DesiznCircleG.K.(January2018)

1. The 19thIndiaInternational Watch and Clock Fair “Samaya Bharati 2018” was held in whichIndiancity?-Mumbai

2. WhatistherankofIndiainthe2018GlobalDemocracyIndex?-423. WhichcountryhastoppedtheGlobalDemocracyIndex2018?–Norway4. Asymbolofhopeandaninspirationtowomenacrosstheglobe-rememberingthefirstwoman

astronautofIndian-origin,onher15thdeathanniversarytoday.–KalpanaChawla5. TheRBICurrencyPressplaces

Trick1:MSDN-MahendraSinghDhoNi1.Mysore2.Salboni3.Dewas4.NasikthecoinmintingplacesTrick2:GHMC-GreaterHyderabadMunicipalCorporation1.GreaterNoida2.Hyderabad3.Mumbai4.Calcutta

6. Whichnationhasbecometheworld’s3rd-largeststeelproducer,whileChinatopsandfollowedbyJapan?-India

7. Whohasbeattop-seededAnthonyAmalrajtowinthemensinglestitlefortheeighthtime, inTableTennisNationalsChampionship?-SharathKamal

8. Thenationalinstituteof_____?•MultipleDisabilities-Chennai•OrthopedicallyHandicapped-Kolkata•MentallyHandicapped-Secunderabad•VisuallyHandicapped-Dehradun

•PhysicallyHandicapped-NewDelhi•HearingHandicapped–Mumbai

9. TheIndianNavyhaslaunchedthe3rdScorpeneclasssubmarinenamed?-Karanj10. Who honoured with Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards for the year 2017? – Bhartruhari

Mahtab11. Australia'scricketgroundwillhostthefinalofboththemen’sandwomen’sWCT20 in2020?-

Melbourne12. The Super Blue BloodMoon takes place in 31.1.2018, it's was happends for the first time in

whichofthefollowingyearsof______?A)1866B)1777C)1966D)1877Answer:A

13. Supermoon–WhenMoonIsNear/CloseToEarth14. BlueMoon–The2ndFullMoonInTheSameMonth15. Blood Moon – The Red Shadow Of Earth's Atmospheric Refraction Of Sunlight During Lunar

Eclipse16. What is the rank of India among the list ofwealthiest countries of theworld report by New

WorldWealth,whileUSattop?-Sixth17. WhohasconferredwiththeBadmintonAssociationofIndiaLifetimeAchievementAward2018?

-PrakashPadukone18. Inwhichof the following years, theUnionGovernmentwasdeclared thePeacockasnational

birdofIndia?A)1960B)1963C)1972D)1983Ans:B(1963)

19. Whichstateishostingthe2018NationalHandloomExpo?-Assam20. Whobecomethe1stNepalcricketertogetIPLcontract.HewillplayinDelhiDaredevilsteam?–

SandeepLamichhane21. The1st-everIndia-VietnamBilateralArmyExercise(VINBAX2018)startedin?–MadhyaPradesh22. Thestudyof___?

DurationofLife-ChronobiologySleep-HypnologyAtmosphere-AreologyDeath&destiny-EschatologyTrees-DendrologyWinds-AnemologyInsects-EntomologyMosses-BryologyStones-EpigraphySkulls-Craniology

NatureofKnowledge–Epistemology23. Which nation is ranked 2nd only to South Africaas the cheapest countryto live or retire,

accordingtoGoBankingRatessurvey,whileBermudaattop?-India24. India’sfirstever‘KhadiHaat’haslaunchedinwhichcity?–NewDelhi25. WhohasbeenelectedasthePresidentofFinland?–SauliNiinisto26. WhichstatewillhosttheInternationalBirdFestival2018inFebruary2018?–UttarPradesh27. Whichofthefollowingsamadhiplaces,isMahatmaGandhi'ssamadhiinDelhicalled?

A)NaranghatB)KisanghatC)VijayghatD)RajghatAns:D(Rajghat)

28. RememberingthefatherofnationofIndiaandthegreatsoulwhoshowedtheworldthatnon-violence and truth can be more than just ideals, on his 70th death anniversary today? –MahatmaGandhi

29. Whichstate’stableauhaswonthebesttableauawardatthe69thRepublicDayParade2018?-Maharashtra

30. Whohasbeenchosenfor5theditionofYashChopraMemorialAward2018?-AshaBhosle31. Whosworn-inasthenewPresidentoftheRepublicofHonduras?-JuanOrlandoHernandez32. WhichIndianstatewouldbeintroducingadigitalbudgetinitsnextsession?

A)KeralaB)GujaratC)RajasthanD)AssamAnswer:D

33. WhatistheIndia'seconomicgrowthforecastin2018-19asperEconomicSurvey2018?A)6to6.5%B)7to7.5%C)5to6.5%D)7to8.5%Answer:B

34. WhoistheDirectorGeneraloftheWorldHealthOrganization?A)TedrosAdhanomB)AudreyAzoulayC)RobertoAzevedoD)AnthonyKirsoppLakeAns:A(TedrosAdhanom)

35. Grammys2018Bestrockalbum-ADeeperUnderstandingBestrapperformance-HUMBLEBestrapalbum-DAMN

Bestcountrysong-BrokenHalosBestcountryalbum-FromaRoom:Volume1Bestrapperformance-LoyaltyBestcomedyalbum-TheAgeofSpin&DeepintheHeartofTexasRecordoftheyear-24KMagicAlbumoftheyear-24KMagicSongoftheyear-That'sWhatILikeBestnewartist-AlessiaCaraBestpopsoloperformance-ShapeofYouBestrockperformance-YouWantItDarkerBestpopgroupperformance-FeelItStill

36. Whohasbecomethefirstmaletennisplayertowin20GrandSlamtitles,afterwinningajoint-recordsixthAustralianOpen2018titletoday?–RogerFederer

37. Whohaswonthewomen'ssinglestitleofAusOpen2018?–CarolineWozniacki38. TheOxfordDictionariesannouncedasits2017'HindiWordoftheYear?-Aadhaar39. TodayisfreedomfighterLalaLajpatRai153rdbirthanniversary.Hewaspopularlyknownas?-

PunjabKesari40. What is the theme of Data Privacy Day / Data Protection Day (28 Jan) 2018? - Respecting

Privacy,SafeguardingDataandEnablingTrust"41. Which nation was named on this day in 1933? - Pakistan [P’unjab, North-West Frontier

('A'fghan)Province,'K'ashmir,'S'ind,andBaluchis'tan']42. Whichstatehaslaunchedmobileapp“Shakti”forprotectingwomen’s?-HimachalPradesh43. Thebook“DilliMeriDilli:BeforeandAfter1998”wasauthoredby-SheilaDixit44. Thefirstpoliovaccinewastheinactivatedpoliovaccine.Itwasdevelopedby?-JonasSalk(use

in1955)45. Theoralpoliovaccinewasdevelopedby?-AlbertSabin(usein1961)46. Polio is an infection causedby a ____, and that attacks thenervous systemand canparalyze

musclesorevencausedeath?A)BacteriaB)VirusC)FungusD)ProtozoaAns:B(Virus)

47. Who made the statement “The Preamble of the Constitution is the Horoscope of IndianRepublic”?A)K.M.MunshiB)JawaharlalNehruC)B.R.AmbedkarD)MahatmaGandhiAns:A(KMMunshi)

48. Whoisthefounderoftheorganization_______?

>SatyaShodakSamaj-Jyotiba-Pule>DevaSamaj-ShivnarayanAgrihotri>AryaSamaj-DayanandaSaraswati>BrahmaSamaj-RajaRammohanRai>PrardhanaSamaj-AtmaramPanduranga

49. Whohonouredwith the India’shighestpeacetimemilitarydecoration“AshokaChakra”at the69thRepublicDay?-JyotiPrakashNirala

50. Name the India’s first indigenously developed vaccine to be pre-qualified byWHO, by BharatBiotechLtd,Hyderabad?-Rotavac

51. HetookchargeastheElectionCommissionerofIndiarecently-AshokLavasa52. Thisstate’scabinethasapproved'onedistrict,oneproduct'scheme-UttarPradesh53. Thisstateisgoingtohavecandidates'pictureonEVMsinupcomingbypolls–Rajasthan54. WhereistheheadquarteroftheWorldEconomicForum(wef)located?-Switzerland55. TheheadquarterofASEAN(@ASEAN)islocatedin?-Jakarta,Indonesia56. Name the first Indian metro city to unveil first-of-its-kind floating market of the country -

Kolkata(metrorailwaykol)

57. Who appointed as the new Chairman ofIndian Banks’ Association (IBA)? - UshaAnanthasubramanian

58. Inwhich year is proposed by PMNarendraModi to be declared asthe "ASEAN-India Year ofTourism"?–2019

59. WhenwasIndiadeclaredaspoliofreebyWHO?[A]2011[B]2005[C]2014[D]2009Ans:C(2014)

60. WhowasthefirstfemaleChiefElectionCommissionerofIndia?A)LeilaSethB)FathimaBeeviC)V.SRamadeviD)AnnaChandyAnswer:C

61. WhowasthepresidentofIndiaonfirstrepublicday?[A]PratibhaPatil[B]K.RNarayanan[C]A.P.JAbdulKalam[D]RajenderPrasadAns:D(RajenderPrasad)

62. PadmaAwards2018

PadmaVibhushan1.Illaiyaraja2.G.MustafaKhan3.P.ParameswaranPadmaBhushan1.PankajAdvani2.P.MChrysostom3.MSDhoni4.AlexanderKadakin5.R.Nagaswamy6.VedPrakashNanda7.LaxmanPai8.ArvindParikh9.ShardaSinha

63. WhoisthechiefguestduringtheIndia'sRepublicday2018celebrationsatNewDelhi?A)DonaldTrumpB)ASEANLeadersC)BenjaminNetanyahuD)SAARCLeadersAnswer:B

64. Whatdoesthethreecoloursofnationalflagrepresent?-Sacrifice(Saffron),Peace(White)andProsperity(Green)

65. Thereisabluewheelatthecenterofthenationalflag.Whatdoesitrepresent?-Wheeloflaw66. WhoisconsideredasthemainarchitectoftheconstitutionofIndia?-Dr.BhimraoAmbedkar67. HowmuchtimewastakenbytheConstituentAssemblytoframetheConstitutionofIndia?-2

years11months&18days68. WhenwasthedeclarationofPurnaSwarajreleased?-26January193069. WhenwasIndiafirstRepublicDaycelebrated?-26January,195070. WhotakesthemilitarysaluteduringtheparadeonRepublicDay?-President71. WhichawardsispresentedduringtheRepublicDayParade?-BraveryAwards72. What is the rank of India, in the Global Environmental Performance Index 2018, while

Switzerlandattops?-177th73. WhatistherankofIndia,inGlobalindexoftalentcompetitiveness(GTI)2017,whileSwitzerland

attops?-81st74. WhatisthethemeofNationalVotersDay2018?-"AssessableElections"75. TheIndianGovernmenthasapproved2018as?-NationalYearofMillets76. WhohasbeensworninasthenewPresidentofLiberiarecently?-GeorgeWeah77. India-ASEANBusiness&InvestmentConferenceHeldin?-NewDelhi78. The7thAsiaSteelInternationalConferencewillbeheldin?-Bhubaneswar79. The16thInternationalEnergyForumMinisterialmeetingheldin?-NewDelhi80. WhohastakenchargeasthenewdirectorofVikramSarabhaiSpaceCentre?-NSomnath81. Whichcountrywillhost2018editionoftheWomen’sWorldT20?-WestIndies82. India’sfirsteverInternationalDamSafetyConferenceinauguratedin?–Tiruvanantapuram83. 1.WhoappointsChiefElectionCommissionerofIndia?

A)PresidentB)PrimeMinisterC)ParliamentD)ChiefJusticeofIndiaAns:A(President)2.WhocanremoveChiefElectionCommissionerofIndia?A)PresidentB)PrimeMinisterC)ParliamentD)ChiefJusticeofIndiaAns:B(Parliament)

84. ElectionsinIndiacomeunderthe___AmendmenttotheConstitution?-19th85. InwhichyearNOTA(Noneoftheabove)buttonintroducedinEVMsandballots?-201386. TheChiefElectionCommissionerdrawshis/hersalaryfrom?-ConsolidatedFundofIndia87. InwhichyearwastheElectionCommissionofIndiaformed?-1950(25January)88. WhicharticleoftheConstitutiondealswiththepowersofElectionCommissionofIndia?–32489. WhoappointstheChiefElectionCommissionerofIndia?–President90. TheminimumagetocastyourvoteinIndiais18years.Whatwastheagelimitpriortothis?-

2191. Whentheminimumagelimitwaschangedto18yearsforacitizenofIndiatocasthis/hervote?

-March28,198992. Whohasbeenconferredwiththeprestigious"FirstLadiesAward"inrecently?

A)AishwaryaRaiBachchanB)SaniaMirzaC)MaryKomD)PriyankaChopraAnswer:A

93. Indiahasemergedasthefifthmostattractivemarket,whileUSattopsUttarPradeshDiwasisobservedon24thofJanuaryFICCIAppointsDilipChenoyasDirectorGeneralShahRukhKhanHonouredwithCrystalAwardatWorldEconomicForum

94. WhatisthenormalplayingtimeofthefullversionofourNationalAnthem"JanaGanaMana"?[A]52Seconds[B]1Minute[C]45Seconds[D]50SecondsAns:A(52Seconds)

95. WhoiscomposedourNationalAnthem"JanaGanaMana"?-RabindraNathTagore96. HowmanystanzasarethereinourNationalAnthem?-Five97. WhenwasNationalAnthemadoptedbygovt?-24thJan,195098. WhatwasthetitlefirstgivenbytheauthorofNationalAnthem?-BharatVidhata99. NationalGirlChildDayisbeingobservedinIndiaon24thJanuarywithanaimtoraiseawareness

aboutsexratiolevelsandpromotetheempowermentofgirlsandalsoInternationalDayoftheGirlChildisobservedonOctober11annually.

100. What is the India’sGDPgrowth forecast for2018,asper IMF’s latestWorldEconomicOutlook(WEO)update?[A]7.4%[B]7.8%[C]6.6%[D]7.6%Answer:A

101. WhowasthefirstChiefElectionCommissionerofIndia?[A]T.Swaminathan[B]J.M.Lyngdoh[C]SukumarSen[D]NavinChawlaAns:C(SukmarSen)

102. Which nation has topped in theInclusive Development Indexreleased by WorldEconomicForum?-Norway

103. Whobecame thefirst full-timeDefenseMinister to fly in a Sukhoi30MKIof the IndianAirForce?–NirmalaSitharaman

104. Tribute to founderof IndianNationalArmy -Netaji SubashChandraBoseonhisbirthAnniversarytoday(23rdJanuary)Thefamouswords"GiveMeBlood,IWillGiveYouFREEDOM"saidbySubashChandraBose.

105. WhichstatehasrecentlyinauguratedtheWorldWarIIMemorialMuseum?-ArunachalPradesh

106. Whohas been appointed as the newDG ofNational SecurityGuard (NSG)? - SudeepLakhtakia

107. WhoisthefounderandChairmanofWEF?-KlausSchwab108. India’s first garbage fest ’Kachra Mahotsav 2018’ has organized by which state? -

Chhattisgarh109. Whichstatehostedthe8theditionoftheInternationalConferenceonWildSilkMoths?

–Assam110. WhohasbeenappointedasthenextChiefElectionCommissionerofIndia?

[A]V.S.Sampath[B]OmPrakashRawat[C]AshokLavasa[D]NasimZaidiAns:B(OmPrakashRawat)

111. According to the World Economic Forum, India was ranked at which place amongemergingeconomiesonanInclusiveDevelopmentIndex2018?A)62ndB)85thC)94thD)52thAnswer:A

112. Whatisthethemeof48thannualmeetingoftheWorldEconomicForum2018heldinSwitzerland?

A)ConsequencesforSociety,PoliticsandBusinessB)CreatingasharedfutureinaFracturedWorldC)ResponsiveLeadershipD)MasteringtheFourthIndustrialRevolutionAnswer:B

113. "MEASUREMENTS"(CAPACITY)8fluiddrachms=1fluidounce5fluidounces=1gill4gills=1pint1quart=2pints8pints/4quarts=1gallon2gallons=1peck4pecks=1bushel8bushes=1quarter

114. Who has been appointed as the newChief Election Commissioner of India? – OmPrakashRawat

115. NametheInc.hasnamedtheworld'smostadmiredcompanyfor2018?-Apple116. Whichinstitutedevelopsaircraftthatcanfoldwingsmid-flight?-NASA117. Which state hasbecome1st state to completely implement door-to-door garbage

collectioninallurbanareas?-MadhyaPradesh118. Name the Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched a new

Earthobservationsatellite?-ASNARO-2119. WhichcityisknownasDairyofNorthernEurope?-Denmark120. WhichcityknownasGardenofGods?-Colorado121. WhichcityisknownasQuakerCity?-Philadelphia122. WhichcityisknownasLittleVenice?–Venezuela123. Inwhichofthefollowingrevolutions,isrelatedtotheproductionofJuteinIndia____?

[A]GoldenRevolution[B]RoundRevolution[C]BrownRevolution[D]GoldenFibreRevolutionAnd:D(GoldenFibre)

124. The10thGlobalForumforFood&Agriculturewasrecentlyheldin?-Berlin(Germany)125. TheWorldEconomicForum(WEF)2018heldin?-Davos,Switzerland126. Whichstatehasbecomethe1ststatetounveilPublicCloudPolicy?–Maharashtra127. JaneHardyisaambassadortoIndiafromwhichcountry_____?-Australia128. Whoistheauthorof‘TheHeartfulnessWay’book_______?-JoshuaPollock129. WhentheconstituentassemblyofIndiadidwasadopttheNationalAnthem?

(A)25thJanuary1950(B)26thJanuary1950(C)24thJanuary1950(D)29thJanuary1950Ans:C(24thJan1950)

130. Which nation has joined the Australia Group export control regime and has become43rdmemberofthatGroup?-India

131. WhichisthelargestSourceofFDIinIndiaasperRBI?-Mauritius132. The4thIndiaInternationalScienceFestivaltobeheldin?-Lucknow,UP133. WhoappointedastheGovernorofMadhyaPradeshstate?-AnandibenPatel134. Whichstatetohavecandidates'pictureonEVMsinupcomingbypolls?–Rajasthan135. Which nation announces world’s first public register against money laundering? –

Britain136. Which state govt. has launched Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivani Yojna to promote

climate-resilientagriculture?-Maharashtra137. Who has led Indian delegation at the 2018 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

militarycooperationmeeting?-AjaySeth138. Whichofthefollowingnation'scricketteamhaswontheBlindCricketWorldCup2018?

A)PakistanB)AustraliaC)IndiaD)WestIndiesAnswer:C

139. What is the India’s economic growth forecast for FY19, as per latest report by IndiaRatingsandResearch(Ind-Ra),forFY186.5%?-7.1%

140. WhohasbeenappointedasnewCMDofSecurityPrintingandMintingCorporationofIndiaLtd(SPMCIL)?-SSelvakumar

141. Archaeologists have discovered theWorld's Biggest Flooded Cave in which nation? -Mexico

142. WhatistherankoftheIndianfootballteaminthefirstFIFArankingsof2018?-102nd143. WhichaircraftwillmakeitsfirstappearanceintheRepublicDayParade?

A)RudraB)Sukhoi-30MKIC)TejasD)JaguarAnswer:A

144. Inwhichofthefollowingrevolutions, isrelatedtotheproductionofFertilizers inIndia____?[A]GoldenRevolution[B]RoundRevolution[C]BrownRevolution[D]GreyRevolutionAns:D(GreyRevolution)

145. Which among the following banks has become the first Indian bank to achieve themilestoneofcrossingRs5trillionmarketcapitalization?A)FederalBankB)HDFCBankC)KotakMahindraBankD)ICICIBank

Answer:B(HDFC_Bank)146. India test-fires nuclear-capable ICBM AgniV missile, which has a strike range of how

manykilometers_______________?A)2000kmsB)5000kmsC)1000kmsD)3000kmsAnswer:B

147. TheCentralDrugResearchInstitute(CDRI)of India is locatedinwhichofthefollowingcities?[A]NewDelhi[B]Jaipur[C]Lucknow[D]ChandigarhAns:C(Lucknow)

148. WhichIndiancricketerwasnamedthecaptainoftheInternationalCricketCouncil(ICC)TestandOne-DayInternational(ODI)teamsoftheyear2017?A)RohitSharmaB)MSDhoniC)AjinkyaRahaneD)ViratKohliAnswer:D

149. ICCAwards2017ODI&CricketeroftheYear–V.kohliTestCricketeroftheYear-stevesmith49EmergingCricketeroftheYear-RealHa55anAssociateCricketeroftheYear-rashidkhan_19T20IPerformanceoftheYear-yuzi_chahalUmpireoftheYear-MaraisErasmus27

150. WhichstatehasbecometheIndia’sfirststatetolaunchPublicCloudPolicytospeedupe-governance?-Maharashtra

151. Whichcountryishostingthe10thGlobalForumforFood&Agriculture(GFFA-2018)?–Germany

152. Whichcountryhasbuilttheworld’sbiggestairpurifier?-China153. Recently, PrimeMinister Narendra has dedicated iCREATE facility to the nation. This

facilityislocatedinwhichstate?–Gujarat154. NITI Aayog has launched the first GIAN course on Sustainable Urban planning using

RemoteSensingandGISinwhichIITinstitute?-IITKanpur155. Whoistheheadofthenewly-constituted5-judgeconstitutionbenchoftheSCtoheara

rangeofcrucialcases?-DipakMishra156. Name themissile, its DRDO_India successfully test-fires indigenously developed long-

range surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a strike range of 5000 km, from Odisha coasttoday?A)Agni-II

B)Agni-IVC)Agni-VD)Agni-VIAnswer:C

157. NametheactorishonouredwithJanakaviPSawlaramAward?–SudhirDalvi158. Chinahaslaunchedanewguidedmissilefrigatecalled?-Wuhai159. Brazilian world cup winner formally confirmed his retirement from football? -

Ronaldinho160. Which of the following community is thewealthiest in India as per recently released

NationalFamilyandHealthSurvey?[A]Hindus[B]Jains[C]Muslims[D]SikhsAns:B(Jains)

161. Name the Former Indian cricketer, who has been launched his autobiography‘Imperfect’recentlyatMumbai?A)DilipVengsarkarB)SanjayManjrekarC)LalaAmarnathD)SunilGavaskarAnswer:B

162. WhoappointedasthenewMD&CEOofNationalCommodity&DerivativesExchangeLimited(NCDEX)?-VijayKumar

163. India’s largest agri-commodity bourse NCDEX was established in which year? -15.12.2003WhereistheHeadquartersofNCDEX?–Mumbai

164. IndiacontributeshowmuchamounttoUNYouthEnvoy’soffice,2helpwithitsmissionofinvolvingyoungpeopleinworldbody’sgoals?-$50K

165. Name the Romania's PM, who resigned after his Social Democrat Party leaderswithdrewbackingforhiminanoverwhelmingvote–MihaiTudose

166. Indiahasrecentlysignedpactswithwhichcountryonillegalmigrants’return?-UnitedKingdom

167. The Indo-US joint military exercise ‘Vajra Prahar 2018’ will be held in which city? -Seattle,US

168. According to National Family and Health Survey (NFHS-4), which of the followingState/UTbecomeWealthiestCommunityinthelist?-Jains(Delhi)

169. The3rdeditionofRaisinaDialogue2018willbeheldinwhichcity?-NewDelhi170. Arrangethefollowingcivilianawardsindescendingorderoftheirrelevance_____?

i. PadmaBhushanii. BharatRatnaiii. PadmaShriiv. PadmaVibhushan

A)II,IV,I,IIIB)I,II,II,IV

C)II,I,IV,IIID)II,III,IV,I

Ans:A(II,IV,I,III)171. Which among the following teams haswon the the Premier Badminton League (PBL)

2017-18?A)HyderabadHuntersB)DelhiAcersC)BengaluruBlastersD)AwadheWarriorsAnswer:A

172. "SportEvents-VenueIn2018"●AsianGames-Indonesia●OlympicsGames-SouthKorea●YouthOlympicGames-Argentina●CommonwealthGames-Australia●HockeyWorldCup(M)-India●HockeyWorldCup(W)-England●WorldBoxingChampionship(W)–India

173. What is the theme of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (9th Jan) 2018? - Ancient Route, NewJourney:DiasporaintheDynamicASEANIndiaPartnership

174. Name theNASA'sastronaut,whobecame the1st to fly soloaround theMoonduringApollo10missionin1969,wasrecentlydies?–JohnYoung

175. WhichcommodityexchangehaslaunchedIndia’s1stagri-commodityoptionscontractinguarseeds?-NationalCommodityandDerivativesExchange(NCDEX)

176. WhichIndianarchitecthasconferredFrance’stopculturalaward“Chevalierde l’OrdredesArtsetLettres”?-studio_ata

177. Whichstatehostedthe12thInternationalFilmFestivalonArtandArtist2018?–Odisha178. Which city is hosting the InternationalWorkshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

(IWDRI)?-NewDelhi179. Whichcountryhasbeenplacedonthetopposition intheGlobalManufacturing Index

2018releasedbytheWorldEconomicForum(WEF)?A)GermanyB)JapanC)SouthKoreaD)ChinaAnswer:B

180. The World Economic Forum (WEF) was founded in which of the following years________?A)1971B)1964C)1982D)1957Ans:A(1971)

181. OnJan14,2018inHistory

• TheArmyDayisbeingobservedtodayacrosstheIndia.• The daymarks the taking over of the Indian Army by the first Indian Commander-in-

Chief,FieldMarshalKMCariappa,on15thJanuary1949.182. Which is thericheststate in IndiaasperNationalFamilyHealthSurvey,whileBiharat

poorest?-Delhi183. Who has been named advocacy ambassador for "Swachh Aadat Swachh Bharat"

initiative?-Kajol184. WhohasclinchedtheBiggBoss11title?–ShilpaShinde185. Weekly_Holiday

●Sunday:India●Monday:Greece●Tuesday:Paris●Wednesday:Egypt●Thursday:France●Friday:UAE●Saturday:Israel

186. What is the India’s rank at the latestWorld Economic Forum’s GlobalManufacturingIndex,whileJapanattop?-30th

187. Who has clinched gold in 48kg category at the 2018 National Women’s BoxingChampionship?-SarjubalaDevi

188. Which is the India’s first railway station to have sanitary napkin vending machine? -Bhopalrailwaystation

189. Which state is hosting the 7th edition of the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM)? –Karnataka

190. The famous Indian producer-director-screenwriter, is known as the father of IndianCinema____?[A]DileepKumar[B]RajaHarishchandra[C]DadasahebPhalke[D]A.KHangalAns:C(DadasahebPhalke)

191. Name the Israel PrimeMinister,who arrives on a six-day visit to India;He is the firstIsraeliPMtovisitIndiasince2003?-netanyahu

192. The2018ICCUnder-19CricketWorldCupisbeingheldin?-NewZealand193. IndianNavydecommissionedwarshipsatNavalDockyard,Mumbai,afteraglorious30&

28yearsservice?-INSNirbhik&INSNirghat194. TheElectionCommissionofIndiaconstitutesacommitteeforconsideringsocialmedia

expansionrecently,isheadedby?-UmeshSinha195. WhoistheyoungestNo.1Testbowlersincethe19thcentury?–KagisoRabada(South

Africa)196. WhichcountryTopsDomesticAirTrafficDemandat16.4%inNovember2017:IATA?-

India197. Whichcompanyplanningtolaunchitsowncryptocurrency?–RelianceJio198. JANURAY

10:WorldHindiDay24:NationalGirlChildDay25:NationalVotersDay25:NationalTourismDay26:RepublicDay26:InternationalCustomsDay28:DataPrivacyDay30:MartyrsDay30:NationalCleanlinessDay30:WorldLeprosyDay

199. ThefirsteditionoftheIndia-UKCreatechSummitwillbeheldinwhichcity?-Mumbai200. IndiahasemergedasthetopborrowerfromtheAsianInfrastructure InvestmentBank

(AIIB)in2017withloanamountworthofUSDbillion?-1.5bn201. In which of the following years, the Green Revolution was introduced by the Indian

government_______?[A]1972[B]1950[C]1966[D]1980Ans:C(1966)

202. WhatisthethemeoftheNationalYouthFestival2018?–SankalpSeSiddhi203. The ISROsuccessfully launchedCartosat2Seriessatellite intospacefromwhich launch

vehicle?-PSLVC40204. Which bank to Introduce India’s first Battery Powered Interactive Payment Card ? –

IndusIndBank205. Who has been ranked first in the latest Gallup Int'l annual survey “Opinion of Global

Leaders”,followedbyGermanChancellorAngelaMerkelandPMNarendraModi?–EmmanuelMacron

206. WhichcountryhasgrantedcitizenshiptoJulianAssange,thefounderofWikiLeaks?-Ecuador

207. ImpBiosphereReservesinIndia•Sheshachalam-AP•Nilgiri-TamilNadu,Kerala&Karnataka•NandaDevi-Uttarakhand•Nokreck-Meghalaya•Manas-Assom•Sunderbans-WB•Similipal-Odisha•DehongDebang-ArunachalPradesh•Panchmarhi-MP•Kanchanjanga-Sikkim•Kachchh-Gujarat

208. Who has become the first woman lawyer to be directly promoted as a judge of theSupremeCourt(SC)ofIndia?

[A]RomaJoseph[B]SudhaMisra[C]MeenakshiArora[D]InduMalhotraAnswer:D.

209. Who is the founder and also the first Chairman of the Indian Space ResearchOrganisation(ISRO),itestablishedin1969,HQsin-Bengaluru,Karnataka?A)VikramAmbalalSarabhaiB)SatishDhawanC)A.P.JAbdulKalamD)KRadhakrishnanAns:A(VikramA.Sarabhai)

210. NamethesatellitethatwasISROlaunchedsuccessfullytodayits42ndPSLVvehiclefromSatishDhawanSpaceCentreinSriharikota,AP.ThePSLVC40istoplace31satellites,originatingfrom7countries,acrosstwoorbits____?-Cartosat2

211. NamethegreatIndianleader'sbirthdayhasbeencelebratedastheNationalYouthDayon12thJanuaryeveryyearacrossthecountrysince1985andalsohefoundedtheRamakrishnaMathandMissionon1May1897?–SwamiVivekananda

212. Who will the new Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), he ispopularlyknownasthe“RocketMan”?[A]NarinderSinghKapany[B]AmarGupta[C]NarinderSinghKapany[D]KSivanAnswer:D

213. Whichcountryishostingthe"InternationalDharmaDhammaconference"(IDDC-2018)?-India

214. Whichstategovt.hasrecentlyrolledoute-Raktkoshwebportalinallgovernmentbloodbanks?-Punjab

215. Whowonthe2018KolkataOpenInt'lInvitationSnookerChampionship?-AdityaMehta216. Theworld’slargestIcefestivalhasstartedinwhichcountry?-China217. NationpaystributetoformerPrimeMinisterofIndiaonhisdeathanniversarywhogives

aslogan"JaiJawan,JaiKisan"?–LalBahadurShastri218. TheWorldHindiDay(�����_������_����)isobservedeveryyearonJanuary

10tomarkthefirstanniversaryofWorldHindiConferencewhichwasheldin?-1975219. The first World Hindi Conference was inaugurated by then Prime Minister? – Indira

Gandhi220. Whichtypeofflagwasbannedbythegovernmentrecently?-Plastictricolor221. Whichcountryhasrecentlybannedcottonbuds?-England222. Recently, which state government has introduced a common card to travel in bus,

metro?–Delhi223. WorldBankhasprojectedIndia’sgrowthratein2018?-7.3percent224. WhichstatetoppedbyallstateswithinvestmentintentionsofRs.1.49lakhcroretillOct

2017-Karnataka

225. Who hasmade history as she wonIndia's first ever international medal in Skiing? -AanchalThakur

226. Whichofthefollowingnations,isdoesn'tcelebratetheirIndependenceDay?[A]England[B]USA[C]Russia[D]CanadaAns:A(England)

227. Country–NationalGameAustralia–Cricket&FootbalBangladesh-KabaddiBrazil-CapoeiraChina-TableTennisEngland-CricketFrance-FootballIndia-FieldHockeyJapan-SumoWrestlingMalaysia-SepakTakrawNepal-DandiBiyoRussia–Bandy

228. India’s fastest and firstmulti-peta-flops supercomputer “Pratyush” has established atwhichinstitute?-IndianInstituteofTropicalMeteorology(IITM),Pune

229. Which state has topped the Logistics Ease across Different States (LEADS) index? –Gujarat

230. World’slargestIceFestival'Int'lIceandSnowFestival'heldin?-Harbin,China231. NamethemusiccomposerbecamebrandambassadorofSikkim?-ARRahman232. ThefirstDirector-GeneraloftheWTO,haspassedaway.Hewas71?-PeterSutherland233. WhatisthenameofIndia’sfirstandfastestsupercomputer?

A)AyushB)DigvijayC)PragatiD)PratyushAnswer:D

234. Whichcountryhasrecentlydecidedtointroduceoilbasedcryptocurrency?A)VenezuelaB)CubaC)SaudiArabiaD)QatarAnswer:A

235. The18thAllIndiaWhips’Conferencewasorganizedinwhichcity?-Udaipur236. WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenappointedastheMD&CEOofNationalPayments

CorporationofIndia(NPCI)?-DilipAsbe

237. Who has been conferredwith the 1stMuftiMohammad SayeedAward for Probity inPoliticsandPublicLife?-NitishKumar

238. Which Railway station in Mumbai has become the first all-women railway station ofIndia?–Matunga

239. Inwhichofthefollowingyears,ourFatherofNationsMahatmaGandhiwasreturnedtoIndia,onthatyear'sdayJanuary9thcelebratesPravasiBharatiyaDivas?A)1910B)1912C)1915D)1909Ans:C(1915)

240. Whohas become the first African-American towinGoldenGlobes for best actor in adramatelevisionseriesatthe75thGoldenGlobeAwards2018?[A]AzizAnsari[B]EwanMcGregor[C]SterlingKBrown[D]AlexanderSkarsgardAnswer:C

241. ThePravasiBharatiyaDivasiscelebratedonJanuary9everyyearinIndia.ThedaymarkstowhoreturnsfromSouthAfricaintheyear1915,Jan9?A)JawaharlalNehruB)BRAmbedkarC)IndiraGandhiD)MahatmaGandhiAnswer:D

242. City-RiverVijayawada-KrishnaKota-ChambalLeh-SindhuMoradabad-RamgangaRoorkhela-BrahminiPune-MutaNellore-PennaAlwaye-PeriyarMadurai-VaigeiTiruchirapalli-CauveryGuwahati-BrahmaputraAjmer–Luni

243. WhosecuredherfirstWTAtitle inAustraliawithastraight-setsvictory intheBrisbaneInternational?–ElinaSvitolina

244. WhohasliftedtheinauguralTataopenMaharashtraTennisTrophy?–GillesSimon245. Theplantswhichfloweronlyonceintheirlifetimearecalled______?

[A]Monocarpic[B]Monogamous

[C]Monogenic[D]MonocotsAns:A(Monocarpic)

246. TheCentralLeatherResearchInstitute(CLRI)islocatedinwhichstate?[A]Kerala[B]TamilNadu[C]Assam[D]ManipurAns:B(TamilNadu)

247. The 2018 annual Conference of DGPs and IGPs was held in which state ? - MadhyaPradesh

248. WhohasbeennamedasthebestcentralbankgovernorinAsia-Pacificfor2018?-RaviMenon

249. WhichcitytohosttheWorldSweetFestival(WSF-2018)?[A]NewDelhi[B]Lucknow[C]Hyderabad[D]ChennaiAnswer:C

250. ‘TopTen’PoliceStationsinIndia1.R.S.PuramPS,Coimbatore2.Panjagutta,Hyderabad3.Gudamba,Lucknow4.Dhupguri,Jalpaiguri5.K4PS,AnnaNagar,Chennai6.Banbhoolpara,Nainital7.Ghiror,Mainpuri8.Rishikesh,Dehradun9.Valapattanam,Kannur10.KirtiNagar,Delhi

251. The1stUSpresidentialelectionwasheldon7thJanuaryintheyear1789.WhowontheelectionandwassworninasthefirstPresidentoftheUnitedStatesonApril30,1789.–GeorgeWashington

252. Which among the following has become the first Indian state tolaunch high-riskpregnancyportal?A)RajasthanB)MaharashtraC)HaryanaD)TamilNaduAnswer:C

253. India’s firstNational Park for differently abled people has been inaugurated in whichstate?A)TamilNaduB)Odisha

C)HaryanaD)TelanganaAnswer:D(Hyderabad)

254. In Jaundice, theskinandwhitesof theeyes lookyellow. It’soccurswhen there is toomuchbilirubin(ayellowpigment) inthebloodaconditioncalledhyperbilirubinemia, ismainlyeffectin____?A)BrainB)LiverC)KidneysD)LungsAns:B(Liver)

255. RBIrecentlyunveilednewRs10denominationbanknoteunderMahatmaGandhi(New)Series.Thenewnotehasthemotifof?-SunTemple,Konark

256. WhichIndianstatewillhostthe3rdScienceFilmFestivalofIndiainJanuary2018?–Goa257. Name the Indian state which has emerged as themostwell read city in India as per

theIndia’sAnnualReadingTrendsReportsfor2017byamazonIN?A)DelhiB)MumbaiC)KeralaD)BengaluruAnswer:D

258. Whichisthemostpopularfruitinworldwide?-Mango259. Whichisthemostcommonlygrowntreefruitintheworld?-Orange260. Whichofthefollowingmaterialsisusedinstorageofbatteries____?

[A]Nickel[B]Zinc[C]Iron[D]LeadAns:D(Lead)

261. Whichstatetohostthe39thNationalGamesin2022?-Meghalaya262. The BSF has launched which operation on Jammu And Kashmir Int'l border to curb

infiltration?–OperationAlert263. WhichcityWorldBookFair2018begins?-NewDelhi264. WhichexpoKickedoffatKathmandurecently?-HimalayanHydroExpo2018265. WhichrupeesnoteisintroducedinReserveBankofIndia?-Rs10266. WhichplaceBecomesfirstcountrytoLegaliseEqualPay?

[A]Pakistan[B]Australia[C]Iceland[D]SouthAfricaAns:C(Iceland)

267. What isthe Indianeconomywillexpand in2017-18,accordingtotheCentralStatisticsOffice(CSO)?-6.5percent

268. TheUnited Stateshas placed in which nationon ‘Special Watch List’ for “severeviolations”ofreligiousfreedom?–Pakistan

269. Thecityof______?SevenHills:RomeSmoke:OsakaTemples:VaranasiSevenIslands:MumbaiPopes:RomeSnow:CanadaFestivals:MaduraiFactories:KanpurPalaces:KolkataSkyscrapers:NewYorkRoses:Chandigarh

270. The world's biggest cleanliness survey Swachh Survekshan 2018 Survey'launched inIndiabyNarendraModi.Itwillbeconductedfrom?-4thJanto10thMar,2018

271. InSwachhSurvekshan2016,cleanestcity?-Mysuru272. InSwachhSurvekshan2017,cleanestcity?–Indore273. TheEndangered‘birdlanguage’enteredtheUNESCOlistofIntangibleCulturalHeritage.

Itbelongstowhichcountry?A)UruguayB)LibyaC)MalaysiaD)TurkeyAnswer:D

274. The following countries has formally joined as the new non-permanent members ofUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil(UNSC)recently?1.EquatorialGuinea2.IvoryCoast3.Kuwait4.Netherlands5.Peru6.Poland

275. Indiadoesnotshareitsinternationalboundarywith_____?[A]Pakistan[B]Afghanistan[C]Tajikistan[D]MyanmarAns:C(Tajikistan)

276. "LayersoftheAtmosphere"(fromhighesttolowest)•Exosphere:700to10,000km•Thermosphere:80to700km•Mesosphere:50to80km•Stratosphere:12to50km

•Troposphere:0to12km277. Whichcitytohostthe2018KarnatakaInternationalTravelExpo(KITE)?–Bengaluru278. The2018Mylaporefestivalhasstartedinwhichstate?-TamilNadu279. WhohastakenchargeasthenewchiefoftheNarcoticsControlBureau(NCB)?–Abhay280. WhichstatehasdecidedtoimposeaspotfineofRs500foropendefecation?

A)GujaratB)AssamC)MaharashtraD)UttarPradeshAnswer:C

281. WhohastakenchargeasthenewChiefOperatingOfficerofNationalCricketAcademy?-TufanGhosh

282. 283. The first draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) has released for which state? –

Assam

284. Whichofthefollowingyearsthe29thstateofIndiaisTelanganawasformedin____?[A]2012[B]2014[C]2010[D]2015Ans:B(2014)

285. WhoisthecurrentChairmanofSC/STCommissioninTelanganastate?-ErollaSrinivas

286. WhoisthecurrentChairmanofBCCommissioninTelanganastate?-B.S.Ramulu

287. Who is the current Chairman of Minority Commission in Telangana state? - MdQamaruddin

288. WorldBrailleDay isannuallycelebratedonJanuary4, thebirthdayofBraille inventor,andrecognisedinhelpingblindandvisually impairedpeopletoreadandwrite?–LouisBrailleonJan3,2018.

289. Accordingtoresearchers,thiseatableislikelytogetextinctin30years?-Chocolate

290. NametheIndianContainerporthaswonthe‘SamudraManthan-Caring

291. OrganisationoftheYear’award?-JawaharlalNehruPort.

292. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was founded inwhichyear?A)16August1983B)12July1982C)9August1985D)12July1987Answer:BNamethewebportallaunchedbytheUnionMinistryWCDforWomenandChildDevelopment,Manekagandhibjp,forthebenefitofwomen?A) AAMANIB) MAHILAC) NARID) VANITA

Answer:C

293. In an effort to encouragemore people towards cashless transaction, IndianGovt haswaivedoffanytransactioncharges forpaymentsmadebydigitalmeansuptoRs______witheffectfromJanuary1,2018?A)2,000B)2,500C)5,000D)3,000Answer:A

294. Thenumberofmolesofsolutepresentin1kgofasolventiscalledit's_____?A)MolalityB)NormalityC)MolarityD)NoneofaboveAns:A(Molality)

295. RememberingIndia’sfirstwomanteacher,asocialworkerandapoetandalsoplayedamajorroleinthestruggleforwomen'srights,onher187thbirthanniversaryday(3rdJan1831).–SavitribaiPhule

296. "ImpActsinIndia"•SpecialMarriageAct-1954•HinduMarriageAct-1955•ProhibitionofChildMarriageAct-2006•DowryProhibitionAct-1961•CommissionofSatiPreventionAct-1987•EqualRemunerationAct-1976

297. Tobattlesexualharassment,300HollywoodcelebritiesincludingJenniferLawrenceandMerylStreep,havelaunchedacampaignnamed?–TimesUp

298. TheGAILIndiaLtdhascommissionedIndia’s2ndlargestrooftopsolarpowerplantin?–UttarPradesh

299. The current list of Open Defecation Free states of India under the Swachh BharatMission?1.Sikkim2.HimachalPradesh3.Kerala4.Haryana5ArunachalPradesh

300. NamethetwogulfnationswhichhasrecentlyintroducedtheValueAddedTax(VAT)inthecountryforthefirsttimeeversincetheirexistence?–SaudiArabia&UAE

301. WhoappointedasthenewPrimeMinisterofMali?-SoumeylouBoubeyeMaiga

302. Thestategovt.ofAndhraPradeshhasdeclaredwhichofthefollowingyearsas"TeluguPromotionYear"forthedevelopmentofthelanguage?A)2021B)2020C)2019D)2018Answer:D

303. Whomtosharehisthoughtsin'MannKiBaat'program?A)ShriNarendraModi

B)ShriVijaySharmaC)ShriNareshIyerD)ShriArunJaitleyAns:A(NarendraModi)

304. Whichcountryhostingthe10ASEANleadersonRepublicDay2018?A)PakistanB)SouthAfricaC)AustraliaD)IndiaAnswer:D.

305. WhichcountryBansSoloClimbingonMountEverest?A)NepalB)ChinaC)IndiaD)PakistanAnswer:A.

306. Whichisthelargestmilkproducingcountryintheworld?-India307. Whichisthelargestfruitsproducingcountryintheworld?-China308. Whichcountryisoneoftheworld'slargestproducersofsugarcane?–Brazil309. Whichofthefollowingstateshasbecomesthefirststatetoofferfreepowertofarmers

24hoursaday?A)KarnatakaB)TamilNaduC)WestBengalD)TelanganaAns:D(Telangana)

310. WhichcricketteamhaswontheRanjiTrophy2017tournament?-Vidarbha311. Which country has launched the world’s largest human genome research project? -

China

312. Whichstatewillbethethemestateforthe32ndSurajkundInternationalCraftsfair?-UttarPradesh

313. WhichofthefollowingIndiancitiesisknownas"CityofRoses____?A)VaranasiB)MumbaiC)ChandigarhD)HyderabadAns:C(Chandigarh)