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

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

GK Quiz 2017

1.Which country to host the steering committee of the proposed TAPI Gas pipeline?

Turkmenistan Afghanistan Pakistan India

2.India’s first museum on the Partition of the Indian Sub-continent will open in which state?

Uttar Pradesh Odisha Punjab Assam

3.NABARD has conferred the ‘best performance award’ for 2016-17 to which regional rural bank?

Telangana Grameena Bank Allahabad UP Gramin Bank Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank Madhyanchal Gramin Bank

4.Which state government has launched “Indira Canteen” for urban poor?

Karnataka Himachal Pradesh Puducherry Punjab

5.Who has authored the book “The Adivasi Will Not Dance”?

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar Abhilash Pudukad Amit Shankar Chetan Bhagat

GK & Current Affairs

1.The CCEA has approved the proposal of DIPAM for strategic disinvestment. What does “DIPAM” stands for?

Department of Investment and Proper Asset Management 

Department of Investment and Public Asset Management 

Department of Investment and Property Asset Management Department of Investment and Private Asset Management

2.Who has won the 2017 Kalpana Chawla Award for courage and daring enterprise?

Preethi Srinivasan K. Satyagopal S.P. Thyagarajan V.P. Elayapari

3.Which Indian shuttler has won the men’s singles 2017 Bulgaria Open International Series tournament?

Valiyaveetil Diju HS Prannoy Kidambi Srikanth Lakshya Sen

4.The Desert National Park (DNP) is located in which state?

Gujarat Haryana Rajasthan Assam

5.Which country has been declared the world’s most liveable city by The Economist’s Global Liveability Report-2017?

Melbourne Sydney London Perth

Gk Questions with Answers

1.The 15th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of BIMSTEC countries has started in which city?

New Delhi Colombo Naypyidaw Kathmandu

2.Rinku Hooda, who won silver at the World U-20 Para Athletics Championships, is associated with which sports?

Javelin throw Wrestling Sprint Judo

3.The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has launched Android Skill Development programme with which tech giant?

Microsoft Google Facebook Wipro

4.Which state government has launched a new awareness drive “Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra”?

West Bengal Bihar Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand

5.Which state will become the India’s first state to implement coal utilisation between power units?

Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Assam

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2017

1.The International Albinism Awareness Day (IAAD) is observed on which date?

June 12 

June 13 

June 14 

June 11

2.Which Indian pair have won gold in mixed team 10m air pistol event at 2017 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Gabala World Cup?

Sanjeev Rajput and Anjali Bhagwat

Apurvi Chandela and Jitu Rai 

Anjali Bhagwat and Omkar Singh 

Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu

3.Who has won the 2017 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix tournament?

Lewis Hamilton 

Valtteri Bottas 

Daniel Ricciardo 

Sebastian Vettel

4.Which state government will start free mortuary van service for its’ citizens?

Himachal Pradesh 

Punjab 

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

5.Which water conservation model has been selected for the national award for excellence in the Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee programme (MGNREGP)?

Project Jal Sanchay 

Project Jal 

Project Jal Jyoti 

Project Jal Marg

IAS Preliminary Exam – General Studies

1.The India-Australia naval exercise ‘AUSINDEX 17’ has started in which port city?

Fremantle 

Kochi 

Geraldton 

Visakhapatnam

2.Which country has launched the world’s smallest and cheapest private jet “Vision Jet”?

United Kingdom 

Japan

United States

China

3.Which country will be co-partner country in the world’s biggest food fair “ANUGA 2017”?

Indonesia

China 

India

Switzerland

4.Which Indian state has highest number of child labourers, as per latest Child Rights and You (CRY) report 2017?

West Bengal 

Uttar Pradesh 

Maharashtra 

Bihar

5.The Valmiki National Park (VNP) is located in which state?

Bihar 

Jharkhand 

Uttar Pradesh

Gujarat

General Awareness 2017

1.Which Indian sportsperson has clinched bronze in men’s Greco-Roman 85kg category at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship?

Sushil Kumar Anil Kumar Joginder Singh Yogeshwar Dutt

2.Karan Singh, who passed away recently, was the minister of which Indian state?

Sikkim Punjab Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir

3.Who has been appointed as the new Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)?

Avinash Chander M Jagadesh Kumar K Kasturirangan V K Saraswat

4.Who has been appointed as the India’s new ambassador to France?

Vinay Mohan Kwatra Brajendra Navnit Rajeev Topno Neleesh Jain

5.What is the theme of 2017 International Nurse Day (IND)?

Nursing: From Evidence to Action Nurses: Care Effective, Cost Effective Nursing: A vital resource for health Nursing: A voice to lead – Achieving the sustainable development goals

Civil Service Exam Syllabus for IAS Preliminary Exam – General Studies

1.Which Indian personality has been elected as the new chairman of FIFA Governance Committee?

Mukul Mudgal Rajeev Shukla Ajay Shirke R M Lodha

2.Indian Army will re-introduce CASO as ‘permanent feature’ of counter-terror operations. What does “CASO” stands for?

Cordon and Searchlight Operations Cordon and Search Operations Cordon and Seeding Operations Cordon and Seed Operations

3.Which country is hosting the United Nations Day of Vesak – 2017?

India Bhutan Sri Lanka Myanmar

4.Which state government will conduct survey to provide affordable houses to people in urban areas?

Uttar Pradesh Manipur West Bengal Haryana

5.Which country has approved $75 mn high-tech chemical protective clothing for the Indian armed forces?

United States Russia France Japan

UPSC Civil Services Examination 2017

1.Which country is hosting the 27th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)?

Switzerland Singapore South Africa Seychelles

2.What is the theme of 2017 World Asthma Day (WAD)?

Reduce the asthma burden Better air better breathing You Can Control Your Asthma Unite to overcome asthma

3.Who has been appointed the new chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament?

KV Thomas Subhash Chandra Baheria Janardan Singh Sigriwal Mallikarjun Kharge

4.Which Indian personality has been conferred with the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit Sungnye Medal of the South Korea?

Arun Thakur Rajive Kaul Rajesh Shukla Sonali Mishra

5.Which city has become the India’s cleanest city, according to the Swachh Bharat survey 2017?

Indore Tiruchirapally Mysuru Visakhapatnam

Gk Questions with Answers

1.The International Firefighters’ Day (IFFD) is observed on which date?

May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6

2.Who has been appointed the new chairman of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)?

Ashok Modak Braj Bihari Kumar Jitendra Mohan S K Thorat

3.Where is the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA)?

Indore Visakhapatnam Dehradun Pune

4.The Vansda National Park (VNP) is located in which state?

Rajasthan Punjab Assam Gujarat

5.Vikas Krishan Yadav is associated with which sports?

Boxing Wrestling Table Tennis Wushu

GK & Current Affairs Quiz

1.What is the theme of the 2017 International Mother Earth Day (IMED)?

Trees for the Earth Environmental and Climate Literacy Earth and its ecosystems Unite for tomorrow

2.Which of the following has become the the first re-insurer to set up base in financial hub Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)?

ICICI Lombard General Insurance The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. National Insurance Co. Ltd. General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re)

3.Which state will be awarded with Krishi Karman Award for 2015-16 for wheat production?

Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Kerala

4.Which city hosted the first-ever India Indonesia Energy Forum (IIEF)?

New Delhi Yogyakarta Surabaya Jakarta

5.India’s first-ever “village of books” will open in which state to promote tourism?

Punjab Himachal Pradesh Maharashtra Tamil Nadu

UPSC Civil Services Examination 2017

1.The UN Chinese Language Day is observed on which date?

April 23 April 20 April 21 April 22

2.Which country to host 2017 BRICS Film Festival?

Russia South Africa China India

3.Giuseppina Nicolini has been honoured with the 2017 Felix Houphouet Boigny Peace Prize. She hails from which country?

Italy France Germany Norway

4.Which country to host the first-ever World Ocean Festival (WOF)?

England Japan India United States

5.India has contributed how much amount to United Nations (UN) Election assistance programme?

$450,000 $150,000 $250,000 $350,000

UPSC Civil Services Examination 2017

1.Akhilesh Das Gupta, the former Union Minister has passed away. He was associated with which political party?

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Indian National Congress (INC) All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)

2.The Union government will launch “SAMPADA Scheme” for which sector?

Mining Education Food processing Tourism

3.Who is the newly appointed chairman of Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT)?

Shiva Kirti Singh Bipin Bihari Srivastava S B Sinha D P Wadhwa

4.Who has become the first Naga cop to receive Shaurya Chakra award since Nagaland attained statehood?

Neiphiu Rio Atu Zumvu Joseph Hesso L L Doungel

5.Which committee has been constituted by the Union government to monitor the regional air connectivity scheme “UDAN”?

V L Mathew committee Nivya Murthy committee R N Choubey committee Deepak Sajwan committee

UPSC Civil Services Examination 2017

1.Munshi Venu, who passed away recently, was the veteran actor of which film industry?

Tamil Odia Malayalam Telugu

2.Which state government has launched “Operation Durga” to ensure women safety?

Punjab Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Haryana

3.The 2017 Sangken festival has started in which state?

Sikkim Assam Jharkhand Arunachal Pradesh

4.Who is the newly appointed Chief Justice of Delhi High Court (DHC)?

SK Kaul Gita Mittal Huluvadi G Ramesh G Rohini

5.Which state has bagged Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 for increase in food grains production?

Himachal Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

Common Quiz Questions

1.The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved how much amount of loan to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL)?

$175 million $160 million $188 million $196 million

2.What is the theme of the 2017 World Health Day (WHD)?

Move for health Food safety Depression: Let\’s Talk Working together for health

3.The 2017 National Tuberculosis (TB) summit has started in which city?

Chennai Hyderabad Guwahati Dharamshala

4.Which movie has won the Best Film award in the 64th National Awards-2017?

Rustom Ventilator Kasaav Neerja

5.India has signed defence deal with which country for advanced Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) systems?

Japan South Korea Israel Russia

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2017

1.The World Bank (WB) has signed how much amount of credit agreement with Uttarakhand to improve quality of health care services?

$100 million $200 million $300 million $250 million

2.Ashokamitran, who passed away recently, was the noted litterateur of which language?

Odia Telugu Malayalam Tamil

3.What is the theme of 2017 World Meteorological Day (WMD)?

Understanding cloud Meteorology and tourism World Weather Watch Weather, oceans and human activity

4.Which high-level committee has been formed to examine working of Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) and Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH)?

Narendra Modi committee Shashi Tharoor committee Madhukar Gupta committee Arvind Panagariya committe

5.Which state government has launched a program to provide free wifi facilities in educational institutions?

Haryana Uttar Pradesh Bihar Rajasthan

Current Affairs Quiz 2017

1.Which city’s police station has become the first police post in India to be linked with Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS)?

Guwahati Udaipur Shimla Indore

2.The 2017 National Theatre Festival (NTF) has started in which state?

Assam Kerala Arunachal Pradesh Sikkim

3.Who is the author of the book “So You Want to Know About the Environment”?

Bijal Vachharajani Roopa Pai Rachel Ignotofsky Sumana Roy

4.The 6th edition of the International Engineering Sourcing Show (IESS) has started in which city?

Chennai Kolkata Kochi Guwahati

5.Who is the newly appointed Chairman of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis?

Manju Diler Manhar Valji Bhai Zala Narain Dass Dalip Kallu Hathibed

General Knowledge and Current Affairs

1.Which union ministry has launched “Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES)” for developing export-linked infrastructure?

Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ministry of Finance Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Ministry of Power

2.Dipan Sivakumar, who passed away recently, was the noted filmmaker of which language?

Urdu Malayalam Odia Tamil

3.Which union ministry has launched “Mission Fingerling” to achieve Blue Revolution?

Ministry of Food Processing Industries Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry of Shipping

4.Which city has topped the list in the Mercer’s 2017 Quality of Living index?

Geneva Munich Frankfurt Vienna

5.Which state government will launch “Namma Canteens” to serve cheap food?

Andhra Pradesh Kerala Tamil Nadu Karnataka

Questions & Answers - GK

1.Which union minister has inaugurated India’s largest waste-to-power plant in New Delhi?

Raj Nath Singh Narendra Modi Venkaiah Naidu Arun Jaitley

2.Which country has successfully test fired naval strike ballistic missile “Hormuz 2”?

Iran Israel Pakistan India

3.Which state government has launched a 24X7 toll free helpline number “181” for distressed women?

Assam Odisha West Bengal Haryana

4.Who has been appointed the new Deputy Governor in Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

Manoj Pingua Dilip S Shanghvi Chandrakar Bharti BP Kanungo

5.The 12th CII EXIM Bank Conclave on India Africa Project Partnership was held in which city?

New Delhi Chennai Pune Kolkata