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Exclusive Monthly GA MCQs: (Feb 11–Mar 31,
2018)
1. The first mega food park of Rajasthan was inaugurated recently in
1) Ajmer
2) Jaipur
3) Udaipur
4) Jodhpur
5) Barmer
2. The RBI fined ICICI Bank recently for violating regulatory directions regarding sale of securities from
HTM portfolio. Here, HTM means
1) Held To Majority
2) Held To Minority
3) Held To Maturity
4) Held To Mobility
5) None of these
3. The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held bilateral meeting with her counterpart Taro Kono
during her recently visit to
1) Vietnam
2) Japan
3) Israel
4) Philippines
5) South Korea
4. The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully launched communication satellite GSAT-6A
recently from Satish Dhawan Space Centre situated in
1) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2) Hyderabad, Telangana
3) Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
4) Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar
5) Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
5. Sameer Verma is associated with which of the following games?
1) Tennis
2) Squash
3) Chess
4) Badminton
5) Shooting
6. In recent census in which of the following national parks over 2400 rhinos were found?
1) Kaziranga
2) Ranthambore
3) Kanha
4) Bandhavgarh
5) Bandipur
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com7. NASA is all set to send a stationary lander ‘InSight’ fitted with a seismometer to which of the following
planets?
1) Mercury
2) Venus
3) Jupiter
4) Mars
5) Saturn
8. Toyota and which of the following automakers have signed mutual agreement to supply certain models in
India?
1) Hyundai
2) Suzuki
3) Ford
4) Renault
5) Nissan
9. Which bank has been caught in a controversy over alleged conflict of interest regarding loan to Videocon
Industries?
1) PNB
2) Federal Bank
3) Kotak Mahindra Bank
4) YES Bank
5) ICICI Bank
10. ________ has the highest number of (55770) tribal habitations fully covered by Drinking Water supply
in the country as of now.
1) Jharkhand
2) Odisha
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Telangana
11. The govt plans to sell what per cent stake in Air India as well as transfer its management control?
1) 26%
2) 49%
3) 51%
4) 76%
5) 100%
12. SoftBank and which of the following countries has announced a $200-bn deal for creating the world’s
biggest solar power project in that country?
1) Iran
2) Saudi Arabia
3) India
4) China
5) Indonesia
13. India’s fiscal deficit soared to what amount at the end of Feb 2018, exceeding the revised target for the
entire 2017-18 fiscal?
1) Rs 7.15 lakh cr
2) Rs 5.94 lakh cr
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com3) Rs 6.59 lakh cr
4) Rs 5.45 lakh cr
5) Rs 8.12 lakh cr
14. The Union Cabinet has made a provision of what amount for higher education loan for poor students
from 2017-18 to 2019-20?
1) Rs 3,300 cr
2) Rs 4,400 cr
3) Rs 5,500 cr
4) Rs 6,600 cr
5) Rs 7,500 cr
15. Which bank has been slapped with a Rs 589-mn penalty by the RBI for selling bonds from the lender’s
Held To Maturity (HTM) category?
1) HDFC Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) YES Bank
4) Federal Bank
5) ICICI Bank
16. The Exim Bank of India will provide a credit facility of what amount to ECOWAS Bank for Investment
and Development (EBID) for western-south Africa?
1) USD 100 mn
2) USD 200 mn
3) USD 300 mn
4) USD 500 mn
5) USD 700 mn
17. ________ has been appointed as the Chief Executive of Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection
Mission on contract basis for two years.
1) Soumya Swaminathan
2) Indu Bhushan
3) Preeti Saran
4) Anil Dhasmana
5) Rajiv Yaduvanshi
18. Who among the following is the Union Tribal Affairs Minister in the present govt? He launched “e-
Tribes: Tribes India” portal for digital commerce.
1) Anant Geete
2) Gopinath Munde
3) Jual Oram
4) DV Sadananda Gowda
5) Rajen Gohain
19. India and China have agreed to draw roadmap to address trade deficit. The present trade deficit between
the two countries in favour of China is
1) $26-bn
2) $31-bn
3) $42-bn
4) $51-bn
5) $64-bn
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com20. ______ has been appointed as the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Govt of India.
1) LS Shashidhara
2) Maharaj Kishan Bhan
3) Obaid Siddiqi
4) Satyajit Mayor
5) K Vijay Raghavan
21. Who among the following is the present President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)?
1) Rajeev Mehta
2) Narendra Batra
3) Neelam Kapur
4) Sandeep Pradhan
5) Ashwini Nachappa
22. Muskan Bhanwala clinched a gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Sydney recently. She is an
Indian
1) shuttler
2) pugilist
3) cueist
4) cyclist
5) shooter
23. Which of the following public sector banks recently disclosed a Rs 7.72-bn fraud in Andhra, Telangana?
1) Bank of India
2) Syndicate Bank
3) Dena Bank
4) IDBI Bank
5) SBI
24. David Warner was banned for one year from international cricket and ousted from 2018 IPL recently. He
plays for
1) Australia
2) New Zealand
3) West Indies
4) South Africa
5) England
25. The govt has signed a $80-mn loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help
modernize Technical Education in
1) Uttarakhand
2) Haryana
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) Karnataka
26. The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited which of the following countries recently?
1) Japan
2) Thailand
3) Vietnam
4) US
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com5) China
27. Win Myint has been elected as the new President in which of the following countries?
1) Philippines
2) Venezuela
3) Myanmar
4) Maldives
5) Sri Lana
28. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved continuation of Nutrient Based Subsidy and
City Compost Scheme till
1) 2019-20
2) 2020-21
3) 2021-22
4) 2022-23
5) 2023-24
29. Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami opened first of its kind insect museum in which state recently?
1) Odisha
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Telangana
30. The govt has extended the deadline for linking of Aadhaar with welfare schemes to
1) 31 May 2018
2) 30 Jun 2018
3) 30 Sep 2018
4) 31 Dec 2018
5) 31 Mar 2019
31. The govt has approved the Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk Industry for which a total
allocation of what amount has been made for three years?
1) Rs 1,261.68 cr
2) Rs 1,615.22 cr
3) Rs 2,161.68 cr
4) Rs 2,565.15 cr
5) Rs 3,161.68 cr
32. Who among the following won the Asian Women's Snooker championship recently in yangon,
Myanmar?
1) Amee Kamani
2) Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan
3) Vidya Pillai
4) Ng On-yee
5) Reanne Evans
33. Who among the following won the men’s title of the Asian Billiards Championships recently in yangon,
Myanmar?
1) B Bhaskar
2) Pankaj Advani
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com3) Geet Sethi
4) Manan Chandra
5) Aditya Mehta
34. Anish Bhanwala is associated with which of the following games? He won a gold medal in Junior World
Cup of the game recently.
1) Boxing
2) Archery
3) Wrestling
4) Weightlifting
5) Shooting
35. Who among the following has been nominated as India's representative to the Executive Board (EXB) of
UNESCO?
1) Pravin Sinclair
2) Hrushikesh Senapaty
3) Rajbir Singh
4) JS Rajput
5) MVV Prasada Rao
36. Equitas Small Finance Bank has launched a new ‘Yellow Army Savings Account’ in association with
the Chennai Super Kings. The bank is headquartered in
1) Bengaluru
2) Hyderabad
3) Chennai
4) Kochi
5) Vishakhapatnam
37. The UNESCO has its headquarters situated in
1) Paris
2) Rome
3) Madrid
4) New York
5) London
38. India overtook Japan to become the second-largest steel producer in the world recently. The largest
producer of steel in the world is
1) Malaysia
2) China
3) UK
4) Germany
5) Indonesia
39. The South Asian Cinema Foundation (SACF) received the Frederick Pincott Award for 2017 from the
Indian High Commissioner for promoting Hindi cinema in Britain. SACF is based in
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Los Angeles
4) Paris
5) London
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com40. India has overtaken Germany to become the _______ largest automobile market in the world.
1) second
2) third
3) fourth
4) fifth
5) sixth
41. The term of the BBB, chaired by Vinod Rai, will come to an end on 31 Mar 2018. The full form of the
term BBB is
1) Banks Board Branch
2) Banks Branch Board
3) Banks Board Bureau
4) Banks Borrowing Board
5) None of these
42. What is India’s ranking globally in mobile download speeds (at 9.01 mbps) as per Ookla's recent
Speedtest Index? India is the largest consumer of mobile data in the world.
1) 79th
2) 52nd
3) 84th
4) 109th
5) 111th
43. The govt plans to borrow what amount in the Apr-Sep period of the fiscal year 2018-19?
1) Rs 1.82 trillion
2) Rs 1.98 trillion
3) Rs 2.44 trillion
4) Rs 2.88 trillion
5) Rs 3.22 trillion
44. Which country has topped globally in mobile download speeds (at 9.01 mbps) as per Ookla's recent
Speedtest Index?
1) Sweden
2) Finland
3) South Korea
4) Germany
5) Norway
45. What is the capital city of Tanzania?
1) Dodoma
2) Manama
3) Nassau
4) Baku
5) Yerevan
46. What does letter ‘I’ denote in the term DIPAM? It is a Govt of India department.
1) Investment
2) Investigation
3) Initiative
4) International
5) Index
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com47. Microsoft inaugurated the first Indian ‘Garage’, a facility that supports its employees' endeavours in
experimentation and encourages problem solving, in which city recently?
1) Bengaluru
2) Gurugram
3) Noida
4) New Delhi
5) Hyderabad
48. The cab hailing firm Uber recently sold its ride and food delivery businesses in Southeast Asia to its
rival ‘Grab’ which is based in
1) Indonesia
2) Malaysia
3) Singapore
4) Vietnam
5) Thailand
49. India is on track to doubling the size of its economy to ______ by 2025, the finance ministry has said.
1) USD 3 trillion
2) USD 4 trillion
3) USD 5 trillion
4) USD 6 trillion
5) USD 8 trillion
50. Which country recently proposed a "fake news" law which would carry a maximum 10-year jail term?
Najib Razak is the present PM of the country.
1) Japan
2) Malaysia
3) Indonesia
4) Bahrain
5) Qatar
51. The Indian companies raised over Rs 580 bn via QIP during Apr-Jan 2018. Here, the term QIP means
1) Qualified Institutional Placement
2) Qualified Institutional Programme
3) Quantitative Institutional Placement
4) Qualitative Institutional Programme
5) None of these
52. Steve Smith was handed a one-match suspension recently by ICC for ball-tampering conspiracy recently.
He plays for
1) New Zealand
2) West Indies
3) England
4) South Africa
5) Australia
53. Which of the following teams won the Jockey Cup International Youth Invitational Football Tournament
in Hong Kong recently?
1) Spain
2) Argentina
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com3) Hong Kong
4) India
5) China
54. The govt has fixed the agriculture credit target of _____ for the year 2018-19.
1) Rs 09 lakh cr
2) Rs 10 lakh cr
3) Rs 11 lakh cr
4) Rs 12 lakh cr
5) Rs 15 lakh cr
55. The name of Manu Bhaker is associated with which of the following games? She won a gold medal at
Junior World Cup recently.
1) Archery
2) Shooting
3) Boxing
4) Snooker
5) Squash
56. The govt has reduced customs duty on ‘open cell’ used in the manufacturing of LCD and LED television
panels to
1) 5 per cent
2) 7 per cent
3) 10 per cent
4) 12 per cent
5) 15 per cent
57. The markets regulator Sebi has increased the maximum investment by angel funds in venture capital
undertakings to
1) Rs 50 mn
2) Rs 75 mn
3) Rs 100 mn
4) Rs 125 mn
5) Rs 150 mn
58. The UCO Bank is planning to merge its two branches in Hong Kong. The bank has its headquarters in
1) New Delhi
2) Kolkata
3) Bengaluru
4) Chennai
5) Mumbai
59. According to the Bank for International Settlement (BIS), banks’ retail loans outstanding in India has
reached $269 bn. The BIS is based in
1) Geneva
2) New York
3) London
4) Basel
5) Madrid
60. Who among the following is the Director-General of Hydrocarbons at present?
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com1) Atanu Chakraborty
2) Hasmukh Adhia
3) Rita A Teaotia
4) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
5) Shaktikanta Das
61. PV Sindhu is associated with which game? She will be India's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of
the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
1) Tennis
2) Squash
3) Badminton
4) Table tennis
5) Shooting
62. TARE is the name of a central govt scheme. What is the full form of the term TARE?
1) Teacher Associateship for Research Excellence
2) Teacher Agreement for Research Excellence
3) Teacher Acquisition for Research Excellence
4) Teacher Apprenticeship for Research Excellence
5) None of these
63. Which private sector lender has signed an agreement with the Govt e-Marketplace (GeM) to facilitate a
host of services?
1) Federal Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) ICICI Bank
4) IndusInd Band
5) RBL Bank
64. Who among the following was presented the GK Reddy Memorial National Award for journalism
recently?
1) Prannoy Roy
2) Arnab Goswami
3) Rajdeep Sardesai
4) Sagarika Ghose
5) Karan Thapar
65. Martin Vizcarra was sworn in recently as the new President of
1) Sweden
2) Norway
3) Chile
4) Peru
5) Colombia
66. Who among the following won the 2018 Australian Grand Prix F1 championship?
1) Lewis Hamilton
2) Sebastian Vettel
3) Nico Rosberg
4) Fernando Alonso
5) Kimi Raikkonen
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com67. The indigenously built frigate of the Indian Navy which was decommissioned recently is
1) INS Ganga
2) INS Chennai
3) INS Kolkata
4) INS Mysore
5) INS Kaveri
68. The host city for the 5th India Maize Summit 2018 was
1) Mumbai
2) Jaipur
3) Lucknow
4) Patna
5) New Delhi
69. Sameh Shoukry is the foreign minister of which of the following countries? He attended the 7th Joint
Commission Meeting of India and that country recently.
1) Greece
2) Iran
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Egypt
5) Colombia
70. The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is
observed every year on
1) 05 Mar
2) 15 Mar
3) 25 Mar
4) 28 Mar
5) 31 Mar
71. The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of centrally sponsored scheme for higher education
called RUSA. What does letter ‘R’ denote in the term RUSA?
1) Regional
2) Rural
3) Research
4) Rashtriya
5) Rashmi
72. Who among the following will be Indian contingent’s flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the Gold
Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games?
1) PV Sindhu
2) Heena Sidhu
3) Dipa Karmakar
4) Deepa Malik
5) Saina Nehwal
73. Which state govt recently observed the martyrdom day of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, Shaheed
Sukhdev and Shaheed Rajguru as “Youth Empowerment Day”?
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Rajasthan
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5) Uttarakhand
74. Elavenil Valarivan is associated with which of the following games? He won a gold medal in junior
World Cup in Sydney recently.
1) Boxing
2) Javelin
3) Archery
4) Shooting
5) Wrestling
75. Who among the following has been named Chief Executive Officer of the merged entity of Idea Cellular
and Vodafone?
1) Sandip Das
2) Gopal Vittal
3) Balesh Sharma
4) Kaizad Heerjee
5) Himanshu Kapania
76. Which public sector bank has been allowed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to amalgamate its
wholly own subsidiary All Bank Finance Ltd (ABFL) with it?
1) Canara Bank
2) Dena Bank
3) Corporation Bank
4) Indian Bank
5) Allahabad Bank
77. The world’s longest sandstone cave at 24,583 metres in length has been discovered in the state of
1) Assam
2) Tripura
3) Sikkim
4) Mizoram
5) Meghalaya
78. Who among the following has been appointed by the US President Donald Trump as the new National
Security Adviser?
1) John Bolton
2) Bob Corker
3) Rudy Giuliani
4) Keith Kellogg
5) Elliott Abrams
79. Which state govt has launched, NAIPUNYA RATHAM or World on Wheels, a multi-utility vehicle
which aims to bring technology to the remote corners?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Odisha
5) Punjab
80. Who among the following is the Minister of State for Home Affairs in the present Union Cabinet?
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com1) Prakash Javadekar
2) Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
3) Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
4) Ram Kripal Yadav
5) Santosh Gangwar
81. The Union Cabinet recently apprised of an MoU between India and Guyana on cooperation in
Renewable Energy. The capital city of Guyana is
1) Georgetown
2) Accra
3) Cayenne
4) Paramaribo
5) Asmara
82. The IBBI has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
The term IBBI means
1) Insolvency and Banking Board of India
2) Insolvency and Broking Board of India
3) Insolvency and Bureaucracy Board of India
4) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
5) None of these
83. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has been awarded the International Kochon Prize 2017
for working towards treatment of
1) AIDS
2) Cancer
3) Malaria
4) Dengue
5) Tuberculosis
84. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the World Hindi Secretariat building in which country
recently?
1) Suriname
2) UAE
3) Mauritius
4) Trinidad and Tobago
5) Fiji
85. What is India’s ranking on the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s (SDSN) 2018 World
Happiness Report?
1) 111th
2) 118th
3) 122nd
4) 130th
5) 133rd
86. Mathematician Robert Langlands has won the prestigious Abel Prize for developing a programme
connecting representation theory to number theory. He is a
1) American
2) Canadian
3) British
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com4) Norwegian
5) French
87. Which state govt recently declared ‘jackfruit’ as its official fruit recently?
1) Karnataka
2) Maharashtra
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Kerala
88. Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived New Delhi on a four-day visit to India recently. He is the present
President of
1) Spain
2) Sweden
3) New Zealand
4) Germany
5) Norway
89. HS Prannoy is associated with which of the following games?
1) Billiards
2) Tennis
3) Badminton
4) Squash
5) Snooker
90. Which state celebrated its 106th foundation day on 22 Mar? It was on this day in 1912 that the state was
carved out of a United Bengal.
1) Bihar
2) Jharkhand
3) Assam
4) West Bengal
5) Odisha
91. The online retailer Amazon.com Inc launched its first-ever debit card recently in which of the following
countries?
1) US
2) India
3) China
4) South Africa
5) Mexico
92. The Union Cabinet has approved the launch of Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection mission.
The Scheme has the benefit cover of ______ per family per year.
1) Rs 50,000
2) Rs 1 lakh
3) Rs 2 lakh
4) Rs 5 lakh
5) Rs 10 lakh
93. Who among the following was re-elected as the President of Nepal recently?
1) Kumari Laxmi Rai
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com2) Bidya Devi Bhandari
3) Onsari Gharti Magar
4) Ram Baran Yadav
5) Sushila Karki
94. Odisha governor SC Jamir retired recently. The additional responsibility of Odisha has been given to
Satya Pal Malik who is the present governor of
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Jharkhand
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Karnataka
5) BIhar
95. The joint military drill ‘Gulf Shield 1’ was organised in which country recently? It is considered to be
the largest military drill in the region.
1) UAE
2) Bahrain
3) Iran
4) Saudi Arabia
5) Kuwait
96. The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors met recently in the capital city of Argentina
1) Sucre
2) Lima
3) Santiago
4) Buenos Aires
5) Stockholm
97. The inflation based on wholesale prices remained at what per cent in Feb 2018?
1) 2.48 per cent
2) 3.81 per cent
3) 4.08 per cent
4) 4.44 per cent
5) 4.95 per cent
98. The Govt is making arrangements to bring back mortal remains of 39 Indians to India who were killed
by IS in
1) Syria
2) Iraq
3) Libya
4) Yemen
5) Afghanistan
99. Angela Merkel was elected to fourth term recently as the Chancellor of
1) Italy
2) Sweden
3) Germany
4) New Zealand
5) Denmark
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com100. President Ram Nath Kovind released Rs 1,000 and Rs 10 commemorative coins on the occasion of
Nabakalebar festival, an ancient ritual observed in Jagannath Temple in
1) Karnataka
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Odisha
5) Maharashtra
101. The cricket board of which of the following countries paid tribute to Jagmohan Dalmiya releasing a
book A Tribute to Jagu recently?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Pakistan
3) Afghanistan
4) Bangladesh
5) Nepal
102. Indian Navy is soon to conduct the bilateral naval exercise named “Varuna” with the navy of
1) US
2) China
3) France
4) Japan
5) Russia
103. Sebi has raised the exposure limit under exchange-traded currency derivatives trading for residents and
foreign portfolio investors across all currency pairs involving the Indian rupee to
1) $50 mn
2) $100 mn
3) $200 mn
4) $500 mn
5) $750 mn
104. Muthoot Finance has tied up with global IME Bank for money transfer service. The IME Bank is based
in
1) Sri Lanka
2) UAE
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Nepal
5) US
105. Who among the following has been elected as the Vice President of China?
1) Jiang Zemin
2) Zhang Gaoli
3) Li Keqiang
4) Liu Yunshan
5) Wang Qishan
106. Roberto Azevedo is the present Director General of which of the following international organisations?
1) WHO
2) WTO
3) IMF
4) World Bank
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com5) Unicef
107. Purva Barve is associated with which of the following games? She won Israel Junior 2018 recently.
1) Squash
2) Tennis
3) Badminton
4) Snooker
5) Table tennis
108. Atul M Gotsurve has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to
1) Philippines
2) Vietnam
3) Japan
4) South Korea
5) North Korea
109. The Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar has said that the govt has approved the
setting up of a Plastic Park in Deoghar in
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Uttarakhand
4) Jharkhand
5) Himachal Pradesh
110. The state-run power equipment maker Bhel has commissioned first unit of 110 MW of the
Kishanganga hydro-electric project (HEP) of NHPC in
1) Jammu & Kashmir
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Uttarakhand
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) Sikkim
111. ______ has become the first Indian state to conduct an exclusive household survey at state and district
level to estimate the multidimensional poverty of the state.
1) Bihar
2) Maharashtra
3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Andhra Pradesh
112. Who among the following has been appointed as the new governor of the People's Bank of China, the
central bank of China?
1) Yi Gang
2) Guo Shuqing
3) Liu Shiyu
4) Chen Yulu
5) Pan Gongsheng
113. The Irani Cup is associated with which of the following games?
1) Hockey
2) Cricket
3) Football
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5) Badminton
114. Which country clinched the Nidahas Cricket Trophy in Colombo recently?
1) India
2) Bangladesh
3) Pakistan
4) Sri Lanka
5) Australia
115. Who among the following won Indian Wells Masters title in California recently?
1) Stan Wawrinka
2) Andy Murray
3) Novak Djokovic
4) Roger Federer
5) Juan Martin del Potro
116. The short film “Shunyata” won an award at Best of India Short Film Festival in Los Angeles, US. The
film directed by Chintan Sarda has _____ in lead role.
1) Jitendra
2) Mithun Chakraborty
3) Jackie Shroff
4) Sanjay Dutt
5) Anil Kapoor
117. The Initial public offering (IPO) of Bandhan Bank Ltd was subscribed 1.17 times. The bank is
headquartered in
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkata
4) Chennai
5) Bengaluru
118. The India Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba went on a five-day visit to which country recently? He also
visited the Pacific Command Headquarters at Pearl Harbour there.
1) UK
2) Japan
3) South Korea
4) Russia
5) US
119. Russian President Vladimir Putin won the recent presidential elections. He has been elected for the
fourth term for a period of
1) two years
2) three years
3) four years
4) five years
5) six years
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com120. _______ has become the first US state to use nitrogen gas for executions.
1) California
2) Oklahoma
3) Florida
4) Texas
5) Hawaii
121. Who among the following is the present Commerce Secretary in the central govt?
1) Rita Teaotia
2) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
3) Arvind Mayaram
4) Rajiv Mehrishi
5) Hasmukh Adhia
122. Which state govt recently passed a bill proposing death penalty and rigorous imprisonment in respect of
rape/gang rape of girls below 12 years?
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) Jharkhand
5) Haryana
123. The 105th session of the Indian Science Congress was organised recently in
1) Guwahati
2) Bhopal
3) Imphal
4) Hyderabad
5) Bengaluru
124. Who among the following is the present Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the
Parliament?
1) M Thambidurai
2) Mallikarjun Kharge
3) Naresh Agrawal
4) PJ Kurien
5) TTV Dhinakaran
125. The Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Mansukh Mandaviya was elected to
Rajya Sabha recently from the state of
1) Rajasthan
2) Gujarat
3) Punjab
4) Haryana
5) Karnataka
126. According to the Worldwide Cost of Living 2018 survey, the most expensive city in the world is
1) Geneva
2) Hong Kong
3) Zurich
4) Paris
5) Singapore
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com127. Sangeeta Bahadur has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to
1) Mongolia
2) Belarus
3) Chile
4) Peru
5) Mexico
128. Robert Fico resigned recently as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Slovakia
2) Estonia
3) Eretria
4) Ghana
5) Niger
129. The World Bank has said that GST is one of the most complex and second highest tax rate in the world.
The present President of the World Bank is
1) Robert Zoellick
2) Christine Lagarde
3) Paul Farmer
4) Jim Yong Kim
5) Roberto Azevedo
130. The name of Deepa Malik is associated with which of the following games?
1) Pole vault
2) Javelin
3) Discus throw
4) Triple jump
5) Long jump
131. Which country is the world's biggest importer of weapons during the past five years according to the
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)?
1) India
2) Saudi Arabia
3) Iran
4) China
5) UAE
132. Deodhar Trophy is associated with which of the following games?
1) Football
2) Cricket
3) Hockey
4) Basketball
5) Badminton
133. Which of the following countries recently announced to have successfully launched a hypersonic
missile Kinzhal recently?
1) North Korea
2) South Korea
3) Japan
4) Russia
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com5) China
134. _______ won the “Best Exhibitor Award” at ‘ITB – Berlin World Tourist Meet.’
1) India
2) Afghanistan
3) Vietnam
4) Bangladesh
5) Mauritius
135. The country's first national academy to train police forces in effectively safeguarding the Indian
shoreline will soon start functioning in
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Tamil Nadu
3) West Bengal
4) Maharashtra
5) Gujarat
136. Name the multilateral Air Force exercise held by the Indian Air Force recently with a number of
friendly neighbouring nations.
1) Samvedna
2) Swabhiman
3) Swavalamban
4) Sambhav
5) Samanvay
137. The govt has signed a loan agreement to the tune of USD 120 mn for the completion of works for
double-tracking and electrification of railway tracks with
1) AIIB
2) NDB
3) ADB
4) World Bank
5) Bank of Japan
138. The total foreign direct investment (FDI) into India during Apr 2014 to Dec 2017 period has been
1) USD 108.95 bn
2) USD 152.89 bn
3) USD 196.25 bn
4) USD 208.99 bn
5) USD 238.55 bn
139. PM Narendra Modi has said the govt will fix MSP of crops at least 1.5 times of production cost. Here,
the term MSP means
1) Maximum Support Price
2) Minimum Support Price
3) Managed Support Price
4) Maintained Support Price
5) None of these
140. The factory output measured by the index of industrial production (IIP) expanded at what per cent in
Jan 2018?
1) 5.5 per cent
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com2) 5.7 per cent
3) 6.2 per cent
4) 6.5 per cent
5) 7.5 per cent
141. The Union Cabinet recently approved an MoU between India and which country for promoting
cooperation in the field of Information Technology and Electronics?
1) Nepal
2) Bhutan
3) Myanmar
4) Thailand
5) Sri Lanka
142. The Union Cabinet has approved an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention
of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income between India and
1) Yemen
2) Syria
3) North Korea
4) Iran
5) Chile
143. The Mathikettan Shola National Park is situated in Idukki district of which of the following states?
1) Odisha
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Telangana
144. India has been ranked at what position among 114 countries on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF)
energy transition index?
1) 48th
2) 56th
3) 64th
4) 78th
5) 87th
145. The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was passed in the Lok Sabha recently. The Bill
allows for the payment of gratuity to employees in any establishment employing
1) 2 or more workers
2) 5 or more workers
3) 8 or more workers
4) 10 or more workers
5) 20 or more workers
146. The Union Health Ministry recently announced the launch of LaQshya programme aimed at improving
quality of care in
1) labour room
2) maternity operation theatre
3) orphanages
4) women hostels
5) Only 1) and 2)
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com147. The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) largest transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster made a historic landing at
Tuting Advanced Landing Ground in which state recently?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Sikkim
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Uttarakhand
5) Nagaland
148. Which of the following countries has topped the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) recent energy
transition index?
1) Denmark
2) Finland
3) Sweden
4) Switzerland
5) Norway
149. Which of the following countries recently challenged India’s export subsidy programmes at the World
Trade Organisation (WTO)?
1) China
2) US
3) Canada
4) Australia
5) Germany
150. India and which of the following countries jointly inaugurated a first-of-its-kind “crime-free” stretch of
8.3 km as a pilot project along the international border?
1) Myanmar
2) China
3) Pakistan
4) Bangladesh
5) Bhutan
151. Turkey’s parliament has approved changes to the electoral laws aimed at helping President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan consolidate power. The capital city of Turkey is
1) Manama
2) Nassau
3) Baku
4) Ankara
5) Tallinn
152. The US-Bangla Airlines crash-landed and exploded into a ball of flame at the Tribhuvan International
Airport (TIA) killing 49 passengers recently in
1) Bhutan
2) Nepal
3) Sri Lanka
4) Bangladesh
5) Maldives
153. The govt is divesting 10 per cent of its stake in the public sector Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd for which
the firm has brought an IPO worth
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com1) Rs 38.42 bn
2) Rs 40.20 bn
3) Rs 42.30 bn
4) Rs 44.30 bn
5) Rs 46.42 bn
154. Chandra Shekhar Ghosh is the founder as well as MD and CEO of which of the following banks?
1) IDFC Bank
2) RBL Bank
3) IndusInd Bank
4) YES Bank
5) Bandhan Bank
155. A White Label ATMs (WLAs) is owned and operated by
1) private sector banks
2) foreign banks
3) non-bank entities
4) state govt
5) Foreign Institutional Investors
156. The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) was set up jointly by the Ministry of Commerce,
and private trade and industry in the year 1965. It is headquartered in
1) Hyderabad
2) Bengaluru
3) Mumbai
4) Kolkata
5) New Delhi
157. Which city has emerged as the top city to show improvement in quality of governance, according to the
survey conducted by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy?
1) Surat
2) Bhubaneswar
3) Thiruvananthapuram
4) Kolkata
5) Pune
158. The World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated every year on
1) 01 Mar
2) 05 Mar
3) 15 Mar
4) 25 Mar
5) 31 Mar
159. As forecasted by the World Bank recently, India’s GDP will grow at the rate of _______ in 2018-19.
1) 7.1 per cent
2) 7.3 per cent
3) 7.6 per cent
4) 7.9 per cent
5) 8.1 per cent
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com160. According to the annual survey issued by the World Bank recently, which of the following is the
world’s happiest country?
1) Switzerland
2) Iceland
3) Denmark
4) Norway
5) Finland
161. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the continuation of Urea Subsidy
Scheme up to
1) 2019
2) 2020
3) 2021
4) 2022
5) 2023
162. A 9,600 square feet national flag on a 110 m flag pole was unfurled in Belagavi recently which is
claimed to be country’s tallest flag. Belagavi is a city in
1) Assam
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Karnataka
4) Telangana
5) Maharashtra
163. India and Madagascar have signed an umbrella agreement in the field of defence. The capital city of
Madagascar is
1) Victoria
2) Port Louis
3) Yerevan
4) Antananarivo
5) Maputo
164. Stephen Hawking, science's brightest star, died recently aged 76. He is the author of the book
1) The Blue Umbrella
2) Change We Can Believe In
3) The Code of the Extraordinary Mind
4) The Road Ahead
5) A Brief History of Time
165. The Supreme Court has issued an interim order extending the deadline for linking Aadhaar numbers to
various services
1) indefinitely
2) to 31 Jul 2018
3) to 31 Dec 2018
4) to 31 Mar 2019
5) to 31 Dec 2019
166. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has discontinued issuance of LoCs for importers with immediate
effect. Here, the term LoC means
1) Letters of Confidence
2) Letters of Credit
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com3) Letters of Comfort
4) Letters of Cooperation
5) Letters of Connection
167. In an effort to prevent fraudsters from fleeing the country, the passport details of borrowers have been
made mandatory for those taking loans of
1) Rs 50 cr and more
2) Rs 100 cr and more
3) Rs 200 cr and more
4) Rs 500 cr and more
5) Rs 1000 cr and more
168. India conducts the annual joint military exercise “hand-in-hand” with which of the following countries?
1) Japan
2) US
3) Russia
4) China
5) France
169. The DCB Bank’s new remittance service ‘DCB Remit’ will allow resident Indians having a bank
account in India to remit money online, globally. The bank has its headquarters in
1) Dubai
2) Mumbai
3) Singapore
4) London
5) New Delhi
170. Tata Sons will sell its stake (worth $1.25 bn) in TCS in order to pay creditors of its wireless division
Tata Teleservices whose mobile-phone operations it sold in 2017 to
1) Reliance Jio
2) Bharti Airtel
3) Idea
4) Vodafone
5) Aircel
171. India announced a new Line of Credit of USD 100 mn for defence procurement to which of the
following countries recently?
1) Djibouti
2) Yemen
3) Seychelles
4) Mauritius
5) Suriname
172. India and France jointly inaugurated the International Solar Alliance recently. The ISA was officially
announced during the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris on 30 Nov in
1) 2011
2) 2012
3) 2013
4) 2014
5) 2015
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com173. Tejaswin Shankar won gold medal and broke the national record recently in the game of
1) triple jump
2) pole vault
3) high jump
4) javelin
5) discuss throw
174. The SBI has slashed non-maintenance of an average monthly balance (AMB) charges in savings
accounts and is offering customers to shift to BSBD account. BSBDA means
1) Broad Savings Bank Deposit Account
2) Balance Savings Bank Deposit Account
3) Borrowed Savings Bank Deposit Account
4) Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account
5) None of these
175. A yellow-white-and-red flag with the state’s symbol “Gandaberunda” at the centre was formally
unveiled by which state govt recently?
1) Kerala
2) Sikkim
3) Jammu and Kashmir
4) Nagaland
5) Karnataka
176. Which bank has launched instant overdraft ‘InstaOD’ facility for MSME (Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises) customers in an online and paperless manner?
1) HDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) Federal Bank
5) RBL Bank
177. The central govt has constituted the Mahanadi Water Dispute Tribunal for adjudication of longstanding
disputes between Odisha and
1) Jharkhand
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Karnataka
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Maharashtra
178. The four-day biennial event ‘WINGS INDIA 2018’ was jointly organized by Ministry of Civil
Aviation, Airport Authority of India and FICCI recently in
1) Bengaluru
2) Hyderabad
3) Bhopal
4) New Delhi
5) Jaipur
179. PM Narendra Modi has set deadline of 2025 to free India from tuberculosis (TB). The global deadline
set by World Health Organization (WHO) for the same is
1) 2025
2) 2028
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com3) 2030
4) 2032
5) 2035
180. Which of the following private sector banks is all set to bring its IPO to raise about Rs 45 bn? The bank
has valued itself at about Rs 450 bn.
1) IDFC Bank
2) IndusInd Bank
3) Federal Bank
4) Bandhan Bank
5) RBL Bank
181. Under the RBI Act, 1934, the RBI is required to pay the govt its surplus after making provisions for
1) contribution to staff and superannuation fund
2) depreciation in assets
3) bad and doubtful debts
4) All of these
5) None of these
182. Loktak lake is situated in which of the following states? A floating laboratory was set up in the
freshwater lake recently.
1) Mizoram
2) Manipur
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Assam
5) Tripura
183. The World Tuberculosis Day is observed every year on
1) 04 Mar
2) 14 Mar
3) 24 Mar
4) 28 Mar
5) 31 Mar
184. According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) data released recently, the retail inflation remained at
what per cent in Feb 2018?
1) 7.73 per cent
2) 4.80 per cent
3) 6.24 per cent
4) 5.07 per cent
5) 4.44 per cent
185. The “Vision for Future” programmed was held in New Delhi recently to mark 70 years of the
diplomatic relations between India and which of the following countries?
1) UK
2) US
3) China
4) Russia
5) France
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com186. Who among the following is the present Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises (MSME)?
1) Giriraj Singh
2) Mahesh Sharma
3) Kalraj Mishra
4) Rajiv Pratap Rudy
5) Ram Kripal Yadav
187. PM Narendra Modi recently launched the National Nutrition Mission and pan India expansion of Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) covering all 640 districts of the country at Jhunjhunu in
1) Gujarat
2) Haryana
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Karnataka
5) Rajasthan
188. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is the central investigative agency that enforces in the country the
1) Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA)
2) Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)
3) SARFAESI Act
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
189. The CSCs are the access points for delivery of various e-governance and business services to citizens in
rural and remote areas. The term CSC means
1) Community Service Centre
2) Common Service Centre
3) Connected Service Centre
4) Centralised Service Centre
5) None of these
190. PM Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron jointly inaugurated 101-megawatt solar
power plant at Dadar Kala village in which state recently
1) Uttarakhand
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Bihar
191. India and which country inked 14 pacts and pledged to deepen economic, security and defence ties
between the two countries recently?
1) Canada
2) France
3) US
4) UK
5) Italy
192. ________ recently received approval of market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Sebi) to become a registered investment advisor.
1) Paytm Money
2) Airtel
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4) Flipkart
5) Infibeam
193. The govt had sought what additional amount from the RBI over the Rs 306.59 bn surplus fund it
transferred for the fiscal ended Jun 2017?
1) Rs 100 bn
2) Rs 130 bn
3) Rs 150 bn
4) Rs 170 bn
5) Rs 200 bn
194. The World Air Traffic Management Congress (WATMC) 2018 was held recently in
1) New York
2) Dubai
3) Tokyo
4) Madrid
5) Geneva
195. The cab-hailing app Uber has announced the appointment of who among the following as its first brand
ambassador in India?
1) Shikhar Dhawan
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) MS Dhoni
4) Virat Kohli
5) Rohit Sharma
196. The headquarters of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has been shifted from Chennai to
1) Pune, Maharashtra
2) Patiala, Punjab
3) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
4) Lucknow, UP
5) Ballabhgarh, Haryana
197. The Buddhist Community of which state celebrated the silver jubilee of the “Losar Festival” at the
Nyokum Lapang Ground recently?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Manipur
4) Sikkim
5) Tripura
198. The RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 50 mn on which payments bank for violating operating guidelines
and Know Your Customer norms?
1) Airtel Payments Bank
2) Paytm Payments Bank
3) Fino Payments Bank
4) Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank
5) India Post Payments Bank
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com199. The RBI has asked commercial lenders to provide it with details of all LoUs issued by them in the past.
Here, the term LoU means
1) Letters of Underwriting
2) Letters of Understanding
3) Letters of Undertaking
4) Letters of Urgnecy
5) None of these
200. India entered into agreement with which country for the Jaitapur nuclear power plant recently?
1) US
2) Germany
3) France
4) Japan
5) Canada
201. _______ has started a new venture investment fund called “10100” to invest in emerging technologies
in countries such as India and China.
1) Travis Kalanick
2) Warren Buffett
3) Jeff Bezos
4) Bill Gates
5) Mark Zuckerberg
202. Which of the following has become the country’s first energy surplus Union Territory?
1) Andaman and Nicobar
2) Diu
3) Lakshadweep
4) Chandigarh
5) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
203. The name of Anjum Moudgil is associated with which of the following games?
1) Shooting
2) Boxing
3) Wrestling
4) Weightlifting
5) Archery
204. Which state govt has announced “'Mukhyamantri Mahila Kosh” scheme under which women who
aren’t married and are above the age of 50 will be given pension?
1) Rajasthan
2) Karnataka
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Odisha
5) Tamil Nadu
205. ______ has been appointed as an official ambassador for the Industrial Cadets programme designed to
nurture manufacturing skills in the UK.
1) Anshu Jain
2) Anurag Dikshit
3) Karan Bilimoria
4) Sanjeev Gupta
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com5) Vikrant Bhargava
206. The 25-year-old Prakriti has been inducted as the first direct-entry combat officer in which of the
following forces?
1) ITBP
2) BSF
3) SSB
4) CRPF
5) CISF
207. The Raisina Dialogue is India’s premier _______ conference.
1) internal security
2) economic reforms
3) defence
4) technology
5) foreign policy
208. Which country recently overtook Saudi Arabia to become India’s top crude oil supplier, meeting more
than a fifth of the country’s oil needs in 2017-18?
1) Iran
2) US
3) Russia
4) Iraq
5) Venezuela
209. The Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari recently launched a toll-free emergency number for
assistance while travelling on highways. The number is
1) 4000
2) 1033
3) 7800
4) 1390
5) 1091
210. The recently-released book “A Century Is Not Enough” has been authored by
1) MS Dhoni
2) Rohit Sharma
3) Sourav Ganguly
4) Rahul Dravid
5) Virat Kohli
211. The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 40 lakh on which bank for non-compliance of its
directions on detection and impounding of counterfeit notes?
1) Axis Bank
2) PNB
3) SBI
4) ICICI Bank
5) Corporation Bank
212. The Union Cabinet recently approved what per cent Dearness Allowance (DA) to central govt
employees with effect from 1 Jan 2018?
1) One per cent
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com2) Two per cent
3) Three per cent
4) Four per cent
5) Five per cent
213. The India-China bilateral trade reached a record high of _______ in 2017.
1) $74.42 billion
2) $78.32 billion
3) $82.25 billion
4) $84.44 billion
5) $88.22 billion
214. The gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of all the banks in the country amounted to Rs 8.40 tn in Dec.
The highest amount of gross NPAs was for
1) PNB
2) SBI
3) Indian Bank
4) Canara Bank
5) UCO Bank
215. The Union Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju tendered his letter of resignation recently.
He belongs to which political party?
1) AIADMK
2) DMK
3) TDP
4) TMC
5) JD (U)
216. Who among the following is the richest Indian with a net worth of $40.1 bn in the Forbes' 2018
'World's Billionaires' list?
1) Dilip Shanghvi
2) Shiv Nadar
3) Lakshmi Mittal
4) Azim Premji
5) Mukesh Ambani
217. What is India’s ranking among 57 countries surveyed to ascertain parity for women entrepreneurs
according to the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) report?
1) 52nd
2) 45th
3) 29th
4) 31st
5) 25th
218. Which state has approved a bill providing for death penalty to those convicted of raping girls under 12
years of age?
1) Gujarat
2) Haryana
3) Bihar
4) Rajasthan
5) West Bengal
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com219. Who among the following has won the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the Nobel equivalent for the
field?
1) Balkrishna Doshi
2) Shigeru Ban
3) IM Pei
4) Frank Gehry
5) Zaha Hadid
220. Who among the following won the ‘best director award’ for The Shape of Water at the 90th Annual
Academy Awards (Oscars 2018)?
1) Lee Smith
2) James Ivory
3) Guillermo del Toro
4) Jordan Peele
5) Roger A Deakins
221. Gary Oldman won the ‘best actor in a leading role’ award for which of the following films at the 90th
Annual Academy Awards (Oscars 2018)?
1) Blade Runner 2049
2) Coco
3) Darkest Hour
4) Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
5) The Shape of Water
222. The ‘Charles de Gaulle’ is the only non-US aircraft carrier powered by nuclear reactors as of now. This
aircraft carrier is owned by
1) France
2) Italy
3) Sweden
4) UK
5) Japan
223. India's first and much awaited helicopter-taxi service started in which of the following cities recently?
1) New Delhi
2) Hyderabad
3) Chennai
4) Kolkata
5) Bengaluru
224. Neiphiu Rio was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of which of the following states recently?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Mizoram
3) Meghalaya
4) Nagaland
5) Tripura
225. The week-long 29th annual, world-famous International Yoga Festival (IYF) was held recently in
1) Jaipur
2) Rishikesh
3) Bengaluru
4) Bhopal
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com5) Patna
226. What is India’s ranking as the most powerful military power in the world according to the Global Fire
Power Index 2017?
1) Second
2) Third
3) Fourth
4) Fifth
5) Sixth
227. The Forbes Top 10 Billionaires List for 2018 has been topped by
1) Bernard Arnault
2) Mark Zukerberg
3) Warren Buffet
4) Bill Gates
5) Jeff Bezos
228. India has become the _____ member of the London-headquartered European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (EBRD).
1) 42nd
2) 53rd
3) 58th
4) 69th
5) 74th
229. Which of the following has become the first state in the US to enact its own net-neutrality
requirements?
1) Washington
2) California
3) Florida
4) Texas
5) Hawaii
230. The International Women's Day is observed every year on
1) 02 Mar
2) 08 Mar
3) 18 Mar
4) 28 Mar
5) 31 Mar
231. The World Wildlife Day is observed every year on
1) 01 Mar
2) 03 Mar
3) 13 Mar
4) 23 Mar
5) 30 Mar
232. Who among the following cricketers has been appointed as a brand ambassador of the gaming platform
Dream11?
1) MS Dhoni
2) Virat Kokli
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com3) Kapil Dev
4) Sachin Tendulkar
5) Shikhar Dhawan
233. Frances McDormand won the ‘best actress in a leading role’ award for which of the following films at
the 90th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars 2018)?
1) Blade Runner 2049
2) Coco
3) Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
4) The Shape of Water
5) Darkest Hour
234. Biplab Kumar Deb has been elected as the new Chief Minister of which of the following states?
1) Nagaland
2) Tripura
3) Mizoram
4) Manipur
5) Meghalaya
235. The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) remained at _____ in Feb 2018.
1) 52.1
2) 52.4
3) 53.2
4) 53.7
5) 54.7
236. The Union Cabinet has approved the FEO Bill to help stakeholders seize assets without conviction in
cases where the defaulter has escaped the country. Letter ‘F’ in FEO means
1) Fugitive
2) Forensic
3) Fraudster
4) Forfeit
5) Formal
237. As agreed at the recent meet of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which country will be put on
the ‘grey list’ of FATF in Jun 2018?
1) North Korea
2) Pakistan
3) Iran
4) Syria
5) Yemen
238. Which country has announced to build nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ‘Liaoning’ within seven years?
1) Iran
2) North Korea
3) China
4) Japan
5) Saudi Arabia
239. Which of the following banks has the largest number of overseas branches (52)?
1) Bank of India
2) Bank of Baroda
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4) HDFC Bank
5) State Bank of India
240. The loans to Micro/Small and Medium Enterprises (Services) up to what amount will be classified as
priority sector lending (PSL) now?
1) Rs 1 cr
2) Rs 2 cr
3) Rs 5 cr
4) Rs 10 cr
5) Any amount
241. Which of the following has become the first country to issue its own sovereign cryptocurrency?
1) Marshall Islands
2) Norway
3) Switzerland
4) Japan
5) Colombia
242. Conrad Sangma took oath as the new Chief Minister of which of the following states recently?
1) Nagaland
2) Tripura
3) Sikkim
4) Mizoram
5) Meghalaya
243. Which state celebrated “Shigmo” festival recently? It is the biggest Hindu festival in the state.
1) Kerala
2) Sikkim
3) Goa
4) Nagaland
5) Telangana
244. The Govt has constituted a steering committee on Fintech related issues which is headed by the
Economic Affairs Secretary
1) Aruna Sundararajan
2) Ashok Lavasa
3) Hasmukh Adhia
4) Subhash Chandra Garg
5) Rita Teaotia
245. ________ was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the annual ‘Political and Public Life
Awards’ in the UK recently.
1) Shatrughan Sinha
2) Hema Malini
3) Amitabh Bachchan
4) Kiran Kher
5) Rajnikanth
246. Which of the following films won the best picture award at the 90th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars
2018)?
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com1) Call Me by Your Name
2) Get Out
3) Blade Runner 2049
4) Darkest Hour
5) The Shape of Water
247. Who among the following is the Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation?
1) SS Ahluwalia
2) Santosh Gangwar
3) Thawar Chand Gehlot
4) Anant Geete
5) Kalraj Mishra
248. India and Vietnam inked three MoUs on nuclear, economic and trade cooperation recently. The
currency of Vietnam is
1) Rand
2) Dong
3) Lek
4) Baht
5) Ngultrum
249. Which state govt has launched a scheme named ‘Khushi’ to provide free sanitary pads to 17 lakh girl
students across the state?
1) Jharkhand
2) Bihar
3) Karnataka
4) Odisha
5) West Bengal
250. The International Energy Agency (IEA) is an autonomous intergovernmental organization based in
1) London
2) New York
3) Paris
4) Dubai
5) Riyadh
251. The name of Manu Bhaker is associated with which of the following games? He won a gold medal in
the game recently.
1) Boxing
2) Archery
3) Shooting
4) Javelin
5) Discuss throw
252. The Reserve Bank of India has further tightened the PSL norms for foreign banks. Here, the term PSL
stands for
1) Primary Sector Lending
2) Priority Sector Loan
3) Priority Sector Lending
4) Private Sector Lending
5) None of these
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com253. China has set 2018 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) target at around what per cent?
1) 6 per cent
2) 6.25 per cent
3) 6.5 per cent
4) 6.9 per cent
5) 7 per cent
254. Five public sector banks are on the brink of being put under the Reserve Bank of India’s PCA plan.
Here, the term PCA means
1) Prompt Corrective Action
2) Prompt Curative Action
3) Prompt Constructive Action
4) Prompt Custodian Action
5) None of these
255. The Reserve Bank of India will infuse up to ______ into the banking system through special auctions in
Mar, 2018 to manage additional demand for liquidity.
1) Rs 1 tn
2) Rs 2 tn
3) Rs 2.5 tn
4) Rs 3 tn
5) Rs 3.5 tn
256. The Reserve Bank of India has fined which of the following private sector banks for violating
regulations for assessment of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs)?
1) IndusInd Bank
2) Federal Bank
3) RBL Bank
4) YES Bank
5) Axis Bank
257. The automaker Maruti Suzuki achieved the unique feat of 35 lakh sales in cumulative wholesale of
which of the following small cars recently?
1) Wagon R
2) Swift
3) Celerio
4) Alto
5) Estilo
258. The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 20 million on which bank for a fraud detected in one of
its branches due to failure to comply with Know Your Customer norms?
1) Indian Overseas Bank
2) Bank of India
3) Indian Bank
4) Canara Bank
5) Oriental Bank of Commerce
259. _______ has launched India's first home loan linked to the 3-month Govt of India Treasury Bill
benchmark rate.
1) Standard Chartered
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3) ICICI Bank
4) HDFC Bank
5) SBI
260. ________ won the rapid event at the 11th Tal Memorial chess in Moscow recently.
1) Vladimir Kramnik
2) Peter Svidler
3) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
4) Ian Nepomniachtchi
5) Viswanathan Anand
261. India’s Shahzar Rizvi set world record recently in the World Cup at Guadalajara in Mexico in the game
of
1) shooting
2) boxing
3) wrestling
4) weightlifting
5) archery
262. Which state govt has launched “Ama Gaon, Ama Vikas” programme to involve people in rural areas in
the developmental activities?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Odisha
4) Kerala
5) Maharashtra
263. In which of the following countries, the governing Communist Party recently proposed for present
President Xi Jinping to remain leader for life?
1) Mongolia
2) Vietnam
3) Cambodia
4) China
5) Chile
264. Egypt’s Supreme Court recently upheld a deal to transfer two Red Sea islands, Tiran and Sanafir, to
1) Turkey
2) Saudi Arabia
3) UAE
4) Iran
5) Syria
265. Kirshna Kumari Kolhi has become the first-ever Hindu Dalit woman Senator in the Muslim-majority
country
1) Bangladesh
2) Afghanistan
3) Maldives
4) Indonesia
5) Pakistan
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com266. PB Acharya is the present governor of which of the following states?
1) Nagaland
2) Assam
3) Manipur
4) Sikkim
5) Karnataka
267. Who among the following is the present governor of Meghalaya?
1) Tathagata Roy
2) BD Mishra
3) Jagdish Mukhi
4) Shriniwas Patil
5) Ganga Prasad
268. India is the ______ largest overseas holder of US securities in 2017 at $147.4 bn.
1) 2nd
2) 5th
3) 12th
4) 16th
5) 22nd
269. Javed Abidi passed away recently. He was India’s global face of
1) green revolution
2) women’s rights movement
3) girl’s education
4) disability rights movement
5) adult education
270. Who among the following was arrested in the much-hyped “INX Media” case recently by the CBI?
1) Jyotiraditya Scindia
2) Karti Chidambaram
3) Mallikarjun Kharge
4) Anand Sharma
5) SM Krishna
271. Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang visited New Delhi recently. The capital city of Vietnam is
1) Hanoi
2) Manila
3) Caracas
4) Phnom Penh
5) Bogota
272. India and Jordan inked 12 pacts recently. The currency of Jordan is
1) Bolivar
2) Dinar
3) Real
4) Riyal
5) Pound
273. The Union Cabinet has approved setting up of the NFRA, which will be an independent regulator for
the auditing profession. What does letter ‘F’ denote in the term NFRA?
www.bsc4success.com www.bscacademy.com mailto:bsc4success@gmail.com1) Forecasting
2) Forward
3) Financial
4) Funding
5) Fraud
274. The govt has approved projects worth over Rs 2,900 cr under the Nirbhaya fund for eight cities to make
them safer for women. Which of the following is NOT one of these eight cities?
1) Lucknow
2) Ahmedabad
3) Hyderabad
4) Kolkata
5) Bhopal
275. The first mega food park of which of the following states was inaugurated recently at Satara?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Maharashtra
4) Gujarat
5) Uttar Pradesh
276. Rashid Khan has become the youngest captain in international cricket. He plays for
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Afghanistan
4) South Africa
5) England
277. Which of the following countries is the largest overseas holder of US securities in 2017 at $1.18
trillion?
1) China
2) Russia
3) Japan
4) Ireland
5) India
278. India successfully test-fired “Nag” missile in desert conditions recently. It is a/an
1) Anti Aircraft Missile
2) Anti Tank Guided Missile
3) Bunker Destroyer
4) Anti Satellite Missile
5) Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
279. The Central Excise Day is observed every year on
1) 24 Feb
2) 20 Feb
3) 02 Feb
4) 12 Feb
5) 28 Feb
280. The book 2G Saga Unfolds has been authored by
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