Current Affairs Questions for IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Exam: 22nd August 2018

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Current Affairs Questions for IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Exam: 21st August 2018

Current Affairs Quiz Based on The Hindu: 22nd August

The General Awareness Section of Banking Exams covers numerous sections in it like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. But the most important thing that you might have noticed is that both the Banking Awareness and Static Awareness questions asked in the General Awareness Section are based on Current Affairs only. The questions on Static and Banking Awareness are related to the countries, events or anything that has been in news for a while. Apart from the GA Section, an excellent knowledge of current news also helps you deal with the PI (Personal Interview) more efficiently so you do not give a mumble jumble answer to the interviewee's simple questions. Here is a quiz on Current Affairs to let you assess your Current Affairs Knowledge.

Q1. India got its second Gold medal at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia when Vinesh Phogat defeated Japan’s Yuki Irie and became the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in the Asian Games. She won in _____________.

Greco Roman Wrestling 55 kg

Greco Roman Wrestling 59 kg

Freestyle 55 kg category

Freestyle 50 kg category

None of the given options is true

Solution:

India got its second Gold medal at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia when Vinesh Phogat defeated Japan’s Yuki Irie in the final of freestyle 50 kg category in Women’s Wrestling. With this victory, Vinesh created history as she is the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in the Asian Games.

Q2. In which of the following Asian country, the ten-day festival of the historic Esala Maha Perehera began?

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

India

Indonesia

Nepal

Solution:

In Sri Lanka, the ten-day festival of the historic Esala Maha Perehera began in Kandy with a grand procession. The procession set off from the biggest Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka, Sri Dalada Maligawa at an auspicious time.

Q3. Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in straight sets, high-profile championship match at the 2018 Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati. Novak Djokovic is from which of the following country?

Switzerland

Serbia

Denmark

Spain

France

Solution:

Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) in straight sets, high-profile championship match at the 2018 Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati. With this win, Djokovic became the first men's tennis player in history to win all nine Masters 1,000 tournaments after finishing as the runner-up in Cincinnati five different times.

Q4. Name the 16-Year-Old shooter who became only the fifth Indian shooter to claim a gold in the Asian Games history.

Hema Ganguly

Anish Bhanwala

Prema Das

Saurabh Chaudhary

Prakash Singh

Solution:

16-Year-Old Saurabh Chaudhary became only the fifth Indian shooter to claim a gold in the Asian Games history, beating a field of multiple world and Olympic champions in the 10m air pistol finals in Indonesia.

Q5. The Supreme Court ruled that the ‘None of The Above’ (NOTA) option will not be applicable for voting in the ___________ elections.

Lok Sabha

Rajya Sabha

MLA

Solution:

The Supreme Court ruled that the ‘None of The Above’ (NOTA) option will not be applicable for voting in the Rajya Sabha elections. The ruling was made by a bench of Justices comprising CJI Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud.

Q6. Digital payments firm Paytm has partnered with _____________ to launch AI-based cloud computing platform 'Paytm AI Cloud'.

Flipkart

Alibaba

Microsoft

Google

Infosys

Solution:

Digital payments firm Paytm has partnered with China's Alibaba to launch AI-based cloud computing platform 'Paytm AI Cloud'. The platform will offer business-centric apps to developers, startups and enterprises that need cloud-computing solutions including customer engagement and easy-to-integrate payments.

Q7. ‘Exercise Maitree 2018’ is Joint Military Exercise between _________________.

India and Bangladesh

India and Indonesia

India and Thailand

India and Nepal

India and Sri Lanka

Solution:

The Indian and Thailand's armed forces concluded a two-week long platoon level military exercise called ‘Exercise Maitree 2018’ in Jammu & Kashmir’s Srinagar.

Q8. In the recent reshuffle of Governors by President of India, who has been appointed as the new Governor of Bihar?

Satya Pal Malik

Lalji Tandon

Ganga Prasad

Kaptan Singh Solanki

Baby Rani Maurya

Solution:

President Ram Nath Kovind appointed governors for seven states — Bihar, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, Meghalaya, and Tripura. Governor Satya Pal Malik has been transferred from Bihar to Jammu and Kashmir to replace NN Vohra, while senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon has been appointed the Governor of Bihar, replacing Satya Pal Malik.

Q9. Name the athlete who was the highest paid female athlete with earnings of $18.1 million for 2018, according to "List Of Highest Paid Female Athletes 2018" published by Forbes.

Dane Caroline Wozniacki

Garbine Muguruza

Maria Sharapova

Serena Williams

Sloane Stephens

Solution:

Serena Williams (with earnings of $18.1 million) was the highest paid female athlete for a third consecutive year in 2018, according to "List Of Highest Paid Female Athletes 2018" published by Forbes.

Q10. In the recently released "List Of Highest Paid Female Athletes 2018" Indian badminton player P.V. Sindhu was at _____________ place with earnings of $8.5 million.

10th

7th

9th

6th

4th

Solution:

In the recently released "List Of Highest Paid Female Athletes 2018" Indian badminton player P.V. Sindhu was at 7th place with earnings of $8.5 million.

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