14.07.2017 Current Affairs Quiz

1) Indian astronomers discovered a supercluster of galaxies which has been named as _________.
(A) Ganga
(B) Yamuna
(C) Saraswati
(D) Cauvery
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Answer-(C) Saraswati
Explanation:

Saraswati is estimated to be about 10 billion years old.

It is 4 billion light years away from the earth.

It consists of about 10,000 galaxies grouped in 42 clusters.

It is an extremely large supercluster of galaxies.

2) Which state has become the 1st Indian state to criminalize social boycott under the Prohibition of People from Social boycott (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2016?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Manipur
(D) Meghalaya
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Answer- (A) Maharashtra

3) Which country has teleported a photon to a satellite in Earth’s Orbit, over 500km away?
(A) USA
(B) China
(C) Russia
(D) India
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Answer-(B) China
Explanation:

The scientists have teleported a photon from Gobi Desert to ‘Micius’ satellite, a highly sensitive photon receiver.

It sets a new record for the longest distance in quantum teleportation.

It involves information transmission between a pair of entangled photons, without any physical connection.

Simply put, the information from the first photon is downloaded & transferred over a quantum network (entanglement) to another photon in a different place.

Thus, the 2nd photon becomes identical to the first.

4) Tiwa is an ethnic tribal group inhabiting the states of __________ & _________ in North East India.
(A) Jharkhand & Chhattisgarh
(B) Odisha & West Bengal
(C) Arunachal Pradesh & Assam
(D) Assam & Meghalaya
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Answer-(D) Assam & Meghalaya

5) Indian Railways launched its first 1600 HP solar powered __________ train from Safdarjung station, New Delhi.
(A) DEMU
(B) PEMU
(C) BEMU
(D) SEMU
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Answer-(A) DEMU
Explanation:

DEMU – Diesel Electric Multiple Unit train.

Manufactured by ICF, Chennai, with a life span of 25 years.

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