GK & Current Affairs Quiz: August 30, 2017

1. Who has been crowned as India’s first-ever Miss TransQueen 2017?
[A] Reena Rai
[B] Loiloi Haorongbam
[C] Ragasya
[D] Nitasha Biswas

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2. The 2017 International Day against Nuclear Tests (IDANT) is observed on which date?
[A] August 28
[B] August 30
[C] August 29
[D] August 31

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3. Who has become the 2nd Indian women and first Sikh women to be selected by NASA for the Mars Expedition happening in 2030?
[A] Jasleen Kaur Josan
[B] Simran Bagga
[C] Jaspreet Kaur
[D] Sukhpreet Kaur

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4. The world’s first IAEA Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) Bank has opened in which country?
[A] Kazakhstan
[B] Israel
[C] Japan
[D] Kyrgyzstan

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5. Who is the current Chairman & Managing Director of National Research Development Corporation (NRDC)?
[A] B N Sarkar
[B] H Purushotham
[C] Narayan Rao Gali
[D] Satyawati Sharma

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6. India and which country will jointly issue postage stamps with Diwali as theme?
[A] Bhutan
[B] Indonesia
[C] Canada
[D] Sri Lanka

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7. The Uttar Pradesh government has launched Startup Yatra programme from which city?
[A] Varanasi
[B] Allahabad
[C] Kanpur
[D] Lucknow

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8. Which state/UT police has launched a skill development programme “YUVA”?
[A] Puducherry Police
[B] Karnataka Police
[C] Delhi Police
[D] Uttar Pradesh Police

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9. The Gobindobhog rice has recently got Geographical Indication (GI) status. This type of rice is primarily grown in which state?
[A] Karnataka
[B] West Bengal
[C] Manipur
[D] Nagaland

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10. Sumiteru Taniguchi, who passed away recently, was the prominent nuclear disarmament campaigner of which country?
[A] Bhutan
[B] Japan
[C] China
[D] South Korea

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