Current Affairs Quiz – June, 2017 – Set 1

1. How much amount of loan agreement did India recently sign
with the World Bank for Himachal Pradesh Public Financial Management Capacity
Building Programme? (May, 2017)

1) USD 39 Million

2) USD 38 Million

3) USD 36 Million

4) USD 37 Million

5) USD 35 Million

2. What was World Banks’ projection for India’s GDP for FY
2018-19 in its latest Global Economic Prospects report? (June, 2017)

1) 7.2

2) 7.7

3) 7.5

4) 7.6

5) 7.4

3. With which of the following nation did India recently
sign a contract on the preparation of the justification for the implementation
of the high-speed service at the Nagpur-Secunderabad section?

1) Germany

2) Spain

3) Serbia

4) Russia

5) France

4. Who among the following was recently appointed as the
Executive Director at Reserve Bank of India? (June, 2017)

1) Deepali Pant Joshi

2) Arun Pasricha

3) M. Rajeshwar Rao

4) Surekha Marandi

5) S. Ganesh Kumar

5. Global Day of Parents is observed on __________.

1) 1 June

2) 2 June

3) 3 June

4) 4 June

5) 5 June

6. Reliance Communications (RCom) Chairman Anil Ambani on 2
June 2017 announced that the merged entities of RCom and Aircel will be called
Aircom. It will have net worth of _________.

1) 60,000 crore rupees

2) 35,000 crore rupees

3) 65,000 crore rupees

4) 45,000 crore rupees

5) 55,000 crore rupees

7. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 5 June 2017
successfully launched the communication satellite __________.

1) GSAT-19

2) GSAT-18

3) GSAT-17

4) GSAT-MK-III

5) GSAT-19 D3

8. Which of the following app was recently launched by TRAI
to monitor call quality? (June, 2017)

1) MyVoiceCall

2) CallTrack

3) MyCall

4) CallCheck

5) VoiceQuality

9. Which of the following public sector bank recently
announced to develop 100 digital villages spread across various states of the
country? (June, 2017)

1) Canara Bank

2) Syndicate Bank

3) Bank of Baroda

4) Punjab National Bank

5) Viajaya Bank

10. How much amount of loan agreement did India sign with
the World Bank for the Assam Citizen Centric Service Delivery project? (June,
2017)

1) 38 Million USD

2) 36.2 Million USD

3) 39.2 Million USD

4) 38.3 Million USD

5) 38.1 Million USD

11. Which of the following company did recently sign a a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSME) for its Technical School initiative?

1) Intel

2) Google

3) Facebook

4) Microsoft

5) Samsung

12. International Day of Innocent Children Victims of
Aggression is observed on ___________.

1) 3 June

2) 4 June

3) 5 June

4) 2 June

5) 6 June

13. Indian origin Leo Varadkar set to become next prime
minister of ____________.

1) Belgium

2) Scotland

3) Ireland

4) Mauritius

5) Maldives

14. The World Environment Day (WED) was observed on 5 June
2017 with the year’s theme ‘Connecting People to Nature’. Who was the host
nation this year?

1) Canada

2) Germany

3) India

4) Brazil

5) New Zealand

15. How much amount of line of credit agreement did India
recently sign with Sir Lanka to develop the island nation’s railway sector?

1) $308 million

2) $318 million

3) $319 million

4) $309 million

5) $317 million

1. 3) India on 31 May 2017 signed a loan agreement of USD 36
million with the World Bank for Himachal Pradesh Public Financial Management
Capacity Building Programme. The project aims to improve the efficiency of
public expenditure management and tax administration in Himachal Pradesh.

2. 2) The World Bank in its latest Global Economic
Prospects, projects India’s growth at 7.5 per cent in 2018 and 7.7 per cent in
2019.

3. 4) The contract on the preparation of the justification
for the implementation of the high-speed service at the Nagpur-Secunderabad
section was inked. The contract was signed between JSC Russian Railways and the
Ministry of Railways of India.

4. 5)

5. 1)

6. 2) The merged company will be one of India’s largest
private sector companies. It will have an asset base of over 65000 crore rupees
and net worth of 35000 crore rupees.

7. 1) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 5 June 2017
successfully launched the communication satellite GSAT-19 into a Geosynchronous
Transfer Orbit (GTO). The communication satellite was lifted by an indigenously
developed launch vehicle named Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III
(GSLV Mk- III) D-1.

8. 3) Sector regulator Trai launched a new app — MyCall —
that enables subscribers to rate the quality of a phone call.

9. 5) India’s public sector bank, Vijaya Bank is going to
develop 100 digital villages spread across various states of the country

10. 3) India on 5 June 2017 signed a USD 39.2 million loan
agreement with the World Bank for the Assam Citizen Centric Service Delivery
project.

11. 5)

12. 2) International Day of Innocent Children Victims of
Aggression was observed across the world on 4 June 2017.

13. 3)

14. 1)

15. 2)