Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 26th July 2017

Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 26th July 2017

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Q1.Which of the two telecom companies are merged recently ?

A]Vodafone India and Airtel India

B]Vodafone India and Idea Cellular

C]Aircel and Idea Cellular

D]Aircel and Airtel India

E]None of these

Q2.Which of the patrol vessels are launched by the Reliance Defense and Engineering Limited under the P-21 project of Indian Navy ?

A]Shruti

B]Shivika

C]Shachi

D]Both A and C

E]Both B and C

Q3.The High Court of which state has issued an order to make the National song "Vande Mataram" mandatory in the school, colleges and Govt. offices of the state ?

A]Assam

B]West Bengal

C]Keral

D]Tamilnadu

E]Bihar

Q4.Which Indian Sportsperson has won a gold medal in Weight Lifting at the Asian Youth and Junior Weight Lifting Championship ?

A]Shanti Kumari

B]Konsam Ormila Devi

C]Geeta Kohli

D]Mina Phogat

E]None of them

Q5.Which country will host the Men's World Boxing Championship ?

A]Japan

B]China

C]US

D]Russia

E]India

Q6.The Govt. of which state has launched free power connection scheme for the BPL card holders in the state ?

A]Bihar

B]Assam

C]Uttarpradesh

D]Manipur

E]Haryana

Q7.The first full scale floating wind farm has started in which country ?

A]England

B]Russia

C]Japan

D]Scotland

E]US

Q8.Who has launched the Mobile App "Aarambh" for road maintenance ?

A]Ramnath Kovind

B]Narendra Singh Tomar

C]Narendra Modi

D]Arun Jaitley

E]Suresh Prabhu

Q9.Who is appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of Walmart India ?

A]Suresh Patil

B]Gopinath Ballav

C]Devendra Chawla

D]V. Srikanth

E]None of them

Q10.Who has become the Head of Marketing for the India operation of Uber ?

A]Sameer Reddy

B]Sanjay Gupta

C]Sourav Jain

D]Akash Srivastab

E]Ashutosh Singh

Explanation

Explanation 1. The Vodafone India and Idea Cellular are merged together. The merger is approved by the Competition Regulator.After the merger, the number of customers is expected to be 400 million.

Explanation 2. Shruti and Shachi are the patrol vessels are launched by the Reliance Defense and Engineering Limited under the P-21 project of Indian Navy at the Shipyard in Gujrat. It is the ranked one shipyard in India to obtain defense production license.

Explanation 3. The High Court of Madras has issued an order to make the National song "Vande Mataram" mandatory in the school, colleges and Govt. offices of Tamilnadu. The song must be sung and played at least once in week.

Explanation 4. Konsam Ormila Devi from Manipur has won a gold medal in Weight Lifting at the Asian Youth and Junior Weight Lifting Championship. It is held in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Explanation 5. India will host the Men's World Boxing Championship for the 1st time in 2021. International Boxing Association made the announcement in Moscow.

Explanation 6. The Govt. of Uttarpradesh has launched free power connection scheme for the BPL card holders in the state. The power minister of the state Srikant Sharma has launched the scheme. The poor people who does not have BPL card can avail the facility at a cost of Rs. 80 to Rs. 120.

Explanation 7. The first full scale floating wind farm has started at the north-east coast in Scotland. The Peterhead Wind Farm Hywind is a trial and will bring power 20000 homes.

Explanation 8. Union Minister of Panchayati Raj, Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation Narendra Singh Tomar has launched the Mobile App "Aarambh" for road maintenance. Deborah Greenfield, the Deputy Director General of ILO jointly has launched the scheme with him.

Explanation 9. Devendra Chowla is appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of Walmart India. Chowla has worked with Asian Paints and Cocacola earlier before joining Future Group.

Explanation 10. Sanjay Gupta has become the Head of Marketing for the India operation of Ride sharing Uber app. He was the Marketing Head at the Wellness And Youth at Marico.