Current Affairs Quiz : June 27, 2017

Q.1) Who bagged the Miss World title and the gold medal at the world championship in Venice?

a) Bhumika Sharma

b) Tonya Knight

c) Lenda Murray

d) Laura Combes

e) Lynn Conkwright

Q.2) Where was Modi Fest inaugurated by Chief minister Manohar Parrikar for celebrate achievements of three years of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at Kala Academy in the city?

a) Arunachal Pradesh

b) Haryana

c) Goa

d) Uttar Pradesh

e) Maharashtra

Q.3) Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel and Union Environment and Science &Technology Minister Dr. Harshvardhan flagged off the ____ Slum Yuva Daud in Delhi.

a) 1^st

b) 2^nd

c) 3^rd

d) 4^th

e) None of these

Q.4) Who become the first Indian to finish Race Across American (RAAM) as solo riders, one of the most esteemed ultra-endurance cycling events in the world?

a) Daniel Wyss

b) Jure Robic

c) Srinivas Gokulnath

d) Reto Schoch

e) Pierre Bischoff

Q.5) India’s Prime Minister Modi and Portugal Prime Minister Costa launched a unique start-up Portal “IPISH”. In the term “IPISH”, third ‘I’ stand for?

a) India

b) Integrated

c) International

d) Inclusive

e) None of these

Q.6) Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to increase the retirement age of regular state government employees from 58 to______________ with effect from January 1 next year.

a) 68

b) 63

c) 60

d) 62

e) 65

Q.7) The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) conducted a workshop on the National Pension System (NPS) for corporate in coordination with which among the following?

a) SEBI

b) RBI

c) Ministry of Finance

d) FICCI

e) NITI Aayog

Q.8) Who has been appointed as the president of India International Centre (IIC)?

a) S D Patil

b) N N Vohra

c) S C Jamir

d) K N Tirupathi

e) Vidyasagar Rao

Q.9) Name the Lupin founder and chairman who has been passed away, recently?

a) Desh Sharma

b) Chandra Gupta

c) Desh Bandhu Gupta

d) A. Ravi Sharma

e) None of these

Q.10) Name the Noted Malayalam Filmmaker who has been passed away recently?

a) Murali

b) Sreenivasan

c) Devan

d) Ashokan

e) KR Mohanan

Q.11) Kerala State Finance Minister Thomas Issac announced that Kerala government is investing about ___ crore on infrastructure projects this year to enhance job opportunities for the youth in the state.

a) Rs.10,000

b) Rs.20,000

c) Rs.30,000

d) Rs.40,000

e) Rs.50,000

Q.12) Who has been appointed as the head of the much-awaited committee to draft the National Education Policy by the Union ministry of human resource development?

a) K Kasturirangan

b) U R Rao

c) G Madhavan Nair

d) K Radhakrishnan

e) A S Kiran kumar

Q.13) The US-India Business Council (USIBC) has constituted a task force to identify opportunities in which among the following sector?

a) Indian IT sector

b) Indian Pharmacy sector

c) Indian Defence sector

d) Indian Civil Aviation sector

e) None of these

Q.14) The Glenmark 34^th Sub Junior National and 44^th Junior National Aquatic Championships held in ______.

a) Pune

b) Mumbai

c) New Delhi

d) Odisha

e) None of these

Q.15) The inaugural Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) is the country’s first-ever professional table tennis league will be kick off with the first leg here from July 13 to 20 in ____

a) New Delhi

b) Punjab

c) Mumbai

d) Chennai

e) Hyderabad

Q.16) Who has been appointed as the ambassador for Government’s Skill India campaign?

a) Amitabh Bachchan

b) Sachin Tendulkar

c) Priyanka Chopra

d) Saina Nehwal

e) PV Sindhu

Q.17) Roger Federer won the Halle open tennis tournament held in Germany. In the final, Roger defeated Alexander Zverev in straight sets. It was his ___ career title.

a) 75^th

b) 100^th

c) 125^th

d) 150^th

e) None of these

Q.18) India and the Netherlands are celebrating 70 years of establishment of diplomatic relations. Also, PM Narendra Modi would be the first Prime Minister to visit the Netherlands after how many years?

a) 10

b) 11

c) 12

d) 13

e) 14

Q.19) Which of the following day is observed across the world every year on June 27^th?

a) International MSMEs Day

b) International Tuberculosis Day

c) International Olympics Day

d) World Elder Abuse awareness Day

e) None of these

Q.20) Which country indigenously built next generation bullet train named ‘Fuxing’, a CR400AF model with a maximum speed of 400 kmph?

a) Japan

b) China

c) Germany

d) Russia

e) USA

Q.21) The RBI, had asked banks to make_______ per cent provisioning on these 12 loans which are worth around Rs 2,00,000 crore.

a) 25

b) 50

c) 75

d) 90

e) 100

Q.22) The World Bank has cleared a _______ loan for making Indian youth more employable through reskilling, in a move that is seen to aid the Skill India mission.

a) USD 150 million

b) USD 200 million

c) USD 250 million

d) USD 300 million

e) USD 350 million

Q.23) Who has secured a career-best tied 25^th finish in LPGA’s Walmart NW Arkansas?

a) Sharmila Nicollet

b) Smriti Mehra

c) Paula Marti

d) Minjee Lee

e) Aditi Ashok

Q.24) Who has won a gold at the women’s 10m air pistol at the ISSF Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol in Suhl, Germany?

a) Jet Lag

b) Kinesio Taping

c) Abhinav Bindra

d) Yashaswini Singh Deswal

e) Susan B.Abbott

Q.25) Who has been elected as the Prime Minister of Romania?

a) Sorin Cimpeanu

b) Dacian Ciolos

c) Mihai Tudose

d) Sorin Grindeanu

e) Victor Ponta

Q.26) Narendra Modi government aims to top at least Rs __________ crore in stake sales for April-September, the highest-ever for the first half of any year.

a) 10,000

b) 15,000

c) 20,000

d) 25,000

e) 30,000