Current Affairs Quiz – 17, June – 2017

Q.1) Which among the following state signed a tripartite agreement with the Centre and Airports Authority of India under the country’s flagship programme UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik)?

a) Haryana

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Punjab

d) Karnataka

e) Jharkhand

Q.2) The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is organising a Sammelan on the theme “SAB KA SAATH SAB KA VIKAS” on 15th June, 2017 at Shri Bhaidas Maganlal Sabhagriha in ______.

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Hyderabad

d) Odisha

e) Uttar Pradesh

Q.3) What is the theme of 16th North East Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (NERCPA) Conference is being held in Imphal from 14 to 18 June, 2017?

a) North East and Look East Policy

b) Look East Policy

c) South East and Look West Policy

d) North East Policy

e) North West and Look North Policy

Q.4) Which among the following state is not selected by NITI Aayog which has shortlisted five States to provide institutional support under the Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital (SATH) in education sector?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Chhattisgarh

c) Jharkhand

d) Andhra Pradesh

e) Bihar

Q.5) Which among the following state is not selected by NITI Aayog which has shortlisted five States to provide institutional support under the Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital (SATH) in Health sector?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Bihar

d) Assam

e) Gujarat

Q.6) Which of the following service provider has launched the GST Bill book software for SMEs?

a) ClearTax

b) TaxCloud

c) CloudTax

d) CleanTax

e) None of these

Q.7) Which among the following bank has jointly with China to support a green financing platform to fight pollution and what amount of loan was approved for this platform?

a) World Bank, 458 million euro

b) World Bank, 358 million euro

c) Asian development bank, 458 million euro

d) Asian development bank, 358 million euro

e) World Bank, 485 million euro

Q.8) Who is the Chancellor architect of German reunification died at the age of 87?

a) Otto Von Bismarck

b) Hermann Muller

c) Gerhard Schroder

d) Angela Merkel

e) Helmut Kohl

Q.9) 20 Indian firms have been named in the top 100 of Nikkei Asian Review’s Asia300 companies list which was topped by Taiwan’s Largan Precision. In the list, HCL Technologies is placed at ____ place.

a) 7^th

b) 2^nd

c) 3^rd

d) 4^th

e) 5^th

Q.10) Which bank has launched India’s first Aadhaar-based iris eye scan customer verification and Aadhaar-based fingerprint-operated ATM in Telangana?

a) Axis Bank

b) ICICI Bank

c) DCB Bank

d) DBS Bank

e) HDFC Bank

Q.11) The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has asked public sector banks not to report frauds below how many lakh to local police?

a) 1 lakh

b) 2 lakh

c) 1.5 lakh

d) 2.5 lakh

e) 3 lakh

Q.12) Name the player appointed as global brand ambassador of EazyDiner.

a) Virat Kohli

b) Rohit Sharma

c) Yuvraj Singh

d) Suresh Raina

e) MS Dhoni

Q.13) Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi was conferred “Sarhad’s 5th Bhupen Hazarika National Awards” 2017. He belongs to ____

a) Assam

b) Arunachal Pradesh

c) Bihar

d) West Bengal

e) Punjab

Q.14) Name the former Chief Justice of India passed away recently, who introduced the concept of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and judicial activism in India.

a) Adarsh Sein Anand

b) Sam Piroj Biharucha

c) V N Khare

d) P N Bhagwati

e) S Rajendra Babu

Q.15) The Aadhaar will also be needed for any financial transaction above Rs _______, underscoring the increasing degree to which the biometric identity is becoming the cornerstone of government measures to curb unaccounted income along with PAN.

a) 5000

b) 10000

c) 25000

e) 100000

Q.16) Which football player became the fourth-highest active international scorer by scored his 54^th goal in the international match?

a) Sunil Chhetri

b) Cristiano Ronaldo

c) Lionel Messi

d) Clint Dempsey

e) Luis Suarez

Q.17) The Headquarters of Central vigilance commission is located in _____.

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Kolkata

d) Hyderabad

e) Vadodara

Q.18) The Headquarters of DCB Bank is located in _____.

a) Hyderabad

b) Bangalore

c) Mumbai

d) Kolkata

e) New Delhi

Q.19) Who will receive a lifetime achievement award from one of the world’s oldest literary organisations?

a) Toni Morrison

b) Harper Lee

c) Jhumpa Lahiri

d) Margaret Atwood

e) Ernest Hemingway

Q.20) Which zoo will come up with adoption scheme that will allow people to adopt animals living on the premises. The move is aimed at fostering ties between humans and the wildlife?

a) Maharashtra

b) Delhi

c) Uttarakhand

d) Uttar Pradesh

e) Goa

Q.21) Mr. Anoop Kumar Sharma is the MD & Chairman of which among the following organization?

a) National Payment Corporation of India

b) National Thermal Power Corporation

c) Shipping Corporation of India

d) Central Board of Direct Tax

e) Airport Authority of India

Q.22) Who will inaugurate the Green Line of Metro Rail from Mantri Square Sampige Road Station to Yelachanahalli Metro Station in Bengaluru?

a) Pranab Mukherjee

b) Venkaiah Naidu

c) Narendra Modi

d) Arun Jaitley

e) Pinarayi Vijayan

Q.23) _______ and Qatari navies ended a three-day joint exercise involving nine vessels that took place at a time of high diplomatic tension between Doha and Gulf neighbours.

a) UK

b) USA

c) India

d) Germany

e) Japan

Q.24) India bagged how many medals, including a gold, in the 2017 Asian Junior Wrestling Championships?

a) 3

b) 4

c) 5

d) 6

e) 7

Q.25) Dena has lowered the marginal cost-based lending rate (MCLR) for home loans between Rs 30 lakh and Rs 75 Lakh by 5 bps to ________% a year.

a) 8.60

b) 8.70

c) 8.80

d) 8.90

e) 9.00

Q.26) State-run lender Dena Bank has reduced home loans rates by 5-10 basis points, the new rates are effective from _______.

a) June 15

b) July 15

c) September 15

d) October 15

e) December 15

Q.27) The board of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved the applications of, which countries to be the members of China-backed multilateral development bank?

A) Argentina

B) Madagascar

C) Tonga

a) Only A

b) Only B

c) Only C

d) Only A and B

e) All A, B and C

Q.28) 2017 Asian Junior Wrestling Championships held in ________.

a) Taiwan

b) Beijing

c) Shanghai

d) Chengdu

e) Guangzhou

Q.29) The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed every year on June _______.

a) 15th

b) 16th

c) 17th

d) 18th

e) 19^th

Q.30) The 10th edition of the Marathi Film Festival was inaugurated in which palace?

a) Mumbai

b) Bhopal

c) Bengaluru

d) Panaji

e) New Delhi

Q.31) Name the Marathi actor who has been awarded with “Face of the year” award in 10th edition of the Marathi Film Festival.

a) Sai Tamhankar

b) Sachin Pilgaonkar

c) Dilip Prabhavalkar

d) Nana Patkar

e) Shreeram Lagoo

Q.32) Name the veteran actor who has been awarded with ‘Krutadnyata award’ award in 10th edition of the Marathi Film Festival.

a) Sai Tamhankar

b) Sachin Pilgaonkar

c) Dilip Prabhavalkar

d) Nana Patkar

e) Shreeram Lagoo

Q.33) Who will host the third annual meeting of the China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in 2018?

a) China

b) Japan

c) India

d) Russia

e) Germany

Q.34) Who has been appointed as Serbia first gay female prime minister?

a) Benazir Bhutto

b) Julia Gillard

c) Mary Kay Henry

d) Caitlyn Jenner

e) Ana Brnabic

Q.35) Who has been re-elected to the UN’s principal organ on economic, social and environmental issues for another three-year term?

a) China

b) Japan

c) India

d) Russia

e) Germany