Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2017

1. Pathani Patnaik, who passed away recently, was the renowned litterateur from which state?
[A] Assam
[B] Odisha
[C] Gujarat
[D] Maharashtra

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2. Mohit Ahlawat is associated with which sports?
[A] Chess
[B] Boxing
[C] Cricket
[D] Badminton

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3. Which sports outreach programme has been launched by the Union Government to promote football among school children?
[A] Mission-XI-Million
[B] Mission-XIV-Million
[C] Mission-XII-Million
[D] Mission-XV-Million

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4. Which state government has observed “Parents’ Worship Day” on February 14?
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Odisha
[C] Assam
[D] Chhattisgarh

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5. Who is the author of the book “Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl”?
[A] Pooja Gautam
[B] Ram Kamal Mukherjee
[C] Rakesh Anand Bakshi
[D] Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri

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6. Who is the author of the book “Every Time It Rains”?
[A] Vikram Seth
[B] Nikitha Singh
[C] Mahi Jadon
[D] Amitav Ghosh

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7. Who is the newly appointed Prime Minister of Republic of the Sudan?
[A] Hassan al-Bashir
[B] Hassabu Mohamed Rahman
[C] Bakri Hassan Saleh
[D] Muhammad Ahmad

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8. The “Destination North East-2017” festival has started in which city?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Chandigarh
[C] Guwahati
[D] Pune

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9. Who has been selected for ‘SERB Distinguished Fellow’ award by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)?
[A] Lalji Singh
[B] Dinakar Salunke
[C] P B Behere
[D] J C Bose

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10. Ronald Drever, the co-founder of Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO), has recently passed away. He hailed from which country?
[A] United Kingdom
[B] United States
[C] Germany
[D] France

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