CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Overview Of India Quiz 15 - MCQExams.com

The Indian Navy hosted the multi-national MILAN series of exercises in which state/UT?
  • Daman & Diu
  • Gujarat
  • West Bengal
  • Andaman and Nicobar islands
Which Indian golfer won the Royal Cup tournament 2017? [JAN 2018]
  • Jyoti Randhawa
  • Gaganjeet Bhullar
  • Khalin Joshi
  • Shiv Kapur
The Tamil Nadu government has tied up with which software company to accelerate cloud technology adoption? [Feb 2018]
  • Alphabet
  • Tata
  • Infosys
  • Microsoft
Kunwar Bai, the brand ambassador of Swachch Bharat has passed away. She was native of which state? [Feb 2018]
  • Chhattisgarh
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Bihar
  • Rajasthan
Which state was theme state for the 32nd Surajkund International Crafts fair? [JAN 2018]
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Rajasthan
  • Haryana
The Chamera Dam is located in which state/UT?
  • Puducherry
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Himachal Pradesh
  • Jharkhand
The first draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released for which state? [JAN 2018]
  • Nagaland
  • Assam
  • Punjab
  • Kerala
Who was appointed as the new Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA)? [JAN 2018]
  • Manish Pandey
  • Arvind Gupta
  • Rajinder Khanna
  • Nikhil Singh
Which cricket team won the 2017 Ranji Trophy tournament? [JAN 2018]
  • Hyderabad
  • Gujarat
  • Chhattisgarh
  • Vidarbha
Which of the following country formally joined as the new non-permanent members of UNSC? 
  • Poland
  • Japan
  • India
  • Egypt
Prime Minister's official website is available in how many languages? [JAN 2018]
  • $$13$$
  • $$10$$
  • $$11$$
  • $$15$$
Endangered 'bird language' had entered the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. It belongs to which country?
  • Senegal
  • Turkey
  • India
  • Uruguay
The Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany(BSIP) is located in which state?
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Rajasthan
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Punjab
Which city hosted the 2018 Karnataka International Travel Expo (KITE)? [JAN 2018]
  • Bengaluru
  • Bijapur
  • Mysuru
  • Hubli
NABARD had signed a pact with which bank to promote Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) in Bengal?
  • Punjab National Bank
  • Bank of India
  • State Bank of India
  • Dena Bank
Baldev Raj, the director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) passed away. Where is the headquarters of NIAS? [JAN 2018]
  • Kochi
  • Bengaluru
  • New Delhi
  • Kanpur
Which chief minister of India was bestowed with the 1st Mufti Mohammed Sayeed Probity in Politics and Public Life Award? [JAN 2018]
  • Nitish Kumar
  • Pema Khandu
  • Sarbananda Sonowal
  • N. Chandrababu Naidu
Which city hosted the World Sweet Festival (WSF-2018)?
  • New Delhi
  • Lucknow
  • Hyderabad
  • Chennai
Peter Sutherland, who passed away recently, was the former director general of which organisation? [JAN 2018]
  • United Nations Organisation
  • UNESCO
  • International Monetary Fund
  • World Trade Organization
Who became the first African-American to win Golden Globe for best actor in a drama television series at the 75th Golden Globe Awards 2018?
  • Aziz Ansari
  • Ewan McGregor
  • Sterling K Brown
  • Alexander Skarsgard
As per the recommendation of the Union defence ministry, the Defence Innovation Centre (DIC) was set up in which city to assist small industries in manufacturing components for the defence sector? [JAN 2018]
  • Kochi
  • Coimbatore
  • Chennai
  • New Delhi
Saksham Yadav, who passed away recently, was associated with which sports? [JAN 2018]
  • Powerlifting
  • Badminton
  • Chess
  • Boxing
The Rajasthan Government had tied up with which bank to promote and nurture startups in the state? [JAN 2018]
  • SBI
  • HDFC Bank
  • ICICI Bank
  • PNB
The Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) is located in which state?
  • Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Assam
  • Manipur
Which state became the first Indian state to launch a High-Risk Pregnancy (HRP) portal?
  • Punjab
  • Kerala
  • Haryana
  • Uttar Pradesh
Which Indian-origin personality was appointed as the Chairman of the Geneva-based World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)? [JAN 2018]
  • Bhupendra Kainthola
  • Sunny Verghese
  • Gurdip Singh
  • Sunil Chauhan
India's fastest and first multi-petaflops supercomputer "Pratyush" was established at which institute? 
  • Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun
  • Central Institute of Technology (CIT) Kokrajhar
  • Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Gwalior
  • Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) Pune
Elina Svitolina won the 2018 women's singles Brisbane International tournament. She hails from which country? [JAN 2018]
  • Switzerland
  • Ukraine
  • Belarus
  • France
The Indian Navy had inked a MoU with which port trust for utilizing the Port's berthing facility at Mattancherry wharf for Naval ships? [Jan 2018]
  • Kandla Port Trust
  • Kolkata Port Trust
  • Cochin Port Trust
  • Chennai Port Trust
Which Indian personality was conferred with France's highest order of merit 'Legion of Honour at the 42nd International Kolkata Book Fair 2018?
  • Soumitra Chattopadhyay
  • Priyanka Chopra
  • Deepika Padukone
  • Amitabh Bachchan
India's second Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) was set up in which state/UT? 
  • Mizoram
  • Tripura
  • Arunachal Pradesh
  • Odisha
John Young, the legendary astronaut passed away. He hailed from which country? [JAN 2018]
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Germany
  • France
Which country won the 30th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament 2018?
  • France
  • Germany
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
The Indravati Dam is located in which state? 
  • Odisha
  • Assam
  • Jharkhand
  • Kerala
Which state had topped the Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) index, according to the recently released report by Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry? [JAN 2018]
  • Punjab
  • Karnataka
  • Maharashtra
  • Gujarat
NK Trikha, who passed away recently, was associated with which field? [JAN 2018]
  • Sports
  • Law
  • Politics
  • Journalism
K.K. Ramachandran Nair, who passed away recently, was the MLA from which constituency of Kerala? JAN 2018]
  • Thiruvalla constituency
  • Karunagapally constituency
  • Mavelikkara constituency
  • Chengannur constituency
India had recently signed pacts with which country on illegal migrant's return? [JAN 2018]
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
  • France
The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) is located in which state? 
  • West Bengal
  • Karnataka
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Punjab
Who inaugurated the first-ever Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) Parliamentary Conference in Delhi? [JAN 2018]
  • Narendra Modi
  • Sushma Swaraj
  • M Venkaiah Naidu
  • Ram Nath Kovind
Which commodity exchange had launched India's first agri-commodity options contract in guar seeds? [JAN 2018]
  • National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX)
  • Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX)
  • Universal Commodity Exchange (UCX)
  • National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE)
Narayana Sadashiv Pharande, who passed away recently, was the leader of which political party? JAN 2018]
  • Samajwadi Party
  • Indian National Congress
  • Bharatiya Janata Party
  • Nationalist Congress Party
Which Indian architect had been conferred France's top cultural award "Chevalier de I'Ordre des Arts et Lettres"? [JAN 2018]
  • B V Doshi
  • Aishwarya Tipnis
  • Ebrahim Alkazi
  • Sheila Sri Prakash
Which country's Prime Minister had inaugurated the third edition of the geo-political conference - Raisina Dialogue 2018? [JAN 2018]
  • Israel
  • Canada
  • Afghanistan
  • Sweden
Which Union minister had recently conferred the Honorary Fellowship of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI)? [Jan 2018]
  • Mukhtar Abbas Naqui
  • Arun Jaitley
  • P.P. Chaudhary
  • Ravi Shankar Prasad
The Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam is located in which state/UT?
  • Rajasthan
  • Odisha
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Assam
Who was the newly appointed MD & CEO of National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX)? [Jan 2018]
  • Nabi Narayan Das
  • Samir Shah
  • Jeetmal Singh
  • Vijay Kumar
The Indo-US joint military exercise 'Vajra Prahar $$2018$$' was held in which city? [JAN 2018]
  • Kochi
  • New York
  • Visakhapatnam
  • Seattle
India had contributed how much amount to UN's Youth Mission to raise awareness and attention to youth issues globally? [JAN 2018]
  • $$\$ 1,50,000$$
  • $$\$ 1,00,000$$
  • $$\$ 50,000$$
  • $$\$ 2,50,000$$
W.B. Rao, who passed away recently, was the noted personality of which field? JAN 2018]
  • Cinematography
  • Law
  • Journalism
  • Sports
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