Current Affairs Quiz – June 10, 2017

Q.1) Which of the following minister inaugurated Indian Railway’s 1^st HR Round Table Conference in New Delhi?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Suresh Prabhu

c) Venkaiah Naidu

d) J P Nadda

e) Jithendra Singh

Q.2) How many sectoral groups constituted by GST Council for ensuring smooth transition into the new tax regime on July 1^st?

a) 14

b) 15

c) 16

d) 17

e) 18

Q.3) Which edition of National Health Editors’ Conference on Yoga was inaugurated by Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge), Shri Shripad Yesso Naik at National Media Centre in New Delhi?

a) 1^st

b) 2^nd

c) 3^rd

d) 4^th

e) 5^th

Q.4) Name the person who launched the ‘Selfie with Daughter’ mobile application, aimed at raising awareness of female foeticide and sex selection?

a) Pranab Mukherjee

b) Hamid Ansari

c) Narendra Modi

d) Rajnath singh

e) Arun Jaitley

Q.5) From ___ onwards retail selling prices of petrol and diesel are set be revised every day by the three state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) across the country?

a) June 10^th

b) June 11^th

c) June 13^th

d) June 14^th

e) June 16^th

Q.6) Which among the following launched SATH, a program providing ‘Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital’ with the State Governments. It aims to identify and build three future ‘role model’ states for health systems?

a) Ministry of family and Health welfare

b) Ministry of home affairs

c) NITI Aayog

d) Ministry of Environment

e) Ministry of AYUSH

Q.7) Which among the following organization launched a partnership fund with India for support the sustainable development projects across the developing world to reduce poverty and hunger, quality education, and give clean water, energy and livelihoods?

a) UNICEF

b) UNESCO

c) UNTCAD

d) UNOSSC

e) UNHCR

Q.8) Which among the following country signed a deal with China worth over $8 billion, recently?

a) Pakistan

b) Kazakhstan

c) Nepal

d) Srilanka

e) Benin

Q.9) Who among the following Sikh community MPs won the Britain election 2017, which increased the Indian origin group from 10 to record 12?

a) Preet Kaur Gill

b) Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

c) Jithesh Gadhia

d) Only b and c

e) Only a and b

Q.10) Which banks ties up with New India Assurance Company entered into a corporate agency arrangement for distribution of insurance products. The pact allows bank to offer non-life insurance products to its customers across metros and tier II and III cities through the bank’s extensive network of over 6,000 branches?

a) Indian Overseas Bank

b) Canara Bank

c) Syndicate Bank

d) State Bank of India

e) Union Bank of India

Q.11) Which company has launched “BaNCS App Development Kit” (ADK) that will enable banks to fast design and build their own apps and deploy it across devices and desktops seamlessly?

a) TCS

b) CTS

c) Reliance Industries

d) Apple

e) Microsoft

Q.12) Which among the following company acquired Hexadite, an Israeli start-up that uses AI to identify and protect against attacks. The deal might be worth around $100 Million?

a) Google

b) Microsoft

c) Apple

d) Facebook

e) None of these

Q.13) Which among the following company has placed top position for the 5^th consecutive years in the America top 500 companies list?

1. Walmart stores

2. Berkshire Hathaway

3. Apple

4. ExxonMobil

5. McKesson

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   Walmart stores

Q.14) The Gondwanag Aricites Magnificus, world’s first fossil mushroom has been discovered in _____ dating back about 115 millions.

a) Brazil

b) Australia

c) India

d) Argentina

e) Germany

Q.15) Which author won the Spain prestigious Princess of Asturias Award 2017 for Literature?

a) Janusz Korczak

b) Hugo Kollataj

c) Adam Zagajewski

d) Maria Pawlikowska

e) None of these

Q.16) Name the first women chief justice of Nepal Supreme Court who retired after attained the age 65?

a) Sushila Karki

b) Gopal Parajuli

c) Puspa Basnet

d) Pasang Sherpa

e) None of these

Q.17) Which among the following clears Vikram Limaye for being appointed as CEO of National Stock Exchange?

a) RBI

b) SEBI

c) IRDA

d) IREDA

e) Bombay Stock Exchange

Q.18) A book titled ‘The Crisis Within’ was released in June. The Book was authored by ____

a) Vikram Seth

b) Ganesh Devy

c) Chetan Bhagat

d) Arundhati Roy

e) None of these

Q.19) Name the tennis player who became the oldest French Open finalist in 44 years with win over world number one Andy Murray in semi final of the French Open?

a) Stan Wawrinka

b) Roger Federer

c) Rafael Nadal

d) Novak Djokovic

e) Tomas Berdych

Q.20) Name the person who will cling to power, despite her party’s unexpectedly poor performance in the general election, as the Conservative Party drew on support from its Northern Irish ally?

a) John Major

b) Tony Blair

c) Gordon Brown

d) David Cameron

e) Theresa May

Q.21) The country’s largest lender SBI decided to reduce the rates for loans above 75 lakh by 10 basis points (bps) to _______%, with effect from June 15.

a) 8.4

b) 8.5

c) 8.6

d) 8.7

e) 8.8

Q.22) Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), India’s largest insurance company, has acquired shares worth of Rs ______crore in State Bank of India’s Rs 15,000 crore qualified institutional placement (QIP).

a) 4700

b) 5000

c) 5500

d) 5700

e) 6000

Q.23) Name the bank, which has buy two firms that build walking robots from Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc, adding to the Japanese company Schaft for growing artificial intelligence portfolio?

a) Soft bank

b) DCB

c) Axis Bank

d) ICICI Bank

e) HDFC Bank

Q.24) Allahabad Bank, announced reduction of its benchmark lending rate by 10 basis points at _______ per cent for one year.

a) 8.4

b) 8.5

c) 8.6

d) 8.7

e) 8.8

Q.25) Dassault Aviation are among the four entities that have responded to the Indian Navy’s ‘Request for Interest (RFI)’ to provide 57 multi-role carrier borne fighters. Headquarters of Dassault Aviation is located in____.

a) Russia

b) Germany

c) France

d) Italy

e) Japan

Q.26) Name the Indian boxer (75kg), who settled for a bronze medal at the President’s Cup after losing in the semifinals in Astana, Kazakhstan?

a) Lovlina Boroghain

b) Vijender Singh

c) Akhil Kumar

d) Jitender Kumar

e) Mohammed Ali Qamar

Q.27) Name the Chief of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCNK), died after a prolonged illness at the outfit’s camp at Taga in Myanmar?

a) Aung San

b) Than Shwe

c) Khun Sa

d) Thein Sein

e) Khaplang

Q.28) What is the tagline of IndusInd?

a) Everything is the same except the name

b) Support all the way

c) To rejoice working, join us

d) Jiyo easy

e) We Make you feel Richer

Q.29) Name the state where An automated plant watering system designed by Aditya Engineering College, Surampalem, West Godavari district, has been adjudged the best in sixth CSI-In App National Student Project Awards contest?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Telangana

c) Odisha

d) West Bengal

e) Madhya Pradesh

Q.30) IndusInd Bank has entered into an agreement with Overseas Private Investment Corporation to raise $_______ million loan to support expansion of its MSME lending programmes across India.

a) 215

b) 225

c) 235

d) 245

e) 255