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Government has announced to unveil a credit How many new non-permanent members were
enhancement fund to facilitate infrastructure elected to the UN Security Council recently?
investments, with the initial corpus of? A) 10
A) Rs 700 crore B) 4
B) Rs 200 crore C) 5
C) Rs 1,000 crore D) 1
D) Rs 500 crore

NITI Aayog has selected how many schools to Scientists from which country have found a new
establish additional Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs)? planet named 'EPIC'?
A) 2,500 A) India
B) 2,000 B) US
C) 5,000 C) Germany
D) 3,000 D) China

Which country is planning to create an informal Mike Hesson recently quit as the cricket coach of?
group of WTO members to work on the future A) Australia
agenda? B) South Africa
A) Argentina C) New Zealand
B) US D) England
C) Russia
D) India
India has agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in
India successfully conducted final tests for its first military-industrial sphere, with which country?
indigenous, long-range- artillery gun at Pokhran, A) Kazakhstan
Rajasthan. It is named? B) Uzbekistan
A) Dhruv C) Tajikistan
B) Shaurya D) Mongolia
C) Prahar
D) Dhanush
As per Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, the
When was Green Mizoram Day observed? rural sanitation coverage of India has risen to?
A) June 13 A) 60%
B) June 11 B) 90%
C) June 14 C) 75%
D) June 12 D) 85%

RBI has amended Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS). Which north-eastern state launched a campaign to
The deposits can be made with the designated banks make people in remote areas aware of the
for a short period of? government initiatives?
A) Upto 5 years A) Manipur
B) 3-5 years B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) 1-3 years C) Nagaland
D) 2-7 years D) Mizoram

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President Ram NathKovind will launch Solar Charkha Xavier Rutsa, who recently passed away, was a?
Mission of MSME ministry. The mission will cover A) Politician
how many clusters? B) Scientist
A) 10 C) Journalist
B) 30 D) Cricketer
C) 50
D) 80
RBI has allowed MSMEs to delay their loan
LP Shahi, who recently passed away, was a? repayments by _____ without being classified as
A) Writer non-performing?
B) Politician A) 360 days
C) Economist B) 180 days
D) Actor C) 90 days
D) 270 days

Which city will host the first military exercise of the What was the 2018 theme for 'World Blood Donor
BIMSTEC group? Day' observed on June 14th?
A) Jaisalmer A) Give the gift of life : donate blood
B) Siliguri B) Be there for someone else. Give blood. Share life.
C) Pune C) Give Blood. Give Now. Give Often
D) Amritsar D) Safe blood for saving mothers

Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of Yes Finance Minister PiyushGoyal has set up a
Bank? committee on formation of an Asset Reconstruction
A) RentalaChandrashekhar Company for faster resolution of stressed accounts.
B) SubhashChanderKalia The committee will be headed by?
C) Ajai Kumar A) RajkiranRai G
D) RanaKapoor B) Mahesh Kumar Jain
C) Jai Kumar Garg
How much amount of financial assistance has India D) Sunil Mehta
given to Nepal for the Nepal-Bharat Maitri Irrigation
Project? Union Cabinet has approved repositioning of North
A) Rs 61.93 million Eastern Council. Who will be the ex-officio Chairman
B) Rs 61.93 million of the Council?
C) Rs 61.93 million A) Prime Minister
D) Rs 61.93 million B) Home Minister
C) Urban Development Minister
Who has been appointed vigilance commissioner? D) Minister of DoNER
A) Sharad Kumar
B) Junaid Ahmed India's first national police museum will be
C) VinodPradhan established in which city?
D) GovindDhawan A) Kolkata
B) Hyderabad
C) Delhi
Railways Ministry and IRCTC have introduced
D) Bhopal
bagasse-based food packaging in how many trains to
conduct a trial run?
A) 40
B) 4
C) 15
D) 8

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Which state government has announced to Union PNG Minister DharmendraPradhan recently
introduce ‘Sanskar’ awareness programme to tackle inaugurated two Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
superstitions? stations in which district in Odisha?
A) Rajasthan A) Balasore
B) Assam B) Koraput
C) Punjab C) Ganjam
D) Tamilnadu D) Cuttack

Who has been appointed as the acting chairman of Which state is going to organise awareness
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)? campaign for farmers?
A) AtulBansal A) Karnataka
B) ArvindSaxena B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Jagdish Shankar C) Haryana
D) Rajiv Kumar D) Maharashtra

How much amount of loan has the Overseas Private

Which bank has entered into a bancassurance Investment Corporation (OPIC) given to Grameen
partnership with Aditya Birla Health? Impact Investments to support domestic MSMEs?
A) KarurVysya Bank A) USD 20 million
B) Karnataka Bank B) USD 25 million
C) Federal Bank C) USD 5 million
D) South Indian Bank D) USD 10 million

As per a report by Confederation of Indian Industries Union Cabinet has approved signing of anMoU for
(CII), Indian GDP is expected to grow over the next cooperation between ICMR and INSERM of?
couple of years at a rate of? A) Germany
A) 6% B) UK
B) 9% C) France
C) 7% D) Russia
D) 8%

Sapan Kumar Murmu, who recently passed away, Union Health Minister JP Nadda gave GAELF awards
was a renowned? to how many countries at the 10th meeting of Global
A) Cardiologist Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF),
B) Paediatrician held in New Delhi?
C) Ophthalmologist A) 4
D) Nephrologist B) 11
C) 23
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has D) 18
created a world record of distributing maximum
number of bee-boxes by distributing 2330 bee-boxes Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced to set up
to the beneficiaries at? a public credit registry of all loan information. The
A) Kishtwar move is based on the recommendations of which
B) Anantnag committee?
C) Srinagar A) Viral Acharya Committee
D) Kupwara B) BN Srikrishna Committee
C) Y.M. Deosthalee Committee
D) HasmukhAdhia Committee

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How many places have been added to Swachh Iconic 2nd 'India-US colloquium on Earth Observations and
Places (SIP) under phase III of Swachh Bharat Sciences for Society and Economy' was held in which
Mission? city?
A) 10 A) Kochi
B) 20 B) Vishakhapatnam
C) 25 C) Chennai
D) 15 D) Panaji

Who inaugurated 'National Consultation on Which state has topped NitiAayog's Composite
Accelerating Implementation of Tobacco Control Water Management Index (CWMI)?
Measures for the achievement of Goals under A) Karnataka
National Health Policy' in New Delhi? B) Andhra Pradesh
A) Ashwini Kumar Choubey C) Madhya Pradesh
B) JP Nadda D) Gujarat
C) SoumyaSwaminathan
D) JP Nadda Which state has become the first to use auto-disable
syringes for all clinical purposes?
LaxmanPatil--Bhosle, who recently passed away, was A) Kerala
a? B) Madhya Pradesh
A) Politician C) Andhra Pradesh
B) Actor D) Punjab
C) Writer
Maria Fernanda Espinosa, who has been elected
D) Photographer
president of the 73rd United Nations General
Who will chair the committee formed by Assembly, is the foreign minister of?
Government to ensure transparency in jobs data A) Italy
calculation and presentation? B) Ecuador
A) RakeshSrivastava C) Spain
B) Dinesh Singh D) Argentina
C) GirishSahni
D) TCA Anant How many Wi-Fi Choupals have recently been
launched by Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar
Anthony Bourdain, who recently passed away, was Prasad?
a? A) 5,000
A) Actor B) 15,000
B) Journalist C) 10,000
C) Photographer D) 1,000
D) Chef
8th Thematic Seminar on 'Private Sector
Who has been announced as the winner of Lumiere Participation and Innovation in Resource
Award in Lyon, France? Mobilization', was held in?
A) Lily Tomlin A) Chennai
B) Candice Bergen B) Mumbai
C) Diane Keaton C) Hyderabad
D) Jane Fonda D) New Delhi

Fuego volcano, which erupted recently, is located in

which country?
A) Peru
B) Indonesia
C) Haiti
D) Guatemala

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Which city hosted the Asia-Pacific Regional Union Minister of Steel, ChaudharyBirender Singh
Conference on Early Childhood Development (ECD)? inaugurated rebuilt Blast Furnace-1 of Rourkela Steel
A) New Delhi Plant (RSP). The blast furnace is named?
B) Dhaka A) Parvati
C) Kathmandu B) Durga
D) Naypyidaw C) Saraswati
D) Lakshmi

Writer ShahzahanBachchu, who recently passed Which state has launched a ‘water literacy’ campaign
away, hailed from? called 'Jalasaksharatha', involving 70,000 students?
A) Bangladesh A) Karnataka
B) India B) Kerala
C) Sri Lanka C) Tamilnadu
D) Pakistan D) Andhra Pradesh

Which of the following has recently launched its

online RTI Portal? Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked which
A) Election Commission of the following forces to impart soft skills training to
B) Central Vigilance Commission its personnel?
C) Information Bureau A) NIA
D) Enforcement Directorate B) ITBP
C) BPR&D
Vijai Kumar has been appointed as the next High
D) SSB
Commissioner of India to?
A) Seychelles Which Indian athlete won a gold medal in men's
B) Papua New Guinea 10,000m race at the Gouden Spike meeting in
C) Djibouti Leiden, Netherlands?
D) Lesotho A) Virendra Singh
B) Arokia Rajiv
When was 'International Albinism Awareness Day'
C) GavitMurali Kumar
observed?
D) MuhammedAnas
A) June 13
B) June 14 Who has been appointed as chairman of Central
C) June 11 Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)?
D) June 12 A) Yudhvir Malik
IMD has announced to use flash flood guidance B) S Ramesh
system to forecast floods, for the first time. C) Krishna Bhatnagar
Currently, which of the following issues flood D) AmarendraDubey
warnings?
A) National Water Development Agency
Which payments bank has been denied permission
B) Central Water Commission
to use Aadhaar-linked Know Your Customer
C) NATMO, Calcutta
authentication?
D) ISRO
A) Fino Payments Bank
B) Airtel Payments Bank
Which Indian boxer won a gold medal at the
C) Paytm Payments Bank
Umakhanov Memorial Tournament, held in Kaspiysk,
D) Jio Payments Bank
Russia?
A) PinkiJangra
B) Pavitra
C) Saweety Boora
D) Kavita Singh

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Which ministry has launched #YogaFor9to5" United States government has approved a deal to
campaign to raise awareness on benefits of yoga at sell the Indian military six AH-64E Apache attack
work? helicopters, worth?
A) Labour & Employment A) $930 million
B) Health B) $580 million
C) AYUSH C) $460 million
D) Women and Child Development D) $750 million

Which country hosted the International Conference Which team won the Women's Asia Cup T20 title,
on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) held in Kuala Lumpur?
2018? A) Pakistan
A) Philippines B) India
B) India C) Bangladesh
C) Myanmar D) Sri Lanka
D) Nepal
Which app has been launched by Railway Minister
Which institute has signed an agreement with RAASI PiyushGoyal to allow passengers to lodge
Solar Power Pvt Ltd for transfer of technology for complaints?
lithium-ion batteries? A) Rail RAHAT
A) Advanced Materials and Processes Research B) Rail YATRI
Institute (AMPRI) C) Rail MADAD
B) Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute D) Rail SAATHI
(CMERI)
C) Central Electro Chemical Research Institute Which state has launched the compilation of all state
(CECRI) budgets since the first in 1936?
D) National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Tamilnadu
Which city hosted the Shanghai Cooperation C) West Bengal
Organization summit? D) Odisha
A) Tianjin
As per Union Steel Minister ChaudharyBirender
B) Qingdao
Singh, which state has the potential to produce 100
C) Xi'an million tonnes of steel out of 300 million tonne
D) Dalian envisaged in National Steel Policy by 2030-31?
A) Odisha
B) Jharkhand
Who won the women's singles title at the French
C) West Bengal
Open 2018?
A) GarbiñeMuguruza D) Chhattisgarh
B) SimonaHalep
ONGC Videsh Ltd has received the first equity cargo
C) JelenaOstapenko
of Das blend crude oil from the Lower Zakum (LZ)
D) Sloane Stephens
oilfield, located in?
Who has been appointed as the coal secretary? A) Saudi Arabia
A) NavinVerma B) Qatar
B) Jai PriyePrakash C) UAE
C) InderJit Singh D) Kuwait
D) Prabhas Kumar Jha

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Who has been awarded China's first friendship Union Cabinet has approved an agreement to
medal? strengthen bilateral cooperation, with which
A) Donald Trump country?
B) NarendraModi A) Egypt
C) Vladimir Putin B) Mongolia
D) Shinzo Abe C) Ukraine
D) Peru
Haryana government has raised the upper age limit
of entry into government service from 40 years to? Sports Minister RajyavardhanRathore has approved
A) 48 the upward revision of pension to meritorious
B) 44 sportspersons. Now, the medallist at the
C) 42 Olympic/Para-Olympic Games will get?
D) 45 A) Rs 10,000
B) Rs 50,000
C) Rs 40,000
Which Indian farmer has set a Guinness World D) Rs 20,000
Record by distributing the largest number of curry
tree saplings in Sharjah? Which country is going to repair two 'Friendship
A) SudheeshGuruvayoor Bridges' in Nepal's Tatopani and Rasuwa districts?
B) Deven Kumar Singh A) China
C) KetanPandey B) Japan
D) PremYadav C) India
D) Bangladesh
PappuKarki, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Politician
B) Singer Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated or laid
C) Scriptwriter foundation stones of 122 schemes of state bridge
D) Classical Dancer construction corporation, worth?
A) Rs 985 crore
B) Rs 875 crore
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
C) Rs 500 crore
conducted a flood preparedness mock exercise in
D) Rs 625 crore
which state?
A) Bihar Which of the following apps has been launched by
B) West Bengal Indian Railways to help travellers in booking and
C) Uttar Pradesh cancelling unreserved tickets?
D) Odisha A) UTS on Mobile
B) Ticket Online
As per SBI's annual report for 2017-18, which bank
C) Booking 24x7
has the largest value share of mobile banking
D) RailYatra
transactions?
A) Axis Bank How many states and UTs have signed MoUs with
B) HDFC Bank the Union Health Ministry to implement Ayushman
C) ICICI Bank Bharat?
D) SBI A) 8, 4
B) 12, 3
C) 6, 2
D) 14, 5

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Which team won the Intercontinental Cup title? U.S., Mexico and Canada have jointly won the bid to
A) Kenya host FIFA world cup in 2026. They defeated the bid
B) Taiwan of which country?
C) New Zealand A) Germany
D) India B) Italy
C) Spain
D) Morocco
MulubhaJadeja, who recently passed away, was
associated with which sport? Who has been appointed as a non-executive director
A) Cricket on the board of Wipro Enterprises?
B) Hockey A) UtsavVittal
C) Shooting B) PuneetGanguly
D) Football C) RishavNeemuchwala
D) Tariq Premji
Narayan Prasad Singh, who recently passed away,
was a? Who has taken over as the chairman of Arohan
A) Journalist Financial Services?
B) Lyricist A) DK Mittal
C) Politician B) LN Yadav
D) Hockey player C) PM Gupta
D) BS Panwar
RamchandraBainda, who recently passed away,
belonged to which political party? KandaalaSubrahmanyaTilak, who recently passed
A) INC away, was a?
B) BJP A) Freedom fighter
C) SP B) Journalist
D) RJD C) Filmmaker
D) Biologist
Who chaired the “3rd Meeting of National Council of
Senior Citizens (NCSrC)”, held in New Delhi? Which state has topped the National Disaster Risk
A) JP Nadda Index?
B) ThaawarchandGehlot A) Maharashtra
C) PiyushGoyal B) West Bengal
D) Maneka Gandhi C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Madhya Pradesh

Government has sanctioned grants-in-aid worth Rs Spiritual Guru BhaiyyuMaharaj, who recently passed
14.30 crore under the ‘Khelo India’ scheme for block- away, hailed from?
level sports in which state? A) Haryana
A) Haryana B) Madhya Pradesh
B) Bihar C) Rajasthan
C) Maharashtra D) Uttar Pradesh
D) Jammu & Kashmir
Which exchange has introduced a ‘tri-party repo
Union Cabinet has approved joint issue of postage market’ platform?
stamp with Vietnam on the theme of? A) NCDEX
A) Ancient Architecture B) NSE
B) Ethnic Ties C) MCX
C) Music Magic D) BSE
D) Cultural Exchange

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Health Ministry has launched a national media
campaign titled 'What Damage Will This
Cigarette/Bidi Do'. Which organisation has provided
technical support for the campaign?
A) Vital Strategies
B) QuitNet
C) ACOSH
D) Truth Initiative

Which city hosted the Mandela-Gandhi Youth

Conference?
A) Bloemfontein
B) Johannesburg
C) Pietermaritzburg
D) Durban

Who has taken over as the Executive Director of

EEPC India?
A) Anil Swarup
B) AlokShrivastava
C) Suranjan Gupta
D) Gopal Krishna

Which state has approved introduction of e-auction

for allotment of petrol pumps, CNG or PNG sites?
A) Haryana
B) Punjab
C) Telangana
D) Maharashtra

Which city hosted the G7 summit recently?

A) Bologna
B) Hamburg
C) Quebec
D) Sapporo

How much amount is RBI expected to raise through

NRI bonds to support the rupee?
A) $30-35 billion
B) $50-55 billion
C) $40-45 billion
D) $20-25 billion

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