1. Which country’s President has ordered to re-impose a ban on women buying alcohol?
Sri Lanka (Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena soon (after 39 yr ban removal) as they had attracted wide media attention and was welcomed by woman and intellectual groups.)
2. India is going to conduct a joint military exercise called ‘Vajra Prahar’ with which nation?
US (The Indo-US joint military exercise ‘Vajra Prahar’ will be undertaken at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Seattle, US in the third week of January. The exercise would see a 45-member Special Forces team from Indian Army’s Southern Command train alongside US soldiers. )
3. Which messenger service application has launched its business version to enable businesses to communicate better with their customers globally?
Whatsapp (on 18 January 2018 launched ‘Whatsapp Business’)
4. Moshe Holtzberg, the toddler who survived the 26/11 terror attacks that took the lives of his parents along with hundreds of others, recently returned to the city for the first time post the attack. Which nation does he originally belong to?
Israel(Moshe Holtzberg, the Israeli boy who survived the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks as a toddler but lost his parents, returned to Mumbai recently. This is his first visit to the city since the attacks by Pakistani terrorists over nine years ago that killed 166 people.)
5. Archaeologists have discovered the World's Biggest Flooded Cave in which nation?
Mexico
6. The UIDA has introduced which new means of Aadhaar authentication?
Face
7. Which Indian IT firm has signed a deal worth over 690 mn dollars with M&G Prudential?
Tata Consultancy Services
8. Which historical war memorial in India has been renamed after the Israeli city of Haifa?
Teen Murti(The Teen Murti Chowk in central Delhi was formally renamed as Teen Murti-Haifa, after Israeli city Haifa in a solemn ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on 14 January 2018.)
9. Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh has been appointed as the Chief of Staff of which naval command?
Western Naval Command
10. Which country has built the world’s largest air purifier to fight pollution?
China(Xian smog tower,)
11. Which country has become the first one to be connected to India’s National Knowledge Network?
Sri Lanka(India and Sri Lanka signed four agreements on 15 January 2018 for collaboration in the Information and communication technology (ICT) sector, setting up of an e-office system and connecting of National Knowledge Network (NKN) for collaboration among universities and academics. With the move, Sri Lanka has become the first country to be connected to India’s NKN through a Gigabyte optical fibre network. )
12. Which cricketer was named ICC Cricketer of the Year 2017?
Virat Kohli( he knocked up a total of 2203 runs including 8 centuries in tests, 1818 runs with 7 centuries in ODIs and 299 runs in T20 Internationals.)
13. Which country has appointed a Minister for Loneliness to tackle the issue of loneliness in the nation?
UK (The New York)
14. Which state cabinet has approved 1 per cent reservation for orphans in government jobs?
Maharashtra (the state’s Women and Child Welfare Minister Pankaja Munde said that it will help rehabilitate orphan children and secure their future. )
15. Survey suggests that students of which nation are too busy for playtime?
China (about 48.9 percent of primary and middle school students in China take private lessons. More than half of the students surveyed said that they have to bury their heads in books and had no time to play after school.)
Sri Lanka (Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena soon (after 39 yr ban removal) as they had attracted wide media attention and was welcomed by woman and intellectual groups.)
2. India is going to conduct a joint military exercise called ‘Vajra Prahar’ with which nation?
US (The Indo-US joint military exercise ‘Vajra Prahar’ will be undertaken at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Seattle, US in the third week of January. The exercise would see a 45-member Special Forces team from Indian Army’s Southern Command train alongside US soldiers. )
3. Which messenger service application has launched its business version to enable businesses to communicate better with their customers globally?
Whatsapp (on 18 January 2018 launched ‘Whatsapp Business’)
4. Moshe Holtzberg, the toddler who survived the 26/11 terror attacks that took the lives of his parents along with hundreds of others, recently returned to the city for the first time post the attack. Which nation does he originally belong to?
Israel(Moshe Holtzberg, the Israeli boy who survived the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks as a toddler but lost his parents, returned to Mumbai recently. This is his first visit to the city since the attacks by Pakistani terrorists over nine years ago that killed 166 people.)
5. Archaeologists have discovered the World's Biggest Flooded Cave in which nation?
Mexico
6. The UIDA has introduced which new means of Aadhaar authentication?
Face
7. Which Indian IT firm has signed a deal worth over 690 mn dollars with M&G Prudential?
Tata Consultancy Services
8. Which historical war memorial in India has been renamed after the Israeli city of Haifa?
Teen Murti(The Teen Murti Chowk in central Delhi was formally renamed as Teen Murti-Haifa, after Israeli city Haifa in a solemn ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on 14 January 2018.)
9. Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh has been appointed as the Chief of Staff of which naval command?
Western Naval Command
10. Which country has built the world’s largest air purifier to fight pollution?
China(Xian smog tower,)
11. Which country has become the first one to be connected to India’s National Knowledge Network?
Sri Lanka(India and Sri Lanka signed four agreements on 15 January 2018 for collaboration in the Information and communication technology (ICT) sector, setting up of an e-office system and connecting of National Knowledge Network (NKN) for collaboration among universities and academics. With the move, Sri Lanka has become the first country to be connected to India’s NKN through a Gigabyte optical fibre network. )
12. Which cricketer was named ICC Cricketer of the Year 2017?
Virat Kohli( he knocked up a total of 2203 runs including 8 centuries in tests, 1818 runs with 7 centuries in ODIs and 299 runs in T20 Internationals.)
13. Which country has appointed a Minister for Loneliness to tackle the issue of loneliness in the nation?
UK (The New York)
14. Which state cabinet has approved 1 per cent reservation for orphans in government jobs?
Maharashtra (the state’s Women and Child Welfare Minister Pankaja Munde said that it will help rehabilitate orphan children and secure their future. )
15. Survey suggests that students of which nation are too busy for playtime?
China (about 48.9 percent of primary and middle school students in China take private lessons. More than half of the students surveyed said that they have to bury their heads in books and had no time to play after school.)
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