Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 08/10/2018

Q1. The Election Commission has announced the poll schedule for Assembly elections in 5 states. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India?

1. Lal Thanhawla
2. Ashok Lavasa
3. Sunil Arora
4. Om Prakash Rawat
5. Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Solution:

The Election Commission has announced the poll schedule for Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. Om Prakash Rawat is Chief Election Commissioner of India. Sunil Arora and Ashok Lavasa are Election Commissioners of India.

Q2. Eminent Personality Natwar Thakkar, died in a private hospital after a brief illness. He was popularly known as __________.

1. Modern day Gandhi
2. Manipur's Iron man
3. Manipur's Gandhi
4. Nagaland's Gandhi
5. Seemant Gandhi

Solution:

Eminent Gandhian Natwar Thakkar, popularly known as Nagaland's Gandhi, died in a private hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Thakkar, a Padma Shri awardee, had founded the Nagaland Gandhi Ashram at Chuchuyimlang.

Q3. The Centre has assured _______ government that nearly 450 crore rupees will be reimbursed to it in connection with the expenditure incurred for procuring cereals and coarse cereals.

1. Telangana
2. Kerala
3. Karnataka
4. Andhra Pradesh
5. Maharashtra

Solution:

The Centre has assured Karnataka government that nearly 450 crore rupees will be reimbursed to it in connection with the expenditure incurred for procuring cereals and coarse cereals.

Q4. Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and the state Chief Minister Raman Singh laid the foundation stone of two key railway projects in Chhattisgarh. Who is the present Governor of Chhattisgarh?

1. E.S.L. Narasimhan
2. Anandiben Patel
3. Lal Ji Tandon
4. Baby Rani Maurya
5. Kalyan Singh

Solution:

The construction of a new railway line connecting Katghora-Mungeli-Kawardha-Dongargarh would accelerate the growth of the mineral rich region. Anandiben Patel is the present Governor of Chhattisgarh.

Q5. Who was recently sworn in as the 114th Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States?

1. Tarun Gogoi
2. John Roberts
3. Mike Pence
4. Mike Pompeo
5. Brett Kavanaugh

Solution:

In USA, President Donald Trump's controversial nominee Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th Justice of the Supreme Court.

Q6. Which of the following state recently inaugurated its first Investors Summit at its capital city?

1. Chhattisgarh
2. Uttarakhand
3. Assam
4. Jharkhand
5. Bihar

Solution:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first Uttarakhand Investors Summit in Dehradun. All the leading business firms and industrial houses participated in the two-day event to explore investment opportunities in the hill state in 12 major sectors, including tourism and hospitality.

Q7. The country's biggest skill competition, India Skills 2018 has recently been concluded in ________.

1. New Delhi
2. Patna
3. Goa
4. Ahmadabad
5. Bengaluru

Solution:

The country's biggest skill competition, India Skills 2018 has concluded in New Delhi. The 164 winners were awarded by Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anant Kumar Hegde.

Q8. The 45th World Skills Competition 2019 will take place in which of the following country?

1. India
2. South Korea
3. China
4. Finland
5. Russia

Solution:

Some of the winners of the India Skills 2018 will be given additional training, before they represent India at the 45th World Skills Competition at which will be taking place at Kazan, Russia in 2019.

Q9. In India, Air Force day is celebrated on _______.

1. 26 July
2. 4 October
3. 8 October
4. 16 December
5. 8 September

Solution:

The Indian Air Force is celebrating its 86th Anniversary on 08 Oct 2018. To mark the occasion and in keeping up with the tradition, IAF has planned a grand Parade cum Investiture Ceremony at Air Force Station Hindan (Ghaziabad).

Q10. President Ram Nath Kovind has reached Tajikistan on a three-day visit. What is the currency of Tajikistan?

1. Somoni
2. Som
3. Tenge
4. Manat
5. Pesa

Solution:

Somoni is the currency of Tajikistan.