Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2019
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1. Which state government has recently banned Ads & sale of e-cigarettes?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Karnataka
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Correct Answer: B [Rajasthan ]
Notes:
On the occasion of 2019 World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) on May 31, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has banned production, distribution, advertisement and sale of Electronic-cigarette in the state. The decision will be an important step to curb addiction among youths. According to the health department officials, both online or offline sale, storage, production, distribution and advertisement of e-cigarettes in the state has been banned.
2. Which Indian-origin personality has been appointed UN-Women Deputy Executive Director?
[A] Anita Bhatia
[B] Pramila Jain
[C] Varsha Khanna
[D] Kiran Sharma
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Correct Answer: A [Anita Bhatia]
Notes:
Indian-origin Anita Bhatia has been the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) for Resource Management, Sustainability and Partnerships. The key appointment comes less than a week after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Indian Army officer Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar as his new Force Commander of the UN Mission in South Sudan.
3. Which High Court has recently declared Animals as legal persons?
[A] Delhi High Court
[B] Madras High Court
[C] Punjab and Haryana High Court
[D] Bombay High Court
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Correct Answer: C [Punjab and Haryana High Court]
Notes:
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently ruled that all animals are legal persons entitled to legal rights like human beings in Haryana. The verdict comes nearly a year after Uttarakhand High Court passed a similar order to protect and promote greater welfare of animals. Both the orders were written by Justice Rajiv Sharma, who was transferred from Uttarakhand to the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh in 2018. The order was passed in a case where the Punjab and Haryana High Court was informed that 29 cows were packed in a cruel manner while being transported from Uttar Pradesh to Haryana. In response, Justice Sharma’s order emphasizes that animals cannot be reduced to mere property. This includes a ban in using animals to pull vehicles in extreme weather, limits on loads and the number of people that animals are made to carry, limits on the distances that an animal is made to walk at a stretch, instructions on how to tether an animal to the vehicle it is made to pull and a ban on the use of spike sticks, harness and other sharp instruments to avoid injuring the animal. The Court has also directed that animal-driven carts are given the ‘Right of Way’.
4. Who took charge as the Union Minister in the newly formed Ministry of Jal Shakti?
[A] Giriraj Singh
[B] Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
[C] Mahendra Nath Pandey
[D] Pralhad Joshi
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Correct Answer: B [Gajendra Singh Shekhawat ]
Notes:
The Government of India (GoI) has formed a new ‘Jal Shakti’ Ministry by merging the ministries of Water Resources and Drinking Water and Sanitation with Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at its helm. The ambit of the Ministry will encompass issues ranging from international and inter-states water disputes, the Namami Gange project, the flagship initiative to clean the Ganges, its tributaries and sub-tributaries and provide clean drinking water. Rattan Lal Kataria will be the Minister of State in the newly formed ministry. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Shekhawat defeated Vaibhav Gehlot, the son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, from Jodhpur by a margin of 2.74 lakh votes.
5. Which state government has recently passed resolution to increase reservation for OBCs to 27 %?
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Haryana
[D] UP
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Correct Answer: A [Madhya Pradesh]
Notes:
In Madhya Pradesh, the state Cabinet has passed a resolution to increase reservation quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) from existing 14% to 27%. The matter will now be taken up in the monsoon session of the state Assembly. The move will lead to reservation in the state breaching the Supreme Court-mandated 50% cap to reach 63%. If implemented, Madhya Pradesh will become the only state in the country to have a 27% quota for OBCs. Earlier, the Madhya Pradesh government passed an Ordinance on March 9 to implement the quota. However, the Madhya Pradesh High Court had stayed the Ordinance on March 19. Now the resolution will be taken in the monsoon session of the state assembly.
6. Which Indian personality has been elected external auditor of WHO?
[A] Pramod Kumar Misra
[B] Pradeep Kumar Sinha
[C] Rajiv Mehrishi
[D] Aruna Sundararajan
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Correct Answer: C [Rajiv Mehrishi]
Notes:
Rajiv Mehrishi, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Indiam has been elected as external auditor of the World Health Organization (WHO) for four years from 2020 to 2023. He was elected at the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva in May 2019. This is the second major international audit assignment for the CAG this year following his selection for the post of External Auditor of Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome earlier this year in March 2019. Currently, Mehrishi is also on the Board of Auditors of the United Nations and Vice-Chair of the UN Panel of External Auditors.
7. Which Indian-American personality has been chosen for the USIBC Global Leadership Awards 2019?
[A] Anand Chandrasekaran
[B] Ashok Amritraj
[C] Sundar Pichai
[D] Jay Chandrasekhar
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Correct Answer: C [Sundar Pichai]
Notes:
In United States, Google’s India-born CEO Sundar Pichai and Nasdaq President Adena Friedman have been chosen for the prestigious Global Leadership Awards 2019 by business advocacy group USIBC in recognition of the two companies’ contribution as the leading technology-driven platforms. The award by Washington-based US-India Business Council (USIBC) would be conferred upon them during the 2019 India Ideas Summit. Given annually since 2007, the USIBC Global Leadership Awards recognise top corporate executives from the United States and India whose companies play a major role in catalysing growth in the US-India commercial corridor.
8. Which country’s women hockey team has clinched the Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International title?
[A] India
[B] China
[C] Bhutan
[D] Bangladesh
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Correct Answer: A [India]
Notes:
The Indian junior women’s hockey team clinched the 2019 Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations title after beating Ireland 1-0 in the final at Dublin, Ireland on June 4. The win meant India ended the tournament with an unblemished record. With three goals in four games, Mumtaz Khan finished as the highest goal scorer of the tournament.
9. Who has become the first South Asian American woman to chair US House?
[A] Medha Yodh
[B] Kausalya Hart
[C] Pramila Jayapal
[D] Gayatri Spivak
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Correct Answer: C [Pramila Jayapal]
Notes:
Indian-American Congresswoman, Pramila Jayapal has become the first South Asian American woman to preside over the US House of Representatives. She is a Democrat from Washington DC. The 116th Congress broke records with women and lawmakers crossing racial and religious barriers, including an all time high for Asian American lawmakers. A record number of 17 Asian Americans serve in Congress, with 14 in the House and three in the Senate.
10. Which country has successfully launched its first sea-based space rocket from Yellow Sea?
[A] Indonesia
[B] Vietnam
[C] Japan
[D] China
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Correct Answer: D [China ]
Notes:
China has successfully launched a space rocket from sea for the first time and became the third nation to successfully demonstrate the ability to launch satellites into orbit from a floating platform after Russia and United States. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has announced that a Long March 11 rocket was launched from a floating launch pad in the Yellow Sea just off the coast of Shandong on 5th June 2019. China now spends more than Russia and Japan on its civil and military space programmes. Earlier this year, China became the first nation to land a rover on the far side of the moon. It also unveiled ambitious plans to build a research base on the lunar surface, send a probe to Mars and build a space station in Earth orbit.