30.07.2017 Current Affairs Quiz

1) Under the Food Safety & Standards Act 2006, Haryana has prohibited mixing of ______________ with any drink or food article.
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Liquid oxygen
(C) Liquid nitrogen
(D) Monosodium glutamate
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Answer-(C) Liquid nitrogen
Explanation:

Liquid nitrogen releases a large volume of gas & could burst open the stomach if ingested in sufficiently large quantity.

At a Gurugram pub in Haryana, a Delhi businessman ended up in hospital with perforated stomach after consuming the cocktail containing liquid nitrogen.

2) _______________ will sign an agreement with UNDP in the next 15 days for rescue & rehabilitation of women who are victims of sex trafficking, acid attack & domestic violence?
(A) Tamil Nadu All Women Police
(B) Maharashtra’s Women Commission
(C) Indian Working Women Association
(D) National Commission for Women
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Answer-(B) Maharashtra’s Women Commission

3) Which Metro becomes the World’s First 100% Green Metro System?
(A) Delhi
(B) Chennai
(C) Kochi
(D) Bangalore
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Answer-(A) Delhi
Explanation:
Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has awarded the Delhi Metro with a platinum rating for ability by green building norms in its 10 residential colonies.

4) According to FAO & OECD’s ‘Agricultural Outlook 2017’, India is the world’s ___________ biggest exporter of beef.
(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Third
(D) Fourth
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Answer-(C) Third

5) Who is a founder of Amazon?
(A) Jeff Bezos
(B) Mark Zuckerberg
(C) Jack Dorsey
(D) Kunal Bahl
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Answer-(A) Jeff Bezos
Explanation:
According to the Forbes Magazine 2017, he has becomes a fortune of over $ 90.5 billion.

6) Who has been declared as interim Pakistan Prime Minister?
(A) Imran Khan
(B) Sheikh Rashid
(C) Asif Saeed Khosa
(D) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
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Answer-(D) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Explanation:
Nawaz Sharif resigned from the post of Pakistan Prime Minister following a decision by the country’s Supreme Court to disqualify him from office.

7) DRDO develops India’s first unmanned, remotely operated tank called ____________.
(A) Deen Dayal
(B) UDAN
(C) Muntra
(D) Ujjawal
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Answer-(C) Muntra
Explanation:

Muntra (Mission UNmanned TRAcked).

It has 3 variants:

Surveillance (Muntra-S)
Mine detection (Muntra-M)
Reconnaissance in areas with nuclear & bio threats (Muntra-N)

The tank has been developed & tested for the army by combat vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE) in Avadi.

8) International Tiger Day is celebrated every year on ___________.
(A) 29th June
(B) 29th July
(C) 29th August
(D) 29th September
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Answer-(B) 29th July
Explanation:

This year’s slogan – ‘Fresh Ecology For Tigers Protection’.

It was created in 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit.

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