Current Affairs Quiz June 23 2017
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1. This Current Affairs Quiz June 23 2017 is meant to be a check for your learning and is meant to serve as tool for assessment.
2. Current Affairs Quiz June 23 2017 is designed to check your Current Affairs General Knowledge and provide you an assessment of the same.
3. Each question in Current Affairs Quiz June 23 2017 followed by 4 options. Select the most appropriate option for the question.
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Question1: Which is the first State to take the amendment route to make way for liquor sale near highways?
A. Haryana
B. Bihar
C. Punjab
D. Maharashtra
Answer and Explanation
Ans. C
Punjab government has given the nod for a proposal to amend the Punjab Excise Act to enable hotels, restaurants and clubs to serve alcohol within 500 meters of highways.
Question 2: EU has decided to extend economic sanctions against which country?
A. North Korea
B. Pakistan
C. Iran
D. Russia
Answer and Explanation
Ans. D
EU will extend economic sanctions against Russia for their lack of implementing the Minsk agreement.
Question 3: Which country is mediating the Crisis between Qatar and Saudi Arabia?
A. USA
B. Kuwait
C. Bahrain
D. Iraq
Answer and Explanation
Ans . B
Three weeks after they first cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other West Asian countries placed a list of demands before the kingdom. Kuwait, which is mediating the crisis, handed over the 13-point list prepared by the Arab countries to Doha.
Question 4: ICC recently granted test status to which of the following team/teams?
A. Ireland
B. UAE
C. Afghanistan
D. Both a and c
Answer and Explanation
Ans. D
Ireland and Afghanistan have been granted Test status by the International Cricket Council after becoming 11th and 12th full ICC members.
Question 5: Which High Court has banned the purchase of cars, mobile phones and other luxury items by the government?
A. Rajasthan
B. Chennai
C. Punjab
D. Uttrakhand
Answer and Explanation
Ans. D
The Uttarakhand High Court has put a ban on purchase of cars, mobile phones and other luxury items by the government. It took the step after taking a stern view of the state government’s failure to provide basic minimum amenities to children in the state-run schools.
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