Current Affairs Quiz – 16, June – 2017

Q.1) Which among the following country has signed with Nalanda University for academic cooperation, exchange of faculty and Joint teaching?

a) South Korea

b) Srilanka

c) Armenia

d) Germany

e) Spain

Q.2) The Finance Ministry has imposed definitive anti-dumping duty on Hydrogen Peroxide (other than food grade and electronic grade having concentration of 90 per cent and above) imports from six countries for 5 year period. Which among the following country is not one among them?

a) Bangladesh

b) Taiwan

c) Indonesia

d) Pakistan

e) China

Q.3) Name the author, who has won the Man Booker International Prize for his novel `A Horse Walks Into a Bar’?

a) David Goodman

b) David Grossman

c) Li Xiaolin

d) Stephen K. Gunn

e) William James

Q.4) Who has been selected for the year’s Nanniyode Rajan Memorial Award instituted by the Milma Thiruvananthapuram Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (TRCMPU) in memory of its former chairman?

a) E. Sanjay Dhut

b) E. Sivaraman

c) E. Sreedharan

d) E. Srinivasan

e) E. Sridhar

Q.5) Ramanathan Ramanan was appointed as the Mission Director of the Atal Innovation Mission under the Niti Aayog for the period of ____ years.

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

e) 5

Q.6) What is the rank of India among 130 countries in the Global Innovation Index 2017 (GII) which was topped by Switzerland in the list?

a) 51^st

b) 60^th

c) 67^th

d) 72^nd

e) None of these

Q.7) Which among the following has approved USD 150 million equity investment loans to the India Infrastructure Fund?

a) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

b) IMF

c) World Bank

d) Asian Development Bank

e) National Development Bank

Q.8) What is the amount of loan agreed for Greece bailout deal by 19 euro zone finance ministers meeting held in Luxembourg?

a) €5.5 billion

b) €6.5 billion

c) €7.5 billion

d) €8.5 billion

e) €9.5 billion

Q.9) Which among the following has got approval from the US health regulator USFDA to market Acylovir drug for injection USP in strengths of 500 mg/vial and 1000 mg/vial?

a) Zydus Cadila

b) Robert Hook

c) Kevin Hart

d) Gal Gadot

e) Cara Delevingne

Q.10) Boeing sealed the order for its 737 Max jets from China Aircraft Leasing Group as the lessor purchases more planes amid surging demand across Asia. The order is for 50 single-aisle jets, which will be delivered through 2023.What is the amount of deal disclosed by Boeing?

a) $2.4 Billion

b) $3.2 Billion

c) $4.4 Billion

d) $5.8 Billion

e) None of these

Q.11) Sulabh International founder and Chief Bindeshwar Pathak has announced that an open defecation-free (ODF) village in Mewat will be named after the name of _______

a) Abdul Kalam

b) Mahadev Govind Ranade

c) Mother Terasa

d) Ram Singh Kuka

e) Donald Trump

Q.12) Which among the following acquisition of the companies got approval from Competition Commission of India?

a) Flipkart- Amazon

b) Amazon- eBay

c) eBay-Paytm

d) Flipkart-eBay

e) None of these

Q.13) Which among the

following one has became the social media favourite in the report released by Social media analytics company MVP index?

a) Priyanka Chopra

b) Dwayne Johnson

c) Gal Gadot

d) Kevin Hart

e) Cara Delevingne

Q.14) What is the rank of india in the environment impact survey conducted by UK based MoneySuperMarket?

a) 61^st

b) 69^th

c) 71^st

d) 75^th

e) 81^st

Q.15) Which film was selected for showcase at the 20^th Shanghai International Film Festival in China from June 17-26?

a) PK

b) Dhangal

c) Sultan

d) Kasaav

e) Bahubali 2

Q.16) As per the report of ‘Betting on Asia Pacific’s Next Core Cities’ which of the following city topped the list in realty sector?

a) Bangalore

b) Pune

c) Mumbai

d) Hyderabad

e) Chennai

Q.17) Who inaugurates the Kerala’s first metro station between Palarivattom and Aluva?

a) Suresh Prabhu

b) Arun Jaitley

c) Rajnath Singh

d) Venkaiah Naidu

e) Narendra Modi

Q.18) Name the city based NGO from city was selected among the top-three NGOs for the Social Impact Awards 2017, for “Outstanding Volunteer category” organised by Resource Alliance, an NGO based in London, to be held from June 26-28 at Bangkok in Thailand?

a) MESCO Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization

b) Community Aid & Sponsorship Programme (CASP)

c) Samerth Charitable Trust

d) Basic Research Education And Development (BREAD) Society

e) Sports Coaching Foundation

Q.19) Ajmer Singh Aulakh died at the age of 75, who also got Sahitya Akademi award. He was a noted playwright of which language?

a) Bengali

b) Punjabi

c) Marathi

d) Tamil

e) Malayalam

Q.20) Which among the following player was fastest to reach 8000 ODI runs in 175^th match?

a) Hasim Amla

b) AB de villiers

c) Quinton de cock

d) Rohit Sharma

e) Virat Kohli

Q.21) Which among the players have signed up for the 2^nd edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL)?

a) Suresh Raina

b) Yusuf Pathan

c) Piyush Chawla

d) Only a and b

e) All the above

Q.22) Name the former chief justice of India, who was considered as a pioneer of judicial activism in the country for introducing the concept of PILs, died at the age of 95?

a) T. N. Bhagwatiya

b) B. N. Bhagrathiyar

c) P. N. Bhagwati Singh

d) P. N. Bhagwati

e) P. N. Bhag Mishra

Q.23) The International Day of Family Remittances is observed every year on ____

a) June 14^th

b) June 15^th

c) June 16^th

d) June 17^th

e) June 18^th

Q.24) Which of the following day is observed on June 15^th, every year?

a) World Parents Day

b) World Father Day

c) World Elder Abuse Awareness day

d) International Day of Family Remittances

e) None of these

Q.25) Which among the following joined hand with NSDL e-Governance to offer an integrated Goods and Service Tax (GST) proposition for large and mid-sized corporations in India?

a) John Reuters

b) Thomson Reuters

c) Reliance Reuters

d) Tata E-Reuters

e) None of these

Q.26) Which among the following issue the draft norms for transition of foreign firms to resident status under Place Of Effective Management (POEM)?

a) Central Board of Direct Tax

b) Central Board of Excise and Customs

c) Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

d) Central Board of Secondary Education

e) None of these

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