Q.1.
Who is the Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog?

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Q.2.
Who is the newly appointed Governor of Bihar?

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Q.3.
Who was the Finance Minister of India as of 31 August 2018?

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Q.4.
As of August 2018, who is the Chief Minister of Sikkim?

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Q.5.
Hitendra Desai was a noted figure in which field?

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Q.6.
Who of the following had called Subhash Chandra Bose as 'Desh Nayak'?

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Q.7.
In the context of the global economy, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

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Q.8.
As of August 2018, who was the Chief Justice of India?

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Q.9.
With which one of the following fields was Pandit Bhimsen Joshi associated?

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Q.10.
Which Nobel Laureate was made the saint of the Roman Catholic Church in September, 2016?

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Q.11.
Who is Kapil Sibal?

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Q.12.
Who among the following was thrice elected President of the Indian National Congress?

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Q.13.
Former central Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Mr. A. Raja belongs to which of the following parties?

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Q.14.
Who is the MD and CEO of Allahabad Bank as of March 2018?

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Q.15.
Dr. Urjit Patel, who has been appointed recently as Governor of Reserve Bank of India, was holding which position immediately prior to this appointment?

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Q.16.
Who among the following was elected as President of the Sahitya Akademi in 2018?

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Q.17.
Who became first female president of Singapore?

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Q.18.
Consider the following Vice-Presidents of India -
1. V. V. Giri
2. M. Hidayatullah
3. B. D. Jatti
4. G. S. Pathak
Which one of the following is the correct chronology of their tenures?

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Q.19.
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the tenures of the following Presidents of Indian National Congress?
1. Jagjivan Ram
2. K. Kamraj
3. P. D. Tandon
4. U. N. Dhebar
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

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Q.20.
Which of the following is/are true about Sarojini Naidu?
1. She was the first Woman President of the Congress.
2. She was the first Woman Governor in independent India.
3. She was the first Health Minister in independent India.
4. She wrote the famous Golden Bough.

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Q.21.
Consider the following pairs :
1. Amartya Sen - Economist
2. Kapila Vatsyayan - Sculptor
3. Hari Prasad Chaurasia - Novelist
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

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Q.22.
Which of the pairs is/are correctly matched?
1. Amartya sen - Economist
2. Kapila Vatsyayan - Sculptor
3. Hari Prasad Chaurasia - Novelist
Q.23.
Match List-I (Personalities) with List-II (Activities) and select the correct answer.
Lists-I List-II
a. Vinoo Mankad 1. Kathak Dancing
b. Sunil Mittal 2. Dairy Development
c. Uma Sharma 3. Cricket
d. V. Kurian 4. Telecom Industry

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Q.24.
Match List-I (Persons) with List-II (Organisations/Area of work) and select the correct answer.
List-I List-II
a. Amrita Patel 1. Information Technology
b. Indra Nooyi 2. Environmental Science
c. Sunita Narayan 3. Pepsi Co.
d. Nandan Nilekani 4. Dairy Development

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Q.25.
Match List-I (Famous Person) with List-II (Well-known for):
List-I List-II
a. Mandakini Amte 1. Theatre direction
b. Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry 2. Social service and community leadership
c. Romila Thapar 3. Dance
d. Vanashree Rao 4. History writing

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Q.26.
Match the following:
a. Yamini Krishna Murthy 1. Vocalist
b. M. S. Subbulakshmi 2. Musician
c. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar 3. Bharatnatyam
d. Pt. Shivikumar Sharma 4. Santoor

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Q.27.
Consider the following famous names:
1. Amrita Shergil
2. Bikash Bhattacharjee
3. N. S. Bendre
4. Subodh Gupta
Who of the above is/are well known as artist(s)?

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Q.28.
Match List-I (Persons in news) with List-II (Countries they belong to) and select the correct answer.
Lists-I List-II
a. Luisa Dias Diogo 1. Kenya
b. Mwai Kibaki 2. Mozambique
c. Rupiah Banda 3. Zambia
4. Zimbabwe

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Q.29.
Match the following:
a. Anna Hazare 1. Lawyer
b. Deepak Parekh 2. Banker
c. GVK Reddy 3. Gandhian and Social activist
d. Harish Salve 4. Industrialist

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Q.30.
Match the following:
a. Amrita Shergil 1. Dancer
b. Bhimsen Joshi 2. Painter
c. Rukmini Devi Arundale 3. Poet
d. Suryakant Tripathi Nirala 4. Singer

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