Current Affairs

Practice All topics of Current Affairs

1) Who is the head of the newly-constituted 5-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court, set up to hear a range of crucial cases?
1) Chief Justice Dipak Mishra
2) Justice AK Sikri
3) Justice AM Khanwilkar
4) Justice DY Chandrachud
5) Justice Ashok Bhushan

2) Which country granted citizenship to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in an attempt to resolve the political impasse over his continued presence in the United Kingdom (UK)?
1) Venezuela
2) Argentina
3) Chile
4) Ecuador
5) None of these

3) Which of the following country won the Hopman Cup 2018?
1) Switzerland
2) Germany
3) France
4) USA
5) None of the above

4) In the recently released Forbes’ 12th Annual Survey of the ‘Best Countries for Business’ in 2018, United Kingdom (UK) ranks first. What is India’s rank?
1) 62nd
2) 72nd
3) 82nd
4) 92nd
5) None of these

5) Dr. Rajiv B.Lall is the MD & CEO of ……
1) NITI Aayog
2) MUDRA Bank
3) Bandhan Bank
4) IDFC Bank
5) None of the above

6) Match the following 
     Book                                      Author
A. Two                                     i) Gulzar
B. India 2017 Yearbook          ii) Rajiv Mehrishi
C. Unstoppable:                     iii) Maria My Life So Far  Sharapova
D. “How India                        iv) Shyam Saran Sees the World”
E. I Do What I Do                   v) Raghuram Rajan

1) (i) (iii) (v) (ii) (iv)
2) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) (v)
3) (v) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
4) (i) (v) (ii) (iv) (iii)
5) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)

7) Fabiano Caruana is associated with which sport?
1) F1 racing
2) Football
3) Golf
4) Chess
5) Tennis

8) Namdapha National Park is located in which state?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Assam
3) Manipur
4) Meghalaya
5) Mizoram

9) Find the wrong pair?
1) India’s Central Bank: RBI
2) India’s largest lender: SBI
3) India’s largest investor: LIC
4) India’s largest Private Lender: ICICI Bank
5) India’s largest Commercial Enterprise: RIL

10) How many members, the President of India can nominate to Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, respectively?
1) 2 and 10
2) 2 and 12
3) 4 and 12
4) 2 and 14
5) None of these

11) Who is the new Governor of Madhya Pradesh?
1) Om Prakash Kohli
2) Anandiben Patel
3) Banwarilal Purohit
4) Ram Naik
5) Narinder Nath Vohra

12) The Headquarters of UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is in…..
1) Geneva, Switzerland
2) Madrid, Spain
3) Paris, France
4) Brussels, Belgium
5) None of the above

13) Agni-V is the…..
1) Supersonic Cruise Missile
2) Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)
3) Anti-Tank Missile
4) Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
5) None of the above

14) Which of the following is name of the Central Bank of Australia?
1) Bank of Australia
2) Reserve Bank of Australia
3) Federal Bank of Australia
4) United Bank of Australia
5) None of the above

15) The official currency of China?
1) Rand
2) Ruble
3) Riyal
4) Rial
5) Renminbi

16) The capital city of Liberia?
1) Monrovia
2) Algiers
3) Abuja
4) Khartoum
5) Nairobi

17) The President of Bolivia?
1) Michel Temer
2) Mauricio Macri
3) Nicolás Maduro
4) Sebastian Pinera
5) Evo Morales

18) The Prime Minister of Russia?
1) Li Keqiang
2) Shinzo Abe
3) Dmitry Medvedev
4) Jacinda Ardern
5) Malcolm Turnbull

19) The Legislature of Denmark?
1) Folketing
2) Knesset
3) Diet
4) Storting
5) The Riksdag

20) The current Bank Rate?
1) 6.25%
2) 6.00%
3) 5.75%
4) 5.50%
5) 5.25%

21) The current FDI limit for setting up of White label ATMs in India?
1) 100%
2) 74%
3) 51%
4) 49%
5) 26%

22) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport is in
1) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
2) Guwahati, Assam
3) Patna, Bihar
4) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
5) Nagpur, Maharashtra

23) Which country has longest bullet train network in the World?
1) Russia
2) Canada
3) China
4) USA
5) None of the above

24) Match the following? 
       Cricketer                             Autobiography
A. Kapil Dev                         i) Imperfect
B. Sanjay Manjrekar           ii) Straight from the Heart
C. Shoaib Akhtar                iii) Playing It My Way
D. Yuvraj Singh                  iv) Controversially Yours
E. Sachin Tendulkar           v) The Test of My Life: From Cricket to Cancer and Back
1) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (i)
2) (iii) (iv) (v) (i) (ii)
3) (v) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
4) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
5) (ii) (i) (iv) (v) (iii)

25) Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) was merged with….
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) SBI
4) PNB
5) None of these

26) Find the wrong pair?
1) India’s Banking Regulator : RBI
2) India’s Stock Market Regulator : SEBI
3) India’s Telecom Market Regulator : TRAI
4) India’s Insurance Market Regulator : IRDAI
5) India’s Pension Fund Regulator : FMC

27) The World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked India at 30th position among 100 countries on its Global Manufacturing Index (GMI). Which country occupied first position in this Index?
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) Germany
4) Switzerland
5) None of the above

28) Peter Sutherland passed away recently. He was the former Director General of….
1) IAEA
2) FAO
3) WTO
4) WHO
5) None of the above

29) Which of the following countries are the highest producer of the oil in the world?
1) Russia
2) Saudi Arabia
3) USA
4) Iraq
5) Iran

30) Find the wrong pair?
1) Narora Nuclear Power Plant : Uttar Pradesh
2) Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant : Karnataka
3) Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant : Gujarat
4) Tarapur Nuclear Power Plant : Maharashtra
5) Kalpakkam Nuclear Power Plant : Kerala

31) Standard & Poor’s (S&P), the global rating agency, belongs to
1) USA
2) Russia
3) France
4) UK
5) None of these

32) Which of the following is not part of World Bank Group?
1) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
2) International Development Association (IDA)
3) International Finance Corporation (IFC)
4) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
5) International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)

33) The Football Player George Weah has been elected as the new President of….
1) Algeria
2) Nigeria
3) Liberia
4) Zimbabwe
5) None of these

34) Find the wrong pair?
1) India’s Highest Civilian Award : Bharat Ratna
2) India’s Highest Cinema Award : Dada Saheb Phalke Award
3) India’s Highest Military Award : Param Vir Chakra
4) India’s Highest Sports Award : Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
5) India’s Highest Literature Award : Saraswathi Samman

35) Dr. Harsh Vardhan holds which of the following ministries in the present Union Cabinet?
1) Information and Broadcasting.
2) Petroleum and Natural Gas.
3) Health and Family Welfare.
4) Commerce and Industry.
5) Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

36) Which country won 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup by defeating Pakistan in the final held at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE on 20 January 2018?
1) Bangladesh
2) Sri Lanka
3) Australia
4) India
5) Nepal

37) The Election Commission of India on 19th January 2018 recommended to the President of India that disqualification of 20 MLAs for holding an office of profit. These 20 MLAs are belonging to……
1) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
2) Indian National Congress (INC)
3) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
4) Bahujan Samaj Party BSP)
5) None of the above

38) Name the Israel Prime Minister visited India recently?
1) Ranil Wickremesinghe
2) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
3) Doris Leuthard
4) Benjamin Netanyahu
5) None of the above

39) Who has been ranked first in the latest Gallup international annual survey “Opinion of Global Leaders”?
1) Emmanuel Macron
2) Angela Merkel
3) Narendra Modi
4) Theresa May
5) None of the above

40) ISRO has successfully launched Cartosat 2 Series satellite along with 30 other satellites on 12 January 2018 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota into space from which launch vehicle?
1) PSLV C-40
2) PSLV C-42
3) PSLV C-44
4) PSLV C-46
5) None of the above

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