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Tuesday 2 January 2018

01.01.2018 Current Affairs Quiz

1. GAIL commissions India’s second largest rooftop solar plant in _______.
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) New Delhi
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Answer-(A) Uttar Pradesh
Explanation:
  • It is 5.76 MWp (Mega Watt peak) solar plant installed at GAIL’s petrochemical complex at Pata in UP.
  • India’s largest rooftop solar plant was commissioned in December 2015 by Tata Power Solar in Amritsar, Punjab. It is 12 MWp solar rooftop project, which produces more than 150 lakh units of power annually. It offsets over 19,000 tonne of carbon emissions every year.

  • 2. Arunachal Pradesh was officially declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) state. It is ______ state to be declared ODF state.
    (A) 3rd
    (B) 4th
    (C) 5th
    (D) 6th
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    Answer-(C) 5th
    Explanation:
    It is second State from Northeast, after Sikkim and overall fifth state after Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Haryana to be declared ODF state.

    3. ________ and ________became first countries of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to introduce Value Added Tax (VAT) for the first to increase their revenue away from oil reserves.
    1. Saudi Arabia
    2. United Arab Emirates (UAE)
    3. Bahrain
    4. Kuwait
    5. Oman
    (A) 1 and 3
    (B) 2 and 4
    (C) 1 and 2
    (D) 4 and 5
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    Answer-(C) 1 and 2

    4. ______ is going to launch Parker Solar Probe in 2018 to explore the sun’s outer atmosphere.
    (A) NASA
    (B) ISRO
    (C) European Space Agency
    (D) China National Space Administration
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    Answer-(A) NASA
    Explanation:
    It will be launched onboard of Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle. It will perform its scientific investigations in a hazardous region of intense heat and solar radiation.
    Primary goals of mission: Trace how energy and heat move through solar corona. Explore what accelerates solar wind as well as solar energetic particles.

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