Prelims GS 2018

1.This state government aims to double the valuation of its life sciences ecosystem to $100 billion in 10 years.

Manipur Uttar Pradesh Tamilnadu Telangana

2.Which country hosted the 5th Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship 2018?

China India Argentina Australia

3.Canada and __________ inks pact adding feather to boost sports mutually.

India England New Zealand Australia

4.How many agreements are signed between India and Canada which includes nuclear science, energy cooperation, sports, education?

6 5 8 4

5.This is the host country of 23rd edition of the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT-2019).

Mexico Brazil Canada Armenia

February Current Affairs 2018

1.In which Indian state, "Centre for Agriculture", with collaboration of Israeli expertise, is going to be inaugurated on March 7, 2018?

Assam Mizoram Gujarat Odisha

2.The Khajuraho dance festival was organised at ____________ district in Madhya Pradesh.

Sidhi Chhatarpur Umaria Harda

3.Which bank has launched Ombudsman Scheme for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)?

HDFC SBI RBI ICICI

4.With which country India signed an MOU on Sustainable Urban Development programme & Smart Cities?

Iraq Indonesia Germany China

5.With which bank India Signed $84 Million Loan For Water Supply In Bihar?

Reserve Bank of India Asian Development Bank State Bank of India Federal Bank

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2018

1.First sale of electoral bonds via SBI to begin from which month of 2018?

March April June August

2.Who will launch Amma Two-wheeler Scheme in Chennai?

Shri Ram Nath Kovind Shri Banwarilal Purohit Shri Arun Jaitley Shri Narendra Modi

3.Indian government notified the revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and this country.

Libya Sudan Kenya Chile

4.What is the theme of 7th edition of the Youth Festival 2018 in New Delhi?

Let Help Nation Let Unite for Nation Let Save Trees Let Love Live

5.This country Successfully Test-Fires Dhanush Missile recently.

India Pakistan Sri Lanka Denmark

Current Affairs Quiz 2018

1.India ranks __________ in Terms of Forest Area.

5th 8th 3rd 9th

2.This state government formed a six-member revenue commission to revisit the existing land Acts to make them relevant with the changed land use situation.

Tamilnadu Gujarat Bihar Punjab

3.Which country to host the 8th edition of Theatre Olympics 2018?

Russia Brazil India China

4.This state won the Senior Women's National Football Championship for first time.

Odisha Manipur Tamilnadu Goa

5.Recently, which country unmanned Cargo Ship launched to Space Station?

Russia Japan France Brazil

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.Who was named the next Ambassador of India to the Federative Republic of Brazil?

Jaideep Mazumdar Sibi George Ashok Das Navtej Sarna

2.State-run NTPC Ltd will supply how many megawatts to power-starved Bangladesh?

300 MW 200 MW 220 MW 350 MW

3.Recently, this state becomes fourth state in the country to issue the Right of Way (RoW) guidelines for telecom service providers.

Manipur Assam Uttarakhand Chhattisgarh

4.Who of the following inaugurated the 'Friendship Gate' for Indian and Bangladesh border guards?

B. D. Mishra Nirbhay Sharma Banwarilal Purohit Ganga Prasad

5.With which insurance comapany Quikr patners to increase the insurance outreach and offer people with adequate financial protection?

Bharti AXA General Insurance Bajaj Allianz General Insurance ICICI Lombard Cholamandalam MS General Insurance

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2018

1.South African Government declared _______ as a "national disaster" recently?

Hurricanes Drought Floods Tornadoes

2.India has signed $100 million amount of 2nd loan agreement with New Development Bank (NDB) for this state Water Project.

Rajasthan Kerala Tamilnadu Karnataka

3.This state has issued notification to attach Super Straw Management System while using the combine harvester machines for harvesting the paddy (rice) crop.

Tamilnadu Gujarat Kerala Punjab

4.Who of the following become the new Prime Minister of Nepal?

Sushil Koirala Sher Bahadur Deuba Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli Khil Raj Regmi

5.Which country is working on developing a "soft power matrix" to foster better diplomatic traction with neighbouring countries and rest of the world?

India USA China Germany

General Awareness 2018

1.Which small finance institute rolls out "selfeSavings" digital savings account recently?

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Capital Lab Small Finance Bank ESAF Small Finance Bank Equitas Small Finance Bank

2.India's first radio festival is held in ___________.

Cochin Mumbai New Delhi Agra

3.Which bank lists $600 million MTN bond on India INX?

Canara bank Yes Bank Andhra Bank State bank of India

4.2018 Shanghai Cooperation Organization will be hosted by this country.

Brazil China Nepal South Africa

5.The host country of World Sustainable Development Summit - 2018 is ___________.

India Denmark Canada Germany

February Current Affairs 2018

1.Who inaugurated the international conference 'Agricon 2018' and 'Agriexpo 2018' in Kanpur?

Ram Nath Kovind Narendra Modi Shusma Swaraj Raj Nath Singh

2.Which of the following will be one among 10 tourist destinations across India to be developed as 'Iconic Tourism Site' by Central Government?

Kumbhalgarh fort Hampi City Palace Charminar

3.Who won the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement 2018 in African Leadership?

R. Satynarayana Chidima Taylor R.N. Tharanathan Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

4.Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved capital acquisition proposals of the defence services, valued at Rs ______ crore?

Rs 13919 crore Rs 14952 crore Rs 15935 crore Rs 12130 crore

5.Which Indian app has won the best Best M-Govt Service Award at 2018 World Government Summit 2018?

mPassport Seva Rakshak App My Govt App Umang App

UPSC Civil Services Examination 2018

1.Which union ministry has launched Green Good Deeds campaign?

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Ministry of Women and Child Development 

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

2.With which state Ola Sign MoU for River Taxi Service?

Maharashtra Assam Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

3.Which country signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with United Nations World Food Programme?

Sweden Singapore Canada Denmark

4.Naba Kumar Nayak has been appointed as the State Election Commissioner of __________.

Kerala Tamilnadu Odisha Uttarkhand

5.International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation was observed on __________

Feb 2nd Feb 5th Feb 4th Feb 6th

GK & Current Affairs Quiz

1.This company has launched '#SecurityCheckKiya' campaign in India to create awareness around Internet safety recently.

Twitter IBM Facebook Google

2.This state become first state to have Transgender Welfare Board.

Telangana Tamilnadu Kerala Maharashtra

3.Which of the following company agreed to spend up 2643 crores on shares in India's Bharti Telecom?

Singtel Verizon Communications Deutsche Telekom China Telecom

4.For which scheme the Central Government has allocated Rs 48,000 crore to encourage farmers for solar farming?

KUSUN scheme KUTSUB scheme KUSUM scheme KUTUB scheme

5.How many sportsperson placed in the Forbes India 30 Under 30 list?

8 4 6 2

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2018

1.Which city will host the 2018 World Cup Event?

London New York Tokyo Paris

2.Which minister Kicks Off Consultations On The New Industrial Policy?

Finance Minister Sports Minister External Affairs Minister Commerce minister

3.Which state government has launched the 'Gobardhan Yojana' to support farmers?

Assam Gujarat Haryana Rajasthan

4.Pelican Bird Festival-2018' was held at ___________ in Andra Pradesh.

Atapaka Bird Sanctuary Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary

5.Which HRD Ministry-appointed committee is drafting new National Education Policy (NEP)?

Ram Shanker Kureel committee K Kasturirangan committee V G S Rathore committee KJ Alphonse committee

Daily Current Affairs 2018

1.Which ministry signed MoU with Ministry of Ayush in New Delhi recently?

Ministry ofHuman Resources Development

Ministry ofAgriculture and Farmers Welfare

Ministry ofHealth and Family Welfare 

Ministry of Railways

2.Which rocket Launches Its Most Powerful Rocket Towards Mars?

CartoSat SpaceX Agni VI Aryabhatta

3.Who inagurates 88th Mahamastakabhisheka Utsav in Karnataka?

Ram Nath Kovind Vajubhai Vala Banwarilal Purohit Venkaiah Naidu

4.This department launches Start-up-India ranking framework to rank states/UTs based on measures regions that have taken to foster entrepreneurship.

Department of Investment and Public Asset Management 

Department of Defence Research & Development

Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion 

Department of Public Enterprises

5.Who has been choosen for the 2018 Genome Valley Excellence Award of Telangana?

Timothy Berners Michael N Hall Jane Goodall Ashoke Sen

2018 Current Affairs

1.What is the postion of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in the environment policy think tank in India as per the survey of The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP)?

2nd 1st 5th 8th

2.Who has been sworn-in as the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve?

Jerome H Powell Janet Yellen Ben Bernanke Randal K. Quarles

3.Who of the following will lay the foundation stone of a temple in Abu Dhabi?

Narendra Modi Shusma Swaraj Veikaiah Naidu Ram Nath Kovind

4.Which state has launched DASTAK campaign to eradicate deadly Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanise Encephalitis (JE) disease?

Bihar Madhya Pradesh Gujarat Uttar Pradesh

5.This company plans to buy LiquidHub to enhance its digital-consulting capabilities in North America.

Cisco Systems Dell Wipro Capgemini

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

1.Which company seals $1.1billion deal to acquire HTC's talent?

Facebook Google Infosys IBM

2.This country joined Ashgabat Agreement on the establishment of an International Transport and Transit Corridor between the Iran, Oman, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Iran India Indonesia Israel

3.Union Government makes PAN mandatory transactions over __________.

2.5 lakhs 5 lakhs 6.5 lakhs 4.5 lakhs

4.Who of the following won the first gold medal of the Khelo India School Games in 1500 metres?

Abhishek Singh Anu Kumar Praveen Sandeep Kumar

5.Which ministry has sanctioned Rs. 370 crore to Border Security Force (BSF) and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to strengthen border infrastructure along Indo-Pak and Indo-China border?

Minister of External Affairs Minister of Home Affairs Minister of Corporate Affairs Minister of Minority Affairs

General Studies 2018

1.Who has taken charge as the new Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army?

J S Sandhu Anil Chauhan P S Jain A K Bhatt

2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Global Investment summit in __________.

Bihar Assam Odisha Rajasthan

3.Which of the following is the name of the World's Biggest Health Plan?

Obamacare Aetna CVS Health ModiCare

4.Which of the following city will host the 2nd edition of Nobel Prize Series-India 2018?

Panaji Chandigarh New Delhi Kochi

5.How many rivers of Jammu & Kashmir is declared as 'Nat Waterways'?

2 4 7 5

General Awareness 2018

1.Who won Times Power Woman 2017 Award?

Chanda Kochhar Kiran Mazumdar Shabnam Asthana Shobhana Bhartia

2.Name the India's first integrated mobility platform launched by a Health-tech startup 'mCURA'.

Smart Card Smart Cura Smart OPD Smart Service

3.Who was appointed the Vice Chairman of US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF) Board?

John Kern Ajay Singh Nivedita Mehra Shantanu Narayen

4.Who has been apponted as the Chef-de-Mission for Commonwealth Games (CWG) by Indian Olympic Association (IOA)?

Vikram Singh Sisodia Abhay Singh Narayana Ramachandran Narinder Dhruv Batra

5.This country launches World's Longest Zip Line.

South Afria France China UAE

Daily Current Affairs

1.Who has been appointed the new vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (BHU)?

Neeraj Tripathi Ajay Singh Kuldeep Mehta B A Chopade

2.How many medals did India Open Boxing team obtained recently?

10 15 25 35

3.What is the name of tech book that addresses ways students can tackle stress during examinations has been released?

Stress Free Exam Warriors Take a Breath Coping With Exams

4.Who becomes the highest-ranked Indian squash player in PSA rankings?

Ramit Tandon Abdul Bari Saurav Ghosal Cyrus Poncha

5.This company Signed MoU With Russian Firm USC.

Ashok Leyland Tata Group Limited Mahindra Cochin Shipyard Limited