CURRENT AFFAIR AUGUST MONTH 2018

CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2018

1.     Who has been elected as the new President of Pakistan?

[A] Maulana Fazlur
[B] Aitzaz Ahsan
[C] Arif Alvi
[D] Mamnoon Hussain

2.     Which of the following cities is the venue of the International Aviation Summit 2018?

[A] New Delhi
[B] Pune
[C] Kolkata
[D] Chennai

3.     The multi-nation tsunami mock exercise (drill) “IOWave18” has started in which of the following oceans?

[A] Indian Ocean
[B] Pacific Ocean
[C] Atlantic Ocean
[D] Southern Antarctic Ocean

4.     India is hosting its first-ever FIBA 3×3 World Tour Masters event in which city?

[A] New Delhi
[B] Hyderabad
[C] Pune
[D] Chennai

5.     Which country is host to the International Women Entrepreneurs Summit (IWES) 2018?

[A] Nepal
[B] India
[C] Bhutan
[D] Sri Lanka

6.     The joint military exercise “Rapid Trident 2018” has started in which country?

[A] Russia
[B] Ukraine
[C] China
[D] Mongolia

7.     Which state government has decided to organise employment camps for martyrs’ families?

[A] Haryana
[B] Punjab
[C] Rajasthan
[D] Madhya Pradesh

8.     Indian men’s hockey team defeated which country to win bronze at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games?

[A] Japan
[B] South Korea
[C] Indonesia
[D] Pakistan

9.     Who is the author of the book “Moving On, Moving Forward: A year in Office”?

[A] Sumitra Mahajan
[B] Anand Sharma
[C] Arun Jaitley
[D] Venkaiah Naidu

10.  What was the theme of the 2018 World Coconut Day (WCD)?

[A] Coconut: A Healthy Drink
[B] Coconut for Family Nutrition, Health, and Wellness
[C] Coconut for Healthy Life
[D] Coconut for Good Health, Wealth & Wellness

11.  Who has been sworn-in as the first female high court Chief Justice in Pakistan?

[A] Tahira Safdar
[B] Maria Hassan
[C] Riffat Quraishi
[D] Asifa Ulfah

12.  Which of the following has won India’s only boxing Gold at the 18th Asian Games 2018?

[A] Gaurav Solanki
[B] Shiva Thapa
[C] Vikas Krishan Yadav
[D] Amit Panghal

13.  Who has been named for Dr B.C. Roy National Award for 2018 as Eminent Medical Person of the Year?

[A] Basant Kumar Mishra
[B] Indira Hinduja
[C] Siva Ramakrishna
[D] Kamini Rao

14.  Which country has took over the chairmanship of the 5th Summit of BIMSTEC?

[A] Myanmar
[B] Bangladesh
[C] India
[D] Sri Lanka

15.  Which of the following cities is the venue of the MOVE: India’s First Global Mobility Summit 2018?

[A] New Delhi
[B] Pune
[C] Chennai
[D] Kolkata

16.  Which country to host the 2019 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships?

[A] India
[B] Bhutan
[C] North Korea
[D] Sri Lanka

17.  ISRO is planning to use which launch vehicle to send Gaganyan in space by 2022?

[A] GSLV Mk-V
[B] GSLV Mk-II
[C] GSLV Mk-III
[D] GSLV Mk-IV

18.  On which date, the 2018 National Sports Day (NSD) was observed recently?

[A] August 27
[B] August 29
[C] August 28
[D] August 26

19.  Who was officially sworn-in as the new President of Zimbabwe?

[A] Robert Mugabe
[B] Emmerson Mnangagwa
[C] Canaan Banana
[D] Constantino Chiwenga

20.  Which of the following cities is the venue of the International Water Colour Festival 2018?

[A] Bhopal
[B] Ranchi
[C] Patna
[D] Hyderabad

21.  The 2018 Nallur Kantha Swamy festival has started in which neighbouring country of India?

[A] Bangladesh
[B] Bhutan
[C] Sri Lanka
[D] Nepal

22.  Which state government has decided to organize youths’ conclave ‘ATAL’ in September 2018?

[A] Chhattisgarh
[B] Assam
[C] Jharkhand
[D] Arunachal Pradesh

23.  The world’s first public blockchain bond “bond-i” has recently launched by which International organisation?

[A] AIIB
[B] ADB
[C] World Bank
[D] IMF

24.  Which country is host to the multi-nation counter-terror exercise “SCO Peace Mission 2018”?

[A] Uzbekistan
[B] Russia
[C] China
[D] Kazakhstan

25.  Who has been appointed the new Governor of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)?

[A] Satya Pal Malik
[B] Tathagata Roy
[C] Satyadev Narayan Arya
[D] Baby Rani Maurya

26.  Which space agency has confirmed presence of ice on Moon using data from the Chandrayaan-I spacecraft?

[A] JAXA
[B] NASA
[C] Roscosmos
[D] CNSA

27.  Which of the following is/are partner country for the 2018 International Buddhist Conclave (IBC)?

[A] Japan
[B] Germany
[C] Russia
[D] All of the above

28.  Gurudas Kamat, who passed away recently, was associated with which political party?

[A] CPI
[B] INC
[C] BJP
[D] NCP

29.  The book “281 and Beyond” is the autobiography of which Indian cricketer?

[A] Rahul Dravid
[B] Sourav Ganguly
[C] Sunil Gavaskar
[D] VVS Laxman

30.  Which Indian woman cricketer has recently announced her retirement from International T20 cricket?

[A] Mansi Joshi
[B] Puja Vastrakar
[C] Shikha Pandey
[D] Jhulan Goswami