Current Affairs MCQ 15th July 2017

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1) India is set to get its first high-speed rail training center at Gandhinagar,__________
a) Gujarat
b) Delhi
c) Assam
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) None of the above

Answer: a)
Explanation: The country is set to get its first high-speed rail training center at Gandhinagar. The center will provide for advanced training modules on cutting edge technologies. While India’s first bullet train is proposed to hit the track in 2023, the training center is supposed to start operating by 2020

2). ___________Police will be the first state police in India who will get ‘super cop belt’
a) Punjab
b) Assam
c) Delhi
d) Rajasthan
e) None of the above

Answer: c)
Explanation: National capital police will be the first state police in India who will get ‘super cop belt’, a specially designed belt, widely used by Police in UK, USA, Russia and para-military forces like CRPF, CISF, NSG etc.

3) The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) to set up India’s first TISC in _________
a) Meghalaya
b) Assam
c) Punjab
d) Rajasthan
e) None of the above

Answer:(c)
Explanation: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has recently launched an ambitious flagship program titled “Livelihood Intervention and Facilitation of Entrepreneurship” (LIFE) at Songsak

4) _________most famous political prisoner, the Nobel laureate and democracy icon Liu Xiaobo, has died
a) China
b) Japan
c) India
d) Iran
e) None of the above

Answer: a) China’s most famous political prisoner, the Nobel laureate and democracy icon Liu Xiaobo, has died at the age of 61. Liu was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.

5) _________ became the 24th country to legalise same-sex marriage
a) Malta
b) Belarus
c) Ireland
d) Turkey
e) None of the above
Answer: a)
Explanation: The Roman Catholic Mediterranean island Malta today became the 24th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage

6). 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC) International Conference held in Istanbul,____
a)Turkey
b) Pakistan
c) Ireland
d) Afganisthan
e) None of the above

Answer: a)
Explanation: The 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC) International Conference was held recently in Istanbul, Turkey.

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7). J P Nadda launched the National Strategic Plan for which disease Elimination
a) Malaria
b) Leprosy
c) Dengue
d) Polio
e) None of the above

Answer: a)
Explanation: Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination (2017-22).

8) ________has become the first state to make social boycott
a) Maharashtra
b) Kolkata
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Tamil Nadu
e) None of the above

Explanation: (b) Maharashtra has become the first state to make social boycott a crime after President Pranab Mukherjee cleared the legislation.

9) Union cabinet has approved to set up ISARC in____________
a) Varanasi
b) Delhi
c) Gandhinagar
d) Raipur
e) None of the above

Answer: a)
Explanation: The union cabinet has approved the establishment of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South Asia Regional Center (ISARC) at campus of National Seed Research and Training Center (NSRTC) in Varanasi.

10) __________ government has launched a medical insurance scheme up to 10 lakh rupees
a) Delhi
b) Assam
c) Punjab
d) Maharashtra
e) None of the above

Answer: d) The Maharashtra government has launched a scheme to cover medical insurance of up to Rs10 lakh for legislators and their families

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