D E F E N C E O F F I C E R S A C A D E M Y
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New Batch from 6August 2018 P R E P A R E D A N D P R E S E N T E D B Y 13August 2018 DEFENCE OFFICERS ACADEMY 20August 2018 D-22, NEHRU COLONY OPPOSITE CENTRAL EXCISE OFFICE 27August 2018 DEHRADUN, UTTARAKHAND PHONE: 7060503010 About defence officers academy
A L I T T L E B I T A B O U T Defence Officers Academy is a premier Defence coaching institute in Nehru D E F E N C E O F F I C E R S Colony, Dehradun which prepares A C A D E M Y candidates for various examinations for entrance to schools and institutions such as RIMC, Sainik Schools, RMS, NDA, IMA/OTA, AFA and ACC. Established in 2015 with an aim to provide high quality transformational training to students, Defence Officers Academy trains to improve their individual performance so that their full potential can be reached and they can do best possible in the entrance exams.
0 1 Founders
S U R A J A R Y A L T C O L G A U R A V P A N K A J A R Y A B.TECH(I.C), M.A IN PUBLIC B H A N D A R I B.TECH(I.T), PGDM IN ADMINISTRATION B.TECH, PGPX FROM IIM MARKETING & AHMEDABAD INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Vision: To provide best training to the young candidates so that they can join the defence forces Motto: The motto of Defence as officers and to produce Officers Academy is “ Dhairya Se employable resource for defence Jeet “ and the training provided sector. We aim to remain source to students makes them walk on of inspiration for society to make path of continuous improvement the future better with the help of to achieve victory with patience. our knowledge, imagination and innovation.
0 2 Current Affairs July 2018
1.The 2018 International Tiger Day (ITD) is observed on which date? [A] July 29 [B] July 28 [C] July 30 [D] July 31
2.BajrangPunia has clinched gold in which wrestling category at the 2018 YasarDogu International tournament? [A] 68kg [B] 57kg [C] 85kg [D] 71kg
3. Which Indian journalist has authored the book “Eleventh Hour” to pay tribute to the men in uniform? [A] Karan Thapar [B]ArunShourie [C] Hussain Zaidi [D] MadhuTrehan
4.Indian mountaneerShivangi Pathak has recently scaled which highest peak of Africa? [A] Mt Speke [B] Mt Stanley [C] Mt Gurage [D] Mt Kilimanjaro
5.Who has become the world’s oldest verified living person? [A] Kane Tanaka [B] ChiyoMiyako [C] Nabi Tajima [D] Jeanne Calment
6.Which Indian shuttler has lifted the 2018 men’s singles Russian Open Badminton trophy? [A] H S Prannoy [B] KidambiSrikanth [C] SourabhVerma [D] Rohan Kapoor
7.Which renowned historian authored the book “Gandhi: The Years That Changed The World (1914-1948)”? [A] RomilaThapar [B] M G S Narayanan [C] Sanjay Subrahmanyam [D] RamachandraGuha
0 3 8.Who of the following Indians have won the 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award? [A] ThodurMadabusi Krishna and SanjivChaturvedi [B] Bharat Vatwani and SonamWangchuk [C] DevduttPattanaik and RamachandraGuha [D] MedhaPatkar and KailashSatyarthi
9.Which country is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS Summit 2018? [A] South Africa [B] Brazil [C] Russia [D] China
10.Pawan Shah, who is in news recently, is associated with which sports? [A] Badminton [B] Cricket [C] Hockey [D] Basketball
11.Who is the author of the book “The Dhoni Touch: Unravelling the Enigma That Is Mahendra Singh Dhoni”? [A] NuwanKulasekara [B] Vijaya Kumar [C] Jagdish Singh Rajput [D] Bharat Sundaresan
12.Who has won the 2018 Formula 1 German Grand Prix tournament? [A] KimiRaikkonen [B] Sebastian Vettel [C] ValtteriBottas [D] Lewis Hamilton
13.The 19th Kargil Vijay Diwas 2018 has celebrated on which date? [A] July 25 [B] July 26 [C] July 24 [D] July 28
14.Who has been declared as the best male athlete in the 15th National Youth Athletics Championships 2018? [A] JaydeepRathod [B] Navtejdeep Singh [C] Dhanvir Singh [D] V.A. Shashikanth
0 4 15.The Langshiang Falls is located in which state? [A] Tripura [B] Arunachal Pradesh [C] Meghalaya [D] Nagaland
16.FakharZaman, who has become the fastest player to score 1000 ODI runs, is belong to which country? [A] Bangladesh [B] Australia [C] Pakistan [D] South Africa
17.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon issue new 100 Rupee notes with motif of which UNESCO World Heritage site? [A] Sanchi Stupa [B] Rani Ki Vav [C] Hampi [D] Konark
18. Under whose captain ship, the Indian Kabaddi team clinched the 2018 Kabaddi Masters Dubai title? [A] Ajay Thakur [B] MonuGoyat [C] Surjeet Singh [D] Pradeep Narwal
19.Which Indian personality has been crowned the Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018 ? [A] Deshna Jain [B] Pratista Sharma [C] SonaliBhargav [D] Chandra PrabhaKumari
20.Who has been named as the 2017 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year in the men’s category? [A] AnirudhThapa [B] C R Srikrishna [C] Sunil Chhetri [D] Subrata Pal
21.Which state police has launched drive to bust an international smuggling racket of pangolin? [A] Assam [B] Odisha [C] Meghalaya [D] Tripura
0 5 22.Which of the following is the official mascot for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games? [A] Someity [B] Keito [C] Zabivaka [D] Miraitowa
23.Which Indian wrestler clinched gold in 74 kg freestyle category in junior Asian wrestling Championships 2018? [A] Deepak Punia [B] Mohit Sharma [C] SurajRajkumarKokate [D] Sachin Rathi
24. Which country’s team has won the 2018 Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy? [A] Belgium [B] Argentina [C] Australia [D] India
25.Which Indian sportsperson has clinched historic men’s singles gold at Asia Badminton Junior Championship 2018? [A] LakshyaSen [B] Pranav Chopra [C] Sameer Verma [D] KunlavutJadeja
26.Afghan player Samira Asghari has been nominated for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership. She is associated with which sports? [A] Football [B] Sprint [C] Basketball [D] Boxing
27. Which of the following National parks has become the largest habitat of the endangered estuarine crocodiles in India? [A] Jim Corbett National Park [B] Bhitarkanika National Park [C] Ranthambore National Park [D] Nagarhole National Park
0 6 28.VireshKundu has won bronze in which Greco-Roman wrestling category at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships in New Delhi? [A] 97kg category [B] 86kg category [C] 69kg category [D] 78kg category
29.Which country to host the biennial multi-national large force employment warfare exercise “Pitch Black 2018 (PB-18)”? [A] India [B] Australia [C] Canada [D] Japan
30.Recently, the Supreme Court has stated that women have the constitutional right to enter the famous Sabarimala temple. The temple is located in which state? [A] Tamil Nadu [B] Karnataka [C] Andhra Pradesh [D] Kerala
31.The 2018 Nelson Mandela International Day (NMID) is observed on which date? [A] July 17 [B] July 19 [C] July 18 [D] July 16
32.Which committee has been constituted by the Union Government to synergise National Cadet Corps (NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS)? [A] ParagMotwani committee [B] Jagrati Ray committee [C] Milind Zaidi committee [D] Anil Swarup committee
33.Who received the Golden Ball award for best player at the 2018 FIFA World Cup? [A] Luka Modric [B] KylianMbappe [C] Harry Kane [D] ThibautCourtois
0 7 34.Which of the following missiles of India is a “supersonic cruise missile”? [A] Agni-V [B] BrahMos [C] Prithvi-III [D] Aakash
35.‘I am not afraid of English’ initiative has been launched by which state recently? [A] Rajasthan [B] Haryana [C] Punjab [D] Uttarakhand
36.Which country’s President has been invited as chief guest in the 2019 Republic Day of India? [A] Japan [B] United States [C] Maldivies [D] Portugal
37.Who has won the 2018 women singles’ Wimbledon tennis tournament? [A] Maria Sharapova [B] SimonaHalep [C] Angelique Kerber [D] Serena Williams
38.India has become the newest member of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Where is the headquarter of EBRD? [A] Berlin [B] Geneva [C] London [D] Paris
39.Hima Das, who has created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold at the IAAF World Under- 20 Athletics Championships, is belong to which state? [A] Punjab [B] Assam [C] West Bengal [D] Jharkhand
0 8 40.Who has become the 2nd Indian mountaineer to climb Mt Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano in the world? [A] MalavathPurna [B] Premlata Agarwal [C] SatyarupSiddhanta [D] Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu
41. Which Indian cricketer has recently inducted into ICC Cricket Hall Of Fame? [A] Sachin Tendulkar [B] SauravGanguly [C] V V S Laxman [D] Rahul Dravid
42.Which state has topped the ‘Ease of doing business’ rankings, as per State Business Reform Assessment 2018? [A] Telangana [B] Jharkhand [C] Andhra Pradesh [D] Gujarat
43.Who will lead Indian men’s hockey squad in the 18th Asian Games 2018? [A] Chinglensana Singh Kangujam [B] BirendraLakra [C] PR Sreejesh [D] Rupinder Pal Singh
44.Which Indian gymnast has clinched a gold in the vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup 2018 in Turkey? [A] AnkitaKumari [B] Aruna Reddy [C] DipaKarmakar [D] Deepa Malik
45. Who has won the 2018 men’s singles Malaysian Open Badminton tournament? [A] SrikanthKidambi [B] Tommy Sugiarto [C] KentoMomota [D] Lee Chong Wei
0 9 46.Which novel has won the 2018 Golden Man Booker Prize? [A] In a Free State [B] The English Patient [C] Wolf Hall [D] Moon Tiger
47.Which state High Court has declared the entire animal kingdom as legal entity in the State? [A] Uttar Pradesh [B] Maharashtra [C] Rajasthan [D] Uttarakhand
48.BajrangPunia has clinched gold in which weight category at the 2018 Tbilisi Grand Prix? [A] 86kg category [B] 65kg category [C] 74kg category [D] 57kg category
49.The famous cultural festival “Behdienkhlam 2018” was celebrated in which state? [A] Mizoram [B] Tamil nadu [C] Meghalaya [D] Himachal Pradesh
50.Who has become the first serving Indian Army officer to complete Ironman competition? [A] Manoj Pandey [B] Balwan Singh [C] VikramDogra [D] Udi Adam
1 0 Answer Key
1. A 11. D 21. B 31. C 41. D 2. D 12. D 22. A 32. D 42. C 3. C 13. B 23. D 33. A 43. C 4. D 14. C 24. C 34. B 44. C 5. A 15. C 25. A 35. B 45. D 6. C 16. C 26. C 36. B 46. B 7. D 17. B 27. B 37. C 47. D 8. B 18. A 28. A 38. C 48. B 9. A 19. A 29. B 39. B 49. C 10. B 20. C 30. D 40. C 50. C
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