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I. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed amendments Codes:
to the Criminal Law to toughen punishment of those a) Only I b) Only II
who finance terrorism or recruit terrorists. c) Both I & II d) None of these
II. Suspects convicted of funding terrorism or 19. What is the India’s GDP forecast in 2018, as per World
recruiting terrorists will face eight to 20 years in jail Bank’s latest report “2018 Global Economic Prospects
together with a fine of about $5,172 or a life (GEP)”?
imprisonment. a) 7.0% b) 7.3%
III. Before the amendments, such criminals will face a c) 7.5% d) 7.6%
prison term of up to 6 years. 20. Consider the following statements and select the correct
Codes: answer from the codes given below:
a) I & II only b) I & III only I. The World Economic Forum ranked India at 30th
c) II & III only d) All of these position on a global manufacturing index.
13. Who among the following has been appointed as the II. Japan has been found to have the best structure of
new executive director of UNICEF? production in the WEF’s first ‘Readiness for the
a) Takehiko Nakao b) Henrietta H Fore future of production report’ and is followed by
c) Sven Jurgenson d) Guy Ryder South Korea, Germany, Switzerland and China.
14. Consider the following statements and select the correct Codes:
answer from the codes given below: a) Only I b) Only II
I. The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly c) Both I & II d) None of these
to denounce US President Trump’s recognition of 21. The Rajasthan Government has tied up with which bank
Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. to promote and nurture startups in the state?
II. The nonbinding resolution declaring US action on a) HDFC Bank b) Axis Bank
Jerusalem “null and void” was approved by 128-9 c) UCO Bank d) ICICI Bank
with 35 abstentions.
SPORTS
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a) Only I b) Only II 22. Viswanathan Anand was crowned the World Rapid
c) Both I & II d) None of these Chess Champion after he defeated whom in the tie-
15. The 13th joint military drill exercise “Iron Fist 2018” break play-off?
was held between United States and which other a) Magnus Carlsen b) Vladimir Fedoseev
country? c) Ian Nepomniachtchi d) Grischuk Alexander
a) France b) Russia 23. Which of the following city will host the Commonwealth
c) South Korea d) Japan Games in 2018?
16. The Russia’s Supreme Court recently upheld election a) Manchester b) Melbourne
officials’ decision to bar the opposition leader from c) Birmingham d) Gold Coast
running for President in March’s election. Name him. 24. Who among the following became only the second
a) Vladimir Ryzhkov b) Alexei Navalny bowler to take a hat-trick in Ranji Trophy final recently?
c) Yevgeniya Chirikova d) Eduard Limonov a) B Kalyanasundaram b) Rajneesh Gurbani

ECONOMY c) Shalabh Shrivastava d) Shubham Kapse
25. Who has been appointed as the Chef De Mission by
17. Who among the following headed the committee
the Indian Olympic Association for the 23rd Winter
constituted to make recommendations for aligning the
Olympic Games to be held in Pyeongchang?
Special Economic Zone Rules with the GST laws as
a) Harjinder Singh b) Muralidharan Raja
well as for removal of various difficulties faced?
c) RK Gupta d) AV Narayan Reddy
a) Shashi Shekhar Vempati b) Surya Prakash
c) Rahul Srivastava d) LB Singhal (Compiled by Medha Chaturvedi)
18. Consider the following statements and select the correct
answer from the codes given below: ANSWERS
I. The Union Cabinet allowed foreign airlines to invest
1. c 6. a 11. a 16. b 21. a
upto 49 per cent under approval route in Air
2. d 7. a 12. a 17. d 22. b
India.
3. c 8. b 13. b 18. c 23. d
II. The other amendments in FDI Policy include 100
4. c 9. d 14. c 19. b 24. b
per cent FDI under automatic route for single brand
retail trading. 5. c 10. c 15. d 20. c 25. a
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