Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2021: 04th June

Current Affairs 4th June 2021 Quiz

Here is the Current Affairs Quiz of 04th June 2021 covering the following topics Headlines: Microsoft, H10N3 bird flu, International Dairy Federation, ICICI Lombard, World Bicycle Day, XraySetu.

The Current Affairs section constitutes a major part of General Awareness section in a competitive examination and plays an instrumental role. To supplement your preparation for the General Awareness Section of the upcoming exams like IBPS PO/Clerk Mains, SBI PO Mains and SEBI Grade A Prelims, we are providing you Current Affairs Quiz of 04th June 2021 covering the following topics Headlines: Microsoft, H10N3 bird flu, International Dairy Federation, ICICI Lombard, World Bicycle Day, XraySetu.

Q1. The United Nations recognised World Bicycle Day is celebrated globally on which day?
(a) First Wednesday of June
(b) First Thursday of June
(c) 02 June
(d) 04 June
(e) 03 June

Q2. 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) XrayJeevan
(b) XraySetu
(c) XrayPath
(d) XraySarathi
(e) XraySanjeevni

Q3. Who has been appointed as the Grievance Officer for India by WhatsApp?
(a) John Brittas
(b) Shashi S. Vempati
(c) Rahul Joshi
(d) Paresh B Lal
(e) Mohit Rana

Q4. How many teams will be participating in the 2027 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup?
(a) 14
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 16
(e) 20

Q5. Isaac Herzog, has recently been elected as the new President of which country?
(a) Turkey
(b) Oman
(c) Israel
(d) Lebanon
(e) Libya

Q6. 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) New Delhi
(b) Pune
(c) Kolkata
(d) Lucknow
(e) Hyderabad

Q7. Who has been roped in as the Chairman of World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board to succeed Dr Harsh Vardhan?
(a) Dr Wahid Majrooh
(b) Dr Patrick Amoth
(c) Dr Clemens Martin Auer
(d) Dr Zahid Maleque
(e) Dr William Gorque

Q8. Which country’s External Affairs Minister has chaired a BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting virtually on June 1, 2021?
(a) Brazil
(b) Russia
(c) India
(d) China
(e) South Africa

Q9. Who among the following has taken the charge as 21st Director General of Assam Rifles?
(a) MA Ganapathy
(b) Kuldiep Singh
(c) Surjeet Singh Deswal
(d) Pradeep Chandran Nair
(e) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal

Q10. With whom did ICICI Lombard partner with to strengthen and automate the quality control processes recently?
(a) Google
(b) Microsoft
(c) Infosys
(d) TCS
(e) CTS

Q11. First human case of infection with __________ bird flu has been recently reported from China’s eastern province of Jiangsu.
(a) H10N3
(b) H7N9
(c) H5N1
(d) H8N5
(e) H8N7

Q12. Which of the following has launched the first Asia Pacific Public Sector Cyber Security Executive Council?
(a) Norton
(b) McAfee
(c) Microsoft
(d) Kaspersky
(e) Avast

Q13. Who among the following has been elected to the board of the International Dairy Federation?
(a) Iqbal Khan
(b) Vijay Singh
(c) Tirath Kumar
(d) R S Sodhi
(e) Divya Verma

Q14. The second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference will be held from 14-16 October 2021 in _________.
(a) Beijing, China
(b) Geneva, Switzerland
(c) Vienna, Austria
(d) New York, USA
(e) London, UK

Q15. Where is the headquarters of BRICS located?
(a) Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
(b) Jakarta, Indonesia
(c) Shanghai, China
(d) London, United Kingdom
(e) Beijing, China

Solutions

S1. Ans.(e)
Sol. Every year the International World Bicycle Day is observed on June 03 draw attention to the benefits of using the bicycle.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. A new AI-driven platform called ‘XraySetu’ has been developed to help in early detection of COVID 19, with the help of Chest X-ray.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has named Paresh B Lal as the Grievance Officer for India.

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that the Men’s Cricket World Cup in 2027 and 2031, will once again be a 14-team, 54-match tournament.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Veteran Israeli politician, Isaac Herzog, has been elected as the President of the country on June 01, 2021, during the 120 member parliamentary election for 2021. The 60-year-old Herzog will be the 11th President of Israel, assuming office with effect from July 09, 2021.

S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. Former IITian, Dr Vinay K Nandicoori, has been appointed as the Director at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, Telangana.

S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. Dr Patrick Amoth, the acting Director-General for Health, Ministry of Health of Kenya has been appointed as the Chairman of World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board, for a period of one year.

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar chaired a BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting virtually on June 1, 2021.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Lieutenant General Pradeep Chandran Nair takes charge as DG of Assam Rifles. Nair is the 21st Director General of the Assam Rifles (popularly known as Sentinels of the North-East).

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. The country’s largest private sector general insurer ICICI Lombard has tied up with Microsoft to strengthen and automate the quality control processes.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. A 41-year-old man in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu, China’s National Health Commission (NHC).

S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. The first Asia Pacific Public Sector Cyber Security Executive Council has been launched by Microsoft. It consists of policymakers and influencers from Brunei, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. The International Dairy Federation (IDF) has unanimously elected R S Sodhi, managing director, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd or GCMMF that sells Amul branded products in India, to its board during the general assembly held on 1 June.

S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. The second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference will be held from 14-16 October 2021 in Beijing, China. It will provide an opportunity to focus attention on the opportunities, challenges and solutions towards achieving sustainable transport worldwide.

S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. Shanghai, China is the headquarters of BRICS.

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