MCQ on Current Affairs 2018
1. The Book 'The Dhoni Touch' is authored by —— who is a sports journalist and an Associate Editor at Indian Express.
(A) Mr. Bharat Sundaresan (B) N. S. Ramaswami (C) Jatin Sapru (D) Ayaz Memon
2. —— assumed charge as new Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on January 16, 2018.
(A) A. S. Kiran Kumar (B) Dr. K. Sivan (C) Shailesh Nayak (D) K. Radhakrishnan
3. The indigenously developed long-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile was successfully test-fired from Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island, Odisha on January 18, 2018 . Name of the missile is ——
(A) Agni I (B) Agni II (C) Agni V (D) Agni IV
4. Who was awarded the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2017 ?
(A) Gautam Gomvir (B) Virat Kohli (C) Mahendra Sing Dhoni (D) Ravichandran Ashwin
5. Who has been awarded Ashok Chakra posthumously by Hon'ble President Mr. Ram Nath Kovind on January 26, 2018 ?
(A) Havildar Hangpan Dada
(B) Corporal Jyoti Prakas Nirala
(C) Major D SreeRam Kumar
(D) Major Mukund Varadarajan
6. Who has been appointed as Prime Minister of Nepal for the second time on February 15, 2018 ?
(A) Mr. K.P. Sharma Oli (B) Sher Bahadur Deuba (C) Pushpa Kamal Dahal (D) Khadga Prasad Oli
7. Who was elected as the President of South Africa on February 15, 2018 ?
(A) Nelson Mandela (B) Jacob Zuma (C) Thabo Mbeki (D) Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa
8. Who has been re-elected as the President of Nepal for the second term on March 13, 2018 ?
(A) Girija Prasad Koirala (B) Ms. Bidya Devi Bhandari (C) Ram Baran Yadav (D) None of the Above
9. Who has been elected as German Chancellor by the German Parliament for the fourth time on March 14, 2018 ?
(A) Ms. Angela Merkel (B) Gerhard Schroder (C) Helmut Kohl (D) Helmut Schmidt
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10. Who has been elected as the President of China for the second consecutive five-year tenure on March 17, 2018 ?
(A) Hu Zintao (B) Jiang Zemin (C) Xi Jinping (D) Li Xiannian
11. Who has been elected as President of Russia for the fourth time on March 18, 2018 ?
(A) Boris Yeltsin (B) Dmitry Medvedev (C) Alexander Rutskoy (D) Mr. Vladimir Putin
12. Who was sworn in as the new President of Myanmar on March 30, 2018 ?
(A) Mr. Win Myint (B) Htin Kyaw (C) Thein Sein (D) Maung Maung
13. Who has been sworn in as President of Cuba on April 19, 2018 ?
(A) Fidel Castro (B) Mr. Miguel Diaz-Canel (C) Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (D) Raul Castro
14. Who was honoured with the Global Women's Leadership Award 2018 at the Global Womens’s Summit in Sydney, Australia on April 27, 2018 ?
(A) H.E. Joyce Banda (B) Shinzo Abe (C) Irina Bokova (D) Ms. Sheikh Hasina
15. Who has surpassed the record held by Mr. Jyoti Basu for becoming the uninterrupted longest serving Chief Minister in India on April 28, 2018 ?
(A) Mr. Pawan Chamling (B) Naveen Patnaik (C) Gegong Apang (D) Prakash Singh Badal
16. Who has been selected for Sangita Kalanidhi Award 2018 on July 15, 2018 ?
(A) Chitravina N. Ravikiran (B) Aruna Sairam (C) A. Kanyakumari (D) Sanjay Subrahmanyan
17. Ramon Magsaysay Award 2018 has been awared to —
(A) T N Seshan (B) Kiron Bedi (C) Dr. Bharat Vatwani and Mr. Sonam Wangchuk (D) J M Lyngdoh
18. Who was sworn in as the President of Colombia on August 7, 2018 ?
(A) Mr. Ivan Duque (B) Andres Pastrana Arango (C) Alvaro Uribe Velez (D) Juan Manuel Santos Calderon
19. Who was sworn in as the new President of Paraguay on August 15, 2018 ?
(A) Federico Franco (B) Fernando Lugo (C) Mr. Mario Abdo Benitez (D) Horacio Cartes
20. Who was sworn in as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan at the President House in Islamabad on August 18, 2018 ?
(A) Mr. Imran Khan (B) Nawaz Sharif (C) Yousaf Raza Gillani (D) Benazir Bhutto
21. Who has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award 2018 ?
(A) Shubha Mudgal (B) Mr. Gopalkrishna Gandhi (C) Amjad Ali Khan (D) N Radhakrishnan
22. Who won the Women's Doubles title in the US Open 2018 ?
(A) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinchi
(B) Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis
(C) Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza
(D) Ashleigh Barty and CoCo Vandeweghe
23. Who won the Women's Single title in the US Open 2018 ?
(A) Naomi Osaka (B) Maria Sharapova (C) Serena Williams (D) Sloane Stephens
24. Who won the Men’s Doubles title in the US Open 2018 ?
(A) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
(B) Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares
(C) Mike Bryan and Jack Sock
(D) Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle
25. Who won the Mixed Doubles title in the US Open 2018 held in September 2018 ?
(A) Martina Hingis and Jamie Murray
(B) Martina Hingis and Leander Paes
(C) Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares
(D) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jamie Murray
26. Who won the Men’s Singles title in the US Open 2018 held in September 2018 ?
(A) Rafael Nadal (B) Novak Djokovic (C) Andy Murray (D) Roger Federer
27. The first airport of Sikkim was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi on September 24, 2018 at —
(A) Pelling (B) Lachung (C) Phodong (D) Pakyong
28. The winner of the Asia Cup 2018 held at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai on September 28, 2018 is —
(A) Bangladesh (B) India (C) Pakistan (D) Sri Lanka
29. Who was elected as President of Iraq on October 2, 2018 ?
(A) Faud Masum (B) Jalal Talabani (C) Saddam Hussein (D) Barham Salih
30. Who has been appointed as Chief Justice of India (CJI) on October 3, 2018 ?
(A) Mr. Ranjan Gogoi (B) Mr. Dipak Misra (C) Mr. Jagdish Singh Khehar (D) Mr. T S Thakur
31. Who has been appointed as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on October 3, 2018 ?
(A) Mr. Maurice Obstfeld (B) Olivier Blanchard (C) Ms. Gita Gopinath (D) Simon Johnson
32. Under-19 Asia Cup 2018 held at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Bangladesh on October 7, 2018 was won by ——.
(A) India (B) Bangladesh (C) Sri Lanka (D) Pakistan
33. Who won the New Academy Prize in Literature, an award created to replace the Nobel Prize for literature 2018, on October 12, 2018 ?
(A) Neil Gaiman (B) Haruki Murakami (C) Ms. Maryse Conde (D) None of the above
34. Who was elected as President of Vietnam on October 23, 2018 ?
(A) Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (B) Tran Dai Quang (C) Truong Tan Sang (D) Nguyen Phu Trong
35. Who was appointed as the President of Ethiopia on October 25, 2018 ?
(A) Sahle-Work Zewde (B) Mulatu Teshome (C) Girma Wolde Giorgis (D) Negasso Gidada
36. The Statue of Unity, a 182-metre giant structure built has been inaugrated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 31, 2018 in the honour of —— .
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilok (B) Lala Lajpat Rai (C) Jamnalal Bajaj (D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
37. Who has been appointed as India's Ambassador on November 14, 2018 by the United Nations Children's Fund-India (UNICEF) ?
(A) Swapna Barman (B) Vinesh Phogat (C) Hima Das (D) Rahi Sarnobat
38. Who has been elected as the new President of Interpol on November 21, 2018 ?
(A) Mr. Kim Jong-yang (B) Meng Hongwei (C) Jurgen Stock (D) Alexander Prokopchuk
39. Who won the six World Boxing Championships titles at the finals of the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi on November 24, 2018 ?
(A) Hanna Okhota (B) Shashi Chopra (C) Mary Kom (D) Do Hong Ngoc
40. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on November 28, 2018 ?
(A) Vinay Mittal (B) Alka Sirohi (C) Deepak Gupta (D) Mr. Arvind Saxena
41. Who was sworn in as the President of Mexico on December 1, 2018 ?
(A) Enrique Pena Nieto (B) Felipe Calderon (C) Mr. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (D) Vicente Fox
42. Who assumed charge as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India on December 2, 2018 ?
(A) Mr. Sunil Arora (B) Mr. O P Rawat (C) Nasim Zaidi (D) Navin Chawla
43. Who won the Nobel Prize 2018 in Physiology or Medicine jointly on October 1, 2018 ?
(A) Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young and Jeffrey C. Hall
(B) Dr. James P. Allison and Dr. Tasuku Honjo
(C) William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura and Tu Youyou
(D) Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka
44. Who won the Nobel Prize for 2018 in Physics jointly on October 2, 2018 ?
(A) Ms. Donna Strickland and Mr. Gerard Mourou and Mr. Arthur Ashkin
(B) Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne and Barry Barish
(C) David J. Thouless and F. Duncan M. Haldane and John M. Kosterlitz
(D) Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald
45. Who have been awarded the Nobel Prize for 2018 in Chemistry jointly on October 3, 2018 ?
(A) Jacques Dubochet and Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson
(B) Jean Pierre Sauvage and Fraser Stoddart and Ben Feringa
(C) Tomas Lindahl and Paul L Modrich and Aziz Sancar
(D) Ms. Frances Arnold and Mr.George Smith and Sir Gregory Winter
46. Who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 jointly on October 5, 2018 ?
(A) Mr. Kailash Satyarthi and Ms. Malala Yousafzai
(B) Dr. Denis Mukwege and Ms. Nadia Murad
(C) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman
(D) Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres
47. Who won the Nobel Prize 2018 in Economics on October 8, 2018 ?
(A) Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom
(B) Alvin E. roth and Lloyd S. Shapley
(C) Mr. William Nordhaus and Mr. Paul Romer
(D) Thomas J. Sargentand Christopher A. Sims
48. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award 2018 was conferred to —— on September 25, 2018.
(A) S. Mirabai Chanu (B) Venkat Rahul Ragala (C) Karnam Malleswari (D) Kunjarani Devi
49. Who was conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award 2018 on September 25, 2018 ?
(A) M S Dhoni (B) Gautam Gamvir (C) Virat Kohli (D) Sachin Tendulkar
50. Who won Gold Medal in the Men's 800m event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Manjit Singh (B) Jinson Johnson (C) Jamal Hairane (D) Abubasker Haydar Abdalla
51. Who won Gold Medal in the Men's 1500m event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Jamal Hairane (B) Jinson Johnson (C) Manjit Singh (D) Abubasker Haydar Abdalla
52. Who won Gold Medal in the Men's Shot Put event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Manjit Singh (B) Jamal Hairane (C) Tajinderpal Singh Toor (D) Neeraj Chopra
53. Who won Gold Medal in the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Neeraj Chopra (B) Jinson Johnson (C) Manjit Singh (D) Jamal Hairane
54. Who won Gold Medal in the Men's Triple Jump event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Jinson Johnson (B) Manjit Singh (C) Jamal Hairane (D) Arpinder Singh
55. Who won Gold Medal in the Women's 4 x 400m Relay event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Hima Das & Poovamma Machettira & Saritaben Gayakwad & Vismaya Velluva
(B) Hima Das & Karnam Malleswari & Saritaben Gayakwad & Vismaya Velluva
(C) Hima Das & Poovamma Machettira & Kunjarani Devi & Vismaya Velluva
(D) Hima Das & Poovamma Machettira & Saritaben Gayakwad & Kunjarani Devi
56. Who won Gold Medal in the Women's Heptathlon event at the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Wang Qingling (B) Swapna Barman (C) Yuki Yamasaki (D) Rahi Sarnobat
57. Who won Gold Medal in the 10m Air Pistol Men event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Jin Jong-oh (B) Wu Jiayu (C) Saurabh Chaudhary (D) Abhishek Verma
58. Who won Gold Medal in the 25m Pistol Women event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Rahi Sarnobat (B) Manu Bhaker (C) Chen Ying (D) Li Duihong
59. Who won Gold Medal in the Men's Freestyle 65kg event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Daichi Takatani (B) Sirojiddin Khasanov (C) Sayatbek Okassov (D) Bajrang Punia
60. Who won Gold Medal in the Women's Freestyle 50kg event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Sun Yanan (B) Manlika Esati (C) Vinesh Phogat (D) Yuki Irie
61. Who won Gold Medal in the Men's Bridge (Pair) event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Yang Lixin & Chen Gang
(B) Pranab Bardhan & Shibhnath Sarkar
(C) Henky Lasut & Freddy Eddy Manoppo
(D) Ajay Khare & Debabrata Majumder
62. Who won Gold Medal in the Men's Quadruple Sculls event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Sawarn Singh & Dattu Bhokanal & Om Prakash & Sukmeet Singh
(B) Kakan Kusmana & Edwin Ginanjar Rudiana & Sulpianto & Memo
(C) Yevgeniy Tatsey & Anastas Shashkov & Grigoriy Feklistov & Vitaliy Vassilyev
(D) Sugath Senarathne & Budhika Chaturanga & Tharanga Rupasinghe & Udara Udawaththa
63. Who won Gold Medal in the Tennis Men's Doubles event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Alexander Bublik & Denis Yevseyev
(B) Sho Shimabukuro & Kaito Uesugi
(C) Rohan Bopanna & Divij Sharan
(D) Yuya Ito & Yosuke Watanuki
64. Who won Gold Medal in the Men's Boxing 49kg event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ?
(A) Hasanboy Dusmatov (B) Carlo Paalam (C) Wu Zhonglin (D) Amit Panghal
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65. Who is the Sahitya Academy Award Winner for Bengali in 2018 ?
(A) Alok Sarkar (B) Nrisinghaprasad Bhaduri (C) Afsar Ahmed (D) Sanjib Chattopadhyay
66. Who won the Miss World title for the year 2018 ?
(A) Manushi Chhillar (B) Vanessa Ponce (C) Stephanie Del Valle (D) Mireia Lalaguna
67. Who was appointed as the Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on December 12, 2018 ?
(A) Dr. Urjit R. Patel (B) Dr. Raghuram Rajan (C) Mr. Shaktikanta Das (D) Dr. D. Subbarao
68. Who was reinstated as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka by President Mr. M. Sirisena on December 16, 2018 ?
(A) Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe (B) D.M. Jayaratne (C) Mahinda Rajapaksa (D) Sirimavo Bandaranayake
69. Who was elected as the President of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on December 17, 2018 ?
(A) Pankaj R Patel (B) Mr. Sandip Somany (C) Dr. Jyotsna Suri (D) Harshavardhan Neotia
70. Who won the Miss Universe 2018 at the pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand on December 17, 2018 ?
(A) Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (B) Iris Laurence Mittenaere (C) Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (D) Catriona Gray
71. Rose Island, Neil Island and Havelock Island of Andaman and Nicober Islands were renamed as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Shaheed Dweep and Swaraj Dweep respectively on December 30, 2018 -
(A) To run the administration work smoothly.
(B) To mark the Prime Minister’s visit to Port Blair on December 30, 2018.
(C) To mark the 75 th Anniversary of hoisting of the National Flag at Port Blair by Subhash Chandra Bose on December 30, 1943 after the Japanese captured the area during the Second World War.
(D) To reorganize the demarcation of Andaman and Nicober Islands.
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