? 16 to 18 .08.2018 A) B) C) D) CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 5. Mario Abdo Benitez was sworn in as 1. What was Delhi’s rank in the Global the new President of which nation? Liveability Index 2018.? A) Colombia B) Mexico A) 52 B) 78 C) 99 D) 112 C) Paraguay D) Venezuela 2018 ? ? A) 52 B) 78 C) 99 D) 112 A) B) 2. India’s first-ever women’s bank- Bharatiya Mahila Bank was merged C) D) with which bank? 6. Who was India’s first ODI captain? A) SBI B) RBI A) M A K Pataudi B) Lala Amarnath C) BOI D) BOB C) Nari Contractor D) Ajit Wadekar ? A) M A K Pataudi B) Lala Amarnath ? A) SBI B) RBI C) Nari Contractor D) Ajit Wadekar C) BOI D) BOB 7. Who has been appointed as the head 3. Who was appointed as the brand coach of women’s cricket team? ambassador of road safety campaign A) Anil Kumble B) Ramesh Powar in India? C) Virender Sehwag D) V V S Laxman A) Akshay Kumar B) Sharukh Khan C) Aamir Khan D) Salman Khan ? A) Anil Kumble B) Ramesh Powar ? C) Virender Sehwag D) V V S Laxman 8. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari A) B) Vajpayee passed away on August 16, C) D) 2018. In which year, he became India’s 4. Which state will observe September as Prime Minister for first time? the ‘month of nutrition’.? A) 1996 B) 1997 A) Haryana B) Rajasthan C) 1998 D) 1999 C) Gujarat D) Maharashtra ' 2018 ' 16 . / [ 1 6 inter-State projects.? A) Sushil Modi committee ? B) Sunil Mehta committee A) 1996 B) 1997 C) Bikram Dutta committee C) 1998 D) 1999 D) Narendra Kumar committee - 9. Which Indian cities wete included in ? the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2018 A) Global Liveability Index? B) A) Chennai and Delhi ) B) Delhi and Mumbai C D) C) Mumbai and Pune D) Pune and Chennai 12. Which telecom company launched 2018 a VOIP based phone service ‘WINGS’.? A) BSNL B) MTNL C) Airtel D) Jio ? A) VOIP B) WINGS ? C) A) BSNL B) MTNL C) Airtel D) Jio D) 10. Which city hosted the 24th World 13. Which organisation was ranked as Congress of Philosophy 2018? India’s most patriotic brand, as per A) New Delhi B) Seoul survey conducted by UK-based C) Beijing D) Kathmandu YouGov.? A) Maruti Suzuki 2018 24 B) State Bank of India C) Patanjali D) Reliance Jio ? A) B) YouGov C) D) , India’s 11. Which committee was constituted most patriotic brand by the Central government to ? coordinate the discharge of floodwaters from Kerala-Tamil Nadu A) w w w . s m a r t p lusacademy.com 8 6 8 0 0 7 7 7 3 7 [ 1 6 to 18 .08.18 Quiz A) 2020 B) 2022 B) C) 2021 D) 2023 C) D) 14. The 18-time Grammy Award winning singer Aretha Franklin passed ' ' away recently at the age of 76. Which ? nation did she belong to? A) 2020 B) 2022 A) United States B) United Kindgom C) 2021 D) 2023 C) Germany D) Argentina 18. Who tops the list of India’s 18 wealthiest women 2018? A) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw B) Indu Jain 76 C) Smitha V. Crishna D) Roshni Nadar . 2018 ? A) B) ? C) D) 15. Which country has formed ‘Iran A) - Action Group’ for post-nuclear deal B) policy? C) . A) France B) Russia D) C) Japan D) United States ? A) B) C) D) 16. The world’s oldest cheese was discovered from a tomb in which 19. For controlling air pollution related issues in Delhi, the vehicles that run on nation.? petrol and CNG will have light blue A) Peru B) Belgium stickers, while the diesel vehicles will C) Italy D) Egypt have orange stickers. The scheme is , based on a model used in.? A) Paris B) Rome ? C) Sydney D) New York A) B) C) D) 17. Which year India announced , manned space mission 'Gaganyaan' will be launched? w w w . s m a r t p lusacademy.com / 8 6 8 0 0 7 7 7 3 7 [ 1 6 to 18 .08.18 , (LAC) ? . A) B) ? C) A) B) D) 23. Which of the following state in India C) D) 20. Which country released 470 Million is under AFSPA: Armed Forces Nepali Rupees Grant For Terai Roads Special Power Act? Project In Nepal? A) Uttar pradesh B) Tripura A) India B) Pakistan C) Assam D) Mizoram C) Saudi Arabia D) Indonesia AFSPA ( ) 470 ? A) B) ? C) D) A) B) 24. Who has been elected as the C) Speaker of Pakistan's Parliament? D) A) Imran Khan 21. On 72nd Independence Day, a B) Syed Khursheed Shah 1,100 feet long national flag was C) Nisar Ali Khan D) Asad Qaiser unfurled in? A) Assam B) Gujarat C) Uttar Pradesh D) Maharashtra ? 72- , 1,100 A) B) C) D) ? 25. Who has resigned his position as A) B) the leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)? C) D) A) Sushil Gupta B) Arvind Kejriwal 22. Between which countries does the C) Ashutosh D) Kumar Vishwas Line of Actual Control (LAC) lie.? A) India and Pakistan B) India and Bangladesh C) India and Bhutan ? D) India and China A) B) C) D) / 7 7 7 3 7 [ 1 6 to 18 .08.18 - 26. What technology did the Ashok Leyland introduce recently? _______ ? A) BS III B) Innoline A) Panchayat B) Township C) Ignoware D) Turbox C) Taluk D) Gram Panchayat 30. Where is the headquarters of Emirates Cricket Board located ? A) Saudi Arabia B) Oman ? A) BS III B) Innoline C) Dubai D) Sharjah C) Ignoware D) Turbox 27. How much percent of quota that the ? Central government has allocated for A) B) SC/ST employees in government jobs C) D) promotions? A) 22.5% B) 12.25% C) 50% D) 25% SC / ST ? A) 22.5% B) 12.25% C) 50% D) 25% 28. At how many Railway stations QUS ANS QUS ANS QUS ANS ‘Digital Screens’ were launched 1 D 11 D 21 B recently ? 2 A 12 A 22 D A) 22 B) 30 C) 35 D) 45 3 A 13 B 23 C 4 B 14 A 24 D ' ' 5 C 15 D 25 C ? A) 22 B) 30 C) 35 D) 45 6 D 16 D 26 B 29. An administrative divisions of India 7 B 17 B 27 A denoting a sub-district which consist of 8 A 18 C 28 A multiple villages and a few towns is called _________? 9 B 19 A 29 C A) Panchayat B) Township 10 C 20 A 30 D C) Taluk D) Gram Panchayat w w w . s m a r t p lusacademy.com / 8 6 8 0 0 7 7 7 3 7 [ 1 6 to 18 .08.18 .