Current Affairs Quiz 18 August 2016

August 18, 2016

1. Who won India’s first medal at Rio Olympics ?
(a) Vdhiya
(b) Sunita Kumari
(c) Sakshi Malik
(d) Neetu Singh



2. Who has developed a kit for onsite determination of toxic Hexavalent Chromium Cr(VI) in drinking water ?
(a) ISRO
(b) Atomic Energy Commission
(c) Tata Memorial Center
(d) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre


3. Which music entertainer has been honoured with the Tamil Ratna Award by the New York based Tamil Sangam ?
(a) AR Rehman
(b) Shankar Mahadevan
(c) Shruthi Hasan
(d) Vijay


4. Who has appointed as Manipur Governor ?
(a) Najma Heptulla
(b) Vinod Duggal
(c) Syed Ahmed
(d) K.K. Paul

5. Who is the Union Minister of Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines
(a) Smiriti Z. Irani
(b) Sharad Pawar
(c) Piyush Goyal
(d) Udhav Thackrey


6. International Literacy Day (UNESCO) is observed on :
(a) September 8
 (b) 10 June
(c) 12 March
(d) 20 April

7. Global Money Laundering Report is published by :
(a) FATF
(b) IBRD
(c) UNICEF
(d) World Bank

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