1000+ Current Affairs June 2017 MCQ for UPSC IES [Solved]

1. The seven-member Lodha committee will be headed by whom?
A. Rajeev Shukla
B. Sourav Ganguly
C. T.C. Mathew
D. Anirudh Chaudhary
Answer : A

2. Who is the current CEO & Managing Director of TATA Advanced Systems?
A. Prakash Manjanath Telang
B. Sukaran Singh
C. Subramaniam Ramadorai
D. Ratan Tata
Answer : B

3. Rath Yatra or Chariot Festival is annually celebrated in which state of India?
A. West Bengal
B. Bihar
C. Kerala
D. Odisha
Answer : D

4. Which state was conferred with the award of Excellence at the 2nd Global Skill Development Summit?
A. Uttarakhand
B. Punjab
C. Sikkim
D. Gujarat
Answer : A

5. Who appointed Mohammed bin Salman as Saudi Arabia's crown Prince?
A. Abdullah
B. Fahd
C. Khalid
D. Salman
Answer : D

6. While Anish Bhanwala bags gold medal in Junior Shooting World Championship, Florian Peter stands second. Florian Peter belongs to which country?
A. Germany
B. Russia
C. Ukraine
D. France
Answer : A

7. Which country approves sale of 22 Predator Guardian drones to India?
A. Russia
B. USA
C. Israel
D. France
Answer : B

8. Who is the current Chairman of SEBI?
A. Ajay Tyagi
B. U K Sinha
C. M. Damodaran
D. C. B. Bhave
Answer : A

9. World Bank was founded in which year?
A. 1933
B. 1944
C. 1955
D. 1966
Answer : B

10. New chief of UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) Vladimir Voronkov belongs to which country?
A. USA
B. Russia
C. Cuba
D. Nepal
Answer : B

11. Where is the Head Office of Bank of Maharashtra situated?
A. Mumbai
B. Nagpur
C. Kolhapur
D. Pune
Answer : D

12. Asain Development Bank (ADB) has its Headquarters at?
A. Paris, France
B. Mandaluyong, Philippines
C. Washington DC, USA
D. Amsterdam, Netherlands
Answer : B

13. Aji Dam is located in?
A. Gandhinagar, Gujarat
B. Ranchi, Jharkhand
C. Jaipur, Rajasthan
D. Rajkot, Gujarat
Answer : D

14. Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) workhorse rocket PSLV C-38 lifts off with how many satellites?
A. 30
B. 28
C. 31
D. 33
Answer : C

15. First Time Nationwide Voter Registration Reminder will be available in how many languages?
A. 14
B. 16
C. 12
D. 13
Answer : D

16. Srinivas Gokulnath, 1st Indian to finish solo Race Across America belongs to which state?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Maharashtra
C. Bihar
D. Gujarat
Answer : B

17. Who is the current MD and CEO of Axis Bank?
A. Rajiv Gauba
B. Arundhati Bhattacharya
C. Shikha Sharma
D. Chanda Kochhar
Answer : C

18. N N Vohra who has been appointed the president of the India International Centre (IIC) is the governor of which state?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Punjab
C. Jharkhand
D. Jammu & Kashmir
Answer : D

19. Who is the current Ambassador of India to Portugal?
A. Shamma Jain
B. Nandini Singla
C. Pankaj Saran
D. Navtej Sarna
Answer : B

20. Ninth Halle Open title winner Roger Federer belongs to which country?
A. Germany
B. Russia
C. France
D. Switzerland
Answer : D

21. While India Stands Second with 8 medals in ISSF Jr World Championship, which country topped the tournament?
A. Russia
B. Australia
C. USA
D. China
Answer : D

22. Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute is located in which city?
A. Ranchi
B. Thiruvananthapuram
C. Chennai
D. Pune
Answer : D

23. Who has been appointed as ambassador for Government's Skill India campaign?
A. Sonam Kapoor
B. Deepika Padukone
C. Jaya Bachan
D. Priyanka Chopra
Answer : D

24. Australia Open Super Series title winner Kidambi Srikanth belongs to which state?
A. Tamilnadu
B. Telangana
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Karnataka
Answer : C

25. Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) also called Mangalyaan belongs to which country?
A. USA
B. Russia
C. India
D. China
Answer : C

26. Which city has become the India's first city to use robot to control unruly traffic?
A. Indore
B. Bengaluru
C. Amaravathi
D. Hyderabad
Answer : A

27. Online financial services marketplace BankBazaar has begun its operations in which country?
A. Malaysia
B. Nepal
C. Maldives
D. Bhutan
Answer : A

28. The 6th Joint Trade Committee Meeting between India - Myanmar was held in which city?
A. Bangalore
B. New Delhi
C. Naypyidaw
D. Mandalay
Answer : B

29. Which date marks the anniversary of Indian Emergency?
A. 6/25/2017 12:00:00 AM
B. 6/24/2017 12:00:00 AM
C. 6/26/2017 12:00:00 AM
D. 6/23/2017 12:00:00 AM
Answer : A

30. Which country will bypass on inauguration of the first Afghanistan-India air corridor at the Kabul International Airport?
A. China
B. Pakistan
C. Bangladesh
D. Nepal
Answer : B

31. Which state government has been awarded the first prize in United Nations Public Service Award for Asia Pacific for its Kanyashree Prakalpa scheme?
A. West Bengal
B. Karnataka
C. Odisha
D. Gujarat
Answer : A

32. 17th meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation was held in which city?
A. Saint Petersburg
B. Novosibirsk
C. Yekaterinburg
D. Moscow
Answer : D

33. Which city in India is called as 'Silicon Valley of India'?
A. Chennai
B. Kochi
C. Bangaluru
D. Kolkata
Answer : C

34. Odisha Govt approves how many projects under AMRUT scheme?
A. 51
B. 52
C. 54
D. 53
Answer : D

35. In which year Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) was established?
A. 1953
B. 1952
C. 1951
D. 1950
Answer : B

36. Normally an electron scatters just one photon of light at a time but the light beam produced in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Extreme Light Laboratory nearly how many photons scattered at a time?
A. 1000
B. 900
C. 2000
D. 1900
Answer : A

37. Who is the current Chairperson of International Cricket Council?
A. N. Srinivasan
B. Shashank Manohar
C. Sourav Ganguly
D. Sachin Tendulkar
Answer : B

38. Who is the CEO of Google?
A. Sundar Pichai
B. Tim Cook
C. Satya Nadella
D. Bill Gates
Answer : A

39. Manappuram Finance was established in which year?
A. 1948
B. 1949
C. 1942
D. 1945
Answer : B

40. Who has resigned form the post of Hed Coach of the Indian Cricket team?
A. Sachin Tendulkar
B. Rahul Dravid
C. Souran Ganguly
D. Anil Kumble
Answer : D

41. India's first blood bank for Cattle to set up in which state?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Odisha
D. Tamilnadu
Answer : C

42. Which country designates Pakistan-based Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin as global terrorist?
A. India
B. China
C. USA
D. Russia
Answer : C

43. With which bank Meghalaya govt has signed two MoUs as a part of an initiative towards migrating government transactions to digital mode?
A. Yes Bank
B. SBI
C. BOB
D. IDBI
Answer : B

44. The Reserve Bank of India was established in which year?
A. 1935
B. 1933
C. 1936
D. 1932
Answer : A

45. Who is appointed as new Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh?
A. Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar
B. Rakesh Kumar
C. Rajiv Kumar
D. Anindo Majumdar
Answer : C

46. Ankush Dahiya is associated with which sports?
A. Wrestling
B. Wushu
C. Boxing
D. Archery
Answer : C

47. GST will roll out from which date?
A. June 30, 2017
B. July 2, 2017
C. July 1 2017
D. June 1, 2017
Answer : C

48. According to the Union home ministry, Aadhaar is not a valid identification document for Indians traveling to which countries?
A. Nepal, Bhutan
B. Nepal, Srilanka
C. Bhutan, China
D. Bhutan, Maldives
Answer : A

49. UNESCO declares which city as World Book Capital 2019?
A. Riffa
B. Sharjah
C. Sohar
D. Fujairah
Answer : B

50. In which year UNICEF was founded?
A. 1946
B. 1943
C. 1945
D. 1948
Answer : A