Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2017
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1. Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar, the noted Dhrupad Maestro passed away. He hailed from which state?
[A] Assam
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Uttar Pradesh
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Correct Answer: B [Rajasthan]
Notes:
Ustad Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar (78), maestro and custodian of the venerable Dhrupad tradition of Hindustani classical music, has passed away in Pune, Maharashtra on July 30, 2017. He was known affectionately to his legions of disciples and admirers as ‘Saeed Bhai’. He was born in Alwar in Rajasthan in 1939 and was a part of the Dagar family of musicians. He represented the 19th generation of Dagar Tradition. Dhrupad – a Sanskrit portmanteau of Dhruva (immovable) and Pad (verse) has its roots since ancient times, mentioned as early as the 3rd Century B.C. in the Natyashastra.
2. The Gangotri National Park (GNP) is located in which state?
[A] Chhattisgarh
[B] Bihar
[C] Uttrakhand
[D] West Bengal
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Correct Answer: C [Uttrakhand]
Notes:
The Gangotri National Park (GNP) is located in the upper catchment of Bhagirathi river in the Uttarkashi District of Uttrakhand and covers an area of about 2,390 square km. The park is home to the snow leopard, ibex, tahr, himalayan barbet, serow, pheasants, partridges, doves, pigeons, etc. It provides majestic beauty of coniferous forests and grandeur of glacial world combined with lush green meadows.
3. Which Indian sportsperson has been honored with the East Bengal football club’s highest honour “Bharat Gaurav”?
[A] Syed Naeemuddin
[B] Boddupalli Amit
[C] Dhanraj Pillay
[D] Subhash Bhowmick
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Correct Answer: C [Dhanraj Pillay]
Notes:
Former Indian hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay has been honored with the East Bengal football club’s highest honour “Bharat Gaurav” on its foundation day on August 1, 2017. Pillay has played a huge role in reviving the Indian team and performed brilliantly during his 15-year career, representing the country in four Olympics, World Cups, Champions Trophy and Asian Games. He played total 339 matches for India, scoring 170 goals. He led India to Asian Games glory in 1998 and also won the Asia Cup in 2003. Beside him, Gurwinder Singh and Boddupalli Amit have won the Footballer of the Year award and the Cricketer of the Year, respectively. Former India International Subhash Bhowmick, a member of the 1970 Asian Games bronze medal-winning national football team and former national team coach Syed Naeemuddin were honored with lifetime achievement awards.
4. What is the theme of 2017 World Breastfeeding Week (WBW)?
[A] Sustaining Breastfeeding Together
[B] Breastfeeding: A key to Sustainable Development
[C] Breastfeeding: SDG 2022 goals
[D] Mother’s Absolute Affection
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Correct Answer: A [Sustaining Breastfeeding Together]
Notes:
The World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is observed every year from August 1st to 7th to focus attention on the important aspect of promotion and support of breastfeeding. The 2017 theme is “Sustaining Breastfeeding Together”. To intensify the efforts for promotion of breastfeeding in India, the Union Health Ministry has initiated a nationwide programme called “MAA-Mother’s Absolute Affection’’ to bring undiluted focus on promotion of breastfeeding and provision of services towards supporting breastfeeding, along with ongoing efforts of routine health systems. In addition, “National Guidelines on Lactation Management Centres in Public Health Facilities” have been recently released to facilitate establishment of lactation management centres for ensuring that the sick and pre-term babies are fed with safe human breast milk.
5. Which city hosted the 2017 meeting of BRICS Trade Ministers?
[A] Shanghai
[B] Brasília
[C] Cape Town
[D] Moscow
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Correct Answer: A [Shanghai]
Notes:
The 7th Meeting of BRICS Trade Ministers was held in Shanghai, China from August, 1-2, 2017. From India, the 6-member delegation led by Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman , along with Ambassador J.S. Deepak, PR to WTO participated in the meeting. The trade ministers of BRICS nations discussed trade facilitation, economic and technological cooperation, capacity building and the multilateral trade system in the meeting. And, adopted the following documents at the conclusion of the meeting: 7th BRICS Trade Ministers’ Joint Statement, BRICS trade in services cooperation roadmap, BRICS e-commerce cooperation initiative, BRICS IPR cooperation guidelines, etc.
6. The Pin Valley National Park (PVNP) is located in which state?
[A] Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)
[B] Arunachal Pradesh
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Sikkim
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Correct Answer: C [Himachal Pradesh]
Notes:
The Pin Valley National Park is located within the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh. The Park forms a natural habitat for a number of endangered animals such as snow leopard and Siberian ibex with its snow laden unexplored higher reaches and slopes.
7. Who has will be the new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog?
[A] Rajiv Kumar
[B] Vinod Paul
[C] Ritesh Gupta
[D] S L Shivappa
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Correct Answer: A [Rajiv Kumar]
Notes:
Noted economist Dr. Rajiv Kumar will be the new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, which is a think-tank that replaced the Planning Commission. He will succeed Arvind Panagariya, who will leave the government think tank on August 31, 2017 and return to Columbia University. Currently, Rajiv Kumar is a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, a non-governmental think tank on public policy based out of New Delhi. He had also been part of a Government appointed high-level search Panel that went into the appointment of regulators in the Indian financial sector. Meanwhile, the Centre has also appointed Vinod Paul, a Paediatrician at AIIMS, as a member of NITI Aayog.
8. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission in Uttar Pradesh?
[A] Sachin Tendulkar
[B] Amitabh Bachchan
[C] Akshay Kumar
[D] Aamir Khan
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Correct Answer: C [Akshay Kumar]
Notes:
The Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has been appointed as the brand ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission in Uttar Pradesh. It was recently announced by Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Apart from this, Yogi Adityanath has also made Kumar’s upcoming film “Toilet: Ek Prem Katha” tax free. The movie stresses on the importance of building toilets and ending open defecation in the country.
9. Sajan, who bagged a bronze at the Junior World Wrestling Championships, is related to which Greco-Roman category?
[A] 65kg class category
[B] 44kg class category
[C] 105kg class category
[D] 74kg class category
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Correct Answer: D [74kg class category]
Notes:
Sajan from India has bagged a bronze medal in Greco-Roman 74kg class category after defeating Ali Osman Erbay of Turkey by 6-1 at the Junior World Wrestling Championships in Tampere, Finland on August 6, 2017. He is the lone Indian Greco-Roman wrestler to bag a medal at this championship.
10. Which Indian institute has developed a highly sensitive nanometre-scale carbon monoxide sensor?
[A] Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur
[B] Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay
[C] Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
[D] Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
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Correct Answer: C [Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru]
Notes:
The researchers at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru have developed a low-cost highly sensitive nanometre-scale carbon monoxide sensor by employing an innovative fabrication technique. It is known that Carbon Monoxide (CO) can have adverse effects on the health of people exposed to it. Thus, it becomes necessary to have good, low-cost carbon-monoxide sensors. Typically, a sensor would be a thin, current carrying plate whose resistance changes on exposure to carbon monoxide. This in turn changes the value of the current flowing through it. This change when measured indicates the level of carbon monoxide in the air. The research is published in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical.
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