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Best Tableau winners at 69th Republic Day Celebration
Category Winner
Maharashtra for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s
Best State coronation ceremony
Best Marching Contingent: Tri- Army's Punjab Regiment
services
Best Marching Contingent: Para- Indo-Tibetan Border Police
military and other auxiliary
Union ministries tableau Youth Affairs and Sports for Khelo India
South Central Zone Cultural Centre's 'Baredi
Cultural Performance Dance' (from Madhya Pradesh)
What is the name of India's fastest and first "multi-
petaflops" supercomputer, recently inaugurated by
Minister of S&T Dr. Harsh Vardhan?
A) Pratyush
B) Ravi
C) Surya
D) Aditya
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Who has been appointed as the chairman of Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?
A) P Sathashivam
B) K Sivan
C) N Venkitachalam
D) P Verma

Which state has topped the Logistics Ease Across
Different States (LEADS) index developed by Commerce
Ministry and Deloitte?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Punjab
C) Gujarat
D) Maharashtra

Which is the only state in India that has rolled out e-
Raktkosh in all 45 government blood banks?
A) Karnataka
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Punjab
D) Assam

UIDAI has introduced the concept of a 'Virtual ID' (VID)
to safeguard Aadhaar data. It is a temporary, random
number consisting of ___ digits?
A) 16
B) 12
C) 10
D) 15
Name of Code No of Characters Nature of Characters

Aadhaar 12 Numeric
PAN Card 10 Alpha-numeric
Legal Entity Identifier 20 Alpha-numeric
IFSC Code 11 Alpha-numeric
MICR Code 9 Numeric
MMID 7 Numeric

Who has been appointed as the official brand
ambassador of Sikkim?
A) AR Rahman
B) Aamir Khan
C) Akshay Kumar
D) Amitabh Bachchan

Who has become the first Indian to win an
international medal in skiing after winning Bronze at
the Alpine Ejder 3200 Cup, held in Turkey?
A) Aparna Vashisht
B) Shrishti Chawla
C) Aanchal Thakur
D) Smriti Rai

World Hindi Day was recently observed on?
A) Jan 8
B) Jan 10
C) Jan 9
D) Jan 11

Which station in Mumbai has entered the Limca Book
of Records 2018, for being India's first ever all-women
staff railway suburban station?
A) Dombivli
B) Borivali
C) Churchgate
D) Matunga

Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) 'Mankidia'
has been denied habitat rights in which tiger reserve by
Odisha Forest Department?
A) Satkosia Tiger Reserve
B) Sunabeda Tiger Reserve
C) Simlipal Tiger Reserve
D) Satapada Tiger Reserve

A Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) sub-
committee will recommend free and compulsory
education for girls up to post-graduate level across
India. The sub-committee was headed by?
A) Himanta Biswa Sharma
B) Kadiam Srihari
C) Meenakshi Garg
D) Neera Yadav

Which country recently signed an agreement with
Saudi Arabia to revive the option of sending Hajj
devotees to Jeddah via sea route?
A) Pakistan
B) India
C) Bangladesh
D) Malaysia

Who has been appointed to head the inter-ministerial
committee set up to take a final call on the playing of
the national anthem in cinema halls?
A) B.R. Sharma
B) Suresh Kumar
C) PK Tripathi
D) Arun Mehta

Which of the following police stations in Tamilnadu has
been awarded India's 'Best Police Station' in the SMART
Police Stations category?
A) Koyambedu
B) RS Puram
C) Pammal
D) Anna Nagar

Which city has become second major city to be
declared open defecation free (ODF)?
A) Bengaluru
B) Hyderabad
C) Kolkata
D) Chennai

Which state government has formally launched an
award scheme named ‘Chah Bagichar Dhan Puraskar’,
in which it will give Rs 2,500 to tea plantation labourers
who have opened bank accounts for the first time?
A) West Bengal
B) Assam
C) Sikkim
D) Meghalaya

Which state government has launched a price deficit
compensation scheme, named 'Bhavantar Bharpayee
Yojana'?
A) Haryana
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Bihar
D) Rajasthan

Which company's Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine named
'Typbar' has received pre-qualification from WHO?
A) Panacea Biotec
B) Wockhardt
C) Serum Institute of India
D) Bharat Biotech

IAF recently bade farewell to the last MiG-27 ML
aircraft at the Hasimara Air Force base. The aircraft was
codenamed as?
A) Nirbhay
B) Shastra
C) Bahadur
D) Shaurya

Which state has signed the host city contract with the
Indian Olympic Association for hosting the 39th
National Games in 2022?
A) Odisha
B) Tripura
C) Meghalaya
D) Assam

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has commissioned the
world’s largest Refinery Off-Gas Cracker (ROGC)
complex, of 1.5 mtpa capacity, in?
A) Numaligarh
B) Jamnagar
C) Digboi
D) Barauni

India’s first ‘Robocop’, named after the martyr Hemant
Karkare, has been launched in which city?
A) Mumbai
B) Bengaluru
C) Gurugram
D) Hyderabad
 Startup named Genrobotics developed ‘Bandicoot’ robot to clean up sewer holes in

Kerala

Which country's "bird language" of Black Sea villagers
has been added to the Unesco's list of Intangible
Cultural Heritage?
A) Bulgaria
B) Romania
C) Georgia
D) Turkey

Who has become the first batsman to score three
hundreds in T20 internationals?
A) Rohit Sharma
B) Colin Munro
C) Kane Williamson
D) Virat Kohli

Which state's police has recently gone digital with
Criminal Tracking and Networking System (CCTNS)?
A) Bihar
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Jharkhand
D) Odisha

Which state government has announced to set up a
24×7 'Guddia' helpline for safety of women?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh

Suraksha – Karnataka government
HIMMAT – Delhi Police
Wsafety - Madhya Pradesh
R MITRA- Eastern railways
'Eyewatch Railways' - Western Railways
Hawk EYE - Telangana
Who has been appointed as the Deputy National
Security Advisor?
A) Pravesh Kumar
B) Susheel Ranade
C) Rajinder Khanna
D) Vineet Chandok

Who is the director of the film 'Kashmir Daily', which is
the first Kashmiri feature film in 45 years to be released
in India?
A) Raja Bilal
B) Mir Sarwar
C) Sanam Ziya
D) Hussein Khan

Lok Sabha has passed the Ancient Monuments and
Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill,
2017. It now allows civil construction around the
monument within a distance of?
A) 100 metres
B) 500 metres
C) 250 metres
D) 200 metres

Union Minister Jitendra Singh has announced that
government will set up the second Film and Television
Institute of India (FTII) in?
A) Assam
B) Sikkim
C) Manipur
D) Arunachal Pradesh

Indian-origin Ravi Menon has been named as the best
central bank governor in Asia-Pacific for 2018 by 'The
Banker'. He is the governor of which central bank?
A) State Bank of Vietnam
B) Central Bank of Sri Lanka
C) Nepal Rastra Bank
D) Monetary Authority of Singapore

Which movie has won the 'Best motion picture, drama'
at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at
Beverly Hills, California?
A) Darkest Hour
B) The Disaster Artist
C) The Shape of Water
D) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Category Winner
Best motion picture, musical or Lady Bird
comedy
Best actress in a motion picture, Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards
drama Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Best actor in a motion picture, Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour"
drama
Best director Guillermo del Toro, "The Shape of Water"
Best television series, drama The Handmaid's Tale
Cecil B. DeMille award Oprah Winfrey
Which state government has recently launched its State
symbol?
A) Gujarat
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Haryana
D) West Bengal

Central bank has announced to release Rs 10 note in a
chocolate brown colour with the motif of?
A) Tajmahal
B) Hampi with Chariot
C) Qutub Minar
D) Sun Temple, Konark

Bhanakpur has become the second village in India to
put into practice the system of singing national anthem
everyday. It is located in?
A) Rajasthan
B) Haryana
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
 First was Telangana's Jammikunta village

Lok Sabha has passed a bill to hike the salaries of
judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts. The
monthly salary of Chief Justice of India has been hiked
from Rs 1 lakh to?
A) Rs 1.5 lakh
B) Rs 3.2 lakh
C) Rs 2.8 lakh
D) Rs 2.1 lakh

Which state government has inaugurated India's first
National Park for people with special needs?
A) Gujarat
B) Telangana
C) Assam
D) Tamilnadu

Who has been appointed as head of the SIT that will re-
investigate 186 cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh
riots?
A) Avishek Dullar
B) Vinod Yadav
C) Shiv Narayan Dhingra
D) Rajdeep Singh

Which railway station has become the first to install a
sanitary napkin vending machine, named 'Happy Nari'?
A) New Delhi
B) Bhopal
C) CST
D) Secundrabad

What is India's rank on Global Manufacturing Index,
released by World Economic Forum (WEF)?
A) 30
B) 24
C) 45
D) 51

Who won the best boxer trophy at the National
Women’s Boxing Championships held in Rohtak?
A) L Sarita Devi
B) Sarjubala Devi
C) Sonia Lather
D) Meena Kumari

Which satellite was recently launched by ISRO as its
100th?
A) RISAT-1
B) IRNSS-1H
C) Cartosat-2
D) INSAT-6C

Teen Murti Chowk has been renamed after which
Israeli City ?
A) Ashdod
B) Haifa
C) Eilat
D) Nazareth

Who has recently launched his autobiography titled
"Imperfect"?
A) Sunil Gavaskar
B) Harsha Bhogale
C) Sanjay Manjrekar
D) Ravi Shastri

Who has become the first woman lawyer to be directly
appointed as a Supreme Court?
A) Shweta Agarwal
B) Geetanjali Bhoumik
C) Indu Malhotra
D) Deepthi R

Which bank has recently announced its merger with Capital
First?
A) IndusInd Bank
B) Fedral Bank
C) IDFC Bank
D) Karnataka Bank
Few mergers :-
 IndusInd Bank and Bharat Financial
 ONGC and HPCL
 Vodafone and Idea
 RCom and Sistema
 Bharti Airtel and Tata Tele

EC has set up a committee to suggest changes to
Section 126 of the Representation of the People (RP)
Act, which prohibits poll campaign in the last 48 hours
to voting. It is headed by?
A) Umesh Sinha
B) Ravjot Pandey
C) Navneet Singh
D) Deepak Bansal

In a first, which state government has granted
permission to prisoners to donate their organs to
immediate family members?
A) Telangana
B) Odisha
C) Haryana
D) Kerala

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been
granted citizenship by which country?
A) Colombia
B) Chile
C) Peru
D) Ecuador

Which states have signed an MoU with the Water
Resources Ministry for completion of balance works of
North Koel reservoir project at a cost of Rs 1,622 crore?
1. Bihar 2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Jharkhand
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 1 & 4

Which state government has announced
'Mukhyamantri Kalakar Sahayata Yojana' to provide
pension of Rs 1200 per month to 50,000 artists?
A) Jharkhand
B) Odisha
C) Rajasthan
D) Uttarakhand

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently laid the
foundation stone of Rs 43,129 crore refinery project in?
A) Barauni
B) Numaligarh
C) Digboi
D) Barmer

Which state government has allowed people to forge a
fraternal relationship with trees, through a practice
locally known as Mith/Mit or Mitini?
A) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Sikkim
C) Assam
D) Mizoram

Who has been named the ICC Cricketer of the Year at
the ICC Awards 2017?
A) R Ashwin
B) Virat Kohli
C) Rohit Sharma
D) Jasprit Bumrah

Which team won the third edition of the Premier
Badminton League championship held in Hyderabad?
A) Hyderabad Hunters
B) Bengaluru Blasters
C) Chennai Smashers
D) Delhi Dashers

Indian peacekeepers from the UN mission have rebuilt
the Akoka bridge in the record time of 10 days. It is
located in?
A) Congo
B) Mali
C) Haiti
D) South Sudan

Which state cabinet has approved 1% reservation for
orphans in government jobs and education?
A) Rajasthan
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Maharashtra

World's fifth largest diamond, weighing 182 grams, has
recently been discovered in?
A) Malawi
B) Lesotho
C) Botswana
D) Swaziland

What is the name of the second bus service launched
from Agartala to Kolkata via Dhaka?
A) Sahyog-2
B) Maitre-2
C) Saath-2
D) Parijan-2

Which country has decided to declare 2018 as the
‘national year of millets’?
A) China
B) Nepal
C) Sri Lanka
D) India

Who was awarded by President Ram Nath Kovind as
part of MoWCD's 'First Ladies' celebration, for being
the first actor to be recognised as a Global Icon from
India?
A) Priyanka Chopra
B) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
C) Deepika Padukone
D) Konkona Sen

NGT has ordered "intensive survey" of Kali, Krishna and
the Hindon rivers in?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Karnataka
C) Telangana
D) Madhyra Pradesh

Which state government has approved a Rs 4,000 crore
project, named Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivani
Yojna?
A) Kerala
B) Maharashtra
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Goa

Which indigenously-developed weapon system
integrated helicopter is going to make its maiden
appearance in the Republic Day parade?
A) Cheetah
B) Dhruv
C) Chetak
D) Rudra

Which team won the 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup,
held in Sharjah?
A) UAE
B) Pakistan
C) Bangladesh
D) India

India has announced to set up a solar development
fund to support financing of solar projects, worth?
A) $200 million
B) $350 million
C) $700 million
D) $550 million

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched a
liveability index of _____ cities?
A) 124
B) 116
C) 109
D) 131

Who won the Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) at the
63rd Jio Filmfare Awards 2018?
A) Irrfan Khan
B) Rajkummar Rao
C) Salman Khan
D) Akshay Kumar

Award Winner
Best Film Hindi Medium
Best Film (Critics) Newton
Best Director Ashwini Iyer Tiwari for Bareilly Ki Barfi
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) Vidya Balan for Tumhari Sulu
Best Actor Critics (Male) Rajkummar Rao for Trapped
Best Actor Critics (Female) Zaira Wasim for Secret Superstar
Best Debut Director Konkona Sen Sharma for A Death In The Gunj
Lifetime Achievement Award Mala Sinha & Bappi Lahiri
Best Music Album Jagga Jasoos
Best Lyrics Amitabh Bhattacharya for Ullu Ka Patha
Best Playback Singer (Male) Arijit Singh for Roke Na Ruke Naina
Best Playback Singer (female) Meghna Mishra for Nachdi Phira
Best Original Story Amit Masurkar for Newton
India has joined the Australia Group (AG) as its ____
member?
A) 51st
B) 39th
C) 43rd
D) 27th

'Sur Festival' organized every year by Sublime Urge to
Rejoice (SUR), has been renamed in tribute to?
A) S Janaki
B) MS Subbulakshmi
C) Kesarbai Kerkar
D) Girija Devi

Which of the following forces celebrated its 13th
Raising Day on Jan 19th?
A) NDRF
B) ITBP
C) BSF
D) SSB

Which state government recently launched an e-
Hospital Management Information System?
A) Bihar
B) Odisha
C) Assam
D) Haryana

Nirmala Sitharaman became the first Indian woman
defence minister to fly on a?
A) Sukhoi-30 MKI
B) Tejas
C) Rafale
D) MiG-21

Who has taken charge as the new Chief Election
Commissioner of India?
A) Ashok Lavasa
B) Om Prakash Rawat
C) Sunil Arora
D) Achal Kumar Joti

What is India's rank out of 180 countries on the
Environmental Performance Index 2018, released by
Yale and Columbia Universities along with the World
Economic Forum?
A) 158
B) 185
C) 177
D) 163

What is India's rank among emerging economies on the
Inclusive Development Index by WEF?
A) 83
B) 78
C) 57
D) 62

Who has taken charge as the new director of Vikram
Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)?
A) S Somnath
B) H Gandhi
C) V Balasubramanian
D) N Venkatesh

MoS for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik laid the foundation
stone for Central Research Institute of Homeopathy
(CRIH) in?
A) Kanpur
B) Jaipur
C) Raipur
D) Patna

Which state's cabinet has approved 'one district, one
product' scheme to promote products indigenous to
every district?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Himachal Pradesh

Which Indian personality has received the 24th Crystal
Award at the Annual Crystal Awards ceremony held in
Davos?
A) Amitabh Bachchan
B) Shah Rukh Khan
C) Akshay Kumar
D) Aamir Khan

What is India's rank on the global index of talent
competitiveness?
A) 81
B) 73
C) 69
D) 94

World Bank has signed a $120 million loan agreement
to help improve water supply services in peri-urban
areas in?
A) Assam
B) Jharkhand
C) Uttarakhand
D) Telangana

Which of the following is not one of the personalities,
who has been conferred Padma Vibhushan award for
the year 2018?
A) R. Nagaswamy
B) Ghulam Mustafa Khan
C) Illaiyaraja
D) P. Parameswaran

Which nation has signed an agreement with India to
build military infrastructure on its Assumption Island?
A) Seychelles
B) Madagascar
C) Tuvalu
D) Nauru

World Health Organisation (WHO) has awarded pre-
qualification to India's first rotavirus diarrhoea vaccine,
ROTAVAC. It has been developed by?
A) Sanofi
B) Bharat Biotech
C) Cipla
D) Lupin

Who was posthumously awarded Ashok Chakra on the
occasion of 69th Republic Day at Rajpath?
A) Corporal Vikram Kumar
B) Corporal Ajeya Sarkar
C) Corporal Shaurya Malik
D) Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala

Who has won the 5th 'Yash Chopra Memorial Award'?
A) Madhuri Dixit
B) Saroj Khan
C) Alka Yagnik
D) Asha Bhosle

India has signed a pact with UN International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD) to raise incomes and
food security for tribal farming households in Mizoram
and Nagaland, worth?
A) $279 million
B) $168 million
C) $102 million
D) $234 million

The bus driver who saved 52 Amarnath pilgrims from
terror attack last year, has been awarded the “Uttam
Jeevan Raksha Padak”. What is his name?
A) Ashraf Ali
B) Sheikh Salim
C) Mustafa Khan
D) Abdul Hassan

Which state government has launched `Mahatama
Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojana'?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Karnataka
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Punjab

Who has become the first Nepalese player to be part of
any IPL franchise?
A) Sandeep Lamichhane
B) Gyanendra Malla
C) Binod Bhandari
D) Sharad Vesawkar

Who has become the first woman chairman of the
Indian Banks' Association?
A) Shikha Sharma
B) Chanda Kochhar
C) Arundhati Bhattacharya
D) Usha Ananthasubramanian

Which state government has recently issued a detailed
helipad policy?
A) Telangana
B) Uttarakhand
C) Maharashtra
D) Assam

Which of the following has been chosen as the first-
ever Hindi Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionaries for
2017?
A) Gau Rakshak
B) Mitron
C) Aadhaar
D) Baahubali

In a first, scientists from which country have
successfully cloned monkeys?
A) Japan
B) US
C) China
D) India

Who won the men's singles title at the Australian
Open?
A) Rafael Nadal
B) Marin Cilic
C) Grigor Dimitrov
D) Roger Federer

MHRD has approved setting up of a new Indian
Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in?
A) Belgaum
B) Bijapur
C) Raichur
D) Hubli

Which chief minister recently received the Unesco
Award of Merit awarded to the Ranganathaswamy
temple?
A) Siddaramaiah
B) K. Chandrashekar Rao
C) Edappady K. Palaniswami
D) N. Chandrababu Naidu

As per a recent order by DoPT, the quota in central
government jobs for people with benchmark disabilities
has been increased from 3% to?
A) 5%
B) 7%
C) 4%
D) 6%

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