Download "INDIA GK" App: tinyurl.com/IndiaGK
Current Affairs Questions on 3, 4 June 2018:
Which is the only Indian institution to make it to the top 100 universities in the Times Higher Education’s World Reputation Rankings 2018?
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Mumbai
C. BITS Pilani
D. IISc Bengaluru
Answer: D
Explanation: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru has made it to the top 100 universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘World Reputation Rankings 2018’, becoming the only Indian institution to make it to the prestigious list this year. IISc has been ranked in the 91-100 band of the annual list topped by American universities Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford, with the United Kingdom’s Cambridge and Oxford completing the top five. With this IISc making into the list, India featured has in the table for the first time since 2011. The ‘World Reputation Rankings’ are created using what ‘Times Higher Education’ describes as the world’s largest invitation-only academic opinion survey and unique piece of research.
Which nuclear-capable missile was successfully test-fired by India on June 3, 2018?
A. Agni 5
B. Agni 4
C. Shaurya 3
D. BrahMos 2
Answer: A
Explanation: India on June 3, 2018 successfully test-fired indigenously developed nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-5 from the Integrated Test Range on Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, previously known as Wheeler Island. This was the sixth trial of the state-of-the-art missile Agni-5, which covered its full distance during the test.
Which country is hosting the 2018 BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting?
A. Brazil
B. South Africa
C. India
D. China
Answer: B
Explanation: The BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting has started in the South African city of Johannesburg on June 4, 2018. The meeting is expected to lay the foundation for 2018 annual summit of the grouping which will also be held in Johannesburg. The BRICS comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is leading the Indian delegation. Beside this, Mrs Swaraj will also chair a meeting of Foreign Ministers of IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa), another bloc working to deepen coordination among the three countries on major global issues. She will also attend a series of events marking the 125th anniversary of the historic incident where a young Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of a train compartment in Pietermaritzburg railway station in 1893. The incident proved to be a turning point in Mahatma Gandhi’s fight against racial discrimination in South Africa.
Who was appointed as the fourth deputy governor of RBI?
A. K P Krishnan
B. Yaduvendra Mathur
C. T V Somanathan
D. M K Jain
Answer: D
Explanation: The government on 4 June 2018 appointed IDBI Bank CEO Mahesh Kumar Jain as the fourth deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), filling up a post that had been lying vacant for almost a year. The post of RBI deputy governor was vacant since S.S. Mundra retired in August 2017. The government had since conducted two rounds of interviews to find his successor. N. S. Vishwanathan, Viral V. Acharya and B.P. Kanungo are the other three deputy governors of RBI. Jain will be in charge of RBI’s banking supervisory department which is instrumental in cleaning up the banking system. He had previously led Indian Bank for a couple of years...............Check More at INDIA GK" App: tinyurl.com/IndiaGK
- Current Affairs MCQs, Questions for June 2018
- Current Affairs MCQs, Questions for May 2018
- Current Affairs MCQs, Questions for April 2018
- Current Affairs MCQs, Questions for March 2018
- Current Affairs MCQs, Questions for February 2018
- Current Affairs MCQs, Questions for January 2018
- Current Affairs MCQs, Questions for December 2017
- Download "INDIA GK" Mobile App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.csurender.dune.indiagk
No comments:
Post a Comment