Current Affairs Quiz: 4 August 2017

1. ‘Aadi Perukku’ festival is celebrated in
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Odisha
d. Karnataka
2. Name Maharashtra's online building permission management system, through which construction approvals will be sanctioned with full transparency.
a. MahaVASTU
b. MahaDBT
c. MahaGriha
d.MahaVAST

3. Hassan Rouhani is the president of
a. Iraq
b. Egypt
c. Iran
d. Afghanistan

4. Which of the following firms does not have the approval of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) for FDI in food retail?
a. Grofers
b. Amazon
c. BigBasket
d. None of the above

5. Telenor India has been merged into
a. Idea
b. Bharti Airtel
c. Vodafone
d. Reliance

6. Prestigious title of 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year has been conferred to
a. Francisco Tapiro Velasco
b. Sergio Tapiro Velasco
c. Alejandro Tapiro Velasco
d. Miguel Tapiro Velasco

7. The first Israeli satellite which been dubbed as VENUS. Here VENUS stands for
a. Vegetation and Environmental monitoring on a New (µ) Micro-Satellite.
b. Vegetate and Environmental monitoring on a New (µ) Micro-Satellite.
c. Vegetational and Environmental monitoring on a New (µ) Micro-Satellite.
d. Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New (µ) Micro-Satellite.

Answers
1. b. Tamil Nadu
2. a. MahaVASTU
3. c. Iran
4. d. None of the above
5. b. Bharti Airtel
6. b. Sergio Tapiro Velasco
7. d. Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New (µ) Micro-Satellite.