Current Affairs MCQ- 24th July 2017

Current Affairs MCQ- 24th July 2017

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Q1.India has collaborated with which country in the field of research and Development of Traditional Medicines ?
A]Japan
B]Russia
C]US
D]England
E]None of these

Q2.Who is appointed as the first female President of the Supreme Court of UK ?
A]Alice Smith
B]Laura Hawkings
C]Stifanny Brandon
D]Brenda Marjorie
E]None of them

Q3.Who is appointed as the new Joint Secretary in the PMO ?
A]Mohan Khawatra
B]Gopal Bagley
C]Sanjay Sahai
D]Vinod Desai
E]None of them

Q4.Which Indian player has won Bronze in World Para Athletics Championships 2017 in Discus Throw ?
A]Sameera Dixit
B]Suhana Singh
C]Karamjyoti Dalal
D]Gargi Mittal
E]None of them

Q5.Which country will host the Conference on Cyber Space in 2017 ?
A]US
B]China
C]Germany
D]Japan
E]India

Q6.Who is appointed as the Secretary of the President-Elect Ramnath Kovind ?
A]Ankush Sahai
B]Varun Kumar
C]Sanjay Kothari
D]Samarth K
E]None of them

Q7.Who is appointed as the Managing Director of Adobe Systems ?
A]Upen Shah
B]Shanmugh Natarajan
C]Girindra Jadeja
D]Vikash Patel
E]Gitam Deshmukh

Q8.Who is appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Indian Premier League ?
A]Asutosh Singh
B]Vivek Patel
C]Hemang Amin
D]Akash Mehta
E]None of them

Q9.Which state of India will host the National Hand loom Day on 7th August ?
A]Odisha
B]West Bengal
C]Karnataka
D]Assam
E]Gujrat

Q10.India has launched the 1st Research And Development Facility to test high-end BS-VI quality fuel emissions at which city ?
A]Gajiabad
B]Lukhnow
C]Varanasi
D]Faridabad
E]Delhi

Q11.The Research Institution of World's Ancient, Traditional, Culture & Heritage (RITWATCH) Museum is situatated in which state ?
A]Assam
B]Nagaland
C]Manipur
D]Arunachal Pradesh
E]None of these

Q12.India has signed a Memorandum to connect the waterways with which country ?
A]China
B]Bangladesh
C]Nepal
D]Bhutan
E]None of these

Q13.China has started the naval drills named "Joint Sea 2017" in the Baltic Sea in collaboration with which country ?
A]Russia
B]Myanmar
C]Combodia
D]Bangladesh
E]None of these

Q14.Who will be the Next Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson ?
A]Nitesh Yadav
B]Kumar Sourav
C]Raveesh Kumar
D]Vikash Sinha
E]None of them

Q15.What is the rank of India as the Terror Target in the world?
A]1st
B]2nd
C]3rd
D]4th
E]5th

Explanation

Explanation 1. India has collaborated with US in the field of research and Development of Traditional Medicines to cure various deseases like cancer. For the first time this kind of joint initiative is started by these two countries.

Explanation 2. Brenda Marjorie is appointed as the first female President of the Supreme Court by the UK Govt. She is the senior most judge of the country. She has served as a counsel of Queen Elizabeth.

Explanation 3. Gopal Bagley is the new Joint Secretary in the PMO. He is an Indian Foreign Service Officer of 1992 Batch for 3 years.

Explanation 4. Karamjyoti Dalal has won Bronze in World Para Athletics Championships 2017 in Discus Throw. She is currently ranked World No. 8.

Explanation 5. India will host the Conference on Cyber Space in 2017. Narendra Modi has inaugurated the conference. The theme will be based on the Cyber4All: An Inclusive, Sustainable, Safe And Secure Cyberspace.

Explanation 6. Sanjay Kothari is appointed as the Secretary of the President-Elect Ramnath Kovind. He is the chairman of Public Enterprises Selection Board. He is a 1978-Batch IAS officer of Haryana Cadre.

Explanation 7. Shanmugh Natarajan is appointed as the Managing Director of Adobe Systems. He was the former executive Director of the company in India.

Explanation 8. Hemang Amin is appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Indian Premier League. He was recently the Assistant General Manager at BCCI and successfully managed the operations of IPL.

Explanation 9. Assam will host the National Hand loom Day on 7th August. In this ceremony, handloom productswhich are crafted by artisans from the seven north eastern states so that they can display their products.

Explanation 10. India has launched the 1st Research And Development Facility to test high-end BS-VI quality fuel emissions at Faridabad. It was inaugurated by Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Explanation 11. The Research Institution of World's Ancient, Traditional, Culture & Heritage (RITWATCH) Museum is situated at Roing in Arunachal Pradesh. Union Minister of State For Home Kiren Rijiju has inaugurated the Museum.

Explanation 12. India has signed a Memorandum to connect the waterways with Bangladesh. The new waterways would be set using major rivers of West Bengal, Brahmaputra in Assam and major rivers of Bangladesh.

Explanation 13. China has started the naval drills named "Joint Sea 2017" in the Baltic Sea in collaboration with Russia. The Chinese-Russian military drills have been held in every year since 2012.

Explanation 14. Raveesh Kumar will be the Next Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson.The 1995 IFS officer is the Consul General of India in Frankfurt.

Explanation 15. India is 3rd largest Terror Target in the world according to the data compiled by the US state department. Iraq and Afghanistan are at 1st and 2nd position respectively while Pakistan is at 4th position.