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Saturday 16 September 2017

16.09.2017 Current Affairs Quiz


1) Which Indian actor honoured with Global Diversity Award at Britain’s House of Commons?
(A) Shah Rukh Khan
(B) Salman Khan
(C) Ranveer Singh
(D) Akshay Kumar
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Answer-(B) Salman Khan
Explanation:
  • The Global Diversity Award is given to people of immense stature in terms of what they have done for diversity in the world.
  • The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house (Rajya Sabha in India).

  • 2) Which legislative assembly passed a bill to ensure that state government employees take care of their parents and siblings with disabilities, or face a 10 per cent cut in their monthly salary?
    (A) Assam
    (B) Sikkim
    (C) Odisha
    (D) Telangana
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    Answer-(A) Assam
    Explanation:
  • Assam Assembly passes bill to ensure govt staff take care of parents.
  • State government employees take care of their parents and siblings with disabilities, or face a 10 per cent cut in their monthly salary.
  • This deducted amount would be given to their parents and siblings for their upkeep.
  • Which is also called the Assam Employees PRONAM Bill.
  • Current Assam Chief Minister - Sarbananda Sonowal (BJP).

  • 3) The International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer (or World Ozone Day) is observed every year on ___________.
    (A) September 16
    (B) September 18
    (C) October 16
    (D) October 18
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    Answer-(A) September 16
    Explanation:
  • This year, the theme for the Day is ‘Caring for all life under the sun’.
  • The day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on December 19, 1994.
  • Its observance commemorates the date in 1987 on which the Montreal Protocol was signed on substances that deplete the ozone layer.
  • It also is intended to spread awareness of the depletion of the Ozone Layer and search for solutions to preserve it.

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