GK 2018

Complete General Knowledge
revision
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NOBEL PRIZE - 2018
Given since 1901, Named after Alfred

B. Nobel – Inventor of Dynamite

Field Winner
Physiology James P Allison (USA) and TasakuHonjo (Japan)
or Medicine (“for their discovery of cancer therapy by
inhibition of negative immune regulation”)
Physics Arthur Ashkin (USA), Gerard Mourou (France)

("for groundbreaking inventions in the field
of laser physics“)
Chemistry (a) one half to Frances H. Arnold (USA)

("for the directed evolution of enzymes“)
(b) other half jointly to George P. Smith (USA) and

Sir Gregory P. Winter (UK)
("for the phage display of peptides and
antibodies“.)

Field Winner
Peace Denis Mukwege (Congo) and Nadia Murad (Iraq)
(“for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence
as a weapon of war and armed conflict”)
Economic (a) William D. Nordhaus (USA)

Sciences ( “for integrating climate change into long-
run macroeconomic analysis”)
(b) Paul M. Romer(USA)

(“for integrating technological innovations
into long-run macroeconomic analysis.”)

• OSCAR 2018
• (90TH ACADEMY AWARDS)

65th NATIONAL FILM
AWARDS 2018

AWARD WINNER
DADASAHEB PHALKE Vinod Khanna
BEST ACTOR Riddhi Sen (Nagarkirtan)
BEST ACTRESS Sridevi (Mom)
BEST FILM Village Rockstars (Assamese)

63rd FILMFARE
AWARDS - 2018

AWARD WINNER
ACTOR IRRFAN KHAN FOR
‘HINDI MEDIUM’
ACTRESS VIDYA BALAN FOR
‘TUMHARI SULU’
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT MALA SINHA AND
BAPPI LAHIRI
MUSIC DIRECTOR PRITAM FOR
(‘JAGGA JASOOS’)
FILM HINDI MEDIUM
DIRECTOR ASHWINY IYER TIWARI
FOR ‘BAREILLY KI BARFI’
SPORTS

• Venue: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Venue: Jakarta - Palembang, Indonesia

Venue: Russia

Venue: Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia

ECONOMICS

Fiscal Policy is related with government
expenditure and revenue.
Monetary policy deals with supply of money, cost
and availability of credit.
Monetary Policy – 24th Governor (Urjit R. Patel)

Fiscal Policy – Presented by Arun Jaitley on 1st
February 2018

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

ACQUIRING TARGET SECTOR COST OF DEAL
COMPANY COMPANY
AT&T Time Warner Media USD 108 Billion
Oath (Verizon) Yahoo Technology USD 5 Billion
Amazon Whole Foods Food USD 13.7 Billion
Walmart Flipkart E Commerce USD 16 Billion
Bytedance Musical.ly Media USD 1 Billion
Disney 21st Century Fox Media Undisclosed
PVR SPI Media Rs.633 Crore
(Sathyam, Escape, Pallazo)
Axis Bank Freecharge Technology USD 60 Million
Meredith Time Inc Media UDS 2.9 Billion
Michael Kors Jimmy Choo Fashion USD 1.2 Billion
Itc Holdings Fortis Electric Utility USD 11.3 Billion
Tata Steel BhushanSteel (First insolvency) Steel Rs. 35200 Crore
Qualcomm Inc. Nxp Semiconductors Technology USD 47 Billion
Airtel Tikona Technology Rs 1600 Crore

TENNIS AWARDS

MEN- ROGER FEDEREER
WOMEN – CAROLINE WOZNIACKI
MEN – RAFAEL NADAL

WOMEN – SIMONA HALEP
MEN – NOVAK DJOKOVIC

WOMEN – ANGELIQUE KERBER
MEN – NOVAK DJOKOVIC

WOMEN –NAOMI OSAKA

BEAUTY AWARDS

INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION

NAME YEAR HEADQUATERS HEAD (CHIEF)
UN 1945 New York Antonio Guterres
(United Nations)
(Portugal)
IMF 1945 Washington Christine Lagarde
( International Monetary Fund)
World Bank 1945 Washington Jim Yong Kim

( International Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
UNESCO 1946 Paris Audrey Azoulay

( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation)
UNICEF 1946 New York Henrietta H. Fore

( United Nations Children’s Fund)
FAO 1945 Italy Jose Graziano de Silva

( Food and Agricultural Organisation)
WHO 1948 Geneva Tedros Adhanom

( World Health Organisation)

IAEA 1957 Vienna Yukiya Amano
( International Atomic Energy Agency)
W.T.O 1995 Geneva Roberto Azevedo

(World Trade Organisation)
ILO 1919 Geneva Guy Ryder

(International Labour Organisation)
Asian Development Bank 1966 Philippines (Manila) Takehiko Nakao
New Development Bank) 2014 Shanghai K V Kamath

(BRICS Bank) (Chairman of ICICI Bank)
United Nations Enviornment Programme (UNEP) 1972 Nairobi, Kenya Erik Solheim
United Nations Development Programme 1965 New York Achim Stiener

OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS

NAME BRICS in 2011 & BRIC in 2006 ( Brazil, Russia,
India, China, South Africa)
YEAR 2006 & 2011

HEAD PM & President of Countries
LAST VENUE 10th Summit Johannesburg , South Africa 2018
NEW VENUE 11TH Summit TBD, Brazil 2019
INDIA Yes
NAME G 20 Group of 20 Developing Countries

YEAR 1993
HEAD Mauricio Macri
LAST VENUE Baden-Baden, Germany in 2017
NEW VENUE
INDIA Yes

NAME SAARC ( South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation) HQ- Kathmandu
YEAR 1985
HEAD Amjad Hussain Bsial
LAST VENUE 18th Summit in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2014
NEW VENUE 19th Summit at Islamabad, Pakistan in 2016
( Cancelled)
INDIA Yes
NAME NAM (Non Aligned Movement)

YEAR 1961
HEAD Nicolas Maduro
LAST VENUE 17th Summit in Venezuela in 2016
NEW VENUE 18th Summit in Azerbaijan
INDIA Yes

NAME ASEAN ( 10 Countries)
YEAR 1967
HEAD Le Loung Minh
LAST VENUE 32nd Summit in Singapore in 2018
NEW VENUE 34th Summit in Thailand in 2018
INDIA No
NAME APEC ( Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation)

YEAR 1989
HEAD Allan Bollard
LAST VENUE Vietnam in 2017
NEW VENUE APEC Papua New Guinea 2018
INDIA No
NAME G7 formerly known as G8 ( Group
of 7 leading economies) Canada, France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, USA, UK *Russia was
expelled in 2014
YEAR 1975
HEAD Angela Merkel
LAST VENUE 44th Summit in Canada in 2018
NEW VENUE 45th Summit in Biarritz,
Nouvelle Aquitaine, France 2019
INDIA No

MOST IMPORTANT
BOOKS & AUTHORS

The Coalition Years 1996- 2012 PranabMukherjee
Beyond the Dream Girl Ram Kamak Mukherjee
India 2017 Yearbook Rajiv Mehrishi
Dreamnation: Saji Mathews and Jubie John
(Uniting a Country with Handwritten Dreams )
The Singing Tree Ken Youngstein

Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders
A Journey towards Self Reliance Nirmala Sitharaman
Age of Anger: A history of the Present Pankaj Mishra

I am HIV Positive- Jayanta Kalita
So what (PradipKumar body builder)
I do What I do, Fault Lines Raghuram Rajan

Immortal India, Amish Tripathi
Raavan(orphan of Aryavrat)
How India sees the world ShyamSaran

100 things every prof BCCI player’s handbook
cricketer must know
Hit Refresh Satya Nadella

Unstoppable: My Life so Far Maria Sharapova
The Shershah of Kargil Deepak Surana

Bollywood – The Films! SMM Ausaja, Karan Bali,
The Songs! The Stars Rajesh Devraj, Tanul Thakur
Poeatry Chef Vikas Khanna
The Way I see It Edited by Chandan Gowda
Majuli: Resources and Challenges SanjibKumar Borakoti
Imperfect Sanjay Manjerekar
Exam Warriors NarendraModi
Mere Sapno ka Bharat Tarun Vijay

Even when there is a Yashwant Ambedkar, Rajesh
Doctor Chokhani, KrishnanSivaramakrishnan
Hari Singh Nalwa: Dr Vanit Nalwa

Champion of Khalsaji
Origin: Number 5 of Dan Brown

the Robert Langdon Series
Magnus Chase & the Ship of the Dead Rick Riordan
Turtles all the way down John Green
A wasted Hour Jeffery Archer

The Sun & her Flowers Rupi Kaur
Krishna’s Secret Devdutt Patnaik
Bound by Hatred MV Kasi
Our Story needs no filter Sudeep Nagarkar
Destined Rubina Ramesh
Hema Malini : Mukherjee Ram Kamal

Beyond the Dream Girl
Paramveer Parvane Dr Prabhakiran Jain
Two Gulzar
Why I am a Hindu Shashi Tharoor
A Century is not Enough Saurav Ganguly
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar: Edited by kishor Makwana

Vyakti Nahi Sankalp
Across the Bench – Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan

Insight into the Indian Military Judicial System

Hidden India LatikaNath
Milkman Anna Burns

( Man Booker Prize 2018)
Dhoni Touch Bharat Sundaresan
Yogi on Dalal Street Arun Thukral

Dare I Question? M. Hamid Ansari
Anita gets Bail Arun Shourie
The Last Color Vikas Khanna
Mr. M. K Gandhi ki Arvind Mohan

ChamparanDiary
My jounrey from Marxism – C. H HanumanthaRao

Leninism to Nehruvian Socialism
Devil’s Advocate: The Untold Story Karan Thapar

The Wind in my Hair Masih Alinejad
Latitude of Longing Shubhangi Swarup
Vedvigyan Alok Acharya Agnivarat Naishthik
Honeycomb A yan Gogoi Gohain

(Youngest Author)
Home Fire Kamila Shamsie
Lethal White JK Rowling

Winning like Sourav: Abhirup Bhattacharya
Think & Succeed like Ganguly
Pyjamas are Forgiving Twinkle Khanna
Atal Ji Ne Kaha Brijendra Rehi
Sea Prayer Khaled Hosseini
Untold Story of Broadcasitng Dr. GautamChatterjee
Everything Under Daisy Johnson

(Youngest to be nominated for Man Booker Prize)

Kashi: Vineet Bajpai
Secret of the Black Temple
The Rule Breakers Preeti Shenoy
Shades of Truth – Kapil Sibal

A journey Derailed
Evolving with Subramanian Swamy: Roxna Swamy

A roller Coaster Ride
The Flying Tresses Of Draupadi M Veerappa Moily
Hope in a Challenged Democracy Ashwani kumar
The Hit Girl (Asha Parekh) Khalid Mohd.

Punjab: Building the Arjun Gain
land of 5 rivers
Indira’s India Anand Sharma
Metaphysics Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay

Morals & Politics
The quest for a MS Swaminathan( father of green

world without hunger revolution)
Confession of a Dying Mind: Haulinlal Guite

The blind faith of Atheism
Winning like Virat: Think & Succeed like Kohli Abhirup Bhattacharya

Mann ki Baat Rajesh Jain
The Ministry of Arundhati Roy

Utmost happiness
The Crisis Within Ganesh Divy
Indira Gandhi: A life in nature JairamRamesh
How to be a Bawse Lilly Singh
The darkest dark Chris Hadfield
But Seriously John McEnroe

The Tresspasser Tana French
Forever is a Lie Novoneel Chakraborty
Two Saints Arun Shourie
The boy who loved Durjoy Dutta
Moving On, Moving Forward – M. Venkaiah

A Year in Office Naidu
No Spin Shane Warne
281 & Beyond VVS Laxman

When Coal Turned Gold Partha SarathiBhattacharyya
Gandhi: The Years that RamachandraGuha

changed world (1914- 1948)
Warlight MichaelOndaatje
Godman to Tycoon Priyanka Pathak– Narain

BUSINESS AWARDS –
ET (2018)

INDIAN
ORGANIZATIONS AND
REGULATORY BODIES

• RBI (Reserve Bank of India) – Regulates
Monetary policy. Established on 1st April 1935
and nationalized in 1949.
• Governor: Urjit R. Patel
• SEBI ( Securities & Exchange Board of India) –

Regulates Securities Market Established in
1988 and nationalised in 1992 Forward
Market Commission got merged with SEBI
• Chairman- Ajay Tyagi

• IRDA ( Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority of India) Established in the year
1999 Regulates Insurance industry of India)
• Chairman- Subhash Chandra Khuntia
• TRAI ( Telecom Regulatory Authority of India)

Established in the year 1997 Regulates
Telecom Sector)
• Chairman: R S Sharma

• PFRDA ( Pension Fund Regulatory &
Development Authority Established in the
year 2003)
• Chairman: Hemant Contractor
• CBFC ( Central Board of Film Certification)

(also known as Censor Board) Established in
the year 1951
• Chairman: Prasoon Joshi

FICCI ( Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce
& Industry) Established in the year 1927
Association of Business Organization
President:Rashesh Shah
CII ( Confederation of Indian Industries ) Established

in the year 1895, Growth of Indian business &
friendly environment
President: Devender Kumar Sikri

• ASSOCHAM ( Associated Chambers of
Commerce and Industry of India Established in
the year 1920)
• President: Sandeep Jajodia
• NASSCOM ( National Association of Software &

Services Companies Established in the year
1988)
• Chairman: Rishad Premji

• AICTE ( All India Council for Technical Education)
Established in the year 1988 Under Department
of Higher Education, Ministry of HRD
• President: Anil D.Sahasrabudhe
• UGC ( University Grants Commission) Established

in the year 1946
• Chairman: D.P. Singh
• DGCA ( Directorate General of Civil Aviation)

under Ministry of Civil Aviation
• Director Gen: B S Bhullar

• SEBI regulates the financial markets – Ajay Tyagi is the
Chairman
There are now only 6 stock exchanges in India, BSE and NSE
being most popular (Majority of regional stock exchanges have
been given exit orders)
• BSE established in 1875 and is oldest stock exchange of India

and also Asia.
A BULL MARKET is when stock prices are increasing & a BEAR
MARKET is when stock prices are decreasing
BSE index is SENSEX (comprising of 30 shares) and NSE Index is

NIFTY (comprising of 50 shares)
BSE Chairman: Mr. S Ravi

NSE Chairman: Mr. Ashok Chawla

• NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) is largest
stock exchange of the world. •
• Blue chip companies are the one’s which are

stable.

Stock Exchange Index Country
BSE Sensex India
NSE Nifty India
NYSE Dow Jones New York
NASDAQ NASDAQ 100 New York
London Stock Exchange FTSE London
Shenzen Stock Exchange SZSE China
Shanghai Stock Exchange SSE Composite China
Tokyo Stock Exchange Nikkei 225 Japan
Euronext AEX, BEL 20 France
INDIA’S RANK IN
VARIOUS INDICES

INDEX INDIA’S RANK COUNTRY ON TOP
World’s Most
Valuable Nation Brand 8 th USA
Global Prosperity Index 100th Norway
World Happiness Index
(Food, Health) 122nd Norway
Corrupt Capitalism 9 th Hong Kong
FDI Confidence Index 11th USA
Ease of Doing Business 77th New Zealand
Corruption Perception Index 79th New Zealand
Global Hunger Index 103th Belarus
Global Peace Index 137th Argentina
Global Innovation Index 60th Switzerland
Human Development Index 130th Norway
Global Slavery Index 53rd North Korea

PUBLIC SECTOR
UNDERTAKING (PSU)

BRAND AMBASSADORS

Atulya Bharat Narendra Modi
SwachchRailway Mission Bindeshwari Pathak
Sikkim A R Rahman
Skill India Priyanka Chopra
UNICEF goodwill ambassador Lilly Singh
GST Amitabh Bachchan
Nirmal Bharat Vidya Balan
Pepsi Co PV Sindhu
PNB Virat Kohli
American Tourister Virat Kohli
Vivo Aamir Khan
Hepatitus B Amitabh Bachchan
DD Kisaan Amitabh Bachchan

Beti Bacaho Beti Padhao MadhuriDixit
Uber India Virat Kohli
Indigo Paint MS Dhoni
Phillips India Virat Kohli
Renault Ranbir Kapoor
One Plus Amitabh Bachchan
Tropicana Katrina Kaif
Vistara Airlines Deepika Padukone

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Complete General Knowledge

PT -DEEPAK PREMANI - 9724022444

Given since 1901, Named after Alfred

PT -DEEPAK PREMANI - 9724022444

Physics Arthur Ashkin (USA), Gerard Mourou (France)

Chemistry (a) one half to Frances H. Arnold (USA)

(b) other half jointly to George P. Smith (USA) and

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Economic (a) William D. Nordhaus (USA)

(b) Paul M. Romer(USA)

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BEST ACTOR Riddhi Sen (Nagarkirtan)

BEST ACTRESS Sridevi (Mom)

BEST FILM Village Rockstars (Assamese)

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Monetary Policy – 24th Governor (Urjit R. Patel)

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MEN – RAFAEL NADAL

MEN – NOVAK DJOKOVIC

MEN – NOVAK DJOKOVIC

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World Bank 1945 Washington Jim Yong Kim

UNESCO 1946 Paris Audrey Azoulay

UNICEF 1946 New York Henrietta H. Fore

FAO 1945 Italy Jose Graziano de Silva

WHO 1948 Geneva Tedros Adhanom

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W.T.O 1995 Geneva Roberto Azevedo

ILO 1919 Geneva Guy Ryder

Asian Development Bank 1966 Philippines (Manila) Takehiko Nakao

New Development Bank) 2014 Shanghai K V Kamath

United Nations Development Programme 1965 New York Achim Stiener

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YEAR 2006 & 2011

NAME G 20 Group of 20 Developing Countries

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NAME NAM (Non Aligned Movement)

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NAME APEC ( Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation)

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The Singing Tree Ken Youngstein

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I do What I do, Fault Lines Raghuram Rajan

How India sees the world ShyamSaran

Hit Refresh Satya Nadella

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Poeatry Chef Vikas Khanna

The Way I see It Edited by Chandan Gowda

Majuli: Resources and Challenges SanjibKumar Borakoti