Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 23 August 2018
1. Satyadev Narayan Arya has been appointed as the new governor of which of the following states?
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Bihar
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Jharkhand
2) Punjab
3) Bihar
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Jharkhand
2. The digital savings bank accounts that can be opened online instantly have become a hit with youngsters. YONO is such an account launched by
1) Kotak Mahindra Bank
2) RBL Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) SBI
2) RBL Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) SBI
3. As per the Moody’s Investors Service, the Indian economy is expected to grow by (around) what per cent in 2018 and 2019?
1) 7 per cent
2) 7.1 per cent
3) 7.3 per cent
4) 7.5 per cent
5) 8 per cent
2) 7.1 per cent
3) 7.3 per cent
4) 7.5 per cent
5) 8 per cent
4. Scott Morrison is set to become the new Prime Minister in which of the following countries? He won a Liberal party leadership vote recently.
1) Canada
2) New Zealand
3) Australia
4) England
5) Sweden
2) New Zealand
3) Australia
4) England
5) Sweden
5. A panel set up by the Department of Telecom to prepare a roadmap for rollout of 5G telephony in India expects the service to be operational by 2020. The panel was headed by
1) Aruna Sundararajan
2) Sunil Bharti Mittal
3) AJ Paulraj
4) Nandan Nilekani
5) Sam Pitroda
2) Sunil Bharti Mittal
3) AJ Paulraj
4) Nandan Nilekani
5) Sam Pitroda
6. Sanjeev Rajput clinched a silver medal at the 18th Asian Games recently. He is an Indian
1) boxer
2) shooter
3) archer
4) triple jumper
5) javelin thrower
2) shooter
3) archer
4) triple jumper
5) javelin thrower
7. The Receivables Exchange of India (RXIL) recently announced that the first public sector enterprise to make a transaction on the “TReDS platform” is
1) BEL
2) EIL
3) IOC
4) HAL
5) ONGC
2) EIL
3) IOC
4) HAL
5) ONGC
8. The Kempegowda International Airport has emerged as the second fastest growing airport in the world in the first half of 2018. It is situated in
1) Bengaluru
2) Chennai
3) Hyderabad
4) Kochi
5) Vishakhapatnam
2) Chennai
3) Hyderabad
4) Kochi
5) Vishakhapatnam
9. Which country recently unveiled its first domestic fighter jet named ‘KOWSAR’?
1) North Korea
2) Pakistan
3) Iran
4) Philippines
5) Japan
2) Pakistan
3) Iran
4) Philippines
5) Japan
10. Who among the following has been appointed as the new governor of Uttarakhand?
1) Baby Rani Maurya
2) Kaptan Singh Solanki
3) Tathagata Roy
4) Ganga Prasad
5) Satya Pal Malik
2) Kaptan Singh Solanki
3) Tathagata Roy
4) Ganga Prasad
5) Satya Pal Malik
Answers:
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- 5
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 1
