D.C. Notes (August) 1. RBI Policy Rates (01-08-2018) • 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% 2. Who has chosen for 24th Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award? – Gopal krishna Gandhi 3. Which state became 1st in India to implement National Policy on Biofuels? - Rajasthan 4. World Breastfeeding Week observed from - Aug 1-7 Theme of Breastfeeding Week2018 - Breastfeeding: Foundation of Life 5. India’s first in-phone tourism guide and mobile application "Go Whats That” has launched in which city? - Chandigarh 6. Who has been conferred with the 2018 Mohun Bagan Ratna? – Pradip Choudhury 7. Who has become the first Asian to swim UK-France channel? – Prabhat Koli 8. Q: Find the next number in the given number series? 2, 3, 7, 16, 32, ___? A) 49 B) 52 C) 54 D) 57 Answer: D (57) 9. AUGUST 1: Friendship Day 6: Hiroshima Day 7: National Handloom Day 9: Quit India Movement Day 9: Nagasaki Day 12: International Youth Day 13: World Left handers Day 14: Pakistan Independence Day 15: Independence Day (India) 10. Which country's team has become the first-ever team to achieve playing 1000 test matches? - England 11. Who is the Chairman of UIDAI or Aadhaar ? - J. Satyanarayana 12. Which company beat TCS and became India's Most Valued Company? – Reliance Industries 13. Which state Govt. will setup a state of the art "B-Hub" (biopharma hub)? - Telangana 14. Which state Govt. will setup "i-Hub" (intelligent hub)? – Andhra Pradesh 15. The 11th World Hindi Conference will be held in which country? - Mauritius 16. Which of the following is a property of water? A) High polarity B) Universal solvent C) High specific heat D) All of the above Ans: D (All of the above) 17. Name the Indian-origin Mathematician, Who has won the prestigious Fields Medal, known as Nobel Prize for Maths? – Akshay Venkatesh 18. Who became the fastest captain to reach 7000 International runs? - Virat Kohli (124 ings) 19. Which State is called the 'Cradle of Buddhism'? - Bihar 20. Who was the author of Buddha Charita? - Ashvaghosha 21. Chinese traveller Hiuen-Tsang studied at University of? - Nalanda 22. The word Gotra occurs for the first time in? - Rigveda 23. Where did Buddha breathe his last? – Kushinagar 24. The famous Goddess Meenakshi Amman temple, which has got its first non-Brahmin as 'archaka’ (priest), is located in which state? - Tamil Nadu 25. Which Indian film bagged the best film award at the 3rd edition of the BRICS Film Festival 2018? – Newton 26. Who is appointed as the Chief Justice of J&K High Court? - Gita Mittal 27. Which state has recently made the e-way bill mandatory? - Kerala 28. What is the digital service app of SBI? - YONO 29. Which state made Yoga mandatory for all Colleges & Universities? – Karnataka 30. The International Festival of Photography will be held in? - Chennai 31. Who has won the Zimbabwe Presidential election? – Emmerson Mnangagwa 32. Which state tops in Renewable Energy Generation: IEEFA Report? - Karnataka 33. The BRICS Summit 2018 held in which country? – South Africa 34. What is the current repo rate, as per 3rd bi-monthly monetary policy review for 2018-19 of RBI? - 6.50% 35. Which state launched a 360 degree nation-wide publicity campaign publicity campaign for2018 men’s hockey World Cup? - Odisha 36. The most valuable brand in the world? - Walmart 37. Which state CM has become the India's longest serving Chief Minister? - Sikkim 38. Which state has become the India's first state to give pension for single woman at Rs.1000 per month? - Telangana 39. In which year the Indian Parliament adopted "Right to Information Act"? – 2005 40. The viceroy who brought about the partition of Bengal was ______? (A) Lord Lytton (B) Lord Curzon (C) Lord Rippon (D) Lord Minto Ans: B (Lord Curzon) 41. Who originally promoted Friendship Day? - Joyce Hall 42. Who proposed world friendship day in 1958? - Dr. Ramon Artemio Bracho 43. Where was this day traditionally celebrated first? - America 44. Where are friendship bands mostly popular during that day? – India 45. Smriti Mandhana becomes 2nd Indian cricketer 2hit a 100 in T20, after? – Mithali Raj 46. NASA selects Indian origin among 9 astronauts for human spaceflight? – Sunita Williams 47. Which country overtakes China as world's 2nd biggest stock market? - Japan 48. Which river of India is called Vridha Ganga? - Godavari 49. The state having largest area under waste land is? - Rajasthan 50. Which 'water body' separates Andaman & Nicobar Islands? - 10 Degree Channel 51. The deepest land locked and protected port in india is - Vishakhapatnam 52. Which state has launched 'Mukhya Mantri Yuva Nestham' scheme will provide Rs 1000 per month to unemployed youths? – Andhra Pradesh 53. Who has won the Biel Masters Chess title 2018? – Vaibhav Suri 54. Which country researchers create the world’s first single chromosome yeast? - China 55. Which state signed a MoU with Tech Mahindra to launch India's 1st blockchain district? - Telangana 56. Who appointed as President of the Asia Pacific Institute of Broadcasting Development? – Fayyaz Sheheryar 57. The AIBD was established in ____ under the auspices of UNESCO? – 1977 58. Which kind of power accounts for the largest share of power generation in India? A) Hydro-electricity B) Solar C) Nuclear D) Thermal Ans: D (thermal power) 59. The 'Move Hack’, global mobility hackathon launched by? – NITI Aayog 60. The 'Shaur Nahin' Mobile App launched to the control noise pollution by? – Himachal Pradesh 61. Name of high-resolution Earth observation satellite launched by China? - Gaofen11 62. What was the name of the plane that dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima? - Enola Gay 63. Who flew the plane that dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima? - Paul Tibbets 64. Who was the Emperor of Japan during WWII? - Hirohito 65. What type of plane dropped the A-bomb on the two cities? - B-29 66. What day did the bomb get dropped on Hiroshima? - Aug 6th, 1945 67. What was the name of A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima? - Little Boy 68. Which was the explosive element used in little boy? - Uranium-235 69. Who was the President of the America at that time? - Harry S Truman 70. Who won the women's singles title at World Badminton Championship? – Carolina Marin 71. Which country won Women's Hockey Tournament? - Netherlands 72. Which country got warning from UNICEF about the outbreak of cholera? - Yemen 73. Which is the world's biggest stock market? - USA 74. During which decade did the population of India record a negative growth rate ____? A) 1911 - 21 B) 1921 - 31 C) 1931 - 41 D) 1941 – 51 Ans : A (1911-21) 75. Who is the recipient of Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for____? 2013 - Najma Heptullah 2014 - Hukum Dev Narayan 2015 - Ghulam Nabi Azad 2016 - Dinesh Trivedi 2017 - Bhartruhari Mahtab This award was instituted in 1992 by? - Shivraj Patil 76. The National Handloom Day is being observed every year on August 7 since____? - 2015 77. The date August 7th was chosen as National Handloom Day as it was the day that an important movement was started in 1905? – Swadeshi Movement 78. Who was started the Swadeshi Movement? – M K Gandhi 79. In which year was Rabindranath Tagore awarded Nobel Prize for Literature? A) 1915 B) 1941 C) 1913 D) 1933 Ans : C (1913) 80. The world's first-ever thermal battery plant was unveiled in? – Andhra Pradesh 81. Which Indian golfer has won the 2018 Fiji International Golf title? - Gaganjeet Bhullar 82. Name the Tamil Nadu's DMK leader who passes away today at the age of 94? - Karunanidhi 83. Former CM of Tamil Nadu Sri Karunanithi was elected how many times as Chief Minister? - Five 84. M Karunanidhi belongs to which South Indian political party? - DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) 85. Who is the founder of DMK party in 1949? – C N Annadurai 86. Which state has launched a rural cleanliness and sanitation campaign “Swachhameva Jayate”? - Karnataka 87. Which state has launched a “Horn Not Ok’’ awareness campaign? – Himachal Pradesh 88. Which country has been elected as the President of AIBD? - India 89. Who is the President of Venezuela? – Nicolas Maduro 90. Article35A gives special status to state & people of? – Jammu And Kashmir 91. Who resigned her position as CEO of Pepsi Co? – Indra Nooyi 92. ISRO to launch its heaviest satellite so far GSAT11 on Nov 30, weighing of? - 5,700-kg 93. Which state Govt. has launched life insurance scheme worth Rs 5 lakh for farmers? - Telangana 94. Who has been sworn in as the 3rd sitting judge of Supreme Court of India? - Indira Banerjee 95. Which state recently launched the Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana for girl child? - Bihar 96. India’s first official census was conducted in 1881. During the voiceroyship tenure of _____? A) Lord Dufferin B) Lord Lytton C) Lord Mayo D) Lord Ripon Ans : D (Lord Rippon) 97. The joint military exercise ‘Maitree 2018’ has started b/w India and which country? - Thailand 98. Which IIT institute has developed the first indigenous microprocessors ‘RISECREEK’ under project Shakti? – IIT Madras 99. National Income estimates in India prepared by? - Central statistical org 100. Who estimated 1st National Income? -Dadabhai Naoroji 101. In India, Agriculture income is calculated by? - Output method 102. The main source of National Income in India is - Service Sector 103. August Kranti in Indian History is also known as? - Quit India Movement 104. Quit India Movement started in? - 1942 105. Who was the viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement? - Lord Linlithgow 106.