Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2017

1. Which committee has been constituted by the Haryana Government to resolve the problem of those agitating for reservation and other issues of the state?
[A] D S Dhesi committee
[B] P K Lahoti committee
[C] H S Juneja committee
[D] M P Kaur committee

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2. Which Indian diplomat has been appointed as the member of the United Nations (UN)’ Joint Inspection Unit (JIU)?
[A] Gopalaswami Parthasarathy
[B] Ajai Malhotra
[C] Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
[D] Achamkulangare Gopinathan

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3. Which of the following are advantages of sodium-ion batteries over lithium-ion batteries?

  1. These can store more energy per unit weight.
  2. These are less likely to experience thermal runaway.
  3. The element is abundant in nature.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3

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4. Which of the following states is hosting the 2017 International Coin Fair?
[A] Arunachal Pradesh
[B] Chhattisgarh
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Kerala

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5. Dravid Bowie, who passed away recently, was the well-known actor from which country?
[A] United States
[B] Japan
[C] England
[D] China

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6. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched a record 104 satellites from which rocket vehicle?
[A] PSLV-C38
[B] PSLV-C37
[C] PSLV-C36
[D] PSLV-C35

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7. Which Indian personality to host Hindi version of international show “TED Talks”?
[A] Salman Kha
[B] Priyanka Chopra
[C] Shah Rukh Khan
[D] Amitabh Bachchan

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8. Which Indian institute has won the International Mercury Awards for the year 2016-17?
[A] Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services(INCOIS)
[B] All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
[C] Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI)
[D] Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII)

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9. Which state is hosting the 13th edition of National Agriculture Science Congress (NASC)-2017?
[A] Punjab
[B] Karnataka
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Arunachal Pradesh

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10. V K Srinivasan, who passed away recently, was the noted personality from which field?
[A] Economics
[B] Film Industry
[C] Poetry
[D] Poltics

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