindustan Unilever
C. LIC D. Nestle

Answer: A

17. What is the theme of the 2018 World Day against Trafficking in Persons?
A. Unite to eradicate human trafficking B. Act to protect and assist trafficked persons
C. Protect rights of human trafficking victims D. Responding to the trafficking of children and
 young people

Answer: D

18. India’s first in-phone tourism guide and mobile application “Go whats That” has launched in
which city?
A. Chandigarh B. New Delhi
C. Pune D. Lucknow

Answer: A

19. John Sankaramangalam, who passed away recently, was the veteran personality from which
field?
A. Politics B. Film Industry
C. Journalism D. Sports

Answer: B

20. Who has been conferred with the 2018 Mohun Bagan Ratna?
A. Pradip Choudhury B. Shilton Paul
C. Sudip Chatterjee D. Rahim Ali

Answer: A

21. Who has become the first Asian to swim UK-France channel?
A. Sharad Tiwari B. Prabhat Koli
C. Swapan Kumar D. Sourabh Verma

Answer: B

22. Which high level empowered committee has been constituted to address the issues of stressed
thermal power projects?
A. Pradeep Kumar Sinha committee B. Ajit Balaji Joshi committee
C. J H Thomas committee D. Dan Singh Rawat committee
Answer: A

23. Which state government will set up ‘iHub’ (the intelligent hub) for research and scientific
learning?
A. Andhra Pradesh B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Telangana D. Tamil Nadu

Answer: A

24. IT ministry launched which desktop software to enable editing of text printed on scanned
documents ?
A. M-Aksharayan B. E-Aksharayan
C. V-Aksharayan D. C-Aksharayan

Answer: B

25. Which state government will setup a state of the art B-Hub?
A. Odisha B. Telangana
C. UP D. Karnataka

Answer: B

26. Which state government launched smartphone distribution scheme called ‘Mobile Tihar’?
A. Maharashtra B. Harayana
C. Chhattisgarh D. Odisha

Answer: C

27. Which state government formed a committee to examine punishment for sexual harassment?
A. Maharashtra B. Delhi
C. Odisha D. Telangana

Answer: B
28. India to acquire which air defense system in negotiations with the US?
A. NASAMS-2 B. Agni-2
C. Brahmos-1 D. NASAMS-1

Answer: B

29. 11th World Hindi Conference will be held in which country?

A. India B. Mauritius
C. Canada D. Nepal

Answer: B

30. China launched which satellite as part of its high-resolution Earth observation project which will
also provide data for the Belt and Road Initiative?
A. Falcon-04 B. Falcon-08
C. Gaofen-11 D. Gaofen-09

Answer: C

31. According to Nomura,India’s GDP to remain at how much percent in second half of 2018?
A. 7.2 B. 7.3
C. 7.5 D. 7.6

Answer: A

32. What was India’s rank in Nations E-Government Development Index 2018?
A. 75th B. 85th
C. 96th D. 97th

Answer: C

33. Who was honored with 24th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award?
A. Amit MItra B. GopalKrishna Gandhi
C. GopalHari Krishna D. Amit Khare
Answer: B

34. What is the currency of Mauritius?

A. Rupee B. Dirham
C. Dollar D. Peso

Answer: A

35. Which Union Ministry unveiled a blueprint of Deep Ocean Mission (DOM) to explore deep ocean?
A. Union Ministry of Earth Science B. Union Ministry of Science and Technology
C. Union Ministry of Agriculture and Foreign D. Union Ministry of Defence
Affairs

Answer: A

36. China successfully launched __________ satellite, an optical remote sensing satellite, as part of its
high-resolution Earth observation project?
A. Gaofen-11 B. Gaofen-12
C. Tanhen 1C D. Tianhiu 1B

Answer: A

37. India and USA Military Cooperation Meeting begins in __________.

A. New Delhi B. Srinagar
C. Chennai D. Shimla

Answer: A

38. Which become the first State in the country to implement the national policy on biofuels?
A. Uttar Pradesh B. Rajasthan
C. Punjab D. Maharashtra

Answer: B
39. BEML Ltd and this firm signed pact for making mining equipment.
A. BHEL B. HEC
C. Hindustan Copper D. HAL

Answer: B

40. Which state government announched to up 'iHub' (the intelligent hub) for research and scientific
learning?
A. Andhra Pradesh B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Telangana D. Tamil Nadu

Answer: A

41. This firm has been awarded the 'Marketer of the Year' award by the International Advertising
Association of India (IAAI)
A. PepsiCo B. Amul
C. Cadbury D. Nestle

Answer: B

42. World Ranger Day was celebrated all over the world on;
A. Jul 30 B. Aug 1
C. Aug 2 D. July 31

Answer: D

43. Which of the following company has been acquired by the Elgi Equipments Limited, recently?
A. Orbital Corporation B. Macquarie Group
C. Harvey Norman D. Pulford Air and Gas

Answer: D

44. The US elevated this country's status in the export control regime and designated it as a
Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1) country.
A. South Korea B. India
C. Japan D. Bangladesh

Answer: B

45. Former FTII director John Sankaramangalam passes away. He belongs to the state of;
A. Bihar B. Kerala
C. Andhra Pradesh D. Madhya Pradesh

Answer: B

46. With which country India sign Pact on Financial And Technical Cooperation?
A. Russia B. Germany
C. Israel D. Swedan

Answer: B

47. Which social network has announced that it is to introduce a time management tool which will be
like a daily reminder?
A. Facebook B. Twitter
C. Tumblr D. LinkedIn

Answer: A

48. Who won the 2018 RBC Canadian Open, recently?

A. Whee Kim B. Dustin Johnson
C. An Byeong-hun D. Keegan Bradley

Answer: B

49. Which city hosted the first ‘Nepal-India Think Tank’ Summit?
A. Udaipur B. Kathmandu
C. New Delhi D. Varanasi
Answer: B

50. Who is the chairman of the Myanmar Government appointed independent commission to probe
human rights against the ethnic Rohingya minority?
A. Rosario Manalo B. Aung Tun Thet
C. Mya Thein D. Kenzo Oshima

Answer: A

51. Which state government has launched a smartphone distribution scheme ‘Mobile Tihar’ under
the Sanchar Kranti Yojna (SKY)?
A. Kerala B. Chhattisgarh
C. Tamil Nadu D. Andhra Pradesh

Answer: B

52. The first cow sanctuary of Rajasthan will come up in which district?
A. Jaipur B. Jodhpur
C. Bikaner D. Hanuman garh

Answer: C

53. Which Indian film bagged the best film award at the 3rd edition of the BRICS Film Festival
2018?
A. Sinjar B. Bhanayakam
C. Newton D. Village Rockstars

Answer: C

54. Which state government will observe 2018 Independence Day eve as Shahid Samman Divas to
honour martyrs?
A. Andhra Pradesh B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Himachal Pradesh D. Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: B

55. Which acclaimed personality has been selected for 2018 Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award for
promoting communal harmony and peace.?
A. Amitabh Bachchan B. Muzaffar Ali
C. Raghuram Rajan D. Gopalkrishna Gandhi

Answer: D

56. The 2018 World Rangers Day (WRD) is observed on which date?
A. July 29 B. July 30
C. July 31 D. July 28

Answer: C

57. The famous Goddess Meenakshi Amman temple, which has got its first non-Brahmin as ‘archaka’
(priest), is located in which state?
A. Karnataka B. Tamil Nadu
C. Kerala D. Andhra Pradesh

Answer: B

58. The United States has granted Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1) to which South Asian
country to ease export of high-tech items?
A. Pakistan B. Sri Lanka
C. India D. Maldives

Answer: C

59. Which of the following test did the Navy recently perform on the Shore Based Test Facility
(SBTF) in Goa?
A. LCA Naval Prototype 1 B. LCA Naval Prototype 2
C. LCA Naval Prototype 3 D. LCA Naval Prototype 4
Answer: B

60. Indian-origin prison guard, who won MasterChef Australia 2018 is __________.
A. Sashi Cheliah B. Harpal Sokhi
C. Vikas Khanna D. Saransh Goila

Answer: A

61. Who taken charge as a Director (Finance) of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)?
A. Roddam Narasimha B. Vishnu Madav Ghatage
C. C B Ananthakrishnan D. Kota Harinarayana

Answer: C

62. Who of the following wins 6th Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix, recently?
A. Lewis Hamilton B. Sebastian Vettel
C. Kimi Raikkonen D. Daniel Ricciardo

Answer: A

63. Which firm makes history by becoming first US company to reach $1 trillion market value?
A. Amazon B. Walmart
C. Apple D. Microsoft

Answer: C

64. On which date, the Earth Overshoot Day was observed?

A. July 30 B. July 31
C. August 1 D. August 2

Answer: C
65. The Metro Rail Corporation of this city have signed an MoU with BSNL for extending benefits in
customer services.
A. Kolkata B. Mumbai
C. Lucknow D. Bengaluru

Answer: C

66. Who launched the Dedicated Portal FOCAL For Cargo Owners And Shippers?
A. DRDO B. IWAI
C. NBCC D. RITES

Answer: B

67. This state made Yoga mandatory for all Colleges and Universities, recently.
A. Andra Pradesh B. Punjab
C. Karnataka D. Uttarkand

Answer: C

68. Reliance Jio partnered with which bank for digital services?
A. SBI Bank B. Yes Bank
C. Axis Bank D. HDFC Bank

Answer: A

69. Who laid the foundation stone of the 2nd Phase of construction of NEIAH in Shillong?
A. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik B. Shri Rajnath Singh
C. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan D. Shri Santosh Gangwar

Answer: A

70. Which company signed MoU with Karur Vysya Bank to provide financial assistance to commodity
traders and farmers?
A. Excel Crop Care Ltd B. CCL Products India Ltd
C. Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd D. StarAgri Finance

Answer: D

71. Recently, which department join hands with SBI for Rs 25k cr loan?
A. AAI B. NHAI
C. NTPC D. IOC

Answer: B

72. Who will organice the Investors Conference for the Holistic Development of Islands?
A. SEBI B. NITI Aayog
C. Ministry of Home Affairs D. NABARD

Answer: B

73. Which state government launched 'Mukhya Mantri-Yuva Nestham' for the unemployed youth in
the state?
A. Rajasthan B. Jharkand
C. Andra Pradesh D. Telangana

Answer: C

74. Which state government approves over Rs 7,000 crore for water projects?
A. Maharashtra B. Odisha
C. Haryana D. Uttar Pradesh

Answer: A

75. This ministry and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship join hands to train one lakh RAC
Service Technicians.
A. Ministries of Defence B. Ministries of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change
C. Ministries of Minority Affairs D. Ministry of Consumer Affairs
Answer: B

76. Which state government has launched a 360 degree nation-wide publicity campaign publicity
campaign for 2018 men's hockey World Cup?
A. Goa B. Odisha
C. West Bengal D. Maharashtra

Answer: B

77. Who of the following won the 2018 International Contributions Award given by the Association
for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), USA?
A. K Anvar Sadath B. P S Mohan
C. Harish Bhatt D. Kapil Bansal

Answer: A

78. How many amendments of GST Laws were approved in a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on 1st August 2018?
A. 15 B. 26
C. 35 D. 46

Answer: D

79. Which Indian-Australian mathematician has bestowed with the prestigious 2018 Fields medal?
A. Calyampudi Radha krishna B. Akshay Venkatesh
C. C.S. Seshadri D. Narendra Karmarkar

Answer: B

80. This country becomes World's 2nd biggest stock market.

A. US B. China
C. Japan D. Germany

Answer: C
81. Name of the Indian player who becomes the second Indian cricketer to smash a hundred in
women's T20 cricket.
A. Smriti Mandhana B. Jhulan Goswami
C. Harmanpreet Kaur D. Shikha Pandey

Answer: A

82. What is the current repo rate, as per the 3rd bi-monthly policy, released by RBI?
A. 6.32 B. 6.50
C. 6.75 D. 7.20

Answer: B

83. Gita Mittal is appointed as new Chief Justice of __________ high court.
A. Rajasthan B. West Bengal
C. Jammu and Kashmir D. Goa

Answer: C

84. Who announced to set up the floating solar power plants?

A. IOCL B. GAIL
C. ONGC D. MRPL

Answer: D

85. India successfully test-fires Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile from __________.
A. Sriharikota B. Thiruvananthapuram
C. Visakhapatnam D. Abdul Kalam Island

Answer: D

86. India & __________ to cooperate in bamboo sector in Tripura.

A. Russia B. Germany
C. Japan D. France
Answer: C

87. Which company inks pact with Telangana govt?

A. Infosys B. Tech Mahindra
C. Wipro D. HCL

Answer: B

88. Who has been appointed as Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs?
A. Ruchi Ghanashyam B. R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
C. Vijay Thakur Singh D. Subhash Chandra Garg

Answer: C

89. According to a Morgan Stanley report, the GDP growth of India is:
A. 8.0 B. 6.8%
C. 7.2% D. 7.5%

Answer: D

90. The researchers from this country creates world's first single-chromosome yeast.
A. India B. Japanese
C. Chinese D. USA

Answer: C

91. Who of the following beat a record of Olympian Michael Phelps at the Far West International
Swimming Championship?
A. Leisel Jones B. Stephanie Rice
C. Clark Kent Apuada D. Natalie Coughlin

Answer: C

92. Bharti Airtel plans to provide optical fibre network to which state?
A. Kerala B. Tamil Nadu
C. Rajasthan D. Telangana

Answer: B

93. Which country got warning from UNICEF about the outbreak of cholera ?
A. Yemen B. Pakistan
C. Indonesia D. Iran

Answer: A

94. Which of the following is the first foreign lender to get RBI approval for subsidiary?
A. AD Bank B. EAD Bank
C. SBM Group D. DBS Bank

Answer: C

95. Who was conferred with the Hindi Sahitya Academy's Shalaka Samman for 2017-18?
A. Yash Chopra B. Sampooran Singh Kalra
C. Javed Akhtar D. Kavita Krishnamurthy

Answer: C

96. For the first time, Supreme court to get __________ serving Women judges.
A. 2 B. 3
C. 4 D. 5

Answer: B

97. Who has become the fourth youngest debutant in men's ODI cricket, recently?
A. Mujeeb Ur Rahman B. Yodhin Punja
C. Gurdeep Singh D. Rohit Kumar Paudel

Answer: D
98. The name of World's 1st Hindi-Speaking Robot is __________.
A. Shakshi B. Rashmi
C. Jayanti D. Khatoon

Answer: B

99. Which payment bank has been bared by the RBI from enroling new customers?
A. Airtel Payment Bank B. Aditya Birla Payments Bank
C. Fino Payments Bank D. Geetha Bank Loan Service

Answer: C

100. This department joined hands with Invest India to offer its three-month programme 'Integrate
to Innovate' for startups in the sector.
A. FIFP B. DIPP
C. FICCI D. IBEF

Answer: B