Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 24th & 25th September 2017

Current Affairs Quiz - 24th & 25th September 2017

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Q1.Who is the first Asian Scientist to receive the prestigious Von Hippel award 2017 ?

A]R. Swaminathan
B]V. Murugan
C]C. N R Rao
D]V. R Iyer
E]None of them

Q2.Australia has conducted a joint military exercise named " Exercise Panda Kangaroo 2017" with which country ?
A]Brazil
B]China
C]South Africa
D]Russia
E]Germany

Q3.Which shuttler has achieved the 2nd position in the latest Badminton World Federation Women's Singles ranking ?
A]Tai Tzu Ying
B]P V Sindhu
C]Saina Nehwal
D]Nazomi Okuhara
E]Carolina Marin

Q4.Which Indian Boxer has become the International Boxing Association's representative for IOC Athlete's Forum ?
A]Vijender Singh
B]Shiva Thapa
C]Jitender Kumar
D]Mary Kom
E]None of them

Q5.Which country would host the World Congress on adolescent Health this year ?
A]Sri Lanka
B]China
C]India
D]Russia
E]None of these

Q6.Who has won the Under-23 title in the prestigious Butterfly Badger Open 2017 ?
A]Kidambi Srikant
B]P. Kashyap
C]Mudit Dani
D]Prannoy Kumar
E]Wojciech Wolski

Q7.Who has become the richest man of Asia ?
A]Laxmi Mittal
B]Hui Ka Yan
C]Ma Huateng
D]Jack Ma
E]None of them

Q8.In which city the first LPG Panchayat is held ?
A]Ahmedabad
B]Noida
C]Gandhinagar
D]New Delhi
E]Chandigarh

Q9.Who would be the Brand Ambassador of the Global Food Fair in New Delhi ?
A]Tarla Dalal
B]Kunal Kapoor
C]Vikash Khanna
D]Sanjeev Kapoor
E]None of them

Q10.Which country has put a ban on the Rohinga refugees to use the mobile phone ?
A]Myanmar
B]India
C]Bangladesh
D]Pakistan
E]None of these

Q11.Who is the Mizoram's first woman minister since 1987 state assembly elections ?
A]Lala Thanawala
B]Vanalawmpuii Chawngthu
C]Luniwala Chanu
D]Iram Chanthai
E]None of them

Q12.The Chief Minister of which state has declared 2017 as the e-pragati year ?
A]West Bengal
B]Bihar
C]Andhra Pradesh
D]Tamilnadu
E]Arunachal Pradesh

Q13.The Airways of which country has launched the "Fly now and Pay Later" scheme ?
A]Oman
B]Kuweit
C]UAE
D]Iran
E]Iraq

Q14.In which city the Pralay Sahayam was conducted ?
A]Bengaluru
B]Mumbai
C]Pune
D]Hyderabad
E]New Delhi

Q15.Who is appointed as the next CAG ?
A]Shashi Kant Sharma
B]Rohit Kumar
C]Rajiv Mehrishi
D]Rishikesh Mittal
E]None of them

Q16.Who has won the ITF Men's futures Tennis tournament title 2017 ?
A]Arjun Khade
B]Rohan Bopanna
C]Liendar Paes
D]Sashi Kumar Mukund
E]None of them

Q17.Who has dedicated the "Deendayan Hastkala Sankul" to the nation at the trade facilitation center for Handicrafts in Varanasi?
A]Narendra Modi
B]Yogi Adityanath
C]Smriti Irani
D]L K Advani
E]None of them

Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. Prof. C. N. R Rao is the first Asian Scientist to receive the prestigious Von Hippel award 2017 for his work on the field of Material Research. The ward is the highest honour given by the US-based Material Research society.

Explanation 2. Australia has conducted a joint military exercise named " Exercise Panda Kangaroo 2017" with China. The soldiers of both of the countries have completed military exercises in the South-western China. It is first joint drills between two countries.

Explanation 3. Indian shuttler P V Sindhu has achieved the 2nd position in the latest Badminton World Federation Women's Singles ranking. The chineese shutler Tai Tzu Ying has retained her top position.

Explanation 4. Indian Boxer Mary Kom has become the International Boxing Association's representative for IOC Athlete's Forum. Mary kom is an Asian Games gold medalist. Explanation 5. India would host the World Congress on adolescent Health this year. Thge theme of the event is " Investing in Adolescent Health the Future is Now".

Explanation 6. Mudit Dani has won the Under-23 title in the prestigious Butterfly Badger Open 2017 in Wisconsin. He has defeated Polish shuttler Wojciech Wolski in the final match.

Explanation 7. The Chairman of China Real Estate developer China Evergrande Group Hui Ka Yan has become the richest man of Asia. His estimated fortune is approximately $42.2 billion.

Explanation 8. The first LPG Panchayat is held in Gandhinagar of Gujrat to encourage the rural communities to use clean fuel. Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan would inaugurate it .

Explanation 9. Chef Sanjeev Kapoor would be the Brand Ambassador of the Global Food Fair in New Delhi. Government of India has also decided to introduce a food experience zone "Food Street" at the fair.

Explanation 10. Bangladesh has put a ban on the Rohinga refugees to use the mobile phone. According to the senior official of the Telecom Ministry Enayet Hossain the Rohinga Refugees can't buy the sim cards.

Explanation 11. Vanalawmpuii Chawngthu is the Mizoram's first woman minister since 1987 state assembly elections.

Explanation 12. The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh state N Chandrababu Naidu has declared 2017 as the e-pragati year. He has announced this at the second day of the Collector's Conference.

Explanation 13. The Etihad Airways of UAE has launched a "Fly now and Pay Later" scheme to provide people an option to pay ticket fare in monthly settlement.

Explanation 14. The Pralay Sahayam was conducted in Hyderabad on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake. The exercise brought out role and function of the State emergency operations.

Explanation 15. Rajiv Mehrishi is appointed as the next CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General). He was the former home secretary and a 1978 batch IAS officer.

Explanation 16. Sashi Kumar Mukund has won the ITF Men's futures Tennis tournament title 2017. He has defeated Arjun Khade in the final match.

Explanation 17. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has dedicated the "Deendayan Hastkala Sankul" to the nation at the trade facilitation center for Handicrafts in Varanasi. It aims to promote and develop the hand loom, handicrafts and silk products of Varanasi.