Current Affairs Quiz 23 November 2018
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- The online portal SHe-Box is for ___________
A) Educating women folk through online medium
B) Enabling women to apply for loan
C) Providing a platform to female employees to open their startups
D) Reporting complaint of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace
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Option D
Explanation: The Ministry of Women and Child Development has linked SHe-Box — the online portal to report complaints of Sexual Harassment at the workplace– to all ministries, departments and 653 districts across 33 States/Union Territories.
- Who among the following has been appointed as the first ‘Youth Advocate’ of the north eastern region by the UNICEF to fight for child rights
A) Ananya Nanda
B) Vaishnav Girish
C) Nahid Afrin
D) Niharika Nath
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Option C
Explanation: Popular singer Nahid Afrin of Assam has been appointed as the first ‘Youth Advocate’ of the north eastern region by the UNICEF to fight for child rights.
- Who has been felicitated with the 2018 Forbes India Leadership Awards Lifetime Achievement?
A) Ratan Tata
B) Azim Premji
C) Mukesh Ambani
D) Lakshmi Mittal
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Option B
Explanation: The Forbes India Leadership Awards, India’s most prestigious honour for the top executives, was held on November 22 in Mumbai. Entrepreneurs and company bosses were awarded across nine different categories. Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro, was awarded the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2018 Lifetime Achievement.
- Mechuka Adventure Festival is held annually in which state of India?
A) Sikkim
B) Mizoram
C) Meghalaya
D) Arunachal Pradesh
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Option D
Explanation: Salman Khan inaugurated the sixth edition of Mechuka Adventure Festival, in which the race is also an event. Promoting adventure tourism in Arunachal Pradesh, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan alongside MoS for Home Kiren Rijiju and CM Pema Khandu cycled in the state kicking off Mechuka Adventure Festival.
- Name the first ever Indian academician to receive the highest civilian honour of Mexico, Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle
A) S. P. Ganguly
B) D.K. Choubey
C) Franson D. Manjali
D) Madhav Govind
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Option A
Explanation: Shayam Prasad Ganguly, former professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, has been felicitated with the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest civilian honour of Mexico.SP Ganguly is the first Indian academician to be given this striking gold-yellow award by Mexican government.
- Recently ISRO has partnered with which state to unveil Dr Kalam Knowledge Centre and Aerospace Park in the state?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Karnataka
C) Kerala
D) Andhra Pradesh
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Option C
Explanation: ISRO chairman Dr K Sivan visited Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at his office in Kerala and held discussion on the proposed Dr Kalam Knowledge Centre and Aerospace Park.
- Who among the following has been honored with the Forbes India Leadership Awards (FILA) 2018 Icon of Cinema Award?
A) Priyanka Chopra
B) Kareena Kapoor
C) Deepika Padukone
D) Anuskha Sharma
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Option B
Explanation: The 8th Forbes India Leadership Awards (FILA) 2018 was held in Mumbai on November 22 to celebrate excellence, innovation and transformational leadership in business. Kareena Kapoor Khan was conferred with FILA 2018’s Icon of Cinema Award.
- Ustad Imrat Khan who died recently was a veteran__________
A) Classical Dancer
B) Painter
C) Urdu Poet
D) Classical Musician
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Option D
Explanation: Indian classical music doyen, Ustad Imrat Khan, known for promoting the sitar and the surbahar internationally, has passed away in the United States at the age of 83.
- Chatbot ANYA has been launched by which of the given Pharmaceutical companies recently?
A) Lupin
B) Sun Pharma
C) Cipla
D) Ranbaxy Laboratories
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Option A
Explanation: Drug maker Lupin has launched a computer programme or chatbot named ANYA specially designed to provide medically verified information for health-related queries. It is the first of its kind to be launched in the country for disease awareness.
- Who has been presented with the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2018 Best CEO- Multinational Company award
A) Harish Manwani
B) Nitin Paranjpe
C) Sanjiv Mehta
D) Yogesh Chander Deveshwar
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Option C
Explanation: Best CEO – Multinational Company | Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman and MD, Hindustan Unilever Ltd
