Current Affairs 2018

• Foreign Secretary of India - Vijay Keshav Gokhale

• ISRO launches 100th satellite , Cartosat-2 series for earth observation and 30 other co-passenger satellites using PSLV -C40

• New Chairman of ISRO - K. Sivan

• 58th state youth festival winner - Kozhicode (12th consecutive time)

• New Chief Election Commissioner -  Om Prakash Rawat

• 12th ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
  Winner -India   
  Runners-up - Australia
  Tournament held in New Zealand

• The 48th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum took place in - Davos, Switzerland

• 2018 International Buddhist Conference was held in Lumbini, Nepal 

• 2018 Indian Science Congress (105th) was held in Imphal

• NITI Aayog launches Women Entrepreneurship Platform on International Women's Day 2018

• 2018 Padma Vibhushan -
  Ilayaraja ,Ghulam Mustafa Khan, P. Parameswaran (malayalee)

• 2018 Padma Bhushan Malayali -  Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom

• 2018 National Youth Festival (22nd) inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and theme 'Sankalp Se Siddhi'

• 2018 Man Booker International Prize - Olga Tokarczuk (Flights)
• 2018 Man Booker Prize - Anna Burns

• Captain of the Indian Women Hockey team - Rani Rampal

• Hima Das becomes first Indian woman to win gold in World Jr Athletics Championship

• Karnataka will be the second State to have a flag after Jammu and Kashmir

• India’s first Aviation Multi Skill Development Centre (MSDC) was launched at Chandigarh 

• Manu Bhaker the youngest Indian girl won two gold medals at the International Shooting Spot Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Mexico

• 2018 Commonwealth Games(21st)
• Host - Gold Coast, Australia
• (2022 Host city - Birmingham,  England)
• Motto - Share the Dream
• India - 26 gold, 20 silver, 20 bronze -   Rank 3
• Flag bearer- Opening : P. V. Sindhu and Closing : Mary Kom
• 1st Gold - Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting)
• Shooting women Gold - Manu Bhaker, Heena Sidhu, Shreyasi Singh
• The first Indian to make the 400m final in common wealth after Milkha Singh’s famous run  in 1958 - Mohammed Anas Yahiya
• Rank 1 - Australia (highest number of gold medals)

• 2018 Australian Grand Prix Winner - Sebastian Vettel , while Hamilton takes record 7th pole

• Balakrishna Doshi is the first Indian architect to receive Pritzker prize 2018 (architecture’s highest honor)

• 2018 India and Uganda signed four Memorandums

• 2018 The cleanest city in India - Indore

• 2018 ONV Literary Prize - M T Vasudevan Nair
• 2018 Vayalar Award -  K.V. Mohan Kumar (novel - Ushnarashi)
• 2018 Ezhuthachan Award  - M Mukundan
• 2018 Muttathu Varkey Award  - K. R. Meera
• 2018 Vallathol Award - M Mukundan
• 2018 Odakkuzhal award -  EV Ramakrishanan (Malayala novalinte desakalangal)
• 2018 Harivarasanam award - P Susheela

• Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has inaugurated the 3rd edition of the geo political conference Raisina Dialogue held in New Delhi 2018

• Shri Narendra Modi launched the Van Dhan Scheme of Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED during the celebrations of Ambedkar Jayanti at  Chattisgarh.

• NASA's Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that the planet could have supported ancient life

• Samuel Abiola Robinson is the first Nigerian actor to play a lead role in an Indian film, in 2018 film Sudani from Nigeria

• Steve Smith(Australia) lost captaincy due to ball tampering scandal

• Hindon Elevated Road, India's longest elevated road was inaugurated in Uttar Pradesh by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

• K. Anvar Sadath, the vice chairman and executive director of the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), has won the 2018 International Contributions Award given by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), USA.

• Miss world 2018 : Vanessa Ponce , Mexico
• Miss Universe 2018 :  Catriona Gray, Philippines

• 2018 FIFA World Cup
• Host : Russia
• Winner : France
• Runners-up :  Croatia 
• Top scorer (Golden Boot) : Harry Kane 
• Best player (Golden Ball) :  Luka Modric
• Croatian President who was in the news : Kolinda Grabar Kitarovik

• IPL Tournament 2018
• Host - India
• Champions - Chennai Super Kings
• Runners-up- Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Orange Cap for the leading run-scorer - Kane Williamson
• Man of the Series - Sunil Narine

• 2018 Australian Open 
• Men's Singles Winner - Roger Federer
• Women's Singles Winner - Caroline Wozniacki

• 2018 French Open
• Men's Singles Winner - Rafael Nadal
• Women's Singles Winner - Simona Halep

• 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
• Host - Netherlands
• Champions - Australia 
• Runner-up - India

• 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
• Host - Bhubaneswar, India
• Champions - Belgium 
• Runner-up - Netherlands

• 66th Senior National volleyball championship
• Men's champion - Kerala (defeating Railways)
• Women's champion - Railways  (defeating Kerala)

• 2018 Cannes Film Festival 
• Palme d'Or (best film award) - Shoplifters

• 2018 Oscar (90th Academy Awards)
• Best Picture - The Shape of Water
• Best Actor - Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) 

Questions

1.Name the novel which gets Vayalar Award in 2018 - Ushnaraashi (Assistant professor in Microbiology NCA 2019)

2.The film that received the Oscar Academy Award for the best film in 2018 - The Shape of Water (Assistant Research Officer Chemistry 2019)

3.Who won the 'Man Booker Prize 2018' - Anna Burns (System Analyst/Programmer 2019)

4.Who won the Miss Universe 2018 - Catriona Eleesa Gray (Live Stock Inspector Gr. II 2019)

2018
1.The World Economic Forum 2018 was held at - Davos ( Lecturer in Physical Science 2018)

2.Who among the following become the recipients of Padma Vibhushan in the year 2018 - Ghulam Mustafa Khan (Sr Lecturer in Radiodiagnosis NCA 2018)

3.Identify the theme of the 22(nd) National Youth Festival 2018 - Sankalp Se Siddhi (Vocational Teacher Dairying 2018)

4.Who is the Captain of the Indian Women Hockey team - Rani Rampal (Lecturer in Journalism 2018)

5.The Indian who won the Gold Medal in shooting [Women] in the 2018 Commonwealth games - Manu Bhakar (also 2 others for shooting)
(Lecturer in Journalism 2018)

6.How many gold medals were secured by India in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018 - 26 (Asst Professor in Pathology 2018)

7.The athlete who enter into the 400 meters final in the Commonwealth Games after Milkha Singh in 1958 - Mohammed Anas Yahiya (Junior Health Inspector 2018)

8.The first Indian to win the Pritzker prize in 2018 - Balakrishna Doshi (Junior Health Inspector 2018)

9.Which country has won the 12th ICC under-19 Cricket World Cup - India  (Pattern Maker 2018)

10.Who was the winner of the Australian Grand Prix - 2018 - Sebastian Vettel (Junior Health Inspector 2018)

11.Who got the golden boot award in the FIFA World Cup 2018 - Harry Kane  (Agronomist 2018)


12.Who is the top scorer of FIFA World Cup 2018 - Harry kane (Junior Instructor 2018)

13.Who won the Orange Cap for leading run scorer of the IPL Tournament 2018 - Kane Williamson (Asst Professor in Radiotherapy 2018)

14.The Golden Ball Award in FIFA World Cup 2018 - Luka Modric (Assistant Professor in General Medicine 2018)

15.The winner of the Australian Open 2018, Men’s Singles - Roger Federer  (Junior Instructor 2018)

16.The 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy has won by - Australia (Naval Architect 2018)

17.Which movie has been chosen for the best film award "Palme d'Or" at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival - Shoplifters  (Rehabilitation Technician Gr II 2018)

18.The place where International Bhuddhist conference was held in 2018 - Lumbini (Junior Instructor Electronic Mechanic 2018)

19.The platform has been launched by the India Govt. on 2018 International Women's Day is - Women Entrepreneurship (Farm Superindent - Ayurveda 2018)

20.The 105(th) Indian Science Congress was held in 2018 at - Imphal (Asst Professor in Radiotherapy 2018)

21.How many agreements are signed between India and Uganda - 4  (Rehabilitation Technician Gr II 2018)

22.The cleanest city in India, by the Survey of 2018 - Indore (Asst Professor in Radiotherapy 2018)

23.The Commonwealth Games — 2018 was held at - Gold cost (Junior Chemist - Mining & Geology 2018)

24.2018-ലെ ഒ.എൻ.വി. സാഹിത്യപുരസ്കാരം നേടിയതാര് - എം.ടി. വാസുദേവൻ നായർ (Attender Gr.II 2018)

25.The Golden Ball Winner of FIFA World Cup 2018 - Luca Modric (Laboratory Technician Gr II 2018)

26.Which country won the highest number of gold medals in the Gold Coast Common Wealth Games 2018 - Australia (Junior Public Health Nurse Gr.II 2018)

27.The golden ball award is given to which player in the FIFA World Cup 2018 - Luka Modric (Assistant Professor in Oral Medicine and Radiology 2018)

28.2018 ഫിഫ വേൾഡ് കപ്പ് ഫുട്ബോൾ മത്സരം നടന്ന രാജ്യം ഏത് - റഷ്യ (Attender Gr.II 2018)

29.Who has won the Men's Singles French Open Tennis tournament in 2018 - Rafael Nadal (Junior Instructor Electronic Mechanic 2018)

30.2018-ൽ പദ്മ ഭൂഷൺ ലഭിച്ച മലയാളി - ഡോ. ഫിലിപ്പോസ് മാർ ക്രിസോസ്റ്റം (Lab Assistant in HSE 2018)

31.Which country's Prime Minister has inaugurated the Third edition of the geo political conference Raisina Dialogue 2018 - Israel (HSA Physical Science 2018)

32.Name of the Croatian President who was in the news during FIFA World Cup 2018 - Kolinda Grabar  Kitarovik (Agronomist 2018)

33.In 2018, the Oscar Award for best actor was given to Gary Oldman for his performance in - Darkest Hour  (Assistant/Auditor-Govt Secretariat 2018)


34.Gary old man wins the best actor Oscar 2018, tor his performance as Winston Churchil in - Darkest Hour (Confidential Asst.Gr.II 2018)

35.കേരള സംസ്ഥാന സ്കൂൾ കലോത്സവത്തിൽ 12-ാം തവണയും കിരീടം നേടിയ ജില്ലയേത് - കോഴിക്കോട് (Lab Assistant - HSE 2018)

36.The Oscar Award for the best film (2018) is awarded to - The Shape of Water (Machinist-State Water Transport 2018)

37.Who won Santhosh Trophy 2018 - Kerala  (Junior Instructor -  Industrial Training 2018)

38.Who is the first Indian women to win gold medal in world junior athletics - Hima Das  (Assistant Professor in Oral Medicine and Radiology 2018)

39.Which South Indian State unveiled the proposed official state flag - Karnataka  (Junior Chemist - Mining & Geology 2018)

40.India's first Aviation Multiskill Development Centre was launched in - Chandigarh (Naval Architect 2018)

41.On which occasion Sri. Narendra Modi launched the Van Dhan Scheme of Ministry of Tribal Affairs - Ambedkar Jayanti (Naval Architect 2018)

42.NASA's _________ discovered ancient components necessary for life on Mars - The Curiosity (Junior Instructor Electronic Mechanic 2018)

43.The first Nigerian actor to play a leading role in an Indian Film is - Samuel Abiola Robinson (Junior Instructor Machinist 2018)

44.The Australian cricketer who lost captaincy due to ball tampering scandal recently - Steve Smith (Junior Instructor Machinist 2018)

45.Who is the youngest Indian girl won two gold medals at the International Shooting Spot Federation ( ISSF) World Cup in Mexico - Manu Bhaker (Confidential Asst.Gr.II 2018)

46.The Chief Minister who inaugurated the Hindon Elevated Road, the longest elevated road of India was - Yogi Adityanath (Rehabilitation Technician Gr II 2018)

47.Which Indian personality has won the 2018 International Contributions Award given by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), USA - K Anvar Sadath (Rehabilitation Technician Gr II 2018)

48.2018-ലെ ഹോക്കി ലോകകപ്പിന് വേദിയാകുന്ന ഇന്ത്യൻ നഗരം - ഭുവനേശ്വർ  (Reporter Grade II Police 2018)

49.66-ാമത് ദേശീയ സീനിയർ വോളിബോൾ പുരുഷ വിഭാഗം ജേതാക്കൾ - കേരളം (Lab Assistant in HSE 2018)

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