General Awareness for HPAS / HPPSE Exams 2018

1. NDLI is a project of _________ under the aegis of National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning resources with a single-window search facility.

1. Ministry of HRD
2. Ministry of AYUSH
3. Ministry of Minority Affairs
4. Ministry of Rural Development
5. Ministry of Urban Development

2. NCERT has recently organised 2018 National Yoga Olympiad in which of the following cities?

1. Mumbai
2. New Delhi
3. Bangalore
4. Hyderabad
5. Lucknow

3. NDLI has been developed by which of the following Institutions?

1. IIM Ahmedabad
2. IIT Mumbai
3. IIM Indore
4. IIT Roorkee
5. IIT Kharagpur

4. Conference on “International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028” held in which of the following countries, recently?

1. Uzbekistan
2. Afghanistan
3. Tajikistan
4. Kyrgyzstan
5. None of these

5. ________ is the Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation.

1. Prakash Javdekar
2. Naresh Singh Tomar
3. Radha Mohan Singh
4. Nitin Gadkari
5. Thawar Chand Gehlot

6. Which of the following companies has launched a training programme for Journalists to raise awareness against misinformation and providing new tools to the fourth estate against fake news?

1. Facebook
2. WhatsApp
3. Google
4. Apple
5. Microsoft

7. Which state govt has, recently, launched 7-Star Gram Panchayat Rainbow scheme to give star rankings to its panchayats on the basis of seven social parameters?

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Punjab
4. Rajasthan
5. Haryana

8. The union govt has constituted Chief Ministers Subgroup to coordinate policy approaches for agriculture sector and which scheme?

1. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
2. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
3. Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana
4. Integrated Rural Development Program
5. National Literacy Mission Programme

9. The HRD Ministry has recently launched National Digital Library of India (NDLI) on the occasion of National Reading Day in which of the following cities?

1. New Delhi
2. Bangalore
3. Mumbai
4. Bhopal
5. Goa

10. Suresh Mathur committee is related to – 

1. Defence Technology
2. Banking Resolution
3. Insurance Marketing
4. Financial Reforms
5. None of these

11. The tri-service joint military exercise Indra-2018 will take place between India and ______.

1. Russia
2. USA
3. Japan
4. China
5. Nepal

12. Who won the recent US Open golf championship?

1. Curtis Strange
2. Brooks Koepka
3. D johnson
4. Tony Finau
5. None of these

13. 2018 National Reading Day of India is celebrated on –

1. 27 Jun
2. 17 Jun
3. 11 Jun
4. 09 Jun
5. 23 Jun

Answers:

1. 1
2. 2
3. 5
4. 3
5. 4
6. 3
7. 5
8. 1
9. 1
10. 3
11. 1
12. 2
13. 2