Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 14th September 2017

Current Affairs Quiz - 14th September 2017

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Q1.Which of the following ministries has launched hackathon "OpenGovDataHack" ?

A]Ministry of Culture
B]Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
C]Ministry of Education
D]Ministry of Home Affairs
E]None of these

Q2.Force Motors has entered into the non-binding joint venture agreement with which company ?
A]Ferrari
B]BMW
C]Rolls-Royce
D]Audi
E]None of these

Q3.What is the rank of India on the WEF's Global Human Capital Index ?
A]101
B]102
C]103
D]104
E]105

Q4.Who is employed as the first Special Envoy for Oceans ?
A]Peter Thomson
B]Frederick Brandon
C]Paul Smith
D]Johny Swift
E]None of them

Q5.Who has launched "Mission - 24" program ?
A]Rekha
B]Sachin Tendulkar
C]Hema Malini
D]Shabana Azmi
E]None of them

Q6.Who has inaugurated the first State of Art Virology Laboratory at Kolkata ?
A]Narendra Modi
B]Kesharinath Tripathy
C]Shripad Naik
D]Mamata Banerjee
E]Harsh Vardhan

Q7.Which Indian-American personality is appointed as the Deputy Assistant and Principal Deputy Press Secretary of the US president ?
A]Vivek Kumar
B]Raj Shah
C]Kuldeep Khanna
D]Dipak Shindhe
E]None of them

Q8.Who is the first female President of Singapore ?
A]Shaheen Khatoon
B]Shehnaz Mirza
C]Halimah Yacob
D]Fatima Beig
E]None of them

Q9.Which company has launched Digital Assistance Robot "Electra" ?
A]Tata Power
B]Sigma Ltd.
C]Larsen and Turbo
D]Reliance Energy
E]None of them

Q10.Who is appointed as the CMD of IRCTC ?
A]Siddharth Desai
B]Kabir Khan
C]Mahendra Pratap Mall
D]Sooraj Chopra
E]Sudhir Bedi

Q11.Which of the following IITs has developed the Early Earthquake Warning System ?
A]IIT Roorkee
B]IIT Delhi
C]IIT Madras
D]IIT Guwahati
E]IIT Bombay

Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has launched hackathon "OpenGovDataHack". This initiative is launched to support and showcase the potential ideas from the inner India. It focuses to enable the participants to develop the ideas into apps.

Explanation 2. Force Motors has entered into the non-binding joint venture agreement with Rolls-Royce to produce engine to generate power and rail application for Global and Indian market. Force Motor has 51% stake in the joint venture.

Explanation 3. The rank of India on the WEF's Global Human Capital Index is 103. India ranked lower than Nepal and Sri Lanka and higher than Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Explanation 4. Peter Thomson is employed as the first Special Envoy for Oceans. He is the outgoing President of General Assembly. He is appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Explanation 5. Former Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has launched "Mission - 24" program. This program aims to improve the quality of life of the poorest wards of Mumbai by providing amenities like school, colleges, health post, anganwadis.

Explanation 6. MoS Shripad Naik has inaugurated the first State of Art Virology Laboratory at Dr. Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy in Kolkata. In this laboratory, new drugs and technologies would be developed..

Explanation 7. Indian-American Raj Shah is appointed as the Deputy Assistant and Principal Deputy Press Secretary of the US president. He is appointed by the US President.

Explanation 8. Halimah Yacob is the first female President of Singapore. She is the former speaker of Parliament and is a representative of Muslim Melay Minority.

Explanation 9. Reliance Energy has launched Digital Assistance Robot "Electra" to handle and resolve the complaints of consumer within short time span. It will provide real time reply with the help of integrated SCADA and GIS systems.

Explanation 10. Mahendra Pratap Mall is appointed as the CMD of IRCTC( Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation). He is the Director (Finance) of IRCTC at present.

Explanation 11. IIT Roorkee has developed the Early Earthquake Warning System. The project would be placed across all the major cities of the earthquake prone area of North India.