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Who has won gold in National Schools Chess Championship held in Aurangabad ?
Shashini Puvi
Sumit Awasthi
Sumit Awasthi
R.Praggnanandhaa
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Shashini Puvi from Karnataka has won the coveted gold medal in the recently held National Schools Chess Championship in Aurangabad. Mumbai girl Myrah Sachdev has bagged the silver medal in the championship.
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When is the Good Governance Day every year in India?
25 December
26 December
27 December
28 December
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Answer: Option AExplanation
India observed the Good Governance Day on December 25, 2018 to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who passed away on August 16, 2018 at the age of 93. The Good Governance Day was established in 2014 to honor former-Prime Minister Vajpayee by fostering awareness among the Indian people of accountability in governance.
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India successfully test fired its nuclear capable long range ballistic missile _____ with a strike range of 4,000 km, off Odisha coast, on 23rd December 2018?
Prithvi 1
Agni-IV
Prithvi 2
Agni-VI
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Answer: Option BExplanation
On Dec.23 2018, India successfully test fired its nuclear capable long range ballistic missile Agni-IV with a strike range of 4,000 km .The strategic surface-to-surface missile was flight tested from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast earlier known as Wheeler Island and it is 20 meter long with a weight of 17 tonnes. This was the 7th trial of Agni-IV missile. Agni-IV missile is equipped with advanced Avionics, 5th generation On Board Computer and distributed architecture. Radars and electro-optical systems had been positioned along the coast of Odisha for tracking and monitoring all parameters of the missile.
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The National Green Tribunal banned all mining activities within 10 km radius of which Tiger Reserve?
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
Rajaji Tiger Reserve
Orang Tiger Reserve
Sariska Tiger Reserve
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Answer: Option DExplanation
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on December 22, 2018, banned all mining activities within 10 km radius of the Sariska Tiger Reserve. It also said that any further mining activity is subject to the clearance of leases by the National Board of Wildlife.
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The Union Government has launched iGOT programme for which purpose?
Hybrid Course on Administrative Law
Judgments/Orders of Supreme Court, High Courts and CIC
Training program for Govt. employees
All of the above
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Answer: Option CExplanation
On 20th December, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched the iGOT (Integrated Government Online Training Programme) for government employees. The iGOT will augment the existing training mechanism with online module-based training coupled with certification. The programme, developed by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, will make training inputs available to a government servant on-site and on flexitime basis. The initiative aims at “competent civil services for good governance”. Dr. Singh also launched Right to Information (RTI) Portal on Judgments/Orders of Supreme Court, High Courts and CIC that will provide a learning environment for all stakeholders under which a repository on the landmark cases on the RTI will be available at one place. He also launched a hybrid course on administrative laws developed by the DoPT in collaboration with premier law institute National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru.
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SpaceX has successfully launched the US Air Force’s first Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite, nicknamed ________’, on 23 December 2018.
Magnum
Navstar
Vespucci
Titan
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Answer: Option CExplanation
SpaceX successfully launched the US Air Force’s first Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite, nicknamed ‘Vespucci’, on 23 December 2018. The new GPS satellites, built by Lockheed Martin, will provide three-times better accuracy than the current system of GPS and will be eight times better at anti-jamming. The GPS is owned by the U.S. military and operated by the U.S. Air Force.
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P V Bharathi has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the ________ on 24 December 2018.
Allahabad Bank
UCO Bank
Corporation Bank
Vijaya Bank
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Answer: Option CExplanation
P V Bharathi has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Bank on 24 December 2018. She is at present Executive Director of Canara Bank. She will take over the charge on or after 1 February 2019 and remain in the post till March 31, 2020 – the date of her superannuation.
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According to a recently published report by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB); how many locations out of 39 had clean water in the post-monsoon period in 2018?
Only 3
Only 7
Only 1
10
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Only one out of 39 locations through which the Ganga river flows had clean water in the post-monsoon period this year, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has said in its latest study.
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ICICI Bank has projected the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) to increase to what percent in 2019-20 and 7.2% in 2018-19?
7.4 %
7.6 %
7.7 %
7.9 %
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Answer: Option AExplanation
On December 22, 2018, ICICI Bank projected the GDP to increase to 7.4% in 2019-20. Its growth forecast for 2018-2019 is at 7.2 mainly due to slow consumption. It states that one of the biggest factors restricting growth will be the real estate and small scale units as they are yet to recover from effects of GST and demonetisation.
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GST rate on which item was recently changed to ‘Nil’ against earlier slab of 12 percent?
Marble rubble
Music Books
Frozen vegetables
Walking Stick
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Answer: Option BExplanation
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on December 22, 2018 slashed GST Rates for 23 commonly used goods and services. The reduced rates will come into effect from January 1, 2019. The GST rate on Music Books was slashed to Nil from 12 percent.
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Which of the following ministries organised the ‘Sangeet Kala Sangam’ for the art and music teachers of Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas?
Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Ministry of Tourism
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Who was the winner of the ‘Miss India Worldwide 2018’ title ?
Sakshi Sinha
Anusha Sareen
Mandeep Kaur Sandhu
Shree Saini
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Indian-American Shree Saini won the ‘Miss India Worldwide 2018’ title at the 27th annual global pageant competition held in New Jersey.
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GST rate on which of the following items has been slashed from 28 to 18%?
Digital Camera and Video Recorders
Cinema Tickets costing more than Rs. 100
Insurance of Goods carrying vehicles
All of them
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Answer: Option DExplanation
The Goods and Services Tax Council has slashed tax rates for 23 commonly used items that have been reduced from 18 per cent to 12 and 5 per cent respectively. GST reduced from 28 to 18% list Monitor and TV screen sizes up to 32 inches. Power bank of Lithium ion battries. Digital Camera and Video Recorders Video Games Cinema Tickets costing more than Rs. 100 Insurance of Goods carrying vehicles
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Where did President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurate the Centre of Excellence for Genetic Blood Disorders on 22ndDecember 2018?
Karimnagar, Telangana
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Karimpuzha, Kerala
Conoor, Tamil Nadu
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Answer: Option AExplanation
On December 22, 2018, the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, on his first visit to Karimnagar, inaugurated the Centre of Excellence for Genetic Blood Disorders at the Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences in Karimnagar, Telangana. This centre will work on Sickle Cell Anaemia, Thalassemia and Other Genetic Blood Disorders. It was set up by Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences.
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Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and which state topped the charts as the best performing states under the maternity benefit programme named Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, on 21st December 2018?
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Bihar
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Answer: Option AExplanation
On December 21, 2018, Minister of State for the Women and Child Development Ministry Virendra Kumar released the performance of states and UTs under the maternity benefit programme named Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana. Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh topped the charts as the best performing states. According to the finding, 51.70 lakh beneficiaries are covered annually under the PMMVY. Grants-in-aid amounting to Rs 2,048.59 crores and Rs 369.31 crores have been sanctioned to the states and the Union Territories during the year 2017-18 and 2018-19 respectively.
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Deepika Padukone
Anushka Sharma
Sonam Kapoor
Priyanka Chopra
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Sonam Kapoor was named PETA India’s ‘Person of the year’ for 2018 for her animal advocacy efforts.
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Which of the following organisations released the ‘Global Gender Gap Report 2018’?
NITI Aayog
Asian Development Bank
United Nations
World Economic Forum
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Answer: Option DExplanation
World Economic Forum’s ‘Global Gender Gap Report 2018’ was released on 18 December 2018.
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A commemorative coin worth Rs 100 was release in Dec 2018 to honor who among the following former late Prime Minister of India?
Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
A B Vajpayee
J L Nehru
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Indian PM Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin worth Rs 100 in honor of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who died in August 2018. The coin was released a day before Vajpayee’s 94th birth anniversary.
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“Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” field level awareness campaign for Maharashtra, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and _____ will be organized from the first week of January 2019?
Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
Goa
Rajasthan
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Answer: Option CExplanation
From First Week of January 2019, the three state level campaign on “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” will be organized in Maharashtra, Goa and Dadra & Nagar Haveli to spread awareness among people to save and educate girls. The Campaign will be organized by the Pune office of Regional Outreach Bureau, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India in coordination with Women and child development departments of respective state and Union Territory (UT). The campaign was launched by Ms. Gauri Gadgil who is a ‘divyang’ child and an international swimmer by placing her fingers on traditional instrument ‘Dholak’. An orientation cum workshop on the flagship project was organized for Private Registered Cultural Troupes (PRTs) on 20th December in Pune.
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Where was the 1st meeting of India China High-Level Mechanism on Cultural & People-to-people exchanges, held on 21st December 2018?
Mumbai, India
Shanghai, China
New Delhi, India
Beijing, China
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Answer: Option CExplanation
On December 21, 2018, 1st meeting of India China High-Level Mechanism on Cultural & People-to-people exchanges was held in New Delhi. It was co-chaired by EAM Sushma Swaraj & Chinese State Councilor & FM Wang Yi. The meeting acknowledging the Wuhan Summit identified 10 areas or pillars for boosting people-to-people cooperation. The 2 sides discussed on cooperation in tourism, art, films, media, culture, yoga, sports, academic and youth exchanges.
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Which Union Territory was ranked as the ‘Top Performer’ in the SDG India Index 2018?
Delhi
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Goa
Chandigarh
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Answer: Option DExplanation
The NITI Aayog released the Baseline Report of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index. Chandigarh leads as the ‘Top Performer’ because of its exemplary performance in providing clean water & sanitation, affordable & clean energy, generating decent work & economic growth, & providing quality education.
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Who was honoured with Jnanpith Award 2018?
Krishna Sobti
Durjoy Dutta
Amitav Ghosh
Shobha De
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Noted English author Amitav Ghosh was honoured with 54th Jnanpith Award 2018 for his outstanding contribution towards literature. Ghosh’s novels include Shadow Lines, The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide, and the Ibis trilogy — Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire
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India’s largest cancer hospital-cum-research facility has been launched in which of the following states?
Himachal Pradesh
Haryana
Maharashtra
Punjab
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Answer: Option BExplanation
India’s largest cancer hospital-cum-research facility- the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has recently opened its OPD services after soft launch at Badhsa village in Jhajjar district of Haryana on December 18, 2018. The hospital’s foundation stone was laid by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2014. It is expected to be fully operational by December 2020. The NCI, which is a project under Delhi AIIMS, will be headed by Dr GK Rath who is also the chief of Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital at AIIMS. The institute is spread over 50 acres. The facilities of X-ray, ultrasound, blood tests and biopsy have been made available at the Outpatient Department (OPD). The NCI is being developed at a cost Rs 2,035 crore. It will have 710 beds for different facilities like surgical oncology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, anaesthesia, palliative care and nuclear medicine, besides 1,080 hostel rooms for doctors and 800 rooms for attendants of cancer patients.
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The recently released ‘Strategy for New India @ 75′ document by NITI Aayog has covered how many crucial areas to make India a $4Trillion Economy by 2022?
44
42
41
45
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Answer: Option CExplanation
NITI Aayog has released its comprehensive national ‘Strategy for New India @ 75′ document with an aim to accelerate growth to 9-10% and make the country a $4-trillion economy by 2022-23. It is a detailed exposition across 41 crucial areas, that recognizes the progress already made, identifies binding constraints, and suggests the way forward for achieving the clearly stated objectives. The 41 chapters in the document have been disaggregated under four sections: Drivers, Infrastructure, Inclusionand Governance. The overarching focus of the Strategy document is to further improve the policy environment in which private investors and other stakeholders can contribute their fullest towards achieving the goals set out for New India 2022.
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International Human Solidarity Day is annually held on which among the following days?
December 19th
December 20th
December 18th
December 21st
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Answer: Option BExplanation
The United Nations’ (UN) International Human Solidarity Day is annually held on December 20 to celebrate unity in diversity. It also aims to remind people on the importance of solidarity in working towards eradicating poverty.
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The President’s rule was imposed on which Indian state on December 20, 2018?
Gujarat
Telangana
Jammu and Kashmir
Assam
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Answer: Option CExplanation
President’s rule came into force in Jammu Kashmir from the midnight of December 20, 2018, following the expiry of the six-month-long governor’s rule. President Ram Nath Kovind signed the proclamation paving the way for imposition of central rule in the state, which was placed under the Governor’s rule on June 20.
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Which organisation released the ‘Strategy for New India @75’?
Supreme Court
NITI Aayog
CBEC
RBI
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Answer: Option BExplanation
The NITI Aayog on December 19, 2018 released ‘Strategy for New India @75’, its comprehensive national Strategy for New India which defines clear objectives for 2022-23. The Strategy was released by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
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When was 57th Goa Liberation Day celebrated?
December 19
December 17
December 20
December 18
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Answer: Option AExplanation
On December 19, 2018, 57th Goa Liberation Day was celebrated. Goa Liberation Day programme was held in Panaji in North Goa. Goa legislative assembly speaker Pramod Sawant also presented Goa Chief Minister’s Fire Service Medals for meritorious service as part of Liberation Day celebrations in Panaji. Goa was liberated on 19th December1961, from around 450 years of Portuguese rule. In 1963, the Parliament passed the 12th Amendment Act to the Constitution of India, formally integrating the captured territories into the Indian Union. Goa, Daman and Diu became a Union Territory. Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which was previously a part of the Estado da India, but independent between 1954 and 1961, became a separate Union Territory. In 1987 Goa was separated from Daman and Diu and made a full-fledged state.
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Who is the author of the book ‘Changing India’ that was released on December 19, 2018?
Manmohan Singh
Arun Jaitley
Sachin Tendulkar
Narendra Modi
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Answer: Option AExplanation
On December 19, 2018, the book ‘Changing India’ written by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was released. It is a set of 6 volumes having a compilation of speeches and writings detailing Mr Singh’s life as an economist as well as his 10-year period at the helm of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance regime. The sets are as follows:
• The first volume is titled ‘India’s Export Trends and the Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth’,
• The second volume ‘Thoughts on Trade and Development’.
• The third volume is dedicated to ‘The International Economic Order and the Quest for Equity in Development’.
• The fourth volume focuses on ‘Economic Reforms: 1991 and Beyond’, talking about India’s economic liberalisation, and
• And the fifth volume, which is in two parts, deals with the prime ministerial years from 2004-2014.
• This final part of the book is titled ‘The Prime Minister Speaks’.
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