Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2018
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1. What is the theme of the 2018 World Milk Day (WMD) in India?
[A] Drink Move Be Strong
[B] Milk: A Healthy Drink
[C] Natural Drink for Health
[D] Be Strong Be Healthy
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Correct Answer: A [Drink Move Be Strong]
Notes:
The World Milk Day (WMD) is observed every year by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on June 1 to recognize the importance of milk as a global food. The day is intended to provide an opportunity to bring attention to activities that are connected with the dairy sector. Interestingly, this is an event which does not follow a specific theme worldwide. Instead, different countries, governments and non-governmental organizations get to pick a theme of their own. The WMD 2018 theme in India is “Drink Move Be Strong”. Milk is enriched with nutrients like calcium, protein, vitamin B2, potassium, iodine, etc.
2. The first biannual Indian Air Force Commanders’ Conference 2018 was held in which city?
[A] Pune
[B] Guwahati
[C] New Delhi
[D] Mumbai
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Correct Answer: C [New Delhi]
Notes:
The first biannual Indian Air Force Commanders’ Conference was inaugurated by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Air Headquarters in New Delhi on May 31, 2018. The two day conference will discuss operational, maintenance and administrative takeaways identified during the military exercise ‘Gagan Shakti-2018′ and the way ahead. The aim of the Gagan Shakti-2018, which was conducted in April 2018, was real time coordination, deployment and employment of air power in a short and intense battle scenario.
3. Which state government has launched the scheme “Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana” for journalists?
[A] Punjab
[B] Odisha
[C] Jharkhand
[D] Assam
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Correct Answer: B [Odisha ]
Notes:
The Odisha government has launched the health insurance scheme “Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana” for working journalists in the state. It will be implemented with effect from June 1, 2018. In the first phase, as many as 3,233 working journalists will get health insurance coverage up to Rs 2 lakh a year. Under the scheme, at least five members of the journalists family will be covered. The scribes will get their health insurance card from the District Information and Public Relations Officer (DIPRO) in their respective districts.
4. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the Geological Survey of India (GSI)?
[A] N Kutumba Rao
[B] Dinesh Gupta
[C] Neel Tripathi
[D] Shubhankar Mittal
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Correct Answer: B [Dinesh Gupta]
Notes:
Dr. Dinesh Gupta, an officer of the 1983 UPSC batch, has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of the Geological Survey of India (GSI). He took over from N Kutumba Rao to become the 47th DG of the GSI. Gupta is an expert in mineral exploration and responsibility has been given to him to steer GSI in this field.
5. Who has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Spain?
[A] Susana Diaz
[B] Patxi Lopez
[C] Adolfo Suarez
[D] Pedro Sanchez
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Correct Answer: D [Pedro Sanchez]
Notes:
Pedro Sanchez of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) has been officially sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Spain on June 1 after the success of a motion of no confidence against former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Being an atheist, Mr Sanchez became the first Spanish prime minister to take the oath to protect the Spanish constitution without a bible or crucifix since the country transferred to democracy in 1977. He plans to see out the remaining two years of the parliamentary term.
6. What is the India’s rank in the Save the Children’s “End of Childhood Index 2018”?
[A] 116th
[B] 113th
[C] 118th
[D] 110th
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Correct Answer: B [113th]
Notes:
India has been ranked 113th among 175 countries in the “End of Childhood Index 2018”, issued by global child rights group “Save the Children”. The Index which is part of the report titled “The Many Faces of Exclusion” indicated that the child marriages in India have come down to 15.2% from 21.1% in 2017. It is significant to point that the child marriage data assessed does not include data on consensual unions. However, the Index shows that under five mortality rate (deaths per 1000 live births) was 43 which is a cause of concern. Also child stunting (children aged 0-59 months) was 38.4% and rated as high. The Index ranked countries with regards to where childhood is threatened as a result of poor health, malnutrition, exclusion from education, child labour, child marriage, early pregnancy and extreme violence. Singapore and Slovenia are placed at the top sharing the first place in the index and Niger figures at the end of the list at 175.
7. Indian Navy has recently rescued 38 stranded Indians from cyclone hit Socotra Island. The Island is located in which country?
[A] Egypt
[B] Saudi Arabia
[C] Yemen
[D] Oman
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Correct Answer: C [Yemen]
Notes:
On June 3, the Indian Navy evacuated 38 stranded Indians from Socotra Island in Yemen where they were stranded for nearly 10 days after a severe Cyclonic storm Mekunu hit the area. The Navy evacuated the Indians as part of operation code name ‘NISTAR’, carried out off the coast of Socotra and embarked them at Indian Naval ship INS Sunayna to bring them back to India. The evacuated Indians were immediately provided with medical care, food, water and telephone facilities to call and reassure their families at home. The Island of Socotra is considered the jewel of biodiversity in the Arabian Sea and is recognised as a world natural heritage site by UNESCO in 2008. It is one of the most isolated landforms on Earth that a third of its plant life is found nowhere else on the planet. Notable are the dragon’s blood trees that look like flying saucers perched on trunks.
8. Timothy Pereira, who passed away recently, was associated with which sports?
[A] Football
[B] Boxing
[C] Polo
[D] Chess
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Correct Answer: A [Football]
Notes:
Timothy Pereira (75), the former international footballer who represented Tata FC, has passed away in Mumbai on June 1, 2018. He played for the country in 1967-68. Pereira also played hockey and represented Catholic Gymkhana in the local league.
9. Which country is the global host nation for the 43rd edition of World Environment Day (WED -2018) event?
[A] Belgium
[B] Norway
[C] South Korea
[D] India
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Correct Answer: D [India ]
Notes:
India is the global host nation for the 43rd edition of World Environment Day (WED -2018) event, which has started on June 5, 2018. Environment Ministers, representatives from United Nations and members from various industry bodies will be among the various dignitaries who will attend the event. The day is a platform for encouraging awareness and propagating the need for protecting the environment. The 2018 theme is “Beat Plastic Pollution”. Plastic, which is rampantly polluting our water bodies, harming marine life and posing a threat to human health, has been one of the major concerns of environmental bodies this year. This day is a call for awakening of individuals to take charge of protecting their environment and to realize the severity of plastic usage in daily life.
10. Which Indian sportsperson has won the Most Valuable Player’ (MVP) award at the Basketball Without Borders Asia 2018?
[A] Sabina Inderjit
[B] Sukhpreet Kaur
[C] Vaishnavi Yadav
[D] Sanjana Ramesh
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Correct Answer: D [Sanjana Ramesh]
Notes:
Sanjana Ramesh has won the ‘Most Valuable Player’ (MVP) award at the Basketball Without Borders Asia 2018, which featured 66 campers from 16 countries from the Asia-Pacific region. Her compatriot Vaishnavi Yadav won the ‘Girls Grit Award’ in the camp. The camp got underway with the girls championship game between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx. Coached on the sidelines by Ruth Riley and Sakshi Sheoran, the Lynx defeated the Liberty 20-13.
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