| The mobile app launched by Shri Suresh Prabhu Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, to track and trace missing and abandoned children in India is named | ReUnite |
| The world's largest multilateral naval exercise involving 26 countries including India being conducted in the western Pacific Ocean is named | RIMPAC |
| The place in Odisha where the Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of 4th Strategic Petroleum Reserve in addition to 3 established at Visakhapatnam, Mangalore and Padur | Chandikhol |
| The venue of the 3rd annual meeting of Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank held from 25 to 26 June 2018 | Mumbai |
| The island on which India and Seychelles have agreed to jointly develop a naval base | Assumption Island |
| The contestant from Koraput district of Odisha who has been crowned the first Tribal Queen of India in a beauty pageant titled Adi Rani 2018 in Bhubaneshwar | Pallavi Durua |
| The place in Gujarat where world's first International Centre for Humanitarian Forensics was launched jointly by International Committee of Red Cross and Gujarat Forensic Science University | Gandhinagar |
| The oldest centre of Yoga established by Shri Yogendra which has been awarded the Prime Minister's Award for outstanding contribution for promotion and development of Yoga for the year 2018 in the Organisation category | Yoga Institute, Mumbai |
| The founder of Yoga Vidya Gurukul, Nashik who has been awarded the Prime Minister's Award for outstanding contribution for promotion and development of Yoga for the year 2018 in the individual category | Shri Vishwas Mandalik |
| The team which has made a new record of highest ODI score by scoring 481 for 6 against Australia at Nottingham | England |
| The venue of high-level Conference on “International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028” from 20 to 21 June 2018 | Tajikistan |
| The venue of 106th Indian Science Congress to be held from 03 Jan to 07 Jan 2019 with the theme 'Future India: Science and Technology' | Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar |
| The countries which have won the bid to hold 2026 FIFA World Cup jointly | USA, Canada & Mexico |
| The mobile app launched by Ministry of Railways to expedite and streamline passenger grievance redressal is named | Rail Madad |
| The team which has won the maiden Women's Asia Cup T20 tournament defeating India in the finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Bangladesh |
| The fruit which has been declared as the State fruit of Tripura | Queen Pineapple |
| The Chairman of Bharat Forge who has been chosen to head a group of eminent persons to study the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Policy of India and suggest measures to cater to the needs of exporters in the present economic scenario and make the SEZ policy WTO compatible | Baba Kalyani |
| The Indian cricketer who has become the first from the country to cross 2000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals (while playing against Sri Lanka in Asia Cup) | Mithali Raj |
| The railway station in Uttar Pradesh which has been renamed Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar Junction | Mughalsarai |
| The Indian State which has decided to completely prohibit polythene from 31 July 2018 | Uttarakhand |
| The freedom fighter whose jail diary book was released by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad | Bhagat Singh |
| The United States territory in the Pacific Ocean in which the joint naval exercise Malabar 2018 by the Navies of India, US and Japan is scheduled to be held in June 2018 | Guam |
| The psycopath artificial intelligence (AI) developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) based on a community on Reddit is named | Norman |
| The Indian State which has decided to grant 15 days paternity leave to all its government employees | Haryana |
| The operation launched by the Indian Navy to evacuate 38 Indian nationals stranded on the Yemeni island of Socotra in the aftermath of cyclone Mekenu | Nistar |
| The eminent jurist and politician who has been appointed the new Prime Minister of Italy | Giuseppe Conte |
| The crowdsourcing app launched by Google to help people find local answers in their neighbourhood is named | Neighbourly |
| The scheme introduced by the Central Government to reimburse its share of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) on purchase of raw items such as ghee, edible oil, atta/maida/rava/flour , rice pulses, sugar, burra/jiggery etc which go into preparation of food/Prasad/langar/bhandara offered free of cost by religious institutions is named | Seva Bhoj Yojana |
Aim: to aid, assist and advice farmers on how to improve their farming techniques and raise their incomes.
Target villages : 25 Villages with more than 1000 population each in Aspirational Districts
Implementation dates: 01 June 2018 to 31 July 2018
Various activities to promote best practices and enhance agriculture income are being undertaken under this plan such as:-
It is a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
To be implemented over a period of five years from 2018-19 to 2022-23.
World Bank approved assistance of Rs. 6,000 crore.
Aim: To address the criticality of ground water resources in a major part of the country.
The priority areas identified under the scheme fall in the states of Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. These States represent about 25% of the total number of over-exploited, critical and semi-critical blocks in terms of ground water in India. They also cover two major types of groundwater systems found in India - alluvial and hard rock aquifers- and have varying degrees of institutional readiness and experience in groundwater management.
State Bird of Andhra Pradesh : Rose Ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
State Flower of Andhra Pradesh : Jasmine
State Fruit of Tripura: Queen Pineapple
The import of Oxytocin has banned by the Govt of India wef 01 July 2018.
Also no private manufacturer will be allowed to manufacture the drug for domestic use.
Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Ltd is the only public sector unit allowed to manufacture the drug.
All hospitals and clinics will have to obtain the drug only from KAPL as no retail chemist is allowed to sell the drug.
Oxytocin, also known as the 'cuddle hormone', is a naturally-occurring hormone that causes uterine contractions during labour and helps new mothers lactate.
It is widely misused in dairy industry to make cows and buffaloes release milk as per convenience. It is also used to enlarge the size of some vegetables like brinjals, pumpkins, cucumbers etc.
1. Dr. Laurence Haddard
2. Dr. David Nabarr
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2012
Designated by: Food and Agricultural Organisation
First observed: 2001
Designated by: UN General Assembly
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 1974
Host Country: India
Theme: Beat Plastic Pollution
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 2009
Action focus: Preventing plastic pollution and encouraging solutions for a healthy ocean
Designated by: International Labour Organization
First Observed in: 2002
Theme: Generation Safe and Healthy
Designated by: World Health Organisation
First Observed in: 2004
Theme: Be there for someone else. Give blood. Share life.
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 2012
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 1995
Theme: Land has true value – invest in it.
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
Theme: The Plight and Rights of Children born of War
First Observed in: 2015
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 2001
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Yoga for Peace
First Observed in: 2015
Designated by: International Olympic Committee
First Observed in: 1948
Observed to: Celebrate the foundation of the International Olympic Committee at the Sorbonne, Paris, on 23 June 1894.
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2011
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 1988
Theme: Listen First - Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe
1. The Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai (37 site in India)
2. The Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region (Iran)
3. The Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region (Japan)
4. The Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea
5. Archaeological border complex of Hedeby and Danevirke (Germany)
Held on: 29 June 2018
Commemoration: Birth anniversary of PC Mahalanobis founder of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Theme: Quality Assurance in Official Statistics
Events: Release of Rs. 125 commemorative coin and Rs. 5 circulation coin on the occasion.
Venue: Siam Niramit theatre in Bangkok (Thailand)
Best Film: Tumhari Sulu directed by Suresh Triveni
Best Director: Saket Chaudhary for Hindi Medium
Best Actor: Irrfan Khan for Hindi Medium
Best Actress: Sridevi for Mom
Best Story: Amit Masurkar for Newton
Best Debut Director: Konkona Sen Sharma for Death in the Gunj
Best Music Director: Amaal Malik, Tanishq Bagchi, Akhil Sachdeva for Badrinath ki Dulhania
Best Playback Singer (Male): Arijit Singh for Jab Harry Met Sejal
Best Playback Singher (Female): Meghna Mishra for Secret Superstar
Venue : Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai
Femina Miss India World: Ms Anukreethy Vas (Tamil Nadu)
Femina Miss India United Continents: Ms Meenakshi Chaudhary (Haryana)
Femina Miss India Grand International: Ms Shreya Rao Kamavarapu (Andhra Pradesh)
Developed by: Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS)
Name of the app: utsonmobile
Compatibility: Android and Windows
Procedure
Other features:
| Title | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Singles | Rafael Nadal (Spain) | Dominic Thiem (Austria) |
| Women's Singles | Simona Halep (Romania) | Sloane Stephens (United States) |
| Mens's Doubles | Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut (France) | Oliver Marach (Austria) and Mate Pavic (Croatia) |
| Women's Doubles | Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) | Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya (Japan) |
| Mixed Doubles | Latisha Chan (Taiwan) and Ivan Dodig (Croatia) | Gabriel Dabrowski (Canada) and Mate Pavic (Crotia) |
Rafael Nadal has won 11 French Open titles which is the highest for any player.
Instituted by : Ramakrishna Knowledge Foundation
Awardees: Kailash Satyarthi and ISRO Chief AS Kiran Kumar
The medal winners at the Olympic and Para-Olympic Games: Rs. 20,000
Gold medallist at World Cup and World Championship: Rs. 16,000
Silver and Bronze medallist at World Cup and World Championship: Rs. 14,000
Gold medallist in Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and Para Asian Games: Rs. 14,000
Silver and Bronze medallist in Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and Para Asian Games: Rs. 12,000
1. What is the maximum amount of reward an informant can be given under the newly introduced Benami Transactions Informants Rewards Scheme 2018?
2. Which of the following districts of Kerala was affected by an outbreak of Nipah virus infections which claimd around 15 lives in May 2018?
3. In which country is the island of Sentosa located?
4. Which team has the highest ever total in one-day internationals?
5. Which country apart from India did not participate in the Intercontinental Cup football tournament held in Mumbai in June 18?
6. In which State is Mt. Deotibba located?
7. Which of these organisations is observing the year 2018 as the Year of Disabled Soldiers in Line of Duty?
8. At which place did Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participate in the International Day for Yoga celebrations 2018?
9. In which country did the President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind participate in the International Day for Yoga celebrations of 2018?
10. National Digital Library which was launched recently by the Central Govt is a part of online services of which of the following institutions?
11. Which country has withdrawn its membership from the UN Human Rights Council?
12. Which country is being assisted by India in the construction of its first oil refinery?
13. Of which country was Tayyip Erdogan re-elected the President for the second term?
14. Which State celebrates the Sindhu Darshan festival?
15. At which place in Uttar Pradesh was the foundation stone of Sant Kabir laid by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi?
16. With which of the following fields is the Sukhatme Award associated?