DESIZN CIRCLE www.desizncircle.com D.C. G.K. (October) 1. Who has been unanimously elected Chairman of the Press Trust of India? - 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? – Lewis Hamilton 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? - Kolkata 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? - Mumbai 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) West Bengal 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. Haryana, 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 century on Test debut, achieving the feat aged 18 years and 329 days? – Prithvi Shaw 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 Delhi 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 Don Bradman? – Virat Kohli 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 Indian Army successfully test-fired nuclear-capable surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile, named? - Prithvi 87. Which country beat Sri Lanka 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.