MCQ on Important Daily Current Affairs of 3rd June 2021

QUESTIONS

1. The United Nations recognized World Bicycle Day is celebrated globally on which day?

A) First Thursday of June

B) 02 June

C) First Wednesday of June

D) 03 June

2. Name the AI-based platform launched by Indian organizations to help in easy detection of COVID 19, with the help of Chest X-ray.

A) XraySetu

B) XrayJeevan

C) XrayPath

D) XraySarathi

3. Who has been appointed as the Grievance Officer for India by WhatsApp?

A) John Brittas

B) Paresh B Lal

C) Rahul Joshi

D) Shashi S. Vempati

4. Who has been appointed as the first Chairman for the newly formed Digital Media Content Regulatory Council (DMCRC) by IBF?

A) Nikkhil Advani

B) Tigmanshu Dhulia

C) Vikramjit Sen

D) Mihir Rale

5. How many Teams will be participating in the 2027 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup?

A) 12

B) 10

C) 14

D) 16

6. Isaac Herzog, has recently been elected as the new President of which country?

A) Israel

B) Oman

C) Turkey

D) Lebanon

7. AmbiTag, is a unique IoT solution, developed to record real-time ambient temperature during the transportation of perishable products such as vaccines, body organs, and blood. The product has been launched by which institution?

A) IIT Madras

B) IIT Ropar

C) IIT Kanpur

D) IIT Delhi

8. Sanjeet Kumar, is an Indian sportsperson, related to which sports category?

A) Weightlifting

B) Shooting

C) Sprinting

D) Boxing

9. 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) Hyderabad

D) Lucknow

10. Who has been roped in as the Chairman of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board to succeed Dr. Harsh Vardhan?

A) Dr Patrick Amoth

B) Dr Wahid Majrooh

C) Dr Clemens Martin Auer

D) Mr Zahid Maleque

11. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India?

A) Ranganath Misra

B) M.N. Venkatachalliah

C) Arun Mishra

D) S. Rajendra Babu

12. Who has assumed the charge of Deputy Chief of Naval Staff?

A) Karambir Singh

B) Ravneet Singh

C) Navneet Singh

D) Randeep Singh

13. Which company has acquired trademarks and patient licenses for AstraZeneca’s Dapagliflozin?

A) Abott

B) Reckitt Benkiser

C) Sun Pharma

D) Mankind

14. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Chile?

A) Kavita Sharma

B) Mukesh Nand

C) Kunal Mishra

D) Subrata Bhattacharjee

15. ICICI Lombard has partnered with ___________ for automating audits of service calls.

A) Google

B) Yahoo

C) Wipro

D) Microsoft

16. How many items have been added in the ‘2nd Positive Indigenization List’ released by the Ministry of Defense?

A) 108

B) 106

C) 104

D) 102

17. Who has won the WHO-Director General Special Award for Efforts In Tobacco Control?

A) Narendra Modi

B) Tedros Adhanom

C) Harsh Vardhan

D) Greta Thunbergh

18. ICICI Lombard has partnered with ___________ for automating audits of service calls.

A) Google

B) Yahoo

C) Wipro

D) Microsoft

19. How many items have been added in the ‘2nd Positive Indigenization List’ released by the Ministry of Defense?

A) 108

B ) 106

C) 104

D) 102

20. Who has won the WHO-Director General Special Award for Efforts In Tobacco Control?

A) Narendra Modi

B) Tedros Adhanom

C) Harsh Vardhan

D) Greta Thunbergh

ANSWERS

Every year the International World Bicycle Day is observed on June 03 draw attention to the benefits of using the bicycle.

A new AI-driven platform called ‘XraySetu’ has been developed to help in the early detection of COVID 19, with the help of Chest X-ray. The solution will be beneficial for early detection especially in rural areas, where RT-PCR tests and CT-Scans are not easily available. XraySetu will operate through WhatsApp. It will identify COVID-positive patients even from low-resolution Chest X-Ray images sent over Whatsapp-based Chatbot.

The Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has named Paresh B Lal as the Grievance Officer for India

The Indian Broadcasting Foundation(IBF)[renamed as Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF)] has appointed Justice (Retd.) Vikramjit Sen as the Chairman of the newly formed Digital Media Content Regulatory Council (DMCRC).

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.

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

The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, in Punjab, has developed a first-of-its-kind Internet of Things (IoT) device named ‘AmbiTag’ which can record real-time ambient temperature during the transportation of perishable products such as vaccines, body organs, and blood.

The 2021 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships was held from 24 to 31 May 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Indian heavyweight boxer Sanjeet Kumar defeated Olympic silver-medallist Vassiliy Levit of Kazakhstan, in the 91kg final to win gold medal at the tournament.

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

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

The former Supreme Court Judge Justice Arun Mishra has been sworn in as the new Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India.

Vice-Admiral Ravneet Singh has assumed the charge of Deputy Chief of Naval Staff. He will succeed Vice Admiral MS Pawar who retired on 31st May.

Sun Pharma has acquired trademarks and patient licenses for AstraZeneca’s Dapagliflozin. The drug is used in the treatment of Diabetes.

Subrata Bhattacharjee has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Chile. He is currently serving as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Serbia.

ICICI Lombard has partnered with Microsoft for automating audits of service calls. Microsoft’s Azure Speech Services and Natural Language Processing will be used for the screening of the service calls made daily by ICICI Lombard.

A total of 108 items have been added in the ‘2nd Positive Indigenization List’ released by the Ministry of Defense. The list was proposed by the Department of Military Affairs and was approved by the Union Minister of Defense, Shri Rajnath Singh.

Harsh Vardhan has won the WHO Director-General Special Award for efforts in Tobacco Control. He was conferred with the award for banning E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products.

The government of India has recently imposed restrictions on the export of Amphotericin-B injections. These injections are used in the treatment of Mucormycosis (Black Fungus).

Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO) has become the 1st Standards Organization to join ‘One Nation, One Standard’ scheme. RDSO is governed by the Ministry of Railways. It sets standards for the Indian Railways.

Brazil will host the 2021 Copa America tournament. It has been scheduled from 13th June to 10th July, 2021.