08.07.2017 Current Affairs Quiz

1) Match the following

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Answer-(A) 2 1 6 4 3 5

2) Amnesty International, an NGO focused on human rights, is founded in __________ in London.
(A) 1957
(B) 1961
(C) 1967
(D) 1971
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Answer-(B) 1961
Explanation:
Secretory General – Salil Shetty

3) Who among the following are the Nobel Peace Prize winners?
1. Liu Xiaobo
2. Barak Obama
3. Kailash Satyatri
4. Juan Manuel Santos

(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1,3 and 4
(D) All the above
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Answer-(D) All the above
Explanation:

Liu Xiaobo - 2010

Barak Obama - 2009

Kailash Satyatri - 2014

Juan Manuel Santos – 2016

Liu Xiaobo

He was sentenced to 11 years in prison in Dec 2009 for “subversion” after calling democratic reform. At the Nobel ceremony in Oslo in 2010 he was represented by an empty chair.

Liu Xiaobo who has liver cancer is believed to be close to death.

4) India’s leading decathlete Jagtar Singh has been tested positive for a banned substance ________ in 22nd Asian Athletic Championship (Bhubaneswar,Odisha).
(A) Clenbuterol
(B) Tibolne
(C) Meldonium
(D) Zeranol
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Answer-(C) Meldonium
Explanation:

The dope testing is carried out by the NADA (National Anti-Doping Agency).

The decision to add Meldonium to the banned list was approved on 16th September 2015 & came into effect on 1st January 2016.

5-years Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova failed a drug test at 2015 Australian open for using Meldonium and received two years ban.

Meldonium is also known as Mildronate.

It increase blood flow, which improves exercise capacity in athletes.

5) Prenatal sex determination was banned in India in _____ under the Preconception & Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act.
(A) 1991
(B) 1992
(C) 1993
(D) 1994
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Answer-(D) 1994

6) PM Modi presents_________ points agenda to counter terrorism at G20 Summit in Hamburg in Germany.
A) 13 points
B) 11 points
C) 20 points
D) 22 points
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Answer-(B) 11 points

7) India’s _________ was included in the world network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO.
(A) Achanakmar-Amerkantak Biosphere Reserve
(B) Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve
(C) Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve
(D) Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
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Answer-(C) Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve
Explanation:
The International Coordinating Council of MAB (Man and the Biosphere) programme of UNESCO has added 20 sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve is one among them.
Man and Biosphere (MAB) in India:

In India, there are 18 Biosphere Reserves.

Out of which, 10 Biosphere Reserves (including Agasthyamalai Biosphere) are recognised by UNESCO.

10 MABs (Man and Biosphere) are:
1. Nilgiri (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala) – 2000
2. Gulf of Mannar (Tamil Nadu) – 2001
3. Sundarbuns (West Bengal) – 2001
4. Nandadevi (Uttarkhand) – 2004
5. Simlipal (Odisha) – 2008
6. Pachmarhi (Madhya Pradesh) – 2009
7. Nokreh (Mehlaya) – 2009
8. Achanakmar-Amarkantak (Chhattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh) – 2012
9. Nicobar Island (Andhaman-Nicobar) – 2013
10. Agasthyamalai (Tamil Nadu & Kerala) – 2017

Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve is situated at the southernmost end of the Western Ghats and spread over two southern states Kerala (1828 Sq.km) and Tamil Nadu (1672.36 Sq.km).

Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve was established in 2001.

It comprises of tropical forest and is home to 2,254 species of higher plant including about 400 that are endemic.

8) ____________ is the longest living vertebrates on earth, which live for upto 400 years.
(A) Tortoise
(B) Greenland Sharks
(C) Blue Whale
(D) American Crocodile
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Answer-(B) Greenland Sharks
Explanation:
It is found in the deep water of the Atlantic Ocean from Canada to Norway, including the deep oceans around the north of Britain.

9) World’s 1st Vaccine, Smallpox Vaccine, is developed by ___________ in 1796.
(A) Edward Jenner
(B) William Stockers
(C) Ronert Edward
(D) Partik Steptae
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Answer-(A) Edward Jenner

10) Genome sequencing of _______ is done for the first in the world by Bangaluru University.
(A) Corn
(B) Maize
(C) Barley
(D) Ragi
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Answer-(D) Ragi
Explanation:
Scientists have identified genes which are responsible for drought tolerance & high-nutrient quality of ragi.

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