General Awareness

Q.1. The Government of India (GoI) has approved to set up a Plastic Park in which district of Jharkhand
A. Jamtara
B. Godda
C. Deoghar
D. Sahebganj
Ans. Deoghar



Q.2. The National Cultural Audiovisual Archives (NCAA) project of India has become the world’s first trusted digital repository. The NCAA project is implemented by which union ministry?
A. Ministry of Culture
B. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
C.  Ministry of Science and Technology
D. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Ans. Ministry of Culture



Q.3. Which city has topped the Mercer Quality of Living Survey 2018?
A. Zurich
B. Hyderabad
C. Munich
D. Vienna
Ans. Vienna



Q.4. The Union Government has constituted which task force to draft new Direct Tax Law?
A. Arun Jaitely
B.Arvind Subramanian
C. Pritam Das
D. Arvind Modi
Ans. Arvind Modi



Q.5. What is the theme of the 2018 World Water Day (WWD)?
A. Why Waste Water?
B. Nature for Water
C. Water is Life
D. Better Water, Better Jobs
Ans. Nature for Water

Q.6. Which union ministry has launched first Indian Sign Language (ISL) Dictionary?
A. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
B. Ministry of Human Resource Development
C. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
D. Ministry of Labour and Employment
Ans. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment



Q.7. The Union Government has decided to declare 2018 as National Year of which of the following commodities?
A. Rice
B. Wheat
C. Pulses
D. Millets
And. Millets



Q.8. Which state has launched a multi-utility vehicle Naipunya Ratham (or World on Wheels)?
A. Kerala
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Karnataka
D. Telangana
Ans. Andhra Pradesh



Q.9. Which state government has declared Jackfruit as official fruit of the state?
A. Odisha
B. Nagaland
C. Kerala
D. Tripura
Ans. Kerala



Q.10. The world’s longest sandstone cave has discovered in which state of India?
A. Meghalaya
B. Karnataka
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Mizoram
Ans. Meghalaya



Q.11. Which of the following has become the North India’s first city to install digital automatic speed gun cameras for traffic management?
A. New Delhi
B. Chandigarh
C. Shimla
D. Ranchi
Ans. Chandigarh

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