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Q.1. Which CABE Sub-Committee on girl child education has recommended free education for girls up to PG level?
A. Himanta Sharma committee
B. Neera Yadav committee
C. Kadiam Srihari committee
D.  Prakash Javadekar committee
Ans. Kadiam Srihari committee



Q.2. The Ministry of Railways has recently launched which app for freight managers?
A. SFOORTI app
B. SKOORTI app
C. SNOORTI app
D. SMOORTI app
Ans. SFOORTI app



Q.3. Which country has granted citizenship to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks?
A. United Kingdom
B. Ecuador
C. Sweden
D. South Korea
Ans. Ecuador



Q.4. Who has become the first woman lawyer to be directly promoted as a judge of the Supreme Court (SC)?
A. Roma Joseph
B. Sudha Misra
C. Meenakshi Arora
D. Indu Malhotra
Ans. Indu Malhotra



Q.5. What is the theme of the 22nd National Youth Festival (NYF-2018)?
A. Youth for United India
B. Sankalp Se Siddhi
C. Lakshya ek Disha
D. Youth for Digital India
Ans. Sankalp Se Siddhi



Q.6. Which telecom company of India to launch its own cryptocurrency?
A. Tata DoCoMo
B. Airtel
C. Reliance Jio
D. Idea Cellular
Ans. Reliance Jio



Q.7. ISRO has successfully launched Cartosat 2 Series satellite into space from which launch vehicle?
A. PSLV C-44
B. PSLV C-42
C. PSLV C-40
D. PSLV C-46
Ans. PSLV C-40



Q.8. What is the India’s rank at the latest World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Manufacturing Index (GMI)?
A. 44th
B. 30th
C. 57th
D. 68th
Ans. 30th



Q.9. The 13th joint military drill exercise “Iron Fist 2018” has started between United States and which country?
A. South Korea
B. Japan
C. Germany
D. France
Ans. Japan



Q.10. Which Indian architect has been conferred France’s top cultural award “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres”?
A. B V Doshi
B. Aishwarya Tipnis
C.  Ebrahim Alkazi
D. Sheila Sri Prakash
Ans. Aishwarya Tipnis

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