Current Affairs Quiz 29 December 2018

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1. Which state police has become first in India to digitise all malkhanas?
   A) Maharashtra
   B) Delhi
   C) Bihar
   D) Uttar Pradesh
   
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     Option B
   Explanation: The Delhi Police has become the first police force in the country to digitize all malkhanas, rooms for keeping seized arms and ammunition, across every police station in the state.
2. Name the pension management software launched by PM Modi to facilitate pensioners of the telecom department.
   A) PENSIONN
   B) SAMARPIT
   C) SAMPANN
   D) VINEET
   
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     Option C
   Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a comprehensive pension management software SAMPANN to facilitate pensioners of the telecom department.
3. The 6th IRRI SARC Center has been inaugurated by PM Modi in which city?
   A) Ghazipur
   B) Ghaziabad
   C) Agra
   D) Varanasi
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (IRRI SARC) in Varanasi .
4. Which country has tested its Avangard hypersonic missile?
   A) Germany
   B) China
   C) Russia
   D) Japan
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Russia has successfully tested its new Avangard hypersonic missile. The missile was launched from a testing ground in the southern Ural Mountains and successfully hit a target on Kamchatka in the Far East, some 6,000 kilometers away.
5. Who has won the Balkan Athlete of The Year Award 2018?
   A) Luka Modric
   B) Novak Djokovic
   C) Lewis Hamilton
   D) Zlatan Ibrahimović
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Croatia captain Luka Modric was named Balkan Athlete of the Year 2018. He is only the second football player to win this prize after Bulgaria’s Hristo Stoichkov.
6. Shehu Shagari who passed away recently was the former President of which country
   A) Nigeria
   B) Benin
   C) Austria
   D) Myanmar
   
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   Option A
   Explanation:
7. Where is the headquarters of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) located?
   A) Indonesia
   B) Philippines
   C) Australia
   D) India
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: Los Baños, Philippines

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