Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 29th August 2017

Current Affairs Quiz - 29th August 2017

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Q1.Who is sworn as the Chief Justice of India ?

A]Pulkit Joshi

B]Samrat Parekh

C]Dipak Mishra

D]Sourav Dwivedi

E]None of them

Q2.Who has won the Men's Single Gold in the World Championship 2017 in Glasgow ?

A]Lin Dan

B]Viktor Axelsen

C]Kidambi Srikant

D]Zhang Nan

E]None of them

Q3.Who is the new CEO of Uber ?

A]Stephen Smith

B]Abdul Basar

C]Satish Jain

D]Dara Khosrowshahi

E]Sukhbir Singh

Q4.Who has won the UEFA Player of The Year 2017 award ?

A]Neymar

B]Cristiano Ronaldo

C]Lionel Messi

D]Pogba

E]None of them

Q5.In which state(s), 50 Lakh smart meters will be procured by EESL ?

A]Haryana

B]Uttar Pradesh

C]Rajashthan

D]Both A and B

E]All of these

Q6.Who has won the Belgian Grand Prix 2017 ?

A]Sebastian Vettel

B]Lewis Hamilton

C]Daniel Ricciardo

D]Kevin Harvick

E]None of them

Q7.In which city the Indian Ocean Conference 2017 will be held ?

A]Chennai

B]Mumbai

C]Colombo

D]Negombo

E]Candy

Q8.The metro manufacturing facility of BEML in Bengaluru is launched by whom ?

A]Arun Jaitley

B]Narendra Modi

C]Ramnath Kovind

D]Venkiah Naidu

E]None of them

Q9.Who has won Women's Singles Gold in World Badminton Championship 2017 ?

A]PV Sindhu

B]Nozomi Okuhara

C]Carolina Marin

D]Saina Nehwal

E]None of them

Q10.The 56th Annual Conference of The Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine is being held in which city ?

A]Pune

B]Mumbai

C]New Delhi

D]Kolkata

E]Bengaluru

Q11.Who is the first player to score 350 goals in La Liga ?

A]Lionel Messi

B]Cristiano Ronaldo

C]Neymar

D]Wayne Ronnie

E]None of them

Explanation

Explanation 1. Justice Dipak Mishra is sworn as the Chief Justice of India. He is the 45th Chief Justice of India. He is succeeding CJI JS Khehar.

Explanation 2. Viktor Axelsen of Denmark has won the Men's Single Gold in the World Badminton Championship 2017 in Glasgow by defeating Lin Dan. He is the third one from Denmark who has claimed the Men's Single Gold.

Explanation 3. Dara Khosrowshahi is the new CEO of Uber. He was the CEO of Expedia before joining Uber.

Explanation 4. Portugal and Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has won the UEFA Player of The Year 2017 award.On the other hand, Lieke Martin of Barcelona has won the UEFA Women's Player of The Year 2017 award.

Explanation 5. In the states Haryana and Uttar Pradesh 50 Lakh smart meters will be procured by EESL (Energy Efficiency Services Limited). These meters will be launched under the Smart Grid Projects in these states.

Explanation 6. Lewis Hamilton has won the Belgian Grand Prix 2017. He has defeated Sebastian Vettel by a close gap. It is the 58th Grand Prix of Hamilton.

Explanation 7. The Indian Ocean Conference 2017 will be held at Colombo in Sri Lanka. There will be speakers from 25 countries. External Affairs Minister of India Sushma Swaraj will participate in the conference.

Explanation 8. The metro manufacturing facility of BEML in Bengaluru is launched by the Finance Minister, Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of Defence Arun Jaitley. BEML has supplied over 1000 metro cars in Delhi, Jaipur and Bengaluru Metro Corporations.

Explanation 9. Nozomi Okuhara of Japan has won Women's Singles Gold in World Badminton Championship 2017. She has defeated PV Sindhu of India in final. She is the first Japanese to win the Women's Single gold in World Badminton Championship.

Explanation 10. The 56th Annual Conference of The Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine is being held in Bengaluru. The conference is attended by various service, foreign and civilian delegates.

Explanation 11. Lionel Messi of Barcelona is the first player to score 350 goals in La Liga. He is the second player to reach 350 goals in European football.