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1 SET 1 1.When the Human Rights Day is celebrated every year? a) 10 December b) 11 December c) 12 December d) 13 December 2. Who was crowned as Miss World 2018? a) Manushi Chhillar, India b) Vanessa Ponce De Leon, Mexico c) Quiin Abenakyo, Uganda d) Nicolene Limsnukan, Thailand 3. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) approved to observe which year as the International Year of Millets? a) 2021 b) 2022 c) 2023 d) Which former Indian diplomat was elected to an Asia Pacific seat on the UN's Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)? a) Chandrashekhar Dasgupta b) Meera Shankar c) Sohan Kumar d) Preeti Saran 5. Which state will host the 2018 Startup India Venture Capital Summit? a) Goa b) Kerala c) Manipur d) Pondicherry 6. Which is the first Indian state to have 4 international airports? a) Maharashtra b) Karnataka c) Kerala d) Andhra Pradesh 7. India recently started the offer of visa on arrival for the nationals belonging to which nation? a) France b) Israel c) Russia d) South Korea 8. Member of Parliament Upendra Kushwaha has resigned from the Union Council of ministers. Kushwaha is the leader of which among the following parties? INSPIRATION FOR THE BEGINNERS PALTA BRANCH Page 1

2 a) RLSP b) RJD c) JDU d) RML 9. Which nation has decided to double women s representation in its Federal National Council to 50 per cent? a) Germany b) UAE c) Saudi Arabia d) Japan 10. Which city hosted the first International Conference on Sustainable Water Management? a) Dehradun b) Shimla c) Mohali d) Bhopal ANSWERS 1. (a) 10 December The Human Rights Day is observed across the world on 10 December to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The first Human Rights Day was celebrated in (b) Vanessa Ponce De Leon, Mexico The winner of Miss World 2018 is Miss Mexico Vanessa Ponce De Leon. Manushi Chhillar, who was Miss World 2017, crowned her successor. 118 contestants from all around the world participated in the pageant. 3. (c) 2023 The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Council of the United Nations approved India s proposal to observe the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets. The approval came during the 160th session of the FAO, which was held during December 3-7, 2018 in Rome. 4. (d) Preeti Saran A former senior Indian diplomat, Preeti Saran was on December 6, 2018 elected unopposed to an Asia Pacific seat on the United Nation's Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). The UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) elected Saran to the 18-member committee CESCR for a four-year term beginning on January 1, (a) Goa The annual Startup India Venture Capital Summit 2018 was organised by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in collaboration with the Goa Government with theme Mobilizing Global Capital for Innovation in India in Goa. 6. (c) Kerala Kerala has become the first state in the country to have four international airports with the inauguration of the Kannur airport on December 9, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu INSPIRATION FOR THE BEGINNERS PALTA BRANCH Page 2

3 and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan jointly flagged off the inaugural Air India Express flight, carrying 186 passengers to Abu Dhabi, at the airport near Mattannur town. 7. (d) South Korea India has started granting visa on arrival to South Korean nationals, a move that is expected to boost inflow of tourists and business visitors. South Korea is the second country whose nationals are now given visa on arrival by India after Japan, whose citizens have been getting the privilege since March (a) RLSP Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha on December 10, 2018 resigned from the Union council of ministers, a day ahead of the start of the winter session and triggering a realignment of political equations in Bihar. 9. (b) UAE The United Arab Emirates has, in a landmark decision, decided to increase the representation of Emirati women in the Federal National Council to 50 per cent from the coming Parliamentary term. The move will enable the UAE women to achieve, what has been achieved by their counterparts globally in decades, in a record time. 10. (c) Mohali The first International Conference on Sustainable Water Management began on December 10 at the Indian School of Business in Mohali, Punjab. The theme of the conference deals with promoting integrated and sustainable development and management of Water Resources. SET 2 1. Which country decided to withdraw from Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in January 2019? a) Qatar b) Indonesia c) Iran d) Israel 2. Name the Indian cricketer who recently announced retirement from all forms of cricket? a) Gautam Gambhir b) MS Dhoni c) Rohit Sharma d) Suresh Raina 3. India s heaviest satellite GSAT 11 was launched recently by ISRO. GSAT 11 belongs to which category of satellites? a) Communication satellite b) Remote Sensing Satellite c) Earth observation satellites INSPIRATION FOR THE BEGINNERS PALTA BRANCH Page 3

4 d) Navigation system satellites 4. Which leader was recently stripped off the Freedom of Paris award? a) US President Donald Trump b) Maldives President Abdulla Yameen c) Saudi Arabia prince Mohammed bin Salman d) Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi 5. Which nation will Chair the Kimberley Process from January 2019? a) Poland b) France c) UK d) India 6. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been sworn in as 58th President of which nation? a) Spain b) Mexico c) Egypt d) Poland 7. Which state announced a new initiative PEETHA to publicise government schemes? a) Bihar b) Jharkhand c) Odisha d) Andhra Pradesh 8. Which country is the biggest exporter of Liquefied Natural Gas in the world? a) Qatar b) Russia c) Saudi Arabia d) UAE 9. The 24th meeting of Conference of Parties (CoP) was held in which country? a) Austria b) Denmark c) Poland d) Fiji 10. Who among the following footballers has won the 2018 Ballon d'or honour? INSPIRATION FOR THE BEGINNERS PALTA BRANCH Page 4

5 a) Luka Modric b) Cristiano Ronaldo c) Lionel Messi d) Kylian Mbappe 11. Which state has become the first north-eastern state to launch single emergency number 112? a) Assam b) Meghalaya c) Nagaland d) Manipur 12. Who became the first Indian to win the ISSF's highest shooting honour Blue Cross? a) Rajyavardhan Singh b) Abhinav Bindra c) Jitu Rai d) Vijay Kumar Answers with Explanation 1. (a) Qatar Qatar s Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-kaabi on December 3, 2018 announced that the country will withdraw from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in January This decision to quit OPEC was confirmed by Qatar Petroleum, the state oil company. 2. (a) Gautam Gambhir After over 15 years of successful career in Indian cricket, Indian Opener Gautam Gambhir on December 4, 2018 announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Gautam Gambhir was one of the most complete batsmen who opened well in all three forms of the game Test matches, ODIs and T20s. 3. (a) Communication satellite India s heaviest and most-advanced communication satellite GSAT-11, also called the "Big Bird", was successfully launched into space on December 5, 2018 from the Spaceport in French Guiana, South America. The satellite will help provide satellite-based internet to remote places where cablebased internet cannot reach. 4. (d) Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel peace laureate & Myanmar leader, was stripped of Freedom of Paris award over her failure to speak out against a crackdown on Myanmar's Rohingya minority. The move INSPIRATION FOR THE BEGINNERS PALTA BRANCH Page 5

6 follows similar decisions by Glasgow, Edinburgh and Oxford. 5. (d) India India was handed the Chairmanship of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) by the European Union during the KPCS Plenary 2018, which was held in Brussels, Belgium, from November 12-16, India will take over the role from January 1, (b) Mexico Veteran leftist leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been sworn in as the 58th President of Mexico. Obrador won a landslide victory in the July 1 Presidential Elections, the biggest win for any president and the first for a leftist since Mexico transitioned to multi-party democracy in (c) Odisha Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik recently announced a new initiative PEETHA to create awareness about various government schemes and improve transparency. It also aims at improving transparency in the distribution of individual and social benefits. The acronym PEETHA stands for Peoples Empowerment Enabling Transparency and Accountability. 8. (a) Qatar Qatar s pure strength is the production of Gas. Qatar is the world's biggest supplier of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), producing almost 30 percent of the world total. Qatar also shares the world's largest known natural gas field, the North Field with Iran. 9. (c) Poland The 24th meeting of Conference of Parties (COP24) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began on December 3, 2018 at Katowice, Poland. 10. (a) Luka Modric Croatian midfielder and Captain Luka Modric has won the 2018 Ballon d'or. The 33-year old has become the first player other than Portugal s Cristiano Ronaldo or Argentina s Lionel Messi to claim the award in more than a decade. This year, Ronaldo came second behind Modric, while Messi finished fifth. 11. (c) Nagaland Nagaland has become the first amongst the North-Eastern States and the second state overall in India to launch the single emergency number 112 under ERSS. The state has integrated the emergency system with Tourist Police and Highway patrol and will expand to interior districts subsequently. 12. (b) Abhinav Bindra INSPIRATION FOR THE BEGINNERS PALTA BRANCH Page 6

7 India s Olympic and world champion shooter Abhinav Bindra was bestowed with the prestigious ISSF's highest shooting honour Blue Cross at the General Assembly in Munich for his outstanding services as the chairman of the International Shooting Sport Federation s Athletes Committee. INSPIRATION FOR THE BEGINNERS PALTA BRANCH Page 7