General knowledge

Q.1. What is the theme of the 2018 World Earth Day (WED)?
A. Save Your Earth from Plastic
B. Environmental and Climate Literacy
C. Beware from Plastic Pollution
D. End Plastic Pollution
Ans. End Plastic Pollution



Q.2. Nabi Tajima, the world’s oldest person has passed away. She belonged to which country?
A. Japan
B. China
C. South Korea
D. Taiwan
Ans. Japan



Q.3. Which football team has won the 2018 Indian Super Cup Football tournament?
A. East Bengal FC
B. Kerala Blasters FC
B. Bengaluru FC
D. Churchill Brothers FC
Ans. Bengaluru FC



Q.4. Which country has officially changed its name to the ‘Kingdom of eSwatini’?
A. Swaziland
B. Switzerland
C. Sweden
D. Suriname
Ans. Swaziland



Q.5. Which company has become the first listed Indian IT firm to hit $100 billion market capitalisation (m-cap)?
A. ITC
B. Acenture
C. Reliance Industries Ltd
D. TCS
Ans. TCS



Q.6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
A. Jabalpur
B. Gwalior
C. Mandla
D. Indore
Ans. Mandla



Q.7. Which country is the highest recipient of remittances in 2017, as per World Bank (WB)’s latest report “Migration and Development Brief”?
A. India
B. Mexico
C. China
D. Philippines
Ans. India



Q.8. Which of the following smart cities has become the India’s first city to run on 100% Renewable Energy during Daytime?
A. Bengaluru
B. Jaipur
C. Indore
D. Diu
Ans. Diu



Q.9. India will tie up with which of the following countries to develop a pollution-forecast system?
A. Japan and Australia
B. Sweden and United Kingdom
C. South Africa and Brazil
D. United States and Finland
Ans. United States and Finland



Q.10. Mahmoud Abu Zeid has won the 2018 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. He hails from which country?
A. Israel
B. Iraq
C. Iran
D. Egypt
Ans. Egypt

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