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D E F E N C E O F F I C E R S A C A D E M Y D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 8 C u r R e n t A f f a i r s New Batch P R E P A R E D A N D P R E S E N T E D B Y 14 JAN 2019 DEFENCE OFFICERS ACADEMY 21 JAN 2019 D-22, NEHRU COLONY,OPPOSITE CENTRAL EXCISE OFFICE, DEHRADUN, UTTARAKHAND 28 JAN 2019 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 D E F E N C E O F F I C E R S premier Defence coaching institute A C A D E M Y in Nehru Colony, Dehradun which prepares candidates for various examinations for entrance to schools and institutions such as RIMC, Sainik Schools, RMS, NDA, IMA/OTA, AFCAT 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 Team DOA potential can be reached and they can do best possible in the entrance exams. 0 1 Vision & Mission Vision: To provide best training to the young candidates so that they can join the defence schools and to produce employable resource for defence sector. We aim to remain source of inspiration for society to make the future better with the help of our Team DOA knowledge, imagination and Motto: The motto of Defence innovation. Officers Academy is “ Dhairya Se Jeet “ and the training provided to students makes them walk on path of continuous improvement to achieve victory with patience. 0 2 Current Affairs December 2018 1). Which Indian philanthropist has been bestowed with the highest French civilian distinction Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur? a) Azim Premji b)Shiv Nadar c) P. N. C. Menon d)Kushal Pal Singh 2). The bilateral naval exercise ‘Konkan 18’ has started between India and which country? a) Japan b) Singapore c) Indonesia d) United Kingdom 3). The air force units of India & which country are scheduled to participate in exercise ‘Cope India 2019 (CI19)’? a) South Africa b) United States c) China d) Maldives 4). Which country has become the first NATO nation to appoint a female Chief of Armed Forces? a) Slovenia b) Belgium c) Italy d) Luxembourg 5). Who has become the first Indian to won the ISSF’s highest shooting honour ‘Blue Cross’? a) Gagan Narang b) Jitu Rai c) Abhinav Bindra d) Vijay Kumar 6). What is the theme of the 2018 World AIDS Day (WAD)? A) On the fast track to end AIDS b) Hands up for HIV prevention c) Know your status d) My Health, My Right 7). Which country will chair the Kimberley Process (KP) from January 2019? a) China b) Belgium c) India d) United States 8). India’s first owl festival was held in which of the following cities? a) Udaipur b) Lucknow c) Pune d) Kolkata 9). Who is the author of the book “Architecture of Justice: A Pictorial Walk-through of the Supreme Courts and High Courts of India”? a) Kuldip Singh b) Vinay Thakur c) Nageswara Rao d) S. Chandra Roy 10). Which Northeast state of India has recently signed pact with Estonian academy on e- governance? a) Assam b) Nagaland c) Tripura d) Mizoram 0 3 11). Which of the following cities is the venue of the UN Climate Summit (COP24)? a) Ottawa b) Brasilia c) Katowice d) Santiago 12). Recently, it was in news that India will host the G20 summit in 2022. Which of the following is not a member of G-20? a) Spain b) Canada c) Saudi Arabia d) Turkey 13). Cyril Ramaphosa, who is expected to be the chief guest at 2019 Republic Day of India is President of which African country? a) Morocco b) South Africa c) Ghana d) Senegal 14).Which of the following words has been declared People’s Word of 2018 by Cambridge Dictionary? a) Nomophobia b) No-platforming c) Gender gap d) Ecocide 15). What is the name of India’s first locomotive-less train, which was recently in news? a) Train 21 b) Train 18 c) Train 11 d) Train 36 16). Which country has recently decided to withdraw its membership from OPEC as of January 2019? a) Kuwait b) Qatar c) Venezuela d) Saudi Arabia 17). The “rakhi with khaki” initiative of which police station of Chhattisgarh holds the Guinness World Records? a) Raipur Police b) Bhilai Police c) Bilaspur Police d) Korba Police 18). Which of the following theatre level maritime war exercise will be conducted by Indian Navy? a) Sagar Kavach b) Avardhan c) Sea Vigil d) TROPEX 19). EX SHINYUU Maitri-2018 has started between India and which country? a) South Korea b) Sri Lanka c) Japan d) China 20). Who has been honoured with the 2018 Men’s Ballon d’Or award? a) Lionel Messi b) Cristiano Ronaldo c) Luka Modric d) Zlatan Ibrahimovic 0 4 21). Who has clinched India’s first-ever International medal in Ultra Running? a) Sunil Sharma b) LL Meena c) Ullas Narayan d) K S Jha 22). India’s longest rail-road bridge ‘Bogibeel Bridge’ has built over which of the following rivers? a) Ganga b) Godavari c) Yamuna d) Brahmaputra 23). Which of the followin g is the India’s heaviest communication satellite i.e. recently launched successfully from French Guiana? a) GSAT-10 b) GSAT-17 c) GSAT-11 d) GSAT-9 24). Who is the author of the book ‘Blue Waters Ahoy!’? a) Anup Singh b) Sunil Lanba c) Robin K Dhowan d) Devendra Kumar Joshi 25). Kandhamal Haldi, which is in news for its GI tag, is produce in which of the following states? a) Jharkhand b) Tripura c) Odisha d) West Bengal 26). Which Indian Armed Force has recently conducted ‘Ex Clean Sea-2018’ at sea off Port Blair? a) Indian Navy b) Indian Air Force c) Indian Army d) Indian Coast Guard 27). Who among the following have won the IAAF Athletes of the Year award recently? a) Eliud Kipchoge b) Caterine Ibarguen c) Both A and B d) Valerie Adams 28). Which short story writer has bagged 2018 Sahitya Academy Award for the Kashmiri language? a) Rehman Rahi b) Mushtaq Ahmad Tantray c) Nayantara Sahgal d) Rahman Abbas 29). Which country’s government has recently enacted controversial law to accept foreign blue- collar workers? a) Indonesia b) South Korea c) North Korea d) Japan 30). Which country is set become the world’s first country to make all its public transport free by 2019? a) Laos b) Venezuela c) Vietnam d) Luxembourg 0 5 31). Ajay Rohera, who has created world record for highest first-class debut score in cricket history, is from which state? a) Rajasthan b) Uttar Pradesh c) Madhya Pradesh d) Jharkhand 32). Which of the following states has become the India’s first state to have four international airports? a) Tamil Nadu b) Maharashtra c) West Bengal d) Kerala 33). Who has won the trophy of Mister Supranational 2018? a) Prathamesh Maulingkar b) Jitesh Singh Deo c) Vishnu Raj Menon d) Kawaljit Anand Singh 34). On which date India Navy celebrated the Submarine Day? a) December 10 b) December 11 c) December 8 d) December 9 35). What is the name of China mission launched to the far side of the Moon recently? a) Chang ‘e-4’ b) Tang ‘e-9’ c) Karman d) Lunar ‘e-4’ 36). Who has become the youngest Indian golfer to win Asian Tour Order Of Merit? a) Shubhankar Sharma b) Shiv Kapur c) Aditi Ashok d) Arjun Atwal 37). Which of the following district Courts will become the first in India to accept e-payments? a) Delhi b) Pune c) Kolkata d) Chennai 38). Which of the following has become the new district of Arunachal Pradesh? a) Lepa Rada b) Pakke-Kessang c) Manigong d) Shi Yomi 39). Who is the newly appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)? a) Arvind Panagariya b) Shaktikanta Das c) Kaushik Basu d) Rajiv Mehrishi 40). Which Indian sportsperson has been honoured with Meethoileima title? a) Heena Sidhu b) Mirabai Chanu c) Mary Kom d) Neeraj Chopra 0 6 41). Indo-China joint military exercise ‘Hand-in-Hand’ has started in which of the following locations? a) Chengdu b) Tianjin c) Guangzhou d) Hangzhou 42). Who has been appointed as new SWIFT India Chairman? a) Sunil MehtaRavi b) Venkatesan c) Arundhati Bhattacharya d) Girish Chandra Chaturvedi 43). Which Indian Armed Force has conducted its first-ever exercise ‘CROSS BOW-18’? a) Indian Navy b) Indian Coast Guard c) Indian Air Force d) Indian Army 44). Who has been selected for the Best Woman Parliamentarian (Rajya Sabha) for 2018? a) Nirmala Sitharaman b) Smriti Irani c) Roopa Ganguly d) Kanimozhi 45). Under which article of the constitution, the member of UPSC shall be appointed by the President? a) Article-315 b) Article-318 c) Article-320 d) Article-316 46). Which high court has recently banned online sale of medicines across India? a) Bombay b) Delhi c) Madras d) Kerala 47). Which country has em erged as the World’s No.2 arms producer, as per latest Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPTI) report? a) China b) Russia c) United States d) United Kingdom 48). Which Indian start up has been honoured by UN Climate Action Award at the 2018 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 24)? a) EcoFemme b) Sustain Earth c) Help Us Green d) Sustain Earth 49).

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