28.07.2017 Current Affairs Quiz

1) _____________ is among the 6 winners of 2017 Ramon Magsaysay Award, regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize.
(A) Gethsie Shanmugam
(B) Kailash Satyarthi
(C) Kulandei Francis
(D) Harish Hande
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Answer-(A) Gethsie Shanmugam
Explanation:
Gnanadeepam ‘Gethsie’ Shanmugam is a Sri Lankan Tamil Psychosocial Counsellor who counselled war widows & orphans displaced by war in Sri Lanka.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award:

Established in 1957.

It is named after the 7th President of the Philippines.

The awards were given in 6 categories:
i) Government service
ii) Public service
iii) Community leadership
iv) Journalism, Literature & Creative communication arts
v) Peace & International understand
vi) Emergent leadership

2) Which island is named after APJ Abdul Kalam as tribute to the former president on his second death anniversary?
(A) Rameswaram Island
(B) Wheeler Island
(C) Ekakula Island
(D) Mannar Island
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Answer-(B) Wheeler Island
Explanation:
Odisha government has formally named the outer Wheeler Island in Bhadrak district as APJ Abdul Kalam Island.

3) World Hepatitis Day takes place every year on _____________.
(A) 28th July
(B) 28th June
(C) 28th May
(D) 28th March
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Answer-(A) 28th July
Explanation:
The theme for World Hepatitis Day 2017 is ‘Eliminate Hepatitis’.
Hepatitis:
An inflammation of the liver tissue.
Types:
Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E.
Causes:
i) Ingestion of Contaminated food & Water,
ii) Unscreened blood,
iii) Unsafe injections & Medical Procedure,
iv) Unsafe sex,
v) Pregnant women to child transmission,
vi) Injecting drug.

4) Rajaji National Park is situated in ____________.
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Kerala
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Uttarkhand
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Answer-(D) Uttarkhand
Explanation:
1. Established in 1983 and it spreads over the Pauri Garwal, Dehradun & Saharanpur districts of Uttarkhand.
2. Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve is established in 1936 in Nainital district of Uttarkhand.
3. Uttarkhand is the second state in terms of tiger count behind Karnataka which has 400 big cats.

2006 Tiger census – 1,411

2010 Tiger census – 1,706

2014 Tiger census – 2,226

4. According to 2014 tiger census, 30% increase compared to 2010 census.

Karnataka – 408 tigers

Uttarkhand – 340 tigers

Madhya Pradesh – 308 tigers

Tamil Nadu – 229 tigers

5. In India, tiger census is carried out by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) after a gap of every 4 years.