C u r R e n t A f f a i r s

DECEMBER 2018

DEFENCE OFFICERS ACADEMY

D-22 , NEHRU COLONY ,OPPOSITE CENTRAL

EXCISE OFFICE , DEHRADUN , UTTARAKHAND

PHONE : 7060503010

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Ab o u t d e f e n c e o f f i c e r s a c a d e my

A L ITTLE BIT ABOUT

DEFENCE OFFICERS

ACADEMY

Defence Officers Academy is a

premier Defence coaching institute

in Nehru Colony , Dehradun which

prepares candidates for various

examinations for entrance to

schools and institutions such as

RIMC , Sainik Schools , RMS , NDA ,

IMA/OTA , AFCAT and ACC .

Established in 2015 with an aim to

provide high quality

transformational training to

students , Defence Officers Academy

trains to improve their individual

performance so that their full

potential can be reached and they

can do best possible in the entrance

exams .

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V i s i o n & M i s s i o n

Vision : To provide best training

to the young candidates so that

they can join the defence

schools and to produce

employable resource for

defence sector . We aim to

remain source of inspiration for

society to make the future

better with the help of our

knowledge , imagination and

innovation .

Motto : The motto of Defence

Officers Academy is “ Dhairya

Se Jeet “ and the training

provided to students makes

them walk on path of

continuous improvement to

achieve victory with patience .

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1). Which Indian philanthropist has been bestowed with the highest French civilian distinction

Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur?

a) Azim Premji b)Shiv Nadar c) P. N. C. Menon d)Kushal Pal Singh

2). The bilateral naval exercise ‘Konkan 18’ has started between India and which country?

a) Japan b) Singapore c) Indonesia d) United Kingdom

3). The air force units of India & which country are scheduled to participate in exercise ‘Cope India

2019 (CI19)’?

a) South Africa b) United States c) China d) Maldives

4). Which country has become the first NATO nation to appoint a female Chief of Armed Forces?

a) Slovenia b) Belgium c) Italy d) Luxembourg

5). Who has become the first Indian to won the ISSF’s highest shooting honour ‘Blue Cross’?

a) Gagan Narang b) Jitu Rai c) Abhinav Bindra d) Vijay Kumar

6). What is the theme of the 2018 World AIDS Day (WAD)?

A) On the fast track to end AIDS b) Hands up for HIV prevention

c) Know your status d) My Health, My Right

7). Which country will chair the Kimberley Process (KP) from January 2019?

a) China b) Belgium c) India d) United States

8). India’s first owl festival was held in which of the following cities?

a) Udaipur b) Lucknow c) Pune d) Kolkata

9). Who is the author of the book “Architecture of Justice: A Pictorial Walk-through of the Supreme

Courts and High Courts of India”?

a) Kuldip Singh b) Vinay Thakur c) Nageswara Rao d) S. Chandra Roy

10). Which Northeast state of India has recently signed pact with Estonian academy on e-

governance?

a) Assam b) Nagaland c) Tripura d) Mizoram

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11). Which of the following cities is the venue of the UN Climate Summit (COP24)?

a) Ottawa b) Brasilia c) Katowice d) Santiago

12). Recently, it was in news that India will host the G20 summit in 2022. Which of the following is

not a member of G-20?

a) Spain b) Canada c) Saudi Arabia d) Turkey

13). Cyril Ramaphosa, who is expected to be the chief guest at 2019 Republic Day of India is

President of which African country?

a) Morocco b) South Africa c) Ghana d) Senegal

14).Which of the following words has been declared People’s Word of 2018 by Cambridge

Dictionary?

a) Nomophobia b) No-platforming c) Gender gap d) Ecocide

15). What is the name of India’s first locomotive-less train, which was recently in news?

a) Train 21 b) Train 18 c) Train 11 d) Train 36

16). Which country has recently decided to withdraw its membership from OPEC as of January

2019?

a) Kuwait b) Qatar c) Venezuela d) Saudi Arabia

17). The “rakhi with khaki” initiative of which police station of Chhattisgarh holds the Guinness

World Records?

a) Raipur Police b) Bhilai Police c) Bilaspur Police d) Korba Police

18). Which of the following theatre level maritime war exercise will be conducted by Indian Navy?

a) Sagar Kavach b) Avardhan c) Sea Vigil d) TROPEX

19). EX SHINYUU Maitri-2018 has started between India and which country?

a) South Korea b) Sri Lanka c) Japan d) China

20). Who has been honoured with the 2018 Men’s Ballon d’Or award?

a) Lionel Messi b) Cristiano Ronaldo c) Luka Modric d) Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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21). Who has clinched India’s first-ever International medal in Ultra Running?

a) Sunil Sharma b) LL Meena c) Ullas Narayan d) K S Jha

22). India’s longest rail-road bridge ‘Bogibeel Bridge’ has built over which of the following rivers?

a) Ganga b) Godavari c) Yamuna d) Brahmaputra

23). Which of the followin g is the India’s heaviest communication satellite i.e. recently launched

successfully from French Guiana?

a) GSAT-10 b) GSAT-17 c) GSAT-11 d) GSAT-9

24). Who is the author of the book ‘Blue Waters Ahoy!’?

a) Anup Singh b) Sunil Lanba c) Robin K Dhowan d) Devendra Kumar Joshi

25). Kandhamal Haldi, which is in news for its GI tag, is produce in which of the following states?

a) Jharkhand b) Tripura c) Odisha d) West Bengal

26). Which Indian Armed Force has recently conducted ‘Ex Clean Sea-2018’ at sea off Port Blair?

a) Indian Navy b) Indian Air Force c) Indian Army d) Indian Coast Guard

27). Who among the following have won the IAAF Athletes of the Year award recently?

a) Eliud Kipchoge b) Caterine Ibarguen c) Both A and B d) Valerie Adams

28). Which short story writer has bagged 2018 Sahitya Academy Award for the Kashmiri

language?

a) Rehman Rahi b) Mushtaq Ahmad Tantray c) Nayantara Sahgal d) Rahman Abbas

29). Which country’s government has recently enacted controversial law to accept foreign blue-

collar workers?

a) Indonesia b) South Korea c) North Korea d) Japan

30). Which country is set become the world’s first country to make all its public transport free by

2019?

a) Laos b) Venezuela c) Vietnam d) Luxembourg

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31). Ajay Rohera, who has created world record for highest first-class debut score in cricket

history, is from which state?

a) Rajasthan b) Uttar Pradesh c) Madhya Pradesh d) Jharkhand

32). Which of the following states has become the India’s first state to have four international

airports?

a) Tamil Nadu b) Maharashtra c) West Bengal d) Kerala

33). Who has won the trophy of Mister Supranational 2018?

a) Prathamesh Maulingkar b) Jitesh Singh Deo c) Vishnu Raj Menon d) Kawaljit Anand Singh

34). On which date India Navy celebrated the Submarine Day?

a) December 10 b) December 11 c) December 8 d) December 9

35). What is the name of China mission launched to the far side of the Moon recently?

a) Chang ‘e-4’ b) Tang ‘e-9’ c) Karman d) Lunar ‘e-4’

36). Who has become the youngest Indian golfer to win Asian Tour Order Of Merit?

a) Shubhankar Sharma b) Shiv Kapur c) Aditi Ashok d) Arjun Atwal

37). Which of the following district Courts will become the first in India to accept e-payments?

a) Delhi b) Pune c) Kolkata d) Chennai

38). Which of the following has become the new district of Arunachal Pradesh?

a) Lepa Rada b) Pakke-Kessang c) Manigong d) Shi Yomi

39). Who is the newly appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

a) Arvind Panagariya b) Shaktikanta Das c) Kaushik Basu d) Rajiv Mehrishi

40). Which Indian sportsperson has been honoured with Meethoileima title?

a) Heena Sidhu b) Mirabai Chanu c) Mary Kom d) Neeraj Chopra

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41). Indo-China joint military exercise ‘Hand-in-Hand’ has started in which of the following

locations?

a) Chengdu b) Tianjin c) Guangzhou d) Hangzhou

42). Who has been appointed as new SWIFT India Chairman?

a) Sunil MehtaRavi b) Venkatesan c) Arundhati Bhattacharya d) Girish Chandra Chaturvedi

43). Which Indian Armed Force has conducted its first-ever exercise ‘CROSS BOW-18’?

a) Indian Navy b) Indian Coast Guard c) Indian Air Force d) Indian Army

44). Who has been selected for the Best Woman Parliamentarian (Rajya Sabha) for 2018?

a) Nirmala Sitharaman b) Smriti Irani c) Roopa Ganguly d) Kanimozhi

45). Under which article of the constitution, the member of UPSC shall be appointed by the

President?

a) Article-315 b) Article-318 c) Article-320 d) Article-316

46). Which high court has recently banned online sale of medicines across India?

a) Bombay b) Delhi c) Madras d) Kerala

47). Which country has em erged as the World’s No.2 arms producer, as per latest Swedish think

tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPTI) report?

a) China b) Russia c) United States d) United Kingdom

48). Which Indian start up has been honoured by UN Climate Action Award at the 2018 UN Climate

Change Conference (COP 24)?

a) EcoFemme b) Sustain Earth c) Help Us Green d) Sustain Earth

49). Which Atomic Power Station (APS) has created a world record for the longest uninterrupted

operation for 941 days?

a) Kaiga b) Kakrapar c) Kudankulam d) Kalpakkam

50). Who has been honoured with Jnanpith Award for 2018?

a) Krishna SobtiG. b) Sankara Kurup c) Raghuveer Chaudhari d) Amitav Ghosh

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51). The world’s first Floating Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) has become operational in which

country?

a) Russia b) France c) Japan d) United States

52). Who has been sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Mizoram?

a) Ch. Chhunga b) Lal Thanhawla c) Pu Zoramthanga d) Ṭhenphunga Sailo

53). Which Indian Armed Force (IAF) has launched Operation Oliva to safeguard turtles in

Odisha?

a) Indian Coast Guard b) Indian Army c) Indian Air force d) Indian Navy

54). Which state government has recently passed resolution to seek 33% reservation for women

in Parliament?

a) Punjab b) Haryana c) Karnataka d) Andhra Pradesh

55). Who has become the first Indian to lift Badminton World Federation World Tour Finals title?

a) Sania Nehwal b) PV Sindhu c) Ashwini Ponnappa d) N. Sikki Reddy

56). Which of the following Pakistani military officer had signed the instrument of surrender on 16

December 1971 after defeat in 1971 Indo-Pak war?

a) Yahya Khan b) Khaled Musharraf Mohammad

c) Hamidullah Khan d) Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi

57). Which neighboring country of India has banned all Indian currency notes above Rs 100?

a) Nepal b) Bhutan c) Bangladesh d) Sri Lanka

58). Who has been crowned the 67th Miss Universe 2018?

a) Tamaryn Green b) Catriona Elisa Gray c) Sthefany Gutierrez d) Demi Leigh Nel-Peters

59). Which country’s team has won the 2018 men’s Hockey World Cup?

a) Netherlands b) Belgium c) Australia d) England

60). Who has been crowned Miss India Worldwide 2018?

a) Anusha Sareen b) Sakshi Sinha c) Shree Saini d) Pragya Jaiswal

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61). India’s first military flight using blended bio-jet fuel has been successfully flown on which of

the following aircrafts?

a) AN-30 b) AN-32 c) AN-33 d) AN-34

62). Which woman law officer has been appointed as new Additional Solicitor General of India

(ASGI) in Supreme Court?

a) Mira Aggarwal b) Konamaneni Amareswari c) Madhavi Divan d) Pinky Anand

63). Which Indian film has been shortlisted for the 91st Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject

category?

a) How Far can you go for your art? b) In Defence of Freedom

c) The SchoolBag d) Period. End of Sentence

64). Who has been elected as Vice President Of FICCI for 2018-19?

a) Ayaz Memon b) Vikram Chandra c) Rahul Kanwal d) Uday Shankar

65). Which state has become the India’s first state to bring a law against ‘sextortion’?

a) Himachal Pradesh b) Jammu and Kashmir c) Manipur d) Arunachal Pradesh

66). Which of the following objects is the most-distant object ever spotted in our solar system?

a) Goblin b) Farout c) Biden d) Eris

67). The Postage Stamp on Rajkumar Shukla, which has been released by India Post, was

associated with which of the following historical events?

a) Kheda Satyagraha b) Dandi Satyagraha c) Champaran Satyagraha d) Vaikom Satyagraha

68). ISRO has successfully launched its military satellite ‘GSAT 7A’ through which launch

vehicle?

a) GSLV–F13 b) GSLV–F14 c) GSLV–F11 d) GSLV–F16

69). Which Indian politician is the author of the book “A Rural Manifesto – Realising India’s Future

through her Villages”?

a) Shashi Tharoor b) Jairam Ramesh c) Varun Gandhi d) Manmohan Singh

70). On which date, the 2018 National Mathematics Day (NMD) was observed in India recently?

a) December 21 b) December 23 c) December 22 d) December 24

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71). Who has been appointed the new coach of the Indian women’s cricket team?

a) Shantha Rangaswamy b) Kapil Dev c) Anshuman Gaekwad d) W V Raman

72). Which Indian politician is the author of the book “Changing India”?

a) Manmohan Singh b) Shashi Tharoor c) Varun Gandhi d) Pranab Mukherjee

73). Which country is the most deadliest place for journalists in 2018, as per latest report of

Reporters without Borders (RSF)?

a) Syria b) Yemen c) Afghanistan d) Iraq

74). India’s largest cancer hospital-cum-research facility has been launched in which of the

following states?

a) Himachal Pradesh b) Haryana c) Maharashtra d) Punjab

75). Which Indian woman has become the fastest Asian to cycle the globe?

a) Deborah Herold b) Vedangi Kulkarni c) Harsha Mishra d) Savitri Murmu

76). Which city of Tamil Nadu is to be venue of India’s first Music Museum?

a) Madurai b) Vellore c) Thiruvaiyaru d) Tiruchirappalli

77). The National Farmers’ Day (NFD) is celebrated on which date?

a) December 24 b) December 25 c) December 22 d) December23

78). Krakatoa island, which is in news recently, is situated in which of the following countries?

a) Malaysia b) Singapore c) Indonesia d) New Zealand

79). Which of the following African countries has declared the new political capital

‘Gitega’?

a) Tanzania b) Burundi c) Algeria d) Senegal

80). Who was popularly known as the “Nightingale of Assam”?

a) Dipali Borthakur b) Anima Choudhury c) Beauty Sharma d) BaruaMalabika Bora

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81). India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge “Bogibeel” is located in which of the following states?

a) Arunachal Pradesh b) Assam c) Tripura d) Nagaland

82). Which state is the venue of the 106th Indian Science Congress (ISC-2019)?

a) West Bengal b) Odisha c) Punjab d) Kerala

83). Which football team has won the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup?

a) Al-Ain b) Real Madrid c) River Plate d) Kashima Antlers

84). Mount Etna, which is in news, is located in which country?

a) UK b) Italy c) France d) Germany

85). Divya Patidar Joshi, who has been crowned Mrs India 2018, is from which state?

a) Gujarat b) Rajasthan c) Madhya Pardesh d) Uttar Pradesh

86). Which tribal community of Tamil Nadu is celebrating their 2018 Heddaiyamman festival?

a) Toda b) Irula c) Baduga d) Paniya

87). Which of the following is correct status of Palestine in United Nations as of December

2018?

a) Member b) Former Member

c) Non-sovereign Member d) Non-member Observer

88). Which of the following is the erstwhile name of Swaraj Dweep in Andaman & Nicobar

Islands?

a) Ross Island b) Neil Island c) Havelock Island d) Viper

Island

89). Which of the following countries has become the first nation in Southeast Asia to legalize

medical use of marijuana?

a) Indonesia b) Thailand c) Malaysia d) Vietnam

90). Which country has recently legalized exports of medical marijuana?

a) France b) Israel c) Australia d) Japan

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91). Which of the following is the first state in India to offer universal health coverage?

a) Jharkhand b) Assam c) Uttarakhand d) UttarPradesh

92). Which city is the venue of the 26th National Children’s Science Congress

(NCSC)?

a) Bhubaneswar b) New Delhi c) Kanpur d) Chennai

93). Which state organized the 3rd Dwijing Festival 2018?

a) Assam b) Odisha c) Nagaland d) Manipur

94). Who has become the India’s new chief boxing coach for men?

a) O M Nambiar b) C A Kuttappa c) Sagar Mal Dhayal d) Ganapathy Manoharan

95). Which wildlife sanctuary has been declared as National Park by the Madhya Pradesh

government?

a) Bori Wildlife Sanctuary b) Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary

c) Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary d) Kheoni Sanctuary

96). Which state ‘s chief minister has been conferred the 2018 ‘Champions of Change’ award by

the Union Government?

a) Assam b) Jharkhand c) Manipur d) Bihar

97 ). Who has become the 1st Indian youngster to won the Junior Debate Championship at the

World Scholar’s Cup 2018?

a) Anand Rai b) Jayashree Vijiyan c) Akash Banerjee d) Aadi Sai Vijaykaran

98 ). Which country has successfully tested a new hypersonic nuclear weapon delivery system

‘Avangard’?

a) Russia b) China c) Germany d) United States

99). Bahuda Rookery, which is in news recently, is the proposed Olive Ridley Nesting Site of

which state?

a) Karnataka b) Odisha c) Andhra Pradesh d) Tamil Nadu

100). Which sportsperson has won the 2018 Balkan Athlete of the year?

a) Luka Modric b) Novak Djokovic c) Simona Halep d) Cristiano Ronaldo

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101). The unique Chapparam (Chariot) festival 2018 has started in which of the following states?

a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Karnataka d) Andhra Pradesh

102). Who is the author of the book “Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We

Came From”?

a) Ashok Rajagopalan b) Tony Joseph c) Roopa Pai d) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

103). Which Asian country has recently launched its first messaging app ‘BizBarde’?

a) Turkmenistan b) Afghanistan c) Palestine d) Uzbekistan

104). Which neighboring country of India has recently approved the issuance of ‘Panda bond’?

a) Myanmar b) Bangladesh c) Nepal d) Pakistan

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1.       A

2.      D

3.       B

4.       A

5.       C

6.       C

7.       C

8.       C

9.       B

10.   B

11.   C

12.   A

13.   B

14.   A

15.   B

16.   B

17.   C

18.   D

19.   C

20.   C

21.       C

22.       D

23.       C

24.       A

25.       C

26.       D

27.       C

28.       B

29.       D

30.   D

31.   C

32.   D

33.   A

34.   C

35.   A

36.   A

37.   B

38.   D

39.   B

40.   C

41.       A

42.       C

43.       C

44.       D

45.       D

46.       B

47.       B

48.       C

49.       A

50.   D

51.   A

52.   C

53.   A

54.   A

55.   B

56.   D

57.   A

58.   B

59.   B

60.   C

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61.       B

62.       C

63.       D

64.       D

65.       B

66.       B

67.       C

68.       C

69.       C

70.   C

71.   D

72.   A

73.   C

74.   B

75.   B

76.   C

77.   D

78.   C

79.   B

80.   A

81.       B

82.       C

83.       B

84.       B

85.       C

86.       C

87.       D

88.       C

89.       B

90.   B

91.   C

92.   A

93.   A

94.   B

95.   B

96.   C

97.   D

98.   A

99.   B

100.   A

101.      A

102.     B

103.     A

104.     D

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