Current Affairs Quiz , 23 Jul 2018

1) National Broadcasting day is observed every year on

a) July 23
b) June 23
c) May 23
d) August 23

Answer: a
• July 23, is celebrated as the national broadcasting day every year as Indian Broadcasting company (IBC) organized radio broadcasting from Bombay station on this day in 1927.

2) Recently, government had issued an order prohibiting the manufacture, sale and distribution of colistin. What is it?

a) Antibiotic
b) Pesticide
c) Paper
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) notified the prohibition of sale, manufacture and distribution of colistin and its formulations in food-producing animals, poultry, aqua farming and animal feed supplements. The move is expected to help regulate antibiotic misuse in these animals and contain antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

3) ‘No bill, no payment’ campaign on complaints about vendors charging money arbitrarily is an initiative of

a) DMRC
b) Ministry of Civil Aviation
c) Indian Railways
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• Free food if you don’t get billed! You heard it right, Indian Railways is making it a reality. If you don’t get a bill for the food you buy at any railway station, you can get the food for free.

4) Bhabha Kavachis the India’s lightest and cheapest indigenously developed‘bullet-proof jacket’ for theCRPF and the MHApersonnel. It is developed by

a) Ordnance Factories Board
b) BARC
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Neither (a) nor (b)

Answer: c
• The Bhabha Atomic Reseach Centre (BARC) has developed a next-generation bulletproof jacket for the Indian armed forces, which is not only cheaper but also much lighter.
• Bhabha Kavach, named after nuclear physicist Dr.Homi J. Bhabha, the jacket was developed at BARC’s Trombay centre in response to a request from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Ministry of Home Affairs.

5) Western Freight Corridor connects Dadri to Jawaharlal Nehru Port

a) Kolkata and Mumbai
b) Delhi and Chennai
c) Kharagpur and Vijaywada
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• While the East-West Corridor (2,328km) will be built between Kolkata and Mumbai, the North-South Corridor (2,327km) is planned between Delhi and Chennai and the East Coast Corridor (1,114km) between Kharagpur and Vijaywada.
• Western Freight Corridor connects Dadri to Jawaharlal Nehru Port