Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2021
11. Isaac Herzog, has been elected as the 11th president of which country?
[A] Iran
[B] Saudi Arabia
[C] Austria
[D] Israel
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Correct Answer: D [Israel]
Notes:
Isaac Herzog has been elected as the 11th president of Israel, by way of a secret ballot. He is a labour leader and son of a former President.
Isaac Herzog won a majority vote of 87 out of the 120-member house there by defeating his opponent Miriam Peretz by a large margin.
12. Which decade has been declared as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration?
[A] 2020-2029
[B] 2021-2030
[C] 2022-2031
[D] 2025-2034
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Correct Answer: B [2021-2030]
Notes:
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 was launched recently by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO).
The organisations also launched a report titled ‘#GenerationRestoration: Ecosystem restoration for People, Nature and Climate’, to mark the launch of the decade. The report urges the countries to restore at least 1 billion degraded hectares of land in the next decade.
13. After the RBI’s monetary policy committee meeting held in June 2021, the Repo rate is fixed at …………
[A] 3.75 %
[B] 4.00 %
[C] 4.25 %
[D] 4.50 %
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Correct Answer: B [4.00 %]
Notes:
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) six-member monetary policy committee, headed by Governor Shaktikanta Das, kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged.
The repo rate will continue at 4.00% and reverse repo rate at 3.35%. With this, the repo rate has remained unchanged for a sixth consecutive time. The decision has been taken amid coronavirus uncertainty and fears over inflation.
14. Which Indian state/UT is set to celebrate ‘Van Mahotsav’, as part of a mega plantation drive?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Delhi
[C] Punjab
[D] Rajasthan
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Correct Answer: B [Delhi]
Notes:
The Delhi government is set to celebrate ‘Van Mahotsav’ from June 26 to July 11 as part of a mega plantation drive.
Under the initiative, 33 lakh saplings will be planted across the city this year. Saplings of various medicinal plants will be available to government-run nurseries free of cost. Delhi’s environment department released a booklet with the description of all the plants available in the nurseries.
15. Which State government has launched the Knowledge Economy Mission?
[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Kerala
[C] Karnataka
[D] Telangana
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Correct Answer: B [Kerala]
Notes:
During the announcement of the State Budget, the Kerala Government has launched the Knowledge Economy Mission.
This project is led by the Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC). The initiative will bring all efforts to provide employment to the educated under a single scheme. The allocation for the ‘knowledge economy fund’ was hiked from ₹200 crore to ₹300 crore.
16. Which regulatory body has barred Franklin Templeton Asset Management Company from launching new debt scheme for two years?
[A] IRDAI
[B] Enforcement Directorate
[C] RBI
[D] SEBI
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Correct Answer: D [SEBI]
Notes:
The market regulator – SEBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 5 crore on Franklin Templeton Asset Management Company for violating the regulatory norms pertaining to six debt schemes.
Additionally, SEBI has also barred Franklin Templeton from launching any new debt schemes in India for the next 2 years.
17. The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has how many members?
[A] 192
[B] 100
[C] 54
[D] 20
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Correct Answer: C [54]
Notes:
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the main organs of the UN and has 54 members. These members are elected every year for a term of 3 years.
India has been recently elected to the ECOSOC for a term from 2022 to 2024 by way of voting by secret ballot.
18. Which Indian footballer has surpassed Lionel Messi in international goals?
[A] Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
[B] Sunil Chhetri
[C] Mohammad Yasir
[D] Amrinder Singh
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Correct Answer: B [Sunil Chhetri]
Notes:
Indian football star Sunil Chhetri has surpassed Lionel Messi in international goals taking his total to 74 goals for India. He has recently scored both goals in India’s 2-0 win over Bangladesh at Doha.
Chhetri moved past Messi’s 72 goals, in a qualifying match for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Portugal player Cristiano Ronaldo tops the international list with 103 goals.
19. Mount Eko Dumbing, which was making news recently, is located in which state?
[A] Uttarakhand
[B] Sikkim
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Himachal Pradesh
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Correct Answer: C [Arunachal Pradesh]
Notes:
Recently, a team of wildlife enthusiasts have sighted two species of monal birds on Mount Eko Dumbing at 4,173 metres above mean sea level. It is located in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.
Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) is widely distributed from Afghanistan to northeast India, the Sclater’s (Lophophorus sclateri) monal is found in China and Myanmar.
20. The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a terminal Dam built on which river?
[A] Sutlej
[B] Narmada
[C] Beas
[D] Chenab
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Correct Answer: B [Narmada]
Notes:
The Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam is a terminal dam built on the Narmada River at Kevadia in Gujarat. It is also called as the ‘Lifeline of Gujarat’.
The dam was seen recently in the news as this year, in the ongoing summer, the dam released about 1.3 million acre Feet (MAF) water for irrigation between April 1 and May 31. It usually has no water for irrigation during summers.
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