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Q. 1 RBI has formed an expert committee headed by whom to look into the various
challenges being faced by MSMEs?
Answer: UK Sinha
Explanation: RBI has also constituted a high-level committee of 5 members under

Nandan Nilekani to suggest measures to strengthen the safety and security of digital
payments in the country.
Q. 2 PM Modi recently inaugurated which session of the Indian Science Congress at Lovely
Professional University, Jalandhar?
Answer: 106th
Q. 3 RBI has set up a six-member expert committee, headed by whom to review the
economic capital framework of the central bank?
Answer: Bimal Jalan. He was also the head of the panel which was made to choose next
Chief Economic Adviser.
Q. 4 Which country recently tested “Father of all Bombs”?
Answer: Russia recently tested “Father of all Bombs”, after China successfully tested its
most powerful non-nuclear weapon, dubbed as the Mother of All Bombs.
Q. 5 21-day annual Makaravilakku festival season was recently celebrated in which state?
Answer: Kerala (CM: Pinyari Vijayan, Governor: P Sathasivam)
Q. 6 President Ram Nath Kovind nominated whom as Executive Chairman of National

Legal Services Authority (NALSA)?
Answer: Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri
Q. 7 Loan subsidy for the middle-income group under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana,
(PMAY) has been extended till?
Answer: 31st March 2020
Q. 8 Which Indian women’s cricketer was adjudged ‘Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for the
Women’s Cricketer of the Year’?
Answer: Smriti Mandhana
Explanation: Besides this Harmanpreet Kaur has been named the captain of ICC
Women’s T20I Team of the Year.
Q. 9 Who received the “Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja National Award for Lifetime
Achievement” in literature?
Answer: Manoj Das, an eminent English and Odia Litterateur
Explanation: Also, Satrughna Pandav an Odia poet would be awarded 39th ‘Sarala
Puraskar’ for his poetry collection ‘Misra Dhrupad’.
Q. 10 Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) recently declared how many more monuments
as ‘protected and of national importance’ taking the total number to 3693?
Answer: 6

Explanation: These newly added sites are:
a. High Court Building in Nagpur, Maharashtra (CM: Devendra Phadnavis, Governor:

Vidyasagar Rao)
b. Mughal era monuments in Agra- Haveli of Agha Khan and Hathi Khana (CM: Yogi
Adityanath, Governor: Ram Naik)
c. Neemrana Baori in Alwar district of Rajasthan (CM: Ashok Gehlot, Governor: Kalyan
Singh)
d. Group of Temples in Ranipur Jharail in Bolangir district of Odisha. (CM: Naveen Patnaik,
Governor: Ganeshi Lal)
e. Vishnu Temple in Kotali, Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand (CM: Trivendra Singh

Rawat, Governor: Baby Rani Maurya)
Also, recently 254 copper coins were discovered by ASI in the premises of Khirki Mosque,
New Delhi.
Q. 11 Which city is the guest of honour of the 27th New Delhi World Book Fair?
Answer: Sharjah
Explanation: 38th India International Trade Fair (IITF) was also recently held at
Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, Jharkhand was the partner state of the fair, theme was:
“Rural Enterprises in India”. Afghanistan is partner country, while Nepal is focus country.
Q. 12 The Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched 70-Point Grading Index
to assess the quality of?
Answer: School Education
Q. 13 Who is the head of the committee set up to review the implementation of clause 6
of the Assam Accord?
Answer: MP Bezbaruah
Q. 14 Who is the first chief justice of separate Telangana High court, who recently took
the oath?
Answer: Thottathil B Radhakrishnan
Explanation: Justice C Praveen Kumar, would be appointed as acting Chief Justice of AP

High Court.
Q. 15 The number of sites under PRASAD scheme has now reached to 41 in 25 states
after, the union government has included Gangotri and Yamunotri in Uttarakhand,
Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh and Parasnath in Jharkhand under it, what does “S” stand
for in the abbreviation PRASAD?
Answer: Spiritual
Explanation: The number of sites under PRASAD scheme has now reached to 41 in 25
states after, the union government has included Gangotri and Yamunotri in Uttarakhand,
Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh and Parasnath in Jharkhand under Pilgrimage
Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASAD).
Q. 16 Which cricketer recently became the fastest cricketer to take 200 Test wickets?
Answer: Yasir Shah

Explanation: Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has bagged the highest wickets in 2018.
Q. 17 According to Oxford Economics report, which Indian city has topped the top 10
fastest growing cities in the world from 2019 to 2035?
Answer: Surat
Q. 18 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) have placed four Indian
Public Sector Undertakings among world’s top 100 arms producers. Which Indian producer
was ranked the highest?
Answer: Indian Ordnance Factories (37th rank). The other three are: Hindustan
Aeronautics (38th rank) Bharat Electronics (64th rank) Bharat Dynamics (94th rank).
Q. 19 Which renowned English writer has been selected for Jnanapeeth award, 2018?
Answer: Amitav Ghosh
Explanation: Some of his best works are: Ibis triology of which the first volume is Sea of
Poppies (2008); second volume is River of Smoke (2011); and third volume is Flood of
Fire (2015), the Glass Palace, The shadow lines.
Q. 20 Union Cabinet has approved Agriculture Export Policy, 2018 with aim to double
farmer’s income by 2022 and to double agricultural exports from present US$ 30+ Billion
to what by 2022?
Answer: US$ 50+ Billion
Q. 21 Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)

(Headquarter: La Hulpe, Belgium) India appointed whom as the new Chairman of its
board?
Answer: Arundhati Bhattacharya
Q. 22 Who was recently named Time Magazine’s “Person of the year”?
Answer: Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Q. 23 Who has been appointed as the presiding officer in the Securities Appellate Tribunal,
Mumbai?
Answer: Justice Tarun Agarwal
Explanation: Also, Arti Chhabra Srivastava has been appointed as the first full-time Chief
Vigilance Officer (CVO) of SEBI.
Q. 24 First International Conference, on the theme- ‘Sustainable Water Management’,

was recently held at?
Answer: Mohali. Theme of the event - ‘Sustainable Water Management’.
Q. 25 “Partner Forum” a forum to discuss about the improvement in the health and well-
being of women, children and adolescents was recently inaugurated by whom at New
Delhi?
Answer: PM Modi
Explanation: He also inaugurated the Gangajal Project to improve water supply to the
city of Agra.

Q. 26 Batsman Ajay Rohera scored 267 unbeaten and broke the 25-year-old record of
Amol Mazumdar on his first-class debut. He represents which state?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
Q. 27 A conference on the theme ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code of India – New

Paradigm for Stressed Assets’ organised by IBBI was held at?
Answer: New York
Q. 28 Which country recently became a full member of the Financial Action Task Force
(FATF)?
Answer: Israel (Capital: Jerusalem/ Tel Aviv, Currency: Shekel)
Q. 29 Union Government has approved the launch of National Mission on Interdisciplinary

Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), at a total outlay of?
Answer: Rs. 3660 crores
Q. 30 ‘Of Counsel: The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy’ is book written by?
Answer: Arvind Subramanian
Q. 31 Who has won 115th Aga Khan Gold Cup Hockey tournament?
Answer: Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL)
Explanation: Also, Tata Steel bagged Prime Minister’s Trophy for the ‘Best Performing
Integrated Steel Plant’ for the year 2016-17.
Q. 32 The seventh edition of Hand-in-Hand Military exercise was recently held between
India and?
Answer: China at Chengdu, China.
Q. 33 Four Indians were included in the Forbes 100 most powerful women, which was the
highest ranked Indian?
Answer: Roshni Nadar (ranked 51st)
Explanation: List is topped by Germen Chancellor Angela Merkel. The other three are
Biotechnology pioneer Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Media person Shobhana Bhartia at 88th
position and actor Priyanka Chopra.
Q. 34 Jagdish Thakkar passed away recently, he was a?
Answer: Public Relations Officer (PRO) in the Prime Minister’s office (Journalist).
Explanation: Recently, Natwar Thakkar also passed away in Guwahati, Assam. He was
a-Gandhian and Socialist.
Q. 35 Foundation stone of Institute of High-Altitude Medicinal Plants (IHAMP) was laid by

Union Ministers Jitendra Singh and Shripad Yesso Naik recently in which state?
Answer: Bhaderwah in Doda district, J&K.
Q. 36 PM Narendra Modi recently flagged off the 900th coach and a Humsafar Rake in
modern coach factory at?
Answer: Rae Bareli, UP

Q. 37 The recent GST Council meeting has increased the exemption limit for Goods and
Services Tax (GST) registration to what amount from the current Rs 20 lakhs?
Answer: Rs 40 lakhs
Explanation: The threshold limit for the compensation scheme under which small traders
and businesses pay a 1 per cent tax based on turnover has been increased to 1. 5 crores.
Q. 38 India’s largest Cancer Institute, National Cancer Institute (NCI), was opened
recently at?
Answer: Jhajjar, Haryana (CM: Manohar Lal Khattar, Governor: Satyadev Narayan Arya)
Q. 39 BCCI has recently appointed whom as Indian women’s cricket team coach?
Answer: W. Raman
Q. 40 Which Atomic Power Station has created a new world record, with one of its units
functioning continuously without any interruption for more than 940 days?
Answer: Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant, Karnataka (CM: HD Kumaraswamy, Governor:

Vajubhai Vala)
Q. 41 Which organisation has launched ‘Operation Oliva’ to ensure the safe mid-sea
sojourn of breeding Olive Ridley sea turtles?
Answer: Indian Coast Guard
Explanation: Renowned breeding sites for Olive Ridley turtles in Odisha are:
Gahirmatha marine sanctuary area, Devi river mouth, and Rushikulya beach of
Odisha. Recently, Odisha forest department added another olive ridley mass nesting site
Bahuda Rookery at the beach on Bahuda river mouth in Ganjam district, Odisha.
Q. 42 Anup Kumar announced retirement recently, he is associated with which sport?
Answer: Kabaddi
Explanation: Pro Kabaddi League season 6 was won by Bengaluru Bulls defeating Gujarat
Fortune Giants, Bengaluru’s Pawan Kumar Shehrawat was adjudged Most Valuable
Player of the tournament.
Q. 43 Arunima Sinha became the world’s first female amputee to climb Mount Vinson, the
highest peak of?
Answer: Antarctica Name the two mountaineers who
Explanation: Satyarup Siddhanta and Mousumi Khatua also recently created history by
climbing Asia’s highest volcanic peak “Mount Damavand” in Iran.
Q. 44 Name the book which has five volumes and is written by former PM Manmohan
Singh and was released recently?
Answer: Changing India
Explanation: The book has five volumes, first volume is titled ‘India’s Export Trends and
the Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth’, second volume is titled ‘Thoughts on Trade and
Development’, third ‘The International Economic Order and the Quest for Equity in
Development’, fourth volume focuses on ‘Economic Reforms: 1991 and Beyond’, and final
part of the book is titled ‘The Prime Minister Speaks’.

Q. 45 Mount Soputan volcano which erupted recently is one of the most active volcanoes
of?
Answer: Indonesia (Capital: Jakarta, Currency: Rupiah)
Explanation: Recently Italy’s (Capital: Rome, Currency: Euro) Mount Etna volcano also
erupted resulting in numerous earthquakes.
Q. 46 Union Ministry of Agriculture had selected which state for “Krishi Karman” award in
the rice category?
Answer: Jharkhand (CM: Raghubar Das, Governor: Draupadi Murmu)
Q. 47 Recently Union Government has inked what amount loan agreement with Asian
Development Bank (ADB) (Headquarter: Manila, Philippines) for Infrastructure
Development Investment program in Tamil Nadu?
Answer: $31 million.
Also, a loan agreement of $60 million was signed with the bank for financing project for
renovation, protection and community-based flood risk management activities along the
Brahmaputra river in Assam.
Q. 48 Who is the author of the book “God of Sin: The Cult, The Clout and Downfall of
Asaram Bapu”?
Answer: Ushinor Mazumdar
Q. 49 Which state was ranked as the best performer in first ever States Start-up Ranking
2018 released by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)?
Answer: Gujarat
Q. 50 India’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was elected as Vice-Chair of United
Nations (UN) Panel of Auditors at its annual meeting held in New York, who is he?
Answer: Rajiv Mehrishi
Q. 51 Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes
and Customs (CBIC)?
Answer: Pranab Kumar Das
Q. 52 Which bank has merged completely with the non-banking financial company Capital
First into a new entity to be called as IDFC First Bank?
Answer: The IDFC Bank (Headquarter: Mumbai)
Q. 53 Who has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to the United States?
Answer: Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Q. 54 OBOPAY, the global financial technology company, announced the launch of a new
generation pre-payment instrument called- OBOPAY Card-in partnership with which bank
and Mastercard?
Answer: Federal Bank (Headquarter: Aluva, Kerala)
Q. 55 Union government has appointed whom as the new president of the Film and
Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune?
Answer: Brijendra Pal Singh

Q. 56 Union government has constituted a seven-member panel headed by whom to

select managing directors of public sector insurance companies?
Answer: Banks Board Bureau (BBB) chairman B P Sharma.
Q. 57 Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs (CBIC) recently notified which two
currencies in the list of currencies for exchange rate taking total currencies in the list to
20?
Answer: Korean Won and Turkish Lira
Q. 58 Which state government announced a 10,000 crores Krushak Assistance for

Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme to empower small, marginal &
landless farmers as well as landless labourers?
Answer: Odisha (CM: Naveen Patnaik, Governor: Ganeshi Lal)
Explanation: National Children’s Science Congress was recently held in Bhubaneswar,

Odisha. Theme: “Science, Technology, and Innovation for a Clean, Green and Healthy
Nation.”
Q. 59 Which small finance bank has received the RBI approval to operate as a scheduled
bank?
Answer: ESAF Small Finance Bank (Headquarters: Thrissur, Kerala). Now five scheduled
banks operate from Kerala other four are Federal Bank, South Indian Bank, Catholic Syrian
Bank, and Dhanlaxmi Bank.
RBI also recently approved payment platform PayU India to operate its own non-banking
financial company (NBFC).
Q. 60 17-day long International Gita Mahotsav 2018 was held in?
Answer: Kurukshetra, Haryana (CM: Manohar Lal Khattar, Governor: Satyadev Narayan
Arya)
Mauritius (Capital: Port Louis, Currency: Rupee) was the partner country and Gujarat
was the partner state.
Q. 61 RBI has shortlisted six major IT companies, TCS, Wipro, IBM-India, Capgemini
Technology Services India, Dun & Bradstreet Information Services India, and Mindtree
Ltd. to set up?
Answer: Public Credit Registry (PCR)
Q. 62 3rd edition of the annual river festival, Dwijing Festival was recently held on the
bank of River Aie at?
Answer: Chirang district, Assam (CM: Sarbananda Sonowal, Governor: Jagdish

Mukhi)
Q. 63 Which bank in collaboration with Uttar Pradesh government launched a special card
called for Kumbh Mela 2019?
Answer: Punjab National Bank (Headquarter: New Delhi)
Q. 64 RBI launched a ‘Survey on Retail Payment Habits of Individuals (SRPHi)’ in 6 cities

to capture payment habits of individuals. Name the cities?
Answer: New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Guwahati

Q. 65 Who was awarded the “Breakthrough Star of the year” in the 2018 International
Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Star Awards held in Incheon, Korea?
Answer: Manika Batra
Q. 66 Name the three most profitable PSUs in 2017-18 as per recently released Public
Enterprises Survey 2017-18?
Answer: Indian Oil Corporation, ONGC, and NTPC
Q. 67 Recently Bhutanese (Capital: Thimpu, Currency: Ngultrum) PM Dr. Lotay Tshering’s

visited India, India announced to provide grant assistance of what amount towards
Bhutan’s 12th Five Year Plan?
Answer: INR 4500 crores. Also, recently India has decided to give USD 1.4 billion aid to
the island nation of Maldives (Capital: Male, Currency: Rufiyaa).
Q. 68 Who has won the Glinka World Soil Prize 2018 for his outstanding contribution to
sustainable soil management?
Answer: Rattan Lal (President of Vienna headquartered, International Union of Soil

Science (IUSS).
Q. 69 Reserve Bank of India has cleared a proposal to give existing Rs 1000- crore corpus
to?
Answer: SIDBI (Headquarter: Lucknow)
Q. 70 Which state government conferred the annual Tansen Samman upon eminent Sitar
Player Manju Mehta for her contribution in the field of Hindustani classical music?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh (CM: Kamal Nath, Governor: Anandiben Patel)
Q. 71 Union Government has raised its contribution to National Pension System (NPS) for
its employees from 10% to?
Answer: 14%. Government also has decided to make NPS fully tax free.
Q. 72 Which states have been ranked on top 3 positions of the first-of its- kind Sustainable
Development Goals index released by NITI Ayog?
Answer: Himachal Pradesh, Kerala (both have a score of 69), and Tamil Nadu (score:
66). UP with a score of 42 was ranked last.
Q. 73 Jana Small Finance Bank (Headquarter: Bengaluru) in association with which

sports body has launched Jana Bankable Debit Card?
Answer: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
Q. 74 Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) announced creation of a 12-member

committee of senior officials chaired by whom for a fresh cadre review and restructuring
of the Income Tax Department?
Answer: S K Dash
Q. 75 Niti Ayog has released the second Delta Ranking of the 111 districts under
Aspirational Districts programme (total districts in the programme are 115)? Name the
top five districts in the ranking?

Answer: The five districts which have shown most improvements are Virudhunagar (Tamil
Nadu), Nuapada (Odisha), Siddharth Nagar (Uttar Pradesh), Aurangabad (Bihar) and
Koraput, Odisha.
Q. 76 “A Rural Manifesto – Realising India’s Future through her Villages” has been
authored by?
Answer: BJP MP Varun Gandhi (Lok Sabha constituency: Sultanpur, UP)
Q. 77 IMF announced that global debt has reached an all-time high of USD 184 trillion.
According to the statement, more than half of the global debt is being borne by 3
countries, Name them?
Answer: United States, China and Japan.
Q. 78 Indian stock market overtook Germany’s (Capital: Berlin, Currency: Euro) recently
to become the world’s ______ largest stock market?
Answer: 7th
Q. 79 European Parliament approved a free trade agreement between which other

country?
Answer: Japan
Q. 80 Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh released the list of top 10 performing police
stations across the nation, name the three?
Answer: Kalu (Bikaner, Rajasthan), Campbell Bay (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) and
Farakka (Murshidabad, West Bengal).
Q. 81 Which country approved the issuance of “Panda Bonds” in Chinese currency?
Answer: Pakistan
Explanation: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) (provincial government of Pakistan) has

declared the ancient Hindu religious site of “Panj Tirath” in Peshawar as national
heritage.
Q. 82 As per financial Services Secretary, Rajiv Kumar, Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR)
of Public sector bank has gone up from 46.04 percent as of March 2015 to what percent
as of September 2018?
Answer: 66.85
Q. 83 PM Modi inaugurated India’s longest rail cum road bridge Bogibeel bridge,
which is on the river Brahmaputra between Dibrugarh and Dhemaji districts of Assam
(CM: Sarbananda Sonowal, Governor: Jagdish Mukhi.), what is the length of the bridge?
Answer: 4.94 Km
Explanation: Also, CM of Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Khandu inaugurated India’s longest

single-lane steel cable suspension bridge over Siang River in Upper Siang district.
World’s longest sea bridge is Zhuhai-Macao Bridge between China and Hong Kong.
Q. 84 Recently which FMCG major approved the merger with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer
Healthcare (GSKCH India) through an-all equity deal, valuing the total business of the
latter at 31,700 crores?

Answer: Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)
Q. 85 Which ecological area in Madhya Pradesh, was notified as ‘national park’?
Answer: Kuno National Park
Q. 86 According to EY FinTech Adoption Index, India has the second highest FinTech
adoption rate among digitally active consumers. What is the rate?
Answer: 52 percent, only second to China at 69 percent.
Q. 87 Which country launched its own and the first messaging app “BizBarde”?
Answer: Turkmenistan (Capital: Ashgabat, Currency: Manat)
Q. 88 RBI recently released bi-annual Fiscal Stability Report, the gross non-performing
assets (GNPA) ratio of SCBs declining from 11.5 per cent in March 2018 to what per cent
in September 2018?
Answer: 10.8%
Explanation: As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s latest report India’s current account
deficit (CAD) widened to 2.9% of the GDP in the July-September quarter of the current
fiscal.
Q. 89 Gitega has been declared as the new political capital of which country?
Answer: Burundi (Currency: Franc), Bujumbura, the previous capital of Burundi will
serve as the economic capital of the country.
Q. 90 Which public sector banks have signed a bancassurance pact with SBI Life Insurance
to sell the policies of the insurer from its branches?
Answer: Allahabad Bank (Headquarter: Kolkata) & Syndicate Bank (Headquarter:

Manipal, Karnataka).
Q. 91 Mrinal Sen, passed away, he was a?
Answer: Legendary filmmaker
Q. 92 Malwa Gramin Bank and Sutlej Gramin Bank have been amalgamated with which
other RRB into a single RRB by the Government?
Answer: Punjab Gramin Bank
Q. 93 Who was the head of the committee which suggested All India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE) not to allow setting up of new Engineering colleges from 2020?
Answer: B V R Mohan Reddy
Q. 94 Ramakant Achrekar passed away recently, he was a?
Answer: Cricket coach (of Sachin Tendulkar)
Q. 95 Which country has introduced a new “GAFA tax” for companies Google, Apple,
Facebook and Amazon to ensure the global giants pay a fair share of taxes on their
massive businesses in Europe?
Answer: France (Capital: Paris, Currency: Euro)
Q. 96 Which country won the Hopman Cup held in Perth, Australia?

Answer: Switzerland tennis team of Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic won the Hopman
Cup held in Perth, Australia.
Q. 97 Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in recently as which country’s President?
Answer: Brazil’s (Capital: Brasilia, Currency: Real)
Q. 98 Bharti AXA Life Insurance started delivering policies and renewal premium receipt
to customers via which instant messaging platform?
Answer: WhatsApp
Q. 99 Which state bagged Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP’s) “Best
Implementation of Water Resources Project” for better planning, implementation,
monitoring and speedy execution of Polavaram multipurpose project on the Godavari
River?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh (CM: Chandrababu Naidu, Governor: ESL Narsimhan)
Explanation: Andhra Pradesh has topped the Ease of Doing Business rankings released
by Asia competitiveness institute (ACI) and DIPP, Maharashtra and Delhi came in second
and third place respectively.
Q. 101 As per Standard Chartered Plc’s long-term forecasts about shake-up of the world’s
gross domestic product rankings, which country will become the largest economy by 2020,
using purchasing power parity exchange rates and nominal GDP?
Answer: China
Explanation: India will likely be larger than the U.S. in the same time period while
Indonesia will break into the top 5 economies. The report says current emerging markets
will likely make up the majority of the 10 biggest economies by 2030.
Q. 102 World Economic Forum (Headquarter: Cologny, Switzerland) recognises which

Tata Steel's plant as 'factory of the future'?
Answer: Ijmuiden, Netherlands (Capital: Amsterdam, Currency: Euro)
Q. 103 Name the online campaign launched by Ministry of Women and Child Development,
to discover and celebrate the exceptional achievements of women?
Answer: Web- Wonder Women
Q. 104 Who has recently become the president of the Global Solar Council
(Headquarter: Washington DC)?
Answer: Pranav R Mehta
Q. 105 Khelo India Youth Games (earlier called School Games) 2019 are held in?
Answer: Pune, Maharashtra
Explanation: Also, 1st Indo-Japan Business Council- KONNICHI WA was held in PUNE,
Indian Owl Festival, India’s first owl fest, was held at Pingori village of Pune, Maharashtra.
Also, World’s largest dome was recently opened in, Pune, Maharashtra.
Q. 106 RBI (RBI Governor: Shaktikanta Das from Odisha) recently made Legal Entity
Identifier (LEI) code mandatory for all market transactions regulated by it. The LEI is of
how many characters?

Answer: 20-characters. It is a unique identity code assigned to entities who are parties
to a financial transaction.
Explanation: RBI also increased the interest subsidy, called the Interest
Equalisation Rate, to 5 per cent from 3 per cent on post and pre-shipment export
credit for MSME sector to boost the exports in the MSME sector.
In a separate guideline RBI announced the date of implementation of the Net Stable
Funding Ration (NSFR) norms to be from April 1, 2020.
Q. 107 Indian Railways launched a software of what name that will enable the Railways
to keep track of punctuality of trains as well as freight and passenger earnings from
anywhere in the country?
Answer: e – Drishti
Explanation: Also, Indian Railways launched “Utkrisht” project to upgrade 140 rakes of
Mail/Express trains in the first phase.
Railways has also developed a new AI-powered robot named USTAAD (Undergear
Surveillance through Artificial Intelligence Assisted Droid) which examines parts
of the coach in real time with an HD camera and transmits them over WiFi.
Railways also launched Rail Heritage Digitisation Project” of Indian Railways in

collaboration with Google Arts & Culture.
Q. 108 As per Consultancy firm Bain & Company’s latest report states that, India has the
fastest growing online retail market among top global economies. India had a compound
annual growth rate (CAGR) of?
Answer: 53% from 2013 to 2017
Explanation: Also, as per WEF and Bain & Company’s latest report, consumer spending
in India will grow from $1.5 trillion at present to $6 trillion by 2030, making the
country the third largest consumer market in the world after the U.S. and China.
Q. 109 First ever India Indonesia Business forum (IIBF) was held recently at?
Answer: Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Explanation: India launched ‘Operation Samudra Maitri’ to help disaster hit Indonesia,
also, recently, INS Sumitra became the first-ever warship to enter port of Sabang in
Indonesia
Q. 110 Who would replace Muhtar Kent as the next chairman of Coca -Cola company?
Answer: James Quincey
Q. 111 Vanessa Ponce de Leon of which country won the Miss World 2018 crown at the
68th edition of the prestigious Miss World grand event held in Sanya, China?
Answer: Mexico (Capital: Mexico City, Currency: Peso). India was represented by
Anukreethy Vas (Miss India 2018).
Q. 112 India’s first underwater museum to be established in Union territory of Puducherry

will be in which Navy’s vessel?
Answer: INS Cuddalore

Q. 113 Military Literature Festival 2018 jointly organized by Punjab, Haryana and Indian
Army was held in?
Answer: Chandigarh
Q. 114 India has the highest number of ‘stunted’ children in the world and nearly a third
of all stunted children worldwide are to be found in India as per recently released Global
Nutrition Report, 2018, the report is released by?
Answer: World Health Organisation (WHO) (Headquarter: Geneva). About 46.6 million
children in India suffer from stunting due to poor nutrition intake in the long term and
repeated infections.
Q. 115 Which state recently became the first state in the country to have four international
airports with the inauguration of Kannur airport?
Answer: Kerala. The first commercial flight from this airport was of Air India to Abu Dhabi.
The other three international airports are Trivandrum International Airport, Cochin
International Airport and Calicut International Airport.
Q. 116 Which world finance body has launched World Bank assisted State of
Maharashtra’s Agribusiness and Rural Transformation (SMART) Project to transform rural
Maharashtra?
Answer: World Bank
Explanation: Also, According to World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief, India will
retain its position as world’s top recipient of remittances in 2018, receiving a total
remittance of $80 billion.
Q. 117 What are the key decisions of RBI’s recent (5th) Monetary Policy Review meeting?
Answer: RBI retained its earlier prediction of GDP i.e. GDP growth for the year 2018-19
would be 7.4%. Also, GDP of first quarter of the next financial year 2019-2020 is projected
to be 7.5%.
Repo Rate: 6.5 per cent.
Reverse repo rate: 6.25%
Marginal Standing Facility stands: 6.75%.
Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR): 19.5%
Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR): 4%.
Q. 118 World Bank has unveiled what amount as climate action investment for 2021 to
2025 to fight impact of climate change?
Answer: US $200 billion
Q. 119 Which middle east country has announced its withdrawal from Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) (Headquarters: Vienna, Austria) from January
2019 to focus more on the production of natural Gas?
Answer: Qatar (Capital: Doha, Currency: Riyal)
Q. 120 The first bilateral air exercise SHINYUU Maitri-18 was held between Indian Air
Force (IAF) and which country’s Air Force at Agra airbase?

Answer: Japan. Theme of this exercise is joint Mobility/Humanitarian Assistance &

Disaster Relief (HADR) on Transport aircraft.
Explanation: Also, Indian Navy will conduct its flagship large-scale coastal defence
exercise Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX) from January to March.
Q. 121 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched country’s
first advance earth observation satellite called?
Answer: Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS)
Explanation: Also, ISRO made GSAT – 11, India’s heaviest and most-advanced
communication satellite was launched on board of Ariane 5 VA-246 rocket from Kourou
Launch Base, French Guiana.
ISRO also, successfully launched the communication satellite GSAT-7A which will
tremendously boost Indian Air forces’ communication capabilities.
Q. 122 Which Indian shooter was awarded coveted International Shooting Sport
Federation (ISSF) (Headquarters: Munich, Germany) Blue Cross?
Answer: Beijing Olympic Gold – medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra
Explanation: Raninder Singh became the first Indian to be elected as the vice-president
of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). Also, Pawan Singh became the first
Indian to be elected as one of the 7 members of the Judges Committee of the International
Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF).
Q. 123 The International Prototype of the Kilogram (IPK), a cylinder of a platinum alloy
stored at BIPM will be replaced by which constant?
Answer: Planck’s Constant (h).
Explanation: Likewise, standard definitions of kilogram, Ampere, Kelvin and mole. This
decision was made at the General Conference on Weights and Measures held in Versailles,
France.
Q. 124 As per World malaria report by WHO, India has registered what percent reduction
in cases from 2016 to 2017?
Answer: 24%
Q. 125 Union Government has approved building and development of Kartarpur Corridor
from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district of Punjab to international border with
Pakistan. Kartarpur is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Ravi
Q. 126 As per National Health Agency (now National Health Authority) after two months
of launch of Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, which state has
emerged as the top performer among the states under the scheme?
Answer: Gujarat
Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya
Yojana-Ayushman Bharat in Ranchi, Jharkhand
Answer: PM Modi recently laid the foundation stone for the Mandal Dam Project on the
North Koel River in Jharkhand (CM: Raghubar Das, Governor: Draupadi Murmu).

Q. 127 Top Indian boxer Mary Kom (from Manipur) won gold medal (her 6th medal in all)
at World Women’s Boxing Championships. The championship was held at?
Answer: New Delhi. The boxer was recently honoured with “Meethoileima” title (means
Outstanding Queen) by Manipur government.
Explanation: Sonia Chahal (Silver), Simrajit Kaur (Bronze) and Lovlina Borgohain
(Bronze), helped the India finish at the third position overall.
Also, BSNL has signed Indian Boxer Mary Kom as the brand ambassador of the company.
Q. 128 United Nations selected which two Indian cities to participate in its Global
Sustainable Cities 2025?
Answer: Noida and Greater Noida
Explanation: Also, 46th edition of world’s largest IHGF-Delhi Fair was held at India Expo
Centre & Mart in Greater Noida.
Q. 129 Which Indian organisation was chosen by United Nations Environment Program
for 2018 Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards?
Answer: Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), India and its enforcement officer RS
Sharath.
Q. 130 Which district of Uttar Pradesh, well known for its hand-woven carpets around the
world, was granted the export ‘excellence tag’ by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade
(DGFT)?
Answer: Bhadohi
Q. 131 Dipa Karmakar won the bronze medal in the Vault event of the Artistic Gymnastics
World Cup which was organised in?
Answer: Germany
Q. 132 Bihar government unveiled 70-feet tall statue of Lord Buddha at?
Answer: Rajgir, Nalanda district, the statue has been installed in the middle of lake Ghora
Katora.
Q. 133 Which member of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has been appointed as
the convenor of Task Force that is drafting New Direct Tax Legislation Law?
Answer: Akhilesh Ranjan
Q. 134 Which country won the seventh title of the Women’s Hockey Champions Trophy
held in China with the victory over Australia?
Answer: Netherlands (Capital: Amsterdam, Currency: Euro)
Q. 135 Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched which scheme to boost
Intellectual Property Right (IPR) culture in the Indian defence industry?
Answer: Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti
Q. 136 Which state has become the first state in the country to implement Emergency
Response Support System (ERSS)?
Answer: Himachal Pradesh. Rajnath Singh launched ERSS number 112 for the state.

Explanation: The state also launched Sashakt Mahila Yojna which aims to empower rural
women by providing them an interface for organization and socio-economic development.
Q. 137 Which state government has launched Bhuseva and Bhudaar web portal through
which people can view land records online?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
Explanation: Also, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) (Headquarter: Beijing,

China) had approved a $400 million loan for a Water Sanitation Project in Andhra Pradesh.
Q. 138 Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launched which portal for quicker
processing of loans under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods
Mission?
Answer: PAiSA’ (Portal for Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention Access) portal
Q. 139 According to the 2017-18 annual report of Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY),
Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) sanctioned Mudra loans of what amount under
PMMY?
Answer: Rs 27,000 crores. In the same period PSBs lent Rs 92,492.68 crores. Among
this, AU Small Finance Bank was the top lender among Small Finance Banks (SFBs) and
the State Bank of India (SBI) was the top lender among state-run banks.
Q. 140 Which country’s president will be chief guest at India’s 70th Republic Day
celebrations on 26 January 2019?
Answer: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (Capital: Pretoria (executive)

Bloemfontein (judicial) Cape Town (legislative), Currency: Rand)
Q. 141 Union Government has constituted six-member committee headed by whom to

look at selling of small and marginal oil and gas fields of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas
Corp (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) to private and foreign companies to boost domestic
output?
Answer: NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar
Explanation: 3rd edition of Women Transforming India Awards with the theme – ‘Women
and Entrepreneurship’ was recently organised by NITI Ayog in New Delhi.
Q. 142 Recently what amount of loan was signed by Union Government and Asian
Development Bank (ADB) for Odisha Skill Development Project and development of India’s
first skill training center in Bhubaneshwar?
Answer: $85 million
Q. 143 Which small finance bank recently became the first small finance bank to introduce
a new personal loan scheme for salaried individuals?
Answer: Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (Headquarters: Bengaluru). Personal loans

starting from Rs 50,000 up to Rs 15 lakhs would be given to individuals who earn more
than 15 thousand per month.
Q. 144 Recently SEBI set up 24-member panel, released the amended SEBI (Listing
Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 with new rules for re-
classification of a promoter as a public investor. Who was the head of this panel?

Answer: Uday Kotak. As per new rules an outgoing promoter cannot hold over 10 per
cent stake in the firm.
Q. 145 Paytm (parent company One 97 Communications Limited) has recently partnered
with which insurance company to offer online insurance premium payments on its
platform?
Answer: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) (Headquarters: Mumbai)
Q. 146 India has been given chairmanship of Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
(KPCS) from 1st January 2019. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS)
Plenary 2018, was held at?
Answer: Brussels, capital city of Belgium (Currency: Euro)
Q. 147 The 24th meeting of Conference of Parties (COP-24) to United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) recently began at?
Answer: Katowice, Poland (Capital: Warsaw, Currency: Zloty)
Q. 148 2018 G- 20 Summit (13th summit) was held at?
Answer: Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina (Currency: Peso), Also, PM Modi
announced that India will host G20 Summit in 2022, when it celebrates its 75th year of
Independence.
Next G – 20 summit (14th summit) will be held in Japan.
Q. 149 26th Conference of Central and States Statistical Organizations was held at?
Answer: Dharamshala. Theme of this year’s Conference is “Quality Assurance in Official

Statistics”.
Q. 150 According to the report by the International Energy Agency titled ‘World Energy
Outlook’, India would surpass US as the 2 nd biggest emitter of carbon dioxide from the
power sector in the world after China by which year?
Answer: 2030
Explanation: Also, according to research firm Canalys, India has overtaken US to become
second largest smartphone market in the July-September 2018 quarter.
Q. 151 Recently, Nongkrem dance festival, was celebrated by the people of which state?
Answer: Meghalaya (CM: Conrad Sangama, Governor: Tathagata Roy)
Explanation: Also, Nagaland recently celebrated Hornbill Festival.
Q. 152 Indian cueist Pankaj Advani recently won International Billiards and Snooker
Federation billiards championship, held at?
Answer: Yangon, Myanmar
Q. 153 Who has been appointed as the chairman of Inland Waterways Authority of India
(IWAI) recently?
Answer: Jalaj Shrivastava
Q. 154 Who will replace Hasmukh Adhia as the next Revenue Secretary of India?
Answer: Ajay Bhushan Pandey

Q. 155 Indian army has picked Igla-S missile system as choice for its man-portable air
defence systems (MANPADS) recently, Igla – S missile system is of which country?
Answer: Russia
Q. 156 Four-day regional meeting of World Customs Organisation (WCO) was held
recently in?
Answer: Jaipur
Explanation: Also, the 80th session of Policy Commission of World Customs Organization
(WCO) was held Mumbai.
Q. 157 Vice President Venkaiah Naidu recently inaugurated the Indian Armed Forces
Memorial at Villers-Guislain town in which country?
Answer: France
Q. 158 Union Government announced setting up of Animation, Gaming and Visual effects
Institute in which city?
Answer: Mumbai
Q. 159 Aabid Hamid from J&K, India recently has won gold medal in which sport?
Answer: Kick Boxing at World Kick Boxing Championship in Argentina.
Q. 160 Which was the focus country in the 49th International Film Festival of India being
organised in Panaji, Goa?
Answer: Israel. Theme of the festival is “New India”. Jharkhand is the focus state.
Explanation: Best film (Golden Peacock) award was given to Donbass (Ukrainian movie)
directed by Sergei Loznitsa. ICFT –UNESCO Gandhi Medal has been given to ‘Walking with
the Wind’ film directed by Praveen Morchhale.
Q. 161 Who was presented “Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement” at New
Delhi for his immense contribution to the enrichment and promotion of Indian Classical
Music?
Answer: Sarod Master Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
Q. 162 India’s first specialized hospital for elephants by Wildlife SOS NGO was formally
opened in?
Answer: Mathura, UP
Q. 163 Delhi Police has launched an e-learning portal by what name to impart training
and provide up to date information to police officers?
Answer: NIPUN
Q. 164 Kuldip Singh Chandpuri passed away recently he was from which field?
Answer: Defence. He was the hero of the Longewala battle in 1971 (he was portrayed by
Sunny Deol in movie Border).
Q. 165 Which Indian American has been named by Fortune in its 2018 Business Person
of the year list?

Answer: Shantanu Narayen, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Adobe. However,

Progressive CEO (US Insurance company) Tricia Griffith is the 2018 FORTUNE
Businessperson of the Year.
Q. 166 Which bank has launched first interactive Credit Card in India with buttons called
“Nexxt” Credit Card?
Answer: IndusInd Bank (Headquarters: Mumbai)
Q. 167 Which exchange launched a mobile app “goBID” and web-based platform for retail
investors to buy government securities?
Answer: National Stock Exchange
Q. 168 Union Government has launched Yuva Sahakar-Cooperative Enterprise Support

and Innovation Scheme of National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC). The
scheme will be funded by ‘Cooperative Start-up and Innovation Fund (CSIF)’. What is the
outlay of this fund?
Answer: Rs. 1000 crores
Q. 169 PM Modi recently launched APIX (Application Programming Interface Exchange),

a banking technology platform at Fintech Festival held at?
Answer: Singapore
Q. 170 Sunil Mehta committee announced for formation of an asset management

company, for resolving large bad loans. What is the name of the company?
Answer: Sashakt India Asset Management
Q. 171 Union Government has inked $300 million Loan Agreement with which financial
institution to support lending by India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL)?
Answer: Asian Development Bank (Headquarters: Philippines)
Explanation: Government of India also signed a $200 million loan with ADB to fund
upgradation of 230 kilometres State Highways in Bihar.
Q. 172 As per the 10th annual ‘Innovation in Retail Banking’ report, digital assistants,
social media and third-party channels are expected to be the primary channels for banking
by?
Answer: 2022
Q. 173 Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation of India’s first Sri Vishwakarma
Skill Development University in which state?
Answer: Haryana (Palwal District) (CM: Manohar Lal Khattar, Governor: Satyadev
Narayan Arya)
Explanation: Education Department of Haryana recently launched ‘I am not afraid of

English’ initiative from Class 1 in the state’s primary schools.
Q. 174 33rd edition of the ASEAN Summit was held at?
Answer: Singapore. The theme of the summit was “Resilient and Innovative”.
Q. 175 To commemorate 550th birth anniversary of first Sikh Guru and founder of Sikh
religion Guru Nanak, a first-of-its-kind institute of Inter-Faith Studies will be set up at?

Answer: Punjab. A National Implementation Committee (NIC) under Chairmanship of

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was set up to commemorate the 550th birth
anniversary of Guru Nanak in the country and abroad.
Q. 176 Shri Ramayana Express, a special tourist train to run on Ramayana circuit covering
major spots related to Hindu epic was flagged off by Indian Railways recently from?
Answer: Safdarjung Railway Station, New Delhi. Journey will have two travel components
— one each in India and Sri Lanka.
Q. 177 Veteran Actor and Politician MH Ambareesh who was popularly known as “Rebel
Star” passed away recently. He was from which state?
Answer: Karnataka
Q. 178 As per the 6th edition & 2019 version of India Skills Report, which state topped
the list of states with the highest employability?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh (CM: N. Chandrababu Naidu, Governor: ESL Narasimhan)
Q. 179 Which Indian PSU won the CII-Exim Bank Business Excellence Award, for being a
role-model organization, at the Quality Summit held in Bengaluru?
Answer: BEL
Explanation: Also, Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank, headquarter: Mumbai)

announced extension of credit facility of USD 500 million to Tanzania (Capital: Dodoma,
Currency: Shilling) for water supply projects in the country.
Q. 180 Which Indian actor was awarded the third Sayaji Ratna Award for his social
contribution recently?
Answer: Amitabh Bachchan
Q. 181 Which Indian shuttler has won Syed Modi India Grand Prix Gold badminton title
2018 held in Lucknow, UP in men’s singles category?
Answer: Sameer Verma
Q. 182 Kim Jong Yang has been elected as the new president of INTERPOL (Headquarter:
Lyon, France), He is from?
Answer: South Korea (Capital: Seoul, Currency: Won)
Q. 183 Popular teenage singer Nahid Afrin has been appointed by UNICEF as the first
‘Youth Advocate’ of the north-eastern region to fight for child rights. She is from which
state?
Answer: Assam
Q. 184 Who has been appointed as the next chairman of Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC)?
Answer: Arvind Saxena
Q. 185 Casio has launched world’s first Goods and Services Tax (GST) calculator in India
for simplify the GST calculations for the tax payers. Casio is headquartered at?
Answer: Japan

Q. 186 Biennial World Congress on Mountain Medicine was recently organised in

Kathmandu, Nepal. What was its theme?
Answer: Mountain Medicine in the Heart of the Himalayas
Explanation: 24th World Congress of Philosophy (WCP) was held in Beijing, China. Theme
for this event was: “Learning to Be Human”.
Q. 187 Annual ‘Jangalmahal’ festival was recently held in which state?
Answer: West Bengal
Explanation: The CM of West Bengal Mamta Banerjee has been awarded the Skoch Chief
Minister of the Year Award for the year 2017.
Q. 188 Which Pharma company recently launched India’s First chatbot named ‘ANYA’ to
provide medically verified information for health-related queries?
Answer: Lupin
Q. 189 Which country won the 2018 Davis Cup Tennis Tournament?
Answer: Croatia (Capital: Zagreb, Currency: Kuna) defeated France.
Q. 190 International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease announced to host the
4-day 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health in which city?
Answer: Hyderabad
Q. 191 Who has been senior appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of
India?
Answer: Sunil Arora
Q. 192 Which state government approved renaming the Jolly Grant airport after former
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee?
Answer: Uttarakhand
Explanation: The union government released a commemorative coin worth Rs 100 in

honour of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 94th birth anniversary.
Sadaiv Atal, the Samadhi of Atal Bihari Vajpayee (near Rajghat) was dedicated to
the nation on the birth anniversary (25 December, celebrated as Good Governance
day) of Vajpayeeji.
Q. 193 Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved continuation of nine
sub-schemes of umbrella scheme ACROSS. The scheme deals with?
Answer: Climate and Weather Forecasting
Q. 194 Seventh edition of the ‘International Tourism Mart’ was held in which state
recently?
Answer: Agartala, Tripura
Q. 195 To give boost to Malabar tourism, which state’s Tourism Department launched a
‘SMILE (‘Small and Medium Industries Leveraging Experiential’) Virtual Tour Guide’?
Answer: Kerala (CM: Pinyari Vijayan, Governor: P. Sathasivam).
Q. 196 The Fire Burns Blue: A History of Women’s Cricket in India’, is a book on women’s
cricket co-authored by Siddhanta Pathak and?

Answer: Karunya Keshav
Q. 197 According to a study named ‘Ease of Moving Index’ which Indian city has been
adjudged best among all metro cities in public transport?
Answer: Kolkata. Patna and Bhubaneswar topped the list for growing and emerging cities.
Q. 198 India recently signed a $75 billion currency swap agreement which country?
Answer: Japan
Q. 199 Recently which group got RBI licence to open Rs. 1000 crore NBFC?
Answer: Kirloskar group. The NBFC would be headed by Vimal Bhandari as CEO.
Q. 200 RBI allowed banks to provide PCE to bonds issued by the systemically important
non-deposit taking non-banking financial companies (NBFC-ND-SIs). What does ‘PCE’
stand for?
Answer: Partial Credit Enhancement. This shall be done by maintaining the exposure
limit of the bank within the aggregate PCE exposure limit of 20 percent.
Q. 201 Who was elected president of International Boxing Association (AIBA)

(Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland) recently?
Answer: Gafur Rahimov of Uzbekistan (Capital: Tashkent, Currency: Som)
Explanation: The first India-Central Asia Dialogue will be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Q. 202 First-of-its-kind ‘Little India Gate’ was inaugurated at Madras Village area in Medan
city of which country?
Answer: Indonesia (Capital: Jakarta, Currency: Rupiah)
Q. 203 The film “Pather Panchali” which has been listed in BBC’s list of 100 best foreign
language films was directed by?
Answer: Satyajit Ray
Q. 204 As per engineering firm Arcadis, which city has maintained its rank as number one
Asian city in the Sustainability Index?
Answer: Singapore
Q. 205 “Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers Meeting” was held
recently in which country?
Answer: South Africa
Explanation: The Theme of the IORA meeting was: “IORA: Uniting the Peoples of Africa,
Asia, Australasia and the Middle East through enhanced cooperation for Peace, Stability
and Sustainable Development”.
Q. 206 To combat Air Pollution first Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health was
conducted at?
Answer: Geneva. Theme of the conference was: “Improving Air Quality, Combatting
Climate Change-Saving Lives”.
Q. 207 Which city hosted the 23rd edition of the World Corporate Games recently?
Answer: Qatar (Capital: Doha, Currency: Riyal)

Q. 208 Which Indian nuclear submarine has become the first submarine to successfully
complete first deterrence patrol?
Answer: INS Arihant
Q. 209 Which Western Pacific nation has become the first country to ban any kinds of
sunscreen, in a move to protect its coral reefs?
Answer: Palau (Capital: Ngerulmud, Currency: USD)
Q. 210 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp (HSBC) India and ING Bank Belgium have
jointly executed a trade transaction using blockchain enabling cross border payment from
a US-based company to which India’s company?
Answer: Reliance Industries
Q. 211 India recently signed an agreement to link which country’s Asia Health and Well-
being Initiative (AHWIN) with India’s healthcare initiatives such as Ayushman Bharat?
Answer: Japan
Q. 212 Which Insurance company recently launched the ‘Cyber Security Awareness Week’
from October 21 to October 27, 2018?
Answer: HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company
Explanation: Also, HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company and Federal Bank,
announced tie-up for the distribution of HDFC ERGO’s range of non-life insurance offerings.
Q. 213 Who has replaced Elon Musk as the new chairman of electric car maker Tesla?
Answer: Robyn Denholm (from Australia)
Explanation: Recently Australia (Capital: Canberra, Currency: Australian Dollar)

surpassed Qatar (Capital: Doha, Currency: Riyal) to become the world’s leading exporter
of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG).
Q. 214 In order to encourage women voters to vote in the recently held assembly
elections Election Commission set up ‘Sangwari’ polling booths in which state?
Answer: Chattisgarh
Q. 215 Union government awarded the which state’s police for “good practices” under the
Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS), an e-governance project?
Answer: Assam
Q. 216 34th National Junior Athletics Championships 2018 were recently held in which
state?
Answer: Jharkhand
Q. 217 The government recently announced to release commemorative coin of what

denomination on occasion of 75th anniversary of hoisting of Tricolour by Netaji Subhash
Chandra Bose at Cellular Jail, Port Blair on December 30, 1943?
Answer: Rs. 75
Explanation: The Union Government has decided to rename Ross, Neil and Havelock
islands of Andaman as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Shaheed Dweep, and Swaraj
Dweep, respectively.

Q. 218 Indian Army inducted three important combat proven artillery gun system
recently, M777 is one of those, it has been imported from which country?
Answer: M777 A2 ultra-light howitzers (ULH) (imported from US). The other two are K-
9 Vajra (imported from South Korea) guns and ‘Composite Gun Towing Vehicle’
(manufactured by Ashok Leyland, India).
Q. 219 United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and which e-commerce giant have
formed strategic partnership to support efforts to eliminate hunger globally by 2030?
Answer: Ali Baba
Q. 220 In a historic achievement PM Modi inaugurated India’s first Inland Multi-Modal

Terminal Port on National Waterways-I at?
Answer: Ramnagar in Varanasi
Explanation: In a historic achievement PM Modi inaugurated India’s first Inland Multi-

Modal Terminal Port on National Waterways-I (Haldia to Prayagraj) on river Ganga at
Ramnagar in Varanasi and received first container cargo belonging to PepsiCo.
Also, Ramnagar Multi-Modal is one of the four terminals being constructed on National
Waterways-I (NW1) on River Ganga. The other three terminals are Sahibganj, Haldia and
Gazipur.
Also, the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) launched a dedicated portal named
FOCAL to connect cargo owners and shippers with real time data on availability of vessels.
Q. 221 Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd. (ISPRL) has constructed and
commissioned underground rock caverns (storage Units) at three locations, Name them?
Answer: Mangalore (1.5 MMT), Vishakhapatnam (1.33 MMT), and Padur, Karnataka (2.5
MMT).
Explanation: The total 5.33 MMT capacity under phase-I of the programme is currently
estimated to supply approximately 9.5 days of India’s crude requirement.
Q. 222 Aimed at cutting down fish imports which state government recently announced
a Rs. 378 crores investment in Aqua Mission?
Answer: Meghalaya (CM: Conrad Sangama, Governor: Tathagata Roy)
Explanation: Also, world’s only autumn cherry blossom festival was recently held in
Meghalaya.
Q. 223 Union Government has appointed whom as the next chairperson of Competition
Commission of India (CCI)?
Answer: Ashok Kumar Gupta
Q. 224 Who was presented with France’s highest civilian honour Chevalier de la Legion
d’Honneur, in recognition of his contribution towards strengthening of Indo- French
cultural ties?
Answer: Jawaharlal Sarin. Also, Azim Premji (Wipro Chairman) was awarded the same
prize recently.
Also, French Knight of the National Order of Merit was given to Ashok Amritraj for his
contribution to the world of cinema and Indo-French film industry.

Q. 225 According to a recent research paper ‘Mobility & Congestion in Urban India,’ by
National bureau of economic research (NBER) which Indian city has been ranked as the
most congested Indian city?
Answer: Bengaluru. In a separate index ranking fastest Indian cities Ranipet (Tamil Nadu)
has the fastest traffic.
Q. 226 Having facilities like: free wi-fi, CCTV surveillance, public information display
system and on-board announcements, the “MO Bus” service was recently inaugurated in
which state?
Answer: Odisha
Explanation: Odisha also recently launched a new programme for transparency and
awareness on various government schemes, called- the Peoples Empowerment Enabling
Transparency and Accountability or PEETHA.
Q. 227 Which world body has withdrawn ‘Ambassador of Conscience’ Award, from
Myanmar Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi, for her inability to stop violence against the
Rohingya Muslim minority?
Answer: Amnesty International (Headquarter: London, England)
Q. 228 The first Global Cooling Summit was recently inaugurated by Union Environment
Minister, Harshvardhan at?
Answer: New Delhi
Explanation: The aim of the summit was to address climate threat that comes from
growing demands of Air Conditioners.
Also, Global IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities (GITC) 2018 was recently organised
by in New Delhi by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) in association with World
Bank.
Q. 229 Union Government has approved strategic disinvestment of its entire 73.44%
share in Dredging Corporation of India (DCIL) to consortium of four ports. Name them?
Answer: Vishakhapatnam Port Trust (Andhra Pradesh), Paradeep Port Trust (Odisha),
Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust (Maharashtra) and Kandla Port Trust (Gujarat).
Q. 230 “Notes of a Dream: The Authorized Biography of A.R. Rahman” has been written
by?
Answer: Krishna Trilok
Q. 231 To improve the socio-economic conditions of the weavers residing in the phumdis
at Loktak Lake and build tourism first ever “Water Handloom Hut” in the North East region
was inaugurated at?
Answer: Loktak Lake in Imphal, Manipur (CM: Nongthombam Biren Singh, Governor:
Najma Heptulla)
Explanation: Also, the annual Sangai Festival was celebrated recently in Manipur. Also,
PM Modi recently inaugurated Dolaithabi Barrage project in Imphal.
Q. 232 India and Singapore recently held its 25th joint naval exercise SIMBEX at?
Answer: Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. INS Sahyadri took part from India’s side.

Q. 233 According to an annual report 2018 Pneumonia and Diarrhoea Progress Report
released by International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) (Headquarter: Baltimore, USA)
nearly half a million pneumonia and diarrhoea deaths still occurred in two countries. Which
are these countries?
Answer: India and Nigeria (Capital: Abuja Currency: Niara)
Q. 234 Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu recently was on a seven-day visit to three South
African nations, Name them?
Answer: Botswana (capital: Gaborone, currency: Pula), Zimbabwe (capital: Harare,

currency: USD, Euro and Rand) and Malawi (capital: Lilongwe, currency: Kwacha).
Explanation: Recently President Kovind also visited Czech Republic (Capital: Prague,
Currency: Koruna, Cyprus (Capital: Nicosia, Currency: Euro) and Bulgaria (Capital:
Sofia, Currency: Lev).
Q. 235 Which country won the 2018 Fed Cup Trophy (International women’s tennis
tournament) for the 6th time in eight years by defeating defending champions US?
Answer: Czech Republic (Capital: Prague, Currency: Koruna)
Q. 236 6th Indian Social Work Congress was recently held in?
Answer: New Delhi, Also, during this event Late Dr. Martha Farrell was honoured with
the “Lifetime Achievement Award”.
Also, International Symposium to Promote Innovation & Research in Energy Efficiency

(INSPIRE 2018) launched in New Delhi.
Q. 237 Union minister of state for Ayush Shripad Yesso Naik (Lok Sabha Constituency:
North Goa) laid the foundation stone for the All India Institute of Ayurveda, Yoga and
Naturopathy?
Answer: Dhargal, North Goa
Explanation: Union minister of state for Ayush Shripad Yesso Naik also inaugurated
fourth International Ayurveda Congress (IAvC) held in Leiden, Netherlands.
Q. 238 In a recent move of RBI which aimed at liberalising norms governing External
Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) for infrastructure creation, RBI has reduced minimum
average maturity required for the to how many years?
Answer: Three earlier it was five years, Additionally, it also has reduced average maturity
requirement for mandatory hedging to five years from earlier ten years.
Explanation: Also, RBI has reduced the mandatory hedging provision to 70 per cent from
100 per cent to ease the External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) norms. The move will help
Indian companies to borrow foreign currency-denominated ECBs for more liquidity.
Recently, RBI has decided to have “rule-based dynamic limit” for total Outstanding
External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) to 6.5% of GDP.
Q. 239 Which Indian golfer became the first Indian to win Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the
year award recently?
Answer: Shubhankar Sharma. He also became the youngest and the fifth Indian to win
Asian Tour Order of Merit in golf.
Q. 240 14th edition of Jashne Bachpan, a theatre festival was recently held at?

Answer: New Delhi. Also, “Hausla 2018” national festival of children of the Ministry of
Women and Child Development was held recently in New Delhi.
Explanation: Also, the first India-ASEAN InnoTech Summit was held in New Delhi. It was
organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).
Also, the India Water Impact Summit-2018 was held in New Delhi.
Q. 241 Which state government recently launched ‘Gau Samriddhi Plus scheme’ or ‘Cow
Samriddhi Plus Scheme’?
Answer: Kerala
Explanation: Also, around 30 lakh women stood shoulder to shoulder to form Vanitha
Mathil, “women’s wall” that ran across the length of Kerala. The wall (620 Kms) stretched
from Kasaragod in the north to Thiruvananthapuram in the south for about 620 Kms.
Q. 242 Which word was recently announced as the world of the year by Oxford Dictionary?
Answer: Toxic
Explanation: “Single – Use” is the word of the year as per Collins. Also, UK’s
Cambridge Dictionary has confirmed “nomophobia” the inaugural People’s Word of
the Year (2018).
Recently, Merriam-Webster has declared ‘Justice’ as the 2018 Word of the year.
Q. 243 T. S. Kanaka recently passed away, she was the Asia’s first _____?
Answer: Neurosurgeon
Q. 244 Who was appointed as full-time Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED)?
Answer: Sanjay Kumar Mishra
Q. 245 Which sportsperson was appointed as first ever youth ambassador of United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) India?
Answer: Hima Das
Explanation: She was also appointed as Sports Ambassador of Assam.
Q. 246 On October 31, 2018, on the 143rd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,
India’s first Home Minister, a 182-metre high Statue of Unity was unveiled by-
Answer: PM Modi
Explanation: The statue was built at a cost of Rs. 2989 crores and is located in Gujarat,
3.2 kms downstream of Narmada Dam. The statue was designed by Padma-Bhushan
winning sculptor Ram V Sutar and was built by Larsen and Toubro.
It stands 177 feet higher than the current world’s tallest, China’s Spring Temple Buddha
and is twice taller than Statue of Liberty, US.
Also, Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani unveiled the Fabric of Unity on the occasion in
Gurugram in Haryana.
Q. 247 Karnataka Social Welfare Department launched which scheme to boost

employment opportunities for SC/ST youth through entrepreneurship?
Answer: Samruddhi scheme

Explanation: Karnataka government recently also launched Unnati scheme, which will
invest up to Rs 20 crore to create infrastructure for start-ups and entrepreneurs from a
marginalised or SC/ST background.
Q. 248 Which sports body will be awarded the FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry) India Sports Awards 2018 for the category of Best National
Sports Federation (NSF)?
Answer: Athletics Federation of India
Q. 249 Which team beat Delhi to lift its 3rd Vijay Hazare Trophy title at M Chinnaswamy
stadium, in Bengaluru, Karnataka?
Answer: Mumbai
Explanation: Also, India Blue team defeated India Red to lift the 2017-18 Duleep Trophy.
Q. 250 15th edition of World Wrestling Championship recently concluded in Budapest,

Hungary. What was India’s performance?
Answer: India was at the 17th place with 2 medals – 1 silver and 1 bronze. Bajrang Punia
bagged the silver medal. Pooja Dhanda won Bronze medal.
Q. 251 Which female tennis player has become the first recipient of the Chris Evert
Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) World No.1 Trophy?
Answer: Simona Halep of Romania (Capital: Bucharest, Currency: Leu)
Q. 252 An international standard Stadium for differently-abled was announced by the

Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Thaawarchand Gehlot. The stadium
would be located at?
Answer: Shillong, Meghalaya (CM: Conrad Sangama, Governor: Tathagata Roy)
Explanation: Also, the first edition of North East Olympic Games 2018 was held at Main
Stadium Khuman Lampak Sports Complex, in Imphal, Manipur.
Q. 253 The second International conference on Primary Health Care (PHC) was
inaugurated at?
Answer: Astana, Kazakhstan (currency: Tenge). J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and
Family Welfare addressed the conference, on the theme “The Future of Primary Health
Care”.
Q. 254 India’s Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) signed a pact with which country’s
aerospace industries’ worth USD 777 million?
Answer: Israel (Capital: Jerusalem, Currency: Shekel)
Q. 255 To combat extreme impacts of climate change on people living in the coastal states
of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha, Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved
what amount for supporting climate resilience?
Answer: USD 43.4 million
Q. 256 India released its first engineless semi-high-speed train called?
Answer: Train 18 (Built by Integrated Coach Factory, Chennai). It breached the 180 kmph
speed limit in the Kota-Sawai Madhopur section.

Q. 257 Union HRD Ministry has constituted an Expert Group headed by whom to formulate
a draft policy to reduce weight of schoolbag?
Answer: Professor Ranjana Arora of NCERT
Q. 258 India’s investment promotion body, called ______ has won United Nations (UN)
Award for excellence in promoting investments in sustainable development.
Answer: “Invest India”
Q. 259 Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) is going to issue masala
bonds of what amount to mobilise funds for various development works?
Answer: Rs. 5,000 crores
Q. 260 International Conference on Status and Protection of Coral Reefs (STAPCOR –

2018) was held at?
Answer: Bangaram Island, Lakshadweep. The theme of the conference was “Reef for
Life”.
Q. 261 Instituted by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA), the first World
Agriculture Prize was given to?
Answer: Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
Q. 262 Recently by opening over 16 lakh postal savings accounts under the Sukanya
Samriddhi Yojana which state has created a national record?
Answer: Tamil Nadu (CM: Edappadi K. Palaniswami, Governor: Banwari Lal Purohit)
Explanation: Under the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, the government has cut the
minimum annual deposit requirement for accounts to Rs 250 from Rs 1,000 earlier.
Q. 263 Rajkumar Singhajit Singh, a Manipuri dancer, Chhayanaut, a cultural organization

of Bangladesh and Ram Vanji Sutar a renowned sculptor was awarded which award for
Cultural Harmony for the year 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively?
Answer: Tagore Award
Q. 264 The Central Vigilance Commission observed the Vigilance Awareness Week from
____ to ________to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel.
Answer: 29th October to 3rd November, 2018. The theme of Vigilance Awareness Week-
2018 is Eradicate Corruption-Build a New India.
Q. 265 US-based which Indian writer has won 2018 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for her
debut book “Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern
India?
Answer: Sujatha Gidla
Q. 266 10th Nuclear Energy Conclave was inaugurated by Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh,
in New Delhi. What was the theme of the conclave?
Answer: “Nuclear Power: Towards A Clean and Base Load Energy”
Q. 267 Which is the only Indian firm to be featured among the top 25 companies in the
Forbes’ global 2000 best employers list?
Answer: Larsen & Toubro. It has ranked at 22 position.

Q. 268 Who was awarded 19th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public
Administration by the Vice President in New Delhi?
Answer: Fali S. Nariman an eminent jurist
Q. 269 5th National Summit on Good and Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public
Health Care Systems in India was held at?
Answer: Kaziranga in Assam.
Q. 270 Name the joint military exercise between United Arab Emirates (UAE) and United
States (US) which was held near Dubai?
Answer: Iron Magic 19
Q. 271 Uzbekistan’s (Capital: Tashkent, Currency: Som) ambassador to India Farhod

Arziev inaugurated a 4-day international dance festival titled “Udbhav Utsav” at?
Answer: Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh (CM: Kamal Nath, Governor: Anandiben Patel)
Q. 272 According to the 7th edition of the ‘Word Cooperative Monitor’ report 2018, which
of India’s fertilizer major has been ranked as the biggest cooperative in the world?
Answer: IFFCO
Q. 273 Name the girl from Haryana who won the Miss Deaf Asia 2018 title at an
international pageant held in Prague?
Answer: Nishtha Dudeja
Q. 274 According to survey The Teen Age Girls (TAG)’s report, conducted by Project Nanhi
Kali, which state topped the TAG index in the state category?
Answer: Kerala.
Explanation: Mumbai topped it in the city category
Q. 275 European Parliament awarded the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize to
jailed Ukrainian filmmaker-
Answer: Oleg Sentsov
Q. 276 Life Insurer PNB MetLife launched AI powered customer service app called?
Answer: Khushi.
Q. 278 What is the name of India’s first ever passenger cruise ship which was launched
between Mumbai and Goa?
Answer: “Angriya”. The cruise ship Angriya has been named after first Maratha Navy
Admiral Kanhoji Angre and the great Angria bank coral reef near Vijaydurg, Maharashtra.
Q. 279 Currently at seventh position in Global Aviation market India will be _______
biggest aviation market after China and US by 2024 according to International Air
Transport Association’s (IATA) (Headquarter: Havana, Cuba) 20- year air passenger
forecast report?
Answer: 3rd
Explanation: Civil aviation ministry along with the Airport Authority of India (AAI)
launched an app named ‘GAS 2019’. Global Aviation Summit is scheduled to take place in
January, 2019 at Mumbai.

Q. 280 The Indian Mobile Congress’ second edition (IMC-2018) was held recently at?
Answer: New Delhi. The theme was “New Digital Horizons. Connect. Create. Innovate”.
Explanation: PM Modi approved the National Digital Communications Policy-2018 (NDCP-

2018). The aims of the policy like, “Broadband for all” would be achieved by 2022
Q. 281 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched which portal and app to enhance
collaboration towards the service of the weaker sections of society, through technology?
Answer: “Main Nahin Hum”
Q. 282 Which country has announced to acquire U.S. software company Red Hat Inc for
$34 billion?
Answer: IBM
Q. 283 Asma Jahangir (Pakistan), Rebeca Gyumi (Tanzania) (Capital: Dodoma, Currency:
Shilling), Wapichana (Brazil) Capital: Brasilia, Currency: Real) and Front-Line Defender, a
human rights organisation of Ireland was recently awarded which award?
Answer: UN Human Rights Award for 2018.
Q. 284 Name the 23-year old Indian scientist, who won the World Health Summit start-
up award, 2018?
Answer: Roopam Sharma. He was awarded for his invention, Manovue – the world’s first
intelligent personal assisting system for the visually impaired. The event was held in
Berlin.
Q. 285 According to a Lloyd’s report, “A world at risk- Closing the insurance gap,” India
has the _________ largest insurance gap in the world of USD 27 billion (in absolute terms)
after China.
Answer: Second
Q. 286 Which country recently launched the world’s first sovereign blue bond worth US$15
million to finance sustainable marine and fisheries projects?
Answer: Seychelles (Capital: Victoria, Currency: Rupee)
Q. 287 According to a new Standard Chartered study- ‘The Emerging Affluent Study
2018– Climbing the Prosperity Ladder’, which country is Asia’s most investment savvy
economy?
Answer: India
Q. 288 State Bank of India (SBI) has entered into an agreement with which payments
solution provider for establishing a card acceptance and digital payment platform?
Answer: Hitachi Payment Services
Explanation: State Bank of India has made Asian Games gold medallist Swapna Barman
(Heptathlete) as brand ambassador for its digital app YONO (You only need one).
Q. 289 How was India’s performance in the 2018 Asian Para Games held in Jakarta,
Indonesia?
Answer: India finished the 2018 Asian Para Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia with a total
of 72 medals (15 gold, 24 silver and 33 bronze) medals. India secured ninth position.

Mariyappan Thangavelu (High Jumper) was the flag bearer in the opening
ceremony.
Q. 290 Name the Dutch photographer who has won Wildlife Photographer of the Year
2018. He got the award for his photo titled “The Golden Couple”?
Answer: Marsel van Oosten
Q. 291 Name the Stephen Hawking’s last book which was launched recently after his
death?
Answer: “Brief Answers to the Big Questions”
Q. 292 As per QS Asia University Rankings 2019, which Indian institute is the best ranked
Indian Institute with the All Asia rank of 33?
Answer: IIT Bombay. National University of Singapore is the best educational University
of Asia.
Explanation: Also, as per Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings for 2019
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru has secured number one position among
Indian universities.
Q. 293 India’s first agri and food business online learning platform was launched at the
SR Innovation Exchange (SRiX) Campus at?
Answer: Warangal in Telangana (CM: K Chandrasekhar Rao, Governor: E. S. L.

Narasimhan)
Q. 294 India announced a railway station named, the Keylong station, to be built inside
a tunnel at a height of 3,000 metres in which state?
Answer: Himachal Pradesh. It will be built along the Bilaspur-Manali-Leh line close to the
China -India border.
Explanation: Also, in Lippa-Asra wildlife sanctuary in Kinnaur district of Himachal

Pradesh, snow leopard was spotted recently.
Q. 295 What has been declared as the official mascot for the Odisha Men’s Hockey World
Cup, to be held in Odisha (Kalinga Stadium)?
Answer: Turtle ‘Olly’
Explanation: Belgium (Capital: Brussels, Currency: Euro) defeated Netherlands to win

the 14th edition (their 1st title) of Hockey WC held in Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar,
Odisha. Belgian Arthur Van Doren was awarded as the Best Player of the World Cup
2018.
Also, Indian men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh inked pact with Adidas. Also,
former Indian Hockey player Sandeep Michael passed away recently.
Q. 296 Name India’s first judo medallist at the Olympic level who won a silver medal at
Youth Olympics Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina?
Answer: Thangjam Tababi Devi (from Manipur)
Q. 297 Who won an alternative award -The New Academy Prize formed in protest to the
Nobel Literature Prize?
Answer: Maryse Conde (from France)

Q. 298 Who was selected as India’s first ‘Miss Trans Queen’?
Answer: Veena Sendre (from Chhattisgarh) (CM: Bhupesh Baghel, Governor: Anandiben
Patel).
Q. 299 Which University was named as World’s Most Innovative University by Reuters
news agency rankings?
Answer: Stanford University
Q. 300 India’s first India-Israel Innovation Centre (IIIC), an entrepreneurial technology

hub, was recently launched in?
Answer: Bengaluru
Q. 301 RBI (RBI Governor: Shaktikanta Das from Odisha) in consultation with SEBI and
the Union government proposed a VRR for FPIs to invest in debt markets. What is the full
form of VRR?
Answer: Voluntary Retention Route
Explanation: Under this, a foreign portfolio investor will be required to invest a minimum
of 67% of the committed portfolio size (CPS) within the one-month period. After this FPIs
will be eligible to invest in any government security, including treasury bills, corporate
debt instruments, including commercial papers. They can also take part in repo for liquidity
but given their amount doesn’t exceed 10% of their investment under VRR.
Q. 302 RBI recently released the direction for the ETPs. What is the full form of ETP?
Answer: Electronic Trading Platforms
Explanation: Stock exchanges are not included in the ETPs. Any entity wanting to operate
as an ETP, has to obtain the permission of the RBI and must also possess and maintain a
minimum net-worth of Rs 5 crore at all times. ETP directions come into force with effect
from October 05, 2018.
Q. 303 Country’s first 58- acre Second Generation (2G) Ethanol Bio-Refinery plant has
been set up at?
Answer: Bargarh district of Odisha.
Q. 304 PM Modi has unveiled a 64-foot-tall statue of peasant leader Sir Chotu Ram at-
Answer: Sampla in Rohtak.
Q. 305 Number of Asiatic lions in Gir sanctuary recently died due to which deadly virus?
Answer: Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) and protozoa infections
Q. 306 Who was appointed as Chairman of the Working Committee and Director on the
Board of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) (Headquarter: London)?
Answer: Vikram Limaye
Q. 307 Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) (Headquarter: Lucknow)

launched a six-day national level entrepreneurship awareness campaign named?
Answer: Udyam Abhilasha.

Q. 308 National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to change the board and management
control of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) appointed 6 members panel.
The panel is headed by?
Answer: Uday Kotak
Explanation: Vineet Nayyar has been appointed as the Vice-chairman and Managing
Director (MD) of the Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS).
Q. 309 Ekalabya committee selected which Odia hockey player for the prestigious
Ekalabya Puraskar, 2018?
Answer: Lilima Minz
Explanation: Also, two other sportswomen were felicitated with the award. They are:
weight lifter Jhili Dalabehera and Badminton player Rutuparna Panda.
Q. 310 International Finance Corporation (IFC) the finance arm of World Bank approved
investment of what amount in India Resurgence Fund (IRF)?
Answer: $ 100 million. India Resurgence Fund (IRF) is a joint venture of Parimal
Enterprise Limited and Bain Capital.
Explanation: IFC also invested $100 million in Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services
Ltd. (M&M) to give financial assistance to small and medium enterprises.
Q. 311 Norwegian Nobel Committee has selected which two persons jointly to award 2018
Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: Dr. Denis Mukwege (Congo (Capital: Kinshasha, Currency: Franc and Zaire)),
Nadia Murad (Iraq (Capital: Baghdad, Currency: Dinar) They were given award for their
efforts to end use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.
Q. 312 Chennai based Geographical Indication Registry and Intellectual Property India
has granted Geographical Tag to Alphonso mango of?
Answer: Maharashtra
Explanation: Shahi Litchi and Silao Khaja (Nalanda district) from Bihar have received
Geographical Indication (GI) as well. MP’s Kadaknath chicken also got GI tag recently.
“Invaluable Treasures of Incredible India” is the tagline of GI Tag.
Q. 313 RBI increased lenders’ single borrower exposure limit for Non-Banking Financial
Companies (NBFCs) which do not finance infrastructure, from 10% to what percent of
capital funds?
Answer: 15%
Q. 314 Surpassing Accenture, which IT company has become the world’s largest pure-
play information technology (IT) and consulting firm servicing mega banks and insurers?
Answer: TCS
Q. 315 Fourth India International Science Festival 2018 (IISF 2018) was held at Lucknow,
what was the theme?
Answer: Science for Transformation.

Explanation: Also, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated three-day long Krishi
Kumbh 2018 in Lucknow, to enable technology driven solution to farmers and double their
income.
Also, “Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Indian Institute of Toxicology

Research, Lucknow has developed an innovative technology for “Drinking Water
Disinfection System” with the trade name “OneerTM”.
Q. 316 Name the MD & CEO of ICICI Prudential Asset Management who was elected as
the chairperson of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI)?
Answer: Nimesh Shah
Q. 317 Which Indian minister was awarded the 4th annual Carnot Prize 2018 by University
of Pennsylvania, United States?
Answer: Minister of Railways & Coal and former Minister of Power, Coal, New & Renewable
Energy and Mines Piyush Goyal (MP (Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra)
Q. 318 Who has been awarded the International Olympic Committee’s Sport and Active
Society Commission’s Grant Award for his contribution to sports for development?
Answer: Suheil F. Tondon
Q. 319 Renowned composer, lyricist, writer Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi, will be
conferred with which award for Lifetime Achievement?
Answer: Hridaynath award
Q. 320 Who won the 2018 Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Asia) Award for his
photograph ‘Pipe Owls’, at the Natural History Museum, London?
Answer: Arshdeep Singh
Q. 321 With an aim to make the state smoke – free, which state recently became the first
state in the country to have 100% penetration of LPG?
Answer: Kerala
Explanation: Also, RBI approved the proposal of Kerala government for the formation of
Kerala Bank. The decision was taken by special task force headed by Chairman M S Sriram.
The bank will be formed by consolidating State Cooperative Bank and the 14 district
cooperatives. It will have a net deposit amount of Rs 650 billion.
Q. 322 IRCTC has launched Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered chatbot of what name to
help its users answer various queries?
Answer: Ask Disha ((Digital Interaction to Seek Help Anytime)
Explanation: Moreover, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu announced a portal called
‘Digital Sky’ which is an online registration method for drone operators in the country.
Both pilots and owners of the drones should be registered in this portal to operate
Q. 323 The first joint military exercise named “Dharma Guardian” between India and
which country was held at the Army’s Counter-Insurgency Warfare School at Vairengte,
Mizoram (CM: Pu Zoramthanga (Mizo National Front, Governor: Rajasekharan)?
Answer: Japan

Explanation: The 3rd edition of Japan-India Maritime Exercise (JIMEX) commenced at

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Also, India and the U.S. announced participation in the bilateral ‘Cope India’ air
exercise to a trilateral format in West Bengal this month.
Also, India and United States also recently, completed the final manoeuvres of their three-
day tactical exercise called ‘Vajra Kaya ‘which is part of their joint military drill ‘Vajra
Prahar 2018’ in Jaipur and annual combat exercise “Yudh Abhyas” at Chaubatia in
Uttarakhand.
Q. 324 Which Hindustani classical music instrumentalist will be awarded annual Ustad
Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award?
Answer: Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Q. 325 Anna Burns from Ireland won the Man Booker Prize 2018 for which of her novel?
Answer: Milkman
Q. 326 Ministry of Personnel announced that the government set up an eight-member

Lokpal Search Committee under the Chairmanship of?
Answer: Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai.
Q. 327 Paul G. Allen, passed away in United States recently, he was a co- founder of?
Answer: Microsoft
Q. 328 Who was India’s flag bearer in the recently concluded Summer Youth Olympic
Games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina?
Answer: Manu Bhaker
Explanation: Jeremy Lalrinnunga (Weightlifting) was India's flag bearer at the closing
ceremony. Russia topped the medals tally. India obtained 14th position (as per IOA) with
13 Medals: 3 gold, 9 silver and 1 bronze.
Q. 329 Canelo Álvarez has signed the richest contract in the history of sports, which is a
5-year deal worth $365 million (over Rs 2,680 crore) with streaming service DAZN. He is
from which country?
Answer: Mexico
Q. 330 Governments of which country and the UK, with support from the World Bank
launched a new Global Risk Financing Facility (GRiF) to support vulnerable countries to
climate and disaster shocks?
Answer: Germany
Q. 331 International Olympic Committee (IOC) has made which African nation the host
of the 2022 Youth Olympic Games, making it the first African host of any Olympics?
Answer: Dakar, Senegal (Currency: CFA Franc)
Q. 332 Which Indian state outclassed 51 other nominations to be awarded UN Food and
Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) (Headquarter: Rome, Italy) Future Policy Gold Award
(Gold Prize)?
Answer: Sikkim

Explanation: PM Modi inaugurated Sikkim’s (CM: Pawan Kumar Chamling, Governor:

Ganga Prasad) first airport and nation’s 100th operational airport, its name is Pakyong
Airport.
Q. 333 Who has been appointed as the new Solicitor General of India?
Answer: Tushar Mehta. KK Venugopal is the Attorney General of India.
Explanation: Madhavi Goradia Divan has been appointed as Additional Solicitor General
(ASG) in the government of India
Q. 334 GD Agrawal, died recently in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, after a 111-day hunger

strike. He was a?
Answer: Environmentalist
Q. 335 Which Insurance body was awarded ISSA (International Social Security
Association) ISSA Good Practice Award for administrative solution for coverage extension
and for promoting registration of employers and employees?
Answer: Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
Q. 336 According to United Nations report titled ‘Economic Losses, Poverty and Disasters
1998-2017’, India has suffered economic loss of what amount due to climate-related
disasters in last 20 years?
Answer: $79.5 billion
Q. 337 American economists William Nordhaus and Paul Romer were jointly awarded 2018
Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences for integrating ___________ and technology.
Answer: Climate Change
Q. 338 Which Indian cricketer’s technology start-up Spektacom Technologies launched

the “Power Bat” which is powered by Microsoft’s Azure Cloud platform?
Answer: Anil Kumble
Q. 339 National Housing Bank (Headquarter: New Delhi) announced increase of the
Refinance limit to what amount?
Answer: 30,000 crores
Q. 340 32nd world conference of World Union of Wholesale Markets, WUWM was held at?
Answer: Gurugram
Q. 341 India signed a deal of what amount to buy S-400 missile deal with Russia?
Answer: $5.43 billion
Explanation: India will buy five S-400 missiles cum air defence systems. A total of eight
agreements were signed between India and Russia.
Q. 342 Who has written the new book “The Paradoxical Prime Minister”?
Answer: Shashi Tharoor. He described the book in 29-letter word

floccinaucinihilipilification”.
Q. 343 Which state government has launched ‘Nirman Kusuma’ programme for providing
financial assistance to the children of construction workers for their technical education?

Answer: Odisha
Explanation: Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik launched ‘Soura Jalanidhi’ scheme
to increase the use of solar power in farming.
Q. 344 International Conference on Women’s Health, Wellness and Empowerment was

recently held in?
Answer: Kanpur
Q. 345 Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently conferred Swachh Survekshan Grameen
Awards 2018 to top ranked states and districts. Which state was rewarded for maximum
citizens’ participation?
Answer: UP
Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently conferred Swachh Survekshan

Grameen Awards 2018 to top ranked states and districts. Haryana was ranked as best
state, Satara District of Maharashtra was ranked as best district. Uttar Pradesh was
rewarded for maximum citizens’ participation. Also, Maharishi Dayanand University in
Haryana got the award for the cleanest University.
Also, Union Territory of Puducherry has bagged top position in National Clean School
Award after seven schools from Puducherry were awarded for cleanliness.
Q. 346 According to recently released report “Future of Work in India” report, companies
in India experiencing highest growth prefer hiring men. The report is released by?
Answer: World Economic Forum
Explanation: The World Economic Forum (WEF) has also announced its first centre for
Fourth Industrial Revolution in India, the centre will be based in Maharashtra. It is the
fourth such center by WEF, the other three are in San Francisco (US), Tokyo (Japan) and
Beijing (China) are already functioning.
Also, A task force called: Closing the Skills Gap Task Force in India, was constituted by
the Union ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship in collaboration with WEF
for addressing the skill gap in India.
Q. 347 The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to two
immunologists James P. Allison (US) and Tasuku Honjo (Japan) for their discovery of
Immune checkpoint therapy for the treatment of which disease?
Answer: Cancer
Q. 348 Boost is the new product to which payment platform to offer instant loan within
90 seconds?
Answer: Mobikwik
Q. 349 Who was appointed the first chairperson of National Financial Reporting Authority
(NFRA)?
Answer: Rangachari Sridharan
Q. 350 Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley launched a web portal
for easy fund availability for MSME sector. The facility will provide loan of upto what
amount in the record time of just 59 minutes?
Answer: Rs. 1 crore

Explanation: This is a first one of a kind MSME credit space which will ensure seamless
loan approval up to Rs. 1 crore within 59 minutes from SIDBI and 5 Public Sector Banks
(SBI, Bank of Baroda, PNB, Vijaya and Indian Bank)
Q. 351 PM recently launched commencement of work for India’s first Coal-gasification

based fertilizer plant in?
Answer: Odisha
Explanation: PM recently inaugurated Garjanbahal coal mines, he also launched

commencement of work for India’s first Coal-gasification based fertilizer plant with pet
coke blending will come up in Talcher, Odisha.
He also, released a commemorative stamp and coin on the Paika Rebellion at the
IIT, Bhubaneshwar campus and announced setting up of a chair on the Paika Rebellion,
in Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
Q. 352 According to a new report by TransUnion CIBIL, which state has the highest retail
balance comprising of 20 per cent in the country?
Answer: Maharashtra
Explanation: According to a new report by TransUnion Cibil, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

and Karnataka make up for nearly 40 per cent of all retail loans in the country.
Maharashtra had the highest retail balance of Rs 5.50 lakh crore, comprising of 20 per
cent in the country.
Q. 353 Film Federation of India (FFI) announced that, Assamese movie “Village Rockstars”
has been selected to represent India in the Best Foreign Language category at the 91st
Academy Awards 2019. Who is the director of the movie?
Answer: Reema Das
Q. 354 Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences and Environment,
Forest and Climate change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated air pollution control device
WAYU. What does “A” stand for in WAYU?
Answer: WAYU (Wind Augmentation PurifYing Unit)
Q. 355 Who is the only sportsperson to feature in the Forbes India’s first ‘tycoons of
tomorrow’ list of 22 young achievers?
Answer: PV Sindhu
Explanation: PV Sindhu recently created history as she became the first Indian to win
the BWF World Tour Finals.
Q. 356 Reserve Bank recently shortlisted five IT firms for implementation of a CIMS for
data collection. What does CIMS stand for?
Answer: Centralised Information and Management System (CIMS)
Explanation: Reserve Bank shortlisted five IT firms for implementation of a centralised

information and management system (CIMS) for data collection. The 5 IT firms are:
Infosys, TCS, Capgemini, IBM, Larsen & Turbo Infotech. The CIMS would consist of:
Seamless data collection, System driven data validation and data review, Data
safekeeping and storage, providing data dissemination platform Overhauling the Data
Warehouse (DW) of RBI.

Q. 357 Andhra Pradesh recently topped the “Ease of Living Index” rankings. These ranking
have been released under which mission?
Answer: Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)
Q. 358 Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was elected the new President of?
Answer: Maldives (Capital: Male, Currency: Rufiyaa).
Explanation: Moutaz Mousa Abdallah recently has become the Prime Minister of Sudan
(Capital: Khartoum. Currency: Sudanese pound)
Q. 359 India has partnered with which country to form an alliance to jointly fight
tuberculosis to achieve a TB-free India by 2025?
Answer: US
Q. 360 Which Blind chess player will become the first Indian female to be part of the
International Braille Chess Association (IBCA) team?
Answer: Vaishali Narendra (From Maharashtra)
Q. 361 Who was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the People’s Republic of
China?
Answer: Vikram Misri
Explanation: Also, Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as India’s permanent

representative to United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
Q. 362 Naropa festival, also known as the ‘Kumbh Mela of the Himalayas’ concluded
recently. The festival was held in?
Answer: Ladakh
Q. 363 National Stock Exchange (NSE) signed a pact on a dual listing route for masala
bonds as well as foreign currency bonds of Indian issuers with which exchange recently?
Answer: London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).
Explanation: Also, National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) got regulatory approval from
SEBI to launch copper large futures contract.
Q. 364 What are the new interest rates on Small saving schemes such as Public Provident
Fund (PPF), National Savings Certificates (Rate of interest with respect to January 1, 2019
to March 31, 2019)?
Answer: PPF and NSC will earn interest at 8 per cent while Senior Citizens Savings
Scheme, which has a tenure of five years, will fetch 8.7 per cent.
Explanation: Sukanya Samriddhi: 8.5%, Senior Citizens Savings Scheme: 8.7%, Kisan
Vikas Patra: 7.7% (will now mature or double in 112 months)
Q. 365 Insurance regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) raised the minimum
insurance cover for owner-driver to ________ for a premium of Rs.750 per annum.
Answer: Rs. 15 Lakhs
Explanation: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has

directed all insurance companies to create provision to cover mental illness in policies.

Q. 366 Which financial organisation has approved a 5-year Country Partnership

Framework (CPF) for India?
Answer: World Bank
Explanation: World Bank released a report named Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable
Energy (RISE) 2018.The report charts global progress on sustainable energy policies.
The report rates 133 countries from 2010-17 on electricity access, renewable energy,
energy efficiency and access to clean cooking to provide useful data to policymakers and
help the private sector make informed decisions about investing in energy projects.
Q. 367 Which country’s post and India Post have released commemorative stamps on
renowned Physicist and Innovator Nikola Tesla and Swami Vivekananda?
Answer: Serbia
Explanation: Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu was on a official visit to Serbia
(Capital: Belgrade, Currency: Dinar), Malta (Capital: Valletta, Currency: Euro) and
Romania (Capital: Bucharest, Currency: Romanian leu).
Q. 368 Odisha government renamed the newly-built Jharsuguda airport after which noted
freedom fighter?
Answer: Veer Surendra Sai.
Q. 369 BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) and NSE (National Stock Exchange) received SEBI
approval to launch commodity derivatives segment from?
Answer: 1st October 2018. Initially, entered commodity derivatives segment with non-
agriculture commodities like metals. Later it will include agriculture commodities.
Explanation: BSE became the first stock exchange in the country to launch the
commodity derivative contracts in gold and silver.
Q. 370 First ever dog park in India was recently inaugurated in which city?
Explanation: Hyderabad
Q. 371 Where was 7th United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
(Headquarters: Madrid, Spain) Global Summit on Urban Tourism recently held?
Answer: Seoul, South Korea (Capital: Seoul, Currency: Won). Theme: ‘A 2030 Vision for
Urban Tourism’.
Q. 372 Name the portal launched by Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to facilitate
individuals and private companies in seeking security clearance for setting up businesses?
Answer: e-Sahaj
Q. 373 Which organisation rolled out “Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna” for providing
unemployment allowance to workers rendered jobless due to changing employment
pattern?
Answer: Employee’s State Insurance (ESI) Corporation (Headquarters: New Delhi).
Q. 374 Who has been recently appointed to the post of the Secretary Central Vigilance
Commission (CVC)?
Answer: Anindo Majumdar

Q. 375 Where was recently a technology Incubation Centre of Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) inaugurated?
Answer: Agartala, Tripura (CM: Biplab Kumar Deb, Governor: Kaptan Singh Solanki)
Explanation: ISRO (Headquarter: Bengaluru) has recently launched an outreach

programme called “Samwad” with students.
Q. 376 “Narendra Modi: A Charismatic & Visionary Statesman”, is a book on PM Modi.

Who has written the book?
Answer: Adish C Aggarwal and Sarah J Marchington. The foreword of this book has been
written by Amit Shah.
Explanation: “Making of a Legend” written by Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak is another book on

PM Modi.
Q. 377 Anna Rajam Malhotra, passed away recently. She was a?
Answer: India’s first woman IAS officer post-Independence.
Q. 378 Which insurance company signed up as a global Olympic sponsor for a 4- Olympic
Games period of 10 years between 2021 and 2028?
Answer: German insurer Allianz (Germany Capital: Berlin, Currency: Euro)
Q. 379 Which two actors have been signed as ambassadors of Skill India Campaign to
promote the Skill India Mission?
Answer: Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma
Explanation: Also, Alia Bhatt has been announced as the ‘face of Nokia phones’/ brand
ambassador in India by HMD Global, which designs and sells phones under the Nokia
brand.
Also, Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari launched road safety
awareness program with a series of three videos with brand ambassador Akshay Kumar
Q. 380 Who was recently awarded the ‘Mexican order of the Aztec Eagle’ by Ms. Melba
Pría, ambassador of Mexico to India on the eve of 128th National Day of Mexico?
Answer: Dr. Raghupati Singhania.
Explanation: Indian academician Shyama Prasad Ganguly recently was also awarded
with the same prize.
Q. 381 Where did Cyclone-30 the biggest cyclotron in India for medical application
became operational recently?
Answer: Kolkata
Q. 382 The governments of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir signed an agreement for
renewing work on Rs. 2793 crore on which dam project?
Answer: Shahpurkandi dam project.
Q. 383 ISRO (Headquarter: Bengaluru) recently launched two satellites named NovaSAR
and S1-4 of which country?
Answer: United Kingdom (UK)

Explanation: Also, naval exercise Konkan 18 between India and United Kingdom is being
organised off Goa coast.
Q. 384 The government has announced to make the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
(PMJDY) an open- ended scheme. The over-draft limit for account holders has now been
doubled to?
Answer: Rs 10,000. Also, the upper age limit for overdraft facility has been hiked to 65
from the earlier 60 years and the free accident insurance cover for new accounts after
August 28 has been doubled to Rs 2 lakh.
Explanation: Also, 20 lakh people have joined the modified Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
Yojna (PMJDY), taking the total number of account holders in the flagship financial
inclusion programme to 32.61 crore as on September 5, according to finance ministry
data.
Q. 385 Who is the author of the book “Kashi: Secret of the Black Temple”-his third and
last book on Harappa trilogy?
Answer: Vineet Bajpai. The first two books are: “Harappa: Curse of the Blood River” and
“Pralay: The Great Deluge”.
Q. 386 Vice President Venkaiah Naidu presented “Rajbhasha Kirti” award to which bank
on the occasion of Hindi Divas (September 14) for remarkably implementing the Official
Language Policy during 2017-18?
Answer: Punjab National Bank (Headquarter: New Delhi)
Q. 387 Which state government rolled out scheme, “Swayangsiddha”, in its different
districts to combat human trafficking?
Answer: West Bengal (CM: Mamta Banerjee, Governor: Keshari Nath Tripathi)
Explanation: Also, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on the occasion of World
Food Day, launched ‘Khadya Sathi’ scheme.
Q. 388 According to a recent report “HIV Estimations 2017” released by Health and Family
Welfare Ministry, which state has the highest number of people living with HIV in India?
Answer: Maharashtra (CM: Devendra Fadnavis, Governor: C Vidyasagar Rao)
Explanation: Also, as per recent data released by Goods and Services Tax Network,
Maharashtra has generated the highest number of e-way bills (3.13 crores) since its
inception in April 2018
Q. 389 Name India’s first underwater robotic drone which was launched and handed over
to the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) of DRDO?
Answer: EyerovTUNA
Q. 390 Which state has been ranked the best among states in the country for the
construction of maximum number of roads under the PMGSY during 2017-2018?
Answer: Uttarakhand (CM: Trivendra Singh Rawat, Governor: Baby Rani Maurya) was
awarded the best state by Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar (Lok
Sabha Constituency: Gwalior)
Q. 391 Who will be honoured with Meera Puruskar by Rajasthan Sahitya Academy for his
contribution to Hindi literature?

Answer: Jaipur-based poet and writer Sawai Singh Shekhawat
Q. 392 Who has been elected as the new President of the Society of Indian Automobile
Manufacturers (SIAM)?
Answer: Rajan Wadhera
Q. 393 PM Modi inaugurated MOVE: India’s ever first Global Mobility Summit organized
by NITI Aayog in New Delhi. The summit focused on how many themes?
Answer: Five namely Electrification, alternative fuels, reinventing public transport, goods
transport and logistics through data analytics.
Explanation: Focus would be given on ‘Clean Kilometres’ and he declared the 7Cs of
future mobility. They are: Common, Connected, Convenient, Congestion-free, Charged,
Clean, Cutting-edge
Q. 394 Who is the head of the 7-member trustee group of the trust “Bharat Ke Veer”
which was launched by Union Minister recently?
Answer: Rajiv Gauba. Akshay Kumar is the brand ambassador.
Q. 395 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved 100% electrification
broad gauge routes of Indian Railways (IR) by-
Answer: 2021-22
Explanation: Also, National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), the first of its kind
university on the transport sector in India, has started functioning in Vadodara.
Q. 396 Where has Union Ministry of Tourism KJ Alphons (Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan)
inaugurated India’s first tribal circuit project?
Answer: Chhattisgarh (CM: Bhupesh Baghel, Governor: Anandiben Patel)
Explanation: Also, a 3-day ‘first ever’ India Tourism Mart (ITM 2018) was inaugurated
by Union Minister for Railways and Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal in New Delhi
Q. 397 Recently Union Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare launched Dairy
Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) scheme with an outlay of?
Answer: Rs. 10881 crores. Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister (Lok Sabha
constituency: Purvi Champaran, Bihar)
Q. 398 Sadarmatt Anicut and Pedda Cheruvu irrigation tanks are the first from India to
secure a place in the register of World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS) maintained
by International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). These tanks are from
which state?
Answer: Telangana (CM: K Chandrasekhar Rao, Governor: E. S. L. Narasimhan).
Explanation: The state government recently also laid foundation stone for Gattu irrigation
project.
Q. 399 Union Cabinet has approved MoU signed between Export-Import Bank of India
(EXIM Bank- headquarter- Mumbai) and member banks under BRICS Interbank
Cooperation Mechanism for?
Answer: Research on Distributed Ledger and Block chain Technology

Q. 400 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Headquarter:

Hyderabad) announced the guidelines for which method to enable testing of new
innovative insurance products?
Answer: Sandbox method. It was announced on 11th Global Insurance Summit, organised
by ASSOCHAM in Mumbai.
Explanation: Recently 15th edition Global SME Business Summit was organized by the
Ministry of MSME and CII in New Delhi. Theme: ‘Building Partnerships through Global
Value Chains.’
Q. 401 Who was recently conferred ‘Honoris Causa’ by the University of Engineering &
Management (UEM) in Kolkata?
Answer: Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister.
Q. 402 Who was renominated as Chairman of Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha by the
speaker Sumitra Mahajan (Lok Sabha Constituency: Indore, MP) recently?
Answer: Lal Krishna Advani (Lok Sabha Constituency: Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
Q. 403 Who is the author of the book named “The Rule Breakers”?
Answer: Preeti Shenoy
Q. 404 Marbat festival in which burning of effigies that represent evil forces called
‘Marbats’ of Kali (black) and Pivli (Yellow) are carried out is celebrated in?
Answer: Nagpur, Maharashtra
Q. 405 Where has Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) recommissioned India’s oldest
nuclear research reactor named ‘Apsara’?
Answer: Trombay (Mahrashtra). The new version has been named as ‘Apsara-upgraded’
(Apsara-U).
Q. 406 Where has Samsung has opened world’s largest mobile experience centre which
offers virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence and Internet of Things?
Answer: Opera House, Bengaluru
Q. 407 NITI Aayog, Intel, and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) are
collaborating to set up Model International Center for Transformative Artificial Intelligence
(ICTAI) at?
Answer: Bengaluru
Explanation: Also, NITI Ayog recently unveiled its comprehensive national Strategy for
New India dubbed as ‘Strategy for New India @75’, defining clear objectives for 2022-23.
Q. 408 Which Indian bank recently announced that it had raised $400 million (Rs. 2,900
crore) via syndicated loan facility, from its IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) in Gujarat International
Finance Tec (GIFT) City?
Answer: YES Bank
Explanation: YES bank has also received SEBI approval to start mutual fund business
named Yes Asset Management (India) Limited (YAMIL).

Q. 409 Life Insurance Corporation (Headquarters: Mumbai) recently signed an

agreement with whom to provide group insurance coverage to all eligible demat account
holders?
Answer: Central Depository Services (India)
Q. 410 With whom India Post Payments Bank has tied up with for providing banking
solutions to unorganized sector especially rural households, small and medium enterprises
and women?
Answer: Financial Software and Systems (FSS)
Explanation: IPPB has also signed a 5-year corporate agency agreement with PNB and
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd. to offer life insurance products to its consumers.
Also, Prime Minister launched the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) with capital of Rs
14.35 billion (Rs. 1435 crores) at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi. IPPB branches have
opened across 650 districts and 3,250 access points.
Q. 411 Name the first field training military exercise of the Bay of Bengal initiative for
multi-sectoral technical and economic cooperation (BIMSTEC-Secretariat: Dhaka,
Bangladesh) which was recently held?
Answer: MILEX-19 in Pune, Maharashtra. Nepal and Thailand are not the part of this
exercise.
Explanation: (BIMSTEC) summit 2018 was held in Nepal. The theme of the summit was
‘Towards a Peaceful Prosperous, and Sustainable Bay of Bengal Region’.
Q. 412 Where did Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully carried out first ever mid-air
refuelling of indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas MK-1?
Answer: Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The fuel was transferred from IAF’s Russian-origin
Ilyushin-78 (IL-78) tanker.
Q. 413 Which Indian IT company has signed a 3-year partnership with the Australian
Open as its official digital innovation partner?
Answer: Infosys
Q. 414 Vijay Shankar Vyas died recently in Jaipur, Rajasthan, he was a?
Answer: Padma Bhushan awardee and agricultural economist
Q. 415 Where was Nomadic Elephant 2018 joint exercise by India and Mongolia
organised?
Answer: Ulaanbaatar (capital of Mongolia, Currency: Togrog)
Q. 416 Name the India’s oldest female athlete who has won a gold medal at the World
Masters Athletics Championships in Malaga, Spain?
Answer: Man Kaur
Q. 417 Who was recently appointed as the chairman of Advertising Standards Council of
India (ASCI)?
Answer: D Shivakumar
Q. 418 To commemorate 125 years of Swami Vivekananda’s historic Chicago speech on

September 11, 1893, World Hindu Congress (WHC-2018) was recently held in?

Answer: Chicago, United States. Theme of WHC-2018 was “Sumantrite Suvikrante” —

think collectively, achieve valiantly”. It was attended by the Vice President Shri Venkaiah
Naidu.
Q. 419 Which Indian reinsurance company, has secured 10th position among the top 40
global reinsurers, as per a recent ranking published by Standard and Poor’s?
Answer: General Insurance Corporation (GIC Re) (Headquarter: Mumbai)
Q. 420 Which Indian film personalities were honoured at the first Women in Film and
Television (WIFT) India Awards in Washington, US?
Answer: Aishwarya Rai was presented the inaugural Meryl Streep Award for Excellence.
Director Zoya Akhtar was handed the Wyler Award for Excellence in Direction. Actress
Janhvi Kapoor was presented the WIFT Emerald Award.
Q. 421 Union Cabinet approved new umbrella scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay
Sanrakshan Abhiyan, PM-AASHA. What is the total outlay for the scheme?
Answer: Total outlay is Rs. 45,550 crores, including additional government guarantee of
Rs.16,550 crores
Q. 422 Who inaugurated the World Summit on Accreditation (WOSA-2018) was recently
in New Delhi?
Answer: Union HRD Minister Prakash Javdekar (MP from Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha).
Theme of the summit: “Challenges and Opportunities in Outcome Based Accreditation”.
Q. 423 Who has been conferred the UN Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) Award for his
contribution towards prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and
associated Sustainable Development Goals?
Answer: Manoj Jhalani
Q. 424 Which Indian airport is set to become first airport in Asia to introduce face
recognition-based passage system?
Answer: Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru. To implement this system

the airport has signed an agreement with a Portugal based firm Vision Box.
Q. 425 Union Finance Ministry has doubled pecuniary limit to ______ lakhs for filing loan
recovery application in Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRT).
Answer: Rs. 20 lakhs
Q. 426 To reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to urban transport, India has
signed implementation agreement with which country on Mobilise Your City (MYC) to
support three pilot cities – Nagpur, Kochi and Ahmedabad?
Answer: France. Both the countries have also collaborated for ISRO’s first human space
mission “Gaganyaan” to be launched in 2022 (financial outlay Rs. 10,000 crores).
Q. 427 Festival of Harvest Nuakhai was celebrated on September 14 recently in which

state?
Answer: Odisha (CM: Naveen Patnaik, Governor: Ganeshi Lal)
Q. 428 Name the annual combat exercise between India and the US which is being held
at Chaubatia in Uttarakhand?

Answer: “Yudh Abhyas”
Q. 429 Novak Djokovic from Serbia (Capital: Belgrade, Currency: Dinar) won 2018 US
Open title of tennis in men’s singles category by defeating whom?
Answer: Argentina’s (Capital: Buenos Aires, Currency: Peso) Juan Martín del Potro. Novak
has also won Wimbledon.
Explanation: Japan’s Naomi Osaka won in the women’s category by defeating Serena
Williams of US.
Q. 430 Who was honoured at the 36th International Board on Books for Young People
(IBBY) Congress in Athens, Greece?
Answer: Ramendra Kumar
Q. 431 Singapore-based global investment firm Temasek has signed agreement to invest
up to what amount in National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF’s) Master Fund?
Answer: Rs 2,750 crore ($400 million)
Explanation: Also, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) (Headquarter: Beijing,

China) has approved $200 million investment in the National Infrastructure and
Investment Fund (NIIF).
Q. 432 The enrolment age for Atal Pension Yojana has been relaxed further to ____ years,
taking into consideration rise in average age-expectancy?
Answer: 65 years
Q. 433 Which Indian cricketer was appointed the head coach of Zimbabwe national cricket
team by the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC)?
Answer: Lalchand Rajput.
Q. 434 Statue, ‘Lingodhbhavamurti’, a 12th century granite sculpture depicting an iconic

representation of Lord Shiva, which dates back to the Chola dynasty and the second
phyllite sculpture depicts the bodhisattva of wisdom, ‘Manjusri’ are the two antique statues
that have been repatriated to India by which country?
Answer: United States
Q. 435 Which bank has retained its top spot for the 5th consecutive year, in the `WPP
and Kantar Millward Brown’s BrandZ 75 Most Valuable Indian Brands’ ranking?
Answer: HDFC Bank. The bank also featured at 60th rank in the BrandZ Top 100 Most
Valuable Global Brands ranking.
Explanation: According to Bloomberg, with the market capitalization valued at Rs 10.40

lakh crores, Deepak Parekh-led HDFC group overtook Tata Group become the country’s
largest conglomerate.
Q. 436 Which Payments Bank has partnered with Empays to enable users to withdraw
cash from ATMs, without the need for a physical debit card?
Answer: Airtel Payment Bank. Also, Airtel Payment’s Bank has tied up with Bharti AXA to
team Airtel up to offer Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana.

Q. 437 Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment attended
the 3rd ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Conference on ‘Global Ageing and Human Rights of
Older Persons’ held in-
Answer: Seoul, South Korea.
Q. 438 Indian navy ships and aircraft arrived in Sri Lanka to take part in the 8th edition
of joint exercise named?
Answer: SLINEX-2018
Q. 439 Vice President recently released a book ‘Constitutionalizing India: An Ideational

Project’ authored by?
Answer: Shri Bidyut Chakrabarty.
Explanation: The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu also released the book
‘Bebak Baat’, authored by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Statistics &
Programme Implementation, Shri Vijay Goel.
Q. 440 Facebook has announced it will invest more than S$1.4 billion to construct its first
data centre in Asia in?
Answer: Singapore
Q. 441 Which country was the partner and focus country in the 87th Izmir International
tradeshow which was held in Turkey (Capital: Ankara, Currency: Lira)?
Answer: India was the Partner as well the focus country
Q. 442 US-India Business Council (USIBC), an American business advocacy group held
its two-day India Ideas Summit at?
Answer: Mumbai
Q. 443 Reserve Bank of India directed all scheduled commercial banks with more than
how many branches to appoint an internal ombudsman for a maximum tenure of five
years?
Answer: 10 branches. RRBs are not included in this directive. This direction of RBI is
under ‘Internal Ombudsman Scheme, 2018’ which gives ombudsman statutory powers
under section 35 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
Q. 444 Which state government has launched a first of its kind initiative called “Mil -
Banche” in all government schools across the state?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh (CM: Kamal Nath, Governor: Anandiben Patel).
Explanation: The state government also announced Mukhyamantri Jan Kalyan (Sambal)
Yojana 2018 to provide subsidized power for labourer and poor families.
Q. 445 Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri J P Nadda inaugurated the ‘71st
Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia,’ at?
Answer: New Delhi
Explanation: Also, Confederation of Indian industry (CII) organised its Annual Flagship,
15th India Health Summit-2018 in New Delhi. The theme of the summit this year is ‘Indian
Healthcare – A Changing Paradigm’.

Also, CII partnered with WhatsApp to train small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and
entrepreneurs on using the messaging platform.
Q. 446 Minister of Railways launched a new mobile app named _____of ‘Indian Railways
e-procurement system’ (IREPS), at the seminar on “Leveraging IT for Mobility” in New
Delhi?
Answer: “AAPOORTI”
Q. 447 India, Kazakhstan joint army exercise KAZIND will be conducted between Indian
and Kazakhstan Army in?
Answer: Otar region, Kazakhstan (Capital: Astana, Currency: Tenge)
Q. 448 Major Indian ocean-wide tsunami mock exercise known as _______ will be
organized by Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO.
Answer: IOWave18. India along with 23 other nations will be participating.
Q. 449 Written by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, book “Moving On, Moving Forward – A
Year in Office” was released by?
Answer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Explanation: The Vice President of India also released the Book 'Colonial Syndrome: The
Videshi Mind Set in Modern India', written by Prof. Rama Krishna Rao.
Q. 450 Suresh Prabhu attended 6th East Asia Summit- Economic Ministers’ Meeting (EAS-
EMM) and 15th India-ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM), both were held in?
Answer: Singapore. The sixth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

Trade Ministers’ Meeting was also held in Singapore. Suresh Prabhu was the head of a
government panel which decided on negotiations from Indian side in RCEP.
Explanation: Next ASEAN-India Business Summit will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
in November 2018. The theme of the meeting would be: “Towards Building Strategic”.
Q. 451 NATO’s (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Trident Juncture 2018 military
exercise was recently held at?
Answer: Norway (Capital: Oslo, Currency: Krone) North Sea, Baltic Sea
Explanation: Russia will conduct Vostok-2018 (East-2018) military exercise in central

and eastern Russian military districts in the month of September.
Q. 452 India recently participated in the 1st International Kho-Kho Championship which
was held in?
Answer: England.
Q. 453 Who has recently become the first Indian poet to be invited to record his poems
at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C?
Answer: Mr. Abhay K
Q. 454 Which person from Mumbai has been named for 2018 Dr B.C. Roy National Award
as an Eminent Medical Person of the Year?
Answer: Dr B.K. Misra from Mumbai has been named for 2018 Dr B.C. Roy National Award
as an Eminent Medical Person of the Year.

Q. 455 How many medals did India win in the Eighteenth Asian Games concluded in
Jakarta, Indonesia?
Answer: India stood at eighth position with 69 Medals (Gold: 15, Silver: 24, Bronze: 30).
Explanation: Flag-Bearer Opening Ceremony: Neeraj Chopra (Javelin Throw). Flag-
Bearer Closing Ceremony: Rani Rampal (Hockey). Chef de Mission: Mr. Brijbhushan
Sharan Singh.
Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the games: Japanese woman swimmer Rikako Ikee
(18) for winning for winning 6 gold and 2 silver medals.
Q. 456 Which country defeated Spain to lift its first FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup?
Answer: Japan. The event was played at Vannes, France.
Q. 457 According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, which country was top source of
foreign direct investment (FDI) into India in 2017-18 followed by Singapore?
Answer: Mauritius (Capital: Port Louis Currency: Rupee). Also, United Arab Emirates
(UAE) is the top source of inward remittances, and Kerala has received the maximum
funds sent from abroad.
Q. 458 Recently a financial assistance of what amount for Shimla water supply and
sewerage project was approved by the World Bank?
Answer: Rs. 929.89 crores
Q. 459 Where was International Women Entrepreneurs Summit 2018 held?
Answer: Kathmandu, Nepal. Theme: “Equality begins with Economic Empowerment”.
Explanation: Kathmandu also hosted International Conference on Information and

Communication Technology (ICT) recently held.
Kathmandu also hosted Asia Pacific Summit-2018.Theme: Addressing the Critical

Challenges of Our Time: Interdependence, Mutual Prosperity, and Universal Values.
Q. 460 Organised by Airports Authority of India (AAI) and (International Air Transport
Association) IATA, International Aviation Summit was held in?
Answer: New Delhi
Explanation: Also, first national police museum will come up at New Delhi.
Q. 461 Which movie has become the first Bollywood film ever to release in Saudi Arabia
(Capital: Riyadh, Currency: Riyal)?
Answer: Akshay Kumar- starrer “Gold"
Q. 462 Google has rebranded its payment app Google Tez to what to improve its growth
in India to add more features?
Answer: Google Pay
Explanation: Also, Google has unveiled “Project Navlekha” to make online content
relevant for more Indian users especially in local languages.
It has launched Dataset Search, a new search engine for scientific community that will
help them make sense of millions of datasheets present online.
Q. 463 Who has received Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Puraskar given by Daily India Media?

Answer: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das.
Explanation: Also, Ulka Mahajan was conferred Praful Bidwai Memorial Award 2018.
Q. 464 ‘One District One Product’ scheme which has been earlier launched in UP was
recently launched by Giriraj Singh in which state at a function of the SC-ST State Conclave
cum Exhibition under National SC-ST Hub?
Answer: Odisha
Explanation: Odisha also recently launched "Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima

Yojana" for working journalists. A total of two crore saplings will be planted on the banks
of the Mahanadi, Tel and Ib rivers under the Green Mahanadi Mission.
Q. 465 Which bank’s subsidiary launched commodity broking services with MCX and
became the first bank subsidiary to enter the commodity broking business?
Answer: Axis Bank’s Axis Securities
Explanation: Axis bank has also become the first bank in the country to introduce Iris
Scan Authentication feature for Aadhaar -based transactions through its micro ATM
tablets.
Q. 466 Indian Naval Ship Sahyadri has reached Port of Darwin, Australia to participate in
multilateral regional maritime exercise _________ conducted by Australia?
Answer: KAKADU 2018
Q. 467 Who was elected as new chairman of Indian Banks Association (IBA) for year?
Answer: Sunil Mehta
Explanation: Also, Indian Banks’ Association has appointed Egon Zehnder International
as the ‘Knowledge Partner’ to the Banks Board Bureau (BBB).
Q. 468 Germany has announced to provide soft loan of what amount to India to
strengthen sewage water treatment infrastructure in Uttarakhand in an effort to clean
River Ganga under Clean Ganga Mission?
Answer: Euro 120 million (Rs. 990 crores approximately)
Explanation: German development agency GIZ also has prepared ‘Ganga Box’ aimed to
target schools-going children and inform them about the river. Similarly, “Ganga Book”
on the lines of Danube book has also been prepared.
Q. 469 The first South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Agri
Cooperative Business Forum was held in?
Answer: Kathmandu, Nepal. Theme: ‘Organizing and Strengthening Family Farmers’

Cooperatives to attain the Sustainable-Development-Goals-1 and 2 in South Asia’.
Q. 470 India has inked loan agreement of what amount with Asian Development Bank
(ADB) to finance Karnataka State Highways Improvement III Project (KSHIP-III) for
improvement of over 400 km of state highways in Karnataka?
Answer: $346 million
Q. 471 Global Finance magazine named which bank as the world’s best bank for digital
innovation while still maintaining stable operations for its customers?
Answer: DBS Bank (Headquarter: Singapore)

Q. 472 Who was recently appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the State Bank
of India?
Answer: Prashant Kumar
Explanation: Also, in another appointment Anshula Kant and Arijit Basu were appointed
as Managing Director of the Bank.
Also, SBI recently launched Kisan Mela outreach program for 10 lakh farmers in 14000
rural and semi urban branches to help in imparting financial literacy to the farmers.
Q. 473 According to a report of Department of Financial Services, which Indian bank has
been rated as number one state-owned bank in terms of digital transactions It was ranked
sixth among all banks in digital performance?
Answer: Punjab National Bank
Q. 474 Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved package of $245 million to
implement project for providing safe, sustainable drinking water services in West Bengal?
Q. 475 Who will head the new 21-member advisory panel called Prime Minister’s Science,
Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC) on science, technology and
innovation?
Answer: K Vijay Raghavan.
Q. 476 Government has approved umbrella scheme “Ocean Services, Technology,

Observations, Resources Modelling and Science (O-SMART)?
Answer: Rs.1623 crore.
Explanation: Under another scheme Atal Solar Krishi Pump Yojana, the state government
of Maharashtra (CM: Devendra Phadnavis, Governor: Vidyasagar Rao) has decided to
give two LED bulbs, a DC fan and a mobile charging socket. The scheme provides a subsidy
of up to 95% on solar pump sets. The State plans to install one lakh solar pumps.
Q. 477 Central Government along with Government of Rajasthan has signed a

Development Policy Loan (DPL) agreement with World Bank (IBRD) of what amount for
Electricity Distribution Sector Reforms in Rajasthan (CM: Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot is the
Deputy CM, Governor: Kalyan Singh)?
Q. 478 Which Indian bank has agreed to sign a multi-year partnership with Manchester
United?
Answer: ICICI Bank (MD and CEO: Sandeep Bakshi)
Q. 479 Who is the author of “Atal Ji Ne Kaha” a book on former Indian Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee which was released by PM Modi?
Answer: Doordarshan producer, senior journalist Brijendra Rehi.
Q. 480 Asia Society, a global cultural organization announced whose name for the Game
Changer of the Year title of the 2018?
Answer: PepsiCo’s CEO Indra Nooyi

Q. 481 In an analysis titled “The Urban Commute” by Centre for Science and Environment
(CSE) which city has got the top spot for lowest overall emission and energy use from
urban commute?
Answer: Bhopal. On the other hand, Delhi ranked last in overall emission and fuel use.
Kolkata and Mumbai are among the mega cities which emit least due to high usage of
public transport and walking.
Q. 482 The fourth edition of Asian electoral stakeholder’s forum (AESF-IV) was held at?
Answer: Colombo, Sri Lanka. Theme: ‘Advancing Election Transparency and Integrity:
Promoting and Defending Democracy Together’.
Q. 483 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) constituted a

7-member working group headed by whom for norms regarding insurance surveyors?
Answer: Yegna Priya Bharat
Q. 484 India’s first flight using biofuel (from Jetropha seeds) was recently conducted from
-
Answer: Dehradun to Delhi. The first ever biofuel test flight was conducted by SpiceJet
in its Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft.
Q. 485 Where did External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Lok Sabha constituency:
Vidisha, MP) inaugurate the third edition of Indian Ocean Conference?
Answer: Hanoi, capital city of Vietnam (Currency: Dong)
Q. 486 9th edition of Mountain Echoes Literary Festival 2018 was held in-
Answer: Thimphu, Bhutan (Currency: Ngultrum)
Q. 487 President gave whom the Outstanding Parliamentarian award for 2017?
Answer: Bhartruhari Mahtab
Q. 488 ASSOCHAM appointed whom as its new Secretary General?
Answer: Uday Kumar Varma
Q. 489 Which telecom company has launched “WINGS” a VOIP based service?
Answer: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)
Q. 490 Recently which company became the first Indian company to cross Rs 8 lakh crore
market capitalization?
Answer: Reliance Industries Ltd. Also, Reliance Jio has topped the fortune’s 4th annual
‘Change the World’ List 2018.
Q. 491 Which company has unveiled a dedicated portal ‘2Gud ‘for refurbished goods,
including mobile phones, laptops and tablets?
Answer: Flipkart
Q. 492 Name India’s first captive-born Humboldt Penguin which also recently died barely
a week after it was born at Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo (Byculla), Mumbai?
Answer: Freedom Baby

Q. 493 Which state launched India’s largest Business Incubator “Bhamashah Techno
Hub”?
Answer: Rajasthan (CM: Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot is the Deputy CM, Governor: Kalyan
Singh).
Q. 494 Second ‘Mt Everest Friendship Exercise’ was recently concluded between which of
the two countries?
Answer: Nepal and China
Explanation: The Druzhba 2018 (Friendship 2018) joint bilateral military exercise
between Pakistan and Russian special forces was recently held in Pakistan.
Q. 495 International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) which is a global

monument conservation body recently launched Kerala Heritage Rescue Initiative to
assess damage to rich cultural and built heritage sites in flood-devastated Kerala is
headquartered at?
Answer: Headquarters: Paris (France). Also, Kerala government chose KPMG as the
company to help in re- establishing Kerala after the floods.
Q. 496 Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (Headquarters: Bengaluru) announced the launch of
its overdraft facility for micro and small enterprises (MSE) with a turnover of-
Answer: Rs 50 lakhs or more
Q. 497 According to Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) data

maximum percentage (35%) of cyber-attacks on Indian websites is from which country?
Answer: China
Explanation: Also, 5th World Internet Conference (WIC), also known as the Wuzhen
Summit, was held in Wuzhen, China.
Q. 498 “International Buddhist Conclave (IBC), 2018” was inaugurated by President Ram
Nath Kovind recently at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. What was this year’s theme?
Answer: Theme of this conclave is: “Buddha Path – The Living Heritage” and this year
partner country for IBC 2018 was Japan.
Q. 499 The World Bank launched world’s first public blockchain bond named ________
created, allocated, transferred and managed by using blockchain technology.
Answer: Bond-i. There is also a beach with the same name in Australia.
Q. 500 Former President Pranab Mukherjee launched which mobile application that allows
voters to rate and review their political representatives?
Answer: National Electoral Transformation (NETA) mobile application
Q. 501 The Receivables Exchange of India (RXIL) said which PSU has become the first
public sector enterprise to make a transaction on the "TReDS platform?
Answer: Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) "TReDS (Trade Receivables electronic

Discount System) is an online electronic institutional mechanism for facilitating the
financing of trade receivables of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) through
multiple financiers.

Also, R Madhavan recently took over as Chairman and Managing Director of defence PSU
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
Q. 502 RBI has approved merger of SBM with SBM Bank (India). SBM is headquartered
at?
Answer: Mauritius (Capital: Port Louis, Currency: Rupee)
Q. 503 Which city was ranked as world’s most liveable city among 140 major cities in
2018 Global Liveability Index released by Economist Intelligence Unit?
Answer: Austrian capital Vienna. Also, New Delhi had figured at 112th and Mumbai 117th
position in list.
Q. 504 As per report by Nomura, India’s current account deficit (CAD) is expected to
widen to what per cent of the GDP in FY19 from 1.9 per cent of GDP, in 2017-18 fiscal?
Answer: 2.8 per cent
Explanation: RBI recently said that India’s current account deficit (CAD) widened to 2.9%
of the GDP in the July-September quarter of the current fiscal.
Q. 505 Union government observed which month as ‘month of nutrition’?
Answer: September. Theme: ‘har ghar Poshan tyohar’. Also, ‘Annapurna Milk Scheme’
was launched on the occasion.
Q. 506 Central government has constituted a panel headed by whom to coordinate the
discharge of floodwaters from Kerala-TN inter-State projects like Mullaperiyar?
Answer: Central Water Commission (CWC) chairman Narendra Kumar
Q. 507 Who has been elected the Chair of the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI), a
global policy making initiative?
Answer: N Raghuram
Q. 508 Who has topped the India’s wealthiest women list for 2018, prepared by Kotak
Wealth-Hurun Report?
Answer: Smitha Crishna of Godrej
Q. 509 Who has been sworn in as the new President of Paraguay (Capital: Asuncion,
Currency: Guarani)?
Answer: Mario Abdo Benítez
Explanation: Also, Jair Bolsonaro was elected as the next President of Brazil (Capital:
Brasilia, Currency: Real)
Q. 510 Which payment platform was awarded as an outstanding merchant UPI player at
the NPCI excellence awards 2018 announced its partnership with IRCTC app ‘IRCTC Rail
Connect’, to facilitate convenient, fast and secure payments?
Answer: PhonePe
Explanation: PhonePe has also partnered with cab aggregator OLA, that will allow riders
to book rides.
Q. 511 The Union Government has formed a group headed by whom to look into red-
labelling of packaged products containing fat, sugar and salt by FSSAI?

Answer: B Sesikeran, former director of National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)
Explanation: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)to improve public
health and combat lifestyle disease has launched movement called “The Eat Right
Movement”.
Q. 512 Where would be the centralised secretariat established by the five northern state
- Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Union Territories: Delhi
and Chandigarh to tackle drug menace?
Answer: Panchkula, Haryana
Q. 513 11th World Hindi Conference (WHC) was organized by the Ministry of External
Affairs, India in collaboration with the Government of -
Answer: Mauritius. Theme of the Conference was “Hindi Vishwa Aur Bharatiya Sanskriti”
(Hindi World and Indian Culture).
Explanation: Also, External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj inaugurated 'Panini
Language Laboratory' at Mahatma Gandhi Institute (MGI) in Mauritius (Capital: Port Louis,
Currency: Rupee)
Q. 514 Ministry of Railways launched ____ and QR code-based posters to spread

awareness about Indian Railways Heritage?
Answer: “Digital Screens”
Explanation: Indian Railways also launched “Mission Satyanishtha” on Ethics in Public

Governance with an aim to bring transparency and ethics in the work culture and among
all railway employees.
Q. 515 Shane Warne and VVS Laxman will come up with their autobiographies namely-
Answer: “No spin” and “281 and Beyond” respectively.
Explanation: Abhirup Bhattacharya has written a book “Winning Like Sourav: Think &
Succeed Like Ganguly”.
Q. 516 Sarvatra Technologies has launched which co-operative bank as 450th co-
operative bank on National Financial Switch (NFS)?
Answer: ‘Sevalia Urban Co-operative Bank’ in Gujarat
Q. 517 Telengana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao launched two major schemes
name them?
Answer: Rythu Bima: insurance to farmers and Kanti Velugu: free eye screening for all
citizens. Under Rythu Bima every farmer would be provided with life insurance cover of
Rs 5 lakh.
Q. 518 Minister of Railways, Coal, Finance & Corporate Affairs, Shri Piyush Goyal has
released a report on Station Cleanliness conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI). In
the A1 category which station is the cleanest station in India?
Answer: Jodhpur is the cleanest station in India. Marwar in Rajasthan topped the list in
A category.
Q. 519 Which language has become the first Indian tribal language to get a Wikipedia
edition in its own script?

Answer: Santhali
Q. 520 Government has appointed whom as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pradhan
Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)?
Answer: Ashish Kumar Bhutani
Explanation: Finance Ministry launched “Jan Dhan Darshan” campaign to provide

guidance to the common people in locating a Financial Service Touch Point at a given
location in the country.
Q. 521 Ease of Living Index, released by Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
ranks which city as the best city to live in?
Answer: Pune. The survey rated 111 cities in India. Ease of Living Index framework
comprises four pillars namely-Institutional, Social, Economic and Physical.
Q. 522 World Biofuel day is celebrated on August 10, 2018. Which state recently became
the first state to implement biofuel policy of the Government of India?
Answer: Rajasthan (CM: Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot is the Deputy CM, Governor: Kalyan
Singh)
Explanation: Also, PM Modi, launched PARIVESH (Pro-Active and Responsive facilitation

by Interactive, Virtuous and Environmental Single-window Hub) on the occasion of World
Biofuel Day.
Q. 523 PM is the recipient of UN’s highest environmental honour: Champions of the Earth
Award. He received the award for?
Answer: International Solar Alliance (Headquarter: Gurugram)
Explanation: Modi along with 5 other individuals/ organisations are recipients of UN’s
highest environmental honour: Champions of the Earth Award. He along with French
President Emmanuel Macron have been conferred this award in the Policy Leadership
category. hey have been awarded for their joint effort to: Promote environmental policies
through the International Solar Alliance and Eliminate all single-use plastic in India by
2022.
PM Modi has also been honoured with Seoul Peace Prize 2018.
Q. 524 HSBC has launched a new digital platform named _____ to simplify capital raising
process through capital markets by providing real-time access to information such as
investors' feedback, profiles, client orders and deal pricing.
Answer: My Deal
Q. 525 Who was adjudged the most influential woman in history, through a poll conducted
by BBC History Magazine?
Answer: Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie
Q. 526 Chandrayaan-2 lander would be named ________ after Vikram Sarabhai, the
father of Indian space programme.
Answer: Vikram
Explanation: Also, Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) has decided to transfer its lithium ion
(Li ion) cell technology to successful Indian industries and start-ups on non-exclusive basis
in automobiles for Rs. 1 crore.

Q. 527 Hindi Academy Delhi has given its highest Shalaka Samman for 2017-18 to?
Answer: Bollywood lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar.
Q. 528 President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the ‘Festival of Democracy’
in?
Answer: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (CM: Pinyari Vijayan, Governor: P. Sathasivam).

Also, a Regional Conference on ‘Good Governance – Focus on Aspirational Districts’ was
held here recently.
Explanation: President also recently inaugurated 2nd International Ambedkar Conclave

in New Delhi as part of the commemoration of Constitution Day.
Q. 529 Name the person from Saudi Arabia (Capital: Riyadh, Currency: Riyal) who has
been crowned champion of the FIFA e-World Cup?
Answer: Mosaad Aldossary
Q. 530 Fintech start-up Nearby Technologies in partnership with which bank has gone live
with Bharat Bill Payments, the telecom bill payments ecosystem managed by National
Payments Corp of India?
Answer: Yes Bank (Headquarter: Mumbai)
Explanation: Also, YES bank launched a deposit scheme, which could fetch up to 8 per
cent for a tenure of little over 18 months, through this the bank is eyeing Rs 1,000 crores
and the scheme is named 'Green Future: Deposit'.
Q. 531 Which state CM launched Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana for empowerment
of women?
Answer: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish. The scheme will provide Rs 54,100 from the birth of
a girl child till she graduates.
Q. 532 Which Biosphere Reserve has become the 11th Biosphere Reserve from India that
has been included in the UNESCO designated World Network of Biosphere Reserves
(WNBR)?
Answer: The Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve in Sikkim.
Explanation: World Heritage Committee of UNESCO declared the Victorian and Art Deco
Ensembles of Mumbai as the World Heritage Property.
Q. 533 Who won the special one-off Golden Man Booker Prize to mark the 50th
anniversary of the literary award?
Answer: Michael Ondaatje for his book ‘The English Patient’
Q. 534 The sixth edition of IBSAMAR, a joint multi–national maritime exercise between
Indian, Brazilian and South African Navies was held in?
Answer: South Africa
Explanation: Also, the maiden joint exercise of Coast Guards of India and Vietnam-
“Sahyog HOP TAC -2018” was held in the Bay of Bengal recently
Q. 535 17th World Sanskrit Conference was inaugurated and attended by Human Resource
Development Minister Shri Prakash Javdekar at?
Answer: Vancouver, Canada

Q. 536 Who has been appointed the chairperson of National Green Tribunal?
Answer: Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel.
Explanation: Ranjan Gogoi is the new (46th) Chief Justice of India.
Q. 537 Who recently won the Drivers’ Driver of the Year after claiming the 5 th World
Drivers’ Championship?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton (England). He has won the Russian, Abu Dhabi, Brazilian, Italian,
Hungary, Azerbaijan and Singapore Grand Prix recently. Lewis Hamilton won his 5th
drivers’ world overall championship.
Explanation: Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen (Finland (Capital: Helsinki, Currency: Euro)

claimed his first victory of F1 race US Grand Prix in Texas, Max Verstappen won the
Mexican Grand Prix and Austrian Grand Prix and Sebastian Vettel (Germany) won the
Belgian Grand Prix.
Q. 538 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBS-2019) will be hosted by which city?
Answer: Varanasi
Explanation: Also, PM Modi recently inaugurated the sixth center of International Rice
Research Institute South Asia Regional Centre (IRRI SARC) in Varanasi.
Q. 539 Which airport has been selected for the Champion of Earth Prize-2018?
Answer: Cochin International Airport. It is the first Indian airport to completely operation
on solar. Also, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognized this airport
as the world’s first fully solar energy-powered airport.
Q. 540 Where did PM recently laid the foundation stone of India’s first Mobile Open
Exchange Zone (MOX)?
Answer: World Trade Centre, Noida
Q. 541 Which country recently became the first country to abolish all fares on public
transport by 2019?
Answer: Luxembourg (Capital: Luxembourg City, Currency: Euro)
Q. 542 Who is the new Chief Economic Advisor of India?
Answer: Krishnamurthy Subramanian. Also, Ajay Narayan Jha is the new Finance
Secretary.
Q. 543 Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has launched SATAT scheme. What does
second “A” stand for in the abbreviation?
Answer: Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT). The

initiative was launched with PSU Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs i.e. IOC, BPCL and
HPCL).
Q. 544 Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad was elected the new President of?
Answer: Hockey India
Q. 545 Arthur Ashkin (USA), Gerard Mourou (France) and Donna Strickland (Canada)
have been awarded Nobel Prize in Physics. They were selected for ground breaking
inventions in the field of?

Answer: Laser Physics
Q. 546 National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC) will be set up on the banks of the Ganga
river in?
Answer: Patna
Q. 547 US scientists Frances Arnold and George Smith and British researcher Gregory
Winter have been conferred Nobel for?
Answer: Chemistry. They were selected for harnessing power of evolution to develop
enzymes and antibodies that have led to new pharmaceuticals and biofuels.
Q. 548 India-born economist Gita Gopinath was appointed Chief Economist of

International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is the second Indian to hold the post of IMF chief
economist after?
Answer: Raghuram Rajan
Explanation: Also, Goldman Sachs appointed Prachi Mishra as the managing director and
chief India economist.
Q. 549 BSE, PTC India Ltd have tied up with which bank to form India’s third electricity
exchange?
Answer: ICICI. India has two operating power exchanges—Power Exchange of India
(PXIL) and India Energy Exchange (IEX).
Explanation: Lalit Kumar, has been nominated by the government as its nominee on
private sector ICICI Bank.
Q. 550 Seven-member group of ministers headed by whom was formed by the Goods and
Services Tax Council to review on ‘Modalities for Revenue Mobilisation in case of Natural
Calamities and Disasters’?
Answer: Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar (Bihar: CM: Nitish Kumar, Governor:
Lal ji Tandon)
Q. 551 India’s first corn festival was recently held at?
Answer: Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh (CM: Kamal Nath, Governor: Anandiben Patel).
Explanation: Also, a National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation (NIMHR) will be

constructed in Sehore, MP.
Q. 552 As per Association of Mutual Funds of India’s (AMFI) (Headquarter: Mumbai)

statistics, which state topped the chart for state with the maximum penetration and Assets
Under Management (AUM)?
Answer: Maharashtra. Also, as per August, average assets under management (AUM) of
mutual funds rose to an all-time high of Rs 25.2 lakh crore across the country
Q. 553 Under whose chairmanship the government has formed committee on Corporate
Social Responsibility 2018?
Answer: Injeti Srinivas, Secretary of Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).
Explanation: Government has also constituted a Competition Law Review Committee to

review the Competition Act. The committee will be headed by Secretary, Ministry of
Corporate Affairs, Injeti Srinivas.

Also, to deal with cross border insolvency issues Insolvency Law Committee (ILC) headed
by Injeti Srinivas recommended UNCITRAL Model Law of Cross Border Insolvency, 1997.
Injeti Srinivas is also the head of ten Member Committee, formed by Ministry of Corporate
affairs to review Companies Act 2013.
Q. 554 Which two cities have been declared as the best heritage city in the Indian Tourism
awards recently?
Answer: Ahmedabad (Gujarat) and Mandu (MP)
Explanation: Qutub Minar best monument for differently-abled. Also, India will be the
host country for official World Tourism Day celebrations for the UNWTO (World Tourism
Organization) in 2019. In 2018 host country is Hungary (Capital: Budapest, Currency:
Forint).
Q. 555 Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved what amount loan to establish the first
multi-skills park in Madhya Pradesh to boost employment in the state?
Explanation: Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved financing of up to $500 million

for a multi-tranche financing facility (MFF) infrastructure project in at least 10 cities of
Tamil Nadu.
Q.556 Reserve Bank of India enhanced the “Facility to Avail Liquidity for Liquidity
Coverage Ratio (FALLCR)” from the existing 11 per cent to?
Answer: 13%
Explanation: The move is aimed to overcome any possible liquidity constraints by the
banks. This will enable the banks to forge out up to 15 per cent of holdings under the
statutory liquidity reserves (SLR) during liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) requirements as
compared to 13 per cent now.
Q. 557 In the Best FIFA Football Awards 2018 ceremony, held in London, who were
adjudged best footballers in the men’s and women’s category respectively?
Answer: Luka Modric of Croatia (capital: Zagreb, currency: Kuna) and Marta (female
category) of Brazil.
Explanation: Luka has also been awarded with prestigious, Ballon d’Or award. Norway’s
(Capital: Oslo, Currency: Krone) Ada Hegerberg wins Women’s Ballon d’Or in women
category.
Luka Modric was also named the Balkan Athlete of the year beating Men’s tennis world
number one player Novak Djokovic.
National Sports Awards 2018

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards (given to outstanding sportspersons): Virat Kohli,
Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting)
Arjuna Award: Smriti Mandhana (Cricket), Savita (Hockey), Ankur Dhama (Para-
Athletics), Manoj Sarkar (Para-Badminton), Manika Batra, G. Sathiyan (Table Tennis),
Rahi Sarnobat, Ankur Mittal, Shreyasi Singh (Shooting), Col. Ravi Rathore (Polo),
Rohan Bopanna (Tennis), Sumit (Wrestling), Pooja Kadian (Wushu), Neeraj Chopra
(Javelin Throw), Jinson Johnson (Athletics), Shubhankar Sharma (Golf), Manpreet Singh

(Hockey), Hima Das (Athletics), Nelakurthi Sikki Reddy (Badminton), Satish Kumar
(Boxing)
Head of selection committee of Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award: Justice Indermeet
Kaur Kochhar
Dronacharya Award (Given to coaches): Jiwan Kumar Sharma (Judo), Clarence Lobo
(Hockey), V.R. Beedu and Sukhdev Singh Pannu (Athletics) Tarak Sinha (Cricket), A.
Srinivasa Rao (Table Tennis) Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa (Boxing), Vijay Sharma
(Weightlifting).
Head of Selection Committee: Justice Mukul Mudgal
Dhyan Chand Award 2018: (life time contribution to sports): Chougale Dadu
Dattatray (Wrestling) Bobby Aloysius (Athletics), Bharat Kumar Chetri (Hockey), Satyadev
Prasad (Archery)
Head of selection Committee head: Justice Mukul Mudgal
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2018: Sports for Development (Isha Outreach),
Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility (JSW Sports),
Identification and Nurturing of Budding & Young Talent (Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited).
Head of selection committee: Rahul Bhatnagar
Recipient of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2017-18: Guru Nanak Dev
University, Amritsar
Selection Committee head: Ashok Kumar
INDIA’S GDP PREDICTIONS BY VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS

ORGANISATION GDP for 2018-19 (FY – GDP for 2019 – 20 (FY
19) – 20)
World Bank titled: 'Global 7.3% 7.5%

Economic Prospects:
Darkening Skies'
Outlook Supplement 7.3% 7.6%

Asian Development Bank
RBI 7.4% 7.5%
Central Statistics Office 7.1 per cent in the

(CSO) second quarter (July-
September)
Moody’s Global Macro 7.4% 7.3%

Outlook 2019-20
ICICI Bank 7.2% 7.4%
Fitch Ratings - Global 7.2%

Economic Outlook

Growth Outlook for 2019, 7.5%

report by Confederation
of Indian Industry (CII)
SBI Ecowrap report 7.5 – 7.6%
Also, Organization for 7.3% 7.4%

Economic Cooperation &
Development (OECD)
Economic Outlook 2018
India’s Rank in various recent Indices

Index Rank Comment
Misperception Index 12th Thailand was ranked first
Economist Intelligence Unit 41st Norway

(EIU) Democracy Index
Gender Gap Index 2018 by 108th Iceland topped the rankings

World Economic Forum
Global Carbon Project, 4th (7% of Top three emitters-China (27 %),
highest Carbon Dioxide total the US (15 %), the European Union
emitter emissions) (10%)
Climate Change 11th No countries were in the top three

Performance Index 2019 ranks because none did well in all
categories assessed, Sweden was
ranked fourth
Global Passport Power Rank 68th UAE topped

2018
WIPO’s World Intellectual 10th The number of patents granted by

Property Indicators 2018 India shot up by 50 % in 2017
report
Expedia Vacation 1st India is now officially the most

Deprivation Report 2018 vacation deprived country in the
world.
Global talent ranking, IMD 53rd Switzerland topped the rankings

Business School,
Switzerland
Which? Travel; safest 17th Iceland (Capital: Reykjavik,

country to visit Currency: Krona) is the safest
country to visit
World Bank’s latest Ease of 77th New Zealand topped the rankings
Doing Business 2019 report

Report on web-borne 12th

threats by cybersecurity
company, Kaspersky Lab.
Henley and Partners’ annual 81st Japan has the best passport as per
passport index (2018), the index
79th
(2019)
Brand Finance’s annual 9th USA has the most brand value
Nation Brands 2018 report
World Economic Forum 58th USA has topped the rankings

(WEF)’s Index on Most
Competitive Economy for
2018.
Global Passport Index 66th Singapore topped the rankings
2018 Global Hunger Index 103rd
Oxfam World inequality 147th

index
RTI rating by Access Info 6th Afghanistan topped the rankings

Europe
World Bank’s Human 115th Singapore topped the rankings

Capital Index
Cigarette Package Health 5th

Warnings: International
Status Report 2018
Government e-Payments 28th Norway topped the rankings

Adoption Ranking (GEAR)
Economic Freedom in the 96th Hong Kong and Singapore again

World by Centre for Civil topped the index
Society (CCS)
Institute of Health Metrics 158th Finland topped the rankings

and Evaluation report on
investments in education
and healthcare by LANCET
Human development 130 Norway, Switzerland, Australia,

rankings by United Nations Ireland and Germany led the ranking
Development Programme
(UNDP)
Nuclear Security Index by 19th Australia and Switzerland were joint

Nuclear Threat Initiative first
(NTI)

Reporters without Borders 5th Afghanistan was rated worst

(RSF) deadliest place to be
a journalist.
International Business 6th Austria

Report (IBR) Global
Optimism Index
Asian Economic Integration 1st

Report 2018 by Asian
Development Bank Country
hosting the highest number
of outward international
migrants
RTI rating by Access Info 6th Afghanistan

Europe and the Centre for
Law and Democracy
Credit Suisse Family 1000 3rd (111 China

in 2018’ number of family- companies
owned companies. )
Global Innovation Index 57th Switzerland

2018
theme for GII 2018 is:

Energizing the World with
Innovation.
IMPORTANT DAYS (July, August, September, October,

November, December and January)
EVENT DATE THEME
World Youth Skills Day July 15
World Population Day July 11 Family Planning is a Human

right
World UFO day, World July 02

Sports Journalists Day
National Doctor’s Day, GST July 01 Doctor Day theme: Zero

Day tolerance to violence against
doctors and clinical
establishment.
Earth Overshoot Day 2018 August 1 Earth Overshoot Day marks

the date when humanity’s
demand for ecological
resources and services in a

given year exceeds what Earth

can regenerate in that year.
World Biofuel day August 10 Rajasthan has recently

become the first state to
implement National Biofuel
Policy
International Youth Day August 12 Safe space for Youth
World Elephant Day August 12
International left handers August 13

day
World Humanitarian Day August 19 #NotATarget
World Mosquito Day August 20
World Senior Citizen Day August 21
International Day for the August 23

Remembrance of the Slave
Trade and Its Abolition
International Day against August 29

Nuclear Tests
National Sports Day August 29
World Coconut Day September 1 Coconut for Good Health,

Wealth & Wellness
International Day of Charity September 5
International Literacy Day September 8 Literacy and Skill

Development
Hindi Diwas September 14 On that day in 1949, the

constituent assembly adopted
Hindi, written in Devanagari
script, as the official language
of the Union.
International Day of September 15

Democracy
World Ozone Day September 16
International Day of Peace September 21 The Right to Peace – The

Universal Declaration of
Human Rights at 70
World Rose Day/ Cancer September 22

Day
Annual Antyodaya Divas to September 25

mark the birth anniversary

of Pandit Deendayal
Upadhyaya
International Day for the September 26

Total Elimination of Nuclear
Weapons
World Tourism Day Tourism and the Digital

Transformation
World Maritime Day IMO 70: Our Heritage – Better

Shipping for a Better Future
World Rabies Day September 28 Rabies: Share the message.

Save a life
World Heart Day September 29 My heart, Your heart
International Translation September 30 Translation: Promoting

Day Cultural Heritage in Changing
Times
International Coffee Day October 01
International Day of Older October 01 Celebrating Older Human

Persons (IDOP) Rights Champions
World Habitat Day October 01 Municipal Solid Waste

Management
World Vegetarian Day October 01
International Day of Non- October 02

Violence
World Animal Day October 04
25th International Teacher’s October 05 The right to education means

Day the right to a qualified teacher
Indian Air Force (IAF) 86th October 08

anniversary
World Post Day October 09 Imagine you are a letter

travelling through time
World Mental Health Day October 10 Young People and Mental

Health in a Changing World
International Day of the Girl October 11 With Her: A Skilled Girl Force
Child
World Obesity Day October 11 It’s time to End Weight

Stigma!
International Day for October 13 Reducing Disaster Economic

Disaster Reduction Losses
World Migratory Bird Day October 13

International Day of Rural October 15 Sustainable infrastructure,

Women services and social protection
for gender equality and the
(Also, Rashtriya Mahila
empowerment of rural women
Kisan Diwas celebrated on
and girls
this day).
World Students’ Day October 15 To commemorate the birth

anniversary of Late. Dr. APJ
Abdul kalam
World Food Day October 16 Our actions are our future – A

zero hunger world by 2030 is
possible
International Day for the October 17 Coming together with those

Eradication of Poverty furthest behind to build an
inclusive world of universal
respect for human rights and
dignity
World Osteoporosis Day, October 20

National Solidarity Day
National Police October 21

Commemoration Day
UN Day, World Polio Day October 24

and World Development
Information Day
World Day for Audio-visual October 27 Your Story is Moving

Heritage
National Unity Day October 31 To mark the birth anniversary

of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
World Vegan Day November 01
3rd Ayurveda Day November 05 Theme: “Ayurveda for Public

health”
World Tsunami Awareness November 05

Day
National cancer awareness November 07

Day
World Science Day for Peace November 10 Science, a Human Right

and Development
National Education Day of November 11 To commemorate the birth

India anniversary of Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad.
World Pneumonia Day November 12

World Diabetes Day November 14 The Family and Diabetes
National Press Day November 16
International Day for November 16

Tolerance
World Toilet Day November 19 When Nature Calls
International Day for the November 25

Elimination of Violence
against Women
National Milk Day November 26
69th Constitution Day November 26
World AIDS Day December 01 Know Your Status
National Pollution Prevention December 02

Day
International Day for the December 02

Abolition of Slavery
World Computer Literacy December 02

Day
International Day of Persons December 03 Empowering persons with

with Disabilities disabilities and ensuring
inclusiveness and equality
World Soil Day December 05 Be the Solution to Soil

Pollution
Indian Armed Forces Flag December 07

Day
International Anti- December 09

Corruption Day
World Human Rights Day December 10 #StandUp4HumanRights
International Universal December 12 Unite for Universal Health

Health Coverage Day Coverage: Now is the Time for
Collective Action
Vijay Diwas December 16 Day marks the 47th

anniversary of India’s victory
over Pakistan in the 1971 war.
International Migrants Day December 18 “Migration with Dignity”
First ever World Braille Day January 04
World Hindi Day January 10

National Youth Day January 12 To mark the birth of Swami

Vivekananda who was born in
Kolkata on January 12, 1863,
as Narendra Nath Datta.

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