Current Affairs Booklet

for Classes 3 to 5

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©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.

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?

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?

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.

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?

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. Who was the first Indian to win the Mr. World title? 116. Which German car company recalled a huge number of vehicles in the UK in May 2018 due to fire risk? 117. Name the USA city that will host the Summer Olympics in 2028. 118. Name the project that is planned to take Indians into space onboard an Indian spacecraft in 2022. 119. To which political party does the American president Donald Trump belong? 120. Name the origin nation of the famous consumer electronics brand ‘Samsung’. 121. Name the marine Biosphere Reserve found in Tamil Nadu. 122. Name the sector that will benefit from the UDAN scheme. 123. Who was rated as the most admired man in America for more than ten times? 124. The Victoria Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles, one of the newest UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India, are located in which city? 125. Name the tourism festival of Manipur that is celebrated every year.

126. Name the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu who passed away in August 2018. 127. In which city in Jammu and Kashmir is the new IIM established? 128. How many new districts have been created in the state of Telangana? 129. Name the place identified for setting up India’s first Medipark. 130. Which Indian city runs on 100% Renewable Energy during daytime? 131. Who was the 22nd Chief Election Commissioner of India? 132. Who is the only Indian to be included in Forbes Magazines’ 2018 list of highest paid athletes? 133. Name the largest brain mimicking supercomputer that is put in use in the UK? 134. Which country won the second place in the FIFA World Cup Tournament? 135. Name the first female Chief Justice of Nepal. 136. Name the foreign nation that honoured 100 years of Indian cinema by releasing two postage stamps. 137. Name the first engine-less train in India. 138. Whose autobiography is ‘My Life, My Mission’? 139. Name the country that ranked first in the production of milk for the year 2018. 140. Name the first Indian low cost airliner to join IATA. 141. To which state does the Femina Miss India 2018 winner Anukreethy Vas belong? 142. Who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature? 143. Name the venue of the 11th BRICS summit. 144. Name the film awarded the Best Film at the 2018 IIFA awards ceremony. 145. Name the fastest Indian to reach 100 wickets in One-day International Cricket.

146. Who received the Best Actor award at the 65th National Film Awards in 2018? 147. Who won the Best Actress Award at the National Film awards ceremony in 2018 for her role in ‘Mom’? 148. Which comic book female superhero was appointed for the women’s empowerment campaign by the United Nations? 149. In which year was the Bharat Ratna last awarded? 150. Who won the Oscar award for Best Actor of the year 2018? 151. Which film was selected as the best picture at the 90th Academy Awards in March 2018? 152. Name the Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient for the year 2018. 153. Which type of plastics ban was brought by the European Union Parliament? 154. Name the state that has the lowest population in India. 155. Which former United Nations Secretary-General from Ghana passed away in August 2018? 156. In which year were the general budget and the railways budget of India merged as one budget? 157. Where was the 32nd ASEAN summit held? 158. Who won the 2019 Men’s Singles Wimbledon Championship? 159. Who won the 2019 Women’s Singles Wimbledon Championship? 160. Which tennis tournament is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2018? 161. Name the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games. 162. Which country won the 2019 Cricket World Cup? 163. Name the famous dairy brand that launched camel milk in Gujarat. 164. Which city has been named as the world’s most livable city according to the 2018 Global Livability Index? 165. Name the country where the 2022 Asian Games will be held. 166. Name the venue of the 10th BRICS summit.

167. Which is the virus discovered in 2016 that causes brain damage in newborn babies and adults? 168. Name the Singapore President of Indian origin who passed away in the year 2016. 169. Name the India state that will have the world’s longest expressway soon. 170. Who is the recipient of the ‘International Gandhi Peace Prize’ which was last awarded in 2018? 171. The year 2018 marks the 29th anniversary of which incident that took place in Beijing? 172. Name the CEO of PepsiCo who stepped down from her position in October 2018. 173. Who assumed the role as the head of the DMK party of Tamil Nadu after the demise of M. Karunanidhi? 174. When is World Environment Day observed every year? 175. Which Indian Communist Party leader and Speaker of the Lok Sabha passed away on August 13, 2018? 176. Which place is designated as India’s first World Heritage City? 177. Name the first private railway station in India. 178. Name the patriotic leader whose name was given to The Ross Islands of Andaman. 179. Name the country that topped the Happiness Index for 2019. 180. Where is the biggest ozone hole in our planet located? 181. Who is the Defence Minister of India as of 2018? 182. Name the State that houses the National Cancer Institute which opened in December 2018. 183. Which airline operated India’s first flight powered with biojet fuel from Dehradun to Delhi? 184. Who is the most successful women boxer in the world winning six gold medals? 185. In which country were 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a cave?

186. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India as of 2019? 187. Which major Swedish retail store opened its first Indian outlet in Hyderabad in August 2018? 188. Name the second lunar exploration mission by India. 189. Which shoe company has announced the closure of its manufacturing plant in Italy? 190. Which mosquito-borne disease of tropical and subtropical countries is also called break-bone fever? 191. Name the cricketer who has scored the maximum runs in World Cup Series 2019. 192. Name the UNESCO World Book Capital for the year 2019. 193. Which southern state of India witnessed the worst flooding in over 100 years in August 2018? 194. Name the country that ranked first in the production of milk as of 2019. 195. Which company released its new Galaxy Note 9 phone in August 2018? 196. Name the Femina Miss India Winner of 2019. 197. Who were honoured with the 19th Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award? 198. With which sport is Magnus Carlsen associated? 199. Name the Burmese State Counsellor who lost the Honorary Canadian Citizenship. 200. What is the name given to the longest lunar eclipse in a century? 201. Name the two states that fought for the GI tag for the sweet Rosogolla. 202. Which word was declared as the Hindi Word of the Year for 2017? 203. Where is the second tulip garden located in India? 204. What is the expansion of NBWL with regard to animals? 205. Who won the Oscar award for Best Actor for the year 2019? 206. Name the film that won the Oscar award for Best Picture in 2019.

207. Who won the Oscar award for Best Actress for the year 2019? 208. What is the focus topic of the Paris Agreement? 209. What is the old name of Gurugram, Haryana? 210. What is the name of the Indian-origin CEO of the Internet search engine company Google? 211. What is the name of India’s first island district? 212. Where was the 34th ASEAN Summit held? 213. Name the ISRO chairman as of 2019. 214. Which Indian athlete won the gold medal at both the 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2018 Asian Games in the javelin throw event? 215. Name the location of the 5th International Airport in Tamil Nadu. 216. India is celebrating 2018 as the International Year for which type of crop? 217. Who was appointed as the new governor of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2018? 218. Which was the first public sector bank of India to open a branch in Yangon, the largest city of Myanmar? 219. Which country screened its first film in April 2018 after a ban on cinema theatres was lifted? 220. Who did actor Sushant Singh Rajput portray in the biopic called ‘The Untold Story’? 221. The film ‘Village Rockstars’ won the Best Feature Film award at the 2018 National Film awards ceremony. What language was it in? 222. Name the Italian volcano that erupted in December 2018. 223. Name the first person to reach 100 million Twitter followers. 224. Which English cricketer broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record for being the youngest batsman to reach 10,000 runs in Test cricket? 225. Name the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. 226. Name the first Indian state that has banned the usage of liquid nitrogen in food and drink.

227. What is the name given to India’s first unmanned tank that will be used for surveillance purposes by the military? 228. Name the fastest supercomputer of 2018. 229. Which international day has the theme ‘Blood connects us all’? 230. Which sport was included in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after a period of 112 years? 231. Which is India’s first Open Defecation-Free state? 232. Name the Spanish-made train that has become India’s fastest train. 233. Who is the newly elected President of the World Bank as of 2019? 234. Who is the newly elected Finance Minister of India as of 2019? 235. Who is the newly elected Home Minister of India as of 2019? 236. Who is the newly elected Defence Minister of India as of 2019? 237. Who is the newly elected External Affairs Minister of India as of 2019? 238. Name the Indian billiards and snooker champion who received the Padma Bhushan award in 2018. 239. With which country did the European Union sign a free trade agreement in July 2018? 240. Which Indian sports honour was given for the first time to four people in 2016? 241. Where is India’s first music museum going to set up? 242. Name the country that released a special commemorative stamp on the theme of Ramayana for celebrating the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties with India. 243. Name the highest paid actress in the world for the year 2019. 244. Name the country that developed Synlight, the world’s largest artificial sun. 245. Which notable American playwright nicknamed ‘King of Broadway Comedy’ passed away on August 28, 2018? 246. Name the former Prime Minister of Pakistan who was given a 10- year jail term for corruption in 2018.

247. Who was the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the 65th National Film Awards ceremony? 248. What type of animal is Soohorang, the mascot for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea? 249. The Santosh Trophy is related to which sport? 250. Name the lunar lander of Chandrayan-2, developed by the ISRO.

Answers:

1. Khangchendzonga National Park 60. Jimmy Kimmel 2. Peggy Whitson 61. Sweden 3. V. Nanammal 62. Brexit 4. Silver 63. Norway 5. Hindon Elevated Road 64. Scott Morrison 6. Prince Philip 65. Hyderabad High Court 7. Bengaluru 66. Jesus Christ 8. Saudi Arabia 67. Kerala 9. Tokyo, Japan 68. Vladimir Putin 10. Karang Island 69. Blood moon 11. Pranab Mukherjee 70. Mukesh Ambani 12. Singapore 71. Kandla Port 13. Hyderabad 72. Soyuz rocket 14. Mahendra Singh Dhoni 73. Curiosity 15. Jammu and Kashmir 74. Ayushman Bharat 16. Malaysia 75. Bogibeel 17. Andhra Pradesh 76. Mumbai 18. Niantic 77. Florida, USA 19. Five 78. China 20. Meghan Markle 79. Graham Reid 21. Damien Chazelle 80. Mariyappan Thangavelu 22. Zhangjiajie Grand Canyons, Central China 81. Morni Hill, near Chandigarh 23. Microsoft 82. Association of Southeast Asian Nations 24. P.V. Sindhu 83. Satya Tripathi 25. Vladimir Putin 84. Ajit Laxman Wadekar 26. Sakshi Malik 85. Jack Ma 27. Karnam Malleswari 86. Myanmar 28. Iraq 87. Eurostar 29. Mumbai 88. Rahi Sarnobat 30. China 89. Assam 31. Michelle Bachelet 90. Children in armed conflict 32. Rashid Khan 91. Sterlite Copper 33. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan 92. Narendra Modi 34. Australia 93. Alastair Cook 35. India 94. Lance Naik Nazir Wani 36. S. Sowmya 95. Sir Donald Bradman 37. 21st June 96. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan 38. Captain Radhika Menon 97. Raavana-1 39. Smitha Crishna 98. Tianyan 40. Prof U.R. Rao 99. Oscars 41. Mother Teresa 100. Submarines 42. Ram Nath Kovind 101. Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose 43. Venkaiah Naidu 102. #NotATarget 44. Karen Uhlenbeck (USA) 103. Novak Djokovic 45. Hima Das 104. Angelique Kerber 46. This is America 105. United States of America 47. Donald Trump 106. Argentina 48. Melania Trump 107. France 49. Boris Johnson 108. ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish 50. Emmanuel Macron Nuclear Weapons) 51. Angela Merkel 109. Virat Kohli 52. Imran Khan 110. Jakarta and Palembang 53. The President of India 111. Queen Elizabeth II 54. RIMPAC(Rim of the Pacific) 112. Serbia 55. Karambir Singh 113. France 56. Airlander 10 114. Atal Bihari Vajpayee 57. RK Studio 115. Rohit Khandelwal 58. Sri Lanka 116. BMW 59. Saudi Arabia 117. Los Angeles

118. Gaganyaan 179. Finland 119. Republican party 180. Over Antarctica 120. South Korea 181. Nirmala Sitharaman 121. Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve 182. Haryana 122. Airlines 183. SpiceJet 123. Barack Obama 184. Mary Kom 124. Mumbai 185. Thailand 125. Sangai 186. Sunil Arora 126. M.Karunanidhi 187. IKEA 127. Jammu 188. Chandrayaan-2 128. 31 districts 189. Crocs 129. Chengalpet, Tamil Nadu 190. Dengue 130. Diu 191. Rohit Sharma 131. Om Prakash Rawat 192. Sharjah 132. Virat Kohli 193. Kerala 133. SpiNNaker 194. USA 134. Croatia 195. Samsung 135. Sushila Karki 196. Suman Rao 136. Brazil 197. Simone Biles and Novak Djokovic 137. Train 18 (Vande Bharat) 198. Chess 138. Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev 199. Aung San Suu Kyi 139. USA 200. Blood Moon 140. SpiceJet 201. Odisha and West Bengal 141. Tamil Nadu 202. Aadhaar 142. Kazuo Ishiguro 203. Pithoragarh, Uttarkand 143. Brazil 204. National Board for Wildlife 144. Tumhari Sulu 205. Rami Malek 145. Mohammed Shami 206. Green Book 146. Ridhhi Sen 207. Olivia Colman 147. Sridevi 208. Climate change 148. Wonder Woman 209. Gurgaon 149. 2019 210. Sundar Pichai 150. Gary Oldman 211. Majuli, Assam 151. The Shape of Water 212. Bangkok, Thailand 152. Amitabh Bachchan 213. Kailasavadivoo Sivan 153. Single-use plastics 214. Neeraj Chopra 154. Sikkim 215. Thoothukudi 155. Kofi Annan 216. Millets 156. 2016 217. Satya Pal Malik 157. Singapore 218. State Bank of India 158. Novak Djokovic 219. Saudi Arabia 159. Simona Halep 220. M. S. Dhoni 160. US Open 221. Assamese 161. Vinesh Phogat 222. Mount Etna 162. England 223. Katy Perry 163. Amul 224. Alastair Cook 164. Vienna, Austria 225. Shaktikanta Das 165. China 226. Haryana 166. Johannesburg, South Africa 227. Muntra-S 167. Zika virus 228. Summit supercomputer of USA 168. S.R. Nathan 229. World Blood Donors Day 169. Uttar Pradesh 230. Golf 170. Yohei Sasakawa 231. Sikkim 171. Tiananmen Square protests 232. Talgo 172. Indra Nooyi 233. David R Malpass 173. M.K.Stalin 234. Nirmala Sitharaman 174. 5th June 235. Amit Shah 175. Somnath Chatterjee 236. Rajnath Singh 176. Walled City of Ahmedabad 237. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar 177. Habibganj 238. Pankaj Advani 178. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose 239. Japan

240. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 246. Nawaz Sharif 241. Thiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu 247. Vinod Khanna 242. Indonesia 248. White tiger 243. Scarlett Johansson 249. Football 244. Germany 250. Vikram 245. Neil Simon