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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 11. 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. 110. Name the T20 cricket league that is popular in Tamil Nadu. 111. Name the first lady of USA as of 2019. © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 9
112. What is the financial term given for the act of stripping a currency unit of its status as legal tender? 113. Name the first Indian company in which the Internet giant Alibaba has invested. 114. Name the brand ambassador for Swachh Rail Mission. 115. Name the first Sikh Senator of Canada. 116. Which company got the top place in the 2018 Forbes list of best companies? 117. Which state’s 2018 Republic Day theme was ‘sangat and pangat’? 118. Name the country that honoured the Indian president with highest civilian award, the Grand Order of the King of Tomislav. 119. Name the world’s largest digital national building initiative. 120. Which country hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup? 121. Which country will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup? 122. Name the country that will host the 2023 Cricket World Cup. 123. Name the stadium that hosted the finals of 2019 Cricket World Cup. 124. Name the two union territories that were born out of the state of Jammu and Kashmir? 125. Who won the Global Teacher Prize for 2019? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 10
126. Which UNESCO site in the boreal forest of the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario was named also as a biosphere reserve? 127. What is the total number of members in the International Cricket Council? 128. Name the hurricane that hit the east coast of the USA in September 2018, prompting the evacuation of over a million people. 129. What event in Chicago marked the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s famous speech at the Parliament of World Religions? 130. Name the traditional art of story-telling from South India that is being revived. 131. Who is the Pakistani politician whose wife Begum Kulsoom passed away due to cancer in London? 132. Name the Indian state that passed a bill in the assembly to detect illegal foreigners. 133. Name the state that hosted the 43rd Khajuraho Dance Festival. 134. Name the tribe that annually celebrates the Hundred Drums Wangala festival in Meghalaya. 135. What is the name of the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo? 136. Name the first Indian woman cricketer to play in the England T20 league. 137. Which is the host city of the 2018 Chess Olympiad? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 11
138. Which country won the 2019 Sultan Azlan Shah cup? 139. Name the first law-maker of Indian origin in Australia who took his oath on the Bhagavad Gita. 140. Name the Sikh Guru whose 550th birth anniversary was celebrated in November 2019. 141. Name the place that will be developed as the Spiritual Capital of India. 142. Who is the first Sri Lankan cricketer inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame? 143. What is the name of the Indian Navy operation that helped flood victims in Kerala during the 2018 monsoon floods? 144. Name the first Green Rail corridor in India. 145. Where is the Centre of Excellence for Internet of Things (IoT) located in India? 146. According to the UN World Tourism Organization, which country ranked #1 as the most- visited country in the world in 2017? 147. Which country’s Bureau of Statistics reports that the country’s population has hit the 25 million mark in August 2018? 148. What is the renamed capital of Kazakhstan? 149. Which Nobel Prize was not awarded in 2018 for the first time in 70 years? 150. Where is the first Rice Technology Park set up in India? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 12
151. Which annual prize in Mahatma Gandhi’s name was not announced from 2015-2018? 152. Who is the winner of the 2018 Tour de France cycle race? 153. Name the twin national heritage cities of India. 154. Name the Indian women lawyers who are included as the Time’s 100 most influential people in 2019. 155. Name the world’s largest marine protected area. 156. Which was the first bank in India to launch contactless credit and debit cards? 157. Name the first inter-state river-linking project in India. 158. Who won the Women’s Singles title at the 2018 French Open tournament? 159. Name the country that will host the T20 World Cup in 2020. 160. Who has been picked as the new leader of Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, assuming his position as of September 2019? 161. Name the President of European Parliament who got elected in July 2019. 162. Name the new web browser that was launched by Microsoft, thereby replacing Internet Explorer as the default browser on all the devices. 163. What is the name of India’s oldest nuclear research reactor, the first in Asia, which is being upgraded and re-commissioned? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 13
164. Name the new missile-destroyer ship developed by the Indian Navy. 165. Name the Supreme Commander of North Korea as of 2019. 166. Name the country that has filed a case against Microsoft over alleged violation of competition laws. 167. Name the Google open source machine learning framework. 168. Name the German company that was acquired by Tesla to boost electric car manufacturing. 169. Name the President of Sri Lanka as of 2019. 170. Name the Indian reality show where contestants are locked in a common house and can be eliminated by public votes. 171. Who is the Vice-President of USA as of 2019? 172. Who is the first Indian to win a Golf Ladies European Tour event? 173. What do Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Kamala Harris and Pramila Jayapal have in common? 174. Who is the first woman President of the Confederation of Indian Industries? 175. With which sport is Nico Rosberg associated? 176. Name the highest civilian honour of Canada. 177. What is the name given to the world’s first malaria vaccine? 178. What is the name of NASA’s most advanced space laser that will reveal the depths of Earth’s melting ice? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 14
179. Which musical genre originated from the African American communities of New Orleans, USA, in the late 1800s to the early 1900s? 180. What outfit worn by Serena Williams at the 2018 French Open tennis tournament has been banned from that venue? 181. Name the two small moons of Mars. 182. Real Madrid is a sports club featuring which sport? 183. Which technology will first be used to increase security in venues at the 2020 Olympics? 184. What was the pen name of the famous Indian lyricist, poet and film director named Sampooran Singh Kalra, who received the Padma Bhushan, Academy Award and Grammy Award? 185. Whose birth anniversary on October 31, 2018 was celebrated with the unveiling of his statue, which will be the world’s tallest statue? 186. Name the national legislature of Sweden, which underwent general elections in 2018. 187. Bindeshwar Pathak is the founder of which social service organisation that focuses on environmental sanitation, health and hygiene and human rights, and is the largest non-profit organisation in India? 188. Which city was the centre of new protests on the first anniversary of the vote for Catalan independence from Spain? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 15
189. Which Act in Assam has been extended for another 6 months to maintain law and order in the state? 190. With which global giant did the Archaeological Society of India tie up for giving virtual tours of major Indian monuments? 191. Name the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2019. 192. Name the Indian origin Prime Minister of Ireland as of 2019. 193. Name the two districts of the newly formed union territory of Ladakh. 194. Who is the first Indian High Court Judge to retire while absconding? 195. Name the first woman to lead the Scotland Yard police force. 196. What is the expansion for ICC, the international organisation that has the power to prosecute individuals for international crimes of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity? 197. Which Asian country celebrated its 70th anniversary with a military parade without displaying its international ballistic missiles? 198. Who won the Men’s Singles Title at the 2018 French Open tournament? 199. What is the name of India’s indigenously developed combat-capable drone, also known as TAPAS 201? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 16
200. In which state is the newly developed flight test range for the testing of UAVs and manned aircraft located? 201. What is the name of the alliance of 121 solar resource-rich tropical countries lying fully or partially between the two tropics and who are also UN members? 202. Which country was badly affected by a devastating earthquake and tsunami in September 2018? 203. Which Bollywood actress is being honoured after her death with a statue in Switzerland? 204. Which country launched the world’s first pulsar navigation satellite or spacecraft XPNAV-1? 205. Which social networking company has launched a Digital Literacy Library? 206. Which police department has inducted India’s first all-woman SWAT team for anti-terrorist operations? 207. Name the person who became the 13th President of Pakistan in September 2018. 208. What kind of animal was Freedom Baby, the first of its kind to be born in captivity in India? 209. What is the expansion of NEET, the exam for students wishing to enter graduate programmes in medicine and dentistry in India? 210. Which is the world’s first public health treaty under the World Health Organisation (WHO)? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 17
211. What is the name of the world’s first hydrogen- powered and zero-emission passenger train unveiled in Germany? 212. Which natural disaster was avoided by an 1854 event called Inamura-no-hi, leading to the designation of its first World Awareness Day? 213. Which country established the Belt and Road Initiative, formerly the One Belt and One Road Initiative, to boost its connectivity and trade across Asia, Africa, and Europe? 214. As per the Paris Agreement, what is the limit of the global temperature rise that must be complied with by participating countries by the year 2100? 215. Name the first country that has voted to leave the European Union. 216. A new variety of aerogel—transparent, heat- resistant and super-insulating—was developed from a waste product. What was this waste product? 217. Name the world’s largest airborne observatory that deducted the first molecule (helium hydride) of the universe. 218. Name the largest moon of Saturn planet that has liquid methane lakes. 219. What is the name of the micro-satellite launched by China from its space lab, nicknamed ‘Selfie Stick’? 220. What is the expansion of the term NOTA, seen on ballot papers in elections? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 18
221. What record low mark did the rupee fall to against the US dollar in August 2018? 222. In which Indian city was the world’s largest solar park launched in March 2018? 223. Who has been appointed as the 2018 brand ambassador of the government’s road safety campaigns? 224. On what day is United Nations Day observed globally? 225. Who was crowned as Miss World at the 67th Miss World pageant? 226. The garbage accumulated at the Ghazipur landfill of Delhi is fast approaching the height of which famous Delhi monument? 227. Name the author of the book, ‘Indira Gandhi—A Life in Nature’. 228. Name the newly formed commercial organization of ISRO to scale up industry participation in Indian Space Programmes. 229. Name the Indian cricketer who equaled the world record for hitting seven consecutive half centuries in test cricket. 230. Name the country that supplied JF-17 fighter aircraft to Pakistan Air Force. 231. Who was crowned as Miss Universe at the Miss Universe pageant held at the end of 2017? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 19
232. What is another name for the term ENDS, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, which have been banned in many Indian states? 233. Name the author of the book, ‘The People’s President: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’. 234. Which company was the first to transmit data wireless, at 20 Gbps over 13.2 km? 235. What is the technology used for transmitting high speed data in Gbps, wireless over long distances? 236. Who was President of the Jury at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival? 237. Name the first banking humanoid robot that was launched by City Union Bank in Chennai. 238. Name the first woman in Indian Air Force to qualify for combat missions. 239. What is the full strength of Judges in the Supreme Court of India? 240. Who became the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam tennis event by winning the 2018 US Open Women’s Singles title? 241. Name the athlete who left the Real Madrid club to join the Italian Juventus club. 242. What is the name of the roundest known space object identified by astronomers? 243. What does the technique called asteroseismology measure? 244. What type of illness is now permitted to be covered under medical insurance policies? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 20
245. Which products now have a logo with a tagline that reads ‘Invaluable Treasures of Incredible India’? 246. Which vital biological process of the planet have scientists boosted using genetic modification to produce more food from sunlight? 247. Name the video game that is being used by dementia researchers to test navigational skills in Alzheimer’s patients. 248. What is the name of the bilateral military exercise conducted yearly between the armies of India and Mongolia? 249. Who was the first female brand ambassador for the campaign ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’? 250. Who is the fastest batsman to reach 20,000 runs in international cricket? 251. Name the WHO goodwill ambassador for hepatitis. 252. Name the company that is planning to launch thousands of satellites into space to provide high-speed global Internet coverage. 253. Name the Chief Executive of Tesla as of 2019. 254. What is the name of Jeffrey Bezos’ aerospace company, whose goal is to enable ordinary humans to have access to space? 255. Which Bollywood actress is the brand ambassador for the government’s Skill India campaign in 2018? 256. Which company is the owner of the Jio4G network? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 21
257. How many languages does the BBC World Service aim to be available in? 258. How much data can be stored in a dual-layer Blu- ray disc? 259. Which music composer has been selected as the official 2018 brand ambassador of Sikkim? 260. Who was one of the winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics, becoming the first woman in 55 years to get a Nobel Prize in any field? 261. Which Japanese Prime Minister was re-elected as leader of his party, allowing him to continue as Japan’s leader for a third time? 262. Who is appointed as the new chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) in June 2019? 263. Name the movie that won the best motion picture at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards. 264. Name the Best Actress winner at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards. 265. Name the operation that is being re-introduced as part of the counter-terror action in Kashmir. 266. Name the country that has officially withdrawn its membership from the International Criminal Court in 2019. 267. The International Olympics Committee’s inauguration of its new headquarters in Switzerland coincides with which anniversary of the organization? 268. Name the world’s largest aircraft carrier that was commissioned by the US Navy. © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 22
269. What is the code name given for Balakot Airstrike? 270. Which satellite along with ABS became the world’s first electric satellites launched into Earth’s orbit? 271. Which country hosted the T20 Cricket World Cup for the Blind in 2017? 272. Which team was the winner in the 2017 Pro Kabaddi tournament for the third time? 273. Name the Punjabi writer and poet whose 100th birth centenary year was celebrated in 2019. 274. Who is the Chief of Army Staff of India as of 2019? 275. What is the estimated population of India as of August 2019? © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 23
ANSWERS:
1. Switzerland 39. Ranjan Gogoi
2. James McCloughan 40. 24th October
3. 2021 41. TCS
4. KRAS 42. High jump
5. US and Israel 43. Nitin Sathe
6. Facebook 44. Rafale jets
7. Mark-III 45. Jokha Alharthi
8. Zimbabwe 46. Brazil
9. Chandrayaan-1 47. Ross Sea
10. Pakyong 48. Oxytocin
11. Ram Nath Kovind 49. Neil Armstrong
12. Vinod Khanna 50. Japan
13. Lula 51. SpaceX
14. Roger Federer 52. 1st October
15. Rajgir 53. South Korea
16. Madhya Pradesh Tourism 54. Cyril Ramaphosa
17. Softbank 55. Murga
18. Watch 56. 1st October
19. Atletico Madrid 57. Bengaluru International Airport
20. 2016 58. Prajna Chowta
21. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 59. Rafael Nadal
22. Ruskin Bond 60. 2018 Winter Olympics
23. Bogibeel Bridge 61. Antonio Guterres
24. TJS George 62. Telangana
25. Climate Action 63. Hima Das
26. London 64. 24 degree Celsius (24 C)
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27. Azerbaijan 65. November 5, 2016
28. Sri Lanka 66. Ahmedabad
29. Zabivaka 67. Japan
30. Mount Etna 68. Aber
31. Karnataka 69. Bob Woodward
32. Mathura 70. England
33. Prof S.P. Ganguly 71. 4th January
34. Vadodara 72. Jammu and Kashmir
35. Big Bird (GSAT – 11) 73. New Delhi
36. Vijay Lokapally 74. Article 370
37. Indu Malhotra 75. Macedonia
38. Andhra Pradesh 76. Thiruvaiyaru, Tamilnadu
© Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 2477. Samantha Express 116. Walt Disney 78. Priyanka Chopra 117. Punjab 79. 10th January 118. Croatia 80. Japan 119. Smart India Hackathon 81. Tashigang(Himachal Pradesh) 120. Russia 82. .cn (China) 121. Qatar 83. Himachal Pradesh 122. India 84. Kerala 123. Lord’s 85. Mascots of the 2018 Asian Games 124. Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh 86. Dr. B. K. Misra 125. Peter Tabichi, Kenya 87. Sandbox 126. Pimachiowin Aki 88. Rikako Ikee 127. 104 89. Bhavnagar, Gujarat 128. Hurricane Florence 90. Scotland 129. World Hindu Conference 91. Mithali Raj 130. Harikatha 92. Rajasthan 131. Nawaz Sharif 93. Parimarjan Negi 132. Mizoram 94. Bengaluru Raptors 133. Madhya Pradesh 95. Keshav Dutt and Prasun Banerjee 134. Garo tribe 96. Vinoo Mankad 135. Someity 97. 24th January 136. Harmanpreet Kaur 98. Mosquito bites 137. Batumi, Georgia 99. Jammu and Kashmir 138. South Korea 100. Mysuru-Varanasi Express 139. Daniel Mookhey 101. South Africa 140. Guru Nanak 102. Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai 141. Bodh Gaya 103. Naomi Osaka 142. Mutiah Muralitharan 104. Alia Bhatt 143. Operation Madad 105. POTUS 144. Rameswaram-Manamadurai 106. Miraitowa section 107. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 145. Bengaluru 108. Apple Inc. 146. France 109. Psyche 147. Australia 110. TNPL 148. Nursultan 111. Melania Trump 149. Nobel Literature Prize 112. Demonetisation 150. Gangavati, Karnataka 113. Paytm 151. International Gandhi Peace Prize 114. Bindheswar Pathak 152. Geraint Thomas 115. Sarabjit Singh Marwah 153. Rishikesh, Haridwar © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 25
154. Menaka Guruswamy and 191. Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud Arundhati Katju 192. Leo Varadkar 155. Antarctica’s Ross Sea 193. Kargil and Leh 156. ICICI Bank 194. Justice C S Karnan 157. Ken-Betwa link 195. Cressida Dick 158. Simona Halep 196. International Criminal Court 159. Australia 197. North Korea 160. Daniel Zhang 198. Rafael Nadal 161. David Sassoli 199. Rustom-II 162. Microsoft Edge 200. Karnataka 163. Apsara 201. International Solar Alliance (ISA) 164. INS Imphal 202. Indonesia 165. Kim Jong-un 203. Sridevi 166. Russia 204. China 167. TensorFlow 205. Facebook 168. Grohmann Engineering 206. Delhi 169. Maithripala Sirisena 207. Arif Alvi 170. Bigg Boss 208. Humboldt Penguin 171. Mike Pence 209. National Eligibility cum Entrance 172. Aditi Ashok Test 173. All are Americans of Indian origin 210. Framework Convention on who were elected to the US Congress Tobacco Control (FCTC) 174. Shobana Kamineni 211. Coradia Lint 175. Grand Prix motor racing 212. Tsunami 176. Order of Merit 213. China 177. RTS,S (Mosquirix) 214. 2 degrees C. 178. ICESat-2 215. The United Kingdom 179. Jazz 216. Beer Waste 180. Catsuit 217. SOFIA 181. Phobos and Deimos 218. Titan 182. Football 219. Banxing-2 183. Facial Recognition Technology 220. None of the Above 184. Gulzar 221. Rs. 70 185. SardarVallabhbhai Patel 222. Pavagada, Karnataka 186. Riksdag 223. Akshay Kumar 187. Sulabh International 224. 24th October 188. Barcelona 225. Manushi Chhillar of India 189. Armed Forces Special Powers Act 226. Qutb Minar (AFSPA) 227. Jairam Ramesh 190. Google 228. NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 26
229. K.L. Rahul 265. CASO 230. China 266. The Philippines 231. Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of South 267. 125th anniversary of Olympic Africa Games revival 232. e-cigarettes 268. USS Gerald R. Ford 233. S.M. Khan 269. Operation Bandar 234. Facebook 270. EUTELSAT 115 West B 235. Milli Metre Waves (MMW) 271. India technology 272. Patna Pirates 236. Cate Blanchett 273. Amrita Pritam 237. Lakshmi 274. General Bipin Rawat 238. Bhawana Kanth 275. 137 Crores 239. 34 240. Naomi Osaka 241. Cristiano Ronaldo 242. Kepler 11145123 243. The study of how stars pulsate or oscillate 244. Mental illness 245. Geographical Indication (GI) certified products 246. Photosynthesis 247. Sea Hero Quest 248. Nomadic Elephant 249. Anushka Sharma 250. Virat Kohli 251. Amitabh Bachchan 252. SpaceX 253. Elon Musk 254. Blue Origin 255. Anushka Sharma 256. Reliance Communications 257. 40 258. 50 GB 259. A. R. Rahman 260. Donna Strickland 261. Shinzo Abe 262. Samant Kumar Goel 263. Bohemian Rhapsody 264. Glenn Close © Orient BlackSwan. All rights reserved Page 27
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