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Casio Edifice Analog Black Dial Men's Watch - EF-130D-1A2VDF (ED417) Q.1. Who has become the youngest Indian weightlifter to win a medal at Commonwealth Games (CWG)?
A. Aleena Reji
B. Saraswati Rout
C. Deepak Lather
D. P Gururaja
Ans. Deepak Lather



Q.2. The joint anti-piracy, search and rescue exercise ‘Sahyog – Hyeoblyeog 2018’ was held between India and which country?
A. Japan
B. South Korea
C. South Africa
D. Brazil
Ans. South Korea



Q.3. Which city hosted the Global Logistics Summit (GLS-2018)?
A. New Delhi
B. Jaipur
C. Hyderabad
D. Chennai
Ans. New Delhi



Q.4. Sanjita Chanu has clinched India’s second gold at which weightlifting category in the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG-2018)?
A. 45 kg
B. 53 kg
C. 55 kg
D. 69 kg
Ans. 53 kg



Q.5. Which state has become the first Indian state to adopt a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for determining brain death cases?
A. Assam
B. Jharkhand
C. Odisha
D. Kerala
Ans. Kerala



Q.7. Which state has bagged the ‘State of the Year’ Award under the ‘business leader’ category at the India Business Leader Awards (IBLA) event?
A. Chhattisgarh
B. Punjab
C. Haryana
D. Karnataka
Ans. Chhattisgarh



Q.8. Who will be honoured with the 2018 Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award?
A. Huma Qureshi
B. Anushka Sharma
C. Priyanka Chopra
D. Shah Rukh Khan
Ans. Anushka Sharma



Q.9. India has clinched its first-ever gold in badminton mixed-team event at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) by defeating which country?
A. China
B. Australia
C. Malaysia
D. Japan
Ans. Malaysia



Q.10. Munin Barua, the noted film-maker has passed away. He belonged to which state?
A. Odisha
B. West Bengal
C. Manipur
D. Assam
Ans. Assam



Q.11. What is the theme of the 2018 World Health Day (WHD)?
A. Ageing and Health
B. Good health adds life to years
C. Universal health coverage: everyone, everywhere
D. Move for health
Ans. Universal health coverage: everyone, everywhere



Q.12. Venkat Rahul Ragala claimed India’s fourth gold in which weightlifting category at the 21st Commonwealth Games 2018?
A. 85 kg
B. 65 kg
C. 55 kg
D. 75 kg
Ans. 85 kg



Q.13. India’s first high-speed electric locomotive has been flagged off from which state?
A. Assam
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Maharashtra
D. Bihar
Ans. Bihar



Q.14. FSSAI has launched which project to address Vitamin D deficiencies (VDD) amongst youngsters?
A. Project Sun
B. Project Sky
C. Project Dhoop
D. Project Sunlight
Ans. Project Dhoop




Q.15. Which country is hosting the first International conference on ‘Water, Environment and Climate Change: Knowledge Sharing and Partnership’?
A. Sri Lanka
B. India
C. Bangladesh
D. Nepal
Ans. Nepal



Q.16. Indian women’s Table Tennis team has clinched its first-ever gold at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2018. The team is led by whom?
A. Mouma Das
B. Madhurika Patkar
C. Manika Batra
D. Nidhi Desai
Ans. Manika Batra



Q.17. Heena Sidhu bagged gold in the women’s which pistol event at the 21st Commonwealth Games 2018?
A. 25-metre pistol event
B. 20-metre pistol event
C. 10-metre pistol event
D. 5-metre pistol event
Ans. 25-metre pistol event

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