One Liner

1. The 5th edition of the World Buddhist Forum (WBF -2018) was recently held in which country?

[A] India
[B] Nepal
[C] Sri Lanka
[D] China

2. The 25th maritime exercise “SIMBEX-18” has started between India and which country?

[A] Saudi Arabia
[B] Seychelles
[C] Sri Lanka
[D] Singapore 

3. India is hosting the “Global IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities 2018” in collaboration with which country?

[A] South Korea 
[B] Spain
[C] Japan
[D] France

4. The first-ever solutions-focused event “Global Cooling Innovation Summit” will be held in which country?

[A] Brazil
[B] India 
[C] South Africa
[D] United Kingdom

5. Which news agency has recently launched the world’s first AI news anchor?

[A] Yonhap
[B] Kyodo News
[C] Xinhua 
[D] Lankapuvath

6. The Union Cabinet has recently approved the sale of Govt. of India’s equity in DCIL to a consortium of which of the following ports?

[A] Paradeep Port
[B] Vishakhapatnam Port
[C] Jawahar Lal Nehru Port
[D] All of the above 

7. Who has been appointed the new chairperson of Competition Commission of India (CCI)?

[A] G P Mittal
[B] U C Nahta
[C] Ashok Kumar Gupta 
[D] Smita Jhingran

8. Which Indian personality has recently bestowed with France’s highest civilian honor “Knight of the Legion of Honour”?

[A] Kailash Satyarthi
[B] Amartya Sen
[C] Jawahar Lal Sarin 
[D] Soumitra Chatterjee

9. On which date, the National Cancer Awareness Day (NCAD), was observed recently in India?

[A] November 7 
[B] November 9
[C] November 10
[D] November 11

10. Which IIT has developed a portable solar-powered cold storage device with a 500 kg capacity?

[A] IIT Indore
[B] IIT Bombay
[C] IIT Kanpur
[D] IIT Madras