General Studies 2018

1.IAF Marshal Arjan Singh has passed away recently. He led the Indian Air Force (IAF) in which India-Pakistan War?

1965 1971 1999 1947

2.Which state is hosting the 5th edition of “Kaju India 2017- The Global Cashew Summit”?

Maharashtra Goa Andhra Pradesh Karnataka

3.Who has won the 2017 women’s singles Korea Open Super Series badminton tournament?

P V Sindhu Sania Nehwal Nozomi Okuhara P V Sindhu

4.Mahant Chand Nath, who passed away recently, was the Member of Parliament (MP) from which Lok Sabha constituency of Rajasthan?

Bharatpur Alwar Jaipur Churu

5.Who has won the 2017 Formula One Singapore Grand Prix tournament?

Daniel Ricciardo Valtteri Bottas Sergio Perez Lewis Hamilton

Prelims GS 2018

1.Who has been appointed as the new interim chairman of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)?

M Balachandran B Sambamurthy K K Rao M S Jadon

2.What is the theme of 2017 International Day of Peace?

Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All

Together for Peace 

Together for Peace: Dignity for All 

Together initiate World Peace

3.Zannah Mustapha has won the 2017 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. He hails from which country?

Thailand Bangladesh Israel Nigeria

4.Ajay Kumar Saroj, who won gold at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, is associated with which category?

Boxing Race Wrestling Swimming

5.The Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary (DWS) is located in which state?

Maharashtra Bihar Jharkhand West Bengal

GK & Current Affairs – September 2017

1.Which state government has launched a mobile app ‘People First’ for citizens?

Odisha Assam Andhra Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

2.Which country has signed MoU with Sri Lanka to upgrade Thondaman Vocational Training Centre?

South Korea India China Japan

3.Which city hosted the National conference on Agriculture for Rabi campaign 2017?

New Delhi Lucknow Jaipur Bhopal

4.Which bollywood personality has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Uttarakhand Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM)?

Amitabh Bachchan Priyanka Chopra Deepika Padukone Akshay Kumar

5.Shakila, who passed away recently, was the famous personality from which field?

Law Politics Film Industry Journalism

General Studies 2018

1.Which of the following is the India’s first indigenously built Scorpene submarine delivered to the Indian Navy?

INS Kalvari INS Khanderi INS Vela INS Godavari

2.Which of the following has become the world’s first airline to launch double beds in business class?

Emirates Qatar Airways Singapore Airlines Cathay Pacific

3.Jake LaMotta, who passed away recently, was the legendary personality of which sports?

Table Tennis Wrestling Boxing Sprint

4.Who has been appointed as the new CMD of Cotton Corporation of India (CCI)?

Nikhil Kumar Jain P Alli Rani Satish Chandra Misra Aditya Prasad Padhi

5.The Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) is located in which state?

Jharkhand Maharashtra Kerala Bihar

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2017

1.Who has been appointed as the new CMD of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)?

Ratish Kumar K.M. Singh Anu Jain Balraj Joshi

2.Which city is hosting the 6th edition of International Textile and Apparel Fair “VASTRA-2017”?

Bhopal New Delhi Jaipur Lucknow

3.Lillian Ross, the noted journalist has passed away. She hails from which country?

China United States Germany France

4.Which Indian film has been chosen as India’s official entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category at Oscars 2018?

Shubh Mangal Savdhan Bhoomi Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Newton

5.India’s first electric bus service has launched in which state?

Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Karnataka Kerala

Prelims GS 2018

1.Which city to host the 5th edition of Coastal Shipping and Inland Water Transportation Business Summit-2017?

Chennai Kochi Kolkata Gandhinagar

2.Who has been appointed as the working president of Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan?

Sadanand Gupta Nirmal Desai Ankit Arora Himmat Singh

3.The 2017 National Hindi Day (NHD) is celebrated on which day in India?

September 15 September 13 September 14 September 16

4.Which union ministry has signed an MoU with Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) for automatic and regular exchange of information?

Ministry of Corporate Affairs Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ministry of Finance Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

5.The Phrumsengla National Park (PNP) is located in which country?

Bhutan Sri Lanka Japan Singapore

GK & Current Affairs – September 2017

1.Which operation has started by India to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh?

Operation Rohingya Operation Manavta Operation Insaniyat Operation Refugee

2.Which city hosted the Indo-Sri Lanka Hindi conference?

Colombo New Delhi Jaffna Ahmedabad

3.Which committee has been constituted by the Union Finance Ministry to monitor tech issues of GST?

T M Thomas Isaac committee Krishna Byre Gowda committee Etela Rajender committee Sushil Modi committee

4.Which city to host the 2028 Summer Olympics?

London Paris Tokyo Los Angeles

5.Which state hosted the 12th edition of the India-Japan annual summit-2017?

Kerala Gujarat Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2018

1.What is the theme of the 2017 International Day of Democracy?

Democracy and conflict prevention Fight for democracy Democracy for Universal Peace Space for Civil Society

2.The National Agri-food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) has signed MoU with Bonn food industries to promote coloured wheat. The NABI is an autonomous body of which union ministry?

Ministry of Food Processing Industries Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

3.Who has been appointed as new President of Advertising Club?

Mitrajit Bhattacharya Ajay Kakkar Raj Nayak Vikram Sakhuja

4.Which state government has launched a comprehensive land survey for rectification of land records in the state?

Odisha Punjab Telangana Tamil Nadu

5.Which city is hosting the first-ever National Ayurveda Youth Festival (NAYF)?

Kanpur Bhopal New Delhi Jaipur

General Studies 2018

1.President Ram Nath Kovind has launched a nationwide campaign ‘Swacchata Hi Seva’ from which city?

Kanpur New Delhi Gandhinagar Guwahati

2.India’s first advanced Homoeopathy Virology lab has come up in which city?

Pune Kolkata Chennai New Delhi

3.Which state has become the first Indian State to approve e-vehicle policy?

Kerala Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Odisha

4.The Shiretoko National Park (SNP) is located in which country?

North Korea South Korea China Japan

5.What is the India’s rank in the 2017 Global Human Capital Index (GHCI)?

105th 103rd 118th 121st

UPSC Prelims 2018

1.Who is the newly appointed CMD of the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)?

Pramod Kumar Arup Roy N Baijendra Kumar Nikhil Srivastav

2.The joint military training exercise “Yudh Abhyas – 2017” will be conducted between India and which country?

United States Russia France Germany

3.Which state government has signed MoU with Amul to save the children of anganwadi from malnutrition?

Gujarat Assam Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

4.Who is the author of the book “How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century”?

Shiv Shankar Menon Shyam Saran J.J.Singh Ravi Shankar Prasad

5.The Kalesar National Park (KNP) is located in which state?

Kerala Manipur Punjab Haryana

Latest Current Affairs 2017

1.Which expert committee has constituted by the Union Government to identify key data protection issues in India?

BN Srikrishna R S Rawat Tushar Mehta H R Khan

2.Which expert committee has constituted by the NITI Aayog to provide a major thrust to job creation by enhancing India’s exports?

Raghav Yadav Milind Kumar S K Jain Rajiv Kumar

3.Which country is hosting the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF-2017)?

India United States Russia France

4.Who has become the first Indian to be signed by Australian Basket Team?

Yadwinder Singh Amritpal Singh Amjyot Singh Vishvas Bhriguvanshi

5.Who is the newly appointed Chairperson of National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC)?

P S Chaku Inder Jit Singh Abdul Rashid Dharmendra Singh

General Studies 2018

1.What is the theme of 2017 International Literacy Day (ILD)?

Literacy for the 21st Century Reading the past, writing the future Literacy in a Digital World Literacy and sustainable development

2.Which country to host the Across Barriers-International Business Women’s Summit (ABIBWS)?

Bhutan India Sri Lanka Nepal

3.Who has been appointed as high performance specialist coach for Indian Senior Women Hockey Team (ISWHT)?

Gurpreet Singh Harendra Singh Kuldeep Das S P Kumar

4.Who is the newly elected chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI) ?

Mahendra Mohan Gupta M.P. Veerendra Kumar Viveck Goenka Hormusji N. Cama

5.The Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) is located in which state?

Manipur Haryana Punjab Himachal Pradesh

General Awareness 2017

1.Which union minister has launched online registration portal for 2017 BSF Half Marathon in New Delhi?

Kiren Rijiju Narendra Modi Nirmala Sitharaman Ravi Shankar Prasad

2.India’s first Hyperloop project will come up in which state?

Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala

3.Which online facility has been launched by the Union government to resolve foreign trade issues?

Contact@IDFT Contact@DGTI Contact@DGFT Contact@FTID

4.Sathish Sivalingam, who recently qualified for 2018 Commonwealth Games, is associated with which sports?

Weightlifting Wrestling Boxing Sprint

5.Where is the headquarters of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)?

New Delhi Bareilly Mumbai Karnal

GK & Current Affairs – September 2017

1.Who has been appointed as new interim Chairman of Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN)?

Manisha Singh Ajay Bhushan Pandey Inder Jit Singh Hasmukh Adhia

2.Which Indian university has been named the top university in India, according to 2018 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings?

IIT-Kharagpur IIT-Kanpur IISc-Bangalore IIT-Bombay

3.Which country to host 2018 Junior Asian Wrestling Championship (JAWC)?

South Africa China Russia India

4.Rattihalli Nagendra Sudarshan, who passed away recently, was the noted personality of which field?

Politics Film Industry Law Science

5.The Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) is located in which state?

Punjab Haryana Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

Gk Questions with Answers

1.The traditional Bonderam festival has started in which state?

Goa Karnataka Kerala Mizoram

2.The Punjab National Bank (PNB) has signed an agreement with which telecom company to roll out open mobile wallet Speedpay?

Vodafone India BSNL Reliance Jio Idea Cellular

3.Konjum Taba, who has clinched gold at the 2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships, is associated with which weight category?

82 kg 65 kg 57 kg 94 kg

4.Which union minister has launched North East Festival ‘North-East Calling’ in New Delhi?

Smriti Irani Ravi Shankar Prasad Uma Bharati Jitendra Singh

5.Who has been appointed as new chief coach of the Indian Senior Men Hockey Team?

Waltherus Marijne Stephen Constantine Johanna Maria Jacob Phil Baty

GK & Current Affairs – September 2017

1.Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)?

Tina Joshi Pritam Chaturvedi Sohail Mahmood Anita Karwal

2.Which country is hosting the 2017 International Hindu Conference (IHC)?

Nepal India Sri Lanka Bhutan

3.NTPC has signed a Rs 3,000-crore term loan agreement with which bank for partially funding its capital expenditure?

State Bank of India Punjab National Bank ICICI Bank HDFC Bank

4.Which state government has launched an online Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS)?

Assam Punjab Haryana Goa

5.The Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) is located in which state?

Manipur Goa Kerala West Bengal

IAS Preliminary Exam – General Studies

1.India and which country have recently signed pacts for technical cooperation in the field of Railways?

Switzerland Nepal Malaysia Bhutam

2.Myanmar will sign pact with which country for the conservation of earthquake-damaged pagodas at Bagan?

Russia India South Africa China

3.Which city is hosting the annual conference Rajaswa Gyan Sangam (RGS – 2017)?

Jaipur Kochi New Delhi Pune

4.Who has been appointed as the new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog?

Rutvak Agrawal Vijay Parasher Umesh Singhal Rajiv Kumar

5.Who has been appointed as the new Secretary in the Department of Financial Services (DFS)?

Ali Raza Rizvi Rajiv Kumar Rajesh Chaturvedi N Baijendra Kumar

2017 Current Affairs

1.Which Indian-origin personality has been appointed as the acting President of Singapore?

S R Nathan J Y Pillay P K Krishnan M S Ganesha

2.Shirish Pai, who passed away recently, was the noted poet of which language?

Tamil Telugu Marathi Odia

3.Which city has been formally accorded the status of India’s first World Heritage City by UNESCO?

Udaipur Mathura Ujjain Ahmedabad

4.Who has been appointed as the new Union Minister of Railways?

Piyush Goyal Nirmala Sitharaman Dharmendra Pradhan Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

5.The Pulie Badze Wildlife Sanctuary (PWS) is located in which state?

Mizoram Tripura Manipur Nagaland

GK Quiz 2017

1.Nirmala Sitharaman, who has become the new Defence Minister of India, is currently a representative of which state in Rajya Sabha?

Karnataka Kerala Tamil Nadu Maharashtra

2.Which city is hosting the 9th edition of BRICS summit-2017?

Tianjin Xiamen Chongqing Beijing

3.Which Indian sportsperson has won gold in the girls’ Under-12 category at the World Cadets Chess Championship?

Natasha Krishna Rakshitta Ravi Divya Deshmukh Meenali Ilamparthi

4.Which state government will provide free education to girls up to graduation?

Tamil Nadu Odisha Assam Karnataka

5.The world’s highest sandcastle has recently built in which country?

Germany India China South Africa

Civil Service Exam Syllabus for IAS Preliminary Exam – General Studies

1.The Karnataka government has tied up with which tech giant to develop India’s first Farm Price Forecasting Model?

Google Infosys Microsoft Facebook

2.Which country is hosting the International Military Music Festival (IMMF-2017)?

India United States China Russia

3.The Palamau Tiger Reserve (PTR) is located in which state?

Tamil Nadu Jharkhand Punjab Haryana

4.Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India?

Rajiv Bansal Kirti Das Nitant Agrawal Vinay Kumar

5.Who is leading the Indian delegation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting on disaster prevention?

Rajnath Singh Sushma Swaraj Arun Jaitley Narendra Singh Tomar