Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2017

1. Asim Basu, who passed away recently, was the renowned theatre actor from which state?
[A] Odisha
[B] Assam
[C] West Bengal
[D] Manipur

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2. Which start up has won the ‘Best IT Startup of India’ award at the 2016 National Entrepreneurship Awards (NEA)?
[A] Mitra Biotech
[B] JeevAnksh
[C] Lucideus
[D] Swadha Energies

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3. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy is associated with which sports?
[A] Badminton
[B] Cricket
[C] Chess
[D] Tennis

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4. 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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5. Who is the newly appointed President of Somalia?
[A] Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
[B] Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
[C] Sheikh Mukhtar
[D] Sheikh Mukhtar

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6. Which country to host the 2017 Mobile World Congress?
[A] Spain
[B] India
[C] Germany
[D] France

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7. 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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8. Consider the following:

  1. Meghaduta is a work of Kalidasa
  2. Abhijyanashakuntalam is a work of Kalidasa
  3. Mrichchhkatikam is a work of Kalidasa

Which of the above statements is / are correct?

[A] Only 1 and 2
[B] Only 1
[C] Only 2 and 3
[D] All Are Correct Statements

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9. Which state to host 3rd edition of LIC-Gateway LitFest?
[A] Maharashtra
[B] Karnataka
[C] West Bengal
[D] Assam

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10. Ved Prakash Sharma, who passed away recently, was the renowned novelist of which language?
[A] Telugu
[B] Tamil
[C] Odia
[D] Hindi

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