Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 07 August 2018
1. Justice Geeta Mittal has become the first woman judge to head which of the following High Courts?
1) Patna High Court
2) Gauhati High Court
3) Allahabad High Court
4) Calcutta High Court
5) Jammu and Kashmir High Court
2. India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar won European Tour title recently. He is associated with
1) Squash
2) Snooker
3) Golf
4) Table tennis
5) Cycling
3. Which of the following teams won the 2018 Women’s Hockey World Cup in London recently?
1) Netherlands
2) Australia
3) Spain
4) Ireland
5) Malaysia
4. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and rebel opposition leader Riek Machar signed a peace deal recently. The capital of South Sudan is
1) Khartoum
2) Djibouti
3) Kampala
4) Juba
5) Nairobi
5. Japan marked the 73rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima recently. An atom bomb was dropped by the US in the city on which date in 1945?
1) 01 Aug
2) 06 Aug
3) 16 Jul
4) 26 Jul
5) 31 Jul
6. Saudi Arabia recently freezed trade ties with which country over its interference in Gulf Kingdom’s internal affairs?
1) Canada
2) US
3) France
4) China
5) Iran
7. A 6.9 magnitude quake struck the island of Lombok in which country recently?
1) Italy
2) Japan
3) Cambodia
4) Malaysia
5) Indonesia
8. The govt has approved research projects worth over Rs 100 cr under ‘IMPRINT-2’ scheme. The initiative aims to advance research in the high education institutions in
1) healthcare
2) security
3) energy
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
9. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the ‘Festival on Democracy’ in which state recently to mark the diamond jubilee celebrations its Legislative Assembly?
1) Karnataka
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Kerala
4) Sikkim
5) Tamil Nadu
10. The International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) will study the impact of ‘Mission Kakatiya’ launched by which state to restore irrigation tanks?
1) Maharashtra
2) Telangana
3) West Bengal
4) Bihar
5) Uttar Pradesh
Answers:
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
