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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with

the Peace Prize for 2018 for his contribution to international cooperation and fostering global economic growth. प्रधानमिी नरᴂद्र मोदी को अतरराष्ट्रीर् सहर्ोग और वैखिक आखथयक ं ं वृखि को बढावा देने मᴂ उनके र्ोगदान के खलए 2018 के खलए खसर्ोल

शांखत पुरस्कार से स륍माखनत खकर्ा गर्ा है।

AWARDS • The award committee recognised his contribution to the growth of Indian and global economies, crediting ‘Modinomics’ for reducing social and economic disparity between the rich and the poor. • The committee also credited him for his contribution toward reginal and global peace through a proactive policy with countries around the world under the ‘Modi doctrine’ and the act east policy. Centre has established a Group of Ministers to • He is the 14th recepient of the award and the past laureates included former recommend measures to effectively implement the law UN Secretary General , German Chancellor Angela Merkel and against sexual harassment at the workplace. renowned international relief organizations like Doctors Without Borders and Oxfam. कᴂ द्र ने कार्यस्थल पर र् ौन उत्पीड़न के खिलाफ कानून को प्रभावी 셂प से लागू करने के उपार् ⴂ की खसफाररश करने के खलए मंखिर्ⴂ का एक समूह स्थाखपत खकर्ा है।

NATIONAL • The Centre established a Group of Ministers to recommend measures to effectively implement the law against sexual harassment at the workplace and to strengthen the legal and institutional framework in response to the #MeToo campaign. • Home Minister Rajnath Singh will head the GoM, which includes Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi. • The GoM will come up with a comprehensive plan within three months and devise ways to ensure its time-bound implementation. PIB

Bilateral Defence Minister’s Dialogue between and THE HINDU BUSINESSLINE Indonesia was concluded in Jakarta. Punjab has signed MOU with Israel for Agri research, भारत और इडं ोनेखशर्ा के बीच खिपक्षीर् रक्षा मंिी की बातचीत water management. जकाताय मᴂ संपन्न हुई। पंजाब ने कृ खि अनसु ंधान, जल प्रबंधन के खलए इजरार्ल के साथ समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर खकए है। MEETING/ DIALOGUE INDEX • This meeting between Raksha Mantri Nirmala Sitharaman and her Indonesian counterpart Gen (Retd) Ryamizard Rycudu comes after both • Punjab government has signed four MoUs with Israeli institutions to address the countries have upgraded their bilateral relationship to a Comprehensive issues of farmers and depleting groundwater level in the state. Strategic Partnership and have recently concluded a new Defence Cooperation Punjab Agreement in May 2018. • Formed: 1st November 1966 + Capital: Chandigarh + CM: Amarinder Singh Indonesia • Governor: V P Singh Badnore + Legislature: Unicameral (117 seats) Capital: Jakarta + Currency: Rupiah + President: Joko Widodo • District: 22 + Lok Sabha Seat: 13 + Rajya Sabha Seat: 07 • Garuda Shakti exercises: 6th edition of the exercises between the Special • High Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court + CJ: Krishna Murari Forces of the Indian Army & the Indonesian Army held at Bandung. • Sanctuary: Abohar, Bir Aishwan, Jhajjar Bachauli, Bir Moti Bagh, Bir Mehaswala, Bir Dosanjh

• Border State: Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan

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Six-member panel has been set up for the resolution of

stressed assets.

दबावग्रस्त आखस्तर्ⴂ के समाधान के खलए छह सदस्र्ीर् पैनल गखित खकर्ा गर्ा है।

ECONOMY • The overseeing committee (OC) that is being set up under the inter-creditor agreement (ICA) for resolution of stressed assets will have six members, including Janki Ballabh (former Chairman, State Bank of India), MBN Rao (former Chairman & Managing Director, Canara Bank ), M Damodaran (former Chairman, SEBI) and HR Khan (former Deputy Governor, RBI). • The OC, which is being formed under the aegis of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA), will approve resolution plans for stressed assets submitted by lead lenders. • The OC also includes a senior Tata Group executive with expertise in the power sector and a Bombay High Court Judge, said a senior public sector bank official. The banker indicated that the OC could be split into two panels for faster processing of resolution plans. PIB Union Cabinet has approved the signing and ratification of the Extradition Treaty between India and Malawi. ECONOMY

कᴂ द्रीर् मंखिमंडल ने भारत और मलावी के बीच प्रत्र्पयण संखध के • The Reserve Bank may make some changes in the Prompt Corrective Action हस्ताक्षर और अनसु मथयन को मंजूरी दे दी है। (PCA) framework that put restrictions on financially weak banks’. • The changes could be made in the next few weeks after taking into account AGREEMENT various aspects and in the larger interest of the banking system, adding that the recent RBI board meeting had a discussion on the issue.

• As many as 11 out of 21 banks are under the RBI’s watchlist. Of these, Dena • Union Cabinet has approved the signing and ratification of the Extradition Bank and Allahabad Bank are facing restrictions on expansion of business. Treaty between India and Malawi. • Last month, State-run banks had requested the government for relaxation in • The Treaty would provide a legal framework for seeking extradition of PCA guidelines as these were indirectly impacting their lending ability. terrorists, economic offenders and other criminals from and to Malawi. Malawi • However, RBI Deputy Governor Viral V. Acharya said earlier this month that Capital: Lilongwe + Currency: Kwacha + President: Peter Mutharika imposition of the PCA was essential for the revival of financially weak banks and deepening reforms in the banking space. THE HINDU

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M Nageswar Rao has been appointed as the interim Director of CBI.

एम नागेिर राव को सीबीआई के अंतररम खनदेशक के 셂प मᴂ खनर्ुक्त खकर्ा गर्ा है।

NATIONAL • Rao is presently the Joint Director, CBI. • The top two officers of the CBI, present Director, CBI, Alok Verma and Special Director, CBI, Rakesh Asthana, have been sent on "compulsory leave" as the spat between the them reached the Delhi High Court. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) • Founded: 1941

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Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its INTERNATIONAL approval for creation of special Fisheries and • European Parliament voted overwhelmingly for an EU-wide ban on single-use Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FAIDF). plastics such as straws, cutlery, cotton buds and balloon sticks.

आखथयक मामलⴂ पर कैखबनेट सखमखत (सीसीईए) ने खवशेि मत् स् र् • The European Commission, the 28-nation EU’s executive arm, proposed पालन एवं जलीर् कृ खि (एक् वाक‍ चर) अवसंरचना खवकास कोि banning such items that it said account for 70% of the waste in the oceans and (एफआईडीएफ) बनाने को अपनी मंजूरी दे दी है। beaches. European Union NATIONAL • Founded: 1 November 1993 + Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium • The approval entails an estimated fund size of Rs.7,522 crore, comprising • President of the European Council: Donald Tusk Rs.5,266.40 crore to be raised by the Nodal Loaning Entities (NLEs), Rs. • President of the European Commission: Jean-Claude Juncker 1,316.6 crore beneficiaries contribution and Rs.939.48 crore budgetary support from the Government of India. • National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), National Cooperatives Development Corporation (NCDC) and all scheduled Banks shall be the nodal Loaning Entities. • FIDF would provide concessional finance to State Governments / UTs and State entities, cooperatives, individuals and entrepreneurs etc., for taking up of INTERNATIONAL the identified investment activities of fisheries development. • When is the UK due to leave the EU? • इस मंजरू ी के तहत कोष मᴂ अनमु ाननत रानि 7,522 करो蔼 셁पये होगी नजनमᴂ से 5266.40 करो蔼 • For the UK to leave the EU it had to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty 셁पये प्रमखु ऋणदाता ननकायⴂ (एनएलई) द्वारा जटु ाये जायᴂगे, जबनक इसमᴂ लाभानथियⴂ का योगदान which gives the two sides two years to agree the terms of the split. Theresa 1316.6 करो蔼 셁पये का होगा और भारत सरकार से बजटीय सहायता के 셂प मᴂ 939.48 करो蔼 May triggered this process on 29 March, 2017, meaning the UK is scheduled 셁पये प्राꥍ त हⴂगे to leave at 11pm UK time on Friday, 29 March 2019. It can be extended if all • राष्‍टय री क नष एवं ग्रामीण नवकास बℂक (नाबा셍ि), राष्‍टय री सहकारी नवकास ननगम (एनसी셍ीसी) और 28 EU members agree, but at the moment all sides are focusing on that date as सभी अनसु नू ित इसके नलए प्रमखु ऋणदाता ननकाय हⴂगे being the key one, and Theresa May has now put it into British law. • एफआई셍ीएफ से रा煍 य सरकारⴂ के्‍ र िानसत प्रदिे ⴂ एवं रा煍 यⴂ के ननकायⴂ, सहकारी सनमनतयⴂ, नवनभ्‍ न लोगⴂ और द्यमनमयⴂ, इ配 यानद को ररयायती नव配 त प्राꥍ त होगा नजससे वे म配 ् य पालन ्े् के नवकास से ज蔼ु ी निन्‍तत ननवेि गनतनवनियां परू ी कर सकᴂ गे

HARYANA OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries  Statehood : 1 November 1966 • Establishment: September 1960  Capital : Chandigarh • Member Country: 15 (Algeria, Angola, Ecuador,  Chief Minister : Manohar Lal Khattar Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,  Governor : Satyadev Narayan Arya Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Congo, Saudi Arabia,  Official language : Hindi United Arab Emirates, Venezuela) th  Largest city : Faridabad • SG: Mohammed Barkindo : 28 : Nigeria  Lok Sabha Seat : 10 + Rajya Sabha Seat : 5 + Districts : 22 • HQ: Vienna, Austria

 Border (State) : Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttarakhand, New Delhi. UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION  Sultanpur National Park Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)  Kalesar National Park • Formation: 16 October 1945  Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary • Headquarters: Rome, Italy  Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary • Director General: Jose Graziano da Silva  Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary  Markandeshwar Temple Country Capital Currency  Abubshahar Wildlife Sanctuary Estonia Tallinn Euro  Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary  Nahar Wildlife Sanctuary Kosovo Pristina Euro Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary  Lithuania Vilnius Euro  Khol Hi-Raitan Wildlife Sanctuary  Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant Malta Valletta Euro  Damdama Lake Montenegro Podgorica Euro

QUESTION (CURRENT AFFAIR 25 OCTOBER 2018) Q.1 Who has been appointed as the Editor of The Hindu? भारत और ______ने खसतवे बंदरगाह के सचं ालन और रिरिाव के खलए एक खनजी पोटय खकसे द खहंदू के संपादक के 셂प मᴂ खनर्ुक्त खकर्ा गर्ा है? ऑपरेटर की खनर्ुखक्त के खलए एक समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर खकए हℂ। 1. Suresh Nambath/ सुरेश नमबाथ 1. Sri Lanka/ श्रीलंका 2. Iraq/ इराक 3. Myanmar/ 륍र्ांमार 2. Mukund Padmanabhan/ मुकंु द पनाभन 4. China/ चीन 5. / बांग्लादेश 3. Jaideep Bose/ जर्दीप बोस Ans: 3 4. Sunil Jain/ सुनील जैन Q.6 Bajrang Punia has won the Silver Medal at World Wrestling 5. Bodhisatva Ganguli/ बोखधसत्व गांगुली Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He is from which state? Ans: 1 बजरंग पुखनर्ा ने हंगरी के बुडापेस्ट मᴂ व‍डय रेसखलंग चℂखपर्नखशप मᴂ रजत पदक जीता है। Q.2 ______Himachal Pradesh Science Congress held at IIT, Mandi. वह खकस रा煍र् से है? ______खहमाचल प्रदेश खवज्ञान कांग्रेस आईआईटी, मंडी मᴂ आर्ोखजत हुई है। 1. Andhra Pradesh/ आंध्र प्रदेश 2. Madhya Pradesh/ मध्र् प्रदेश 1. Fifth/ पांचवĂ 2. Fourth/ चौथी 3. Third/ तीसरी 3. Uttar Pradesh/ उिर प्रदेश 4. Haryana/ हररर्ाणा 4. Second/ दूसरी 5. Seventh/ सातवĂ 5. Rajasthan/ राजस्थान Ans: 3 Ans: 4 Q.3 Who has inaugurated “Vishwa Shanti Ahimsa Sammelan” (VSAS-2018) at Q.7 Who has been appointed as the director and CEO of TVS Motor? Mangi Tungi in Nashik district of Maharashtra? खकसे टीवीएस मोटर के डार्रेक्टर और सीईओ के 셂प मᴂ खनर्ुक्त खकर्ा गर्ा है? खकसने महाराष्ट्र के नाखसक खजले मᴂ मंगी तंुगी मᴂ खवि शांखत अखहंसा स륍मेलन (वीएसएएस- 1. K. N. Radhakrishnan/ के . एन. राधाकृ ष्ट्णन 2018) का उद्घाटन खकर्ा हℂ? 2. Natarajan Chandrasekaran/ नटराजन चंद्रशेिरन 1. C. Vidyasagar Rao/ सी. खवासागर राव 3. Pawan Munjal/ पवन मंुजाल 2. Devendra Fadnavis/ देवᴂद्र फडणवीस 4. Hiroyuki Yanagi/ खहरोर्ुकी र्ानागी 3. M Venkaiah Naidu/ एम वᴂकै र्ा नार्डू 5. Rakesh Kumar/ राके श कु मार 4. Narendra Modi/ नरᴂद्र मोदी Ans: 1 5. Ram Nath Kovind/ राम नाथ कोखवंद Q.8 In which city, International dance festival "Udbhav Utsav" was held? Ans: 5 खकस शहर मᴂ अंतरायष्ट्रीर् नृत्र् महोत्सव "उव उत्सव” का आर्ोजन हुआ हℂ? Q.4 According to Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, India has 1. Jaipur/ जर्पुर 2. Gwalior/ ग्वाखलर्र 3. Hyderabad/ हैदराबाद emerged as the ______lowest among 34 countries providing retirement 4. New Delhi/ नई खद‍ली 5. Dehradun/ देहरादून income systems with good benefits. Ans: 2 मेलबनय मसयर ग्लोबल पᴂशन इडं ेक्स के अनुसार, भारत बेहतर लाभ के साथ सेवाखनवृखि Q.1 How Many Countries are the Member of Organization of the Petroleum आर् 핍र्वस्था उपल녍ध कराने के मामले मᴂ कु ल 34 देशⴂ मᴂ नीचे से _____स्थान पर है। Exporting Countries (OPEC)? 1. Second/ दूसरे 2. Third/ तीसरे 3. Fourth/ चौथे खकतने देश पेरोखलर्म खनर्ायतक देशⴂ के संगिन (ओपेक) के सदस्र् हℂ? 4. Fifth/ पांचवᴂ 5. Sixth/ छिे 1. 15 2. 20 3. 10 Ans: 1 4. 25 5. 16 Q.5 India and ______signed an MOU for the appointment of a private Port Ans: 1 Operator for the Operation and Maintenance of Sittwe Port.

Q.2 Where is the Headquarters of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)? Q.3 Which State has signed MOU with Israel for Agri research, water िा एवं कृ खि संगिन (एफएओ) का मुख्र्ालर् कहााँ हℂ? management? 1. Rome, Italy/ रोम, इटली खकस रा煍र् ने कृ खि अनुसधं ान, जल प्रबंधन के खलए इजरार्ल के साथ समझौता ज्ञापन पर 2. Vienna, Austria/ खवर्ना, ऑखस्रर्ा हस्ताक्षर खकए है? 3. Geneva, / खजनेवा, खस्वट्जरलℂड 1. Uttar Pradesh/ उिर प्रदेश 2. Punjab/ पंजाब 3. Kerala/ केरल 4. Paris, France/ पेररस, फ्ांस 4. Madhya Pradesh/ केरल 5. Andhra Pradesh/ आंध्र प्रदेश 5. Montreal, Canada/ म ंखरर्ल, कनाडा Ans: 3 Ans: 1 Q.4 Union Cabinet has approved the signing and ratification of the Extradition Q.3 Where is the Headquarters of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Treaty between India and______. (CSIR)? कᴂ द्रीर् मंखिमंडल ने भारत और ____के बीच प्रत्र्पयण संखध के हस्ताक्षर और अनुसमथयन वैज्ञाखनक एवं औोखगक अनुसधं ान पररिद (सीएसआईआर) का मुख्र्ालर् कहां है? को मंजूरी दे दी है। 1. New Delhi/ नई खद‍ली 2. Mumbai/ मंुबई 3. Kolkata/ कोलकाता 1. Malawi/ मलावी 2. Namibia/ नामीखबर्ा 3. Angola/ अंगोला 4. Hyderabad/ हैदराबाद 5. Jaipur/ जर्पुर 4. Kenya/ केन्र्ा 5. Uganda/ र्ुगांडा Ans: 1 Ans: 1 Q.4 What is capital of Montenegro? Q.5 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for म न्टेनीग्रो की राजधानी क्र्ा है? creation of special Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development 1. Tallinn/ ताख‍लन 2. Pristina/ खप्रस्टीना 3. Vilnius/ खप्रस्टीना Fund (FAIDF). The approval entails an estimated fund size of Rs.______. 4. Valletta/ वेलेटा आखथयक मामलⴂ पर कैखबनेट सखमखत (सीसीईए) ने खवशेि मत् स् र् पालन एवं जलीर् कृ खि 5. Podgorica/ प डगोररकाAns: 5 (एक् वाक‍ चर) अवसंरचना खवकास कोि (एफआईडीएफ) बनाने को अपनी मंजूरी दे दी है। Q.5 Which of the following Wildlife Sanctuary is not located in Assam? इस मंजूरी के तहत कोि मᴂ अनुमाखनत राखश ______셁पर्े होगी। खन륍न मᴂ से कौन सा वन्र्जीव अभर्ारण्र् असम मᴂ खस्थत नहĂहै? 1. 7,522 Crore/ 7,522 करोड़ 2. 4,522 Crore/ 4,522 करोड़ 1. Pobitora/ पोबीटोरा 2. Bura Chapori/ बुरा चपोरी 3. 5,522 Crore/ 5,522 करोड़ 4. 9,522 Crore/ 9,522 करोड़ 3. Chakrashila/ चक्रखशला 4. Laokhowa/ लाओिोवा 5. 8,522 Crore/ 8,522 करोड़ 5. Hirpora/ खहरपोरा Ans: 1 Ans: 5 Q.6 In which city, Bilateral Defence Minister’s Dialogue between India and Q.6 Which of the following National Park is not located in Assam? Indonesia was concluded? खन륍नखलखित मᴂ से कौन सा राष्ट्रीर् उान असम मᴂ खस्थत नहĂ है? खकस शहर मᴂ भारत और इडं ोनेखशर्ा के बीच खिपक्षीर् रक्षा मंिी की बातचीत संपन्न हुई? 1. Eravikulam/ एराखवकु लम 2. Dibru-Saikhowa/ खडब्र-ू सैिोवा 1. Mumbai/ मंुबई 2. New Delhi/ नई खद‍ली 3. Jakarta/ जकाताय 3. Kaziranga/ काजीरंगा 4. Manas/ मानस 4. Bandung/ बांडुगं 5. Jaipur/ जर्पुर 5. Nameri/ नमेरी Ans: 3 Ans: 1 Q.7 Centre has established a Group of Ministers to recommend measures to Q.1 Who has been appointed as the interim Director of CBI? effectively implement the law against sexual harassment at the workplace. खकसे सीबीआई के अंतररम खनदेशक के 셂प मᴂ खनर्ुक्त खकर्ा गर्ा है? Who will Head this GOM? 1. M Nageswar Rao/ एम नागेिर राव कᴂ द्र ने कार्यस्थल पर र्ौन उत्पीड़न के खिलाफ कानून को प्रभावी 셂प से लागू करने के 2. Rajni Kant Mishra/ एम नागेिर राव उपार्ⴂ की खसफाररश करने के खलए मंखिर्ⴂ का एक समूह स्थाखपत खकर्ा है। कौन इस 3. Rajesh Ranjan/ राजेश रंजन जीओएम की अध्र्क्षता करᴂगे? 4. S. S. Deswal/ एस. एस. देसवाल 1. Rajnath Singh/ राजनाथ खसंह 5. Arun Kumar/ अ셁ण कु मार 2. Nitin Gadkari/ खनखतन गडकरी Ans: 1 3. Nirmala Sitharaman/ खनमयला सीतारमण Q.2 Who has been conferred with the Seoul Peace Prize for 2018 for his 4. Maneka Gandhi/ मेनका गांधी contribution to international cooperation and fostering global economic 5. Ravi Shankar Prasad/ रखवशंकर प्रसाद growth? Ans: 1 खकसे अंतरराष्ट्रीर् सहर्ोग और वैखिक आखथयक वृखि को बढावा देने मᴂ उनके र्ोगदान के Q.8 European Union Parliament has approved ban on single- use plastics. खलए 2018 के खलए खसर्ोल शांखत पुरस्कार से स륍माखनत खकर्ा गर्ा है? Where is the Headquarters of European Union (EU)? 1. Raj Nath Singh/ राज नाथ खसंह र्ूरोपीर् संघ ससं द ने ꥍलाखस्टक के एकल उपर्ोग पर प्रखतबंध को मंजूरी दे दी है। र्ूरोपीर् 2. Sumitra Mahajan/ सुखमिा महाजन संघ (ईर्ू) का मुख्र्ालर् कहााँ है? 3. M Venkaiah Naidu/ एम वᴂकै र्ा नार्डू 1. Geneva/ खजनेवा 2. Vienna/ खवर्ना 3. Brussels/ ब्रसे‍स 4. Ram Nath Kovind/ राम नाथ कोखवंद 4. Rome/ रोम 5. London/ लंदन 5. Narendra Modi/ नरᴂद्र मोदी Ans: 3 Ans: 5

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