• International Multilateral Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise

(IMMSAREX) began in - Bangladesh

• This Indian Wrestler clinched Silver medal in U-23 Senior World

Wrestling Championship - Ritu Phogat

• This country will host 36th International Geological Congress

2020 - India

• This city will host the 15th MIFF for Documentary, Short,
Animation Film - Mumbai

• This state laid foundation stone of healthcare centre for children -

Maharashtra

• ISRO will launch Aditya L1 Mission in - 2019

• This bank launched Blockchain-based International Payment

Service - Axis Bank

• This college will be renamed as Vande Mataram Mahavidyalaya -

Dyal Singh College

• He became first billionaire since 1999 to have net worth over USD
100 billion - Jeff Bezos

• First Indian to win Asian Marathon Championship - Gopi

Thonakal

• This freedom fighter passed away at the age of 89 - Saraswati

Tripathy

• The Union cabinet has approved investment cooperation and

facilitation treaty between India and this nation - Brazil

• The 7th edition of three-day ‘Kathakar - International Storytellers

Festival’ was inaugurated in this city - New Delhi

• The combined military exercise ‘Ajeya Warrior- 2017’ began in

Bikaner, Rajasthan between India and this nation - UK
• Union Cabinet has approved MoU for cooperation in Agriculture
and Phytosanitary issues between India and this country - Italy

• The Indian Sports Honour for ‘Sportsman of the Year’award in

team sports category went to this player - Ravichandran Ashwin

• This Union Minister launched the Paytm Payment Bank recently -

Arun Jaitley

• First Indian in over two decades to win gold at the IWF World
Weightlifting Championship - Mirabai Chanu

• Indian actress appointed as UN Environment Goodwill

Ambassador for India recently - Dia Mirza

• India’s first crypto-currency exchange 'Coinome' was launched by

- Billdesk

• Day observed on 1 December every year - World AIDS Day

• This organisation launched the guidelines regarding child sex

abuse - World Health Organization

• This Indian bowler surpassed Denniss Lillee’s record to become

the fastest bowler to reach the milestone of 300 test wickets -
Ravichandran Ashwin

• He became the first Indian-American to hold a press gaggle

aboard Air Force One - Raj Shah

• The logo and mascot of Hockey World Cup 2018 was unveiled by
whom - Naveen Patnaik

• This Indian sport team was named ‘Team of the Year’ at the
inaugural edition of Indian Sports Honours - Indian Women's
Cricket Team

• She won the ‘Sportswoman of the Year’ award in the individual

sport category at the Indian Sports Honours - P V Sindhu

• This state’s high court has imposed a complete ban on sand

mining - Tamil Nadu
• International Symposium to Promote Innovation & Research in
Energy Efficiency (INSPIRE 2017) began recently in - Jaipur

• This Union Ministry launched India Hypertension Management

Initiative (IHMI) - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

• Person appointed as the Chairman of the National Anti-

Profiteering Authority (NAA) under GST regime - BN Sharma

• Person conferred with the 3rd Indian Council for Cultural

Relations (ICCR) Distinguished Indologist Award - Hiroshi Marui

• Person appointed as the Director General of National Archives -

Pritam Singh

• Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHGAYA) was

launched recently in - Manipur

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first phase of -

Hyderabad Metro Rail project

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President’s adviser Ivanka

Trump jointly inaugurated - Global Entrepreneurship Summit

• India will provide financial assistance for Afghanistan’s Transport

Network of - USD 2.87 million

• Chairperson of 15th Finance Commission that was recently

constituted by the Union Government - NK Singh

• First-ever female UK Ambassador to United Nations - Karen

Pierce

• Person appointed as India’s G 20 Sherpa - Shaktikanta Das

• The National Skill Development Corporation has signed a three-

way MoU with Tourism and Hospitality Sector Skill Council and
this rental hospitality service company - Airbnb

• India will sign a MoU for cooperation in the policy planning and
technology transfer in the urban transport sector with this nation –
United Kingdom
• The City of Oxford has stripped this Nobel Peace Laureate of its
human rights award for failing to respond to the world’s biggest
refugee crisis - Aung San Suu Kyi

• This Australian state has become the first one to legalise assisted
death, euthanasia – Victoria

• The newly appointed Union Water Resources Secretary is -

Upendra Prasad Singh

• India and this nation have agreed to further deepen security

cooperation to collectively tackle the threat of terrorism -
Singapore

• South African woman crowned as the Miss Universe 2017 - Demi-

Leigh Nel-Peters

• This union minister launched an intensive program to train

Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) of Panchayati Raj
Institutions - Maneka Gandhi

• This state government recently announced death sentence for

raping 12 year olds and below - Madhya Pradesh

• The Mt Agung volcano recently erupted and led to the closure of

airport of - Indonesia

• Scientists of this country developed the world’s first Artificial

Intelligence politician 'SAM' - New Zealand

• India recently signed comprehensive anti-terror pact with -

Russia

• India recently signed Air Services Agreement with - Greece

• Person awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Times

Lit Fest 2017 - Nayantara Sahgal

• Joint military exercise 'Ajeya Warrior' will be held in December

2017between India and - United Kingdom
• Soumya Swaminathan was recently appointed as Deputy Director-
General of - WHO

• This country was awarded the Certificate of Commendation by

CITES for its exemplary effort to combat illegal wildlife trade –
India

• The 7th edition of the three-day ‘Kathakar: International

Storytellers Festival’ was inaugurated in this city - New Delhi

A new NASA study has discovered that there may be liquid water
oceans beneath the surface of this planet - Pluto

• Researchers have discovered more than hundreds of fossilised

eggs of this group of extinct winged dinosaurs - Pterosaurs

• This currently active Indian sportsperson resigned as the national

observer for Indian boxing - Mary Kom

• India was re-elected to this International Council recently -

International Maritime Organisation

• Person sworn-in as the President of Kenya - Uhuru Kenyatta

• Day celebrated on 3 December every year - International Day

of Persons with Disabilities

• Person appointed as the CEO and MD of Infosys - Salil S Parekh

• This State Government approved 5 per cent reservation to Kapu

Community - Andhra Pradesh

• He inaugurated the first phase of Chabahar Port recently -

Hassan Rouhani

• This state will soon have the world’s first IT campus for
differently-abled persons - Telangana
• India celebrates Navy Day every year on 4 December. The day was
proclaimed to mark - Operation Trident

• This state launched India's Largest Floating Solar Power Plant -

Kerala

• Indian Cricketer named as India's Captain for 2018 U-19 World

Cup - Prithvi Shaw

• This commission held its first meeting in New Delhi recently -

Fifteenth Finance Commission

• This State received the Award for Best State in Promoting

Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for the year 2017 -
Chhattisgarh

• This former Indian President's birthday is observed as National

Agricultural Education Day on 3 December every year - Rajender
Prasad

• The first International Exhibition and Conference on AYUSH and

Wellness sector was titled - Arogya 2017

• This state’s government would soon set up the world’s first IT

campus for differently-abled persons - Telangana

• This country has withdrawn itself from United Nations’ refugee

and migrant pact - United States of America

• The United States recently launched the largest-ever air exercise

along with this nation - South Korea

• This country recently announced the launch of a new

cryptocurrency to combat its economic crisis - Venezuela
• This Indian archer was the sole one to win a bronze medal at
Indoor Archery World Cup stage 2 - Deepika Kumari

• This country has won the first-ever South Asian Regional

Badminton Team Championship - India

• According to twitter, this world leader is the most tweeted about

on the micro blogging site - Donald Trump

• This world leader had the most-like tweet of the year 2017 -
Barack Obama

• This planet’s moon may have similar plate tectonics as Earth -

Jupiter

• The 6th ‘International Tourism Mart’ (ITM) was inaugurated in

this which state - Assam

• These two Arab nations have formed a new economic and

partnership group, separate from the Gulf Cooperation Council -
UAE & Saudi Arabia

• The World Soil Day was observed on - 5 December

• This country became the 15th nation to ratify the International

Solar Alliance on 6 December thereby, paving way for it to become a
treaty-based international intergovernmental organisation -
Guinea

• India has conducted successful test launch of this surface to air

missile with indigenous radio frequency seeker - Akash

• This Indian state has become the first one to pass a bill awarding
death to those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 and below -
Madhya Pradesh
• The International conference on climate change was held in this
nation – Nepal

• The 61st death anniversary of this social reformer, who played a

huge role in fighting against untouchability and in drafting the
Indian constitution, was commemorated on 6 December - B R
Ambedkar

• Repo Rate fixed by RBI in its 5th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy

Review (MPR) 2017-18 - 6.0 per cent

• First state to endorse Triple Talaq Draft Bill - Uttar Pradesh

• The International Children’s Peace Prize 2017 was conferred upon

- Mohamad Al Jounde

• Operation launched recently to rescue the people affected by

Ockhi Cyclone in India - Operation Synergy

• This country was banned by IOC from Winter Olympics in

Pyeongchang - Russia

• South Indian music director who passed away recently -

Adithyan

• India signed MoU on cooperation in Agriculture and

Phytosanitary issues with - Italy

• India signed MoU on cooperation in Health Sector recently with -

Cuba

• This country’s airline, Avior Airlines, has been banned from

European Union skies - Venezuela
• Russia has been banned from competing at next year’s Winter
Olympic Games, which will be held in - Pyeongchang

• China has temporarily halted funding of road projects in -

Pakistan

• This state government has signed a MoU with IT giant Hewlett

Packard to provide tele-medicine facilities in the remote areas of the
state - Uttarakhand

• This country will be the new Member of Wassenaar Arrangement -

India

• India festival recognized by UNESCO as India’s Intangible

Cultural Heritage of Humanity - Kumbh Mela

• This country recently passed same-sex marriage bill - Australia

• Armed Forces Flag Day is celebrated every year in India on - 7

December

• Person of the Year 2017 as per the Time magazine - The Silence
Breakers

• BR Ambedkar International Centre was recently launched in -

New Delhi

• This country will host the 46th Congress of the International

Hockey Federation - India

• Person who resigned as National Sports Observer over conflict of

Interest issue following the resignation of Mary Kom - Sushil
Kumar
• US President Donald Trump recognised this place as the capital of
Israel - Jerusalem

• This person will head the 3-member committee constituted by the

National Commission on Minorities to give minority status to
Hindus in 8 states - George Kurien

• The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has

approved extension of this centrally sponsored scheme - National
Ayush Mission

• India signed MoU for cooperation in the field of agriculture and

fisheries with this nation – Colombia

• The Union Cabinet has approved this new scheme for

development of North East - North East Special Infrastructure
Development Scheme (NESIDS)

• A bill criminalising this Islamic practice has been approved by the

cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi – Triple Talaq

• He took charge as the new President of Congress, succeeding

Sonia Gandhi, who led the party for the last 19 years – Rahul
Gandhi

• The emblem of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games has been named -
Winter Dream

• Qatar has signed a multi-billion dollar deal with this nation to buy
24 Typhoon fighters - Britain

• The ASEAN India Connectivity Summit (AICS) is being held in

this city - New Delhi
• This country won the gold medal at the Hockey World League
Final - Australia

• India won these many medals at the 10th Asian Airgun Shooting
Championship - Five

• He has been appointed as the new Performance Director for

women's boxing - Raffaele Bergamasco

• The Union government has sanctioned Rs 75 crore for setting up a

LPG bottling plant in this state - Meghalaya

• India finished at which position at the Hockey World League

(HWL) Final tournament - Third

• This state government is planning to build Kamakhya as the

cleanest pilgrimage site in the country - Assam

• This state government has made it compulsory for all Government

offices to install LED bulbs - Uttarakhand

• This state has generated 40 thousand direct employments –

Assam

• The Union government has launched door-to-door campaign

against this life-threatening disease - TB

• This mountain is the tallest mountain in the British Antarctic

Territory - Mt Hope

• US President Donald Trump has directed NASA to send

Americans to this extraterrestrial body - Moon

• This nation has lifted its 35-year old ban on commercial movie
theatres - Saudi Arabia
• The sports ministry has approved Rs 5 lakh from the National
Welfare Fund for Sportspersons for the heart treatment of this
former heavyweight boxer - Kaur Singh

• The World Telugu Conference is scheduled to organised in this city

- Hyderabad

• The first NIC-CERT has been set up by the Union government to

prevent and predict - Cyber Attacks

• This Indian is among the six top diplomats, who were felicitated
with the inaugural Diwali ‘Power of One’ award at UN for their
contribution towards forming a more secure world – Lakshmi
Puri

• Hindi writer who has been selected for the Vyaas Samman 2017 -
Mamta Kalia

• Father of Indian DNA fingerprinting who passed away recently -

Lalji Singh

• This town has been included in top 5 global cities list by UNEP to
successfully manage solid waste - Alappuzha

• Giriraj Singh, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge)

for MSME, launched this Public Procurement Portal - ‘MSME
Sambandh’

• India has been declared free from Trachoma. Trachoma is a

contagious bacterial infection of - Eyes

• This Railway station was declared as India's first 100% energy-

efficient station - Kacheguda Railway Station
• This country will be hosting the 3rd Annual Meeting of Board of
Governors of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank - India

• This state’s government has proposed to bear hospital bills of road

accident, burn & acid attack victims - Delhi

• This state has decided to recognise political prisoners held in jails

during the emergency period as ‘Loktantra Sainani’ - Rajasthan

• This is the ranking of Indian men’s hockey team in the latest

listings released by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) -
Sixth

• This is the ranking of Indian women’s hockey team in the latest

listings released by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) -
Tenth

• This nation’s President has signed a USD 692 billion defence

budget - US

• Initiative launched on the occasion of Universal Health Coverage

Day 2017 - Laqshya

• This food company ordered recall over salmonella fears - Lactalis

• Universal Health Coverage Day (UHCD) is observed every year on

- 12 December

• This country will host 2021 Champions Trophy and 2023 World
Cup - India

• This state became the first in India to offer e-mail IDs in Hindi -
Rajasthan
• Second UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture was
held in - Muscat

• This submarine is the first indigenously built Scorpene-class

submarine to be commissioned into the Indian navy - INS Kalvari

• The National Energy Conservation Day is celebrated on this day -

14 December

• This bollywood actor, writer and director, passed away on 14

December after being in coma for over a year - Neeraj Vora

• These two nations met recently to overcome the World War II

legacy that soured relations between them - Ukraine and Poland

• This Indian cricketer became the first-ever batsman to score 3

double centuries in ODIs - Rohit Sharma

• This Indian actor was honoured with the 2017 Mother Teresa
Memorial Award - Priyanka Chopra

• United Nations ‘World Economic Situation and Prospects 2018’

report forecasted GDP growth for India for 2018 at - 7.2 per cent

• Person appointed as the Executive Director of Reserve Bank of

India recently - Uma Shankar

• This sports activity was referred to the five-judge Constitution

bench for determining whether it is cultural right within Article 29
of the Constitution - Jallikattu

• Indian conferred with the inaugural Diwali "Power of One" award

of the UN - Laxmi puri
• India was ranked at this position in terms of mobile internet speed
in the Speedtest Global Index released by Ookla - 109

• Feminism was named as the word of the year 2017 by - Merriam-

Webster

• Supreme Court approved setting up this many special courts to

exclusively deal with cases against lawmakers - 12

• This state government approved the bill to check land mafia and
fight organised crime - Uttar Pradesh

• This boxer was named as youth boxer of year by Asian Boxing

Confederation - Sachin Siwach

• This state recently increased non-creamy layer limit for OBCs to

Rs 8 lakh - Maharashtra

• Person elected as BARC India Chairman recently - Nakul

Chopra

• Political figure Prem Singh, who passed away recently, belonged to

- Indian National Congress

• He has been elected as the new President of Indian Olympic

Association - Narinder Batra

• This online retailer is going to enter India’s beauty market with a

chain of brick-and-mortar stores - Myntra

• This airport when completed will be India’s biggest airport -

Jewar
• Google X has signed a MoU with this Indian state to set up its first
development centre outside USA - Andhra Pradesh

• The World Conference on Vedas was inaugurated by Vice

President M. Venkaiah Naidu in this city - New Delhi

• This state government is going to adopt the Clinical establishment

(Registration and Regulation) Act – Maharashtra

• The Union Government is going to formally launch the - 'Ganga

Gram' Project

• This Indian Coast Guard Ship , the sixth in the series of six 105m
Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) was recently commissioned into
service – Sujay

• This Minister will continue to serve as the Chief Minister of

Gujarat for the second straight term in a row – Vijay Rupani

• The high court of this state has ordered to cut off electricity, water
supplies to the unregistered commercial establishments -
Himachal Pradesh

• The 20th Special Representatives level talks are underway

between India and this nation – China

• This Indian female cricketer has been selected for both ICC
Women's ODI Cricket Team of the Year and ICC Women's T20
International Cricket Team of the Year - Ekta Bisht

• This state’s assembly has passed a stringent bill, UPCOC, which is

aimed at curbing organised crime and terror in the state - Uttar
Pradesh
• The Union Cabinet on 20 December 2017 approved this new bill
that seeks to establish an authority to safeguard consumers' rights -
Consumer Protection Bill

• The Union government has imposed a 30 % import duty on these

food grains - Chana, Masoor

• Person appointed as Officiating Chief of National Green Tribunal -

Justice UD Salvi

• This city will host Commonwealth Games in 2022 -

Birmingham

• Exercise conducted by Indian Army's Southern Command in

Rajasthan - Hamesha Vijayee

• This state decided to beautify and upgrade the 187-year-old

Babughat - West Bengal

• This Indian city was ranked 7th in most expensive office locations
list as per JLL India Report 2017 - Delhi

• Union Government recently gave environmental clearance for

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme in - Telangana

• This state’s government has approved the setting up of ‘cow

protection committees - Uttar Pradesh

• The Lok Sabha passed this bill amending regulations governing

compensation amount payable for acquisition of immovable
property by the central government for defence and security
purposes -The Requisitioning and Acquisition of
Immovable Property (Amendment) Bill, 2017
• India has signed a MoU with this nation to develop Rakhine state,
to enable safe return of Rohingya Muslims - Myanmar

• He resigned as the Chairperson of National Green Tribunal on 19

December 2017 - Justice Swatanter Kumar

• Indian army conducted a major exercise called 'Hamesha Vijayee'

in this state - Rajasthan

• This nation announced its intention of hosting a meeting of WTO

member nations in Feb 2018 to garner support for issues like food
security - India

• The Indian navy conducted bilateral military exercise ‘Naseem-Al-

Bahr’ with this nation’s naval force - Oman

• India has signed a financial agreement for a skill strengthening

project with this International financial institution - World Bank

• The lawmakers of this nation voted to remove presidential age

limits, paving way for their current President to serve a sixth term
in office - Uganda

• Indian navy completed the 2nd phase of joint oceanographic

survey with this country’s naval force - Sri Lanka

• This Judicial member has been appointed as the acting

chairperson of National Green Tribunal (NGT), following Justice
Swatanter Kumar’s superannuation - Justice U D Salvi

• This bill has been passed by both the houses of the Parliament, as
of 19 December 2017 - The Companies (Amendment) Bill,
2017

• Person selected for Moortidevi Award 2017 - Joy Goswami

• Person conferred with 2017 National Design Award - G Satheesh
Reddy

• This state recently celebrated its 56th Liberation Day in India -

Goa

• BJP won by majority in Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections

2017. The party won - 44 seats

• Losar Festival celebrations were organised at - Ladakh

• This state government banned the production and use of Chinese

‘manjha’ - Punjab

• World Minorities Rights Day is celebrated every year on - 18

December

• Justice Swatanter Kumar resigned as the Chairman of - National

Green Tribunal

• The Jokapatha village received electricity for the first time after 70
years of independence. The Jokapatha village is located in -
Chhattisgarh

• International Human Solidarity Day is celebrated every year on -

20 December

• India collaborated with this country for 2nd phase of joint

oceanographic survey - Sri Lanka

• This country overtook Saudi Arabia as top oil supplier to India -

Iraq
• This country has largest Diaspora population in the world, as per
UN World Migration Report 2017 - India

• This person won the 2017 presidential election of Chile -

Sebastian Pinera

• Theme of 2017 International Migrants Day - Safe Migration in

a World on the Move

• Winner of presidential vote in Honduras election 2017 - Juan

Orlando Hernandez

• UNESCO partnered with this company for videos on Indian

heritage sites - Samsung

• Person appointed as member of the Union Public Service

Commission recently - Smita Nagaraj

• This party formed majority government for the sixth-straight term

in Gujarat - BJP

• The Skill Development Ministry has signed a MoU with this

automobile manufacturer to impart skill training to youth - Maruti
Suzuki

• The Communications regulator of this country rolled back net

neutrality rules that were introduced in the nation in 2015 - US

• This Indian Olympian clinched the gold medal in the 62kg

women's freestyle category at the Commonwealth Wrestling
Championships 2017 - Sakshi Malik

• This bill proposing to put an end to the need for getting inter-state
permit to transport bamboo was introduced in Lok Sabha - Indian
Forest (Amendment) Bill, 2017
• This nation will host a meeting of WTO member countries in
February 2018 to muster support for food security and other issues
- India

• He was named BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year 2017 -

Roger Federer

• Vijay Diwas, the day commemorating India’s 1971 victory over

Pakistan, was observed on this day - 17 December

• This Indian shuttler won the silver medal at BWF Dubai World
Series Finals 2017 - PV Sindhu

• The counting of votes for these two state assemblies began on 18

December 2017 - Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh

• This double Olympian won the gold medal for India in the final of
the 74kg freestyle category at the Commonwealth Wrestling
Championships -Sushil Kumar

• This political party is all set to retain its sixth straight term in
power in Gujarat - Bharatiya Janata Party

• This country was recently declared polio-free by the World Health

Organization - Gabon

• Union Cabinet recently approved agreement with UNESCO for

establishment of International Training Centre for Operational
Oceanography in - Hyderabad

• PM Narendra Modi recently dedicated 60 MW Tuitial Hydro

Power Project to the nation. The project is based in - Mizoram

• The National Green Tribunal recently banned plastic items in

towns located along banks of – Ganga
• The official emblem of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games is -
Flying High

• Bilateral military exercise “EKUVERIN 2017” began recently

between India and - Maldives

• This country recently test-fired AAD Supersonic Interceptor

Missile - India

• This law extending the deadline for protection of illegal structures

in Delhi was passed by the Parliament – Delhi Laws (Special
Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2017

• The 78th session of Indian History Congress was inaugurated in

this city - Kolkata

• Person appointed as Joint Secretary in Prime Minister’s Economic

Advisory Council - Sumita Misra

• This country’s parliament passed a law limiting the powers of its

police - Israel

• This government has launched a mobile app aimed at connecting

16,000 members of School Management Committees (SMCs) -
Delhi

• Person appointed as Joint Secretary in the 15th Finance

Commission - Mukhmeet Singh Bhatia

• Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Radha Mohan

Singh launched mobile application on - Livestock Disease
Forewarning

• Former football superstar, George Weah won the presidential

elections of this nation - Liberia
• The association of Indian Football Coaches has been launched in
this city - Mumbai

• This city will host the Indian Science Congress 2018 - Imphal

• Person awarded with the Harivarasanam Award 2017 - KS Chitra

• This Indian shooter won the women's 25m pistol gold with a new
record at the 61st National Shooting Championship Competitions -
Anisa Sayyed

• This Bollywood actor has been named the PETA 2017 Person of
the Year - Anushka Sharma

• These two regional Indian airlines have joined hands to save

operation costs - Air Odisha and Air Deccan

• Person appointed as the Director General of Narcotics Control

Bureau - Abhay

• Jairam Thakur, who was sworn-in as CM of Himachal Pradesh,

contested from - Seraj constituency

• As per report titled “2018 World Economic League Table”, India

will become 5th largest economy in the year - 2018

• India and this nation jointly launched the second air cargo route
linking Kabul with Mumbai – Afghanistan

• President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated a fiber grid project aimed

at expanding high-speed internet facility in this state - Andhra
Pradesh

• This high court passed a ruling stating that no one has the right to
use government land as a burial ground - Delhi HC
• President Ram Nath Kovind formally inaugurated the 100th
annual conference of Indian Economic Association (IEA) at -
Acharya Nagarjuna University

• This state recently signed loan agreement of USD 318 million with
World Bank for support in the Climate Resilient Agriculture
technologies - Tamil Nadu

• This online platform recently began asking Indian users to enter

names as per Aadhaar Card while signing up - Facebook

• This country will host the 2018 ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya

Divas - Singapore

• This state launched a free household power connection scheme

‘Prakash hai to vikas hai’ - Uttar Pradesh

• India signed USD 318 million loan agreement with World Bank for
- Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project

• This Union Ministry launched the pilot project ‘Blue Flag’ for
cleanliness of beaches - Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change

• Union Government recently asked the NGOs to open the accounts

with the banks, that are integrated with - Public Financial
Management System

• Indian city that became the first to have its own logo - Bengaluru

• This Union Minister launched e-HRMS on Good Governance Day

- Jitendra Singh

• India’s First Runway on 'Sea Bridge' will be located at -

Lakshadweep Islands
• This country inaugurated world’s longest glass bridge recently -
China

• This city got India's first ever AC local train - Mumbai

• This nation besides the US has announced its decision of moving

its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem – Guatemala

• The Good Governance Day was observed on - 25 December

• This Minister launched the electronic-Human Resource

Management System - Jitendra Singh

• This five-time MLA has been named as the 14th Chief Minister of
Himachal Pradesh - Jai Ram Thakur

• The good governance day is observed to commemorate this

veteran political leader’s birth anniversary - Atal Bihari Vajpayee

• This state has launched a high-speed broadband internet service

as a part of its initiatives under the Digital India Programme -
Jammu & Kashmir

• This ship is the sixth in the series of six 105m Offshore Patrol
Vessel (OPV) to be commissioned into the Indian Coast Guard -
ICGS Sujay

• This veteran actor, who had acted in many Bengali classics passed
away on 25 December at the age of 70 - Partha Mukhopadhyay

• This nation has signed an agreement with Sudan to build a nuclear

power plant in its territory - Russia
• With the growth in ties in 2017, the government of this nation is
laying the groundwork for building a new economic partnership
with India - UK

• This nation recently launched a land exploration satellite for

remote sensing operations - China

• India has risen to this rank in the latest ICC T20 rankings -
Second

• This Indian state has been declared as a disturbed area till June
2018 - Nagaland

• This state hosted the 171st Araadhanai Music Festival - Tamil

Nadu

• These two nations have become the first in Gulf to introduce VAT -
UAE and Saudi Arabia

• This state has become the second one in the North East to be
declared Open Defecation free - Arunachal Pradesh

• This Prominent poet, who translated the Bhagwad Geeta into

Urdu, passed away at the age of 71 on 2 January 2018 - Anwar
Jalalpuri

• This state has received the approval for purchase of electric

vehicles under the FAME India Scheme - Karnataka

• Person appointed as the Prime Minister of Mali - Soumeylou

Boubeye Maiga

• This state published the first draft of National Register of Citizens

with 1.9 crore names - Assam
• Person appointed as the Director General of Police of Uttar
Pradesh recently - Om Prakash Singh

• Person appointed as President of the Indian Council of Cultural

Relations (ICCR) - Vinay Sahasrabuddhe

• Indian origin scientist honoured with Damehood by Queen

Elizabeth - Pratibha Laxman Gai

• This country recently confirmed its withdrawal from UNESCO

following the withdrawal of US - Israel

• North Korea re-opened a communication channel with this

country after months of hostility - South Korea

• This state has decided to impose a spot fine of Rs 500 for open
defecation - Maharashtra

• This Indian tennis player is the highest-ranked in the latest

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings - G
Sathiyan

• The Union Cabinet has approved a MoU in the oil and gas sector
between India and this nation - Israel

• The Union cabinet has approved an agreement between India and

this nation on land border crossing – Myanmar

• This nation-wide cleanliness survey was launched across India on

4 January- Swachh Survekshan

• Union Cabinet recently approved establishment of AIIMS under

the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana at - Bilaspur
• Union Minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi inaugurated this online
portal for women empowerment - NARI

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved

mandatory packaging of foodgrains and sugar in - Jute material

• CCEA approved construction, operation and maintenance of 2-

lane bi-directional Zojila Tunnel in - Jammu & Kashmir

• Union Cabinet approved amendments in the Model Concession

Agreement (MCA) to boost - Port Sector

• Radha Vishwanathan, the noted vocalist passed away recently. She

was daughter of - MS Subbulakshmi

• The United States has suspended security aid to this nation -

Pakistan

• This state government is going to form an education board for

non-English medium schools - Maharashtra

• This senior NCP leader passed away on 4 January following

prolonged illness - Vasant Davkhare

• This former cricketing legend has been appointed as the coach of

the Delhi Daredevils franchise for the upcoming IPL 2018 - Ricky
Ponting

• Following the Assam NRC implementation, this state has taken up

preventive measures to prevent a possible spillover of illegal
migrants to the state - Arunachal Pradesh

• The Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Human Resource

Development and the Department of Science & Technology signed a
MoU for - Joint funding of Technology Mission for Indian
Railways.

• The Health Ministry and Tata Memorial Centre have launched the
first digital - Online Oncology Tutorial

• The Defence Ministry has cleared arms procurement contracts

worth this much amount for Navy, Army - Rs 2,420 crore

• The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved five
projects worth - Rs 295.01 crore

• The Supreme Court of this nation ruled that child's rights are
sacred, cannot be bartered by orphanage in-charges – India

• Colour of new Rs 10 note to be issued by RBI - Chocolate Brown

• Focus country group in the New Delhi World Book Fair 2018 -
European Union

• Person who won the 2018 men’s singles Tata Open Maharashtra
Tennis tournament - Gilles Simon

• This city hosted the Himalayan Hydro Expo 2018 - Kathmandu

• This country became the first to enforce equal pay for women and
men - Iceland

• This city will host World Sweet Festival (WSF-2018) -

Hyderabad

• The world's largest known prime number was discovered by a

volunteer for a prime-number hunting project. This prime number
contains - 23 Million digits
• Person appointed as the Secretary (Economic Relations) in the
External Affairs Ministry - TS Tirumurti

• These countries formally joined UNSC as the new non-permanent

members - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, the Netherlands,
Peru, and Poland

• This city will host the 2018 Karnataka International Travel Expo -
Bengaluru

• France would be conferring its highest order of merit, the 'Legion

of Honour', on legendary film and theatre actor - Soumitra
Chattopadhyay

• This World Champion powerlifter recently passed away in a road

accident - Saksham Yadav

• This country is going to extend its state of emergency for the sixth
time - Turkey

• The Supreme Court ordered a stay on this HC’s order that

overturned the 2014 government regulation that packets of tobacco
products must carry pictorial warning covering 85 per cent of the
packaging space - Karnataka HC

• This supercomputer, nation’s first and fastest was inaugurated by

Union Minister of Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan on 8 January -
Pratyush

• This state government has banned the use of electronic cigarettes -

Bihar

• The output of this crop is expected to touch an all time high of 100
million tonnes in 2017-18 – wheat
• This state has topped the logistics index chart released by the
Union Ministry for Commerce & Industry – Gujarat

• This nation sealed a 4-0 win in the ashes series by winning the
final test by an innings and 123 runs - Australia

• British Prime Minister Theresa May has appointed this Minister as

the new Northern Ireland minister after James Brokenshire
resigned due to ill health – Karen Bradley

• This nation has warned the world of a possible withdrawal of the

US from the 2015 nuclear deal – Iran

• India has signed the bilateral annual Haj 2018 Agreement with
this nation - Saudi Arabia

• Person appointed as the Chairman of the World Business Council

for Sustainable Development - Sunny Verghese

• Creator of iconic Old Munk rum who died recently at the age of 88
- Kapil Mohan

• Cricket player banned recently for five months for failing dope test
- Yusuf Pathan

• Indian railway station that entered the Limca Book of Records for
having all-woman staff - Matunga

• US approved the sale of anti-ballistic missile worth USD 133

million to - Japan

• World Bank recently projected India’s growth rate of 2018 at - 7.3

per cent
• First Indian to win an international medal in skiing at Alpine
Ejder 3200 Cup - Aanchal Thakur

• India’s first city to have a common mobility card for rides on

public buses and the metro - Delhi

• Bollywood personality who became the official brand ambassador

of Sikkim - AR Rahman

• World Hindi Day (WHD) is observed every year on - 10 January

• India is going to be a reliable and close neighbour of this nation -

Maldives

• The national youth festival was inaugurated in this state - Uttar

Pradesh

• The nation celebrated this spiritual leader's 155th birth

anniversary on 12 January - Swami Vivekananda

• This state government is going to use robots to clean sewers -

Kerala

• This country emerged as the top borrower from Asian

infrastructure investment bank (AIIB) in 2017 - India

• India on 12 January 2018 launched these many satellites including

Cartosat-2 - 31

• This nation set a new record with its wind energy production in
2017 - Denmark

• With the launch of PSLV-C40, India has in total launched these

many of its own satellites till date - 100
• US President Donald Trump has announced that US could go back
into this agreement, which it initially withdrew itself from - Paris
Climate Deal

• This country has granted citizenship to Wikileaks founder Julian

Assange - Ecuador