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Current Affairs Quiz December

2018

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Current Affairs Quiz December 1 2018

1. Who won the World chess championship

2018?

a) Fabiano caruana

b) Viswanathan Anand

c) Magnus Carlsen

d) Vladimir Kramnik

Explanation:Magnus Carlsen beats

Fabiano caruana in tie-breaker to retain the

world Champion title.

2. December 1 is celebrated as?

a) World Philosophy Day

b) World Water Day

c) World Aids Day

d) World Water Day

3. Hornbill Festival celebrated at?

a) Nagaland

b) Arunachal Pradesh

c) Manipur

d) Tripura

Explanation:Union Home Minister

Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the 19th

Hornbill Festival at Kisama village near

state capital Kohima in Nagaland.

4. Which Country celebrated its 100th

birthday recently?

a) Lithuania

b) Finland

c) Estonia

d) Romania

5. CII Agro Tech India – 2018 held at?

a) Chandigarh

b) New Delhi

c) Bhopal

d) Haryana

6. Armed Forces Week 2018 will be

celebrated from?

a) December last week

b) January first week

c) December first week

d) January last week

7. Which State government announces hike

of health insurance coverage?

a) Odisha

b) Karnataka

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Maharashtra

Explanation: Tamil Nadu government has

announced the hike of health insurance

coverage from the existing two lakh

rupees to 5 lakh rupees a year, at par with

the Centre‟s Ayushman Bharat scheme.

8. Roerich Art Gallery by the International

Roerich Memorial Trust(IRMT) is formed

by collaboration between India and which

country?

a) France

b) Greece

c) Russia

d) Germany

9. Cultural fest 'Khasdar Sanskrutik

Mahotsav' inaugurated in?

a) Bhopal

b) Pune

c) Aurangabad

d) Nagpur

10. Which North eastern State celebrated its

55th statehood day on December 1, 2018?

a) Arunachal Pradesh

b) Meghalaya


2018


c) Mizoram

d) Nagaland

Explanation: On this day, in 1963,

Nagaland attains its statehood and was

declared as the 16th state of the Indian

Union

Current Affairs Quiz December 2,3 2018

1. International Day for the Abolition of

Slavery is observed on?

a) December 1

b) December 2

c) December 3

d) December 4

2. Bhopal Gas Tragedy happened on?

a) 1980

b) 1982

c) 1984

d) 1972

3. Who was elected as President of the

Constituent Assembly of India?

a) Rajendra Prasad

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Lala Lajpat Rai

d) Valla bhai Patel

4. United Nations Framework Convention on

Climate Change (UNFCCC) has begun at?

a) Berlin

b) Geneva

c) Hague

d) Poland

5. Asia Pacific Summit-2018 began in?

a) India

b) Nepal

c) Bhutan

d) Indonesia

6. Cope India-18, Bilateral Joint exercise

held between India and which country?

a) UK

b) France

c) Australia

d) USA

7. Shri Sunil Arora appointed as ____ Chief

Election Commissioner (CEC)]?

a) 21st

b) 22nd

c) 23rd

d) 24th

8. 80th Session of Policy Commission of

World Customs Organization held in?

a) Belgium

b) Canada

c) America

d) India

9. International Day of Persons with

Disabilities is observed on?

a) December 1

b) December 2

c) December 3

d) December 4

10. Atlawim Debebe of which country won

the Pune International Marathon?

a) Kenya

b) Ethiopia

c) South Africa

d) Uganda


1. Navy Day is observed on?

a) December 1

b) December 2


2018


c) December 3

d) December 4

2. Second meeting of the NITI Forum for the

North East held at?

a) Shillong

b) Guwahati

c) Gangtok

d) Imphal

3. Which Country is the world's largest

exporter of LPG?

a) Australia

b) USA

c) Qatar

d) Russia

4. Which Country to leave OPEC from

January 2019?

a) Qatar

b) Saudi Arabia

c) Iran

d) Iraq

5. The new simplified GST return forms will

be rolled out from?

a) 1st January 2019

b) 1st February 2019

c) 1st March 2019

d) 1st April 2019

6. International conference on bears held at?

a) US

b) India

c) Canada

d) China

Explanation: International conference on

bears in Agra has been Hosted by Wildlife

SOS in collaboration with Bear Care

Group from the US and Canada.

7. Who won the 2018 Ballon d'Or Award?

a) Luka Modric

b) Lionel Messi

c) Cristiano Ronaldo

d) Mohamed Salah

Explanation: Croatian midfielder Luka

Modric

8. Who has become the first Indian to be

elected as a member of the Judges

Committee of the International Shooting

Sports Federation (ISSF)?

a) Nita Ambani

b) Narayana Ramachandran

c) Pawan Singh

d) Narinder Batra

Explanation: Pawan Singh has become

the first Indian to be elected one of seven

members of the Judges Committee of the

International Shooting Sports Federation

(ISSF).

9. An advanced skill training centre, the

World Skill Center (WSC) to be

established in?

a) Odisha

b) Jharkhand

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Bihar

Explanation: An advanced skill training

centre, the World Skill Center (WSC) will

also be established in Bhubaneswar with

the help of a Asian Development Bank

(ADB) loan.

10. India and which country signed an

agreement on Currency Swap and MoU

for Development Cooperation in Africa?

a) USA

b) UK


2018


c) UAE

d) Canada

Explanation: India and UAE signed an

agreement on Currency Swap and MoU

for Development Cooperation in Africa


1. World Soil is day observed on?

a) December 1

b) December 3

c) December 4

d) December 5

Explanation: December 5 – World Soil

Day 2018 Theme - 'Be the Solution to Soil

Pollution'

2. Which State government has fixed 100

rupees as the charge for people to get

their property registered after division

of family’s immovable assets?

a) Assam

b) Bihar

c) Odisha

d) Jharkhand

3. Which State has approved 50-crore

rupees to Science & Technology

Innovation (STI) Fund?

a) Maharashtra

b) Karnataka

c) Gujarat

d) Andhra Pradesh

4. New Caledonia is located on?

a) Pacific Ocean

b) Atlantic Ocean

c) Indian Ocean

d) Arctic Ocean

Explanation:A powerful undersea

earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck

off the east coast of New Caledonia in the

South Pacific.

5. United States has reestablished a

"permanent diplomatic presence" in

which country?

a) Somalia

b) Yemen

c) Nigeria

d) Congo

Explanation: The United States has

reestablished a "permanent diplomatic

presence" in Somalia for the first time in

27 years.

6. Delhi Daredevils was renamed as?

a) Delhi Heroes

b) Delhi Capitals

c) Delhi Titans

d) Delhi Dabang

7. Gautam Gambhir related to which

Sports?

a) Tennis

b) Badminton

c) Cricket

d) Golf

Explanation: Former India opening

batsman Gautam Gambhir has announced

his retirement from all forms of Cricket.

8. Guidelines for children's hostels is

formulated by?

a) NITI Aayog

b) Ministry of Women and Child

Development

c) Ministry of Social Welfare

d) Ministry of Public safety and Security


2018


Explanation: Women and Child

Development Ministry is formulating

guidelines for children's hostels,

prescribing the minimum standards of care

that should be provided to children.

9. Policy review meeting of the Monetary

Policy Committee (MPC) held at?

a) New Delhi

b) Chennai

c) Hyderabad

d) Mumbai


1. The Reserve Bank to reduce the

statutory liquidity ratio by 0.25 percent

every quarter beginning _______ next

year?

a) January

b) February

c) March

d) April

Explanation: The Reserve Bank said that

it will reduce the statutory liquidity ratio

by 0.25 percent every quarter beginning

January next year.

2. Annual Startup India Venture Capital

Summit held in?

a) Mumbai

b) Goa

c) New Delhi

d) Bengaluru

Explanation: The Department of

Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in

the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

and the Government of Goa, is hosting the

annual Startup India Venture Capital

Summit in Goa. „Mobilizing Global

Capital for Innovation in India.‟

3. Cabinet approved the MoU between

India and which country for

Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of

Outer Space?

a) USA

b) UK

c) Morocco

d) France

Explanation:Cabinet approves MoU

between India and Morocco for

Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Outer

Space.


India and which country for the Joint

Activities under Human Spaceflight

Programme?

a) USA

b) France

c) UK

d) Russia

Explanation:Cabinet approves MoU

between India and Russia on Joint

Activities under Human Spaceflight

Programmer

5. RBI proposes new method to

benchmark floating rate of loans for

MSMEs from?

a) 1st April 2019

b) 1st March 2019

c) 1st February 2019

d) 1st January 2019

6. Which two countries agreed to verify

withdrawal of guard posts?

a) USA and Mexico

b) India and Bangladesh

c) North Korea and South Korea

d) Sudan and South Sudan


2018


Explanation: South Korea and the

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

(DPRK) have agreed to verify the pilot

withdrawal of guard posts in the inter-

Korean border area.

7. Where did the foundation stone of Pusa

Kisan Haat laid?

a) Mumbai

b) New Delhi

c) Bhopal

d) Lucknow

Explanation: Union Agriculture &

Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Radha

Mohan Singh Minister laid the foundation

stone of Pusa Kisan Haat in ICAR‟s

Agricultural Technology Information

Centre (ATIC) in New Delhi.

8. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's 63rd

Mahaparinirvan Diwas is on?

a) December 4

b) December 5

c) December 6

d) December 7

Explanation: December 6 - Dr. B.R.

Ambedkar's 63rd Mahaparinirvan Diwas

9. Which is the India’s second container

cargo sector on Inland Waterways?

a) Kolkata-Varanasi

b) Kolkata-Patna

c) Kolkata-Allahabad

d) Kolkata-Bhubaneshwar

Explanation: Kolkata-Patna becomes

India‟s second container cargo sector on

Inland Waterways.


India and which country in the field of

energy efficiency / energy conservation?

a) USA

b) Russia

c) Germany

d) France

Explanation: Cabinet approves MoU

between India and France in the field of

energy efficiency / energy conservation.


1. International Civil Aviation Day is

observed on?

a) December 6

b) December 7

c) December 8

d) December 9

Explanation: In 1996 the United Nations

General Assembly proclaimed that 7

December was to be the International Civil

Aviation Day. Theme - Working Together

to Ensure No Country is Left Behind.

2. International Film Festival of ________

begins?

a) Karnataka

b) Maharashtra

c) Odisha

d) Kerala

Explanation: The 23rd International Film

Festival of Kerala (IFFK) 2018 will begin

at Thiruvananthapuram.

3. SMART initiative launched in?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Jharkhand

c) Maharashtra

d) Haryana


2018


Explanation: CM Devendra Fadnavis has

launched a unique initiative called

"SMART", which stands for State of

Maharashtra‟s Agribusiness and Rural

Transformation.

4. Export-Import Bank of India (Exim

Bank) has extended a credit facility of

USD 500 million to which country?

a) Tanzania

b) Zambia

c) Kenya

d) Uganda

Explanation: Export-Import Bank of

India (Exim Bank) has extended a credit

facility of USD 500 million to Tanzania

for water supply projects in the country.

5. Who is the present Chief Economic

Advisor to the government of India?

a) Kaushik Basu

b) Arvind Subramanian

c) Urjit Patel

d) Krishnamurthy Subramanian

Explanation: Krishnamurthy

Subramanian - New Chief Economic

Advisor

6. Ministry of Shipping has approved

development of a freight village in?

a) Patna

b) Varanasi

c) Kolkatta

d) Allahabad

Explanation: Ministry of Shipping has

approved development of a freight village

in Varanasi adjoining the Inland

Waterways Terminal on River Ganga. It

will be developed at a cost 156 crore

rupees.

7. India opposes move to declare Gilgit-

Baltistan as fifth province of which

country?

a) China

b) Afghanistan

c) Bangladesh

d) Pakistan

Explanation: India has voiced strong

opposition to Pakistan's reported move to

declare Gilgit-Baltistan as its fifth

province.

8. National Challenge ‘Ideate for India -

creative solutions using technology'

launched at?

a) Bengaluru

b) New Delhi

c) Hyderabad

d) Mumbai

Explanation: Minister for Electronics and

IT Ravi Shankar Prasad today launched

National Challenge - „Ideate for India -

creative solutions using technology' for

school students in New Delhi.

9. December 7 is observed as?

a) Armed Forces Flag Day

b) Submarine Day

c) Airforce Day

d) Army Day

Explanation: 7th December marks the

Armed Forces Flag Day. It is a day to

express gratitude to the martyrs as well as

the men and women in uniform.


1. Which Country enacted a new law to

bring more blue-collar foreign workers

into the country?


2018


a) China

b) France

c) Japan

d) USA

Explanation: Japanese government

enacted a new law to bring more blue-

collar foreign workers into the country to

address chronic labour shortages.

a) Which Country is not the member of

SAARC?

b) China

c) Pakistan

d) Maldives

e) Afghanistan

Explanation: SAARC comprises of eight

Member States- Afghanistan, Bangladesh,

Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan

and Sri Lanka.

2. Which is the India's first submarine?

a) INS Shalki

b) INS Vikrant

c) INS Chakra

d) INS Kalvari

Explanation: The Indian Navy is

celebrating Submarine Day on December

8. The day commemorates the induction of

the first submarine, the erstwhile INS

Kalvari, into the Navy on this day in 1967.

3. Who announced the ‘Journalism AI’

project?

a) Yahoo

b) Google

c) Facebook

d) Youtube

Explanation: To help news industry use

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in more

innovative ways, Google has announced a

partnership with Polis, the international

journalism think-tank at London School of

Economics and Political Science, to create

“Journalism AI”.

4. The Organisation of the Petroleum

Exporting Countries [OPEC] is a group

of how many nations?

a) 8

b) 10

c) 12

d) 14

Explanation: The Organisation of the

Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

[the group of 14 nations] and its allies

agreed to cut oil output by 12 lakh barrels

a day to boost global oil markets.

5. Shahpurkandi Dam project in Punjab

to be constructed on which River?

a) Jhelum

b) Chenab

c) Ravi

d) Sutlej

Explanation: The Union Cabinet gave its

nod to the implementation of

Shahpurkandi Dam project in Punjab on

the river Ravi.

6. Food and Agriculture organisation,

FAO Council has approved to observe

an International Year of Millets in?

a) 2023

b) 2022

c) 2021

d) 2020

Explanation: Food and Agriculture

organisation, FAO Council has approved


2018


India‟s proposal to observe an

International Year of Millets in 2023.

7. Rishabh Pant took how many catches in

an innings equalling M.S. Dhoni's

record?

a) 10

b) 8

c) 7

d) 6

Explanation: Rishabh Pant took six

catches in the Australian first innings of

the first test match thus equalling M.S.

Dhoni's record

8. SAARC established in which year?

a) 1965

b) 1975

c) 1985

d) 1995

Explanation: SAARC was established

with the signing of the SAARC Charter in

Dhaka on 8 December 1985.

Current Affairs Quiz December 09, 10 2018

1. Human Rights Day is observed on?

a) December 7

b) December 8

c) December 9

d) December 10

Explanation: Human Rights Day is

observed every year on 10 December. In

2018, Human Rights Day will mark the

70th anniversary of the Universal

Declaration of Human Rights.

2. 1st International Conference on

Sustainable Water Management held

at?

a) Punjab

b) New Delhi

c) Maharashtra

d) Karnataka

Explanation: The first International

Conference under the aegis of National

Hydrology Project, Union Ministry of

Water Resources, River Development and

Ganga Rejuvenation is being organised at

Indian School of Business (ISB), Mohali

on the theme „Sustainable Water

Management‟.

3. What is the name of Russian

parliament?

a) Knesset

b) Seimas

c) Duma

d) Sejm

Explanation: 5th Meeting of India-Russia

Parliamentary Commission. The Chairman

of „Duma‟ of the Russian Parliament

called for an enabling legislative

framework to fully tap the immense

potential of bilateral cooperation between

India and Russia.

4. 18th All India Annual Conference of the

Heads of Science Centre’s and

Museums began at?

a) Guwahati

b) Imphal

c) Kohima

d) Itanagar

Explanation: The 18th All India Annual

Conference of the Heads of Science

Centre‟s and Museums began at Itanagar

to tie up and collaborate with other

scientific institutions across the country to

promote science and technology in the

state.


2018


5. Khelo India Youth Games to be held in?

a) New Delhi

b) Kolkatta

c) Pune

d) Bangalore

Explanation: Khelo India Youth Games

to be held in Pune from 9th to 20th of

January.

6. Who created world record for highest

first-class debut score?

a) Ajay Rohera

b) Amol Mazumdar

c) Prithvi Shaw

d) Shubhman Gill

Explanation: Madhya Pradesh opener

Ajay Rohera creates world record for

highest first-class debut score 267 not out,

a world record.

7. Who won the Miss World 2018?

a) Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan

b) Katarina Rodriguez

c) Vanessa Poncede Leon

d) Meenakshi Chaudhary

Explanation: Miss World 2018 - Mexico's

Vanessa Poncede Leon. Thailand's

Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan was declared

the runner-up.

8. Regional Conference on ‘Good

Governance- Focus on Aspirational

Districts’ held at?

a) Hyderabad

b) Thiruvananthapuram

c) Bhopal

d) Mumbai

Explanation: The Department of

Administrative Reforms and Public

Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of

Personnel, Public Grievances and

Pensions, Government of India in

association with Government of Kerala is

organizing a Regional Conference on

December 10- 11, 2018 at

Thiruvananthapuram on „Good

Governance - Focus on Aspirational

Districts‟.

9. International Anti-Corruption Day is

observed on?

a) December 7

b) December 8

c) December 9

d) December 10

Explanation: International Anti-

Corruption Day has been observed

annually, on 9 December, since the

passage of the United Nations Convention

Against Corruption on 31 October 2003 to

raise public awareness for anti-corruption.


1. Home Ministry has launched a account

in which social media to spread

awareness about cybercrimes and

normal precautions to be taken?

a) Facebook

b) Twitter

c) Instagram

d) WhatsApp

Explanation: Home Ministry has

launched a Twitter account to spread

awareness about cybercrimes and normal

precautions to be taken.

2. Central Government contribution to be

raised to _____ % from existing 10 per

cent in National Pension Scheme[NPS]?


2018


a) 11

b) 12

c) 13

d) 14

Explanation: Central Government

contribution will be raised to 14 per cent

from existing 10 per cent in National

Pension Scheme[NPS]

3. Who is the present RBI Governor?

a) Shaktikanta Das

b) Urjit Patel

c) Raghuram Rajan

d) Amitabh Kant

Explanation: Shaktikanta Das - New RBI

Governor

4. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a

fine of Rs.1 crore on which Bank for

violating cyber security norms?

a) Canara Bank

b) Punjab National Bank

c) ICICI Bank

d) Indian Bank

Explanation: The Reserve Bank of India

(RBI) imposed a fine of Rs.1 crore on

Indian Bank for violating cyber security

norms.

5. Nearly __ per cent of UN member states

has agreed to ensure safe, orderly and

humane migration

a) 65

b) 75

c) 85

d) 90

Explanation: Nearly 85 per cent of UN

member states has agreed on a sweeping

yet non-binding accord to ensure safe,

orderly and humane migration.

6. International Mountain Day is observed

on?

a) December 8

b) December 9

c) December 10

d) December 11

Explanation: International Mountain Day,

held each year on 11 December, which

was established by the UN General

Assembly in 2003 to encourage

sustainable development in mountains.

2018 theme: “#MountainsMatter”

7. Assam Movement was held against?

a) Illegal citizens

b) Terrorism

c) Tribals

d) Internal Armed Rebellion

Explanation: Assam Movement was held

in the 80s against illegal citizens staying in

Assam.

8. Petroleum Minister Dharmendra

Pradhan inaugurated piped gas

connection near?

a) New Delhi

b) Kolkatta

c) Mumbai

d) Patna

Explanation: Petroleum Minister

Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated piped

gas connection near Mumbai.

9. Which Country promised an increase in

minimum wages and tax concessions?

a) Qatar

b) France


2018


c) America

d) Germany

Explanation: French President Emmanuel

Macron has promised an increase in

minimum wages and tax concessions in

response to weeks of violent protests.


1. Who was selected as the Time

magazine's "Person of the Year" 2018?

a) Donald Trump

b) Moon Jae-in

c) Robert Mueller

d) Jamal Khashoggi

Explanation: 2018 Time magazine's

"Person of the Year" - Saudi journalist

Jamal Khashoggi

2. ROSCOSMOS is an space organization

belongs to which country?

a) Romania

b) Rwanda

c) Russia

d) None of the above

3. The government has formulated a Crisis

Management Plan to counter?

a) Cyber attacks

b) Disaster reduction

c) Cyclone safety

d) All of the above

Explanation: The government has

formulated a Crisis Management Plan to

counter cyber-attacks and cyber terrorism.

4. All India Institute of Ayurveda

organized a National conference

‘AYUSHCHARYA’ for public health

promotion” at?

a) Rajasthan

b) Telangana

c) Kerala

d) New Delhi

Explanation: All India Institute of

Ayurveda, New Delhi organized a

National conference „AYUSHCHARYA‟

on Dinacharya (Daily Regimen) and

Ritucharya (Seasonal Regimen) for public

health promotion” on 10th and 11th of

December, 2018.

5. GSAT-7A is the ___th Indian

Communication satellite built by the

ISRO?

a) 34

b) 35

c) 36

d) 37

Explanation: GSAT-7A is the 35th Indian

Communication satellite built by the ISRO

6. Which state government has decided to

establish an umbrella university to

control all the medical and dental

colleges and nursing institutions in the

state?

a) Punjab

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Uttarakhand

Explanation: The Uttar Pradesh

Government has decided to establish an

umbrella university to control all the

medical and dental colleges and nursing

institutions in the state. The university will

be named after former Prime Minister late

Atal Bihari Vajpayee.


2018


7. International Day of Neutrality is

observed on?

a) December 12

b) December 11

c) December 10

d) December 09

Explanation: International Day of

Neutrality is a United Nations observance

held on December 12 each year.

8. International Universal Health

Coverage Day is observed on?

a) December 09

b) December 10

c) December 11

d) December 12

Explanation: Universal Health Coverage

Day is celebrated annually on December

12 and is promoted by the World Health

Organization.

9. Which is the first Country whose

complete neutrality was formally

recognized by the United Nations?

a) India

b) Norway

c) Switzerland

d) Turkmenistan

Explanation: Although Switzerland was

the first country to declare permanent

neutrality in 1815, Turkmenistan was the

first state whose complete neutrality was

formally recognized by the United

Nations.


1. President Ram Nath Kovind

inaugurated the 5th Enterprise India

show in?

a) Cambodia

b) Nepal

c) Myanmar

d) Bhutan

Explanation: President Ram Nath Kovind

inaugurated the 5th Enterprise India show

in Yangon, Myanmar which was hosted by

Confederation of Indian Industry and the

Union of Myanmar Federation of

Chambers of Commerce.

2. British Prime Minister Theresa May

belongs to?

a) Conservative Party

b) Labour Party

c) Liberal Democrats

d) Scottish National Party

Explanation: British Prime Minister

Theresa May has won a vote of confidence

in her leadership of the Conservative

Party.

3. Which Country is to ban outdoor

smoking?

a) Norway

b) Denmark

c) Switzerland

d) Sweden

Explanation: Sweden is banning outdoor

smoking in certain public places including

playgrounds and train station platforms.

According to the new law, the goal is to

make the Scandinavian country smoke-

free by 2025

4. Revised Guidelines for Ground Water

Extraction Notified, to be Effective

from?

a) 1st January 2019

b) 1st June 2019


2018


c) 1st March 2019

d) 1st May 2019

Explanation: Revised Guidelines for

Ground Water Extraction Notified, to be

Effective From 1st June 2019.

5. Who is the first female Divyang to climb

Mount Everest?

a) Arunima Sinha

b) Malavath Poorna

c) Jordan Romero

d) Santosh Yadav

Explanation: Arunima Sinha is the first

female Divyang to climb Mount Everest.

6. Mount Vinson is a large mountain in

which continent?

a) Asia

b) North America

c) South America

d) Antarctica

Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra

Modi handed over the tricolour flag to

Arunima Sinha, marking the beginning of

her expedition to Mount Vinson,

Antarctica.

7. Which Fee had Introduced for the First

Time?

a) Forest Conservation Fee

b) Carbon Fee

c) Water Conservation Fee

d) Coal Fee

Explanation: Water Conservation Fee

Introduced for the First Time

8. Where Kumbh Mela is to be held in

January 2019?

a) Haridwar

b) Allahabad

c) Ujjain

d) Nashik

Explanation: Railways has commissioned

41 projects at a cost of 700 crore rupees

for the Kumbh Mela that will begin in Allahabad

from January next year.


1. 4th WHO Global Forum on Medical

Devices held at?

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Vishakhapatnam

d) Hyderabad

Explanation: 4th WHO Global Forum on

Medical Devices held at Andhra Pradesh

Medtech Zone, in Vishakhapatnam

2. Bilateral annual Haj 2019 agreement

signed between India and which

Country?

a) UAE

b) Saudi Arabia

c) Qatar

d) Oman

Explanation: India has requested Saudi

Arabia to increase its annual Haj quota in

2019. Minister for Minority Affairs

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi made this request to

Saudi Arabia Haj and Umrah Minister.

3. Ministry of Railways has decided to give

___% discount in haulage rate on

transport of empty containers and

empty flat wagons?

a) 10%

b) 15%

c) 20%

d) 25%


2018


Explanation: Ministry of Railways has

decided to give 25 % discount in haulage

rate on transport of empty containers and

empty flat wagons.

4. India lost to which country in Men's

Hockey World Cup 2018?

a) Netherlands

b) Belgium

c) Germany

d) Australia

Explanation: India lost to Netherlands in

Men's Hockey World Cup at

Bhubaneswar.

5. ECO Niwas Samhita 2018 is related to?

a) Pollution control code for Industries

b) Hazardous Waste Management code

c) Energy conservation building code for

residential buildings

d) Air purity code for cities

Explanation: ECO Niwas Samhita 2018 -

an Energy Conservation Building Code for

Residential Buildings launched.

6. Which State Assembly passes resolution

urging Centre to hasten enactment of

Women's Reservation Bill?

a) Rajasthan

b) Punjab

c) Maharashtra

d) Kerala

Explanation: Punjab Assembly

unanimously passed the resolution moved

by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder

Singh urging Central government to hasten

enactment of Women's Reservation Bill

providing for the reservation of one-third

of seats in the Lok Sabha and Legislative

Assemblies for women.

7. Who is the Chief Minister of Rajasthan?

a) Sachin Pilot

b) Kamal Nath

c) Ashok Gehlot

d) Bhupesh Baghel

Explanation: Ashok Gehlot will be the

new Chief Minister of Rajasthan and

Sachin Pilot will be his Deputy.

8. Who is the Chief Minister of Madhya

Pradesh?

a) Sachin Pilot

b) Kamal Nath

c) Ashok Gehlot

d) Bhupesh Baghel

Explanation: Senior Congress leader

Kamal Nath will be the new Chief

Minister of Madhya Pradesh.

9. Which State has already reserved 50 per

cent seats in Urban Local Bodies and

Panchayati Raj institutions for women?

a) Rajasthan

b) Kerala

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Punjab

Explanation: Punjab has already reserved

50 per cent seats in Urban Local Bodies

and Panchayati Raj institutions for women.

10. Red Corner Notice is issued by?

a) Interpol

b) World Bank

c) International Court of Justice

d) World Trade Organization

Explanation: The Interpol has issued a

Red Corner Notice (RCN) against

absconding billionaire Mehul Choksi, who

is accused of cheating state-run Punjab


2018


National Bank to the tune of over 13,000

crore rupees.


1. Nigerian military lifts ban on

_______operations?

a) UNICEF

b) UNESCO

c) UN Peace Keeping Force

d) UN Human Rights Council

Explanation: The Nigerian military has

lifted a ban on UNICEF operations in the

ravaged northeast. The Nigerian army has

accused UNICEF of 'aiding Boko Haram'

2. Who is the world’s biggest oil importer?

a) United States

b) India

c) China

d) Russia

Explanation: Oil prices slipped after

China reported slower economic growth,

pointing to lower fuel demand in the

world‟s biggest oil importer.

3. 91st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of

Federation of Indian Chambers of

Commerce and Industry (FICCI) held

at?

a) Mumbai

b) Pune

c) Bengaluru

d) New Delhi

Explanation: Electronics and IT Minister

Ravi Shankar Prasad was addressing the

91st Annual General Meeting of FICCI

and said India will become a trillion dollar

digital economy in the next two to three

years.

4. First National Workshop on Explosives

Detection inaugurated at?

a) New Delhi

b) Pune

c) Secunderabad

d) Nagpur

Explanation: The first National

Workshop on Explosives Detection was

inaugurated at High Energy Materials

Research Laboratory Pune.

5. Who stormed into the summit clash of

Badminton World Federation (BWF)

World Tour Finals?

a) PV Sindhu

b) Saina Nehwal

c) Tai Tzu-ying

d) Carolina Marin

Explanation: PV Sindhu has stormed into

the summit clash of Badminton World

Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals at

Guangzhou in China.

6. Women Transforming India awards

2018 is organized by?

a) Women and Child Development

Ministry

b) NITI Aayog

c) Ministry of Education

d) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises

Explanation: NITI Aayog is organising

the third edition of the Women

Transforming India Awards 2018. The

event will also mark launching of the

upgraded portal of the Women

Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP). 2018

theme is “Women and Entrepreneurship”

7. Who won the Jnanpith Award 2018?


2018


a) Ashapoorna Devi

b) Krishna Sobti

c) Shankha Ghosh

d) Amitav Ghosh

Explanation: English writer Amitav

Ghosh has been honoured with this year's

Jnanpith Award.

8. Foundation stone of New ultra modern

Railway Station laid at Kevadia in

_______ state?

a) Rajasthan

b) Gujarat

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Maharashtra

Explanation: President Ramnath Kovind

today laid the foundation stone of new

ultra modern Railway Station at Kevadia

in Narmada district of Gujarat.


1. Vijay Diwas is celebrated on?

a) July 26

b) December 16

c) September 14

d) November 16

Explanation: The nation celebrated Vijay

Diwas on December 16 to commemorate

India's victory over Pakistan in 1971 war.

2. Who is the Chief Minister of

Chattisgarh?

a) Sachin Pilot

b) Kamal Nath

c) Ashok Gehlot

d) Bhupesh Baghel

Explanation: Chhattisgarh Congress

president Bhupesh Baghel will be sworn-in

as the chief minister.

3. India’s first Railway University opened

at?

a) Varanasi

b) Manipur

c) Visakhapatnam

d) Vadodara

Explanation: Railway Minister Piyush

Goyal dedicated India‟s first Railway

University to the nation in Vadodara.

4. Which country named the Cyclone

Phethai which is likely to hit Andhra

Pradesh?

a) Thailand

b) Sri Lanka

c) Pakistan

d) Bangladesh

Explanation: Cyclone Phethai to hit

Andhra Pradesh coastal belt and is likely

to cross between MachiliPatnam and

Kakinada in the coming 24 hours.

5. ‘Watan ko Jano’ programme is related

to?

a) Maharashtra

b) Jammu and Kashmir

c) Arunachal Pradesh

d) Jharkhand

Explanation: The Ministry of Home

Affairs has been organising „Watan ko

Jano‟ programme to give exposure to the

youth and children of Jammu and Kashmir

about the cultural and socio-economic

development taking place in other parts of

the country.

6. Who became the Miss Universe 2018?

a) Catriona Gray

b) Manushi Chhillar

c) Vanessa Ponce


2018


d) Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

Explanation: Miss Universe 2018 -

Catriona Gray of Philippines[4th Filipina

to be named Miss Universe]

7. Who won the Men’s Hockey World Cup

2018?

a) Netherlands

b) Germany

c) Belgium

d) England

Explanation: Belgium has claimed their

first ever World Cup title defeating

Netherlands.

8. Who won the Badminton World Tour

Finals Trophy?

a) Nozomi Okuhara

b) P V Sindhu

c) Tai Tzu-ying

d) Carolina Marin

Explanation: Ace Indian shuttler P V

Sindhu lifted the prestigious season-ending

World Tour Finals trophy at Guangzhou,

China. She defeated Japan's Nozomi

Okuhara 21-19, 21-17 in the summit clash

9. Who has become the second fastest to

score 25 Test centuries?

a) Joe Root

b) Steve Smith

c) Hashim Amla

d) Virat Kohli

Explanation: Indian skipper Virat Kohli

has became the second fastest to score 25

Test centuries, only behind Sir Don

Bradman

10. Special marathon 'Soldierathon' held

at?

a) Jammu & Kashmir

b) Uttarakhand

c) New Delhi

d) Himachal Pradesh

Explanation: On the occasion of Vijay

Diwas, Sports Minister Col Rajyavardhan

Rathore flagged off a special marathon

'Soldierathon' at JLN Stadium in New

Delhi. The marathon was organised in the

honour of Martyrs and wounded Soldiers.


1. International Migrants Day is observed

on?

a) December 18

b) December 17

c) December 16

d) December 15

Explanation: International Migrants Day

is observed on 18 December in accordance

with Resolution of the United Nations

General Assembly, adopted on 4

December 2000.

2. Which is not the official language of

UN?

a) Chinese

b) French

c) Arabic

d) Greek

Explanation: The U.N. has only six

official languages: Arabic, Chinese,

English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

3. Which state cabinet decided to waive 25

percent of loan amount to the farmers?

a) Chattisgarh

b) Rajasthan

c) Assam


2018


d) Madhya Pradesh

Explanation: Assam state cabinet decided

to waive 25 percent of loan amount to the

farmers.

4. Rajkumar Shukla is related to?

a) Dandi March

b) Champaran Satyagraha

c) Ahmedabad Mill Strike

d) Poorna Swaraj

Explanation: Union Minister of State

(Independent Charge) for Communications

and Minister of State for Railways Shri

Manoj Sinha released a Commemorative

Postage Stamp on Rajkumar Shukla at

New Delhi. Rajkumar Shukla made a

seminal contribution culminating in the

launch of the Champaran Satyagraha in

1917 by Mahatma Gandhi.

5. Which State CM has announced to

waive off farm loans of more than 16

lakh farmers?

a) Chhattisgarh

b) Bihar

c) Assam

d) Telangana

Explanation: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister

Bhupesh Baghel has announced to waive

off farm loans to the tune of 6,100 crore

rupees of more than 16 lakh farmers.

6. Regulations for mandatory phase-out of

single-use plastic shopping bags will

take effect from July 1, 2019 in which

Country?

a) Australia

b) New Zealand

c) Dubai

d) Canada

Explanation: In New Zealand, regulations

for mandatory phase-out of single-use

plastic shopping bags will take effect from

July 1, 2019.

7. GSAT 7A is all set to provide

communication services in which band?

a) C-band (4–8 GHz)

b) X-band (8–12 GHz)

c) Ku-band (12–18 GHz)

d) Ka-band (26–40 GHz)

Explanation: GSAT 7A, a geo stationary

communication satellite weighing 2250

kilogram is all set to provide

communication services in Ku band over

the Indian region.

8. National Register of Citizens, NRC is

related to which state?

a) Assam

b) Jammu&Kashmir

c) Sikkim


Explanation: The Central government

said that there is no proposal to extend the

National Register of Citizens, NRC to

States other than Assam.

9. The Union Cabinet has approved a new

bridge across the Ganga river at Patna

in Bihar on NH-__?

a) NH-2

b) NH-7

c) NH-19

d) NH-39

Explanation: Cabinet Committee on

Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved

the project for construction of 5.634 km


2018


long new 4 lane bridge parallel to the

existing MG Setu on NH-19.


1. Goa was liberated on?

a) 19th December, 1960

b) 19th December, 1961

c) 19th December, 1962

d) 19th December, 1963

Explanation: Goa Liberation Day is being

celebrated. Goa was liberated on 19th

December1961, from around 450 years of

Portuguese rule.

2. Which State has ordered to constitute

an official panel to screen and identify

new tourism projects in the state?

a) Maharashtra

b) Odisha

c) Jammu & Kashmir

d) Uttar Pradesh

Explanation: The Jammu and Kashmir

government has ordered to constitute an

official panel to screen and identify new

tourism projects in the state under the

Prime Minister's Development Package

(PMDP).

3. 15th Global SME Business Summit held

at?

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Hyderabad

d) Chennai

Explanation: Union Minister of

Commerce &Industry and Civil Aviation,

Suresh Prabhu attended the inaugural

session of the 15th Global SME Business

Summit in New Delhi.

4. The Third Roadshow on Competition

Law was organised in?

a) New Delhi

b) Ahmedabad

c) Kolkata

d) Guwahati

Explanation: The Third Roadshow on

Competition Law was organised in

Ahmedabad on 18th December, 2018 by

the Competition Commission of India with

a thematic focus on Public Procurement,

Trade Associations, Cartels and Leniency.

5. IPL 2019 auction takes place in?

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Jaipur

d) Hyderabad

Explanation: IPL 2019 auction takes

place in Jaipur.

6. IN LCU L55 is the ______ ship of

Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk-IV

class to be inducted into the Indian

Navy?

a) First

b) Third

c) Fourth

d) Fifth

Explanation: IN LCU L55 is the fifth ship

of Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk-IV

class to be inducted into the Indian Navy.

7. Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)

signed MOU with _________ for

training rural youth for skill

development?

a) Hyundai

b) Ashok Leyland

c) Tata Motors


2018


d) Maruti Suzuki

Explanation: Ministry of Rural

Development (MoRD) signed MOU with

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd for training rural

youth for skill development

8. NITI Aayog unveiled its comprehensive

national Strategy for New India, which

defines clear objectives for the year?

a) 2019-20

b) 2020-21

c) 2021-22

d) 2022-23

Explanation: NITI Aayog unveiled its

comprehensive national Strategy for New

India, which defines clear objectives for

2022-23.

9. As per the World Development

Indicators database, the share of the

Indian economy in the world is?

a) 2.6%

b) 2.8%

c) 3.0%

d) 3.2%

Explanation: The share of the Indian

economy in the world increased from 2.6

percent in 2014 to 3.2 percent in 2017 as

per the World Development Indicators

database.


1. Which state has emerged as the best

performing state in the Startup Ranking

2018?

a) Gujarat

b) Maharashtra

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Karnataka

Explanation: Gujarat has emerged as the

best performing state in the Startup

Ranking 2018. The National Report on

States' Startup Ranking was unveiled by

Department of Industrial Policy and

Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and

Industry in New Delhi.

2. Government to infuse how much crore

in Public Sector Banks in the current

fiscal?

a) 63,000

b) 73,000

c) 83,000

d) 93,000

Explanation: The government to infuse

83000 crore in Public Sector Banks in next

few months in the current fiscal.

3. Chah Bagicha (tea estate) Dhan

Puraskar Mela related to which state?

a) West Bengal

b) Assam

c) Karnataka

d) Kerala

Explanation: The Assam government has

approved the release of second instalment

of the Chah Bagicha (tea estate) Dhan

Puraskar Mela.

4. International Human Solidarity Day is

observed on?

a) December 18

b) December 19

c) December 20

d) December 21

Explanation: The United Nations' (UN)

International Human Solidarity Day is

annually held on December 20 to celebrate

unity in diversity. It also aims to remind


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people on the importance of solidarity in

working towards eradicating poverty.

5. Which state has announced short term

crop loans from cooperative banks and

loans of up to two lakh rupees from

nationalised and other banks will be

waived?

a) Bihar

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Rajasthan

d) Madhya Pradesh

Explanation: In Rajasthan, Chief Minister

Ashok Gehlot has announced that short

term crop loans from cooperative banks

and loans of up to two lakh rupees from

nationalised and other banks will be

waived.

6. Which Country fines Uber 400,000

euros over huge data breach?

a) UK

b) China

c) Hungary

d) France

Explanation: France's data protection

agency had fined the US ride-hailing

group Uber 400,000 euros over a 2016

data breach that exposed the personal data

of some 57 million clients and drivers

worldwide.

7. Which Country voted in favour of the

UNGA's global framework on

International migration resolution?

a) Poland

b) India

c) US

d) Israel

Explanation: UNGA adopts global

framework on International migration.

India voted in favour of the resolution

while, the Czech Republic, Hungary,

Israel, Poland, and US voted against it.

8. Lok Sabha passed the Consumer

Protection Bill, 2018 which seeks to

replace the Consumer Protection Act,

____?

a) 1966

b) 1976

c) 1986

d) 2002

Explanation: Lok Sabha passed the

Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 which

seeks to replace the Consumer Protection

Act, 1986. It seeks to establish Consumer

Disputes Redressal Commissions at

District, State and National levels.

9. Anup Kumar related to which Sports?

a) Badminton

b) Kabaddi

c) Athletics

d) Wrestling

Explanation: Renowned Kabaddi Player,

Anup Kumar announced his retirement

from Kabaddi.


1. UN Security Council to vote on sending

observers to which country?

a) Syria

b) Yemen

c) Iraq

d) Afghanistan


2018


Explanation: UN Security Council to vote

on sending observers to Yemen

2. Who is the present Indian women's

cricket team coach?

a) Ravi Shastri

b) Ramesh Powar

c) Anil Kumble

d) WV Raman

Explanation: WV Raman - India women's

cricket team coach

3. Which organization is all set to expand

its Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU)?

a) ICC

b) ISA

c) BCCI


Explanation: The BCCI is all set to

expand its Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU)

4. Sustainable Development Goal, SDG

India Index to be released by the?

a) NITI Aayog

b) UNDP

c) Sustainable Development Solutions

Network

d) United Nations Department of

Economic and Social Affairs

Explanation: NITI Aayog to release the

Sustainable Development Goal, SDG India

Index

5. PV Sindhu has climbed to Number __ in

the latest world badminton rankings?

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

Explanation: PV Sindhu has climbed 3

spots to Number 3 in the latest world

badminton rankings.

6. U.S. plans to withdraw troops from

which country?

a) Afghanistan

b) Syria

c) Yemen

d) Iraq

Explanation: U.S. plans to withdraw

troops from Afghanistan

7. Fog PASS Device is a?

a) Global Navigation Satellite System

b) Global Positioning System

c) High-power radio signals

d) Low frequency wave

Explanation: Fog PASS Device is a

Global Positioning System (GPS) based

hand held portable device which serves as

an aid for the crew during foggy weather

through audio visual alarm, whenever any

landmark comes within the Geo-fence

range.

8. Soyuz capsule belongs to which

country?

a) China

b) Japan

c) USA

d) Russia

Explanation: Three astronauts returned to

Earth after more than six months aboard

the International Space Station Russian

Soyuz capsule


1. Which Country ranks First in the FIFA

global rankings?


2018


a) Germany

b) Belgium

c) France

d) Brazil

Explanation: 1) Belgium 2) France 3)

Brazil

2. GST of which item reduced from 28

percent to 18 percent slab recently?

a) Cement

b) AC

c) Auto parts

d) TV

Explanation: Finance Minister Arun

Jaitley said GST of 6 items reduced from

28 percent to 18 percent slab. These items

include TV, tyre, power bank and video

games. 28 percent slab rate is applicable

only on 28 items, which are luxury items

like cement, auto parts, AC and

dishwasher.

3. Which country launched its first

communication satellite to provide

broadband internet services worldwide?

a) China

b) Japan

c) France

d) Russia

Explanation: China launched its first

communication satellite to provide

broadband internet services worldwide in

an apparent bid to rival Google and other

international firms.

4. The Premier Badminton League begins

in ________?

a) New Delhi

b) Kolkata

c) Mumbai

d) Thiruvananthapuram

Explanation: The Premier Badminton

League begins in Mumbai

5. Who named as the captain for the

Indian Women's ODI team?

a) Mithali Raj

b) Harmanpreet Kaur

c) Veda Krishnamurthy

d) Anjum Chopra

Explanation: Mithali Raj and

Harmanpreet Kaur were retained as

captains for the Indian Women's ODI and

T20 team for the New Zealand tour

beginning next month.

6. 55th Skoch Summit held at?

a) Mumbai

b) Hyderabad

c) New Delhi

d) Kolkata

Explanation: Commerce and Industry

Minister Suresh Prabhu has conferred the

Skoch Golden Jubilee Challenger Award

at the 55th Skoch Summit in New Delhi.

7. For construction of a wall on the US

border with Mexico Trump demanded

how much?

a) 3 billion dollars

b) 5 billion dollars

c) 7 billion dollars

d) 10 billion dollars

Explanation: Trump demand for 5 billion

dollars for construction of a wall on the

US border with Mexico

8. Which Assembly has passed a resolution

demanding that Bharat Ratna awarded

to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi


2018


be withdrawn over the 1984 anti-Sikh

riots?

a) Punjab

b) Haryana

c) Delhi


Explanation: Delhi Assembly has passed

a resolution demanding that Bharat Ratna

awarded to former Prime Minister Rajiv

Gandhi be withdrawn over the 1984 anti-

Sikh riots.


1. National Farmers’ Day (Kisan Diwas) is

observed on?

a) December 21

b) December 22

c) December 23

d) December 24

Explanation: December 23 – National

Farmers‟ Day (Kisan Diwas)

2. India’s first music museum to be set up

in?

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Kerala

c) Karnataka

d) Uttar Pradesh

Explanation: India‟s first music museum

to be set up in Thiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu

3. Archie Schiller, the seven-year-old leg-

spinner inducted into which cricket

team?

a) South Africa

b) New Zealand

c) West Indies

d) Australia

Explanation: Archie Schiller, the seven-

year-old leg-spinner inducted into the

Australian team earlier this month, is set to

co-captain the side alongside Tim Paine in

the in the Boxing Day Test at the

Melbourne Cricket Ground.

4. Information Fusion Centre – Indian

Ocean Region, IFC-IOR launched in?

a) Guwahati

b) Gurugram

c) Gandhi Nagar

d) Kanpur

Explanation: Defence Minister Nirmala

Sitharaman launched the Information

Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region,

IFC-IOR at the Information Management

and Analysis Centre, IMAC in Gurugram.

5. Anak Krakatau volcano is located at?

a) Iceland

b) Italy

c) Japan

d) Indonesia

Explanation: A tsunami killed at least 280

people and injured hundreds on the

Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra

following an underwater landslide

believed caused by the erupting Anak

Krakatau volcano.

6. National Consumer Day is observed on?

a) December 22

b) December 23

c) December 24

d) December 25

Explanation: December 24 – National

Consumer Day


2018


7. Inter Continental Ballistic Missile Agni-

IV has a strike range of ______ km?

a) 4000

b) 3000

c) 2000

d) 5000

Explanation: India successfully test-fired

its nuclear-capable long-range Inter

Continental Ballistic Missile Agni-IV,

with a strike range of 4,000 km.

8. Who becomes the fastest Asian to cycle

the globe?

a) Parto Azar

b) Zhang Nan

c) Vedangi Kulkarni

d) Lee Min-Hye

Explanation: Indian woman Vedangi

Kulkarni has become the fastest Asian to

cycle the globe. Hailing from a suburb of

Pune, 20-year old Vedangi cycled into

Kolkata in the wee hours, completing the

29,000 kilometers' distance required to

qualify as bicycling across the globe.

9. Sino-India military exercise takes place

between?

a) India and China

b) India and Myanmar

c) India and Vietnam

d) India and Cambodia

Explanation: The seventh edition of joint

Sino-India military exercise Hand–in–

Hand 2018 concluded on 23 December

2018.


1. Which Country declared Christmas Day

a public holiday?

a) Iraq

b) Saudi Arabia

c) Iran

d) Syria

Explanation: Iraq declares Christmas Day

a public holiday

2. Vajpayee International Schools

launched in?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) New Delhi

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Maharashtra

Explanation: Maharashtra Chief Minister

Devendra Fadnavis launched Bharat Ratna

Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Schools

in Mumbai on the occasion of 94th birth

anniversary of the late Prime Minister.

3. Which Country approved medical use

of marijuana?

a) India

b) Thailand

c) Ireland

d) Saudi Arabia

Explanation: Thailand approves medical

use of marijuana

4. Good Governance Day is observed on?

a) December 23

b) December 24

c) December 25

d) December 26

Explanation: In Uttar Pradesh, the 95th

birth anniversary of former prime minister

Atal Bihari Vajpayee is being observed as

Good Governance Day.


2018


5. Which Country has decided to

withdraw from the International

Whaling Commission (IWC)?

a) China

b) USA

c) Spain

d) Japan

Explanation: Japan has decided to

withdraw from the International Whaling

Commission (IWC)

6. What is the minimum visibility required

for flight takeoff?

a) 100 metres

b) 110 metres

c) 125 metres

d) 150 metres

Explanation: The minimum visibility

required for flight takeoff is 125 metres

7. Which Country expanded economic

sanctions on Ukraine?

a) Russia

b) China

c) USA

d) France

Explanation: Russia expands economic

sanctions on Ukraine

8. Which tribal community celebrates

annual Heddaiyamman festival?

a) Bhil

b) Gond

c) Kodava

d) Baduga

Explanation: The tribal Baduga

community in the Nilgiris district of Tamil

nadu is celebrating their annual

Heddaiyamman festival. The Badagas are

an indigenous tribal group in the Nilgiris.

9. The first meeting of the Follow-up

Committee for implementation of the

Trilateral Chabahar Agreement held

at?

a) India

b) Iran

c) Afghanistan

d) Nepal

Explanation: The first meeting of the

Follow-up Committee for implementation

of the Trilateral Chabahar Agreement

between India, Afghanistan and Iran was

held in the port city of Chabahar in Iran.

10. 'Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana'

is related to?

a) Education

b) Pension

c) Skill Training

d) Medical Treatment

Explanation: 'Atal Ayushman

Uttarakhand Yojana' has been launched in

the hill state. Under the scheme, each

household in the state will be able to avail

medical treatment of up to 5 lakh rupees

annually


1. Andhra Pradesh High Court will be the

___ High Court in the country?

a) 24

b) 25

c) 26

d) 27

Explanation: Andhra Pradesh High Court

will be the 25th High Court in the country


2018


2. Mount Etna is located in which

country?

a) Spain

b) Argentina

c) Japan

d) Italy

Explanation: A 4.8-magnitude earthquake

has hit Sicily near Europe's most active

volcano, Mount Etna, injuring at least 28

people. The epicentre was located north of

Catania.

3. 26th National Children's Science

Congress inaugurated in?

a) Bhubaneswar

b) Kanpur

c) Bhopal

d) Kolkata

Explanation: The 26th National

Children's Science Congress has been

inaugurated by the Chief Minister Shri

Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar.

4. Dwijing Festival is celebrated in which

state?

a) Arunachal Pradesh

b) Meghalaya

c) Nagaland

d) Assam

Explanation: In Assam, the third Dwijing

Festival has begun today on the bank of

Aye river at Chirang district.

5. Which Country to apply for full UN

membership in January?

a) South Sudan

b) Palestine

c) Taiwan

d) Kosovo

Explanation: Palestinian foreign minister

Riyad al-Malki declared that Palestine

would apply for full state membership at

the United Nations in January.

6. Central government has increased

allocation of annual budget of which

state to Rs 72 thousand crores from 21

thousand crores?

a) Assam

b) Bihar

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Sikkim


Modi said that the Centre has increased

allocation of annual budget of Himachal to

Rs 72 thousand crores from 21 thousand

crores.

7. Who formally inducted into the ICC

Cricket Hall of Fame recently?

a) Virat Kohli

b) Ricky Ponting

c) Shane Warne

d) Glenn McGrath

Explanation: Former Australia captain

Ricky Ponting was formally inducted into

the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

8. Central Minister Rajyavardhan

Rathore released the administrative

handbook of which ministry?

a) Information and Broadcasting

b) Sports & Youth Affairs

c) Education

d) Foreign Affairs

Explanation: Information and

Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan

Rathore released the administrative


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handbook of the Information and

Broadcasting Ministry in New Delhi.

9. According to Second Delta Ranking of

Aspirational Districts Programme

which district has shown the most

improvement overall?

a) Bihar's Aurangabad

b) Odisha's Koraput

c) Uttar Pradesh's Siddarthnagar

d) Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar

Explanation: Virudhunagar district in

Tamil Nadu has shown the most

improvement overall, followed by

Nuapada district in Odisha, Siddarthnagar

in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar's Aurangabad and

Koraput in Odisha.

10. Who is India's chief boxing coach?

a) Woorkeri Raman

b) Jagdish Singh

c) CA Kuttappa

d) Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu

Explanation: CA Kuttappa - India's chief

boxing coach


1. Which state government implements 7th

Pay Commission recommendation?

a) Karnataka

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Maharashtra

d) Chattisgarh

Explanation: Maharashtra government

implements 7th Pay Commission

recommendation

2. India sends poll observers to which

country?

a) Bangladesh

b) Nepal

c) Bhutan

d) Myanmar

Explanation: India has sent observers to

Bangladesh to witness the elections to be

held. Three officials were designated from

India to observe the elections in that

country.

3. UAE resumes embassy in which

country?

a) Yemen

b) Syria

c) South Sudan

d) Somalia

Explanation: United Arab Emirates has

resumed its diplomatic service at

Damascus in Syria after six years of

suspension signaling a thaw in the

relations between the two countries

4. Minimum Support Price[MSP] for

______ hiked by more than Rs.2000 per

quintal?

a) Paddy

b) Jute

c) Cotton

d) Copra

Explanation: The Cabinet Committee on

Economic Affairs, CCEA has approved

hike in Minimum Support Price for Copra

by more than two thousand rupees per

quintal for 2019 season.

5. India announces Rs 4,500 crore

assistance to which country?

a) Nepal

b) Bhutan

c) Bangladesh

d) Myanmar


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Modi has announced a Rs 4,500 crore

financial assistance to Bhutan for its 12th

five-year plan.

6. President of India Inaugurated the 12th

Global Healthcare Summit in

________?

a) Mumbai

b) New Delhi

c) Kolkata

d) Hyderabad

Explanation: The President of India, Shri

Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the 12th

Global Healthcare Summit organized by

the American Association of Physicians of

Indian Origin in Mumbai.

7. The Protection of Children from Sexual

Offences (POCSO) Act established in

the year?

a) 2000

b) 2002

c) 2010

d) 2012

Explanation: The Union Cabinet chaired

by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has

approved the proposal for Amendment in

the Protection of Children from Sexual

Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 to make

punishment more stringent for committing

sexual crimes against children.

8. Government approved the listing of

_____ Central Public Sector Enterprises

on the Stock Exchange?

a) Seven

b) Six

c) Five

d) Four

Explanation: The government has

approved the listing of seven Central

Public Sector Enterprises on the Stock

Exchange.

9. Drone Olympics to be held at?

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Bengaluru

d) Hyderabad

Explanation: Defence Minister Nirmala

Sitharaman launched a newly designed

web page for „Drone Olympics‟

(https://aeroindia.gov.in/Drone), scheduled

to be held at Aero India – 2019 at Air

Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru.


1. The unique Chapparam (Chariot)

festival being celebrated in which

temple?

a) Serampore Mahesh Temple

b) Puri Jagannath Temple

c) Kalpathi Sri Viswanatha Swamy

Temple

d) Madurai Meenakshi Temple

Explanation: The unique Chapparam

(Chariot) festival, that symbolizes the

importance of preserving all kinds of food

and fodder, was celebrated with traditional

rituals and festivities in the famous

Madurai Meenakshi temple, in Tamil

Nadu.

2. ALIMCO’s Auxiliary Production Unit

and State-of-the-Art Limb Fitting

Center in Ballabhgarh is located at?

a) Haryana

b) Rajasthan

c) Gujarat


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d) Uttar Pradesh

Explanation: Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar,

Minister of State for Social Justice and

Empowerment attended the

„BhoomiPujan‟ ceremony function of

ALIMCO‟s Auxiliary Production Unit and

State-of-the-Art Limb Fitting Center in

Ballabhgarh, Faridabad.

3. Centre doubles export incentives for

onion farmers from existing 5 per cent

to ___?

a) 7%

b) 10%

c) 12%

d) 15%

Explanation: Government has doubled

the export incentives for onion farmers

from existing 5 per cent to 10 per cent.

4. India submitted its _____ National

Report (NR6) to the Convention on

Biological Diversity (CBD)?

a) Third

b) Fourth

c) Fifth

d) Sixth

Explanation: India submitted its Sixth

National Report (NR6) to the Convention

on Biological Diversity (CBD).

5. Public sector banks approve loans

worth over________ cr for MSME

sector?

a) Rs. 17, 400

b) Rs. 27, 400

c) Rs. 37, 400

d) Rs. 47, 400

Explanation: Public sector banks have

approved more than 1.12 lakh loan

applications of MSMEs worth of 37,412

crore rupees under the '59 minutes' loan

scheme.

6. One District, One Product Regional

Summit held in ______?

a) Kanpur

b) Varanasi

c) Bhopal

d) Nagpur


Modi attended the One District, One

Product Regional Summit in Varanasi.

7. Honeybee plan is related to?

a) Nectar- and pollen-producing

flowering plants

b) Bee's wax

c) Recorded sound of honey bees to keep

elephants away from the rail track

d) Honey bee farm

Explanation: Railway minister Piyush

Goel announced that the Honey Bee plan

in Assam that kept elephants away from

the tracks will be expanded to other areas

of the country. It is a simple device that

amplifies the recorded sound of honey

bees to keep elephants away from the rail

track.

8. SAMPANN software is related to?

a) Pension Management System

b) Cyber Crime Prevention

c) Rail planning, scheduling, and

optimisation solution


Explanation: PM Modi dedicated

SAMPANN software to the nation which


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is a Comprehensive pension management

system developed by telecom department

to help lakhs of pensioners.

9. Nathu La pass located in?

a) Himachal Pradesh

b) Jammu & Kashmir

c) Uttarakhand

d) Sikkim

Explanation: In Sikkim, the Indian Army

has rescued more than 2,500 tourists

stranded due to heavy snowfall close to the

Nathu La pass and Tsomgo (Changu) Lake

in India-China border.


1. Which state government has decided to

form a new Spiritual Department?

a) Maharashtra

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Uttarakhand

Explanation: Madhya Pradeh state

government has decided to form a new

Spiritual Department. The Religious Trust

and Endowments and Happiness

Department will be merged in the new

department.

2. ‘Dandi Yatra' exhibition, which is a

part of the celebrations of the 150th

birth anniversary of father of the nation

Mahatma Gandhi was inaugurated in

________?

a) New Delhi

b) Gujarat

c) Rajasthan

d) Bihar

Explanation: An exhibition „Dandi Yatra',

which is a part of the celebrations of the

150th birth anniversary of father of the

nation Mahatma Gandhi, was inaugurated

in New Delhi.

3. Which Airport to be declared as the

fifth international airport in Tamil

Nadu?

a) Madurai Airport

b) Vellore Airport

c) Salem Airport

d) Tuticorin Airport

Explanation: Thoothukkudi (Tuticorin)

Airport to be declared as the fifth

international airport in Tamil Nadu.

4. Storm Usman struck which country?

a) Cambodia

b) Vietnam

c) Philippines

d) Malaysia

Explanation: Storm Usman that resulted

in heavy rain and triggered deadly

landslides hit the Bicol region in Manila,

Philippines.

5. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, PMAY

loan subsidy for middle-income group

has been extended till ______?

a) 31st March 2019

b) 31st March 2020

c) 31st March 2021

d) 31st March 2022

Explanation: Minister for Housing and

Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said

that the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana,

PMAY loan subsidy for middle-income

group has been extended till 31st March

2020.


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6. _____ Indian Science Congress-2019 to

be inaugurated by PrimeMinister

Narendra Modi in Jalandhar, Punjab?

a) 103

b) 104

c) 105

d) 106


Modi will inaugurate Indian Science

Congress-2019 in Jalandhar, Punjab on the

third of next month. This will be the 106th

edition of the event based on the theme

„Future India: Science and Technology‟

7. Third edition of women's national

boxing championships begins in

________?

a) Kerala

b) Karnataka

c) Haryana

d) New Delhi

Explanation: Third edition of women's

national boxing championships begins in

Vijayanagara, Karnataka.

8. Who is the top ranked bowler in the

ICC Test Player Rankings?

a) Kagiso Rabada

b) James Anderson

c) Pat Cummins

d) Vernon Philander

Explanation: Bowler – 1) Kagiso Rabada

9. Which year was the tricolour hoisted by

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Port

Blair?

a) 1940

b) 1941

c) 1942

d) 1943


Modi announced the renaming of three

islands of Andaman and Nicobar on the

occasion of 75th anniversary of Tricolour

hoisting by Netaji Subhas Chandra

Bose[on Dec 30, 1943] in Port Blair.

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