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1) Who among the following was awarded Saraswati Samman for the year 2018 (2019)
(a) K Siva Reddy (b) Mahabaleshwar Sail
(c) Padma Sachdev
(d) Sitanshu Yashaschandra
2) Zayed Medal is the top civilian honor of (2019)
(a) Pakistan (b) Saudi Arabia
(c) United Arab Emirates
(d) Qatar
3)Which of the following films was awarded best Feature Film in the National Film Award 2018 ? (2018)
(a) Village Rockstar
(b) Toilet : Ek prem katha
(c) Newton
(d) Mom
4)Who among the following is one of the six winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, for the year 2017? (2017)
A. Jadav Payeng
B. Anadish Pal
C. Prafulla Samantra
D. Sunderlal Bhauguna
5)Statement I: The Man Booker International Prize is now unlikely to be won by an English author.
Statement II: The Booker Prize Foundation announced that the Man Booker International Prize was to evolve from 2016 onwards into a prize for fiction in translation.
A. Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I. B. Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of Statement I
C. Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
D. Statement I is false but Statement II is true
6)Which one of the following novels won the Pulitzer Prize for the year 2017 in the Fiction category? (2017)
C. The Government has set a target of 5 crores LPG connections under the Yojana
D. The objective of the scheme is to safeguard the health of women and children by providing them with clean cooking fuel
6) Which one of the following portals was launched on the 250th anniversary of Survey of India?(2017)
A. Service Plus
B. Digi Map
C. Udaan
D. Nakshe
7) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion,government of India, has recently decided to set up India's first
defence industrial park at (2016)
(a) Kochi (b) Ottapalam
(c) Mysore (d) Bengaluru
8) Which one of the following statements with regard to the Saansad Marsh Gram Yojana is not correct? (2015)
(a) It was launched in the year 2014 on the birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri (b) Members of the Parliament will adopt villages to create model villages
(c) District Magistrates will act as co-ordinators
(d) A Rajya Sabha MP has to choose a Gram Panchayat in the State from which he or she was elected
9) Which one of the following statements with regard to the 'Make in India' initiative of the Government of India is
not correct? (2015)
(a) In order to ·guide the foreign investors, a body named 'Invest India' has been created
(b) The Government has identified key sectors with potential to attract investment
(c) The initiative also aims to identify selected domestic companies having leadership in innovation and new technology for turning them into global champion
(d) The programme is being implemented by the Ministry of Finance
ECONOMY/BANKING
1) Which one of the following is the name given by Indian Railways to the indigenously manufactured Train 182
(2019)
(a) Hunisafar Express (b) Vande Bharat Express
(c) Ananya Express
(d) Gatimaan Express
2) In a recent deal, a large stake of which one of the following ecommerce company was acquired by Walmart, an American multinational retailer (2018)
3) Which of the following are the reforms introduced in Budget 2017-2018?(2017)
1. Presentation of Budget advanced to 1st February to enable the Ministries to operationalise all activities from the commencement of the financial year
2. Merger of Railway Budget with General Budget to bring Railways to the center stage of Government’s Fiscal Policy
3. Removal of plan and nonplan classification of expenditure to facilitate a holistic view of allocations for Sectors and Ministries.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
A. 1 and 3 only
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1 and 2 only
4) Which one of the following countries has officially recognized Bitcoin as a legal payment method since 1st
April 2017? (2017)
A. Japan
B. China
C. USA
D. India
5) During 2014-15, in which one of the following industrial sectors, the FDI equity inflow was maximum? (2016)
(a) Tele communications (b) Services (Financial, Banking and Insurance, Nonfinancial/Business, R and D etc.)
(c) Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (d) Hotel and Tourism
6)Which of the following pairs of Scheme and Target Group, as initiated in the Railway Budget 2016, is/ are correctly matched?(2016)
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
List I (Scheme)
A. Antyodaya Express
B. Deen Dayalu Coaches Passengers C. Humsafar Passengers D. Tejas Passengers
1) The National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) aims to reduce particulate matter (PM) in at least 102 cities of India
by 20%-30% by 2024. The base year for the comparison of concentration is (2019)
(a) 2015 (b) 2016
(c) 2017
(d) 2018
2) Which one among the following was the first country to declare "Climate Emergency' (2019) (a) Sweden
(b) New Zealand
(c) UK
(d) Ireland
3) In India, Indus Dolphine one of the world's rarest mammals, is mainly found in which of the following rivers? (2018)
(a) Ganga
(b) Cauvery
(c) Brahmaputra
(d) Beas
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1) Gwadar port is located in (2019) (a) Pakistan
(b) Iran (c) India (d) Sri Lanka
2) Which one of the following countries has recently formally notified its intension to withdraw from International
Criminal Court (2018)
(a) Namibia
(b) Serbia
(c) Philippines
(d) Norway
3) In February 2016, which one of the following countries has rejected the plea of the incumbent President through a referendum to contest the Presidential election for the third term?(2016)
4) The largest greenhouse gas leakage in the US history took place in February, 2016. The gas was (2016)
(a) carbon dioxide
(b) methane
(c) chlorofluorocarbon (d) nitrous oxide
5)Recently French military announced to end 'Operation Sangaris' which was in operation since 2013, in which one of the following nations?(2016)
(a) Chand
(b) Central African Republic (c) South Sudan (d) Congo
PERSONS IN NEWS
1) Who among the following is elected as Prime Minister of China for the second term (2018)
(a) Li Keqiang
(b) Xi Jinping
(c) Yang Xiaodu
(d) Zhou Qiang
2) In May 2018, who among the following was elected as Prime Minister of Malaysia at the age of 92 (2018)
(a) Siti Hasmah Ali
(b) Najib Razak
(c) Mahatir Mohemed
(d) Anwar Ibhrahim
3) Consider the following passage and identify the person:
3) Born in April 1932, she was a renowned Hindustani classical vocalist. She was recognized as an innovative
exponent of the Jaiput Gharana. She was awarded Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan. She was also a Fellow of Sangeet Natak Akademy. She died in April 2017 (2017)
8) Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad, who was buried alive under snow by deadly avalanche at Siachen Glacier, who later died in a hospital after he was miraculously rescued by army, was a soldier of (2016)
1) Asia Media Summit was hosted in May 2018 in (2018)
(a) Kolkata
(b) New Delhi
(c) Chennai
(d) Bengaluru
2) In May 2018, bus services between which two places of India and Nepal was launched?(2018)
(a) Nalanda and Lumbhini
(b) Gaya and Kathmandu
(c) Varanashi and Vaktapur
(d) Ayodya and Janakpur
3) In May 2018, which one of the following counteries has relocated its embassy in Israel from Tez to Jerusalem? (2018)
(a) Iran
(b) Germany
4) Which one of the following cities hosted the Tenth Ministerial Conference of World Trade Organisation during December, 2015?(2016)
(a) Geneva
(b) Manila
(c) Helsinki (d) Nairobi
(c) USA
(d) Turkey
5) Which of the following statements about 'Nairobi Package' adopted in the Tenth Ministerial Conference of
WTO is/are correct?(2016)
1. No safeguard mechanism for developing country members. 2. Preferential rules of origin for least developed countries. 3. Public stockholding for food security purposes.
6)The 'Paris Agreement' adopted in Conference of the Parties (CoP 21) in December, 2015, will be effective provided the document, is signed by (2016)
(a) 51 UNFCCC parties accounting for at least 51 % of global greenhouse gas emission . (b) 51 UNFCCC parties accounting for at least 55% of global greenhouse gas emission
(c) 55 UNFCCC parties accounting for at least 55% of global greenhouse gas emission (d) 75 UNFCCC parties accounting for at least 51 % of global greenhouse gas emission
7) In January 2015, Government of India approved the establishment of a Neutrino Observatory at (2015)
(a) Bodi hills in Tamil Nadu
(b) Kaina hills in M8 Jaipur (c) Jampui hills in Tripura
(d) Nallamala hills in Andhra Pradesh
IMPORTANTS DATES & EVENTS
1)Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.(2015)
List I (Day)
A. 11th July
B. 5th June
C. 6th August D. 10 December
List II (Occasion)
1. Human Rights Day
2. Hiroshima Day 3. International Environment day 4. World Population Day
2)Which day is observed as World AIDS Day? (2015)
(a) March 20th (b) December 1st
(c) December 20th
(d) March 1st
STATES
1) Which one among the following States is the leading producer of petroleum (crude) in India? (2015)
2) Which one among the following States is the leading producer of salt in India? (2015)
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Andhra Pradesh
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1) Which one of the following statements regarding Zika virus is not correct?(2016)
(a) It was first isolated from a monkey in the Zika Forest of Uganda .
(b) It is transmitted by daytime- active Aedes mosquitoes
(c) It does not cause mother to child infection (d) Zika virus in pregnant women results in abnormal brain development of the fetus
2) Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct? (2016)
1. Gravitational waves were predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916 on the basis of his theory of General Relativity. 2. Gravitational waves do also exist in the Newtonian theory of Gravitation. 3. Gravitational waves are to be detected by very sensitive detectors known as Interferometers.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
FESTIVALS/GI TAGS
1) Which one of the following was the Theme State -in the 30th Surajkund International Craft Mela?(2016)
(a) Chhattisgarh (b) Kerala
(c) Telangana (d) Bihar
2) In order to create awareness among the people regarding endangered species of tortoise, in the month of
February, 2015, the Third Tortoise Festival was held at (2015)
(a) Hajong lake,Assam (b) Chilka lake, Odisha
(c) Loktak lake, Manipur
(d) Umiam lake, Meghalaya
BOOKS
1) Who among the following has authored the book 'The Idea of India'? (2015)