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Tuesday 15 August 2017

15.08.2017 Current Affairs Quiz


1) India’s 1st Railways’ Disaster Management Institute and Safety Village to come up in Hejjala in ____________ by December 2018.
(A) Kanpur
(B) Mumbai
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Hyderabad
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Answer-(C) Bengaluru

2) _________________, a Central African Republic releases the Lord Krishna coin in silver on August 15, 2017 to commemorate Krishna Janmasthami.
(A) Republic of South Africa
(B) Republic of Chad
(C) Republic of Congo
(D) Republic of Mali
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Answer-(B) Republic of Chad

3) What are the Countries where polio is still being recorded?
1. India
2. Pakistan
3. Afghanistan
4. Bangladesh
5. Nigeria
6. Somalia

(A) 1, 2, 3 and 5
(B) 2, 3 and 5
(C) 2, 3, 5 and 6
(D) All of the above
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Answer-(B) 2, 3 and 5
Explanation:
  • On 13th August 2017, WHO announced Somalia as polio free country.
  • In the last three years Somalia had not recorded any cases of polio disease.
  • On 27th March 2014, India was officially declared ‘polio Free’ by WHO.

  • 4) The largest volcanic region on Earth, with nearly 100 volcanoes, has been discovered 2 km below the surface of the vast ice sheet in _____________.
    (A) West Antarctica
    (B) South Arctic
    (C) North Gobi desert
    (D) North East Greenland
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    Answer-(A) West Antarctica
    Explanation:
    It range in height from 100 to 3,850 meters.

    5) The Social Security Day is being observed on _____________.
    (A) 11th August 2017
    (B) 12th August 2017
    (C) 13th August 2017
    (D) 14th August 2017
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    Answer-(D) 14th August 2017

    6) Pakistan hoisted a ____________ high national flag, the largest in its history at the Attari-Wagah border to mark its 7oth Independence Day on 14th August.
    (A) 200 feet
    (B) 300 feet
    (C) 400 feet
    (D) 500 feet
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    Answer-(C) 400 feet

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