11.06.2017 Current Affairs Quiz

1) Sri Ramanuja is famous as the chief proponent of
(A) Advaita
(B) Vishishtadvaita
(C) Dvaita
(D) Suddhadvaita
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Answer-(B) Vishistadvaita
Explanation:

Born in 1017

Ramanuja grew up in the Tamil culture, in a stable society during the rule of the Hindu Cholas dynasty.

This period was one of pluralistic beliefs, where Vaishnava, Shaiva, Smarta traditions, Buddhism and Jainism thrived together.

He was expelled by a Chola king Kulottunga II, Ramanuja then moved to another kingdom for 12 years, converted a Jain king to Hinduism after miraculously healing his daughter, and later returned on his own to Tamil Nadu.

The 1000 year celebration of Sri Ramanujacharyara birth anniversary started in May last year.

The Central Postal region Director Natarajan released special postal cover on Sri Ramanujacharya.

2) The income tax act was enacted in the year __________ and enforced in _________
(A) 1961, 1962
(B) 1962, 1963
(C) 1963, 1964
(D) 1964, 1965
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Answer-(A) 1961, 1962
Explanation:

Enactment – 13.09.1961

Enforcement – 01.04.1962

3) Who won the first Latvian Grand Slam Championship by winning women’s singles in 2017 French Open?
(A) Bethanie Mattek-Sands
(B) Lucie Safarova
(C) Simona Halep
(D) Jeļena Ostapenko
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Answer-(D) Jelena Ostapenko
Explanation:

Jelena Ostapenko, 20 years old, is from Lativa

She became the first player from Latvia to win a Grand Slam tournament.

4) Anshu Jamsenpa, who become the world’s 1st women to scale Mt.Everest twice in 5 days, belongs to which state?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
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Answer-(D) Arunachal Pradesh

5) The 858 km long Mahanadi river flows through the states of ___________ and __________
(A) West Bengal and Odisha
(B) Odisha & Jharkhand
(C) Chhattisgarh & Odisha
(D) Odisha & Telangana
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Answer-(C) Chhattisgarh & Odisha

6) NCPCR launches __________ for online registration of child sexual abuse complaints under POSCO act, 2012
(A) POSCO e-Box
(B) Save Child
(C) Beti e-box
(D) Child friendly portal
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Answer-(A) POSCO e-box
Explanation:

It was launched on Aug 26, 2016 by Union Minister for Women & Child Development Menaka Gandhi.

7) International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreed to add ______ new sports to the sports programme for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
1. Baseball / Soft ball
2. Karate
3. Skateboard
4. Sports Climbing
5. Surfing
(A) 1, 3, and 4
(B) 1, 3, and 5
(C) 1, 2, and 3
(D) All of the above
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Answer-(D) All of the above

8) French government has decided to confer the Legion of Honour (The Highest Civilian & Military Award) on ace Bengali actor ___________ for his outstanding contribution to film & theatre.
(A) Sowmitra Chatterjee
(B) Saswata Chatterjee
(C) Subhendu Chatterjee
(D) Siddartha Chatterjee
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Answer-(A) Sowmitra Chatterjee
Explanation:

Sowmitra Chatterjee will be the 33rd Indian & 2nd Bengali to receive the award.

Satyajit Ray – 1st Bengali to receive the award in 1987.

Sivaji Ganeshan - 1995

Amitabh Bachan – 2007

Shah Rukh Khan – 2014

Kamal Hassan – 2016

9) Who wrote ‘Visva Parichay’, an essay on science?
(A) Jagadish chandra bose
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Srinivasa Ramanujan
(D) C.V Raman
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Answer-(B) Rabindranath Tagore

10) ____________ is the state tree of Sikkim in India.
(A) Ficus religiosa
(B) Rhododendron
(C) Quercus
(D) Tectona grandis
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