1. Name the racer who won the Belgian Grand Prix 2018 on 26th August 2018?Sebastian Vettel
2. Which state government has organised an interactive programme “Mil -Banche” in government schools of state?
Madhya Pradesh
3. What is the revised cost estimate for setting up of India Post Payments Bank, as approved by the Union Cabinet on August 29, 2018?
Rs 500 crore
4. Which Indian sprinter clinched gold in men’s 1500m race at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games?
Jinson Johnson
5. Name the scheme approved by CCEA, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for implementation during the period from 2017-18 to 2019-20 at an overall cost of Rs 1623 crore?
O-SMART
6. Which country has took over the chairmanship of the 5th Summit of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)?
Sri Lanka
7. In which place Sushma Swaraj inaugurated ‘Jaipur Foot’ camp?
Hanoi
8. India has signed $300 million agreement with which International organisation for its Energy Efficiency Scale-Up Program?
World Bank
9. Where did India’s first interstate connected wind power project commissioned?
Bhuj
10. Which country is host to the first-ever SAARC Agriculture Cooperative Business Forum?
Nepal
11. The Odisha government has launched which programme to identify young talents?
Mu Hero, Mu Odisha
12. Who has created history by becoming the first Indian heptathlete to win an Asian Games gold?
Swapna Barman
13. Which nation has become the world’s first country to provide free sanitary products to all students in a bid to tackle ‘period poverty’?
Scotland
14. Who represented India at the G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting 2018?
Ravi Shankar Prasad
15. From which date Government approves commercial flying of remotely piloted aircraft or drones in India ?
December 1
16. Which sportsperson has clinched India’s first men’s triple jump gold in 48 years at the 18th Asian Games 2018?
Arpinder Singh
17. Name of the former Indian cricketer who was appointed the head coach of Zimbabwe national cricket team?
Lalchand Rajput
18. Who has been appointed India’s new High Commissioner to United Kingdom?
Ruchi Ghanashyam
19. From which fruit India’s first biofuel flight was powered?
Jatropha
20. Which Indian Naval Ship is participating in the multilateral regional maritime engagement exercise “KAKADU 2018”?
INS Sahyadri
21. Google launches ‘Navlekhā’ to help Indian language publishers take their content online. The word Navlekhā is derived from Sanskrit meaning
A New way to write
22. The Union Cabinet has recently approved umbrella scheme “O-SMART” of Ministry of Earth Sciences. What does “O” stands here?
Ocean
23. What is the size of the nano medical robot that set a new Guinness World Record?
120 nanometres
24. Which technological giant has launched Project Navlekha to help Indian vernacular news publishers to take their content online?
25. In which state India’s tallest Film Studio has been inaugurated?
Tamil Nadu
26. Which country to host the 2019 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships?
North Korea
27. Which scheme has been launched by the Indian government to offering incentives for mass adoption of electric vehicles?
FAME India
28. Who has been conferred Praful Bidwai memorial award for 2018 ?
Ulka Mahajan
29. Which bank has named world’s best bank for its digital innovation: Global Finance magazine?
DBS Bank
30. Who is the President of Zimbabwe?
Emmerson Mnangagwa
31. On which date, the 2018 National Sports Day (NSD) was observed recently?
August 29
32. Name of the Indian-American scientist who has found simple way to predict Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)?
Chander Mohan
33. Which IIT has recently conducted study on River Ganga that indicates that river is drying up in summers due to groundwater depletion?
IIT-Kharagpur
34. Who is appointed as head of India investments by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)?
Kabir Mathur
35. Who is the head of the newly formed Prime Minister’s Science Technology and Innovation Council?
K Vijay Raghavan
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