Current Affairs Quiz: June 4, 2017

Current Affairs Quiz 4 June 2017

Current Affairs Quiz 4 June 2017. This Quiz is divided into two parts. First part contains questions from Current Affairs of  3 June 2017. The Second Part contains Current Affairs Questions from various newspaper of today i.e 4 June 2017. Read our Current Affairs and Newspaper daily to excel in General Awareness section of competitive exam.

Quiz from Current Affairs 3 June 2017 of A2ZClick Here to Read Current Affairs of June 3, 2017

  1. Which bank has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) to provide collateral free loans to Farmers Producer Companies (FPC)?
    A) Bank of India
    B) Union Bank of India
    C) Bank of Baroda
    D) State Bank of India
    View Answer
    Option C
    Explanation
    : Bank of Baroda (BoB) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC).
  2. Based on a new report titled ‘Global Multidimensional Poverty Index [MPI], 2017, by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), India has about __________ percent of the world’s “multidimensionally poor” children
    A) 46
    B) 31
    C) 27
    D) 15
    View Answer
    Option B
    Explanation
    : According to a new report by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), a poverty reduction project grounded in economist Amartya Sen’s ‘capability approach’, about 31% of the world’s “multidimensionally poor” children live in India..
  3. Who is the head of the committee formed by SEBI to improve standards of corporate governance of listed companies?
    A) Uday Kotak
    B) Chanda Kocchar
    C) Parthasarathi Mukherjee
    D) V.G. Mathew
    View Answer
    Option A
    Explanation
    : Aiming to improve standards of corporate governance of listed companies, markets regulator Sebi has set up a committee under the chairmanship of Uday Kotak, chief of Kotak Mahindra Bank.
  4. The global investors meet (GIM) 2018 will be held in which city?
    A) Mumbai
    B) Hyderabad
    C) Tamil Nadu
    D) New Delhi
    View Answer
    Option C
    Explanation
    : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami has announced that the state would hold its second global investors conference in 2018.
  5. Which Indian city is set to get country’s first ‘freight village?
    A) Patna
    B) Indore
    C) Chennai
    D) Varanasi
    View Answer
    Option D
    Explanation
    : Varanasi will get the country’s first ‘freight village’ spread over around 100 acres..
  6. Which among the given port has become the first in India to install a first of its kind Automated Fertilizer Handling System to handle cargo operations?
    A) Gangavaram
    B) Haldia
    C) Krishnapatnam
    D) Kandla
    View Answer
    Option C
    Explanation
    : Krishnapatnam Port has installed a first of its kind Automated Fertilizer Handling System in the country which handles cargo operations from vessel to rail or road, cutting short handling time to hours.
  7. Who has been named to become the first gay Prime Minister of Ireland?
    A) Leo Varadkar
    B) Richard Bruton
    C) Michael Noonan
    D) Frances Fitzgerald
    View Answer
    Option A
    Explanation
    Leo Varadkar is set to become the Republic of Ireland’s next Prime Minister. The 38-year-old will become the first gay Prime Minister and will also be the country’s youngest ever leader.
  8. Name the brand which has become the official sponsor for the 2018 and 2022 editions of FIFA World Cup.
    A) Oppo
    B) Vivo
    C) Samsung
    D) Lava
    View Answer
    Option B
    Explanation
    : Vivo has become the official sponsor for the 2018 and 2022 editions of FIFA World Cup..
  9. Which of the given countries has been elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for a two-year term on 2 June 2017?
    A) Palestine
    B) Ivory Coast
    C) Vatican City
    D) Taiwan
    View Answer
    Option B
    Explanation
    : Ivory Coast has been elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for a two-year term
  10. Aamir Zaki was well known for playing which musical instrument?
    A) Guitar
    B) Tabla
    C) Violin
    D) Flute
    View Answer
    Option A
    Explanation
    : Aamir Zaki was a legendary guitarist-songwriter and composer from Pakistan who passed away at 49 on June 2, 2017.

Current Affairs Quiz from Today’s Newspaper (4 June 2017) – The Indian Express

  1. Business with annual turnover of less than _____ will be exempted from GST.
    A) Rs 5 lakh
    B) Rs 15 lakh
    C) Rs 20 lakh
    D) Rs 30 lakh
    View Answer
    Option C
    Explanation
    : The Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council has decided that businesses in the Northeastern and hill states with annual turnover below Rs.10 lakh would be out of the GST net, while the threshold for the exemption in the rest of India would be an annual turnover of Rs.20 lakh.
  2. What is the rank of India in terms of multidimensionally poor children as a proportion of the total population as per the report released by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)?
    A) 131
    B) 37
    C) 43
    D) 59
    View Answer
    Option B
    Explanation
    : In terms of the number of such multidimensionally poor children as a proportion of the total population, India stood 37th among 103 countries.
  3. As per the report by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) what percent of Indian Children out of (21.7 crore) were multidimensionally poor?
    A) 31%
    B) 45%
    C) 49.9%
    D) 53%
    View Answer
    Option C
     

 

 

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