Masterstroke : October - 2018

1. Can you identify the name of the country with which India will be conducting its tri services
exercises in 2019 as per a recent announcement?

2. How countries are part of the 6th Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (RCEP)
meet that took place in October -2018 at Singapore?

3. This person has been appointed as the new Director General of Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research(CSIR). Can you identify the name of the person in question?

4. As per the recently introduced Sovereign Gold Bonds scheme, the rate of interest offered by
the Government on these bonds is ____

5. The name of the Union Minister of Textiles to the Government of India presently is ________

6. What is the full form of DSRV?

7. India recently became the member of United Nations Human Rights Commission. India
became the member of UNHRC for the ________time. Can you name the place where the
headquarters of UNHRC is located?

8. The year of foundation of National Human Rights Commission is ______

9. Who is the present Chief Information Commissioner of India ( CIC)?

10. What is the name of the capital of Azerbaijan?

11. This Indian state has won the FAO’s award for becoming the world first fully organic state in the
world. Can you name the state in question?

12. This person is the winner of the Alternative Nobel Literature Prize. We are talking about……

13. This day is celebrated as the International Day of Disaster Reduction every year. Can you
identify it from the given options?

14. As per the latest rankings of Reuters, this university is the most innovative university in the
world. Name the university in question.

15. This country was in the news recently as it decided to abolish death penalty for all crimes. Can
you name the country in questions?

16. Can you identify the name of the state( as per a recent government decision) where fouth
center for Industrial revolution will be launched in India and by which world body ?

17. As per a recent UN report, India suffered a loss to the tune of ____ due to climate linked
disasters in last 20 years.

18. The 32nd edition of CORPAT happened recently. Can you name the country with which India
did this exercises?
19. Can you identify the name of the virus that transmits the Zika disease?

20. The newly appointed Solicitor General of India is ________.

21. The International Day of the girl child is celebrated every year on__________ and the theme
for this year is_______.

22. Very recently, world’s first bioelectronics medicine was developed by the scientists of _______.

23. Med watch is the name of the new mobile health app launched by the ________.

24. ‘India for Humanity’,is the name of the initiative aunched by Ministry of ____________
Government of India to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

25. World Post Day is celebrated every year on ______.

26. What is the full form of EFE?

27. Can you name the winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics for -2018?

28. Who is the chairman of the Special Policy Group that was reconstituted to support the National
Security Advisor recently?

29. The venue of the recently concluded Yourth Olympic Games -2018 is _______

30. The chairman of the reconstituted EPCA is ________.

31. The venue of JIMEX -2018 and the partner country in this maritime exercise that concluded
recently are ________ and ____________ respectively.

32. Air Force Day is celebrated every year on ___ and this year’s Air Force Day was its ____
edition.

33. Can you identify the name of the deadly virus that lead to the death of 23 Gir lions in the recent
past?

34. The winners of this years Nobel Prize for Peace -2018 are _____________ &____________.

35. Alphonso Mango is the latest recipient of the Geographical Indicator tag. This mango hails from
the Indian state of_______.

36. India’s permanent representative on UN Conference on Disarmament who was appointed

recently , is _____

37. As per the recently concluded Swacch Sarvekshan Grameen -2018, the best state and the best
districts in the country are ____ & ______ respectively.

38. ‘Delhi Declaration on Renewable Energy is linked with _______ organization.

39. The name and the venue of the first India –Vietnam Cost Guard Exercise -2018 are ________
& _______ respectively.
40. Name the newly appointed Deputy National Security Advisor to the Government of India.

41. The venue of the 4th India International Science Festival -2018 that was held in the month of
October -2018 was_____.

42. Can you name all the Nobel Prize winners of Chemistry in 2018?

43. Name of the Indian Navy’s operation launched to help the tsunami victims of Indonesia in the
month of October -2018, is___________

44. Narendra Modi is the winner of UNEP’s ‘Champions of Earth’ award under _________ category
and he is the ______ Indian to win this coveted award.

45. Justice Ranjan Gogoi is the ___ person to become the CJI of India.

46. According to a recent report of the Economist Intelligence Unit, the rank of India on the
Government’s e Payments Adoption Rankings is_______

47. The winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics for -2018 are________ for their work in the field of
____ physics.

48. The venue of the first International Assembly on Solar Alliance was_______

49. The venue of the IBSAMAR-VI that took place in October -2018 was ____.

50. The newly appointed chairman of National Legal Servivces Authority ( NALSA ) is ________

51. International Day of Non Violence is celebrated every year on ___________.

52. The first Indian stock exchange to launch Commodity Derivative Contracts is _______.

53. Tasuku Honjo and James P. Allison are the winners of Nobel Prize in medicine for their work in
the treatment of ________ disease.

54. The name of the initiative launched by then government for the promotion of compressed bio
gas is______

55. The World Habitat Day was celebrated this year on _____ with the theme ______.

56. First Indian State to pass the Good Samaratin and Medical Professionals Bill, is __________

57. What is the full form of FSDC? The chairman of present FSDC is _______

58. SWAS, SAFAL and STAR are the names of _______

59. Which of the following represents the validity of Electoral bonds from the date of issue?

60. Which is the present highest railway station of the world?

61. Which of the following represents the venue of the World Wrestling Championship that took
place in the second half of October -2018?
62. Can you identify the name of the Human Rights Organization that has won the UN Human
Rights award -2018 out of the four winners who have won it?

63. He is known as the Father of Economic Ecology and is the winner of the first World Agriculture
Prize. We are talking about.....

64. He is the newly appointed Prime minister of Sri Lanka. We are talking about.....

65. This country has won the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and
Management Award. Can you name the country in question?

66. The United Nations Day and World Development Information Day is celebrated every year
on________.

67. Can you identify the name of the scheme launched by the HRD ministry to promote research in
Science?

68. This Indian institution has topped the QS Asia University rankings released in the month of
October -2018. Can you identify the name of the institution in question?

69. You would find the Chabahar port in the Gulf of ______

70. This Indian leader is the winner of the Seoul Peace Prize. Can you name him?

71. According to the Asian Economic Integration Report, this country hosts the highest number of
outward International migrants in 2017.Name the country in question.

72. Who has won the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration
recently?

73. Can you identify the name of the port for whose operationalisation India has signed an MoU in
October -2018?

74. The winner of Shakti Bhatt prize-2018 is

75. Where would you find National Police Memorial in India?

76. Can you identify the year of foundation of Azad Hind Faouj?

77. What is AG600 that was in the news recently?

78. This Indian–American is the winner of the Presidential medal for combating Human Trafficking.
Can you name her?

79. The 7th education ministers meet of the SCO member nations was held at_________in
October -2018.

80. What is the venue of the 12th ASEM meet that took place in the month of October -2018?

81. Can you identify the name and the venue of the first India Japan military exercise that will be
held in November -2018?
82. Can you identify the Ex- CM of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand who died recently?

83. The rank of India in the recently released Global Hunger Index-2018,is______.

84. As per the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, what is the targeted year for achieving zero
hunger in the world?

85. World Food Day is celebrated every year on ________.

86. This day is celebrated as the International Day for the eradication of poverty. Identify the day in
question.

87. This day is celebrated as the International Day of Rural Women. Identify it.

88. Identify the name and the full form of the AI Chatbot launched by IRCTC.

Answers
1. USA
17. $79.5 billions
2. 16
18. Indonesia
3. Shekhar Mande

4. 2.5% 19. Aedes Aegypti

5. Smriti Irani 20. Tushar Mehta

6. Deep Submrgence Rescue Vehicle 21. October 11/ ‘ With her : A Skilled Girl
Force’
7. 6th time, Geneva Switzerland
22. USA
8. 1993
23. Indian Air Force
9. Radha Krishna Mathur
24. External Affairs
10. Baku
25. October 9
11. Sikkim
26. Eligibile Foreign Entities
12. Maryse Conde
27. Paul Romer / William Nordhaus
13. October 13
28. Ajit Doval; The National Security
14. Stanford University Advisor of India

15. Malaysia 29. Buenos Aires ( Argentina)

16. Maharashtra / World Economic Forum 30. Bhure Lal

31. Vishakhapatnam / Japan
56. Karnataka
32. 8th October / 86th
57. Financial Stability and Development
33. Canine Distamper Virus Council. Arun Jaitley.

34. Dr. Denis Mukwege / Nadia Murad 58. Less polluting firecrackers

35. Maharashtra 59. 15 days

36. Pankaj Sharma 60. Tanggula railway station(5068m from

sea level)
37. Haryana / Satara district ( Maharashtra)
61. Budapest , Hungary
38. India Ocean Rim Association
62. Frontline Defenders
39. Sahyog HOP TAC -2018/ Bay of Bengal
63. Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
40. R.N. Ravi
64. Mahinda Rajpaksa
41. Lucknow
65. India
42. Frances Arnolld , George Smith ,
Gregory Winter 66. October 24

43. Operation Samudra Maitri 67. SPARC( Scheme for promotion of

Academic and Research Collaboration)
44. Political Leadership/ 3rd
68. IIT Mumbai
45. 46th
69. Oman
46. 28th
70. Narendra Modi
47. Arthur Ashkin , Gerard Mourou and
Donna Stickland / Laser Physics 71. India

48. New Delhi 72. Fali S. Nariman

49. Simons Town , South Africa 73. Sittwe Port in Myanmar

50. Justice Madan B. Lokur 74. Sujatha Gilda

51. October 2 75. New Delhi

52. Bombay Stock Exchange 76. 1943

53. Cancer 77. The first amphibious aircraft of the world

built by China.
54. SATAT
78. Minal Patel Davis
55. October 1, Municipal Solid Waste
Management 79. Astana
80. Brussels

81. Dharma Guardian /Mizoram 85. October 16

82. Narayan Dutt Tiwari 86. October 17

83. 103 87. October 15

84. 2030 88. DISHA(Digital Interaction to seek help

anytime)