Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 08 August 2018
1. What was India’s position at the 2018 Women’s Hockey World Cup played in London recently?
1) Third
2) Fourth
3) Fifth
4) Eighth
5) Tenth
2. Rajan Nanda passed away recently. He was the chairman and managing director of tractor and construction equipment maker
1) Mahindra & Mahindra
2) Escorts
3) HMT
4) JCB
5) Deere & Company
3. Indra Nooyi recently announced to step down as the chief executive officer (CEO) of which of the following firms? Ramon Laguarta will be the next CEO of the firm.
1) PepsiCo
2) Coca Cola
3) Parle
4) Nestle
5) Unilever
4. Every year a week-long picnic is arranged for elephants at the Kanha National Park. The park is situated in
1) Odisha
2) West Bengal
3) Jharkhand
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Madhya Pradesh
5. Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore recently flagged off mountaineering expedition to Mount Manirang. Manirang is one of the biggest mountains in
1) Sikkim
2) Tripura
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Jammu and Kashmir
5) Uttarakhand
6. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the centenary celebrations of St Thomas College recently. The college is situated in
1) Thrissur (Kerala)
2) Panaji (Goa)
3) Bhopal (MP)
4) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
5) Bengaluru (Karnataka)
7. Who among the following was/were sworn-in as Supreme Court judge(s) recently?
1) KM Joseph
2) Vineet Saran
3) Indira Banerjee
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
8. Muthuvel Karunanidhi passed away recently. He was associated with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party and served five times as the Chief Minister of
1) Karnataka
2) Telangana
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Kerala
5) Tamil Nadu
9. Google released the ninth edition of its popular mobile operating system Android recently. This version is also called
1) Android Pastry
2) Android Pie
3) Android Pasta
4) Android Poach
5) Android Pistachio
10. Which of the following countries reported a current account deficit of $28.3 bn in the first half of 2018? It is the first current account deficit of the country in 20 years.
1) UK
2) US
3) China
4) Japan
5) South Korea
Answers:
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 5
- 2
- 3
