1st March Month GK Quiz 2018

1) What is India’s economic growth forecast for FY19, as per the latest report by India Ratings

and Research (Ind-Ra)?

7.1%

7.6%

6.5%

7.4%

2) Which state government has launched Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivani Yojna to promote

climate-resilient agriculture?

Karnataka

Maharashtra

Goa

Odisha

3) Which of the following countries has recently joined the Australia Group export control

regime?

India South Africa

China

Russia

4) Pt Buddhadev Dasgupta, who passed away recently, was a well-known maestro of which

musical instrument?

Sarod

Sarangi

Bansuri

Tabla

5) Who has led Indian delegation at the 2018 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) military

cooperation meeting?

Dinesh Kumar

Ajay Seth

Akansha Ranjan

Yogesh Kumar Shukla

6) Who is the head of the newly-constituted 5-judge constitution bench of the SC to hear a range

of crucial cases?

AM Khanwilkar

Dipak Mishra Ashok Bhushan

AK Sikri

7) N. Vembusamy Sankaran, the renowned journalist and theatre personality has passed away.

He hailed from which state?

Tamil Nadu

Kerala

Karnataka

Andhra Pradesh

8) NITI Aayog has launched the first GIAN course on Sustainable Urban planning using Remote

Sensing and GIS in which IIT institute?

IIT Kanpur IIT Delhi

IIT Bombay

IIT Indore

9) The Delhi government has recently signed a friendship agreement with which country for

cooperation in various fields?

Japan

Germany

United States

France

10) Who is leading the Indian delegation to 10th Global Forum for Food & Agriculture (GFFA-

2018) in Germany?

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Alphons Kannanthanam

Jitendra Singh

Santosh Kumar Gangwar

2nd March GK Capsule 2018 - General Knowledge Quiz

1) How many agreements did India and Israel in space, defence, cybersecurity?

9

8

5

4

2) For which people DIPP arm Launches Competition?

College students Labour

Working people

Public

3) Which country president Resigns after Losing Party Support?

Roman

North America

South Africa

Russia

4) Which state celebrates 54th Statehood Day, 18th Hornbill festival?

Tamil Nadu

West Bengal

Nagaland

Kerala

5) Which day is observed on December 1st?

International Day for Women

World Diabetes Day

World AIDS Day

International Day for Women

6) Which city the Two-day Korea Tourism Festival 2017 held?

Chennai

Bengaluru

Jaipur

Haryana

7) Who launches cryptocurrency exchange Coinome in India?

Razorpay

Bill Desk

Norway

Payzap

8) Which state Launches Rs 96-crores scheme to Increase Fish Production?

Odisha Tamil Nadu

Karnataka

West Bengal

9) Which ministry won Bronze Medal at the India International Trade Fair 2017?

Ministry of Telecommunication

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Ministry of Health Affairs

Ministry of External Affairs

10) Who Inaugurates the International Ambedkar Conclave?

Shri Naresh Rajan

Shri Suresh Singh

Shri Ram Nath Kovind

Shri Narendra Singh

11) Which country signed comprehensive anti-terror pact with India?

Bulgaria

Russia Albania

Libya

12) Which city the Trump Tower Launched?

Kolkata

Mumbai

Chennai

Bengaluru

13) Which country signed Air Services Agreement with India?

China

South Africa

Greece

Pakistan

14) By which year One Hundred and Fifteen Backward Districts in India to be Transformed?

2025

2019

2017

2022

15) Which ministry Union Government launches an intensive program to train Elected Women?

Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of finance

Ministry of External Affairs

3rd March GK Quiz 2018 - General Knowledge Quiz

1) Who has become the new Governor of Madhya Pradesh?

Anandiben Patel

Rameshwar Thakur

Kizhekethil Chandy

Vajubhai Vala

2) Which city to host the 4th edition of India International Science Festival (IISF-2018)?

New Delhi

Chennai

Lucknow

Ahmedabad

3) Which country’s team has won the 5th edition of Blind Cricket World Cup 2018?

Sri Lanka

India Nepal

Bangladesh

4) Which city is hosting the Ramayana Festival of ASEAN Countries?

New Delhi Ahmedabad

Lucknow

Hyderabad

5) Who will lead the Indian delegation at the 48th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum

(WEF-2018)?

Suresh Prabhu

Sushma Swaraj

Arun Jaitley

Narendra Modi

6) Chandi Lahiri, the iconic cartoonist has passed away. Did he hail from which state?

Karnataka

West Bengal Punjab

Haryana

7) Which Union minister has launched National CSR Data Portal & Corporate Data Portal?

Prakash Javadekar

Narendra Modi

Rajnath Singh

Arun Jaitley

8) Jo Jo White, the renowned basketball player has passed away. Did he hail from which

country?

France

United Kingdom

United States

Germany

9) Who is the author of the book “The Heartfulness Way”?

Sushant Gupta

Kamlesh Patel Nandan Banerjee

Chetan Bhagat

10) The Jakham Dam is located in which state?

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Gujarat

Rajasthan

11) The Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT) is located in which city?

Pune New Delhi

Lucknow

Hyderabad

12) Pt Buddhadev Dasgupta, who passed away recently, was a well-known maestro of which

musical instrument?

Tabla

Sarod Sarangi

Bansuri

13) The Union Government will set up how much amount of Solar Development Fund (SDF) for

financing solar projects?

$450 million

$550 million

$650 million

$350 million

14) The 13th Raising Day of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has celebrated on which

date?

January 16

January 19

January 15

January 18

15) Which of the following countries has recently joined the Australia Group export control

regime?

India South Africa

China

Russia

5th March General Knowledge Capsule 2018

1) Which state government and Zurich Sign Sister State Agreement recently?

Kerala

Bihar

Andhra Pradesh

Tamil Nadu

2) Which country to Host 16th International Energy Forum Meet?

South Africa

India

Pakistan

Indonesia

3) Who is honoured with Crystal Award at World Economic Forum?

Shah Rukh Khan

Anil Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor

Salman Khan

4) How many crores did UAE based Lulu group inks MoU with Telangana to develop food

processing industry?

2500

1850

1500

1950

5) Which country To Host Informal WTO Ministerial Gathering In New Delhi?

Saudi Arabia

India Pakistan

North America

6) Which network opens the door for telemedicine and e-education facilities in Gram

Panchayats?

JIO Net

ACT Net

BharatNet

Idea Net

7) Who won Men’s Single Title at Australian Open 2018 recently?

Rafael Nadal

Venus Williams

Andy Murray

Roger Federer

8) Which film got Best Music Film award in Grammy Awards 2018?

All Eyes on Me

Patti Cakes

The Baby Driver

The Defiant Ones

9) Which state Chief Minister Launches 'Shakti' App For Women's Safety?

Himachal Pradesh Tamil Nadu

Bihar

Kerala

10) Which institute scientist Challenger 10 blew up 73 secs after launch killing 7?

ICMR

NASA

CSIR

ISRO

11) The documentary ‘Kailash’ has won the US Documentary Grand Jury Award at Sundance

Film Festival 2018. It is directed by whom?

Sarah Anthony

Davis Guggenheim

Purnima Raghunath

Derek Doneen

12) The 2018 National Immunisation Day (NID) is celebrated on which date in India?

January 27

January 30

January 28

January 29

13) Which union ministry to set up social media communication hubs in districts?

Ministry of Law and Justice

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Ministry of Panchayati Raj

Ministry of Women and Child Development

14) Dr Gurcharan Singh Kalkat, the noted Indian agricultural scientist has passed away. Did he

hail from which state?

Punjab Uttar Pradesh

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

15) Which Union Minister attends leadership conclave organised by Art of Living in New Delhi?

Shri Narayana Swamy

D.Shri Ashok Gupta

Shri Arun Jaitley

Smt Smriti Irani

6th March GK Quiz - General Knowledge Quiz

1)What is the theme of the 2018 National Science Day (NSD)?

Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future Science for Nation Building

Scientific Issues for Development of the Nation

Science and Technology for Specially Abled Persons

2) For which year Tokyo Unveils Mascots For Olympics And Paralympics?

2020

2021

2019

2025

3) Which bank Tie-Up For Cross-Border Remittances recently?

Yes Bank

Canara Bank

Indusland Bank

Dena Bank

4) Who inaugurated Attends 27th IJIRA In Kolkata?

Shri Sushma Swaraj

Shri Nithya Shree

Shri Vidya Menon

Shri Smriti Irani

5) How many crores did procurement proposals for three services by DAC got approved?

10,625

15,658

12,562

9,435

6) Which city Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani Attends 27th IJIRA?

Kolkata Jodhpur

New Delhi

Hyderabad

7) Which country did Union Cabinet approve MoU between India and on Cooperation in Health

Sector?

Jordan

North Africa

Pakistan

Saudi Arabia

8) Which state First Mega Food Park Inaugurated recently?

Bihar

Kerala

Tamil Nadu

Maharashtra

9) Which bank Ties Up With Celebrus Capital For Online Trading Services?

Catholic Syrian Bank Canara bank

HDFC bank

Dena Bank

10) Which city hosted the 2nd India-Korea Business Summit 2018?

New Delhi Ahmedabad

Shimla

Kochi

11) Which state cricket team has won the 2018 Vijay Hazare trophy?

Saurashtra

Maharashtra

Hyderabad

Karnataka

12) What is India’s GDP growth rate forecast for the year 2018, as per the latest report by

Moody’s Investors Service?

7.6 % 7.5 %

7.8 %

7.7 %

13) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently raised currency derivative trade limit to how

much amount for residents and foreign portfolio investors?

$150 million

$50 million

$100 million

$200 million

14) The Nimoo Bazgo Power Project (NBPP) is located in which state?

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir

Punjab

Uttar Pradesh

15) Who has been appointed as the new editor-in-chief of the television channel Rajya Sabha

TV?

Sudhir Chaudhary

Nidhi Razdan

Rahul Mahajan

Shereen Bhan

7th March General Knowledge Quiz

1) Which bank hikes lending rates by 15 basis points to 8.30%?

Punjab National Bank State Bank of India

Federal Bank

Canara Bank

2) The All India Radio and National Book Trust (NBT) has signed a MoU to preserve and

promote cultural heritage. Where is the headquarters of NBT located?

Pune

Kolkata

Bhopal

Delhi

3) The 42nd Civil Accounts Day (CAD-2018) is celebrated on which date in India?

February 28

March 1 February 27

March 2

4) Arabinda Muduli, the noted bhajan singer has passed away. Did he belong to which state?

Bihar

Mizoram

Nagaland

Odisha

5) Which Indian naval command has conducted tri-Services maritime exercise ‘Paschim Leher

(XPL -18)’ in the Arabian Sea?

Western Naval Command

Eastern Naval Command

Southern Naval Command

Andaman & Nicobar Command

6) The Nathpa Jhakri Dam (NJD) is built across which river in Himachal Pradesh?

Satluj River

Beas River

Ravi River

Toms River

7) India has successfully test-fired Anti Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) Nag in desert conditions.

The Nag missile has been developed by which Indian organisation?

DRDO

BARC

ISRO

All of the above

8) India will provide how much amount of financial assistance to Jordan in the form of vaccines

and medicines for 2018?

$5 million $2 million

$4 million

$6 million

9) What is the Zero Discrimination Day campaign for the year 2018?

What never …

What not …

What if …

What sure …

10) Which city hosted the 27th Technological Conference of IJIRA on Shaping the Future of

Jute?

Kolkata New Delhi

Patna

Jaipur

11) Which state government has recently set up a toll-free helpline to provide information to

students?

Tamil Nadu

Maharashtra

Karnataka

Punjab

12) Which state First Mega Food Park Inaugurated recently?

Maharashtra

Kerala

Bihar

Tamil Nadu

13) How many crores did procurement proposals for three services by DAC got approved?

9,435 15,658

10,625

12,562

14) Which country did Union Cabinet approve MoU between India and on Cooperation in Health

Sector?

Jordan

North Africa

Pakistan

Saudi Arabia

15) How many years of IJRA Meeting held at Kolkata?

35

63

45

58

8th March 2018 - GK Quiz

1) How many crores did AAI allocate nearly for the upgradation of airports in North East region?

3,300 4,500

8,500

6,500

2) Which country is Cheapest Country To Live In After South Africa according to Survey?

India Pakistan

South Africa

Indonesia

3) In Which state Asia’s biggest auto testing track inaugurated recently?

Tamil Nadu

Bihar

Madhya Pradesh

Kerala

4) Which survey report has been published by central government?

General survey

Geological Survey

Sensex Survey

Economic Survey 2018

5) Who pitches for simultaneous elections recently?

Shri Narayana Swamy

President Ram Nath Kovind Shri Suresh Rajan

B.Shri Naresh Iyer

6) Which state’s tableau has won the best tableau award at the 69th Republic Day Parade 2018?

Maharashtra

Assam

Karnataka

Chhattisgarh

7) The 2018 National Immunisation Day (NID) is celebrated on which date in India?

January 30

January 27

January 29

January 28

8) What is India’s GDP growth prediction for FY19, according to 2018 Economic Survey of

India?

6.5 to 7.25%

6.9 to 7.2%

7.5 to 8.0%

7 to 7.5%

9) Who has been chosen for the 5th edition of Yash Chopra Memorial Award 2018?

Lata Mangeshkar

Asha Bhosle

Shah Rukh Khan

Amitabh Bachchan

10) Who has taken charge as the new Foreign Secretary of India?

K P S Sharma

Baldev Singh Dhillon

Vijay Keshav Gokhale

Manjit Singh Kang

11) In WEF's Global Human Capital Index 2017, Norway topped the list. On Which Rank that

India stood?

103rd

101st

104th

102nd

12) With which of the following nation, India has the most favourable foreign trade?

Japan

America

China

Nepal

13) The World Economic Forum Summit 2018 held in which place?

Geneva

Washington

Berlin

Davos

14) How many banks CRISIL Upgrades Outlook From Negative To Stable?

23

35

18

25

15) The First Khadi Haat of India was launched in which city on 25th January 2018?

Bhopal

Patna

Chennai

New Delhi

9th March 2018 General Knowledge Quiz

1. How many Mirabai Chanu lifts to win a gold medal at 2017 World Weightlifting

Championships?

250 kgs

380 kgs

194 kgs

154 kgs

2. Who won to win a gold medal at 2017 World Weightlifting Championships?

Nithiya Shree

Sheela band

Mirabai Chanu

Bhanu Shree

3. Which city Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate HT Leadership Summit?

Chennai

Patna

Kolkata

New Delhi

4. How many electric buses West Bengal to get World Bank subsidy to buy?

190

130

125

185

5. Which city to host 15th Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and

Animation films?

Mumbai Kolkata

Nagpur

Chennai

6. Which country ink pact with India to deepen cooperation in the health sector?

USA

Pakistan

South Africa

Italy

7. Which state to get World Bank subsidy to buy 130 electric buses?

Tamil Nadu

Kerala

Karnataka

West Bengal

8. How many crores did Union Minister Nitin Gadkari commitment for Clean Ganga mission?

350

250

450

500

9. Which bank ties up with BCG for transformation initiatives?

Axis Bank

Canara Bank

Dena Bank

Karnataka Bank

10. For which Odisha Chief Minister unveils logo and mascot recently?

Hockey

Volleyball

Football

Cricket

11. Who won a gold medal in Asia Archery Championship?

Shri Vivek Chopra

Shri Suresh Singh

Shri Naresh Kumar

Shri Abhishek Verma

12. Which state does government ban Bursting of Firecrackers in Six of its Cities?

West Bengal

Chhattisgarh

Kerala

Tamil Nadu

13. Whom to inaugurate the HT Leadership Summit in New Delhi?

Shri Vijay Mishra

Shri Arun Jaitley

Shri Prakash Javadekar

Shri Narendra Modi

14. Which country hosts Inter-Governmental Meeting of Asia and Pacific Decade for Persons

with Disabilities?

Albania

Pakistan

India

China

15. Which country 7th World Military Games to be Held?

China Indonesia

Pakistan

Japan

GK Quiz for 10th March 2018

1) Which cricket team has won the 45th edition of the Deodhar Trophy 2018?

Karnataka

Tamil Nadu

Gujarat

India B

2) Which of the following countries has co-chaired the first founding conference of the

International Solar Alliance (ISA-2018)?

India and Bangladesh

India and Russia

France and India

India and Germany

3) Who will be the new head of the Press Information Bureau (PIB)?

Ira Josh

Sitanshu Kar

Frank Noronha

T.S Baku

4) Which state government has launched India’s first state-led incubator for women

entrepreneurs “WE-Hub”?

Andhra Pradesh

Odisha

Telangana

Kerala

5) Dr Patangrao Kadam, who passed away, was associated with which political party?

Indian National Congress Nationalist Congress Party

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Bharatiya Janata Party

6) Which country’s hockey team has won the 27th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah cup 2018?

Argentina

New Zealand

England

Australia

7) What is the theme of the biennial event on Civil Aviation and Aerospace ‘Wings India 2018’?

Sab Uden, Sab Juden

India-Global Aviation Hub India-Wings of Aerospace

Bharat-Ek Chhat

8) As part of the 10th edition of MILAN 2018, which first-ever multi-nation naval exercise at sea

has started?

COAST-18

NAVAL MEET-18

MILES-18

SEA-18

9) Which state government has started Asmita Yojana to provide sanitary napkins at subsidised

rates?

Gujarat

Maharashtra Rajasthan

Karnataka

10) Anjum Moudgil is associated with which sports?

Badminton

Tennis

Boxing

Shooting

12th March 2018 General Knowledge Quiz

1) Which city to host the 2018 National Legislators Conference?

Jaipur

New Delhi

Lucknow

Shimla

2) Who has been appointed as the new Special Director of Enforcement Directorate?

Vivek R Wadekar Vineet Agarwal

DK Gupta

Karnal Singh

3) Which of the following has become India’s first Union territory to run completely on solar

power?

Chandigarh

Lakshadweep

Diu

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

4) Pyare Lal Wadali, the famous Sufi singer passed away. Did he belong to which state?

Odisha

Rajasthan

Punjab

Uttar Pradesh

5) Which country hosted the World ATM Congress (WATMC-2018)?

Spain France

Belgium

India

6) The headquarters of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has shifted from Chennai to

which place?

Udaipur

Bhopal

Ballabhgarh

Kanpur

7) What is the theme of the 9th edition of Women’s Film Festival 2018?

Take Freedom

Travelling Women Meet with Yourself

Learn to Live

8) The pan-India expansion of flagship programme “Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao (BBBP)” will start

from which district of Rajasthan?

JhunJhun

Baran

Pratapgarh

Karauli

9) India’s first helicopter-taxi service has launched in which city?

Kochi

Kolkata

Bengaluru

New Delhi

10) The 29th edition of the world-famous International Yoga Festival (IYF-2018) was held in

which Indian state?

Madhya Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Jharkhand

Uttarakhand

13th March 2018 GK Quiz

1) Neiphiu Rio will be new Chief Minister of Nagaland. He is MP from which Lok Sabha

constituency?

Nagaland Kiphire

Noklak

Peren

2) The first-ever Indo-French Knowledge Summit was held in which city?

Chennai

Varanasi

Shimla

New Delhi

3) The Union Government has launched TB-free India Campaign from which city to eradicate

TB from India by 2025?

New Delhi

Lucknow

Gandhi Nagar

Varanasi

4) The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has celebrated its 33rd Inception Day on which

date?

March 12

March 11

13th March

March 10

5) India’s first national coastal policing academy has set up in which district of Gujarat?

Junagadh

Ahmedabad

Devbhumi Dwarka

Gir Somnath

6) Which bank has launched instant overdraft ‘InstaOD’ facility for Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises (MSME)?

ICICI Bank HDFC Bank

Bank of Baroda

State Bank of India

7) India has offered how much amount of Line of Credit (LoC) to Mauritius for defence

procurement?

$500 million

$100 million $200 million

$300 million

8) Which platform has been launched by the Government of India (GoI) as an association of all-

India metro rail companies?

E-METROS

R-METROS

M-METROS

I-METROS

9) The Gangrel Dam is built across which river in Chhattisgarh?

Tapti River

Ganga River

Mahanadi River

Yamuna River

10) The Festival of Democracy will be celebrated in which city of Rajasthan?

Kota

Udaipur

Jaipur

Jaisalmer

General Knowledge Quiz - 14th March 2018

1) The Union Government has constituted the tribunal to solve Mahanadi Water dispute between

Odisha & Chhattisgarh. Who will be the Chairman of the tribunal?

Kirtipal Singh

Indermeet Kaur Kochhar

AM Khanwilkar

Ravi Ranjan

2) India’s tallest Flag has been unfurled in which city of Karnataka?

Bengaluru

Ballari

Bidar

Belagavi

3) Which committee will be constituted by the Haryana government to find the solution to

polluted water flowing in Yamuna river?

Om Parkash Dhankhar committee Ram Bilas Sharma committee

Narbir Singh committee

Krishan Lal Panwar committee

4) Who is the newly elected President of Nepal?

Kumari Laxmi Rai

Bhimsen Thapa

Ram Baran Yadav

Bidya Devi Bhandari

5) President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the World Hindi Secretariat in which country?

Sri Lanka

Madagascar

Mauritius

South Africa

6) The executive committee under POSHAN Abhiyaan holds its first meeting to decide on a

roadmap for the mission. The committee is headed by whom?

Preeti Sudan

Rakesh Srivastava

A B Joshi

Kavita Jain

7) The first regional conference on ‘Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS) for Urban Areas –

Opportunities and Challenges was held in which city?

Amritsar

New Delhi

Kolkata

Pune

8) Stephen Hawking, the legendary theoretical physicist has passed away. Did he belong to

which country?

United States

France

United Kingdom

Germany

9) The Jhanor-Gandhar Thermal Power Station is located in which state?

Gujarat

Chhattisgarh

Andhra Pradesh

Karnataka

10) Narendra Jha, the noted film and television actor passed away. He was native to which state?

Madhya Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Bihar

Rajasthan

15th March 2018 - GK Quiz

1) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has been awarded the International Kochon

Prize 2017. The headquarters of ICMR is located in which city?

Kolkata

New Delhi Kochi

Kanpur

2) What is the theme of the 2018 World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD)?

Antibiotics off the menu

Building a Digital World Consumers can trust

Consumer Justice Now!

Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer

3) Which of the following teams has won the Newton-Bhabha Fund for the project on

Groundwater Arsenic Research in Ganga River Basin?

India-Russia Joint Team

India-Japan Joint Team

India-UK Joint Team

India-Israel Joint Team

4) What is India’s GDP growth forecast for FY 19, as per World Bank’s latest report “India

Development Update – India’s Growth Story”?

6.6%

8.0%

7.3%

7.5%

5) Which city to host the 105th session of the Indian Science Congress (ISC)?

Tirupati

Imphal

Mumbai

Mysore

6) The biggest solar power plant of Uttar Pradesh has set up in which of the following districts?

Gorakhpur

Kannauj

Agra

Mirzapur

7) The Malampuzha Dam is located in which state?

Kerala

Andhra Pradesh

West Bengal

Chhattisgarh

8) The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) has developed a coded

drug AYUSH QOL-2C for cancer patients. Where is the headquarters of CCRAS?

New Delhi Pune

Varanasi

Imphal

9) The 2018 Pi Day is observed on which date?.

March 13

March 14 15th March

March 12

10) Which Indian city hosted the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP-2018)?

Ajmer

Kolkata

New Delhi

Bhopal

General Knowledge Quiz - 16th March 2018

1) Which union ministry has bagged the award for best implementation of E-office?

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

Ministry of External Affairs

Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Ministry of Finance

2) Which Indian city has topped the 5th edition of Janaagraha’s Annual Survey of India’s City-

Systems (ASICS) 2017?

Pune

Thiruvananthapuram

Bhubaneswar

Kolkata

3) The 2018 Krishi Unnati Mela has started in which city?

Lucknow

New Delhi Indore

Jaipur

4) Which Indian Chessmaster has clinched the 33rd Reykjavik Open Chess Tournament 2018?

Baskaran Adhiban

Pentala Harikrishna

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi

S. P. Sethuraman

5) India has signed how much amount of loan agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB)

to improve rail infrastructure?

$220 million

$280 million

$190 million

$120 million

6) India’s first cloned Assamese buffalo male calf ‘Sach-Gaurav’ was born in which state?

Uttar Pradesh

Assam

Haryana

Punjab

7) Who has been named as the ‘Cricketer of the Year’ in the 6th edition of Wisden India

Almanack 2018?

KL Rahul MS Dhoni

Suresh Raina

Virat Kohli

8) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has recently partnered with civil aviation

ministry in India. Where is the headquarters of IATA?

France

Germany

Russia

Canada

9) Which country to host the 17th Annual Conference of International Competition Network

2018 (ICN2018)?

Japan

India

Brazil

Sri Lanka

10) The 5th edition of Nadi Mahotsava has started in which district of Madhya Pradesh?

Dhar

Hoshangabad Bhopal

Anuppur

17th March 2018 - GK Quiz

1) Which State is hosting the 105th edition of the Indian Science Congress (ISC-2018)?

Tripura

Nagaland

Mizoram

Manipur

2) What is India’s rank in the WEF Energy Transition Index 2018?

78th

55th

47th

69th

3) Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to the Republic of Belarus?

Sangeeta Bahadur Prabhat Prakash Shukla

P.S Raghavan

Pankaj Saran

4) The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has launched a mobile app ‘Lost and Found’ for

lost items at airports across India. The CISF is directly under which Union Ministry?

Ministry of Urban Development

Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Ministry of Defence

5) M Sukumaran, the renowned Malayalam author passed away. He was native of which state?

Karnataka

Andhra Pradesh

Kerala

Telangana

6) Which state government will collaborate with Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early

Warning System (RIMES) for disaster management?

Andhra Pradesh

Tamil Nadu

Kerala

Odisha

7) Which Indian para-athlete has recently secured the No. 1 rank in Asia in F53 Javelin

category?

Pooja Khanna

Rinku Hooda

Karamjyoti Dalal

Deepa Malik

8) Which India’s neighbouring country will be recommended for graduation from UN’s Least

Developed Country (LDC) category?

Pakistan

Bhutan Nepal

Sri Lanka

9) Which Indian short film has won Best Film Award at Best of India Short Film Festival in Los

Angeles?

Shunyata

Dekh Indian Circus

Black Mirror

The Missed Class

10) Which Indian film has bagged the Grand Prix de Montreal award at the 21st Festival

International du Film Pour Enfants de Montréal Film (FIFEM)?

I Am Kalam

Halkaa Dhanak

Kaaka Muttai