Ans. C

ICICI Bank commissioned over 200 solar powered ATM sites in the last one year as part of its efforts to reduce carbon footprint and use more clean energy. CEO of ICICI Bank – Chanda Kochhar

Ans. B

World Bank has projected a strong 7.2% growth rate for India in 2017. The World Bank in its latest Global Economic Prospects, projects India’s growth to 7.5% in 2018 and 7.75% in 2019.

Ans. D

India’s first Rural LED Street Lighting Project will be implemented in Gram Panchayats of seven districts in Andhra Pradesh namely, Guntur, Prakasham, Nellore, Kurnool, Kadapa, Ananthapur and Chittoor. The entire upfront capital cost of this project is being funded by French Development Agency Agence Française de Developpement.

Ans. D

The three applications launched by TRAI to help customers rate quality of services, speed, and performance are My call app, MySpeed app and ‘Do not disturb (DND 2.0)’ app.

Ans. B

Sachin Tendulkar has joined a special UNICEF campaign that highlights the significant role played by fathers in children’s early development. David Beckham and Novak Djokovic are also part of this campaign.

Ans. C

Veteran Telugu film director and former union minister of state for coal and mines Dasari Narayana Rao died on Tuesday evening after prolonged illness. He directed as many as 151 films, and produced 53 films in Telugu and a few in Hindi. He received two National Film Awards, nine state Nandi awards, and four Filmfare awards.

Ans. B

Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party leader George Kurian has been appointed Vice-Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities or NCM,by union Minister of State for Minority Affairs (independent charge) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

Ans. A

The son of an Indian immigrant who came out as gay in 2015 will be the next Irish prime minister, after he was voted leader of the country’s main governing party. Varadkar, 38, will also become the country’s youngest leader, and the first from an ethnic minority background.

Ans. D

Ganeshan Neelakanta Iyer, the only assigned manager of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF),was nominated as a member of the Umpires and Referees Committee (URC) , by the game’s governing body.

Ans. C

The United Nations, aware that the protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue designated 5 June as the World Environment Day. The theme for 2017, ‘Connecting People to Nature’, urges us to interact more with nature, to appreciate its beauty and to realize that we are connected and dependent on nature.