DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ : ( 13 AUGUST TO 14 AUGUST 2019) No. of Questions: 15 Correct: Full Mark: 15 Wrong: Time: 15 min Mark Secured: 1. Name an Indian biologist who is set to 5. Which team defeated Dabang Delhi in the become the 1st woman president of the finals by 8-1 to win the Ultimate Table Indian National Science Academy. Tennis league? a)Manju Sharma a)Puneri Paltan T.T. b)Amita Sehgal b)Chennai Lions c)Mitali Mukerji c)Goa Challengers d)Chandrima Shaha d)U Mumba T.T. e)Veena Parnaik e)RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata 2. Which state government has launched the 6. Which player has been been awarded the ‘Mukhya Mantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana’ UEFA’s Goal of the Season award for 2018- under which money would be directly 19? transferred into the bank accounts of a)Cristiano Ronaldo farmers in the state? b)Kylian Mbappé a)Jharkhand c)Luka Modric b)West Bengal d)Antoine Griezmann c)Andhra Pradesh e)Lionel Messi d)Rajasthan 7. Name the tennis star who defeated e)Punjab Russian Daniil Medvedev by 6-3, 6-0 3. Name an Indian Badminton star who recently to win in Montreal to win 35th defeated Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew in Masters crown. final clash to win the Men’s Singles title in a)Roger Federer the Hyderabad Open. b)Rafael Nadal a)Kidambi Srikanth c)Novak Djokovic b)Sameer Verma d)Andy Murray c)H.S Prannoy e)John Isner d)Sai Praneeth 8. Name the private sector bank who e)Sourabh Verma partnered with digital healthcare platform 4. The United Nation observes ...................... Practo to launch an industry-first co- every year as "International Youth Day" to branded health credit card. examine how governments, young people a)ICICI Bank and youth-led and youth focused b)Yes Bank organizations, as well as other c)HDFC Bank stakeholders, are transforming education. d)RBL Bank a)10th August e)IDFC Bank b)13th August 9. The event, organised by Vasudhaiv c)12th August Kutumbakam Foundation has entered the d)15th August Champions Book of World Records (for the e)14th August longest tricolour) after thousands of students and members of several social1 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-750015 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ organisations unfurled a 15-km long 14. Which country has decided to remove national flag by forming a human chain Japan from its preferred trade list because ahead of the Independence day. The Japan has failed to uphold international event was held in ................... principles while managing its export a)Rajasthan controls on sensitive materials? b)Chhattisgarh a)Russia c)Tamil Nadu b)North Korea d)Kerala c)China e)Karnataka d)The United States of America 10. Name an Indian wrestler who defeated e)South Korea Iran’s Peiman Bibyani by 2-0 in the 65 kg 15. The 14th Session of the Conference of the final of the men’s freestyle competition to Parties to the United Nations Convention win gold at Tbilisi Grand Prix held in Tbilisi, to Combat Desertification (COP14), will Georgia. take place on 2-13 September 2019 at a)Sushil Kumar ........................., India. b)Yogeshwar Dutt a)Greater Noida c)Naresh Kumar b)Patna d)Amit Kumar Dahiya c)Ranchi e)Bajrang Punia d)Lucknow 11. World Biofuel Day is observed every year e)Manesar on ............. to create awareness about the importance of non-fossil fuels as an ANSWER KEY: alternative to conventional fossil fuels. 1 d 9 b a)10th August 2 a 10 e b)13th August 3 e 11 a c)12th August 4 c 12 d d)15th August 5 b 13 c e)14th August 6 e 14 e 12. Which technology company has 7 b 15 a announced a partnership with Reliance Jio 8 d to accelerate the digital transformation in India? a)Apple Inc. b)Dell c)Sony Corporation d)Microsoft e)Hewlett-Packard 13. Name an Indian scientist and innovator whose 100th birth anniversary was recently celebrated and who is also considered as the father of India’s space program. a)Homi Jehangir Bhabha b)A.P.J. Abdul Kalam c)Vikram A Sarabhai d)Chandrashekhara Venkata Raman e)Srinivasa Ramanujan 2 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-750015 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] .