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Current Affairs Quiz 6th June 2024

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Question 1:

What campaign did Prime Minister Narendra Modi launch on World Environment Day?

A) Green India Campaign

B) Clean India Initiative

C) Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam

D) Plant for the Planet

Answer and Explanation

Answer: C) Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam

  • Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign to commemorate World Environment Day by planting a Peepal tree sapling.

 

 

Question 2:

Who accompanied Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the tree planting event at Buddha Jayanti Park?

A) Rajnath Singh and Arvind Kejriwal

B) Bhupender Yadav and Vinai Kumar Saxena

C) Amit Shah and Manish Sisodia

D) Nirmala Sitharaman and Anil Baijal

Answer and Explanation

Answer: B) Bhupender Yadav and Vinai Kumar Saxena

  • Explanation: Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena accompanied Prime Minister Modi during the event.

 

 

Question 3:

Which country has emerged as India’s top oil supplier despite Western sanctions?

A) Saudi Arabia

B) United States

C) Iran

D) Russia

Answer and Explanation

Answer: D) Russia

  • Explanation: Russia has maintained its position as India’s leading oil supplier for the second consecutive year, despite sanctions-related challenges.

 

 

Question 4:

Who inaugurated the GST Bhawan in Rohtak, Haryana?

A) Nirmala Sitharaman

B) Piyush Goyal

C) HRI Sanjay Kumar Agarwal

D) Amit Shah

Answer and Explanation

Answer: C) HRI Sanjay Kumar Agarwal

  • Explanation: HRI Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, the Chairman of CBIC, inaugurated the GST Bhawan in Rohtak, Haryana.

 

 

Question 5:

Where will the 81st IATA Annual General Meeting be held in 2025?

A) Mumbai

B) Bangalore

C) Chennai

D) Delhi

Answer and Explanation

Answer: D) Delhi

  • Explanation: The 81st IATA Annual General Meeting will be held in Delhi from June 8 to 10, 2025.

 

 

Question 6:

Who became the first Lok Sabha Speaker in 20 years to be re-elected as an MP?

A) Sumitra Mahajan

B) Meira Kumar

C) Om Birla

D) Somnath Chatterjee

Answer and Explanation

Answer: C) Om Birla

  • Explanation: Om Birla became the first Lok Sabha Speaker in 20 years to be re-elected as an MP, winning the Kota parliamentary seat.

 

 

Question 7:

Who has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)?

A) Ajit Singh

B) Rakesh Mohan Joshi

C) Arvind Panagariya

D) N. R. Narayana Murthy

Answer and Explanation

Answer: B) Rakesh Mohan Joshi

  • Explanation: Rakesh Mohan Joshi, an expert in international trade and management, has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of IIFT.

 

 

Question 8:

Which two entities have entered into a strategic bancassurance partnership?

A) HDFC Bank and ICICI Lombard

B) Axis Bank and Bajaj Allianz

C) SBI and New India Assurance

D) Kotak Mahindra Bank and Tata AIG

Answer and Explanation

Answer: B) Axis Bank and Bajaj Allianz

  • Explanation: Axis Bank and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance have joined forces in a strategic bancassurance partnership.

 

 

Question 9:

What was the Bombay High Court’s ruling regarding PSU banks’ power to issue Look-Out Circulars?

A) They can issue them for up to one year

B) They can issue them with RBI approval

C) They do not have the authority

D) They can issue them only for fraud cases

Answer and Explanation

Answer: C) They do not have the authority

  • Explanation: The Bombay High Court ruled that public sector banks do not have the legal authority to issue Look Out Circulars (LOCs) against defaulting borrowers.

 

 

Question 10:

Who is the chairperson of the SEBI committee to review clearing corporations?

A) Raghuram Rajan

B) Shaktikanta Das

C) Usha Thorat

D) Arundhati Bhattacharya

Answer and Explanation

Answer: C) Usha Thorat

  • Explanation: SEBI has established a committee chaired by Usha Thorat to assess and propose enhancements for clearing corporations.

 

 

Question 11:

When is UN Russian Language Day observed?

A) June 5th

B) June 6th

C) June 7th

D) June 8th

Answer and Explanation

Answer: B) June 6th

  • Explanation: UN Russian Language Day is observed annually on June 6th.

 

 

Question 12:

Who was born on the date that UN Russian Language Day is observed?

A) Fyodor Dostoevsky

B) Leo Tolstoy

C) Aleksandr Pushkin

D) Anton Chekhov

Answer and Explanation

Answer: C) Aleksandr Pushkin

  • Explanation: UN Russian Language Day coincides with the birthday of Aleksandr Pushkin, a prominent Russian writer.

 

 

Question 13:

In which year was UN Russian Language Day established?

A) 2005

B) 2010

C) 2015

D) 2020

Answer and Explanation

Answer: B) 2010

  • Explanation: UN Russian Language Day was established by UNESCO in 2010.

 

 

Question 14:

What is the main focus of the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign?

A) Reducing plastic waste

B) Water conservation

C) Tree planting

D) Wildlife protection

Answer and Explanation

Answer: C) Tree planting

  • Explanation: The ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign focuses on tree planting.

 

 

Question 15:

How many times has Delhi hosted the IATA AGM before 2025?

A) Once

B) Twice

C) Three times

D) Never

Answer and Explanation

Answer: B) Twice

  • Explanation: Before 2025, Delhi had hosted the IATA AGM twice, in 1958 and 1983.
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