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Exclusive Monthly GA MCQs: IBPS Clerk
Main (Jan 10, 2018 – Dec 19, 2017)
1. The World Bank has projected India’s growth rate at what per cent in 2018 in its 2018 Global Economics
Prospect released recently?
1) 6.7 per cent
2) 6.9 per cent
3) 7.1 per cent
4) 7.3 per cent
5) 7.6 per cent
2. The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, will take place from 9
to 25 Feb 2018 in
1) Tokyo, Japan
2) Pyeongchang, South Korea
3) Beijing, China
4) Manila, Philippines
5) London, UK
3. Maithripala Sirisena has sought Supreme Court's opinion on whether he can stay in office for six years till
2021. He is the present president of
1) Cambodia
2) Venezuela
3) Sri Lanka
4) Maldives
5) Thailand
4. The Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) is situated in the state of
1) Odisha
2) West Bengal
3) Karnataka
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Gujarat
5. Klaus Martin Schwab is an economist best known as the founder and executive chairman of the
1) SIPRI
2) BIS
3) SWIFT
4) OECD
5) WEF
6. Barmer refinery cum petrochemical complex is situated in which state?
1) Rajasthan
2) Gujarat
3) Maharashtra
4) Karnataka
5) Madhya Pradesh
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7. VG Mathew is the present MD & CEO of which of the following banks? It is a major private sector bank
headquartered at Thrissur in Kerala.
1) Federal Bank
2) IndusInd Bank
3) Karnataka Bank
4) South Indian Bank
5) RBL Bank
8. The Pravasi Bhartiya Divas is annually celebrated on which day to mark the contribution of Overseas
Indian community towards their homeland?
1) 01 Jan
2) 03 Jan
3) 04 Jan
4) 07 Jan
5) 09 Jan
9. The World Bank upgraded the global growth forecast which now is expected to rise to _______ in 2018.
1) 2.7 per cent
2) 2.9 per cent
3) 3.1 per cent
4) 3.2 per cent
5) 3.4 per cent
10. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an umbrella organisation for retail payment
systems in India, has appointed who among the following its new MD and CEO?
1) R Gandhi
2) Dilip Asbe
3) Uday Kotak
4) Shikha Sharma
5) Arundhati Bhattacharya
11. Who among the following is the present Secretary in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation?
1) Subhash Chandra Garg
2) Rajiv Kumar
3) TCA Anant
4) Arvind Subramanian
5) Hasmukh Adhia
12. The govt has set an aggressive target of achieving what per cent gross enrolment ratio (GER) in higher
education by 2020?
1) 10 per cent
2) 15 per cent
3) 20 per cent
4) 25 per cent
5) 30 per cent
13. According to the data released by the central statistics office (CSO), recently, the anticipated growth of
real gross value added (GVA) at basic prices in 2017-18 is
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1) 5.1 per cent
2) 5.8 per cent
3) 6.1 per cent
4) 6.7 per cent
5) 7.1 per cent
14. The 96 birth anniversary of the Nobel Prize-winner Har Gobind Khorana was observed recently. He is
known for his comprehensive work on
1) DNA
2) blood group
3) scattering of light
4) microwave
5) cloning
15. Aanchal Thakur made history recently by winning India's first-ever international medal in
1) luge
2) pole vault
3) discuss throw
4) skiing
5) triple jump
16. Who among the following is the present Union Minister for Minority Affairs?
1) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
2) Shazia Ilmi
3) Najma Heptulla
4) MJ Akbar
5) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
17. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has announced to relax norms around levy of MAT for
insolvent companies. The full form of the term MAT is
1) Maximum Alternate Tax
2) Minimum Alternate Tax
3) Migrating Alternate Tax
4) Manageable Alternate Tax
5) None of these
18. The three-day annual Flamingo Festival was held at Pulicat lake and Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary in which
state recently?
1) Gujarat
2) Assam
3) Odisha
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Andhra Pradesh
19. The ‘Mankidia’ is one of the 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in the state of
1) Sikkim
2) Tripura
3) Gujarat
4) Odisha
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5) Jharkhand
20. India recently unveiled its fastest supercomputer yet that can deliver a peak power of 6.8 petaflops. The
computer is named
1) Daksh
2) Kushagra
3) Pratyush
4) Pratap
5) Tej
21. ______ lifted the inaugural Tata Open Maharashtra Tennis trophy in Pune. The tournament is India's
only ATP event.
1) Marin Cilic
2) Roberto Bautista Agut
3) Kevin Anderson
4) Gilles Simon
5) Richard Gasquet
22. The Growth in GDP during 2017-18 has been estimated at what per cent by the Central Statistics Office
(CSO) in 2017-18?
1) 6.2 per cent
2) 6.5 per cent
3) 6.8 per cent
4) 7.1 per cent
5) 7.3 per cent
23. PM Narendra Modi held discussions on specific security and policing issues at the annual conference of
DGPs and IGPs at the BSF Academy in Tekanpur in the state of
1) Haryana
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Gujarat
24. Which of the following countries recently approved a new attempt to find the wreckage of Flight 370 in
the Indian Ocean?
1) Indonesia
2) Thailand
3) Ukraine
4) Vietnam
5) Malaysia
25. The United Nations has set up a special investigation of the attack that killed 15 UN peacekeepers
recently in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The capital of DR Congo is
1) Kinshasa
2) Baku
3) Yerevan
4) Luanda
5) Tirana
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26. The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is payment service which has been developed by
1) BIS
2) NPCI
3) SWIFT
4) IBA
5) Word Bank
27. The number of students enrolling for higher education in India saw a marginal increase of what per cent
in 2016-17, according to a the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)?
1) 0.3 per cent
2) 0.5 per cent
3) 0.7 per cent
4) 0.9 per cent
5) 1.1 per cent
28. The US space agency NASA is to launch two missions GOLD and ICON to explore
1) Mercury
2) Pluto
3) Sun
4) ionosphere
5) another inhabitable planet
29. The Atal Pension Yojana (APY) has reached a subscriber base of 80 lakh. Under the scheme, a
subscriber would receive a minimum guaranteed monthly pension of
1) Rs 7,500
2) Rs 7,000
3) Rs 6,000
4) Rs 5,500
5) Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 depending on the contribution
30. In which of the following gulf countries 11 princes were arrested for staging a protest against the
kingdom's austerity measures recently?
1) Kuwait
2) Iran
3) Saudi Arabia
4) UAE
5) Bahrain
31. The managing director of the MAS, Ravi Menon, has been named the best central bank governor in
Asia-Pacific for 2018. The MAS is the monetary authority of
1) Sweden
2) Switzerland
3) Singapore
4) Slovenia
5) Serbia
32. The Paytm Payments Bank has partnered with which of the following banks to introduce a facility to
create a fixed deposit when the customer balance exceeds Rs1 lakh at the end of day?
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1) Induslnd Bank
2) Federal Bank
3) YES Bank
4) RBL Bank
5) Axis Bank
33. The TIHCL has got RBI clearance to register and function as a non-banking finance company (NBFC).
It is the first State promoted and co-financing NBFC which is promoted by the govt of
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Telangana
4) Maharashtra
5) Tripura
34. The Himalayan Hydro Expo 2018 was held recently in
1) Thimphu
2) New Delhi
3) Lhasa
4) Islamabad
5) Kathmandu
35. The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited which of the following three ASEAN countries
recently?
1) Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore
2) Thailand, Brunei and Singapore
3) Thailand, Indonesia and Myanmar
4) Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore
5) Vietnam, Brunei and Myanmar
36. The Ministry of Defence recently cleared contracts worth about what amount for Navy and Army?
1) Rs 2240 cr
2) Rs 2420 cr
3) Rs 2060 cr
4) Rs 2150 cr
5) Rs 2550 cr
37. The former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav was recently sentenced by a special CBI court to three-and-a-
half years of imprisonment in a fodder scam case and was imposed with a fine of
1) Rs 05 lakh
2) Rs 10 lakh
3) Rs 25 lakh
4) Rs 40 lakh
5) Rs 50 lakh
38. What is the theme of the New Delhi World Book Fair 2018?
1) Women Empowerment
2) Youth Writers for Change
3) Environment & Climate Change
4) Water and Soil Conservation
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5) None of these
39. Which of the following states unveiled its state emblem recently after it received the Centre’s approval
for the same?
1) West Bengal
2) Bihar
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) Gujarat
40. The Reserve Bank will soon bring into circulation new Rs 10 denomination banknotes in
1) leaf green colour
2) bright yellow colour
3) chocolate brown colour
4) light blue colour
5) shiny violet colour
41. The Finance Ministry recently said that the govt was not closing 8 per cent saving bonds but replacing it
with _______ Savings Scheme.
1) 7.85 per cent
2) 7.75 per cent
3) 7.50 per cent
4) 7.25 per cent
5) 07 per cent
42. Which of the following is the currency of Argentina?
1) Peso
2) Pound
3) Shekel
4) Lek
5) Manat
43. The finance ministry has approved proposal for infusion of Rs 75.77 bn in 6 weak public sector banks
(PSBs). What amount has been approved for IDBI Bank?
1) Rs 3.23 billion
2) Rs 6.5 billion
3) Rs 13.75 billion
4) Rs 22.57 billion
5) Rs 27.29 billion
44. The Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) are nowadays categorising the gains from NCDs as interest
income to benefit from tax arbitrage. The term NCD stands for
1) Non-Contractible Debentures
2) Non-Coverable Debentures
3) Non-Curable Debentures
4) Non-Convertible Debentures
5) None of these
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45. The central bank of which of the following countries recently gave its green signal to use the Chinese
yuan (CNY) for bilateral trade and investment activities?
1) Mongolia
2) Sri Lanka
3) Pakistan
4) Maldives
5) Myanmar
46. According to an HSBC report, India's GDP growth rate is expected to accelerate to what per cent in
2018-19?
1) 6.4 per cent
2) 6.8 per cent
3) 7.0 per cent
4) 7.2 per cent
5) 7.4 per cent
47. The six countries formally joined the ranks of the non-permanent members of the United Nations
Security Council recently. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
1) Equatorial Guinea
2) The Netherlands
3) Poland
4) Peru
5) None of these
48. India and which of the following countries exchanged the list of nuclear installations and facilities under
a three-decade old bilateral pact recently?
1) China
2) Pakistan
3) US
4) Russia
5) France
49. Which of the following institutions sanctions funds under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
(RIDF) since the fund’s inception in 1995-96?
1) SIDBI
2) EXIM Bank
3) NABARD
4) SBI
5) RBI
50. Katrin Jakobsdottir is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Poland
2) New Zealand
3) Denmark
4) Iceland
5) Norway
51. The UNESCO recently entered the endangered ‘bird language’ of which of the following countries in
Intangible Cultural Heritage list?
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1) China
2) Mongolia
3) Vietnam
4) Turkey
5) Egypt
52. The NABARD has sanctioned Rs 372.51 cr loan assistance under the Rural Infrastructure Development
Fund (RIDF) to which state towards irrigation and rural bridge projects?
1) Odisha
2) Jharkhand
3) West Bengal
4) Karnataka
5) Tamil Nadu
53. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) initiated ‘prompt corrective action’ (PCA) against which of the
following state-run lenders recently over its high bad loans?
1) Bank of Baroda
2) Indian Bank
3) Punjab National Bank
4) Canara Bank
5) Allahabad Bank
54. The GAIL has installed India’s second largest roof top solar PV power plant at its Petrochemical
Complex at Pata in
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Karnataka
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Assam
55. The Union Cabinet recently approved the signing of the MoU between India and which country on
cooperation in the Oil and Gas Sector?
1) Venezuela
2) Russia
3) Israel
4) Vietnam
5) Cambodia
56. The Union Cabinet has approved an agreement between India and Myanmar on land border crossing.
The currency of Myanmar is
1) Rand
2) Kyat
3) Krona
4) Peso
5) Rupiah
57. Which of the following banks has partnered with the Rajasthan govt to promote and nurture startups in
the state under the bank’s SmartUp programme?
1) HDFC Bank
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2) Axis Bank
3) ICICI Bank
4) Federal Bank
5) IndusInd Bank
58. The United States recently suspended over 1-bn US dollar security assistance to which country?
1) Yemen
2) Colombia
3) Chad
4) Afghanistan
5) Pakistan
59. In which country a new law took effect at the New Year requiring all companies to prove that their wage
practices don't discriminate against women?
1) UK
2) Norway
3) Iceland
4) New Zealand
5) Denmark
60. The SBI and Nabard have signed an agreement with five NGOs of which state for the promotion of
2,500 joint liability groups (JLGs) in select districts of the State?
1) Rajasthan
2) Telangana
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) West Bengal
5) Maharashtra
61. The Union Cabinet has approved the construction of Asia’s longest bi-directional Zojila Pass tunnel at
an estimated cost of Rs 6,089 cr is the state of
1) Jammu and Kashmir
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Sikkim
5) Arunachal Pradesh
62. The Minister of Women & Child Development, Maneka Gandhi, recently launched an online portal to
provide women with easy access to information on govt schemes and initiatives for them. The portal is
1) SHAKTI
2) NARI
3) SAATHI
4) SAHAY
5) SAHELI
63. The Reliance Industries recently commissioned world’s largest refinery off-gas cracker (ROGC) project
of 1.5 MMTPA capacity in
1) Mumbai
2) Mathura
3) Vadodara
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4) Mangalore
5) Jamnagar
64. Who among the following has been crowned Miss India USA 2017?
1) Simran
2) Swapna Mannam
3) Shree Saini
4) Ishwarya
5) Prerna
65. The SFIO will probe 57 suspected shell firms that deposited billions of rupees post-demonetisation
period. The term SFIO means
1) Serial Fraud Investigation Office
2) Serious Fraud Interrogation Office
3) Suspicious Finance Investigation Office
4) Serious Fraud Investigation Office
5) None of these
66. Salil Parekh took charge as the new CEO of which of the following firms recently?
1) Wipro
2) TCS
3) Infosys
4) HCL
5) Tech Mahindra
67. The market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has introduced the MPS rule for
listed companies. What is the full form of the term MPS?
1) Maximum Public Shareholding
2) Minimum Public Shareholding
3) Maximum Private Shareholding
4) Minimum Private Shareholding
5) None of these
68. Who among the following has been appointed as the Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA)?
1) Syed Asif Ibrahim
2) Rajiv Mathur
3) Dineshwar Sharma
4) Anil Kumar Dhasmana
5) Rajinder Khanna
69. The govt recently scrapped ‘Spike’ missile deal with Rafael which is based in
1) France
2) Sweden
3) Germany
4) Israel
5) Norway
70. The Union Cabinet approved an MoU between India and which country recently to improve public
transport in the country?
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1) UK
2) Singapore
3) Switzerland
4) Denmark
5) Japan
71. In which country, president Yoweri Museveni recently signed into law a bill that removes presidential
age limit from the constitution?
1) Rwanda
2) Uganda
3) Nigeria
4) Somalia
5) Ghana
72. Anwar Jalalpuri passed away recently. He was a famous poet of
1) Bengali
2) Assamese
3) Urdu
4) Tamil
5) Marathi
73. Who among the following won the 2017 Royal Cup golf title in Pattaya, Thailand recently?
1) Shiv Kapur
2) Shiv Chawrasia
3) Arjun Atwal
4) Jyoti Randhawa
5) Gaganjeet Bhullar
74. The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently revealed the contours of new ‘electoral bonds’ to be used to
donate to political parties. The bonds can be bought from specified branches of
1) PNB
2) ICICI Bank
3) Bank of Baroda
4) IDBI Bank
5) SBI
75. Who among the following is the Minister of State for Women & Child Development in the present
Union Cabinet?
1) Upendra Kushwaha
2) Shripad Yesso Naik
3) Inderjit Singh Rao
4) Dr Virendra Kumar
5) VK Singh
76. Which of the following banks announced a 30-basis-point cut in old lending rate benchmarks on the eve
of New Year?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Axis Bank
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4) SBI
5) PNB
77. G Sathiyan recently became India’s highest-ranked player in the latest rankings in the game of
1) Tennis
2) Table Tennis
3) Badminton
4) Squash
5) Snooker
78. The US military killed at least 17 Al-Shabaab terrorists recently. This terrorist group is active in
1) Somalia
2) Kuwait
3) Palestine
4) Iraq
5) Mauritania
79. India’s manufacturing PMI hit five-year high in Dec 2017 at 54.7 per cent. The term PMI stands for
1) Purchasing Material Index
2) Participatory Management Index
3) Purchasing Masters’ Index
4) Procurement Managers’ Index
5) Purchasing Managers’ Index
80. Which country recently banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation from collecting
donations?
1) Afghanistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Pakistan
4) UAE
5) Malaysia
81. Which state govt ushered in the New Year by gifting the farmers a 24-hour free power supply for
agricultural purposes?
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Bihar
4) Telangana
5) Karnataka
82. The Assam govt has published the part draft of National Register of Citizens which includes names of
1.9 cr of total 3.29 cr people in the state. The present governor of Assam is
1) Jagdish Mukhi
2) Banwarilal Purohit
3) Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
4) Acharya Dev Vrat
5) Om Prakash Kohli
83. The output of the eight core sectors in the country rose at what per cent in Nov 2017?
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1) 6.4 per cent
2) 6.5 per cent
3) 6.6 per cent
4) 6.7 per cent
5) 6.8 per cent
84. Who among the following has been appointment as the new Foreign Secretary to replace S Jaishankar?
1) Ajay Bisaria
2) Gautam Bambawale
3) Vijay Keshav Gokhale
4) Navtej Singh Sarna
5) Pankaj Saran
85. Bandhan Bank has filed draft papers with the Sebi for its initial public offer (IPO) to raise about Rs
2,500 cr. The Bandhan Bank is headquartered in
1) Chennai
2) Kolkata
3) Bengaluru
4) Hyderabad
5) Bhubaneswar
86. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have introduced VAT from 1 Jan 2018. The term VAT
stands for
1) Varied Additional Tax
2) Value-Acquisition Tax
3) Valid Applicable Tax
4) Value-Added Tax
5) None of these
87. President Bashar al-Assad replaced his defence minister Fahd Jassem al-Freij as part of a govt reshuffle
recently in which country?
1) Egypt
2) Turkey
3) Syria
4) Somalia
5) Nigeria
88. Who among the following won the King Salman FIDE World Blitz Championship at Riyadh recently?
1) Sergey Karjakin
2) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
3) Ian Nepomniachtchi
4) Viswanathan Anand
5) Magnus Carlsen
89. Which country successfully tested its first photovoltaic highway recently? The road has wireless
charging systems for electric vehicles.
1) Malaysia
2) China
3) France
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4) UAE
5) Japan
90. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s spaceport is situated in Sriharikota in
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Odisha
4) Karnataka
5) Gujarat
91. Which of the following teams won the 2017-18 Ranji Trophy at the Holkar stadium in Indore recently?
1) Delhi
2) Vidarbha
3) Mumbai
4) Saurashtra
5) Karnataka
92. Who among the following has been appointed the President of Indian Council of Cultural Relations
(ICCR)?
1) Arun Singh
2) Prabhat Jha
3) Saroj Pandey
4) Bhupender Yadav
5) Vinay Sahasrabuddhe
93. Which of the following has become the second state in the Northeast to be declared Open Defecation
Free? The state has 21 districts.
1) Assam
2) Manipur
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Mizoram
5) Meghalaya
94. The anti-govt protests erupted over the govt’s economic policies across different cities in which country
recently? Several people have been killed in the protests.
1) Iran
2) Turkey
3) Greece
4) Egypt
5) Saudi Arabia
95. The UNESCO had declared the Old City of Hebron as an endangered World Heritage site. The site is
located in
1) Spain
2) Netherlands
3) UK
4) Israel
5) Colombia
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96. The Allahabad Bank has entered into an agreement with National e-Governance Services Limited
(NeSL). The bank is headquartered in
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Lucknow
4) Allahabad
5) Kolkata
97. The Chief Minister of which of the following state went on Vikas Samiksha Yatra recently to assess the
development in the state? Satya Pal Malik is the present governor of the state.
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) Karnataka
98. The Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project, that will take the fuel to eastern India, originates at Jagdishpur
situated in
1) Odisha
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Jharkhand
5) West Bengal
99. The 2018 Republic Day will be celebrated with leaders of all 10 ASEAN countries coming to India as
chief guests. Which of the following is NOT a ASEAN member?
1) Malaysia
2) Taiwan
3) Myanmar
4) Philippines
5) Singapore
100. The International Day of Disabled Persons is observed every year on
1) 01 Dec
2) 02 Dec
3) 03 Dec
4) 02 Jan
5) 03 Jan
101. India’s external debt reached ______ at the end of Sep quarter of the FY18.
1) $475.5 bn
2) $495.7 bn
3) $515.9 bn
4) $525.1 bn
5) $535.3 bn
102. The govt has breached its fiscal deficit target given in the Budget for 2017-18 in Nov itself. The target
for FY18 fiscal deficit set in the Union Budget is
1) Rs 4.5 lakh cr
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2) Rs 5 lakh cr
3) Rs 5.5 lakh cr
4) Rs 6 lakh cr
5) Rs 6.5 lakh cr
103. Various firms use QIP to raise fund for them. The full form of QIP is
1) Qualified Institutional Placement
2) Quick Institutional Placement
3) Quantitative Institutional Placement
4) Qualitative Institutional Placement
5) None of these
104. The Bank of India has chalked out a Prompt Turn Around (PTA) plan to come out of the Prompt
Corrective Action (PCA). The headquarters of the BoI is located in
1) New Delhi
2) Kolkata
3) Chennai
4) Mumbai
5) Hyderabad
105. The Centre has pumped in capital of Rs 7,577 cr in various weak public sector banks. Which of the
following is NOT one of these beneficiary PSUs?
1) UCO Bank
2) Dena Bank
3) IDBI Bank
4) Bank of India
5) None of these
106. The Finance Ministry recently likened the cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, to
1) Ponzi schemes
2) Commodities
3) Debentures
4) Hundis
5) Commercial Papers
107. Who among the following holds the record of hitting the fastest T20 century (35 balls) in T20
international cricket?
1) David Miller
2) Rohit Sharma
3) AB de Villiers
4) Both 1) and 2) jointly
5) Both 2) and 3) jointly
108. The book Devil’s Bargain has been authored by who among the following?
1) Vivek Shanbhag
2) Joshua Green
3) Mohsin Hamid
4) Sushant Singh
5) Kory Stamper
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109. The US govt threatened to withhold USD 255-mn in aid to which country recently?
1) North Korea
2) Bangladesh
3) Myanmar
4) Afghanistan
5) Pakistan
110. The National Mathematics Day is observed every year on
1) 02 Dec
2) 12 Dec
3) 22 Dec
4) 26 Dec
5) 31 Dec
111. The Hamid Karzai international airport is situated in
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Afghanistan
4) Maldives
5) Malaysia
112. The 25th edition of National Children Science Congress (NCSC-2017) was held recently in
1) Gandhinagar
2) New Delhi
3) Mumbai
4) Chennai
5) Bengaluru
113. The senior IPS officer Abhay has been appointed as the new Director General of
1) Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
2) Border Security Force (BSF)
3) Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO)
4) National Cadet Corps (NCC)
5) Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
114. The ISRO is developing a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar imaging satellite called NISAR in
associated with
1) JAXA
2) ESA
3) CNSA
4) NASA
5) Roscosmos
115. The headquarters of the World Bank’s lending arm International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (IBRD) is located in
1) New York
2) Washington DC
3) Paris
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4) London
5) Geneva
116. The govt has launched a pilot project named ‘Blue Flag’ for
1) drains clean-up
2) ponds clean-up
3) beach clean-up
4) deserts clean-up
5) forests clean-up
117. Sumita Misra has been appointed as joint secretary in the PM’s Economic Advisory Council which is
headed by
1) Amitabh Kant
2) Arvind Subramanian
3) VK Saraswat
4) Arvind Panagariya
5) Bibek Debroy
118. Who among the following has been appointed as the director, Serious Fraud Investigation Office
(SFIO), under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs?
1) Amit Mehta
2) Ashish Upadhyay
3) Mukhmeet Singh Bhatia
4) Amardeep Singh Bhatia
5) Sudhir Garg
119. The Minorities Rights Day is observed in India every year on
1) 18 Dec
2) 19 Dec
3) 20 Dec
4) 30 Dec
5) 31 Dec
120. India has signed a loan agreement worth $40 mn with the World Bank for the“Pro-Poor Tourism
Development Project” of
1) Rajasthan
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Kerala
5) Jharkhand
121. The Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC) will fetch what per cent
interest rate for the Jan-Mar period of FT18?
1) 8.6 per cent
2) 8.3 per cent
3) 7.9 per cent
4) 7.6 per cent
5) 7.4 per cent
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122. The Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) will yield what per cent interest for the Jan-Mar period after the govt has
slashed interest rates on small savings schemes?
1) 7.1 per cent
2) 7.3 per cent
3) 7.6 per cent
4) 8.2 per cent
5) 8.4 per cent
123. Anisa Sayyed won a gold medal with a new record at the 61st National Championship Competitions
recently. She is a
1) Shooter
2) Boxer
3) Wrestler
4) Weightlifter
5) Archer
124. Veteran singer KS Chitra has been selected for 2017 Harivarasanam award. The award is instituted by
the govt of
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Karnataka
3) Rajasthan
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Kerala
125. Which of the following has become India's first payments app to cross 100 mn downloads on Google
Play Store?
1) frecharge
2) Phonepe
3) Paytm
4) Tez
5) Mobikwik
126. The board of which of the following banks recently approved raising Rs 8,000 cr to meet Basel III
capital norms?
1) PNB
2) HDFC Bank
3) ICICI Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) SBI
127. The President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated Fibregrid, Surveillance Project, Drone Project; and Free
Space Optical Communication project in which state recently?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Odisha
5) West Bengal
128. President Sergio Mattarella recently dissolved Parliament for general elections in which country?
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1) Spain
2) Italy
3) Denmark
4) Norway
5) Sweden
129. The 78th session of Indian History Congress was held recently at Jadavpur University in
1) Kolkata
2) New Delhi
3) Chennai
4) Hyderabad
5) Bengaluru
130. Which of the following firms has agreed to acquire spectrum, tower, optical fibre network and other
wireless assets of the debt-ridden Reliance Communications?
1) Bharti Airtel
2) Idea Cellular
3) Vodafone
4) Reliance Jio
5) Aircel
131. Alberto Fujimori recently asked the public for forgiveness after receiving a Presidential pardon. He is
the former President of
1) Chile
2) Peru
3) Colombia
4) Spain
5) South Africa
132. Which of the following states will receive $318 mn from the World Bank for irrigation projects?
1) Odisha
2) West Bengal
3) Assam
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Karnataka
133. Jairam Thakur was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of which of which of the following states
recently?
1) Gujarat
2) Haryana
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Himachal Pradesh
134. Which of the following has become the first plane to be made in India for commercial flights as it has
received DGCA’s nod?
1) Dornier 228
2) Kiran
3) HAL HTT-40
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4) Ilyushin II-276
5) Pushpak
135. The govt has slashed interest rates on small savings schemes by 0.2 percentage point for the Jan-Mar
period. Now, the interest rate on five-year Senior Citizens Savings Scheme will be
1) 7.4 per cent
2) 7.6 per cent
3) 7.9 per cent
4) 8.1 per cent
5) 8.3 per cent
136. The govt has decided to make additional borrowing of what amount this fiscal (FY18) through dated
securities?
1) Rs 30,000 cr
2) Rs 40,000 cr
3) Rs 50,000 cr
4) Rs 70,000 cr
5) Rs 80,000 cr
137. _______ has unveiled a plan to exit its ongoing Strategic Debt Restructuring (SDR) exercise and
reduce its debt by 87 per cent to about Rs 6,000 cr.
1) Reliance Communications
2) Unitech
3) DLF
4) JSW Steel
5) United Breweries
138. Robbie Malinga passed away recently. He was a legendary musician from
1) France
2) Italy
3) South Africa
4) UK
5) US
139. Which country hosted the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships for the first time recently?
1) Qatar
2) Israel
3) Iran
4) Saudi Arabia
5) Brazil
140. Who among the following has been declared animal rights group PETA’s Person of the Year 2017?
1) Ranbir Kapoor
2) Anushka Sharma
3) Katrina Kaif
4) Deepika Padukone
5) Virat Kohli
141. The total revenue collected under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was _______ in Nov 2017.
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1) Rs 75,102 cr
2) Rs 79,724 cr
3) Rs 80,808 cr
4) Rs 83,346 cr
5) Rs 85,500 cr
142. The govt has released Rs 167 cr to nine states with international border for the development of
infrastructure. One of the states with international boundary is
1) Bihar
2) Meghalaya
3) Punjab
4) Rajasthan
5) All of these
143. Who among the following has been sworn in as the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat?
1) Dilip Thakor
2) Amit Shah
3) Vijay Rupani
4) Nitin Patel
5) Bhupendrasinh Chudasama
144. According to the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), India will become world’s fifth
largest economy in
1) 2018
2) 2019
3) 2020
4) 2021
5) 2022
145. The annual SBI Composite Index remained at what per cent in Dec 2017?
1) 50.5 per cent
2) 51.4 per cent
3) 52.3 per cent
4) 53.1 per cent
5) 54.2 per cent
146. Which state has signed an MoU with Patanjali Ayurved worth Rs 671 cr for an agriculture and herbal
processing unit in Bijetala village of Rajnandgaon district?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Jharkhand
3) Haryana
4) Punjab
5) Uttar Pradesh
147. The Good Governance Day is observed in India annually on the birth anniversary of former PM Atal
Bihari Vajpayee on
1) 07 Dec
2) 17 Dec
3) 25 Dec
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4) 27 Dec
5) 31 Dec
148. The Asian Games bronze-medalist Satish Kumar is associated with the game of
1) archery
2) boxing
3) wrestling
4) weightlifting
5) shooting
149. Samsung has launched bill payment facility on its payments service, Samsung Pay, in partnership with
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) YES Bank
4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
5) Axis Bank
150. Narendra Modi will be the first PM to attend World Economic Forum (WEF) meet in Davos in 20
years. The WEF is based in
1) Basel
2) Paris
3) Madrid
4) Geneva
5) London
151. Who among the following won the WBO Oriental & Asia Pacific super middleweight pro boxing titles
recently?
1) Ernest Amuzu
2) Vijender Singh
3) Vikas Krishan Yadav
4) Shiva Thapa
5) Francis Cheka
152. India’s first home-grown high purity gold reference standard which was launched recently at the India
Govt Mint, Mumbai is
1) BND-4201
2) SGB-3.0
3) UGS-1100
4) BGS-1204
5) SGB-2.0
153. The BCCI has appointed who among the following as the new General Manager (GM) of its Cricket
Operations?
1) Venkatesh Prasad
2) Devang Gandhi
3) Ajay Ratra
4) Saba Karim
5) Nayan Mongia
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154. According to data released by the I-T department, what per cent of the total population in India paid
income tax in the assessment year (AY) 2015-16?
1) 1.3 per cent
2) 1.5 per cent
3) 1.7 per cent
4) 1.9 per cent
5) 2.1 per cent
155. The country's first air-conditioned (AC) suburban train commenced its services recently in
1) Bengaluru
2) New Delhi
3) Ghaziabad
4) NOIDA
5) Mumbai
156. Which of the following teams won the SAFF Under-15 Women’s Championships?
1) Nepal
2) Bhutan
3) Bangladesh
4) India
5) Pakistan
157. The two-day ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held in which country?
1) Singapore
2) Vietnam
3) Philippines
4) Thailand
5) Myanmar
158. The Agatti Airport is located in
1) Goa
2) Gujarat
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Andaman and Nicobar
5) Lakshadweep
159. The Uttar Pradesh govt had signed a pact with which country to develop Ayodhya and Gimhae as sister
cities? An MoU was signed recently between the two sides to enhance cooperation in various fields.
1) Japan
2) Malaysia
3) Indonesia
4) South Korea
5) New Zealand
160. Which of the following has become the first Indian city to have its own logo? It joins a select group of
global cities like New York City, Melbourne and Singapore.
1) Chennai
2) Bengaluru
3) Mumbai
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4) Hyderabad
5) Kochi
161. More than 200 people were killed in which country recently after the tropical storm ‘Tembin’ battered
the country?
1) Philippines
2) Japan
3) Cambodia
4) Venezuela
5) Vietnam
162. The annual meeting of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) is held in
1) Basel
2) Geneva
3) Davos
4) Paris
5) New York
163. Acharya Devvrat is the present Governor of which of the following states at present?
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Haryana
164. The book China’s India War has been authored by who among the following?
1) Fiona Mozley
2) Bertil Lintner
3) Mohsin Hamid
4) Emily Fridlund
5) Paul Auster
165. According to Japanese financial services major, Nomura, Indian economy is expected to grow at
around _______ in 2018.
1) 6.5 per cent
2) 6.7 per cent
3) 6.9 per cent
4) 7.2 per cent
5) 7.5 per cent
166. The External Affairs Ministry has launched which of the following schemes to take Indian foreign
policy to students across the country?
1) SAATHI
2) SAHAJ
3) SAMEEP
4) SUGAM
5) SHIKHAR
167. The seventh edition of the India International Coffee Festival (IICF) will be held in
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1) Bengaluru
2) Chennai
3) Hyderabad
4) Kolkata
5) New Delhi
168. Lieutenant General BS Sahrawat is the new Director General of
1) SSB
2) ITBP
3) CISF
4) CRPF
5) NCC
169. M Subbarayudu has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to
1) Chile
2) Colombia
3) Croatia
4) Peru
5) Chad
170. Jatileswar Mukhopadhyay passed away recently. He was a renowned singer of
1) Assamese
2) Bengali
3) Tamil
4) Telugu
5) Malayalam
171. Who among the following Indian cricketers hit a century off just 35 balls in the second T20I game
against Sri Lanka recently?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) MS Dhoni
3) Shikhar Dhawan
4) KL Rahul
5) Jasprit Bumrah
172. The Indian Army’s Southern Command conducted exercise ‘Hamesha Vijayee’ recently in the
1) Rann of Kutch (Gujarat)
2) Siachen (Jammu & Kashmir)
3) deserts of Rajasthan
4) Andaman and Nicobar
5) Sundarbans (West Bengal)
173. The IT modernization project launched recently by the govt with an outlay of Rs 1400 cr to achieve
financial inclusion of un-banked rural population is
1) Gramodaya
2) Uday
3) Ujala
4) Ummid
5) Darpan
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174. Dmitry Rogozin, who visited New Delhi recently, is the present Deputy Prime Minister of
1) Ukraine
2) Russia
3) Sweden
4) Czech Republic
5) Belarus
175. Mariano Rajoy is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Norway
2) Denmark
3) Australia
4) Spain
5) Netherlands
176. Who among the following has topped the Forbes Top 100 Celebrity list (2017) for India?
1) Aamir Khan
2) Ranveer Singh
3) Akshay Kumar
4) Virat Kohli
5) Salman Khan
177. The National Farmers’ Day is observed every year on
1) 01 Dec
2) 03 Dec
3) 13 Dec
4) 23 Dec
5) 31 Dec
178. Which of the following private sector banks has established a Medium Term Note (MTN) programme
to raise USD 1 bn by issuing debt securities?
1) Yes Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) Federal Bank
4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
5) IndusInd Bank
179. The flight trial operations of the Kannur International Airport will commence early 2018. The airport is
situated in
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala
4) Odisha
5) Telangana
180. Which of the following is the only state in the country that has a ‘happiness department’?
1) Goa
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Sikkim
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4) Assam
5) Andhra Pradesh
181. Which of the following countries has been named the best country in world for ‘business’ in the Forbes
list of 153 countries?
1) UK
2) China
3) Russia
4) Singapore
5) Switzerland
182. Shashi Arora stepped down as the CEO and Managing Director of which of the following banks?
1) Paytm Payments Bank
2) Airtel Payments Bank
3) Fino Payments Bank
4) India Post Payments Bank
5) None of these
183. The Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of the first ever National Rail and Transport University
(NRTU) in
1) Jaipur
2) Bengaluru
3) Varanasi
4) Vadodara
5) Bhopal
184. India’s Mithali Raj has been included in the ICC Women’s ODI Cricket Team of the Year whose
captain is Heather Knight from
1) West Indies
2) England
3) New Zealand
4) South Africa
5) Australia
185. The Uttar Pradesh Assembly recently passed the stringent UPCOC bill, aimed at curbing
1) consistent medical services
2) tax evasion
3) child labour
4) corruption
5) organised crime and terror
186. Who among the following has won the 2017 Sahitya Akademi award in Hindi for his literary criticism
work Vishw Mithak Sarit Sagar?
1) Mridula Garg
2) Ramesh Chandra Shah
3) Ramesh Kuntal Megh
4) Ramdarash Mishra
5) Nasira Sharma
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187. Who among the following has won the 2017 Sahitya Akademi award in English language for his novel
The Black Hill?
1) Temsula Ao
2) Adil Jussawalla
3) Cyrus Mistry
4) Jerry Pinto
5) Mamang Dai
188. The UN General Assembly recently adopted a resolution declaring US recognition of Jerusalem as
Israel’s capital null and void. The number of countries supporting the resolution was
1) 121
2) 128
3) 132
4) 165
5) 193
189. India signed an agreement with which country recently that would allow automatic sharing of tax-
related information from 1 Jan 2018?
1) Singapore
2) Mauritius
3) US
4) Switzerland
5) France
190. Which of the following firms has acquired the HDFC Realty and HDFC Developers in a Rs 357-cr
deal?
1) Quikr
2) OLX
3) Amazon
4) Flipkart
5) Snapdeal
191. Which of the following countries is hosting a meeting of about 40 WTO members in Feb 2018 to
muster support for food security and other issues?
1) China
2) Japan
3) US
4) India
5) Indonesia
192. Joy Goswami has been chosen for the 31st Moortidevi Award for the year 2017 for his poetry
collection titled ‘Du Dondo Phowara Matro’. He is an eminent
1) Bengali poet
2) Marathi poet
3) Assamese poet
4) Tamil poet
5) Telugu poet
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193. Who among the following has been conferred the La Liga’s top scorer and best player awards for the
2016-2017?
1) Cristiano Ronaldo
2) Andrés Iniesta
3) Lionel Messi
4) Luis Suárez
5) Neymar
194. Joda East Iron Mine (JEIM) of Tata Steel has been honoured with the prestigious Golden Peacock
Innovation Management Award for the year 2017. The mine is located in
1) Jharkhand
2) Odisha
3) Karnataka
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) West Bengal
195. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the scheme for Capacity Building in Textile
Sector (SCBTS). The scheme will be applicable from 2017-2018 to 2019-2020 with an outlay of
1) Rs 1,200 cr
2) Rs 1,100 cr
3) Rs 1,500 cr
4) Rs 1,400 cr
5) Rs 1,300 cr
196. Justice Swatanter Kumar retired recently as the
1) Delhi High Court Judge
2) Supreme Court Judge
3) 21st Law Commission Chairman
4) NCLT President
5) NGT Chairperson
197. Which of the following firms acquired Foodpanda India from the German company Delivery Hero
recently?
1) Uber
2) Ola
3) Quikr
4) OLX
5) Flipkart
198. Who among the following is the present President of the automobile industry body Society of Indian
Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM?)
1) Abhay Firodia
2) Vinod K Dasari
3) Nikhil Nanda
4) Pawan Goenka
5) Brijmohan Lall
199. Dinabandhu Mohapatra is the present MD and CEO of which of the following public sector banks?
1) UCO Bank
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2) Corporation Bank
3) Vijaya Bank
4) Bank of India
5) Indian Bank
200. The capital market regulator, SEBI, has raised the investment limit for FPIs in central govt securities.
The term FPI stands for
1) Foreign Priority Investors
2) Foreign Personal Investors
3) Foreign Portfolio Investors
4) Foreign Private Investors
5) None of these
201. The parliament in which country has approved a law banning all exploration and production of oil and
natural gas by 2040?
1) UK
2) US
3) Germany
4) China
5) France
202. _______ has committed $125 mn (around Rs 800 cr) loan to India for the STRIVE (Skills
Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement) project for skill development.
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) NDB
4) AIIB
5) ADB
203. India and which country has inked an agreement on restoration of normalcy and development of the
Rakhine State?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Mongolia
3) Myanmar
4) Maldives
5) Bangladesh
204. The central govt has finally given its ‘green’ nod for Kaleshwaram project with riders. This lift
irrigation scheme is situated in
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Telangana
3) Karnataka
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Odisha
205. The Union Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurated the training of trainers programme for Sendai Framework
recently. The Sendai Framework is associated with
1) child labour abolition
2) global vaccination
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3) refugee management
4) disaster risk reduction
5) chemical weapon abolition
206. Assam has signed an MoU with Isha Foundation for the conservation and rejuvenation of rivers in the
state. The present CM of the state is
1) Sarbananda Sonowal
2) Pema Khandu
3) Kiren Rijiju
4) Tarun Gogoi
5) Himanta Biswa Sarma
207. The RBI put Bank of India under prompt corrective action (PCA) recently. The headquarters of BoI is
situated in
1) New Delhi
2) Bengaluru
3) Kolkata
4) Chennai
5) Mumbai
208. Which of the following banks with the European Investment Bank will co-finance $400-mn funding for
renewable power generation in India?
1) Federal Bank
2) IndusInd Bank
3) YES Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) ICICI Bank
209. ________ has announced signing an MoU with Sahaj e-Village for extending its banking service in
remote areas through Business Correspondent Agent (BC) model.
1) Airtel Payments Bank
2) Fino Payments Bank
3) Equitas Small Finance Ban
4) AU Small Finance Bank
5) India Post Payments Bank
210. The Competition Commission of India has approved the merger of Bharat Financial with which of the
following banks?
1) Karnataka Bank
2) IndusInd Bank
3) Kotak Mahindra Bank
4) HDFC Bank
5) Bank of Baroda
211. Which country recently overtook Saudi Arabia as India's top oil supplier?
1) Iraq
2) Iran
3) UAE
4) Kuwait
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5) US
212. Targeting mobile-first news consumers, Bloomberg Media and which of the following has launched a
global news network TicToc?
1) Facebook
2) Whatsapp
3) Twitter
4) Google+
5) Microsoft
213. A committee has been set up for revival of loss-making steel PSUs such as SAIL and RINL. The
Minister of State for Steel in the present Union Cabinet is
1) Santosh Gangwar
2) Sanjeev Balyan
3) Narendra Singh Tomar
4) GM Siddeshwara
5) Vishnu Deo Sai
214. The International Human Solidarity Day is observed every year on
1) 02 Dec
2) 12 Dec
3) 15 Dec
4) 20 Dec
5) 30 Dec
215. At present, all deposits up to what amount are protected under the Deposit Insurance and Credit
Guarantee Corporation Act?
1) Rs 50,000
2) Rs 1 lakh
3) Rs 2 lakh
4) Rs 5 lakh
5) Any amount
216. ________ is the name of the national vehicle registry to collate all the information available with road
transport authorities.
1) Gati
2) Vahan
3) Gaman
4) Ekam
5) Suvidha
217. Which of the following cities in India is nicknamed the ‘Detroit of South Asia’?
1) Sanand
2) Chennai
3) Bengaluru
4) Pune
5) Gurugram
218. Mo Farah has won the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year 2017 award. He is a/an
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1) archer
2) shooter
3) boxer
4) runner
5) wrestler
219. Footballer Kaka announced his retirement from football recently. He is 2002 FIFA World Cup-winning
superstar from
1) Spain
2) Argentina
3) Brazil
4) UK
5) France
220. How many UNESCO heritage sites are there in India at present?
1) 30
2) 44
3) 32
4) 52
5) 36
221. Sebastian Pinera won the presidential elections in which country recently?
1) Chile
2) Cuba
3) Venezuela
4) Cambodia
5) Colombia
222. The RBI imposed a penalty of Rs 5 cr on which bank for non-compliance with its directions on
“Cheque Purchase or Discounting, Bill Discounting, and KYC” norms?
1) UCO Bank
2) Indian Bank
3) Syndicate Bank
4) Bank of Baroda
5) Punjab National Bank
223. Renu Satti is the present MD & CEO of which of the following payments banks?
1) Paytm Payments Bank
2) Fino Payments Bank
3) Airtel Payments Bank
4) India Post Payments Bank
5) None of these
224. The assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh recently on how many legislative assembly
seats?
1) 52
2) 68
3) 74
4) 82
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5) 96
225. _______ has been conferred with the prestigious National Design Award 2017.
1) Kota Harinarayana
2) T Suvarna Raju
3) AS Kiran Kumar
4) G Satheesh Reddy
5) S Christopher
226. Which firm has entered into a partnership with UNESCO to launch virtual reality content and 360-
degree videos on Indian heritage sites?
1) NOKIA
2) Samsung India
3) Bharti Airtel
4) Zee TV
5) HCL
227. The govt recently approved the merger of which of the following direct-to-home companies with Dish
TV?
1) Tata Sky
2) Reliance Digital TV
3) Sun Direct
4) Videocond2h
5) Airtel Digital TV
228. Which state govt recently approved a scheme to provide a pension of Rs 1500 to transgenders above 18
years of age in the state?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Maharashtra
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Telangana
5) Andhra Pradesh
229. Sushil Kumar won a gold medal in Commonwealth Championship recently. He is associated with
which game?
1) Boxing
2) Shooting
3) Wrestling
4) Weightlifting
5) Shot put
230. Who among the following won the women’s singles title of the BWF World Superseries Finals in
Dubai recently?
1) Akane Yamaguchi
2) PV Sindhu
3) Tai Tzu-ying
4) Saina Nehwal
5) Carolina Marin