GATE Mechanical Engineering 1 Paper 2018

Exclusive Monthly GA MCQs: November 2018
1. Which private sector bank is planning to adopt 2,000 villages by 2021? The bank will also provide Sim Se
Pay, a mobile banking solution for feature phone users without internet.
1) Federal Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) RBL Bank
4) YES Bank
5) Axis Bank
2. The RBI has approved re-appointment of Aditya Puri as CEO and Managing Director of which of the
following banks for another two years?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) IDFC Bank
4) IDBI Bank
5) IndusInd Bank
3. Olu will be the opening film at the 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held in Goa. Olu
is a
1) Hindi film
2) Telugu film
3) Tamil film
4) Bengali film
5) Malayalam film
4. NASA has announced to retire Kepler after it ran out of fuel needed for further science operations. Kepler
is a legendary
1) space station
2) spacecraft
3) telescope
4) rover
5) artificial satellite
5. The growth of eight infrastructure sectors slowed down to _______ in Sep 2018. These eight segments
comprise more than 40 per cent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production.
1) 3.9 per cent
2) 4.1 per cent
3) 4.3 per cent
4) 4.5 per cent
5) 4.7 per cent
6. _____ celebrated its 63rd Foundation Day with traditional pride and grandeur on 1 Nov. It was founded
on Nov 1, 1956, and now is the second largest Indian state in size.
1) Rajasthan
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Bihar
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7. India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan is associated with which of the following games?
1) Badminton
2) Tennis
3) Squash
4) Table tennis
5) Snooker
8. The Supreme Court in which country recently overturned the conviction of Asia Bibi (a Christian woman)
facing execution for blasphemy?
1) Bangladesh
2) Malaysia
3) Iran
4) Iraq
5) Pakistan
9. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu invited Botswana companies to invest in India during his recent visit to
the country. The capital of Botswana is
1) Gaborone
2) Windhoek
3) Lusaka
4) Lilongwe
5) Maputo
10. What is India’s ranking on the World Bank's 'Doing Business' 2019 report?
1) 23rd
2) 46th
3) 53rd
4) 77th
5) 100th
11. Which country has topped the World Bank's 'Doing Business' 2019 report?
1) China
2) Hong Kong
3) Denmark
4) Singapore
5) New Zealand
12. Who among the following resigned as the Chairman of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)
recently?
1) Gajendra Chauhan
2) Anupam Kher
3) Anil Kapoor
4) Naseeruddin Shah
5) Paresh Rawal
13. What does the last ‘A’ denotes in the term PM-AASHA, a scheme launched to ensure minimum support
price to the farmers?
1) Anna
2) Aajivika
3) Abhiyan
4) Aadhar
5) Agrim
14. PM Narendra Modi launched “MSME support and outreach” programme recently under which loans in
the range of Rs 1-10 mn will be sanctioned within
1) 25 minutes
2) 35 minutes
3) 59 minutes
4) 2 hours
5) 6 hours
15. Tanzanian govt recently opposed Bharti Airtel's plan for IPO in international market. The capital of
Tanzania is
1) Maputo
2) Dodoma
3) Yerevan
4) Nassau
5) Manama
16. The govt has approved an ordinance to bring amendments to the Companies Act 2013 in line with
recommendations of a panel headed by Corporate Affairs Secretary
1) Injeti Srinivas
2) Arvind Mayaram
3) Shaktikanta Das
4) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
5) Hasmukh Adhia
17. Santosh Kumar Gangwar is the current Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of
1) Commerce and Industry
2) Chemicals and Fertilizers
3) Civil Aviation
4) AYUSH
5) Labour and Employment
18. Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) remained at _____ in Oct 2018.
1) 51.3
2) 52.2
3) 53.1
4) 54.2
5) 55.3
19. _________ is being honoured by Harvard University for her work on promoting girls' education. She
will be awarded the ‘2018 Gleitsman Award’ in Dec.
1) Nadia Murad
2) Christina Lamb
3) Anna Burns
4) Malala Yousafzai
5) Emma Watson
20. SS Deswal has been appointed as Director General of which of the following armed forces?
1) CRPF
2) ITBP
3) CISF
4) BSF
5) Rashtriya Rifles
21. The World Bank ranks how many countries based on 10 parameters for its 'Doing Business' report?
1) 156
2) 163
3) 175
4) 182
5) 190
22. Sheikh Hasina has vowed to eradicate extreme poverty by 2021 when her country celebrates 50 years of
independence. She is the present Prime Minister of
1) Maldives
2) Malaysia
3) Bangladesh
4) Indonesia
5) Suriname
23. The board of which bank recently restored powers of RP Marathe as

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect?
1) Bank of Maharashtra
2) Bank of India
3) Allahabad Bank
4) Corporation Bank
5) Indian Bank
24. To help non-banking finance companies and housing finance companies tide
over liquidity problems, the RBI has allowed banks to provide PCE to bonds
issued by the companies. Here, PCE means
1) Permanent Credit Enhancement
2) Prior Credit Enhancement
3) Proper Credit Enhancement
4) Partial Credit Enhancement
5) None of these
25. More than 1 cr 20 lakh subscribers have joined Atal Pension Yojana so far. The minimum monthly
pension provided under the scheme from the age of 60 years, depending upon the contribution, is
1) Rs 1000
2) Rs 1500
3) Rs 2000
4) Rs 2500
5) Rs 5000
26. India's Subhankar Dey is associated with which of the following games?
1) Tennis
2) Badminton
3) Squash
4) Snooker
5) Boxing

27. Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently blamed that Saudi Arabia govt is directly involved in the murder of
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. Erdogan is present President of
1) Greece
2) Yemen
3) Egypt
4) Turkey
5) Bahrain
28. The Union Cabinet recently approved the opening up of International Solar Alliance membership to all
UN member countries. The headquarters of the ISA is located in
1) Paris
2) New Delhi
3) Lyon
4) Mumbai
5) Gurugram
29. The book titled The Republic of Beliefs: A New Approach to Law and Economics has been authored by
who among the following?
1) Kaushik Basu
2) Ravi Kanbur
3) Richard Powers
4) Amartya Sen
5) Jagdish Bhagwati
30. The World Savings Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 Oct
2) 03 Oct
3) 13 Oct
4) 21 Oct
5) 31 Oct
31. The Minister of State for Tourism, KJ Alphons attended the 108th session of UNWTO Executive
Council held recently in San Sebastian in
1) Spain
2) France
3) Germany
4) Italy
5) Sweden
32. The former Indian Navy aircraft carrier, ______, will be reincarnated as a floating museum at an
estimated cost of Rs 852 cr.
1) INS Vinashak
2) INS Vikrant
3) INS Viraat
4) INS Vishal
5) INS Vikramaditya
33. Which of the following firms has been named official partner of FIH men's hockey World Cup 2018? It
will be staged at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar.
1) Tata Motors
2) Tata Steel
3) Xiaomi
4) Hyawei
5) Mahindra & Mahindra
34. Who among the following has become the first Indian to win an Asian Snooker Tour event? He won the
even recently.
1) Manan Chandra
2) Aditya Mehta
3) Geet Sethi
4) Pankaj Advani
5) Yasin Merchant
35. _______ has designed and booted up India's first microprocessor, Shakti, which could be used in mobile
computing and other devices.
1) IIT-Delhi
2) IIT-Kanpur
3) IIT-Kharagpur
4) IIT-Hyderabad
5) IIT-Madras
36. The Union Cabinet has approved renaming of Jharsuguda Airport as “Veer Surendra Sai Airport,
Jharsuguda.” The airport is located in
1) Jharkhand
2) West Bengal
3) Odisha
4) Sikkim
5) Assam
37. The first Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health was held recently at the World Health
Organisation’s headquarters in
1) Paris
2) Geneva
3) New York
4) London
5) Perth
38. Atul Kumar Goel recently assumed charge as Managing Director and CEO of UCO Bank which has its
headquarters located in
1) Kolkata
2) Chennai
3) Bengaluru
4) Hyderabad
5) Manipal
39. Kirloskar Capital has received RBI licence to start an NBFC. In the term NBFC, letter ‘F’ denotes
1) Factoring
2) Facility
3) Foray
4) Financial
5) Functional

40. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has signed an agreement to buy two stealth frigates (Talwar-
class) for $950 mn with which country?
1) Sweden
2) US
3) France
4) Japan
5) Russia
41. Valmiki Tiger Reserve is situated in which of the following states? The number of tigers at the state's
lone tiger reserve has increased to 35.
1) Jharkhand
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) Haryana
5) Bihar
42. The NIIF has acquired infrastructure debt provider IDFC Infrastructure Finance. In the term NIIF, the
two ‘Is’ stand for
1) Innovation and Investment
2) Investment and Infrastructure
3) Innovation and Institution
4) Infrastructure and Integration
5) Improvement and Integration
43. Lilongwe is the capital city of which country? Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu visited the country
recently.
1) Zimbabwe
2) Botswana
3) Rwanda
4) Malawi
5) Nigeria
44. At present, nearly half of the public sector banks are under PCA. Here, the term PCA stands for
1) Prompt Curative Action
2) Prompt Coercive Action
3) Prompt Corrective Action
4) Prompt Collaborative Action
5) None of these
45. India’s Kurin Systems has got the patent for the "world's largest air purifier" published by the World
Intellectual Property Organization. The WIPO is headquartered in
1) Geneva
2) Washington DC
3) Basel
4) Ottawa
5) Sydney
46. In a first for India, which bank recently executed a trade finance transaction involving an export by
Reliance Industries to the US-based Tricon Energy using the blockchain?
1) CITI Bank
2) Standard Chartered
3) HSBC
4) Morgan Stanley
5) American Express
47. The RBI has initiated steps to set up a wide-based digital PCR to capture details of all borrowers. Here,
the term PCR means
1) Public Control Room
2) Public Confidential Registry
3) Public Credit Record
4) Public Credit Registry
5) None of these
48. The Finance Ministry is likely to finalise the second round of capital infusion for public sector banks
(PSBs) soon. In the first round, it had infused Rs 113.36 bn in
1) three PSBs
2) five PSBs
3) six PSBs
4) seven PSBs
5) nine PSBs
49. Soura Jalanidhi scheme, that aims to increase use of solar energy for helping farmers in irrigating their
land, was launched recently in which state?
1) Odisha
2) Bihar
3) Uttarakhand
4) Punjab
5) Karnataka
50. The headquarters of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is located in
1) Stockholm
2) Helsinki
3) Oslo
4) Rome
5) Madrid
51. The newly-built Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Stadium is situated in which city? It
hosted an international cricket match between India and West Indies recently.
1) Lucknow
2) Patna
3) Gwalior
4) Bhopal
5) New Delhi
52. The Sulawesi Island is situated in which country? A shallow 5.1-magnitude quake stroke the Island
recently.
1) Malaysia
2) Vietnam
3) Indonesia
4) Philippines
5) Thailand

53. The United States recently exempted how many countries, including India from the sanctions for buying
Iranian oil?
1) Three
2) Four
3) Five
4) Eight
5) Nine
54. India and which country recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in sports in
New Delhi?
1) Japan
2) China
3) Taiwan
4) Cambodia
5) South Korea
55. Which of the following is India's largest container port? It is planning to host an edible oil refinery.
1) Vishakhapatnam Port
2) Jawaharlal Nehru Port
3) Kandla Port
4) Cochin Port
5) New Mangalore Port
56. The Fifteenth Finance Commission of India was constituted in Nov 2017. Who among the following is
its Chairman?
1) Ramesh Chand
2) Anoop Singh
3) Ashok Lahiri
4) Shaktikanta Das
5) NK Singh
57. The Centre has released over Rs 113 cr to six border states under the BADP scheme. Here, the term
BADP means
1) Broad Area Development Programme
2) Broad Agriculture Development Programme
3) Border Area Development Programme
4) Border Action Development Programme
5) None of these
58. India’s first indigenously developed nuclear submarine recently successfully

completed its first deterrence patrol. This submarine is named
1) INS Chakra
2) INS Arihant
3) INS Aridhaman
4) INS Khanderi
5) INS Kalvari
59. India has been elected as one of the 48 members of the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU). The ITU has its headquarters situated in
1) Geneva
2) Dubai
3) New York
4) Madrid
5) Washington DC
60. Which of the following teams won the SAFF Under-15 Championship in Lalitpur, Nepal recently?
1) Pakistan
2) Nepal
3) Maldives
4) Bangladesh
5) Sri Lanka
61. The National Ayurveda Day is observed every year on which day?
1) 01 Nov
2) 05 Nov
3) 15 Nov
4) 25 Nov
5) 30 Nov
62. ________ has been honoured as a 'Distinguished Fellow' by IndiaGlobal - a leading US-based think-tank
that works on issues concerning non-resident Indians.
1) Anil Kapoor
2) Jackie Shroff
3) Paresh Rawal
4) Anupam Kher
5) Naseeruddin Shah
63. The biography “Notes of a Dream: The Authorized Biography” written by author Krishna Trilok is
based on the life of
1) Ajith Kumar
2) Kamal Haasan
3) AR Rahman
4) Rajinikanth
5) Ilaiyaraaja
64. The technology-driven and citizen-friendly Mo bus service was launched in which of the following
states recently?
1) West Bengal
2) Bihar
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Karnataka
5) Odisha
65. Gafur Rakhimov has been elected president of Aiba, the amateur boxing federation. He is a businessman
from
1) Uzbekistan
2) Rwanda
3) Chile
4) Ukraine
5) Belarus
66. The “Signature Bridge” with a 675-metre-long cable-stayed section was inaugurated recently in
1) New Delhi
2) Lucknow
3) Mumbai
4) Jaipur
5) Patna
67. Kwacha is currency of which of the following countries? India and that country inked MoUs on
extradition, atomic energy and visas recently.
1) Zimbabwe
2) Eretria
3) Botswana
4) Mozambique
5) Malawi
68. The Minister of State for Tourism (I/C) and Electronics & Information Technology, in the present Union
Cabinet is
1) Vijay Kumar Singh
2) Ashwini Kumar Choubey
3) KJ Alphons
4) RK Singh
5) Hardeep Singh Puri
69. Subhankar Dey won SaarLorLux Open tournament in Germany recently. He is associated with the game
of
1) Tennis
2) Table tennis
3) Squash
4) Badminton
5) Snooker
70. The 18th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers Meeting was held recently in
1) Male, Maldives
2) Durban, South Africa
3) Colombo, Sri Lanka
4) Port Luis, Mauritius
5) Willington, New Zealand
71. Bhartiye Reserve Bank Note Mudran (Pvt) Ltd (BRBNML) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the RBI and
is headquartered in
1) Mumbai
2) Bhopal
3) New Delhi
4) Bengaluru
5) Hyderabad
72. The Indian Army got a new self-propelled artillery gun K9 Vajra which has been manufactured by L&T
with Hanwha Techwin of
1) South Africa
2) South Korea
3) Israel
4) Japan
5) Russia
73. Every year, the Human Development Index (HDI) is released by

1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) WTO
4) UNHRC
5) United Nations
74. As per a latest report, 50 top NBFCs need Rs 700 bn to redeem CPs. Here, the term CPs means
1) Convertible Papers
2) Collectable Papers
3) Commercial Papers
4) Collateral Papers
5) Colloquial Papers
75. The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup will be the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup field hockey
tournament which will be held in the Kalinga Stadium in
1) Bhubaneswar
2) Ranchi
3) Bhopal
4) Jaipur
5) Lucknow
76. On the World Bank’s Doing Business Report (DBR), 2019 which country has been placed at first
position among South Asian countries?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Bhutan
3) Bangladesh
4) Myanmar
5) India
77. Which country has begun deploying a new surveillance tool, 'gait recognition' software, that uses
people's body shapes and how they walk to identify them?
1) South Korea
2) Saudi Arabia
3) China
4) Japan
5) UAE
78. Bangladesh will hold its general election on Dec 23. What is the currency of Bangladesh?
1) Rupee
2) Taka
3) Rufiyaa
4) Rupiah
5) Kyat
79. India and Zimbabwe signed six agreements in various areas recently. The capital of Zimbabwe is
1) Nairobi
2) Dodoma
3) Kampala
4) Harare
5) Addis Ababa
80. There are four mints for coins operated by the Govt. Which of the following is NOT a location where
these are located?
1) Noida
2) Kolkata
3) Hyderabad
4) Mumbai
5) None of these
81. Jeff Sessions resigned as the Attorney General in which of the following countries recently?
1) UK
2) France
3) Australia
4) Canada
5) US
82. The 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2018 will be held from 20-28 Nov in Goa. The
Country of Focus at IFFI this year is
1) Israel
2) Sweden
3) Germany
4) China
5) Nepal
83. The RBI has said that the minimum average maturity requirement for the ECBs in the infrastructure
space has been reduced to three years. Here, the term ECB stands for
1) External Colloquial Borrowings
2) External Collateral Borrowings
3) External Convertible Borrowings
4) External Commercial Borrowings
5) None of these
84. Who won the men’s singles title of the 2018 Paris Masters tennis tournament?
1) Rafael Nadal
2) Novak Djokovic
3) Karen Khachanov
4) Alexander Zverev
5) Dominic Thiem
85. Who won a gold medal with a world record score in the men's skeet final in the 8th Asian Shotgun
Championship in Kuwait? He is the first Indian skeet shooter to do so.
1) Hriday Hazarika
2) Angad Vir Singh Bajwa
3) Arjun Babuta
4) Gagan Narang
5) Manavjit Singh Sandhu
86. Dushanbe is the capital city of which of the following countries?

1) Tajikistan
2) Belarus
3) Kyrgyzstan
4) Turkmenistan
5) Uzbekistan
87. The World Bank and which state govt have signed a loan agreement for a
$172.20 mn project to enhance agricultural productivity, profitability, and climate
resilience?
1) West Bengal
2) Maharashtra
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Karnataka
5) Uttar Pradesh
88. Robyn Denholm will soon replace Elon Musk as chairman at which of the following firms?
1) Ford
2) General Motor
3) Fiat Chrysler
4) Tesla
5) Faraday Future
89. In its report titled ‘Global Macro Outlook 2019-20’, Moody’s Investors Service has said that India’s
economic growth will slow down in 2019 to
1) 6.8%
2) 6.9%
3) 7.1%
4) 7.2%
5) 7.3%
90. The Indian Army recently inducted M777 ultra lightweight howitzer (ULH) guns. These guns are
manufactured by BAE Systems and has been procured from
1) Norway
2) US
3) Sweden
4) Denmark
5) New Zealand
91. During his recent visit to which country, PM Narendra Modi inked a deal for a bilateral currency swap
arrangement valued at $75 bn?
1) China
2) Japan
3) UK
4) US
5) South Korea
92. _______ has been chosen for the prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award, presented by the Press
Council of India, for his outstanding contribution towards journalism.
1) P Narasimha
2) Mihir Singh
3) Subhash Paul
4) VS Rajesh
5) N Ram
93. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has been notified as an Institution of Eminence (IoE) Deemed to
be University. IISc is located in
1) Hyderabad
2) Chennai
3) Bengaluru
4) Mumbai
5) None of these
94. L&T is working with Nexter in developing 155mm/52 calibre towed gun called “Trajan.” Nexter is a
______ firm.
1) French
2) Swedish
3) Norwegian
4) Russian
5) US
95. Dan Wolman will be given Lifetime Achievement Award during the 49th International Film Festival of
India (IFFI) 2018. He hails from
1) Norway
2) France
3) Denmark
4) Israel
5) New Zealand
96. The Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd is owned by the
1) Govt of India
2) RBI
3) IBA
4) SBI
5) Nabard
97. Who among the following has been appointed as the chairperson of the Competition Commission of
India (CCI)? The CCI keeps a tab on unfair business practices across sectors.
1) Vijai Sharma
2) Ashok Kumar Gupta
3) KV Chowdary
4) UC Nahta
5) Augustine Peter
98. Avni or T1 made news recently and was eventually killed. She was a/an
1) dreaded dacoit
2) mad elephant
3) self-styled godwoman
4) man-eater tigress
5) ISIS agent
99. The govt infused Rs 3,000 cr into which of the following public sector banks recently? It had infused Rs
1,790-cr in the bank at the beginning of the current fiscal.
1) Corporation Bank
2) UCO Bank
3) Allahabad Bank
4) Dena Bank
5) Punjab National Bank
100. India beat New Zealand in the opening match at the ICC Women's world T-20 tournament in Guyana.
Who scored her maiden T20 century (103 in 51 balls) in the match?
1) Arundhati Reddy
2) Suzie Bates
3) Poonam Yadav
4) Dayalan Hemalatha
5) Harmanpreet Kaur
101. The National Education Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 Nov
2) 05 Nov
3) 11 Nov
4) 21 Nov
5) 30 Nov
102. The UN WFP and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group have formed a strategic partnership to
support efforts to eliminate hunger globally by 2030. Here, the term WFP means
1) World Forest Programme
2) World Fisheries Programme
3) World Farming Programme
4) World Food Programme
5) None of these
103. The Indian mountaineer who became the world's first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest in 2013
has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Strathclyde. She is
1) Arunima Sinha
2) Santosh Yadav
3) Malavath Purna
4) Premlata Agarwal
5) Bachendri Pal
104. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the Indian War Memorial at Villers Guislain in which
country recently?
1) Japan
2) Canada
3) Israel
4) UK
5) France
105. Under the Paris Agreement, India has made which of the following commitments to be fulfilled by
2030?
1) India will reduce greenhouse gas emission intensity of its GDP by 33-35 per cent below 2005 levels.
2) 40 per cent of India’s power capacity would be based on non-fossil fuel sources.
3) India will create an additional ‘carbon sink’ of 2.5 to 3 bn tonnes of Co2 equivalent through additional
forest and tree cover.
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
106. India and which country are holding massive military drills named SIMBEX off Andaman Sea and Bay
of Bengal as the joint drill completes 25 years?
1) Japan
2) Sweden
3) Vietnam
4) Sri Lanka
5) Singapore
107. The Union Cabinet has approved the strategic sale of govt stake (73.44 per cent) in which of the
following firms to a consortium?
1) HMT
2) Scooters India Ltd
3) EIL
4) Dredging Corporation of India
5) None of these
108. Ayodhya Deepostav 2018 entered Guinness Book of World Records for lighting 3,01,152 earthen
lamps on the bank of River
1) Ganga
2) Yamuna
3) Sarayu
4) Saraswati
5) Gomti
109. Which state govt announced Rs 378-cr investment in the second phase of the state's flagship
aquaculture mission - Aqua Mission 2.0 – recently?
1) Meghalaya
2) Mizoram
3) Tripura
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) Nagaland
110. The World Science Day for Peace and Development is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 Nov
2) 05 Nov
3) 10 Nov
4) 20 Nov
5) 30 Nov
111. India’ D Harika is associated with which of the following games?

1) Shooting
2) Boxing
3) Chess
4) Squash
5) Wrestling
112. The 33rd edition of the ASEAN Summit was held recently in which country?
1) Vietnam
2) Philippines
3) Thailand
4) Brunei
5) Singapore
113. Members of the proposed RCEP, including the 10-member ASEAN, India and China, are likely to meet
in Singapore soon. In the term RCEP, letter ‘C’ denotes
1) Co-operation
2) Coordination
3) Commerce
4) Comprehensive
5) Collaboration
114. Thirukodikaval Nilakanta Srinivasan passed away recently. He was a distinguished

1) historian
2) economist
3) geologist
4) astrologer
5) physician
115. The Public Service Broadcasting Day is observed every year on which date? On this day, the Father of
the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi had visited the studio of All India Radio, Delhi in 1947.
1) 02 Nov
2) 05 Nov
3) 12 Nov
4) 22 Nov
5) 30 Nov
116. Who among the following won 2018 Fuzhou China Open badminton tournament recently?
1) Kento Momota
2) Lin Dan
3) Chou Tien-chen
4) Viktor Axelsen
5) Chen Long
117. The Special Forces of India and which country are set to hold “Vajra Prahar” combat drills in Mahajan
field firing ranges in Rajasthan from Nov 19 to Dec 2?
1) China
2) US
3) Japan
4) Bangladesh
5) Russia
118. The Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School (CIJWS) of India is situated in Vairengte in which
of the following states?
1) Jharkhand
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) West Bengal
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Mizoram

119. The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is going to launch a communication satellite Gsat-29 on
Nov 14 that is specifically meant for
1) Andaman and Nicobar
2) Northeastern region
3) Jammu & Kashmir
4) Both 1) and 2)
5) Both 2) and 3)
120. The book titled Arivu is written by Dr Murali Mohan Chuntharu. The book explains about and
prevention of which disease?
1) Tuberculosis
2) Diarrhea
3) Mouth Cancer
4) AIDS
5) Hepatitis B
121. The book Becoming has been authored by who among the following?
1) George W Bush
2) Hillary Rodham Clinton
3) Oprah Winfrey
4) Melania Trump
5) Michelle Obama
122. Bajrang Punia achieved the number one rank in the world recently. He is associated with which of the
following games?
1) Wrestling
2) Weightlifting
3) Boxing
4) Archery
5) Shooting
123. The National Cancer Awareness Day is observed every year on which day in India?
1) 03 Nov
2) 07 Nov
3) 17 Nov
4) 27 Nov
5) 30 Nov
124. The Union Minister Ananth Kumar passed away recently? He was serving as Union Minister of
1) Parliamentary Affairs
2) Chemicals and Fertilizers
3) Home Affairs
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
125. PM Narendra Modi recently formally received India’s first container vessel (MV Rabindranath Tagore)
sailed through inland waterways in which city?
1) Lucknow
2) Patna
3) Bhopal

4) Varanasi
5) Hyderabad
126. The Goods and services tax (GST) collections crossed the Rs1-tn mark for the second time in 2018-19
in Oct. It had previously touched Rs1.04 tn in
1) April
2) May
3) June
4) July
5) August
127. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu went on a three-day visit to which city representing India at the
Armistice of World War I centenary commemoration? Armistice Day marks the 100 years since the end of
World War One on 11 Nov 1918.
1) London
2) New York
3) Berlin
4) Tokyo
5) Paris
128. President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the Parliament and called for
new elections in which of the following countries recently?
1) Maldives
2) Cambodia
3) Sri Lanka
4) Thailand
5) Vietnam
129. The Indian Army has dedicated 2018 to the welfare of

1) Widows
2) Disabled Soldiers
3) Orphaned children
4) Retired personnel
5) Martyred soldiers’ families
130. India plans to lease out half of its Padur strategic oil to Abu Dhabi National Oil Co for storing crude.
Podur reserves is situated in Udupi district of
1) Kerala
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Telangana
4) Karnataka
5) Gujarat
131. India and Morocco have recently signed an agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.
Which is the capital of Morocco?
1) Tirana
2) Baku
3) Rabat
4) La Paz
5) Moroni

132. The 17th ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Council Meeting has been held recently in
1) Thailand
2) Singapore
3) Philippines
4) Malaysia
5) Indonesia
133. INSPIRE 2018 has been inaugurated by Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable
Energy, R K Singh. What does ‘R’ stand for in the term ‘INSPIRE’?
1) Research
2) Rate
3) Rupee
4) Reward
5) Regenerate
134. PM Narendra Modi has dedicated several projects to the nation including two National Highways and
an Inland Waterways Terminal on River Ganga at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The total cost of these projects
is
1) 2300 crore
2) 2350 crore
3) 2385 crore
4) 2400 crore
5) 2413 crore
135. World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on

1) Nov 10
2) Nov 11
3) Nov 12
4) Nov 14
5) Nov 15
136. Union Minister Ananth Kumar passed away recently. He served as the union minister of
1) Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
2) Civil Aviation
3) Parliamentary Affairs
4) Labour & Employment
5) Health & Family Welfare
137. Comic-book writer and Marvel Comics co-creator Stan Lee passed away. He hailed from
1) Australia
2) New Zealand
3) United Kingdom
4) United States
5) Brazil
138. The inaugural edition of bilateral exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ has held recently between India and
1) Singapore
2) Indonesia
3) Malaysia
4) Australia
5) Cambodia
139. Who resigned as CEO of Flipkart Group?
1) Shantanu Narayen
2) Kalyan Krishnamurthy
3) Ajaypal Singh Banga
4) Sanjay Mehrotra
5) Binny Bansal
140. Who among the following has won the Brazilian Grand Prix?
1) Lewis Hamilton
2) Kimi Raikkonen
3) Max Verstappen
4) Sebastian Vettel
5) Nico Rosberg
141. The 38th India International Trade Fair (IITF) held in New Delhi. What is the theme of the fair?
1) Rural Environment in India
2) Rural Generation in India
3) Rural Enterprises in India
4) Rural Growth in India
5) Rural Development in India
142. Union Ministry of Human Resource Development launched two new initiatives viz. LEAP and Annual
Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT) for higher education faculty. What does LEAP stand for?
1) Leadership for Academicians Programme
2) Leadership for Annual Programme
3) Leadership for Advanced Programme
4) Leadership for Academic Programme
5) Leadership for Apprenticeship Programme
143. ISRO has recently launched the GSAT-series communication satellite from Andhra Pradesh. The
launched GSAT is of which series?
1) GSAT-25
2) GSAT-26
3) GSAT-27
4) GSAT-28
5) GSAT-29
144. Who has joined the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) as the Chief Representative for Asia and
the Pacific?
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) Eli Remolona
3) Dr Viral V Acharya
4) Siddharth Tiwari
5) N S Vishwanathan
145. Who has been given the additional charge of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs after the demise of
Union Minister Ananth Kumar?
1) DV Sadananda Gowda
2) Prakash Javadekar
3) Narendra Singh Tomar
4) Chaudhary Birender Singh
5) Bandaru Dattatreya
146. Which Indian cities corporation has recently signed an MoU with Vilnius, Lithuania as part of the
European Union (EU) project ‘International Urban Cooperation’?
1) Coimbatore
2) Tirunelveli
3) Thiruvananthapuram
4) Mangalore
5) Kochi
147. The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Future Councils held recently in
1) Tokyo
2) Los Angeles
3) Singapore
4) Dubai
5) Chicago
148. Who has been appointed as the new Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED)?
1) Sanjay Mishra
2) Vivek R Wadekar
3) Sanjay Shrinet
4) Karnal Singh
5) Sanjeev Kashyap
149. Who has been honoured with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the 6th Indian Social Work
Congress in New Delhi?
1) Ashish Chnadra Singh
2) Late Dr. Martha Farrell
3) Navakanta Bhat
4) Sendhil Mullainathan
5) Roop Mallik
150. The United Nations Children’s Fund – India (Unicef – India) has appointed who among the following
as the country’s first ever youth ambassador?
1) Dipa Karmakar
2) Geeta Singh
3) Rahi Sarnobat
4) Hima Das
5) Majeet Kaur
151. The union government has recently announced to release coin of what amount to commemorate the
75th anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose hoisting the Tricolour for the first time at Port Blair?
1) Rs 50
2) Rs 75
3) Rs 100
4) Rs 250
5) Rs 750
152. Which state government has signed an MoU with All India Football Federation (AIFF)?
1) Maharashtra
2) Sikkim
3) Odisha
4) Meghalaya
5) Uttrakhand
153. Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare launched the ‘Yuva Sahakar-Cooperative
Enterprise Support and Innovation Scheme’ of the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC).
Who is the current Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare?
1) Nirmala Sitharaman
2) Venkaiah Naidu
4) Radha Mohan Singh
5) Gopinath Munde
154. India has recently signed an MoU with which country for the partnership between Department of
Biotechnology and CRUK for the Cancer Research Initiative for both countries?
1) Italy
2) UK
3) Australia
4) Japan
5) China
155. Which state police has recently launched the force's e-learning portal ‘NIPUN’ in imparting in-service
training to its personnel?
1) Maharashtra
2) Haryana
3) Uttarakhand
4) Goa
5) Delhi
156. The 13th East Asia Summit held recently in

1) Singapore
2) Russia
3) United States
4) Myanmar
5) Bangladesh
157. International Day for Tolerance is celebrated every year on

1) Nov 15
2) Nov 16
3) Nov 17
4) Nov 18
5) Nov 19
158. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously agreed to lift sanctions against Eritrea
after nine years. What is the capital of Eritrea?
1) Tirana
2) Yerevan
3) Nassau
4) Reykjavik
5) Asmara
159. 2018 Women’s World Boxing Championships held in
1) Vishakhapatnam
2) Shillong
3) Delhi
4) Aizawl
5) Chandigarh
160. Who has been named La Liga Player of the Year 2017-18?
1) Bobby Robson
2) Antoine Griezmann
3) Borja Valero
4) Lionel Messi
5) Cristiano Ronaldo
161. Chairman of Yes Bank Ltd, Ashok Chawla resigned with immediate effect from the lender’s board
after being named in a corruption charge sheet by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Yes bank is
headquartered at
1) Bengaluru
2) Chennai
3) Mumbai
4) Mangalore
5) New Delhi
162. India ranked at what position in the World Press Freedom Index 2018 compiled by Reporters Without
Borders (RSF)?
1) 125
2) 130
3) 136
4) 138
5) 140
163. World Tolerance Summit held recently with the theme ‘Prospering from Pluralism: Embracing
Diversity through Innovation and Collaboration’. Where is the venue of the Summit?
1) Singapore
2) Vienna, Austria
3) Beijing
4) Dubai, UAE
5) New York, US
164. 2018 India International Cherry Blossom Festival held recently in

1) Shillong
2) Gangtok
3) Gurugram
4) Dispur
5) Kohima
165. National Press Day is celebrated every year in India on

1) Nov 15
2) Nov 16
3) Nov 17
4) Nov 18
5) Nov 19
166. NITI Aayog has constituted the ‘Himalayan State Regional Council’ to ensure sustainable development
of the Indian Himalayan region. Who will head the council?
1) Nidhi Sharma
2) Dr. VK Saraswat
3) Ramesh Chand
4) Vinod Kumar Pal
5) Ratan P. Watal
167. India- Taiwan SME Development Forum held recently at

1) New Delhi, India
2) Taichung, Taiwan
3) Taipei, Taiwan
4) Bengaluru, India
5) Chennai, India
168. South Asian Regional Conference on Urban Infrastructure: New Approaches to Public and Private
Partnerships (PPPs) and Municipal Finance Innovations held in
1) New Delhi
2) Lucknow
3) Chennai
4) Noida
5) Agra
169. Who has been selected for 2018 Raja Ram Mohan Roy award?
1) Ruby Sarkar
2) Rajesh Parshuram Joshte
3) Subhash Paul
4) N Ram
5) None of these
170. Regional meeting of World Customs Organisation (WCO) held in

1) Gwalior
2) Hyderabad
3) Varanasi
4) Delhi
5) Jaipur
171. The Neuve-Chapelle Memorial, the place associated with India's role in
the First World War, is situated in
1) France
2) Israel
3) UK
4) Germany
5) Spain
172. The Science and Technology Minister recently launched the Global
Cooling Prize. In the present Union Cabinet, this Ministry is held by
1) DV Sadananda Gowda
2) Thawar Chand Gehlot
3) Prakash Javadekar
4) Radha Mohan Singh
5) Dr Harsh Vardhan
173. The National Press Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 Nov
2) 06 Nov
3) 16 Nov
4) 26 Nov
5) 30 Nov
174. India and which country recently held their 9th Annual Defence and Security Dialogue after one-year
gap?
1) Bangladesh
2) Australia
3) Canada
4) China
5) US
175. The govt of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed $169-mn loan pact to provide
water and sanitation services in
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Telangana
5) Madhya Pradesh
176. _____ has signed three loan agreements with the govt to provide debt of $574 mn for on-lending,
electricity transmission and water supply infrastructure projects.
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) ADB
4) NDB
5) AIIB
177. The officials of India, US, Japan and which country met at Singapore recently and held consultations
on regional and global issues of common interest?
1) South Korea
2) Singapore
3) Myanmar
4) Australia
5) Canada
178. The Women and Child Development Ministry (WCD) has nominated three people to be members of
the National Commission for Women. The present chairman of NCW is
1) Kamlesh Gautam
2) Soso Shaiza
3) Chandramukhi Devi
4) Lalitha Kumaramangalam
5) Rekha Sharma
179. Asian Development Bank has signed a $300-mn loan pact with India to support lending by India
Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd. The present chairman of ADB is
1) KV Kamath
2) Takehiko Nakao
3) Jin Liqun
4) Jim Yong Kim
5) Ron Chernow
180. India's first specialized hospital for elephants was formally opened in which of the following cities
recently?
1) Mathura
2) Hyderabad
3) Jaipur
4) Bhubaneswar
5) Kolkata
181. Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri passed away recently. He was the hero of the battle of Longewala in
the Indo-Pak war of
1) 1947
2) 1965
3) 1971
4) 1999
5) Both 1) and 2)
182. India’s Sonia Lather is associated with which of the following games?
1) Boxing
2) Shooting
3) Archery
4) Pole Vault
5) Shot Put
183. Manav Thakkar won a bronze medal in the Under-21 men’s singles in the International Table Tennis
Federation Challenge Belgosstrakh Belarus Open. The capital of Belarus is
1) Beirut
2) Manama
3) Nassau
4) Minsk
5) Baku
184. Interpol's general assembly was held recently to select a new president in Dubai. The headquarters of
Interpol is situated in
1) London
2) Lyon
3) New York
4) Paris
5) Madrid
185. The World Toilet Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 Nov
2) 09 Nov
3) 19 Nov
4) 29 Nov
5) 30 Nov
186. Which of the following cyclones wreaked havoc in Tamil Nadu recently killing at least 45 people?
1) Gaja
2) Vardah
3) Ockhi
4) Phyan
5) Gonu
187. The Women's World Boxing Championships 2018 is being held in which of the following Indian
cities?
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Bengaluru
4) Hyderabad
5) Chennai
188. The term ‘Le Grand K’ is associated with which of the following?
1) Industrial production of Potassium
2) A famed hotel in North Korea
3) A consort in US with 1000 musicians
4) Primary unit of temperature
5) Standard kilogram
189. Eleven state-owned banks under PCA regime are inching towards gaining stable asset quality. Letter
‘A’ in the term PCA stands for
1) Application
2) Approval
3) Action
4) Accreditation
5) Association
190. United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) aims to ensure availability and sustainable
management of sanitation and water for all by
1) 2022
2) 2025
3) 2027
4) 2029
5) 2030
191. The researchers from which IIT have devised a decision support system to help maximise the LPG
connections in below poverty line households?
1) IIT Kharagpur
2) IIT Mumbai
3) IIT New Delhi
4) IIT Kanpur
5) IIT Madras
192. The 14th edition of JashneBachpan, a theatre festival for children, was held recently in which city?
1) Goa
2) Mumbai
3) New Delhi
4) Chennai
5) Jaipur
193. ______ has become the third state in the country after Gujarat and Maharashtra where hookah bars or
lounges have been permanently banned.
1) Bihar
2) Haryana
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Karnataka
5) Punjab
194. Who among the following has been appointed as the full-time chief of the Enforcement Directorate
(ED)?
1) Sharad Kumar
2) Rajiv Gauba
3) M Nageshwar Rao
4) Sanjay Kumar Mishra
5) Rajiv Jain
195. The Universal Children’s Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 02 Nov
2) 05 Nov
3) 12 Nov
4) 20 Nov
5) 30 Nov
196. Nari Sashaktikaran Sankalp Abhiyan or Women Empowerment campaign

was launched in which of the following states recently?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Bihar
3) Maharashtra
4) Gujarat
5) Odisha
197. The govt in which country recently approved to rejoin the Commonwealth, two years after withdrawing
from the 53-nation grouping?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Myanmar
3) Bangladesh
4) Maldives
5) Pakistan
198. Fuego volcano erupted in which of the following countries recently?

1) Chad
2) Guatemala
3) Italy
4) Japan
5) Indonesia
199. The Central Govt recently approved the additional assistance of over Rs 546 cr from National Disaster
Response Fund (NDRF) to which state recently?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Telangana
3) Karnataka
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Madhya Pradesh
200. President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the Vietnam India business forum and Indian Community
recently at Vietnamese capital
1) Ulaanbaatar
2) Manila
3) Jakarta
4) Kuala Lumpur
5) Hanoi
201. The RBI purchased govt securities under OMO for an aggregate amount of Rs 80 bn on Nov 22, 2018.
Here, the term OMO stands for
1) Overseas Market Operations
2) Open Market Operations
3) Out Market Operations
4) Organised Market Operations
5) None of these
202. Carlos Ghosn was arrested in Tokyo recently for alleged financial misconduct. He is the chairman of
1) Toyota Motor
2) General Motors
3) SAIC
4) Nissan Motor
5) Ford Motor Co
203. HDFC Ltd has disbursed subsidy to over 51,000 customers amounting to over Rs 1,100 cr under the
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana’s CLSS scheme. Here, the term CLSS means
1) Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme
2) Cash Linked Subsidy Scheme
3) Conversion Linked Subsidy Scheme
4) Customer Linked Subsidy Scheme
5) None of these
204. As part of the European Union (EU) project ‘International Urban Cooperation’, Kochi and Vilnius have
signed an MoU. Vilnius is the capital of
1) Nigeria
2) Chad
3) Lithuania
4) Morocco
5) Estonia
205. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was sworn in as the new President in which of the following countries
recently?
1) Malaysia
2) Indonesia
3) Bangladesh
4) Iran
5) Maldives
206. Following the demise of Ananth Kumar, the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has been given to who
among the following as an additional charge?
1) Ram Vilas Paswan
2) Vijay Kumar Singh
3) Manoj Sinha
5) Manoj Sinha
207. Late Dr Martha Farrell was honoured with the “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the 6th Indian Social
Work Congress. She was killed in a terrorist attack in May 2015 in
1) Pakistan
2) Afghanistan
3) Bangladesh
4) Turkey
5) Saudi Arabia
208. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has appointed who among the following as the Chief
Representative for Asia and the Pacific?
1) Takehiko Nakao
2) Jin Liqun
3) Siddharth Tiwari
4) Veerathai Santiprabhob
5) Nestor Espenilla Jr
209. Who among the following has been assigned additional portfolio of the Ministry of Chemicals and
Fertilizers after the death of Ananth Kumar?
1) Sadananda Gowda
3) Jual Oram
4) Kalraj Mishra
5) Anant Geete
210. The two-day annual meeting of World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Future Councils was held
recently in
1) Doha
2) Manama
3) Kuwait City
4) Riyadh
5) Dubai
211. Who among the following has been elected as the new President of the International Criminal Police
Organization, more commonly known as Interpol?
1) Jurgen Stock
2) Kim Jong Yang
3) Wang Lijun
4) Amulya Patnaik
5) Cressida Dick
212. Which bank has launched the Nexxt Credit Card, the first interactive Credit Card in India with buttons
providing flexibility of three payment options?
1) RBL Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) IndusInd Bank
4) YES Bank
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank
213. Which state govt has launched the ‘Cow Samridhi Plus Scheme’ to provide insurance coverage to dairy
farmers in the state?
1) Karnataka
2) Maharashtra
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Telangana
5) Kerala
214. Odisha govt announced a new Biotechnology Policy 2018 to attract investments in the sector. The
present Governor of Odisha is
1) Ganeshi Lal
2) Anandiben Patel
3) Keshari Nath Tripathi
4) Kalyan Singh
5) Ram Naik
215. The 26th Conference of Central and State Organizations (COCSSO) was held recently at Dharamshala
in
1) Jammu and Kashmir
2) Uttarakhand
3) Haryana
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Sikkim
216. The 9th Session of the India – Kyrgyzstan Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic,
Scientific and Technological Cooperation (IK-IGC) was held in New Delhi recently. The capital of
Kyrgyzstan is
1) Bishkek
2) Manama
3) Dushanbe
4) Ashgabat
5) Tashkent
217. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Centre have signed a $300-mn loan agreement to support
lending by
1) IDBI Bank
2) IDFC
3) IIFCL
4) NHB
5) SIDBI

218. The Nongkrem dance festival was celebrated recently in which of the following states?
1) Mizoram
2) Tripura
3) Sikkim
4) Assam
5) Meghalaya
219. TS Kanaka passed away recently. She was Asia’s first woman
1) Army Officer
2) Combat Pilot
3) Astrologer
4) Neurosurgeon
5) Entrepreneur
220. Who among the following won the ATP World Tour finals in London recently?
1) Novak Djokovic
2) Alexander Zverev
3) Roger Federer
4) Marin CiliC
5) Dominic Thiem
221. _______ was presented the ‘Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement’ for his immense
contribution to Indian music recently.
1) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
2) Asha Bhosle
3) AR Rahman
4) Lata Mangeshkar
5) Hariprasad Chaurasia
222. To promote communal harmony, the central govt is organising National Integration Week. Under the
initiative, 20 Nov was observed as
1) Conservation Day
2) Women's Day
3) Cultural Unity Day
4) Weaker Sections Day
5) Welfare of Minorities Day
223. Online fashion retailer Myntra will integrate its sister firm Jabong with itself. Both the firms are owned
by
1) Amazon
2) Snapdeal
3) Infibeam
4) Flipkart
5) Shopclues
224. Karnataka Bank has introduced a new savings bank (SB) scheme ‘KBL
SB – TASC’, a specialised product for trusts, associates, societies and clubs.
The bank is headquartered in
1) Bengaluru
2) Chennai
3) Mangalore
4) Kochi
5) Hyderabad
225. A new asset management company will help resolve the problem of large bad loans for state-run
lenders. The AMC will be called
1) Sambal India Asset Management
2) Sashakt India Asset Management
3) Samarth India Asset Management
4) Shashwat India Asset Management
5) Saksham India Asset Management
226. The UIDAI chief executive officer Ajay Bhushan Pandey will succeed Hasmukh Adhia as
1) Revenue Secretary
2) Home Secretary
3) Telecom Secretary
4) Expenditure Secretary
5) Coal Secretary
227. In the recent bureaucratic change, who will take over as secretary in the department of youth affairs?
1) Chhabilendra Roul
2) Sumanta Chaudhuri
3) N Sivasailam
4) GC Murmu
5) Upma Chawdhry
228. ________ has been appointed the chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).
1) Amarjeet Sinha
2) Anant Kumar Singh
3) Jalaj Srivastava
4) Yudhvir Singh Malik
5) Yogendra Tripathi
229. Morocco unveiled Africa's first ever high speed train line recently. The capital of Morocco is
1) Nassau
2) Yerevan
3) Abuja
4) Rabat
5) Yaounde
230. India and which of the following countries conducted joint military exercise ‘INDRA 2018’ in Jhansi,
Uttar Pradesh recently?
1) China
2) Russia
3) South Korea
4) Japan
5) US
231. The gov had, in Jul 2218, proposed a five-pronged strategy under Project “Sashakt” to tackle stress in
the banking sector, and had formed a panel led by
1) Ashoka Mehta
2) Usha Thorat
3) Balwant Rai Mehta
4) Nachiket Mor
5) Sunil Mehta
232. Which of the following is NOT a member of the BASIC grouping?

1) Australia
2) India
3) South Africa
4) Brazil
5) China
233. Which state has introduced a new open online learning programme ‘KOOL’ to train teachers, students
and the general public?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Telangana
234. The 27th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change was held recently in which city? It urged the
advanced countries to enhance their support to the developing nations.
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) Chennai
4) New Delhi
5) Hyderabad
235. Who among the following filmmakers was honoured with the International Federation of Film
Producers Associations (FIAPF) Award recently?
1) Raveena Tandon
2) Nandita Das
3) Deepa Mehta
4) Shabana Azmi
5) Anurag Kashyap
236. The Sangai Festival, a platform to showcase the rich cultural heritage of the state, was celebrated in
which of the following states recently?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Manipur
3) Uttarakhand
4) Jharkhand
5) Chhattisgarh
237. The Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of Medical College in the Union Territory (UT) of
Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The capital of the UT is
1) Port Blair
2) Kavaratti
3) Panaji
4) Silvassa
5) Aizawl

238. Nahid Afrin has been appointed as the first ‘Youth Advocate’ of the northeastern region by the
UNICEF to fight for child rights. She is a popular singer from
1) Tripura
2) Sikkim
3) Meghalaya
4) Nagaland
5) Assam
239. _______ was brought under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) act, the Chief Vigilance
Commissioner (CVC) guidelines and the State Legislature recently.
1) Jammu and Kashmir Bank
2) Karnataka Bank
3) Federal Bank
4) IndusInd Bank
5) ICICI Bank
240. President Ram Nath Kovind visited which of the following countries recently becoming the first-ever
Indian head of state to visit the country?
1) Japan
2) Mongolia
3) Australia
4) New Zealand
5) South Africa
241. Which country will host the next meeting of BASIC grouping in 2019?
1) China
2) India
3) South Africa
4) Brazil
5) Australia
242. ____ won the women's 48-kg light flyweight final of the Women's World Boxing Championships in
New Delhi and became the first female boxer to win six gold medals at world championships.
1) Jo Son Hwa
2) Ornella Gabriele Wahner
3) Sonia Chahal
4) Hanna Okhota
5) MC Mary Kom
243. Which of the following teams won the 2018 Women's World T-20 title in Antigua?
1) India
2) England
3) Australia
4) Pakistan
5) West Indies
244. President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as leader of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in which
of the following countries?
1) South Korea
2) Taiwan
3) Cambodia
4) Philippines
5) Vietnam
245. The first-ever Strategic Economic Dialogue was held at St. Petersburg between India and which of the
following countries recently?
1) Russia
2) Germany
3) France
4) Italy
5) Belarus
246. Who among the following won the men’s singles title of the 2018 Syed Modi International Badminton
Championships?
1) Chirag Shetty
2) Guangzu Lu
3) Satwik Rankireddy
4) Lin Dan
5) Sameer Verma
247. Which of the following states recently invited global tenders to redevelop Dharavi, one of the largest
slums in Asia, into an integrated township under a Rs 22,000-cr project?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) Gujarat
5) Uttar Pradesh
248. The Reserve Bank of India recently decided to extend the timeline for the full implementation of Basel
3 guidelines by a year to
1) 2019
2) 2020
3) 2021
4) 2022
5) 2023
249. India will host the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health in 2019 in
1) Hyderabad
2) New Delhi
3) Patna
4) Lucknow
5) Bengaluru
250. The World Television Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 Nov
2) 02 Nov
3) 11 Nov
4) 21 Nov
5) 30 Nov
251. Ustad Imrat Khan passed away recently. He was a noted

1) classical musician
2) classical dancer
3) classical singer
4) author
5) cartoonist
252. Sandeep Michael passed away recently. He was a former player of

1) Football
2) Basketball
3) Cricket
4) Volleyball
5) Hockey
253. ________ has topped the list of states with the highest employability as per the ‘India Skills Report
2019’.
1) Rajasthan
2) Haryana
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Punjab
5) Kerala
254. The Unicef has appointed Nahid Afrin as ‘Youth Advocate’ for northeastern region. The headquarters
of the Unicef is located in
1) Paris
2) Geneva
3) Copenhagen
4) New York
5) Tokyo
255. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has come out with new rules for re-classification of
a promoter as a public investor. The present chairman of SEBI is
1) David Rasquinha
2) Ajay Tyagi
3) Hemant Contractor
4) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
5) Subhash Chandra Khuntia
256. Which country will host the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health in 2019?
1) China
2) Indonesia
3) Malaysia
4) South Korea
5) India
257. Which of the following states was the focus state at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in
Goa? Its Chief Minister Raghubar Das attended the celebrations at the IFFI.
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Assam
3) Jharkhand
4) Odisha
5) Karnataka

258. Which state launched a web portal which makes land records available to people with unique
identification numbers called “Bhudaar’’?
1) Telangana
2) Kerala
3) Karnataka
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Uttar Pradesh
259. Which state is the host to the three-day tourism fair to promote the tourism industry in the northeastern
states of the country?
1) Assam
2) Tripura
3) Sikkim
4) Mizoram
5) Manipur
260. The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is observed every year on which
date?
1) 02 Nov
2) 05 Nov
3) 15 Nov
4) 25 Nov
5) 30 Nov
261. Professor SP Ganguly has been awarded the “Order of the Aztec Eagle”, the highest civilian honour
given to a foreigner by
1) Mexico
2) Germany
3) France
4) Spain
5) Greece
262. Which country launched its second earth observation satellite ‘Mohammed VI-B’ recently through
Arianespace?
1) Turkey
2) Colombia
3) Nigeria
4) Kenya
5) Morocco
263. Who among the following won the women’s singles title of the 2018 Syed Modi International
Badminton Championships?
1) Sikki Reddy
2) Ashwini Ponnappa
3) Han Yue
4) Saina Nehwal
5) PV Sindhu
264. The RBI's board recently decided to ease capital pressure on banks by allowing them one more year to
meet the CCB. Here, the term CCB means
1) Capital Conversion Buffer
2) Capital Conservation Buffer
3) Capital Coordination Buffer
4) Capital Collection Buffer
5) None of these
265. The Universal Children’s Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 02 Nov
2) 06 Nov
3) 12 Nov
4) 20 Nov
5) 30 Nov
266. The Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), a govt funded organisation under the Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR), is headquartered in
1) Jaipur
2) Bhopal
3) Dehradun
4) Chennai
5) Bengaluru
267. Which of the following is the only bank promoted by a state govt in the country? The state govt holds
59.3 per cent shares in the bank.
1) J&K Bank
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Karnataka Bank
4) Punjab National Bank
5) Bank of Maharashtra
268. The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held delegation-level talks with Teodor Melescanu in
New Delhi recently. Teodor is her counterpart from
1) Estonia
2) Kenya
3) Chad
4) Slovakia
5) Romania
269. Which of the following NASA spacecraft landed on Mars in Nov 2018 after six-month journey?
1) Curiosity
2) InSight
3) Viking
4) Parker
5) Messenger
270. Who among the following is the new Chief Election Commissioner of
India? He succeeds Om Prakash Rawat who retired recently.
1) Achal Kumar Jyoti
2) Sandeep Saxena
3) Umesh Sinha
4) Sunil Arora
5) Ashok Lavasa

271. Who among the following received the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) special award for his
lifetime contribution to Indian cinema recently? He is a veteran writer.
1) Salim Khan
2) Shabana Azmi
3) Sampooran Singh Kalra
4) Javed Akhtar
5) Subhash Ghai
272. In Cambodia, police arrested more than 200 Chinese citizens accused of defrauding people. The capital
of Cambodia is
1) Caracas
2) Taipei
3) Hanoi
4) Phnom Penh
5) Rabat
273. Indian Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba visited which of the following countries recently? He met his
counterpart, Admiral Vladimir Korolev, there.
1) Mongolia
2) Belarus
3) Russia
4) Vietnam
5) Thailand
274. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reduced hedging requirements for external commercial
borrowings (ECBs) of 3-5 years from 100 per cent to
1) 90 per cent
2) 80 per cent
3) 70 per cent
4) 60 per cent
5) 50 per cent
275. The govt has announced to infuse what amount in the state-owned banks by Mar 2019?
1) Rs 220 bn
2) Rs 320 bn
3) Rs 420 bn
4) Rs 520 bn
5) Rs 620 bn
276. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is based in
1) Geneva
2) Basel
3) London
4) Paris
5) Brussels
277. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a 75-mn dollar loan for a water supply project in
four coastal towns of
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Karnataka
4) Maharashtra
5) Odisha
278. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) observed its 14th foundation day recently. It is
an agency of the Ministry of
1) Home Affairs
2) Finance
3) Health and Family Welfare
4) Human Resource Development
5) Urban Development
279. Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium is located in Talegaon in the state of
1) Maharashtra
2) Goa
3) Gujarat
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Telangana
280. PM Narendra Modi visited which of the following countries recently to attend the G-20 Summit?
1) Indonesia
2) Turkey
3) Mexico
4) Argentina
5) Brazil
281. The RBI Board recently decided to retain the capital adequacy requirement for banks at what per cent?
1) 7 per cent
2) 7.5 per cent
3) 8 per cent
4) 8.5 per cent
5) 9 per cent
282. The govt has approved the construction of over two lakh more affordable houses for the benefit of
urban poor under PMAY (Urban). In the term PMAY, letter ‘A’ denotes
1) Awas
2) Ashiana
3) Aashray
4) Aaramgah
5) Angan
283. Who among the following is the present governor of Goa?

1) Najma Heptulla
2) Banwarilal Purohit
3) Mridula Sinha
4) Jagdish Mukhi
5) Kaptan Singh Solanki
284. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has given its nod to Life Insurance Corporation of India
(LIC) to acquire up to 51 per cent stake in state-owned
1) UCO Bank
2) IDBI Bank
3) Vijaya Bank
4) Dena Bank
5) Allahabad Bank
285. Cash Reserve Ratio or CRR, which is the minimum amount of deposit that the commercial banks have
to keep as reserves with the RBI, currently stands at
1) 3 per cent
2) 3.25 per cent
3) 3.50 per cent
4) 4 per cent
5) 4.25 per cent
286. _______ was bestowed with the highest French civilian distinction Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur
(Knight of the Legion of Honour) recently.
1) Azim Premji
2) NR Narayana Murthy
3) Shiv Nadar
4) Ratan Tata
5) Nandan Nilekani
287. The golden peacock award for the best film at the 2018 International Film Festival of India was given
to which of the following films?
1) Ee Maa Yove
2) When The Trees Fall
3) Aga
4) Respeto
5) Donbass
288. The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is observed every year on which date?
1) 02 Nov
2) 09 Nov
3) 19 Nov
4) 29 Nov
5) 30 Nov
289. The Nanar refinery project is to come up in Ratnagiri district of which of the following states? The state
govt recently stayed the land acquisition process for the project.
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Maharashtra
3) Telangana
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Karnataka
290. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC)?
1) R Subramanyam
2) Upma Chawdhry
3) Arvind Saxena
4) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
5) Mandeep K Bhandari

291. The best director award at the 2018 International Film Festival of India was given to Lijo Jose
Pellissery for film Ee Maa Yove, a _______ film.
1) Malayalam
2) Telugu
3) Tamil
4) Kannada
5) Bengali
292. The govt had announced in Oct 2017 the _______ capital infusion programme in public sector banks.
1) Rs 1.35 tn
2) Rs 1.65-tn
3) Rs 1.91-tn
4) Rs 2.11-tn
5) Rs 2.21-tn
293. The upcoming book Of Counsel: The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy has been penned by who
among the following?
1) Subramanian Swamy
2) Arvind Subramanian
3) Urjit Patel
4) Arvind Panagariya
5) Raghuram Rajan
294. The ELSS scheme is a close-ended diversified equity scheme offered by mutual funds in India. In the
term ELSS, letter ‘L’ stands for
1) Locked
2) Leverage
3) Linked
4) Limited
5) Level
295. Which state govt recently passed a bill proposing 16 per cent reservation for Marathas under socially,
educationally and economically backward category?
1) Gujarat
2) Rajasthan
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Haryana
5) Maharashtra
296. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak is now the second
largest in history. The capital of Congo is
1) N'Djamena
2) Kinshasa
3) Asmara
4) Khartoum
5) Tallinn
297. The govt has launched a unique initiative called Bhasha Sangam to introduce school students to _____
Indian languages which are listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution.
1) 18
2) 19
3) 20
4) 21
5) 22
298. The Saubhagya scheme was launched in Sep 2017 with the objective to provide access to _________ to
all the remaining households in the country.
1) LPG connection
2) toilet
3) Pucca house
4) electricity
5) drinking water line
299. State Bank of India (SBI) recently approved the sale of 4 per cent stake in SBI General Insurance for
Rs 482 cr to two AIFs. Here, the term AIF means
1) Approved Investment Funds
2) Accredited Investment Funds
3) Alternative Investment Funds
4) Assigned Investment Funds
5) None of these
300. The Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare is observed every year on which date?
1) 03 Nov
2) 06 Nov
3) 13 Nov
4) 23 Nov
5) 30 Nov
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