Current Affairs Quiz April 28, 2017

Q.1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first flight under the UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme for regional connectivity through Video conference. Which of the following routes is not true?

a) Nanded-Hyderabad

b) Kadapa-Hyderabad

c) Shimla-Delhi

d) Kadapa-Delhi

e) None of these

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 d) Kadapa-Delhi

Q.2) Which of the following person will be the Chief Guest of the 8th Convocation of Lovely Professional University at Kapurthala district in Punjab?

a) Ravi Shankar Prasad

b) Venkaiah Naidu

c) Sushma Swaraj

d) Narendra Modi

e) Pranab Mukherjee

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e) Pranab Mukherjee 

Q.3) According to the draft of “Three Year Action Agenda for FY18-FY20” released by the NITI Aayog, old polluting power plants near populated areas should be phased out by which year?

a) 2019

b) 2018

c) 2032

d) 2022

e) 2020

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a) 2019 

Q.4) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that “Ballabhgarh” will be renamed as_______.

a) Balabgarh

b) Balmarach

c) Balramgarh

d) Balramarh

e) Ballagarh

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c) Balramgarh 

Q.5) China plans a new city to cap its population at 23 million by 2020, based on urban designing to check congestion and air pollution. It is worth about______.

a) 5 trillion Yuan

b) 6 trillion Yuan

c) 1 trillion Yuan

d) 3 trillion Yuan

e) 2 trillion Yuan

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 e) 2 trillion Yuan

Q.6) India signed an MoU with which country for the revision of tax agreement that provides a boost of investment flows?

a) Iran

b) Russia

c) Bangladesh

d) Cyprus

e) South Korea

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 d) Cyprus

Q.7) How much amount of loan has been credited to the Brazil’s renewable sector by the New Development Bank?

a) $ 150 million

b) $ 300 million

c) $ 250 million

d) $ 350 million

e) $ 100 million

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b) $ 300 million

Q.8) What is the rank of India in the World Press Freedom Index 2017, a report released by global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders?

a) 136th

b) 135th

c) 140th

d) 137th

e) 133rd

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 a) 136th

Q.9) India successfully test-fired its intermediate-range ballistic missile ____ from Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast by the DRDO, recently?

a) Prithvi-II

b) Prithvi-III

c) Agni-V

d) Agni-III

e) Agni-IV

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d) Agni-III

Q.10) Which of the following Institute got the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards 2017, for the project ‘White Light Emission from Vegetable Extracts’?

a) IIT- Madras

b) NIT- Trichy

c) IIT- Bombay

d) IIT- Kharagpur

e) IIT-Ahmedabad

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a) IIT- Madras 

Q.11) Who has been appointed as the member of IOC’s Olympic Channel Commission. She also replaced the International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven?

a) Sasi ferriani

b) Geeta Ambani

c) Nita Ambani

d) Ivo ferriani

e) Sari essayah

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c) Nita Ambani 

Q.12) The UN refugee agency has chosen as a UNHCR goodwill ambassador, a Syrian teenage girl, Yusra Mardini. She is belongs to which sport?

a) Tennis

b) Athletes

c) Hockey

d) Golf

e) Swimming

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e) Swimming 

Q.13) Neeraj Chopra, the under-20 World record-holder, qualified for the World championships with an impressive 83.32m effort. He is related to which of the following game?

a) Judo

b) Archery

c) Gymnastics

d) Wrestling

e) Javelin

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 e) Javelin

Q.14) Name the Veteran actor also a Member of Parliament, died of cancer at the age of 70?

a) Rubin Dutt

b) Guru Dutt

c) Kunal Singh

d) Vinod Khanna

e) Akshay Kumar

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 d) Vinod Khanna

Q.15) Which among the following is the smallest country in the African continent?

a) Seychelles

b) Gambia

c) Libya

d) Congo

e) Sudan

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a) Seychelles