GK Current Affairs Quiz: June 17,2017

Current Affairs Quiz June 17 2017

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Question 1: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s third annual meeting will be held in ________?

A. China
B. South Korea
C. India
D. Malaysia

Question 2: What is the India’s rank in an environment impact survey conducted by Money Super Market?

A. 60th
B. 65th
C. 70th
D. 75th

Question 3: Who among the following will become the First Gay and Female prime minister of Serbia?

A. Ana Brnabić
B. Brundtland
C. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
D. Nicola Sturgeon

Question 4: Which company has announced to acquire Whole Foods Market?

A. Walmart
B. eBay
C. Target
D. Amazon

Question 5: How many medals have India won at the 2017 Asian Junior Wrestling Championships held at Taiwan?

A. 0
B. 2
C. 1
D. 5

Question 6: Who conferred Exceptional Public Service Medal to Michael A’Hearn recently?

A. National Commission for Space Research
B. Danish National Space Center
C. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
D. German Aerospace Center

Ans. C

NASA posthumously awarded the Exceptional Public Service Medal to University of Maryland Distinguished University Professor Michael F. A’Hearn, one of the world’s leading cometary scientists.

Question 7: The anti-Tank Nag Missile has been successfully test-fired by which agency recently?

A. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
B. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
C. NASA
D. The Defence Intelligence Agency

Ans. B

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired Anti-tank Guided Missile (ATGM) ‘Nag’ in a desert in the western sector of Rajasthan.
The “fire and forget” third generation anti-tank guided missile ‘Nag’ is equipped with the highly advanced Imaging Infrared Radar (IRR) seeker with integrated avionics, technology which is possessed by very few nations.

Question 8: India’s First canal top solar PV system has been developed in which city?

A. Mouda
B. Kamptee
C. Savner
D. Katol

Ans. A

NTPC has energized 150 kWp Canal Top Solar PV System on cooling water (CW) channel at its 2320 MW Mouda Thermal Power Project, near Nagpur in Maharashtra.

Question 9: With which institute has the Sikkim government signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ?

A. The College of William & Mary
B. University of Cambridge
C. MIT
D. British Council

Ans. D

The Sikkim government has signed an MoU with the British Council to enhance quality of education in the state;The MoU will improve the educational structure of the schools of Sikkim.

Question 10: On which item has the Government imposed anti dumping duty recently?

A. Apparel
B. Footwear
C. Ceramic Items
D. Precious and semi- precious stones

Ans. C

India has imposed an anti-dumping duty on import of ceramic table and kitchenware items from China.
As the ceramic tableware and kitchenware are being exported from China to India below its normal value, so the government has put an anti- dumping duty..