Current Affairs Quiz – 28, June 2017

Q.1) Which among the following ministry has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SAP India, Intel and HMT with the aim to digitally empower small businesses?

a) Ministry of Civil Aviation

b) Ministry of Information & Technology

c) Ministry of Medium, Small & Micro Enterprises

d) Ministry of Corporate Affairs

e) None of these

Q.2) The Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) announced to increased the group insurance cover for the pilgrims and service providers from existing Rs.1 lakh to ___

a) 2 lakh

b) 3 lakh

c) 4 lakh

d) 5 lakh

e) None of these

Q.3) How much billion euro was fined on Google by European Union commission for breaching the anti-trust rules with its online shopping service?

a) 1.42 billion

b) 2.42 billion

c) 2.72 billion

d) 3.12 billion

e) None of these

Q.4) Which among the following country has declared by US as world most worst offenders in human trafficking and labour based on the annual trafficking in persons report?

a) Syria

b) Pakistan

c) China

d) South Sudan

e) Yemen

Q.5) The Russian Northern Fleet’s Project 955 underwater missile cruiser Yuri Dolgoruky (Nuclear Power Submarine) has successfully test-fired a Bulava missile (intercontinental ballistic missile) from the Barents Sea. It has range upto ___

a) 1500 Km

b) 3400 Km

c) 4300 Km

d) 6740 Km

e) 9300 Km

Q.6) Which among the following university scientists have created the brightest light ever produced on the Earth, shining a billion times stronger than the surface of the sun. This could be used to find tiny tumours or micro fractures that are currently missed by conventional X-rays?

a) University of Nebraska-Lincoln

b) University of Cambridge

c) Harvard University

d) University of Bristol

e) None of these

Q.7) Who has been awarded “Bharat Gaurav”, East Bengal football club’s highest honour. The ceremony will be held on August 1^st?

a) Dhanraj Pillay

b) Kishan Lal

c) Dilip Tirkey

d) Lal Shah Bokhari

e) None of these

Q.8) Which among the following has acquired German SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI), an eye-tracking firm?

a) Apple

b) Google

c) Facebook

d) Microsoft

e) None of these

Q.9) India won a bronze medal in men’s 25m rapid fire pistol team event at the ISSF Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol event held in ___

a) Suhl, Germany

b) London, UK

c) Beijing, China

d) Prague, Czech Republic

e) None of these

Q.10) Union sport minister Shri Vijay Goel concluded his 2-Day visit in which state, recently?

a) Nagaland

b) Mizoram

c) Assam

d) Meghalaya

e) Manipur

Q.11) Which among the following medal has won by Indian men and women Throwball teams respectively in the event held in Kathmandu, Nepal?

a) Gold, Silver

b) Silver, Gold

c) Gold, Bronze

d) Bronze, Silver

e) Gold, Gold

Q.12) The government has extended for six months the last date for applying for conversion of Person of Indian Origin (PIO) cards to Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cards. What is the extended deadline to apply?

a) July 31, 2017

b) August 15, 2017

c) December 31, 2017

d) January 1, 2018

e) March 31, 2018

Q.13) Sindhuja Reddy has been selected as a member of the US women’s national cricket team. She belongs to ___.

a) Telangana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Haryana

d) Punjab

e) West Bengal

Q.14) Which among the following government has signed three MoUs to leverage technology to reduce maternal and early neonatal mortality rates, and enhance health services in the state?

a) Haryana

b) Punjab

c) West Bengal

d) Rajasthan

e) Kerala

Q.15) Which country is the first African country to start using a generic version of the latest AIDS drug that can improve and prolong the lives?

a) Algeria

b) Nigeria

c) Ethiopia

d) Kenya

e) Tunisia

Q.16) Which among the following government has launched three-day massive cleanliness drive, aimed at checking the spread of mounting fever cases?

a) Haryana

b) Punjab

c) West Bengal

d) Rajasthan

e) Kerala

Q.17) According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) census data which among the following country peoples have become the second highest number of migrants living in Australia?

a) India

b) Syria

c) Brazil

d) China

e) USA

Q.18) Which among the following has retained the Indian Premier League title sponsorship for the next five years with a mammoth bid of Rs 2,199 crore, an over 500 percent increase from their previous deal?

a) Paytm

b) Pepsi

c) VIVO

d) Airtel

e) Amul

Q.19) Election Commission set to Launch First Time Nationwide “Voter Registration Reminder” from 1st July. The remainder will be sent out in 13 Indian languages and this campaign was association with which among the following one?

a) Twitter

b) Google

c) Facebook

d) LinkedIn

e) None of these

Q.20) The 6th India – Myanmar Joint Trade Committee (JTC) Meeting was held at New Delhi. It was co-chaired by which among the following union minister?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Venkaiah Naidu

c) Nirmala Sitharaman

d) Harsh Vardhan

e) None of these

Q.21) Which of the following minister was addressed the 5th Geo-science Advisory Council (GAC) Meeting in New Delhi?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Venkaiah Naidu

c) Nirmala Sitharaman

d) Harsh Vardhan

e) Piyush Goyal

Q.22) Who has been newly appointed as member of UPSC. The Oath was administered by the UPSC Chairman Prof. David R. Syiemlieh?

a) Manoj Sharma

b) Vinod Khanna

c) G Vinay Kumar

d) Aravind Subramanian

e) Manoj Soni

Q.23) Which of the following country has jointly declared that bilateral ties with india to destroy terrorist organisations and the radical ideology that drives them?

a) UK

b) USA

c) Japan

d) Germany

e) China

Q.24) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will celebrate his 82nd birthday next month with the people of _________ in Jammu and Kashmir.

a) Kargil

b) Leh

c) Baramulla

d) Kupwara

e) Bandipora

Q.25) Indian food essentials ________ are among the many new entries in the ‘Oxford English Dictionary’ (OED).

a) Moong Dal

b) Masoor Dal

c) Urad Dal

d) Dhoor Dal

e) Chana Dal

Q.26) Which government launched three-day ‘massive cleanliness drive’, aimed at checking the spread of mounting fever cases?

a) Karnataka

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Gujarat

d) Kerala

e) Telangana

Q.27) Which cabinet decided to name the Mughalsarai municipality as ‘Deendayal Nagar’?

a) Uttarakhand

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Rajasthan

e) Haryana

Q.28) Which government has planned to set up a nuclear plant of around 3,000 MW capacity at Rajauli in Nawada district?

a) Uttarakhand

b) Bihar

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Rajasthan

e) Haryana

Q.29) Which bank has been placed under the caution list by the Reserve Bank to monitor the foreign shareholding of the company?

a) Capital Local Area Bank

b) Equitas Holdings

c) Janalakshmi Financial Services

d) Ujjivan Financial Services

e) AU Small Finance Bank

Q.30) Who has been included in BCCI Special Committee recently as decided at Special General Meeting (SGM), to suggest a way forward for implementing the administrative overhaul prescribed in the Supreme Court order on July 18 last year?

a) Anirudh Chaudhry

b) Naba Bhattacharjee

c) Sourav Ganguly

d) T.C. Mathew

e) Jay Shah

Q.31) Who received a suspension of one-year cricket ban after the fast bowler pleaded guilty to a charge of speaking to the media without permission?

a) Lasith Malinga

b) Tillakaratne Dilshan

c) Kusal Perera

d) Thisara Perera

e) Upul Tharanga

Q.32) Who has won the 2017 NBA MVP award (Most Valuable Player) over James Harden?

a) Bob Cousy

b) Bill Russell

c) Russell Westbrook

d) Wes Unseld

e) Willis Reed

Q.33) Which country has won America cup in their flying machine that powered Glenn Ashby and crew to a stunning victory over Oracle?

a) Australia

b) New Zealand

c) Malaysia

d) Japan

e) China

Q.34) Government makes mandatory to link Aadhaar with PAN with effect from_______.

a) July 1^st

b) August 1^st

c) September 1^st

d) October 1^st

e) November 1^st

Q.35) Which government announces establishment of MSME, Corporation by earmarking Rs 100 cr?

a) Karnataka

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Gujarat

d) Kerala

e) Telangana

Q.36) Who has returned the National Minority Rights Award to the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), conferred on her in 2008?

a) Kailash Satyarthi

b) Irom Sharmila

c) Pramila Nesargi

d) Amala Akkineni

e) Shabnam Hashmi