1. Who is the current foreign secretary of India who secretly visited China for NSG Talks?
1. Vikas Swaroop
2. S Jaishankar
3. Sushma Swaraj
4. S.P. Bakshi
5. K Kamath
Answer – 2
Source – The Indian Express Pg. 1
2. What is the full form of FSRASC in regards to Government Appointments?
1. Fiscal Sector Regulatory Appointments Search Committee
2. Fiscal Scale Regulatory Appointments Search Committee
3. Financial Scale Regulatory Appointments Search Committee
4. Financial Sector Regulatory Appointments Search Committee
5. Fiscal Scale Regulator Appointments Search Committee
Answer – 3
Source – The Indian Express Pg. 2
3. Which of the following Indian Bank is listed on the List of “Hall of Shame” for investment in cluster bomb funds?
1. ICICI Bank
2. AXIS Bank
3. SBI
4. Dena Bank
5. BOB
Answer- 3
Source – The Indian Express Pg. 14
4. Andres Iniesta is related to which sports?
1. Cricket
2. Hockey
3. Football
4. Formula One
5. Ice Hockey
Answer – 3
Source – The Indian Express Pg. 16
5.Who is the head of the high power committee tasked with drawing a blueprint for a new national education policy?
1. Rakesh Mohan
2. K.Y. Unnikrishnan
3. C.P. Tyagi
4. Retali Bhargava
5. T.S.R. Subramaniam
Answer – 5
Source – The Hindu Pg. 1
6. Which State shall have the 1st AYUSH University?
1. Punjab
2. Haryana
3. M.P.
4. U.P.
5. Tamil Nadu
Answer - 2
Source - The Hindu Pg. 7
7. Which of the following has won the European Grand Prix in Formula One?
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Nico Rosberg
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Fernando Alonso
5. Sergio Perez
Answer – 2
Source – The Hindu Pg. 18
8. Which famous director regarded as the father of independent Cinema passed away recently?
1. Sim Pat
2. Paul Cox
3. Timothy Burton
4. Sheila Styles
5. K.C. Morgan
Answer- 2
Source – The Hindu Pg. 20
9. Which of the following public sector company is planning to raise $250 millions through green masala bonds?
1) NTPC
2) ONGC
3) GAIL
4) NHPCL
5) None of the above
Ans: (1)
Source – Economic Times Lucknow Edition, Pg. 6
10 Piyush Goel announced that by ____________ power will be available 24X7 to all, ahead of earlier target of March 2022.
1) January 2019
2) March 2019
3) December 2019
4) March 2020
5) December 2020
And: (2)
Source – Economic Times Lucknow Edition, Pg. 6
