current affairs 2018 till april

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CCEA has approved continuation of Credit
Guarantee Fund for Education Loans Scheme and
Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme at a financial
outlay of?
A) Rs 4,400 crore
B) Rs 6,600 crore
C) Rs 7,700 crore
D) Rs 5,500 crore
11th biennial conference of the Rashtriya Rifles was
recently held in Nagrota, J&K, under the
chairmanship of?
A) Ajit Doval
B) Rajnath Singh
C) Nirmala Sitharaman
D) Gen Bipin Rawat
External Publicity and Public Diplomacy Division
under MEA, has launched the initiative 'Videsh Aaya
Pradesh ke Dwaar' in?
A) New Delhi
B) Chennai
C) Hyderabad
D) Ahmedabad
CCEA has approved continuation and strengthening
of 669 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) till 2019-20.
What will be the financial outlay for the KVK Scheme
for 2017-20?
A) Rs 3,34,000 lakh
B) Rs 2,82,400 lakh
C) Rs 1,48,200 lakh
D) Rs 4,23,000 lakh
Microsoft India recently inaugurated its first 'Garage'
in India at?
A) Bengaluru
B) Gurugram
C) Hyderabad
D) Mumbai
Union cabinet has approved amendments to
National Medical Commission Bill. As per the
amendments, the final MBBS examination, to be
held as a common exam, will be called?
A) NEIT
B) NEET
C) NRTE
D) NEXT
As per the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation,
which state has the highest number of tribal
habitations fully covered by Drinking Water supply?
A) Odisha
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Jharkhand
D) Madhya Pradesh
Who won the 17th Asian Billiards Championships
title, held in Yangon?
A) Aditya Mehta
B) Pankaj Advani
C) Geet Sethi
D) Manan Chandra
First National Conclave on Psychological Trauma,
Child Protection, & Mental Illness was recently held
in?
A) Pune
B) Vijaywada
C) New Delhi
D) Coimbatore
Which team has won the 8th Hockey India Senior
Men National Championship (A Division) 2018, at the
final held in Lucknow?
A) Air India
B) Hockey Haryana
C) Railways
D) Hockey Punjab
Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) City has
entered into an MoU with which consulting firm to
promote IFSC operations?
A) Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP
B) PwC India
C) KPMG India
D) EY India
CCEA has approved enhancing the scope of Pradhan
Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY), wherein
the government will contribute employer’s full
contribution for pension, for new employees, for the
first?
A) 3 years
B) 5 years
C) 2 years
D) 1 year

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A first of its kind Insect Museum has been
inaugurated in?
A) Guwahati
B) Coimbatore
C) Nashik
D) Kanpur
CCEA has approved continuation of Nutrient Based
Subsidy (NBS) and City Compost Scheme till 2019-20,
at an outlay of?
A) Rs 58,234 crore
B) Rs 74,726 crore
C) Rs 61,972 crore
D) Rs 80,353 crore
India has handed over the second advanced offshore
patrol vessel (AOPV) to?
A) Indonesia
B) Myanmar
C) Bangladesh
D) Sri Lanka
Airport Authority of India (AAI) has signed an MoU
with which state government for sustainable
development of human settlements at villages in
Kamrup district?
A) Sikkim
B) Manipur
C) Nagaland
D) Assam
What is the name of the LTTE ship which has been
sunk by the Sri Lankan Navy?
A) Sagarawardena
B) We Ling
C) Gajabahu
D) Jayasagara
Lalit Kala Akademi hosted the first ever
'International Print Biennale' in?
A) Bhubaneswar
B) Mumbai
C) Jaipur
D) New Delhi
Which state government has launched the scheme
'Mission Sambavh' to install one lakh toilets?
A) Assam
B) Bihar
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Manipur
Union Cabinet has approved signing an MoU on
Judicial Cooperation, with?
A) Mozambique
B) Tanzania
C) Botswana
D) Zambia
RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 58.9 crore on which
bank for non-compliance with regulatory directions
on direct sale of securities from the bank’s Held To
Maturity (HTM) portfolio?
A) Yes Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) HDFC Bank
D) Axis Bank
At which position on medal tally did India finish at
the ISSF Junior World Cup, held in Sydney?
A) 2nd
B) 3rd
C) 1st
D) 4th
Which state bagged the National 'Water Digest
Award' for Water Conservation-Diversion and
increasing the irrigation capacity?
A) Punjab
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Maharashtra
Who has been crowned as Miss Supermodel
Worldwide 2018, at the pageant held in Gurugram?
A) Zarina Andirjanova
B) Aleksandra Liashkova
C) Shweta Parmar
D) Chantarachota Paphattanun
How much amount has India announced to borrow
in H1 FY 2018-19?
A) Rs 1.56 lakh crore
B) Rs 4.72 lakh crore
C) Rs 2.88 lakh crore
D) Rs 3.36 lakh crore

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How much amount has the Delhi government
allocated for free Wi-Fi and installation of 1.2 lakh
CCTV cameras?
A) Rs 100 crore
B) Rs 700 crore
C) Rs 300 crore
D) Rs 500 crore
Madhavpur Mela recently began at Madhavpur
Ghed, in the state of?
A) Gujarat
B) Rajasthan
C) Jharkhand
D) Uttarakhand
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and
Missing Staff Members' was recently observed on?
A) Mar 28
B) Mar 29
C) Mar 25
D) Mar 26
Indian Navy's INS Tarkash recently carried out a
“greeting and training” exercise with which country's
Navy?
A) US
B) Russia
C) Japan
D) UK
Which country's U-16 team has won the Jockey Cup
International Youth Invitational Football
Tournament, held in Hong Kong?
A) Nepal
B) India
C) Australia
D) Bangladesh
Dr BR Ambedkar's birth anniversary has been
announced to be celebrated every year as 'National
Social Justice Day', on?
A) May 2
B) Apr 14
C) Mar 31
D) Apr 9
A vocational training programme has been launched
in how many states to skill manpower in the power
sector for 'Saubhagya' scheme?
A) 10
B) 6
C) 8
D) 4
Who led the 7th India-Egypt Joint Commission
Meeting held in New Delhi?
A) Sushma Swaraj
B) VK Singh
C) MJ Akbar
D) Rajnath Singh
UAE has completed the construction of its first
commercial nuclear reactor, the Barakah Reactor, in
association with?
A) China
B) India
C) US
D) South Korea
Which country's government has introduced a bill
which proposes imprisonment of up to 6 years for
spreading fake news?
A) USA
B) Philippines
C) Malaysia
D) Canada
National Conference on Down Syndrome was
recently organised by the National Trust, in?
A) Bangalore
B) Hyderabad
C) New Delhi
D) Bhopal
How much amount of credit line (LoC) is India's Exim
Bank providing to ECOWAS Bank for Investment and
Development (EBID) for financing developmental
projects in 15-member countries?
A) $100 million
B) $500 million
C) $700 million
D) $300 million

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Which state has set up a seawater desalination plant
of 100 million litre per day (mld) capacity?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarat
D) Kerala
Which of the following communication satellite has
been launched by ISRO aboard GSLV-F08 rocket from
Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota?
A) GSAT-7D
B) GSAT-8C
C) GSAT-2B
D) GSAT-6A
MHRD has approved 'Study in India' programme.
How much amount has been approved for the
programme for 2018-19 and 2019-20?
A) Rs 300 crores
B) Rs 450 crores
C) Rs 250 crores
D) Rs 150 crores
International Solar Alliance (ISA) has signed the host
country agreement with which country?
A) France
B) South Africa
C) India
D) Australia
Department of Posts has launched a one-way Cool
EMS Service between India and?
A) Russia
B) USA
C) Japan
D) UK
Which union minister has launched digital
commerce initiative ‘e-Tribes:Tribes India’ at Tribes
India outlet in New Delhi?
A) Jual Oram
B) D.V. Sadananda Gowda
C) Thaawar Chand Gehlot
D) Narendra Singh Tomar
Who has been appointed as the CEO of Ayushman
Bharat National Health Protection Mission
(ABNHPM)?
A) Bhupesh Mathur
B) Sunil Kumar
C) Mahender Kumar
D) Indu Bhushan
Which bank has announced to merge its branches in
Hong Kong?
A) Vijaya Bank
B) Dena Bank
C) UCO Bank
D) Allahabad Bank
As per the Ookla's Speedtest Global Index, what is
India's rank for fixed broadband speed?
A) 59
B) 73
C) 67
D) 42
Which bank, in association with Delhi Metro has
launched a dual purpose Metro Plus' debit card?
A) Yes Bank
B) Kotak Mahindra Bank
C) Federal Bank
D) IndusInd Bank
Which of the following government intiatives has
signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) with SAP?
A) Atal Innovation Mission
B) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
C) Digital India
D) Startup India
Seo Minwoo, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Writer
B) Musician
C) Politician
D) Footballer
IRDAI has extended the deadline for linking Aadhaar
to insurance policies to?
A) June 30th
B) Indefinitely
C) Dec 31st
D) Sept 30th

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India has overtaken which country to become the
fourth largest automobile market in the world?
A) China
B) Germany
C) Japan
D) US
Who has been elected as the new President of
Myanmar?
A) Thein Sein
B) Shwe Mann
C) Win Myint
D) Khin Nyunt
Which of the following countries have signed
Brazzaville declaration, to protect the world’s largest
tropical peatlands?
1. Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Indonesia
3. Republic of Congo 4. India
A) 2, 3 & 4
B) 2 & 3
C) 1 & 4
D) 1, 2 & 3
Who inaugurated the SARAS Aajeevika Mela 2018 in
New Delhi?
A) Narendra Singh Tomar
B) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
C) Smriti Irani
D) Dharmendra Pradhan
Linda Brown, who recently passed away, was a?
A) Civil rights activist
B) Singer
C) Novelist
D) Physicist
Which organisation has received the Frederick
Pincott Award for 2017?
A) Academy of Arts & Sciences
B) Film Heritage Foundation
C) Hartley Film Foundation
D) South Asian Cinema Foundation
Union Cabinet has approved signing an MoU with
South Asian Cooperative Environment Programme
(SACEP) for cooperation in?
A) Agriculture
B) Oil and Chemical Pollution
C) Peaceful use of Space
D) Sports
How many Indians have featured among the final
300 on 'Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia' 2018 list?
A) 78
B) 51
C) 65
D) 43
Who has been appointed as the Principal Scientific
Advisor to the Government of India?
A) S.N.Joshi
B) Rakesh Aggarwal
C) K Vijay Raghavan
D) Vinod Kumar
Who has been chosen as the flag-bearer of the
Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of the
2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast,
Australia?
A) Deepa Karmakar
B) Sakshi Malik
C) Mary Kom
D) P.V. Sindhu
Earth Hour was observed across the globe, from
8:30-9:30 pm, on?
A) Mar 27
B) Mar 24
C) Mar 26
D) Mar 29
As per the data released by Union ministry of Social
Justice, which state has the highest number of
beggars in India?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) West Bengal
D) Bihar

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Union Cabinet has approved signing an MoU with
United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, for
cooperation in?
A) Organised Crime
B) Sustainable Development
C) IPR
D) Student Exchange
Union Cabinet has approved signing an MoU on
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), with?
A) Denmark
B) Australia
C) Canada
D) Georgia
Ghulam Muhammad Mustafa, who recently passed
away, was a?
A) Journalist
B) Actor
C) Politician
D) Lawyer
CCEA has approved formulation of a new Integrated
Scheme for School Education. The new scheme
subsumes which of the following schemes?
A) Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)
B) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
C) Teacher Education (TE)
D) All of the Above
Which F1 racer has won the season opening
Australian Grand Prix title?
A) Max Verstappen
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Sebastian Vettel
D) Kimi Raikkonen
CCEA has recently removed prohibition on the
export of?
A) Pulses
B) Rice
C) Edible Oil
D) Meat
Minister of Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal
inaugurated Rajasthan's first mega food park in
which district?
A) Ajmer
B) Bikaner
C) Jodhpur
D) Udaipur
Defence Ministry has released the new Draft
Defence Production Policy 2018 (DProP 2018). How
much amount of turnover it envisages to achieve in
military goods and services by 2025?
A) Rs 3,00,000 crore
B) Rs 1,70,000 crore
C) Rs 2,50,000 crore
D) Rs 1,20,000 crore
Who has been nominated by the Government as
India’s representative to the Executive Board of
UNESCO?
A) J S Rajput
B) Anup Rajput
C) YP Joshi
D) Anand Behera
Which IPL franchisee has dropped Australian player
Steve Smith from the captaincy of its team?
A) Royal Challengers Bangalore
B) Rajasthan Royals
C) Kolkata Knight Riders
D) Delhi Daredevils
World Theater Day was recently observed on?
A) Mar 29
B) Mar 26
C) Mar 28
D) Mar 27
Who has been appointed as the new acting
Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT)?
A) Justice Kuldeep Singh
B) Justice Santosh Kapoor
C) Justice Anil Kumar
D) Justice Jawad Rahim
How much amount has the Union Cabinet allocated
for 3 years upto March, 2020 to fund the
development projects in the Northeast region?
A) Rs 4,500 crore
B) Rs 5,500 crore
C) Rs 2,500 crore
D) Rs 3,500 crore

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Who has been appointed as the first CEO of merged
entity of Vodafone-Idea?
A) Pramod Kumar
B) Balesh Sharma
C) Yatender Singh
D) Prakash Chand
What is the name of world's largest cruise ship
which is going to make its maiden voyage from
Barcelona?
A) Symphony of the Seas
B) Allure of the Seas
C) Oasis of the Seas
D) Anthem of the Seas
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who recently visited India,
is the President of?
A) Switzerland
B) Germany
C) Italy
D) Netherlands
As per the Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash
Chandra Garg, India will become a $5 trillion
economy by?
A) 2025
B) 2022
C) 2030
D) 2020
How much amount of government guarantee has
the Ministry of Finance approved in the current FY,
for Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) bonds
to be subscribed by LIC?
A) Rs 1,000 crore
B) Rs 3,000 crore
C) Rs 8,000 crore
D) Rs 5,000 crore
Which of the following has become the first district
in India to have 100% solar powered Primary Health
Centers (PHC)?
A) Kannur
B) Surat
C) Nagpur
D) Kannauj
Which airport has received the award for the 'Most
Improved Airport' in the APAC region, in Airport
Service Quality awards 2017?
A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
B) Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
C) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
D) Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of
Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade' was
recently observed on?
A) Mar 26
B) Mar 25
C) Mar 28
D) Mar 27
Asia's largest tulip garden has been opened for
tourists in?
A) Srinagar
B) Darjeeling
C) Gangtok
D) Manali
How much amount of loan agreement has Asian
Development Bank signed to boost youth
employability in Himachal Pradesh?
A) $80 million
B) $50 million
C) $120 million
D) $100 million
The construction of how many houses has been
approved by Centre for urban poor under its the
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)?
A) 5.18 lakh
B) 2.63 lakh
C) 4.57 lakh
D) 3.21 lakh
Which company conducted the integrated power
development scheme (IPDS) project in Varanasi,
transforming it into a wireless city?
A) NTPC
B) Powergrid
C) BHEL
D) Tata Power

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As per a report by India Brand Equity Foundation
(IBEF), India has become the _____ largest electricity
producer in the world?
A) 4th
B) 2nd
C) 3rd
D) 5th
Which country has agreed to address India's
concerns of trade deficit in a meeting held in New
Delhi?
A) Canada
B) US
C) Japan
D) China
President Ramnath Kovind laid the foundation stone
of 5 projects of NHAI in?
A) Varanasi
B) Ranchi
C) Patna
D) Gwalior