Current Affairs Quiz October 09 2017
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Question 1: Intensified Mission Indradhanush is related to ____.
A. Cleanliness
B. Vaccination
C. Open Defecation
D. Pollution Control
Answer and Explanation
Intensified Mission Indradhanush is related to vaccination of every child under two years of age and all those pregnant women who have been left uncovered the routine immunisation program.
Question 2:Supreme Court recently banned fire crackers in ____.
A. Mumbai
B. Guwahati
C. Shimla
D. Delhi NCR
Answer and Explanation
The Supreme Court upheld its ban on sale of firecrackers in Delhi –NCR till November 1.
Question 3:____ panel has suggested government to remove words ‘Muslim’ from AMU, ‘Hindu’ from BHU.
A. University Grant Commission
B. Ministry of Human Resource Development
C. Ministry of Home Affairs
D. Ministry of Education
Answer and Explanation
A University Grant Commission’s panel has suggested the government to remove word ‘Muslim’ from Aligarh Muslim University and ‘Hindu’ from Banaras Hindu University to reflect their secular character.
Question 4:Which two countries recently suspended Visa services in a tit-for-tat move?
A. India-Pakistan
B. China-India
C. US-Turkey
D. US-Philippines
Answer and Explanation
The US mission in Turkey and subsequently the Turkish mission in the US have indefinitely suspended all non-immigrant visa services for travel between the two countries over security reasons.
Question 5:Nicolas Maduro is the Presidnet of ____.
A. Philippines
B. Hong-Kong
C. Ireland
D. Venezuela
Answer and Explanation
Nicolas Maduro is the President of Venezuela.
Question 6:Headquarter of UNESCO is in ____.
A. Paris
B. London
C. Washington
D. New York
Answer and Explanation
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) is Paris based International organization.
Question 7:Who has got Germany’s highest civilian honour ‘Cross of the Order of Merit’ 2017?
A. Malala Yousfzai
B. Rajesh Nath
C. Lakshmi Mittal
D. Gautam Adani
Answer and Explanation
Rajesh Nath, MD of VDMA India has been conferred the ‘Cross of the Order of Merit’, the highest civilian honour awarded to individuals for their services to Germany.
Question 8: Who won 2017 Nobel Prize in Economic Science??
A. Raghuram Rajan
B. Amartya Sen
C. Richard H Thaler
D. Oshomi Okuhama
Answer and Explanation
American economist Richard H Thaler has been awarded the 2017 Nobel Economic Sciences for his contribution to behavioural economics.
Question 9:Batteries used in Electric Vehicles are of ____ type.
A. Li-ion
B. Suplhur
C. Highly Neutralise Carbon Monoxide
D. None of these
Answer and Explanation
Generally batteries used in Electric Vehicles are Li-ion type.
Question 10:Who won China Open Title 2017?
A. Novak Djokovic
B. Rafael Nadal
C. Mahesh Bhupati
D. Andy Murray
Answer and Explanation
World No 1 Novak Djokovic won China Open title 2017 by defeating Nick Kyrgios.
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