Current Affairs 18th August 2022 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which is the first country to approve a vaccine for Covid Omicron Variant?
A. India            
B. USA
C. UK                 
D. Italy
Answer [C] UK   
2. Which Indian state/UT implements the ‘Mukhyamantri Anuprati Coaching Yojana’?
A. Punjab               
B. Rajasthan
C. Gujarat              
D. Karnataka
Answer [B] Rajasthan
3. Which pharma company has completed trials for its intransal Covid Vaccine candidate?
A. Bharat Biotech               
B. Biocon
C. Dr Reddy’s                       
D. Serum Institute
Answer [A] Bharat Biotech 
4. What is the name of the Centre’s Passenger processing system based on facial recognition technology?
A. DigiYatra                                                               
B. Bharat Yatra
C. Pradhan Mantri Digital Yatra Abhiyan            
D. Bharat Face RT
Answer [A] DigiYatra
5. Which is the venue of the ‘India International Seafood Show (IISS)?
A. Mumbai                
B. Kochi
C. Kolkata                   
D. Chennai
Answer [C] Kolkata
6. State Bank of India (SBI) launched its first “state-of-the-art” dedicated branch for start-ups in …………. To facilitate and support them in August 2022.
A. Greater Noida             
B. Gurugram
C. Bhopal                           
D. Bengaluru
Answer [D] Bengaluru
7. ………….. Have launched a pan-India operation known as Operation Yatri Suraksha in August 2022.
A. Government Railway Police (GRP), Madhya Pradesh 
B. Government Railway Police (GRP), Uttar Pradesh
C. Indian Railway Protection Force (RPF)
D. Government Railway Police (GRP), Punjab
Answer [C] Indian Railway Protection Force (RPF)
8. What is the name of the Arunachal Pradesh’s third airport, which is now under construction in Itanagar?
A. Lilalabari Rupsi Airport            
B. Tezu Polo Airport
C. Lengpui Airport                          
D. Donyi Polo Airport
Answer [D] Donyi Polo Airport
9. Which Union Minister has announced that Rs 30,000 crore has been sanctioned for projects aimed at cleaning Ganga and its tributaries in August 2022?
A. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat         
B. Rajnath Singh
C. Nirmala Sitharaman                       
D. Nitin Gadkari
Answer [A] Gajendra Singh Shekhawat  
10. Which state government has announced a 3 percent rise in the dearness allowance (DA) to the government employees of the state in August 2022?
A. Maharashtra           
B. Assam
C. Goa                            
D. Karnataka
Answer [A] Maharashtra