Current Affairs MCQ 1st September 2017

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We are here with Multiple choice Questions based on Current affairs MCQ 1st September 2017

1) Modi inaugurated highway and road projects worth Rs15,000 crore for the state in Udaipur _______
a) Assam
b) Rajasthan
c) UP
d) Maharashtra
e) None of the above

Answer: b)
Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated highway and road projects worth Rs15,000 crore for the state in Udaipur, Rajasthan. He has also inaugurated Chambal bridge in Kota.

2). _______forest dept deploys excavators to evict illegal encroachers from Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary
a) Kerala
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Assam
d) UP
e) None of the above

Answer: c)
Explanation: Assam forest department deployed around 10000 security and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel, 20 elephants and 20 excavators to evict 1400 families that have been encroaching upon Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary on the northeastern fringe of Guwahati. The sanctuary is spread over 78.64 sq km.

3) Fourth Session of the India-Tanzania Joint Trade Committee (JTC) meeting was held in ________
a) Delhi
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Assam
d) UP
e) None of the above
Answer:(a)
Explanation: Fourth Session of the India-Tanzania Joint Trade Committee (JTC) meeting was held in New Delhi. The Indian delegation was led by Minister for State for Commerce and Industry Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman and Tanzanian delegation was led by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Mr. Charles John Mwijage

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4) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd has been given scheduled bank status by _______
a) RBI
b) SBI
c) Payment Bank
d) Small Finance Bank
e) None of the above

Answer: a) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd, has been given scheduled bank status by RBI. Currently, Ujjivan SFB has 65 full-fledged brick and mortar branches in eight states and two Union Territories.
5) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch ___________
a) IRNSS-1H
b) IRNSS-2H
c) IRNSS-3H
d) INSS-1H
e) None of the above
Answer: a)
Explanation: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its navigation satellite IRNSS-1H this evening. The satellite lifts off from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhavan Space Centre at Sriharikotta, on board the rocket PSLV C39.

6). Unicity Launched World’s First ever Genomeceuticals Range of Products in_______
a) US
b) Sri lanka
c) India
d) Japan
e) None of the above
Answer: c)
Explanation: Unicity International, headquartered in Orem, Utah, United States has launched world’s first ever Genomeceutical (gene controlling) range of products to India.

7) State-owned NTPC has signed a term loan agreement for Rs. 3,000 crore with ________
a) ICICI
b) HSBC
c) HDFC
d) Axis Bank
e) None of the above

Answer: a)
Explanation: State-owned NTPC has signed a term loan agreement for Rs. 3,000 crore with ICICI Bank for partially funding its capital expenditure. The loan which has a door-to-door tenure of 15 years will be utilized to part finance the capital expenditure of NTPC.

8) _________-took over as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs
a) Rajiv Gaba
b) Rajeev Singh
c) Deepak Sharma
d) Ranbir Singh
e) None of the above
Explanation: (a) Rajiv Gauba took over as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Mr. Gauba joined the Ministry of Home Affairs as Officer on Special Duty on June 27, 2017 and took charge as the Union Home Secretary upon the superannuation ofShri Rajiv Mehrishi.

9) 10th India-European Union Counter Terrorism Dialogue in __________
a) Delhi
b) Assam
c) Maharashtra
d) Bihar
e) None of the above

Answer: (a)
Explanation: India and the European Union have agreed to strengthen cooperation between their security and intelligence agencies to combat the threat of terrorism and check terror financing.

10) Celebrity contact details revealed via ________-
a) Facebook
b) Google
c) Instagram
d) Snapchat
e) None of the above

Answer: c) Instagram has said a flaw in its systems revealed a number of stars’ phone numbers and email addresses to cyber-attackers

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