Current Affairs Booklet for Classes 6 to 8 Orient Blackswan Private Limited 3-6-752 Himayatnagar, Hyderabad 500 029, Telangana © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 1 1. Name the country that has built the longest hanging pedestrian bridge for hikers. 2. Who is the first person to receive the Medal of Honour from the US President, Donald Trump? 3. By which year will NASA and ISRO complete the NISAR mission? 4. Name the first private missile production facility of India. 5. Name the countries that quit from UNESCO in 2019. 6. Name the famous social media networking company which was accused of selling user personal data to Cambridge Analytica. 7. Name the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle that is used in Chandrayaan-2. 8. Name the African country that made it legal to produce marijuna for scientific and medicinal purposes. 9. Name the lunar exploration that discovered water on the moon. 10. Name the place of the first airport in Sikkim. 11. Who became the 14th President of India? 12. Name the person who received the 65th Dadasaheb Phalke Award. 13. What is the short name for the former president of Brazil who was jailed on corruption charges? 14. Which Sportsperson received the Laureus World Sports Award as Sportsman for the year 2018? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 2 15. Where is the second tallest Buddha statue located in India? 16. Which state tourism department in India received the ‘Best Indian Destination for Wildlife’ award from the Lonely Planet? 17. Name the company that in 2017 made significant investment in Flipkart. 18. What is the name of the new Facebook video service? 19. Which team won the 2018 UEFA Super Cup? 20. Which year is recorded as the warmest year on Earth? 21. Who wrote the book ‘Transcendence’? 22. Name the author of ‘My Favourite Nature Stories’. 23. Name the longest rail-cum-road bridge over the Brahmaputra River in Assam that was inaugurated in December 2018. 24. Name the veteran journalist who has bagged the first Kesari Media Award. 25. Name the theme for 2019 International Yoga Day. 26. Name the venue of 2019 NATO Summit. 27. Name the country where the 18th NAM Summit was held. 28. Which country in the sub-continent was hit by series of bombing on Easter day, 2019? 29. Name the official mascot of the FIFA 2018 World Cup. © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 3 30. Name the Italian volcano that erupted in December 2018. 31. Which Indian state has opened ‘Indira Canteen’ for the urban poor? 32. Where is the first specialized hospital for elephants located in India? 33. Name the Indian Professor who received the highest civilian honour given to a foreigner by Mexico. 34. In which city will India’s first railway university be set up? 35. Name the heaviest satellite of India that was launched from French Guiana. 36. Name the author of the book ‘Driven: The Virat Kohli Story’. 37. Name the first woman lawyer who was sworn in as Supreme Court Judge of India. 38. In which Indian state is the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary located? 39. Name the Chief Justice of India who assumed office on October 3, 2018. 40. On which day is World Polio Day observed? 41. Which IT company crossed $100 billion market capitalization? 42. Name the sport associated with Varun Singh Bhati, who won bronze at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. 43. Name the author of the book ‘Born to Fly’. 44. Name the fighter aircraft that India is buying from the French company Dassault Aviation. © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 4 45. Who won the Man Booker International Prize in 2019? 46. Carlos Alberto, who died recently, was a legendary footballer from which country? 47. Which sea in Antarctica has been declared as the world’s largest marine protected area? 48. Name the banned drug formulation for domestic use which was widely misused for childbirth, dairy industry, agriculture and horticulture. 49. On whose life is the film ‘First Man’, released in October 2018, based? 50. Name the country that will host the 2026 Asian Games. 51. Which space exploration company has signed up the world’s first private passenger for a trip around the moon? 52. On what date is the United Nations International Day of Older Persons observed every year? 53. Which country was most affected by Typhoon Chaba? 54. Who was the Chief Guest for the 2019 Republic Day celebrations at New Delhi? 55. Which short film won the first prize at the Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival? 56. When is World Vegetarian Day observed every year? 57. Which is the first airport in Asia that will use face recognition as a boarding pass? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 5 58. Which Indian film-maker and elephant researcher has been conferred with the French honour of ‘Knight in the National Order of Merit’? 59. Who won the 2019 Rogers Cup men’s single title? 60. At which sports event did North Korea and South Korea play as a united team for the first time? 61. Who is the UN Secretary General as of August 2019? 62. Which Indian state has developed eco-friendly bridges for the movement of tigers? 63. Which sprinter has been named as the Sports Ambassador for the state of Assam? 64. What degree Celsius is kept as the default setting in air-conditioners as per the new guidelines by the government of India? 65. When was the first World Tsunami Awareness Day observed? 66. Name the Indian city where the first convertible stadium is located. 67. Which country will finance the construction of India’s first high-speed railway? 68. Name the digital currency that is used by the central banks of Saudi Arabia and UAE. 69. Who is the celebrated American journalist who wrote the book ‘Fear:Trump in the White House’? 70. Name the country that won the Women’s Cricket World Cup in 2017. 71. When is World Braille Day observed every year? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 6 72. Where in India is the Zojila Tunnel being constructed, making it the longest tunnel in South Asia? 73. In which Indian city is the unique architectural structure ‘Fountain of Oneness’ located? 74. What is the article number that gave special constitutional power and status to the State of Jammu and Kashmir? 75. Which country is holding a referendum about its proposed name change that will enable it to join the European Union and NATO? 76. Where is India’s first music museum going to be set up? 77. Name the new train that will cover the associated places of Dr.Ambedkhar and Buddhism. 78. Who is the first Indian to win an American People’s Choice Award? 79. When is World Hindi Day observed every year? 80. Which country is planning to conduct the world’s first test of space elevator? 81. Name the world’s highest polling station. 82. Which has become the world’s most commonly used country code domain in the Internet? 83. Name the Indian state that hosted the National Youth Festival in 2019. 84. Name the Indian state that became the first state to achieve 100% primary education. 85. Who are BhinBhin, Kaka, and Atung? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 7 86. Who has been named to receive the 2018 Dr. B. C. Roy National award, the highest medical honour of India, as the Eminent Medical Person of the Year? 87. Name the framework which is set up by a regulator that allows Fin Tech companies to conduct live experiments in a controlled environment with supervision. 88. Which athlete was named as the Most Valuable Player of the 2018 Asian Games for winning 6 gold and 2 silver medals? 89. Name the Indian city that hosted the 69th Senior National Basketball Championship for Men and Women. 90. Which is the first country to have floating wind farms in the sea? 91. Who was the captain of the Indian women’s cricket squad for World Cup 2017? 92. Which is the first state in India to implement a biofuel policy? 93. Who is the youngest Chess Master in India? 94. Name the team that won the Premier Badminton League for 2018-19 in India. 95. Who are the recipients of 2019 Mohun Bagan Ratna Award? 96. The cricket term ‘Mankading’ was coined after an Indian cricketer. Name him. 97. On which day is National Girl Child Day celebrated in India every year? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 8 98. What is the primary method for the spread of the Zika virus? 99. Name the state government that approved setting up of a Law Commission in 2017. 100. Which is the first train in India in which all the coaches are Braille-embedded? 101. Name the country which will host the 2020 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. 102. Name the players who won the 2019 Australian Open Women’s Doubles Title. 103. Name the player who won the 2019 Australian Open Women’s Singles Title. 104. Name the recipient of the Best Actress Award at the 2019 International Indian Film Academy Awards. 105. Name the abbreviated word used by mass media for the President of the USA. 106. Name the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. 107. In which city was the first LNG bus rolled out in India? 108. Which digital technology company’s new products, named XS, XS Max, XR and Watch 4, were released in September 2018? 109. Name the metallic asteroid on which water and hydroxyl ions were identified.