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Tuesday 8 August 2017

07.08.2017 Current Affairs Quiz


1) What are the 3 mountain railways of India came under UNESCO’s World Heritage Site?
1. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
2. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway
3. The Kalka Shimla Railway
4. The Assam North East Railways

(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 4
(D) 1, 3 and 4
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Answer-(A) 1, 2 and 3
Explanation:
1. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
  • In 1881
  • Nick name ‘The Toy Train’
  • Connects Siliduri & Darjeeling
  • Recognized by UNESCO in 1999
  • 2. Nilgiri mountain Railway
  • In 1908
  • Connects Udagamandalam & Mettupalayam
  • Recognized by UNESCO in 2005
  • 3. Kalka Shimla Railway
  • In 1903
  • Connects Kalka (Haryana) & Shimla
  • Recognized by UNESCO in 2008

  • 2) Match the colours with the salts which produce colours?

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    Answer-(A) 2 1 3 4
    Explanation:
  • Yellow Colour – Sodium Salts,
  • Blue Colour – Copper Salts,
  • Green Colour – Barium Salts,
  • Orange Colour – Calcium Salts,
  • Red Colour – Strontium Salts,
  • Purple Colour – Combination of Copper & Strontium Salts,
  • White Colour – Combination of Magnesium, Aluminium & Titanium Salts.

  • 3) The 3rd National Handloom Day is celebrated on ____________.
    (A) 1st August 2017
    (B) 3rd August 2017
    (C) 7th August 2017
    (D) 9th August 2017
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    Answer-(C) 7th August 2017

    4) Paramparagat krishi Vikas Yojaana is an initiative to promote ________ farming in the country, launched in 2015.
    (A) Cooperative
    (B) Organic
    (C) Sustainable
    (D) Scientific
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    Answer-(B) Organic

    5) __________________, A skill development program, targeted at Indian youth seeking overseas employment.
    (A) Pravasi Bharathi Divas
    (B) Pravasi vikas Yojana
    (C) Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana
    (D) Privas Bharat
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    Answer-(C) Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana
    Explanation:
    Introduced by the PM Modi on 9th August 2017 at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, held in Bangaluru.

    6) _____________ Railway station in Uttar Pradesh renamed after Denn Dayal Upadhyay.
    (A) Varanasi
    (B) Vadnagar
    (C) Aishbag
    (D) Mughalsarai
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    Answer-(D) Mughalsarai

    7) Who won gold at the 100 meter World Athletics Championship 2017 in London?
    (A) Usain bolt
    (B) Justin Gatlin
    (C) Christian Coleman
    (D) Yohan Black
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    Answer-(B) Justin Gatlin
    Explanation:
    Usain Bolt has finished 3rd in his final Individual event at the World Athletic Championship.

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