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Exercise : Daily Current Affairs
  • March 24, 2017 Current Affairs
1.
Identify the veteran photographer who was recently conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 6th National Photography Awards.
Raghu Rai
Pablo Bartholomew
Dilip Mehta
Altaf Qadri
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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2.
Which state government has launched a program to provide free wifi facilities in educational institutions?
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Rajasthan
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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3.
Which union minister has launched an integrated grievances redressal platform "MoPNG e Seva" for Petroleum and Gas related queries?
Faggan Singh Kulaste
Ajay Tamta
Arjun Ram Meghwal
Dharmendra Pradhan
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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4.
Who won the 2017 Abel Prize?
Yves Meyer
Andrew J. Wiles
Louis Nirenberg
John F. Nash
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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5.
Who has been bestowed with the Life Time Achievement (LTA) award at the 6th National Photography Awards?
Raghu Rai
K K Mustafah
Atul Choubey
Dipayan Bhar
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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6.
Who has been honoured with the first-ever Kuldip Nayar journalism award 2017?
Rizvan Kausar
Ravish Kumar
Ikshula Arora
Anupam Mishra
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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7.
Identify the naturalist on whose name a tiny shrimp-like fossil, which is thought to be around 430 million-years-old, is named.
E.O. Wilson
David Attenborough
Diane Ackerman
Jannise Ray
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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8.
The National Commission for Schedule Tribes (NCST) has approved the proposal for five additional seats for tribals in which state's assembly?
Manipur
Nagaland
Tripura
Sikkim
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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9.
What is the India's rank in the global Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) 2017?
55th
65th
87th
93rd
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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10.
Which Indian state is soon going to have a football stadium with world-class facility as per FIFA norms?
Punjab
Jammu & Kashmir
Kerala
West Bengal
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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11.
Pawan Hans is going to start chopper rides for visitors in which Indian city?
Delhi
Mumbai
Lucknow
Agra
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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12.
What is the theme of 2017 World Meteorological Day (WMD)?
Understanding cloud
Meteorology and tourism
World Weather Watch
Weather, oceans and human activity
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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13.
The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched a Coffee Table Book titled '50 Years - The Great Indian Milk Revolution.' Who of the following is handling ministry?
Najma A. Heptulla
Birender Singh
Radha Mohan Singh
Narendra Singh Tomar
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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14.
The World Bank (WB) has signed how much amount of credit agreement with Uttarakhand to improve quality of health care services?
$100 million
$200 million
$300 million
$250 million
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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15.
Which State Government launched the Sustainable Action for Climate Resilient Development (SaCReD) for protection of the environment in Majuli.
Assam
Telangana
Karnataka
Bihar
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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16.
The Kane Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) is located in which state of India?
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Andhra Pradesh
Manipur
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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17.
The central sector scheme Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) will be launched from which state?
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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18.
The International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members was observed recently. The day commemorates the anniversary of the abduction of which of the following UN staff members?
Alex Matthews
Charles Chad
Alec Collett
None of the above
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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19.
Which high-level committee has been formed to examine working of Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) and Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH)?
Narendra Modi committee
Shashi Tharoor committee
Madhukar Gupta committee
Arvind Panagariya committee
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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20.
Ashokamitran, who passed away recently, was the noted litterateur of which language?
Odia
Telugu
Malayalam
Tamil
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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21.
The United Nations Human Rights Council has granted which country a two-year extension to probe into the alleged war crimes committed during civil war?
Syria
Iraq
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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