GK Current Affairs Quiz: June 9, 2017

Ans. A

The second edition of National Health Editors’ Conference on Yoga was inaugurated by Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik in New Delhi. The conference aims at giving insight to the journalists about the scientific aspects of yoga and its benefits for health.

Ans. D

In an effort to curb antibiotic resistance, the World Health Organization has divided the drugs into three categories — access, watch and reserve. Commonly used antibiotics will be under the ‘access’ category; the second line of antibiotics, slightly more potent, have been categorised under “watch” and potent drugs to be used only as a “last resort” fall under the ‘reserve’ category.

Ans. B

17th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit began in Astana, Kazakhstan. India is set to join as  17th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit began in Astana, Kazakhstan. India is set to join as full member of the SCO comprising China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Ans. C

Microsoft has confirmed that it will acquire Hexadite, an Israeli startup that uses AI to identify and protect against attacks.

Ans. B

Sri Lanka’s most successful bowler in Tests and one-day internationals Muttiah Muralitharan was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame. Muralitharan was awarded the honour along with Arthur Morris, George Lohmann and Karen Rolton by fellow ICC Cricket Hall of Famers and members of the media.

Ans. C

To increase the awareness of digital banking amongst the villagers, Vijaya Bank is going to develop as many as 100 digital villages in various States of the country. In the Digital Villages, the bank would offer Internet, free Wi-Fi connectivity, mobile payment facilities, ATM cards, online banking and will carry out a door-to-door campaign to educate the villagers.

Ans. B

Starting from July, Odisha will commission the ambitious Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) and will be able to warn the vast population residing along its 480 km-long coast by pressing a single button from a control room in the State capital in the event of the occurrence of natural disasters like a tsunami or a cyclone.

Ans. A

The world’s fastest elevator that can operate at a record breaking speed of 1,260 meters per minute is set to been installed in a skyscraper complex building in China. The speed was recorded during a test of the elevator in Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre in China.

Ans. D

Punjab will soon sign a MoU with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as part of its efforts to intensify its war against drugs. The MoU will be signed between the health department, the Special Task Force (STF) on drugs and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in the second week of June.

Ans. C

Kaviko Abdul Rahman was one of the modern writers of Tamil. He worked as a professor at a century old college “Islamiah Arts and science college”, Vaniyambadi,Vellore. He got the Sahitya Akademi award in 1999 for his collection of poems, Aalapanai.