Masterstroke : November - 2018

1. Can you identify the headquarters of the World Customs Organization?

2. NIPUN is the name of the app that is related with the training of the ________Personnel.

3. The ISRO has recently launched __________satellite in the middle of November -2018.

4. Name the first Youth ambassador of UNICEF India who was in the news recently.

5. Can you identify the name of India’s first interactive credit card and the name of bank that has
launched it?

6. ARPIT and LEAP programs that were launched recently belonged to _________ sector

7. INDRA -2018( joint military exercise between India and Russia) was held in November -2018 at
____

8. India International Trade Festival (IITF) was held at New Delhi. This was the _____edition of
the same.

9. Can you identify the venue and the edition of the Indian Social Work Congress?

10. Can you name the venue where India’s first multi modal terminal is coming up and was in the
news recently?

11. Can you identify the name of the joint Naval Exercise that was held between India and
Indonesia in the month of November -2018?

12. The Global Cooling Innovation Summit was held in the month of November -2018. Can you
name the venue of the same?

13. # Power of 18 is the name of the twitter campaign targeted towards ________

14. The CEO of Twitter is ________

15. SMERA, CARE, ONICRA, CRISIL, ICRA, Fitch India are the names of the ________

16. Can you identify the name of the country that has launched the SpiNNaker and was in the
news recently?

17. Can you identify the secretariat, total member nations and the present chair of the Indian
Ocean Rim Association(IORA) ?
18. National Education Day is celebrated every year on ____ as this happens to be the birthday of
________, the first education minister of India.

19. The newly elected Prime minister of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajpaksa, now belongs to
_______party.

20. The name of the India Singapore bilateral maritime exercise that was held at Andaman sea and
Bay of Bengal in November -2018 is _______

21. The newly appointed chairman of the Competition Competition of India is

22. Can you identify the name of the chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes( CBDT)?

23. National Legal Services Day is celebrated on ______every year.

24. Who is the latest Indian recipient of Legion of Honour --the highest civilian award of France, in
the month of November -2018?

25. As per a recent decision of the Union Cabinet, the Central Tribal University will be set up at
_______

26. This country is the world’s largest smartphone market . We are talking about_______

27. Can you identify the name of the country with whom India has signed an extradition treaty
and was ratified by the Union Cabinet in the month of November -2018?

28. India became the member of ________ for a period of four years( 2019-2022) in the month of
November -2018

29. You would associate the name of Angad Vir Singh Bajwa with ______

30. Name the three crops that are part of ‘Operation Greens’,as announced by the Union
Government in the last Union Budget.

31. The World Tsunami Awareness Day is celebrated every year on __________

32. Digital Public Credit Registry (DPCR) is an initiative of________

33. Name India’s first indigenously developed microprocessor and the institution that has built it.

34. Can you identify the name of the ex- Indian Naval Ship that will be converted into a floating
museum and was in the news recently?

35. Turga Hydel Project is coming up at ____

36. You would associate ‘UTS on mobile’, with _________

37. You would associate __________ as the participating country in the exercise ‘Dharma
Guardian -2018’ with India. This exercise took place in the month of November -2018 in the
Indian state of _______

38. Lt. General Rajeshwar has been appointed as the ____ chief of the_______ in the month of
November 2018.

39. This Indian cricketer is the ______ Indian cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.
Name the cricketer in question.

40. The rank of India in the Ease of Doing Business Index -2018 is ________. The index is published
by______ and

41. The winner of the 2018- Gleitsman Award for promoting girls education has been bestowed
upon_____

42. The chairman of Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) resigned recently. Name him.

43. This space telescope of NASA was retired in November -2018. We are talking about________.

44. Name the winner of Indira Gandhi National Integration Award.

45. This project is the winner of the 2018- UNESCO Asia-Pacific award for cultural Heritage
Conservation. Name it.

46. Can you identify the( FULL) name of the India’s first advanced Earth Observation Satellite that
was launched in the month of November -2018 along with 30 other satellites?

47. eDrishti is the name of the software that is meant for ________

48. How many cultural heritages are part of the UNESCO’s list of Intangible Assets till date ? Can
you also identify the name of the only Indian Classical dance form that is part of that list ?

49. ‘Konkan 18’, is the name of_______ between India and ______ and will be held at _______
soon.

50. ‘COPE INDIA’, is the name of the aerial exercise between India and _____ and will be held in
____

51. Can you name the first female President of Georgia ?

52. Can you identify the number of Maharatna, Navaratna and Mini Ratna ( both the categories)
companies under different categories as on November end 2018?

53. Can you identify the venue, theme and edition of the International Film Festival of India-2019
that was held in the month of November -2018?

54. IFFI -2018 Special award for the lifetime contribution to the Indian Cinema was bestowed
upon…..

55. This Indian state has become then first state in the country to have launched a single
emergency number. Can you name the state and the number in question?

56. Can you identify the name of the chairman of the National Skill Development Corporation of
India ( NSDC)?

57. This famous IT Czar is the winner of the highest French civilian honour in the month of
November -2018. Can you name the person in question?

58. We all know very well that UPSC is a constitutional body established under article _______.
The newly appointed chairman of this prestigious organization is _________.

59. Can you identify the name of the company that has launched the world’s first GST Calculator in
India in November -2018?

60. Can you identify the name of the organization that has come up with the Global Wage Report -
2018-2019 in November -2018?

61. According to the Global Wage Report, the gender wage gap is highest in _____ where females
on average are paid ______ less than the males in India

62. Can you name the venue of then world’s first ‘Sustainable Blue Economy Conference’, that
concluded in the month of November -2018?

63. The venue of the ‘International Gita Festival’, that is scheduled to take place in the month of
December -2018, is________

64. Can you identify the name and the full form of the portal that has been launched by the
Government in the month of November -2018 under the National Urban Livelihood Mission
(NULM)

65. IDSP and IHIP are the names of the information plate forms launched by the Government in
November -2018 for ___________

66. Can you name the newly appointed chairperson of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
(AERB)?
67. Constitution Day is celebrated every year now on _______.

68. India has recently signed Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement ( DTAA) with ______ in the
month of November -2018.

69. Can you identify the name and the number of the newly appointed Chief Election
Commissioner (CEC) of India who was very much in the news recently?

70. This person has been appointed as the convenor of the task force that is entrusted with the
responsibility of the creation of the New Direct Tax structuring. Name him.

71. India recently concluded a very important first ever strategic dialogue with Russia in the
month of November -2018. The venue of the same was _______

72. Can you identify the name of the place and the district of Bihar where the second tallest statue
of Gautam Buddha in India was launched in the month of November -2018?

73. International Day for then elimination of violence against women is observed every year on
____

74. Mary Kom became the world champion in boxing again for the record _______ time in New
Delhi in November -2018.

75. Can you name the country that has launched the first ever silent airplane having no jet
turbines in the month of November -2018?

76. Name the first ever youth advocate of North East appointed by UNICEF for fighting against
Child Rights and was in the news recently.

77. What is the full form of ‘ACROSS’ that was approved by then cabinet recently?

78. The commission on the sub categorisation of the OBCs was constituted under Article _____ of
the Indian Constitution and is presently headed by _____.

79. Name the state animal and the name of the grandest festival of the state of Manipur that is
named after the state animal.

80. Name the new President (his nationality also) of Interpol.

81. Name the newly appointed Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program
(UNEP).

82. Name the members of the ‘ BASIC’ groupings.

83. The winner of Mexican Order of Aztec Eagle award-the highest civilian honour to foreigners by
Mexico, is won by ______

84. This year marks the _______ birth anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Dev ji.

85. Igla-S is the name of the missile system that belongs to _______

86. This person is the newly appointed chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India
(IWAI),. Name the person in question.

87. Can you identify the venue of the India - US military exercise, Vajra Prahar, that took place in
the month of November -2018?

88. This organization is the winner of the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development. Can you identify the name of then organization in question?

89. This state will host the first of its kind National Institute of Inter-faith studies. Name the state
in question.

90. Who won the bronze medal in the World Junior Badminton championship that was held in the
month of November -2018?

91. International Children Theatre Festival’s14th edition took place in ______

Answers
1. Brussels, Belgium 8. 38th

2. Delhi Police 9. New Delhi/6th

3. GSAT -29 10. Varanasi

4. Hima Das 11. Samudra Shakti

5. Nexxt Credit card / IndusInd Bank 12. New Delhi

6. Education 13. 2019 General Elections in India

7. Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) 14. Jack Dorsey

15. SEBI registered Credit Rating agencies of 36. Indian Railways ticketing system
India
37. Japan / Mizoram
16. UK
38. 12th / Integrated Defense Staff
17. Mauritius/ 22/ South Africa
39. 5th / Rahul Dravid
18. 11th November / Maulana Abul Kalam
Azad 40. 77th / World Bank / New Zealand

19. Sri Lanka People‘s Party 41. Malala Yousufzai

20. SIMBEX -2018 42. Anupam Kher

21. Ashok Kumar Gupta 43. Kepler

22. Sushil Chandra 44. Gulzar

23. November 9 45. Ladakh Restoration Project

24. Jawahar Lal Sarin 46. Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite(HySIS)

25. Andhra Pradesh 47. tracking the punctuality of trains

26. China 48. 14/ Chhau dance

27. Morocco 49. Naval / UK/ Goa

28. International Telecommunication Union 50. USA / West Bengal

(ITU)
51. Salom Zurichishvili
29. Shooting
52. Maharatna-8,Navratna-16, Miniratna
30. Tomato, Onion, Potato(TOP) Category –I-60, Miniratna Category-II-
15.
31. November 5
53. Goa/New India/ 49th
32. Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
54. Salim Khan
33. Shakti / IIT Madras
55. Himachal Pradesh /112
34. INS Viraat
56. A.M. Naik
35. West Bengal
57. Azim Hasham Premji 75. USA

58. 315/ Arvind Saxena 76. Nahid Afrin

59. Casio 77. Atmosphere & Climate Research-

Modelling Observing Systems &
60. International Labour Organization ( ILO) Services( ACROSS)

61. India / 34% 78. 340/ G. Rohini

62. Nairobi ( Kenya) 79. Sangai/ Sangai Festival

63. Kurukshetra (Haryana) 80. Kim Jong Yang / South Korea

64. PAISA( Portal for Affordable Credit and 81. Joyce Msuya
Interest Subvention Access)
82. Brazil, South Africa, China and India
65. Public Health Surveillance
83. Professor S.P. Ganguly
66. N.R.Guntur
84. 550
67. November 26
85. Russia
68. China
86. Jalaj Sfrivastava
69. Sunil Arora/ 23rd
87. Jaipur, Rajasthan
70. Akhilesh Ranjan
88. Center for Science and Environment
71. St. Petersburg, Russia
89. Punjab
72. Rajgir/ Nalanda / Bihar
90. Lakshya Sen
73. November 25
91. New Delhi
74. 6th