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Daily Quiz - 12 Jul 2015

Daily Quiz - 12 Jul 2015




Q 733. With which country has India signed a MoU for setting up the PACEsetter Fund of Rs.50 crore to accelerate the commercialization of Clean Energy Solutions?

A. Japan
B. United States
C. Russia
D. China

ANSWER: B. United States

As per the statement made by the Ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) the MoU signed on June 30 by US Ambassador Richard Verma and MNRE Secretary Upendra Tripathi, is part of a new initiative under the US-India 'Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE)' that combines the resources of several US agencies and Indian ministries.

Q 734. Who among the following launched the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan on 9th July’15?

A. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
B. Pranab Mukherjee
C. Pratibha Patil
D. Narendra Modi

ANSWER: A. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Former President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on 9 July 2015 launched the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA) in New Delhi. The Abhiyan aims to inculcate a spirit of inquiry, creativity and love for Science and Mathematics in school children.

Q 735. Which cricketer became only the second player in the history of One Day International (ODI) cricket to claim a hat-trick on ODI debut?

A. Mohammad Sami
B. Taijul Islam
C. Bhuvanesh Kumar
D. Kagiso Rabada

ANSWER: D. Kagiso Rabada

South African bowler Kagiso Rabada achieved this feat against Bangladesh. Bangladesh spinner Taijul Islam was the first debutant to take an ODI hat-trick. He achieved the feat in 2014.

Q 736. In which state India’s first Earthquake Warning System (EWS) was successfully installed in the first week of July 2015?

A. Bihar
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Uttarakhand
D. Gujarat

ANSWER: C. Uttarakhand

With this, Uttarakhand became first Indian state to install a system that can detect earthquakes and disseminate warnings.

Q 737. In which of the following cities, was the 7th BRICS Summit held on 8-9 July 2015?

A. Sochi
B. Ufa
C. Beijing
D. Warsaw

ANSWER: B. Ufa

The Russian city Ufa in Bashkortostan hosted the 7th BRICS Summit.

Q 738. In which country did PM Narendra Modi unveil the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on 12th July’15?

A. Kazakhstan
B. Turkmenistan
C. Tajikistan
D. Kyrgyzstan

ANSWER: D. Kyrgyzstan

PM Narendra Modi remarked that this was his first visit to Central Asia, and a statue of Mahatma Gandhi had been unveiled in two countries, during this visit.

Q 739. In which of the following states, the 12th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES) was inaugurated on 12th July’15?

A. Delhi
B. Goa
C. Karnataka
D. Odisha

ANSWER: B. Goa

The first ISAES was organised way back in 1963 at Cape Town, and the last one (11th) at Edinburgh, with the Symposium traversing through Oslo, Madison, Adelaide, Cambridge, Tokyo, Siena, Wellington, Potsdam and Santa Barbara.



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