Current Affairs for competitive exam

Q.1. Which state has topped the list of states with most number of beggars, as per data released by Union ministry of Social Justice?
A. West Bengal
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Bihar
D. Uttar Pradesh
Ans. West Bengal



Q.2. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has launched an initiative ‘Videsh Aaya Pradesh ke Dwaar’ in which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Ranchi
C. Guwahati
D. Hyderabad
Ans. Hyderabad



Q.3. Which campaign has been launched by WWF-India at the 12th edition of Earth Hour 2018?
A. Give Up to Give Back
B. Save Earth for Future
C. Connect to Earth
D. Nature calling you, Listen!
Ans. Give Up to Give Back



Q.4. Which London-based organisation has received the 2017 Frederick Pincott Award for promoting Hindi cinema?
A. South Asian Cinema Innovation
B. South Asian Cinema Organisation
C. South Asian Cinema Association
D. South Asian Cinema Foundation
Ans. South Asian Cinema Foundation



Q.5. Which district has become India’s first district to have 100% solar powered health centres?
A. Kolkata
B. Chennai
C. Bangaluru
D. Surat
Ans. Surat



Q.6. The first-ever International Exhibition of Graphic Prints ‘Print Biennale India 2018′ has started in which city?
A. Kochi
B. New Delhi
C  Kolkata
D. Chandigarh
Ans. New Delhi



Q.7. Which country’s team has won the U-17 Jockey Cup International Youth Invitational Football Tournament 2018?
A. Chinese Taipei
B. India
C. Hong Kong
D. Singapore
Ans. India



Q.8. India’s first Insect Museum has opened in which state?
A. Kerala
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Assam
D. Odisha
Ans. Tamil Nadu




Q.9. The Department of Posts has launched Cool EMS Service between India and which country?
A. Brazil
B. China
C. Japan
D. United States
Ans. Japan



Q.10. The first mega food park of Rajasthan has come up in which city?
A.  Kota
B. Ajmer
C. Jaipur
D. Udaipur
Ans. Ajmer




Q.11. Who is the newly elected President of Myanmar?
A. Win Myint
B. Htin Kyaw
C. Myint Swe
D. Henry Van Thio
Ans. Win Myint



Q.12. What is the theme of the 2018 International Day of Forests?
A. Forests and Water
B. Forests and Energy
C. Forests and Sustainable Cities
D. Forests and Life
Ans. Forests and Sustainable Cities




Q.13. Who has been elected as the new President of Egypt?
A. Moussa Mostafa Moussa
B. El-Sayyid el-Badawi
C. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
D. Ahmed Shafik Sisi
Ans. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi




Q.14. Who has been appointed as the new Deputy Election Commissioner of India?
A. Anurag Agarwal
B. Mukul Ratra
C. Girish C Hosur
D. Chandra Bhushan Kumar
Ans. Chandra Bhushan Kumar



Q.15. Which state government has recently raised the retirement age of state govt employees from 60 to 62 years?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. Punjab
D. Uttar Pradesh
Ans. Madhya Pradesh

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