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SSC & Bank Exams Daily Current Affairs – English By Dr Gaurav Garg | Free PDF Download | 18th August’18

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Q1)Navroz new year was being celebrated across the world. This is the festival of which community?
(a) Parsi
(b) Iranian
(c) Shinto
(d) Jews
Ans:a

Q2)Which state has launched Dial 100 Mobile app to help the needy at the time of emergency?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Bihar
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans:d

•Pollution Meter APP
•First butterfly park–Raisen district
• Khajuraho Dance Festival – Chhatarpur District
•Pink Electricity Zone for Women Staff
•Mukhyamantri Mahila Kosh”, to provide pension to unmarried women above 50 years
•5th ‘NadiMahotsava’ Hoshangabad
•Animal healthcare programme, ‘ Pashu Dhan Sanjeevani – 1962
•Raising the retirement age of State government employees from 60 years to 62 years
•Kadaknath Chicken – GI Tag (Jhabua)
•Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyaan – Ramnagar India’s first Integrated Controland Command
Centre (ICCC) for all seven smart cities of the state
•Mohanpur Irrigation Project – Rajgarh
• launched a portal “Hum Chuu Lenge Aasmaan” Career Counselling programme‘Pahal’
• Deen Dayal Canteen
• Girls as District Brand Ambassador who have made significant achievements under the Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao Yojana Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, MP to Satkosia Tiger Reserve, Odisha

Q3)Bharti AXA along with which bank will jointly offer the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana ?
(a) Paytm payment bank
(b) Airtel Payment Bank
(c) Yes Bank
(d) Axis Bank
Ans:b

Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima
•Minimum Age 18 Years
•Maximum Age 50 Years
•Maturity Age – 55 Years
* Insurance – 2,00,000 rupees
* Annual Premium – 330 rupees

Q4)Former captain of Indian cricket team ,Ajit Wadekar, passed away recently. Where was he born?
(a) Pune
(b) Mumbai
(c) Delhi
(d) Nagpur
Ans:b

Q5)The multi-purpose Barak 8 missile defence system which was jointly developed by India and Israel, will be procured by the which country’s Navy ?
(a) Russia
(b) India
(c) Japan
(d) Israel
Ans:d
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Q6)Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA)under Union Commerce Ministry ?
(a) Anmol Parekh
(b) Vijayata Tomar
(c) K S Srinivas
(d) Nidhi Singh
Ans:c

Q7)Nitstone Finserv, a digital lending platform that got approval to start operations of NBFC Business in India, has appointed how many Independent Directors?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Two
(d) Three
Ans:d

Q8)Who has been elected as the Chairman of the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI), a global policy making initiative ?
(a) N Raghuram
(b) David Kanter
(c) K Gopalakrishnan
(d) Mark Sutton
Ans:a

Q9)Indian Banks’ Association has appointed who as a ‘Knowledge Partner’ to the Banks Board Bureau(BBB) ?
(a) Korn Ferry International
(b) Stanton Chase International
(c) Spencer Stuart
(d) Egon Zehnder International
Ans:d

Exp:Bank Board Bureau
Bhanu Pratap Sharma

Q10)Who has been sworn in as the new President of Paraguay?
(a) Mario Abdo Benítez
(b) Horacio Cartes
(c) Bernardo de Velasco
(d) Niconor Duarte
Ans:a

Q11) Who have been conferred with the 2018 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research?
(a) James P. Allison
(b) Carl June
(c) Steven A. Rosenberg
(d) All of the above
Ans:d

Q12)Who has been elected as the Mali President ?
(a) Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga
(b) Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
(c) Amadou Sanogo
(d) Moussa Traore
Ans:b

Q13)Who has announced partnership with IRCTC app ‘IRCTC Rail Connect’, to facilitate convenient, fast and secure payments ?
(a) FreeCharge
(b) PhonePe
(c) Airtel payment
(d) Samsung Pay
Ans:b

Q14)India Ratings has cut down the growth forecast of India from 7.4% to _____________ for FY19 ?
(a) 7.1 %
(b) 7.2 %
(c) 7.3%
(d) 7 %
Ans:b

Q15)The famous singer, known as Queen of Soul, died recently, what was her name?
(a) Annie Lennox
(b) Diana Ross
(c) Cindy locker
(d) Aretha Franklin
Ans:d

Q16)Who has become India’s 53rd Grandmaster after winning Abu Dhabi Masters?
(a) Nihal Sarin
(b) R. Praggnanandhaa
(c) G.N.Gopal
(d) S.L. Narayan
Ans:a

Q17)Chanakya was also known as –
(a) Bhattasvamin
(b) Rajasekhar
(c) Vishnugupta
(d) Visakhadatta
Ans:c

Q18)In Jainism ‘perfect knowledge’ is referred to as –
(a) Jina
(b) Ratna
(c) Nirvana
(d) Kaivalya
Ans:d

Q19)Ghughua Fossil Park is located in which state?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Odisha
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Gujarat
Ans:c

Q20)11th World Hindi Conference is being organized From 18-20 August in which country ?
(a) Maldives
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Canada
(d) Mauritius
Ans:d

Exp:•Mauritius PM Praveen Kumar Jagannath
• (theme) “”Hindi Vishwa Aur Bharatiy Sanskriti””
•First World Hindi Conference 1975, Nagpur
•National Hindi Day – 14 September
•World Hindi Day – 10 January
• 17th World Sanskrit Conference – Vancouver,
Canada

Q21)In Which city of India the first Hamboldt penguin “The Freedom Baby” took birth ?
(a) Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Nagpur
(d) Pune
Ans:b

Q22)NGT has ordered which state to bear the expenses for patients who have been affected because of rising pollution of Kali, Hindon and Krishna Rivers?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Karnataka
Ans:a

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