Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 24th August 2017

Current Affairs Quiz - 24th August 2017

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Q1.Who has become the new chairman of Railway Board ?

A]A K Mittal
B]Ashwani Lohani
C]Deepak Gauda
D]Akhshay Sahay
E]None of them

Q2.In which city the first Videsh Bhavan of India will be inaugurated ?
A]New Delhi
B]Pune
C]Mumbai
D]Gurugram
E]Lukhnow

Q3.In which city the National Sports Museum will be established ?
A]Mumbai
B]Pune
C]Noida
D]New Delhi
E]Kolkata

Q4.Who is the highest paid actor in the list of World's 20 highest paid actors of 2017 ?
A]Salman Khan
B]Mark Wahlberg
C]Shahrukh Khan
D]Dawne Johnson
E]Vin Diesel

Q5.The state-owned distribution companies of which state have implemented the Bharat QR for the first time ?
A]Uttar Pradesh
B]Maharashtra
C]Goa
D]Andhra Pradesh
E]Uttarakhand

Q6.Which company has launched the "Project Brainwave" for deep learning of the acceleration platform for the real time Artificial Intelligence ?
A]Google
B]Amazon
C]Microsoft
D]IBM
E]None of these

Q7.Telecom Authority of India has inked an agreement with a telecom regulator company of which country to deepen the bilateral cooperation in the field of Telecom and Broadcasting regulation ?
A]Malaysia
B]Nepal
C]Bhutan
D]Bangladesh
E]China

Q8.Who has launched the "Mentor India Campaign" in New Delhi ?
A]Abhishek Sharma
B]Amitabh Kant
C]Siddharth Khurana
D]Tushar Shah
E]None of these

Q9.In which city the door step Aadhar Enrollment facility for the elderly, patients and other disabled persons has started ?
A]Assam
B]Maharashtra
C]Delhi
D]Haryana
E]Punjab

Q10.Who will embark a 35 days long Bharat Yatra leading his fight against child trafficking and child sexual abuse across India ?
A]Narendra Modi
B]Ramnath Kovind
C]Kailash Satyarthi
D]Sushma Swaraj
E]None of them

Explanation

Explanation 1. Ashwani Lohani has become the new chairman of Railway Board.He holds the record of Guinness for successfully running the "Fairy Queen Express" which is the oldest working "steam locomotive".

Explanation 2. The first Videsh Bhavan of India will be inaugurated at the Bandra Lurla complex in Mumbai by Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj. Under this project, 4 offices of MEA-RPO, Branch Secretariat, ICCR regional offices and PoE will be situated under one roof.

Explanation 3. The National Sports Museum will be established at the Jawaharlal Nehru Museum of New Delhi by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. This museum would showcase the achievements of great Indian sportsmen and it would also act as the educational hub for the young sportsmen.

Explanation 4. Mark Wahlberg is the highest paid actor in the list of World's 20 highest paid actors of 2017. Dwayne Johnson ranked 2nd and Vin Diesel ranked 3rd in the list. 3 Indian actors Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan and Akhshay Kumar have also secured in the top ten list.

Explanation 5. The state-owned distribution companies EPDCL and SPDCL of Andhra Pradesh have implemented the Bharat QR for the first time for accepting payments. Bharat QR is a secure, network interface by which customers can make payment using their smartphones.

Explanation 6. Microsoft has launched the "Project Brainwave" for deep learning of the acceleration platform for the real time Artificial Intelligence. It uses the field-programmable gate-array infrastructure.

Explanation 7. Telecom Authority of India has inked an agreement with Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission to deepen the bilateral cooperation in the field of Telecom and Broadcasting regulation. The pact is jointly organized by ITU and TRAI.

Explanation 8. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has launched the "Mentor India Campaign" in New Delhi. It is strategic nation building initiative to encourage the leaders who can guide the students in the Atal Tinkering Labs.

Explanation 9. The door step Aadhar Enrollment facility has started in Delhi for the elderly, patients and other persons who cannot move. UIDAI and CSC India have joined hand to launch the facility.

Explanation 10. Noble Laureate Kailash Satyarthi will embark a 35 days long Bharat Yatra leading his fight against child trafficking and child sexual abuse across India. The "Yatra" will begin in Kanyakumari in Tamilnadu on 11th September 2017 and will end on 15th October in Delhi. It will cover 22 states of India.