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

Q1) Which cricket board will host the 2018 edition of the Asia Cup ?

(a) Board of Control for Cricket in India

(b) Emirates Cricket Board (ECB)

(d) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)

Ans:b

Q2) Ministry Of Agriculture Proposes To United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO) To Declare 2019 as ______________?

(a) International Year of Millets

(b) International Year of Wheat

(d) International Year of Pulses

Ans:a

Q3) The Indian Army plans to scale Mount Makalu. It is the_______highest mountain peak in the world?

(a) Third

(b) Seventh

(d) Sixth

Ans:c

Q4) Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launched Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) which provides annual cashless health coverage of ___________per beneficiary family per annum?

(a) Rs 6 lakh

(b) Rs 7 lakh

(d) Rs 5 Lakh

Ans:d

Q5) Which Oscar-winning director will be honoured with the annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) honours ?

(a) Steven Spielberg

(b) Ang Lee

(d) Guillermo Del Toro

Ans:b

Q6) Which of the following actresses has topped the Forbes’ annual list of the world’s highest-paid actresses ?

(a) Angelina Jolie

(b) Jennifer Aniston

(d) Emma Stone

Ans:c

Q7) On 18 August, 2018 Helium steps into its ______ year since its discovery?

(a) 100th

(b) 150th

(d) 175th

Ans:b

Q8) Former cricketer and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan elected as_______Prime Minister Of Pakistan?

(a) 24th

(b) 23rd

(d) 22nd

Ans:d

Q9) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has constituted a committee to review food labelling standards. Who will head this committee?

(a) Pradeep Kumar Sinha

(b) B Sesikeran

(d) Umesh Sinha

Ans:b

Q10) Who has created history by winning India’s maiden medal in Men’s Keirin event of UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships held in Switzerland ?

(a) Bikram Singh

(b) Amrit singh

(d) Esow Alben

Ans:d

Q11) International Conference on Recent Advances in Food Processing Technology (iCRAFPT) was held in which state?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Karnataka

(d) Odisha

Ans:c

Q12) Which country waved its flag at half-mast in order to give tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee?

(a) Pakistan

(b) Bangladesh

(d) Bhutan

Ans:c

Q13) Which cricketer has been banned for 10 years, due to his role in the spot-fixing scandal, by Pakistan Cricket Board?

(a) Mohamed Aamir

(b) Babur Azam

(d) Nasir Jamshed

Ans:d

Q14) Who has sworn in as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Parliament’s lower house?

(a) Asad Qaiser

(b) Syed Khursheed Shah

(d) Hussain Sharif

Ans:a

Q15) Former Indian hockey player who won gold medal in the 1978 Bangkok Asian Games passed away recently, what was his name?

(a) Harmit Singh

(b) Hakkam Singh Bhattal

(d) Pargat Singh

Ans:b

Q16) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an interim relief fund of how much amount for flood-hit Kerala ?

(a) ₹500 crore

(b) ₹600 crore

(d) ₹650 crore

Ans:a

Q17) The first black African to become UN secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize winner passed away recently, what was his name ?

(a) George Sampaio

(b) Philippo grandi

(d) Kofi Annan

Ans:d

Q18) The navies of India and Singapore will conduct joint exercises next month to commemorate which anniversary of the maritime bilateral relations between the two countries?

(a) 20th

(b) 35th

(d) 50th

Ans:c

Q19) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has inaugurated how many new taluks in southern districts of the state ?

(a) Three

(b) Five

(d) Four

Ans:d

Q20) The split of Congress took place in which session ?

(a) Lucknow Session

(b) Surat session