09 & 10.01.2018 Current Affairs Quiz

1. Aziz Ansari becomes 1st man of Asian descent to win ______ for best actor.
(A) Golden Globe
(B) Oscar
(C) Grammy
(D) None
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Answer-(A) Golden Globe
Explanation:
The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards honored the best in film and American television of 2017. The ceremony was organized at Beverly Hills, California (US).

2. Flamingo festival held at Pulicat lake in________.
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Karnataka
(D) Kerala
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Answer-(B) Andhra Pradesh

Explanation:

The three-day annual Flamingo Festival was held at Pulicat lake and Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary in Sullurpet mandal. Flamingo Festival is held every year to promote tourism in Pulicat and Nellapattu.

Pulicat Lake is the second largest brackish water lake or lagoon in India after Chilika Lake. It is located on border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

3. India’s fastest and first multi-petaflops (PF) supercomputer named _____ was unveiled at Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM).
(A) Pratyush
(B) Param
(C) Aaditya
(D) PARAM Yuva II
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Answer-(A) Pratyush
Explanation:
It will help India with better forecasts in terms of monsoon, extreme events, cyclones, tsunamis, earthquakes, air quality, lightning, fishing, hot cold waves, flood and drought among others.

4. Which state government becomes first state to launch high-risk pregnancy portal?
(A) Punjab
(B) Haryana
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) New Delhi
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Answer-(B) Haryana
Explanation:

Haryana has become the first State in India to launch High Risk Pregnancy (HRP) Portal which helps in early identification of high-risk pregnant cases, ensures timely referral of such cases to the civil hospitals for further management and delivery by specialists.

As morbidity and mortality is quite high in high risk pregnant cases, HRP initiative will lead to a decline in Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Still Birth Incidence.

5. Which government has launches common card for bus, metro rides?
(A) Punjab
(B) Haryana
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) New Delhi
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Answer-(D) New Delhi
Explanation:

Delhi is thus the first city in India to have such common mobility card.

This card can be used at on 200 Delhi transport Corporation (DTC) and 50 cluster buses running on different routes as well as on metro trains.

The common card can also function like a debit card. It will be operational in all DTC and cluster buses from April 1, 2018.

6. World’s largest ice festival celebrated in ______.
(A) India
(B) Iceland
(C) China
(D) Russia
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Answer-(C) China

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