Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 16 September 2018
1. Padma Bhushan awardee Vijay Shankar Vyas passed away recently. He was a noted
1) agricultural economist
2) philanthropist
3) physicist
4) geologist
5) nuclear scientist
2. The govt has launched Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan to provide minimum support price assurance to farmers. It will also include Price Deficiency Payment Scheme based on Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana of
1) Karnataka
2) Rajasthan
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Bihar
3. India, Afghanistan and which of the following countries held their first tripartite meeting in Kabul recently on implementation of the Chabahar port project and other issues?
1) US
2) Japan
3) Russia
4) Iraq
5) Iran
4. Viktor Orban is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries? He is often criticized for his authoritarian approach.
1) Norway
2) Sweden
3) Denmark
4) Hungry
5) Greece
5. Who among the following won the men’s doubles title of the US Open tennis tournament?
1) Robert Farah and J Cabal
2) Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic
3) Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo
4) Mike Bryan and Jack Sock
5) Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah
6. Justice Om Prakash Mishra was sworn in as new Chief Justice of which of the following countries recently?
1) India
2) Nepal
3) Bangladesh
4) Pakistan
5) Mauritius
7. Assam govt has appointed Hima Das as the first sports ambassador of the state. She is a/an
1) sprint runner
2) javelin thrower
3) archer
4) boxer
5) discus thrower
8. India and Mongolia held joint military exercise ‘Nomadic Elephant’ recently in Mongolian capital
1) Tashkent
2) Bishkek
3) Dushanbe
4) Astana
5) Ulaanbaatar
9. The govt has set up a committee to address the concerns on some proposals of the draft e-commerce policy. The Committee is headed by the secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) who is
1) Vijay Bhaskar
2) TN Krishnan
3) Reji Mathews
4) Ramesh Abhishek
5) AVS Rao
10. Duleep Trophy is associated with which of the following games? India Blue won the Trophy recently.
1) Football
2) Hockey
3) Cricket
4) Golf
5) Polo
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