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GK & Current Affairs Quiz: June 3, 2017 First Published: June 4, 2017 | Last
Updated:June 4, 2017 1. Who will become the new Prime Minister of Ireland?
[A] Leo Varadkar [B] Brian Cowen [C] Mary McAleese [D] Enda Kenny Hide
Answer Correct Answer: A [Leo Varadkar] Answer Explanation: Leo Varadkar,
the leader of the Fine Gael Party, will become the new Prime Minister of Ireland
after defeating his rival Simon Coveney with 60% of votes. Varadkar will be-
come the first gay Prime Minister and will also be the country’s youngest ever
leader. He will succeed Taoiseach Enda Kenny as leader of the centre-right party
in June 2017. 2. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Prasar Bharti? [A]
CK Prasad [B] Shashi Shekhar Vempati [C] Rajeev Singh [D] S C Panda Hide
Answer Correct Answer: B [Shashi Shekhar Vempati] Answer Explanation:
Shashi Shekhar Vempati, a former principal architect of Infosys Technologies,
has been appointed the new chief executive officer (CEO) of public broadcaster
Prasar Bharati for a period of five years. Currently, Vempati is a part-time
member of the Prasar Bharati Board. The appointment comes 7 months after the
last Jawhar Sircar resigned from the post. He will succeed Rajeev Singh, mem-
ber (finance) of the board, who was serving as the interim CEO after S C Panda
retired in 2017. 3. What is the India’s rank in the 2017 global Multi-dimensional
Poverty Index (MPI)? [A] 45th [B] 58th [C] 37th [D] 26th Hide Answer
Correct Answer: C [37th] Answer Explanation: India has been ranked 37th out
of 103 nations in the 2017 global Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI),
according to a new report by the Oxford Poverty & Human Development
Initiative. The OPHI is an economic research centre at the Oxford University, led
by Professor Sabina Alkire. The 2017 global MPI has covered 76% of the
world’s population, living in 103 countries. The index measures the nature and
intensity of poverty, based on the profile of overlapping deprivations each poor
person experiences. It aggregates these into meaningful indexes that can be used
to inform targeting and resource allocation and to design policies that tackle the
interlinked dimensions of poverty together. 4. Which committee has been formed
by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on corporate gover-
nance? [A] Uday Kotak committee [B] Naysa Modi committee [C] Tejas
Muthusamy committee [D] Saketh Sundar committee Hide Answer Correct
Answer: A [Uday Kotak committee] Answer Explanation: The Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has formed committee to improve standards of
corporate governance of listed companies. The committee under the chairman-
ship of Uday Kotak, chief of Kotak Mahindra Bank, will submit the report within
a period of 4 months. The committee would make recommendations to SEBI on
ensuring independence in spirit of independent directors and their active partici-
pation in functioning of the company and steps for improving safeguards and
disclosures pertaining to related party transactions. Besides, the panel would
suggest measures for addressing issues faced by investors on voting and partici-
pation in general meetings and ways for improving effectiveness of board evalua-
tion practices. 5. Which Indian-American student has won the 90th Scripps
Naional Spelling Bee competition? [A] Sreeniketh Vogoti [B] Ananya Vinay [C]
Rohan Sachdev [D] Shourav Dasari Hide Answer Correct Answer: B [Ananya
Vinay] Answer Explanation: Ananya Vinay (12), the 6th-grader from California,
has won the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee competition by successfully
spelling “marocain” in the final round at the Gaylord National Resort & Conven-
tion Center in National Harbor, Maryland on June 1, 2017. She won $40,000 in
cash among other prizes. Ananya is the 13th consecutive Indian-American to win
the bee and the 18th of the past 22 winners with Indian heritage, a run that began
in 1999 with Nupur Lala’s victory. 6. Which film will represent India at the 52nd