Current Affairs Quiz – June 8 , 2017

Q.1) For monthly stipend, how much amount was increased by Haryana government for widows, destitute women and girls imparting training in tailoring?

a) Rs.300

b) Rs.400

c) Rs.500

d) Rs.600

e) Rs.1000

Q.2) How much amount of export credit has signed between Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) and Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) for infrastructure development in the country?

a) $5 billion

b) $6 billion

c) $7 billion

d) $8 billion

e) $9 billion

Q.3) Which country’s security and exchange organisation signed an MoU with SEBI, India for mutual cooperation on matters pertaining to securities markets?

a) Iran

b) Iraq

c) Qatar

d) UAE

e) None

Q.4) Which of the following country signed and subsequently ratify the agreement on transfer of sentenced persons with India?

a) Iraq

b) South Sudan

c) Somalia

d) Eritrea

e) Malawi

Q.5) Which among the following country’s Security and markets regulator signed an MoU with India for mutual co-operation?

a) France

b) Europe

c) U.K

d) Japan

e) China

Q.6) Which among the following minister inaugurated a two-day national level conference on “Capacity Building of SDRF-2017” which was organized by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Suresh Prabhu

c) Venkaiah Naidu

d) Rajnath Singh

e) Jitendra Singh

Q.7) Which of the following initiative launched by Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, J P Nadda. The initiative is to promote skill development in the health sector?

a) Skill a life, Save for Skill

b) Skill a Life, Save for Life

c) Skill for Life, Save for Life

d) Skill for Life, Save a Life

e) None of these

Q.8) Which of the following entity have plan to float an initial public offer of its shares. It would allow them to issue 13.9 crore fresh equity share of Rs.10 each to the public?

a) IRDA

b) IREDA

c) IBA

d) SBI

e) None of these

Q.9) A national human milk bank was inaugurated at Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) in _____.

a) Hyderabad

b) Mumbai

c) New Delhi

d) Bangalore

e) Jaipur

Q.10) Which Union Minister announced the launch of “Hill Area Development Programme” (HADP) for Northeast in Imphal from Manipur?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Suresh Prabhu

c) Venkaiah Naidu

d) Rajnath Singh

e) Jitendra Singh

Q.11) General officer commanding of Gajraj Corps Lt General Amarjeet Singh Bedi has inaugurated a war memorial at Thembang village. This village is located in ____

a) Manipur

b) Assam

c) Arunachal Pradesh

d) Haryana

e) West Bengal

Q.12) Which of the following pact signed by India to check cross-border tax evasion by multinational companies?

a) OECD Pact

b) Paris climate accord

c) Warsaw pact

d) Tax Evasion pact

e) None of these

Q.13) The First World Pest Day was launched in Beijing, China. It aims at reduction and elimination of pest borne disease. It is observed on ____.

a) June 4^th

b) June 5^th

c) June 6^th

d) June 7^th

e) June 8^th

Q.14) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its Second Bi-monthly Monetary Policy announced the monetary policy rate. Hence, the percentage of repo rate is ___.

a) 6.25%

b) 6.00%

c) 6.50%

d) 6.75%

e) 5.75%

Q.15) Scientists from Washington have discovered a new species of flying squirrel. It is known as Humboldt’s flying squirrel or Glaucomys oregonensis and discovered in ______

a) South America

b) North America

c) Argentina

d) Brazil

e) None of these

Q.16) Which bank announced biodegradable prepaid gift cards on the occasion of World Environment Day. The cards will be acceptable at all domestic merchant outlets and online portals?

a) Axis bank

b) ICICI bank

c) HDFC bank

d) Yes bank

e) Citi Bank

Q.17) India signed an agreement with Sri Lanka to provide _____ million as line of credit to develop the island nation’s railway sector?

a) $320

b) $300

c) $318

d) $375

e) $390

Q.18) Which bank has introduced charges on UPI (Unified Payment Interface). These charges make small value payments over UPI more expensive than those on national electronic fund transfer (NEFT)?

a) Axis bank

b) ICICI bank

c) HDFC bank

d) Yes bank

e) Citi Bank

Q.19) Which bank announced that ahead of kharif season, it would meet nearly 10 lakh farmers to understand their credit need and provide finance?

a) Punjab National bank

b) Union bank of India

c) State bank of India

d) ICICI bank

e) Bank of Baroda

Q.20) Who among the following were appointed as Independent Directors of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) for a period of 3 years?

a) K G Karmakar

b) Gauri Shankar

c) Sam Pitroda

d) Both a and c

e) Both a and b

Q.21) Who has been appointed as Registrar of Copyrights?

a) Hoshiar Singh

b) Avinash Singh

c) Sam Pitroda

d) Ruchira Kamboj

e) None of these

Q.22) Who among the following resigned as the technical advisor to the Odisha government?

a) G Mohan Kumar

b) Avinash Singh

c) Sam Pitroda

d) Ruchira Kamboj

e) None of these

Q.23) Who has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of South Africa?

a) Ruchira Kamboj

b) Avinash Singh

c) Nirupama Rao

d) Arun Kumar Singh

e) Navtej Sarna

Q.24) Which among the following bagged the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. She/he was honoured with the special Phalke Brave and Beautiful award at the ceremony?

a) Anil Kapoor

b) Amitabh Bachchan

c) Priyanka Chopra

d) Manisha Koirala

e) Deepika Padukone

Q.25) Which football team won the special award from Asian Football confederations general secretary, Dato Windsor for being a south zonal champions?

a) Bengaluru FC

b) FC Goa

c) Chennaiyin FC

d) Kerala Blasters FC

e) Mumbai FC

Q.26) The world’s first hybrid “aeroboat” capable of travelling on land, water, snow and sand that has been built by an Indo-Russian joint venture was unveiled in Moscow. It was designed by ___

a) IIT, Bangalore

b) IIA aerospace

c) IIAAT Holding

d) Millennium Aerodynamics

e) None of these

Q.27) Which among the player is the only Indian to feature in the forbes highest paid athletes list 2017?

a) Virat Kohli

b) MS Dhoni

c) Ravichandran Ashwin

d) Rohit Sharma

e) None of these

Q.28) World Ocean Day is celebrated on _____.

a) June 4^th

b) June 5^th

c) June 6^th

d) June 7^th

e) June 8^th

Q.29) Name the currency of South Africa?

a) Ringgit

b) Euro

c) US Dollar

d) Rand

e) Rial

Q.30) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its Second Bi-monthly Monetary Policy announced the monetary policy rate. Hence, the percentage of reverse repo rate is ___.

a) 6.25%

b) 6.00%

c) 6.50%

d) 6.75%

e) 5.75%

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