ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting,Consumer Protection,Special Centre for Disaster Research

1.This state approves a policy to provide legal protection to transgender community.

Telangana Tamilnadu Karnataka Haryana

2.4th ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting was held in __________.

Philippines Singapore Malaysia Nigeria

3.Who inagurates Int l Conference on Consumer Protection in New Delhi?

Shri Suresh Prabhu Shri Narendra Modi Shri Prakash Javedakar Shri Vignesh Kumar

4.This country becomes first country to leave International Criminal Court?

Africa Pakistan Burundi Bulgaria

5.Who inaugurates Special Centre for Disaster Research at JNU?

Giriraj Singh R. K. Singh Shri Kiren Rijiju Shripad Yasso Naik

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (WDAH),Infantry Day,HOSTAC

1.What is the theme of the 2017 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (WDAH)?

Discover, remember and share Archives at Risk: Protect, remember and share It s your story - don t lose it Protect & share your visual story

2.The 2017 Infantry Day is celebrated on __________.

October 25 October 26 October 27 October 28

3.India and this country agreed to implement HOSTAC to strengthen maritime security.

Nepal China UK USA

4.Which country Overtakes US to Become Second Largest Smartphone Market: Report?

New York Iraq Bulgaria India

5.Which is the First Indian Company to Cross Rs 6 Trillion Market Capital?

Ashok Leyland Reliance Industries Limited L&T Limited J K Limited

Swachh Bharat Inter-Ministerial Award,peacekeepers award,Philanthropy Award

1.Which ministry conferred with Swachh Bharat Inter-Ministerial Award?

Ministry of External affairs Ministry of Health Ministry of Telecommunication Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

2.Who of the following is the world's highest-earning cricket coach?

Ashley Giles Ravi Shastri Richard Pybus Kapil Dev

3.Which country peacekeepers awarded UN medal in South Sudan?

Bulgaria Iran India Africa

4.Who of the following recognised With Philanthropy Award?

Sunil Kumar Nithin Kumar Vijay Prakash Alex Raju

5.With which country India Signs Pact to Send Interns?

Nepal Pakistan Iran Japan

AYUSH,Saksham Yojna,QS Asia University Rankings 2018

1.As per the Authentic Brands Study this company viewed as most authentic brand.

Google Apple Samsung Microsoft

2.Which university top ranked Indian institute in QS Asia University Rankings 2018?

IIT Roorkee IIT Madras IIT Bombay IIT Kharagpur

3.Kotak Bank ties up with __________ to make a digital payment.

Redmi Xiaomi Lenovo Samsung Apple

4.AYUSH Festival of Stamps 2017 was held at __________.

Delhi Mumbai Pune Goa

5.This state government reduces interest on loan under Saksham Yojna?

Kerala Tamil Nadu Chhattisgarh Goa

Young Scientist Challenge,PNG supply system ,foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals

1.How many foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals was approved by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)?

4 3 7 6

2.RBI plans to provide __________ to women SHGs under DAY-NRLM.

3% 8% 5% 7%

3.Who wins 2017 Young Scientist Challenge for water contamination detection device?

Nitisha Rao Gitanjali Rao Shreesha Kumar Dinisha Madhuri

4.Who is appointed as World Business Council for Sustainable Development Chairman from 2018?

Sunny Verghese John Willaims Peter James Leo Haltman

5.Which minister inaugurates 1st phase of PNG supply system in Bhubaneswar?

Shri Arun Jaitley Shri Vijay Prasad Shri Naresh Iyer Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Blue Planet Prize,tri-services military exercise,Airport Council International (ACI)-Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Survey

1.Which of the following has ranked best as per Airport Council International (ACI)-Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Survey?

Coimbatore International Airport 

Cochin International Airport 

Calicut International Airport

Jaipur International Airport

2.Which state Government rolls out new Tourism policy?

Goa Tamil Nadu Assam Kerala

3.Which county army organises Jashn -e-Kokernag to strengthen jawan-awam relationship?

Russia India Japan Canada

4.Who receives Blue Planet Prize recently?

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Roger federer Williams James Fotherer Stephen

5.With India Which Country to participate in first-ever tri-services military exercise?

Pakistan Russia Nigeria Iran

Child Mortality 2017, GSTR-3B Returns

1.Which Asian countries parliament approved country's first budget in 12 years?

Bhutan Nepal Kuwait Lebanon

2.Who of the following approved a special family pension for widows of govt employees killed by terrorists?

Shri Captain Amarinder Singh Shri Nitish Kumar Shri Raghubar Das Shri Manohar Lal

3.Who launched excel-based offline tool to file initial GSTR-3B Returns?

Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) Telenor India Tata Teleservices MTS India

4.As per the Levels and Trends in Child Mortality 2017 report how many countries are responsible for 50% newborn deaths?

8 5 3 2

5.Which day is observed as 21st October?

National Police Commemoration Day National Teacher Day National Health Day National History Day

Sewage Treatment plants,Artificial Intelligence (AI),Bestu Varas

1.Which City to get 2 new Sewage Treatment plants before March for Clean Ganga Process?

Chennai Varanasi Patna Mumbai

2.This software industry setting up centres of excellence on artificial intelligence (AI) and data sciences for a better understanding on the emerging technologies.

IBM HCL NASSCOM Infosys

3.Which state celebrate Bestu Varas recently?

Rajasthan Assam Bihar Gujarat

4.Which of the following introduce live location sharing for its users?

Instagram Twitter Facebook Whatsapp

5.This state prohibits using 'Dalit', 'Harijan' in official communications.

Karnataka Kerala Tamilnadu Andra Pradesh

FIFA World Cup ,Economic Sciences 2017 ,Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bhara

1.Which country becomes smallest nation ever to enter FIFA World Cup?

Maldives Iceland Monaco Ethiopia

2.This state launched a 3 year long Continuous Tourist Survey (CTS).

Kerala Karnataka Tamilnadu Andra Pradesh

3.Who has won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2017?

George F. Loewenstein Colin F Camerer Stewart C. Myers Richard H. Thaler

4.Indian President Ram Nath Kovind made his first foreign trip for Which of the following African country?

Nigeria Ethiopia Zimbabwe Somalia

5.How many states signed MoU Under 'Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bhara' programme to boost cultural ties?

3 5 4 9

Solar Briefcase,Digital Academy,Valuable Nation Brand List

1.This state launched 'Solar Briefcase' to Provide Electricity in Remote Areas.

Uttarkhand Kerala Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu

2.The theme of 2017 World Post Day is __________.

Write a letter describing how music can touch lives 

Tell us about the world you want to grow up in 

Innovation, Integration and Inclusion 

None of the above

3.With which company IIT Kharagpur signed MoU for Digital Academy?

Vodafone Samsung Apple Nokia

4.What is the rank of India in the Valuable Nation Brand List?

15 6 7 8

5.Supreme Court bans firecrackers for Diwali in __________.

Pune Mumbai Delhi Chennai

LNG market ,International Day of the Girl Child,Divyangs

1.With which country India signed a MoC for setting up flexible LNG market?

South Korea Japan Myanmar China

2.On which date International Day of the Girl Child is observed, and what is the theme?

Oct 12th, Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence 

Oct 11th, Empower Girls: Before, during and after crises 

Oct 10th Girls' Progress = Goals' Progress: What Counts for Girls 

Oct 8th, The Power of Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030

3.This state launches the Sankalp Seva bus service to connect 6,000 villages of the state.

Odisha Maharasthra Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh

4. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)?

Anupam Kher Ragini Sharma Jagdish Bhagwati Rishi Kapoor

5.Which state Cabinet Approves Reservation for 'Divyangs' in Govt Jobs?

Bihar Kerala Goa West bengal

GIDC township ,Bajaj Finserv ,Parliamentary committee on External Affairs

1.The theme of the 2017 World Mental Health Day (WMHD) is?

Psychological first aid Mental health and older adults Dignity in mental health Mental health in the workplace

2.Which state government to set up 16 new GIDC townships to encourage SMEs?

Gujarat Patna West Bengal Kerala

3.Which of the following is India's best FMCG company in the food sector by the International Advertising Association (IAA)?

Patanjali Ayurved Nestle India Amul Dabur India

4.This company ties up with Bajaj Finserv to buy the products at no-cost EMI option.

Lenova Samsung LG Dell

5.Which parliamentary committee on External Affairs has been formed to examine India-China relations?

Subhash Ramrao Bhamre committee Shashi Tharoor committee Sushma Swaraj committee Jual Oram committee

GDP forecast , Excellence in Public Administration, Solid Waste Management

1.What is the India's GDP forecast for FY18 by the World Bank (WB) in its South Asia Economic Focus (Fall 2017) report?

8.2% 9.1% 7.0% 6.5%

2.Who has been bestowed with the 2017 Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management?

Meera Thakur K C Gupta Bindeshwar Pathak M N Ramakrishna

3.India ranks__________ largest market for pharma according to LinkedIn Report.

Fourth Third Second Fifth

4.Which city will host the 48th Conference of Governors?

New Delhi Ahmedabad Kochi Kolkata

5.Who introduces Solid Waste Management vehicles to maintain cleanliness?

Shri Narayanswamy Shri Edappadi Palaniswamy Shri Yogi Adiyanda Shri Chandrababu Naidu

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.The 2017 World Animal Day (WAD) is observed on __________.

October 5 October 3 October 4 October 6

2.Who is Most Followed World Leader on Twitter?

Narendra Modi Donald Trump Pope Francis Barack Obama

3.The committee which has been constituted by the Union government for proper management of water resources in the NE region is?

Rajiv Kumar committee Jagdish Mukhi committee Ram Das committee B D Mishra committee

4.The Union Ministry of Tourism has started 'Paryatan Parv' in ____________ to promote tourism across India.

Delhi Pune Mumbai Kochi

5.This city will host the first ASEAN-India Music Festival.

Lucknow New Delhi Guwahati Chennai

Current Affairs Quiz 2017

1.India's first-ever Industrial Training Institute for the Divyangans will come up in which state?

Karnataka Assam Uttar Pradesh Kerala

2.This country won its First Ever Wushu World Championship Gold?

Australia Pakistan South Africa India

3.What is the theme of 2017 World Space Week (WSW)?

Space for Education Exploring New Worlds In Space Mysteries of the Cosmos Remote Sensing: Enabling our Future

4.With which country India have signed agreements on trade, communication, and media to boost bilateral ties?

Hong Kong Bhutan Ethiopia Colombia

5.The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed how much of loan pact with India for Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase II?

€ 400 million € 500 million € 300 million € 200 million

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2018

1.Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature 2017?

Svetlana Alexievich Mo Yan Patrick Modiano Kazuo Ishiguro

2.Which of the following launched Hindi Twitter account for U-17 Word Cup?

UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) AFC - Asian Football Confederation OFC - Oceania Football Confederation

3.Which country agrees to purchase S400 missile defence systems from Russia?

Pakistan Iraq Saudi Arabia Nigeria

4.Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Mongolia?

Norovyn Altankhuyag Jargaltulga Erdenebat Khaltmaagiin Battulga Ukhnaa Khurelsukh

5.Who is the First Indian Journalist to win Anna Politkovskaya Award?

Gauri Lankesh Sudha Raghunathan Nithya Ramesh Vidhya Narayanan

GK & Current Affairs – October 2017

1.This bank inks MoU with HPCL for Digital Payments.

IDBI Bank IndusInd Bank Vijaya Bank YES Bank

2.Who won the women's all-around title in world gymnastics championships?

Lin Chaopan Morgan Hurd Ellie Black Elena Eremina

3.This state bans Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) in carry bags.

Chhattisgarh Haryana Rajasthan Bihar

4.Which of the following launches 'Eazy Connect' which will extend online customer service to social media platforms?

Tata AIA Life Exide Life Insurance IDBI Federal Life Insurance Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance

5.PAN, Aadhaar card not mandatory for jewellery purchase above __________.

Rs 90,000 Rs 85,000 Rs 75,000 Rs 50,000

Daily Current Affairs

1.Which bank issued the Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18 - Series-III recently?

HDFC SBI RBI ICICI

2.World Dental Show 2017 was opened in __________.

Chennai Mumbai Pune Lucknow

3.How many agreements signed during 14th India-EU Summit in New Delhi?

6 2 5 3

4.Who was conferred with the Cross of the Order of Merit recently?

Rosen Plevneliev Oskar Schindler Rajesh Nath William Tubman

5.Who has been appointed by the Supreme Court (SC) as amicus curiae on plea seeking re-probe of Mahatma Gandhi assassination?

J S Khehar Arun Kumar Mishra Ranjan Gogoi Amrender Sharan

UPSC SERVICE

1.What is the name of the mobile application launched by Union Government recently?

My BSNL App Divyang Sarathi Mobile App E Gov App Store Digital India

2.What is the new name of the Kandla Port?

Deendayal Port Chennai Port Kochi Port Kamaraj Port

3.Which union ministry launched a Web Portal WDRA & e-NWR in New Delhi?

Minister of Health and Family Welfare Minister of Food Processing Industries Minister of Tribal Affairs Minister of Consumer Affairs

4.Who is among Top 10 Richest Indians in World?

Lakshmi N Mittal Sunil Mittal Acharya Balkrishna Shiv Nadar

5.India ranks __________ in 2017 Global Competitiveness Index.

62th 70th 16th 40th

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2018

1.Twitter announces test project allowing Tweets to be expanded from ____________ Characters.

140 to 250 140 to 280 130 to 250 130 to 280

2.What is the name of the scheme which was approved by the Union Cabinet recently?

Atal Pension Yojana Jan Dhan Yojana Umbrella scheme of Modernisation of Police Forces Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana

3.Who launches monthly Jan Sampark Program to facilitate adoption?

NITI Aayog Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Lok Sabha

4.Which state forms steering committee to monitor drug de-addiction recently?

Punjab Gujarat Assam Rajasthan

5.Which company became the world's most valuable brand in Interbrand's 2017?

Amazon Google Apple Adobe

Daily Current Affairs 2017

1.Who has been named as one of the most influential women in India by the BBC?

Poonam Raut Smriti Mandhana Mithali Raj Harmanpreet Kaur

2.Which Indian city topped in the most polluted city in the country?

Ghaziabad Delhi Kanpur Jaipur

3.Which company launched Mosquito repelling phone K7i recently?

Lenevo LG Micromax Samsung

4.Who of the following honoured with the 38th edition of the prestigious Sarala award?

Banaj Devi R.K. Narayan Anita Desai Arundhati Roy

5.How many new services would be added to the Mumbai Suburban Rail?

50 100 88 92