Daily Current Affairs Quiz : August 18 & 19, 2019

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Q.1) Union Minister for Chemical & Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya confirmed the First Central Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology-CICET will be set up in ______.

a) Bihar

b) Gujarat

c) Sikkim

d) Punjab

e) Goa

Q.2) In _______________, researchers of the Rajiv Gandhi University have discovered five new fish species in various districts of the state.

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Arunachal Pradesh

e) Himachal Pradesh

Q.3) Prime Minister Modi and the Bhutanese leadership ____________ resolved to take the bilateral cooperation beyond hydroelectric power sector.

a) Joko Widodo

b) Upul Chandika

c) Pema Dorji

d) Simon McMenemy

e) Lotay Tshering

Q.4) President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated an underground Bunker Museum at Raj Bhavan __________also laid the foundation stone of reconstruction of Governor’s Office.

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Gujarat

c) Maharashra

d) Rajasthan

e) Karnataka

Q.5) Top Indian sprinters Hima Das and Mohammad Anas have won a gold each in 300m races at the Athleticky Mitink Reiter event in ______________.

a) Czech Republic

b) Poland Republic

c) Austria Republic

d) Slovakia Republic

e) Romania Republic

Q.6) ____________ will embark on a three-day visit to United Arab Emirates and Bahrain of this month, the visit will further strengthen India’s friendly bilateral ties with those countries.

a) Ram Nath Kovind

b) Nirmala Sitaraman

c) M Venkaiah Naidu

d) Rajnath Singh

e) Narendra Modi

Q.7) A team of 48 Indian contestants who will take part in World Skills International Competition at Kazan in __________ was given a grand send-off in New Delhi.

a) France

b) Egypt

c) Jamaica

d) Russia

e) Hungary

Q.8) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has expressed happiness at receiving a copy of ‘History of Lithuania in _________ during his official visit to Lithuania.

a) Tamil

b) Hindi

c) Telugu

d) Sanskrit

e) Bengali

Q.9) Indian women’s hockey team held ___________ to a 2-2 draw in Olympic Test Event in Tokyo while in men’s hockey New Zealand beat India 2-1.

a) Australia

b) Canada

c) Palestine

d) Denmark

e) Pakistan

Q.10) The 5th Meeting of India-Nepal Joint Commission will be held in __________ on 21- 22 August, India-Nepal Joint Commission was established in June 1987.

a) New Delhi

b) Shimla

c) Kathmandu

d) Dhulikhel

e) Kolkata

Q.11) World Photography Day is observed on ____________ annually to raise awareness about the importance of photography founded in 2009 by Australian photographer Korske Ara.

a) 20 August

b) 19 August

c) 18 August
d) 17 August

e) 16 August

Q.12) In ___________, leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake has announced to contest the upcoming Presidential election.

a) Bangladesh

b) Maldives

c) Nepal

d) Sri Lanka

e) Bhutan

Q.13) ______________, noted social worker and Padma Shri awardee who was an octogenarian, dedicated his life to the treatment and service of leprosy patients, died at 84.

a) Raghunath Panigrahi

b) Alluri Satyanarayana Raju

c) Rabindra Narain Singh

d) Om Prakash Agrawal

e) Damodar Ganesh Bapat

Q.14) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a committee to examine allegations of illegal sand mining in the ______ river and sought a report within a month.

a) Ganga

b) Brahmaputra

c) Yamuna

d) Mahanadi

e) Sutlej

Q.15) World Humanitarian Day is observed annually on ___________ around the world to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service.

a) 19 August

b) 17 August

c) 20 August

d) 18 August

e) 21 August

Q.16) Defence Minister _____________ has approved the setting up of a Committee under the Chairmanship of DG (Acquisition) to review the DPP 2016 and DPM 2009.

a) Amit Shah

b) Harsh Vardhan

c) Arjun Munda

d) Piyush Goyal

e) Rajnath Singh

Q.17) Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank inaugurated an International Conference on Teacher Education (ICTE) in _____________.

a) Chennai

b) Mumbai

c) Surat

d) New Delhi

e) Jaipur

Q.18) The Bangladesh Cricket Board appointed former South African Coach _______________ as the Head Coach for the national cricket team.

a) Russel Domingo

b) Mark Boucher

c) Adrian Birrell

d) Malibongwe Maketa

e) Dale Benkenstein

Q.19) _____________ Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will inaugurate the first ever CNG fuel station of the state in Dibrugarh.

a) Tripura

b) Manipur

c) Assam

d) Sikkim

e) Nagaland

Q.20) Paralympics silver medallist ________________ was nominated for the country’s highest sporting honour the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

a) Mariyappan Thangavelu

b) Deepa Malik

c) Rajinder Rahelu

d) Varun Singh Bhati

e) Devendra Jhajharia

Q.21) In ______________, state government will set up Atal Bihari Vajpayee residential schools for children of labourers in all 18 divisions of state.

a) Maharashtra

b) Gujarat

c) Karnataka

d) Uttar Pradesh

e) Meghalaya

Q.22) Researchers in the ________ in Britain developed a new technique that could make light-based cancer treatment more effective and safer for patients while reducing its cost.

a) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

b) Harvard University

c) University of Cambridge

d) Stanford University

e) University of Sheffield

Q.23) President Ram Nath Kovind attended the golden jubilee celebration of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Science at Sevagram in Wardha District of _____________.

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Kerala

c) Maharashtra

d) Andhra Pradesh

e) Gujarat

Q.24) India has won gold at the Under 12 Asian Tennis Team championship held in _____________ defeated Chinese Taipei 2-1 in the summit clash to win the title.

a) Kazakhstan

b) Turkmenistan

c) Uzbekistan

d) Kyrgyzstan

e) Tajikistan

Q.25) The United Nation refugee agency (UNRA) has informed Myanmar and Bangladesh are making a second attempt to start repatriating ___________ muslims.

a) Azad Kashmir

b) Rohingya

c) Sargodha

d) Mawlamyine

e) Rawalpindi

Q.26) The Men’s hockey team of India defeated ___________ 6-0 in their opening encounter of the Olympic Test Event in Tokyo.

a) Japan

b) Indonesia

c) China

d) Australia

e) Malaysia

Q.27) In Iceland, people will gather to commemorate the loss of the glacier _____________, which was officially declared dead in 2014 at the age of 700.

a) Biafo

b) Pasterze

c) Satopanth

d) Okjokull

e) Malaspina

Q.28) Veteran Cricketer, Former India and Tamil Nadu opener ________________ passed away at the age of 57.

a) V.B. Chandrasekhar

b) P. R. Ashokanand

c) T.K. Balasubramaniam

d) M. G. Bhavanarayanan

e) D. C. Karthikeyan

Q.29) India’s foreign exchange reserves surged by $1.620 billion to _____________ in the week to 9 August on rise in foreign currency assets according to the latest RBI data released.

a) $210.350 billion

b) $320.461 billion

c) $430.572 billion

d) $540.683 billion

e) $650.794 billion

Q.30) ______________ won the UEFA Super Cup for a fourth time following a penalty shoot-out defeat of Premier League rivals Chelsea in Istanbul.

a) FC Barcelona

b) Liverpool FC

c) KV Mechelen

d) UC Sampdoria

e) Manchester United

Current Affairs Quiz – August 18 & 19, 2019