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Wednesday 19 July 2017

19.07.2017 Current Affairs Quiz


1) Who has been appointed as a new director of RGNIYD?
(A) Madan Mohan Goel
(B) Gopal Krishna Gandhi
(C) Anitha Subramaniyam
(D) Aravind Siddarth
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Answer-(A) Madan Mohan Goel
Explanation:
  • RGNIYD – Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development,
  • It was setup in 1993 in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.

    • 2) Which is the only Indian state permitted to fly its own state flag along with the national flag?
    (A) Karnataka
    (B) Jammu & Kashmir
    (C) Sikkim
    (D) Arunachal Pradesh
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    Answer-(B) Jammu & Kashmir
    Explanation:
  • Jammu & Kashmir enjoys special powers under Article 370 of the Constitution.
  • Recently, Karnataka demands separate flag which is rejected by the Central government.

    • 3) 17th FINA World Aquatics Championships are held in _________________ in July, 2017.
    (A) London, England
    (B) Sochi, Russia
    (C) Budapest, Hungary
    (D) Sydney, Australia
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    Answer-(C) Budapest, Hungary

    4) Who was given additional charge of Information & Broadcasting Ministry?
    (A) Nitin Gadkari
    (B) Vijay Kumar Singh
    (C) Smriti Irani
    (D) Uma Bharathi
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    Answer-(C) Smriti Irani
    Explanation:
  • Union Textile Ministry Smriti Irani was given additional charge of Information & Broadcasting Ministry.
  • Rural & Urban Development Minister ‎Narendra Singh Tomar‎ took over the Urban Development Ministry.
  • The portfolios of M. Venkaiah Naidu, the Vice-Presidential candidate, were reallocated by PM Modi.

    • 5) According to World Bank’s ‘Global Economic Prospects – A Fragile Recovery’ report, India is the ____________ fastest growing economy in the world.
    (A) First
    (B) Second
    (C) Third
    (D) Fourth
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    Answer-(D) Fourth

    6) Ministry of Science & Technology has introduced, a new low-cost screening device ‘SOHUM’ to detect _______________ in new-borns.
    (A) Congenital hearing loss
    (B) Eye disorder
    (C) Viral infections
    (D) Malnutrition
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    Answer-(A) Congenital hearing loss
    Explanation:
    Globally, 800,000 hearing impaired babies are born annually, of which nearly 100,000 are in India.

    7) ________________ International Day is celebrated every year on 18th July to honour the former Nobel Prize Winner.
    (A) Rabindranath Tagore
    (B) Nelson Mandela
    (C) Saint Mother Teresa
    (D) Frederik Willem de Klerk
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    Answer-(B) Nelson Mandela
    Explanation:
  • He was South Africa’s first black president (1994-1999).
  • He spent 27 years to three different prisons.
  • In 1993 he received Nobel Prize for Peace along with former South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk.

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