Daily Current Affairs, 8 August 2024: Today’s Current Affairs Quiz, Vinesh Phogat’s dream of Paris Olympic medal shattered

Vinesh Phogat’s Olympic medal dream shattered

1. Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified in which wrestler weight category in Paris Olympics?
A) 50 Kg
B) 53 kg
C) 57 kg
Correct Answer – A

2. Who has been appointed the head of the interim government of Bangladesh?
A) Khaleda Zia
B) Muhammad Yunus
C) Sheikh Hasina
Correct Answer – B

3. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has requested to remove GST from life and health insurance? How much GST is levied on these?
a) 5%
B) 12%
c) 18%
Correct Answer – C

Which cadre officer has Pooja Khedkar been?

4. UPSC has cancelled the candidature of trainee IAS Pooja Khedkar. She is a Maharashtra cadre officer of which batch?
a) 2022
b) 2023
c) 2024
Correct Answer – A

5. Violence is taking place in Venezuela against the results of the presidential election. Who is the result in favour of?
a) Maria Corina Machado
b) Edmundo Gonzalez
c) Nicolas Maduro
Correct Answer – C

6. The central government has introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to replace the Aircraft Act-1934. What is the name of the bill?
A) Indian Aircraft Bill-2024
B) Indian Aircraft Bill-2024
C) Aircraft Bill-2024
Correct Answer – A

Where was the Hamas chief killed?

7. Where was the political bureau chief of Palestinian radical organization Hamas and former Palestine PM murdered?
A) Palestine
B) Iran
C) Israel
Correct Answer – B

8. Who has been appointed as full-time DGP in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir?
A) Abhinandan Sagar
B) RR Swain
C) Ashwini Kumar
Correct Answer – B

9. National Handloom Day is celebrated every year on which day?
A) 5 August
B) 6 August
c) 7 August
Correct Answer – C

10. ‘Nandini Sahakar Yojana’ has been launched by whom?
(a) NAFED
(b) NCDC
(c) FSSAI
Correct Answer – B