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Current Affairs Booklet Current Affairs Booklet for Classes 3 to 5 Orient Blackswan Private Limited 3-6-752 Himayatnagar, Hyderabad 500 029, Telangana ©Orient BlackSwan. All Rights reserved Page 1 1. Name the National Park and Biosphere reserve located in Sikkim, India. 2. Which astronaut set a record for the single longest spaceflight by a woman? 3. Name the 99-year-old yoga teacher from Tamil Nadu who received a Padma Shri award in 2018. 4. What medal did P.V. Sindhu get in the finals of the women’s singles badminton championships at the 2018 Asian Games? 5. Name India’s longest elevated road that was inaugurated in Uttar Pradesh in March 2018. 6. Who is the husband of Queen Elizabeth of England, with whom she celebrated over 70 years of marriage? 7. Name the Indian city that inaugurated India’s first Human Space Flight Centre. 8. Mohammed bin Salman has been named Crown Prince of which Middle-Eastern country? 9. Which city will host the 2020 Summer Olympics? 10. What is the name of India’s first cashless island in Manipur? 11. Which former President of India launched the ‘selfie-with-daughter’ mobile application? 12. In which country was the first self-driving taxi launched? 13. Where is South India’s first children’s court located? 14. Who is the brand ambassador of Momentum Jharkhand? 15. Name the Indian state that was divided into two Union Territories. 16. Which country hosted the 2019 Kabaddi World Cup? 17. Which is the first state in India to launch DNA profiling of criminals? 18. Which company developed the virtual reality game Pokemon GO? 19. How many countries are permanent members of the UN Security Council as of 2018? 20. Who did Prince Harry of England marry on May 19, 2018? 21. Name the youngest director to get an Academy award. ©Orient BlackSwan. All Rights reserved Page 2 22. What is the name of the mountains in which the world’s highest glass bridge is built? 23. Which major software company acquired the social networking site LinkedIn? 24. Name the Indian player who won a silver medal in the women’s singles badminton at the 2016 Rio Olympics. 25. Name the Russian President who was sworn in for a fourth term in May 2018. 26. Name the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal. 27. Name the first Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic medal. 28. Which country held its first parliamentary elections in May 2018 following the defeat of the Islamic State? 29. Name the Indian city to have the world’s first slum museum. 30. Which country is the world’s largest solar energy producer? 31. Name the first woman president of Chile. 32. Name the Afghan player who became the youngest captain in International Cricket. 33. India’s national orchestra Vaadya Vrind has been selected to compose the melody for which government initiative? 34. Name the country that has agreed to return a 2000-year-old idol of Buddha to India. 35. Who won the 2019 Kabaddi World Cup? 36. Who was selected for the prestigious Carnatic music ‘Sangita Kalanidhi’ award for the year 2019? 37. When is International Yoga Day observed every year? 38. Who is the first woman to receive the ‘Exceptional Bravery at Sea’ award? 39. Who is India’s wealthiest woman of 2018? 40. Name the first Indian to win the IAF ‘Hall of Fame’ award. 41. Name the Kolkata resident who was canonised as a Saint. 42. Who is the President of India as of 2019? ©Orient BlackSwan. All Rights reserved Page 3 43. Who is the Vice-President of India as of 2019? 44. Who won the 2018 Abel best mathematician award? 45. Who is the Indian woman sprinter with a nick name ‘Dhing Express’? 46. Name the Grammy award winning song of the year 2019. 47. Name the President of the United States of America as of 2019. 48. Name the First Lady of the United States of America as of 2019. 49. Who became the Prime Minister of UK after Theresa May? 50. Who is the President of France as of 2019? 51. Who is the German Chancellor as of 2019? 52. Who is the Prime Minister of Pakistan as of 2019? 53. Who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Forces? 54. Name the world’s largest maritime exercise that takes place in even years in Hawaii, USA. 55. Who is the Chief of Naval Staff as of June 2019? 56. What is the name of the world’s longest aircraft? 57. Which iconic film studio is up for sale after a major fire destroyed most of its property? 58. Which country will host the 20th SAARC Summit? 59. Name the Arabian nation that recruited women for the first-time in military service. 60. Who hosted the 90th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles? 61. Which country has the world’s first electric road system? 62. What is the name of the historic United Kingdom referendum that voted for Britain to leave the European Union? 63. Name the first country to ban deforestation. 64. Who became the new Prime Minister of Australia in August 2018? 65. Where is the first e-court of India located? 66. The person in the newly discovered Leonardo Da Vinci painting is Salvator Mundi. By what name is he better known? ©Orient BlackSwan. All Rights reserved Page 4 67. Which is the first Indian state to impose a ’Fat tax’ for junk food? 68. Name the Russian President who got elected as President of Russia for a historic 4th term. 69. During a total lunar eclipse, the moon appears reddish in colour. What is this moon called? 70. Name the prominent Indian businessman who is included in the Time’s 100 most influential people in 2019. 71. Which port on the west coast of India was renamed as the Deendayal Port? 72. Name the space vehicle used to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station. 73. Name the car-sized rover that is exploring the surface of the planet Mars. 74. What is another name for Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan, a Government of India healthcare scheme? 75. Where is the longest rail-cum-road bridge located in India? 76. Which is the first Wi-Fi enabled metro city in India? 77. Where is the world’s largest cruise ship terminal located? 78. Which is the host country for the next Asian Games to be held in September 2022? 79. Name the Australian who is appointed as the new coach for Indian men’s hockey team. 80. Which athlete won gold in the men’s high jump, category T42, at the Rio Paralympics? 81. Where is the world’s first herbal forest located? 82. Expand the acronym ASEAN. 83. Name the Indian who was appointed as an Assistant Secretary- General of the United Nations in August 2018. 84. Which former Indian cricket captain passed away on August 15, 2018? 85. Name the founder of the famous e-commerce portal Alibaba. ©Orient BlackSwan. All Rights reserved Page 5 86. To which country do the Rohingyas belong? 87. Name the famous train that connects London with European cities. 88. Who is the first Indian woman to win an individual gold in shooting at the 2018 Asian Games? 89. Which state displayed its ‘Majuli mask dance’ at the 2018 Republic Day parade? 90. Who does Resolution 2427, adopted in July 2018 by the United Nations Security Council, protect? 91. Which company’s copper plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, was at the centre of an environmental pollution controversy? 92. Name the recipient of 2018 Seoul Peace Prize. 93. Name the England Test captain who was honoured with Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. 94. Name the first Kashmiri who received the Ashok Chakra posthumously. 95. Which legendary Australian cricket batsman was honoured with a Google Doodle on his 110th birth anniversary? 96. What is the name of the nation-wide cleanliness drive launched by the Government of India? 97. What is the name given to Sri Lanka’s first satellite that was launched in April 2019? 98. What is the nickname given to the world’s largest radio telescope that is located in China? 99. What is the name of the awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the USA? 100. What type of vehicles used by the Indian Navy are INS Shalki and INS Shankul? 101. Who is the first Lokpal (anti-corruption ombudsman) of India? 102. What is the theme for the 2018 World Humanitarian Day, observed every year on August 19? 103. Who won the 2018 Men’s Singles Wimbledon Championship? 104. Who won the 2018 Women’s Singles Wimbledon Championship? ©Orient BlackSwan. All Rights reserved Page 6 105. Which country won the maximum number of medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics? 106. Which country won the men’s hockey gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics? 107. Name the first country in the world to ban plastic cups and plates. 108. Which group won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize? 109. Who is named as the ICC Cricketer of the year 2018? 110. In which cities of Indonesia were the 2018 Asian Games held? 111. Who is the world’s oldest living monarch as of 2019? 112. To which country does tennis champion Novak Djokovic belong? 113. Which country will host the Summer Olympics in 2024? 114. Which former Prime Minister, a senior member of Indian politics, passed away on August 16, 2018? 115.
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