Current Affairs 2-07-2018
1.Who has been elected the new Director General (DG) of International Organization for Migration (IOM)?
[A] Christine A. Elder[B] Abraham Hanson
[C] Antonio Vitorino
[D] George Crennan
2.India has pledged how much amount of aid to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)?
[A] $5 million
[B] $10 million
[C] $25 million
[D] $30 million
3.The Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble of which Indian city has recently declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
[A] Pondicherry[B] Panaji
[C] Kochi
[D] Mumbai
4.Which state government has signed pact with the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) for effective disaster management?
[A] Assam[B] Odisha
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Karnataka
5.The 2018 International Day of Tropics is observed on which date?
[A] June 27[B] June 28
[C] June 29
[D] June 30
6.Who has taken over charge as the new chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)?
[A] P K Sinha[B] B K Chaturvedi
[C] Ajit Seth
[D] S Ramesh
7.Under whose captain ship, the Indian Kabaddi team clinched the 2018 Kabaddi Masters Dubai title?
[A] Ajay Thakur
[B] Monu Goyat
[C] Surjeet Singh
[D] Pradeep Narwal
8.Which committee has been constituted by the Union Government to upgrade norms for state & district level economic data collection?
[A] Kabir Khan committee[B] Sanjay Gupta committee
[C] Ravindra H Dholakia committee
[D] R S Kashyap committee
9.Which state to host the conference of Ministers for Power, New & Renewable Energy of States & Union Territories?
[A] Madhya Pradesh[B] Odisha
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Himachal Pradesh
10.Which Indian journalist has authored the book “Eleventh Hour” to pay tribute to the men in uniform?
[A] Karan Thapar[B] Arun Shourie
[C] Hussain Zaidi
[D] Madhu Trehan
- Albert Einstein was awarded Nobel Prize for his path-breaking research and formulation of the:
[B] Laws of Photo-Electric Effect
[C] Principle of Wave-Particle Duality
[D] Theory of Critical Opalescence
- Which one of the following types of Laser is used in Laser Printers?
[A] Semiconductor laser
[B] Excimer Laser
[C] Dye Laser
[D] Gas Laser
- The power of a lens is measured in :
[A] diopters
[B] aeon
[C] lumen
[D] candela
- If a moving body turns its speed to 1.5 times, what will be the impact on its kinetic energy?
[B] will become 3 times
[C] will become 2.25 times
[D] will become 6 times
- Two Flat mirrors are placed at an angle of 60° from each other. How many images will be formed of a Candle placed in between them?
[B] 4
[C] 5
[D] 6