DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ: 17 JUNE 2021

1. Name the Organisation.12.2018 that developed as per the ‘Financing Clean Energy ’s 1st electricity.2018 free Continuous Transitions in Emerging and Developing Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) device Economies’ report released by ______. “Jivan Vayu” .11.2018 (a) 2025; Organisation for Economic Co- (a) Central Drug Research Institute operation & Development (b) DRDO (b) 2030; International Energy Agency (c) IIT Ropar (c) 2030; International Renewable Energy (d) IISc Bangalore Agency (e) Institute of Microbial Technology (d) 2025; Organisation for Economic Co- 2. In June 2021, the 44th Goods and operation & Development Services Tax (GST) Council made (e) 2025; International Energy Agency temporary changes to GST rates of 5. NATO leaders declared that ______various items as COVID-19 relief till poses a constant security challenge and is 30th September 2021 working to undermine global order. Identify the points that are correctly (a) China related to the GST Council’s outcome: (b) Pakistan A) Tocilizumab and Amphotericin B (c) Isreal drugs that are used in Treating Black (d) Syria Fungus are exempted from GST (e) Turkey B) GST rate on Vaccines & various 6. ______has launched a new initiative medical items like – Ventilators, Covid ‘Report it,Don’t share it!’ that encourages Testing Kits, Hand Sanitizer etc were people to report child abuse content on its brought down to 5% platforms and not to share it. C) An 8-member Ministers committee (a) Instagram headed by Himanta Biswa Sarma, was (b) Whatsapp appointed to examine GST concession on (c) Facebook Covid-19 essential (d) Youtube (a) Only A & C (e) Twitter (b) Only B 7. Which of the following country has been (c) Only B & C elected to UN Security Council (UNSC) (d) All A, B & C as non-permanent members for 2022-23 (e) Only A & B term? 3. ______virtually participated in the UN (a) Albania ‘High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, (b) Brazil Land degradation and Drought (DDLD)’ (c) Ghana and highlighted India’s target to restore (d) Gabon 26 million hectares of degraded land by (e) All of the above ______. 8. Name the Indian women wrestler, who (a) Nirmala Sitharaman; 2025 won the gold medal in the 53 kg category (b) Prakash Javadekar; 2030 at the Poland Open. (c) ; 2030 (a) (d) Prakash Javadekar; 2025 (b) (e) Narendra Modi; 2025 (c) Babita Kumari 4. To achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, (d) Divya Kakran World should increase clean energy (e) Kavita Devi investment to USD 1 Trillion by ______

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ: 17 JUNE 2021

9. Which of the following.12.2018 bank has (a) IIT Ropar expanded its strategic.2018 collaboration with (b) IIT Kanpur Oracle and Infosys, to offer an enhanced (c) IIT Delhi customer experience .11.2018 through Oracle CX (d) IIT Madras platform? (e) IIT Bombay (a) ICICI Bank 15. What is the rank of India in the World (b) HDFC Bank Giving Index 2021, by the Charities Aid (c) Yes Bank Foundation (CAF)? (d) Federal Bank (a) 39th (e) Kotak Mahindra Bank (b) 14th 10. Who has been appointed as an honorary (c) 19th member of WHO’s Technical Advisory (d) 44th Group? (e) 10th (a) Roshni Verma (b) Rohit Tiwari (c) Mukesh Sharma ANSWER KEYS (d) Sanjay Sharma 1 c 9 d (e) Vikramjeet Singh 2 e 10 c 11. The wholesale price-based inflation 3 c 11 e accelerated to a record high of ______4 b 12 e per cent in May. 5 a 13 b (a) 08.94 per cent 6 c 14 a (b) 09.94 per cent (c) 10.94 per cent 7 e 15 b (d) 11.94 per cent 8 a (e) 12.94 per cent 12. Recently, RBI allowed which of the following as a biller category to expand the scope of Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS)? (a) Mobile postpaid recharges (b) Gas bill (c) Electricity bill (d) Water bill (e) Mobile Prepaid recharges 13. Who has been named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month of May? (a) Rohit Sharma (b) Mushfiqur Rahim (c) Babar Azam (d) Joe Root (e) Virat Kohli 14. India’s first Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) substitute machine ‘Jivan Vayu’, has been developed by which institute?

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