19.08.2017 Current Affairs Quiz

1) Who has been appointed as a the New Navy Commander in Sri Lanka?
(A) Ravindra Wijegunaratne
(B) Travis Sinniah
(C) Jayantha Perera
(D) Jayanath Colombage
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Answer-(B) Travis Sinniah
Explanation:

Appointed by Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena.

He is the 1st Tamil to head a wing of the military since 1970.

2) The 9th BRICS Summit 2017 “BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Bright Future” will be held in ___________ in September 2017.
(A) Xiamen, China
(B) New Delhi, India
(C) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(D) Durban, South Africa
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Answer-(A) Xiamen, China
Explanation:

It will be the 2nd time China has hosted the summit after the 2011 summit.

The Acronym BRIC was 1st used in 2001 by Goldman Sachs in their Global Economics Paper, “The World Needs Better Economic BRICS’.

The 1st BRIC summit was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on 16 June 2009.

The first 5 member BRICS summit was held in 2011.

3) Which Ministry has launched ‘Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali’ (Green Diwali, Healthy Diwali) campaign to celebrated Pollution-Free Diwali this year?
(A) Ministry of Home Affairs
(B) Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
(C) Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
(D) Ministry of Urban Development
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Answer-(B) Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change

4) India’s First World Peace University was inaugurated in ___________.
(A) JNU, Delhi
(B) MIT, Pune
(C) SRM, Chennai
(D) BITS Pilani, Hyderabad
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Answer-(B) MIT, Pune
Explanation:
Inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

5) The digital wallet ‘bespoke’ (Mobile Payment App) is launched by _________.
(A) Aircel
(B) BSNL
(C) IDBI Bank
(D) Axis Bank
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Answer-(B) BSNL
Explanation:

The wallet has been developed & issued by Mobikwik on behalf of BSNL.

It would enable its existing 100 million customers to make Bill payments & transact on e-commerce platforms.

In July 2017 FreeCharge (Mobile Payment App) was acquired by Axis Bank from Snabdeal for $60 million.

In April 2015 Indian e-commerce Snapdeal acquired Freecharge for Rs.2800 crore.

6) The 7th World Dwarf Games 2017, was held in _______________.
(A) Los Angeles, USA
(B) London, England
(C) Sydney, Australia
(D) Toronto, Canada
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Answer-(D) Toronto, Canada
Explanation:

India had won 15 gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze medals (37 medals).

A. Selvaraj, from Karaikudi Alagappa University, won gold medal in Javelin throw.

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