Current Affairs Quiz , 19 Jan 2018

1) National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC) was recently inaugurated in

a) New Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Ahmedabad
d) Kolkata

Answer: b
• First museum of Indian films opens in Mumbai
• The government-funded National Museum of Indian Cinema, set in an elegant 19th century heritage bungalow in south Mumbai, traces Indian cinema’s history from the black-and-white silent era to its musical modern blockbusters

2) India’s second Defence Innovation Hub will be set up in

a) Punjab
b) Maharashtra
c) Gujarat
d) Rajasthan

Answer: b
• Nashik in Maharashtra will be the site of the country’s second defence innovation hub after Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu

3) ‘School Fagat-Hansi’ mission, to improve the functioning of government schools, is an initiative of

a) Odisha
b) Telangana
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Manipur

Answer: d
• Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched a ‘School Fagat Hansi’ mission, an initiative to develop government schools in Manipur under the state government mission ‘Go to Village’

4) Saksham 2019, an annual one-month long mega campaign, is an initiative of

a) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
b) Ministry of Finance
c) NITI Aayog
d) IRDA

Answer: a
• ‘Saksham’ is an annual high intensity one-month long people-centric mega campaign of Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

5) Which of the following countries recently launched a satellite to create the world’s first artificial meteor shower?

a) USA
b) Russia
c) Japan
d) China

Answer: c
• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has launched Tokyo-based start-up Star-ALE’s mini-satellite aimed to deliver the world’s first artificial meteor shower.