Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 25 August 2018

Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 25 August 2018

1. Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan won gold medal in men’s doubles event of which of the following games at the 18th Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta?
1) Badminton
2) Squash
3) Snooker
4) Table tennis
5) Tennis

2. India won silver medal in women’s Kabaddi final after losing to which country in the final at the Asian Games 2018?
1) Iran
2) Pakistan
3) Bangladesh
4) Malaysia
5) Japan

3. The Nallur Kantha Swamy festival started in which of the following countries recently?
1) Myanmar
2) Nepal
3) Bhutan
4) Sri Lanka
5) Indonesia

4. A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck along Peru’s border with Brazil recently. The capital of Peru is
1) Bamako
2) Maputo
3) Lima
4) Baku
5) Manama

5. _____ has been appointed the head of the group of ministers set up to advise PM Narendra Modi on whether to continue with or withdraw from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations.
1) Nirmala Sitharaman
2) Suresh Prabhu
3) Nitin Gadkari
4) Arun Jaitley
5) Ananth Kumar

6. The state cabinet in which state recently gave its approval to waiving Rs 301.63 bn farm loans in respect of nationalised or commercial banks?
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Odisha
5) Rajasthan

7. Which of the following cities hosted the sixth edition of International Buddhist Conclave 2018?
1) Patna
2) Lucknow
3) Rajgir
4) New Delhi
5) Shimla

8. Who among the following has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the Mumbai-based Sanjay Gandhi National Park?
1) Priyanka Chopra
2) Sonam Kapoor
3) Sonali Bendre
4) Madhuri Dixit
5) Raveena Tandon

9. The six northern states and the Union Territory of Chandigarh have decided to set up a centralised secretariat to fight drug menace in which city?
1) Panchkula (Haryana)
2) Patiala (Punjab)
3) Patna (Bihar)
4) Lucknow (UP)
5) Bhopal (MP)

10. Which country recently announced that it has successfully tested hypersonic aircraft which Xingkong-2?
1) Russia
2) North Korea
3) China
4) Iran
5) South Korea

Answers:

1. 5
2. 1
3. 4
4. 3
5. 2
6. 2
7. 4
8. 5
9. 1
10. 3