Important Current Affairs Questions for RRB ALP/Technician Exam 2018: 12th May

May 12, 2018    


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Q1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left on a two day State visit to Nepal to take forward the issues of mutual interest and partnership across diverse sectors. This is Mr Modi’s __________ visit to Nepal as Prime Minister.
प्रधान मंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में पारस्परिक हित और साझेदारी के मुद्दों को आगे बढ़ाने के लिए नेपाल की दो दिवसीय राजकीय यात्रा पर निकल गये हैं. यह प्रधान मंत्री के रूप में मोदी की नेपाल की तीसरी यात्रा है.
(a) Second/दूसरा
(b) Third/तीसरा
(c) First/पहला
(d) Fourth/चौथा 
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Ans.(b)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left on a two day State visit to Nepal to take forward the issues of mutual interest and partnership across diverse sectors. During his visit to the Himalayan Nation, Prime Minister Modi will hold bilateral talks with his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli besides meeting with the President and the Vice President of Nepal. This is Mr Modi’s third visit to Nepal as Prime Minister.

Q2. Name the Ninety-two-year-old politician who was sworn in as Prime Minister of Malaysia and became the oldest Prime Minister in the world.
बानवे वर्षीय राजनेता का नाम बतईये जिन्होंने मलेशिया के प्रधान मंत्री के रूप में शपथ ली और दुनिया का सबसे वृद्ध प्रधान मंत्री बन गये.
(a) Najib Razak/नजीब रजाक
(b) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi/अब्दुल्ला अहमद बदावी
(c) Hussein Onn/हुसैन ऑनन
(d) Mahathir Mohamad/महाथिर मोहम्मद
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Ans.(d)
Sol. Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as Prime Minister of Malaysia. He took the oath at the Istana Negara Palace in Kuala Lumpur. Mahathir’s coalition, Pakatan Harapan, won 113 of the total 222 seats. He has replaced Najib Razak. Ninety-two-year-old, Mahathir becomes the oldest Prime Minister in the world.

Q3. Every year, `National Technology Day' is celebrated across India on ____________ to memorize the anniversary of Shakti, the Pokhran nuclear test.
पोखरण परमाणु परीक्षण की शक्ति की सालगिरह याद रखने के लिए प्रातो वर्ष ____ को भारत में 'राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी दिवस' मनाया जाता है. 
(a) 5 May/5 मई
(b) 7 May/7 मई
(c) 11 May/11 मई
(d) 13 May/13 मई
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Ans.(c)
Sol. Every year, `National Technology Day' is celebrated across India on May 11 to memorize the anniversary of Shakti, the Pokhran nuclear test held on 11 May 1998. The day glorifies the importance of science in day to day life and motivates students to adopt science as the career option. The National Technology Day 2018 theme is “Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future”.


Q4. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu arrived in which of the following country on the third and final leg of his three-nation visit to Central America.
उपराष्ट्रपति वेंकैया नायडू अपनी तीन-राष्ट्रीय यात्रा के तीसरे चरण में मध्य अमेरिका के निम्नलिखित में से किस देश पहुंचे.
(a) Panama/पनामा
(b) Peru/पेरू
(c) Guatemala/ग्वाटेमाला
(d) Venezuela/वेनेज़ुएला
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Ans.(b)
Sol. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu arrived in Peru on the third leg of his three-nation visit to Central America. During his visit to Peru, he will be meeting with the top leaders of the country and discuss various issues of mutual interest. 

Q5. President Ram Nath Kovind visited the Army base camp in Siachen, becoming the first President of India to visit the world’s highest battlefield in 14 years. The previous visit was undertaken by ______________.
राष्ट्रपति राम नाथ कोविंद ने सियाचिन में सेना बेस शिविर का दौरा किया, ऐसा करने वाले वह पहले राष्ट्रपति बन गए हैं जिन्होंने 14 वर्षों में दुनिया के सबसे ऊंचे युद्धक्षेत्र का दौरा किया है. पूर्व यात्रा अप्रैल _______ द्वारा की गयी थी.
(a) Pratibha Patil/प्रतिभा पाटिल
(b) K. R. Narayanan/के आर नारायणन
(c) Shankar Dayal Sharma/शंकर दयाल शर्मा
(d) APJ Abdul Kalam/एपीजे अब्दुल कलाम
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Ans.(d)
Sol. President Ram Nath Kovind visited the Army base camp in Siachen, becoming the second President of India to visit the world’s highest battlefield. The previous visit was undertaken by former president APJ Abdul Kalam in April 2004.

Q6. In collaboration with the U.S.-India Aviation Cooperation Program and the Government of India, US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) hosted the 6th U.S.-India Aviation Summit in ___________.
अमेरिका-भारत विमानन कार्यक्रम और भारत सरकार के सहयोग से, अमेरिकी व्यापार और विकास एजेंसी (USTDA), भारत, _______ में छठवें अमेरिकी-भारत विमानन शिखर सम्मेलन की मेजबानी कर रहा है
(a) New Delhi/नई दिल्ली
(b) New York/न्यूयॉर्क
(c) Pune/पुणे
(d) Mumbai/मुंबई
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Ans.(d)
Sol. In collaboration with the U.S.-India Aviation Cooperation Program and the Government of India, US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is hosted the 6th U.S.-India Aviation Summit in Mumbai, India.

Q7. Name the lender that is all set to roll out a capacity building project with farmers in Haryana and Rajasthan under its ‘Livelihood and Water Security’ CSR initiative.
कौन सा बैंक हरियाणा और राजस्थान के किसानों के साथ अपनी 'लाइवलिहुड एंड वाटर सिक्यूरिटी' सीएसआर पहल के तहत एक क्षमता निर्माण परियोजना शुरू करने के लिए तैयार है.
(a) ICICI Bank/ICICI बैंक
(b) YES Bank /YES बैंक
(c) Axis Bank/Axis बैंक
(d) HDFC Bank/HDFC बैंक
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Ans.(b)
Sol. YES Bank is all set to roll out a capacity building project with farmers in Haryana and Rajasthan under its ‘Livelihood and Water Security’ CSR initiative.

Q8. Name the state government that has introduced Rythu Bandhu, a scheme to provide Rs4,000 per acre each to land-owning farmers for Rabi and Kharif seasons, and issued special passbooks for them.
किस राज्य सरकार ने रयथू बंधू योजना का आयोजन किया है जिसके तहत रबी और खरीफ मौसमों के लिए भूमि मालिकों को 4,000 रुपये प्रति एकड़ प्रदान किया जायेगा और उनके लिए विशेष पासबुक भी  जारी की जाएगी
(a) Tamil Nadu/तमिलनाडु
(b) Odisha/ओडिशा
(c) Telangana/तेलंगाना
(d) Punjab/पंजाब
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Ans.(c)
Sol. The Telangana government introduced Rythu Bandhu, a scheme to provide Rs4,000 per acre each to land-owning farmers for Rabi and Kharif seasons, and issued special passbooks for them. The programme was flagged off by chief minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, who distributed 298 cheques to farmers at Huzoorabad Mandal in Karimnagar district.

Q9. In which of the following state, Indian Army’s month-long Vijay Prahar exercise concluded recently by South Western Command of Indian Army.
निम्नलिखित में से किस राज्य में, हाल ही में भारतीय सेना का महीने भर चला विजय प्राहर अभ्यास संपन्न हो गया है. यह भारतीय सेना के दक्षिण पश्चिमी कमान द्वारा आयोजित किया गया था.
(a) Uttarakhand/उत्तराखंड
(b) Arunachal Pradesh/अरुणाचल प्रदेश
(c) Rajasthan/राजस्थान
(d) Maharashtra/महाराष्ट्र
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Ans.(c)
Sol. Indian Army’s month-long Vijay Prahar exercise concluded in Suratgarh, Rajasthan. It was conducted by South Western Command of Indian Army.

Q10. What is the theme for `National Technology Day' 2018?
`राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी दिवस ' 2018 के लिए विषय क्या है?
(a) Technology for inclusive and sustainable growth
(b) Science for inclusive and sustainable growth
(c) None of the given options is true
(d) Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future
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Ans.(d)
Sol. Every year, `National Technology Day' is celebrated across India on May 11 to memorize the anniversary of Shakti, the Pokhran nuclear test held on 11 May 1998. The day glorifies the importance of science in day to day life and motivates students to adopt science as the career option. The National Technology Day 2018 theme is “Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future”. The first nuclear test Pokhran with a code named as ‘Smiling Buddha’ was carried out in May, 1974.

Q11. Name the state that has recently inaugurated its biggest solar power plant, with a capacity of 1 MW at Energy Awareness Park.
एनर्जी अवेयरनेस पार्क में 1 मेगावाट की क्षमता के साथ हाल ही में अपने सबसे बड़े सौर ऊर्जा संयंत्र का उद्घाटन करने वाले राज्य का नाम बताइये.
(a) Sikkim/सिक्किम
(b) Arunachal Pradesh/अरुणाचल प्रदेश
(c) Assam/असम
(d) Tripura/त्रिपुरा
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Ans.(b)
Sol. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu inaugurated the state’s biggest solar power plant at Energy Awareness Park in the presence of Power Minister Tamiyo Taga in Itanagar.

Q12. Name the country with which the Gujarat government has Signed an MoU on Organizing Independence Centenary to mark independence of that country in Delhi.
कौन सा देश गुजरात सरकार के साथ युवाओं और सांस्कृतिक मामलों के विभाग दिल्ली और दुनिया के अन्य हिस्सों में अपने देश की आजादी को चिह्नित करने के लिए शताब्दी समारोह के लिए सह-आयोजक करेंगे.
(a) Germany/जर्मनी
(b) Sweden/स्वीडन
(c) Poland/पोलैंड
(d) Switzerland/स्विट्ज़रलैंड
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Ans.(c)
Sol.  The department of youth and cultural affairs of the Gujarat government will be co-organisers for the centenary celebrations to mark independence of Poland in Delhi and other parts of the world. An MoU was signed in this regard between the Gujarat government and the Poland government.

Q13. Name the Minister of State (I/C) for Tourism and Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, who attended the Tourism Ministers’ conference by Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Wuhan, China.
पर्यटन के राज्य मंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार) और विद्युत और सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी के राज्य मंत्री का नाम जिन्होंने वुहान, चीन में शंघाई सहयोग संगठन (SCO) द्वारा पर्यटन मंत्रियों के सम्मेलन में भाग लिया.
(a) Vijay Goyal/विजय गोयल
(b) Suresh Prabhu/सुरेश प्रभु
(c) Maneka Sanjay Gandhi/मेनका संजय गांधी
(d) K. J. Alphons/के जे अल्फोन्स
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Ans.(d)
Sol. The Minister of State (I/C) for Tourism and Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, K. J. Alphons attended the Tourism Ministers’ conference by Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Wuhan, China.


Q14. Indian tea industry has recorded the highest ever production as well as exports in FY18. The total tea production was 1325.05 million kgs, an increase of 74.56 million kgs as compared to 2016-17. In percentage terms, the increase is around ___________.
भारतीय चाय उद्योग ने वित्त वर्ष 18 में सबसे ज्यादा उत्पादन और निर्यात दर्ज किया है. 2016-17 की तुलना में कुल चाय उत्पादन 1325.05 मिलियन किलोग्राम था, जिसमें 74.56 मिलियन किग्रा की वृद्धि हुई है. प्रतिशत के सन्दर्भ में, वृद्धि लगभग _________ है.
(a) 4%
(b) 6%
(c) 8%
(d) 10%
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Ans.(b)
Sol. Indian tea industry has recorded the highest ever production as well as exports in FY18. The total tea production was 1325.05 million kgs, an increase of 74.56 million kgs as compared to 2016-17. In percentage terms, the increase is around 6%.

Q15. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba had purchased leading Pakistani online retailer __________ continuing its overseas expansion by gaining a foothold in the growing South Asian consumer market.
चीनी ई-कॉमर्स के दिग्गज अलीबाबा ने अग्रणी पाकिस्तानी ऑनलाइन खुदरा विक्रेता _______ को खरीदा है, जो दक्षिण एशियाई उपभोक्ता बाजार में बढ़ोतरी करके अपने विदेशी विस्तार को जारी रखा है.
(a) Daraz/दराज
(b) Darakht/दरखट
(c) Almari/अलमारी
(d) Shaheen/शाहीन
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Ans.(a)
Sol. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba had purchased leading Pakistani online retailer 'Daraz', continuing its overseas expansion by gaining a foothold in the growing South Asian consumer market.





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