Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 1st September 2017

Current Affairs Quiz - 1st September 2017

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Q1.Who has received the Prestigious Saraswati Samman for 2016 ?

A]Chetan Bhagat

B]Bani Basu

C]Mahabaleswar Sail

D]Arundhuti Roy

E]None of them

Q2.Who is the new Union Home Secretary for two two-years ?

A]Raghunath Pandey

B]Rajiv Gauba

C]Rajesh Singh

D]Prashant Mishra

E]None of them

Q3.Who is the Interim CEO of Vedanta Limited ?

A]Ritesh Arora

B]Rahul Srivastav

C]Rituraj Mishra

D]Kuldip Kaura

E]Abhinav Singh

Q4.India has signed a MoU for consideration of earthquake-damaged pagodas of which country ?

A]Sri Lanka

B]Myanmar

C]Bhutan

D]China

E]Combodia

Q5.Who is appointed as the Indian High Commissioner in Cyprus ?

A]M Vijayan

B]Suresh Sindhe

C]Punnet Jiaswal

D]R K Raghavan

E]None of them

Q6.Which sportsperson has become the first Brand Ambassador of Bridgestone India ?

A]P V Sindhu

B]Saina Nehwal

C]Sania Mirza

D]Virat Kohli

E]Mary Kom

Q7.Which state has launched the host city logo for one of that cities that is venue of the Fifa Under-17 World Cup ?

A]Tamilnadu

B]Goa

C]Kerala

D]West Bengal

E]Delhi

Q8.India has signed a MoU with which country to set up $40mn fund for the Industrial Research and Technological Innovation ?

A]Iran

B]Japan

C]Russia

D]Israel

E]China

Q9.Which of the following was awarded the Rastriya Khel Protsahan Award for the contribution in the promotion of sports ?

A]GoSports Foundation

B]Indraprastha All India Sports Foundation

C]Reliance Foundation

D]Sakuraa India Foundation

E]None of these

Q10.Who has become the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India ?

A]Vivek Sharma

B]Rajiv Mehrishi

C]Pankaj Wadia

D]Rakesh Kapoor

E]None of them

Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. Famous Konkani writer Mahabaleswar Sail has received the Prestigious Saraswati Samman for 2016. He was awarded for his novel "Hawthan". In this novel he captures the lives of potter community of Goa.

Explanation 2. Senior IAS officer Rajiv Gauba is the new Union Home Secretary for two two-years. He is a 1982-batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre. He has served as the officer on special duty in Home Ministry.

Explanation 3. Kuldip Kaura is the Interim CEO of Vedanta Limited from 1st September. Kaura has handled various senior management and leadership roles for 15 years.

Explanation 4. India has signed a MoU for consideration of earthquake-damaged pagodas at Bagan of Myanmar. Bagan is one of the renowned tourist spot of Myanmar.

Explanation 5. R K Raghavan is appointed as the Indian High Commissioner in Cyprus. He has worked as the CBI Director from 1999 to 2001 and received Indian Police Medal.

Explanation 6. Olympic Silver Medalist P V Sindhu has become the first Brand Ambassador of Bridgestone Indi. Sindhu would be included in Bridgestone's activation around the Olypic Partnership worldwide.

Explanation 7. The Chief Minister of Keral P Vijayan has launched the host city logo for Kochi that is one of the venues of the Fifa Under-17 World Cup. The logo must allow all the Football fans in Kochi to have the local flavour and it would help to promote the games.

Explanation 8. India has signed a MoU with Israel to set up $40mn fund for the Industrial Research and Technological Innovation. The fund must be used to strngthen the ecosystem of innovation and technology related entrepreneurship in India.

Explanation 9. Reliance Foundation was awarded the Rastriya Khel Protsahan Award for the contribution in the promotion of sports at Rashtrapati Bhawan. The foundation focuses to use sports as the medium to encourage the learning and other activities among the rural-youth.

Explanation 10. Rajiv Mehrishi has become the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. He will replace Shashi Kant Sharma who was the 12th CAG of India.