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Exclusive Monthly GA MCQs: (Feb 11–Mar 31,

2018)

1. The first mega food park of Rajasthan was inaugurated recently in

1) Ajmer

2) Jaipur

3) Udaipur

4) Jodhpur

5) Barmer

2. The RBI fined ICICI Bank recently for violating regulatory directions regarding sale of securities from

HTM portfolio. Here, HTM means

1) Held To Majority

2) Held To Minority

3) Held To Maturity

4) Held To Mobility

5) None of these

3. The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held bilateral meeting with her counterpart Taro Kono

during her recently visit to

1) Vietnam

2) Japan

3) Israel

4) Philippines

5) South Korea

4. The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully launched communication satellite GSAT-6A

recently from Satish Dhawan Space Centre situated in

1) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

2) Hyderabad, Telangana

3) Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

4) Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar

5) Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh

5. Sameer Verma is associated with which of the following games?

1) Tennis

2) Squash

3) Chess

4) Badminton

5) Shooting

6. In recent census in which of the following national parks over 2400 rhinos were found?

1) Kaziranga

2) Ranthambore

3) Kanha

4) Bandhavgarh

5) Bandipur

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7. NASA is all set to send a stationary lander ‘InSight’ fitted with a seismometer to which of the following

planets?

1) Mercury

2) Venus

3) Jupiter

4) Mars

5) Saturn

8. Toyota and which of the following automakers have signed mutual agreement to supply certain models in

India?

1) Hyundai

2) Suzuki

3) Ford

4) Renault

5) Nissan

9. Which bank has been caught in a controversy over alleged conflict of interest regarding loan to Videocon

Industries?

1) PNB

2) Federal Bank

3) Kotak Mahindra Bank

4) YES Bank

5) ICICI Bank

10. ________ has the highest number of (55770) tribal habitations fully covered by Drinking Water supply

in the country as of now.

1) Jharkhand

2) Odisha

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Chhattisgarh

5) Telangana

11. The govt plans to sell what per cent stake in Air India as well as transfer its management control?

1) 26%

2) 49%

3) 51%

4) 76%

5) 100%

12. SoftBank and which of the following countries has announced a $200-bn deal for creating the world’s

biggest solar power project in that country?

1) Iran

2) Saudi Arabia

3) India

4) China

5) Indonesia

13. India’s fiscal deficit soared to what amount at the end of Feb 2018, exceeding the revised target for the

entire 2017-18 fiscal?

1) Rs 7.15 lakh cr

2) Rs 5.94 lakh cr





3) Rs 6.59 lakh cr

4) Rs 5.45 lakh cr

5) Rs 8.12 lakh cr

14. The Union Cabinet has made a provision of what amount for higher education loan for poor students

from 2017-18 to 2019-20?

1) Rs 3,300 cr

2) Rs 4,400 cr

3) Rs 5,500 cr

4) Rs 6,600 cr

5) Rs 7,500 cr

15. Which bank has been slapped with a Rs 589-mn penalty by the RBI for selling bonds from the lender’s

Held To Maturity (HTM) category?

1) HDFC Bank

2) Axis Bank

3) YES Bank

4) Federal Bank

5) ICICI Bank

16. The Exim Bank of India will provide a credit facility of what amount to ECOWAS Bank for Investment

and Development (EBID) for western-south Africa?

1) USD 100 mn

2) USD 200 mn

3) USD 300 mn

4) USD 500 mn

5) USD 700 mn

17. ________ has been appointed as the Chief Executive of Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection

Mission on contract basis for two years.

1) Soumya Swaminathan

2) Indu Bhushan

3) Preeti Saran

4) Anil Dhasmana

5) Rajiv Yaduvanshi

18. Who among the following is the Union Tribal Affairs Minister in the present govt? He launched “e-

Tribes: Tribes India” portal for digital commerce.

1) Anant Geete

2) Gopinath Munde

3) Jual Oram

4) DV Sadananda Gowda

5) Rajen Gohain

19. India and China have agreed to draw roadmap to address trade deficit. The present trade deficit between

the two countries in favour of China is

1) $26-bn

2) $31-bn

3) $42-bn

4) $51-bn

5) $64-bn





20. ______ has been appointed as the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Govt of India.

1) LS Shashidhara

2) Maharaj Kishan Bhan

3) Obaid Siddiqi

4) Satyajit Mayor

5) K Vijay Raghavan

21. Who among the following is the present President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)?

1) Rajeev Mehta

2) Narendra Batra

3) Neelam Kapur

4) Sandeep Pradhan

5) Ashwini Nachappa

22. Muskan Bhanwala clinched a gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Sydney recently. She is an

Indian

1) shuttler

2) pugilist

3) cueist

4) cyclist

5) shooter

23. Which of the following public sector banks recently disclosed a Rs 7.72-bn fraud in Andhra, Telangana?

1) Bank of India

2) Syndicate Bank

3) Dena Bank

4) IDBI Bank

5) SBI

24. David Warner was banned for one year from international cricket and ousted from 2018 IPL recently. He

plays for

1) Australia

2) New Zealand

3) West Indies

4) South Africa

5) England

25. The govt has signed a $80-mn loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help

modernize Technical Education in

1) Uttarakhand

2) Haryana

3) Himachal Pradesh

4) Arunachal Pradesh

5) Karnataka

26. The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited which of the following countries recently?

1) Japan

2) Thailand

3) Vietnam

4) US





5) China

27. Win Myint has been elected as the new President in which of the following countries?

1) Philippines

2) Venezuela

3) Myanmar

4) Maldives

5) Sri Lana

28. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved continuation of Nutrient Based Subsidy and

City Compost Scheme till

1) 2019-20

2) 2020-21

3) 2021-22

4) 2022-23

5) 2023-24

29. Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami opened first of its kind insect museum in which state recently?

1) Odisha

2) Karnataka

3) Kerala

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Telangana

30. The govt has extended the deadline for linking of Aadhaar with welfare schemes to

1) 31 May 2018

2) 30 Jun 2018

3) 30 Sep 2018

4) 31 Dec 2018

5) 31 Mar 2019

31. The govt has approved the Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk Industry for which a total

allocation of what amount has been made for three years?

1) Rs 1,261.68 cr

2) Rs 1,615.22 cr

3) Rs 2,161.68 cr

4) Rs 2,565.15 cr

5) Rs 3,161.68 cr

32. Who among the following won the Asian Women's Snooker championship recently in yangon,

Myanmar?

1) Amee Kamani

2) Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan

3) Vidya Pillai

4) Ng On-yee

5) Reanne Evans

33. Who among the following won the men’s title of the Asian Billiards Championships recently in yangon,

Myanmar?

1) B Bhaskar

2) Pankaj Advani





3) Geet Sethi

4) Manan Chandra

5) Aditya Mehta

34. Anish Bhanwala is associated with which of the following games? He won a gold medal in Junior World

Cup of the game recently.

1) Boxing

2) Archery

3) Wrestling

4) Weightlifting

5) Shooting

35. Who among the following has been nominated as India's representative to the Executive Board (EXB) of

UNESCO?

1) Pravin Sinclair

2) Hrushikesh Senapaty

3) Rajbir Singh

4) JS Rajput

5) MVV Prasada Rao

36. Equitas Small Finance Bank has launched a new ‘Yellow Army Savings Account’ in association with

the Chennai Super Kings. The bank is headquartered in

1) Bengaluru

2) Hyderabad

3) Chennai

4) Kochi

5) Vishakhapatnam

37. The UNESCO has its headquarters situated in

1) Paris

2) Rome

3) Madrid

4) New York

5) London

38. India overtook Japan to become the second-largest steel producer in the world recently. The largest

producer of steel in the world is

1) Malaysia

2) China

3) UK

4) Germany

5) Indonesia

39. The South Asian Cinema Foundation (SACF) received the Frederick Pincott Award for 2017 from the

Indian High Commissioner for promoting Hindi cinema in Britain. SACF is based in

1) New Delhi

2) Mumbai

3) Los Angeles

4) Paris

5) London





40. India has overtaken Germany to become the _______ largest automobile market in the world.

1) second

2) third

3) fourth

4) fifth

5) sixth

41. The term of the BBB, chaired by Vinod Rai, will come to an end on 31 Mar 2018. The full form of the

term BBB is

1) Banks Board Branch

2) Banks Branch Board

3) Banks Board Bureau

4) Banks Borrowing Board

5) None of these

42. What is India’s ranking globally in mobile download speeds (at 9.01 mbps) as per Ookla's recent

Speedtest Index? India is the largest consumer of mobile data in the world.

1) 79th

2) 52nd

3) 84th

4) 109th

5) 111th

43. The govt plans to borrow what amount in the Apr-Sep period of the fiscal year 2018-19?

1) Rs 1.82 trillion

2) Rs 1.98 trillion

3) Rs 2.44 trillion

4) Rs 2.88 trillion

5) Rs 3.22 trillion

44. Which country has topped globally in mobile download speeds (at 9.01 mbps) as per Ookla's recent

Speedtest Index?

1) Sweden

2) Finland

3) South Korea

4) Germany

5) Norway

45. What is the capital city of Tanzania?

1) Dodoma

2) Manama

3) Nassau

4) Baku

5) Yerevan

46. What does letter ‘I’ denote in the term DIPAM? It is a Govt of India department.

1) Investment

2) Investigation

3) Initiative

4) International

5) Index





47. Microsoft inaugurated the first Indian ‘Garage’, a facility that supports its employees' endeavours in

experimentation and encourages problem solving, in which city recently?

1) Bengaluru

2) Gurugram

3) Noida

4) New Delhi

5) Hyderabad

48. The cab hailing firm Uber recently sold its ride and food delivery businesses in Southeast Asia to its

rival ‘Grab’ which is based in

1) Indonesia

2) Malaysia

3) Singapore

4) Vietnam

5) Thailand

49. India is on track to doubling the size of its economy to ______ by 2025, the finance ministry has said.

1) USD 3 trillion

2) USD 4 trillion

3) USD 5 trillion

4) USD 6 trillion

5) USD 8 trillion

50. Which country recently proposed a "fake news" law which would carry a maximum 10-year jail term?

Najib Razak is the present PM of the country.

1) Japan

2) Malaysia

3) Indonesia

4) Bahrain

5) Qatar

51. The Indian companies raised over Rs 580 bn via QIP during Apr-Jan 2018. Here, the term QIP means

1) Qualified Institutional Placement

2) Qualified Institutional Programme

3) Quantitative Institutional Placement

4) Qualitative Institutional Programme

5) None of these

52. Steve Smith was handed a one-match suspension recently by ICC for ball-tampering conspiracy recently.

He plays for

1) New Zealand

2) West Indies

3) England

4) South Africa

5) Australia

53. Which of the following teams won the Jockey Cup International Youth Invitational Football Tournament

in Hong Kong recently?

1) Spain

2) Argentina





3) Hong Kong

4) India

5) China

54. The govt has fixed the agriculture credit target of _____ for the year 2018-19.

1) Rs 09 lakh cr

2) Rs 10 lakh cr

3) Rs 11 lakh cr

4) Rs 12 lakh cr

5) Rs 15 lakh cr

55. The name of Manu Bhaker is associated with which of the following games? She won a gold medal at

Junior World Cup recently.

1) Archery

2) Shooting

3) Boxing

4) Snooker

5) Squash

56. The govt has reduced customs duty on ‘open cell’ used in the manufacturing of LCD and LED television

panels to

1) 5 per cent

2) 7 per cent

3) 10 per cent

4) 12 per cent

5) 15 per cent

57. The markets regulator Sebi has increased the maximum investment by angel funds in venture capital

undertakings to

1) Rs 50 mn

2) Rs 75 mn

3) Rs 100 mn

4) Rs 125 mn

5) Rs 150 mn

58. The UCO Bank is planning to merge its two branches in Hong Kong. The bank has its headquarters in

1) New Delhi

2) Kolkata

3) Bengaluru

4) Chennai

5) Mumbai

59. According to the Bank for International Settlement (BIS), banks’ retail loans outstanding in India has

reached $269 bn. The BIS is based in

1) Geneva

2) New York

3) London

4) Basel

5) Madrid

60. Who among the following is the Director-General of Hydrocarbons at present?





1) Atanu Chakraborty

2) Hasmukh Adhia

3) Rita A Teaotia

4) Ajay Kumar Bhalla

5) Shaktikanta Das

61. PV Sindhu is associated with which game? She will be India's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of

the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

1) Tennis

2) Squash

3) Badminton

4) Table tennis

5) Shooting

62. TARE is the name of a central govt scheme. What is the full form of the term TARE?

1) Teacher Associateship for Research Excellence

2) Teacher Agreement for Research Excellence

3) Teacher Acquisition for Research Excellence

4) Teacher Apprenticeship for Research Excellence

5) None of these

63. Which private sector lender has signed an agreement with the Govt e-Marketplace (GeM) to facilitate a

host of services?

1) Federal Bank

2) HDFC Bank

3) ICICI Bank

4) IndusInd Band

5) RBL Bank

64. Who among the following was presented the GK Reddy Memorial National Award for journalism

recently?

1) Prannoy Roy

2) Arnab Goswami

3) Rajdeep Sardesai

4) Sagarika Ghose

5) Karan Thapar

65. Martin Vizcarra was sworn in recently as the new President of

1) Sweden

2) Norway

3) Chile

4) Peru

5) Colombia

66. Who among the following won the 2018 Australian Grand Prix F1 championship?

1) Lewis Hamilton

2) Sebastian Vettel

3) Nico Rosberg

4) Fernando Alonso

5) Kimi Raikkonen





67. The indigenously built frigate of the Indian Navy which was decommissioned recently is

1) INS Ganga

2) INS Chennai

3) INS Kolkata

4) INS Mysore

5) INS Kaveri

68. The host city for the 5th India Maize Summit 2018 was

1) Mumbai

2) Jaipur

3) Lucknow

4) Patna

5) New Delhi

69. Sameh Shoukry is the foreign minister of which of the following countries? He attended the 7th Joint

Commission Meeting of India and that country recently.

1) Greece

2) Iran

3) Saudi Arabia

4) Egypt

5) Colombia

70. The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is

observed every year on

1) 05 Mar

2) 15 Mar

3) 25 Mar

4) 28 Mar

5) 31 Mar

71. The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of centrally sponsored scheme for higher education

called RUSA. What does letter ‘R’ denote in the term RUSA?

1) Regional

2) Rural

3) Research

4) Rashtriya

5) Rashmi

72. Who among the following will be Indian contingent’s flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the Gold

Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games?

1) PV Sindhu

2) Heena Sidhu

3) Dipa Karmakar

4) Deepa Malik

5) Saina Nehwal

73. Which state govt recently observed the martyrdom day of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, Shaheed

Sukhdev and Shaheed Rajguru as “Youth Empowerment Day”?

1) Haryana

2) Punjab

3) Rajasthan





4) Uttar Pradesh

5) Uttarakhand

74. Elavenil Valarivan is associated with which of the following games? He won a gold medal in junior

World Cup in Sydney recently.

1) Boxing

2) Javelin

3) Archery

4) Shooting

5) Wrestling

75. Who among the following has been named Chief Executive Officer of the merged entity of Idea Cellular

and Vodafone?

1) Sandip Das

2) Gopal Vittal

3) Balesh Sharma

4) Kaizad Heerjee

5) Himanshu Kapania

76. Which public sector bank has been allowed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to amalgamate its

wholly own subsidiary All Bank Finance Ltd (ABFL) with it?

1) Canara Bank

2) Dena Bank

3) Corporation Bank

4) Indian Bank

5) Allahabad Bank

77. The world’s longest sandstone cave at 24,583 metres in length has been discovered in the state of

1) Assam

2) Tripura

3) Sikkim

4) Mizoram

5) Meghalaya

78. Who among the following has been appointed by the US President Donald Trump as the new National

Security Adviser?

1) John Bolton

2) Bob Corker

3) Rudy Giuliani

4) Keith Kellogg

5) Elliott Abrams

79. Which state govt has launched, NAIPUNYA RATHAM or World on Wheels, a multi-utility vehicle

which aims to bring technology to the remote corners?

1) Karnataka

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Andhra Pradesh

4) Odisha

5) Punjab

80. Who among the following is the Minister of State for Home Affairs in the present Union Cabinet?





1) Prakash Javadekar

2) Hansraj Gangaram Ahir

3) Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary

4) Ram Kripal Yadav

5) Santosh Gangwar

81. The Union Cabinet recently apprised of an MoU between India and Guyana on cooperation in

Renewable Energy. The capital city of Guyana is

1) Georgetown

2) Accra

3) Cayenne

4) Paramaribo

5) Asmara

82. The IBBI has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

The term IBBI means

1) Insolvency and Banking Board of India

2) Insolvency and Broking Board of India

3) Insolvency and Bureaucracy Board of India

4) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India

5) None of these

83. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has been awarded the International Kochon Prize 2017

for working towards treatment of

1) AIDS

2) Cancer

3) Malaria

4) Dengue

5) Tuberculosis

84. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the World Hindi Secretariat building in which country

recently?

1) Suriname

2) UAE

3) Mauritius

4) Trinidad and Tobago

5) Fiji

85. What is India’s ranking on the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s (SDSN) 2018 World

Happiness Report?

1) 111th

2) 118th

3) 122nd

4) 130th

5) 133rd

86. Mathematician Robert Langlands has won the prestigious Abel Prize for developing a programme

connecting representation theory to number theory. He is a

1) American

2) Canadian

3) British





4) Norwegian

5) French

87. Which state govt recently declared ‘jackfruit’ as its official fruit recently?

1) Karnataka

2) Maharashtra

3) Andhra Pradesh

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Kerala

88. Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived New Delhi on a four-day visit to India recently. He is the present

President of

1) Spain

2) Sweden

3) New Zealand

4) Germany

5) Norway

89. HS Prannoy is associated with which of the following games?

1) Billiards

2) Tennis

3) Badminton

4) Squash

5) Snooker

90. Which state celebrated its 106th foundation day on 22 Mar? It was on this day in 1912 that the state was

carved out of a United Bengal.

1) Bihar

2) Jharkhand

3) Assam

4) West Bengal

5) Odisha

91. The online retailer Amazon.com Inc launched its first-ever debit card recently in which of the following

countries?

1) US

2) India

3) China

4) South Africa

5) Mexico

92. The Union Cabinet has approved the launch of Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection mission.

The Scheme has the benefit cover of ______ per family per year.

1) Rs 50,000

2) Rs 1 lakh

3) Rs 2 lakh

4) Rs 5 lakh

5) Rs 10 lakh

93. Who among the following was re-elected as the President of Nepal recently?

1) Kumari Laxmi Rai





2) Bidya Devi Bhandari

3) Onsari Gharti Magar

4) Ram Baran Yadav

5) Sushila Karki

94. Odisha governor SC Jamir retired recently. The additional responsibility of Odisha has been given to

Satya Pal Malik who is the present governor of

1) Uttar Pradesh

2) Jharkhand

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Karnataka

5) BIhar

95. The joint military drill ‘Gulf Shield 1’ was organised in which country recently? It is considered to be

the largest military drill in the region.

1) UAE

2) Bahrain

3) Iran

4) Saudi Arabia

5) Kuwait

96. The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors met recently in the capital city of Argentina

1) Sucre

2) Lima

3) Santiago

4) Buenos Aires

5) Stockholm

97. The inflation based on wholesale prices remained at what per cent in Feb 2018?

1) 2.48 per cent

2) 3.81 per cent

3) 4.08 per cent

4) 4.44 per cent

5) 4.95 per cent

98. The Govt is making arrangements to bring back mortal remains of 39 Indians to India who were killed

by IS in

1) Syria

2) Iraq

3) Libya

4) Yemen

5) Afghanistan

99. Angela Merkel was elected to fourth term recently as the Chancellor of

1) Italy

2) Sweden

3) Germany

4) New Zealand

5) Denmark





100. President Ram Nath Kovind released Rs 1,000 and Rs 10 commemorative coins on the occasion of

Nabakalebar festival, an ancient ritual observed in Jagannath Temple in

1) Karnataka

2) Kerala

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Odisha

5) Maharashtra

101. The cricket board of which of the following countries paid tribute to Jagmohan Dalmiya releasing a

book A Tribute to Jagu recently?

1) Sri Lanka

2) Pakistan

3) Afghanistan

4) Bangladesh

5) Nepal

102. Indian Navy is soon to conduct the bilateral naval exercise named “Varuna” with the navy of

1) US

2) China

3) France

4) Japan

5) Russia

103. Sebi has raised the exposure limit under exchange-traded currency derivatives trading for residents and

foreign portfolio investors across all currency pairs involving the Indian rupee to

1) $50 mn

2) $100 mn

3) $200 mn

4) $500 mn

5) $750 mn

104. Muthoot Finance has tied up with global IME Bank for money transfer service. The IME Bank is based

in

1) Sri Lanka

2) UAE

3) Saudi Arabia

4) Nepal

5) US

105. Who among the following has been elected as the Vice President of China?

1) Jiang Zemin

2) Zhang Gaoli

3) Li Keqiang

4) Liu Yunshan

5) Wang Qishan

106. Roberto Azevedo is the present Director General of which of the following international organisations?

1) WHO

2) WTO

3) IMF

4) World Bank





5) Unicef

107. Purva Barve is associated with which of the following games? She won Israel Junior 2018 recently.

1) Squash

2) Tennis

3) Badminton

4) Snooker

5) Table tennis

108. Atul M Gotsurve has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to

1) Philippines

2) Vietnam

3) Japan

4) South Korea

5) North Korea

109. The Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar has said that the govt has approved the

setting up of a Plastic Park in Deoghar in

1) Chhattisgarh

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Uttarakhand

4) Jharkhand

5) Himachal Pradesh

110. The state-run power equipment maker Bhel has commissioned first unit of 110 MW of the

Kishanganga hydro-electric project (HEP) of NHPC in

1) Jammu & Kashmir

2) Himachal Pradesh

3) Uttarakhand


5) Sikkim

111. ______ has become the first Indian state to conduct an exclusive household survey at state and district

level to estimate the multidimensional poverty of the state.

1) Bihar

2) Maharashtra

3) Karnataka

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Andhra Pradesh

112. Who among the following has been appointed as the new governor of the People's Bank of China, the

central bank of China?

1) Yi Gang

2) Guo Shuqing

3) Liu Shiyu

4) Chen Yulu

5) Pan Gongsheng

113. The Irani Cup is associated with which of the following games?

1) Hockey

2) Cricket

3) Football





4) Volleyball

5) Badminton

114. Which country clinched the Nidahas Cricket Trophy in Colombo recently?

1) India

2) Bangladesh

3) Pakistan

4) Sri Lanka

5) Australia

115. Who among the following won Indian Wells Masters title in California recently?

1) Stan Wawrinka

2) Andy Murray

3) Novak Djokovic

4) Roger Federer

5) Juan Martin del Potro

116. The short film “Shunyata” won an award at Best of India Short Film Festival in Los Angeles, US. The

film directed by Chintan Sarda has _____ in lead role.

1) Jitendra

2) Mithun Chakraborty

3) Jackie Shroff

4) Sanjay Dutt

5) Anil Kapoor

117. The Initial public offering (IPO) of Bandhan Bank Ltd was subscribed 1.17 times. The bank is

headquartered in

1) New Delhi

2) Mumbai

3) Kolkata

4) Chennai

5) Bengaluru

118. The India Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba went on a five-day visit to which country recently? He also

visited the Pacific Command Headquarters at Pearl Harbour there.

1) UK

2) Japan

3) South Korea

4) Russia

5) US

119. Russian President Vladimir Putin won the recent presidential elections. He has been elected for the

fourth term for a period of

1) two years

2) three years

3) four years

4) five years

5) six years





120. _______ has become the first US state to use nitrogen gas for executions.

1) California

2) Oklahoma

3) Florida

4) Texas

5) Hawaii

121. Who among the following is the present Commerce Secretary in the central govt?

1) Rita Teaotia

2) Pradeep Kumar Sinha

3) Arvind Mayaram

4) Rajiv Mehrishi

5) Hasmukh Adhia

122. Which state govt recently passed a bill proposing death penalty and rigorous imprisonment in respect of

rape/gang rape of girls below 12 years?

1) Bihar

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Maharashtra

4) Jharkhand

5) Haryana

123. The 105th session of the Indian Science Congress was organised recently in

1) Guwahati

2) Bhopal

3) Imphal

4) Hyderabad

5) Bengaluru

124. Who among the following is the present Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the

Parliament?

1) M Thambidurai

2) Mallikarjun Kharge

3) Naresh Agrawal

4) PJ Kurien

5) TTV Dhinakaran

125. The Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Mansukh Mandaviya was elected to

Rajya Sabha recently from the state of

1) Rajasthan

2) Gujarat

3) Punjab

4) Haryana

5) Karnataka

126. According to the Worldwide Cost of Living 2018 survey, the most expensive city in the world is

1) Geneva

2) Hong Kong

3) Zurich

4) Paris

5) Singapore





127. Sangeeta Bahadur has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to

1) Mongolia

2) Belarus

3) Chile

4) Peru

5) Mexico

128. Robert Fico resigned recently as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries?

1) Slovakia

2) Estonia

3) Eretria

4) Ghana

5) Niger

129. The World Bank has said that GST is one of the most complex and second highest tax rate in the world.

The present President of the World Bank is

1) Robert Zoellick

2) Christine Lagarde

3) Paul Farmer

4) Jim Yong Kim

5) Roberto Azevedo

130. The name of Deepa Malik is associated with which of the following games?

1) Pole vault

2) Javelin

3) Discus throw

4) Triple jump

5) Long jump

131. Which country is the world's biggest importer of weapons during the past five years according to the

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)?

1) India

2) Saudi Arabia

3) Iran

4) China

5) UAE

132. Deodhar Trophy is associated with which of the following games?

1) Football

2) Cricket

3) Hockey

4) Basketball

5) Badminton

133. Which of the following countries recently announced to have successfully launched a hypersonic

missile Kinzhal recently?

1) North Korea

2) South Korea

3) Japan

4) Russia





5) China

134. _______ won the “Best Exhibitor Award” at ‘ITB – Berlin World Tourist Meet.’

1) India

2) Afghanistan

3) Vietnam

4) Bangladesh

5) Mauritius

135. The country's first national academy to train police forces in effectively safeguarding the Indian

shoreline will soon start functioning in

1) Andhra Pradesh

2) Tamil Nadu

3) West Bengal

4) Maharashtra

5) Gujarat

136. Name the multilateral Air Force exercise held by the Indian Air Force recently with a number of

friendly neighbouring nations.

1) Samvedna

2) Swabhiman

3) Swavalamban

4) Sambhav

5) Samanvay

137. The govt has signed a loan agreement to the tune of USD 120 mn for the completion of works for

double-tracking and electrification of railway tracks with

1) AIIB

2) NDB

3) ADB

4) World Bank

5) Bank of Japan

138. The total foreign direct investment (FDI) into India during Apr 2014 to Dec 2017 period has been

1) USD 108.95 bn

2) USD 152.89 bn

3) USD 196.25 bn

4) USD 208.99 bn

5) USD 238.55 bn

139. PM Narendra Modi has said the govt will fix MSP of crops at least 1.5 times of production cost. Here,

the term MSP means

1) Maximum Support Price

2) Minimum Support Price

3) Managed Support Price

4) Maintained Support Price

5) None of these

140. The factory output measured by the index of industrial production (IIP) expanded at what per cent in

Jan 2018?

1) 5.5 per cent





2) 5.7 per cent

3) 6.2 per cent

4) 6.5 per cent

5) 7.5 per cent

141. The Union Cabinet recently approved an MoU between India and which country for promoting

cooperation in the field of Information Technology and Electronics?

1) Nepal

2) Bhutan

3) Myanmar

4) Thailand

5) Sri Lanka

142. The Union Cabinet has approved an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention

of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income between India and

1) Yemen

2) Syria

3) North Korea

4) Iran

5) Chile

143. The Mathikettan Shola National Park is situated in Idukki district of which of the following states?

1) Odisha

2) Kerala

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Andhra Pradesh

5) Telangana

144. India has been ranked at what position among 114 countries on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF)

energy transition index?

1) 48th

2) 56th

3) 64th

4) 78th

5) 87th

145. The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was passed in the Lok Sabha recently. The Bill

allows for the payment of gratuity to employees in any establishment employing

1) 2 or more workers





146. The Union Health Ministry recently announced the launch of LaQshya programme aimed at improving

quality of care in

1) labour room

2) maternity operation theatre

3) orphanages

4) women hostels

5) Only 1) and 2)





147. The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) largest transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster made a historic landing at

Tuting Advanced Landing Ground in which state recently?


2) Sikkim

3) Himachal Pradesh

4) Uttarakhand

5) Nagaland

148. Which of the following countries has topped the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) recent energy

transition index?

1) Denmark

2) Finland

3) Sweden

4) Switzerland

5) Norway

149. Which of the following countries recently challenged India’s export subsidy programmes at the World

Trade Organisation (WTO)?

1) China

2) US

3) Canada

4) Australia

5) Germany

150. India and which of the following countries jointly inaugurated a first-of-its-kind “crime-free” stretch of

8.3 km as a pilot project along the international border?

1) Myanmar

2) China

3) Pakistan

4) Bangladesh

5) Bhutan

151. Turkey’s parliament has approved changes to the electoral laws aimed at helping President Recep

Tayyip Erdogan consolidate power. The capital city of Turkey is

1) Manama

2) Nassau

3) Baku

4) Ankara

5) Tallinn

152. The US-Bangla Airlines crash-landed and exploded into a ball of flame at the Tribhuvan International

Airport (TIA) killing 49 passengers recently in

1) Bhutan

2) Nepal

3) Sri Lanka

4) Bangladesh

5) Maldives

153. The govt is divesting 10 per cent of its stake in the public sector Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd for which

the firm has brought an IPO worth





1) Rs 38.42 bn

2) Rs 40.20 bn

3) Rs 42.30 bn

4) Rs 44.30 bn

5) Rs 46.42 bn

154. Chandra Shekhar Ghosh is the founder as well as MD and CEO of which of the following banks?

1) IDFC Bank

2) RBL Bank

3) IndusInd Bank

4) YES Bank

5) Bandhan Bank

155. A White Label ATMs (WLAs) is owned and operated by

1) private sector banks

2) foreign banks

3) non-bank entities

4) state govt

5) Foreign Institutional Investors

156. The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) was set up jointly by the Ministry of Commerce,

and private trade and industry in the year 1965. It is headquartered in

1) Hyderabad

2) Bengaluru

3) Mumbai

4) Kolkata

5) New Delhi

157. Which city has emerged as the top city to show improvement in quality of governance, according to the

survey conducted by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy?

1) Surat

2) Bhubaneswar

3) Thiruvananthapuram

4) Kolkata

5) Pune

158. The World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated every year on

1) 01 Mar

2) 05 Mar

3) 15 Mar

4) 25 Mar

5) 31 Mar

159. As forecasted by the World Bank recently, India’s GDP will grow at the rate of _______ in 2018-19.

1) 7.1 per cent

2) 7.3 per cent

3) 7.6 per cent

4) 7.9 per cent

5) 8.1 per cent





160. According to the annual survey issued by the World Bank recently, which of the following is the

world’s happiest country?

1) Switzerland

2) Iceland

3) Denmark

4) Norway

5) Finland

161. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the continuation of Urea Subsidy

Scheme up to

1) 2019

2) 2020

3) 2021

4) 2022

5) 2023

162. A 9,600 square feet national flag on a 110 m flag pole was unfurled in Belagavi recently which is

claimed to be country’s tallest flag. Belagavi is a city in

1) Assam

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Karnataka

4) Telangana

5) Maharashtra

163. India and Madagascar have signed an umbrella agreement in the field of defence. The capital city of

Madagascar is

1) Victoria

2) Port Louis

3) Yerevan

4) Antananarivo

5) Maputo

164. Stephen Hawking, science's brightest star, died recently aged 76. He is the author of the book

1) The Blue Umbrella

2) Change We Can Believe In

3) The Code of the Extraordinary Mind

4) The Road Ahead

5) A Brief History of Time

165. The Supreme Court has issued an interim order extending the deadline for linking Aadhaar numbers to

various services

1) indefinitely

2) to 31 Jul 2018

3) to 31 Dec 2018

4) to 31 Mar 2019

5) to 31 Dec 2019

166. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has discontinued issuance of LoCs for importers with immediate

effect. Here, the term LoC means

1) Letters of Confidence

2) Letters of Credit





3) Letters of Comfort

4) Letters of Cooperation

5) Letters of Connection

167. In an effort to prevent fraudsters from fleeing the country, the passport details of borrowers have been

made mandatory for those taking loans of

1) Rs 50 cr and more





168. India conducts the annual joint military exercise “hand-in-hand” with which of the following countries?

1) Japan

2) US

3) Russia

4) China

5) France

169. The DCB Bank’s new remittance service ‘DCB Remit’ will allow resident Indians having a bank

account in India to remit money online, globally. The bank has its headquarters in

1) Dubai

2) Mumbai

3) Singapore

4) London

5) New Delhi

170. Tata Sons will sell its stake (worth $1.25 bn) in TCS in order to pay creditors of its wireless division

Tata Teleservices whose mobile-phone operations it sold in 2017 to

1) Reliance Jio

2) Bharti Airtel

3) Idea

4) Vodafone

5) Aircel

171. India announced a new Line of Credit of USD 100 mn for defence procurement to which of the

following countries recently?

1) Djibouti

2) Yemen

3) Seychelles

4) Mauritius

5) Suriname

172. India and France jointly inaugurated the International Solar Alliance recently. The ISA was officially

announced during the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris on 30 Nov in

1) 2011

2) 2012

3) 2013

4) 2014

5) 2015





173. Tejaswin Shankar won gold medal and broke the national record recently in the game of

1) triple jump

2) pole vault

3) high jump

4) javelin

5) discuss throw

174. The SBI has slashed non-maintenance of an average monthly balance (AMB) charges in savings

accounts and is offering customers to shift to BSBD account. BSBDA means

1) Broad Savings Bank Deposit Account

2) Balance Savings Bank Deposit Account

3) Borrowed Savings Bank Deposit Account

4) Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account

5) None of these

175. A yellow-white-and-red flag with the state’s symbol “Gandaberunda” at the centre was formally

unveiled by which state govt recently?

1) Kerala

2) Sikkim

3) Jammu and Kashmir

4) Nagaland

5) Karnataka

176. Which bank has launched instant overdraft ‘InstaOD’ facility for MSME (Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises) customers in an online and paperless manner?

1) HDFC Bank

2) ICICI Bank

3) Axis Bank

4) Federal Bank

5) RBL Bank

177. The central govt has constituted the Mahanadi Water Dispute Tribunal for adjudication of longstanding

disputes between Odisha and

1) Jharkhand

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Karnataka

4) Chhattisgarh

5) Maharashtra

178. The four-day biennial event ‘WINGS INDIA 2018’ was jointly organized by Ministry of Civil

Aviation, Airport Authority of India and FICCI recently in

1) Bengaluru

2) Hyderabad

3) Bhopal

4) New Delhi

5) Jaipur

179. PM Narendra Modi has set deadline of 2025 to free India from tuberculosis (TB). The global deadline

set by World Health Organization (WHO) for the same is

1) 2025

2) 2028





3) 2030

4) 2032

5) 2035

180. Which of the following private sector banks is all set to bring its IPO to raise about Rs 45 bn? The bank

has valued itself at about Rs 450 bn.

1) IDFC Bank

2) IndusInd Bank

3) Federal Bank

4) Bandhan Bank

5) RBL Bank

181. Under the RBI Act, 1934, the RBI is required to pay the govt its surplus after making provisions for

1) contribution to staff and superannuation fund

2) depreciation in assets

3) bad and doubtful debts

4) All of these

5) None of these

182. Loktak lake is situated in which of the following states? A floating laboratory was set up in the

freshwater lake recently.

1) Mizoram

2) Manipur


4) Assam

5) Tripura

183. The World Tuberculosis Day is observed every year on

1) 04 Mar

2) 14 Mar

3) 24 Mar

4) 28 Mar

5) 31 Mar

184. According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) data released recently, the retail inflation remained at

what per cent in Feb 2018?

1) 7.73 per cent

2) 4.80 per cent

3) 6.24 per cent

4) 5.07 per cent

5) 4.44 per cent

185. The “Vision for Future” programmed was held in New Delhi recently to mark 70 years of the

diplomatic relations between India and which of the following countries?

1) UK

2) US

3) China

4) Russia

5) France





186. Who among the following is the present Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Micro, Small and

Medium Enterprises (MSME)?

1) Giriraj Singh

2) Mahesh Sharma

3) Kalraj Mishra

4) Rajiv Pratap Rudy

5) Ram Kripal Yadav

187. PM Narendra Modi recently launched the National Nutrition Mission and pan India expansion of Beti

Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) covering all 640 districts of the country at Jhunjhunu in

1) Gujarat

2) Haryana

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Karnataka

5) Rajasthan

188. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is the central investigative agency that enforces in the country the

1) Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA)

2) Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)

3) SARFAESI Act

4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 2)

189. The CSCs are the access points for delivery of various e-governance and business services to citizens in

rural and remote areas. The term CSC means

1) Community Service Centre

2) Common Service Centre

3) Connected Service Centre

4) Centralised Service Centre

5) None of these

190. PM Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron jointly inaugurated 101-megawatt solar

power plant at Dadar Kala village in which state recently

1) Uttarakhand

2) Karnataka

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Uttar Pradesh

5) Bihar

191. India and which country inked 14 pacts and pledged to deepen economic, security and defence ties

between the two countries recently?

1) Canada

2) France

3) US

4) UK

5) Italy

192. ________ recently received approval of market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India

(Sebi) to become a registered investment advisor.

1) Paytm Money

2) Airtel





3) Bajaj Finserv

4) Flipkart

5) Infibeam

193. The govt had sought what additional amount from the RBI over the Rs 306.59 bn surplus fund it

transferred for the fiscal ended Jun 2017?

1) Rs 100 bn

2) Rs 130 bn

3) Rs 150 bn

4) Rs 170 bn

5) Rs 200 bn

194. The World Air Traffic Management Congress (WATMC) 2018 was held recently in

1) New York

2) Dubai

3) Tokyo

4) Madrid

5) Geneva

195. The cab-hailing app Uber has announced the appointment of who among the following as its first brand

ambassador in India?

1) Shikhar Dhawan

2) Sachin Tendulkar

3) MS Dhoni

4) Virat Kohli

5) Rohit Sharma

196. The headquarters of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has been shifted from Chennai to

1) Pune, Maharashtra

2) Patiala, Punjab

3) Dehradun, Uttarakhand

4) Lucknow, UP

5) Ballabhgarh, Haryana

197. The Buddhist Community of which state celebrated the silver jubilee of the “Losar Festival” at the

Nyokum Lapang Ground recently?


2) Himachal Pradesh

3) Manipur

4) Sikkim

5) Tripura

198. The RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 50 mn on which payments bank for violating operating guidelines

and Know Your Customer norms?

1) Airtel Payments Bank

2) Paytm Payments Bank

3) Fino Payments Bank

4) Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank

5) India Post Payments Bank





199. The RBI has asked commercial lenders to provide it with details of all LoUs issued by them in the past.

Here, the term LoU means

1) Letters of Underwriting

2) Letters of Understanding

3) Letters of Undertaking

4) Letters of Urgnecy

5) None of these

200. India entered into agreement with which country for the Jaitapur nuclear power plant recently?

1) US

2) Germany

3) France

4) Japan

5) Canada

201. _______ has started a new venture investment fund called “10100” to invest in emerging technologies

in countries such as India and China.

1) Travis Kalanick

2) Warren Buffett

3) Jeff Bezos

4) Bill Gates

5) Mark Zuckerberg

202. Which of the following has become the country’s first energy surplus Union Territory?

1) Andaman and Nicobar

2) Diu

3) Lakshadweep

4) Chandigarh

5) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

203. The name of Anjum Moudgil is associated with which of the following games?

1) Shooting

2) Boxing

3) Wrestling

4) Weightlifting

5) Archery

204. Which state govt has announced “'Mukhyamantri Mahila Kosh” scheme under which women who

aren’t married and are above the age of 50 will be given pension?

1) Rajasthan

2) Karnataka

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Odisha

5) Tamil Nadu

205. ______ has been appointed as an official ambassador for the Industrial Cadets programme designed to

nurture manufacturing skills in the UK.

1) Anshu Jain

2) Anurag Dikshit

3) Karan Bilimoria

4) Sanjeev Gupta





5) Vikrant Bhargava

206. The 25-year-old Prakriti has been inducted as the first direct-entry combat officer in which of the

following forces?

1) ITBP

2) BSF

3) SSB

4) CRPF

5) CISF

207. The Raisina Dialogue is India’s premier _______ conference.

1) internal security

2) economic reforms

3) defence

4) technology

5) foreign policy

208. Which country recently overtook Saudi Arabia to become India’s top crude oil supplier, meeting more

than a fifth of the country’s oil needs in 2017-18?

1) Iran

2) US

3) Russia

4) Iraq

5) Venezuela

209. The Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari recently launched a toll-free emergency number for

assistance while travelling on highways. The number is

1) 4000

2) 1033

3) 7800

4) 1390

5) 1091

210. The recently-released book “A Century Is Not Enough” has been authored by

1) MS Dhoni

2) Rohit Sharma

3) Sourav Ganguly

4) Rahul Dravid

5) Virat Kohli

211. The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 40 lakh on which bank for non-compliance of its

directions on detection and impounding of counterfeit notes?

1) Axis Bank

2) PNB

3) SBI

4) ICICI Bank

5) Corporation Bank

212. The Union Cabinet recently approved what per cent Dearness Allowance (DA) to central govt

employees with effect from 1 Jan 2018?

1) One per cent





2) Two per cent

3) Three per cent

4) Four per cent

5) Five per cent

213. The India-China bilateral trade reached a record high of _______ in 2017.

1) $74.42 billion

2) $78.32 billion

3) $82.25 billion

4) $84.44 billion

5) $88.22 billion

214. The gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of all the banks in the country amounted to Rs 8.40 tn in Dec.

The highest amount of gross NPAs was for

1) PNB

2) SBI

3) Indian Bank

4) Canara Bank

5) UCO Bank

215. The Union Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju tendered his letter of resignation recently.

He belongs to which political party?

1) AIADMK

2) DMK

3) TDP

4) TMC

5) JD (U)

216. Who among the following is the richest Indian with a net worth of $40.1 bn in the Forbes' 2018

'World's Billionaires' list?

1) Dilip Shanghvi

2) Shiv Nadar

3) Lakshmi Mittal

4) Azim Premji

5) Mukesh Ambani

217. What is India’s ranking among 57 countries surveyed to ascertain parity for women entrepreneurs

according to the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) report?

1) 52nd

2) 45th

3) 29th

4) 31st

5) 25th

218. Which state has approved a bill providing for death penalty to those convicted of raping girls under 12

years of age?

1) Gujarat

2) Haryana

3) Bihar

4) Rajasthan

5) West Bengal





219. Who among the following has won the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the Nobel equivalent for the

field?

1) Balkrishna Doshi

2) Shigeru Ban

3) IM Pei

4) Frank Gehry

5) Zaha Hadid

220. Who among the following won the ‘best director award’ for The Shape of Water at the 90th Annual

Academy Awards (Oscars 2018)?

1) Lee Smith

2) James Ivory

3) Guillermo del Toro

4) Jordan Peele

5) Roger A Deakins

221. Gary Oldman won the ‘best actor in a leading role’ award for which of the following films at the 90th

Annual Academy Awards (Oscars 2018)?

1) Blade Runner 2049

2) Coco

3) Darkest Hour

4) Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

5) The Shape of Water

222. The ‘Charles de Gaulle’ is the only non-US aircraft carrier powered by nuclear reactors as of now. This

aircraft carrier is owned by

1) France

2) Italy

3) Sweden

4) UK

5) Japan

223. India's first and much awaited helicopter-taxi service started in which of the following cities recently?

1) New Delhi

2) Hyderabad

3) Chennai

4) Kolkata

5) Bengaluru

224. Neiphiu Rio was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of which of the following states recently?


2) Mizoram

3) Meghalaya

4) Nagaland

5) Tripura

225. The week-long 29th annual, world-famous International Yoga Festival (IYF) was held recently in

1) Jaipur

2) Rishikesh

3) Bengaluru

4) Bhopal





5) Patna

226. What is India’s ranking as the most powerful military power in the world according to the Global Fire

Power Index 2017?

1) Second

2) Third

3) Fourth

4) Fifth

5) Sixth

227. The Forbes Top 10 Billionaires List for 2018 has been topped by

1) Bernard Arnault

2) Mark Zukerberg

3) Warren Buffet

4) Bill Gates

5) Jeff Bezos

228. India has become the _____ member of the London-headquartered European Bank for Reconstruction

and Development (EBRD).

1) 42nd

2) 53rd

3) 58th

4) 69th

5) 74th

229. Which of the following has become the first state in the US to enact its own net-neutrality

requirements?

1) Washington

2) California

3) Florida

4) Texas

5) Hawaii

230. The International Women's Day is observed every year on

1) 02 Mar

2) 08 Mar

3) 18 Mar

4) 28 Mar

5) 31 Mar

231. The World Wildlife Day is observed every year on

1) 01 Mar

2) 03 Mar

3) 13 Mar

4) 23 Mar

5) 30 Mar

232. Who among the following cricketers has been appointed as a brand ambassador of the gaming platform

Dream11?

1) MS Dhoni

2) Virat Kokli





3) Kapil Dev

4) Sachin Tendulkar

5) Shikhar Dhawan

233. Frances McDormand won the ‘best actress in a leading role’ award for which of the following films at

the 90th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars 2018)?


2) Coco

3) Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri


5) Darkest Hour

234. Biplab Kumar Deb has been elected as the new Chief Minister of which of the following states?

1) Nagaland

2) Tripura

3) Mizoram

4) Manipur

5) Meghalaya

235. The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) remained at _____ in Feb 2018.

1) 52.1

2) 52.4

3) 53.2

4) 53.7

5) 54.7

236. The Union Cabinet has approved the FEO Bill to help stakeholders seize assets without conviction in

cases where the defaulter has escaped the country. Letter ‘F’ in FEO means

1) Fugitive

2) Forensic

3) Fraudster

4) Forfeit

5) Formal

237. As agreed at the recent meet of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which country will be put on

the ‘grey list’ of FATF in Jun 2018?

1) North Korea

2) Pakistan

3) Iran

4) Syria

5) Yemen

238. Which country has announced to build nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ‘Liaoning’ within seven years?

1) Iran

2) North Korea

3) China

4) Japan

5) Saudi Arabia

239. Which of the following banks has the largest number of overseas branches (52)?

1) Bank of India

2) Bank of Baroda





3) ICICI Bank

4) HDFC Bank

5) State Bank of India

240. The loans to Micro/Small and Medium Enterprises (Services) up to what amount will be classified as

priority sector lending (PSL) now?

1) Rs 1 cr

2) Rs 2 cr

3) Rs 5 cr

4) Rs 10 cr

5) Any amount

241. Which of the following has become the first country to issue its own sovereign cryptocurrency?

1) Marshall Islands

2) Norway

3) Switzerland

4) Japan

5) Colombia

242. Conrad Sangma took oath as the new Chief Minister of which of the following states recently?

1) Nagaland

2) Tripura

3) Sikkim

4) Mizoram

5) Meghalaya

243. Which state celebrated “Shigmo” festival recently? It is the biggest Hindu festival in the state.

1) Kerala

2) Sikkim

3) Goa

4) Nagaland

5) Telangana

244. The Govt has constituted a steering committee on Fintech related issues which is headed by the

Economic Affairs Secretary

1) Aruna Sundararajan

2) Ashok Lavasa

3) Hasmukh Adhia

4) Subhash Chandra Garg

5) Rita Teaotia

245. ________ was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the annual ‘Political and Public Life

Awards’ in the UK recently.

1) Shatrughan Sinha

2) Hema Malini

3) Amitabh Bachchan

4) Kiran Kher

5) Rajnikanth

246. Which of the following films won the best picture award at the 90th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars

2018)?





1) Call Me by Your Name

2) Get Out


4) Darkest Hour


247. Who among the following is the Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation?

1) SS Ahluwalia

2) Santosh Gangwar

3) Thawar Chand Gehlot

4) Anant Geete

5) Kalraj Mishra

248. India and Vietnam inked three MoUs on nuclear, economic and trade cooperation recently. The

currency of Vietnam is

1) Rand

2) Dong

3) Lek

4) Baht

5) Ngultrum

249. Which state govt has launched a scheme named ‘Khushi’ to provide free sanitary pads to 17 lakh girl

students across the state?

1) Jharkhand

2) Bihar

3) Karnataka

4) Odisha

5) West Bengal

250. The International Energy Agency (IEA) is an autonomous intergovernmental organization based in

1) London

2) New York

3) Paris

4) Dubai

5) Riyadh

251. The name of Manu Bhaker is associated with which of the following games? He won a gold medal in

the game recently.

1) Boxing

2) Archery

3) Shooting

4) Javelin

5) Discuss throw

252. The Reserve Bank of India has further tightened the PSL norms for foreign banks. Here, the term PSL

stands for

1) Primary Sector Lending

2) Priority Sector Loan

3) Priority Sector Lending

4) Private Sector Lending

5) None of these





253. China has set 2018 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) target at around what per cent?

1) 6 per cent

2) 6.25 per cent

3) 6.5 per cent

4) 6.9 per cent

5) 7 per cent

254. Five public sector banks are on the brink of being put under the Reserve Bank of India’s PCA plan.

Here, the term PCA means

1) Prompt Corrective Action

2) Prompt Curative Action

3) Prompt Constructive Action

4) Prompt Custodian Action

5) None of these

255. The Reserve Bank of India will infuse up to ______ into the banking system through special auctions in

Mar, 2018 to manage additional demand for liquidity.

1) Rs 1 tn

2) Rs 2 tn

3) Rs 2.5 tn

4) Rs 3 tn

5) Rs 3.5 tn

256. The Reserve Bank of India has fined which of the following private sector banks for violating

regulations for assessment of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs)?

1) IndusInd Bank

2) Federal Bank

3) RBL Bank

4) YES Bank

5) Axis Bank

257. The automaker Maruti Suzuki achieved the unique feat of 35 lakh sales in cumulative wholesale of

which of the following small cars recently?

1) Wagon R

2) Swift

3) Celerio

4) Alto

5) Estilo

258. The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 20 million on which bank for a fraud detected in one of

its branches due to failure to comply with Know Your Customer norms?

1) Indian Overseas Bank

2) Bank of India

3) Indian Bank

4) Canara Bank

5) Oriental Bank of Commerce

259. _______ has launched India's first home loan linked to the 3-month Govt of India Treasury Bill

benchmark rate.

1) Standard Chartered





2) Citi India

3) ICICI Bank

4) HDFC Bank

5) SBI

260. ________ won the rapid event at the 11th Tal Memorial chess in Moscow recently.

1) Vladimir Kramnik

2) Peter Svidler

3) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

4) Ian Nepomniachtchi

5) Viswanathan Anand

261. India’s Shahzar Rizvi set world record recently in the World Cup at Guadalajara in Mexico in the game

of

1) shooting

2) boxing

3) wrestling

4) weightlifting

5) archery

262. Which state govt has launched “Ama Gaon, Ama Vikas” programme to involve people in rural areas in

the developmental activities?

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Karnataka

3) Odisha

4) Kerala

5) Maharashtra

263. In which of the following countries, the governing Communist Party recently proposed for present

President Xi Jinping to remain leader for life?

1) Mongolia

2) Vietnam

3) Cambodia

4) China

5) Chile

264. Egypt’s Supreme Court recently upheld a deal to transfer two Red Sea islands, Tiran and Sanafir, to

1) Turkey

2) Saudi Arabia

3) UAE

4) Iran

5) Syria

265. Kirshna Kumari Kolhi has become the first-ever Hindu Dalit woman Senator in the Muslim-majority

country

1) Bangladesh

2) Afghanistan

3) Maldives

4) Indonesia

5) Pakistan





266. PB Acharya is the present governor of which of the following states?

1) Nagaland

2) Assam

3) Manipur

4) Sikkim

5) Karnataka

267. Who among the following is the present governor of Meghalaya?

1) Tathagata Roy

2) BD Mishra

3) Jagdish Mukhi

4) Shriniwas Patil

5) Ganga Prasad

268. India is the ______ largest overseas holder of US securities in 2017 at $147.4 bn.

1) 2nd

2) 5th

3) 12th

4) 16th

5) 22nd

269. Javed Abidi passed away recently. He was India’s global face of

1) green revolution

2) women’s rights movement

3) girl’s education

4) disability rights movement

5) adult education

270. Who among the following was arrested in the much-hyped “INX Media” case recently by the CBI?

1) Jyotiraditya Scindia

2) Karti Chidambaram

3) Mallikarjun Kharge

4) Anand Sharma

5) SM Krishna

271. Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang visited New Delhi recently. The capital city of Vietnam is

1) Hanoi

2) Manila

3) Caracas

4) Phnom Penh

5) Bogota

272. India and Jordan inked 12 pacts recently. The currency of Jordan is

1) Bolivar

2) Dinar

3) Real

4) Riyal

5) Pound

273. The Union Cabinet has approved setting up of the NFRA, which will be an independent regulator for

the auditing profession. What does letter ‘F’ denote in the term NFRA?





1) Forecasting

2) Forward

3) Financial

4) Funding

5) Fraud

274. The govt has approved projects worth over Rs 2,900 cr under the Nirbhaya fund for eight cities to make

them safer for women. Which of the following is NOT one of these eight cities?

1) Lucknow

2) Ahmedabad

3) Hyderabad

4) Kolkata

5) Bhopal

275. The first mega food park of which of the following states was inaugurated recently at Satara?

1) Madhya Pradesh

2) Rajasthan

3) Maharashtra

4) Gujarat

5) Uttar Pradesh

276. Rashid Khan has become the youngest captain in international cricket. He plays for

1) Pakistan

2) Bangladesh

3) Afghanistan

4) South Africa

5) England

277. Which of the following countries is the largest overseas holder of US securities in 2017 at $1.18

trillion?

1) China

2) Russia

3) Japan

4) Ireland

5) India

278. India successfully test-fired “Nag” missile in desert conditions recently. It is a/an

1) Anti Aircraft Missile

2) Anti Tank Guided Missile

3) Bunker Destroyer

4) Anti Satellite Missile

5) Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile

279. The Central Excise Day is observed every year on

1) 24 Feb

2) 20 Feb

3) 02 Feb

4) 12 Feb

5) 28 Feb

280. The book 2G Saga Unfolds has been authored by





1) Manoj Sinha

2) A Raja

3) Kanimozhi

4) Vinod Rai

5) Rajiv Mehrishi

281. The Olympic membership of which of the following countries was restored by the International

Olympic Committee (IOC) recently?

1) China

2) Russia

3) North Korea

4) Venezuela

5) Colombia

282. The SBI, ICICI Bank and PNB raised the MCLR rates recently. In the term MCLR, letter ‘M’ denotes

1) Minimum

2) Maximum

3) Mortgage

4) Marginal

5) Mentioned

283. Armen Sargsyan was elected as the new President of which of the following countries recently?

1) Armenia

2) Serbia

3) Estonia

4) Eretria

5) Cambodia

284. Russia and India signed a trilateral agreement with which country recently to cooperate in the

construction of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in that country?

1) Nepal

2) Bhutan

3) Maldives

4) Sri Lanka

5) Bangladesh

285. The solar park named ‘Shakti Sthala’, touted as the largest in the world, was inaugurated recently in the

state of

1) Kerala

2) Odisha

3) Karnataka

4) Rajasthan

5) Uttar Pradesh

286. The book Conflicts of Interest: My journey Through India's Green Movement has been authored by

1) Medha Patkar

2) Sunita Narain

3) Aruna Roy

4) Kiran Bedi

5) Vandana Shiva





287. The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is observed every year on

1) 11 Feb

2) 02 Feb

3) 12 Feb

4) 21 Feb

5) 09 Feb

288. The eight core sector industries grew at what per cent in Jan 2018?

1) 5.2 per cent

2) 4.2 per cent

3) 7.4 per cent

4) 3.4 per cent

5) 6.7 per cent

289. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved doubling the bank guarantee limit

for pulses and oilseeds for Nafed to

1) Rs 90 bn

2) Rs 120 bn

3) Rs 150 bn

4) Rs 190 bn

5) Rs 240 bn

290. The govt has approved an action plan for 12 ‘champion’ services sectors for realising their potential

through establishment of a dedicated fund of

1) Rs 1,000 cr

2) Rs 2,000 cr

3) Rs 5,000 cr

4) Rs 10,000 cr

5) Rs 15,000 cr

291. Navjot Kaur scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a Gold medal at the Senior

Asian Championships recently in the game of

1) wrestling

2) weightlifting

3) boxing

4) archery

5) javelin

292. The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is associated with which of the following games?

1) Football

2) Hockey

3) Cricket

4) Basketball

5) Volleyball

293. Which country won the inaugural IBSF Snooker Team World Cup title in Doha recently beating

Pakistan?

1) Malaysia

2) Bangladesh

3) Sri Lanka

4) Indonesia





5) India

294. Ouagadougou is the capital city of

1) Niger

2) Mali

3) Benin

4) Burkina Faso

5) Ivory Coast

295. The International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organisation have reacted strongly against the

US steel and aluminium tariffs. The headquarters of the two are located respectively in

1) New York, Geneva

2) Washington DC, Geneva

3) Geneva, Paris

4) Paris, London

5) Rome, Frankfurt

296. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) entered into seven more APAs during the month of Feb,

2018. The term APA means

1) Advance Procurement Agreement

2) Advance Pricing Arrangement

3) Advance Pricing Agreement

4) Accurate Pricing Agreement

5) None of these

297. Google has tied up with which of the following banks for its mobile payments app Tez?

1) PNB

2) HDFC Bank

3) ICICI Bank

4) State Bank of India

5) Corporation Bank

298. Which of the following is NOT included in the eight core sector industries in India?

1) Electricity

2) Fertilisers

3) Refinery products

4) Natural gas

5) None of these

299. The old paper £10 notes in the UK have been replaced by the new polymer version featuring British

author Jane Austen. The old notes featured

1) JMW Turner

2) Charles Darwin,

3) Princess Diana

4) Elizabeth II

5) Gregor Mendel

300. The ESAF Small Finance Bank is headquartered in

1) Kochi

2) Manipal

3) Pune





4) Bhopal

5) Trichur

301. The Union Cabinet has approved proposal MSMED (Amendment) Bill, 2015. Now, a micro enterprise

will be defined as a unit where the annual turnover does not exceed

1) Rs 2 cr

2) Rs 5 cr

3) Rs 7 cr

4) Rs 10 cr

5) Rs 15 cr

302. King Abdullah-II bin Al-Hussein visited New Delhi recently. He is the present king of

1) Oman

2) Jordan

3) Kuwait

4) Bahrain

5) UAE

303. The “Ghouta” region was in news recently for fighting between rebel groups and the govt in which

country?

1) Russia

2) Syria

3) Libya

4) Yemen

5) Iran

304. The Union Rural Development Ministry has sanctioned about Rs 700 cr under Pradhan Mantri Gram

Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for

1) Himachal Pradesh

2) Uttarakhand

3) Uttar Pradesh

4) Karnataka


305. Who has won the 2017 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year and Comeback of the Year awards?

1) Virat Kohli

2) Rafael Nadal

3) Roger Federer

4) Sebastian Vettel

5) Novak Djokovic

306. The 21st National Conference on e-Governance was held recently in

1) Hyderabad

2) Bengaluru

3) Gurugram

4) Noida

5) New Delhi

307. Which Union ministry launched an idea competition named “SRIJAN” recently?

1) Home Ministry

2) Foreign Ministry





3) Ministry of Railways

4) Information and Broadcasting Ministry

5) Finance Ministry

308. What does letter R denote in the term RISE, an initiative in education sector?

1) Restructuring

2) Referring

3) Reconstructing

4) Revitalising

5) Research

309. The work on Afghanistan section of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) gas

pipeline begun recently. The capital city of Turkmenistan is

1) Manama

2) Ashgabat

3) Astana

4) Dushanbe

5) Tashkent

310. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed banks to link SWIFT (Society for World Interbank

Financial Telecommunication System platform) with their core banking by

1) 31 Mar 2020

2) 31 Mar 2019

3) 31 Dec 2019

4) 30 Jun 2018

5) 30 Apr 2018

311. Who among following won the men’s singles final of the Austrian Open International Challenge 2018?

1) June Wei Cheam

2) Parupalli Kashyap

3) Prannoy Kumar

4) Ajay Jayaram

5) Srikanth Kidambi

312. Aruna Budda Reddy has created history by becoming the first Indian to win an individual medal at the

Gymnastics World Cup in Melbourne in women’s

1) vault

2) triple jump

3) floor exercise

4) balance beam

5) uneven bars

313. The multinational biennially naval exercise conducted by the Indian Navy at the Andaman and Nicobar

Islands recently is

1) Indo-Pacific 2018

2) Hands-in-Hands

3) Yudha Abhyas

4) MILAN 2018

5) FIST 2018





314. PM Narendra Modi launched the Amma two wheeler scheme for working women, transgenders and

differently-abled persons in which state recently?

1) West Bengal

2) Karnataka

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Kerala

5) Odisha

315. The name of Seema Poonia is associated with which of the following games?

1) Squash

2) Shooting

3) Archery

4) Badminton

5) Boxing

316. What is India’s ranking on the Inclusive Internet Index prepared by the Economist Intelligence Unit

(EIU)?

1) 47th

2) 52nd

3) 36th

4) 43rd

5) 25th

317. Michael McCormack was elected as the new Deputy Prime Minister in which of the following

countries?

1) Austria

2) England

3) New Zealand

4) Canada

5) Australia

318. Which country was elected as the vice president of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at its recent

plenary meeting in Paris?

1) Japan

2) Pakistan

3) China

4) Indonesia

5) France

319. Which country has topped the recent Inclusive Internet Index prepared by the Economist Intelligence

Unit (EIU)?

1) US

2) Sweden

3) Singapore

4) South Korea

5) Norway

320. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has introduced a new card for children below the

age of five years. The colour of the new card is

1) red

2) pink





3) yellow

4) blue

5) brown

321. Who among the following won gold medal (men’s) in the IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi

Marathon in New Delhi?

1) Guye Adola

2) Milind Soman

3) Bahadur Singh Dhoni

4) Nitendra Singh Rawat

5) Gopi Thonakal

322. The first sale of Electoral Bonds will commence from 01 Mar for a period of ten days. Which bank has

been authorized to issue and encash these bonds initially?

1) SBI

2) PNB

3) ICICI

4) HDFC Bank

5) IDBI Bank

323. The NIA recently initiated the process for securing an Interpol Red Corner notice against Pakistani

diplomat Amir Zubair Siddiqui. The Interpol headquarters is based in

1) Geneva, Switzerland

2) London, UK

3) Lyon, France

4) Brussels, Belgium

5) Oslo, Norway

324. The DRDO recently conducted a successful trial of “Rustom 2” which is a/an

1) Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle

2) Anti-tank missile

3) Torpedo

4) Anti-aircraft missile

5) Hypersonic missile

325. A panel set up in which of the following states recently recommended a separate flag for the state?

1) West Bengal

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Nagaland

4) Karnataka

5) Goa

326. The Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has constituted a 13-member committee that will review

ongoing capital acquisition projects. The Committee is headed by

1) Sudhir Pillai

2) Sanhita Kar

3) RK Tyagi

4) Vinay Sheel Oberoi

5) Sanjay Mitra

327. The Union Cabinet has approved the enhancement of target under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana from

five crore to ______ with an additional allocation of Rs 4,800 cr





1) six crore

2) seven crore

3) eight crore

4) nine crore

5) ten crore

328. The PM’s Research Fellows (PMRF) scheme to grant top 3,000 B.Tech graduates for pursuing a PhD

in the IITs and IISc has been approved for seven years at a cost of

1) Rs 650 cr

2) Rs 1,250 cr

3) Rs 1,650 cr

4) Rs 2,050 cr

5) Rs 2,650 cr

329. The Union Cabinet recently approved a proposal for ratification of the global treaty to protect human

health and the environment from adverse effects of mercury. The treaty is

1) Minamata Convention

2) Paris Accord

3) Vienna Convention

4) Montreal Protocol

5) Geneva Convention

330. Vikram Kothari and his son Rahul were arrested recently in connection with multi-crore Banks loan

default case. They are the promoters of

1) Reynolds

2) Rotomac

3) Linc

4) Parker

5) Cello

331. The 2018 Winter Olympics concluded in Pyeongchang, South Korea recently. Which of the following

countries topped the medal tally at the games?

1) South Korea

2) US

3) Canada

4) Germany

5) Norway

332. The veteran actress Sridevi passed away recently. Her original name was

1) Amma Yanger Ayyapan

2) Alda Sinha

3) Tabassum

4) Bhanurekha Ganesan

5) Mahjabeen Bano

333. Who among the following won the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament recently in Basel?

1) HS Prannoy

2) Jan O Jorgensen

3) Kidambi Srikanth

4) Viktor Axelsen

5) Sameer Verma





334. The US forces conducted “Cobra Gold 2018” joint military exercise with which of the following

countries recently?

1) Philippines

2) Vietnam

3) Japan

4) South Korea

5) Thailand

335. The Department of Defence Production recently constituted a task force to study use of artificial

intelligence. The task force will be headed by

1) N Chandrasekaran

2) Anand Mahindra

3) Shiv Nadar

4) NR Narayana Murthy

5) Rajesh Gopinathan

336. David L Goldfein flew India’s indigenous light combat aircraft Tejas during his recent visit to India. He

is the Chief of

1) Royal Air Force

2) Royal Australian Air Force

3) US Air Force

4) Royal Canadian Air Force

5) French Air Force

337. Sudeep Lakhtakia has been appointed as the new Director General of the National Security Guard

(NSG) which are also called

1) black cats commando

2) black dogs commando

3) SWAT

4) SWAN

5) EAGLE

338. India recently successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Dhanush ballistic missile

which has a strike range of

1) 350 km

2) 500 km

3) 1,500 km

4) 2,500 km

5) 3,500 km

339. Which firm recently launched “#SecurityCheckKiya” campaign to protect young and first-time web

users from account hijacking and safeguarding Android devices?

1) Facebook

2) Microsoft

3) IBM

4) Google

5) Samsung

340. India will host the first International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit on 11 Mar to be attended by the UN

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the French President





1) Stefan Lofven

2) Emmanuel Macron

3) Paolo Gentiloni

4) Mariano Rajoy

5) Justin Trudeau

341. Which of the following has become the fifth payments bank to roll out operations in India?

1) Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank

2) Cholamandalam Payments Bank

3) Reliance Jio Payments Bank

4) Tech Mahindra Payments Bank

5) Vodafone m-pesa Payments Bank

342. Which state govt has announced to observe Sep 22 as ‘Rhino Day’ to generate public awareness on

protection of the one-horned animal?

1) Sikkim

2) West Bengal

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Assam

5) Gujarat

343. Who among the following won the Rotterdam Open 2018 tennis tournament?

1) Grigor Dimitrov

2) Roger Federer

3) Marin Cilic

4) Novak Djokovic

5) Rafael Nadal

344. Which of the following countries has topped the recent Global Democracy Index compiled by the

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?

1) Japan

2) US

3) Sweden

4) Iceland

5) Norway

345. The UNESCO world heritage site Khajuraho temple is situated in which state? The 44th edition of

Khajuraho Dance Festival was held recently.

1) Uttar Pradesh

2) Rajasthan

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Maharashtra

5) Karnataka

346. Which of the following was the “Theme State” of the 32nd Surajkund International Crafts Mela-2018

held in Faridabad, Haryana?

1) Uttar Pradesh

2) Punjab

3) Karnataka

4) Tripura

5) Assam





347. The World Wetland Day is observed every year on

1) 01 Feb

2) 02 Feb

3) 12 Feb

4) 22 Feb

5) 28 Feb

348. The Union Power Minister RK Singh recently announced the _______ KUSUM scheme to incentivise

farmers to run solar farm water pumps.

1) Rs 18,000-cr

2) Rs 28,000-cr

3) Rs 48,000-cr

4) Rs 68,000-cr

5) Rs 98,000-cr

349. The authorities in which country recently permitted doctors to create the country’s first ‘three-parent’

babies?

1) US

2) China

3) Japan

4) Singapore

5) UK

350. India successfully test-fired the nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile recently. The strike range of the

missile is

1) 1,500 km

2) 900 km

3) 750 km

4) 350 km

5) 150 km

351. The Rs 6,000-cr scheme launched by the govt to tackle the country’s depleting groundwater level is

named

1) Atal Bhujal Yojana

2) PM Bhujal Yojana

3) Syama Bhujal Yojana

4) Sajal Bhujal Yojana

5) Purak Bhujal Yojana

352. Which of the following is the host country of the World Environment Day, 2018 (Jun 5) with the theme

‘Beat Plastic Pollution’?

1) Bhutan

2) China

3) France

4) Japan

5) India

353. The Union Cabinet has approved pact to develop long-term cooperation and partnership in different

areas of railway sector with Morocco. The capita of Morocco is

1) Baku





2) Caracas

3) Rabat

4) Yerevan

5) Manama

354. Who among the following has been appointed as the next Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical

Research (ICHR)?

1) VK Saraswat

2) Keshari Nath Tripathi

3) Vijay P Bhatkar

4) Arvind P Jamkhedkar

5) Anil Baijal

355. The INS Garuda is an Indian naval air station located in

1) Mumbai, Maharashtra

2) Kochi, Kerala

3) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

4) Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

5) Kolkata, West Bengal

356. It is India’s goal to eliminate tuberculosis by

1) 2020

2) 2021

3) 2023

4) 2025

5) 2026

357. Which of the following countries recently announced to put “J-20” stealth fighter in operational

service?

1) Japan

2) China

3) Iran

4) Pakistan

5) North Korea

358. The Minister of State for Women and Child Development in the present Union Cabinet is

1) Dr Virendra Kumar

2) Raj Kumar Singh

3) Mahesh Sharma

4) Shripad Yesso Naik

5) Rao Inderjit Singh

359. The Niti Aayog is stressing on the need for setting up independent debt management office. At present,

the govt debt (including market borrowing) is managed by

1) SBI

2) Exim Bank

3) NITI Aayog

4) Sebi

5) RBI

360. The National Deworming Day is observed every year on

1) 01 Feb





2) 05 Feb

3) 10 Feb

4) 15 Feb

5) 25 Feb

361. Who among the following actors floated a new political party named Makkal Needhi Maiam recently?

1) Chiranjeevi

2) Rajnikanth

3) Kamal Haasan

4) Ram Charan

5) SS Rajamouli

362. What is India’s ranking on the Corruption Perception Index for 2017?

1) 81st

2) 42nd

3) 74th

4) 54th

5) 63rd

363. What interest rate was announced for 2017-18 recently by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation

(EPFO)?

1) 8.15 per cent

2) 8.25 per cent

3) 8.35 per cent

4) 8.45 per cent

5) 8.55 per cent

364. Avani Chaturvedi has become the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft. She flew which of the

following fighter aircrafts recently?

1) Sukhoi Su-30MKI

2) Jaguar

3) Mirage 2000

4) MiG-21 bison

5) Rafale

365. The Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called for snap legislative elections with the Presidential

poll set for Apr 22. The capital city of Venezuela is

1) Nassau

2) Caracas

3) Manama

4) Baku

5) Yerevan

366. Marit Bjoergen has become the most successful athlete in Winter Olympics history. She represents

1) Spain

2) Norway

3) Netherlands

4) Kenya

5) Denmark





367. The panel set up by the UGC to shortlist India’s best higher educational institutions, later to be primed

to have a shot at international glory, is headed by

1) N Gopalaswami

2) Amandeep Garg

3) Vinay Srivastava

4) David R. Syiemlieh

5) Ved Prakash

368. The first of its kind regional centre for agriculture for the Northeast with Israeli collaboration will be

inaugurated soon in

1) Assam

2) Sikkim

3) Tripura

4) Nagaland

5) Mizoram

369. The Union Cabinet has approved the creation of National Urban Housing Fund (NUHF) with an

allocation of

1) Rs 35,000 cr

2) Rs 40,000 cr

3) Rs 55,000 cr

4) Rs 60,000 cr

5) Rs 75,000 cr

370. The construction of 4.531 km long Silkyara Bend - Barkot Tunnel has been approved by the govt in

which of the following states?

1) Jharkhand

2) Himachal Pradesh

3) Uttarakhand

4) Jammu and Kashmir


371. The armies of India and which country held the sixth edition of the joint military exercises ‘Garuda

Shakti’ recently?

1) Singapore

2) Philippines

3) Myanmar

4) Sri Lanka

5) Indonesia

372. The Gandhi Nagar railway station has become the country’s first major railway station to be fully-

managed by women. It is situated in

1) Bhopal

2) Patna

3) Jaipur

4) Lucknow

5) Ahmedabad

373. Which state govt has made vaccination compulsory for school admissions from next academic year

onwards?

1) Kerala





2) Tripura

3) Sikkim

4) Gujarat

5) Uttar Pradesh

374. What is India’s ranking on the basis of newborn mortality rate among low-middle income countries?

1) 10th

2) 12th

3) 16th

4) 28th

5) 32nd

375. Which committee has been constituted by the govt to study Brahmaputra and flood control measures in

Assam?

1) Narendra Kumar Committee

2) Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi Committee

3) Shashi Shekhar Committee

4) Rajiv Kumar committee

5) None of these

376. Which state goct has announced the launch of ‘Mission Buniyaad’ for improving learning skills of

children studying in state and municipal-run schools?

1) Bihar

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Delhi

4) Karnataka

5) Rajasthan

377. Which state govt has announced a new scheme “Asmita Yojana” under which girls in Zilla Parishad

schools will get a sanitary napkin packet at Rs 5?

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Maharashtra

3) Assam

4) Himachal Pradesh

5) West Bengal

378. Which state govt has launched subsidised canteens under the ‘Antyodaya Aahaar Yojana’ to provide

healthy, nutritious and hygienic food at Rs 10 per meal?

1) Punjab

2) Mizoram


4) Jharkhand

5) Haryana

379. Who among the following is the Minister of State (IC) for Planning in the present Union Govt?

1) Rao Inderjit Singh

2) Santosh Gangwar

3) Anant Geete

4) Krishan Pal Gurjar

5) Shripad Naik





380. The World Social Justice Day is observed every year on

1) 02 Feb

2) 12 Feb

3) 18 Feb

4) 20 Feb

5) 28 Feb

381. Who among the following has become the oldest (36) No. 1 in tennis history?

1) Andreas Seppi

2) Robin Haase

3) Rafael Nadal

4) Marin Cilic

5) Roger Federer

382. Sanjiv Bajaj has been declared 2017’s “EY Entrepreneur of the Year.” He is the present Managing

Director of

1) Paytm Payments Bank

2) Airtel Payments Bank

3) Bajaj Finserv

4) Reliance Capital

5) Reliance Jio

383. The ISRO plans to launch AstroSat-2. The Astrosat is generally described as India’s version of the

Hubble telescope that Nasa had put in space in

1) 1985

2) 1988

3) 1990

4) 1994

5) 1996

384. Which of the following has been recognised as the ‘Startup of the Year’ 2017?

1) Swiggy

2) Milkbasket

3) Grofers

4) Cloudcherry

5) Firstcry

385. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has launched plans worth Rs

1,918 cr for supplementing farmers’ income in

1) Bihar

2) Jharkhand

3) Telangana

4) Punjab

5) Rajasthan

386. India’s first artificial intelligence centre will come up in which of the following cities?

1) Pune

2) Mumbai

3) Hyderabad

4) Chennai

5) Bengaluru





387. Which of the following private sector banks is headquartered in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu?

1) City Union Bank

2) Catholic Syrian Bank

3) Karnataka Bank

4) Dhanlaxmi Bank

5) IndusInd Bank

388. The private sector lender, Axis Bank opened off-shore banking unit at the International Financial

Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City. The present MD and CEO of Axis Bank is

1) Naina Lal Kidwai

2) Arundhati Bhattacharya

3) Shikha Sharma

4) Chanda Kochhar

5) Usha Ananthasubramanian

389. Which of the following states is at the bottom of the list with regard to maternal mortality rate (MMR)

with a figure of 300 against the national average of 167?

1) Telangana

2) Chhattisgarh

3) Mizoram

4) Assam

5) West Bengal

390. Alex Blackwell announced her retirement from international and state cricket recently. She has been

playing for

1) New Zealand

2) England

3) West Indies

4) South Africa

5) Australia

391. Who among the following is the present chairman of the National Highways Authority of India

(NHAI)?

1) Girish Sahni

2) Deepak Kumar

3) Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava

4) Narendra Kumar

5) Gurdeep Singh

392. The Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and heads of legislative bodies from states and union

territories participated in the 6th India region conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

(CPA) recently in

1) Jaipur

2) Bhopal

3) Patna

4) Bengaluru

5) Hyderabad

393. Audrey Azoulay is the present Director General of which of the following organisations?

1) WTO





2) Unisef

3) PETA

4) UNESCO

5) World Bank

394. The 22nd World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) was held recently in

1) Hyderabad

2) Bengaluru

3) Gurugram

4) Noida

5) Pune

395. India and which country signed nine agreements during the latter’s President Hassan Rouhani’s recent

visit to India?

1) Malaysia

2) Maldives

3) Syria

4) Iraq

5) Iran

396. India has got access to the strategic port Duqm for military use. The port is situated in

1) Djibouti

2) Yemen

3) Mauritius

4) Oman

5) UAE

397. Which state has the largest forest cover of 77,414 sq km in the country in terms of area as per the ‘India

State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2017’?

1) Chhattisgarh


3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Jharkhand

5) Assam

398. Which state govt has set up a revenue commission to revisit the existing land Acts in the state?

1) Rajasthan

2) Haryana

3) Uttarakhand

4) Karnataka

5) Punjab

399. Mount Sinabung, the active volcano, erupted in which of the following countries recently?

1) Italy

2) Indonesia

3) Japan

4) Cambodia

5) Malaysia

400. The State Bank of India launched its Global NRI Centre (GNC) recently in

1) Kochi





2) Bengaluru

3) Hyderabad

4) Mumbai

5) New Delhi

401. Who among the following won the men's singles title of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger Tennis

Championships?

1) Yuki Bhambri

2) Jordan Thompson

3) Peter Polansky

4) Leander Paes

5) Saketh Myneni

402. Which of the following banks recently suffered cyber hack via SWIFT system?


2) Karnataka Bank

3) RBL Bank

4) City Union Bank

5) HDFC Bank

403. The 4th meeting of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) was held on 12

Feb 2018. The EAC-PM is headed by

1) Amitabh Kant

2) Arvind Subramanian

3) Bibek Debroy

4) VK Saraswat

5) Arvind Panagariya

404. The govt’s Ujjawala Yojana is associated with providing which of the following to poor families?

1) LPG connection

2) Bank account

3) Free healthcare

4) Education

5) LED bulbs

405. Venezuela and Libya lost their voting rights at the UN recently. The capital city of Venezuela is

1) Nassau

2) Manama

3) Bogota

4) Khartoum

5) Caracas

406. The World Government Summit 2018 was held recently in which city? India’s Umang App and

Aadhaar won awards at the Summit.

1) Abu Dhabi

2) London

3) Dubai

4) Riyadh

5) Tokyo





407. About 2,300 Army personnel from India were sent recently to join the UN peace keeping mission in the

war-torn African country

1) Chad

2) South Sudan

3) Nigeria

4) Kenya

5) Jamaica

408. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit 2018 will be held in

1) New Delhi, India

2) Moscow, Russia

3) Islamabad, Pakistan

4) Dushanbe, Tajikistan

5) Qingdao, China

409. India has overtaken UK in the field of defence budget in 2017. India’s present position in this field in

the world is

1) Second

2) Third

3) Fourth

4) Fifth

5) Sixth

410. John Magufuli is the present President of which of the following countries? His country has pulled out

of the UN’s comprehensive refugee response framework.

1) Tanzania

2) Estonia

3) Eretria

4) Chad

5) Nigeria

411. Which bank recently listed $600-mn bond issued under its $1 bn MTN (medium term note)

programme, on Global Securities Market (GSM) of India INX?

1) Yes Bank


3) Federal Bank

4) IndusInd Bank

5) RBL Bank

412. The international exhibition and conference on Pharmaceutical & Medical Device sector ‘India Pharma

& India Medical Device 2018’ was held recently in

1) Hyderabad

2) New Delhi

3) Mumbai

4) Patna

5) Bengaluru

413. The Supreme Court recently awarded an additional 14.75 thousand million cubic (TMC) feet of

Cauvery water to which state?

1) Kerala

2) Tamil Nadu





3) Karnataka

4) Puducherry

5) Andhra Pradesh

414. Who among the following is the present MD and CEO of Punjab National Bank (PNB)?

1) G Subramaniya Iyer

2) Ravi Krishan Thakkar

3) Usha Ananthasubramanian

4) Sunil Mehta

5) Kishor Kharat

415. The state-run Allahabad Bank recently said that it has an outstanding exposure of about $366.87 mn in

the fraud detected by PNB. Allahabad Bank is headquartered in

1) New Delhi

2) Kolkata

3) Mumbai

4) Chennai

5) Hyderabad

416. Mujeeb Zadran scripted history recently becoming the youngest ever player to take a five-wicket haul

in ODIs. He plays for

1) Pakistan

2) Afghanistan

3) South Africa

4) West Indies

5) Bangladesh

417. The ships, submarines and fighter aircraft participated in the tri-service maritime exercise off India’s

western coast recently which was named

1) Sashakt Lehar

2) Swarnim Lehar

3) Paschim Lehar

4) Pralay Lehar

5) Parakram Lehar

418. Justin Trudeau visited New Delhi on a seven-day State visit recently. He is the present Prime Minister

of

1) Australia

2) New Zealand

3) Sweden

4) Denmark

5) Canada

419. The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plans to introduce carbon dioxide injection to recover an

extra 20 mn barrels of crude oil in its Gandhar field situated in

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Maharashtra

3) Rajasthan

4) Gujarat

5) Odisha





420. The New Development Bank (NDB) has signed a loan agreement of USD 100 million with the govt for

financing a water project in

1) Rajasthan

2) Bihar

3) Jharkhand

4) Tripura

5) Uttarakhand

421. The sub-target for banks to lend to the micro enterprises under the priority sector lending has been what

per cent of adjusted net bank credit?

1) 5.5 per cent

2) 6.5 per cent

3) 7.5 per cent

4) 8.5 per cent

5) 9.5 per cent

422. The 'Assistance to States and UTs for Narcotics Control' scheme has been extended from 2017-18 to

_______ with an estimated budget of Rs 21 cr.

1) 2018-19

2) 2019-20

3) 2020-21

4) 2021-22

5) 2022-23

423. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched several projects including the Dorjee Khandu state convention

centre in which state recently?

1) Assam


3) Meghalaya

4) Mizoram

5) Tripura

424. The ‘Theatre Olympics’ were established in Greece in

1) 1993

2) 1995

3) 1997

4) 1999

5) 2001

425. The RBI will be ready to inject adequate amount of extra cash into banks if needed ahead of Mar-end

of FY18. The banks borrow from the RBI at

1) repo rate

2) reverse repo rate

3) base rate

4) MCLR

5) None of these

426. The wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation remained at what per cent in Jan 2018?

1) 2.84 per cent

2) 3.58 per cent

3) 4.08 per cent

4) 5.07 per cent





5) 5.21 per cent

427. The govt is considering changing the base year for Consumer Price Index (CPI) to

1) 2014

2) 2015

3) 2016

4) 2017

5) 2018

428. The Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation in the present Union Cabinet is

1) Upendra Kushwaha

2) DV Sadananda Gowda

3) Kalraj Mishra

4) Narendra Singh Tomar

5) Anant Geete

429. Haruhiko Kuroda was reappointed as the chairman of which of the following institutions recently?

1) Asian Development Bank

2) World Bank

3) World Trade Organisation

4) Bank of Japan

5) New Development Bank

430. Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as the new President of which of the following countries recently?

1) Kenya

2) Jordan

3) South Africa

4) Chad

5) Colombia

431. The 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games will be held from Apr 4 to 15 in

1) US

2) Australia

3) New Zealand

4) Austria

5) England

432. The embattled President Jacob Zuma resigned recently in which of the following countries?

1) South Africa

2) Brazil

3) Nigeria

4) Kenya

5) Chad

433. What is the currency of South Africa?

1) Peso

2) Lek

3) Real

4) Riyal

5) Rand





434. The govt has slashed the customs duty on high end imported motorcycles to

1) 10 per cent

2) 20 per cent

3) 25 per cent

4) 35 per cent

5) 50 per cent

435. A fraud of over Rs 113 bn was reported in which of the following public sector banks recently?

1) SBI

2) Indian Bank

3) PNB

4) UCO Bank

5) Corporation Bank

436. The Indian cricket team scripted history recently by clinching first ever series against which of the

following teams on the latter’s soil?

1) Australia

2) South Africa

3) New Zealand

4) West Indies

5) England

437. Who among the following was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal?

1) Pushpa Kamal Dahal

2) Bidhya Devi Bhandari

3) Baburam Bhattarai

4) KP Sharma Oli

5) Sher Bahadur Deuba

438. The govt will change the base year for the calculation of GDP and IIP numbers to

1) 2011-12

2) 2012-13

3) 2014-15

4) 2017-16

5) 2017-18

439. The RBI has relaxed priority sector lending rule for banks. Now, all loans to _________ will henceforth

qualify as priority sector lending.

1) Blue Chip Companies

2) PSUs

3) Hotels

4) MSMEs

5) Defaulting firms

440. The eighth Theatre Olympics will be hosted by which of the following countries?

1) China

2) Malaysia

3) India

4) Indonesia

5) Sri Lanka





441. The Index of Industrial Production expanded 7.1% in Dec 2017. The base year for the calculation of the

IIP is

1) 2004-05

2) 2007-08

3) 2009-10

4) 2010-11

5) 2011-12

442. The RBI issued revised guidelines for expeditious resolution of bad loans recently. In this revision, it

has done away with the JLF which means

1) Joint Loan Forum

2) Joint Leverage Forum

3) Joint Lending Facility

4) Joint Lenders' Forum

5) None of these

443. The govt in which country signed the National Peace Agreement with two ethnic armed groups in the

presence of international representatives recently?

1) Sri Lanka

2) Thailand

3) Myanmar

4) Philippines

5) Vietnam

444. Which country banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) recently by

promulgating an ordinance?

1) Bangladesh

2) Pakistan

3) Afghanistan

4) Malaysia

5) UAE

445. As per the revised RBI framework on bad loans, depending upon the period of default, the banks will

have to identify stressed loan accounts by classifying them as SMA which means

1) Special Maturity Accounts

2) Special Mention Accounts

3) Special Mandate Accounts

4) Special Motive Accounts

5) None of these

446. __________ has been elected as the president of the Sahitya Akademi.

1) Balachandra Nemade

2) Prathiba Ray

3) Madhav Koushik

4) Chandrashekar Kambar

5) Girish Karnad

447. The RBI has given additional time for loan repayment to micro, small and medium enterprises

(MSMEs) whose aggregate loans are less than

1) Rs 05 cr

2) Rs 10 cr





3) Rs 15 cr

4) Rs 20 cr

5) Rs 25 cr

448. _________ has become the first state to opt out of the National Health Protection Scheme unveiled in

the Union Budget for 2018-19.

1) Tripura

2) West Bengal

3) Karnataka

4) Punjab

5) Kerala

449. India and which country marked 70 years of bilateral relations in the field of agriculture recently?

1) Russia

2) UK

3) Sweden

4) Denmark

5) Norway

450. As per PPF Act, the PPF account can't be closed prematurely before completion of how many financial

years?

1) Two

2) Three

3) Four

4) Five

5) Ten

451. The Index of Industrial Production expanded 7.1% in Dec 2017. The base year for the calculation of the

IIP is

1) 2004-05

2) 2007-08

3) 2009-10

4) 2010-11

5) 2011-12

452. The RBI issued revised guidelines for expeditious resolution of bad loans recently. In this revision, it

has done away with the JLF which means

1) Joint Loan Forum

2) Joint Leverage Forum

3) Joint Lending Facility

4) Joint Lenders' Forum

5) None of these

453. The govt in which country signed the National Peace Agreement with two ethnic armed groups in the

presence of international representatives recently?

1) Sri Lanka

2) Thailand

3) Myanmar

4) Philippines

5) Vietnam





454. Which country banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) recently by

promulgating an ordinance?

1) Bangladesh

2) Pakistan

3) Afghanistan

4) Malaysia

5) UAE

455. As per the revised RBI framework on bad loans, depending upon the period of default, the banks will

have to identify stressed loan accounts by classifying them as SMA which means

1) Special Maturity Accounts

2) Special Mention Accounts

3) Special Mandate Accounts

4) Special Motive Accounts

5) None of these

456. __________ has been elected as the president of the Sahitya Akademi.

1) Balachandra Nemade

2) Prathiba Ray

3) Madhav Koushik

4) Chandrashekar Kambar

5) Girish Karnad

457. The RBI has given additional time for loan repayment to micro, small and medium enterprises

(MSMEs) whose aggregate loans are less than

1) Rs 05 cr

2) Rs 10 cr

3) Rs 15 cr

4) Rs 20 cr

5) Rs 25 cr

458. _________ has become the first state to opt out of the National Health Protection Scheme unveiled in

the Union Budget for 2018-19.

1) Tripura

2) West Bengal

3) Karnataka

4) Punjab

5) Kerala

459. India and which country marked 70 years of bilateral relations in the field of agriculture recently?

1) Russia

2) UK

3) Sweden

4) Denmark

5) Norway

460. As per PPF Act, the PPF account can't be closed prematurely before completion of how many financial

years?

1) Two

2) Three

3) Four





4) Five

5) Ten

461. Which city has been topped the New World Wealth's list of top 15 wealthiest cities globally?

1) New York

2) London

3) Paris

4) Tokyo

5) Beijing

462. Which of the following lies between the North and South Islands of New Zealand? It connects the

Tasman Sea with the South Pacific Ocean.

1) Strait of Gibraltar

2) Tsugaru Strait

3) Cook Strait

4) Catalina Channel

5) English Channel

463. The name of Sharmila Nicollet is associated with which of the following games?

1) Shooting

2) Boxing

3) Squash

4) Badminton

5) Golf

464. India and which of the following countries inked five agreements after PM Narendra Modi and Crown

Prince Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed al Nahyan held bilateral talks?

1) Jordan

2) Israel

3) Palestine

4) UAE

5) Saudi Arabia

465. As per the Economic Survery for the year 2017-18, the industry sector is expected to grow at what per

cent in FY18?

1) 2.1 per cent

2) 4.4 per cent

3) 8.3 per cent

4) 6.1 per cent

5) 5.2 per cent

466. As per the data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)

grew at what per cent in Dec 2016?

1) 2.4%

2) 3.2%

3) 4.4%

4) 5.1%

5) 7.1%

467. Which state govt recently announced a farm loan waiver up to Rs 50,000 for small and marginal

farmers? It has allocated Rs 80 bn in the budget towards loan waiver.





1) Madhya Pradesh

2) Rajasthan

3) Karnataka

4) Odisha

5) Chhattisgarh

468. The Corporation Bank has reported a net loss of Rs 12.40 bn for the Dec quarter of the current fiscal

(FY18). The bank is headquartered in

1) Mangalore

2) Bhopal

3) Chennai

4) Pune

5) Mumbai

469. The Bank of Baroda (BoB) announced its exit from which country recently? The bank had opened its

first branch in the country in 2007.

1) Sri Lanka

2) Maldives

3) South Africa

4) UK

5) Germany

470. The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and the BRS Ventures has signed an

agreement to establish the B-school's first overseas extension center in

1) Abu Dhabi

2) Riyadh

3) Tehran

4) Dubai

5) Kabul

471. Red Gerard won the first gold medal for which country in snowboarding at the Pyeongchang Olympics

2018?

1) Japan

2) Canada

3) US

4) UK

5) Germany

472. Asma Jahangir passed away recently. She was a well known activist from

1) Pakistan

2) Afghanistan

3) Nepal

4) Sri Lanka

5) Bangladesh

473. Which bank recently posted a quarterly loss for the first time in nearly 19 years of Rs 24.16 bn in the

Dec quarter of 2017-18?

1) PNB

2) ICICI Bank

3) HDFC Bank

4) Axis Bank





5) SBI

474. The RBI conducted its last bond auction of FY18 recently. The govt borrowed what amount through

the benchmark 10-year bonds in the auction?

1) Rs 20 bn

2) Rs 40 bn

3) Rs 60 bn

4) Rs 80 bn

5) Rs 100 bn

475. The RBI will soon get another liquidity management tool in SDF scheme. The term SDF stands for

1) Statutory Deposit Facility

2) Standing Deposit Facility

3) Systematic Deposit Facility

4) Structured Deposit Facility

5) None of these

476. In a first, India will buy 10 per cent stake in Abu Dhabi oil fields for what amount

1) $400 mn

2) $600 mn

3) $800 mn

4) $900 mn

5) $300 mn

477. Which is the only India city (with $950-bn wealth) named among the top 15 wealthiest cities globally?

1) Chandigarh

2) Bengaluru

3) Hyderabad

4) Mumbai

5) New Delhi

478. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently officially launched a project for the construction of the first

Hindu temple in

1) Amman

2) Tel Aviv

3) Abu Dhabi

4) Tehran

5) Riyadh

479. Who among the following is the present Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology and

Law & Justice?

1) Ravi Shankar Prasad

2) Ajay Sawhney

3) KJ Alphons

4) Prakash Javadekar

5) Piyush Goyal

480. Which of the following states has topped the list of smaller states on overall health performance in

‘performance in health outcome index’ released recently by the NITI Aayog?

1) Goa

2) Manipur





3) Sikkim

4) Tripura

5) Mizoram

481. The government's direct tax collection remained at what amount during the Apr-Jan period of FY 2017-

18?

1) Rs 6.65 lakh cr

2) Rs 6.75 lakh cr

3) Rs 6.85 lakh cr

4) Rs 6.95 lakh cr

5) Rs 7.15 lakh cr

482. India and which country have decided to hold the ‘2+2 Ministerial’ meeting in Apr 2018? It will be an

annual Cabinet-level meeting between both the govts.

1) China

2) Russia

3) US

4) Japan

5) Canada

483. Which of the following states has topped the list of larger states on overall health performance in

‘performance in health outcome index’ released recently by the NITI Aayog?

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Punjab

3) Karnataka

4) Maharashtra

5) Kerala

484. India’s agriculture sector is likely to grow at what per cent in 2017–18 as per the Economic Survey for

2017-18?

1) 2.1 per cent

2) 2.4 per cent

3) 2.5 per cent

4) 2.9 per cent

5) 3.1 per cent

485. India’s services sector is likely to grow at what per cent in 2017–18 as per the Economic Survey for

2017-18?

1) 7.8 per cent

2) 8.3 per cent

3) 8.5 per cent

4) 8.7 per cent

5) 9.3 per cent

486. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred the ‘Grand Collar of the State’ by President Mahmoud

Abbas in which country recently?

1) Palestine

2) Jordan

3) UAE

4) Iran

5) Saudi Arab





487. Which of the following countries retained the top spot as source (tourists) market for Dubai in 2017?

1) Russia

2) China

3) UK

4) Saudi Arabia

5) India

488. The National Payments Corporation of India has appointed Biswamohan Mahapatra as non-executive

chairman. The present MD and CEO of NPCI is

1) G Sivakumar

2) NL Sarda

3) Dilip Asbe

4) B Sambamurthy

5) Sriram Kalyanaraman

489. Chandrasekhar Rath passed away recently. He was an eminent

1) scientist

2) painter

3) cartoonist

4) litterateur

5) odia singer

490. Moon Jae-in is the present President of which of the following countries?

1) Vietnam

2) South Korea

3) Philippines

4) Thailand

5) Cambodia

491. India and which of the following countries recently signed six Memorandums of Understanding

(MoU)s worth USD 40 mn?

1) Palestine

2) Jordan

3) Israel

4) UAE

5) Oman

492. On the last leg of his recent three-nation tour, PM Narendra Modi held talks with Qaboos bin Said al

Said who is the Sultan of

1) Qatar

2) Bahrain

3) Saudi Arabia

4) Oman

5) UAE

493. The formation of National Productivity Council is celebrated every year commemorating which day as

Productivity Day?

1) 01 Feb





2) 02 Feb

3) 12 Feb

4) 22 Feb

5) 28 Feb

494. The name of Kishan Gangolli is associated with which of the following games? He won the National

'A' Championship for Blind of the game recently.

1) Shooting

2) Chess

3) Boxing

4) Weightlifting

5) Wrestling

495. The world’s tallest hotel, Gevora, opened in which of the following cities recently?

1) Riyadh

2) New York

3) London

4) Kuala Lumpur

5) Dubai

496. The World Radio Day is observed every year on

1) 01 Feb

2) 03 Feb

3) 13 Feb

4) 23 Feb

5) 27 Feb

497. Retail inflation, measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI), remained at what per cent in Jan 2018?

1) 2.4 per cent

2) 3.17 per cent

3) 5.07 per cent

4) 5.21 per cent

5) 7.1 per cent

498. The 12th International Conference on corporate social responsibility was held recently in

1) Bengaluru

2) Hyderabad

3) Pune

4) Mumbai

5) New Delhi

499. Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to visit the grand Makkah Masjid in Hyderabad to address the Friday

congregation. He is the present President of

1) Iraq

2) Indonesia





3) Malaysia

4) Bahrain

5) Iran

500. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which sets standards for banks globally, is based in

1) London

2) Paris

3) New York

4) Geneva

5) Basel

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