Note 15 :Current Affairs 2018 January
CURRENT AFFAIRS JANUARY
2018
PREVIOUS
AND EXPECTED QUESTIONS
1)
What was the theme of the 8th
National Voters’ Day? Ans: Accessible Elections
2)
Who has become first woman chairman
of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)?
Ans: Usha
Ananthasubramanian
3)
India’s first garbage fest ’Kachra
Mahotsav 2018’ has organized by which state? Ans: Chhattisgarh
4)
Who
was recently appointed as the ambassador of India to the Republic of
Angola? Ans: Sreekumar Menon
5)
Who became the first Indian to win an
international medal in skiing? Ans:
Aanchal Thakur
6)
hich Indian cricketer has been
nominated for the Padma Bhushan award for the year 2018? Ans : Mahendra Singh Dhoni
7)
Which railway station on Central
Railway (CR) manned by a staff of 41 women has entered the Limca Book of
Records for being first all-women railway station in India? Ans: Matunga
8)
Which country will host the
ministerial meeting of International Energy Forum 2018? Ans: India
9)
India's first National Park for
differently abled people inaugurated in……………..Ans: Hyderabad
10)
The 48th World Economic Forum annual
meeting was held in this city - Ans: Davos in Switzerland
11)
Archaeologists discovered the World's
Biggest Flooded Cave in which nation – Ans: Mexico
12)
In which country became the first to
enforce equal pay for women and men - Ans: Iceland]
13)
22nd chief Election
Commissioner of India…….
Ans : Om Prakash Rawat
14)
Ex-football superstar George Weah has
been elected as the new president of which country ? Ans: Liberia
15)
Which of the following has become the
first Indian Metro to get a floating market?
Ans: Kolkata
16)
Which of the following has become the
India’s first indigenously developed vaccine to be pre-qualified by World
Health Organization (WHO)? Ans: Rotavac
17)
What is the India’s rank in the 2018
Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI)?
Ans: 81st
18)
Who has taken charge as new Director
of ISRO’s Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC)? Ans: V Narayanan
19)
Who has been honoured with the
India’s highest peacetime military decoration “Ashoka Chakra” at the 69th
Republic Day? Ans: Jyoti Prakash Nirala
20)
Which state’s tableau has won the
best tableau award at the 69th Republic Day Parade 2018? Ans: Maharashtra
21)
The 2018 National Immunisation Day
(NID) is celebrated on which date in India?
Jan 28
22)
Who has won the 2018 men’s Singles
title in the Australian Open 2018? Roger
Federer
23)
The 26th edition of annual World Book
Fair-2018 was held Ans: New Delhi
24)
The New Zealand cricketer who has
become the first in the world to score 3 centuries in international T20
matches? Ans: Colin Munro
25)
4th India International Science
Festival -2018 to be held in… Ans: Lucknow
26)
India’s fastest supercomputer
‘Pratyush’ established at …Ans: Pune’s IITM
27)
Maitre-2 bus services to connect
India and…….. Ans:Bangladesh
28)
Endangered ‘bird language’ has
entered the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is belong to which
country? Ans: Turkey
29)
Who has been appointed a new foreign
secretary of India? Ans : Vijay Keshav Gokhale
30)
Which cricket team has won the 2017
Ranji Trophy tournament? Ans: Vidarbha
31)
Which union minister has launched an
online portal NARI for the empowerment of women? Ans: Menaka Gandhi
32)
The 171st Araadhanai Music Festival
(AMF) has started in which state? Ans: Tamil nadu
33)
Which Container Port has won the 2017
“Samudra Manthan – Caring Organisation of the Year” award? Ans: Jawaharlal
Nehru Port Trust
34)
The first draft of National Register
of Citizens (NRC) has released for which state? Ans: Assam
35)
The 2018 Mylapore festival has
started in which state? Ans: Tamilnadu
36)
Which state to host the 3rd edition
of the Science Film Festival of India (SCI-FFI 2018)? Ans: Goa
37)
What is the theme of the 22nd
National Youth Festival (NYF-2018)? Ans: Sankalp Se Siddhi
38)
Which state to host the 39th National
Games in 2022? Ans: Megalaya
39)
The 2018 International Kite Festival
(Uttarayan) has launched in which city of Gujarat? Ans:
Ahmedabad
40)
Which city to host World Sweet
Festival (WSF-2018)? Ans: Hydrabad
41)
Which country has won the 30th
edition of the Hopman Cup tournament 2018?
Ans: Switzerland
42)
Which of the following has become the
India’s first city to have a common mobility card for rides on public buses and
the metro? Ans: Delhi
43)
The world’s largest Ice festival has
started in which country? Ans: China
44)
he 2018 World Hindi Day (WHD) is
observed on which date? Jan 10
45)
The Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
2018 was held at Ans: Marina Bay Sands,
Singapore.
46)
Which country’s team has won the 5th
edition of Blind Cricket World Cup 2018 – Ans: India
47)
Which country will host the 6th
edition of ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018 - West Indies Winner: Australia, Runners up: England
48)
Who won the ICC Test Cricketer of the
Year award? Ans:Steve smith
49)
48) Who
won the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year award?
Ans: Virat Kohli
50)
Which Indian bank has tied up with
National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) for
assisting SC families? Ans:PNB
51)
Which Country has built the world’s
largest Air Purifier to fight pollution?
Ans: China
52)
Who has become the first woman lawyer
to be directly promoted as a judge of the Supreme Court (SC)? Ans: ] Indu Malhotra
53)
SRO has successfully launched 100th satellite Cartosat 2 Series into space from which
launch vehicle? Ans: PSLV C40
54)
The two middle-eastern countries
which decided to introduce 5% VAT for the first time from 01 Jan 2018 Ans: UAE
and Saudi Arabia
55)
A Super Moon, Blue Moon and a total
lunar eclipse was observed on? Ans: 31st January 2018
56)
Which of the following has become the
India’s first railway station to have sanitary napkin vending machine? Ans: Bhopal
57)
Indian Govt declared 2018 as year of
….. Ans: Millets
58)
Samanwaya Scheme to help transgenders
.In which state is launched…….. Ans:
Kerala
59)
63rd Filmfare Awards,Best Actor
(Male): Ans: Irrfan Khan for Hindi Medium
60)
63rd Filmfare Awards, Best film: Hindi Medium
61)
60) 63rd
Filmfare Awards, Best Actor (Fenmale):Ans: Vidya Balan for Tumhari Sulu
62)
Imperfect book written by……Ans: Sanjay Manjrekar
63)
Who has been selected to be honored
with the fifth Yash Chopra Memorial Award? Ans: Asha Bosle
64)
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist
twho has been selected for the first World Press Photographer Prize, instituted
by the Kerala Media Academy. Ans: Nick
Ut
65)
Citizen Delhi: My Life My Times
written by - Sheila Dikshit
66)
Which city is hosting the Ramayana
Festival of ASEAN Countries? Ans Newdelhi
67)
Who is the author of the book “The
Heartfulness Way”?Ans Kamlesh Patel
68)
Soloman Deksisa has won the 15th
edition of Mumbai Marathon 2018. He hails from which country? Ans Ethopia
69)
Which state has recently inaugurated
the World War II Memorial Museum? Ans :Arunachal Pradesh
70)
What is the theme of the 48th annual
meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF-2018)? Ans Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World
71)
What is the India’s rank in the 2018
Environmental Performance Index (EPI)? Ans
177nth
72)
The 2018 National Girl Child Day
(NGCD) is celebrated on which date in India? Ans:Jan24
73)
Which Bollywood personality has been
honoured with the 24th Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum (WEF-2018)? Ans Shah Rukh Khan
74)
Rachel Morrison has become the first
female cinematographer to be nominated for Oscar 2018. She hails from which
country? Ans usa
75)
What is the India’s rank in the 2018
Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI)?
Ans 81
76)
The Union Government has recently
allowed which scheme for Small Finance Banks and Payments Banks? Ans Atal Pension Yojana
77) Who has been sworn-in as the new
President of the Republic of Honduras?
Ans : Juan Orlando Hernandez
78)
Who has been elected as the new
President of Finland? Ans Sauli Niinisto
79) Which country has become the first one
to be connected to India's National Knowledge Network? Ans Srilanka
80) Sangarai dance from Tripura to debut
at rajpat on 69th republic day.
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