Current Affairs Quiz: September 07, 2017

Current Affairs 7 September 2017 Quiz

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1. Ankul Mittal Belongs to which sports?
   A) Rowing
   B) Boxing
   C) Shooting
   D) Badminton
   
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      Option C
   Explanation: India has bagged a Gold and two Silver medals in the Men’s Double trap event at the ISSF World Shotgun Championship in Moscow. India won the Gold in the Junior team section of the event with a combined score of 401. Ankur Mittal won the Silver in the senior event, while 17-year-old Ahvar Rizvi finished second in the junior section.
   
2. Which of the following technology gaint has acquired data management platform Dataware?
   A) Dell
   B) Microsoft
   C) HCL
   D) IBM
   
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      Option C
   Explanation: HCL Technologies has announced the acquisition of automation-driven data management platform Datawave for an undisclosed sum.
   
3. BSNL has entered into an agreement with Coriant, a Networking solution provider. It belongs to which Country?
   A) Germany
   B) France
   C) USA
   D) UK
   
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      Option C
   Explanation: State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has entered into an agreement with US-based networking solutions provider Coriant to chart the path to 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) in India.
   
4. Exide Life Insurance tied up with which bank to sell its insurance products?
   A) Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative bank
   B) Odisha State Cooperative bank
   C) Abhyudaya Cooperative bank
   D) District Cooperative Central bank
   
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      Option A
   Explanation: Exide Life Insurance has announced a partnership with Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC Bank) to offer its protection and savings products to the latter’s customers.
   
5. Which of the following bank had launched Chatbot ‘Eva’ which has become India’s smartest chatbot?
   A) ICICI
   B) YES
   C) DENA
   D) HDFC
   
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      Option D
   Explanation: Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based chatbot ‘Eva’ — built for HDFC Bank by Bengaluru-based Senseforth AI Research — has successfully addressed over 2.7 million customer queries in six months to become the country’s largest banking chatbot.
   
6. What amount of money is needed by World Health Organisation (WHO) to eliminate Measles from South East Asia?
   A) 500 USD
   B) 600 USD
   C) 700 USD
   D) 800 USD
   
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      Option D
   Explanation: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that it needs to pump in over $800 million to eliminate measles from five developing economies of South East Asia (SEA) — Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar and Timor Leste — by 2020.
   
7. Which of the following country has banned initial coin offerings?
   A) Japan
   B) Myanmar
   C) China
   D) India
   
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      Option C
   Explanation: The Chinese government has banned initial coin offerings, a new fundraising phenomenon that has taken the Internet by storm. The People’s Bank of China ruled that these unregulated sales violated Chinese law and must stop immediately.
   
8. Which of the following state has launched “Jala Siriki Haarati” programme?
   A) Telengana
   B) Rajastha
   C) Odisha
   D) Andhra Pradesh
   
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      Option D
   Explanation: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has announced a new programme to offer prayers to water bodies and to create awareness among the public regarding water preservation. Named ‘Jala Siriki Haarati’, the programme is aimed at praying at all the rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, irrigation projects, water reservoirs, check dams and all kinds of water bodies.
   
9.  NITI Aayog’s Natinal nutriition mission aims at ensuring every child, adolescent girl and woman attains optimal nutritional status by ___
   A) 2018
   B) 2022
   C) 2025
   D) 2030
   
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      Option B
   Explanation: Government think-tank Niti Aayog has come out with the National Nutrition Strategy, seeking to put nutrition at the forefront of the narrative of the National Development Agenda. It aims at ensuring every child, adolescent girl and woman attains optimal nutritional status by 2022.
   
10. In September, 2017, India agreed to set up Defence Cooperation with which of the following country?
    A) Sri lanka
    B) China
    C) japan
    D) Germany
    
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       Option C
    Explanation: India and Japan have agreed to collaborate closely in defence production, including on dual-use technologies, as the two countries resolved to ramp up overall military engagement under the bilateral special strategic framework.
    
11. With which of the following country has India signed Cultural Exchange programme for the year 2017-2020?
    A) Bhutan
    B) Bangladesh
    C) Myanmar
    D) China
    
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       Option C
    Explanation: India and Myanmar have signed eight Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and three agreements in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar to strengthen the multifaceted partnership between the two countries. The MoUs are: MoU on Maritime Security Cooperation Cultural Exchange Programme for the year 2017-2020. MoU on Enhancing the Cooperation of the Upgradation of the Women’s Police Training Centre at Yamethin, Myanmar.
    

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12. Which of the following is the capital of Myanmar?
    A) Naypyidaw
    B) Alofi
    C) Accra
    D) Amman
    
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       Option A
    
13. Sileru River belongs to which of the following state?
    A) Maharashtra
    B) Tamil Nadu
    C) Karnataka
    D) andhra Pradesh
    
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       Option D
    
14. Who is the General Director of WHO?
    A) John Adams
    B) Felix Bloch
    C) Tedros Adhanom
    D) Edoardo Amaldi
    
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       Option C
    
15. Who is the acting Chairman of HDFC?
    A) Bobby Parikh
    B) Deepak S parekh
    C) Srikanth Barucha
    D) Aditya Puri
    
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       Option B
    
16. Where is the headquarters of HCL Technologies?
    A) New Delhi
    B) Kolkata
    C) Chennai
    D) Hyderabad
    
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       Option B
    
17. Ankur Mittal belongs to which place?
    A) New Delhi
    B) Chandigarh
    C) Srinagar
    D) jamshedpur
    
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       Option A
    
18. Who is the Chairman and MD of BSNL?
    A) Shanti Swaroop
    B) Anupam Shrivastava
    C) Pankaj Patel
    D) Agyan Mishra
    
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       Option B
    
19. Shiv Nadar is related to which of the following Company?
    A) Microsoft
    B) HCL
    C) Dell
    D) Nokia
    
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       Option B
    
20. What is the currency of Myanmar?
    A) Kyat
    B) Taka
    C) Rupiah
    D) Bhat
    
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       Option A
    
21. Name the president of Switzerland.
    A) Marcelo de Sousa
    B) Simonetta Sommaruga
    C) Johann Schneider-Ammann
    D) Doris Leuthard
    
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       Option D
    In August 2017, Swiss president Doris Leuthard was on a three-day visit to India.
22. Where is Ananda Temple situated?
    A) China
    B) Nepal
    C) Myanmar
    D) Indonesia 
    
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       Option C
    While PM Modi’s visit to Myanmar after BRICS summit, he reached Myanmar’s Bagan city and visited the famous Ananda Temple there. 

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