Current Affairs 14-08-2018

1. Justice Manjula Chellur, who has been appointed as new chairperson of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity was previously chief justice of which high court?

[A] Jammu & Kashmir High Court
[B] Punjab & Haryana High Court
[C] Bombay High Court
[D] Gujarat High Court

2. India’s first genetic bank for wildlife conservation has been inaugurated in which city?

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

3. On which date, the 2018 World Elephant Day (WED) was observed recently?

[A] August 13
[B] August 14
[C] August 12
[D] August 15

4. Which city hosted the Nepal-India Literature Festival 2018?

[A] Bharatpur
[B] New Delhi
[C] Kathmandu
[D] Birgunj

5. Who has been officially appointed new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights?

[A] Dina Kawar
[B] Mary Robinson
[C] Ricardo Lagos
[D] Michelle Bachelet

6. Which rescue operation has been launched by Indian Army in the flood-hit areas of Kerala?

[A] Operation Madad
[B] Operation Sahyog
[C] Operation Surya Hope
[D] Operation Surya Hope

7. Which space agency has successfully launched the Parker Solar Probe mission to touch the Sun?

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

8. What was the tenure of Somnath Chatterjee, who passed away recently, as Lok Sabha Speaker?

[A] 2004-2009
[B] 2005-2010
[C] 2000-2005
[D] 2002-2006

9. Who has become the youngest Indian golfer to claim Asian Tour title at the 2018 Take Solutions Masters?

[A] Om Prakash Chouhan
[B] Viraj Madappa
[C] Shubhankar Sharma
[D] SSP Chawrasia

10. Who has been sworn-in as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court (MHC)?

[A] Aniruddha Bose
[B] Mukesh R Shah
[C] R Rajagopal
[D] Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani