Current Affairs Quiz 26 August 2018
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- Anil Ambani has resigned from the post of the Director of which among the following companies?
A) Reliance Aerostructure Limited
B) Reliance Energy Ventures Ltd.
C) Reliance Naval and Engineering Ltd
D) Reliance Electric Generation and Supply Private Ltd
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Option C
Explanation: Anil D Ambani has resigned as the Director of Reliance Naval and Engineering Ltd (RNAVAL) with immediate effect. Ambani resigned in compliance with provisions of Section 165 of the Companies Act, 2013, prescribing the limit on directorships to only 10 public companies.
- The G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting 2018 was held in which country?
A) France
B) Indonesia
C) Brazil
D) Argentina
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Option D
Explanation: The G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting 2018 was held in Salta, in the north-west of Argentina on August 23-24, 2018. The meet took place ahead of the 2018 G20 Summit to be held in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina by 2018 end. It will be the 13th meeting of Group of Twenty (G20).
- Name the Indian air service company which recently conducted India’s first test flight partially powered by bio-fuel.
A) Jet Airways
B) SpiceJet
C) Air India
D) IndiGo
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Option B
Explanation: Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet conducted India’s first test flight partially powered by bio-fuel. The flight operated from Dehradun to IGI Airport Terminal 2 at Delhi. The initiative aims to reduce costs of air travel by replacing the costly aviation turbine fuel.
- Name the Public sector bank which has been ranked as the best PSU bank in India in overall digital transactions category by the Ministry of Finance.
A) Punjab National Bank
B) Bank of baroda
C) Union Bank of India
D) Bank of Maharashtra
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Option A
Explanation: Punjab National Bank (PNB), which was recently hit by a multi billion dollar fraud by manipulation of its financial messaging, Swift system, has been ranked as the topmost PSU bank in the overall digital transactions category in India. The report by the DFS (Department of Financial Services), Ministry of Finance, states that PNB’s average percentage of technical declines is only 0.83 per cent of the total transactions.
- Name the winner of the JK Tyre 29th Monsoon Scooter Rally held in Nashik.
A) Zeeshan Sayed
B) Rohan Thakur
C) Venkatesh Shetty
D) Syed Asif Ali
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Option C
Explanation: Mumbai based defending champion Venkatesh Shetty has won the JK Tyre 29th Monsoon Scooter Rally held on August 25 in Nashik. Zeeshan Sayed, also from Mumbai, claimed the second place while TVS Racing’s Syed Asif Ali took the third place, finishing the entire stretch in 21 minutes and 36 seconds, and 22 minutes and 19 seconds, respectively.
- Dr. Deepak Agarwal who has been honored with Dr BC Roy National Award in the category of Best Talents in Encouraging the Development of Specialties in Different Branches in Medicines hails from which state?
A) West Bengal
B) Assam
C) Maharashtra
D) Uttar Pradesh
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Option D
Explanation: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated three doctors from the state for being named by the Medical Council of India (MCI) for the coveted Dr BC Roy National Award. M.L. Bhatt, Rakesh Kapoor and Deepak Agarwal have been recognised for the award from Uttar Pradesh.
- Julie Bishop has recently resigned as the Foreign Minister of which country?
A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) Singapore
D) United States
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Option A
Explanation: Julie Bishop, 62, has resigned as the Australian Foreign Minister, after newly-appointed Prime Minister Scott Morrison named his cabinet following his win in a bruising leadership contest. Morrison has announced that New South Wales Senator Marise Payne would take over as Foreign Minister.
- Veteran politician John McCain passed away. He hailed from which country?
A) Australia
B) United States
C) France
D) Germany
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Option B
Explanation: US senator John McCain died after losing a battle to brain cancer. He was 81. He was an American politician and naval officer who served as a United States Senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death.
- Gopal Bose was a well known player of which sports?
A) Tennis
B) Golf
C) Hockey
D) Cricket
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Option D
Explanation: Former India One-Day International (ODI) cricketer Gopal Bose has died after suffering a massive cardiac arrest. He was 71. Bengal based right-handed batsman Bose, played for India in one ODI at the Oval against England in 1974. A knock of 170 for Rest of India in the Irani Trophy match against Bombay in 1973-74 brought him closer to national selection.
- K.K. Haridas was a well known director of which Film Industry?
A) Bengali
B) Kannada
C) Malayalam
D) Marathi
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Option C
Explanation: Malayalam film director K.K. Haridas passed away in Kochi following a heart attack. Haridas, 52, started his career as an assistant in the 80s and since then has worked as an associate in 48 films before turning into a full time director. He has directed a total of 20 films.
