GK Current Affairs Quiz: May 31, 2017

Ans. D

Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has appointed George Kurian as Vice-Chairman of National Commission for Minorities.

Ans. C

The UN rights council named a three-person team to probe alleged atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims. The mission will be led by Supreme Court advocate Indira Jaising.

Ans. A

AMUL has signed an agreement with ISRO for fodder acreage assessment using satellite observation and space technology.

Ans. C

Flipkart’s Chief Operating Officer Nitin Seth has quit the company citing personal reasons.

Ans. C

The Agriculture Minister announced our country is number one in milk production in the world. India with an annual output of 146.3 million tones accounts for 18.5 per cent of world production, during 2014-15 as compared to 137.69 million tonnes during 2013-14 recording a growth of 6.26 per cent.

Ans. B

Korea sensationally snapped China’s 14-year vice-grip on the Sudirman Cup, coming from behind twice today to shock the ten-time champions in a 3-2 upset in the finale of the Sudirman Cup 2017.

Ans. A

Odia girl Padmalaya Nanda will represent India at the Little Miss Universe beauty pageant which is to be held in Georgia, US, commencing on May 31 and ending on June 6. The 12-year-old girl is a class 8 student of Stewart School in Cuttack.

Ans. D

Satyabrata Rout, a professor from the Department of Theatre Arts, S N School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad (UoH) has been awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar for the year 2016.This award is the highest Indian recognition given to practising artists.

Ans. C

The Acting Fijian Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed- Khaiyum inaugurated the conference where eight MoUs were signed on the day of inauguration. These MoUs were signed by five participating nations, namely Fiji, Cook Islands, Nauru, Samoa and Niue.

Ans. C

Bangladesh has reinstalled a statue deemed “un-Islamic” by religious hardliners on the grounds of the Supreme Court.