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Friday 8 September 2017

08.09.2017 Current Affairs Quiz


1) ____________ has launched UJALA Scheme in the State of Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia.
(A) Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)
(B) TANGEDCO
(C) Damodar Valley Corporation
(D) NHPC Limited
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Answer-(A) Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)

Explanation:
  • Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) under Ministry of Power, Government of India has launched UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable Lighting for All) Scheme.
  • Under this scheme, each household in Melaka will get 10 high-quality 9-watt LED bulbs at a cost of only RM 10, which is a special price and is almost half of what in begin offered in the market.

  • 2) 'SIA' is a chatbot which is aimed at handling customer queries and help guide them through the various retail products and services offered by ______.
    (A) ICICI
    (B) HDFC
    (C) SBI
    (D) HSBC
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    Answer-(C) SBI
    Explanation:
  • SIA stands for SBI Intelligence Assistance
  • Chatbot - Chat Robot

  • 3) Who among the following has been conferred with PLuS Alliance Award?
    (A) N R Narayana Murthy
    (B) Veena Sahajwalla
    (C) A & B
    (D) None
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    Answer-(C) A & B
    Explanation:
    1. Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy and Mumbai-born scientist Veena Sahajwalla have been conferred the PLuS Alliance Prize.
    2. The PLuS Alliance Prize is a prestigious honour that recognises.
  • Research Innovation,
  • Education Innovation,
  • Global Leadership and
  • Global Innovation
  • 3. N R Narayana Murthy for Global Leadership
    4. Veena Sahajwalla for Research Innovation for her project 'The new science of green manufacturing'.

    4) Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has developed a mobile app _____ for farm registration and certification?
    (A) APEDA Farm
    (B) FarmNet
    (C) AgriNet
    (D) HortiNet
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    Answer-(D) HortiNet
    Explanation:
    Hortinet mobile app will assist State Horticulture/ Agriculture Department to capture real time.
  • details of farmers,
  • farm location,
  • products and
  • details of inspections like date of inspection, name of inspecting directly from field.
  • The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) was established by the Government of India under the APEDA Act, 1985 under Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

    5) The International Literacy Day is celebrated on _____________ every year throughout the world.
    (A) 8 September
    (B) 7 September
    (C) 6 September
    (D) 5 September
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    Answer-(A) 8 September
    Explanation:
  • The theme of 2017 ILD is ‘Literacy in a digital world’.
  • On 26 October, 1966, the UNESCO proclaimed that September 8 will be celebrated as International Literacy Day.

  • 6) ____________ is one of the biodiversity-rich uninhabited islands part of Lakshadweep has vanished due to coastal erosion.
    (A) Agatti island
    (B) Parali I island
    (C) Kadmat island
    (D) Barren island
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    Answer-(B) Parali I island
    Explanation:
  • According to Centre for Science Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based advocacy group, ‘another four such territories in the sea are shrinking fast ’.
  • Studies are made on assessment of the biodiversity confining to five uninhabited islands –Bangaram, Thinnakara, Parali I, II and III of Bangaram atoll in Lakshadweep, an archipelago of 36 islands in the Lakshadweep sea.
  • Out of five uninhabited islands, Parali I has been inundated.

  • 7) Which state to get India’s First Hyperloop Connectivity?
    (A) Andhra Pradesh
    (B) Telangana
    (C) Maharashtra
    (D) Karnataka
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    Answer-(A) Andhra Pradesh
    Explanation:
  • India’s First Hyperloop Connecting Vijayawada and Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh
  • The MoU that Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), an American research firm, has signed with the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board (APEDB), is a first of its kind in India.

  • 8) SLINEX 2017, the 7th India-Sri Lanka joint maritime naval exercise, was held at ____________.
    (A) Kochi
    (B) Vishakhapatnam
    (C) Mumbai
    (D) Andaman Island
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    Answer-(B) Vishakhapatnam

    9) M2M stands for ____________.
    (A) Modem to Modem
    (B) Money to Money
    (C) Mobile to Mobile
    (D) Machine to Machine
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    Answer-(D) Machine to Machine
    Explanation:
    1. Unlike person-to-person (P2P) communication, M2M technologies involve communication between two devices.
    2. TRAI has suggested to Department of Telecom (DoT) that all existing operators should be allowed to provide connectivity for M2M services.
    3. Under this technology, devices will be fitted with SIM or universal integrated circuit card (eUICC).
    4. It also suggested that companies offering M2M services using unlicensed spectrum should be covered under licence through a new permit to be called Unified Licence (M2M).

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