Current Affairs Online Test – January 2018

Which state government has approved service bye-laws for contractual employees working under the National Health Mission (NHM) in the state?

Who has been appointed as new foreign secretary?

Which state government has approved service bye-laws for contractual employees working under the National Health Mission (NHM) in the state?

Jammu frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF) was celebrated its 38th raising day on ____________

Which state government has decided to set up a Madrasa Teachers Welfare Fund Board to make available pension and other benefits for Madrasa teachers?

Which country has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in a bid to reduce accidents?

Which of the following countries introduced value-added tax from January 01, 2018?

Which country is set to start enforcing a law that demands social media sites move quickly to remove hate speech, fake news and illegal material?

Which team won the Ranji Trophy title 2017?

Who has emerged as the best shooter in Pistol events in the 61st National Shooting Championship Competitions?

Who took charge as managing director and chief executive of IT major Infosys?

Traditional folk art form festival ‘Utsavam 2018’ will be held in which of the state?

The Minister of Women & Child Development, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi has inaugurated an online portal ________ in New Delhi

India’s first floating market is set to open for public in January 2018, in which city?

Which country has developed a new underwater surveillance network along the maritime Silk Road, which includes the Indian Ocean?

Which state government has launched the ‘Janmabhoomi-Maa Vooru’ programme?

Which state government has directed the irrigation department to implement the integrated solar-based micro irrigation scheme in all districts of the state?

Anwar Jalalpuri who passed away recently was a/an

Who has taken charge as the new chief of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)?

Which state Transport Department will introduce vehicle registration number portability soon, allowing owners to retain vehicle numbers even if they sell it?

Which state government has launched a free CT Scan service under ‘Chief Minister Free Diagnostic Services’?

Which state was signed the Host City Contract with the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for hosting the 39th National Games in 2022?

Madhukarrao Kimmatkar who passed away recently, he was a former minister of which state?

Which state recently got a logo highlighting the “Biswa Bangla” theme with Ashoka Pillars?

Which country Navy successfully test-fired its indigenously-built naval cruise missile ‘Harba’ in the Arabian Sea?

1. World Braille Day was observed on?

Which country is planning to build a 13.8 billion yuan ($2.12 billion) artificial intelligence development park?

Who was appointed as the Secretary (Economic Relations) in the External Affairs Ministry?

Which state has planned to form the International Education Board?

Which state has planned to form the International Education Board?

Which ministry launched a seven-month online course designed by Tata Memorial to help non-cancer specialists detect early signs of the disease, especially in villages and smaller cities?

Which state education board has been approached by the government of Nepal for “support and guidance” to its newly established National Examination Board of Nepal?

Who was named African Footballer of the Year for 2017?

Which state gets waste management plant to preserve green cover recently

Which state government inaugurated various skill development centres across the state?

Which state government was set to launch a major welfare initiative for workers in the unorganised sector to provide them institutionalised socio- economic security?

Which state would get its first Film and Television Institute, being set up by the union government as part of tapping the potential of the North Eastern Region?

World Sweet Festival to be held in which city on January 13?

Paytm Payments Bank has partnered with __________ to introduce a facility to create a fixed deposit when the customer balance exceeds Rs 1 lakh at the end of day

Which bank plans to issue its first US dollar-denominated bond with minimum worth of a USD billion by June this year?

Which film won the Best Motion Picture Award in the drama category at this year’s 75th Golden Globe Awards?

Which country has stepped up for equality and has become the first country in the world to legalise equal pay?

The World Day of War Orphans was observed on?

Which state government is procuring 50 robots which are developed to clean sewer holes?

Who won the Brisbane International tennis title 2018?

Who won the Mastercard Hopman Cup title 2018?

Who was conferred with the first Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Award for Probity in Politics and Public Life?

AR Rahman was named the official brand ambassador of which of the state?

Which company is re-launching its ‘Auto’ service in India, almost two years after shutting down the offering in March 2016?

Which state government has set up a state road safety council under the chairmanship of transport minister and district road safety committees?

 Which country has banned the teaching of English in primary schools?

The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, the world’s largest ice festival has kicked off in which country?

Which state has achieved the distinction of becoming the first state in the country to launch High Risk Pregnancy (HRP) Portal?

Shrivallabh Vyas who passed away recently was a/an

Who has been appointed as MD and CEO of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)?

India’s fastest supercomputer with “multi-petaflops” was dedicated to nation in which city?

Which state government has banned e-cigarette recently?

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) was observed on which date?

China has agreed to stop road construction activity at Bhising area in upper Siang district of which state?

Who has been handed a five-month back-dated suspension by the BCCI for testing positive for a banned substance during a domestic T20 competition in March 2017?

Who won the Kolkata Open International Invitation Snooker Championship?

Who has been appointed as the chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to replace of A S Kiran Kumar?

Which railway station has become India’s first railway station to have a sanitary napkin vending machine?

Which state government has decided to digitise 10,000 pages daily to preserve administrative and historical records of Rajputana’s princely states?

Who won the first-ever medal for India at an international skiing event?

Which country going to host first-ever Baby Olympics Games?

Which state government launched the ‘Mukhyamantri Kalakar Sahayata Jojana’ (MMKSJ) – an assistance scheme for Artists in the state?

Which state government is planning to link the Public Distribution System (PDS) with Aadhaar across all the 52,000 ration shops in the state by March End?

Which state government has signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) to bring normalcy in the state through education reforms?

Which company will acquire 12.60% stake in digital wallet startup Mobikwik?

Which state Government has decided to use the blockchain technology and is planning to bring out a White Paper on ‘Blockchain Use in Governance’ as a prelude to a separate policy?

Which state to get largest accelerator for start-ups – “DevX”?

Which state government and NITI Aayog have entered into an MoU for development of monitoring mechanism?

Which state government announced its State Innovation and Start-up Policy, aiming to generate five lakh jobs in the next five years?

Which bank was crossed Rs5 trillion market capitalisation for the first time, making it only the third Indian company to achieve this milestone?

Who is the new Prime Minister of Romania?

Which bank ties up with Transfast Remittance LLC for remittance?

Which payment Bank account holders can now order physical debit cards from the App?

India has successfully conducted the “first pre-induction trial” of its over 5,000-km range __________ intercontinental ballistic missile

Which of the following cricketer not included in ICC’s Test Team of the Year?

Which among the following stadiums will host the finals of the 2020 ICC World T20 of both the men’s and women’s?

The Government of India has signed a loan agreement worth $_____ million with the World Bank on January 30 to boost rural economy of Tamil Nadu

What is the India’s rank in the list of wealthiest countries, according to a new report by New World Wealth?

India has signed how much amount of loan agreement with ADB for construction of over 6,200-kilometre rural roads in five states?

Who has been appointed as Chef-de-Mission for the upcoming Commonwealth Games?

Bhairmgarh Wildlife Sanctuary situated in which of following state?

Who is the CEO of Japan based Softbank?

Which of the following educational institution recently selected as United Nations’ initiative on Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)?

Which Municipal Corporation launching a free Wi-Fi facility at 150 locations in the city?

Who is the newly elected president of Finland?

Oxford Dictionaries recently announced which of the word as 2017 ‘Hindi Word of the Year’?

Who is the winner of 20th Grand Slam after winning Australian Open?

Which of the following First India design vaccine to pass WHO test?

The Government recently allows which of the following financial institution to offer the Atal Pension Yojana (APY)?

Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojana recently launched which of the following state?

Which ministry has launched the beneficiary module of the Rapid Reporting System (RRS) for the Scheme for Adolescent Girls?

Which country unveiled plans to build a ‘Polar Silk Road’ across the Arctic as part of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)?

India and _________ has signed an MoU to enhance cooperation in the field of information and broadcasting

Who among the following is not the winner of PADMA BHUSHAN AWARD?

Who was conferred with India’s highest peacetime gallantry award, Ashok Chakra?