Last 6 Months Current Affairs General Knowledge 2018

Last 6 Months Current Affairs General Knowledge

Q1.In which state will polythene be completely prohibited from 31st July 2018?
Ans-Uttarakhand
Q2.Who is the Union Food Minister?
Ans-Ram Vilas Paswan
Q3.According to Forbes’ report, who has topped the ‘World’s highest-paid
Athletes 2018’ list?
Ans-Mayweather
Q4.Which country has temporarily banned processed and frozen fruit and
vegetable imports from Kerala admit concerns over Nipah virus outbreak?
Ans-Saudi Arabia
Q5.Which article of the constitution provides for the establishment of National
Commission for the SCs and STs?
Ans-338
Q6.What is the theme of World Environment Day 2018?
Ans-Beat Plastic Pollution
Q7.Which state has launched a Rs 5 lakh life insurance scheme for the benefit of
farmers in the state?
Ans-Telangana
Q8.What is India’s rank in the world childhood index 2018?
Ans-113
Q9.Who is the queen of the Kindom of Netherlands?
Ans-Queen Maxima
Q10.Which team has won the Indian Premier League in 2018?
Ans-Chennai Super Kings
Q11.How many valleys have been discovered by scientists at Deep Beneath the
Western Antarctic ice region?
Ans-3
Q12.Which actor launched an advertisement campaign in New Delhi to promote
twin pit toilet technology?
Ans-Akshay Kumar
Q13.Who has been appointed as the 1st chief financial officer of the Reserve Bank
of India?
Ans-Sudha Balakrishnan
Q14.Which state government has launched the ‘Prakritik Kheti Khushhaal Kisaan
Yojana’?
Ans-Himachal Pradesh
Q15.In which city is India’s 1st IT hub in China located?
Ans-Dalian
Q16.Who has been appointed as the Governor of Odisha?
Ans-Ganeshi lal
Q17.Which is the 1st Indian company to achieve Rs 7 lakh crore market
capitalization?
Ans-Tata Consultancy Services
Q18.How many have Landing Craft Utility vessels been commissioned into the
Indian Navy?
Ans-4
Q19.Who is the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes?
Ans-Sushil Chandra
Q20.Which is India’s 1st highway to be lit by solar power?
Ans-Eastern Peripheral Expressway
Q21.India’s 1st 14 lane highway connects which two cities?
Ans-Delhi-Meerut
Q22.Which state government had launched ‘Saubhagya Yojana’, aimed at
providing electricity to all the villages across the state?
Ans-Jharkhand
Q23.Which state government launched a special police force to safeguard tourists?
Ans-Puducherry
Q24.Under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, the central Government
has decided to set up an All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in which
state?
Ans-Himachal Pradesh
Q25.Who was appointed the Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA)?
Ans-Rajinder Khanna
Q26.Which is the 1st country in the world to legalize equal pay for men and
women for the same work?
Ans-Iceland
Q27.Who is the 1st person to fly in the space shuttle and walk on the moon?
Ans-John Young
Q28.Which company launched the world’s thinnest laptop?
Ans-Acer
Q29.Who will be awarded the ‘Legion of Honour’ award 2018, at the 42nd
International Kolkata Book Fair?
Ans-Soumitra Chatterjee
Q30.‘Water ATM project’ was launched in which Indian state?
Ans-West Bengal
Q31.The Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) has set up its first food testing lab in
which IIT campus?
Ans-Kharagpur
Q32.Who is the 1st woman lawyer to be directly appointed as a judge of Supreme
Court?
Ans-Indu Malhotra
Q33.Which are the 2 countries that provide internet services to Nepal?
Ans-India & China
Q34.Who is the editor of the book ‘Majuli: Resources and Challenges’?
Ans-Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti
Q35.Which state became the 1st state in India to completely implement door-to-
door garbage collection in all areas under urban bodies?
Ans-Madhya Pradesh
Q36.Which is the Indian Navy’s largest ship and the only aircraft carrier, that has
been formally affiliated to Indian Army’s Bihar Regiment and No. 6 Squadron of
the Indian Air Force?
Ans-INS Vikramaditya
Q37.What is India’s position in FIFA Rankings 2018?
Ans-102nd
Q38.In which state, the World War II Memorial Museum was inaugurated?
Ans-Arunachal Pradesh
Q39.Who was called ‘the father of South African jazz’?
Ans-Hugh Masekela
Q40.Who has become the 1st female cinematographer to be nominated for Oscar
awards?
Ans-Rachel Morrison
Q41.Which state Government launched ‘Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat’?
Ans-Jharkhand
Q42.Who became the 1st woman chairman of Indian Banks’ Association?
Ans-Usha Ananthasubramanian
Q43.Which state won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Eden Gardens, in
Kolkata?
Ans-Delhi
Q44.Who is the author of the pictorial book ‘Dilli Meri Dilli: Before and After
1998’?
Ans-Sheila Dikshit
Q45.Who is the author of the book ‘Staniya Svasasan Mei Addhi Aabadhi’?
Ans-Dr. Sadhana Pandey
Q46.Which word is declared as the Hindi Word of the Year by Oxford
Dictionaries?
Ans-Aadhaar
Q47.Name the Bollywood playback singer who will be awarded the ‘Yash Chopra
Memorial Award’?
Ans-Asha Bhosle
Q48.Which state government launched Zero Budget Natural Farming project?
Ans-Himachal Pradesh
Q49.Which State Cabinet launched ‘Mukhya Mantri Awas Yojna Grameen’, a new
scheme to construct houses in rural areas?
Ans-Uttar Pradesh
Q50.Mirabai Chanu has clinched India’s 1st gold at the 21st CWG-2018. She is
related to which weightlifting category?
Ans-48 kg
Q51.Which Institute was adjudged as the overall best Institution as per NIRF
Rankings 2018?
Ans-Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru
Q52.Which state government has rolled out ‘Rupashree Scheme’ for the marriage
of poor girls?
Ans-West Bengal
Q53.Which country has become the world’s 2nd largest producer of mobile
phones?
Ans-India
Q54.When was the GST E-way Bill rolled-out in India?
Ans-1 April 2018
Q55.Who became the 1st female Head of UN political affairs?
Ans-Rosemary DiCarlo
Q56.Which state won the 2018 Santosh Trophy?
Ans-Kerala
Q57.How many Toilet facilities are provided at so far under Swachh Bharat
Mission?
Ans-192 Toilet facilities
Q58.Who takes charge as DGMO Of Indian Army?
Ans-Anil Chauhan
Q59.Which rank did India Slips On EIU Democracy Index?
Ans-42
Q60.Who is honored with Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman award?
Ans-Shesh Anand Madhukar
Q61.Which state wins Geospatial World Excellence Award 2018?
Ans-Odisha
Q62.Which country Lifts U-19 World Cup 2018?
Ans-India
Q63.Who wrote A Book Penned Down By PM Narendra Modi Released?
Ans-Exam Warriors
Q64.Which state government has decided to establish State Sanskrit Education
Council to improve the formal education of Sanskrit in the state?
Ans-Delhi
Q65.Which company launched the world’s first 5G commercial chip?
Ans-Huawei
Q66.Which city will host the 2020 Summer Olympics?
Ans-Tokyo
Q67.Name the Indian-American scientist, who has been granted over USD 1.1
million for cancer research?
Ans-Navin Varadarajan
Q68.In which state, the world’s largest solar park ‘Shakti Sthala’ was inaugurated?
Ans-Karnataka
Q69.What is the name of the interceptor boat which was delivered to Indian Coast
Guard by Bharati Defence and Infrastructure Ltd?
Ans-C-162
Q70.Which state government launched ‘Khushi’, a scheme that offers free sanitary
pads to 17 lakh girl students in the state?
Ans-Odisha
Q71.Which Space Organisation launched GOES-S, the world’s most advanced
weather satellites?
Ans-NASA
Q72.In which state of India, the food processing center will be launched, in
collaboration with Israel?
Ans-Mizoram
Q73.Who is the 1st Hindu woman to be elected to Pakistan’s Senate?
Ans-Krishna Kumari Kohli
Q74.In which Indian city, the 1st helicopter taxi service was launched?
Ans-Bengaluru
Q75.Name the Indian-origin British man has been selected for ‘Pride of
Birmingham’ award in the UK?
Ans-Harry Athwal
Q76.Name the Indian Architect who won the architecture’s highest honor – the
Pritzker Prize 2018 for the 1first time?
Ans-Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi
Q77.Who has become the 1st woman to be directly inducted as combat officer into
the ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police)?
Ans-Prakriti
Q78.Which are the 1st and only Union Territory of India to achieve full solar
energy efficiency?
Ans-Diu
Q79.Which state announced the ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Kosh’ scheme that will
offer pension to unmarried women above 50 years of age?
Ans-Madhya Pradesh
Q80.Which railway station of Bengaluru became the first all-woman railway
station in South Western Railway zone?
Q81.Which country won the ‘Best Exhibitor Award’ at 2018 ITB – Berlin?
Ans-India
Q82.Which country unveiled the world’s biggest flag?
Ans-Bolivia
Q83.Which state’s forest department has recently launched an app to track and
fight forest fires during summer?
Ans-Odisha
Q84.Which state government has decided to ban the use of plastic from March 18,
2018?
Ans-Maharashtra
Q85.Which is the 1st country in the world to deploy blockchain technology in the
election process?
Ans-Sierra Leone
Q86.Which Union Ministry has banned plastics in all protected areas throughout
India, declaring them ‘plastic free zones’?
Ans-Environment Ministry
Q87.Name the 1st woman lawyer to be appointed as Supreme Court judge directly
from the bar?
Ans-Indu Malhotra
Q88.Who has been elected as the new president of Paraguay?
Ans-Mario Abdo Benitez
Q89.Which High Court has become the 1st court in south India and eighth in India
to introduce e-court fee payment facility?
Ans-Madras High Court
Q90.Name the person who has become the 1st woman firefighter appointed by
Airports Authority of India?
Q91.Which country banned the use of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies by its
banks and financial institutions?
Ans-Canada
Q92.Who received the best actor (male) award in the Dadasaheb Phalke
Excellence Awards 2018?
Ans-Shahid Kapoor
Q93.Who received the Pride of Indian cinema award in the Dadasaheb Phalke
Excellence Awards 2018?
Ans-Sanjay Dutt
Q94.Which gram panchayat has been declared as the best panchayat in India by
the central government?
Ans-Digambarpur gram panchayat, West Bengal
Q95.Name the world’s oldest person who died in southern Japan at the age of 117,
on April 22, 2018?
Ans-Nabi Tajima
Q96.Who has won the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix?
Ans-Daniel Ricciardo
Q97.Who has been appointed as the new Flag Officer, Indian Coast Guard (West
Region)?
Ans-Vijay Chafekar
Q98.Name the person who has become the 1st rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for
music?.
Ans-Kendrick Lamar
Q99.As per the report of Randstad Insights, which is the highest paying city in
India?
Ans-Bengaluru
Q100.Who has been appointed as the new Coast Guard Commander (Eastern
Seaboard)?
Ans-KR Nautiyal