WEEKLY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR WEEK 33/52(AUG 19-AUG 25) WEEKLY OBJECTIVE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS: FOR WEEK 33/52 (19th AUG-25th AUG 2018) 1. The International team of scientists has recently cracked the genetic code of which cultivated crop for the first time? (a) Wheat (b) Rice (c) Maize (d) Pulses 2. At the 2018 World Hindi Conference (WHC), the Panini Language Laboratory has been gifted by Government of India (GoI) to which country? (a) Maldives (b) South Africa (c) Australia (d) Mauritius 3. Which Indian sportsperson has clinched India‟s first Gold in the 18th Jakarta Asian Games 2018? (a) Mary Kom (b) Bajrang Punia (c) Apurvi Chandela (d) Neeraj Chopra 4. Kofi Annan was from which African country? (a) Ghana (b) Morocco (c) Nigeria (d) South Africa 5. What is the scientific name of the deadly agricultural pest “Fall Armyworm”, which has been spotted in Telangana? (a) Chortoicetes terminifera (b) Heteronychus arator (c) Spodoptera frugiperda (d) Mythimna convecta 6. FSSAI has constituted which expert committee to look into draft of Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations 2018? (a) P K Agarwal committee (b) B Sesikeran committee (c) Hemalatha committee (d) Nikhil Tandon committee 7. On which date, the 2018 World Photography Day (WPD) was observed recently? (a) August 17 (b) August 19 (c) August 18 (d) August 20 8. Which of the following is the 2018 World Humanitarian Day (WHD) theme? (a) #ShareHumanity (b) #ImpossibleChoices (c)#OneHumanity (d) #NotATarget 9. The Union Government has proposed to set up which committee to suggest changes to the JEE (Advanced) examination? (a) Kannan Moudgalya committee (b) Abhay Karandikar committee (c) Vineet Joshi committee (d) Bhaskar Ramamurthy committee 10. The Amnesty International India has launched which campaign to create awareness among children to identify sexual abuse? (a) Save Child, Save Future (b) Our Safety, Our Rights (c) Goals Set (d) Safety is in Your Hands 11. Which country‟s national team has clinched the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-15 Women‟s Championship 2018? (a) Bangladesh (b) India (c) Bhutan (d) Nepal 12. Who has become first Indian woman wrestler to bag gold at the 18th Asian Games 2018? (a) Pooja Dhanda (b) Sakshi Malik (c) Vinesh Phogat (d) Priyanka Phogat 13. Which former Indian Army chief has been awarded the United States (US) „Legion of Merit‟? (a) Bipin Rawat (b) Vijay Kumar Singh (c) Dalbir Singh Suhag (d) Bikram Singh 14. Which Indian Shooter bagged a Silver in the men‟s 10-metre Air Rifle event at the Jakarta Asian Games 2018 ? (a) Deepak Kumar (b) Lakshay (c) Neeraj Chopra (d) Saurabh Chaudhary 15. Uri Avnery, who passed away recently, was the renowned journalist from which country? (a) Spain (b) Israel (c) South Africa (d) Palestine 16. Which Indian personality has been conferred the WHO World No Tobacco Day 2017 Award? (a) Nilesh Mishra (b) Anish Rajan (c) SK Arora (d) Kailash Kumar 17. Recently tested Anti-Tank Guided Missile „Helina‟ is helicopter-launched version of which missile? (a) Akash (b) Nag (c) Prithvi (d) Agni Plot-1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] 1 WEEKLY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR WEEK 33/52(AUG 19-AUG 25) 18. Which of the following has become the first Public Sector Unit (PSU) to make a transaction on the “TReDS platform”? (a) Steel Authority of India (b) Coal India Limited (c) Gas Authority of India Limited (d) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 19. On which date, the 2018 World Mosquito Day (WMD) was observed recently? (a) August 20 (b) August 21 (c) August 18 (d) August 19 20. Which Indian shooter has clinched India‟s 1st shooting gold at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games? (a) Abhishek Verma (b) Saurabh Chaudhary (c) Lakshay Sheron (d) Deepak Kumar 21. Which Indian Shooter bagged Silver in the men‟s 50-metres Rifle 3 Positions event at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games? (a) Sanjeev Rajput (b) Deepak Kumar (c) Ravi Kumar (d) Lakshay Sheron 22. Who has been appointed the new Governor of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)? (a) Satya Pal Malik (b) Tathagata Roy (c) Satyadev Narayan Arya (d) Baby Rani Maurya 23. Which Indian woman Wrestler clinched bronze in the 68 Kg Freestyle wrestling event at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games? (a) Sakshi Malik (b) Pooja Dhanda (c) Divya Kakran (d) Vinesh Phogat 24. Which space agency has confirmed presence of ice on Moon using data from the Chandrayaan-I spacecraft? (a) JAXA (b) NASA (c) Roscosmos (d) CNSA 25. Who has become the first-ever Indian woman to win an individual gold in shooting at the 2018 Asian Games? (a) Manu Bhaker (b) Ankita Raina (c) Mehuli Ghosh (d) Rahi Sarnobat 26. Which of the following is/are partner country for the 2018 International Buddhist Conclave (IBC)? (a) Japan (b) Germany (c) Russia (d) All of the above 27. Gurudas Kamat, who passed away recently, was associated with which political party? (a) CPI (b) INC (c) BJP (d) NCP 28. Which state government has decided to re-name its new capital city as “Atal Nagar” in memory of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Jharkhand (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Uttar Pradesh 29. The first-ever International Day of Remembrance and tribute to the Victims of Terrorism is observed on which date? (a) August 22 (b) August 21 (c) August 20 (d) August 19 30. The book “281 and Beyond” is the autobiography of which Indian cricketer? (a) Rahul Dravid (b) Sourav Ganguly (c) Sunil Gavaskar (d) VVS Laxman 31. Which Indian woman cricketer has recently announced her retirement from International T20 cricket? (a) Mansi Joshi (b) Puja Vastrakar (c) Shikha Pandey (d) Jhulan Goswami 32. Which Indian-American scientist has found simple way to predict Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)? (a) Ashok Das (b) Chander Mohan (c) Krishan Sabnani (d) Jogesh Pati 33. Which of the following is the autobiography of renowned journalist Kuldip Nayar, who passed away recently? (a) In Jail (b) India House (c) Beyond The Lines (d) India After Nehru 34. Which country is host to the 9th edition of Mountain Echoes Literature Festival 2018? (a) Japan (b) South Korea (c) Bhutan (d) Myanmar 35. Which Indian shooter clinched silver in the men‟s double trap shooting event at the 2018 Asian Games? (a) Shardul Vihan (b) Ankur Mittal (c) Anwer Sultan (d) Ravi Kumar 36. Which of the following cities is the venue of 4th summit of Heads of State/Government of BIMSTEC 2018 ? (a) Kathmandu (b) New Delhi (c) Colombo (d) Thimpu Plot-1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] 2 WEEKLY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR WEEK 33/52(AUG 19-AUG 25) 37. Which country has launched its first state-of-the-art domestic fighter jet “Kowsar”? (a) Pakistan (b) Iran (c) North Korea (d) Israel 38. Which well-known personality has become the new brand ambassador of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP)? (a) Medha Patkar (b) Raveena Tandon (c) Vandana Shiva (d) Sugathakumari 39. India‟s largest Startup incubation and acceleration “Bhamashah Techno Hub” has launched in which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Rajasthan (d) Gujarat 40. Who has been selected for the prestigious J C Bose Fellowship-2018? (a) Appa Rao Podile (b) Anadish Pal (c) Arun Krishnamurthy (d) Abid Surti 41. Which IIT has launched an exclusive incubator “Fabless Chip Design Incubator (FabCI)” to boost chip design? (a) IIT Hyderabad (b) IIT Bombay (c) IIT Delhi (d) IIT Madras 42. Which Indian female tennis player has won bronze in women‟s singles at the 18th Asian Games 2018? (a) N. Sikki Reddy (b) Ashwini Ponnappa (c) Ankita Raina (d) Karman Kaur Thandi 43. Which of the following cities is the venue of the 2018 India Banking Conclave (IBC)? (a) Chennai (b) New Delhi (c) Indore (d) Pune 44. Who heads the steering committee which recently submitted „Making India 5G Ready‟ report to government? (a) Aruna Sundararajan (b) Vinod Tawde (c) Waqar Ali (d) AJ Paulraj 45. The Government of India (GoI) has decided to lift ban on retail sale of which life saving drug from September 2018? (a) Nialamide (b) Metformin (c) Oxytocin (d) Cyclosporine 46. The Copernicus project, under which wind-sensing satellite “Aeolus” has been launched recently, is a joint project of _____: (a) European Union and European Space Agency (b) ISRO and JAXA (c) NASA and ISRO (d) Roscosmos and ISRO 47. Vijay Chavan, who passed away recently, was associated to which of the following regional cinemas? (a) Tamil (b) Marathi (c) Odia (d) Telugu 48. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has appointed which committee to decide Vedanta‟s plea challenging closure of its Sterlite plant? (a) A K Goel committee (b) Aruna Sundararajan committee (c) M S Sivan committee (d) S J Vazifdar committee 49. The book “No Spin” is the autobiography of which veteran cricketer? (a) Anil Kumble (b) Muttiah Muralitharan (c) Shane Warne (d) Bishan Singh Bedi 50. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) has launched an initiative to save cultural heritage in flood-devastated Kerala Where is the headquarters of ICOMOS? (a) Geneva (b) Paris (c) London (d) New York ANSWER KEYS 1 a 2 d 3 b 4 a 5 c 6 b 7 b 8 d 9 d 10 b 11 b 12 c 13 c 14 a 15 b 16 c 17 b 18 d 19 a 20 b 21 a 22 a 23 c 24 b 25 d 26 a 27 b 28 c 29 b 30 d 31 d 32 b 33 c 34 c 35 a 36 a 37 b 38 b 39 c 40 a 41 a 42 c 43 b 44 d 45 c 46 a 47 b 48 d 49 c 50 b Plot-1441, Opp.