Q1. President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Cuba on the final leg of his three-nation tour to Greece, Suriname and Cuba. He paid respects to Jose Marti Memorial. Jose Marti was ____________.
(a) Cuba’s Former President
(b) Cuba’s Former Scientist
(c) Cuba’s only Nobel Prize Winner
(d) Cuba’s Legendary Poet
Q2. Name the state government that has recently announced wind-solar hybrid power policy – 2018, aiming to make optimum utilization of the land and grid.
(a) Punjab
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Maharashtra
Q3. Name the State Bank of India’s (SBI) Managing Director who was appointed as the IDBI Bank’s CEO and Managing Director for a temporary period of three months.
(a) Kamal Vishwas Purohit
(b) MK Jain
(c) B Sriram
(d) Malweyn Rego
Q4. Australian golfing legend ___________ has passed away aged 88 following a battle with Parkinson’s disease.
(a) Rory McIlroy
(b) Billy Casper
(c) Peter Thomson
(d) Ernie Els
Q5. The SIPRI has recently launched the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2018, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security. SIPRI Stands for _____________.
(a) Stockholm International Power and Research Institution
(b) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
(c) Stockholm International Power Re-establishment Institution
(d) Stockholm International Peace Repository Institute
Q6. The Centre of Excellence in Maritime & Shipbuilding (CEMS), a well-funded start-up in skill development for maritime and shipbuilding sector, has announced setting up of 24 labs in ___________________.
(a) Mumbai and Goa
(b) Mumbai and Chennai
(c) Chennai and Vizag
(d) Mumbai and Vizag
Q7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently laid the foundation stone of fully paperless ___________ in New Delhi.
(a) Udyog Bhawan
(b) Vanaspati Bhawan
(c) Kala Bhawan
(d) Vanijya Bhawan
Q8. The Atomic Energy Corporation of which of the following country has signed an agreement with Indian engineering services firm Core Energy Systems Pvt Ltd for the promotion of its technical security equipment in India?
(a) The USA
(b) Iran
(c) Russia
(d) Israel
Q9. Name the United States political commentator and Pulitzer Prize winner who had passed away recently.
(a) Bill Maher
(b) Tucker Carlson
(c) Peggy Noonan
(d) Charles Krauthammer
Q10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in _______________.
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Chennai
Solutions
S1. Ans.(d)
S2. Ans.(b)
S3. Ans.(c)
S4. Ans.(c)
S5. Ans.(b)
S6. Ans.(d)
S7. Ans.(d)
S8. Ans.(c)
S9. Ans.(d)
S10. Ans.(a)
