Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 22nd August 2017

Current Affairs Quiz - 22nd August 2017

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Q1.Which company of India has recently signed a distributor agreement with Apple to distribute its products in India ?
A]TCS
B]HCL Infosystems
C]IBM India
D]HP Infosystems
E]None of these

Q2.Who has launched the Digital Police portal under CCTNS project ?
A]Ramnath Kovind
B]Narendra Modi
C]Sushma Swaraj
D]Rajnath Singh
E]None of them

Q3.Who is appointed as the CPO of Uber ?
A]Narottam Singhania
B]Suresh Pasrekh
C]Vishpala Reddy
D]Upendra Patel
E]None of them

Q4.The Govt. of which state has launched a new initiative names "Scheme for Compassionate Family Pension" ?
A]West Bengal
B]Assam
C]Bihar
D]Goa
E]Maharashtra

Q5.Which of the following Municipal Corporations has launched the "Mosquito Terminator" train ?
A]Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
B]Vadodara Mahanagar Seva Sadan
C]South Delhi Municipal Corporation
D]Calcutta Municipal Corporation
E]None of these

Q6.Which Indian Shooter has won Bronze in the Double Trap event in ISSF Junior Shotgun World Cup ?
A]Shapath Bharadwaj
B]Jeetu Rai
C]Sheoran
D]Keer
E]None of them

Q7.Who has received the "Agriculture Leadership " Award - 2017 by ICFA ?
A]Mamata Banerjee
B]Nitish Kumar
C]Vijay Rupani
D]K Chandrasekhar Rao
E]None of them

Q8. Who has won the Arjuna Award in 2017 ?
A]Shanti Mallik
B]Oinam Bembem Devi
C]Ngangom Bala Devi
D]Sasmita Malik
E]None of them

Q9.In which country the first meeting of Team of Experts and Officials of Pancheshwar Development Authority (PDA) has begun ?
A]India
B]Bhutan
C]Nepal
D]Bangladesh
E]None of these

Q10.Which country has relaunched the fastest bullet train of the world ?
A]Japan
B]Germany
C]USA
D]China
E]UK

Explanation

Explanation 1. HCL Infosystems has recently signed a distributor agreement with Apple to distribute its products including iPhones in India. Apple has 3% market share by volume and 11 % share by value in the country.

Explanation 2. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has launched the Digital Police portal under CCTNS project. The aim of this portal is to create a national database of criminals and crimes. It also provides the facility of online registration of complaints.

Explanation 3. Vishpala Reddy is appointed as the CPO(Chief People's Officer) of Uber. She served as the Vice President and Head of HR in American Express in India.

Explanation 4. The Govt. of Assam has launched a new initiative names "Scheme for Compassionate Family Pension". The scheme would be applicable for the employees who died in harness on or after April 1, 2017.

Explanation 5. South Delhi Municipal Corporation has launched the "Mosquito Terminator" train. There would be power sprayers attaced in the trucks placed on the train to spray insecticide for the diseases like Dengue.

Explanation 6. Shapath Bharadwaj has won Bronze in the Dpouble Trap event in ISSF Junior Shotgun World Cup 2017. It is held in Italy.Brinton James Dedman has won Gold and Miki Ylonen has won silver in that event.

Explanation 7. The Chief Minister of Telengana K Chandrasekhar Rao has received the "Agriculture Leadership " Award - 2017 by ICFA. This award is given to him based on the policy and projects related to agriculture he has started in his state.

Explanation 8. Indian footballer Oinam Bembem Devi has won the Arjuna Award 2017. She is the 2nd Indian Woman footballer to win the award. She is nicknamed as "Durga of Indian Football".

Explanation 9. The first meeting of Team of Experts and Officials of Pancheshwar Development Authority (PDA) has begun at Kathmandu in Nepal. The project will be developed on Mahakali river in Nepal. India and Nepal had signed the Mahakali Treaty in 1996.

Explanation 10. China has relaunched the fastest bullet train of the world. The train would run from Beijing to Shanghai in 4 hours 30 minutes.