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Contents Page
No.
From the Directors’ Desk 3
A Note from the LegalEdge Team 4
Victory Story
“Not performing well in a mock was itself a source of inspiration for me” – Prakhar Pipariya 5
Current Affairs Timeline
National News 6
International News 8
Banking and Economy 9
Appointment & Resignations 10
Obituaries 11
Awards and Recognitions 11
Sports News 13
Defence and Space 14
Science and Technology 15
Current Legal Knowledge
Legal Affairs 16
Legal News 16
LE Explains
Disaster Management Act and Institute in India 18
General Election in India Constitution 19
Potpourri
20 Legal One Liners 20
Maxims and Foreign Phrases 20
Key Differences Between Important Concepts 21
LE Prep Assist
Mentor View (General Knowledge) 23
Mentor View (Mathematics) 24
Prep Test – Logical Reasoning 25
Prep Test – English Language 31
Current Affairs Practice Sheet CAPS
Current Affairs Practice Sheet (CAPS) 36
Answer Key with Explanations
Answer Key with Explanations Prep Test 47
Answer Key with Explanations (CAPS) 52

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From the Directors' Desk
As we enter December 2018 and into the last 6 months of preparation, there are a few things that should be given due
care:
1. For all those who have received the CLAT-AILET Prep-Checklist of LegalEdge, go through the micro details carefully.
That's one of the most crucial documents of the session. Try and complete everything that's pending by 15 Jan, 19. For
all those who haven't, jigado :) Take the practice exercises of MonthLEs sincerely. MonthLEs are not only limited to
Current Affairs but extend to other sections as well. If you still haven't solved the MonthLEs (either its Current Affairs
Practice Sheets or its Prep Tests or anything else), its high time we completed them this month itself.
2. Furthermore, read a lot. Get into a variety of topics surrounding History: India after Independence, International and
National Current Affairs, Science, Technology, Economics and Business, Sports, Arts and Culture, Environment,
Religion and Literature. Ensure, that you touch base with every topic mentioned above via regular newspaper
readings (general articles, editorials, special features etc) and magazines. The more you read the better you will do in
English Language, Critical Reasoning and the Legal Reasoning Section. Moreover, solve a lot of MCQ questions on
Grammar to improve accuracy. Make regular notes of your grammar-errors. Make sure that that you atleast
complete the High Frequency Word-list.
3. Rather than doing a list of questions on a topic (of Mathematics and Logical Reasoning), club 4-5 of them and do all of
them together. If you are short of practice material in the form of offline tests, solving Past Years and Practice Papers
of SBI PO Prelims and Mains (and similar national level tests) will be useful for Mathematics as well as Logical
Reasoning. Assuming that we have done a lot of Maths and Logical Reasoning in the last few months, we would
suggest to go for a maximum number of sectional tests (under a time limit of 20mins - 20Q for Maths and 30mins-40Q
for LR) in the coming months. Say 2-3 tests for each section on a weekly basis should be very good.
4. General Knowledge and Current Affairs: Carry on the good work that you have been doing via MonthLE and a
website (preferably affairscloud). Do not ignore Static GK. Don't overdo it as well. :)
5. Revise Mocks. Try and solve your previous Mocks under a specified time limit. You may give yourself 80% of the
standard time and redo all questions. This will be specially helpful in Legal Reasoning. Don't search for a lot of
questions on Legal Reasoning. Redoing the set of mock-questions will improve your Legal Reasoning skills. You
should make a note of Principles that you find difficult to understand. Ask your teacher to explain them to the same
and you may pen down their explanation in your own words.
6. Constantly work on your weaker areas. The more you improve your weaker topics, the better are your chances of
increasing your scores. While going through your MAC book (Mock Analysis Copy book of LegalEdge) ponder over
sections-topics-areas which will fetch you more marks. Focus on them. Make a list of 10 things that can get you 5 more
marks - focus on those and repeat the exercise.
7. Cheat-code to score more in mocks:
Before any mock:
i) Solve 3 Reading Comprehensions, 30Q on Legal Reasoning and a 20Q (sectional test) on Mathematics. Revise your
grammar-errors.
ii) Revise the previous 2 months' Current Affairs thoroughly.
iii) 3 Puzzles in addition to 40Q (a sectional test) on Logical Reasoning.
If you do the above mentioned things in the morning before any mock, this would add atleast 7 more marks to your
overall score :)
Baaki sab theek? Bas lage raho! :)

Harsh Gagrani Karan Mehta

(Director, LegalEdge) (Director, LegalEdge)

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 A Note from the LegalEdge Team
Common Student Problems and their Solutions
Problem Solution
Sir number nahi bad rahe! It’ll take time. Rome wasn’t built in a day, similarly, we can’t expect scores
to increase within a few days/weeks. It’s a long journey ahead. Don’t get
demoralized. They’ll increase slowly but surely.
Sir Parents scold karte hai ki score nahi bad To make Parents happy in short run – Use Unfair Means in the next Mock
raha! 
To make Parents happy in long run – Work hard for the next six months
and get a good college in CLAT.
Choose one of the above as per your needs 
Sir jinke scores pehle kam they unke bahut Think about WHY is this happening?
bad gaye hai but mere nahi badh rahe! Answer can be ANY or ALL of the following:
 They’re consistently working harder and devoting a greater
number of hours everyday.
 They’re making fewer silly mistakes in the Mocks.
 They have a better background in conceptual subjects like English
and Mathematics.

Now, work on improving all of the abovementioned points in a

steady and your score will increase ultra-soon.

Some Valuable Pieces of Advice from the LE Team

1. Your scores will NOT increase consistently in every Mock and expecting it to increase in every Mock is WRONG.
2. Don’t analyze your MAC book or show it to the faculties after every Mock. Show it after 3-5 Mocks. That’s a good
enough time to decide whether or not and how much you have improved.
3. General speaking, study as per the following schedule:

Five Days a Week Current Affairs, Mathematics and English

Four Days a Week Logical Reasoning and General Studies
Three Days a Week Legal Aptitude

4. It’s recommended, but not ABSOLUTELY important to study any subject daily.
5. Persevere (find out what does this word mean!). It’ll pay!

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 Victory Story
“Not performing well in a mock was itself a source of inspiration for me”: Prakhar Pipariya
Prakhar Pipariya
(NLSIU Bangalore)
1. What made you choose a career in law?
From somewhere around middle of my 10+2, I had
been pondering over various career options that lay
in front of me. Then my father advised me to do
CLAT because of the multitude of opportunities
law offers. It is not limited to some specific field but
allows you to select from a variety of careers. For
example, it is favorable to Civil Services
Preparation. Apart from that, law is quite
fascinating and unique in its approach towards
things. So, I decided to take a year’s drop and
prepare for CLAT.
2. Were you scared of any subjects in the beginning?
What did you do to overcome that?
In my initial stages of preparation, I was quite
afraid of the English subject because it was difficult
for me and I had very weak grammar. The basic
rules of English starting from parts of speech were
unclear to me. I then engaged in a lot of reading and
question -solving activities. Since I did not get the
concepts initially, asking doubts was one of my
priorities. Reading materials suggested by my
teachers at LegalEdge, apart from the booklets
given by LegalEdge, really helped me to improve a
lot and gradually I was able to pick up the
language. I was also scared of the vast General
Knowledge that CLAT examination covers but
MonthLE had all the important facts and a nice set
of questions that relived me of my concerns. These
MonthLE covered many questions of not only
CLAT but various other law examinations.
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3. How did you motivate yourself for studying when
you didn’t perform well in your mocks?
Not performing well in a mock was itself a source
of inspiration for me. It always encouraged me to
work harder. After every disappointing result I
would get more dedicated to increase my marks
without being depressed. The mock results that
were the worst were the ones that kept me going
the most. Also, constant encouragement from the
faculties that there was still time to improve was
very helpful.
4. What was your revision strategy while preparing
for CLAT?
I did not have much in my mind about revision. But
LegalEdge had distributed the course preparation
so well that as they were revising things I was able
to revise them side by side. So I had not to worry
much about revision. Grand Master’s Box that was
quite good for revision.
5. How instrumental has LegalEdge been to you for
your preparation for CLAT?
Legal Edge has well experienced teachers. They not
only teach very efficiently, but also help each and
every student to perform better in mocks and learn
effectively. I learnt a lot from them. They were
available for doubts after the class. The mocks and
booklets had quite eclectic questions. It helped me
build a good command over all the subjects. The
mock interface had a good analyzing system that
helped me identify my strength and weakness
properly. By constant hard work, coupled with well
defined set of targets set by LegalEdge, I was able
to improve myself in the span of one year.
6. What is your message for future CLAT aspirants?
I want to say to future CLAT aspirants that
LegalEdge if a one step destination if anyone wants
to clear CLAT examination. The booklets and
mocks provided are self sufficient and one has no
need to look for some other sources. Unceasing
effort and dedication are must but should be
coupled with proper guidance is available at
LegalEdge. I strongly recommend LegalEdge to all
future CLAT aspirants.
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 Current Affairs Timeline
NATIONAL NEWS
Lucknow stadium renamed after Vajpayee
The newly-built ‘Ekana International Stadium’
has been renamed after former prime minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee in Lucknow. The stadium will now
be known as ‘Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee
International Cricket Stadium’. UP Governor Ram
Naik has approved the government proposal to this
effect.
National Press Day
National Press Day is observed on 16 November
every year. On this day, Press Council of India
(PCI) started functioning as a moral watchdog. The
PCI was first set up in the year 1966 by the
Parliament on the recommendations of the ‘First
Press Commission’.
Food Park in Aurangabad district inaugurated
Union Minister for Food Processing Industries
Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated the second
Mega Food Park in Maharashtra on 15 November
2018. The Food Park is located in Paithan Taluka of
Aurangabad district, Maharashtra. The first Food
Park was inaugurated on 1st March 2018 in Satara
district, Maharashtra.
Adobe CEO in Business Person of the Year list
Shantanu Narayen, the Chief Executive Officer of
Adobe has been named by Fortune in its ‘2018
Business Person of the Year’ list. In the list,
Shantanu Narayen is at 12th position. The list has
been topped by the CEO of insurance company
‘Progressive Tricia Griffith’.
Human ancestor fossil discovered in Kutch
Scientists have discovered a fossilised upper jaw
of an eleven million-year-old human ancestor in
Kutch, Gujarat. The find significantly extends the
southern range of ancient apes in the Indian
Peninsula. Apes, or hominoids, are a group of
primates from Africa and Southeast Asia that
includes the gibbons and the great apes: chimps,
orangutans, gorillas, and humans.
India’s 1st elephant hospital
India’s first specialised hospital for elephants was
formally opened in Mathura. The hospital is
located close to the elephant conservation and care
centre and is designed to treat injured and sick
elephants. The unique medical centre offers
wireless digital X-ray, laser treatment, dental X-ray,
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thermal imaging, ultrasonography, hydrotherapy
and quarantine facilities.
Hookah bars permanently banned in Punjab
Hookah bars have been permanently banned in
Punjab as President Ram Nath Kovind has given
his assent to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco
Products Bill, 2018 to check use of tobacco. Punjab
is the third state in the country after Gujarat and
Maharashtra where hookah bars or lounges were
banned through law.
‘Global talent rankings’ released
The annual ‘Global Talent’ rankings was released
by IMD Business School in Switzerland on 20
November 2018. The rankings are based on three
factors: Investment and Development, Appeal, and
Readiness. India got the 53rd rank. Switzerland has
topped the global ranking for the fifth year in a row.
Within Asia, Singapore got the 13th rank.
Mountaineer Satyarup climbed Mt Giluwe
Indian mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta became
the first Indian to climb Mt Giluwe on 11
November 2018. The summit of the mountain is at
an elevation of 4,367 metres. He had successfully
climbed the Mt Everest in June 2016. Mt Giluwe is
the second highest mountain in Papua New
Guinea. Mt Wilhelm is the highest mountain of
Papua New Guinea.
J&K Assembly dissolved by Governor
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik
dissolved the State Assembly on 21 November
2018. The Governor cited extensive horse-trading
and possible exchange of money and the
impossibility of forming a stable government by
parties with opposing political ideologies as
reasons.
Renaming of two divisions in UP approved
The Uttar Pradesh government approved the
renaming of Faizabad and Allahabad divisions as
Ayodhya and Prayagraj respectively on 13
November 2018. Prayagraj division will comprise
Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Fatehpur and Pratapgarh
districts. Ayodhya division will include Ayodhya,
Ambedkarnagar, Sultanpur, Amethi and Barabanki
districts.
Statue commemorating Indian soldiers unveiled
A new statue commemorating the role of Indian
soldiers in World War I was unveiled in France.
The seven-foot bronze statue commemorates over
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4,700 soldiers and labourers from British India who
lost their lives on the Western Front during World
War I. Another memorial was inaugurated by Vice
President Venkaiah Naidu at Villers Guislain in
France.
India allowed to buy Iranian oil: US
India is one of the eight countries to receive
temporary exemptions from U.S. sanctions on Iran
that came into effect on 5 November 2018. The other
countries that have been exempted are China, Italy,
Greece, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey.
U.S. said that each country on the list had
demonstrated ‘significant reductions’ of the
purchase of Iranian crude over the past six months.
INS Viraat to become a floating museum
The Maharashtra Cabinet approved the conversion
of decommissioned carrier INS Viraat into a
floating museum on 2 November 2018. The carrier
will be housed on a concrete foundation near
Nivati Rocks in Sindhudurg in Konkan region of
Maharashtra. The project will be implemented
through public-private-partnership (PPP). INS
Viraat was decommissioned in March 2017.
India elected as a Member of the ITU Council
India has been elected as a Member of the
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Council for another 4-year term (2019-2022). The
elections to the council were held during the
ongoing ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 at
Dubai, UAE. The ITU is a specialised agency of the
United Nations (UN) that is responsible for issues
that concern information and communication
technologies.
IFFI to commence in Goa from 20th-28th Nov
The 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
2018 will be held in Goa from 20th to 28th
November 2018. Israel has been selected as the
‘Country of Focus’ for 49th IFFI 2018. Jharkhand
has been selected as the ‘State of Focus’ for 49th IFFI
2018. Mr Dan Wolman from Israel will be honoured
with the Lifetime Achievement Award at IFFI.
Malayalam film Olu will be the opening film.
India ranked 12th in web-borne threats
According to a recent report by Kaspersky Lab,
India is ranked 12th worldwide when it comes to
the dangers associated with surfing the web. In the
third quarter (July- September), 32.8% of the users
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were attacked by web-borne threats in India.
Kaspersky Lab products detected 48,093,743
Internet-borne malware incidents on the computers
of KSN participants in India.
1st India-Nepal passenger train
The first passenger train to run on ‘broad gauge’
between India and Nepal is likely to run from
December 2018. The train will run from Jayanagar
in Bihar to Kurtha in Dhanusa district in south-
eastern Nepal. An immigration check-post is likely
to be established at Jayanagar station. No visa will
be required for Indian and Nepalese nationals
crossing the border through this stretch.
New record created in Ayodhya
A new world record was set in Ayodhya on 7
November 2018 with over three lakh ‘diya’ lit up
simultaneously. A total of 3, 01,152 diyas were lit
up simultaneously for five minutes. The record was
created at the Deepotsav event on the banks of the
Sarayu river. The target was to illuminate a total of
3.35 lakh diya on both sides of the ghats at Ram Ki
Paidi.
AR Rahman launched his biography
AR Rahman released his biography, ‘Notes of a
Dream: The Authorized Biography of AR
Rahman’, in Mumbai on 3 November 2018. The
book has been written by author Krishna Trilok. AR
Rahman has won six National Film Awards, two
Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA
Award, a Golden Globe Award, and fifteen
Filmfare Awards.
Ayurveda Day
Ayurveda Day was observed on 5th November
2018. Ministry of AYUSH observes Ayurveda Day
every year on ‘Dhanawantari Jayanti’ (Dhanteras).
On this occasion, Ministry is organising a ‘National
Seminar on Entrepreneurship and Business
Development in Ayurveda’ in association with
NITI Aayog on 4th & 5th November 2018.
West Bengal to observe ‘Rosogolla Day’
The West Bengal government will observe
‘Rosogolla Day’ on November 14. The day will be
observed to commemorate the first anniversary of
the State’s famous sweet getting Geographical
Indication (GI) tag as ‘Bengal’s Rosogolla’. On 14
November 2017, West Bengal got the GI tag for
‘Bengal’s Rosogolla’. The GI tag is a sign that
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identifies a product as originating from a particular
place.
Festival to celebrate Urdu heritage & culture
On 10 November 2018, the Delhi government
announced ‘Jashn-e-Virasat-e-Urdu’, a festival to
celebrate Urdu culture and its heritage. The festival
aims to keep the Urdu language alive and ensure
its growth through larger participation. The festival
will witness a diverse range of artists and art forms
practising Urdu including traditional forms like
Chaar Bait, Dastangoi and Kissagoi.
24th Kolkata International Film Festival began
The 24th Kolkata International Film Festival began
in Kolkata on 10 November 2018. A centenary
tribute will be paid to legendary Swedish director-
producer Ingmar Bergman through the screening
of eight of his outstanding movies. The event is
considered to be the country’s second oldest film
fest.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
UN chief appointed new envoy to Syria
United Nations Secretary-General António
Guterres has appointed veteran Norwegian
diplomat Geir O. Pedersen as next Special Envoy
for Syria. He succeeds Italian-Swedish envoy
Staffan de Mistura. He is currently Norway’s
ambassador to China. At the UN, Mr Pedersen
served as the Special Coordinator for Lebanon
between 2007 and 2008.
Google launched ‘Neighbourly’ app
Google has announced the national roll-out of a
new app from its ‘Next Billion Users’ team called
‘Neighbourly’. The app helps people source local
information from their neighbours. Google is
rolling out ‘Neighbourly’ starting with Bengaluru
and Delhi, which topped the waitlist. More cities
will be added every day, including Chennai,
Hyderabad and Pune.
International Day for Tolerance
The ‘International Day for Tolerance’ is annually
observed on 16 November. The United Nations has
launched a new global campaign named
‘TOGETHER’ to promote tolerance, respect and
dignity across the world.
Oxford Word of the Year
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Oxford Dictionary has declared the adjective ‘toxic’
as the Word of the Year 2018. The adjective toxic is
defined as ‘poisonous’ and first appeared in
English in the mid-seventeenth century from the
medieval Latin ‘toxicus’. The Oxford Word of the
Year is a word or expression that is judged to have
lasting potential as a term of cultural significance.
India Pavilion Inaugurated at Videocittà 2018
India Pavilion was inaugurated at Videocittà 2018
in Rome. India was partner country at Videocittà
2018. Videocittà 2018 is an event focussing on
Virtual Reality, Video gaming, Animation, Film
Making, etc. India’s participation at Videocittà
2018, Rome was organized by Ministry of
Information & Broadcasting.
APEC summit held in Papua New Guinea
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
summit was held on 17 and 18 November 2018 in
Papua New Guinea. This is the first time Papua
New Guinea, the poorest of the 21 countries in
APEC, has hosted the summit. The capital of Papua
New Guinea is Port Moresby and its currency is
‘Papua New Guinean kina’.
‘World Malaria Report 2018’ released by WHO
World Health Organisation (WHO) has released
‘World Malaria Report 2018’ on 19 November 2018.
According to the report, India and 10 other
countries in sub-Saharan Africa accounted for
around 70% of estimated malaria cases (151
million) and deaths (274,000) in 2017. India
registered a 24% decrease in malaria cases in 2017
as compared to 2016.
Int day to End Impunity for Crimes
The ‘International Day to End Impunity for
Crimes against Journalists’ is observed on 2
November every year. The day draws attention to
the low global conviction rate for violent crimes
against journalists and media workers. It is
observed in commemoration of the assassination of
two French journalists in Mali on 2 November 2013.
2019 World Corporate Games in Qatar
Qatar will host the 23rd edition of the World
Corporate Games in 2019. The games will provide
an opportunity for corporations around the world
to showcase their competitive prowess through
sports. The World Corportate Games aims to bring
together, the local, regional and international
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business sporting community. The last edition was
held in Houston in the US in 2017.
Award given to Aung San Suu Kyi revoked
Amnesty International revoked the ‘Ambassador
of Conscience Award’ given to Myanmar’s leader
Aung San Suu Kyi on 13 November 2018. She
received the award in 2009 when she was living
under house arrest. The award was revoked
because of her failure to speak out for the
Rohingya minority. She was also stripped of her
honourary Canadian citizenship in October 2018.
World Tsunami Awareness Day
The ‘World Tsunami Awareness Day’ is observed
on 5 November. In 2018, World Tsunami
Awareness Day will align with the International
Day for Disaster Reduction and the ‘Sendai Seven
Campaign’.
UNWFP & Alibaba entered into a partnership
The United Nations World Food Programme
(WFP) and Alibaba Group have entered into a
strategic partnership to support efforts to achieve
the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).
Alibaba will provide its technology and resources
to support the digital transformation of WFP’s
operations. Under the partnership, a digital World
Hunger Map to monitor the status of global hunger
will be developed.
World Science Day for Peace and Development
World Science Day for Peace and Development is
observed on 10 November every year. The day
aims to ensure that citizens are kept informed of
developments in science. The theme for 2018 is
‘Science, a Human Right’.
Pneumonia & Diarrhea Progress Report released
The 2018 ‘Pneumonia and Diarrhea Progress
Report’ was released by the International Vaccine
Access Center (IVAC) on 9 November 2018. The
report said that India’s vaccination coverage to
prevent rotavirus infection was the lowest among
the 15 countries. It also pointed out that India lost
over 2.6 lakh children under five years from
pneumonia and diarrhoea in 2016.
Sunscreens banned in Palau
Palau is set to become the first country to impose a
widespread ban on sunscreen in an effort to protect
its vulnerable coral reefs. The government has
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signed a law that restricts the sale and use of
sunscreen and skincare products that contain a list
of ten different chemicals. The ban comes into force
in 2020.
World Diabetes Day
World Diabetes Day is observed on 14 November
every year. The theme of World Diabetes Day 2018
is ‘The Family and Diabetes’.
UNSC agreed to lift sanctions against Eritrea
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has
agreed to lift sanctions against Eritrea after nine
years. An arms embargo, asset freeze, and travel
ban were imposed in 2009 amid claims that Eritrea
supported militancy in Somalia. The resolution was
drafted by the United Kingdom and backed by the
United States and its allies.
International Cherry Blossom Festival began
The ‘India International Cherry Blossom Festival
2018’ was inaugurated in Shillong on 14 November
2018. It is the festival that highlights the pink cherry
flowers blooming all over the city in early
November. A similar festival is also held in Japan
but it is celebrated in the spring when the cherry
trees bloom.
Tajikistan launched a hydro-electric project
Tajikistan inaugurated a US$ 3.9 billion ‘Rogun
hydro-electric project’. It has been built on the
Vakhsh River in southern Tajikistan. The project
will enable Tajikistan to eliminate domestic energy
shortages and export electricity to Afghanistan and
Pakistan. The first of six turbines in the Rogun
hydroelectric dam went online on 16 November
2018.
Africa’s first ever high speed train unveiled
French President Emmanuel Macron and
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI have inaugurated
Morocco’s first high-speed rail line, the first ever
such line in Africa. The king Mohammed VI named
the first line as ‘Al Boraq’. It will connect the
economic hubs of Tangier and Casablanca. The $2
billion project was launched in September 2011.
ECONOMY AND BANKING
World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business Report’
released
According to the 2018 report, India is placed at 77th
rank among 190 countries assessed by the World
Bank. In 2017, India was placed at 100th rank. In the
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‘Grant of Construction Permits’ indicator, India’s
ranking improved from 181 in 2017 to 52 in 2018.
India’s economic growth to slow down in 2019
A report titled ‘Global Macro Outlook 2019-20’
was released by Moody’s Investors Service on 8
November 2018. The report said that the Indian
economy will expand 7.4% in 2018, but the growth
will slow down to 7.3% in 2019. It also said that the
economy grew 7.9% in the first half (January-June)
of 2018.
Fitch retains rating for India at ‘BBB-minus’
Fitch Ratings retained India’s sovereign rating at
‘BBB-minus’. ‘BBB-minus’ is the lowest
investment grade rating. Fitch forecasts India’s
growth to rebound to 7.3% in FY19 and 7.5% in
FY20. The Fitch Ratings added that a recent
analysis conducted by it found that India had the
highest medium-term growth potential among the
largest emerging markets.
First overseas blockchain payment executed
HSBC has executed India’s first financial
transaction using blockchain for a deal involving
an export by Reliance Industries to Tricon Energy.
The blockchain platform integrated with Bolero’s
electronic Bill of Lading (eBL) platform to issue and
manage an eBL. This allowed a digital transfer of
the title of goods from the seller to the buyer.
APPOINTMENTS AND
RESIGNATIONS
Tesla names new chair to replace Elon Musk
Electric carmaker Tesla has appointed Robyn
Denholm as the Chairman of the company’s board
of directors, replacing Elon Musk. She will also be
leaving her role as CFO and Head of Strategy at
Telstra, Australia’s largest telecommunications
company. She has been on the Tesla board as an
independent director since 2014. Elon Musk will
remain the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tesla.
Neomi Rao to replace Kavanaugh on DC Circuit
U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated
Indian-American Neomi Rao to replace Supreme
Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the DC Circuit
Court of Appeals. The powerful U.S. Court of
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Appeals for the DC Circuit is considered next to the
U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. Rao is currently the
administrator of the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).
Flipkart CEO Binny Bansal quits
Flipkart co-founder, Binny Bansal resigned as the
company’s Group CEO following an independent
investigation into allegations of serious personal
misconduct. Kalyan Krishnamurthy will continue
to be the CEO of Flipkart. Ananth Narayanan will
continue as CEO of Flipkart’s fashion arms Myntra
and Jabong.
Ashok Kumar Gupta appointed as CCI
Chairperson
Ashok Kumar Gupta has been appointed as the
Chairperson of the Competition Commission of
India (CCI). He would be replacing the acting
Chairperson of CCI Sudhir Mital. CCI is a statutory
body of the Government of India responsible for
enforcing the Competition Act, 2002.
Hima Das appointed as Youth Ambassador
Hima Das has been appointed as UNICEF India’s
Youth Ambassador. She will work towards
supporting various initiatives by UNICEF. She won
the gold medal in Women’s 4 x 400 m Relay event
at the 2018 Asian Games.
Kim Jong Yang elected as Interpol President
Kim Jong Yang of South Korea has been elected
Interpol President. Kim will serve as president for
the remainder of the current mandate, until 2020.
The decision was taken at the 87th General
Assembly of the Agency in Dubai. He was
previously the Chief of police in South Korea’s
most populous province.
Youngest-ever goodwill ambassador appointed
British actress Millie Bobby Brown was named the
newest United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Goodwill Ambassador. She is the youngest person
ever to be appointed as the UNICEF’s Goodwill
Ambassador. As a Goodwil Ambassador, she will
use her global platform to raise awareness of
children’s rights and issues affecting young people.
Abhijit Bose named India Head
WhatsApp named Abhijit Bose as its India Head.
He will join WhatsApp in early 2019 and will build
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WhatsApp’s first full country team outside of Spider-Man, Daredevil and the X-Men. He teamed
California. He was the co-founder of Ezetap, an up with artists like Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko to
electronic payments company. revitalise the Comic industry.

OBITUARIES
Union Minister Ananth Kumar passed away
Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, and
Chemicals and Fertilizers H.N. Ananth Kumar,
passed away in Bengaluru. He is a six-time
member of parliament from Bengaluru South Lok
Sabha seat and was representing it continuously
since 1996. He held civil aviation, urban AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
development and tourism portfolios in Atal Bihari Couple honoured with ‘Roy M Huffington
Vajpayee cabinet during 1999-2004. Award’
Brigadier Kuldip Singh passed away Marie and Vijay Goradia received the ‘Roy M
Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, known as the hero of Huffington Award’ for 2018 in the US. They were
the Battle of Longewala during the 1971 Indo-Pak awarded for making significant contributions to the
war, died on 17 November 2018. Brig Chandpuri areas of literacy, education and healthcare in India.
was a recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra, the The Huffington Award is the highest honour
country’s second-highest gallantry award, for his granted by the Asia Society Texas Centre (ASTC).
role at Longewala, an outpost in the Thar desert of Vijay Goradia is the founder and Chairman of
Rajasthan. Brig Chandpuri was commissioned into Vinmar International.
the 23rd Battalion of the Punjab Regiment in 1963. Lilima Minz received ‘Ekalabya Puraskar’
Woman Hockey player Lilima Minz was
honoured with the prestigious ‘Ekalabya Puraskar’.
She was part of the squad that represented the
country in the 2016 Summer Olympics. The
Ekalabya Puraskar has been instituted by
‘IMPaCT’, the social wing of the Indian Metals and
Ferro Alloys.
Anupam Kher got ‘Distinguished Fellow’ award
Anupam Kher was honoured as a ‘Distinguished
Ad-filmmaker Alyque Padamsee passed away
Fellow’ by IndiaGlobal – a leading think-tank that
Prominent ad filmmaker and actor Alyque
works on issues concerning non-resident Indians.
Padamsee passed away on 17 November 2018 in
The actor was given a fellowship on November 3,
Mumbai. As a film actor, he was known for his role
2018 at the 3rd IndiaGlobal Summit. The event was
in Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi where he
held at the prestigious MIT Sloan School of
played Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He was known as
Management in Boston, and was facilitated by MIT
the Father of modern Indian advertising. He was
Sloan India Business Club.
conferred with Padmashri Award in 2000 and he
Ram Mohan Roy award for N. Ram
also received Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore
Veteran journalist and The Hindu Publishing
Ratna in 2012.
Group Chairman N. Ram has been chosen for the
Musician Ustad Imrat Khan passed away
prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award 2018. The
Classical music stalwart Ustad Imrat Khan has
award is presented by the Press Council of India
died in the U.S. on 23 November 2018. He
(PCI) for his outstanding contribution to
dedicated his life to promote the sitar and the
journalism. Ruby Sarkar, the chief correspondent of
surbahar worldwide. Ustad Imrat Khan belonged
Deshbandhu, and Rajesh Parshuram Joshte of
to the illustrious Etawa gharana, or the Imdadkhani
Daily Pudhari, have been named joint winners for
Gharana. The gharana is one of the oldest in India
‘Rural Journalism’.
with a musical legacy of over 400 years and traces
Namrata Ahuja bagged IPI-India Award
its roots to Agra.
The prestigious 2018 IPI India Award for
Stan Lee passed away
excellence in journalism has been given to
The comic book writer Stan Lee passed away on 12
Namrata Ahuja of ‘The Week’ magazine. She
November 2018. He is the co-creator of iconic
received the award for her exclusive story on Naga
characters including Iron Man, the Fantastic Four,
underground camps. The International Press

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senior executives of newspapers and magazines.
Arunima got Honorary Doctorate in UK
On 6 November 2018, Arunima Sinha has been
awarded an honorary doctorate by the University
of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom for her
inspirational achievements. On 21 May 2013,
Arunima Sinha became the world’s first female
amputee to climb the Mount Everest. In 2015, she
was presented with the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-
highest civilian award.
Anand conferred with ‘Global Education Award’
Mathematician and Super 30 founder Anand
Kumar was conferred with ‘Global Education
Award’ in Dubai on 8 November 2018. He was
awarded for his ‘pioneering’ contributions to the
field of education and illuminating the lives of
many talented students. The award was presented
by ‘Malabar Gold & Diamonds’, a flagship
company of Malabar Group, a leading Indian
business conglomerate.
France’s highest civilian honour conferred
Jawahar Lal Sarin was conferred with France’s
highest civilian honour by French Ambassador to
India Alexandre Ziegler on 9 November 2018. He
was given France’s highest civilian honour ‘Knight
of the Legion of Honour’. He was awarded for his
outstanding contribution to enhancing Indo-French
cultural cooperation and promoting the French
language.
Swati won ‘Press Freedom Award for Courage’
Journalist Swati Chaturvedi has won the 2018
Press Freedom Award for Courage. She won the
award for her book, ‘I am a Troll: Inside The Secret
World of The BJP’s Digital Army’. The award
ceremony was organised by the UK chapter of
Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) or
Reporters Without Borders in London.
Ladakh restoration project wins UNESCO award
‘The LAMO Center’ in Jammu and Kashmir’s
Ladakh region has won an UNESCO Asia-Pacific
Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. It was
chosen for its systematic restoration of an
aristocratic house in Ladakh. It won in the category
of ‘Award of Distinction’ under UNESCO Asia-
Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
Six professors won Infosys Prize 2018
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Science Foundation’ (ISF). The annual award
includes a pure gold medal, a citation and a prize
purse worth US$ 100,000. Navakanta Bhat was
awarded in the field of Engineering and Computer
Science. Kavita Singh - Humanities. Roop Mallik -
Life Sciences. Nalini Anantharaman -
Mathematical Sciences. SK Satheesh - Physical
Sciences. Sendhil Mullainathan - Social Sciences.
Dr. Martha received lifetime achievement award
Late Dr Martha Farrell has been honoured with the
‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the 6th Indian
Social Work Congress in New Delhi on 13
November 2018. Dr Martha is being recognised for
her lifelong work towards gender equality,
women’s empowerment and prevention of sexual
harassment at workplace. In 1991, she co-founded
the NGO named Creative Learning for Change.
‘India-Singapore Hackathon’ winners awarded
Prime Minister Narendra Modi felicitated the six
winning teams of the first ‘India-Singapore
Hackathon’. ‘India-Singapore Hackathon’ is a
platform for the youth of the two countries to
harness and showcase their innovations. The
winning teams from India were IIT Kharagpur,
NIT Trichy, and MIT College of Engineering,
Pune.
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan given a lifetime award
Sarod master, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was
presented the ‘Sumitra Charat Ram Award for
Lifetime Achievement’ on 17 November 2018. He
was awarded for his immense contribution to the
enrichment and promotion of the Indian classical
music. The award was presented to him by former
diplomat Lalit Mansingh. He was awarded the
Padma Vibhushan in 2001.
CSE won Indira Gandhi peace prize
‘Centre for Science and Environment’ (CSE) has
won Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament
and Development 2018. The award is conferred by
Indira Gandhi Trust every year on the late Indira
Gandhi’s birth anniversary. The international jury
for the awards was headed by former President
Pranab Mukherjee.
‘Tata Literature Awards 2018’ announced
Anuradha Roy and James Crabtree are among the
winners of the ‘Tata Literature Live Awards 2018’.
Harper Collins India was named publisher of the
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year 2018. Veteran journalist and writer Mark
Tully won the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Renowned poet Jayanta Mahapatra was named the
poet laureate for 2018.
Amitabh Bachchan received Sayaji Ratna Award
Amitabh Bachchan was awarded the third Sayaji
Ratna Award. The award was established in the
memory of erstwhile Baroda ruler Sayajirao
Gaekwad III. The Baroda Management
Association had instituted the award to mark the
150th birth anniversary of the ruler in 2013. Infosys
co-founder N R Narayana Murthy and noted
industrialist Ratan Tata have been given the award
earlier.
Vimal Chandra won the Young Scientist award
IIT Roorkee Professor Vimal Chandra Srivastava
has won the ‘NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award
2018’ in ‘Environmentally Sound Sustainable
Development’ category. He has been given the
award for his work on Industrial Wastewater
Treatment, Clean Liquid Fuels, and Multi-
component Adsorption. The Award was instituted
by Elsevier in the year 2006.
Filmmaker Nandita Das to receive FIAPF Award
Filmmaker Nandita Das will be honoured with the
‘International Federation of Film Producers
Associations’ ( FIAPF) Award 2018. The award
will be given at the ’12th Asia Pacific Screen
Awards’ on 29 November 2018. She will be
presented the award in recognition of her
achievement in film in the Asia Pacific region. She
started her career as an actor in films like ‘1947
Earth, ‘Fire’ etc.
Forbes India Leadership Awards 2018 announced
The ‘Forbes India Leadership Awards’ was held on
November 22 in Mumbai. The award honours the
top executives of companies in India. Azim Premji,
Chairman of Wipro Limited, got the ‘Lifetime
Achievement Award 2018’. Vivek Chaand Sehgal,
Chairman of Motherson Sumi Systems, got the
‘Entrepreneur for the Year 2018 award’.
Ju Reti 6-1 in the final. He became the first Indian
to win an Asian Snooker Tour event. The
Government of India has awarded him Padma
Bhushan in 2018.
Karen Khachanov won Paris Masters title
Russia’s tennis player Karen Khachanov won the
Paris Masters title on 4 November 2018. He
defeated Novak Djokovic in the finals. He also
won the Kremlin Cup in Moscow in October 2018.
He is currently ranked at 18.
Rahul Dravid inducted in ICC Hall of Fame
Rahul Dravid became the fifth Indian to be
inducted in the ‘ICC Hall of Fame’ on 1 November
2018. Rahul Dravid, along with Ricky Ponting and
England women wicketkeeper Claire Taylor, were
announced as the new inductees in the Hall of
Fame. Dravid has scored 23, 208 international runs
for India across formats.
Subhankar Dey won SaarLorLux Open
In Badminton, Subhankar Dey has won the
SaarLorLux Open at Saarbrucken in Germany on
5 November 2018. He defeated Rajiv Ouseph of
Britain in finals. This is Subhankar’s first title of
2018. In March 2018, he had finished runner-up in
the Kabal International tournament at the Czech
Republic.
Angad Vir Singh won gold medal in shooting
Angad Vir Singh Bajwa won the gold medal in the
men’s skeet final of the 8th Asian Shotgun
Championship on 6 November 2018. He became
the first Indian skeet shooter to win a gold medal at
any continental or world level event. Di Jin of China
won the silver medal while Saeed Al Maktoum of
UAE won the bronze medal.
Bajrang becomes number one in world
On 10 November 2018, Indian wrestler Bajrang
Punia achieved the number one rank in the world
in the 65kg category. He was placed atop the
ranking table with 96 points in the United World
Wrestling (UWW) list. Alejandro Enrique from
Cuba is at number two with 66 points. Russia’s
Akhmed Chakaev is at number three and Takuto
Otoguro from Japan is at number four.

SPORTS
Pankaj Advani won Asian Snooker Tour title
Pankaj Advani won the Asian Snooker Tour on 31
October 2018 in Jinan, China. He defeated China’s

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ATP World Tour Awards 2018 announced
Novak Djokovic won the ‘Comeback Player of the
Year Award’. Djokovic’s coach Marian Vajda was
also named ATP Coach of the Year. Rafael Nadal
won the ‘Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award’ for
his fair play, professionalism and integrity on and
off the tennis court. Roger Federer won the Fans’
Favourite player Award.
11th Asian Shooting Championship 2018 winners
Divyansh Singh won the silver medal in 10m Air
Rifle Junior Men’s event. Elavenil Valarivan won
the bronze medal in 10m Air Rifle Junior Women’s
event. Elavenil & Hriday won the gold medal in
10m Air Rifle Junior mixed event. Saurabh
Chaudhary won the gold medal in the 10m Air
pistol junior men’s event. Manu Bhaker & Saurabh
won the gold medal in the 10m Air pistol mixed
team event
Lewis Hamilton won Brazil Grand Prix
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton won the
Brazilian Grand Prix. The win was Hamilton’s 10th
of the season and 72nd of his career. Hamilton’s
win helped Mercedes secure the constructors’
championship. Verstappen finished second while
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen took third.
Shuttler Kento Momota won China Open
Kento Momota won badminton’s Fuzhou China
Open. He defeated Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan in
the final match. This was his 7th title of the year.
The Fuzhou China Open is a part of the HSBC
world tour events, and is designated as a super 750
level tournament.
Alexander Zverev won ATP Finals in London
Tennis player Alexander Zverev won the ATP
Finals in London. He defeated Novak Djokovic in
the finals. Alexander Zverev became only the
fourth player to beat Roger Federer and Novak
Djokovic back-to-back in the semi-final and final of
the same tournament. He also became the youngest
winner of the ATP title.
Shubhankar won ‘Rookie of the year’ honours
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma became the
first Indian to emerge as the ‘Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year 2018’ on the European Tour. He
follows Jon Rahm (2017), Wang Jeunghun (2016),
Byeong Hun An (2015) and Brooks Koepka (2014)
who have been the four Rookies before him. He is
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after Byeong Hun An (2015) and Wang Jeunghun
(2016).
Lakshya won bronze medal in badminton
India’s Lakshya Sen settled for a bronze medal in
the World Junior Badminton Championship on 17
November 2018. He was defeated by Kunlavut
Vitidsarn of Thailand in the men’s singles
semifinals. Saina Nehwal is the only Indian to have
won a gold in the ‘World Junior Badminton
Championship’ during the 2008 Pune edition.
First batsman to score 11,000 runs in Ranji
Veteran cricketer Wasim Jaffer became the first
batsman to score 11,000 runs in Ranji Trophy.
Jaffer, who plays for Vidarbha, achieved the feat on
day two of the Ranji Trophy match against Baroda.
He has played 31 Tests and two One-Day
Internationals for India. He last played for India in
April 2008.
DEFENCE AND SPACE
India-Japan military exercise begins
Armies of India and Japan began their first-ever
joint military exercise ‘Dharma Guardian-2018’ at
a jungle warfare school in Mizoram. The focus of
the two-week-long exercise will be to enhance
tactical skills against global terrorism and increase
inter-operability between the two forces. The
Indian contingent is represented by 6/1 Gorkha
Rifles.
China unveiled ‘most advanced’ stealth drone
China has unveiled its new-generation stealth
combat unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), UAV –
CH7. The CH7 makes China the second country,
following the US, to produce high-altitude long-
endurance combat UAVs with advanced
penetration capabilities. The CH7 can intercept
radar electronic signals, and simultaneously detect,
verify and monitor high-value targets.
Study finds that 3 moons orbit the Earth
A team of astronomers and physicists has
confirmed that the dust clouds orbit the Earth.
These dust clouds move with the Earth and Moon
at a stable 4,00,000 kilometres from the Earth. The
dust clouds is also known as ‘Kordylewski’ clouds.
The first glimpse of the clouds was seen only in
1961 by Polish astronomer Kazimierz Kordylewski.
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New artillery guns inducted in Army
The Indian Army inducted its first new pieces of
artillery on 9 November 2018. The ‘M777 howitzer’
and ‘K9 Vajra-T’ were formally inducted into
service at the Deolali field firing ranges in
Maharashtra. M777 howitzers are US-made
lightweight guns, the K9 Vajras are South Korea-
made self-propelled artillery guns. This is the first
major induction since the Bofors were inducted in
the 1980s.
NASA’s Ralph to explore ‘Trojan Asteroids’
NASA’s Ralph and Lucy are all set to explore
Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. Ralph is a space
instrument that has travelled as far as Pluto, while
Lucy is a mission payload. The Lucy spacecraft will
carry a near-twin of Ralph, called L’Ralph, which
will investigate Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. The
mission will be launched in 2021 and would be the
very first space mission to study the Trojans.
NASA spotted new iceberg in Antartica
NASA has spotted an enormous new Antarctic
iceberg while on a mission to survey the region’s
shifting sea ice and glaciers. NASA’s Operation
IceBridge flight spotted the giant berg which
broke off from Pine Island Glacier in October
2018. The US National Ice Centre estimates the
iceberg named B-46, is 66 square nautical miles (87
square miles) in size.
GROWTH-India telescope’s first observation
The ‘GROWTH-India telescope’ at the Indian
Astronomical Observatory located in Hanle,
Ladakh has made its first science observation
which is a follow-up study of a nova explosion.
Novae are explosive events involving violent
eruptions on the surface of white dwarf stars,
leading to temporary increase in brightness of the
star. This recurrent nova has been named ‘M31N-
2008’.
Military exercise ‘Vajra Prahar’ commenced
The joint military exercise ‘Vajra Prahar’ between
India and the United States commenced in Jaipur
on 19 November 2018. The aim is to enhance the
interoperability of the two armed forces. The
armies will train on different aspects including
hostage rescue, building intervention, desert
survival, medical aid and combat firing.
Ghost galaxy spotted next to Milky Way
Scientists of the European Space Agency (ESA) has
discovered a massive and very faint galaxy near the
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Milky Way. The name of the galaxy is Antlia 2 or
Ant 2 and is known as a dwarf galaxy. The Galaxy
was discovered with the help of Gaia satellite.
Despite its size, the galaxy has very few stars. Ant
2 is 10,000 times fainter, meaning that it has about
one 10,000th the number of stars.
‘Super-Earth’ discovered by scientists
An international team of scientists has discovered a
cold ‘super-Earth’ exoplanet orbiting around the
red dwarf Barnard, the second closest star system
to Earth. The new planet has been named
‘Barnard’s star b’ (or GJ 699 b). It orbits its red star
every 233 days near the snow-line, a distance where
water freezes. Barnard’s star is six light-years away
from earth.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
India’s first microprocessor developed
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology-
Madras (IITM) have designed and booted up
India’s first microprocessor, ‘Shakti’. The Shakti
microprocessor can be used in low-power wireless
systems and networking systems. The Shakti
family of processors was fabricated at Semi-
Conductor Laboratory (SCL), Indian Space
Research Organizations (ISRO) in Chandigarh.
Paleontologists discover new Sauropod species
Paleontologists have discovered the remains of a
dinosaur that lived 110 million years ago in
Argentina. The remains came from three separate
dinosaurs from the herbivorous group of
sauropods, the best known of which are the
Diplodocus and Brontosaurus. This new species
has been named Lavocatisaurus agrioensis.
Largest brain-like supercomputer switched on
The world’s largest supercomputer designed to
work in the same way as the human brain has been
switched on for the first time. The ‘Spiking Neural
Network Architecture’ (SpiNNaker) machine is
capable of completing more than 200 million
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 actions per second. The SpiNNaker machine has
been designed and built in the University of
Manchester in the United Kingdom.
First ever plane with no moving parts launched
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) have built and flown the first-
ever silent aeroplane with no moving propellers
or jet turbines. The aeroplane is powered by an
ionic wind technology. Ionic wind technology uses
a powerful electric field to generate charged ions,
which are then expelled from the back of the
aircraft for generating thrust.
Four new horned frogs discovered
Four new species of horned frogs have been
discovered in Himalayan regions of Northeast
India, by a team of biologists from Delhi
University, University College Dublin and the
National Museum (UK). The four new Indian
species are Himalayan horned frog; the Garo
white-lipped horned frog; the Yellow spotted
white-lipped horned frog; and the Giant
Himalayan horned frog.
China builds an ‘artificial sun’
China has built an ‘artificial sun’ that reaches
temperature six times that of the core of the sun.
The reactor named ‘Experimental Advanced
Superconducting Tokamak’ (EAST) is designed to
replicate the processes of the sun as part of a project
to turn hydrogen into cost-effective green energy. It
involves fusion of hydrogen atoms together to form
heavier elements, such as helium.
Definition of kilogram changed
The world’s standard definition of the kilogram,
the ampere, the kelvin and the mole has been
changed. The definition of the kilogram is based on
the International Prototype of the Kilogram (IPK),
a cylinder of a platinum alloy stored at the
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
(BIPM) in France. The new definition of Kilogram
will be replaced by the Planck constant.
LEGAL AFFAIRS
1. Justice NH Patil- CJ of Bombay HC
Justice NH Patil is appointed as the Chief Justice
of Bombay High Court by the President of India,
under Article 217 (1) of the Indian Constitution.
The Bombay High Court has strength of 94 Judges.
Also, there are two Chief Justices in the Bombay
HC at present.
2. Justice SK Seth- CJ of MP High Court
As per Article 217 (1) of the Indian Constitution,
the President has appointed Justice Sanjay Kumar
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Seth as the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s Chief
Justice.
3. Justice AP Sahi- CJ of Patna HC
The President, under Article 217 (1) of the
Constitution of India, has appointed Justice
Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, former Judge of the
Allahabad High Court, to be the Chief Justice of
the Patna High Court.
4. Justice Sanjay Karol- CJ of Tripura HC
Within the powers conferred under Article 217 (1)
of the Indian Constitution, the President has
appointed Justice Sanjay Karol as the Chief Justice
of the Tripura High Court.
5. Justice AS Bopanna- CJ of Gauhati HC
The President, as per article 217 (1) of the Indian
Constitution, has appointed Justice Ajjikuttria
Somaiah Bopanna as the Chief Justice of the
Gauhati High Court.
6. Justice DK Gupta- CJ of Calcutta HC
The President has appointed Justice Debasish Kar
Gupta as the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High
Court, as per Article 217 (1) of the Indian
Constitution.
7. Justice VK Bist- CJ of Sikkim HC
The President, Ram Nath Kovind, has appointed,
Justice Vijai Kumar Bist as the Chief Justice of the
Sikkim High Court.
8. Justice R Ranganathan– CJ of Uttarakhand HC
Under Article 217 clause 1 of the Indian
Constitution, the President has appointed Justice
Ramesh Ranganathan as the Chief Justice of the
Uttarakhand High Court.
9. Justice Govind Mathur – Acting CJ of Allahabad
HC
The President has appointed Justice Govind
Mathur as the acting Chief Justice of the
Allahabad High Court after the retirement of
Justice DB Bhosale.
10. Justice AS Dave- Acting CJ of Gujarat HC
The President has appointed Justice AS Dave as
the acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court.
This appointment took place due to the transfer of
Justice Akil Kureshi to the Bombay High Court.
11. 4 new Judges in the Supreme Court
As per Article 124 of the Indian Constitution,
President has appointed 4 new Judges in the
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 Supreme Court. They are- Justice Subhash Reddy,
Justice Hemant Gupta, Justice MK Rasikbhai and
Justice Ajay Rastogi.
12. AK Gupta- new Chairman of the Competition
Commission of India
Former IAS officer, Ashok Kumar Gupta has been
appointed the new Chairman of the Competition
Commission of India or the CCI. He will succeed
Sudhir Mittal. He was appointed by the
Appointments Committee of the Cabinets or the
ACC which is chaired by the Prime Minister of
India.
13. 9th November- National Legal Services Day
The National Legal Services Day is celebrated in
India on 9th November every year. It is to spread
awareness among the public about the fair and
just procedures of the legal services and provide
free legal aid to the weaker strata of the society.
The Supreme Court started it in 1995 to help the
poor and disabled.
14. Winter Session commences from 11th December
2018
The Parliament will begin its winter session from
11th December 2018 to and conclude it on 8th
January 2019. Instead of being commenced in
November, it will start in December due to state
elections.
15. UP government renames 2 cities
The Uttar Pradesh government has approved the
renaming of two cities, i.e. Allahabad as Prayagraj
and Faizabad as Ayodhya. Now if this proposal of
renaming is approved by the Union then the
names will stand changed.
16. Ordinance to amend the Companies Act, 2013 is
promulgated
As per Article 123 of the Constitution of India, the
President has given his assent to the promulgation
of the ordinance which aims to amend the
Companies Act of 2013. The main objective of this
amendment is to encourage ease of doing business
in India and betterment of the compliance levels.
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17. Email address to report sexual harassment at
workplace
The National Commission for the Women or the
NCW has launched a separate email
address,ncw.metoo@gmail.com which will
specifically deal with the issues and complains
related to the sexual harassment at the workplace.
The National Commission for Women Act, in the
year 1992, created the NCW which is a statutory
body dealing with women’s rights and problems.
18. General Public can visit the SC on Saturdays
The Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, with the
launching of the portal,
http://guidedtour.sci.nic.in/redirect.drt
announced that the general public is now allowed
to visit the Supreme Court on every Saturday from
10 AM to 1 PM, by booking the tours on the above
mentioned portal.
19. Supreme Court held that long cohabitation leads
to presumption of marriage
The Supreme Court said that under Section 125 of
CrPC, a man has to maintain his wife. This holds
true for those couples also who cohabit for a long
time without fulfilling the legal formalities of the
valid marriage.
20. Meaza Ashenafi- First Female President of
Ethiopia’s Supreme Court
East African Women’s Rights activist, Meaza
Ashenafi has been appointed the president of the
Supreme Court of Ethiopia. She is the first female
to become so. She is also the gender advisor at the
UN Economic Commission for Africa.
21. Pakistan Supreme Court held that Media Trials
cannot be allowed
The Pak Supreme Court held that media trials
cannot be allowed in Pakistan. It also issued some
directions to the PEMRA or Pakistan Electronic
Media Regulatory Authority to properly regulate and
supervise media trials in sub-judicial issues.
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 LE Explains
Disaster Managenment Act and Institutes in India
INTRODUCTION:-
A disaster management cell under the aegis of Ministry
of Agriculture was established in furtherance of the UN
General Assembly’s declaration of the decade of 1990s as
'International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction'.
With an aim to review the existing arrangement for
preparedness and mitigation of natural disasters a High
Powered Committee (HPC) was constituted in the year
1999. The Ministry of Home Affairs was conferred with
the control of the disaster management division of
Ministry of Agriculture in the year 2002.
Until 2005 India did not have a disaster management law.
It was in 2003 that Gujarat government enacted Gujarat
Act for disaster management. As per the
recommendations made by the HPC in its report
submitted on October 2001, the Government enacted the
Disaster Management Act on 23rd December, 2005. The
disaster Management Act implemented in the year 2005
aims to ensure effective disaster management. The act
introduces a three tier institutional structure for better
implementation of the act. The three tier structure that
decentralizes power at National, state and District level
has been formulated. As per the provisions of the act
National Disaster Management Authority, State Disaster
Management Authority, District Disaster Management
Authority and disaster related funds have been
established.
NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY (NDMA):-
The central government as per the provisions of the
Disaster Management Act is mandated to establish a
National Disaster Management Authority. It is
established to deal with all types of disasters and has the
responsibility to lay down guidelines and policies on
disaster management. Prime Minister is the ex-officio
chairperson of the NDMA. He has the prerogative to call
for meetings as and when he thinks fit. The NDMA can
have maximum of 9 members, nominated by the
chairperson.
National Executive committee is constituted to assist
NDMA and that the committee is responsible for
formulating the Nation Plan (Disaster Management Plan)
for the entire country.
STATE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
(SDMA):-
Every state government establishes a State Disaster
Management Authority with Chief Minister as the
chairperson of SDMA. A State Executive Committee is
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constituted by the State Authority, which is responsible
to coordinate and ensure compliance of the guidelines.
 DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY (DDMA):-
State Government via a notification in the state budget is
responsible for the establishment of DDMA. The collector
or district magistrate or Deputy Commissioner is
appointed as the chairman.
In furtherance of establishing an effective and able regime
to manage disasters the following institutions have been
established.
1. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)
National Disaster Response Force is constituted with an
aim to provide specialist response in situations of
disasters. NDMA is conferred with the power to exercise
control over NDRF.
2. National Disaster Response Fund
As per the provisions of the Disaster Management Act
2005 the central government is required to constitute a
National Disaster Response Fund. It is pertinent to note
that as per the recommendations of the 13th Finance
Commission the erstwhile National Calamity
Contingency Fund (NCCF) which was instituted as per
the recommendations of the 11th finance commission has
been merged with the National Disaster Response Fund.
3. National Disaster Mitigation Fund:-
As per the provisions of the Disaster Management Act
2005 the central government is required to institute a
National Disaster Mitigation Fund. Money in the
following fund is exclusively used for the purpose of
mitigation.
IMPORTANT POINTS:-
1. As per section 75 of the Disaster Management Act the
central government has the power to make rules for the
implementation of the provision laid down in the Act.
2. To promote a culture of risk awareness International
Day for Disaster Reduction is observed on 13th of October.
Theme for 2018 is ‘Reducing Disaster Economic Losses’
3. National Awards in the name of Netaji Subhash
Chandra Bose to honor people involved in disaster
response operations have been announced. Netaji
Subhash Chnadra Bose declared the formation of Azad
Hind Fauz on 21st October 1943; the awards have been
instituted to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the same.
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 General Elections in Indian Constitution
As per the provisions laid down in the Indian
Constitution General Elections are held every five years
in India. General elections are held for Lok Sabha and
various State Legislative Assemblies. After having
received Independence in the year 1947, the first General
Elections in India were held in the year 1951-52. Elections
in the year 1951-52 were conducted for 489 and
represented 26 states.
The first General Elections were won by the Indian
National Congress and Jawahar Lal Nehru was elected as
the first Prime Minister of India. Shri G.V. Mavalankar
presided as the speaker of the first Lok Sabha.
Lok Sabha consists of representatives who are elected by
the people through direct election on the basis of the adult
suffrage. As per the provision enshrined in the
constitution the maximum strength of the House can be
552 members. The composition enshrined is bifurcated as
530 seats designated for the representation of the States,
up to 20 seats for the representation of the Union
Territories and not more than two members for the
representation of the Anglo-Indian Community which
are to be nominated by the President, if in the opinion of
the president the community does not have adequate
representation in the house.
Currently 16th Lok Sabha is in session and the next
General Elections will be held in the year 2019 to elect the
17th Lok Sabha.
ELECTION COMMISSION:-
Elections are conducted as per constitutional provisions
and legislative enactments. Part XV of the Indian
constitution lays down provisions pertaining to elections
in India. Article 324(1) talk about the establishment of a
commission responsible for the superintendence,
direction and control of the entire election process.
Election commission is headed by the chief election
commissioner who is appointed by the President for a
term of six years or till he attains the age of 65, whichever
is earlier. The Chief Election Commissioner is appointed
in accordance with Article 324(2) of the Indian
constitution. Sukumar Sen was the first chief election
commissioner. Currently the post is held by H.S. Brahma.
He is succeeded Nasim Zaidi.
There was only one Chief Election Commissioner from
1947 to 16th October 1989. It was in the year 1990 that two
election commissioners, with aim to reduce the work load
of chief election commissioner were appointed.
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After the constitutional amendment in the year 1993
election commission permanently became a multi
member body.
Note:-In furtherance of the directive issued by the
Supreme Court Election Commission of India has
removed NOTA (None of the above) option from the
ballot papers of Rajya Sabha and Legislative council
elections. However the option will still be available in
Lokm Sabha and state assembly elections.
The option was introduced in the year 2013 in 4 state
assembly elections namely Chhattisgarh, Mizoram,
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The first general
elections to see nation wise use of NOTA was the 2014
Lok Sabha elections.
EVM (ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE):- With the
advancement in technology Electronic voting machines
were introduced to improve election procedures. EVM’s
were first used in the year 1982 in Kerala for legislative
assembly elections.
PARTIES IN THE ELECTION:- It is necessary for all
political parties which wish to contest elections to register
themselves with the Election Commission of India.
Political Parties in India can be divided into three broad
categories namely National parties, State recognized
Party and registered unrecognized parties. Election
commission of India after having followed the eligibility
criteria is responsible for according different status to
political parties.
At present 7 parties have been accorded the status of
National Parties namely:-
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),
Communist Party of India (CPI) Communist Party of
India-Marxist (CPM) and All India Trinamool Congress.
2014 GENERAL ELECTIONS:- 2014 Lok Sabha
elections were conducted to constitute 16th Lok Sabha and
members to 543 parliamentary constituencies were
elected. The election was held in 9 phases and thus made
it the longest election in the country’s history. The results
were declared on 16th May 2014 and National Democratic
Alliance was voted to power.
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 Potpourri
20 LEGAL ONE LINERS
1. Criminal procedure is a subject of Concurrent list.
2. Arrest means total restraint and complete
deprivation of liberty.
3. General exceptions are contained in Chapter IV of
IPC.
4. Minimum persons required for committing the
offence of criminal conspiracy are two.
5. Consent of minor is wholly immaterial in case of
the offence of kidnapping.
6. Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was drafted by Sir
James F. Stephen.
7. Writ of Mandamus cannot be issued under Article
32 where fundamental right is infringed by a
private body.
8. Fundamental Duties as provided in the
Constitution have been added on the
recommendation of the Santhanam Committee.
9. An agreement in restraint of trade is void.
10. Pigeon hole theory was propounded by Salmond.
11. Remedy of Law of Torts is Unliquidated Damages.
12. If a person is held liable for the act/omission
/torts of any other person, it is known as vicarious
liability.
Maxims and Foreign Phrases
1. Turpis Causa- immoral cause
#It is used to refer immoral, illegal or baseless
considerations underlying a contract which will
have the effect of rendering the contract void (not
binding between the parties). The contract was for
the purpose of paying bribe to a public servant
and thus is turpis causa.
2. Lex Fori- law of the forum
# It is used to indicate that the law applicable
must be that of the country (or state or
jurisdiction) where the suit is bought and not that
of country where the act was committed. The term
is relevant in international law matters where act
was committed in one country but case is being
bought in another country. Lex fori will govern the
procedural aspects of how the court operates
while the substantial rights of the parties will be
determined as per the law of the country where
the act was committed.
3. Ex cathedra: With official authority.
# With the full authority of office (especially that
of the Pope, implying infallibility as defined in
Roman Catholic doctrine). In present context any
police officer using lathi charge to disperse the
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13. Child Welfare Committee is constituted under
section 27 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
14. Juvenile Justice Fund is to be created by the State
Government under section 105 of the Juvenile
Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
15. The appropriate writ issued by the Supreme Court
to quash the appointment of a person from a
public office is Quo Warranto.
16. The words “Secular” and “Socialist” were inserted
in the Preamble of the Constitution of India by the
42nd Amendment.
17. “What cannot be done directly, cannot be done
indirectly”. This statement is related to Doctrine of
Colourable Legislation.
18. The concept of Fundamental Duties is derived in
Indian Constitution from the Constitution of
U.S.S.R.
19. Whether a Bill is Money Bill or not, is to be
decided by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha in case of
the Union Legislature.
20. Under a contract between the parties, plea of
undue influence may be raised only by the party
whose consent was so caused.
violent crowd following the orders of his superior,
his actions will be ex cathedra.
4. In situ: In its place.
# It is a Latin phrase that translates literally to "on
site “or "in position". It means "locally", "on site",
"on the premises" or "in place" to describe an event
where it takes place, and is used in many different
contexts.
5. Consensus ad idem- agreement as to the same
thing in the same manner.
# Monica has a cat named Rosita and she has also
named her BWM car as Rosita. Monica agrees to
sell her Rosita to Lisa, believing that she is selling
her cat. On the other hand Lisa is in a belief that
she is buying Monica’s BMW car. Here both the
parties are not agreeing to the same thing and they
have no consensus ad idem. It is used in contract
law. Contracts without consensus ad idem are
void in nature.
6. Bona Vacantia- Latin Phrase meaning ownerless
goods.
# It is a common law practice brought in India by
Britishers. Under Indian law if a person dies
without any heirs, his property becomes the
property of state.
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7. Eminent Domain- Right of the government to
expropriate private property for public use.
# Government proposes the construction of
railway tracks in the area. Mr. X’s farm is in
between the proposed track. In such case
government can ask Mr. X to relocate (by paying
just and fair compensation) and would take his
property for constructing the railway track.
8. Pacta sunt servanda- Latin phrase meaning
agreements must be kept.
# Mostly used in respect of international law. Eg.
If a group of countries sign up a treaty or an
agreement then each signatory should comply
KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
1. Coercion and Undue Influence
(a) In coercion the consent to an agreement is
obtained by committing or threatening to
commit an offense forbidden by the Indian
Penal Code. In undue influence the consent is
obtained by dominating the will of the other
person.
(b) In coercion, there is a threat or actual use of
violence for obtaining the consent for the
agreement while in undue influence passive
force by way of mental or moral influence is
used to obtain consent of the party to the
agreement.
(c) In coercion, the party threatening the other
party may be a stranger but in undue
influence, there exists a relationship between
the parties where one party is in a dominating
position.
(d) In cases of coercion, there is a presumption
that there is no coercion and the burden of
proof is on the party alleging coercion but on
the other hand in cases of undue influence the
burden of proof is on the person in the
dominating position that the consent of the
other party was taken freely without any
undue influence.
(e) Coercion also attracts criminal liability and is
punishable under the provisions of the Indian
Penal Code while undue influence is not
considered an offence under the Indian Penal
Code.
(f) For e.g. when a person puts a gun to the head
of another and asks him to sign a contract, it is
an example of coercion. But if a spiritual guru
knowing his influence over his disciple makes
the disciple sign an agreement transferring a
property to him, the spiritual guru has
exploited his dominant position and has used
undue influence in obtaining the consent of
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with the terms and conditions of the treaty. One
cannot just create a contract with no intention of
complying to the clauses.
9. ad quod damnum: According to the harm.
# Used in tort law. Implies that the reward or
penalty ought to correspond to the damage
suffered or inflicted.
10. animus nocendi: intention to harm
#The subjective state of mind of the author of a
crime, with reference to the exact knowledge of
illegal content of his behaviour, and of its possible
consequences. (mens reus)
this disciple for the agreement to transfer
property.
2. Quasi Contracts and Contracts
(a) A Contract is based on the mutual will and
consent of the parties to a contract whereas a
quasi contract is one which resembles a
contractual relationship and arises in
situations where one party gets unjust
enrichment.
(b) In a contract the obligations of the parties are
as set out in the contract whereas in cases of
quasi contract this basis of the obligation is
that no one should have unjust benefit at the
cost of the other. A person who is enriched by
a benefit at the expenses of another is bound
to compensate the other party for the benefit
received.
(c) A contract is an agreement while a quasi
contract is not.
(d) For a contract to be valid the essential
elements such as free consent, lawful object
and consideration must be fulfilled while in
quasi contracts, the essential elements for a
contract need not be fulfilled for a quasi
contract to be enforceable.
(e) For e.g. if A supplies food to B, a lunatic, A is
entitled to be reimbursed from B’s property
even in the absence of a contract since B has
received a benefit and hence B is under a
quasi-contractual obligation to compensate A
for the benefit received. On the other hand, if
A and B have a contract where A will supply
B with food, the obligation of B to compensate
A for the food arises from the contract
between the parties.
3. Joint and Several Tortfeasors
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(a) When two or more persons act together to
commit a tort against a person causing a single
injury they are said to be joint tortfeasors. On
the other hand, when two or more persons act
independently and different damages are
caused to a person, they are said to be several
tortfeasors.
(b) In joint tortfeasors, all parties must actively
participate together and there must be a
common goal. On the other hand in several
tortfeasors the parties act independently and
there is no common goal or design.
(c) The cause of action for joint tortfeasors is the
same for each of the joint tortfeasors while the
cause of action for several tortfeasors is
different.
(d) In cases of joint tortfeasors, the damages must
be borne by each of the tortfeasors in
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accordance with the proportion of their
contribution to the commission of the tort.
However in cases of several tortfeasors, each
tortfeasor will be independently responsible
for the tort committed by him and not for the
torts committed by the other tortfeasors.
(e) In cases of joint tortfeasors, each joint
tortfeasor is jointly and severally liable for the
damages and therefore the victim can claim
the full damages from any one of the joint
tortfeasors however, where one tortfeasor
pays more than his share of the damages, he is
entitled to recover the amount from the other
tortfeasors on the principle of contribution.
This is not possible in cases of several
tortfeasors.
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 LE Prep Assist
Mentor View- General Knowledge
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content) A
fo’k;oLrq %& lkekU; Kku esa izeq[kr% nks vyx&vyx i{kks ij /;ku nsuk gS A
1 Lkkef;dh (Current Affairs) :- lkef;dh es izeq[kr%
 jk’Vªh; lekpkj (National Affairs)
 varjk’Vªh; lekpkj (International Affairs)
 f}i{kh; ekeys (Bilateral Affairs)
 [ksy (Sports)
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 gkfy;k ?kVuk,~W (Recent Happenings)
 IkqjLdkj vkSj vU; ?kVukdze (Awards and Other Event)
 varfj{k vkSj j{kk (Space & Defense)
Current Affairs dh RkS;kjh esa lcls igys ;g tkuuk t:jh gS fd ÞD;k djuk gS\ß
Online Pollution ls nwj jgs%&¼vki 5&6 pqfuUnk Websites dh txg flQZ ,d fo”oluh; (Authentic) Website ls fy[ks vkSj mlh ls
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fy[ks gq, Current Affairs dks jkstkuk i<s vkSj g¶rs esa mls fQj ls nksgjk,A
feys gq, Test Papers dks utjvankt u djsa- vkSj MonthLE dks Hkh nksgjk,~WA
2 LkkekU;Kku (Static G.k):- bl oxZ esa gesa dqN fo”ks’k fo’k;ksa is /;ku nsuk gS
 bfrgkl (History)
 Hkwxksy (Geography)
 lkekU; foKku (Economics)
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NCERT ds Lrj rd vkrk gSA
blfy, “RSM” ,d egRoiq.kZ स्रोत gS vkidh Static G.k. dh rS;kjh dk A mlds vykok vki Theory i<us ds ckn mlds iz”uks dks gy djus esa
?;ku yxkb, vkSj mlds fy, Lucent (objective) vkSj Topic test tks LE ds iksVZy esa gS] mlds iz”uks dk vH;kl djsaA ckr vxj fofo/k
(Miscellaneous) dh djsa rks iqLrds ys[kd egRoiw.kZ iqjLdkj, j{kk, fQYes,a [ksydwn varfj{k foKku vkSj rduhdh vkSj vU; lkekU; tkx:drk ds
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General Knowledge dh rkss mls gj nwljs & rhljs fnu i<rs jguk] iz”u&i= djuk vkSj nksgjkuk lcls vPNh j.kuhfr gksxhA
RkS;kjh ds dqN egRoiq.kZ fcanq %&
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 fdlh Hkh ,d oxZ pkgs og lkef;dh (Current Affair’s) ;k Static gks T;knk le; ;k esgur djuk xyr gS A CLAT dh ijh{kk
vizR;kf”kr:Ik ls bues cnyko djrh gS A
 de fdrkcksa ls T;knk ckj i<uk lcls t:jh gS A
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 Mentor View- Mathematics
Dear CLAT Aspirants,
You are now well past the midway of your CLAT prep journey. I hope you all are doing well but in case you have
lost the plot, especially in math (quiet obviously), then its high time that you buckle up because Math, though
worth only 20 marks on paper, can be a game-changer. Its lesser proportion in the overall marks distribution won’t
take away anything from the fact that it still requires the same or sometimes even more time to comprehend than
the other topics might take.
Few questions are very frequently asked to me and what follows is my take on them I hope you will find it useful.

My basics are weak! – This shouldn’t be an excuse for it to remain so anymore. Some might feel the need to study
NCERT books again but that’s impractical knowing the time it would take. Just mark the steps where you missed
the plot of the answer in your class notes or the book that you are referring to, and understand it later with the help
of the subject expert. Keep those concepts written in the book so that it strikes you every-time you revise.
This answer has more to do with your psychology than anything else. If you feel ‘Math isn’t my cup of tea’ and
searching for a crash method that would just somehow fetch you 5-10 marks thinking that would be enough than
believe that you deserve more. Scoring better won’t become a physical reality unless you feel and act that way.

How much is enough? – A Book? 100 Questions per topic? To be honest, there is no fixed number as who knows
whether the 100 questions that you solved actually covered the whole difficulty spectrum of the topic or not. Those
who are good at Math sometimes fall prey to the mentality of cherry picking the most difficult questions. Just as a
batsman takes a few balls to first settle down and feel comfortable at the pitch (even if it’s a T-20) and makes it large
very artistically playing every ball on its merit similarly go for all the questions of a recommended book and
categorize them as LOD (Level of Difficulty) 1,2 & 3. It’s only after you have done all the questions once that you
can have the luxury of solving only a few LOD 3 questions just before the exam when you won’t be left with much
time.

Not scoring as much as I study! - “Study More” would be an obvious answer but there’s more to it. It’s a vague
question and no one actually has the answer to it except you and if even you don’t have a clue then go for your
Mock Analysis. Even when CLAT has gone offline, we have still kept a good number of online tests because nothing
can beat the analysis that they provide you. When you do that analysis you might understand how doing lesser
questions with more accuracy is better than doing more questions but with lesser accuracy. The following table
would illustrate it better:
Attempts Correct Wrong Accuracy Final Marks
18 10 8 56% 8
13 9 4 70% 8
11 10 1 91% 9.75
Increasing study hours is always good but those must be utilized properly. In Math you might be wasting a lot of
time in calculations. Stick a few sheets on your room walls that has tables of ‘squares and cubes of first 30 numbers’,
‘important percentages’, ‘Algebra formulae’ etc that you might be wasting time at doing every time that you
encounter then in your mocks. Also, streamline your preparation in accordance with the questions asked in
previous year papers.

I keep forgetting previously studied topics – Isn’t that how it should be? What did you expect? Studying a topic is
not a one-time investment. Go old school. Keep all important theorems about a topic written in a nutshell
somewhere and keep revising it with LOD 3 questions marked in the book. How much that revision content should
be? As much that you can revise within 15 minutes so that revising it does not become a burden for you.
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 Prep Test– Logical Reasoning
1. Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
Six students A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in the field. A and B are from Nehru House while the rest belong to
Gandhi House. D and F are tall while the others are short. A, C and D are wearing glasses while the others are not.

Which two students, who are not wearing glasses, are short?
(a) A and F (b) C and E (c) B and E (d) E and F

2. Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

Six students A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in the field. A and B are from Delhi while the rest are from Bangalore. D
and F are tall while others are short. A, C and D are girls while others are boys. Which is the tall girl from
Bangalore?
(a) C (b) D (c) E (d) F

3. Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

On a shelf are placed six volumes side-by-side labelled A, B, C, D, E and F. B, C, E, and F have green covers while
others have yellow covers. A, D and B are new volumes while the rest are old volumes. A, C, B are law reports
while the rest are medical extracts. Which two volumes are old medical extracts and have green covers?
(a) B, C (b) C, D (c) C, E (d) E, F

4. Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.

In a group of six women, there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists. Girija and
Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailja do not know how to play on the violin. Shailja and Tanuja
are among the dancers. Jalaja, Vanaja Shailja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinists.
If Pooja is an actress, who among the following is a dancer, vocal musician and a violinist?
(a) Jalaja (b) Shailja (c) Tanuja (d) Pooja

5. Answer the question based on the information given in the passage.

The city administration has decided to impose an entry tax on cars that enter the city during business hours, that is
9 am to 6 pm. The tax is greater than the cost of round-trip bus or monorail fare from nearby points, and the
administration believes that such a move would push people to take up the public modes of transportation and this
will ultimately reduce the congestion on the roads in the new 6 months.

From the following statements, identify the ones that weaken the administration’s claim:

I. the price of petrol and diesel is expected to fall substantially in the coming months and reduce costs of driving
your own vehicle.
II. the existing fleet of buses and monorail already operate near full capacity and can hardly accommodate new
passengers.
III. 10% of the traffic in the city is made up of cars that enter the city everyday and on average, about 2% of the cars
running in the city are added to the city traffic by virtue of new purchases by city residents every 6 months.

(a) I & II (b) II & III (c) I & III (d) All of the above

6. In the question a statement is given followed by two arguments numbered I and II. Mark the answer as:
Statement: All living below the poverty line should be given jobs.
Arguement I. Yes, else they will die of malnutrition.
Arguement II. No. They might become lazy.

(a) If only argument A is strong (b) If only argument B is strong

(c) If both arguments are strong (d) If neither of them are strong

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7. In the question a statement is given followed by two arguments numbered I and II. Mark the answer as:
Statement: Dowry should be abolished

Arguement I. Yes. It is becoming unfashionable.

Arguement II. No. It gives a boost to the economy
(a) If only argument A is strong (b) If only argument B is strong
(c) If both arguments are strong (d) If neither of them are strong

8. Solve the following question and mark the most appropriate option.
In the following series of numbers, find out how many times 1, 3 and 7 have appeared together, 7 being in the
middle and 1 and 3 on either side of 7?

2931737771331738571377173906
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) None of these

9. Solve the following question and mark the most appropriate option.

How many even numbers are there in the following sequence of numbers each of which is immediately followed by
an odd number as well as immediately preceded by an even number?

86788932753422355228119
(a) One (b) Three (c) Five (d) None of these

10. Solve the following question and mark the most appropriate option.
How many such 6's are there in the following number series, each of which is immediately preceded by 1 or 5 and
immediately following by 3 or 9?

263756429613416391569231654321967163
(a) Nine (b) One (c) Two (d) Three

11. Solve the following question and mark the most appropriate option.
In the following series, how many such odd numbers are there which are divisible by 3 or 5, then followed by odd
numbers and then also followed by even numbers?

12, 19, 21, 3, 25, 18, 35, 20, 22, 21, 45, 46, 47, 48, 9, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56

(a) Three (b) One (c) Two (d) None of these

12. Solve the following question and mark the most appropriate option.

If all the alphabets are dropped from the above arrangement, which of the following will be sixth to the left of 12th
from the left end?
(a) © (b) (c) # (d) None of these

13. Solve the following question and mark the most appropriate option.

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a
group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(a) ∇%I (b) QD3 (c) FQ∎ (d) P6M

14. Solve the following question and mark the most appropriate option.

Which of the following is eighth to the left of fifteenth element from the right end of the above arrangement?
(a) * (b) ∇ (c) C (d) None of these

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15. Solve the following question and mark the most appropriate option.

How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a
symbol?
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) None of these

16. Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
If 'INTELLIGENT' is called for a secret message to be teleprinted as 'FKQBIIFDBKQ', how is the reply
'ENTERTAINMENT' to be relayed?
(a) BKQBQOFKXJBKQ (b) BQJXOKQOFJBKQ
(c) BKQBOQXFKJBKQ (d) None of these

17. Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
In a certain code 'BREAKTHROUGH' is written as 'EAOUHRBRGHKT'. How is 'DISTRIBUTION' written in that
code?
(a) TISTBUONDRII (b) STTIBIJONRIDI (c) STTIBUDIONRI (d) None of these

18. Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Z is maternal uncle of Y, X is maternal grandfather of Z. S is grandson of X. How is S related to Y?
(a) Maternal grandfather (b) Maternal uncle
(b) Cousin (d) None of the above

19. Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
P's father is Q's son. M is the paternal uncle of P and N is the brother of O. How is M related to N?
(a) Nephew (b) Cousin (c) Data inadequate (d) None of these

20. Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
D is the son-in-law of B, who is the brother-in-law of A, who is the brother of C. How is A related to B?
(a) Father (b) Son (c) Data inadequate (d) None of these

21. Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
P is the only son of O who is the only daughter of S. D is the mother of B and daughter-in-law of O. How is B
related to O?
(a) Grandson (b) Grand-daughter (c) Son (d) Cannot be determined

22. Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
S's father is Q's son. R is the uncle of S and P is the brother of Q. How is P related to R?
(a) Uncle (b) Son (c) Brother (d) Cannot be determined

23. In the question, some symbols are used which define the relationship between two categories. Using those, solve the
question and mark

(a) Z – Y = Z (b) X * Y – Z (c) X ∆ Y Φ Z (d) None of these

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24. In the question, some symbols are used which define the relationship between two categories. Using those, solve the
question and mark

(a) X × Y – Z (b) X - Y × Z (c) X + Y × Z (d) X × Y = Z

25. In the question, some symbols are used which define the relationship between two categories. Using those, solve the
question and mark

X - Y + Z implies:
(a) X + Y + Z (b) X Φ Y – Z (c) X - Y Φ Z (d) None of these

26. Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.

X - Y = Z implies
(a) X + Y - Z (b) X Δ Y × Z (c) X + Y Φ Z (d) X + Y × Z

27. In the question, some symbols are used which define the relationship between two categories. Using those, solve the
question and mark

X = Y - Z does not implies:

(a) Y Φ X = Z (b) X Φ Y Φ Z (c) Z Φ X = Y (d) None of these

28. Read the following statement considering them to be true and therefore judge their conclusions numbered I, II and
III and given your answer accordingly.
Statements: All bananas are apples. Some apples are oranges. All oranges are grapes.
Conclusions: I. Some grapes are bananas.
II. Some grapes are apples.
III. Some oranges are bananas.
(a) one follows (b) Only I follow (c) Only II follows (d) I and II follow

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29. Read the following statement considering them to be true and therefore judge their conclusions numbered I, II and
III and given your answer accordingly.
Statements: Some tables are chairs. All chairs are benches. All benches are desks.
Conclusions: I. Some desks are table
II. Some benches are tables.
III. Some desks are chairs.
(a) Only I follow (b) Only II follows (c) Only III follows (d) All follow

30. Read the following statement considering them to be true and therefore judge their conclusions numbered I, II and
III and given your answer accordingly.
Statements: Some towns are villages. Some villages are lanes. Some lanes are hamlets.
Conclusions: I. Some hamlets are villages. II. Some lanes are towns. III. Some hamlets are towns.
(a) Only III follows (b) Only I follow (c) Only II follows (d) None follows

31. Read the following statement considering them to be true and therefore judge their conclusions numbered I, II and
III and given your answer accordingly.
Statements: All buildings are mirrors. Some mirrors are pens. No pen is paper.
Conclusions: I. Some papers are buildings. II. Some pens are buildings. III. Some papers are mirrors.
(a) None follows (b) Only I follow (c) Only II follows (d) Only III follows

32. Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
Mohsin is carrying 8 fruits — orange, mango, pineapple strawberry, guava, blueberry, apples and watermelon to
the farmhouse. However, he has only two boxes of equal weight and each will carry same number of fruits.
Therefore, he has to ensure:-
A. orange and pineapple will be together, but not with watermelon.
B. Mango and strawberry cannot be with pineapple.
C. Blueberry will be in the same box with orange and guava but not with the apple. One more fruit will be with
blueberry.

If apple and watermelon are in the same box which are the other two fruits in the same box?
(a) Strawberry and pineapple (b) Mango and guava
(c) Mango and Strawberry (d) Cannot be determined

33. Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
Seven army recruits Laxman, Mahender, Narender, Omprakash, Preetam, Qutab and Raman are standing in a
column for physical inspection in order of height, shorter first. Omprakash is standing between Laxman and Qutab.
Narendar is taller than Laxman. Raman is shorter than Narendar. Mahendar and Preetam are not the two tallest.
Preetam is two places ahead of Qutab. Which of the following is true?
(a) Narendar is the tallest (b) Qutab is taller than Laxman
(c) Raman is ahead of Omprakash (d) Mahendar is the shortest

34. Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
In a small organization Saurav and Kartik plays tennis and basketball very well. Manpreet and Lokesh are very
good in athletics, tennis and swimming. Kartik and Nikhil are good in athletics and badminton. Ganesh and Lokesh
are good in badminton and hockey. Prakash and Rohit are good in Hockey and basketball Ganesh, Prakash, and
Saurav are good in swimming. Manpreet and Nikhil also play hockey well. If an inter-organizational event is
arranged and only one person can be selected from one organization, who will be selected from this organization if
tennis, Swimming and badminton has to be played in the competition?
(a) Saurav (b) Kartik (c) Manpreet (d) Lokesh

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35. Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
One day five friends Amar, Bitu, Chetan , Darshan and Ehsaan having bikes Pulsar, Splendor, Apache, Unicorn and
Hayabusa but not in the same order decided to race. Chetan came second last and was not driving Pulsar or
Hayabusa. Ehsaan came just after Amar and was driving Unicorn. The person who came last was driving Apache.
Darshan did not come last and was driving Hayabusa. Amar had neither came first nor last and was not driving
Apache or Splendor. Who was driving Splendor?
(a) Darshan (b) Amar (c) Chetan (d) Bitu

36. Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
Six friends – A, B, C, D, E and F – are sitting in a row such that all of them are facing in the same direction. A and F
are friends and hence, are sitting together. D is sitting at one of the extreme ends. C is sitting to the immediate right
of B. E is sitting next to A and D. Who among the following is sitting at the other extreme end?
(a) B (b) C (c) A (d) Cannot be determined
37. Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
A team of six members is selected from a bunch of boys B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 and B5 and four girls G1, G2, G3 and G4.

Some of the criteria are as follows

B2 and B4 have to go together
B3 cannot go with G2
B6 cannot go with the B1 and B4
G1 and G3 have to be together
G1 cannot go with G4
B1 and B5 have to be together

If four of the members including B5 have to be boys and one of the girls has to be G3 then the team members are:-
(a) B1, B4, B5, B6, G1, G3 (b) B2, B4, B5, B6, G1, G3
(c) B1, B2, B4, B5, G3, G4 (d) B1, B2, B4, B5, G1, G3

38. Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
In a certain code 'nee tim see' means 'who is it', 'ble nee see' means 'where is it', 'ble see tee' means 'where is what'.
What is the code for 'who is where'?
(a) tim ble see (b) tim nee see (c) tim ble nee (d) nee ble see
39. Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
Its dinner time and snow white is serving soup to the seven dwarfs namely grumpy, happy, bashful, dopey, sneezy,
sleepy and dreamy. The dwarfs are standing in a line where sneezy is between bashful and dopey. Grumpy is just
before happy and dreamy is just before sleepy. Bashful is not the last and he is behind sleepy. Dopey is also not last.
Who is standing just before grumpy?
(a) sleepy (b) dreamy (c) happy (d) dopey

40. Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
Mac is brother of Tina and brother-in-law of Tim. Sheron has two children and her son-in-law is Tim, Sheeba's
grandmother is Sharon. Teena is Sheeba's aunt. Which of the following statements is true?

(a) Sheeba is daughter of Tim (b) Teena is Tim's sister-in-law

(c) Sheeba is niece of Tim (d) Sheeba is niece of Mac

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 Prep Test– English language
Directions: (Q1 – Q10)Each of the blanks in each of the questions below can be filled by only two of the five words, other
of them making two sentences identical in meaning. Select the two options.

1. Despite their initial fears, most environmentalists now concede that the artificial reefs have had a largely _______
effect on surrounding ecosystems.
(A) unfounded (B) benign (C) caustic (D) interminable
(E) innocuous (F) plaintive

2. Scholarship reductions and player defections notwithstanding, the new coach applied himself to rebuilding the
program with such _______ that the rest of the staff struggled to match his enthusiasm.
(A) cessation (B) indifference (C) rhetoric (D) fervency
(E) heedlessness (F) zeal

3. After hours of practice and innumerable fruitless attempts to catch the balls, Allen was originally forced to admit
that he wasn’t sufficiently _______ to be a juggler.
(A) sedate (B) lumbering (C) dexterous (D) implicit
(E) adroit (F) awkward

4. The cohesion of Alexander the Great’s vast empire was _______ at his death, Alexander’s lands were divided
among his generals, Ptolemy, Seleucus, and Antigonus the One-Eyed.
(A) abiding (B) precarious (C) protracted (D) redoubled
(E) renowned (F) tenuous

5. His wife’s icy stare and aloof demeanor told Johann unequivocally that his propitiatory gifts had failed to _______
her anger.
(A) vilify (B) garner (C) exacerbate (D) aggravate
(E) placate (F) appease

6. By consuming _______ numbers of power bars, some athletes believe they will have proportionally greater amounts
of endurance and strength because of the energy-producing ingredients these products claim to contain.
(A) scant (B) furtive (C) copious (D) solvent
(E) measured (F) profuse

7. The comprehensive bill, signed into law by the president late last week, was _______ 249 new regulations on the
fishing industry.
(A) elucidated by (B) rife with (C) deficient in (D) unencumbered by
(E) replete with (F) exempted from

8. The former employees started a blog that revealed the embarrassing quirks of the boss, an act which had _______
impact on the company’s CEO.
(A) a virulent (B) an assuaging (C) a monumental (D) a discomfiting
(E) a bolstering (F) a mortifying

9. The late Samuel Huntington was well known for his _______ opinions on relations among different cultures; many
of his ideas are still passionately debated today.
(A) zealous (B) pedantic (C) polemical (D) rhetorical
(E) divisive (F) hegemonic

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10. The _______ plant life on the previously barren volcanic rock created by the Kilauea lava Now is strong evidence
that humans, too, will one day be able to inhabit the area.
(A) incipient (B) nascent (C) waning (D) fervent
(E) flagging (F) static

Directions: Read the following paragraphs and carefully determine what the main idea is for each.
11. The best recipes for clam chowder all include onions and a bay leaf. The onions add a sharpness and zest to the
blandness of the clams, and also help remove their slimy texture. The bay leaf complements the onion’s strong
flavor.
This paragraph best supports the statement that___________
(a) onions were once thought to be poisonous.
(b) bay leaves are essential in many soups.
(c) clam chowder is very nutritious.
(d) onions and bay leaves go well with clams.
(e) clams should not be overcooked.

12. One New York publisher has estimated that 50,000 to 60,000 people in the United States want an anthology that
includes the complete works of William Shakespeare. And what accounts for this renewed interest in Shakespeare?
As scholars point out, the psychological insights he portrays in both male and female characters are amazing even
today.
This paragraph best supports the statement that___________
(a) Shakespeare’s characters are more interesting than functional characters today.
(b) people today are interested in Shakespeare’s work because of the characters.
(c) academic scholars are putting together an anthology of Shakespeare’s work.
(d) New Yorkers have a renewed interested in the work of Shakespeare.
(e) Shakespeare was a psychiatrist as well as a playwright.

13. Critical reading is a demanding process. To read critically, you must slow down your reading and, with pencil in
hand, perform specific operations on the text. Mark up the text with your reactions, conclusions, and questions.
When you read, become an active participant.
This paragraph best supports the statement that___________
(a) critical reading is a slow, dull, but essential process.
(b) the best critical reading happens at critical times in a person’s life.
(c) readers should get in the habit of questioning the truth of what they read.
(d) critical reading requires thoughtful and careful attention.
(e) critical reading should take place at the same time each day

14. There are no effective boundaries when it comes to pollutants. Studies have shown that toxic insecticides that have
been banned in many countries are riding the wind from countries where they remain legal. Compounds such as
DDT and toxaphene have been found in remote places like the Yukon and other Arctic regions.
This paragraph best supports the statement that___________
(a) toxic insecticides such as DDT have not been banned throughout the world.
(b) more pollutants fnd their way into polar climates than they do into warmer areas.
(c) studies have proven that many countries have ignored their own anti-pollution laws.
(d) DDT and toxaphene are the two most toxic insecticides in the world.
(e) even a worldwide ban on toxic insecticides would not stop the spread of DDT pollution.

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15. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects citizens against unreasonable searches and seizures. No search
of a person’s home or personal effects may be conducted without a written search warrant issued on probable
cause. This means that a neutral judge must approve the factual basis justifying a search before it can be conducted.
This paragraph best supports the statement that the police cannot search a person’s home or private papers unless
they have___________
(a) legal authorization.
(b) direct evidence of a crime.
(c) read the person his or her constitutional rights.
(d) a reasonable belief that a crime has occurred.
(e) requested that a judge be present.

Directions: answer the following multi choice questions based on the concepts of Grammar in usage.

16. A noun can be which of the following?

(a) The subject (b) An object (c) Predicative (d) A & B
(e) B & C (f) All of the above

17. What category of nouns is used to identify the person or group being directly spoken to?
(a) Common nouns (b) Nouns of address (c) Attributive nouns (d) Abstract nouns

18. Identify the type of noun (in bold) used in the following sentence: “Your indifference is not acceptable.”
(a) Proper noun (b) Countable noun (c) Collective noun (d) Abstract noun

19. What category of nouns is used to modify other nouns?

(a) Common nouns (b) Nouns of address (c) Attributive nouns (d) Abstract nouns

20. Which of the following is commonly used to create a noun from a verb or adjective?
(a) Prefix (b) Suffix (c) Attributive noun (d) Predicative noun

21. Which of the following cannot be used with countable nouns?

(a) Indefinite articles (b) Definite articles
(c) Third-person singular pronouns (d) Plural forms
(e) All of the above (f) None of the above

22. True or False: Countable nouns are always concrete nouns.

(a) True (b) False

23. How do most verbs conjugate when they have a singular subject?
(a) By adding “-d” to the end (b) By adding “-s” to the end
(c) They remain in their base form (d) They take an auxiliary verb

24. Which of the following third-person pronouns is used for plural nouns?
(a) he (b) she (c) it (d) they

25. Which of the following third-person pronouns is used for non-gendered singular nouns?
(a) he (b) she (c) it (d) they

26. Which of the following is a distinguishing feature of abstract nouns?

(a) They can be seen or touched (b) They cannot be seen or touched
(c) They can be counted (d) They cannot be counted

27. Proper nouns are generally _________.

(a) concrete (b) abstract

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28. Is the following word concrete or abstract? “amazement”
(a) concrete (b) abstract

29. Is the following word concrete or abstract? “sugar”

(a) concrete (b) abstract

30. Is the following word concrete or abstract? “Australia”

(a) concrete (b) abstract

31. True or False: All concrete nouns are countable.

(a) True (b) False

Directions: (Q32-Q35)
The Renaissance, coined by Giorgio Vasari as the rebirth of art and literature by great men of Genius such as Michelangelo
and Niccolό Machiavelli, occurred in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in Italy (in all of Europe Italy had the most
impact). Aside from art and literature, the renaissance showed the changing in philosophy from everything being based on
religion to the idea of human nature and the creation of humanists. Major breakthroughs during the renaissance include
printing leading to the Gutenberg bible in 1456 and the political achievement of the residential ambassador. Humanism,
and humanists, was the evolution of thought from everything about God to the ideas and philosophies about human nature,
human beings, individual achievements, and the individual’s interests and capabilities. Humanists believed everyone
(mostly men), instead of being solely the wealthy and noble, should be educated and therefore schools were opened in most
cities. Some of the most famous humanists were Sir Thomas More and Desiderius Erasmus.

32. What is the appropriate title for the above passage?

(a) philosophy of the Renaissance
(b) Renaissance and God
(c) Humanity and Renaissance
(d) Changes during Renaissance

33. What according to the author is the meaning of 'Renaissance'?

(a) Rebirth of God (b) Complete Rebirth (c) Reinstated Philosophy (d) Humanistic changes

34. From the following changes, all are an outcome of the "Renaissance", except
(a) concepts on God and human nature
(b) printing of the Bible
(c) education of men
(d) political achievement of the local ambassador

35. The Renaissance was put together as the rebirth of art and literature by
(a) Sir Thomas More (b) Michelangelo and Niccol Machiavelli
(c) Giorgio Vasari (d) Desiderius Erasmus

Directions: (Q36-Q40)
Samina was very sad today because she had a Maths test on Wednesday and she had not studied in the two days that had
been given for preparations. She was lazy in everything and had a few friends only Another bad habit of hers was that she
didn't obey her parents, like yesterday when her mom told her to study but she stubbornly ignored her mother and went
to her room. In the morning, she woke up, put on her uniform, took her bag and went down where her breakfast was on
the table waiting for her. She said to her mother while taking a sip of tea, 'The tea is very hot and I am not drinking it/' She
gobbled down her breakfast and when she heard the horn of the van, she quickly went down. She jumped into her van and
sat down with her friends. In the class, the first period was of Urdu and she did not focus on anything. When the teacher
gave them some class work, she kept sitting there blankly and asking from other children. "Samina have you studied for
the maths test?" her friend Maliha asked her. "Not yet, I have one more day left. The test is tomorrow." Samina said but in
her heart, she was saying that I will not study today either. At home she asked her mother to give her some food because
she was very tired. When her mother did so, she said, "I will not eat this. I hate this food." She threw the plate on the floor
and started to play on her tablet while her mother cleaned the food from the carpet. The next day was the same. She failed

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in the Maths test and gave an excuse to her teacher. Every day the same routine continued till the day of her exam came
near but she was not worried. She played on the tab at home all the time and did not study at all.
At last it was the day of her exams and she was thinking how to pass but she could not. Now she was worried. In the paper
she was able to answer only some of the questions and left most of the others unanswered. In all the exams, the same thing
happened and the result was as expected.
On the result day, she stayed at home and only her mother went there and when she came home she was very angry as
Samina had failed very badly. Her mother took her tab and mobile away and did not talk to her for many days. Samina
apologised but her mother did not accept it. So Samina started to study and at last her mother started to talk to her. After
that day she was an obedient child and became very good in studies. Her mom loved her too.
36. The probable reason why Samina failed could be any of the following, except
(a) her indolence (b) her adolescence (c) her ignorance (d) her obstinacy

37. Which of the following is true as per the passage?

(a) Samina apologised as she wanted her tab and mobile back.
(b) Sam inn was doing all this for her mother's attention,
(c) Samina felt guilty of her behavior and carelessness.
(d) Saminn was in bad company due to which she failed.

38. The above extract is probably a

(a) Fairy-tale (b) true story (c) moral story (d) work of fiction

39. The above story is a lesson in terms of

(a) Parents need to be more attentive to their children.
(b) Company really matters to build or destroy a child’s caliber.
(c) Students need to be obedient only then can they pass.
(d) Realizing ones mistakes and not repeating them can be fruitful.

40. Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative Caw is to crows as ____ is to cows.
(a) bleat (b) snort (c) low (d) bellow

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 Current Affairs Practice Sheet (CAPS)

1. _________ has topped the list of states with the (c) third (d) first
highest employability as per the India Skills
Report 2019. 10. Who has launched the Institution’s Innovation
(a) Gujarat (b) Andhra Pradesh Council through video conferencing in New Delhi
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Assam recently?
(a) Prakash Javadekar (b) Sushma Swaraj
2. _______has recently partnered with the Life (c) Rajnath Singh (d) Narendra Modi
Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to offer
online insurance premium payments on its 11. Laos is a Southeast ____________ country.
platform. (a) European (b) American
(a) Paytm (b) Google Pay (c) Asian (d) African
(c) True Caller (d) WhatsApp
12. The _____________ ‘UK India Business Council
3. 7th International Tourism Mart for the North-East Ease of Doing Business Report’ has been released.
States held in which of the following states? (a) fifth (b) fourth
(a) Assam (b) Tripura (c) third (d) second
(c) Meghalaya (d) Manipur
13. The World Health Organisation (WHO) in a report
4. Which of the following country has got UN stated that ______________ is the only country to
Environment Award for combating have recorded a substantial decline in malaria
Transboundary Environmental Crime? cases in 2017 out of the 11 highest burden
(a) Norway (b) Bhutan countries worldwide.
(c) Nepal (d) India (a) India (b) China
(c) France (d) USA
5. Who has won Forbes India Leadership Awards
2018, Lifetime Achievement? 14. Which organisation has won this year’s Indira
(a) Azim Premji (b) Mukesh Ambani Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
(c) Shantanu Narayan (d) N R Narayan Murthi Development, an award conferred by Indira
Gandhi Trust each year on the late Prime
6. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the Minister’s birth anniversary?
Foundation Stones of _________Projects in 65 (a) Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
Geographical Areas (GAs) in 129 Districts. (b) University Grants Commission
(a) Clean Ganga (c) Centre for Science and Environment
(b) Agri-loan Distribution (d) Indian Oil Corporation
(c) Power Line Connectivity
(d) City Gas Distribution 15. _______________________ has inked an agreement
with the US Trade and Development Agency
7. The second edition of the India-UAE Strategic (USTDA) to develop a roadmap for modernization
Conclave will be held in which of the following of its air traffic services.
city? (a) Air India
(a) Hyderabad (b) Dubai (b) Research and Analysis Wing
(c) Abu Dhabi (d) New Delhi (c) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
(d) Airports Authority of India
8. Who is the present Petroleum Minister of India?
(a) V K Singh 16. Who has Sworn in as Fiji’s Prime Minister for four
(b) Jitendra Kumar more years after winning an election with a
(c) Dharmendra Pradhan reduced majority?
(d) Harsh Vardhan (a) Thomas Kurian
(b) Michael D Higgins
9. President of India Ram Nath Kovind was in (c) Voreqe Bainimarama
Australia on his second leg of 2-Nation visit. He (d) Jair Bolsonaro
became the ____________ Indian President to visit
Australia.
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profit public interest research and advocacy 26. Who among the following has been named by
organisation based in- Fortune in its 2018 Business Person of the Year
(a) Chennai (b) New Delhi list?
(c) Kolkata (d) Mumbai (a) Sundar Pichai (b) Satya Nadella
(c) Shantanu Narayen (d) Sabeer Bhatia
18. The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF
appointed _______________________ as its 27. ‘Radio Kashmir-In Times of Peace & War’ is
youngest ever goodwill ambassador recently. authored by _____________.
(a) Millie Bobby Brown (a) Rajesh Bhat (b) Kiran Desai
(b) Benjamin Bratt (c) Vikram Seth (d) Salman Rushdie
(c) Ryan Destiny
(d) Naomi Campbell 28. National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has
launched a mobile application and web-based
19. The International Cricket Council (ICC) platform for retail investors to buy government
announced its partnership with securities. What is the name of this app?
_________________ to offer the fans a great (a) WORTH to BID (b) NSE goCORE
viewing experience of the upcoming semi-finals (c) NSE WORTH (d) NSE goBID
and final of the ICC Women’s World T20 to be
held in West Indies. 29. Which of the following country has topped the list
(a) Google (b) Microsoft of the IMD World Talent Ranking 2018 for the fifth
(c) Facebook (d) IBM year in a row?
(a) Norway (b) Finland
20. Who has been elected as Interpol’s next president? (c) Switzerland (d) Singapore
(a) Alexander Prokopchuk
(b) Meng Hongwei 30. United Nations Universal Children’s Day is
(c) Jurgen Stock celebrated on ________.
(d) Kim Jong-yang (a) November 22nd (b) October 2nd
(c) November 14 th (d) November 20th
21. The International Criminal Police Organization,
more commonly known as Interpol, is the 31. Which among the following country won the 59th
international organization that facilitates edition of the junior boys Subroto Cup
international police cooperation. Where is the International Football Tournament?
headquarters of Interpol? (a) Afghanistan (b) Bangladesh
(a) Canada (b) France (c) Nepal (d) India
(c) Russia (d) USA
22. Joint military exercise ‘Vajra Prahar’ recently 32. The ________ cabinet has approved to rejoin the
commenced in ______. Commonwealth.
(a) Uttarakhand (b) Jodhpur (a) Australia (b) Sri Lanka
(c) Bhopal (d) Jaipur (c) Scotland (d) Maldives

23. Vajra Prahar, a Joint military exercise took place 33. India’s first specialized hospital for elephants has
between India and _______. been opened at_________.
(a) Russia (b) United States (a) Agra (b) Mathura
(c) South Korea (d) China (c) Kanpur (d) Bhopal

24. India’s first ‘Justice City’ will be set up within 34. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
which of the following city? summit was recently held in________.
(a) Ahmadabad (b) Hyderabad (a) France (b) Spain
(c) Amaravati (d) Jaipur (c) Brazil (d) Papua New Guinean

25. The 27th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate 35. The 14th edition of JashneBachpan, a theatre
Change was held in _______. festival for children, held at _______.
(a) Rio de Janeiro (b) Shanghai (a) New Delhi (b) Bhopal
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World Junior Badminton Championships 2018. It (a) Natives of the Andaman Islands
was held in _____. (b) Natives of the Lakshadweep Islands
(a) Japan (b) Canada (c) Rohingyas of Myanmar
(c) The USA (d) China (d) Matuas of Bengal

37. Africa Industrialization Day (AID) is celebrated on 46. ‘Virtual Climate Summit’, is the brainchild of
__________. (a) Denmark (b) Sweden
(a) 23 November (b) 11 November (c) Norway (d) Marshall Islands
(c) 16 November (d) 20 November
47. Consider the following statements with respect to
38. The 49th edition of the International Film Festival ‘Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF)’
of India held in ________. 1. It was formed to increase the accountability of
(a) Mumbai (b) Jharkhand industrialized nations for the consequences of
(c) Goa (d) Paris global climate change.
2. It was founded by the Maldives during the 2015
39. Which of the following country is the focus United Nations Climate Change Conference
country of 49th edition of the International Film Select the correct statements
Festival? (a) 1 Only (b) 2 Only
(a) France (b) Israel (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) Australia (d) Nepal
48. Consider the following statements
40. The World Toilet Day is organized around the 1. The epistemology of Vaiśeṣika school of
world on ______. Hinduism accepted only two reliable means to
(a) 24th November (b) 17th November knowledge - perception and inference
(c) 21th November (d) 19th November 2. Samkhya is the ancient school of Indian
materialism
41. Consider the following statements with respect to Select the correct statements
‘Hansen’s disease’ (a) 1 Only (b) 2 Only
1. It is a bacterial disease (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. It affects the skin and nerves which can lead to
physical deformity and disability if left untreated 49. ‘Green Growth Equity Fund’ is a joint fund
Select the correct statements between
(a) 1 Only (b) 2 Only (a) BRICS Countries
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (b) Quad Countries
(c) Member of International Solar Alliance
42. Consider the following statements with respect to (d) None of the above
‘Mountain gorilla’
1. It is native to South East Asia 50. Consider the following statements about
2. It is listed as critically endangered under the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)
IUCN Red list 1. It is an intergovernmental, binding, permanent
Select the correct code: framework and a structured process to
(a) 1 Only (b) 2 Only gradually deepen defence cooperation within
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 European Union framework
2. It is formed to counter the North Atlantic Treaty
43. ‘Rothschild’s giraffe’ is listed as ________ under Organization
IUCN Red List Select the correct statements
(a) Endangered (b) Near Threatened (a) 1 Only (b) 2 Only
(c) Vulnerable (d) Extinct (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

44. The place called ‘Lusaka’ was recently in news. 51. 'Project C.A.T’ is
Where is it located? (a) A trap-neuter-return initiative for community
(a) South East Asia (b) Central Asia cats in Mumbai
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population, by Discovery Communications 58. Which team won the 'ICC Women's World T20
and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) title' for the fourth time?
(c) A concept for a unmanned single-stage (a) West Indies (b) India
reusable spaceplane capable of horizontal (c) Australia (d) England
take-off and landing by HAL
(d) None of the above 59. Which country to Lay Foundation Stone For
Kartarpur Corridor Route?
52. ‘Aghanashini Lion Tailed Macaque Conservation (a) India (b) Pakistan
Reserve’ is located in (c) Saudi Arabia (d) Indonesia
(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Goa 60. Which country has set a Guinness world record
with plankathon?
53. Consider the following statements with respect to (a) Japan (b) Russia
‘Ease of Doing Business Grand Challenge’ (c) SriLanka (d) India
1. The objective of this challenge is to invite
innovative ideas based on cutting edge technology 61. According to Organisation for economic
to reform Government processes. Cooperation and Development(OECD), India’s
2. The platform for the Grand Challenge is the GDP to remain at how much percent in 2019
Startup India Portal. and 2020?
Select the correct statements (a) 7.5 percent (b) 7.3 percent
(a) 1 Only (b) 2 Only (c) 7.2 percent (d) 7.8 percent
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
62. Which country bagged their 4th Women’s
54. Consider the following statements with respect to World T20 crown 2018?
‘Capital Adequacy ratio (CAR)’ (a) Pakistan (b) England
1. It measures a bank's capital in relation to its (c) Australia (d) India
risk-weighted assets.
2. CAR of 9% is prescribed under the Basel III 63. Who won the gold medal in the Sabre event in
norms the Senior Commonwealth Fencing
Select the correct statements Championship 2018 held in Canberra,
(a) 1 Only (b) 2 Only Australia?
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) Husanpreet Kaur (b) Bhupen Singh
(c) Karan Singh (d) Bhavani Devi
55. The term ‘Economic Capital Framework (ECF)’
was in news recently in the context of 64. Which Indian player registered history in the
(a) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) T10 cricket league, where he stunned Kerala
(b) World Trade Organisation (WTO) Knights with a five-wicket haul, including a hat
(c) Ease of Doing Business trick?
(d) MSMEs (a) Himanshu Rana (b) Harvik Desai
(c) Manjot Kalra (d) Pravin Tambe
56. Which of the following Indian cities have been
selected by UN to participate in Global 65. Recently, Ricky Jay passed away. He was
Sustainable Cities 2025 initiative? related to which field?
(a) Ahmedabad, Lucknow (a) Musician (b) Actor
(b) Surat, Pune (c) Philanthropist (d) Magician
(c) Noida, Greater Noida
(d) Bhopal, Visakhapatnam 66. What was the theme of this year’s International
Day for the Elimination of Violence Against
57. The two Indian movies competing for the Women?
UNESCO Gandhi Medal are ________. (a) Orange The World: #HearMeToo
(a) To Let and Paddayi (b) Say No:Unite to End Violence
(b) Peranbu and Olu (c) Take Action: Say No To Violence
(c) Pariyerum Perumal and Mahanati (d) Leave No One Behind: End Violence
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 77. 12th World Congress on mountain Medicine
67. Which country’s PM arrived India with the aim started in which city?
to repair the bilateral ties which came under (a) Beijing (b) New Delhi
severe strain during the previous government (c) Tokyo (d) Kathmandu
in the island nation?
(a) Netherlands (b) Australia 78. Who was appointed as UNICEF’s youngest ever
(c) Maldives (d) Austria goodwill ambassador?
(a) Roger Moore
68. Baliyatra Festival was inaugurated in which (b) Millie Bobby Brown
city? (c) Richard Attenboro
(a) Dispur (b) Pune (d) Leon Lai
(c) Gnadhinagar (d) Cuttack
79. When is World Hello day observed?
69. Which Indian boxer has created history by (a) Nov 22 (b) Nov 15
becoming India’s only six time world boxing (c) Nov 21 (d) Nov 20
champion?
(a) Mary Kom (b) Pinki Rani 80. The 27th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate
(c) Kavita Goyat (d) Sarjubala Devi Change was held in which city?
(a) Lucknow (b) Pune
70. Men’s Hockey World Cup Anthem which is to (c) Mumbai (d) New Delhi
be held in Odisha is composed by whom?
(a) Anu Malik (b) Amit Trivedi 81. What is the rank of India in IMD World Talent
(c) Pritam (d) A. R Rahman Ranking 2018?
(a) 53rd (b) 50th
71. Didier Drogba has confirmed his retirement as a (c) 55th (d) 52nd
player.He was related to which sports?
(a) Cricket (b) Football 82. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the
(c) Baseball (d) Badminton foundation stone of Vishwakarma Skill
University in which city?
72. The 50th Union World Conference on Lung (a) Kanpur (b) Lucknow
Health will be held in which city? (c) Nashik (d) Gurugram
(a) Gangtok (b) Ahmedabad
(c) Hyderabad (d) Pune 83. Which application was launched by Google
which is specifically designed for the Indian
73. Sangai festival 2018 begins in which state? market, will give hyper local information on
(a) Sikkim (b) Assam neighbourhoods?
(c) Mizoram (d) Manipur (a) NeighbourHood Me
(b) Locals
74. Which carpet city got the major boost as the (c) Neighbour
government has extended the “export (d) Neighbourly
excellence tag”?
(a) Kolhapur (b) Solapur 84. Which country won 59th edition of Subroto
(c) Bhadohi (d) Gorakhpur Cup International Football Torurnament?
(a) Bangladesh (b) India
75. According to LinkedIn, which city pays the (c) Maldives (d) China
highest salary in India?
(a) Bengaluru (b) Mumbai 85. 87th session of the INTERPOL General
(c) Delhi (d) Chennai Assembly held in which city?
(a) Paris (b) Dubai
76. President Ramnath Kovind unveiled a statue of (c) New York (d) Abu Dhabi
Mahatma Gamdhi in which city?
(a) Melbourne (b) Sydney 86. When is World Television Day observed?
(c) New York (d) Paris (a) Dec 12 (b) Nov 21
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87. The 14th edition of international children’s (a) MeBID (b) GiveBid
theatre festival, “Jashne Bachpan”, was (c) goBID (d) BIDs
inaugurated in which city?
(a) Pune (b) New Delhi 96. Which country has decided to to rejoin the
(c) Lucknow (d) Mumbai Commenwealth, two years after withdrawing
from the 53-nation grouping?
88. RBI Central Board decided to constitute a BFS (a) Maldives (b) Mauritius
of the Central bank to examine the framework (c) SriLanka (d) Pakistan
for banks under PCA.What is “S” in BFS?
(a) Super (b) Supervision 97. Who was sworn as new Fiji PM?
(c) Syndrome (d) System (a) Frank Bainimarama
(b) Faiyaz Koya
89. The 12-day long joint military exercise between (c) Jioji Konrote
India and the USA known as “Vajra (d) Voreque Bainimarama
Prahar”commenced in which city?
(a) Jaipur (b) Mumbai 98. Who was awarded this year’s Indira Gandhi
(c) Bengaluru (d) Chennai Prize for Peace,Disarmament and
Development?
90. According to a WHO report, which is the only (a) Centre for science and Environment
country to have recorded a substantial decline (b) NABARD
in malaria cases in 2017 by 24 percent? (c) IISR
(a) SriLanka (b) Australia (d) AIIMS
(c) India (d) Nepal 99. What is the theme of this year’s United Nations’
(UN) Universal Children’s Day?
91. Prime Minister Narendra Modi constituted a (a) Improving Child Welfare Worldwide
National Implementation Committee(NIC) (b) KidsTakeOver
under the chairmanship of which minister? (c) Stop Violence against Children
(a) Arvind Subramaniyam (d) Children are taking over and turning the
(b) Rajnath Singh world blue
(c) Smriti Irani
(d) Arun Jaitley 100. Which organization launched its e-commerce
portal recently?
92. Which ministry has introduced the upgraded (a) NICL (b) India Post
version of AirSewa 2.0 web portal? (c) SIDBI (d) NABARD
(a) Ministry of Civil Aviation
(b) Ministry of Defence 101. The two-day summit to mark the World
(c) Ministry of Finance Tolerance Day was inaugurated in which city?
(d) Ministry of Human Resources Development (a) Dubai (b) Paris
(c) Bishkek (d) Kiev
93. The world’s standard definitions of the
kilogram,the ampere,the Kelvin and the mole 102. Which word was declared as the word of the
has been changed after how many years? year by Oxford Dictionary?
(a) 130 years (b) 135 years (a) Gaslighting (b) Poisonous
(c) 140 years (d) 150 years (c) Toxic (d) Incel

94. Who is the author of “The Velvet Gloves”? 103. Credit rating agency Fitch affirmed which
(a) Sudeep Nagarkar rating to India’s “Long Term Foreign Currency
(b) Balakrishna Kamath Issuer Default Rating(IDR)”?
(c) Bala Sagar Singh (a) AA- (b) A+
(d) Ravi Subramanaian (c) BB+ (d) BBB-

95. Which application was launched by National 104. Which company acquired Artificial Intelligence
Stock Exchange of India for retail investors to (AI) and bot development company XOXCO for
buy government securities? an undisclosed sum.?

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 (a) Accenture (b) Microsoft
(c) Google (d) TCS 115. Which state to provide free education to Ockhi
storm- hit kids?
105. What is the theme of this year’s World (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala
Tolerance Day 2018? (c) Telangana (d) Odisha
(a) Prospering from Pluralism: Embracing
Diversity through Innovation and 116. Union cabinet recently approved the strategic
Collaboration. sale of 100 percent government stake in which
(b) Lets nurture tolerance and respect diversity organization?
(c) Fighting tolerance (a) BEL
(d) Together (b) BHEL
(c) IDBI Bank
106. When is National Press Day celebrated? (d) Dredging Corporation of India
(a) Nov 16 (b) Nov 20
(c) Nov 10 (d) Nov 17 117. Which Indian wrestler touched a new high in
his career by achieving the number one rank in
107. China tapped which country as digital economy the world in the 65kg category?
partner? (a) Pawan Kumar (b) Bajrang Punia
(a) Sri Lanka (b) Nepal (c) Yogeshwar Dutt (d) Sushil Kumar
(c) Pakistan (d) India
118. The 34th National Junior Athletic
108. The election commission has set which polling Championship was held at which place?
booths in various constituencies of Chattisgarh (a) Shimla (b) Gangtok
to encourage women voters to exercise their (c) Ranchi (d) Lucknow
franchise in the Assembly elections?
(a) Samridhi (b) Sarojana 119. Which project has won UNESCO Asia Pacific
(c) Sangwari (d) Saregama award for conservation?
(a) Jammu Project (b) Sikkim Project
109. The Supreme Court has given nod for a (c) Ladakh Project (d) Leh Project
separate High Court for which state?
(a) Sikkim (b) Odisha 120. Who was awarded the reporters without
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Andhra Pradesh Borders(RSF) Press Freedom Award for
Courage?
110. Which country will hold the 5th World Internet (a) Anvesha Sharma
Conference? (b) Arundhati roy
(a) India (b) China (c) Minisha Singh
(c) Russia (d) Japan (d) Swati Chaturvedi
111. Which country has unveiled world’s first AI
news anchor? 121. Which actress has unveiled her book “Healed”,
(a) USA (b) Russia her personal story of a battle against ovarian
(c) Japan (d) China cancer?
(a) Manisha Koirala
112. Which became the first country in the world to (b) Katrina Kaif
ban reef killing sunscreen? (c) Tabu
(a) Andorra (b) Albania (d) Rekha
(c) Palau (d) Uganda
122. The 25th edition of the Singapore India
113. When is National Education Day celebrated? Maritime Bilateral Exercise(SIMBEX) kicked off
(a) Nov 7 (b) Nov 9 at which place?
(c) Nov 11 (d) Nov 10
(a) Vijaywada (b) Gandhinagar
(c) Port Blair (d) Vadodara
114. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated
Indian War Memorial in which country? 123. The Cabinet approved setting up of a Central
(a) Australia (b) Russia
Tribal University in which state?
(c) China (d) France

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(c) Bihar (d) Odisha (c) Saudi Arabia (d) North Korea

124. Which body is likely to establish an 134. Who Won Bronze Medal In World Wrestling
ombudsman for digital payments by March Championships?
2019? (a) Pooja Dhanda (b)Varun Karthik
(a) IRDA (b) RBI (c) Dinesh Gupta (d) Suresh Kumar
(c) NABARD (d) SIDBI
135. Which country Becomes Second Largest Solar
125. Which Indian players won gold at the 10m Air Market: MERCOM?
Pistol mixed team event on the last day of the (a) India (b) Pakistan
Asian Airgun Chanpionship in Kuwait? (c) Saudi Arabia (d) Indonesia
(a) Mohd Asab and Suma Shirur
136. Which place NATO's Biggest Military Maneuvers
(b) Ankur Mittal and Avneet Sidhu
(c) Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker Begins ------- ?
(a) Norway (b) China
(d) Karam Lehal and Saniya Sheikh
(c) Australia (d) Denmark
126. Which Indian women’s player became the first
Indian to score a century in T20 Internationals? 137. Where is the headquarters of United Nations?
(a) New york (b) Russia
(a) Sushma Verma
(b) Smriti Mandhana (c) Geneva (d) Denmark
(c) Mithali Raj
(d) Harmanpreet Kaur 138. Which of the following did Madras HC ban
regarding drugs?
127. Which batsman became the first batsman to hit (a) False practising
four centuries in T20 internationals? (b) Selling for high price
(a) Rohit Sharma (b) Darren Bravo (c) Online drug sale
(c) Virat Kohli (d) Faf Du Plessis (d) drug that are banned by USFDA
128. India’s biggest social media summit,”Social 139. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on 31 October
Media Summit and Awards 2018”kicked off in 2018 embarked on a three-nation visit to
which city? Botswana, Zimbabwe and ____________
(a) Kolkata (b) Vijaywada (a) Ethiopia (b) Tanzania
(c) Lucknow (d) NewDelhi (c) Nigeria (d) Malawi
129. Who will be awarded with “Global Education 140. Which country has recently announced to
Award”on November 8 by “Malabar Gold and withdraw from United Nations' (UN) migration
Diamonds”? pact?
(a) Binny Bansal (b) Anand Kumar (a) Brazil (b) Australia
(c) Subash Chandra (d) Satish Kaushik (c) Canada (d) France

130. When is National Cancer Awareness Day 141. Which naval ship returned after 205-day world
observed? tour?
(a) Nov 7 (b) Nov 8 (a) INS Tarangini (b) INS Viraat
(c) Nov 9 (d) Nov 10 (c) INS Satpura (d) INS Shakthi

131. Which state has decided to observe “Rosogolla 142. Under which department did Tamil Nadu govt.
Day” on November 14? provide assistance for women for their
(a) Bihar (b) Maharashtra emergency?
(c) West Bengal (d) Odisha (a) Department of Women and Child welfare
(b) Department of Social Welfare and Nutritious
132. Which company fired 48 employees for sexual Meal Programme
harassment in past two years? (c) Department of Human Affairs
(a) Google (b) Samsung (d) Department of Human Welfare and Nutritious
(c) Apple (d) Verizon Meal Programme
133. Which country appoints Sahle-Work Zewde As 1st 143. Which rank did India obtained in Global Passport
Female President?
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 (a) 65 (b) 25 154. Which of the following country unveiled a
(c) 35 (d) 28 sculpture in honour of Indian soldiers who fought
during World War I?
144. Which rank did India secure in the World Bank’s (a) US (b) UK
Ease of Doing Business Index 2018? (c) German (d) France
(a) 103rd (b) 77th
(c) 54th (d) 89th 155. World Tsunami Awareness Day is being observed
on _______.
145. Which country inked a $950 million deal for (a) November 5 (b) November 7
inducting two new warships equipped with (c) November 4 (d) November 6
Brahmos missiles in the India Navy?
(a) Russia (b) Indonesia 156. Delhi's Signature Bridge is built over the ______
(c) Saudi Arabia (d) Pakistan river.
(a) Sahibi (b) Ganga
146. 49th International Film Festival of India, IFFI 2018, (c) Brahmaputra (d) Yamuna
will be held in Goa. Olu, the opening film in IFFI
2018 is made in which of the following language? 157. Which country will host a Formula One race in
(a) Tulu (b) Telugu April 2020?
(c) Malayalam (d) Tamil (a) Vietnam (b) Malaysia
(c) Germany (d) Philippines
147. Who replaces Elon Musk as Tesla's Chairman with
immediate effect? 158. Who became the fifth Indian to be inducted in the
(a) Irene Rosenfeld (b) Sheryl Sandberg 'ICC Hall of Fame'?
(c) Robyn Denholm (d) Marissa Mayer (a) Anil Kumble (b) Sunil Gavaskar
148. _______ launches fake news fight-back with global (c) Rahul Dravid (d) Kapil Dev
campaign?
(a) BBC (b) NBC 159. The National Cancer Awareness Day is observed
(c) ITBC (d) NDTV on which date in India?
(a) November 7 (b) November 8
149. Trojan asteroids are associated with _____ planet. (c) November 5 (d) November 6
(a) Venus (b) Mercury
(c) Mars (d) Jupiter 160. Which Cricket Stadium has been recently renamed
after Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a day before India-WI
150. India lost a major trade dispute over safeguard T20I?
duty on hot-rolled steel at the World Trade (a) Trivandrum’s Greenfield International
Organization (WTO). The case was filed by Stadium
________ in December 2017. (b) Bangalore’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
(a) China (b) Japan (c) Lucknow's Ekana International Cricket
(c) Germany (d) Australia Stadium
(d) Ranchi’s JSCA International Cricket Stadium
151. Which country unveils ‘most advanced’ stealth
drone - UAV – CH7? 161. Who became first cricketer in history to score 4
(a) China (b) South Africa T20I hundreds?
(c) Pakistan (d) Sri Lanka (a) Steven Smith (b) David Warner
152. India's first nuclear-powered submarine _______ (c) Rohit Sharma (d) Virat Kohli
has completed its first deterrence patrol recently.
162. Recently, Supreme Court has given nod for a
(a) INS Sahyadri (b) INS Kalvari
(c) INS Chakra (d) INS Arihant separate High Court for Andhra Pradesh. The new
court will be the ______th High Court in the
country.
153. Where is the world’s largest marine sanctuary
planned to be built? (a) 25 (b) 26
(c) 34 (d) 30
(a) Arctic (b) Iceland
(c) Antarctica (d) Cyprus 163. Which country unveiled new 'Heavenly Palace'
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(ISS), which is due to retire in 2024? (d) South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa
(a) Japan (b) United States
(c) Russia (d) China 173. Who is appointed as UNICEF India’s Youth
Ambassador?
164. Who is chosen for Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award (a) Hima Das (b) Siddharth Pardeshi
(c) Srihari Nataraj (d) Avinash Mani
by Press Council of India (PCI)?
(a) N Ram (b) Dinesh Karthik 174. Rs 75 coin to be issued by government to mark
(c) Suresh Rajan (d) Ganesh Kumar 75th anniversary of Tricolour hoisting by -------- ?
(a) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
165. At the Armistice of World War I centenary (b) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
commemoration, Vice President M Venkaiah (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
Naidu inaugurated the Indian Armed Forces (d) D.Mahatma Gandhi
Memorial in ________.
(a) Russia (b) Germany 175. Which communication satellite did ISRO recently
(c) France (d) Turkey launch on board its second heaviest
developmental flight GSLV-MkIII D2?
166. Armistice Day is commemorated on _______ to (a) GSAT-29 (b) GSAT-39
mark the end of the 1914-1918 conflict (World War (c) GSAT-49 (d) GSAT-69
I). 176. What is the name of the e-learning portal launched
(a) November 12 (b) November 14
by Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik on
(c) November 13 (d) November 11 November 14, 2018?
167. Which of the following Indian Wrestler becomes (a) SWAYAM (b) DAKSH
World No.1 in 65 kg category? (c) NIPUN (d) STRIKE
(a) Bajrang Punia (b) Vinesh Phogat 177. Which country has initiated to create an
(c) Sandeep Tomar (d) Sakshi Malik international research center to fight against
resistance to antibiotics?
168. India and France signed a deal worth Euro 7.87 (a) Germany (b) France
billion (Rs 59,000 crore approximately) on (c) Denmark (d) India
September 23, 2016 for _______ Rafale jets.
(a) 34 (b) 32 178. Astronomers recently found a 'cold super-Earth'.
(c) 36 (d) 38 The planet has been labeled ___________.
(a) Barnard's Star e (b) Barnard's Star g
169. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated (c) Barnard's Star b (d) Barnard's Star d
India's first Multi-Modal Terminal on ______ river.
(a) Ganga (b) Brahmaputra 179. Where did the 62nd National shooting
(c) Godavari (d) Krishna championships, rifle, and pistol, begin?
(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu
170. Name the Bangladesh cricketer, who will contest (c) Karnataka (d) Uttar Pradesh
in the upcoming elections on a ticket from the
ruling party, Awami League, as confirmed by PM 180. PM Narendra Modi launched the Government’s
Sheikh Hasina. Support and Outreach Initiative for Micro,Small
(a) Tamim Iqbal Khan and Medium Enterprises(MSME) in which city?
(b) Shakib Al Hasan (a) Mumbai (b) New Delhi
(c) Mashrafe Mortaza (c) Lucknow (d) Gorakhpur
(d) Mohammad Mithun

171. India celebrated _______th birth anniversary of Pt 181. Which decommissioned carrier will be converted
Jawaharlal Nehru on 14th November 2018? into India’s first ever moored maritime museum-
(a) 130 (b) 134 cum-marine adventure centre?
(c) 135 (d) 139 (a) INS Mhadei (b) INS Makar
(c) INS Tarini (d) INS Viraat
172. Who will be India's Republic Day chief guest in
2019? 182. Indian Air Force is organising a two day seminar
(a) Sudan President Omar al-Bashir on “Emerging Trends in aviation Engineering and
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(a) Bhopal (b) NewDelhi a naval unit of the Eastern Fleet in the 1971 India
(c) Gwalior (d) Mumbai Pakistan War and whose actions led to the
destruction of an enemy submarine?
183. India signed agreement with which country for
(a) RP Hari (b) Ashok Kumar
the construction of the Turga Pumped storage (c) Ajit Kumar (d) MP Awati
hydel power project at Purulia in West Bengal?
(a) China (b) Japan 193. South Korean first lady Kim Jung Sook and Chief
(c) Russia (d) France
Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the Queen
184. Which country will host the 23rd edition of the Huh Memorial in which city?
World Corporate Games? (a) Shirdi (b) Varanasi
(a) Afghanistan (b) Qatar
(c) Puri (d) Ayodhya
(c) Australia (d) USA
185. Which country will host Formula One Race in 194. Which district will be renamed as Ayodhya?
April 2020? (a) Nagod (b) Barabanki
(a) Vietnam (b) France (c) Faizabad (d) Gorakhpur
(c) Seychelles (d) Singapore 195. The first Russia India Strategic Dialogue will take
place in which city?
186. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated Gyan (a) Mumbai (b) NewDelhi
Kumbh in which city? (c) Moscow (d) St Petersburg
(a) Gorakhpur (b) Lucknow
196. RBI has initiated steps to set up a wide-based
(c) Rishikesh (d) Haridwar
digital PCR to capture details of all borrowers,
including wilful defaulters and also the pending
187. The first Global Conference on Air Pollution and
legal suits in order to check financial
Health will be held at which city?
delinquencies.What is “R” is PCR?
(a) Mumbai (b) Geneva
(a) Registry (b) Recognition
(c) Paris (d) California
(c) Revenue (d) Rebate
188. When is International Day to End Impunity for
197. Who was elected as president of the International
Crimes against Journalist celebrated?
Boxing Association (AIBA)?
(a) 4th Nov (b) 3rd Nov
(a) Thomas Bach (b) Gafur Rakhimov
(c) 2nd Nov (d) 1st Nov
(c) Nicolas Djuvone (d) Maria Draghi
189. The National Green Tribunal has ordered a 4
198. Who was chosen for the prestigious Raja Ram
member committee to conduct an inspection near
Mohan Roy award?
the Polavaram Dam.Where is Polavaram Dam (a) Kedarnath Sharma (b) Mihir Singh
situated? (c) Subash Paul (d) N Ram
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh 199. When is World Tsunami Awareness Day
observed?
190. Who is the author of “Notes of a Dream: The (a) Nov 3 (b) Nov 1
Authorized Biography of AR Rahman”? (c) Nov 5 (d) Nov 6
(a) Trilok Sharma (b) Krishna Trilok
(c) Arundhati Roy (d) Manvendra Singh 200. Which organization launched UTS application?
(a) Indian Navy (b) Indian Army
191. 18th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) (c) Indian Railways (d) Indian Air Force
Council of Ministers Meeting held in which city?
(a) Mumbai (b) Durban
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Prep Test – Logical Reasoning

1. c 2. b 3. d 4. c 5. d 6. d 7. d 8. a 9. d 10. b
11. c 12. d 13. c 14. d 15. d 16. c 17. c 18. b 19. c 20. d
21. d 22. a 23. d 24. c 25. c 26. b 27. d 28. c 29. d 30. d
31. a 32. c 33. a 34. d 35. c 36. d 37. d 38. a 39. d 40. b

1. (c) Statement II proves that the suggested measure is

Nehru Gandhi No not feasible.
Tall Short Glasses Statement III shows that a minority segment of the
House House glasses
A √ √ √ city traffic is made up of individual car owners
B √ √ √ and that their reduction will not make a
difference.
C √ √ √
6. (d) We cannot say that ' a person below poverty
D √ √ √ line is capable of doing any job or not, also
E √ √ √ problem of malnutrition can be handled easily by
F √ √ √ various welfare schemes. So argument I is not
B and E are short and not wearing glasses. strong. Argument II is completely illogical, hence
2. (b) also rejected. Therefore answer is option d.
Delhi Bangalore Tall Short Girls Boys 7. (d) Both the arguments are way out of track and
A √ √ √ do not connect to the major objective, hence both
B √ √ √ the arguments are weak. therefor answer is option
d.
C √ √ √
8. (a) ‘173’ or ‘371’ appear three times on total.
D √ √ √
9. (d) ‘even-even-odd’ appears four times in the
E √ √ √ series.
F √ √ √ 10. (b)
Clearly, D is the tall girl from Bangalore. ‘163’ appears two times.
3. (d) ‘169’ does not appear.
Green Yellow New Old Law Medical ‘563’ does not appear.
Cover Cover Volume Volume Reports Extracts ‘569’ appears one times.
A √ √ √ In total required sequence appears three times.
11. (c) Required sequence appears two times i.e. 3 – 25
B √ √ √
- 18 and 21 – 45 - 46.
C √ √ √ 12. (d) If all the alphabets are dropped from the given
D √ √ √ arrangement, 3 will be the sixth from left end.
E √ √ √ 13. (c)
F √ √ √
Clearly, E and F are old volumes which have green
covers and are medical extracts.
4. (c) Two dancers are Shailja and Tanuja.
Two violinists are Girija and Vanaja. Since
Jalaja and Shailja cannot be violinists, so remaining
violinist is Tanuja. 14. (d)
The four vocal musicians are Vanaja, Jalaja, Eighth to the left of fifteenth element from the
Shailja and Tanuja. right= 8+15= 23rd element from the right which is ‘Z’
Clearly, Tanuja is a violinist, a vocal musician and 15. (d)
a dancer.
5. (d) In this case, all of the above statements weaken
16. (c)
the administration's claim.
I N T E L L I G E N T
Statement I proves that there are other measures
F K Q B I I F D B K Q
that might be more effective.
(-3) (-3) (-3) (-3) (-3) (-3) (-3) (-3) (-3) (-3) (-3)

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 Similarly ENTERTAINMENT will be coded as
BKQBOQXFKJBKQ. So option C.
17. (c)

Similarly DISTRIBUTION will be coded as

P is uncle of R.
STTIBUDIONRI
23. (d)
18. (b):
Let (+) denotes male person & (-) denotes female
person.
None of the options implies.
24. (c)

Option (3) is one of the implication.

25. (c)
S is maternal uncle of Y Given: X - Y + Z ⇒ X = Y ≠ Z According to
19. (c) option (1) X ≠ Y ≠ Z (2) X < Y = Z
Let (+) denotes male person & (-) denotes (3) X = Y < Z option (3) is one of the
female person. implication.
26. (b)

option (2) is one of the implication.

27. (d):
Relation of M and N can’t be determined. X=Y–Z ⇒X>Y=Z
Hence, Data Inadequate. According to option (1) Y < X > Z (2) X < Y < Z
20. (d): (3) Z < X > Y
Let (+) denotes male person & (-) denotes None of the option is implication of given
female person. information
28. (c)

B is brother-in-law of A and A is male. Thus A

is also brother-in-law of B.
21. (d): From the above diagram its clear that:
Let (+) denotes male person & (-) denotes Only conclusion II follows
female person.
29. (d)

From the above diagram its clear that:

All conclusions follow.
We do not know the gender of B. Therefore,
30. (d)
can’t be determined.
22. (a):
Let (+) denotes male person & (-) denotes
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 From the given information, we can make the
following table:
Person Bike Position
Amar Pulsar 2
Bitu Apache 5
From the above diagram it’s clear that: None Chetan Splendor 4
follows Darshan Hayabusa 1
31. (a) Ehsaan Unicorn 3
Hence Chetan was driving Splendor.
36. (d) From the given information, we can make the
following arrangements:
D E A F B C
Or
From the above diagram its clear that: B C F A E D
None follows Hence B or C can sit at the other extreme end. So
32. (c) answer is option d.
From the first statement, Orange and Pineapple 37. (d):
are in one box and watermelon is in the other box. In the first option B1 and B6 are together. Hence it
From statement B, Mango and Strawberry is in the is false.
box with watermelon. From third statement, In option 2, as B1 and B5 have to be together, so it
blueberry and guava are with orange and is again false.
In option 3, G1 G3 should be together, hence it is
pineapple and Apple is with watermelon. Hence
again false.
the fruits in box 1 are Orange, pineapple, Option 4 satisfies all the conditions and hence is
blueberry and guava and in box 2 are watermelon, the answer.
mango, strawberry and apple. 38. (a) The word ’is’ is present in each of the sentences
33. (a): and the code present in all the codings is ‘see’
From the given information we can have the Hence the code of ‘is’ is ‘see’. In the first two
following two cases: sentences ‘it’ is common word and the common
Case I: the order is N > L > O > Q > __ > P code is ‘nee’. So the code of ‘it’ is ‘nee’. So the code
Case II: the order is N > Q > O > L > P. of ‘who’ is ‘tim and that of ‘where’ is ‘ble’.
In both the cases the positions of other persons is According to options only Option (A) has the
not clear. But it can be inferred from the words “tim ble see".
information that none of Qutab, Omprakash, Hence option (A) is the correct answer
Lakshman, Raman, Mahendra and Pretam is 39. (d)
tallest. Hence the tallest person is Narendar. From the given information, we can arrange the
34. (d): dwarfs from left to right as:
From the given information, we can make the dreamy sleepy bashful sneezy dopey grumpy
following table: happy. Hence dopey is standing just before
Basket Athlet Swim Badmi grumpy.
Tennis Hockey
ball ics ming nton 40. (b) From the given information we can make the
Saurav √` √`` √ following family tree.
Kartik √ √ √ √
Manpreet √ √ √ √
Lokesh √ √ √ √ √
Nikhil √ √ √
Ganesh √ √ √
Prakash √ √ √
Rohit √ √
From the table it is clear that Lokesh plays tennis,
swimming and badminton. Hence he will be
As we do not know Sheeba’s gender, thus options
selected.
1, 3 and 4 are false.
35. (c):
Hence the answer is option b.

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Prep Test – English Language
1. B and E 2. D and F 3. C and E 4. B and F 5. E and F 6. C and F
11. d 12. b 13. d 14. a 15. a 16.
21. f 22. b 23. b 24. d 25. c 26.
31. b 32. a 33. b 34. c 35. c 36.
1. B and E The trigger despite indicates that the reefs had
not justified the environmentalist’s initial fears, so you
need a word such as positive or harmless in the blank. 6.
Neither caustic nor interminable means positive or
harmless, so eliminate answer choices (C) and (E).
Neither unfounded, which means groundless, nor
plaintive, which means mournful, makes sense in the
blank; eliminate choices (A) and (F).Both benign and
innocuous can mean harmless, so choices (B) and (E) give
you appropriate, equivalent sentences.
2. D and F Recycle the clue and put enthusiasm in the blank.
Both indifference and heedlessness are nearly the
opposite of what you are looking for, so eliminate choices
(B) and (E). Neither cessation, which means stoppage, 7.
nor rhetoric, which is the art of elective or persuasive use
of language, make sense in the blank, so eliminate choices
(A) and (C). Both fervency and zeal can mean
enthusiasm, so answer choices (D) and (F) give you
appropriate, equivalent sentences.
3. C and E The clue innumerable fruitless attempts
indicates that Allen lacked the crucial qualification to
juggle, so a word that means something like manually
coordinated will it the blank. Both lumbering and
awkward are nearly the opposite of what you’re looking 8.
for, so eliminate choices (B) and (F). Neither sedate,
which means calm, nor implicit, which means implied,
make sense in the blank, so eliminate choices (A) and (D).
Both dexterous and implicit can mean manually
coordinated, so choices (C) and (E) give you appropriate,
equivalent sentences.
4. B and F If Alexander’s generals broke up his empire at
his death, then its cohesion must have been weak or
short-lived. Both abiding and protracted are nearly the 9.
opposite of what you’re looking for, so eliminate choices
(A) and (C). Neither redoubled, which means made twice
as great, nor renowned, which means famous, make
sense in the blank, so eliminate choices (D) and (E). Both
precarious and tenuous can mean weak, so choices (B)
and (F) give you appropriate, equivalent sentences.
5. E and F If you’re comfortable with the meaning of
propitiatory, you can recycle the verb propitiate into the
blank; if not, the clue icy stare and aloof demeanor can
tell you—like Johann—that the gifts didn’t calm her 10.
anger. Both exacerbate and aggravate are nearly the
opposite of what you’re looking for, so eliminate choices
(C) and (D). Neither vilify, which means to speak ill of,
nor garner, which means to amass or acquire, make sense
in the blank, so eliminate choices (A) and (B). Both
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d 17. b 18. d 19. c 20. b
b 27. a 28. b 29. a 30. b
b 37. c 38. c 39. d 40. d
placate and appease can mean to calm, so choices (E) and
(F) give you appropriate, equivalent sentences.
C and F If they believe the benefits of the energy-
producing ingredients increase proportionally, the
athletes would want to eat more of the energy bars, so
you need a word that means something like plentiful.
Both scant and measured are nearly the opposite of what
you’re looking for, so eliminate choices (A) and (E).
Neither furtive, which means stealthy, nor solvent, which
means capable of paying debts, makes sense in the blank,
so eliminate choices (B) and (D). Both copious and
profuse can mean plentiful, so choices (C) and (F) give
you appropriate, equivalent sentences.
B and E The bill is described as comprehensive and has
249 new regulations on a single industry, so something
like full of would make sense in the blank. Both deficient
in and unencumbered by are nearly the opposite of what
you’re looking for, so eliminate choices (C) and (D).
Neither elucidated by, which means clarified by, nor
exempted from makes sense in the blank, so eliminate
choices (A) and (F). Both rife with and replete with mean
full of, so choices (B) and (E) give you appropriate,
equivalent sentences.
D and F Recycle the clue embarrassing into the blank.
Both assuaging and bolstering are nearly the opposite of
what you’re looking for, so eliminate choices (B) and (E).
The impact may be monumental, but that answer choice
isn’t succinctly negative, so eliminate choice (C); virulent,
on the other hand is too strong, so eliminate choice (A).
Both discomfiting and mortifying can mean
embarrassing, so choices (D) and (F) give you
appropriate, equivalent sentences.
C and E Samuel Huntington’s ideas are still passionately
debated so they must be described as ideas that people
are likely to disagree about. His opinions may well have
been pedantic or hegemonic, but those words do not
necessarily lead to disagreement. The same goes for
zealous, which, in addition, is also used to describe
people, rather than their ideas. The correct answers are
choices (C) and (E), since polemical means arguing
passionately, and divisive means causing a
disagreement.
A and B The sentence tells you that there was no plant
life in the area before, based on the time trigger word
previously. Furthermore, if it is being implied that since
plants have been able to generate and grow, humans will
be able to live in the area some day, then you know that
plant life being described, must be alive and flourishing.
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 This eliminates static, waning, and flagging. Fervent is
used to describe human feelings or something that is very
hot, so it does not work in this context. Incipient and
nascent both mean that the plant life has recently come
into being and are the correct answers.
11. The passage speaks specifcally about onions and bay
leaves in clam chowder—not about soups in general, and
thus choice b is not correct. No mention is made to
nutrition or poison, nor does the passage address over-
cooked clams.
12. The last sentence in the paragraph clearly supports the
idea that the renewed interest in Shakespeare is due to
the development of his characters. Choice a is incorrect
because the writer never makes this type of comparison.
Choice c is wrong, because even though scholars are
mentioned in the paragraph, there is no indication that
the scholars are compiling the anthology. Choice d is
wrong because there is no support to show that most
New
Yorkers are interested in this work. There is no support
for choice e.
13. This answer is implied by the whole paragraph. The
author stresses the need to read critically by performing
operations on the text in a slow and specific manner.
Choice a is incorrect because the author never says that
reading is dull. Choices b, c, and e are not supported by
the paragraph.
14. The support for this choice is in the second sentence,
which states that in some countries, toxic insecticides are
still legal. Choice b is incorrect because even though
polar regions are mentioned in the paragraph, there is no
support for the idea that warmer regions are not just as
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affected. There is no support for choice c. Choice d can be
ruled out because there is nothing to indicate that DDT
and toxaphene are the most toxic. Choice e is illogical.
15. The second and third sentence combine to give support
to choice a. The statement stresses that there must be a
judge’s approval (i.e., legal authorization) before a search
can be conducted. Choices b and d are wrong because it
is not enough for the police to have direct evidence or a
reasonable belief—a judge must authorize the search for
it to be legal. Choices c and e are not mentioned in the
passage.
16-31 Inference from the concepts of English Grammar.
32. The central idea of the passage is not about rebirth and
God, changes and humanity have only part a part of the
concept but the central idea remains philosophy.
33. Renaissance means rebirth but it is just rebirth in the
passage not of God or philosophy. Changes in humanity
were seen but that is not Renaissance, so the answer is
(b).
34. Statements (a), (b) and (d) are clearly mentioned in the
paragraph, but regarding education, it says mostly men
not only men.
35. As is evident from the first 2 lines of the passage, the
answer is (c).
36. (b) (a), (c) and (d) have been mentioned in the passage
but Samina was doing all this because of her age is
nowhere mentioned.
37. He changed her attitude and made her mother happy, so
after going through her results she felt guilty.
38. It is teaching us a lesson at the end, it is a moral story.
39. The lesson taught in the story.
40. The sound that Cows make is called 'bellow'.
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1. b 2. a 3. b 4. d 5. a 6. d 7. c 8. c 9. d 10. a
11. c 12. b 13. a 14. c 15. d 16. c 17. b 18. a 19. a 20. d
21. b 22. d 23. b 24. c 25. d 26. c 27. a 28. d 29. c 30. d
31. b 32. d 33. b 34. d 35. a 36. b 37. d 38. c 39. b 40. d
41. c 42. d 43. b 44. d 45. a 46. d 47. a 48. a 49. d 50. a
51. b 52. b 53. c 54. a 55. a 56. c 57. d 58. c 59. a 60. d
61. a 62. c 63. d 64. d 65. d 66. a 67. c 68. d 69. a 70. d
71. b 72. c 73. d 74. c 75. a 76. b 77. d 78. b 79. c 80. d
81. a 82. d 83. d 84. a 85. b 86. b 87. b 88. b 89. a 90. c
91. b 92. a 93. a 94. b 95. c 96. a 97. d 98. a 99. d 100. b
101. a 102. c 103. d 104. b 105. a 106. a 107. d 108. c 109. d 110. b
111. d 112. c 113. c 114. d 115. b 116. d 117. b 118. c 119. c 120. d
121. a 122. c 123. b 124. b 125. c 126. d 127. a 128. b 129. b 130. a
131. c 132. a 133. b 134. a 135. a 136. a 137. a 138. c 139. d 140. b
141. a 142. b 143. a 144. b 145. a 146. c 147. c 148. a 149. d 150. b
151. a 152. d 153. c 154. b 155. a 156. d 157. a 158. c 159. a 160. c
161. c 162. a 163. d 164. a 165. c 166. d 167. a 168. c 169. a 170. c
171. a 172. d 173. a 174. b 175. a 176. c 177. c 178. c 179. a 180. b
181. d 182. b 183. b 184. b 185. a 186. d 187. b 188. c 189. c 190. b
191. b 192. d 193. d 194. c 195. d 196. a 197. b 198. d 199. c 200. c

1. Andhra Pradesh has topped the list of states with the
highest employability followed by Rajasthan and
Haryana, as per the India Skills Report 2019.
2. Paytm (One 97 Communications Limited) has partnered
with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to
offer online insurance premium payments on its
platform.
3. The Governor of Tripura Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki
inaugurated the ‘7th International Tourism Mart for the
North-East States in the presence of Minister of State
(I/C) for Tourism K.J Alphons and the Chief Minister of
Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb in Agartala, Tripura.
4. United Nation Environment has awarded Wildlife Crime
Control Bureau (WCCB), Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change, Government of India with
Asia Environment Enforcement Awards, 2018 for
excellent work done by the Bureau in combating
transboundary environmental crime.
5. Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, has won Forbes India
Leadership Awards 2018, Lifetime Achievement. Wipro
is India’s fourth-biggest software services company by
revenue and Ajim Premji is the second richest Indian.
6. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the Foundation
Stones of City Gas Distribution (CGD) Projects in 65
Geographical Areas (GAs) in 129 Districts under the 9th
CGD Bidding Round recently awarded by Petroleum
and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB)
7. The second edition of the India-UAE Strategic Conclave
will be held in the capital city of Abu Dhabi on 27th of
November. The day-long conclave will initiate a dialogue
to widen the scope of bilateral investments.
8. Dharmendra Pradhan is the present Petroleum Minister
of India.
9. After visiting Vietnam, President of India Ram Nath
Kovind was in Australia on his second leg of 2-Nation
visit. He met Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in
Sydney. He became the first Indian President to visit
Australia. 5 MoUs were exchanged in the field of
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cooperation, agriculture and on higher education
focussing on PhD by both the nations.
10. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar launched the
Institution’s Innovation Council through video
conferencing in New Delhi. The purpose of formation of
network of Institution’s Innovation Councils (IICs) is to
encourage, inspire and nurture young students by
exposing them to new ideas.
11. Laos is a Southeast Asian country traversed by the
Mekong River and known for mountainous terrain,
French colonial architecture, hill tribe settlements and
Buddhist monasteries.
12. The fourth ‘UK India Business Council Ease of Doing
Business Report’ has been released. It highlighted that
UK businesses’ perceptions of corruption as a barrier to
operating in India has halved since 2015. An in-depth
survey of businesses with a combined turnover of USD
122 billion, the report found only 25% of UK businesses
saw corruption as a major barrier in 2018, as opposed to
51% in 2015.
13. The World Health Organisation (WHO) in a report stated
that India is the only country to have recorded a
substantial decline in malaria cases in 2017 out of the 11
highest burden countries worldwide. India registered a
24% reduction in cases over 2016, largely due to
substantial declines of the disease in the highly malarious
state of Odisha, home to approximately 40 percent of all
malaria cases in the country. According to the report,
India accounted for 4% of global malaria cases in 2017.
14. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has won this
year’s Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development, an award conferred by Indira Gandhi
Trust each year on the late Prime Minister’s birth
anniversary.
15. State-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) has inked an
agreement with the US Trade and Development Agency
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 (USTDA) to develop a roadmap for modernization of its
air traffic services.
16. Voreqe Bainimarama has Sworn in as Fiji’s Prime
Minister for four more years after winning an election
with a reduced majority. Voreqe Bainimarama was
affirmed prime minister in a ceremony in the capital Suva
after his FijiFirst Party won just over half the votes in the
recent election.
17. Centre for Science and Environment is a not-for-profit
public interest research and advocacy organisation based
in New Delhi.
18. The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF
appointed Millie Bobby Brown, the star of hit Netflix
series “Stranger Things”, as its youngest ever goodwill
ambassador on Tuesday and the 14-year-old had a
message for world leaders: “Listen to us.” The
appointment – marked on World Children’s Day at
United Nations Headquarters and the Empire State
Building in New York – makes the 14-year-old UNICEF’s
youngest-ever Goodwill Ambassador.
19. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced its
partnership with Google to offer the fans a great viewing
experience of the upcoming semi-finals and final of the
ICC Women’s World T20 to be held in West Indies. The
collaboration includes enabling the casting of video
content from the ICC mobile app on cast-enabled
devices, like Chromecast and Google Home Hub.
20. South Korea’s Kim Jong-yang has been elected as
Interpol’s next president, edging out a longtime veteran
of Russia’s security services, Alexander Prokopchuk,
who was strongly opposed by the US, Britain and other
European nations.
21. The International Criminal Police Organization, more
commonly known as Interpol, is the international
organization that facilitates international police
cooperation. Headquarters: Lyon, France.
22. The 12-day long joint military exercise between India and
the United States known as ‘Vajra Prahar’ commenced in
Jaipur.
23. The 12-day long joint military exercise between India and
the United States known as ‘Vajra Prahar’ commenced in
Jaipur. A contingent of the United States Pacific
Commander arrived at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges for
undertaking Joint training with the Indian Special Forces.
24. Andhra Pradesh is building a world-class and India’s
first ‘Justice City’ within its new capital Amaravati with
the vision to provide a state-of-the-art ecosystem built on
latest technology for supporting the judicial system in the
state.
25. The 27th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change
was held in New Delhi, India. The meeting was chaired
by H.E. Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change of India.
26. Indian-American Shantanu Narayen, the Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of Adobe, has been named by Fortune in
its 2018 Business Person of the Year list. The list ranks 20
business executives “delivering on the bottom line and
beyond”. Narayen ranks 12th on the list.
27. Minister of State for Development of North Eastern
Region (I/C) Dr Jitendra Singh released a book titled
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Rajesh Bhat.
28. National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has launched a
mobile application and web-based platform for retail
investors to buy government securities. The new app –
NSE goBID, was launched by Sebi chairman Ajay Tyagi.
29. Switzerland has topped the list of the IMD World Talent
Ranking 2018 for the fifth year in a row. Among the
BRICS countries, South Africa remains in the middle
position (50th) performing better than India (53rd) and
Brazil (58th) but lagging behind China (39th) and Russia
(46th).
30. United Nations Universal Children’s Day was
established in 1954 and is celebrated on November 20th
each year to promote international togetherness,
awareness among children worldwide, and improving
children’s welfare.
31. Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Prothishtan (BKSP) won the
59th edition of the junior boys Subroto Cup International
Football Tournament beating Amini School, Afghanistan
by a solitary goal at the Ambedkar Stadium in New
Delhi.
32. The Maldives cabinet has approved to rejoin the
Commonwealth, two years after withdrawing from the
53-nation grouping. The announcement was made by
New President of Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
Now, the proposal will be sent to Parliament for
ratification.
33. India’s first specialized hospital for elephants has been
opened by Agra Divisional Commissioner Anil Kumar at
Farah block’s Churmura village, Mathura.
34. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit
was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinean capital.
This is the first time Papua New Guinea (PNG), the
poorest of the 21 countries in APEC, has hosted the
summit.
35. The 14th edition of JashneBachpan, a theatre festival for
children, will see performances from Switzerland, Sri
Lanka and Indonesia along with their Indian
counterparts in New Delhi.
36. India’s top junior shuttler Lakshya Sen (17 years old)
won bronze medal at Li Ning BWF World Junior
Badminton Championships 2018 held at Markham,
Canada.
37. The purpose of Africa Industrialization Day (AID),
marked each year on 20 November, is to raise global
awareness of the challenges faced by the continent with
regard to industrialization.
38. The 49th edition of the International Film Festival of
India opened with the gala opening ceremony at the
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Goa.
39. Israel is the focus country, Jharkhand is the focus state
this year. Ten Israeli films including The Other Story will
be screened at the IFFI.
40. The World Toilet Day is organized around the world on
19th of November. The day is about inspiring action to
tackle the global sanitation crisis. The theme for WTD
2018 is ‘When Nature Calls’.
41. Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is a bacterial
disease which affects the skin and nerves which can lead
to physical deformity and disability if left untreated.
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 Despite a centuries-long stigma, it is not hereditary, it is
completely curable, and is only mildly infectious – more
than 85% of cases are non-infectious and over 95% of the
population has a natural immunity to the disease.
42. The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is one of
the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla. The subspecies
is listed as endangered by the IUCN, with only two
surviving populations. One is found in the Virunga
Mountains of East Africa in three bordering national
parks: Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda,
Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, and Virunga
National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC). The other population is found in Uganda's
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. A count in 2018 put
the mountain gorilla population at just over 1,000. The
species was previously listed as critically endangered
until 2018.
43. Rothschild’s giraffe has gone from endangered to near
threatened. The International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN) Red List classifies species according to
their extinction risks on a spectrum from “extinct” to
“least concern.”
44. It is located in Zambia
45. It was fought between the Andamanese and the British
The Battle of Aberdeen, on the Andaman Islands close to
Port Blair, was an armed conflict that occurred on May
14, 1859 between the natives of the Andaman islands,
armed with arrows and spears, and the gun-bearing
officers and to some extent the convicts of the penal
settlement. There had been skirmishes with the British
right from 1857 when the penal settlement was
established.
46. The Marshall Islands is convening an entirely online
Virtual Summit of the Climate Vulnerable Forum on 22
November. The Virtual Climate Summit is the brainchild
of Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine.
47. The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) is a global
partnership of countries that are disproportionately
affected by the consequences of global warming. The
forum addresses the negative effects of global warming
as a result of heightened socioeconomic and
environmental vulnerabilities. These countries actively
seek a firm and urgent resolution to the current
intensification of climate change, domestically and
internationally.
48. Statement 1 - The epistemology of Vaiśeṣika school of
Hinduism, like Buddhism, accepted only two reliable
means to knowledge: perception and inference.
Statement 2 – Charvaka deals with Materialism.
49. Green Growth Equity Fund  India and the UK
announced the launch of an Early Market Engagement
for the joint UK-India Fund, namely a Green Growth
Equity Fund  It aims to leverage private sector
investment from the City of London to invest in green
infrastructure projects in India  Both governments will
invest up to £120 million each (i.e. totally £ 240 million) 
The joint fund which will be established under the NIIF
framework.
50. Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). It is the
part of the European Union's (EU) Common Security and
Defence Policy (CSDP) in which 25 national armed forces
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pursue structural integration. It is an intergovernmental,
binding, permanent framework and a structured process
to gradually deepen defence cooperation within EU
framework. PESCO is also open to NATO members also
who wish to take part in it. There is no provision about
the inclusion of non-EU NATO member. Denmark,
which has anopt out from EU defence matters, and Malta,
were the only EU countries not to sign up, along with
Brexiting Britain. The participating Member States are:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia,
Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia,
Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.
51. In order to protect and increase wild tiger population,
nearly one million acres of protected habitat in India and
Bhutan will be covered under a new private conservation
effort. The 'Project C.A.T - Conserving acres for Tigers' by
Discovery Communications and NGO World Wildlife
Fund (WWF) aims to conserve the wild tiger population,
which has dropped by 96 per cent in the last century
alone to only 4,000 left in the wild due to habitat loss and
pervasive poaching. This transboundary partnership will
allow rangers to more closely monitor tiger health and
other key scientific data, take additional anti-poaching
safeguards, and maintain land and corridors to improve
movement of all wild animals. Discovery will also
leverage its formidable creative capabilities and global
multiplatform distribution of channels to 3 billion
cumulative worldwide viewers to support WWF's Tx2
effort, which began in 2010, to double the population of
wild tigers across the world by 2022.
52. Solution (b) An area of 299.52 sq kms has been declared
as the Aghanashini Lion-tailed Macaque Conservation
Reserve in Karnataka.
53. Solution (c) The Prime Minister of India launched a
Grand Challenge on resolving seven identified Ease of
Doing Business problems with the use of cutting edge
technologies. The objective of this challenge is to invite
innovative ideas based on Artificial Intelligence, Internet
of Things, Big Data Analytics, Blockchain and other
cutting edge technology to reform Government
processes. The platform for the Grand Challenge is the
Startup India Portal.
54. Solution (a) Under Basel III, the minimum capital
adequacy ratio that banks must maintain is 8%. The
capital adequacy ratio measures a bank's capital in
relation to its risk-weighted assets. The capital-to-risk-
weighted-assets ratio promotes financial stability and
efficiency in economic systems throughout the world.
55. Solution (a)
56. UN selects Noida, Greater Noida to participate in Global
Sustainable Cities 2025 initiative.
57. The two Indian movies competing for the honour are
Tamil film Baaram and Ladakhi movie walking with the
Wind.
58. Australia won the ICC Women’s World T20 title for the
fourth time when they defeated England by eight wickets
in the final at North Sound, Antigua.
59. India to Lay Foundation Stone for Kartarpur Corridor
Route.
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60. India has achieved a new spot on the Guinness World
record as 2,353 people, led by Bollywood actress and
fitness enthusiast Shilpa Shetty Kundra in Pune held
the abdominal plank position for 60 seconds
simultaneously.
61. India’s economic growth will slow down somewhat
but remain robust, at close to 7.50 percent in 2019 and
2020,the Organisation for economic Cooperation and
Development(OECD) has said in its 2018 Economic
Outlook.
62. Australia bagged their 4th Women’s World T20 crown
after a thumping eight wicket victory over England at
the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound,
Antigua and Barbuda.
63. India’s CA Bhavani Devi won the gold medal in the
Sabre event in the Senior Commonwealth Fencing
Championship 2018 held in Canberra, Australia.
64. Pravin Tambe registered history in the T10 cricket
league, where he stunned Kerala Knights with a five-
wicket haul, including a hat trick
65. Magician Ricky Jay, who also acted in films and TV
shows such as “Boogie Nights”, “House of Games”
and “Deadwood”, is dead at 72.
66. The United Nations General Assembly has designated
November 25 as the International Day for the
Elimination of Violence against Women. The theme
was “Orange the World: #HearMeToo”.
67. Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid has
arrived in NewDelhi on a four-day visit to India. The
Maldivian Foreign Minister is visiting India with the
aim to repair the bilateral ties which came under
severe strain during the previous government in the
island nation.
68. Odisha Finance and Excise minister Sashi Bhusan
Behera, in the presence of three of his cabinet
colleagues, inaugurated the Baliyatra Festival in
Cuttack.
69. Legendary boxer Mary Kom scripted history,
becoming India’s only six time world boxing
champion after defeating Hanna Okhota of Ukraine.
70. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik released Men’s Hockey
World Cup Anthem composed by renowned music
director and composer AR Rahman and penned by
veteran lyricist Gulzar.
71. The former Chelsea and Ivory Coast forward Didier
Drogba has confirmed his retirement as a player.
72. The 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health
will be held in Hyderabad.
73. Manipur Tourism,is once again returning with one of
their most important yearly event, the Manipur Sangai
festival. Celebrated each year, this is one of the most
popular festivals of India.
74. Known for its hand-woven carpets around the world,
Bhadohi received a major boost as the government has
extended the “export excellence tag”.
75. IT capital Bengaluru pays the highest salaries
followed by Mumbai and Delhi in India. The report is
based on a salary study done by LinkedIn.
76. On the second day of this three-day visit to Australia,
President Ramnath Kovind unveiled a statue of
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Mahatma Gamdhi at the Jubilee Park in the town of
Parramatta, which is a bustling suburb of Sydney.
77. 12th World Congress on mountain Medicine started in
Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The theme of 4 day
congress is “Mountain Medicine in the Heart of the
Himalayas”.
78. The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF
appointed Millie Bobby Brown, the star of hit Netflix
series “Stranger Things”, as its youngest ever
goodwill ambassador and the 14-year-old had a
message for world leaders: “Listen to us.”
79. November 21, 2018 is the 46th annual World Hello
day.
80. The 27th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate
Change has urged the advanced countries to enhance
their support to the developing nations in effectively
implementing the Paris Agreement to combat climate
change. The BASIC countries comprise Brazil, South
Africa, India and China. The two-day Meeting on
Climate Change concluded in New Delhi.
81. India slipped two positions to rank at 53rd position in
a global survey released by IMD Business School
Switzerland on fostering and attracting talent. In 2017,
India was ranked at 55th position.Switzerland topped
the list.
82. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation
stone of Vishwakarma Skill University at Village
Dudhola in Palwal from Sultanpur village in
Gurugram district.
83. Neighbourly, launched by Google, which is
specifically designed for the Indian market, will give
hyper local information on neighbourhoods.
84. Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Prothisthan held their
nerves in a tense final and overcame Amini School,
Afghanistan, 1-0 to clinch the 59th edition of the
Subroto Cup International Football Torurnament
(Junior Boy category).
85. The International Criminal Police Organisation
(INTERPOL) elected South Korean Kim Jong Yang as
its new President at the 87th session of the INTERPOL
General Assembly in Dubai.
86. World Television Day is being celebrated on Nov 21
around the world
87. The 14th edition of international children’s theatre
festival, “Jashne Bachpan”, was inaugurated in New
Delhi with folk dance performances from Assam,
Rajasthan, Punjab, and Manipur among other states.
88. RBI Central Board decided to constitute a Board for
Financial Supervision (BFS) of the Central bank to
examine the framework for banks under PCA.
89. The 12-day long joint military exercise between India
and the USA known as “Vajra Prahar”commenced in
Jaipur
90. The World Health Organisation (WHO) in a report
stated that India is the only country to have recorded
a substantial decline in malaria cases in 2017 out of the
11 highest burden countries worldwide.
91. Prime Minister Narendra Modi constituted a National
Implementation Committee(NIC), under the
Chairmanship of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
with Finance Minister and Minister of State for
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 Culture as Members, to commemorate 550th birth
anniversary of Guru Nanak in the country and abroad.
92. The ministry of Civil Aviation has introduced the
upgraded version of AirSewa 2.0 web portal and
mobile app to provide superior user experience with
enhanced functionalities to air travellers.
93. The world’s standard definitions of the kilogram,the
ampere,the Kelvin and the mole has been changed
after representatives from 60 countries voted to
redefine the International System of Units(SI) for
weight,current,temperature and amount of chemical
substance.
94. Maharshtra Director General of Police Datta
Padsalgikar unveiled “The Velvet Gloves”, a novel
written by former Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer
Balakrishna Kamath, at a function in Mumbai.
95. National Stock Exchange of India (N SE) launched a
mobile application and web-based platform for retail
investors to buy government securities. The new app
NSE goBID, was launched by Sebi chairman Ajay
Tyagi.
96. The Maldives has approved to rejoin the
Commenwealth, two years after withdrawing from
the 53-nation grouping.
97. Incumbent Fijian PM Voreque Bainimarama was
sworn in for a 2nd term after his ruling Fiji First Party
won this year’s general elections
98. Centre for science and Environment (CSE) was
awarded this year’s Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Development for its pioneering
work in the field of environmental education and
protection and also for keeping the issue of
environmental sustainability at the forefront of
national attention and public policy.
99. The United Nations’ (UN) Universal Children’s Day,
which was established in 1954, is celebrated on
November 20 each year to promote international
togetherness and awareness among children
worldwide.”Children are taking over and turning the
world blue” is the theme of Universal Children’s Day,
2018 as announced by the United Nations.
100. Leveraging its parcel business network,India Post
announced the soft launch of its e-commerce portal.
101. The two-day summit to mark the World Tolerance
Day was inaugurated in Dubai.Held for the first time
in UAE , the theme of the Summit was “Prospering
from Pluralism:Embracing Diversity through
Innovation and Collaboration”.
102. Oxford Dictionary has declared the adjective “toxic”
as the word of the year for what it says reflects the
ethos, mood, or preoccupations in 2018.
103. Credit rating agency Fitch affirmed India’s “Long
Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating(IDR)” at
BBB- with a stable outlook.
104. Microsoft has announced to acquire a conversational
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and bot development
company XOXCO for an undisclosed sum.
105. The World Tolerance Day 2018 was inaugurated on
November 16 in Dubai, UAE.The theme was
“Prospering from Pluralism: Embracing Diversity
through Innovation and Collaboration”.
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106. National Press Day is celebrated on Nov 16 to
commemorate the establishment of the Press Council
of India.
107. In tune with its rise as an internet giant, China is
roping in India as a niche digital partner, as part of
Beijing’s drive to cyber connect with Eurasia, its new
frontier for trade and investments.
108. The election commission has set “Sangwari” polling
booths in various constituencies of Chattisgarh to
encourage women voters to exercise their franchise in
the Assembly elections.
109. The Supreme Court has given nod for a separate High
Court for Andhra Pradesh and it will start functioning
from January 1 next year.
110. China will hold the 5th World Internet Conference in
Wuzhen.This year’s WIC will be held in China’s
Zhejiang province under the theme of “Creating a
digital world for mutual trust and collective
governance-towards a community with a shared
future in cyberspace”.
111. China’s Xinhua news agency unveiled the world’s
first AI anchor that can read news in English and
Chinese.
112. The Western Pacific nation of Palau has become the
first country to ban many kinds of sunscreen,in a
move to protect its coral reefs from chemicals that
scientists say cause significant damage.
113. National Education Day of India is celebrated on 11
November every year.
114. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu said that India
contributed immensely to the war effort during the
World War I as he inaugurated the Indian War
Memorial at Villers Guislain in France.
115. The Kerala Government has initiated a scheme to
provide free education and vocational training to the
children of those fishermen who died or went missing
in the 2017 Ockhi cyclonic storm.
116. The Union Cabinet approved strategic sale of
government stake in Dredging Corporation of India to
consortium of four ports.
117. Star Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia touched a new high
in his career by achieving the number one rank in the
world in the 65kg category..
118. The 34th National Junior Athletic Championship was
held in Ranchi.
119. Restoration of an aristocratic house from a state of
partial ruin in Ladakh has won an UNESCO Asia
Pacific award for conservation.
120. Journalist Swati Chaturvedi was awarded the
reporters without Borders(RSF) Press Freedom
Award for Courage. Chaturvedi, who works as a
freelance journalist, won the award for her book I am
a Troll.
121. Actress Manisha Koirala unveiled her book “Healed”,
her personal story of a battle against ovarian cancer.
122. The 25th edition of the Singapore India Maritime
Bilateral Exercise(SIMBEX),kicked off with gusto as
frontline ships of the Eastern Fleet of the Indian Navy
and those of the Republic of the Singapore Navy(RSN)
made their entry into the waters at port Blair.
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123. The Cabinet approved setting up of a Central Tribal
University in Andhra Pradesh.
124. RBI is likely to establish an ombudsman for digital
payments by March to take the load off the increasing
number of complaints currently being handled by the
banking ombudsman.
125. India’s teenage shooting sensation Saurabh
Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker clinched the gold medal
at the 10m Air Pistol mixed team event on the last day
of the Asian Airgun Chanpionship in Kuwait.
126. Harmanpreet Kaur became the first Indian to score a
century in T20 Internationals.
127. Indian opener Rohit Sharma became the first batsman
to hit four centuries in T20 internationals during the
Lucknow clash against the West Indies, overtaking
New Zealand cricketer Colin Munro, who has scored
three centuries.
128. India’s biggest social media summit,”Social Media
Summit and Awards 2018”,kicked off in Vijaywada.
129. Mathematician and Super30 founder Anand Kumar
will be awarded for his “pioneering” contributions to
the field of education and illuminating the lives of
many talented students. Kumar will be honoured with
“Global Education Award”on November 8 by
“Malabar Gold and Diamonds”.
130. National Cancer Awareness Day will be observed
across the country on November 7 every year.
131. Explanation: The West Bengal government has
decided to observe “Rosogolla Day” on November 14.
132. Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent an email to all
Google employees Thursday saying the company has
fired 48 people over the last two years for sexual
harassment, including 13 "senior managers and above,"
and none received an exit package.
133. Ethiopia's parliament has appointed the country's first
female president, Sahle-Work Zewde, in a move hailed
as setting a new standard for women in the East African
nation, the Prime Minister's chief of staff announced
Thursday.
134. Pooja Dhanda, who grabbed a silver at the 2018
Commonwealth Games, is the fourth Indian woman
wrestler to have won a medal (all bronze) at the World
Championships, following Alka Tomar (2006), Geeta
Phogat (2012) and Babita Kumari Phogat (2012).
135. India installed 4.9 GW of solar power, consolidating its
position as the second largest solar market in the world,
during the first half of calendar year 2018. The country
was ranked second, following China during the January-
June period, according to a report by Mercom
Communications India.
136. NATO's biggest military maneuvers since the Cold
War began in Norway in a hypothetical scenario
that involves restoring the Scandinavian country's
sovereignty after an attack by a "fictitious
aggressor.
137. The headquarters of the United Nations is located at 750
United Nations Plaza, in Manhattan, New York City. The
land occupied by this headquarters is not under the
administration of the US government, but the UN’s, since
the area was converted into international territory
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US.
138. The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the
competent authorities under the Drugs and Cosmetics
Act, 1940, to immediately stop online sale of medicines
that could be sold only in pharmacies on the prescription
of a registered medical practitioner.
139. The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu
embarked on his first Africa visit from 31st October to
November 6, here today. In his weeklong visit, he will
visit Botswana, Zimbabwe and Malawi where he is
scheduled to interact with heads of state of the three
nations, business fora and address Indian Community.
140. The Morrison government has confirmed it will not sign
up to the United Nation’s migration pact, claiming it will
undermine Australia’s harsh policies to deter asylum
seekers despite Australia’s role in helping to draft it.
141. INS Tarangini, the first sail training ship of the Indian
Navy, returned to Kochi after a 205-day voyage around
the world under Lokayan-18. The ship visited 15 ports in
13 countries, traversed 22,000 nautical miles and trained
a total of 120 trainees so that they would be ready to serve
the Indian Navy.
142. The Social Welfare and Nutritious Meal Programme
Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu under the
able guidance of the Honble Chief Minister of Tamil
Nadu had always ensured the welfare of the poor, the
down-trodden, Women, Children, Senior Citizens and
trans-genders. Their health, nutrition, education,
protection and development have been improved
through various Social Welfare Schemes. They have also
been provided with innumerable opportunities and
facilities to live a dignified life.
143. Indian Passport was recently declared the 66th most
powerful password in the world according to the Global
Passport Index ranking. The Passport Index is an online
tool which collects and displays the ranks of the
passports of the world. It is the only real-time global
ranking of the world's passports updates frequently
when new visa waivers and changes are implemented.
144. The World Bank, today released the Doing Business (DB)
Report, 2018. The Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion (DIPP) is pleased to announce that India
ranks 100 among 190 countries assessed by the Doing
Business Team. India has leapt 30 ranks over its rank of
130 in the Doing Business Report 2017.
145. 01 November 2018 Current Affairs: The two frigates of
the Project 11356 class will be bought directly from
Russia and 2 more will be built in an Indian Shipyard.
The two ships to be brought from Russia are expected to
be delivered by 2022 and have been designed to work
with Ukraine-made gas turbines.
146. The 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2018
will be held in Goa from 20th to 28th November, 2018.
49th edition of the festival will showcase 212 films from
over 68 countries which reflects diversity of taste.
International Competition section has 15 films out of
which 3 are Indian. Competition section itself represents
films produced and co-produced by 22 countries.
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147. Elon Musk had agreed to step down as chairman of
Electric carmaker Tesla as part of a settlement with the
US Securities and Exchange Commission. Robyn
Denholm will leave her Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
post at Telstra and take over Musk’s position, which he’s
been holding for 14 years. However, Musk will remain
on the board as a director and Tesla CEO.
148. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has devised
a new campaign that is aimed at fighting back against
disinformation and fake news with a major focus on
global media literacy, including workshops and debates
in countries like India.
149. There are currently over 4,800 known Trojan asteroids
associated with Jupiter. About 65% of these belong to the
leading group (L4) located 60o in front of Jupiter in its
orbit, while the other 35% cluster around the L5
Lagrangian point and trail 60o behind Jupiter.
150. India lost a major trade dispute at the World Trade
Organization (WTO) on Tuesday, after a dispute
settlement panel largely upheld Japan’s complaint that
New Delhi’s imposition of safeguard duty on imports of
hot-rolled steel flat products during September 2015 and
March 2018 violated core global trade rules.
151. China has unveiled its new-generation stealth combat
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), stated to be the most
advanced drone developed so far by the country,
according to a media report Tuesday.
152. India’s first domestically developed and built nuclear-
powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), the
INS Arihant, has completed its first deterrent patrol,
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on
November 5.
153. A plan to create the world’s largest marine sanctuary
in Antarctic waters was shot down when a key
conservation summit failed to reach a consensus, with
environmentalists on Saturday decrying a lack of
scientific foresight.
154. A sculpture in honour of Indian soldiers who fought
during the First World War was unveiled on Sunday in
the town of Smethwick in the West Midlands region of
England on Sunday.
155. In December 2015, the UN General
Assembly designated 5 November as World Tsunami
Awareness Day.
156. Delhi’s iconic Signature Bridge was inaugurated this
evening by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. The 675-
metre Signature Bridge, which will be opened to public
tomorrow, is an eight-lane carriageway that will reduce
the travel time between north and northeast Delhi and
share the burden of the Wazirabad Bridge. It will also
connect the Outer Ring Road on the western bank of the
Yamuna river with Wazirabad Road on the eastern side.
157. The Vietnamese capital of Hanoi will host a Formula One
Grand Prix for the first time in 2020.
"This is a fulfilment of one of our primary goals,"
Formula One (F1) Commercial Managing Director Sean
Bratches exclusively told CNBC at the announcement.
158. Former India captain Rahul Dravid and Australian
legend Ricky Ponting have been inducted into the ICC
Cricket Hall of Fame for their stupendous achievements
in international cricket. Along with Dravid and Ponting,
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Taylor was also named in the ‘Hall of Fame’ during a
ceremony in Dublin on Sunday.
159. The National Cancer Awareness Day is observed on
which date in India? The National Cancer Awareness
Day is observed every year in India on November 7 to
stress upon the early detection and cure of cancer.
160. A day before the Ekana International Cricket Stadium
in Lucknow was to host the first international T20
match the stadium has got a new name. On Monday
the stadium was renamed after former prime minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
161. Rohit Sharma sets record, becomes first cricketer in
history to score 4 T20I hundreds. 07 November 2018
Current Affairs: He achieved the milestone in 58 balls
during the second T20I against the Windies at the Bharat
Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket
Stadium in Lucknow.
162. The Supreme Court has given nod for a separate High
Court for Andhra Pradesh and it will start functioning
from January 1 next year. The new court, which will be
the 25th High Court in the country, will temporarily
function from a makeshift building till the permanent
structure is built in the Justice City complex in Andhra’s
de-facto capital Amaravati.
163. China unveiled on Tuesday a replica of its first
permanently crewed space station, which would replace
the international community's orbiting laboratory and
symbolises the country's major ambitions beyond Earth.
164. Veteran journalist and the Hindu Group of Publications
Chairman N Ram has been chosen for the prestigious
Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award, presented by the Press
Council of India, for his outstanding contribution
towards journalism, the council announced on Monday.
165. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Saturday inaugurated
the first India-bulit war memorial in northern France to
pay tribute to thousands of Indian soldiers who fought
selflessly and made supreme sacrifices during the World
War I. Naidu, who is on a three-day visit to Paris starting
Friday, also interacted with French armed forces veterans
and children at the inauguration of the Indian War
Memorial at Villers Guislain.
166. The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was
the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in
World War I between the Allies and their opponent,
Germany.
167. Wrestler Bajrang Punia on Saturday touched a new
career high by achieving the number one rank in the
world in the 65kg category.
168. NDA’s Rafale deal was worth 7.878 billion Euros (Rs
59,000 crore). The cost of 36 fighters was 3.402 billion
Euros (Rs 25,570 crore), each jet costing Rs 670-710 crore.
169. Modi in Varanasi: PM inaugurates India's first multi-
modal terminal on riverGanga. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated
India's first multi-modal terminal on the Ganga river.
He also received the country's first container cargo
transported on inland waterways from Kolkata.
170. Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
yesterday received confirmation from ruling Awami
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district.
171. Children’s Day 2018: The nation is celebrating the 130th
birth anniversary of the first prime minister of
independent India, Pt Nehru, who was born on
November 14, 1889, was known for his love for children
and was fondly called Chacha Nehru. He once said: “The
children of today will make the India of tomorrow. The
way we bring them up will determine the future of the
country”.
172. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has accepted
the invitation to be the chief guest at next year’s Republic
Day parade.
173. The United Nations Children's Fund-India (Unicef-India)
has appointed Asian Games gold-medalist sprinter Hima
Das as the country's first ever youth ambassador.
174. The government Tuesday announced it will release a Rs
75 commemorative coin on the occasion of 75th
anniversary of hoisting of Tricolour for the first time by
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at Port Blair.
175. India's heaviest rocket, referred to as "Baahubali",
successfully placed the sophisticated communications
satellite GSAT-29 in the orbit today. India space agency
ISRO's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark
III (GSLV Mk-III-D2) - on its second developmental flight
- lifted off from Sriharikota, India's rocket port in Andhra
Pradesh on the coast of the Bay of Bengal.
176. Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik launched
the force's e-learning portal NIPUN and training division
website on November 14. Through the website, Delhi
Police will be using advanced technology in imparting
in-service training to its personnel
177. Denmark said Thursday it would create an international
research center focused on the fight against resistance to
antibiotics, a scourge affecting almost half a million
people worldwide.
178. Paul Butler, Ph.D., and his colleagues at the Carnegie
Institution for Science found orbiting Barnard’s Star (the
nearest singlestar to Earth, at six light years away) is
frozen solid — in other words, it’s nothabitable.
179. The 62nd National Shooting Championship
Competitions (NSCC) 2018 in Small Bore Rifle and
Pistol events (including Para events) will be organized
by the National Rifle Association of India at
Vattiyoorkkavu Shooting Range,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from 15th November to
7th December 2018
180. Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, launched the
Government’s Support and Outreach Initiative for Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) at Vigyan
Bhawan in New Delhi. The initiative will provide Small
and Medium Enterprises easier access to credit, markets,
improved cash flows and online loans up to Rs 1 crore in
just 59 minutes.
181. The Maharashtra Cabinet on cleared the decks for the
Navy’s longest serving aircraft carrier,INS Viraat, now
retired, to be converted into India’s first ever moored
maritime museum-cum-marine adventure centre.
182. Indian Air Force is organising a two day seminar on
“Emerging Trends in aviation Engineering and
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Subroto Park, New Delhi
183. India and Japan signed a Rs 1817 crore loan agreement
for the construction of the Turga Pumped storage hydel
power project at Purulia in West Bengal.
184. Qatar will host the 23rd edition of the World Corporate
Games next year, which will provide an opportunity for
corporations around the world to showcase their
competitive prowess through sports.
185. Vietnam will host a Formula One Race in April 2020.
186. President Ram Nath Kovind has stressed the need to
impart quality education to the students. After
inaugurating a two-day Gyan Kumbh at Patanjali
Yogpeeth in Haridwar.
187. The first Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health
will be held at WHO Headquarters in Geneva on 30
October – 1 November 2018.
188. The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes
against Journalist is a UN-recognized day observed
annually on 2nd November.
189. The National Green Tribunal has ordered a 4 member
committee to conduct an inspection near the Polavaram
Dam in Andhra Pradesh and submit a report after a plea
alleged that muck was being dumped illegally at the site.
190. Oscar-winning musician AR Rahman released his
biography, Notes of a Dream:The Authorized Biography
of AR Rahman, in Mumbai.Written by author Krishna
Trilok.
191. General VK Singh Minister of State for External Affairs,
attended the 18th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
Council of Ministers Meeting in Durban,South Africa.
192. Vice Admiral MP Awati (retd.), who commanded a naval
unit of the Eastern Fleet in the 1971 India Pakistan War
and whose actions led to the destruction of an enemy
submarine, passed away.
193. South Korean first lady Kim Jung Sook and Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the Queen Huh
Memorial at Queen Huh Park in Ayodhya.
194. Uttar Pradesh Faizabad district will be known as
Ayodhya after the temple town that is home to the Ram
temple, said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
195. The first Russia India Strategic Dialogue will take place
in the Russian city of St Petersburg on November 25 and
26.
196. RBI has initiated steps to set up a wide-based digital
Public Credit Registry(PCR) to capture details of all
borrowers, including wilful defaulters and also the
pending legal suits in order to check financial
delinquencies.
197. Uzbek businessman Gafur Rakhimov was elected president
of theInternational Boxing Association (AIBA).
198. Veteran journalist and the Hindu Group of Publications
Chairman N Ram has been chosen for the prestigious Raja
Ram Mohan Roy award, presented by the Press Council Of
India, for his outstanding contribution towards journalism.
199. The World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed every year
across the world on 5th November to spread awareness
among people across the world about Tsunami.
200. Railways UTS Mobile application for buying unreserved
tickets online is available nationwide.
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