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D.C. G.K. (October) 1. Who has been unanimously elected Chairman of the Press Trust of ? - N. Ravi 2. Who was elected Vice-Chairman of PTI? - Vijay Kumar Chopra 3. The theme of Int'l Translation Day 2018 (Sep30) is? - Translation: Promoting Cultural Heritage in Changing Times 4. When did India's population touch 100 crore mark? A) May, 2001 B) May 2000 C) May, 2002 D) May, 2003 Ans: B. (May 2000) 5. What type of fighter jets will India gifting to Russia? - MiG-21 6. Who won Asian Jr. Squash title? - Yuvraj Wadhwani 7. Which company combines with Indian Railways for Rail Heritage Digitization Project’? - Google 8. Who won Russian GP? – 9. The Nobel Prizes giving to honour of? – Alfred Nobel 10. The Nobel Prize first awarded in? - 1901 11. Who jointly awarded 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation? -- James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo 12. India’s first comprehensive city-level Flood Forecasting & Warning System gets? - 13. The theme for 2018 Int'l Day of Older Persons? - “Celebrating Older Human Rights champions” 14. Which is 1st state to launch wage compensation scheme for pregnant women in tea gardens? – Assam 15. At which place Gandhi ji born? - Porbandar 16. What was Gandhi ji's age when he got married to Kasturbai? - 13 years 17. At which place was Gandhi ji arrested for 1st time by British Govt. for sedition? - Ahmadabad 18. What was Gandhi ji's nickname in childhood? - Manu / Moniya 19. Who became the first woman to win the Nobel in Physics? – Marie Curie (1903) 20. Who were shared half and other wins Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 “for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics”? - Arthur Ashkin and Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland. 21. When was Lal Bahadur Shastri born? - 2 October 1904 22. Which slogan is attributed to Lal Bahadur Shastri? - Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan 23. What is Lal Bahadur Shastri’s memorial? - Vijayghat 24. When did Lal Bahadur Shastri Sworn in as PM of India? - 9 June 1964 25. Name the United Nation's Secretary General, arrives India on 4-day visit? – Antonio Guterres 26. Who appointed as Chief Economist of International Monetary Fund (IMF)? – Gita Gopinath 27. The 8th Asian Yoga Sports championship begins in? - Thiruvananthapuram 28. Who is appointed as UNICEF special representative? – Ravi Venkatesan 29. Indian Rupee hit ___ a dollar in early trade, an all-time low? - RupeeAt73 30. Who sworn in as 46th Chief Justice of India? – Ranjan Gogoi 31. The first Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded in 1901 to? - Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff 32. Who were awarded one half and other half jointly with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018? - Frances H. Arnold and George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter. 33. Who has elected as new President of Iraq? – Barham Salih 34. Who named India’s flag-bearer at Youth Olympics 2018? – Manu Bhaker 35. Who has been elected as the President of Hockey India? - Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad 36. The National Khadi Festival 2018 was held in which city? - 37. Who is the founder of ______? • Paytm - Vijay Shekhar Sharma • Flipkart - Sachin Bansal, Binny Bansal • amazon - Jeff Bezos • snapdeal - Rohit Bansal, Kunal Bahl • myntra - Mukesh Bansal • ShopClues - Sanjay Sethi, Radhika Aggarwal • eBay - Pierre Omidyar 38. Which of the following states is India’s largest Rice producer? A) B) Madhya Pradesh C) Uttar Pradesh D) Andhra Pradesh Ans: A (West Bengal) 39. Which city has launched India’s first flood forecasting and early warning system (FFEWS)? - Kolkata 40. World Animal Day is celebrates for animal rights as well as welfare, every year on? - 4th October 41. When was observed first World Animal Day? – 1931 42. Who named as richest Indian for 11th consecutive Year: Forbes? – Mukesh Ambani 43. The Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018 Top 3 States- 1. , 2. Gujarat, 3. Maharashtra. Top 3 Districts- 1. Satara, Maharashtra, 2. Rewari, Haryana, 3. Pedapalli, Telangana. 44. Who has quit as CEO of ICICI Bank with immediate effect? - Chanda Kochhar 45. Who has appointed as new MD and CEO of ICICI Bank? - Sandeep Bakhshi 46. Who has become the youngest Indian to score a on Test debut, achieving the feat aged 18 years and 329 days? – 47. Which bank reduced its ATM withdrawal limit Rs. 40,000 to 20,000? - SBI 48. PM Modi inaugurated the first Assembly of the Int'l Solar Alliance in which city? – New 49. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped off which honour? - Canadian citizenship 50. Which type of right is the "Right to Vote" in India? A) Fundamental Right B) Natural Right C) Constitutional Right D) Legal Right Ans: D (Legal Right) 51. World Smile Day observed on 1st Friday in the month of October every year 52. Who coined and initiated the Idea of Smile Day? - Harvey Ball 53. World's 1st World Smile Day was observed in? - 1999 54. World Teachers Day observed annually on, since 1994? - October 5 55. Which country ranked 28th among 73 countries in govt. e-payment adoption according to 2018 Visa Survey? - India 56. Who became the fastest cricketer to 24 Test hundreds since ? – 57. Who awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018? – Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad 58. The 36th National Games 2019 will be held in? - Goa 59. What is theme of World Teachers Day 2018 is? - “The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher” 60. A four-day Indian International Science Festival (IISF) 2018 will start in? - Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 61. RBI Policy Rates (05-10-2018) • Repo Rate : 6.50% • Reverse Repo Rate : 6.25% • MSF Rate : 6.75% • Bank Rate : 6.75% • CRR : 4.00% • SLR : 19.50% • FY19 GDP growth forecast : 7.4% • FY20 GDP growth forecast : 7.6% 62. Which state awarded as the best state under the Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018? - Haryana 63. India’s first Global Skills Park will be set up in which state? – Madhya Pradesh 64. Name the Russian President who is on a 2-day visit to India? – Vladimir Putin 65. Richest Indians 2018 by Forbes 1) Mukesh Ambani ($47.3billion) 2) Azim Premji ($21) 3) Lakshmi Mittal ($18.3) 4) Hinduja bro's ($18) 5) Pallonji Mistry ($15.7) 6) Shiv Nadar ($14.6) 7) Godrej family ($14) 8) Dilip Shanghvi ($12.6) 9) Kumar Birla ($12.5) 10) Gautam Adan ($11.9) 66. In which year, the Mid–Day Meal Scheme was launched for better nutritional standing of school-age children nationwide? A) 15-8-2000 B) 15-8-2005 C) 15-8-1995 D) 15-8-2010 Ans : C (15-8-1995) 67. India's 1st 'Methanol Cooking Fuel Program' launched in which state? - Assam 68. Who appointed as Chairman of the working committee of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE)? – Vikram Limaye 69. Who appointed as India’s Ambassador to Spain? – Sanjay Verma 70. Who appointed India’s Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament (UNCD)? – Pankaj Sharma 71. Which is the top brand in the world in 2018? - Apple 72. The 3rd Youth Olympics officially begun at? - Buenos Aires, Argentina 73. Who becomes first woman Chief Economist at IMF? - Gita Gopinath 74. In which year was the Election Commission of India formed? - 1950 75. Which Article of the constitution deals with powers of Election Commission of India? - 324 76. Which is the nodal agency of Election commission? - Law Ministry Elections in India come under the Amendment of? - 19th 77. Whose election is not held under the supervision of the Chief Election Commissioner of India? (A) Legislative Assembly (B) Gram Panchayat (C) President (D) Vice-President Ans: B (Gram Panchayat) 78. Which union ministry won the ‘Swachchta Hi Seva’ award, recently? – Ministry Of Railways 79. World’s largest dome has recently inaugurated in which country? - India 80. Which is the cleanest Govt. university in the Swachh Campus ranking 2018? - Maharshi Dayanand University, Haryana 81. Who received the prestigious UNHCR Nansen Refuge award? – Evan Atar Adha 82. Who is the author of the book Feisty at Fifty? - Sudha Menon 83. Who remains the undefeated lightweight champion after defeating Conor McGregor at UFC229? - Khabib Nurmagomedov 84. The World Day for Decent Work observed every year on? - 7th October 85. What is the theme for this year's World Day for Decent Work? – Change the Rules 86. The successfully test-fired nuclear-capable surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile, named? - Prithvi 87. Which country beat by 144 runs to clinch U19 Asia Cup 2018 title? - India 88. Name the leader, who passed away recently, was called the Nagaland's Gandhi? – Natwar Thakkar 89. Who won the Japanese F1 Grand Prix? – Lewis Hamilton 90. Who can remove the Chief Election Commissioner of India? - Parliament 91. The other Election Commissioners can be removed on the recommendation of CEC, by? - President 92. Who can remove the State Election Commissioner? - Chief Justice of High Court 93. Indian President Ram Nath Kovind is on 3-day visit to which country? - Tajikistan 94. The maritime exercise between Japan and India 'JIMEX18' begins in? - Visakhapatnam 95. Who has won the Nobel Prize 2018 in Economic Sciences? - William D. Nordhaus (USA) & Paul M. Romer (USA) 96. India’s first Dolphin Research Centre will be set up in which city? - Patna, Bihar 97. Which mango in October 2018 received the GI tag? - Alphonso 98. Name the Indian, who wins girls title in IBSF World U-16 Snooker Championships? – Keerthana Pandian 99. Which state unveils 'Unnati Scheme to help Entrepreneurs from SC/ST communities? - Karnataka 100. Russian President attended ___ India-Russia annual bilateral Summit 2018 in ? - 19th 101. The 1st Regional Conference on ‘Women in Detention and Access to Justice’ held? - 102. Which year is also called the “Year of Great Divide” in the demographic history of India? [A] 1921 [B] 1901 [C] 1931 [D] 1951 Ans: A (1921) 103. World Post Day is celebrated each year on October 9 to commemorate the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874. The theme for World Post Day 2018 is: "Imagine you are a letter travelling through time. 104. As per the IMF's latest report, India is projected to grow at? - 7.3% in 2018 - 7.4% in 2019 105. Who became India's 1st-ever gold medallist in Youth Olympics? – Jeremy Lalrinnunga 106. Who became India's 1st judo medallist at Olympic level? – Thangjam Tababi Devi National Post Day is observed across the country on? - 10th October 107. Which Governor general found Telegraph and Postal systems ? - Lord Dalhousie 108. When did the first General Post Office opened in India? - 1774 (Kolkata) 109. When did PIN system started in India? – 1972 110. World Mental Health Day (10 October) is a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma, observed since? - 1992 111. What is the theme of WMHD2018? - "Young people and mental health in a changing world" 112. Who launched ‘India for Humanity’ initiative in New Delhi? – Sushma Swaraj 113. Which state partnered with Goa Intl. Film Festival 2018? - Jharkhand 114. Which country recently test-fires nuclear-capable Ghauri ballistic missile? - 115. Who is the CEO of Google? – Sundar Pichai 116. Which state govt. has recently launched the Sashakt Kisan Yojana (SKY) & Krishi Samuh Yojana (KSY)? – Arunachal Pradesh 117. Which state govt. recently launched the 'Nirman Kusuma' programme? - Odisha 118. Who has been appointed the Chief Statistician of India (CSI)? – Pravin Srivastava 119. The mobile health application ‘Med Watch’ is an initiative of which Indian armed force? – 120. Which state flagged off the test of its first electric bus? - Uttarakhand 121. Which country's passport named as most powerful in the world? - Japan - India ranks at 81st 122. How many PIN Code zones are there in India? A) Five B) Ten C) Six D) Nine Ans: D (Nine) 123. The International Day of The Girl Child is observed every year to recognize girls’ rights and unique challenges girls face around the world? - 11th October 124. The 1st Day of the Girl observed in? - 2012 125. What's the theme of International Day of the Girl 2018? - With Her: A Skilled Girl Force 126. India's rank in Oxfam world inequality index? - 147 127. Who is the chairman of The Energy Research Institute (TERI)? - Ajay Mathur 128. BPCL to set up country's first Biofuel Plant in? - Odisha 129. Which country launches Air Exercises with NATO countries? -Ukraine 130. Who appointed as Solicitor General of India? - Tushar Mehta 131. World conference on access to Medical products was held in? - New Delhi 132. Which country is planning to frame an air cargo policy? - India 133. Which country recently offered its support to the ? – Japan 134. Which is the official residence of the ? - Rashtrapati Bhavan 135. What is the official residence of the Prime Minister of India? - Lok Kalyan Marg (Race Course Road) 136. What is the official residence of Governor in India? - Raj Bhavan (Govt. House) 138. Name the cyclonic storm hits west-central Bay of Bengal? - TITLI 139. Name the Indian Defence Min. is on a 3-day visit to France? – Nirmala Sitharaman 140. Who takes charge as MD&CEO of IDBI bank? - RakeshSharma 141. Which nation has tops in 'Oxfam World Inequality Index 2018? - Denmark 142. The Govt. has launched which Gold bond scheme for FY19? - Sovereign 143. The National Commission for Women asks sexual abuse survivors to lodge formal complaints to which movement? – Me Too 144. Who was selected as India’s first ‘Miss Trans Queen'? – Veena Sendre 145. "IMPORTANT WARS" Anglo_Marata I - 1775-82 II - 1802-05 III - 1817-18 Anglo_Sikh I - 1845-46 II - 1848-49 Anglo_Karnatic I - 1746-48 II - 1749-54 III - 1756-63 Anglo_Mysoor I - 1767-69 II - 1780-84 III - 1790-92 IV – 1799 146. What was India’s rank in the 2018 Global Hunger Index? - 103rd 147. Which nation has been topped in the Global Hunger Index 2018? - Belarus 148. Which country is suffering from an extremely alarming level of hunger as per 2018 Global Hunger Index? - Central African Republic 149. Which country has topped the rankings in World Bank’s first Human Capital Index? - Singapore 150. Which country was placed at the bottom of the list in World Bank’s Human Capital Index? - Chad 151. What is the India's rank in the World Bank's Human Capital Index 2018? - 115th 152. The National Commission on Population is headed by whom? [A] President [B] Prime Minister [C] Home Minister [D] Chief Justice of SC Ans: B (Prime Minister) 153. How many members does the United Nations Human Rights Council have? - 47 154. Who is the head of the UN Human Rights high Commissioner? – Michelle Bachelet 155. Who is the President of Human Rights Council? - VojislavŠuc 156. The UNHRC established in? – 2006 157. What are the new UN Human Rights Council countries? 1. Argentina 2. Austria 3. Bahamas 4. 5. Bahrain 6. Bulgaria 7. Burkina Faso 8. Cameroon 9. Czech Republic 10. Denmark 11. Eritrea 12. Fiji 13. India 14. Italy 15. Philippines 16. Somalia 17. Togo 18 .Uruguay 158. The National Human Rights Commission established on ___ under Protection of Human Rights Act? - 12th October 1993 159. Who is the current Chairman NHRC of India? - Justice HL Dattu 160. The theme of 2018 International Day for Disaster Reduction is? - 'Reducing Disaster Economic Losses’ 161. What is the India's rank in the Global Hunger Index for different years? 2006 - 96th 2007 - 94th 2008 - 66th 2009- 65th 2010 - 67th 2011 - 67th 2012 - 65th 2013 - 63rd 2014- 55th 2015 - 80th 2016 - 97th 2017 - 100th 2018 - 103rd 162. The 12-day-long Clear Sky 2018 war games are being held in which country? - Ukraine 163. The Para Asian Games 2018 are being held in which country? – Indonesia 164. Veena Sendre has been chosen as India’s first Miss Trans Queen. She belongs to which state? – Chhatisgarh 165. Who won girls’, under 20, 100m with a timing of 12.50s in the fifth Telangana Open State athletics meet? - Nithya 166. What was the theme of the World Bank's World Development report 2018? - "The changing nature of work" 167. Which countries are named the Indian Cyclones? 1. India 2. Pakistan 3. Bangladesh 4. Maldives 5. Myanmar 6. Oman 7. Sri Lanka 8. Thailand 168. The HDI is a statistic composite index of - Life expectancy - Education - Gross National Income 169. Which of African country will host 2022 Youth Olympics? - Senegal 170. Who appointed as new CEO & MD of Air Asia India? – Sunil Bhaskaran 171. What is the theme of World Standards Day 2018? - "Innovation Nation" 172. Name the President of Uzbekistan on a visit to India? – Shavkat Mirziyoyev 173. In which years the world's 1st human heart transplant operation conducted by Dr. Christiaan Barnard on Louis Washkansky? A) 1967 B) 1982 C) 1957 D) 1922 Ans: A (1967) 174. What is the full name of APJ Abdul kalam? - Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam 175. When was Abdul Kalam President of India? - 2002-2007 176. Who was Kalam's mentor&guide? - Dr.Vikram Sarabhai 177. Where was Kalam born? - Rameswaram, TN 178. What is Kalam's dream for India called? - Vision 2020 179. OCTOBER 12- World Sight Day 13- Intl. Day for Disaster Reduction 14- World Standards Day 15- World Students Day 15- Global Handwashing Day 16- World Food Day 17- Anti Poverty Day 24- United Nations Day 28- World Mother-in-Law's Day 30- World Savings Day 180. The E-newspaper started by APJ Abdul Kalam? - Billion Beats Dr. Kalam known as? - People's President 181. Which year Abdul Kalam get ? - 1997 182. What his nickname while he worked as scientist? – Missile Man of India Kalam's birthday recognized by UN as? – World Students Day 183. What is the name of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam 's (Missile Man) inspirational autobiography? A) India for Indians B) My Experiments C) Wings of Fire D) My Struggle Ans: C (Wings of Fire) 184. Which country set to host 2019 World Relays ? - Japan 185. Who won the New Academy Prize in Literature? - Maryse Conde 186. Which state has won the UN FAO Future Policy Award 2018 for being the world's first 100% organic state? – Sikkim 187. Which nation has remains polio free, all vaccines used in Govt. immunization programme safe: UNICEF, WHO? - India 188. When was India 1st certified as polio-free? - March 2014 189. The last polio case due to wild poliovirus in the country was detected on? - 13th Jan, 2011 190. Who is the author of the book “The Paradoxical Prime Minister”? – Shashi Tharoor Which is the 100% organic farming state in India? - Sikkim 191. Who appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Thailand? – Suchitra Durai 192. Who is the new MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda? - P S Jayakumar 193. World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world-wide to honor of the date of founding of the FAO, on? - 16th October 194. When was observed first World Food Day? - 1981 195. What is the theme for WFD2018? - "Our actions are our future! A Zero Hunger world by 2030 is possible” 196. Which country is the world’s largest agricultural producer? A) China B) Brazil C) South Africa D) India Ans: A (China) 197. Who appointed Chairman of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)? – Priyank Kanoongo 198. Who won the "Social Entrepreneur of the Year award 2018 ? – Prema Gopalan 199. Which country introduced a Ministry for loneliness? - UK 200. The Museum on Prime Ministers of India will be set up in which state? - Delhi 201. Who won the Fukuoka Arts & Culture Prize 2018? – Teejan Bai 202. When was Intl. Day of Rural Women observed? - 15 October Uttar Pradesh 203. Cabinet approved renaming of which city as Prayagraj? - Allahabad 204. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated every year on 17th October across the globe, since? - 1987 205. The 2018 theme? - "Coming together with those furthest behind to build an inclusive world of universal respect for human rights and dignity" 206. Who won gold in men’s 5000m race walk event at the Youth Olympics Games, 2018? – Oscar Patin 207. Who has won the Vishwa Konkani book award? - H M Pernal 208. In which state, the Electric autorickshaws are to be launched in November 2018? - Kerala 209. Who was appointed as the MD & CEO of ICICI Bank? – Sandeep Bakshi 210. India’s 1st Agri & Food business online learning platform was launched in which city? - Warangal 211. Who was the co-founder of Microsoft along with Bill Gates who passed away recently? – Paul G Allen 212. Who has won the 2018 Shanghai Masters Tennis tournament? – Novak Djokovic 213. Which country’s team has won the 2018 Sultan Johar Cup Junior Hockey? - Britain 214. According to UN, at least three million belonging to which country are in need of urgent food? - Afghanistan 215. Which drug is used to cure high blood pressure (hypertension)? (A) Risedronate (B) Diazepam (C) Folic Acid (D) Hydralazine Ans: D (Hydralazine) 216. The Acetic acid is commonly known as? - Vinegar 217. Which chemical is used in ripening mangoes artificially? - Calcium Carbide 218. What is the pH value of water? - 7 219. The Solid carbon dioxide is known as? - Dry ice DNA stands for? - Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid 220. Who won India’s first medal in athletics at Youth Olympics Games 2018? – Suraj Panwar 221. The Swastha Bharat Yatra national campaign launched for which purpose? - Safe Food 222. The ancient city Prayagraj was renamed as Allahabad by which mughal emperor? - Akbar 223. Which city is the venue of India International Silk Fair (IISF-2018)? - New Delhi 224. Who honored as India Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2018? - Prema Gopalan 225. Which is the official mascot of 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup? - Olly 226. The theme of 2018 World Egg Day? - Protein for Life 227. Which is the main element used in the vulcanization of rubber is? A) Nickel B) Copper C) Sulphur D) Graphite Ans: C (sulfur) 228. The Election Commission of India introduced which unique based mobile app in the upcoming assembly polls? - c-vigil 229. What is India’s rank in the latest global index on Right to Information in 2018, while Afghanistan topped? - 6th 230. Who has won International Olympic committee (IOC) award ? - Suheil F. Tandon 231. Who authored a book "Maharana Pratap: The Invincible Warrior"? - Rima Hooja 232. Who was awarded for Hridaynath Award for lifetime achievement? - Md Zahur Khayyam Hashmi 233. What was India’s rank in the Global Competitiveness Index 2018? - 58th 234. Which country has tops in Global Competitiveness Index 2018? – United States 235. Who won the Man Booker Prize 2018 for her novel 'Milkman'? - Anna Burns The Global Competitiveness Index was released by? - WEF 236. Who is the author of the book 'New India'? - Annie Besant 237. Who is the author of the book 'Freedom Behind Bars'? - Kiran Bedi 238. The celebrated novel 'The Godfather' was authored by? - Mario Puzo 239. The book 'India of our Dreams' was written by? - M.V. Kamath 240. Which Mughal emperor gave land for the construction of Golden Temple at Amritsar ? - Akbar 241. Which Sikh Guru laid the foundation of the city of Amritsar? – Guru Ramdas 242. The “Golden temple” located in which state? - Punjab 243. The other name of Golden temple is? – Harmandir Sahib 244. The Golden Temple (Amritsar, Punjab) is a holy shrine of which religion of people? A) Hindus B) Sikhs C) Muslims D) Jains Ans: B (Sikhs) 245. Which countries planning for a trilateral air exercise? - India, Japan, U.S 246. The first stage smoke-free state to have 100% LPG - Kerala Wildlife Photographer of The Year" 2018 bagged by? - Marsel Van Oosten 247. India's highest Tricolour unfurled at? – Mumbai 248. Which country will host the 4th edition of 'Global Partners' Forum 2018? - India 249. World Wrestling Championship 2018 has begun in? - Budapest, Hungary 250. Name the Indian-origin who won "US Presidential Medal" for her work against sex slavery & labor exploitation? – Minal Patel Davis 251. What is the theme of the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting 2018? - Global Partners for Global Challenges India’s first silver-medallist in archery at the 2018 Youth Olympics Games? – Akash Malik 252. The joint military exercise “Dharma Guardian- 2018” b/w? - India & Japan 253. The Police Commemoration Day is observed on October 21st every year to pay homage to the Police Martyrs. The day commemorates supreme sacrifices of ten policemen while defending borders with China in 1959. The Police Commemoration Day parade is being held since 2012. 254. In which year Subhash Chandra Bose proclaimed the formation of "Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind or Provisional Govt. of Free India"? - 1943 255. Who formed the Indian National Army in 1942? - Mohan Singh 256. Who said Jai Hind for the first time? - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose 257. Who gave the slogan “Give me blood, I will give you freedom"? A) Bhagat Singh B) Chandrasekhar Azad C) Lala Lajpat Rai D) Subhash Chandra Bose Ans: D (Subhash Chandra Bose) 258. Which country elected to the UNHRC with the highest votes (188/193)? - India 259. Name the Union Min. who resigned recently from his post sexual harassment allegations? – MJ Akbar 260. India won how many gold medals in Asian Para Games 2018? – 15 261. India’s first railway (Keylong) station inside tunnel to come up in which state? – Himachal Pradesh 262. Who was sworn in as Yemen’s new Prime Minister? – Maeen Abdul malik 263. The world’s longest (55 km) Sea_bridge (Hong Kong - Zhuhai- Macao) will be opened b/w? - China & Hong Kong 264. According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Air Quality Index of Delhi falls under ______category? - Very poor/Very Unhealthy 265. Which bank launches “Wealth Hub” in Mangalore? - SBI 266. Which country ranked 9th Most Valuable Nation Brand? - India 267. Which company ranks 22 in Forbes global 2000 best employers list? – Larsen & Toubro (L&T) 268. India’s longest river bridge to be built on Brahmaputra river in - Assam 269. Prime Minister NarendraModi dedicated the National Police Memorial to the nation in? – New Delhi 270. The NITI Aayog organized the 4th edition of NITI Lecture series in? – New Delhi 271. The theme for this year is? - “AI for ALL: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Inclusive Growth” Name the India’s first luxury cruise ship inaugurated at Mumbai? - Angriya 272. Which is the first state in India, sold Diesel (Rs. 80.69) costlier than Petrol (Rs. 80.57)? - Odisha 273. Who won Moto GP? – Marc Marquez 274. Who is the CEO of Ayushman Bharat? - Indu Bhushan 275. Who launched his new book “Indian Sports: Conversations and Reflections”? – Vijayan Bala 276. Which Indian state is having the longest coastline? - Gujarat 277. Which is the highest Plateu? - Pamir 278. What is the largest desert? - Sahara 279. Which is the largest gulf? - The Gulf of Mexico Which is the largest epic in world? – Mahabharat 280. Who won the USGP 2018 with Lewis Hamilton unable to get fifth F1 title? – Kimi Raikkonen 281. The NASA's telescope completed its 10 years of mission recently? - Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope 282. Which state beat Delhi to lift Trophy title for 3rd time? - Mumbai 283. A four-day international dance festival titled "Udbhav Utsav" held in? - Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh 284. The 27th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2018) has started in? - Gandhinagar, Gujarat 285. Which initiative of Union Govt. won the top UN Investment Promotion Award? - InvestIndia 286. Who won the Denmark Open 2018 in the men's singles category? – Kento Momota 287. Who won the Denmark Open 2018 in the women's singles category? – TaiTzu Ying 288. Name the Indian wrestler won silver medal in the 65kg final of Wrestling World Championships 2018? – 289. India’s first luxury cruise ship service was launched between? - Mumbai and Goa 290. The Carnot Prize 2018 awarded to? - Piyush Goyal 291. What is the length of world’s longest sea bridge recently opened b/w China & Hong Kong? - 55 kms 292. China to launch its own artificial Moon by? – 2020 293. What is UN Day celebration? - The UN was officially created when a UN charter was ratified on October 24,1945 294. The United Nations Day was first observed on? - October 24, 1948 295. This year's theme is? - "Youth Empowerment and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals." 296. How many member countries did the UNO have on its formation in 1945? - 51 297. How many official languages does the United Nations have? - 6 298. What is the term of President of the UN General Assembly? - 1 year 299. What is the term of a Judge of Intl. Court of Justice? - 9 years 300. What is the term of the UN Secretary General? - 5 years 301. In which year was the UNO awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? - 2001 302. How many non-permanent members are there in the Security Council? - 10 303. What is the term of a non-permanent member of the Security Council? - 2 years 304. How many countries are the members of the UNO. At present? (as of Jan 2016) - 193 305. How many Judges are there in Intl. Court of Justice? - 15 306. The General Assembly of UN meets in a regular session? - Once a year 307. Who coined the term United Nations? - Franklin D Roosevelt World Polio Day observing across the globe 308. What is POLIO? - Polio is an infection caused by a virus that attacks the nervous system & can paralyze muscles or even cause death 309. Who invented polio vaccine? - Jonas Salk Who invented oral polio vaccine? - Albert Sabin 310. The 2018 United Nations Day Concert was held in? – New York 311. The theme of this year’s UN Day concert is? - "Traditions of Peace and Non- violence” 312. Who becomes the fastest player to score 10,000 ODI runs in 205 innings? – Virat Kohli 313. Name the Director of the CBI who was removed from his post recently? – Alok Verma 314. Who has become the 14th recipient of the Seoul Peace Prize 2018? – Narendra Modi 315. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches 'Main Nahi Hum' portal in New Delhi with the theme of? – Self 4 Society 316. Indian Virat Kohli becomes the fastest batsman to score 10,000 ODI runs in 205 innings by breaking who's previous record? A) B) C) M S Dhoni D) Ans: B (Sachin Tendulkar) 317. Which is the India’s first domestic cruise? - Angriya 318. Who has won the 2018 Cameroonian presidential election? - Paul Biya 319. Who has been honoured with the 19th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award? - Fali S. Nariman 320. Which payments bank appoints Satish K Gupta as MD and CEO? – Paytm Bank 321. World's oldest intact shipwreck found in? – Black Sea 322. Which country tops list of countries for travel destination in 2019? – Sri Lanka 323. Which country successfully tests world's largest cargo drone? - China 324. Who is appointed as the next Editor of ? – Suresh Nambath 325. The Global Agriculture Leadership Summit 2018 held in? – New Delhi 326. The Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for? 2014 - 2015 - Chhayanaut (Org. Of Bangladesh) 2016 - Ram Vanji Sutar 327. Which animal do not make any sound? - Giraffe 328. The fish that can taste with its whole body is? - Catfish 329. Which bird can turn head around to look backward? - Owl 330. The animal having longest life span? - Tortoise 331. What kind of creature is the heart on its head? – Shrimps 332. Which nation will become the world's 3rd largest aviation market around 2024: IATA? - India 333. The international conference on Primary Health Care 2018 held in? - Kazakhstan 334. Who appointed as first-ever female President of Ethiopia? – Sahle Work Zewde 335. Which country won Commonwealth Association for Public Administration & Management Award, 2018? - India 336. Who wins bronze medal in World Wrestling Championships? – Pooja Dhanda 337. Who awarded the prestigious Indian National Science Academy Teachers Award 2018? - Prof. Ashish Mukherjee 338. Which Indian scientist will honoured with ICFA’s first-ever World Agriculture Prize? – MS Swaminathan 339. Which city is the venue of 2018 WETEX (Water, Energy, Technology & Environment Exhibition)? - Dubai 340. Which Indian personality has crowned the Miss Deaf Asia 2018? – Nishtha Dudeja 341. Who is known as 'the father of Indian missile technology'? A) Dr. U.R Rao B) Dr. Homi Bhabha C) Dr. Chidambaram D) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Ans: D (APJ Abdul Kalam) 342. Who has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Iraq? – Adel Abdul Mahdi 343. The International Arya Mahasammelan 2018 held in which city? - New Delhi 344. Who has been sworn in as the new PrimeMinister of Sri Lanka? – Mahinda Rajapaksa 345. Imp Boundary Lines • Hindenburg - Germany & Poland • McMahon - China & India • Mannerheim – Russia & Finland • Maginot - France & Germany • 38th Parallel - North Korea & South Korea • Durand - India & Afghanistan • 49th Parallel – USA & Canada • Radcliffe - India & Pakistan 346. PM Narendra Modi honoured with the Awards of • Seoul Peace Prize 2018 • UN Champions of the Earth Award 2018 • Grand Collar of the State of Palestine 2018 • Amir Abdulla Khan Award of Afghanistan 2016 • King Abdullaziz Sash Award of Saudi Arabia 2016 347. Who were jointly conferred with UN Human Rights Prize 2018? 1. Asma Jahangir (Pakistan) 2. Rebeca Gyumi (Tanzania) 3. Joenia Wapichana (Brazil) 4. Front Line Defenders org. (Ireland) 348. World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on? - 27 October 349. The 2018 theme is? - Your Story is Moving 350. Which Indian scientist, won the World Health Summit Startup award, 2018? – Roopam Sharma 351. Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on 3-day visit to____? - Japan 352. Name the Indian who has clinched the 2018 WBL World Billiards Championship title? – Sourav Kothari 353. Which city is venue of 5th edition of the Women of India National Organic Festival 2018? - New Delhi 354. Who has become first Indian player in ODI history to score three consecutive 100s as captain? – Virat Kohli 355. Which of the following cities, is also known as the City of Festivals? A) B) Varanasi C) Kolkata D) Madurai Ans: D (Madurai) 356. Which country becomes 2nd largest Solar Market in the world: MERCOM? - India 357. Which country to hv 1 mn Wifi hotspots in a year? - India 358. Which country sign $777 million missile deal with India? - Israel 359. Which bank renamed as IDFC First Bank? – IDFC Bank 360. In which year the Harappan Civilization was discovered? - 1921 361. Which was the only Indus site with an artificial brick dockyard? - Lothal 362. The Great Bath of Indus Valley Civilization is found at? - Mohenjodaro 363. What was the strength of Indus economy? – Agriculture 364. Who becomes just the third driver in history to win five or more world titles? – Lewis Hamilton 365. Gujarat’s 1st Mega Food Park Inaugurated in? - Surat 366. The 13th India-Japan Summit held in? - Tokyo 367. India’s permanent Representative at UN? - Syed Akbaruddin 368. Who re-elected as President of Ireland? - Michael D Higgins 369. Who wins Presidential Election in Brazil? - Jair Bolsonaro 370. Who won his 99th career title after winning the Basel Open 2018? – Roger Federer 371. Who has become the first recipient of the Chris Evert Women's Tennis Association (WTA) World No.1 Trophy? - Simona_Halep 372. Who won the Miss Grand International 2018 title? – clarasosa 373. In Men’s Hockey, which teams were declared joint winners of the Asian Champions Trophy 2018? - India & Pakistan 374. The Vigilance Awareness Week 2018 observed across the country from? - 29th Oct - 3rd Nov 375. The theme of the week this year is? - ‘Eradicate Corruption–Build A New India’ 376. Which of the following cities, is also known as "City of Love "? A) New York B) Paris C) Mumbai D) Vienna Ans: B (Paris) 377. The Vigilance Awareness Week is observed in the birth week of this freedom fighter of_____? – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 378. The Himalayas is the example of ______? - Fold mountains 379. The energy released during cellular respiration is stored in _____? – ATP 380. Which country topped as Asia’s most investment savvy economy: Standard Chartered? - India 381. World’s largest airport ‘under one roof’ opened in? - Istanbul, Turkey 382. What is the name of the engineless train is set for trials? - Train 18 383. The most polluted city in India: WHO? – Delhi 384. Who was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court? - Naresh Harishchandra Patil 385. The foundation stone of India’s largest dry dock will be laid at which shipyard? - Cochin Shipyard 386. Where was the 1st edition of ‘North East Olympic Games’ held? – Imphal 387. Where was the 2nd edition of India Mobile Congress 2018 held? – New Delhi 388. Name UAE’ first locally made satellite that launched aboard a Japanese rocket? – Khalifa Sat 389. Who won the Australian GP 2018? – Maverick Viñales 390. Name the author of the book ‘Prashasan'? – Manohar Joshi 391. World's first robot citizen Real Sophia Robot is a social humanoid robot developed by ______based company Hanson Robotics? A) Japan B) USA C) Hong Kong D) India Ans: C (Hong Kong) 392. PM Narendra Modi will unveil the world's tallest bronze statue of? – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 393. Sardar Patel's birth anniversary day celebrated as? – Rashtriya Ekta Diwas Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel is nicknamed as? - Iron Man of India Statue of Unity 394. Who gave the title "Sardar" to Vallabhbhai Patel? - Mahatma Gandhi 395. Who is known as "Indian Bismark"? – Saradar Vallabhbhai Patel 396. Who is the 1st Deputy PM of India? – Sardar Patel 397. Vallabhbhai Patel conferred Bharat Ratna in? - 1991 398. The Statue of Unity is located? - Gujarat 399. Where is located with the name of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel • Police Academy - Hyderabad • International Airport - • National Institute of Technology - Surat • University of Agriculture and Technology - Meerat • Police Museum - Kollam • Cricket Stadium - Ahmedabad 400. Who is first female Prime Minister of India, remembering on her death anniversary day ? – Indira Gandhi 401. The “Garibi hatao” (abolish poverty) slogan used by Indira Gandhi in which general elections? - 1971 402. Indira Gandhi recieved Bharat Ratna in which year? – 1971 403. Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India after death of which Indian PM? - Lal Bahadur Shastri 404. One of Indira Gandhi's significant achievements had what name? - Green Revolution 405. Indira Gandhi born in Nov, 1917 and was the daughter of which notable figure? - Jarwaharlal Nehru 406. What is the India's rank in the World Bank 's Ease Of Doing Business Index 2018? - 77th 407. Which country has launched world’s first Sovereign Blue Bond? - Seychelles 408. Who to be honoured Gleitsma nAward by Harvard University for her work promoting girls' education? – Malala Yousafzai 409. Which IIT has recently organised the ‘Young Innovators Programme YIP 2018’ ? - IIT-Kharagpur 410. The researchers of which IIT has launched India’s 1st indigenously developed microprocessor? - IIT-Madras 411. Which noted author has bagged the 1st-ever JCB Prize for literature? - Benyamin