Current Affairs 25 August 2018 Quiz
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- The centre is trying by bringing together all logistics players on one platform through a national logistics e-marketplace.The test run of it is scheduled to be commenced from which month and year?
A)January 2019
B)Feb 2019
C)March 2019
D)April 2019
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Option C
Explanation: After the launch of the government e-marketplace (GeM), the centre is trying to replicate its success at a much larger scale by bringing together all logistics players on one platform through a national logistics e-marketplace for better price discovery and reducing logistics cost.The test run for the online logistics marketplace is likely to begin by March 2019.
- The NGT has appointed whom as head of a three-member committee to decide mining company Vedanta’s plea challenging closure of its Sterlite copper plant at Tuticorin?
A)MJ Khan
B)VS Vazir
C)MS Mathews
D)SJ Vazifdar
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Option D
Explanation: The National Green Tribunal has appointed former Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice SJ Vazifdar as head of a three-member committee to decide mining company Vedanta’s plea challenging closure of its Sterlite copper plant at Tuticorin.
- Which Expressway is to be renamed as “Atal Path” in the memory of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee?
A)Bundelkhand Expressway
B)Agra Expressway
C)Lucknow-Agra Expressway
D)Nagpur Expressway
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Option A
Explanation: In a tribute to former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Yogi Adityanath led BJP government has decided to name proposed Bundelkhand Expressway as “Atal Path” in the memory of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Expressway will pass through Bateshwar, Agra, the ancestral village of the former PM.
- Which IIT has launched an exclusive incubator to boost the chip design sector?
A)IIT Mumbai
B)IIT Hyderabad
C)IIT Kanpur
D)IIT BHU
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Option B
Explanation: The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) has launched an exclusive incubator to boost the chip design sector.
- Who has priced the world’s first public bond created and managed using only blockchain in $100 million ($73.16 million)?
A)OECD
B)World Bank
C)ADB
D)AIIB
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Option B
Explanation: The World Bank has priced the world’s first public bond created and managed using only blockchain in $100 million ($73.16 million) deal designed to test how the technology might improve decades-old bond sales practices.
- The ninth edition of Mountain Echoes Literature Festival began in which city?
A)Beijing
B)NewDelhi
C)Thimphu
D)Tokyo
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Option C
Explanation: In Bhutan, the ninth edition of Mountain Echoes Literature Festival began in Thimphu. The four-day Literature Festival began with a tribute to former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was remembered at the annual event for his animated style of poetry recitations.
- Which space agency is launching a laser-armed satellite that will measure in unprecedented detail changes in the heights of Earth’s polar ice to understand what is causing ice sheets to melt fast?
A)NASA
B)Space X
C)ISRO
D)Soviet Space Program
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Option A
Explanation: NASA is launching a laser-armed satellite that will measure in unprecedented detail changes in the heights of Earth’s polar ice to understand what is causing ice sheets to melt fast. In recent years, contributions of melt from the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica alone have raised global sea level by more than a millimeter a year, accounting for approximately one-third of observed sea level rise, and the rate is increasing.Its called “ICESat-2”.
- Who among the following rowers won the men’s Quadruple Sculls to win India’s fifth gold medal at the Asian Games 2018?
A)Sawarn Singh
B)Dattu Bhokonal
C)Om Prakash
D)All of these
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Option D
Explanation: Indian rowers Sawarn Singh,Dattu Bhokonal,Om Prakash and Sukhmeet Singh won the men’s Quadruple Sculls to win India’s fifth gold medal at the Asian Games 2018. The medal is only the second ever gold medal for India in the rowing competition in Asian Games history.
- Who finished top on the podium in Tennis Men’s Double event at 18th Asian Games 2018?
A)Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes
B)Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan
C)Leander Paes and Divij Sharan
D)Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes
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Option B
Explanation: India bagged their sixth gold medal in the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games after Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan finished top on the podium in Tennis Men’s Double event.
- The Olympic Council of Asia has given recognition to India’s which indigenous sport?
A)Kabaddi
B)Javelin Throw
C)Cricket
D)Kho-Kho
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Option D
Explanation: The Olympic Council of Asia has given recognition to India’s indigenous sport of Kho-Kho, a development that has been welcomed by Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.
- Indian formula one team force India has been renamed to which name after it was taken over by an association led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll?
A)Indian Racing
B) Racing Point Force India
C)Racing India
D)Force Racing
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Option B
Explanation: Indian formula one team force India has been renamed as Racing Point Force India after it was taken over by an association led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll.
- Which actress has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the Sanjay Gandhi national park?
A)Madhuri Dixit
B)Raveena Tandon
C)Katrina Kaif
D)Juhi Chawla
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Option B
Explanation: The State government has appointed actor Raveena Tandon as the brand ambassador of the Sanjay Gandhi national park.
- Which actress has been roped in as the face of contemporary ethnic fashion brand Rangriti by Biba Apparels Pvt Ltd?
A)Parineeti Chopra
B)Disha Patani
C)Katrina Kaif
D)Deepika Padukone
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Option A
Explanation: Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra has been roped in as the face of contemporary ethnic fashion brand Rangriti by Biba Apparels Pvt Ltd.
- Who was sworn as Australia’s new PM?
A)Anthony Albanese
B)Warren Truss
C)Malcolm Turnbell
D)Scott Morrison
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Option D
Explanation: Scott Morrison became Australia’s new PM after emerging victorious in a leadership contest for the Liberal Party following a political coup against Malcolm Turnbull, ending days of political chaos in the country.
STATIC GK BASED ON CURRENT AFFAIRS
- When was National Green Tribunal(NGT) established?
A)2015
B)2010
C)2013
D)2014
- Where is the HQ of World Bank?
A)Beijing
B)Tokyo
C)Washington DC
D)NewYork
- When was NASA founded?
A)1956
B)1958
C)1960
D)1962
