Current Affairs Quiz October 13 2017
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Question 1: ______ named Laureus’ frist Indian Ambassador.
A. Yuvraj Singh
B. Sachin Tendulkar
C. Amir Khan
D. Vivek Oberoy
Answer and Explanation
Indian cricketer Yuvaraj Singh was announced as the Laureus’ first Brand Ambassador.
Question 2:What is India’s rank among 119 countries in Global Hunger Index?
A. 63rd
B. 45th
C. 100th
D. 97th
Answer and Explanation
India slipped three places to 100th in the 2017 Global Hunger Index(GHI).
Question 3:Which country recently announced to withdraw itself from UNESCO citing anti-Israel bias?
A. France
B. India
C. Germany
D. US
Answer and Explanation
The United States announced it was withdrawing from UNESCO citing its anti-Israel bias.
Question 4:Which country recently terminated diplomatic ties with N Korea?
A. UAE
B. Saudi Arabia
C. S Korea
D. Philippines
Answer and Explanation
The United Arab Emirates ended the mission of N Korea’s non-resident ambassador and terminated its own envoy’s services in East Asian Country.
Question 5:Which city named as world’s safest city?
A. Paris
B. Berlin
C. Tokyo
D. New York
Answer and Explanation
Japanese capital city Tokyo has topped the Economist intelligence Unit’s Safe Cities Index 2017.
Question 6:Which telecom giant acquire mobile arm of Tata?
A. Vodafone
B. Bharti Airtel
C. Idea
D. Micromax
Answer and Explanation
The country’s largest operator Bharti Airtel on said it would acquire the loss-making consumer mobile business of the Tata Group.
Question 7:Samsung Electronics is ____ company.
A. N Korean
B. S Korean
C. American
D. Japanese
Answer and Explanation
Samsung Electronics is South Korean multinational electronics company.
Question 8: Amazon tied up with which tech giant to launch deep learning platform?
A. Google
B. Apple
C. Microsoft
D. Yahoo
Answer and Explanation
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have teamed up to launch an open source and deep learning interface ‘Gluon’ that will help developers to deploy machine learning models across several platforms.
Question 9:2019 AFC Asian Cup will be held in ______.
A. Shanghai
B. UAE
C. Singapore
D. India
Answer and Explanation
The 2019 FC Asian Cup will be held in the UAE.
Question 10:Who won Bulgarian International Tournament?
A. P Kashyap
B. Saipraneet
C. Gurusaidutt
D. Prannoy
Answer and Explanation
Commonwealth Games Bronze medalist RMV Gurusaidutt clinched the Men’s singles title at the Bulgarian International Future series tournament.
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