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Q1. Name the acclaimed English author who has been honoured with Jnanpith Award for 2018?
(a) Krishna Sobti
(b) Amitav Ghosh
(c) Arundhati Roy
(d) Shankha Ghosh
(e) Gopal Sinha
Q2. Name the Lok Sabha Secretariat Service, Additional Secretary, Lok Sabha Secretariat who has assumed charge as Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST).
(a) Sunil Mehta
(b) Sushil Kumar
(c) Ashok Kumar Singh
(d) Anubhav Gupta
(e) Mehrishi Chowksi
Q3. Which of the following ministries has launched the ECO Niwas Samhita 2018, recently?
(a) Ministry of Civil Aviation
(b) Ministry of Atomic Energy
(c) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
(d) Ministry of Power
(e) Ministry of Steel
Q4. The government has constituted a seven-member panel to select managing directors of public sector insurance companies. The panel would be headed by Banks Board Bureau (BBB) chairman ____________.
(a) B P Sharma
(b) KM Kamtah
(c) Sunol Kanoongo
(d) KP Shukla
(e) Rati Nath Narayan
Q5. Name the city in which India’ first private sector unit for manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) opened recently.
(a) Bengaluru
(b) New Delhi
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Mumbai
(e) Pune
Q6. Name the company that has recently announced a partnership with the Federation of Indian Micro and Small and Medium Enterprises(FISME) to empower Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
(a) Amazon India
(b) Flipkart
(c) Myntra
(d) Ebay
(e) Ola Cabs
Q7. Name the state that has been selected for “Krishi Karman” award in the rice category from the Union Ministry of Agriculture.
(a) Haryana
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Jharkhand
(e) Bihar
Q8. Name the Grammy-winning “song stylist” and torch singer who passed away recently.
(a) Quincy Jones
(b) Beyoncé
(c) Nancy Wilson
(d) Vladimir Horowitz
(e) Alison Krauss
Q9. Who among the following was awarded the 53rd Jnanpith award in Hindi Language?
(a) U. R. Ananthamurthy
(b) Krishna Sobti
(c) M. T. Vasudevan Nair
(d) Shankha Ghosh
(e) Jayakanthan
Q10. Who is the present Governor of Jharkhand?
(a) Kalyan Singh
(b) Najma A. Heptulla
(c) Droupadi Murmu
(d) Ganga Prasad
(e) Ram Naik
Solutions
Ans.1.(b)
Exp. Noted English author Amitav Ghosh has been honoured with Jnanpith Award for 2018, an award for outstanding contribution to literature. The decision was taken in a meeting of Jnanpith Selection Board chaired by eminent novelist, scholar and Jnanpith laureate Pratibha Ray.
Ans.2.(c)
Exp. Ashok Kumar Singh, Lok Sabha Secretariat Service, Additional Secretary, Lok Sabha Secretariat has assumed charge as Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST).
Ans.3.(d)
Exp. Ministry of Power has launched the ECO Niwas Samhita 2018, an Energy Conservation Building Code for Residential Buildings (ECBC-R). The Code was launched on the occasion of National Energy ConservationDay 2018 (14th December) in the presence of Chief Guest Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha.
Ans.4.(a)
Exp. The government has constituted a seven-member panel to select managing directors of public sector insurance companies. The panel would be headed by Banks Board Bureau (BBB) chairman B P Sharma.
Ans.5.(c)
Exp. India’ first private sector unit for manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) opened at Adani Aerospace Park in Hyderabad. Built by the Adani Group and Israel-based Elbit Systems, the 50,000 square feet facility will develop Hermes 900 medium altitude long-endurance UAVs for the Indian and global markets.
Ans.6.(a)
Exp. In line with its vision of transforming the way India buys and sells, Amazon India announced a partnership with the Federation of Indian Micro and Small and Medium Enterprises(FISME) to empower Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to leverage growth opportunities in the e-commerce sector.
Ans.7.(d)
Exp. Jharkhand has been selected for “Krishi Karman” award in the rice category from the Union Ministry of Agriculture.
Ans.8.(c)
Exp. Nancy Wilson, the Grammy-winning “song stylist” and torch singer whose polished pop-jazz vocals made her a platinum artist and top concert performer, has died
Ans.9.(b)
Exp. Krishna Sobti was awarded the 53rd Jnanpith award in Hindi Language.
Ans.10.(c)
Exp. Droupadi Murmu is the present Governor of Jharkhand.
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