Current Affairs

Q.1. Which state government has recently signed an MoU with Isha Foundation to rejuvenate its rivers?
A. Odisha
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Assam
Ans. Assam



Q.2. Project Mausam is the initiative of which union ministry?
A. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
B. Ministry of Culture
C. Ministry of Human Resource Development
D. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Ans. Ministry of Culture



Q.3. Who has been appointed acting chairperson of National Green Tribunal (NGT)?
A. U D Salvi
B. Mohit Seth
C. Madan B Lokur
D. B M Raikar
Ans. U D Salvi



Q.4. India’s first-ever National Rail and Transport University (NRTU) will set up in which state?
A. Rajasthan
B. Odisha
C. Karnataka
D. Gujarat
Ans. Gujarat



Q.5. Which country’s parliament has recently approved a law banning all exploration and production of oil and natural gas by 2040?
A. Germany
B. France
C. Belgium
D. Brazil
Ans. France



Q.6. India and which country has recently signed pact for socio-economic development of Rakhine State?
A. Nepal
B. Bangladesh
C. Sri Lanka
D. Myanmar
Ans. Myanmar



Q.7. Who has been crowned Miss India USA 2017?
A. Kavita Malhotra Pattani
B. Shree Saini
C. Prachi Singh
D. Swapna Mannam
Ans. Shree Saini



Q.8. Who is the lone Indian woman cricketer to feature in both the ICC’s ODI & T20I teams of the year?
A. Ekta Bisht
B. Harmanpreet Kaur
C. Mithali Raj
D. Jhulan Goswami
Ans. Ekta Bisht



Q.9. Mamang Dai has won the 2017 Sahitya Akademi Award in English language. She hails from which state?
A. Tripura
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. West Bengal
D. Nagaland
Ans. Arunachal Pradesh



Q.10. India has signed agreement with which country to share tax-related information from Jan 2018?
A. Bahrain
B. Tunisia
C. Switzerland
D. Trinidad and Tobago
Ans. Switzerland



Q.11. Which union minister has launched IT modernisation project “DARPAN” to improve level of postal services for rural customers?
A. Narendra Modi
B. D. V. Sadananda Gowda
C. Narendra Singh Tomar
D. Manoj Sinha
Ans. Manoj Sinha



Q.12. Who has won the 2017 Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi language?
A. Ramesh Kuntal Megh
B. Chaman Lal
C. Mulk Raj Anand
D. Mahmood Ahmad Sahar
Ans. Ramesh Kuntal Megh



Q.13. Which city has been officially selected to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
A. New Delhi
B. Birmingham
C. London
D. Durban
Ans. Birmingham



Q.14. Which country has topped the list of Forbes’ best countries for business 2018?
A. New Zealand
B. United Kingdom
C. Sweden
D. Canada
Ans. United Kingdom



Q.15. The Union Government has launched which project at Ganga Gram Swachata Sammelan (GGSS-2017)?
A. Namami Gange
B. Gange Swachata Abhiyan
C. Gange Mahadev
D. Ganga Gram
Ans. Ganga Gram



Q.16. Which country has launched the world’s largest amphibious aircraft “AG600”?
A. China
B. Norway
C. Japan
D. New Zealand
Ans. China



Q.17. Who has been sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh?
A. Suresh Bharadwaj
B. Mahender Singh
C. Jairam Thakur
D. Neeraj Nayyar
Ans. Jairam Thakur



Q.18. Which city has become the first Indian city to get its own logo?
A. Pune
B. Patna
C. Kochi
D. Bengaluru
Ans. Bengaluru



Q.19. Which city to host the annual meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF) 2018?
A. New Delhi
B. Berlin
C. Geneva
D. Davos
Ans. Davos



Q.20. Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to the Republic of Peru?
A. Jaideep Sarkar
B. M. Subbarayudu
C. T.P. Seetharam
D. Navtej Sarna
Ans. M. Subbarayudu

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