2018 – 2019.

CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR THE ANNUAL TERM.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

CLASSES VI, VII AND VIII.

1. WHAT IS THE COMMON DIGITAL CURRENCY LAUNCHED BY SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UAE? ABER. 2. WHERE WILL YOU FIND UTTRAKHAND’S FIRST TULIP GARDEN? CHANDAK HILLTOP. 3. WHO IS INDIA’S NEW AMBASSADOR TO THE MALDIVES? MR SUNJAY SUDHIR. 4. NAME THE FIRST HINDU WOMAN IN PAKISTAN TO BE APPOINTED AS A CIVIL JUDGE? MS SUMAN KUMARI. 5. WHO HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE MENS CRICKETER OF THE YEAY BY ICC? VIRAT KOHLI 6. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF CBI? MR RISHI KUMAR SHUKLA. 7. WHO IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD AN ALL MEN’S ARMY CONTINGENT IN THE REPUBLIC DAY PARADE? LT. BHAVANA KASTURI. 8. WHICH WORD HAS OXFORD NAMED AS ITS HINDI WORD OF THE YEAR 2018? NARI SHAKTI. 9. WHAT IS BHARAT RANG MAHOTSAV? ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL. 10. WHEN IS THE WORLD WETLANDS DAY CELEBRATED? 2ND FEBRUARY. 11. WHICH INDIAN STATE WON THE `SWASTH BHARAT YATRA ‘ AWARD? TAMIL NADU. 12. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS INDIA’S AMBASSADOR TO BURKINA FASO? MR VIJAY SINGH CHAUHAN. 13. WHAT IS THE `KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL’ MULTI CULTURAL STREET FESTIVAL. 14. NAME THE CHIEF MINISTER OF ODISHA? MR NAVEEN PATNAIK. 15. WHAT HAS THE UN DECLARED THE YEAR 2019 AS? YEAR OF THE PERIODIC TABLE. 16. HOW OLD WAS MASAZO NONAKA OF JAPAN WHEN HE DIED? 113 YEARS. 17. WHAT IS PUNJAB’S NEW STATE AQUATIC ANIMAL? INDUS RIVER DOLPHIN 18. WHO HAS BEEN ELECTED AS THE NEW KING OF MALAYSIA? SULTAN ABDULLAH. 19. IN WHICH INDIA STATE WILL YOU FIND THE CITY OF VARANASI? UTTAR PRADESH. 20. NAME THE CHIEF GUEST FOR OUR REPUBLIC DAY WHO IS AN ARJUNA AWARDEE? MR ANKUR MITTAL. 21. WHERE IN ODISHA WILL YOU FIND THE ASURGARH FORT? KALAHANDI DISTRICT. 22. NAME THE UNION DEFENCE MINISTER. MS NIRMALA SITHARAMAN. 23. WHERE WAS THE BHARAT PARV ORGANISED IN DELHI? RED FORT. 24. WHO IS THE UNION MINISTER FOR WATER RESOURCES? MR NITIN GADKARI. 25. WHEN IS THE NATIONAL VOTERS DAY OBSERVED? 25TH JANUARY. 26. WHICH INDIAN STATE TOPPED THE MEDALS TALLY IN THE KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES 2019. MAHARASHTRA. 27. WHO IS THE CHIEF OF THE INDIAN ARMY? GENERAL BIPIN RAWAT. 28. HOW MANY PEOPLE RECEIVED THE BHARAT RATNA THIS YEAR? THREE. 29. WHAT HAS THE ENGINELESS SEMI HIGH SPEED TRAIN BEEN RENAMED AS? VANDE BHARAT EXPRESS. 30. WHO WON THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN’S SINGLES TITLE 2019? NOVAK DJOKOVIC. 31. WHEN DOES INDIA CELEBRATE HER REPUBLIC DAY? 26TH JANUARY. 32. WHICH INDIAN STATE DECLARED THE HORNBILL FESTIVAL AS A STATE FESTIVAL? ARUANCHAL PRADESH. 33. WHO WAS INDIA’S CHIEF GUEST AT THE REPUBLIC DAY? MR CYRIL RAMAPHOSA OF SOUTH AFRICA. 34. WHEN DO WE OBSERVE MARTYRS DAY? 30TH JANUARY. 35. WHO HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE INTERIM FINANCE MINISTER OF INDIA? MR PIYUSH GOYAL. 36. NAME THE UNION TOURISM MINISTER? MR K.J. ALPHONS. 37. WHO HAS BECOME INDIA’S FIRST WOMAN TO PLAY 200 ODI’S? MS MITHALI RAJ. 38. FOR WHICH ANIMAL HAS THE `RASHTRIYA KAMDHENU AAYOG’ BEEN SET UP? THE COW. 39. WHEN WAS THE UNION BUDGET PRESENTED THIS YEAR? 1ST FEBRUARY 2019. 40. WHERE WILL YOU FIND THE HOLY CITY OF NAJAF? IRAQ.