Q1) The Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) has been removed from the ambit of Ministry of Road

Transport and Highways and has brought under the domain of which ministry?

1. Ministry of External Affairs 2. Ministry of Finance

3. Ministry of Home Affairs 4. Ministry of Defence

Finance Secretary – Hasmukh AdhiaDefence Secretary - Sanjay MitraForeign Secretary - Vijay Gokhle

Cabinet Secretary – P K SinhaHome Secretary - Rajeev Gauba

Q2) In which country was the third BRICS Film Festival organized?

A.RussiaB.ChinaC.India

D.South Africa

Best Film - Newton (Directed by Amit Masurkar)Best Actress - Bhanita Das (Village Rockstars)

Q3) Which Indian film received the Best Film Award in the BRICS Film Festival?

A.PikuB.Newton

C.RaaziD.Pink

Q4) What is the name of the person who has resigned from the position of Chief Executive Officer of Paytm

Payments Bank? She will now lead as Chief Operating Officer of 'New Retail' initiative.

A.Anisha SinghB.Renu Satti

C.Avni davadaD.Naina Lal Kidwai

Q5) Who has been appointed as the next Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern

Naval Command?

A.Anil Kumar ChawlaB.Ajit KumarC.A K Chawla

D.Karmbir Singh

Command HQs

1. Western Naval Command Mumbai

2. Eastern Naval Command Vishakhapatnam

3. Southern Naval Command Cochin

Q6) Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has appointed whom as Chief Executive

Officer for HSBC India ?

A.Jayant RikhyeB.Kishore Kharat

C.Surendra RoshaD.Parvez Ahmed

Q7) Which famous Bengali writer passed away recently? The Hindi film "A Doctor's Death" was made on the story

"Abhimanyu" written by him.

A.Ikram AliB.Ramapad Chowdhury

C.Joy GoswamiD.Subodh Sarkaar

Q8) International Friendship Day is celebrated on?

A.July 31B.July 28C.July 29D.July 30

Q9) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman handed over two types of indigenously built high-power

multi-fuel engine to the army, one engine is V-46-6 and second one is ________?

A.V92G2B.V92C2C.V92S2D.V92F2

Q10) As per the study conducted by the researchers at the School of Environmental Studies at Jadavpur University, there has been an increase

in arsenic levels in Paddy Plants of which state?

A.PunjabB.Uttar PradeshC.West Bengal

D.Madhya Pradesh

Q11) Who will be honoured with Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna Award for this year?

A.Gopalakrishna GandhiB.Kesari Nath Tripathi

C.Satya Pal MalikD.Jagdish Mukhi

20 August – Sadhbhavna Diwas/National Harmony Day – Rajeev Gandhi

31 October–National Unity Day-Vallabhbhai Patel

19 November–National Integration Day–Indira Gandhi

Q12) Which desktop software is launched by the Central IT Ministry, with the help of it, one can edit

the scanned documents?

A.E-LekhB.E- Aksharayana

C.E-SampadanD.E-Lafz

Q13) The European Union has decided to move the block’s “Anti-piracy Atalanta patrol”

headquarters from London to where ?

A.ParisB.French port of Brest

C.Port of DurbanD.Spanish Port of Rota

Q14) Which country has granted India the Strategic Trade Authorization status STA-1, this status has

been accorded largely to its NATO allies ?

A.ChinaB.AmericaC.RussiaD.France

Q15) Which amendment bill has been approved by LokSabha for change in homeopathy sector?

A.Homeopathy AYUSH (Amendment) Bill 2018B.Homeopathy Ayurveda Council (Amendment) Bill 2018

C.Homeopathy Siddha Council (Amendment) Bill 2018D.Homeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill 2018

Q16) Which Indian – American has taken over the position of CEO of the Democratic National Party

of USA?

A.Bobby JindalB.Seema NandaC.Richer Sharma

D.Vivi Cherry

Q17) Where was the first Nepal-India think tank summit organized?

A.New DelhiB. KathmanduC. Lucknow

D. Gandhinagar

Q18) Prime Minister Modi has announced the release of _________ and Nelson Mandela's twin

postage stamps in South Africa?

A.A P J Abdul KalamB.Mahatma Gandhi

C.Chandrashekhar AzadD.Bhagat Singh

Q19) President Ram Nath Kovind launched the 'Sanchar Kranti Yojna‘ in which state ?

A.Madhya PradeshB. ChhattisgarhC. Uttar Pradesh

D.Gujarat

Q20) Which state has launched the smartphone distribution scheme

called 'Mobile Tihar‘?

A.Madhya PradeshB.Uttar Pradesh

C.OdishaD.Chhattisgarh

Q21) Which company has surpassed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to become the

most valued company in India ?

A.WiproB.HCL

C.RelianceD.ITC

Q22) Scientists have discovered a new shape from human cells, what is the name of

this shape ?

A.ScutoidB.Rhompent

C.RectoidD.Octoid

Q23) The government of Odisha will built a riverine port in the Kendrapara district, on which river it will

be built?

A.Brahmani RiverB.Subarnarekha River

C.Godavari RiverD.Mahanadi

Q24) Which dynasty came after the Tughlaqdynasty in India?

A.Gupta DynastyB.Sayyid dynastyC.Khilji Dynasty

D.Mughal dynasty

Q25) In 1528, _________ defeated Rajputs at Chanderi?

A.HumayuB.Akbar

C.JahangirD.Babur

Q26) Who has written the book of God of Antarctica?

A.Yashwardhan ShuklaB.Andy Marino

C.Raghav BahalD.Neel Mukherjee

Q.27

Which Indian actress was among the jury members of the 2018 edition of the UNESCO-MadanjeetSingh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and

Non-Violence?

1. Priyanka Chopra2. Aishwarya Rai3. Nandita Das 4. Shilpa Shetty