General Awareness 2018 - also useful for RRB | Bank POs and Clerk and other competitive Exams

1. Who was appointed the new Chairman of the Banks Board Bureau (BBB) on April 12, 2018?
Answer : - Bhanu Pratap Sharma. (He replaced Vinod Rai)

2. Who became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal for India at the Commonwealth Games on April 13, 2018?
Answer : - Anish Bhanwala (15 years). (He won the 25 meter rapid fire pistol event)

3. SLINEX is a bilateral naval exercise between India and:
Answer : - Sri Lanka

4. Which country launched the world's first climate-smart landscape management plan for snow leopard conservation? 
Answer : - Nepal

5. The State Great Khural is the unicameral parliament of:
Answer : - Mongolia

6. The world's first AYUSH University will come up at:
Answer : - Kurukshetra

7. Prospina missile was earlier known as: 
Answer : - Nag

8. Who is the author of the book "Unstoppable: My Life So Far"?
Answer : - Maria Sharapova

9. What is India's rank in the World Economic Forum's Global Manufacturing Index? (It was released on January 14, 2018) 
Answer : - 30

10. Who took charge as the new Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on January 15, 2017? 
Answer : - K. Sivan

11. India's border trade with Myanmar takes place mainly through Moreh, a town located in the State of: 
Answer : - Manipur

12. Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary is located in:
Answer :  - Arunachal Pradesh

13. Berggruen Prize is awarded annually for:
Answer :  - Philosophy

14. India has declared 2010-2020 as:
Answer : - Decade of Innovation

15. World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is celebrated every year on:
Answer :  - May 17

16. Which is the first team in the history of one day internationals (ODIs) to score hundred 300 plus scores? 
Answer : - India

17. Which State government has taken a historic decision to have separate State flag recently?
Answer : - Karnataka

18. Who became the first Indian architect to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize in March 2018?
Answer : - Balkrishna Doshi

19. Who has been appointed India's G20 Sherpa till December 31, 2018? 
Answer : - Shaktikanta Das

20. Suresh Sethi is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of: 
Answer : - India Post

21. Where is the headquarters of the "International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons"? 
Answer : - Geneva

22. "Pralay Sahayam" is a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief held recently in:
Answer : - Hyderabad

23. Addis Ababa is the capital city of which African country?
Answer : - Ethiopia

24. Which public sector lender has initiated "Project Nishchay" to improve its financial performance?
Answer : - IDBI Bank

25. The first ever All India Institute of Ayurveda was inaugurated recently in:
Answer :  - New Delhi

26. RBI constituted a 'High Level Task Force on Public Credit Registry (PCR) for India. It is headed by: 
Answer : -YM Deosthalee

27. Who scored India's first ever goal in a FIFA World Cup?
Answer : - Jeakson Singh Thounaojam

28. The World Happiness Report 2018 ranks 156 countries by their happiness levels. What is India's rank? 
Answer : - 133

29. NEOM is a planned mega city to be constructed in:
Answer :  - Saudi Arebia

30. Who is the first Indian to get Anna Politkovskaya Award?
Answer : - Gauri Lankesh

31. Reach All Women in War (RAW in WAR) is a non-governmental organization based in:
Answer : - London

32. The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched PENCIL portal to combat:
Answer : - Child Labour

33. Who has been appointed India's High Commissioner to Pakistan?
Answer : - Ajay Bisaria

34. India's first insect museum opened in March 2018 at:
Answer :  - Coimbatore

35. Who won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017 award?
Answer : - Mo Farah

36. Which is the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year for 2017?
Answer : - YouthQuake

37. What is the theme of this year's World Health Day?
Answer : - Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere

38. Who is India's current Foreign Secretary? 
Answer : - Vijay Keshav Gokhale