Current Affairs June 2017 1000+ MCQ with answer for UPSC CSE

1. Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju won from which constituency?
A. Vizianagaram
B. Tirupati
C. Visakhapatnam
D. Guntur
Answer : A

2. Before Amitabh Bachchan who was the GST ambassador?
A. Priyanka Chopra
B. Aamir Khan
C. PV Sindhu
D. Abhishek Bachchan
Answer : C

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

4. Who is the current Minister of AYUSH?
A. Anant Geete
B. Shripad Yasso Naik
C. Jual Oram
D. Radha Mohan Singh
Answer : B

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

6. 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

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

8. Who was the first Prime Minister of Britain?
A. Spencer Perceval
B. Robert Banks Jenkinson
C. William Cavendish-Bentinck
D. Robert Walpole
Answer : D

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

10. 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

11. Who is the Petroleum Minister of India?
A. Arun Jaitley
B. Sushma Swaraj
C. Dharmendra Pradhan
D. Rajnath Singh
Answer : C

12. Who is the current Prime Minister of Portugal?
A. Pedro Passos Coelho
B. Antonio Costa
C. Jopse Socrates
D. Pedro Santana Lopes
Answer : B

13. Which two states have been declared 4th and 5th Open Defecation Free (ODF) States in the country?
A. Uttarakhand and Haryana
B. Haryana and Meghalaya
C. Meghalaya and Uttarakhand
D. Haryana and Tamil Nadu
Answer : A

14. 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

15. Bureau of Energy Efficiency is an agency of the Government of India tht comes under which ministry?
A. Ministry of Power
B. Ministry of Home Affairs
C. Ministry of Coal
D. Ministry of Mines
Answer : A

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

17. Newly appointed Economic Relations Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale is at present India's envoy to which country?
A. Srilanka
B. Nepal
C. China
D. South Africa
Answer : C

18. New Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba is 1982-batch officer of which state cadre?
A. Bihar
B. West Bengal
C. Punjab
D. Jharkhand
Answer : D

19. International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed on which date?
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. 6/28/2017 12:00:00 AM
Answer : C

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

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

22. 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

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

24. 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

25. International Economic Association (IEA) has its headquarters at?
A. Barcelona, Spain
B. Geneva City, Switzerland
C. New York City, USA
D. Amsterdam, Netherlands
Answer : A

26. 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

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

28. What is the Currency of Netherlands?
A. Dinar
B. Rupee
C. Dollar
D. Euro
Answer : D

29. World Bank sanctions 44 million dollars for which state project?
A. Assam
B. Manipur
C. Mizoram
D. Arunachal Pradesh
Answer : A

30. 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

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

32. COMMIT will be launched in how many States?
A. 6
B. 2
C. 10
D. 25
Answer : A

33. 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

34. Where is Taj Mahal Palace hotel located?
A. Bengaluru
B. Trivendram
C. Mumbai
D. New Delhi
Answer : C

35. When was World Refugee Day celebrated?
A. June 21
B. June 20
C. June 23
D. June 19
Answer : B

36. Who is the President of the World Bank?
A. Mogens Lykketoft
B. Jim Yong Kim
C. Roberto Azevedo
D. Walton Alfonso Webson
Answer : B

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

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

39. What is the capital city of Portugal?
A. Coimbra
B. Braga
C. Lisbon
D. Sintra
Answer : C

40. What is the name of the UPI based wallet launched by Hike with Yes bank?
A. Hike 5
B. Hike 5.0
C. Hike 5.2
D. Hike-Yes
Answer : B

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

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

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

44. Where is the Headquarters of IDFC Bank Situated?
A. Kolkata
B. Mumbai
C. Ranchi
D. Chennai
Answer : B

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

46. Which movie has become the first Indian movie to earn Rs 2,000 crore worldwide?
A. Robo
B. Dangal
C. Bahubali
D. Kabali
Answer : B

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

48. What is the Currency of Romania?
A. Euro
B. Peso
C. Dinar
D. Romanian leu
Answer : D

49. NIFT which comes under the Union Ministry of Textiles was Set up in the year?
A. 1987
B. 1988
C. 1999
D. 1986
Answer : D

50. The Darfur conflict was began in which year?
A. 2007
B. 2003
C. 2004
D. 2001
Answer : B