CURRENT AFFAIRS JUNE - 2021

CURRENT AFFAIRS JUNE - 2021

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What is the projected GDP growth rate of world economy for the fiscal year 2021-22 By IMF ?

(a) 10.5%

(b) 13.3%

(c) 12.5%

(d) 12.7%

(e) 11%

Ans. (c):

The theme of 2021 World Milk Day is_________.

(a) Raise a Glass

(b) Drink Move Be Strong

(c) The 20th Anniversary of World Milk Day

(d) Sustainability in the Dairy Sector

(e) Drink Milk: Today & Everyday

Ans. (d):

What is the theme of 2021 Global Day of Parents?

(a) Honor Your Parents!

(b) Appreciate all parents throughout the world

(c) Parents are the Foundation of future generation

(d) Parents are World

(e) None of these

Ans. (b):

Who has been appointed as the new Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA)?

(a) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal

(b) Mehul Choksi

(c) Rakesh Asthana

(d) Param Bir Singh

(e) Sanjay Barve

Ans. (a):

Who is the author of the book ¡°LANGUAGES OF TRUTH: Essays 2003-2020¡å?

(a) Arundhati Roy

(b) Salman Rushdie

(c) Zafar Rushdie

(d) Padma Lakshmi

(e) Ted Forstmann

Ans. (b):

Every Year, June 01 is dedicated to celebrate which of these days?

(a) World Blood Donor Day

(b) World Vegan Day

(c) World Oceans Day

(d) World Milk Day

(e) World Environment Day

Ans. (d):

A Group of Ministers (GoM) has been constituted by GST

Council to examine GST exemption on Covid-19 relief

materials. Who is the chairperson of this panel?

(a) Mehtab Chandee

(b) Conrad K Sangma

(c) N. Biren Singh

(d) Prestone Tynsong

(e) P. A. Sangma

Ans. (b):

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8.

Pooja Rani has recently won the gold medal for India in which sports event?

(a) Tennis

(b) Karate

(c) Boxing

(d) Football

(e) Kickboxing

Ans. (c):

As per OECD, what is the GDP growth rate estimated for Indian economy in FY22?

(a) 9.9%

(b) 8.7%

(c) 5.9%

(d) 6.67%

(e) 5.9%

Ans. (a):

When is the UN recognised Global Day of Parents celebrated globally?

(a) 04 June

(b) 05 June

(c) 09 June

(d) 07 June

(e) 01 June

Ans. (e):

Name the Indian who has been awarded with the ¡®WHO Director-General Special Recognition

Award¡¯ for accomplishments in the area of tobacco control

(a) Harsh Vardhan

(b) Rajnath Singh

(c) Nitin Gadkari

(d) Prakash Javadekar

(e) Ramesh Pokhriyal

Ans. (a):

Which country has launched world¡¯s first Nano Urea, for the welfare of the farmers across the globe?

(a) Brazil

(b) United States

(c) India

(d) Pakistan

(e) China

Ans. (c):

The multilateral military exercises, ¡®Steadfast Defender 2021¡¯, has been organised by which group

of inter-governmental organisation?

(a) Warsaw Pact

(b) NATO

(c) Comecon

(d) OPEC

(e) WTO

Ans. (b):

What is the estimated GDP growth rate for India in fiscal year 2021-22, as per SBI?

(a) 7.9%

(b) 9.5%

(c) 4.7%

(d) 7.6%

(e) 8.5%

Ans. (a):

Jagannath Bidyadhar Mohapatra has been roped in as the new Chairman of which of these

organisation?

(a) WHO

(b) CBDT

(c) IRDA

(d) RBI

(e) None of these

Ans. (b):

Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) is the standard body to join the ¡®One Nation,

One Standard¡¯ scheme of the central government. The RDSO is based in which city?

(a) Mumbai

(b) Hyderabad

(c) Lucknow

(d) Jaipur

(e)Delhi

Ans. (c):

For FY23 (2022-23), Moody¡¯s has estimated the GDP growth rate of India at _______________

(a) 6.7%

(b) 8.6%

(c) 9.56%

(d) 7.9%

(e) 10.5%

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18.

Which online medical platform has acquired the Medlife, to become largest online pharmacy in

India?

(a) MedPlus

(b) PharmEasy

(c) 1mg

(d) Medlife

(e) Netmeds

Ans. (b):

Who has been appointed as the new President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 202122?

(a) O. P. Bhatt

(b) Cyrus Mistry

(c) T V Narendran

(d) Jamsetji Tata

(e) Natarajan Chandrasekaran

Ans. (c):

The Research report ¡®Ecowrap¡¯ is released by which organisation?

(a) SBI

(b) HDFC

(c) ICICI

(d) Axis

(e) PNB

Ans. (a):

The United Nations recognised World Bicycle Day is celebrated globally on which day?

(a) 05 June

(b) 06 June

(c) 03 June

(d) 08 June

(e) 10 June

Ans. (c):

Name the AI-based platform launched by Indian organisations to help in easy detection of COVID

19, with the help of Chest X-ray.

(a) The Arelab

(b) IECT

(c) STEP

(d) XraySetu

(e) None of these

Ans. (d):

Who has been appointed as the Grievance Officer for India by WhatsApp?

(a) Neeraj Vora

(b) Priyadarshan

(c) Aditya Rawal

(d) Swaroop Sampat

(e) Paresh B Lal

Ans. (e):

Who has been appointed as the first Chairman for the newly formed Digital Media Content

Regulatory Council (DMCRC) by IBF?

(a) Jagdish Singh Khehar

(b) Ashish Chauhan

(c) G. T. Nanavati

(d) Vikramjit Sen

(e) None of these

Ans. (d):

How many Teams will be participating in the 2027 ICC Men¡¯s Cricket World Cup?

(a) 12 Teams

(b) 14 Teams

(c) 11 Teams

(d) 10 Teams

(e) 9 Teams

Ans. (b):

Isaac Herzog, has recently been elected as the new President of which country?

(a) Russia

(b) Israel

(c) Brazil

(d) Norway

(e) None of these

Ans. (b):

Sanjeet Kumar, is an Indian sports person, related to which sports category?

(a) Chess

(b) Cricket

(c) Hockey

(d) Boxing

(e) Karate

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Dr Vinay K Nandicoori has been appointed as the Director at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and

Molecular Biology (CCMB). Where is the CCMB located?

(a) Lucknow

(b) Hyderabad

(c) Patna

(d) Mumbai

(e) Kolkata

Ans. (b):

Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the National Human Rights

Commission (NHRC) of India?

(a) Ranhan Gogol

(b) Arun Kumar Mishra

(c) N.V. Ramana

(d) Prashant Bhushan

(e) Dipak Misra

Ans. (b):

Which state has topped the SDG India Index 2020-21 released by NITI Aayog?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Kerala

(d) Karantaka

(e) Goa

Ans. (c):

What amount of On-Tap Liquidity Window has been launched by RBI for contact-intensive sectors?

(a) Rs. 10,000 crore

(b) Rs. 11, 000 crore

(c) Rs. 9000 crore

(d) Rs. 15,000 crore

(e) Rs. 8000 crore

Ans. (d):

What is the projected GDP growth rate of India in 2021-22, as per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

(a) 9.5%

(b) 8.7%

(c) 6.7%

(d) 7.7%

(e) 6.5%

Ans. (a):

The Government of India has extended the validity period of the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET)

qualifying certificate, which currently stands at 7 years. What is the new validity period of the

certificate?

(a) 10 years

(b) 2 years

(c) 5 years

(d) Lifetime

(e) None of these

Ans. (d):

Which day of the year is celebrated as the World Environment Day (WED)?

(a) June 2

(b) June 10

(c) June 20

(d) June 16

(e) June 5

Ans. (e):

Which Ministry has launched the Seniorcare Aging Growth Engine (SAGE) portal to support elderly

person of the country?

(a) Ministry of Tribal Affairs

(b) Ministry of Minority Affairs

(c) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

(d) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

(e) Ministry of Home Affairs

Ans. (d):

What is the theme of World Environment Day 2021?

(a) Time for Nature

(b) Air Pollution

(c) Noise Pollution

(d) Connecting people with Nature

(e) Ecosystem Restoration

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What is the current Marginal Standing Facility Rate?

(a) 7.45%

(b) 4.25%

(c) 2.5%

(d) 3.65%

(e) 4.75%

Ans. (b):

What shall be the interest rate applicable on banks if they park their excess money up to the size of

the COVID loan book with RBI?

(a) Reverse Repo Rate

(b) Repo Rate

(c) SLR

(d) Bank rate

(e) All of these

Ans. (b):

The SDG India Index and Dashboard 2020¨C21 released by NITI Aayog is which edition of the annual

report and ranking?

(a) Fourth

(b) Third

(c) First

(d) Second

(e) Fifth

Ans. (b):

Sir Anerood Jugnauth, who has passed away recently was the former President of which country?

(a) Seychelles

(b) Maldives

(c) Madagascar

(d) Mauritius

(e) Reunion

Ans. (d):

Which country is the host country for the 2021 World Environment Day?

(a) Nepal

(b) Japan

(c) Bangladesh

(d) Pakistan

(e) China

Ans. (d):

Name the Indian to emerge as the top and only Indian celebrity in the Forbes 2020 list of World¡¯s

100 Highest-Paid Celebrities.

(a) Sonu Sood

(b) Akshay Kumar

(c) Sharukh Khan

(d) Saif Ali Khan

(e) None of these

Ans. (b):

The World Economic Forum has announced that its next summit in 2021 will be ¡°a unique twin

summit¡±, having both in-person and virtual participation of leaders. The 2021 Davos Summit will

be which edition of the annual meet?

(a) 40

(b) 23

(c) 36

(d) 51

(e) 55

Ans. (d):

The Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) has been launched by which of these

organisations?

(a) SBI

(b) IRDA

(c) WTO

(d) RBI

(e) WHO

Ans. (d):

The Government of India has launched a new Nagar Van

scheme under which 200 Urban Forests will be developed

across the country in next ___________ years.

(a) Seven

(b) Six

(c) Three

(d) Four

(e) Five

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