Important Current Affairs Questions for RRB Group-D Exam 2018: 18th October

October 18, 2018    


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Q1. Which of the following country has recently legalize possession and use of recreational cannabis? 
निम्नलिखित में से कौन से देश ने हाल ही में कैनाबिस के पौधे के उपयोग को वैध बताया है?
(a) France/ फ्रांस
(b) Pakistan/ पाकिस्तान
(c) Canada/ कनाडा
(d) The USA/ यूएसए
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S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Canada has become the second country after Uruguay to legalize possession and use of recreational cannabis. Canadians can now grow up to four plants in their own home and carry up to 30 grams of dried cannabis for personal use.



Q2. Which of the following is the first country to legalize possession and use of recreational cannabis? 
निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा देश कैनाबिस के पौधे के उपयोग को वैध बनाने वाला पहला देश है?
(a) Uruguay / उरुग्वे
(b) Canada/ कनाडा
(c) The UK/ यूके
(d) Germany/ जर्मनी
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S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Canada has become the second country after Uruguay to legalize possession and use of recreational cannabis.


Q3. Online financial services marketplace BankBazaar has appointed former RBI Deputy Governor ________ as an advisor to the company. 
ऑनलाइन वित्तीय सेवा बाजार बैंकबाज़ार ने कंपनी के सलाहकार के रूप में पूर्व आरबीआई डिप्टी गवर्नर ________ को नियुक्त किया है।
(a) Viral V. Acharya/ विरल वी. आचार्य
(b) Usha Thorat/ उषा थोरट
(c) H. R. Khan / एच आर खान
(d) S S Mundra/ एस एस मुंद्रा
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S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Online financial services marketplace BankBazaar has appointed former RBI Deputy Governor (DG) S S Mundra as an advisor to the company. Mundra was a deputy governor at the RBI for three years till July 2017.



Q4. Who among the following has won 2018 Man Booker Prize?
निम्नलिखित में से किसने 2018 मैन बुकर पुरस्कार जीता है?
(a) Chanelle Benz/ चैनेल बेंज
(b) Richard Flanagan/ रिचर्ड फ्लेनेगन
(c) George Saunders / जॉर्ज सॉन्डर्स
(d) Anna Burns/ अन्ना बर्न्स
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S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Northern Irish author Anna Burns has won the 2018 Man Booker Prize for her novel 'Milkman', which is her third full-length novel.

Q5. Recently a northern Irish author won 2018 Man Booker Prize for her novel named__________.
हाल ही में एक उत्तरी आयरिश लेखक ने अपने उपन्यास नाम__________ के लिए 2018 मैन बुकर पुरस्कार जीता।
(a) What Counts as Love/ व्हाट काउंट एस लव
(b) Lincoln in the Bardo/ लिंकन इन द बार्डो
(c) Milkman/ मिल्कमैन
(d) The Sellout / सेलआउट
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S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Northern Irish author Anna Burns has won the 2018 Man Booker Prize for her novel 'Milkman', which is her third full-length novel.


Q6. Who among the following received the prestigious 'Vimala V Pai Vishwa' Konkani best book award for the year 2018?
निम्नलिखित में से किसने वर्ष 2018 के लिए प्रतिष्ठित 'विमला वी पाई विश्व' कोंकणी सर्वश्रेष्ठ पुस्तक पुरस्कार प्राप्त किया?
(a) Uday Bhembre/ उदय भेंब्रे
(b) H M Pernal/ एच एम पेर्नल
(c) S S Mundra/ एस एस मुंद्रा
(d) Mahabaleshwar Sail/ महाबलेश्वर सेल
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S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. 'Beeg Ani Beegath', a collection of short stories in Konkani by the well-known writer, journalist, and critic H M Pernal bagged the prestigious 'Vimala V Pai Vishwa' Konkani best book award for the year 2018. H M Pernal is the pen name of Henry M Mendonca.


Q7.  Which of the following country hosted 12th Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit?
निम्नलिखित में से किस देश ने 12 वीं एशिया यूरोप मीटिंग (ASEM) शिखर सम्मेलन की मेजबानी की?
(a) Belgium / बेल्जियम
(b) Germany/ जर्मनी
(c) France/ फ्रांस
(d) The UK/ यूके
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S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu is in Brussels, Belgium to attend the 12th Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit. Mr Naidu will lead the Indian delegation at the two-day Summit. The theme of this year’s ASEM Summit is “Global Partners for Global Challenges”.

Q8. M J Akbar recently resigned from his post. He was _______________.
एम जे अकबर ने हाल ही में अपने पद से इस्तीफा दे दिया। वह _______ थे।
(a) Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs (Independent Charge)/ शहरी विकास मंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार)
(b) Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change / वन एवं पर्यावरण मंत्री
(c) Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports/ खेल एवं युवा मंत्री
(d) Minister of State for External Affairs/ विदेश राज्य मंत्री
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S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. Former editor MJ Akbar has resigned from his post of Minister of State for External Affairs amid sexual harassment allegations against him by over sixteen female journalists. 

Q9. The United Nations’ (UN) International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on ________. 
संयुक्त राष्ट्र (UN) अंतर्राष्ट्रीय गरीबी उन्मूलन दिवस ______ को मनाया जाता है।
(a) October 24/24 अक्टूबर
(b) October 17 /17 अक्टूबर
(c) September 30/30 सितंबर
(d) October 11/11 अक्टूबर
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S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. The United Nations’ (UN) International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on October 17 each year since 1993. It promotes people’s awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution worldwide, particularly in developing countries.


Q10. The sixth meeting of the UAE – India High Level Joint Task Force on Investments (‘the Joint Task Force’) was recently held in_______. 
संयुक्त अरब अमीरात की छठी बैठक – भारत की निवेश पर उच्च स्तरीय संयुक्त कार्य बल ('संयुक्त कार्य बल') को हाल ही में_______ में आयोजित किया गया था।
(a) Kerala/ केरल
(b) Dubai/ दुबई
(c) New Delhi/ नई दिल्ली
(d) Mumbai/ मुंबई
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S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. The sixth meeting of the UAE – India High Level Joint Task Force on Investments (‘the Joint Task Force’) was held in Mumbai to review the progress being made in addressing the agreed actions of the previous meeting held in Abu Dhabi in January 2018 and to elaborate several new key issues of mutual importance.






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