Latest GK question and answer 2018

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Q1.In which state will polythene be completely prohibited from 31st July 2018?
Ans-Uttarakhand

Q2.Who is the Union Food Minister?
Ans-Ram Vilas Paswan

Q3.According to Forbes’ report, who has topped the ‘World’s highest-paid Athletes 2018’ list?
Ans-Mayweather

Q4.Which country has temporarily banned processed and frozen fruit and vegetable imports from Kerala admit concerns over Nipah virus outbreak?
Ans-Saudi Arabia

Q5.Which article of the constitution provides for the establishment of National Commission for the SCs and STs?
Ans-338

Q6.What is the theme of World Environment Day 2018?
Ans-Beat Plastic Pollution

Q7.Which state has launched a Rs 5 lakh life insurance scheme for the benefit of farmers in the state?
Ans-Telangana

Q8.What is India’s rank in the world childhood index 2018?
Ans-113

Q9.Who is the queen of the Kindom of Netherlands?
Ans-Queen Maxima

Q10.Which team has won the Indian Premier League in 2018?
Ans-Chennai Super Kings

Q11.How many valleys have been discovered by scientists at Deep Beneath the Western Antarctic ice region?
Ans-3

Q12.Which actor launched an advertisement campaign in New Delhi to promote twin pit toilet technology?
Ans-Akshay Kumar

Q13.Who has been appointed as the 1st chief financial officer of the Reserve Bank of India?
Ans-Sudha Balakrishnan

Q14.Which state government has launched the ‘Prakritik Kheti Khushhaal Kisaan Yojana’?
Ans-Himachal Pradesh

Q15.In which city is India’s 1st IT hub in China located?
Ans-Dalian

Q16.Who has been appointed as the Governor of Odisha?
Ans-Ganeshi lal

Q17.Which is the 1st Indian company to achieve Rs 7 lakh crore market capitalization?
Ans-Tata Consultancy Services

Q18.How many have Landing Craft Utility vessels been commissioned into the Indian Navy?
Ans-4

Q19.Who is the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes?
Ans-Sushil Chandra

Q20.Which is India’s 1st highway to be lit by solar power?
Ans-Eastern Peripheral Expressway

Q21.India’s 1st 14 lane highway connects which two cities?
Ans-Delhi-Meerut

Q22.Which state government had launched ‘Saubhagya Yojana’, aimed at providing electricity to all the villages across the state?
Ans-Jharkhand

Q23.Which state government launched a special police force to safeguard tourists?
Ans-Puducherry

Q24.Under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, the central Government has decided to set up an All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in which state?
Ans-Himachal Pradesh

Q25.Who was appointed the Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA)?
Ans-Rajinder Khanna

Q26.Which is the 1st country in the world to legalize equal pay for men and women for the same work?
Ans-Iceland

Q27.Who is the 1st person to fly in the space shuttle and walk on the moon?
Ans-John Young

Q28.Which company launched the world’s thinnest laptop?
Ans-Acer

Q29.Who will be awarded the ‘Legion of Honour’ award 2018, at the 42nd International Kolkata Book Fair?
Ans-Soumitra Chatterjee

Q30.‘Water ATM project’ was launched in which Indian state?
Ans-West Bengal

Q31.The Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) has set up its first food testing lab in which IIT campus?
Ans-Kharagpur

Q32.Who is the 1st woman lawyer to be directly appointed as a judge of Supreme Court?
Ans-Indu Malhotra

Q33.Which are the 2 countries that provide internet services to Nepal?
Ans-India & China

Q34.Who is the editor of the book ‘Majuli: Resources and Challenges’?
Ans-Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti

Q35.Which state became the 1st state in India to completely implement door-to-door garbage collection in all areas under urban bodies?
Ans-Madhya Pradesh

Q36.Which is the Indian Navy’s largest ship and the only aircraft carrier, that has been formally affiliated to Indian Army’s Bihar Regiment and No. 6 Squadron of the Indian Air Force?
Ans-INS Vikramaditya

Q37.What is India’s position in FIFA Rankings 2018?
Ans-102nd

Q38.In which state, the World War II Memorial Museum was inaugurated?
Ans-Arunachal Pradesh

Q39.Who was called ‘the father of South African jazz’?
Ans-Hugh Masekela

Q40.Who has become the 1st female cinematographer to be nominated for Oscar awards?
Ans-Rachel Morrison

Q41.Which state Government launched ‘Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat’?
Ans-Jharkhand

Q42.Who became the 1st woman chairman of Indian Banks’ Association?
Ans-Usha Ananthasubramanian

Q43.Which state won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata?
Ans-Delhi

Q44.Who is the author of the pictorial book ‘Dilli Meri Dilli: Before and After 1998’?
Ans-Sheila Dikshit

Q45.Who is the author of the book ‘Staniya Svasasan Mei Addhi Aabadhi’?
Ans-Dr. Sadhana Pandey

Q46.Which word is declared as the Hindi Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionaries?
Ans-Aadhaar

Q47.Name the Bollywood playback singer who will be awarded the ‘Yash Chopra Memorial Award’?
Ans-Asha Bhosle

Q48.Which state government launched Zero Budget Natural Farming project?
Ans-Himachal Pradesh

Q49.Which State Cabinet launched ‘Mukhya Mantri Awas Yojna Grameen’, a new scheme to construct houses in rural areas?
Ans-Uttar Pradesh

Q50.Mirabai Chanu has clinched India’s 1st gold at the 21st CWG-2018. She is related to which weightlifting category?
Ans-48 kg

Q51.Which Institute was adjudged as the overall best Institution as per NIRF Rankings 2018?
Ans-Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru

Q52.Which state government has rolled out ‘Rupashree Scheme’ for the marriage of poor girls?
Ans-West Bengal

Q53.Which country has become the world’s 2nd largest producer of mobile phones?
Ans-India

Q54.When was the GST E-way Bill rolled-out in India?
Ans-1 April 2018

Q55.Who became the 1st female Head of UN political affairs?
Ans-Rosemary DiCarlo

Q56.Which state won the 2018 Santosh Trophy?
Ans-Kerala

Q57.How many Toilet facilities are provided at so far under Swachh Bharat Mission?
Ans-192 Toilet facilities

Q58.Who takes charge as DGMO Of Indian Army?
Ans-Anil Chauhan

Q59.Which rank did India Slips On EIU Democracy Index?
Ans-42

Q60.Who is honored with Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman award?
Ans-Shesh Anand Madhukar

Q61.Which state wins Geospatial World Excellence Award 2018?
Ans-Odisha

Q62.Which country Lifts U-19 World Cup 2018?
Ans-India

Q63.Who wrote A Book Penned Down By PM Narendra Modi Released?
Ans-Exam Warriors

Q64.Which state government has decided to establish State Sanskrit Education Council to improve the formal education of Sanskrit in the state?
Ans-Delhi

Q65.Which company launched the world’s first 5G commercial chip?
Ans-Huawei

Q66.Which city will host the 2020 Summer Olympics?
Ans-Tokyo

Q67.Name the Indian-American scientist, who has been granted over USD 1.1 million for cancer research?
Ans-Navin Varadarajan

Q68.In which state, the world’s largest solar park ‘Shakti Sthala’ was inaugurated?
Ans-Karnataka

Q69.What is the name of the interceptor boat which was delivered to Indian Coast Guard by Bharati Defence and Infrastructure Ltd?
Ans-C-162

Q70.Which state government launched ‘Khushi’, a scheme that offers free sanitary pads to 17 lakh girl students in the state?
Ans-Odisha

Q71.Which Space Organisation launched GOES-S, the world’s most advanced weather satellites?
Ans-NASA

Q72.In which state of India, the food processing center will be launched, in collaboration with Israel?
Ans-Mizoram

Q73.Who is the 1st Hindu woman to be elected to Pakistan’s Senate?
Ans-Krishna Kumari Kohli

Q74.In which Indian city, the 1st helicopter taxi service was launched?
Ans-Bengaluru

Q75.Name the Indian-origin British man has been selected for ‘Pride of Birmingham’ award in the UK?
Ans-Harry Athwal

Q76.Name the Indian Architect who won the architecture’s highest honor – the Pritzker Prize 2018 for the 1first time?
Ans-Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi

Q77.Who has become the 1st woman to be directly inducted as combat officer into the ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police)?
Ans-Prakriti

Q78.Which are the 1st and only Union Territory of India to achieve full solar energy efficiency?
Ans-Diu

Q79.Which state announced the ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Kosh’ scheme that will offer pension to unmarried women above 50 years of age?
Ans-Madhya Pradesh

Q80.Which railway station of Bengaluru became the first all-woman railway station in South Western Railway zone?
Ans-Banaswadi

Q81.Which country won the ‘Best Exhibitor Award’ at 2018 ITB – Berlin?
Ans-India

Q82.Which country unveiled the world’s biggest flag?
Ans-Bolivia

Q83.Which state’s forest department has recently launched an app to track and fight forest fires during summer?
Ans-Odisha

Q84.Which state government has decided to ban the use of plastic from March 18, 2018?
Ans-Maharashtra

Q85.Which is the 1st country in the world to deploy blockchain technology in the election process?
Ans-Sierra Leone

Q86.Which Union Ministry has banned plastics in all protected areas throughout India, declaring them ‘plastic free zones’?
Ans-Environment Ministry

Q87.Name the 1st woman lawyer to be appointed as Supreme Court judge directly from the bar?
Ans-Indu Malhotra

Q88.Who has been elected as the new president of Paraguay?
Ans-Mario Abdo Benitez

Q89.Which High Court has become the 1st court in south India and eighth in India to introduce e-court fee payment facility?
Ans-Madras High Court

Q90.Name the person who has become the 1st woman firefighter appointed by Airports Authority of India?
Ans-Taniya Sanyal

Q91.Which country banned the use of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies by its banks and financial institutions?
Ans-Canada

Q92.Who received the best actor (male) award in the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2018?
Ans-Shahid Kapoor

Q93.Who received the Pride of Indian cinema award in the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2018?
Ans-Sanjay Dutt

Q94.Which gram panchayat has been declared as the best panchayat in India by the central government?
Ans-Digambarpur gram panchayat, West Bengal

Q95.Name the world’s oldest person who died in southern Japan at the age of 117, on April 22, 2018?
Ans-Nabi Tajima

Q96.Who has won the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix?
Ans-Daniel Ricciardo

Q97.Who has been appointed as the new Flag Officer, Indian Coast Guard (West Region)?
Ans-Vijay Chafekar

Q98.Name the person who has become the 1st rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for music?.
Ans-Kendrick Lamar

Q99.As per the report of Randstad Insights, which is the highest paying city in India?
Ans-Bengaluru