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CURRENT AFFAIRS BOOSTER FOR CHSL & MISCELLANEOUS 2018

1)9th BRICS Summit was held at :- China

2) Sai Praneeth is associated with:-Badminton

3) Asian Cricket Council emerging Nations cup 2018 will be

hosted by- Pakistan

4) The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017- K. Ishiguro

5) 36th National Games will be hosted by- Goa

6) 2020 Summer Olympic will be held in-Japan

7) A Indian teenager has won the Young Travel Photographer

of the year award 2016-Darpan Basak

8) Which stadium will become the first Indian stadium to have

stands named after war heroes- Eden Garden

9) India- Asean Youth Summit was held in - Bhopal

10) Current Vice Chairperson of Niti Aayog-Rajiv Kumar

11) Sagar Baheti is associated with-Indian Runner.

Current Affairs

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12) Jagdish Mukthi became the Governor of which state-

Assam

13) New chairperson of S.B.I- Rajnish Kumar

14) Who became 45th Chief justice of India?- Dipak Mishra

15) Who became the brand ambassador of Tamil Thalaivas-

Kamal Hasan

16) Which team won the Calcutta Football League 8th

Consecutive Year- East Bengal

17) Mahanayak Samman 2017 got- Sakuntala Barua

18) Which Institute is going to introduced Vastru Shastra

classes for their architecture students- IIT Kharagpur.

19) How many districts in WB at present- 23

20) The tallest building “Burj Khalifa” is in which country-

Dubai.

21) India celebrated 75th Anniversary of Quit India Movement

on- 9th August 2017.

22) Madras High Court made Vande Mataram compulsory in

Govt. Offices, schools and Private entities.


23) Delhi Metro has became the only “Green Metro

System” in the World.

24) Supreme Court banned Triple Talaq.

25) The Joined International Exercise between China and

Pakistan named Shaheen-VI conducted between the

Pakistan Air force (PAF) and People’s Liberation Army Air Force

(PLAAF) at Korla Air Base in China.

26) India’s Konsam Ormila Devi bagged a Gold Medal in 44kg

weight category in Commonwealth Youth Weightlifting

Championships 2017 held at Gold Coast, Australia.

27)Veteran Actor Anupam Kher appointed as new Chairman

of Film and Television Institute in India (FTII) in Pune.

28) China Launched World’s fastest Bullet Train. Speed 350

kilometres per hour.

29) Former Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off India’s

first high-speed train, Tejas Express from Chatrapati Shivaji

Station . Train runs between Mumbai and Karmali in Goa.

30)West Bengal awarded the Geographical Indication (GI) tag

for ‘Banglar Rasogolla’.


31) 9th BRICS Summit 2017 Held at Xiamen, China. Theme

of this Summit “Stronger Partnership for a Brighter

Future”.

32) The New Chief of the National Disaster Response Force

(NDRF) – Shri Sanjay Kumar.

33) The 2017 Qatar Open Men’s Singles Tennis Tournament

winner- Novak Djokovic.

34) 2017 Australian Open Woman’s Single title winner –

Serena Williams.

35) The country to host 2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup

–England.

36) The largest flag inaugurated on India’s tallest post at –

Attari Border.

37) The 44th Chief Justice of India – Justice Jagdish Singh

Khehar.

38) Pakistan’s 1st women Foreign Secretary – Tehmina

Janjua.

39) Who has been appointed as the Attorney General of India -

K K Venugopal.


40) The Chief Guest for the 2017 Republic Day of India- Md.

Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

41) The city to host the 105th edition of the 2018 Indian

Science Congress- Hyderabad.

42) The state hosted the 2017 South Asian Speaker’s summit-

Madhya Pradesh.

43) India’s first vertical garden has set up in the state –

Karnataka.

44) A record 104 satellites in a single flight in one go on board

a single rocket PSLV-C37- ISRO.

45) Indian-origin has become the youngest Prime Minister of

Ireland – Leo Varadkar.

46) India’s first solar boat “Aditya” has been launched in –

Kerala.

47) International Buddhist conference has been inaugurated at

– Rajgir (Bihar)

48) India’s longest bridge has built over which tributary of the

Brahmaputra River – Dhola-Sadia Bridge, Assam.


49) The toilet usages campaign “Darwaza Band” of the Union

Govt. leaded by – Amitabh Bachchan.

50) The country Laureus World Sports Awards for Sport man

of the year – Usain Bolt.

51) The country is hosting the 2017 Special Olympics World

winter Games – Austria.

52) 2017 Australian Open Man’s Single title winner – Roger

Federer.

53) The world’s highest wicket-taker in women ODI cricket –

Jhulan Goswami.

54) Who has won the 10th edition of FIFA Confederation Cup

Football -2017 title – Germany.

55)New Chief of Army Staff who took over as the 27th Army

Chief of India – Lieutenant General Bipin Rawat.

56) The new Chief Minister of Punjab- Captain Amarendra

Singh.

57) The new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu – E.K Palaniswami.

58) The new Chief Minister of Manipur- N. Biren Singh.


59) The new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand –

Trivendra Rawat.

60) Who has been appointed as new Defense Secretary –

Sanjay Mitra.

61) The new Prime Minister of Nepal- Sher Bahadur Deuba.

62) The Pravasi Bhartiya Divas hosted by the city –

Bengaluru.

63) The Indian city will host biggest ever International Yoga

Day event – Ahmedabad.

64) Manushi Chillar from India, the damsel from Haryana, has

won the coveted Miss World 2017 pageant on November

18,2017 at a glitzy event in Sanya, China.

65) Dr. Manmohan Singh, the former PM of India, will be

honoured with the 2017 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace.

66) Indonesia’s Kevin Lilliana was crowned Miss

International 2017.

67) The Director of the World’s first Sanskrit 3D film

‘Anurakthi’? – Asokan PK.


68) The World Bank has agreed to provide a subsidy to buy

130 electric buses to which State? – West Bengal.

69) Who has written the book ‘Indian National Congress in

Punjab’ – Sukhchain Kaur Bassi.

70) India is ranked 131 of 189 countries listed in the United

Nations Development Programme’s latest HDR 2016.

71)31st Moortidevi Award for the year 2017 : Eminent

Bengali Poet Joy Goswami.for his poetry collection tiltled " Du

Dondo Phowara Matro"

72)Writer of the book " Dipa Karmakar: the small wonder"

: Visweswar Nandi.

73)Which Indian Institute is starting India's first interdisiplinary

School on Quality and Reliability (Q&R) in India.- IIT

Kharagpur.

74)WB Govt. set to give legal Protection to which type of fish

:Hilsa Fish.

75)India's first multi-sports museum Fanatic Sports Museum

(FSM) was inaugurated at : Eco-space in New

Town,Rajarhat, Kolkata.


76)Central Govt. Launch PRASAD Scheme & HRIDAY scheme ,

what is the full form of those schemes? : PRASAD

: [Pillgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive

and Swadesh Darshan. (Ministry of Tourism)]

77)HRIDAY : Heritage City Development and Augmentation

Yojana (Urban Development Ministry)

78)28th Gramin Dantan Mela was inaugurated at :West

Midnapore.

79)Gour Ghosh passed away recently, he was associated with

: First-Class Cricketer.

80)64th National Film Award for best feature film in Bengal

is: Bisarjan.

81)Subhankar Sharma is associated with : Golf

Who got Mahanayak Samman 2017 : Actress Shakuntala

Barua.


National

Padma Awards 2017

Padma Vibhushan(7)

Sharad Pawar, Murli Manohar Joshi, PA

Sangma (posthumous), Sunder Lal

Patwah(posthumous), KJ Yesudas,

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev and Udipi

Ramachandra Rao.

Padma Bhushan (7)

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Devi Prasad

Dwivedi, Tehemton Udwadia, Ratna

Sundar Maharaj, Swami Niranjana

Nanda Saraswati, HRH Princes Chakri

Sirindhorn(Foreigner) and Cho

Ramaswamy(posthumous)

Pamashri (75)

Virat Kohli, Deepa Malik, Narendra

Kohli, Anuradha Paudwal , Kashi Nath

Pandita etc.

Sports Award

Dhyan Chand Award

Mr. Bhupender Singh( Athletics), Mr.

Syed Sahid Hakim(Football) and Ms.

Sumarai Tete(Hockey)

Arjuna Awards 2017 (17)

Ms. V.J Surekha, Ms. Khushbir Kaur,

Mr. Arokia Rajiv, Ms. Prasanthi Singh,

Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur, Mr. Jasvir

Singh etc.

Award/Prize


Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2017 Shri Devendra and Shri Sardar Singh

Dronacharya Awards 2017

R. Gandhi, Heera Nand Kataria, GSSV

Prasad, Briji Bhushan Mihanty , PA

Raphel, Sanjoy Chakraverthy, Roshan

Lal.

Lifetime Achievement Award Prakash Padukone(Badminton)

Other Current Awards

Awards Persons

Tata Literature Live Lifetime

Achievement Award

Girish Karnad

Jnapith Award 2018

Krishna Sobti

Hridaynath Mangeshkar

Award 2017

Javed Akhtar

Indira Gandhi Award for

National Integration 2015-

16

T.M Krishna

National Tourism Awards

2015-16

Gujarat/Madhhyapradesh(Comprehensive

Development of Tourism)

The Indira Gandhi Prize for

Peace , Disarmament and

Development

Dr. Manmohan Singh

Bhupen Hazarika National

Award, 2017

Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi


International

Ozone Awards 2017 Down to Earth(Magazine)

UNESCO Asia- Pacific Awards

2017(cultural heritage conservation)

Srirangam Temple

Man Booker Prize 2017 George Saunders (America)

UN Public Service Award West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata

Banerjee

UNESCO Medals(development of

nanoscience and nanotechnologies)

Dr. Ashutosh Sharma(India),

Professor Theo

Rasing(Netherlands), Dr Vladimir

Bolshakov (Russia) e.t.c

Sahitya Akademi Yuva

Puraskar-2017

Taro Sidik

Saraswati Samman 2016 Mahabaleshwar Sail(Konkani writer)

Vyas Samman 2016

Surendra Verma (Hindi)

Dadasaheb Phalke Academy

Award(Internationally

Acclaimed Actress)

Priyanka Chopra

Master Dinanath

Mangeshkar Award 2017

Aamir Khan and Kapil Dev


IIFA Awards

Best Film Award Neerja

Best Actor Sahid Kapoor(Udta Punjab)

Best Actress Alia Bhatt(Udta Punjab)

Best Director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury(pink)

Nobel Prizes 2017

Category Winners

Physics

Rainer wesis, Barry C Barish and

kips S. Throne

Chemistry

Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and

Richard Henderson

Medicine/Physiology Jeffery C. Hall, Michael Rosbah and

Michael W. Young

Literature Kazuo Ishiguro

Peace International Campaign to Abolish

Nuclear Weapons(ICAN)

Economic Science Richard H. Thaler

Tennis

Australian Open 2017

Men’s Singles Roger Federer

Women’s Single Serena Williams

Men’s Doubles Henri Kontinen / John Peers


Women’s Doubles Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie

Šafárová

Mixed Doubles Abigail Spears / Juan Sebastián Cabal

French Open 2017

Men's Singles Rafael Nadal

Women's Single Jelena Ostapenko

Men's Doubles Ryan Harrison / Michael Venus

Women's Doubles Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie

Šafárová

Mixed Doubles Gabriela Dabrowski / Rohan Bopanna

Wimbledon 2017

Men's Singles Roger Federer

Women's Singles Garbiñe Muguruza

Men's Doubles Lukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo

Women's Doubles Ekaterina Makarova / Elena

Vesnina

Mixed Doubles Jamie Murray / Martina Hingis

US Open 2017

Men's Singles Rafael Nadal

Women's Singles Sloane Stephens

Men's Doubles Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecau


Women's Doubles Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis

Mixed Doubles Martina Hingis / Jamie Murra.

National Championship 2017

Men’s Singles Man Maulik Shah

Women’s Singles Tanisha Kashyap

Table Tennis

Asian Championship 2017

Men's Singles Faun Gedang

Women's Singles Mieu Hirano

Men's Doubles Faun Gedang and Lin Guayuen

Women's Doubles Gieu Yuling and Chen Magg

Slovak Cadet Championship 2017

Men's Singles M. Kubik

Women's Singles Naiomi Panchkobik


C R I C K E T

Women’s Worlds Cup 2017

The 2017 women’s cricket world cup was took place in England

from June 24 to July 23, 2017. England won the final against

India at Lords on July 23, 2017 by 9 runs.

ICC Champion Trophy 2017

The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was held in England and

Wales from June 1to 18, 2017. Pakistan won the competition

for the first time with a 180 runs victory over India in the final

at the Oval.

Indian Premier League 2017

Mumbai Indians defeated Rising Pune Supergiant by 1

run to win in the IPL 2017 title on May 21 2017. It was MI’s 3rd

IPL title. The tournament featured 8 teams that plays in the

previous season.

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2016-17

It was the 15th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a list A

cricket tournament in India. It was contested by the 28


domestic cricket teams of India Tamilnadu won the

tournament, beating Bengal by 37 runs in the final.

Blind T20 World Cup

In the 2017 Blind world T20, India defeated Pakistan by 9

wickets in the finals to win their second ever Blind T20 World’s

Cup.

Ranji Trophy 2016-17

It was the 83rd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first

class cricket tournament in India. Gujarat beat Mumbai in the

final by 5 wickets to win their first time.

Deodhar Trophy

It was 44th season of the Deodhar Trophy, a list A competition.

Tamil Nadu won the trophy after beating India B by 42 runs in

final.

Irani Cup 2016-17

It was the 55th season of the Irani Cup, a first class cricket

competition in India. It was played as a one-of match from 20


January to 24 January 2017 between Gujarat and Rest of India

team. The Rest of India wins this title by 6 wickets.

H o c k e y

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2017

The 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was held in Ipoh. Perak,

Malaysia from April 29 to May 6, 2017 . Great Britain defeated

Australia 4-3 in the final to won the cup.

Women’s Asia Cup 2017

The 2017 women’s Hockey Asia Cup was held from October 28

to November 5, 2017 in Kakamighara, Gifu, Japan, India won

the second title after beating China in the final.

Hockey India League 2017

The 2017 Hockey India League was held between January 21

and February 26, 2017. Kalinga Lancers beat Dabang Mumbai

4-1 in the final to win their first title.


Sultan of Johor Cup 2017

The 2017 Sultan of Johor Cup was held in Johor Bahru, Johr

Malaysia from October 22 to 29, 2017 .Australia Defeats Britain

by 2-0 in the final.

Men’s Asia Cup 2017

The 2017 Men’s Hockey Asia Cup was held from October 11 to

22 2017 in Dhaka Bangladesh . India won their third title after

defeating Malaysia 2-1 in final.

F o o t b a l l

FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP 2017

England won the U-17 world cup for the first time after coming

back from a two-goal deficit and beating Spain 5-2 in the final.

FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP

England won their first FIFA U-20 World Cup title after beating

Venezuela 1-0 in the final via a goal from Dominic Calvert –

Lewin. The tournament was hosted by South Korea between

May 20- June 11, 2017


UEFA Super Cup 2017

Real Madrid won the match 2-1 for their fourth UEFA super cup

title. The match was played at the Philip II Arena in Skopje,

Macedonian on 8th August 2017 and was the first UEFA final

staged in the country.

Santosh Trophy 2017

The 2017 Santosh Trophy Final was contested between Goa

and West Bengal on March 26, 2017 at the GMC stadium in

Bambolin. Bengal Beat Goa 1-0 in extra time, with the only

goal being scored by Manvir Singh.

FIFA Confederation Cup 2017

The 2017 FIFA Confederation Confederations Cup was held in

Russia from 17th June to 2 July 2017, as a prelude to the FIFA

2018 World cup. World champions Germany won their first title

following 1-0 win over Chile.

UEFA Champions League

Real Madrid the defending champions beat Juventus 4-1 to with

a record- extending 12th title with this Victory, Real Madrid


became the first team to successfully defend their title in the

Champions League era , and the first to do so since Milan in

1990.

G o l f

Macau open 2017

The Macau Open men’s professional golf tournament on the

Asian Tour took place in Macau in October, 2017. This title win

by the Gaganjeet Bhullar.

F o r m u l a o n e

United States Grand Prix 2017

The 2017 United States Grand Prix was held on October 22,

2017 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, USA

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins the race.

Singapore Grand Prix 2017

The 2017 Singapore Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race

held on September 14, 2017 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in

Marina Bay, Singapore. The race was won by Mercedes Lewis

Hamilton.


C h e s s

World cup 2017

The chess world cup 2017 was held in Tbilisi, Georgia from

September 2 to 27, 2017. It was won by American

grandmaster Levon Aronjan. This was the second time he had

won the Chess world Cup.

National

Chennai(Tamil Nadu)

The UNESCO on November 7, 2017 has included Chennai in its

list of Creative cities for its contribution to music. Chennai is

the Carnatic music capital of the country and the recognition

comes at a time when the city is getting ready for the annual

Marghazi season.

Places in News


Ahmedabad(Gujarat)

The 606 year old wall city of Ahmedabad which was founded by

emperor Ahmed Shah, has become India’s first World Heritage

city. The WHC of UNESCO announced it on July 8, 2017.

Coimbatore(Tamil Nadu)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 112 feet tall Lord

Shiva statue in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore on the occasion in

Hindu Festival Mahashivratri on February 24, 2017.

Indore (Madhya Pradesh)

Lok sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan inaugurate a two

day(February 18 to 20 , 2017) South Asian Speakers Summit

on Achieving Sustainable Development Goals.

Jaipur(Rajasthan)

10th Jaipur Literature Festival or JLF is an annual event was

organized in Jaipur from January 19 to 23 , 2017. Hotel Diggi

Placed Palace was the venue for 10th Jaipur Literature Festival.


Kagvad (Gujarat)

Over 3.5 lakh people set a new world record by singing the

national anthem at an event at Kagvad in Rajkot district of

Gujarat on January 21, 2017. The Occasion was installation of

idol of goddess Khodiyar at a newly – built Khodal Dham

temple in the town.

International

Astana:(Kazakhstan)

Expo 2017 Astana is an International Exposition which took

place from June 10 to September 10, 2017 in Astana in

Kazakhstan. To exports theme was “Future Energy”

Island of Tahiti(French Polynesia)

French Polynesia has signed an agreement that supporters

hope could pave the way for autonomous floating cities around

the world. The tiny Pacific state signed a memorandum of

understanding with California’s Seasteading Institute in San

Francisco on January 17, 2017.


Jerusalem

The tomb where Jesus is believed to have been buried in

Jerusalem’s Old city has been unveiled again after months of

delicate restoration work. The tomb was formally reopened on

March 21, 2017 in a ceremony attended by religious leaders

and denors.

Manchester(England)

At least 22 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at the

end of Ariana Grande concert in Manchester , England on

Monday nighton May 22, 2017. Some 59 People were taken to

hospital with injuries and many more were treated at the

scene.

Okinoshima Island (Japan)

A men –only Island in Japan where women are banned and

male visitor must bathe naked in sea before visiting its shrine,

has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site on July 9,

2017.


Xiamen(China)

The 2017 BRICS summit was the ninth annual BRICS summit

held from September 3 to 5, 2017 in Xiamen, China . This was

the second time the China has posted the Summit after the

2011 summit.

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