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GK & Current Affairs Quiz: June 10, 2017 First Published: June 10, 2017 | Last
Updated:June 11, 2017 1. Which Indian sportsperson has featured in the 2017
Forbes list of world’s highest paid atheltes? [A] Virat Kohli [B] Sania Mirza [C] M S
Dhoni [D] Leander Paes Hide Answer Correct Answer: A [Virat Kohli] Answer
Explanation: Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli is the sole sportsperson from
India to feature among the world’s 100 highest paid athletes in the 2017 Forbes list.
Kohli has been ranked 89th on the 2017 Forbes list with a total pay of $22 million
that includes $3 million from salary and winnings and another $19 million from en-
dorsements. The list is topped by soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, followed by Ameri-
can basketball star LeBron James, Argentine football player Lionel Messi and Swiss
Tennis star Roger Federer. 2. NITI Aayog has launched SATH program for coopera-
tive federalism. What does ‘SATH’ stands for? [A] Sustainable Action for Transact
Human capital [B] Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital [C] Sustainable
Action for Trance Human capital [D] Sustainable Action for Trace Human capital
Hide Answer Correct Answer: B [Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital]
Answer Explanation: NITI Aayog has launched a program ‘Sustainable Action for
Transforming Human capital (SATH)’ with the State Governments for cooperative
federalism. The vision of the program is to initiate transformation in the education and
health sectors. The aim of SATH is to identify and build three future ‘role model’
states for health systems. NITI will work in close collaboration with their state ma-
chinery to design a robust roadmap of intervention, develop a program governance
structure, set up monitoring and tracking mechanisms, hand-hold state institutions
through the execution stage and provide support on a range of institutional measures
to achieve the end objectives. The program will be implemented by NITI along with
McKinsey & Company and IPE Global consortium, who were selected through a
competitive bidding process. Of the five shortlisted states three will be selected on the
basis of further evaluations. The program will be launched in the three selected states
after the signing of MoUs. 3. Which Indian mountaineer has been honoured by Nepal
Government for scaling Mt. Everest for a record six times? [A] Premlata Agarwal [B]
Arunima Sinha [C] Love Raj Singh Dharmashaktu [D] Anshu Jamsenpa Hide Answer
Correct Answer: C [Love Raj Singh Dharmashaktu] Answer Explanation: Love Raj
Singh Dharmashaktu, an Indian mountaineer, has been honoured by Adventure Sports
Tourism Society in Lalitpur Metropolitan City near Kathmandu, Nepal on June 9,
2017. He was appointed Tourism Ambassador of Nepal to north India. Recently,
Dharmashaktu has become the first Indian mountaineer to conquer the world’s highest
peak Mount Everest for a record sixth time on May 27, 2017. He works as an
assistant commandant with the Border Security Force (BSF) in Dehradun. He first
summited Everest in 1998 and followed it with up with successive ascents in 2006,
2009, 2012 and 2013. He hails from Bona village of Munsiyari in the Kumaon region
of Uttarakhand. 4. Who has become the first Sri Lankan cricketer to be inducted into
ICC Hall of Frame? [A] Mahela Jayawardene [B] Sanath Jayasuriya [C] Kumar
Sangakkara [D] Muttiah Muralidaran Hide Answer Correct Answer: D [Muttiah
Muralidaran] Answer Explanation: Muttiah Muralidaran, the most successful bowler in
Tests and One Day Internationals, has been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of
Fame in London on Thursday. He was honoured during the innings break of the India
versus Sri Lanka ICC Champions Trophy match at The Oval in London on June 8,
2017. With this, he became the first player from Sri Lanka and the 83rd overall to be
inducted into the Hall of Fame when ICC CEO Dave Richardson presented him with
a commemorative framed cap. 5. The first-ever Indian Railways Human Resources
Round Table Conference has started in which city? [A] New Delhi [B] Chennai [C]
Pune [D] Kochi Hide Answer Correct Answer: A [New Delhi] Answer Explanation:
The Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has inaugurated the first-