Important Current Affairs Questions for RRB ALP/Technician Exam 2018: 18th July

July 18, 2018    


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Q1. Rita Bhaduri passed away recently. She was _____________.
रीता भादुरी का हाल ही में निधन हो गया. वह थी _____________.
(a) Politician/ राजनीतिज्ञ
(b) Lyricist/ गीतकार
(c) Singer/ गायक
(d) Actor/ कलाकार
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Ans.(d)
Sol. Veteran actor Rita Bhaduri passed away after fighting a kidney-related ailment for many days. She was 62 years old.  She was from the 1973 batch of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.

Q2. Name the Union Minister who co-chaired 8th session of India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) in Muscat, Oman. 
ओमान के मस्कट में भारत-ओमान संयुक्त आयोग की बैठक (जेसीएम) के 8वें सत्र की सह-अध्यक्षता करने वाले केंद्रीय मंत्री का नाम बताएं. 
(a) Sushma Swaraj / सुषमा स्वराज
(b) Suresh Prabhu/ सुरेश प्रभु
(c) Dharmendra Pradhan/ धर्मेंद्र प्रधान
(d) Piyush Goyal/ पीयूष गोयल
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Ans.(b)
Sol. The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu co-chaired 8th session of India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) along with Minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy of Oman, Dr Ali bin Masoud Al Sunaidy.


Q3. Which of the following state government has launched the 'Paudhagiri' campaign with an aim to increase the green cover across the state? 
निम्नलिखित में से किस राज्य सरकार ने राज्य भर में हरे रंग के कवर को बढ़ाने के उद्देश्य से 'पुधगिरी' अभियान शुरू किया है?
(a) Uttar Pradesh/ उत्तर प्रदेश
(b) Jharkhand/ झारखंड
(c) Haryana/ हरियाणा
(d) Uttarakhand/ उत्तराखंड
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Ans.(c)
Sol. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched the 'Paudhagiri' campaign with an aim to increase the green cover in Haryana. CM Khattar launched the 'Paudhagiri' campaign by planting a 'maulsari' sapling in the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex premises of Gurgaon.


Q4. India has been elected new President of Asian Tug of War Federation. India's Gautam Kaul won the prestigious post in the Federations' Executive Committee elections. The elections were held in ______________. 
 भारत एशियाई टग ऑफ वॉर फेडरेशन का नया अध्यक्ष चुना गया है. भारत के गौतम कौल ने संघीय कार्यकारी समिति के चुनावों में प्रतिष्ठित पद जीता. चुनाव ______________ में आयोजित किए गए थे.
(a) Jharsa/ झरसा
(b) Thimpu/ थम्पू
(c) New Delhi/ नई दिल्ली
(d) Kathmandu/ काठमांडू
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Ans.(d)
Sol. India has been elected new President of Asian Tug of War Federation. India's Gautam Kaul won the prestigious post in the Federations' Executive Committee elections held in Kathmandu, Nepal. This is the first time when India has been elected to lead the organisation. The post of Secretary-General has also gone to India, while Nepal has got Treasurer's post.


Q5. With an aim of upgrading quality of education, research, hospital care facilities in the national AYUSH institutions throughout the country and develop them as light house institutions, All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) organized two days Conference of Heads of AYUSH  National Institutes in ____________. 
पूरे देश में राष्ट्रीय आयुष संस्थानों में शिक्षा, अनुसंधान, अस्पताल देखभाल सुविधाओं की गुणवत्ता को अपग्रेड करने और उन्हें लाइट हाउस संस्थानों के रूप में विकसित करने के उद्देश्य से अखिल भारतीय आयुर्वेद संस्थान (AIIA) ने आयुष राष्ट्रीय संस्थानों का ____________ में दो दिनों का आयोजन किया ।
(a) Bhopal/ भोपाल
(b) Jaipur/ जयपुर
(c) New Delhi/ नई दिल्ली
(d) Indore/ इंदौर
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Ans.(c)
Sol. With an aim of upgrading quality of education, research, hospital care facilities in the national AYUSH institutions throughout the country and develop them as light house institutions, All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) under Ministry of AYUSH organized two days Conference of Heads of AYUSH National Institutes in New Delhi. The Inaugural session of the conference was graced by Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar and Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH Shri Shripad Yesso Naik.


Q6. A team comprising experts from the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur and the University of Oxford has been selected for an award for exceptional research-led innovation to mitigate arsenic poisoning in the ____________ delta in India. 
भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान-खड़गपुर और ऑक्सफोर्ड विश्वविद्यालय के विशेषज्ञों की एक टीम को उत्तर और पूर्वोत्तर भारत में ____________ डेल्टा में आर्सेनिक विषाक्तता को कम करने के लिए असाधारण अनुसंधान वाले नवाचार के लिए एक पुरस्कार हेतु चुना गया है.
(a) Ganga-Yamuna/ गंगा-यमुना
(b) Ganga-Brahmaputra/ गंगा-ब्रह्मपुत्र
(c) Yamuna-Brahmaputra/ यमुना-ब्रह्मपुत्र
(d) Ganga-Krishna/ गंगा-कृष्णा
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Ans.(b)
Sol. A team comprising experts from the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur and the University of Oxford has been selected for an award for exceptional research-led innovation to mitigate arsenic poisoning in the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta in the north and northeast India.


Q7. One of the country’s first Defence incubators will come up in Hyderabad, which is India’s missile development centre and fast emerging the hub for aerospace industries. The incubator will be funded through which of the following scheme? 
देश के पहले रक्षा इनक्यूबेटर में से एक हैदराबाद आएगा, हैदराबादभारत का मिसाइल विकास केंद्र है और तेजी से एयरोस्पेस उद्योगों के केंद्र के रूप में उभर रहा है. इन योजनाओं में से किस योजना के माध्यम से इनक्यूबेटर को वित्त पोषित किया जाएगा?
(a) Make in India Scheme/ मेक इन इंडिया योजना
(b) POSHAN Scheme/ पोषण योजना
(c) NDEX Scheme/ एनडेक्स योजना
(d) iDEX scheme/ आईडेक्स योजना
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Ans.(d)
Sol. One of the country’s first Defence incubators will come up in Hyderabad, which is India’s missile development centre and fast emerging the hub for aerospace industries. The incubator will be housed at T-Hub. The Telangana State government proposes to accommodate the Defence incubator in the upcoming Phase-2 of the T-Hub. The incubator will be funded through the Ministry’s Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX) scheme.

Q8. Name the Wrestler who won gold at the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, conceding just one point in five bouts en route to the title victory in the women's 50kg freestyle category. 
किस महिला पहलवान ने मैड्रिड में स्पैनिश ग्रैंड प्रिक्स में स्वर्ण जीता, जिसने महिलाओं की 50 किग्रा फ्रीस्टाइल श्रेणी में खिताब जीतने के लिए पांच बाउट्स में सिर्फ एक अंक दिया.
(a) Babita Phogat/ बबिता फोगट
(b) Vinesh Phogat/ विनेश फोगट
(c) Sakshi Malik/ साक्षी मालिक
(d) Heena Chanu/ हिना चानू
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Ans.(b)
Sol. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat won gold at the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, conceding just one point in five bouts en route to the title victory in the women's 50kg freestyle category. The 23-year-old outclassed Canada's Natasha Fox 10-0 in the final.

Q9. JK Rowling will come out with the fourth novel titled ___________ in the series about the exploits of private investigator Cormoran Strike in September 2018. 
जेके रोउलिंग सितंबर 2018 में निजी जांचकर्ता कॉर्मोरन स्ट्राइक के शोषण के बारे में श्रृंखला में ___________ शीर्षक वाले चौथे उपन्यास का  अनावरण आएंगे.
(a) The Silkworm
(b) Career of Evil
(c) The Cuckoo's Calling
(d) Lethal White
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Ans.(d)
Sol. JK Rowling will come out with the fourth novel titled 'Lethal White' in the series about the exploits of private investigator Cormoran Strike in September 2018 under her pseudonym Robert Galbraith.



Q10. Honda's Marc Marquez cruised to his ninth consecutive German Grand Prix victory to extend his MotoGP lead. He is from which of the following country?
होंडा के मार्क मार्केज़ ने अपने मोटोजीपी बढ़त को बढ़ाने के लिए लगातार नौवीं जर्मन ग्रैंड प्रिक्स जीत हासिल की. वह निम्नलिखित देश में से कौन सा देश है?
(a) Russia/ रूस
(b) France/ फ्रांस
(c) Spain/ स्पेन
(d) Indonesia/ इंडोनेशिया
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Ans.(c)
Sol. Honda's Marc Marquez (of Spain) cruised to his ninth consecutive German Grand Prix victory to extend his MotoGP lead. He has now won in the top category at Sachsenring for the past six years and three times in the smaller classes before that.


Q11. Name the country that has topped an annual global ranking of nations' soft power of 30 countries which does not feature India, published by UK-based strategic communications consultancy firm Portland. 
किस देश ने "सॉफ्ट पॉवर" देशों की वार्षिक वैश्विक रैंकिंग में शीर्ष स्थान प्राप्त किया है, 30 देशों की सूची जिसमें भारत को कोई भी स्थान नहीं प्राप्त हुआ है, यूके स्थित रणनीतिक संचार परामर्श फर्म पोर्टलैंड द्वारा प्रकाशित 2018 किया गया है.
(a) The UK/ यूके
(b) France/ फ्रांस
(c) Germany/ जर्मनी
(d) The USA/ अमेरिका
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Ans.(a)
Sol. The UK has topped an annual global ranking of nations' soft power, with France placed second on the list of 30 countries which does not feature India. The 2018 'Soft Power 30' index, published by UK-based strategic communications consultancy firm Portland and the University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy, ranked Germany as third followed by the US.


Q12. President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the Witch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2015, converting it to an Act, almost three years after it was passed by the state Assembly. This bill is associated with which of the following state?
राष्ट्रपति राम नाथ कोविंद ने डायन प्रताड़ना (प्रतिबंध, रोकथाम और संरक्षण) विधेयक, 2015 के विधानसभा द्वारा पारित होने के लगभग तीन वर्ष बाद, इसे एक अधिनियम में परिवर्तित कर दिया है. यह विधेयक निम्नलिखित में से किस राज्य से सम्बंधित है? 
(a) Meghalaya/ मेघालय
(b) Assam/ असम
(c) Uttarakhand/ उत्तराखंड
(d) Jharkhand/ झारखंड
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Ans.(b)
Sol. President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the Assam Witch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2015, converting it to an Act, almost three years after it was passed by the state Assembly.

Q13. As per the announcement by Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan, which of the following state will get the country’s first National Skill Training Institute (NSTI)? 
कौशल विकास और उद्यमिता मंत्री धर्मेन्द्र प्रधान द्वारा घोषित घोषणा के अनुसार, निम्नलिखित राज्यों में से कौन सा राज्य देश का पहला राष्ट्रीय कौशल प्रशिक्षण संस्थान (NSTI) होगा?
(a) Madhya Pradesh/ मध्य प्रदेश
(b) Maharashtra/ महाराष्ट्र
(c) Karnataka/ कर्नाटक
(d) Odisha/ उड़ीसा
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Ans.(d)
Sol. Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan announced that the Centre is planning to set up one National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) in every State to meet the rising demand for skilled manpower in the country. He laid the foundation stone of country’s first such skill training institute in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Q14. The Forbes has released the 'Celebrity 100' list of World's Highest-Paid Entertainers. This list was topped by ____________. 
फोर्ब्स ने विश्व के सर्वोच्च-भुगतान मनोरंजन करने वालों की 'सेलिब्रिटी 100' सूची जारी की है. इस सूची में ____________ शीर्ष पर थे.
(a) Cristiano Ronaldo/ क्रिस्टियानो रोनाल्डो
(b) Floyd Mayweather/ फ्लोयड मेवेदर
(c) George Clooney/ जॉर्ज क्लूनी
(d) Dwayne Johnson/ ड्वेन जानसन
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Ans.(b)
Sol. The Forbes has Released the 'Celebrity 100' list of World's Highest-Paid Entertainers. The world’s 100 top-earning celebrities pulled in a combined $6.3 billion pretax over the past 12 months, up 22% from last year. Boxer Floyd Mayweather captures the top spot on Forbes’ 20th annual Celebrity 100 ranking of the world’s highest-paid celebrities.



Q15. Name the Defence public sector undertaking which has signed an MoU with Saab, Sweden, recently for jointly marketing the L-Band 3D Air Surveillance Radar, RAWL-03. 
किस रक्षा सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र ने हाल ही में एसएएबी, स्वीडन के साथ समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर किए हैं, वह हाल ही में BEL और साब(SaaB) द्वारा सह-विकसित एल-बैंड 3D वायु निगरानी रडार, RAWL-03 का संयुक्त रूप से विपणन कर रहे है.
(a) HAL
(b) BEL
(c) BDL
(d) BEML
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Ans.(b)
Sol. Defence public sector undertaking Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has signed an MoU with Saab, Sweden, recently for jointly marketing the L-Band 3D Air Surveillance Radar, RAWL-03, co-developed by BEL and Saab.

Q16. IIT Madras has launched world’s first remotely operatable microscope "LEAP" that would enable a precise atom-by-atom view of a material. The ‘LEAP’ stands for ____________. 
आईआईटी मद्रास ने दुनिया का पहला दूरस्थ रूप से संचालित माइक्रोस्कोप "लीप" लॉन्च किया है जो सामग्री के सटीक परमाणु-पर-परमाणु दृश्य को सक्षम करेगा. 'LEAP' ____________ का अर्थ है.
(a) Local Electronic Atomic Push
(b) Local Electrode Atom Push
(c) Local Electronic Atomic Periphery
(d) Local Electrode Atom Probe
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Ans.(d)
Sol. IIT Madras has launched “world’s first” remotely operatable microscope that would enable a precise atom-by-atom view of a material. The 'Local Electrode Atom Probe' (LEAP) was developed in a collaborative exercise involving eight top research institutions headed by IIT Madras.


Q17. Ministry of Steel has agreed to the proposal received from various CPSEs under its control to introduce the pension scheme. CPSE stands for ___________. 
स्टील मंत्रालय पेंशन योजना शुरू करने के लिए अपने नियंत्रण में विभिन्न CPSE से प्राप्त प्रस्ताव पर सहमत हो गया है. CPSE का अर्थ ___________ है
(a) Central Public Sector Exile
(b) Central Public Sector Enterprises
(c) Central Public Sector Excellence
(d) Central Public Sector Entrepreneur
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Ans.(b)
Sol. Ministry of Steel has agreed to the proposal received from various Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) under its control to introduce the pension scheme with effect from 1st January 2007 in case of executives and 1st January 2012 in case of non-executives or from a subsequent date as decided by the company.

Q18. Name the shuttler who won the Thailand Open 2018 in women's category after defeating PV Sindhu. 
पीवी सिंधु को हराकर महिला वर्ग में थाईलैंड ओपन 2018 जीतने वाले शटलर का नाम बताएँ.
(a) Hiroe Amano/ हिरो अमानो
(b) Nozomi Okuhara/ नोज़ोमी ओकुहारा
(c) Tommy Sugiarto/ टॉमी शुगर्टो
(d) Mizuki Fujii/ मिज़ुकी फुजी
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Ans.(b)
Sol. India's star shuttler PV Sindhu (seeded second) suffered a defeat to fourth seed Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in straight games inside 50 minutes to settle for runners-up spot in the Thailand Open at the Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok.

Q19. The government has decided to set up a committee under the Chairmanship of ____________ to suggest measures to strengthen National Cadet Corps (NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS). 
किस सरकार ने राष्ट्रीय कैडेट कोर (एनसीसी) और राष्ट्रीय सेवा योजना (एनएसएस) को मजबूत करने के उपायों का सुझाव देने के लिए ____________ की अध्यक्षता में एक समिति स्थापित करने का निर्णय लिया है.
(a) Anil Swarup/ अनिल स्वरुप
(b) Gautam Kaul/ गौतम कौल
(c) Amitabh Kant/ अमिताभ कान्त
(d) Rajiv Kumar/ राजीव कुमार
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Ans.(a)
Sol. The government has decided to set up a committee under the Chairmanship of Mr Anil Swarup, former Secretary, School Education, with suitable representations from NCC, M/o Youth Affairs and Ministry of HRD to suggest measures to strengthen National Cadet Corps (NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS).



Q20. Which of the following Indian/Indians was/were featured in the Forbes' 'Celebrity 100' list of World's Highest-Paid Entertainers? 
फोर्ब्स की 'सेलिब्रिटी 100' दुनिया में सबसे ज्यादा भुगतान किए गए मनोरंजन की सूची में निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा भारतीय शामिल था?
(a) Salman Khan/ सलमान खान
(b) Both (a) and (b) / (a) और (c) दोनों
(c) Akshay Kumar/ अक्षय कुमार
(d) Shahrukh Khan/ शाहरुख खान
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Ans.(b)
Sol. The Forbes has Released the 'Celebrity 100' list of World's Highest-Paid Entertainers.  From India, Akshay Kumar (40.5 million dollars) is ranked 76th while Salman Khan (37.7 million dollars) is on the 82nd spot.


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