Daily Current Affairs MCQ - 2nd September 2017

Current Affairs Quiz - 2nd September 2017

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Q1.Who is appointed as the Chairman and MD of Hindustan Copper ?

A]Mukund Desai
B]Mrigank Khanna
C]Santosh Sharma
D]Rahul Kapoor
E]None of them

Q2.Which country has approved the first Gene Therapy in the nation ?
A]China
B]US
C]Russia
D]Japan
E]None of these

Q3.The National Nutrition Week will be obderved from which day ?
A]28th August
B]4th September
C]1st September
D]7th September
E]None of these

Q4.What is the rank of CSIR among the Govt. Institutions of World according to the Scimago Institutions ranking World Report 2017 ?
A]3rd
B]5th
C]7th
D]9th
E]11th

Q5.Who is appointed as the Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog ?
A]Suresh Mittal
B]Rajiv Kumar
C]Pankaj Sharma
D]Rishikesh Basu
E]None of them

Q6.India has approved an agreement with which country for the cooperation in the field of Zebu cattle Genomics ?
A]Russia
B]Bangladesh
C]Brazil
D]Japan
E]UK

Q7.Who is appointed as the Election Commissioner of India ?
A]Sanjay Singhania
B]Virender Singh
C]Dinesh Patel
D]Sunil Arora
E]None of them

Q8.Who is appointed as the new Deputy Secretary of Department of Financial Services ?
A]Vikash Bharadwaj
B]Rajiv Kumar
C]Sumeet Sharma
D]Vivan Malhotra
E]None of them

Q9.Which Indian state has decided to provide free education to the girls till post graduation level ?
A]Gujrat
B]Bihar
C]Haryana
D]Karnataka
E]Uttarakhand

Q10.Which Indian Boxer has won Bronze in the World's Boxing Championships 2017 ?
A]Vijendar Singh
B]Shiva Thapa
C]Gaurav Bidhuri
D]Satish Kumar
E]None of them

Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. Santosh Sharma is appointed as the Chairman and MD of Hindustan Copper for five years. He joined the company as the General Manager in Operations in 2013.

Explanation 2. US has approved the first Gene Therapy in the nation. This treatment uses the immune cells to fight the Childhood Leukemia. This therapy turns the cell of a patient into the living drug and directs them to recognize the disease.

Explanation 3. The National Nutrition Week will be observed from 1st September to 7th September. The objective of the event is to intensify the awareness generation regarding the importance of nutrition for health development, economic growth and National development. The theme of the National Week is "Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices: Better Child Health".

Explanation 4. The rank of CSIR among the 1,207 Govt. Institutions according to the Scimago Institutions ranking World Report 2017 is 9th. CSIR is known for the research and development work in Science and Technology. It provides notable technological intervention in many areas with the social efforts.

Explanation 5. Economist Rajiv Kumar is appointed as the Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog. He has replaced Arvind Panagariya who is an Indian-American Economist.

Explanation 6. India has approved an agreement with Brazil for the cooperation in the field of Zebu cattle Genomics. The MoU must facilitate scientific cooperation between the two countries and set up an genomic selection program in Zebu cattle.

Explanation 7. Sunil Arora is appointed as the Election Commissioner of India. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre. He had work experience in several ministries like Finance, Textiles etc.

Explanation 8. Rajiv Kumar is appointed as the new Deputy Secretary of Department of Financial Services. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre and is serving as the special secretary and Establishment officer in Ministry of personnel.

Explanation 9. Karnataka has decided to provide free education to the girls till post graduation level. This scheme is applicable for the girl students of both of the Government and Private colleges.

Explanation 10. Indian Boxer Gaurav Bidhuri has won Bronze in the World's Boxing Championships 2017. He is the fourth Indian boxer to win a World's Championship Bronze.