GK Current Affairs Quiz: June 15, 2017

Current Affairs Quiz June 15 2017

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Question 1: Who among the following has become the first Indian woman to be appointed as a judge the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas?

A. Indira Jaising
B. Meenakshi Arora
C. Neeru Chadha
D. Karuna Nundy

Question 2: For which novel has David Grossman won the 2017 Man Booker International Prize?

A. A Horse Walks Into a Bar
B. All That Man Is
C. Do Not Say We Have Nothing
D. A Spool of Blue Thread

Question 3: Which Indian footballer has become the fourth highest goal scorer for their nation among active players?

A. Subrata Pal
B. Robin Singh
C. Sunil Chhetri
D. Jeje Lalpekhlua

Question 4: Which Bank has partnered with TerraPay to enable real time money transfer to bank accounts in India?

A. ICICI
B. HDFC
C. YES
D. SBI

Question 5: Which country has started naval drill in Qatar?

A. China
B. US
C. Turkey
D. Iran

Question 6: Sudha Singh, winner of three gold medals at 21st Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship, is associated with which sports?

A. Pole vault
B. Discus throw
C. Steeplechase
D. Triple jump

Ans. C

Competing in her first event since the Rio Olympics, Sudha Singh claimed a gold medal in the women’s 3000m steeplechase on the third day of the 21st Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships in Patiala.

Question 7: In how many years will the Nyaya Mitras, which have been appointed to speed up hearing of cases pending in lower courts, take their decision?

A.15
B. 10
C.20
D.5

Ans. B

Minister of Law & Justice and Electronics & IT, Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated the Nyaya Mitra scheme, which is aimed at reducing pendency of cases across selected districts, with special focus on those pending for more than 10 years.

Question 8: Which Indian sportsperson is the only one to feature in the 2017 Forbes list of ‘The World’s highest paid athletes’?

A. Virat Kohli
B. MS Dhoni
C. Vishwanathan Anand
D. Yogeshwar Dutt

Ans. A

Indian cricket captain, Virat Kohli has made it to the Forbes’s latest list of the world’s 100 highest-paid athletes. The 28-year-old batting sensation earned $22 million over the last 12 months; $3 million through salary and winnings, and $19 million through brand endorsements.

Question 9: Which Indian tennis player won his maiden French Open mixed doubles trophy in 2017?

A. Divij Sharan
B. Purav Raja
C. Yuki Bhambri
D. Rohan Bopanna

Ans. D

Rohan Bopanna won his first Grand Slam title after winning the mixed doubles final of the French Open. Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski saved two match points to prevail 2-6, 6-2, 12-10 over Robert Farah and Anna-Lena Groenefeld in 67 minutes.

Question 10: SEBI has approved whose appointment as the NSE MD and CEO?

A. Ravi Narain
B. Prakash Parthasarathy
C. Vikram Limaye
D. Ashok Chawla

Ans. C

The National Stock Exchange (NSE), India’s largest stock exchange by turnover, has appointed Vikram Limaye, Managing Director of IDFC, as the new Managing Director of NSE.