Q1. Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the successful test of the Ballistic Missile Interceptor AAD from Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. AAD stands for ____________.
(a) Amplified Area Defence
(b) Advertised Additional Defence
(c) Advanced Area Defence
(d) Advanced Ammunition Defence
Q2. NITI Aayog has launched a global mobility hackathon _____________ to crowdsource solutions aimed at the future of mobility in India.
(a) None of the given options is true
(b) Hackon
(c) Aayogthon
(d) Move Hack
Q3. Name the company that recently became the first US-based company with a market value of $1 trillion.
(a) PetroChina
(b) Apple
(c) Walmart
(d) Amazon
Q4. Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu launched a logo and tagline for Geographical Indications (GI) to increase awareness about intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the country. The slogan for the GI tag is _____________.
(a) Invaluable Wealth of Incredible India
(b) None of the given options is true
(c) Invaluable Power of Incredible India
(d) Invaluable Treasures of Incredible India
Q5. According to the state Minister for Public Health Engineering Banwari Lal, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 772 crore for eight water projects in the rural areas of _____________.
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Q6. SBM Group has recently received Reserve Bank of India’s approval to operate in the country through a wholly-owned subsidiary route. SBM Group is based in _____________.
(a) France
(b) Mauritius
(c) Germany
(d) Canada
Q7. India’s economy is expected to clock GDP growth of ________ in this financial year according to a Morgan Stanley report.
(a) 7.2%
(b) 7.3%
(c) 7.5%
(d) 7.4%
Q8. President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the years 2013-2017, in New Delhi. Name the person who was given the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for year 2017.
(a) Hukum Dev Narayan
(b) Ghulam Nabi Azad
(c) Dr Najma Heptullah
(d) Bhartruhari Mahtab
Q9. Seven Indian companies have been listed in Fortune’s 500 list 2018 of world biggest corporations. Which among the following is the highest ranked company from India?
(a) TCS
(b) Indian Oil Corporation
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) Reliance India Ltd
Q10. Ranchi-based software developer Ranjit Srivastava is developing the world’s first Hindi-speaking humanoid robot named _______________.
(a) Sneha
(b) Shraddha
(c) Rashmi
(d) Pooja
Solutions
S1. Ans.(c)
S2. Ans.(d)
S3. Ans.(b)
S4. Ans.(d)
S5. Ans.(c)
S6. Ans.(b)
S7. Ans.(c)
S8. Ans.(d)
S9. Ans.(b)
S10. Ans.(c)
