09.07.2017 Current Affairs Quiz

1) What are the 3 cities of Tamilnadu approved by the Ministry of Civil Aviation for the operation of flight under the UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik or Regional Connectivity scheme)?
1. Vellore
2. Salem
3. Erode
4. Hosur
5. Neyveli

(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 2, 4 and 5
(D) 1, 4 and 5
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Answer-(C) 2, 4 and 5

2) The India-U.K Extradition Treaty came into effect on _________
(A) Dec 30, 1993
(B) Dec 30, 2003
(C) Dec 30, 2013
(D) Dec 30, 2016
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Answer-(A) Dec 30, 1993
Explanation:
a. The treaty was signed in 1992.
b. The only person extradited so far was Samirbhai Vinubhai Patel in October 2016.
Wanted in India, living in Britain

Vijay Mallya (financial)

Lalit Modi (financial) etc.,

3) The 21st COP of UNFCCC 2015 was held in ______.
(A) Rio de Janeiro
(B) Paris
(C) Kyoto
(D) Marrakesh
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Answer-(B) Paris
Explanation:
1. It was popularly known as “The Paris agreement on Climate Change”.
2. As of June 2017, 195 UNFCCC members have signed the agreement, 153 of which have ratified it.
3. In 2017, President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the agreement.

20th COP in Lima, Peru (2014)

21st COP in Paris, France (2015)

22nd COP in Marrakesh, Morocco (2016)

23rd COP in Bonn, Germany (Nov, 2017)

4) The 13th G20 Summit 2018 will be held in ________________.
(A) Buenos Aires, Argentina
(B) Brasilia, Brazil
(C) Caracas, Venezuela
(D) Lima, Peru
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Answer-(A) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Explanation:

12th G20 Summit 2017 in Hamburg, Germany.

13th G20 Summit 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

14th G20 Summit 2019 in Japan.

15th G20 Summit 2020 in Saudi Arabia.

5) The government has merged the Ministry of Urban Development and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation to form ___________.
(A) Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation
(B) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(C) Ministry of Urban Development Affairs
(D) Ministry of Poverty Alleviation Affairs
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Answer-(B) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Explanation:
The two Ministries, however, have one Union Minister-M.Venkaiah Naidu-incharge.

6) Which state has launched the scheme ‘Kalyana Laxmi’ for Dalits and Girijan Brides?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Telangana
(C) Karnataka
(D) Andhra Pradesh
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Answer-(B) Telangana
Explanation:
1. Financial Assistance – Rs 51,000 to the family of the girl child to perform their marriage.
2. On this line, Telangana government also launched ‘Shadhi Mubarak’ scheme for Muslim Brides.

7) ___________ becomes India’s first World Heritage City.
(A) Agra
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Allahabad
(D) Aligarh
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Answer-(B) Ahmedabad
Explanation:
1. Declared at the 41st session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee meet in Krakow in Poland (2nd-12th July, 2017).
2. The city was founded by Sultan of Gujarat Ahmed Shah 1 in 15th century.

8) ________ programme was launched in New Delhi to connect school students-scientists.
(A) AAVISHKAR
(B) JIGYASA
(C) VIGYAN PRACHAR
(D) VIGYAN PARICHAY
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Answer-(B) JIGYASA
Explanation:

It was launched on 6th July 2017.

Its purpose is to extend student’s classroom learning with that of a very well planned research laboratory based learning.

9) India ranks ___ of 193 countries on Global Cyber Security Index 2017.
(A) 21st
(B) 22nd
(C) 23rd
(D) 24th
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Answer-(C) 23rd
Explanation:
The survey is conducted by UNITU (UN International Telecommunication Union).

1st rank – Singapore

2nd rank – USA

10) Indian-Origin _________________ was awarded Australia’s highest civilian award ‘Order of Australia’ for community work.
(A) Guruswamy Jayraman
(B) Kalpana Ramamurthy
(C) Subramaiya Pillai
(D) Ramamoorthy Chettyer
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Answer-(A) Guruswamy Jayraman

11) Ministry of Food Processing Industry laid foundation stone for first Maize based Mega Food Park in _____________.
(A) Amaravathy, Telangana
(B) Kapurthala, Punjab
(C) Mandya, Karnataka
(D) Gudunpur, Uttar Pradesh
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Answer-(B) Kapurthala, Punjab
Explanation:

Under a new Central Sector Scheme ‘Kisan SAMPADA Yojana’.

SAMPADA - Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters.

It is the 1st major & serious step in the history of India for containing the desertification problem of Punjab.

12) __________ is the first state to build India’s first university for Dalit students by 2018.
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(C) Odisha
(D) Telangana
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Answer-(D) Telangana
Explanation:
In Hyderabad by 2018.

13) Khawthlang Tuipui river is located in ________.
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Mizoram
(C) Meghalaya
(D) Assam
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Answer-(B) Mizoram
Explanation:
1) India & Bangladesh have decided to construct a bridge over Mizoram’s Khawthlang Tuipui (or Karnaphuli) river.
2) To facilitate trade & Improve communication between the two neighbours.

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