Daily Quiz Update- 30 August

A Sarmah

5 years ago

This set of Daily Quiz 30 August 2018 contains 10 multiple choice questions. One mark for each correct answer. No negative marking for incorrect answer.

1. Who is the chairman of the newly constituted Prime Minister's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC)?

a) K. Vijay Raghavan

b) R. Chidambaram

c) S.K. Sikka

d) None of these

Correct! Wrong!

Union government has constituted this 21 member PM-STIAC under the leadership of the principal scientific advisor to the government K. Vijay Raghavan

2. Which of the following ministry has ordered all states to ban e-cigarettes and other Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS)

a) Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)

b) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

c) Ministry of Food Processing Industries

d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Correct! Wrong!

3. Who is the newly elected president of Zimbabwe?

a) Emmerson Mnangagwa

b) Nelson Chamisa

c) Robert Mugabe

d) None of these

Correct! Wrong!

4. National Sports day on 29 August is celebrated to mark birth anniversary of:

a) Milkha Singh

b) Dhyan Chand

c) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

d) None of these

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5. Which of the following state-owned bank topped in the list of digital transactions?

a) State Bank of India

b) Punjab National Bank

c) Canara Bank

d) Allahabad Bank

Correct! Wrong!

6. Bond-i, the world's first blockchain bond has been launched by:

a) Asian Development Bank

b) HSBC Bank

c) Swiss Bank Corporation

d) World Bank

Correct! Wrong!

7. Atal Ji Ne Kaha book is authored and complied by:

a) Lal Krishna Advani

b) Abhay Dubey

c) Sambit Patra

d) Brijendra Rehi

Correct! Wrong!

8. Which of the following tribal language has become India's first tribal language to get own Wikipedia edition?

a) Bodo

b) Mara

c) Santhali

d) None of these

Correct! Wrong!

Santali is a language in the Munda subfamily of Austroasiatic languages.

9. Sneha Sparsha scheme, one of the healthcare scheme of Govt. of Assam is for the:

a) Children below 12 years of age

b) Pregnant Women of Assam

c) Person having minimum 80 years of age

d) None of these

Correct! Wrong!

10. Which of the following country has overtaken India as the poverty capital of the world?

a) Pakistan

b) Bangladesh

c) Nigeria

d) Bhutan

Correct! Wrong!

Although India is the sixth largest economy in the world, as per world bank survey 2012, 21.2% of the population still lives in below poverty line and as per Oxfam survey 2018, 1% of the richest Indian has cornered 73% of the wealth generated in the country last year.

Daily Quiz Update- 30 August

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