Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2017

1. Which Indian personality has been elected as the vice-president of the Asia Squash Federation (ASF)?
[A] N Ramachandran
[B] Debendranath Sarangi
[C] Syed Razi
[D] Arun Paul

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2. Which state is hosting the first-ever National Women’s Parliament (NWP)?
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Odisha
[C] Kerala
[D] Andhra Pradesh

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3. Consider the following statements regarding a solenoid:

  1. A solenoid is a coil comprising many circular turns of insulated copper wire wrapped tightly in the shape of a cylinder.
  2. The magnetic field lines inside a solenoid are parallel straight lines.

Which of the above statements is / are correct?

[A] Only 1
[B] Both 1 and 2
[C] Only 2
[D] None of the above

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4. Which country hosted the first Sherpas meeting of the 9th BRICS Summit-2017?
[A] South Africa
[B] Brazil
[C] China
[D] India

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5. Who has become new Secretary-General of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?
[A] Ahmed Saleem
[B] Abul Ahsan
[C] Amjad Hussain B Sial
[D] Arjun Bahadur Thapa

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6. Who has won the 2017 ATP Mexico Open hard court tennis tournament?
[A] Novak Djokovic
[B] Roger Federer
[C] Sam Querrey
[D] Rafael Nadal

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7. Which Indian university has been ranked among top 10 in Times Higher Education (THE)’s 2017 World’s Best Small Universities?
[A] Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
[B] Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati
[C] Savitribai Phule Pune University
[D] Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay

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8. Which bank has launched India’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based banking chatbot “Electronic Virtual Assistant (EVA) for customer service?
[A] ICICI Bank
[B] HDFC Bank
[C] Axis Bank
[D] SBI

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9. The cultural festival ‘India by the Nile’ has started in which country?
[A] Nigeria
[B] Egypt
[C] Kenya
[D] Mauritius

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10. Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin has been crowned the new Miss International Queen 2016. She hails from which country?
[A] Venezuela
[B] South Korea
[C] Brazil
[D] Thailand

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