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Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 1

Who of the following has won the 2018 Abu Dhabi Open squash title?

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Ramit Tandon from India has won the Abu Dhabi Open squash title on May 6, 2018. In an exciting one-hour final in Abu Dhabi, Ramit toppled number one seed Omar Abdel Meguid of Egypt with scores of 11-6, 6-11, 11-3, 11-2. It was their first meeting on Professional Squash Association (PSA) tour. This is Ramit's third title on PSA tour. In world rankings, the Indian holds the 65th position, while the Egyptian is placed higher at the 41st spot.
Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 2

Department of Science & Technology (DST) celebrate its foundation day on which date?

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DST is one of the three departments of Ministry of Science & Technology. It was set up on 3rd May 1971. Its objective is to explore and develop new areas of science and technology, to strengthen national Science & Technology capacity, cutting across institutions and disciplines. Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan, laid the foundation stone of New State of Art Building of DST on 3rd May 2018 in New Delhi. Dr Harsh Vardhan said that, construction of the new building is expected to be completed by 3rd May 2021. DST had entered into a MoU with IRCON Infrastructure & Services LTD for the new building. As a part of Swachh Bharat Mission, Swacchta Pakhwada is also observed in the Department of Science & Technology from 1st May 2018 to 15th May 2018.
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Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 3

The 'Cochlear Implant Awareness Programme' was held at Huda Convention Centre in _____.

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The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) under Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment organised a 'Cochlear Implant Awareness Programme' on May 6, 2018 at Huda Convention Centre in Faridabad, Haryana.
Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 4

This country will host the 15th Asia Media Summit with the theme of Telling our Stories Asia and More.

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India would be hosting the 15th Asia Media Summit (AMS-2018) in New Delhi. The theme of this summit is "Telling our Stories Asia and More". The summit mainly aims to provide a unique opportunity to the broadcasters in Asia to share their thoughts on broadcasting and information. The annual summit will be organized by Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) in collaboration with its partners and international organizations.
Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 5

Who developed an atomic clock to be used in navigation satellites?

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The Indian Space Research Organization developed an atomic clock to be used in navigation satellites. It is supposed to measure precise location data. Once it successfully clears all tests, the desi atomic clock will be used in an experimental navigation satellite to test its accuracy and durability in space. At present, ISRO imports atomic clocks from European aerospace manufacturer Astrium (EAMA) for its navigation satellites. With the development of indigenous atomic clocks, the space agency sure gets a mark of technological advancement.
Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 6

As per the economic data of Asian Development Bank the growth rate of India for 2018-19 is;

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected India to remain the fastest growing Asian nation with 7.3% growth in 2018-19, and 7.6% in 2019-20. ADB Chief Economist Yasuyuki Sawada has stated that India should not worry about not achieving 8% growth but focus on increasing domestic demand by reducing the income inequality. He said growth is driven more by domestic consumption than exports. Mr Sawada further said inequality and poverty reduction would play a very important role in achieving higher growth because consumption can stimulate more production and that can create more employment.
Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 7

This fuel company has launched home-delivery of diesel in Mumbai after IOC.

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After Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) has launched home-delivery of diesel in Mumbai. 'HP Fuel Connect' will deliver diesel to select customers having fixed equipment, heavy machinery in their premises. IOC had in March launched home-delivery of diesel in Pune.
Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 8

What is Saina Nehwal's rank in women's ranking as per the latest rankings released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) in New Delhi?

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Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has reached the third spot with 74,135 points in Men's section. HS Pronnoy has become second Indian player to enter top 10 after Kidambi Srikanth. HS Pronnoy is in world number 8 position with 57,000 points. Viktor Axelsen of Denmark has obtained the top rank with 77,570 points. Saina Nehwal is in World No 10 position in women's ranking with 55,890 points. PV Sindhu remains at World No 3 with 78,824 points. The highest ranked Indian pair in men's doubles are Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty at World No 18. Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy are in 26th position in women's doubles. Pranaav Chopra and Sikki Reddy are in 23rd spot in mixed doubles rankings.
Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 9

The 2018 International Children's Theatre Festival will be held in ___________.

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The 2018 International Children's Theatre Festival will be held at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata, West Bengal from June 17 to 21. Children of various theatre groups from eight countries besides host India will take part in fest. The participating countries are France, Slovenia, Swaziland, Mexico, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. Children of theatre groups from Indian states such as Kerala, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Odisha and West Bengal will also be participating in the 5-day festival. There will be no entry free and the festival will be open for everybody.
Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 10

Which city to host the first apex conference for the CEOs of Smart Cities?

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The first apex conference for the CEOs of Smart Cities will be held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on 8th May 2018. It will be inaugurated by Minister of State (I/C) for Housing & Urban Affairs, Hardeep Puri. The 2-day apex Conference is being organized with an objective to provide momentum to the cities and a platform for cross-learning, sharing and disseminating the experience gained over the past two and a half years. The conference will enable the CEOs to learn from the experiences of all city leaders to understand in greater details both successes and failures. The convergence of all the best practices in Smart city missions across the country on a single platform will help the city leaders to not waste time in 'reinventing the wheel' but use the collective learning to accelerate the progress of work.
Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 11

NITI Aayog and this company has signed a SoI to help grow AI ecosystem In India.

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Aiming to foster growth for India's nascent Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) ecosystem. NITI Aayog and Google have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) to work on a range of initiatives to help build the AI ecosystem across the country. The NITI Aayog has been entrusted to set up a national programme to conduct research and development in frontier technologies such as AI. Under the aegis of this program, Google will train and incubate Indian AI startups in an accelerator program. These startups will be mentored and coached by Google and its affiliates.
Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 12

This government economy has emerged as the world's fifth largest, as per new federal data revealed on 4th May 2018.

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California's economy has surpassed the economy of United Kingdom. California's gross domestic product increased by $127 billion from 2016 to 2017. California's economy is concentrated in coastal regions around San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego. California's economy is now only behind the economy of the United States, China, Japan and Germany.
Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 13

What is the rank of India in the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index 2018 released by global consultancy firm A T Kearney?

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India is in 11th rank on FDI Confidence Index 2018 marks a drop of three places as compared to 8th rank in 2017. The report outlined that Indian Government's demonetisation move in November 2016 and roll out of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in July 2017 may have deterred foreign investors for short term. However, investors based in the Americas and those engaged in industry sector consider India as their preferred destination on account of Indian Government's inclination to have closer ties with US and its Make in India initiative aimed at boosting investment in manufacturing sector.
Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 14

Who launched Android Things for IoT platform recently?

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Alphabet Inc's Google launched Android Things (codenamed Brillo), a variant (or spinoff) of an Android Operating System for the Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Its goal is to enable IoT machines developers to be built faster, cheaper and more secure. Its goal is to enable IoT machines developers to be built faster, cheaper and more secure. Android Things It is Android-based embedded operating system Android Things as an IoT OS it is designed to work as low as 32-64 MB of RAM. It will support Bluetooth Low Energy and Wi-Fi.
Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 15

POWERGRID has set Capex target for the year 2018-19 as _____.

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Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has signed a MoU for the year 2018-19 with Ministry of Power. The MoU was signed by Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Secretary, Ministry of Power and I. S. Jha, Chairman and Managing Director, POWERGRID. The MoU specifies several targets for POWERGRID to be achieved by during FY 2018-19. Capex target for 2018-19 has been fixed at Rs. 25,000 crore. Other targets mentioned in the MoU are parameters related to human resources, project management, R&D and innovation and other efficiency and operational performance parameters.
Current Affairs Quiz - 8th May, 2018 - Question 16

Name the spacecraft launched by NASA aboard an Atlas V rocket to study "Marsquakes", from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States, on 5th May 2018?

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InSight has been designed to stay on the surface of Mars and listen to "Marsquakes". The project costs $993 million. The US spent $813.8 million on the spacecraft and rocket launch. France and Germany spent $180 million on the instruments. A pair of mini-spacecraft named Mars Cube One, or MarCO are also launching on the rocket. It cost NASA $18.5 million. The MarCO are briefcase-sized satellites. They will fly on their own path to Mars behind InSight. They will test tiny new deep space communications equipment. InSight aims to explore interior conditions on Mars, inform efforts to send human explorers to Mars, find out how rocky planets like Earth formed, etc. InSight is expected to settle on Mars on 26th November 2018. InSight is the short form for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport.
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