Current Affairs Quiz – 13 July 2019

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1. ICMR has launched a mission to create awareness among school children about health. What is the name of the mission?
   A) SWABHIMAAN
   B) SHAKTTI
   C) SURAKSHA
   D) SWASTHYA
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has launched Mission SHAKTTI (School based Health Awareness, Knowledge Test and Training Initiative) to create awareness among school children about health.
2. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the World Bank?
   A) Anshula Kant
   B) Sunil Mehta
   C) R.C. Shah
   D) Usha Ananthasubramanian
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Anshula Kant of India has been appointed as managing director and chief financial officer of the World Bank. She is the managing director of the State Bank Of India.
3. The government of West Bengal has announced to observe Save Water Day annually on ___________
   A) July 9
   B) July 10
   C) July 11
   D) July 12
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: West Bengal Government has announced that it will observe July 12 every year as ‘Save Water Day’. 
4. The world’s biggest diamond mine, Argyle Diamond Mine is being shut down after being in operation for over 40 years. The mine is based in which country?
   A) Greece
   B) Iceland
   C) Australia
   D) New Zealand
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: The world’s biggest diamond mine, Argyle Diamond Mine is being shuttered after almost four decades. It is run by by Rio Tinto Group and is located in Western Australia. It will close its working by the end of 2020 due to exhausting of its supply of economically viable stones. 
5. Which Indian state has become the first in the country to have a water policy?
   A) Meghalaya
   B) Gujarat
   C) Rajasthan
   D) West Bengal
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Meghalaya cabinet became the first state to approve a draft water policy to address water issues, conservation, and protection of water sources in the state. The state has become the first in India to have a water policy.
6. G. Sathiyan is related to which sports?
   A) Badminton
   B) Table Tennis
   C) Shooting
   D) Golf
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: In Table Tennis, the Indian pair of G. Sathiyan and Anthony Amalraj won the bronze medal in men’s double competition at the World Tour Platinum Australian Open.
7. Gitanas Nauseda has been sworn in as the President of which country?
   A) Slovakia
   B) Belarus
   C) Estonia
   D) Lithuania
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: Pro-EU centre-right economist Gitanas Nauseda was sworn in as the President of Lithuania.He has replaced Dalia Grybauskaite. 
8. Which country has recently passed legislation to levy 3% tax on digital giants Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon (GAFA)?
   A) Germany
   B) Finland
   C) France
   D) Switzerland
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: The French Parliament has passed a legislation dubbed as GAFA to impose a tax on major digital giants. GAFA tax is acronym for Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. With this, France has become the first major economy to impose a tax on digital giants. The tech giants will be levied 3% percent tax on total annual revenues from services provided to French consumers.  
9. Researchers from which institution has developed a new material named black gold from nanoparticles of gold?
   A) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
   B) Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
   C) National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune
   D) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Indian scientists at the Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) have created a unique material from gold named as ‘black gold’ which can be used for applications ranging from harvesting solar energy to desalinating seawater. 
10. The new educational feature called Learning Playlists has recently been launched by which video sharing company?
    A) Flickr
    B) YouTube
    C) Vimeo
    D) Dailymotion
    
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    Option B
    Explanation: Google owned content sharing app YouTube has planned to introduce a new education feature called ‘Learning Playlists’ that will show educational videos on topics like math, science, music and language.
11. M J Radhakrishna who passed away recently was a well known cinematographer. He worked for which film industry?
    A) Kannada
    B) Odia
    C) Marathi
    D) Malayalam
    
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    Option D
    Explanation: Well-known Malayalam cinematographer M J Radhakrishna passed away at the age of 61. 
12. ‘Jal dharo Jal bharo’ (Collect water, store water) is a water conservation scheme launched by which state?
    A) Madhya Pradesh
    B) Bihar
    C) West Bengal
    D) Maharashtra
    
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    Option C
    Explanation: About three lakh water bodies have been dug so far by the West Bengal government under the water conservation programme of ‘Jal dharo Jal bharo’ (Collect water, store water).

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