Current Affairs 14 Dec 2018

1. What is the theme of the 2018 International Mountain Day (IMD)?- Mountain Matters
2. Who has been elected the first woman President of Georgia?- Salome Zurabishvili.
3. What is the theme of the 2018 World AIDS Day (WAD)? - Know your status
4. The World AIDS Day (WAD) is observed every year on 1st of December to raise awareness of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) pandemic causes.
5. The European Union has recently announced to become the world's first climate neutral economy by which year? -2050
6. Which Bangladeshi activist has been chosen for the UNESCO / Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah Prize for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities - Vashkar Bhattacharjee
7. Which of the following cities is the venue of the UN Climate Summit (COP24) ?-Katowice, Poland
8. Which country has become the world’s first nation to recognise 'orphanage trafficking' as a form of modern slavery? -Australia
9. Who is the first leader to lose Freedom of Paris award? - Aung San Suu Kyi
10.Which words has been declared People's Word of 2018 by Cambridge Dictionary? -Nomophobia
11. What is the theme of the 2018 International Day of Persons with Disabilities? - Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality'
12. The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed every year on December 3.
13. Which country has recently decided to withdraw its membership from OPEC as of January 2019?- Qatar
14. Which city was the venue of the Asia Pacific Summit-2018 ? Kathmandu, Nepal The theme of two day Summit is "Addressing the Critical Challenges of Our Time: Interdependence, Mutual Prosperity, and Universal Values".
15.What is the theme of the 2018 World Soil Day (WSD)? -Be the Solution to Soil Pollution

Latest Tourist Record in Nepal

1.What is the new record of tourist arrival in Nepal ? 1001930 In first 11 month of 2018.
2.How many tourist visited Nepal in 2017 ? -940000
3.Which five countries records the highest number of people visiting Nepal ? Nepal,China,America,Britain and Germany
4.How many tourist from India visited Nepal ?
1 Lakh 78000(Record of Arrival of lnternational Airport).
5.How many tourist visited from Germany ? - 34000
6. Average stay in Nepal - 14 Days
7. How much dollar is believed to be spent by tourist per day in Nepal ? - 54 USD
8. How many tourist is estimated to visit Nepal by 2020 per year ? 15 Lakh
9. Nepal government as announced  to celebrate 2020 as Visit Nepal.
10. How many tourist visited Nepal from USA ? 82000

Current Affairs December 11, 2018

1. When did President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari departed to Poland for the participation in National Framework Convention (COP-24 Dec 2-14, 2018) ?2075 Mangsir 15
2. When was bilateral air agreement between Nepal and Cambodia took place ? 2018 November 29 (2075 B.S Mangsir 13)
3. Including Cambodia with how many countries Nepal has bilateral air agreement ? 39
4. When was agreement between Cambodia and Nepal took place regarding cultural exchange ? November 29, 2018
5. When and where SAAF women Football championship is going to be organized ?  - 2075 Falgun 28 to Chaitra 8 (2019 March 12-22) Biratnagar Nepal. All SAARC countries except Afghanistan will participate in the tournament.
6. Name the first lady president of Georgia ? -Salome Zurabishvili elected in November 2018
7. When did Nepal government launched Social Security Fund(सामाजिक सुरक्षा  योजना ) for all working people ?-2075 B.S Mangsir 11..11% salary is deducted from worker's salary and additional 20% of salary is added by the employer in the fund. Four major plan was introduced 
8. When did Qatar  announced about steeping out from OPEC ? - December 3,  2018 (Effective from January 2019)
9. When and where Para National Game Championship is going to be organized ? 2075 B.S Mangsir 17 to Poush 15 (Total 18 types of games)
10. When did NASA's InSight Mars lander landed on Mars (Red Planet) which was launched aim to study the interior of the planet ? 2018 November 27
11. InSight launched toward Mars on May 5, 2018, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, on an Atlas V vehicle from United Launch Alliance
12. Before landing at Mars how much distance was covered by InSight? -458000000 KM
13. When did US former president Goerge H. W Bush died ? November 30, 2018
14. When is World Aids Day celebrated ? December 1
15. How many HIV/AIDS victims are believed to exist in Nepal ? 31000. 
16. 90-90-90 strategy is related to  ? AIDS. In 2014, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and partners launched the 90–90–90 targets; the aim was to diagnose 90% of all HIV-positive persons, provide antiretroviral therapy (ART) for 90% of those diagnosed, and achieve viral suppression for 90% of those treated by 2020.
17. When and where was ASIA PACIFIC SUMMIT organized ? 2075 B.S Mangsir 14-17, Kathmandu, Nepal
18. The 2018 Ballon d'Or was the 63rd annual award ceremony recognizing the best footballer in the world for 2018. The winners were announced on 3 December 2018.Who was the winner ? Luka Modrić

EU-Nepal air agreement.

On 23 January 2009, the EU and the Government of Nepal signed a Horizontal Aviation agreement which will restore legal certainty to the bilateral air services agreements between Nepal and EU Member States. The Horizontal Agreement entered into force on 25 June 2015. 

The EC blacklisted Nepal, placing restrictions on Nepali airlines, for the first time in 2013 immediately after the International Civil Aviation Organisation raised the red flag.

The ICAO, removed Nepal’s aviation from its blacklist in July 2017.

Foreign Affairs - Nepal- Part 1

1. Which is the first country to established bilateral relationship with Nepal ? Britain
2. When did bilateral relationship between Nepal and Britain established ? - 1816 A.D
3. Which is the second country to established bilateral relationship with Nepal ? USA (25 April 1947)
4. Name the third country to establish relationship with Nepal ? India (13 June 1947)
5. Which fourth country established bilateral relationship with Nepal ? France (20 April 1949)
6. Before 2007 B.S with how many countries Nepal had diplomatic relationship ? 4 (Britain, USA,India and France)
7. Which Asian country first established bilateral relationship with Nepal ? India
8. Which African country first established bilateral relationship with Nepal ? Egypt
9. When was bilateral relationship between Egypt and Nepal established ? 16 July 1957
10. When was diplomatic relation between Nepal and Australia established ? 15 February 1960 
11. Which first South American nation established diplomatic relation with Nepal ? Argentina (01 January 1962)
12. When was diplomatic relation build with China ? 01 August 1955 
13. First citizen of Britain to visit Nepal ? Father Grober
14. When was diplomatic relationship between Nepal and Republic of Gini established ? -2016 May 12 (143 Nation)
15. When did Nepal become the member of UNO ? 14 December 1955

Science and Technology- Part 1

1. Father of Science ? - Albert Einstein 
2. When was Albert Einstein born ? - 1879 March 14
3. When was "Theory of Relativity " evolved ? 1905 A.D
4. When did Einstein founded General Theory of Relativity ? 1915 A.D
5. When did Einstein received Nobel Price for his contribution to Physics ? - 1921 A.D
6. Albert Einstein refused to become the President of which country ? - Israel
7. When did Albert Einstein died ? 18 April 1955 A.D
8. Where is Albert Einstein brain preserved ? Princeton Hospital (USA)
9. When and where Archimedes was born ? - 287 B.C, Greece
10. "Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth " who said this ? Archimedes
11. Who discovered the value of Pi ? Archimedes
12. Sun is stable and Earth and other planets revolve around the sun , who developed this concept for the first time ? - Nicolaus Copernicus
13. When and where did Galileo born ? 1564 A.D February 15, Pisa Italy
14. When did Galileo discovered Telescope ? 1609 A.D
15. Who discovered Thermometer ? Galileo
16. When did Galileo died ? 8 January 1642
17.  When and where Isaac Newton born ? 25 December,1642, Britain\
18.  Father of Modern Physics ? Isaac Newton
19. Who invented Atomic Theory ? John Dalton
20. Which scientist is known as Prince of Experiment ? - Michael Faraday

When did 4G service started in Nepal ?

1. Which country will host 2019 women's world cup football ? France
2. Which country will host 2018 T-20 Women's Cricket World Cup ? West Indies 
3. When did 4G service started in Nepal ? 2073 Poush 17
4. Which two heritage of Nepal was listed in World Book Record recently ? Pashupatinath Temple and Lumbini (2075 B.S Kartik 25)
5. Name the climber who record the Everest summit climbing time ? Lakpa Gelu Sherpa (10 Hrs 56 Min 46 Sec)

List of Largest statues in the World.

1.Statue of Unity : 182 m : 2018 (India)
2.Spring Temple Buddha : 128 m : 2002 (China)
3.The Motherland Calls: 85 m : 1967 (Russia)
4.Statue of Liberty : 46 m : 1886 (USA)
5.Christ of Redeemer : 30 m : 1931 (Brazil)

04 Nov 2018.

1.When did cabinet decided to change the name of "Visit Nepal 2018" as "Visit Nepal 2020" ? - 2074 Shrawan 29.
2. When did Prime minister of Nepal used "Teleprompter" for the first time ?- 2075 Jestha 16.
3. Where was 6th finance ministerial level East Asia summit was held ? - Singapore
4. When is World Mental Health day celebrated ?- October 10.
5. Which constitution of Nepal first recognized Nepal as Hindu nation ? - Constitution of Nepal 2019.
6. Which country first used credit card ? USA

04 November 2018..Nobel Prize, Pictorial Warning on cigarette packets, International Day of Older Persons

1. The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discovery of which cancer therapy ? -Immunotherapy
2. Nepal has been ranked 2nd along with which  countries in pictorial warnings on cigarette packets, according to latest Canadian Cancer Society ? Vanuatu with 90% pictorial warnings. 
3. What is the theme of the 2018 International Day of Older Persons?- Celebrating Older Human Rights champions
4. Which  women physicists has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics?- Donna Strickland
5. Which of the following women scientists has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?-Frances H. Arnold