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1 Current Affairs For Grade V - VIII 1. Which city is recognized as the World Capital of Architecture by UNESCO in the year 2020? A. Rio De Janerio. (It will host the World Congress of the World union of Architects in July 2020.The theme is All the World is just one World.) 2. Who is the first woman Chief Economist of IMF, making her the 11 th Chief Economist of the IMF? A. Gita Gopinath 3. Who is the fastest Asian to cycle the Globe, she is also an Indian? A. Vedangi Kulkarni. 4. Who is the New Ambassador to the US who will succeed Navtej Sarna? A. Harsh Vardhan Shringla. 5. Who is the New Coach of the National Women s Cricket Team? A. W.V. Raman 6. The largest gathering of Piligrims, The Maha Kumbh Mela, has been held on the banks of the Ganges for the past 144years. How often is it held? A How many years of India becoming a Republic are we celebrating this year? A What is the Parliament of Japan called? A. DIET. Parliament of Japan. 9. How is Edinburgh, a city in the UK, pronounced? A. Ed-in-be-rou 10. Which state banned liquor sale after 8pm, in a breakthrough policy on liquor? A. Rajasthan.

2 11. Name the first woman IPS officer to reach the south pole. A. Aparna Kumar. 12. Apart from Tulsi Gabbard, one more Indian joins the fray in the US Presidential Elections in 2020.Who s this? A. Kamala Harris ( also a Democrat). 13. Who is the newly elected CM of Rajasthan? A. Ashok Ghelot. 14. Which two Airline companies more than any other Airline operate more International flights from India? A. Jet Airways and Ethihad Airways. 15. What s the common notable fact about all continents? A. They start and end with the same letter. 16. Which Temple in Kannur allows ladies to enter only after 8pm? A. Sri Rajarajeshwari Shetram. 17. If Pakistan has Cake,Bangladesh has Doob and Nepal has Panchayat, then what does India have? A. Village Rockstars The Assamese movie which is INDIA S official entry into Oscars in Which is the only Malayalam movie to be selected as an entry to Oscar? A. GURU. 19. China s state media Agency, Xinhuai along with Chinese search engine company Sogan.com has developed a Robot. What is its specialty? A. First News channel Anchor Robot. 20. Which word was chosen as the Cambridge Word of the year, 2018 and what does it mean? A. Nomophobia a phobia or fear that you won t be able to survive without your mobile phone.

3 21. In football who beat India out of the Asian Cup 2019, 0-1 in the last group match? A. Bahrain. 22. Avengers star Chris Pratt got engaged to another celebrity s daughter. Who is she? A. Katherine Schwarzenagger. 23. Which city will ban single use of plastic from 1 st March this year? Its production will also be stopped. A. Puducherry. 24. Which celebrated Tennis star is to get his statue at Wimbledon? A. Andy Murry. 25. Name the first player in Europe to score 400 'Europe League' goals. A. Argentine attacker Messi. 26. Which country will celebrate 14 February as Sisters Day to promote Eastern culture and tradition among youth? A. Pakistan. 27. Name the only country to win 1000 out of 1852 Cricket matches played in all formats. A. Australia,followed by England with 774 wins in 1833 matches. 28. The researcher of which country has developed the first ant-like walking robot without GPS? A. France 29. Which country is all set to establish a $10 billion dollars' worth Oil Refinery in Pakistan with the help of China, to improve their economic status? A. Saudi Arabia 30. Name the first ever Hindu, elected to the US Congress who has announced that she will run for President in She s currently serving the State of Hawaii and is a member of the Democratic Party. A. Tulsi Gabbard.

4 **She is an Iraq War Veteran 31. The World s longest aircraft Airlander 10 Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), has got approval to go into production with its prototype being successful. Where is this based? A. UK. 32. Which is a breakthrough bill passed in the Parliament on 17th January 2019? A. 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections. 33. Name the Football coach who steps down from Indian football following his defeat in the Asian Cup. A. Stephan Constantine 34. Who is the Indian who has been designated as a brand ambassador for Global Sportswear giant, Puma? A. Mary Kom 35. In which city will India's first district cooling system come up? A. Amaravati 36. In which city was India's first -ever diesel to electric converted locomotive twin engine flagged off? A. Varanasi 37. Which of the following is the Pan-India helpline number launched by Government of India under Emergency Support System (ERSS)? A Who has won the women's singles event at the 83rd Senior National Badminton? A. Saina Nehwal 39. Which cricket team won the 2019 Irani Cup? A. Vidarbha

5 40. Which state assembly has recently passed a Bill to make Sanskrit the 2nd official language of the state? A. Himachal Pradesh 41. Which IT giant has launched learning app 'Infy TQ' for engineering students? A. Infosys 42. Which state government has recently constituted a Transgender Welfare Board (TWB)? A. Gujarat 43. In which city has the National Cyber Forensic Lab been inaugurated? A. New Delhi 44. Which nation has set up a committee to discuss the reforming of their constitution? A. Myanmar 45. In which city has ISRO set up the Human Space Flight Centre for Gaganyaan mission? A. Bengaluru 46. Which word was declared as the 'Hindi Word of the Year 2018' by the Oxford Dictionary? A. Nari Shakti 47. Who has become the IAF s first woman flight engineer? A. Hina Jaiswal 48. What is the official mascot of the 39 th National games 2022? A. Clouded Leopard 49. Which country has decided to include Hindi as the third official language in courts? A. UAE 50. Which railway zone has bagged No. 1 position for cleanliness in India? A. Southern Railways *******************

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