34, 35 Hauz Khas Village , New Delhi 110016 www.desizncircle.com June Notes 1. World Milk day is celebrated and observed word over on 1 June every year to recognise the importance of milk as a global food since 2001. The theme for 2018 World Milk Day is - "Drink Move Be Strong”. 2. JUNE 1: World Milk Day 2: International Sex Workers Day 4: World Blood Donor Day 5: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 5: World Environment Day 8: World Oceans Day 12: World Day Against Child Labour 3. Indian Economy grows in 4th Quarter: Central Statistics? - 7.7% 4. Who received Pulitzer Prize in music for his album “Damn"? – Kendrick Lamar 5. Who gets 'Santokbaa Humanitarian' Award? – Kailash Satyarthi & AS Kiran Kumar Who confers FICCI smart Policing Awards 2018? – Vijay Goel 6. Which country to host 2018 Int'l Conference on TRIPS- CBD Linkage? - Switzerland 7. Which social networking giant partnered with "National Commission for Women" to offer digital literacy programme for women? - Facebook 8. The Somasila Dam is located in which state? - Andhra Pradesh 9. Who is the CEO of BCCI? - Rahul Johri 10. Who is the President of BCCI? - CK Khanna 11. Who is the founder of IPL? - Lalit Modi 12. Who is the Chairman of IPL? - Rajeev Shukla 13. Who is the President of IPL? - Lalit Modi 14. Full Forms BCCI-Board of Control for Cricket in India IPL-Indian Premier League 15. The 29th state of India Telangana is Formation on? - 2nd June 2014 16. Who is the PM of India on that time of Telangana formation? – Manmohan Singh 17. Who is the first CM of Telangana state? - KCR 18. What is the capital of Telangana? - Hyderabad 19. Telangana formed by dividing which state? – Andhra Pradesh 20. Who is the Brand Ambassador for Telangana? – Mirza Sania 21. State Festival of Telangana? - Bathukamma 22. Telangana Language Day celebrates on? - Sep 9 23. The main language of Telangana state? - Telugu and Urdu 24. Which one is Telangana state dance? - Perini Tandavam 25. The state Sport of Telangana is? - Kabaddi 26. What is the state Animal of Telangana? - Spotted deer 27. What is the state bird of Telangana? - Indian Roller 28. Telangana Formation Day (The bill passed on) • Loka Sabha: 18th February 2014 • Rajya Sabha: 20th February 2014 • President: 1st March 2014 • State formation: 2nd June 2014 29. World’s highest masonry Nagarjuna sagar dam was built on which river________? A) Godavari B) Bhima C) Manjira D) Krishna -Ans: D (Krishna) 30. When Telangana merged with Andhra Pradesh in? - 1st Nov, 1956 31. Which party demanded statehood for Telangana & contested elections in 1971 later merged with Congress? - Telangana Praja Samiti 32. Which article can deals with formation of new states? - Article3 33. India’s 1st national sports university will be set up in which state? - Manipur 34. Who appointed as the new Prime Minister of Spain? – Pedro Sanchez 35. Who is the President of FIFA? - GianniInfantino 36. Who sworn in as new Vice Chief of Army Staff of India? - Lt General Devraj Anbu 37. Which of the following states is meet together with the three seas of Arabian Sea, Bay Of Bengal and Indian Ocean in India? [A] Kerala [B] Tamil Nadu [C] Karnataka [D] Andhra Pradesh Ans: B (Tamil Nadu) 38. The UN declared 3rd June as World Bicycle Day to promote the tool as a sustainable development thing not just of transportation but also of access to education, healthcare, and sport. The theme for World Bicycle Day 2018? - “Cycling for Fitness.” 39. India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable international ballistic missile from Odisha coast? – Agni 5 40. What is the strike range of surface-to-surface Agni-V missile? - 5,000 km 41. This missile was developed by? - DRDO_India 42. Name the newly appointed Prime Minister of Italy? – Giuseppe Conte 43. Who has re-elected as President of Egypt? - Abdel Fattah al-Sisi 44. Who tie up with national women commission to launch digital literacy program? - Facebook 45. Which scheme Union govt. launched? – Seva Bhoj Yojna 46. Important_Acts • Indian Forest Act-1927 • Wildlife Protection Act-1972 • Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act-1974 • Forest Conversation Act-1980 • Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act-1981 • Environmental Protection Act-1986 47. Which state launched a scheme “Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana” for journalists? - Odisha 48. Who appointed as new Director General of Geological Survey of India? - Dinesh Gupta 49. The first biannual Indian Air Force Commanders’ Conference 2018 was held in? - New Delhi 50. Which one of the following Organizations is not a part of the Armed Forces of India? [A] BSF [B] Army [C] Air Force [D] Coast Guard Ans: A (BSF) 51. Governor of RBI : Dr. Urjit R. Patel Deputy Governors of RBI 1. NS. Vishwanathan (appointed on 4th July 2016) 2. Viral V. Acharya (appointed on 23rd January 2017) 3. BP. Kanungo (appointed on 3rd April 2017) 4. MK. Jain (appointed on 4th June 2018) 52. Which flower has named after PM Modi by the govt of Singapore? - Orchid 53. Name the India’s first deluxe train launched by Indian Railways in 1930? – Deccan Queen 54. The Zero Based Natural Farming (ZBNF) Scheme has been launched by which state? – Andhra Pradesh 55. DRDO India recently conducted the 6th successful test firing of nuclear capable Agni 5. The long range (5,000km) ballistic missile is a type of____? A) air-to-surface B) surface-to-surface C) surface-to-air D) air-to-air Ans: B (surface-to-surface) 56. When is World Environment Day observed across the globe? - 5th June 57. When was Environment Day observed for the first time? - 1972 58. Which country is hosting 2018 World Environment Day celebrations? - India 59. What is the theme of WED 2018? – Beat Plastic Pollution 60. Which state govt. has announced to implement state-of-the-art Unemployment Scheme for the unemployed graduate youth of the state? A) Gujarat B) Andhra Pradesh C) Madhya Pradesh D) Telangana Answer: B 61. The UN - India Business Forum 2018 will take place in which city? - Bengaluru 62. India received its first supply of cheapest LNG in energy sector’s history under long term deal with which country? - Russia 63. Noted Bengali litterateur has died recently? – Arabinda Guha 64. The Environment Protection Act enacted on? - 1986 65. The first International Conference on environment held on? - June,1972 66. Almost 99% of clean air consists of two gases which are? - Nitrogen & Oxygen 67. Ozone layer is being depleted by? – Chloroflurocarbon 68. The Union Govt launched which scheme to help farmers raise their income? – Krishi Kalyan Abhiyaan 69. What is India's first oxo-biodegradable sanitary napkin called? - Suvidha 70. The Taj Declaration, adopted in June 2018, aims to beat which form of pollution? – Plastic Pollution 71. India’s first advanced DNA forensic laboratory will come up in which city? - Chandigarh 72. Which country is hosting the 2018 BRICS_Foreign Ministers’ meeting? – South Africa 73. What is the India's rank in “End of Childhood Index 2018” According to a Save the Children’s? - 113th 74. Which Indian beach become Asia’s 1st2get Blue Flag certification? - Chandrabhaga, Odisha 75. Who won ‘National Gopal Ratna’ award from Central Govt for cattle rearing & dairying? - Dhiraj Ram Krishna 76. Under which theme, RBI launched 2018 Financial Literacy Week? - Customer Protection 77. Human being can hear range of sound frequency between? A) 20-20,000 Hertz B) 10-1,000 Hertz C) 1-100 Hertz D) 1-7 Hertz Ans: A (20-20,000Hz) 78. RBI Policy Rates (06-06-2018) • Repo Rate: 6.25% • Reverse Repo: 6.00% • MSF: 6.50% • Bank Rate: 6.50% • CRR: 4.00% • SLR: 19.50% • FY19 GDP growth forecast: 7.4% • The retail inflation at 4.8-4.9% for April-Sep, 4.7% in H2 FY18 79. Forbes highest-paid sportsman 2018 $million 1. Floyd Mayweather 285 2. L Messi 111 3. C Ronaldo 108 4. Conor McGregor 99 5. Neymar 90 6. LeBron James 85. 5. 7 R Federer 77.2 8. StephenCurry 76.9 9 Matt Ryan 67.3 10. Matthew Stafford 59.5 80. Who was elected the next President of the UN_General Assembly? – Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces 81. Who appointed as new Prime Minister of Jordan? – Omar Razzaz 82. Who has become the first visually-challenged woman IAS officer in India? – Pranjal Patil 83. The biopic “The Making of the Mahatma” screened in South Africa. It is based on which novel? - Apprenticeship of a Mahatma 84. World Bank approved how much amount for Atal Bhujal Yojana of Govt. of India? - Rs.6000 cr 85. Which country host 2018 IBSA Foreign Min's Meeting? - South Africa 86. India's forest cover stood at ____ in 2015, with an increase 1.9% from 2009? - 21.34 percent 87. Which is the highest forest cover among the states and UTs in the country? - Mizoram (89%) 88. Which is the lowest forest cover among the states and UTs in the country? - Assam (35%) 89. Recently Rafael Nadal achieved the record of his career’s 900th win. This makes him only the _____ man to achieve such feat? - 5th 90. Who heads the RBI's Monetary Policy Committee? A) Finance Minister B) Prime Minister C) RBI's Governor D) Finance Secretary Ans: C (RBI's Governor) 91. The Supreme Court of India recently allowed Union govt to implement the reservation in promotion policy for SC/ST employees under which article of the Constitution? A) Article 19 B) Article 18 C) Article 17 D) Article 16 Answer : D 92. India is at which position as a generator of e-waste in the world, according to ASSOCHAM study? - 5th 93.