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1. Which state became the first Indian state to launch a single emergency

number ‘112’?

a) Himachal Pradesh

b) West Bengal

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Uttar Pradesh

2. Which country hosted the G20 summit 2018?

a) Australia

b) Argentina

c) Russia

d) Denmark

3. Which airport is going to be renamed after Vajpayee?

a) Jaipur Airport

b) Dehradun Airport

c) Kullu–Manali Airport

d) Kangra Airport

4. When is the Indian Constitution Day observed every year?

a) 26 November

b) 27 November

c) 28 November

d) 29 November

5. Who has won her sixth world championship gold at the 10th World

Women’s Boxing Championships?

a) Geeta Phogat

b) Sakshi Malik

c) Mary Kom

d) Dipa Karmakar

6. The Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on November 26, 2018 laid the

foundation stone for the construction of Dera Baba Nanak - Kartarpur Sahib

Road Corridor in which district of Punjab?

a) Kartarpur




b) Gurdaspur

c) Ferozpur

d) Amritsar

7. Who was appointed as the first ‘Youth Advocate’ of the North East Region

of India by the UNICEF?

a) Mary Kom

b) Hima Das

c) Nahid Afrin

d) Mirabai Chanu

8. Who was appointed as the Convenor of the Task Force constituted for

drafting a New Direct Tax Legislation?

a) Akhilesh Ranjan

b) Rajiv Memani

c) Mukesh Patel

d) Girish Ahuja

9. Who was named as the Captain of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 XI?

a) Mithali Raj

b) Harmanpreet Kaur

c) Rajeshwari Gayakwad

d) Jhulan Goswami

10. Which bank has designed and developed PaiSA portal for quicker

processing of loans under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban

Livelihoods Mission?

a) Punjab National Bank

b) Vijaya Bank

c) Dena Bank

d) Allahabad Bank

11. Which state has become the first north-eastern state to launch single

emergency number ‘112’?

a) Assam

b) Meghalaya

c) Nagaland




d) Manipur

12. Which nation has amended its weapons bill to ensure right to possession

of kirpans by Sikhs?

a) Australia

b) UK

c) US

d) Canada

13. Which Indian President’s 134th birth anniversary was celebrated on

December 3, 2018?

a) Dr Rajendra Prasad

b) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

c) Zakir Husain

d) V V Giri

14. Which nation’s football federation is set to launch a school-level project

by April 2019 along with FIFA?

a) Nepal

b) India

c) Bangladesh

d) Pakistan

15. Which nation will Chair the Kimberley Process from January 2019?

a) Poland

b) France

c) UK

d) India

16. When was the International Day of Persons with Disabilities observed?

a) 1st December

b) 2nd December

c) 4th December




d) 3rd December

17. Which country will host the G20 Summit in 2022?

a) India

b) Italy

c) Japan

d) China

18. Asia Pacific Summit 2018 was held in which country?

a) Nepal

b) India

c) Singapore

d) Bhutan

19. The 24th meeting of Conference of Parties (CoP) is being held in which

country?

a) Austria

b) Denmark

c) Poland

d) Fiji

20. The naval exercise ‘Konkan 18’ began between India and which country?

a) Mauritius

b) Sri Lanka

c) Indonesia

d) United Kingdom

21. When the World AIDS Day is celebrated every year?

a) 1 December

b) 2 December

c) 3 December

d) 4 December




22. Who became the first Indian to win the ISSF's highest shooting honour

‘Blue Cross’?

a) Rajyavardhan Singh

b) Abhinav Bindra

c) Jitu Rai

d) Vijay Kumar

23. Which country became the first to recognise 'orphanage trafficking' as a

form of modern slavery?

a) Canada

b) Spain

c) Australia

d) Japan

24. Which leader was recently stripped off the Freedom of Paris award?

a) US President Donald Trump

b) Maldives President Abdulla Yameen

c) Saudi Arabia prince Mohammed bin Salman

d) Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi

25. Which country is the biggest exporter of Liquefied Natural Gas in the

world?

a) Qatar

b) Russia

c) Saudi Arabia

d) UAE

26. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been sworn in as 58th President of

which nation?

a) Spain

b) Mexico

c) Egypt

d) Poland

27. The National Commission for Women has decided to support livelihood

programmes for women in which region?




a) Jammu and Kashmir

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Northeast

d) Konkan coast

28. The Union Government has signed an $85 million loan agreement with

the Asian Development Bank to support skill development in which state?

a) Bihar

b) Jharkhand

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Odisha

29. Who among the following has become the first Indian to be elected to

the ISSF's judges committee?

a) Gagan Narang

b) Abhinav Bindra

c) Pawan Singh

d) Ronjan Sodhi

30. Who among the following footballers has won the 2018 Ballon d'Or

honour?

a) Luka Modric

b) Cristiano Ronaldo

c) Lionel Messi

d) Kylian Mbappe

31. India’s heaviest satellite GSAT 11 was launched recently by ISRO. GSAT

11 belongs to which category of satellites?

a) Communication satellite

b) Remote Sensing Satellite

c) Earth observation satellites‎ d) Navigation system satellites‎

32. What is the name of India’s first made-in-India engineless train?

a) Train 18

b) Fastrack 18




c) Quix 18

d) Bullet 18

33. Which country will conduct the theatre level maritime war exercise

TROPEX?

a) Indonesia

b) Malaysia

c) India

d) Singapore

34. When the Indian Navy Day is celebrated every year?

a) 3 December

b) 4 December

c) 5 December

d) 6 December

35. World Bank announced how much Climate Action Investment for 2021-

25?

a) USD 100 billiion

b) USD 200 billiion

c) USD 300 billiion

d) USD 400 billiion

36. India’s economy grew by how much per cent in the 2nd quarter of 2018-

19?

a) 7.2 per cent

b) 7.1 per cent

c) 6.7 per cent

d) 6.9 per cent

37. India has signed an agreement on currency swap with which nation?

a) Qatar

b) UAE




c) Saudi Arabia

d) Russia

38. The United States has given which nation 60 days to comply with 1987

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty?

a) Russia

b) North Korea

c) South Korea

d) China

39. When was World Soil Day observed?

a) 5th December

b) 4th December

c) 2nd December

d) 3rd December

40. Footballer Luka Modric, who bagged the 2018 Ballon d'Or, plays for

which country’s national football team?

a) France

b) Croatia

c) Portugal

d) Argentina

41. The United States has re-established its permanent diplomatic mission in

this nation for the first time in 27 years.

a) Somalia

b) Mali

c) Sudan

d) Congo

42. Which city is hosting the International conference on bears?

a) Agra

b) New Delhi




c) Kolkata

d) Shimla

43. The Reserve Bank of India recently fixed the Repo Rate at what percent?

a) 5.5 percent

b) 6.0 percent

c) 6.5 percent

d) 6.75 percent

44. India Water Impact Summit 2018 was held in which city?

a) Jaipur

b) Rishikesh

c) Indore

d) New Delhi

45. Which city hosted 80th Session of the Policy Commission of the World

Customs Organization?

a) Mumbai

b) Bengaluru

c) Ranchi

d) Agra

46. The bilateral air exercise ‘EX SHINYUU Maitri-2018’ began between India

and which country?

a) Indonesia

b) Japan

c) USA

d) Mauritius

47. Which state announced a new initiative ‘PEETHA’ to publicise

government schemes?

a) Bihar

b) Jharkhand

c) Odisha

d) Andhra Pradesh

48. Who was appointed as the Finance Secretary of India?




a) Hasmukh Adhia

b) Suresh Modi

c) Jatin Pandey

d) Ajay Narayan Jha

49. Name the Indian cricketer who recently announced retirement from all

forms of cricket?

a) Gautam Gambhir

b) MS Dhoni

c) Rohit Sharma

d) Suresh Raina

50. Which state recently launched the 'Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana'

which offers free travel packages for senior citizens?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Delhi

c) Bihar

d) West Bengal

51. Who won the Sahitya Academy Award 2018 in Hindi Language in Novels

category?

a) Chitra Mudgal

b) Sanjib Chattopadhyay

c) Anees Salim

d) Ramesan Nair

52. The US recently re-established its diplomatic mission in which country

after 27 years?

a) North Korea

b) Somalia

c) Serbia

d) Uganda

53. India’s longest rail-road bridge Bogibeel Bridge has been built over which

river?




a) Ganga

b) Kaveri

c) Brahmaputra

d) Alaknanda

54. Which Ministry signed pact with Madame Tussauds Wax Museum to

foster tourism? (Marks: 0)

a) Ministry of Tourism

b) Ministry of Culture

c) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

d) Ministry of Railways

55. Kandhamal Haldi will get GI tag soon. It is produced in which state?

a) Odisha

b) Jharkhand

c) Tripura

d) West Bengal

56. The Union Cabinet has approved an MoU between India and which nation

on scientific and technical cooperation in earth sciences?

a) US

b) UK

c) China

d) Germany

57. US President Trump has agreed to reach a trade deal with which nation

within 90 days?

a) Mexico

b) China

c) UK

d) India

58. What was the theme of World Soil Day 2018?




a) Caring for the Planet starts from the Ground

b) Soils and pulses, a symbiosis for life

c) Soils, a solid ground for life

d) Be the Solution to Soil Pollution

59. Sitting Member of Parliament from Kishanganj seat in Bihar, Maulana

Asrarul Haq Qasmi has passed away. Which political party did he belong to?

a) BJP

b) INC

c) RJD

d) JD(U)

60. Which renowned artist has won the Turner Prize for 2018?

a) Naeem Mohaiemen

b) Charlotte Prodger

c) Luke Willis Thompson

d) Forensic Architecture

61. When the Human Rights Day is celebrated every year?

a) 10 December

b) 11 December

c) 12 December

d) 13 December

62. Who was crowned as Miss World 2018?

a) Manushi Chhillar, India

b) Vanessa Ponce De Leon, Mexico

c) Quiin Abenakyo, Uganda

d) Nicolene Limsnukan, Thailand

63. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) approved to observe which

year as the International Year of Millets?

a) 2021

b) 2022

c) 2023

d) 2024




64. Which former Indian diplomat was elected to an Asia Pacific seat on the

UN's Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)?

a) Chandrashekhar Dasgupta

b) Meera Shankar

c) Sohan Kumar

d) Preeti Saran

65. Which state will host the 2018 Startup India Venture Capital Summit?

a) Goa

b) Kerala

c) Manipur

d) Pondicherry

66. Which is the first Indian state to have 4 international airports?

a) Maharashtra

b) Karnataka

c) Kerala

d) Andhra Pradesh

67. India recently started the offer of visa on arrival for the nationals

belonging to which nation?

a) France

b) Israel

c) Russia

d) South Korea

68. Member of Parliament Upendra Kushwaha has resigned from the Union

Council of ministers. Kushwaha is the leader of which among the following

parties?

a) RLSP

b) RJD

c) JDU

d) RML

69. Which nation has decided to double women’s representation in its

Federal National Council to 50 per cent?

a) Germany




b) UAE

c) Saudi Arabia

d) Japan

70. Which city hosted the first International Conference on ‘Sustainable

Water Management’?

a) Dehradun

b) Shimla

c) Mohali

d) Bhopal

71. Which nation’s government is battling with the yellow vest protests

against rising fuel prices and cost of living?

a) Greece

b) Brazil

c) France

d) Spain

72. A court in which nation has order extradition of Indian business tycoon

Vijay Mallya?

a) US

b) UK

c) Japan

d) Russia

73. Who is the first RBI Governor since 1990 to resign before completion of

term?

a) Urjit Patel

b) Raghuram Rajan

c) Viral Acharya

d) Swaminathan Gurumurthy

74. Which country’s President has signed a legislation to end a two-decade-

old friendship treaty with Russia?




a) India

b) Ukraine

c) Israel

d) Belgium

75. Who among the following is going to step down as the Chief of Staff of

the United States by the end of December 2018?

a) John F. Kelly

b) Mike Pompeo

c) Jim Mattis

d) Dan Coats

76. Which state has launched the toll-free helpline ‘181’ for domestic

violence victims?

a) Maharashtra

b) Odisha

c) Delhi

d) Tamil Nadu

77. Which city will host the Khelo India Youth Games 2019?

a) Mumbai

b) Pune

c) Delhi

d) Chennai

78. Who won the 2018 Asian Tour Order of Merit?

a) Jeev Milkha Singh

b) Aditi Ashok

c) Shubhankar Sharma

d) Anirban Lahiri

79. Which city hosted the 2018 Military Literature Festival?

a) Jaipur




b) Amritsar

c) Shimla

d) Chandigarh

80. Who won the Glinka World Soil Prize 2018?

a) Rattan Lal

b) Sid Thomas

c) Richard Pax

d) Konstantin Mathews

81. Which political party won the Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2018?

a) Indian National Congress

b) Bharatiya Janata Party

c) Coalition of Congress and BSP

d) Coalition of BJP and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party

82. Which party claimed majority in Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2018?

a) Bharatiya Janata Party

b) Indian National Congress

c) Bahujan Samaj Party

d) Coalition of Congress and BJP

83. Which party has won in the Telangana Assembly Elections 2018?

a) TRS

b) INC

c) BJP

d) TDP

84. Which party has emerged as the single largest party in the Madhya

Pradesh legislative assembly elections 2018?

a) BJP

b) BSP

c) TRS

d) INC

85. Which party won majority in the Mizoram state elections 2018?

a) MPC




b) ZPM

c) MNF

d) INC

86. India has resumed military drills with which nation after a gap of one

year?

a) Russia

b) North Korea

c) Pakistan

d) China

87. Which state has moved the Supreme Court for full-time Chairman for

Cauvery Water Management Authority?

a) Karnataka

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Kerala

88. Which state hosted the 18th All India annual conference of heads of

science centres, museums?

a) Mizoram

b) Assam

c) Tripura

d) Arunachal Pradesh

89. The Central Government contribution in National Pension Scheme (NPS)

was raised to how much percentage recently?

a) 14 percent

b) 15 percent

c) 16 percent

d) 17 percent

90. Which district Court will become the first in India to accept e-payments?

a) Chandigarh

b) Pune

c) Kolkata

d) Chennai




91. Who assumed charge as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

a) Viral Acharya

b) Shaktikanta Das

c) Rajiv Mehrishi

d) Kaushik Basu

92. Who has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Telangana?

a) N Chandrababu Naidu

b) K T Rama Rao

c) T Harish Rao

d) K Chandrasekhar Rao

93. Which High Court has ordered a ban over online sale of medicines across

India?

a) Madras HC

b) Delhi HC

c) Allahabad HC

d) Bombay HC

94. Which Indian sportswoman has been honoured with the ‘Meethoileima’ title?

a) Mary Kom

b) PV Sindhu

c) Saina Nehwal

d) Vinesh Phogat

95. The Union Government has signed a 31 million dollar loan agreement

with ADB to develop tourism and boost jobs in which state?

a) Chhattisgarh

b) Odisha

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Tamil Nadu




96. Which state’s government has decided to establish an Umbrella

University named after former PM late Atal Bihari Vajpayee?

a) Gujarat

b) Bihar

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Jharkhand

97. Murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been named as the "Person of

the Year" by which magazine?

a) The Wall Street Journal

b) Time

c) Forbes

d) The New Yorker

98. In December 2018, the Assembly Elections were not held for which

state?

a) Karnataka

b) Rajasthan

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Chhattisgarh

99. The Union Government launched which Twitter handle to spread

awareness about cyber crimes?

a) @CyberGyan

b) @CyberSakha

c) @CyberDost

d) @CyberSuraksha

100. Who was appointed as Vice-Chair of UN Panel of Auditors for 2019?

a) Siddharth Kumar

b) Anand Awasthi

c) Rohan Joshi

d) Rajiv Mehrishi




101. Joint military exercise ‘Hand-in-Hand’ began between India and which

country?

a) China

b) Japan

c) Malaysia

d) South Korea

102. Which country selected the Chinese character for ‘disaster’ as its

defining symbol for 2018?

a) USA

b) Japan

c) India

d) Indonesia

103. Which country recently became a full member of the Financial Action

Task Force?

a) Syria

b) Namibia

c) Israel

d) Myanmar

104. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) included which

currency in the list of exchange rate in December 2018?

a) Congolese Franc

b) Mauritian rupee

c) Namibian dollar

d) Korean Won

105. Kumbh Mela will begin in January 2019 in which city?

a) Allahabad

b) Varanasi

c) Lucknow

d) Haridwar




106. Which city hosted the Partners’ Forum 2018?

a) Chennai

b) New Delhi

c) Hyderabad

d) Chandigarh

107. Which state has been selected for the Agriculture Ministry’s "Krishi

Karman" award in rice category?

a) Jharkhand

b) Odisha

c) Chhattisgarh

d) Madhya Pradesh

108. According to IMF, the global debt has risen to how much currently?

a) USD 164 trillion

b) USD 158 trillion

c) USD 184 trillion

d) USD 173 trillion

109. Who has been selected to be the next Chief Minister of Madhya

Pradesh?

a) Ashok Gehlot

b) Kamal Nath

c) Digvijay Singh

d) Jyotiraditya Scindia

110. Which court has said directed the employers to be considerate and

sympathetic towards pregnant employees?

a) Madras HC

b) Allahabad HC

c) Bombay HC

d) Delhi HC

111. India has signed the bilateral annual Haj 2019 agreement with which

nation?

a) Saudi Arabia

b) Qatar

c) UAE




d) Oman

112. Who has dismissed all petitions alleging irregularities in Rafale Deal?

a) Prime Minister

b) President

c) Parliament

d) Supreme Court

113. Who was sworn-in as Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan?

a) Ahok Gehlot

b) Sachin Pilot

c) Vasundhara Raje

d) Kamal Nath

114. Who was crowned Miss Universe 2018?

a) Miss Vietnam

b) Miss Puerto Rico

c) Miss Philippines

d) Miss South Africa

115. Who has claimed maiden BWF World Tour Finals Title?

a) Saina Nehwal

b) Carolina Marin

c) Nozomi Okuhara

d) PV Sindhu

116. Which state has become the first one to have a law against ‘sextortion’?

a) Haryana

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Jammu and Kashmir




d) Madhya Pradesh

117. Who represented India in the Miss Universe 2018 pageant?

a) Nehal Chudasama

b) Manushi Chillar

c) Aditi Hundia

d) Roshni Sheoran

118. Which country has agreed to compensate hundreds who fled Nazi

Germany as children?

a) Germany

b) Britain

c) Poland

d) France

119. Who was honoured with Jnanpith Award 2018?

a) Krishna Sobti

b) Durjoy Dutta

c) Amitav Ghosh

d) Shobha De

120. Which country recently signed an ascension pact to the 30-member

Trans Regional Maritime Network?

a) Nepal

b) Sri Lanka

c) Bangladesh

d) India

121. The world's first Floating Nuclear Power Plant became operational in




which country?

a) Russia

b) France

c) Japan

d) United States

122. Who was nominated for the post of President of the Film and Television

Institute of India?

a) Naseeruddin Shah

b) Brijendra Pal Singh

c) Jaya Bachchan

d) Sharmila Tagore

123. The UN members adopted which global compact on December 17,

2018?

a) Global Compact on Refugees

b) Global Compact on Migration

c) Global Compact on Security

d) Global Compact on Terrorism

124. According to NASA, which planet is rapidly losing its iconic rings?

a) Jupiter

b) Uranus

c) Venus

d) Saturn

125. Who has been named PETA India's Person of the Year for 2018?

a) Aliaa Bhat

b) Sonam Kapoor




c) Priyanka Chopra

d) Parineeti Chopra

126. India signed four MoUs and released a Joint Statement with which

nation on December 17, 2018?

a) Mauritius

b) Australia

c) Germany

d) Maldives

127. Two new AIIMS are going to be set up in which of the following states?

a) Tamil Nadu, Telangana

b) Assam, Jharkhand

c) Odisha, Meghalaya

d) Mizoram, Tripura

128. The Union Cabinet has approved construction of a new 4 - Lane bridge

across which river in Patna?

a) Ganga

b) Yamuna

c) Brahmaputra

d) Koshi

129. The Cabinet has approved expansion of beneficiaries list under which

central scheme?

a) PMAA

b) PYAAY

c) PMYA

d) PMUY

130. Which nation has banned Indian currency notes above Rs 100?

a) Bangladesh

b) Sri Lanka




c) Nepal

d) Pakistan

131. Which Indian state became the first one to have a law against

sextortion?

a) Jammu & Kashmir

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) West bengal

d) Tamil Nadu

132. Who was appointed as Additional Solicitor General of India in Supreme

Court?

a) Indira Jaising

b) Madhavi Divan

c) Pinky Anand

d) Shikha Ahlawat

133. Which country recently declared 2019 as ‘Year of Tolerance’?

a) US

b) Israel

c) UAE

d) Russia

134. Which country banned all Indian currency notes above Rs 100?

a) Bhutan

b) Sri Lanka

c) India

d) Nepal

135. Which nation’s Prime Minister, Charles Michel has resigned over a spat

on global compact on migration?

a) France

b) Belgium

c) Austria

d) Norway

136. India’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) has been rated

under which category by US regulator Federal Aviation Administration?




a) Category 1

b) Category 2

c) Category 4

d) Category 3

137. Which among the following blocs has decided to reduce new car

emissions by 37.5 per cent by 2030?

a) SAARC

b) ASEAN

c) E U

d) NATO

138. Which among the following countries, besides the US, voted against the

UN’s Global Compact on Refugees?

a) Australia

b) Sweden

c) Finland

d) Hungary

139. When was International Migrants Day observed?

a) December 16

b) December 17

c) December 18

d) December 19

140. Who has been promoted to the post of additional director of CBI?

a) Santosh Kumar,

b) Raghvendra Vatsa

c) Nagendra Prasad

d) M Nageswara Rao

141. Which organisation released the ‘Strategy for New India @75’?

a) NITI Aayog

b) RBI

c) Supreme Court

d) CBEC




142. As per the NITI Aayog’s ‘Strategy for New India @75’, Government

aims to propel India towards a USD 5 trillion economy by which year?

a) 2023

b) 2025

c) 2028

d) 2030

143. What was India’s rank at the WEF’s Global Gender Gap Index 2018?

a) 89th

b) 95th

c) 108th

d) 117th

144. Who was elected as Vice President of FICCI for 2018-19?

a) Ayaan Khan

b) Uday Shankar

c) Sushil Verma

d) Arun Khosla

145. Which among the following is an online health consulation app that has

been launched in UP to provide healthcare to people living in the

countryside?

a) UMANG

b) BHIM

c) Saathi

d) MyGov

146. This former captain of the Indian National Kabaddi team announced his

retirement on December 19, 2018?

a) Rahul Chaudhari

b) Pardeep Narwal

c) Manjeet Chillar

d) Anup Kumar




147. Scientists belonging to which space exploration agency have detected

the evidence of water in 17 asteroids?

a) JAXA

b) NASA

c) Roscosmos

d) CNSA

148. The President’s rule was imposed on which Indian state on December

20, 2018?

a) Telangana

b) Assam

c) Gujarat

d) Jammu and Kashmir

149. ISRO launched which communication satellite on December 19, 2018?

a) GSAT-7A

b) GSAT- 29

c) GSAT-11

d) GSAT-9B

150. Which state has emerged as the best performing state in start-up

ranking 2018?

a) Telangana

b) Odisha

c) Gujarat

d) Maharashtra

151. Which Department released the States’ Start-up Ranking 2018?

a) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion

b) Department of Economic Affairs

c) Department of Revenue

d) Department of Taxation




152. Which state was ranked as the "Best Performer" in the States’ Start-up

Ranking 2018?

a) Rajasthan

b) Gujarat

c) Karnataka

d) Kerala

153. Which organisation released the SDG India Index 2018?

a) United Nations

b) WHO

c) NITI Aayog

d) World Bank

154. Which Union Territory was ranked as the ‘Top Performer’ in the SDG

India Index 2018

a) Delhi

b) Dadra & Nagar Haveli

c) Goa

d) Chandigarh

155. Which Indian film was shortlisted for the 91st Oscar in the

Documentary Short Subject category?

a) Period. End of Sentence

b) Pihu

c) The School Bag

d) Mulk

156. Who was appointed as the new head coach of Indian national women’s cricket team on December 20, 2018?

a) Gary Kirsten

b) WV Raman

c) Venkatesh Prasad

d) Ravi Shastri

157. Who recently resigned from his post of Defence Secretary of the United

States?

a) Mike Pompeo

b) John F Kelly




c) Jim Mattis

d) Dan Coats

158. Which state’s government approved the release of Chah Bahgicha Dhan

Puraskar Mela?

a) Bihar

b) Assam

c) West Bengal

d) Tripura

159. Who laid the foundation stone for several national highway projects

worth Rs 28000 crore in Arunachal Pradesh?

a) Nitin Gadkari

b) Rajnath Singh

c) Narendra Modi

d) M Venkaiah Naidu

160. Which nation has fined Uber 400000 euros over huge data breach?

a) Germany

b) UK

c) US

d) France

161. GST rate on which item was recently changed to ‘Nil’ against earlier

slab of 12 percent?

a) Marble rubble

b) Music Books

c) Frozen vegetables

d) Walking Stick

162. When is the National Consumer Day observed across India?

a) 22 December

b) 23 December

c) 24 December

d) 25 December




163. When is the National Mathematics Day observed in India?

a) 21 December

b) 22 December

c) 23 December

d) 24 December

164. The National Green Tribunal banned all mining activities within 10 km

radius of which Tiger Reserve?

a) Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

b) Rajaji Tiger Reserve

c) Orang Tiger Reserve

d) Sariska Tiger Reserve

165. Who was appointed as Indian ambassador to United States recently?

a) Riva Ganguly Das

b) Harsh Vardhan Shringla

c) Navtej Sarna

d) Sohan Tejwani

166. Who has been selected to be the new acting US Secretary of Defence?

a) Ryan Zinke

b) Robert Wilkie

c) Wilbur Ross

d) Patrick Shanahan

167. Which Indian state’s film "Xhoixobote Dhemalite" won the award for

best narrative feature at the Erie International Film Festival (EIFF) in the

United States?

a) Mizoram

b) Assam

c) West Bengal

d) Karnataka




168. Who among the following was denied the opportunity to be the head

coach of the Indian national women’s cricket team due to conflict of interest?

a) Ramesh Powar

b) Rahul Dravid

c) Gary Kirsten

d) Venkatesh Prasad

169. Who has become the fastest Asian to cycle the globe?

a) Bikram Singh

b) Amrit Singh

c) Rameshwori Devi

d) Vedangi Kulkarni

170. Which nation will end the year 2018 as Number no. 1 in FIFA global

rankings, displacing the world champions?

a) Belgium

b) Brazil

c) England

d) Croatia

171. When is the Good Governance Day every year in India?

a) 25 December

b) 26 December

c) 27 December

d) 28 December

172. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin of how

much amount in honour of Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee?

a) Rs 50

b) Rs 100

c) Rs 200

d) Rs 500

173. Recently, to mark the birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, his

Samadhi was dedicated to the nation. What name is ascribed to Vajpayee’s




Samadhi?

a) Saudharm Atal

b) Atal Sahej

c) Sadaiv Atal

d) Atal Sadaa

174. Asia's second longest rail-cum-road bridge was inaugurated recently in

which state of India?

a) Arunachal Pradesh

b) Odisha

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Assam

175. India’s longest rail cum road Bridge Bogibeel Bridge is situated on

which river?

a) Brahmaputra

b) Ganga

c) Kaveri

d) Indus

176. PM Modi recently inaugurated Lalitgiri Museum in which state?

a) Maharashtra

b) Odisha

c) Gujarat

d) Assam

177. Which country has expanded economic sanctions on Ukraine?

a) Russia

b) US

c) Japan

d) China

178. Which country has decided to withdraw from the International Whaling

Commission (IWC)?

a) Australia

b) New Zealand

c) Malaysia

d) Japan




179. Which country has become the first one in Southeast Asia to legalise

the medical use of marijuana?

a) Singapore

b) Malaysia

c) Thailand

d) Indonesia

180. Veteran politician Nirupam Sen passed away on December 24. He

belonged to which political party?

a) CPI (M)

b) TMC

c) CPI

d) INC

181. Which organisation released the Second Delta Ranking under

Aspirational District Programme?

a) NITI Aayog

b) DIPP

c) RBI

d) SEBI

182. Which district was ranked as the most improved district in the Second

Delta Ranking under Aspirational District Programme?

a) Nuapada

b) Virudhunagar

c) Siddharthnagar

d) Aurangabad

183. Who will head the Expert Committee on Economic Capital Framework

constituted by the RBI recently?

a) Bimal Jalan

b) Rakesh Mohan

c) Bharat Doshi

d) Sudhir Mankad




184. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will rename three islands of Andaman

and Nicobar after which freedom fighter?

a) Shaheed Bhagat Singh

b) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

c) Lala Lajpat Rai

d) Chandrashekhar Azad

185. Which state launched the ‘Bharat Ratna Atal Bihar Vajpayee

International Schools’ for students in rural areas?

a) Maharashtra

b) Haryana

c) Bihar

d) Rajasthan

186. Which state has declared that it will apply for full UN membership in

January 2019?

a) Indonesia

b) North Korea

c) Palestine

d) Syria

187. Which state’s police has banned namaz in public places?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Haryana

c) Delhi

d) Bihar

188. Which state decided to rename Child Care Institutes as Jagannath

Ashrams?

a) Odisha

b) Haryana

c) Bihar




d) Rajasthan

189. India’s 25th high court will start functioning from January 1, 2019 in

which city?

a) Visakhapatnam

b) Raipur

c) Amravati

d) Hyderabad

190. Which cricketer was formally inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

of December 26, 2018?

a) Ricky Ponting

b) Sachin Tendulkar

c) Saurav Ganguly

d) AB de Villiers

191. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018 was

passed by which body on December 27, 2018?

a) Lok Sabha

b) Rajya Sabha

c) Parliament

d) President

192. Which state in December 2018 agreed to implement the

recommendations of 7th Pay Commission?

a) Rajasthan

b) Maharashtra

c) Haryana

d) Telangana

193. ‘Train 18’ officially became fastest train of which country recently?

a) Japan

b) Russia

c) India

d) Italy




194. Which organisation recently launched the Survey on Retail Payment

Habits of Individuals (SRPHi)?

a) Securities Exchange Board of India

b) NITI Aayog

c) Ministry of Commerce

d) Reserve Bank of India

195. Which state will get its own High Court from January 2019?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Telangana

c) Goa

d) Puducherry

196. The Indian Railways has decided to give how much concession in fares

to Transgender senior citizens?

a) 50 percent

b) 80 percent

c) 40 percent

d) 60 percent

197. Which Arab nation has resumed diplomatic services in its embassy in

Syria after 6 years of suspension?

a) Saudi Arabia

b) UAE

c) Qatar

d) Bahrain

198. Who was appointed as India’s new chief boxing coach?

a) CA Kuttappa

b) Vijender Singh

c) Mohammed Ali Qamar

d) Akhil Kumar

199. Which Indian cricketer has surpassed Rahul Dravid’s Indian record of

scoring most overseas runs in a calendar year?

a) Karun Nair

b) Suresh Raina

c) Rohit Sharma




d) Virat Kohli

200. Which city is hosting the 42nd Indian Social Science Congress (ISSC)?

a) Allahabad

b) Bhubaneswar

c) Bhopal

d) Ranchi

201. Three islands belonging to which union territory have been renamed

after legendary freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose?

a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

b) Lakshadweep

c) Daman and Diu

d) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

202. The loan subsidy for the middle-income group under PMAY has been

extended till when?

a) March 2019

b) September 2019

c) January 2020

d) March 2020

203. The Table Tennis Federation of India has revoked the suspension of

which former national champion?

a) Soumyajit Ghosh

b) Sharath Kamal

c) Mouma Das

d) Anthony Arputaraj

204. Which legendary filmmaker, known primarily for paving the way for the

birth of parallel cinema in India passed away on December 30, 2018?

a) Ritwick Ghatak

b) Bimal Roy

c) Mrinal Sen




d) Tapan Sinha

205. Which party emerged victorious in the Bangladesh national elections

2018?

a) Bangladesh Nationalist Party

b) Bangladesh Awami League

c) The Gano Forum

d) The Communist Party

206. Who was named Balkan athlete of the year 2018?

a) Luka Modric

b) Novak Djokovic

c) Lionel Messi

d) Roger Federer

207. India submitted the Second Biennial Update Report to which UN body?

a) UNHRC

b) ECOSOC

c) UNSC

d) UNFCCC

208. Which Indian cricketer was named the captain of the ICC women’s T20I

team of the year?

a) Mithali Raj

b) Harmanpreet Kaur

c) Poonam Yadav

d) Smriti Mandhana

209. Which country has successfully tested a new hypersonic nuclear

weapon delivery system ‘Avangard’?

a) China

b) US

c) North Korea




d) Russia

210. Which two tennis greats among the following will face off across the net

for the first time on January 1, 2018?

a) Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic

b) Roger Federer and Serena Williams

c) 20Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal

d) Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer

211. Which two Indian states went to polls on November 28, 2018?

a) Rajasthan, Tripura

b) Chhattisgarh, Telangana

c) Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram

d) Meghalaya, Karnataka

212. NASA has managed to conduct how many successful Mars landings?

a) Six

b) Eight

c) Five

d) Seven

213. Which country decided to withdraw from Organization of the Petroleum

Exporting Countries (OPEC) in January 2019?

a) Qatar

b) Indonesia

c) Iran

d) Israel

214. Who will represent India at 24th meeting of Conference of Parties

(COP24)?

a) President Ram Nath Kovind

b) Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan

c) Prime Minister Narendra Modi

d) Home Minister Rajnath Singh

215. Which Ministry announced setting up of National Medical Devices

Promotion Council under DIPP?




a) Ministry of Commerce and Industry

b) Ministry of Finance

c) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

d) Ministry of AYUSH

216. What was India’s rank in the 2019 Climate Change Performance

Index?

a) 10th

b) 11th

c) 12th

d) 13th

217. Who has been sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh?

a) Kamal Nath

b) Jyotiraditya Scindia

c) Ashok Gehlot

d) Sachin Pilot

217. Who was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Rajasthan?

a) Ashok Gehlot

b) Sachin Pilot

c) Girija Vyas

d) Kailash Meghwal

218. The Postage Stamp on Rajkumar Shukla was released by India Postto

mark which historical event?

a) Champaran Satyagraha

b) Dandi March

c) Quit India Movement

d) Non-Cooperation Movement

219. Which State launched ‘Shiksha Setu’ app to ensure better connectivity

with college students?




a) Punjab

b) Haryana

c) Rajasthan

d) Gujarat

220. Which Indian zoo had to be closed indefinitely after deaths of peacocks

due to H5N1 Virus?

a) Delhi Zoo

b) Lucknow Zoo

c) Patna Zoo

d) Jaipur Zoo

220. Which nation, liberated from the Islamic State terrorists declared

Christmas Day as a public holiday for the first time this year?

a) Iran

b) Iraq

c) Saudi Arabia

d) Oman


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