01.08.2017 Current Affairs Quiz

1) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has launched the survey, _____________ to assess sanitation and rank all the 4041 cities & towns of the country.
(A) Swach Bharath Rank
(B) Swachh Survekshan – 2018
(C) Clean Rank - 2018
(D) Sanitation – 2018
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Answer-(B) Swachh Survekshan – 2018
Explanation:
Parameters : Infrastructure development for improved Sanitation, their sustainability, outcomes, citizen connect & visible impact on ground.

2) ____________, the central sector scheme for containing population decline of Parsis in India launched on 23rd September 2013.
(A) Improve Parsis
(B) Parsis Panchayat
(C) Jiyo Parsis
(D) Populate Parsis
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Answer-(C) Jiyo Parsis
Explanation:

Objective : To reverse the declining trend of Parsi population by adopting scientific protocol & structured interventions.

100% funded by Ministry of Minority Affairs.

Jiyo Parsi phase II campaign launched on July 30, 2017.

Jiyo Parsi Phasse I initiated on 2013.

3) What are typhoons that struck China & Taiwan one after the other in July end?
(A) Nesat & Haitang
(B) Haikui & Merbok
(C) Nepartak & Meranti
(D) Dujuan & Mujigae
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Answer-(A) Nesat & Haitang

4) Which Indian shuttler has won men’s single at the 2017 Lagos International Challenge in Nigeria?
(A) Kidambi Srikanth
(B) Rahul Yadav
(C) Pranny Kumar
(D) Sai Praneeth
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Answer-(B) Rahul Yadav
Explanation:
In Men’s doubles:
Manu Attri & B. Sumeeth Reddy

5) Who won a Hungarian Grand Prix, 2017 Formula One?
(A) Lewis Hamilton
(B) Valtteri Bottas
(C) Kimi Raikkonen
(D) Sebastian Vettel
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Answer-(D) Sebastian Vettel

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