Question 1

Where does the series number on a map appear?

Accepted Answer

The series number is found in both the upper right margin and the lower left margin. It is a sequence reference expressed either as a four-digit numeral (1125) or as a letter, followed by a three- or four-digit numeral (M661, T7110).

Question 2

In India the Inflation is calculated on the basis of which of the following indexes?

Accepted Answer

Wholesale Price Index(WPI)

Question 3

Who wrote The Great Indian Middle Class?

Accepted Answer

Pawan verma

Question 4

Which composition is considered the unofficial national anthem of Austria?

Accepted Answer

Johann Strauss's on the Banks of the Beautiful Blue Danube

Question 5

Which of the following national parks of India is also a UNESCO world heritage site ?

Accepted Answer

Keoladeo national park

Question 6

Which Bank has topped the list of the country’s top 50 brands, according to WPP’s BrandZ Top 50 report 2017 ?

Accepted Answer

HDFC Bank retains No. 1 rank in BrandZ India Top 50 for third year running BRANDZ TOP 50 REPORT. The BrandZ Top 50 Most Valuable Indian Brands ranking shows locally grown Indian brands increased 32% in value over three years. Airtel came in at No. 2 followed by State Bank of India at No. 3. The highest ranked new entrant on the list is Reliance Jio, at No.11. The BrandZ Top 50 Most Valuable Indian Brands report showed that the total value of India’s top brands has risen by 30% over the last three years. The top 50 brands are now worth $90.5 billion.

Question 7

Which Bollywood Superstar has been honored with the Global Diversity Award 2017 in the British Parliament House ?

Accepted Answer

Salman Khan

Question 8

With which Bank Amazon has signed an agreement to provide Micro-loans to sellers ?

Accepted Answer

Bank of Baroda

Question 9

Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for

Accepted Answer

Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962

Question 10

New Economic Policy was introduced in india in

Accepted Answer

1991

Question 11

India has launched Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana Scheme in which of the following countries?

Accepted Answer

UAE

Question 12

Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Telangana State Government?

Accepted Answer

M. Mahender Reddy, Commissioner of Hyderabad Police, has been appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Telangana State. He took charge on 12 November 2017. Reddy succeeded the first DGP of Telangana State Anurag Sharma, who retired from the service on 11 November 2017. Meanwhile, Hyderabad Police Additional Commissioner V.V. Srinivasa Rao has been made in-charge of Hyderabad Commissioner of Police. Anurag Sharma has now appointed as the advisor to Home Department by the Telangana State Government.

Question 13

Which Bank has launched a Unified Integrated Application "YONO" (You Need Only One) that would offer all kinds of financial and lifestyle products?

Accepted Answer

State Bank of India, the country’s largest public sector bank, has launched a unified integrated app called YONO (You Need Only One) that would offer all kinds of financial and lifestyle products.

Question 14

India's largest digital bank _____________ is the only bank providing zero balance accounts and zero charges on digital transactions.

Accepted Answer

Paytm Payments Bank is the India's largest digital bank providing zero balance accounts and zero charges on digital transactions.

Question 15

Pharaohs : Egypt

Accepted Answer

Pharaoh is the common title of the monarchs of ancient Egypt The Pharaoh in ancient Egypt was the political and religious leader of the people and held the titles 'Lord of the Two Lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple'

Question 16

Who will inaugurate the 6th Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference? Venkaiah Naidu Sushma Swaraj Narendra Modi Menaka Gandhi

Accepted Answer

Venkaiah Naidu

Question 17

“C25” India’s first indigenously developed high thrust cryogenic rocket engine has successfully ground-tested by the ISRO for which rocket vehicle?

Accepted Answer

India’s first indigenously designed and developed high thrust cryogenic rocket engine generating a nominal thrust of 19 tonnes was successfully endurance hot tested for a duration of 800 seconds on July 16, 2015 at ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri. The engine will be used for powering the Cryogenic stage (C25), the upper stage of the next generation GSLV Mark-III launch vehicle of ISRO, capable of launching four tonne class satellites. This cryogenic engine of C25 Stage operates on Gas Generator Cycle using extremely low temperature propellants – Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) at 20 Kelvin (-253 deg C) and Liquid Oxygen (LOX) at 80K (-193 deg C).

Question 18

Which nation plans to build the first city on Mars by 2117 ?

Accepted Answer

The President and Vice-President of United Arab Emirates Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Shaik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced in Febraury 2017 that they are planning to build the first inhabitable human settlement on Mars by 2117.

Question 19

First Bank to introduce ATM in India is ?

Accepted Answer

HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) is the first bank to introduce ATM concept in India in the year 1987 in Mumbai.

Question 20

Which city has been designated as the UNESCO World Book Capital 2019 ?

Accepted Answer

Sharjah, the city of United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been designated as the UNESCO World Book Capital 2019 by Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, at the Headquarters of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) at La Haye. The honour is in recognition of the Emirate’s pioneering role in supporting and expanding the local and regional publishing industries, promoting reading to become an intrinsic cultural practice, as well as embracing inter-cultural, knowledge-based dialogue. Sharjah was the first emirate in UAE to establish a formal school and a library. It was also the first emirate to house many cultural institutions like the Emirates Publishers Association and the Emirates’ writers Union. Sharjah is the 19th city to become World Book Capital. It is preceded by Conakry in 2017 and Athens in 2018.

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