Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Exams 2021: 30th June

Current Affairs 30th June 2021 Quiz

Here is the Current Affairs Quiz of 30th June 2021 covering the following topics Headlines: National Statistics day, SALT programme, Twitter, Sea Breeze drills, Japan’s Fukuoka Grand Prize.

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 30th June 2021 covering the following topics Headlines: National Statistics day, SALT programme, Twitter, Sea Breeze drills, Japan’s Fukuoka Grand Prize.

Q1. Who has been appointed as the Head of Payments of WhatsApp in India?
(a) Sudarshan Sen
(b) Murali Natarajan
(c) Rajesh Bindal
(d) Manesh Mahatme
(e) Ajay Seth

Q2. Which organization has successfully flight tested the new generation AGNI P ballistic missile?
(a) Indian Space Research Organisation
(b) Defence Research and Development Laboratory
(c) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(d) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(e) Defence Research and Development Organisation

Q3. Who is the author of the book titled “Kashmiri Century: Portrait of a Society in Flux”?
(a) Avtar Singh Bhasin
(b) Khemlata Wakhlu
(c) Sundeep Mishra
(d) Ayaz Memon
(e) Vikram Sampath

Q4. The United Nations observe ________ as International Day of the Tropics.
(a) 26 June
(b) 27 June
(c) 28 June
(d) 29 June
(e) 30 June

Q5. Who among the following has been appointed as the Special Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)?
(a) Rakesh Asthana
(b) Praveen Sinha
(c) Saroj Sharma
(d) Lata Manral
(e) Sukhdev Singh

Q6. _______ has announced the appointment of Jeremy Kessel as the new Grievance Officer for India.
(a) Instagram
(b) Facebook
(c) Twitter
(d) Whatsapp
(e) SnapChat

Q7. Name the author of the book titled “Policymaker’s Journal: From New Delhi to Washington, DC”.
(a) Girish Chandra
(b) Shashank Negi
(c) Rohit Verma
(d) Ramesh Kumar
(e) Kaushik Basu

Q8. FM Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the relief package worth _________ crore against COVID-19.
(a) Rs 6,28,993 crore
(b) Rs 6,20,993 crore
(c) Rs 6,55,993 crore
(d) Rs 6,70,993 crore
(e) Rs 6,10,993 crore

Q9. Who has been awarded the Fukuoka Grand Prize for 2021?
(a) AR Rahman
(b) Palagummi Sainath
(c) Romila Thapar
(d) Ramchandra Guha
(e) Raunak Singh

Q10. Which of the following Indian state has started a Supporting Andhra’s Learning Transformation (SALT) programme to transform foundational learning in government schools?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala
(d) West Bengal
(e) Maharashtra

Q11. The government of India is celebrated National Statistics day on 29th June on the birth anniversary of ____________.
(a) Srinivasa Ramanujan
(b) S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar
(c) S. R. Ranganathan
(d) Prof. P C Mahalanobis
(e) Mohitlal Majumdar

Q12. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven resigns following no confidence vote. He belongs to which country?
(a) Iceland
(b) Finland
(c) Norway
(d) Sweden
(e) Switzerland

Q13. Turkey and ________ have begun joint military drills “Mustafa Kemal Ataturk – 2021” in Baku.
(a) Georgia
(b) Armenia
(c) Azerbaijan
(d) Iran
(e) Nakhchivan

Q14. What is the theme of National Statistics day 2021?
(a) End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture
(b) Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
(c) Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
(d) Sustainable Development Goals
(e) Quality Assurance in Official Statistics

Q15. __________ and the United States launched joint naval exercises “Sea Breeze drills” in the Black Sea.
(a) Slovakia
(b) Hungary
(c) Belarus
(d) Moldova
(e) Ukraine

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. WhatsApp has appointed former Amazon executive Manesh Mahatme as a director to lead the growth of its payments business in India.

S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on 28th June successfully flight tested a new generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni P from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha, Balasore.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. A book titled “Kashmiri Century: Portrait of a Society in Flux” authored by Khemlata Wakhlu. She is a writer, a political leader and a social worker, who has devoted the past fifty years to using her many talents to improve a lot of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. The United Nations observe 29 June as International Day of the Tropics. The International Day of the Tropics celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the tropics while highlighting unique challenges and opportunities nations of the Tropics face.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Praveen Sinha as the Special Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Special Director is the second senior-most position in the agency after the Director.

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Twitter has announced the appointment of California-based Jeremy Kessel as the new Grievance Officer for India.

S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. A book titled “Policymaker’s Journal: From New Delhi to Washington, DC” by Kaushik Basu.

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a slew of measures, to provide relief to people and businesses affected by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister announced a total of 17 measures worth Rs. 6,28,993 crore.

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Journalist Palagummi Sainath has been awarded the Fukuoka Grand Prize for 2021. He is a committed journalist who has continued to investigate impoverished farming villages in India and captured the reality of the lifestyle of the residents in such areas.

S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Andhra Pradesh has started a Supporting Andhra’s Learning Transformation (SALT) programme to transform foundational learning in government schools for which the World Bank has approved a loan of 250 million dollars.

S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. The government of India is celebrated National Statistics day on 29th June on the birth anniversary of Prof. P C Mahalanobis.

S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Lofven, has announced his resignation on June 28, 2021, after he lost a confidence vote in parliament. The 63-year-old Lofven is the first Swedish government leader to be defeated by a no-confidence vote.

S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. Turkey and Azerbaijan have begun joint military drills “Mustafa Kemal Ataturk – 2021” in Baku, deploying tanks, helicopters and drones in an effort to improve the two countries’ combat interoperability.

S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture (Sustainable Development Goal or SDG 2 of the UN) is the theme of this year’s National Statistics Day.

S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. Ukraine and the United States launched joint naval exercises “Sea Breeze drills” in the Black Sea in a show of Western cooperation with Kiev as it faces off with Russia.

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