1: Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs (CBIC)?
Answer: S. Ramesh
2: Who has been appointed as the acting Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?
Answer: Arvind Saxena
3: Pappu Karki, the popular Kumaoni folk singer has passed away. He was a native of which state?
Answer: Uttarakhand
4: India’s first-ever national police museum will be established in which city?
Answer: Delhi
5: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is in news for appointing Sharad Kumar as new Vigilance Commissioner. As per which committee’s recommendations, the CVC was set up?
Answer: K. Santhanam committee
6: Which country will host the 45th G7 summit 2019?
Answer: France
7: Which country’s women cricket team has clinched the Asia Cup Twenty-20 tournament 2018?
Answer: Bangladesh
8: Who has won the men’s singles French Open tennis tournament 2018?
Answer: Rafael Nadal
9: Which country’s football team has won the 2018 Intercontinental Cup football title?
Answer: India
10: Shantaram Laxman Naik, who passed away recently, was the former Congress chief of which state?
Answer: Goa
11: The Maratha and The Kesri were the two main newspapers started by which of the following people?
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
12: National emergency arising out of the war, armed rebellion or external aggression is dealt under which of the following articles?
Answer: Article 352
13: Which of the following personalities is considered to be the originator of the Sankhya philosophy?
Answer: Kapil Muni
14: Which of the following personalities from India is the only winner of a Special Oscar in the history of Indian Cinema so far?
Answer: Satyajit Ray
15: Mahatma Gandhi founded which of the following newspapers in 1903 at South Africa?
Answer: Indian Opinion
