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GK & Current Affairs Quiz: June 6, 2017 First Published: June 6, 2017 | Last
Updated:June 6, 2017 1. The first-ever United Nations Oceans Conference has started in
which country? [A] France [B] United States [C] Germany [D] United Kingdom Hide
Answer Correct Answer: B [United States] Answer Explanation: The United Nations is
hosting its first-ever World Oceans Conference at the UN Headquarters in New York,
United States from June 5, 2017. The 5-day conference is co-hosted by the Governments
of Fiji and Sweden with theme “Our oceans, our future: partnering for the implementation
of Sustainable Development Goal 14”. The purpose of the conference is to find solutions
to some of the toughest problems facing the oceans — that includes coral bleaching,
plastic pollution, overfishing and rising sea levels. It also includes measures to protect
coastal and blue carbon ecosystems such as mangroves, tidal marshes, seagrass, and
coral reefs, and wider interconnected ecosystems, as well as enhancing sustainable
fisheries management, including to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible at least
to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield. 2. India’s first-ever Rural LED
Street Lighting Project will be set up in which state? [A] Andhra Pradesh [B] Kerala [C]
Uttar Pradesh [D] Assam Hide Answer Correct Answer: A [Andhra Pradesh] Answer
Explanation: India’s first-ever Rural LED Street Lighting Project will be implemented by
the Government of India (GoI) in Andhra Pradesh (AP). The Energy Efficiency Services
Limited (EESL) under the Ministry of Power will retrofit10 lakh conventional street lights
with LED lights in Gram Panchayats of 7 districts in AP. This is the first project for rural
LED street lighting in the country under the GoI’s Street Lighting National Project
(SLNP). In the first phase, the replacement will be undertaken in gram panchayats of the
districts of Guntur, Prakasham, Nellore, Kurnool, Kadapa, Ananthapur and Chittoor. This
replacement drive in rural areas will help the gram panchayats to cumulatively save ap-
proximately 147 million units of electricity annually and lead to reduction of 12 crore
tonnes of CO2. The entire upfront capital cost of this project is being funded by French
Development Agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD). 3. India has signed
how much amount of loan agreement with the World Bank for the project “Assam Citizen
Centric Service Delivery”? [A] $39.5 million [B] $39.7 million [C] $39.2 million [D]
$39.4 million Hide Answer Correct Answer: C [$39.2 million] Answer Explanation: India
has signed a $39.2 million loan agreement with the World Bank (WB) for the ‘citizen-
centric service delivery’ project in Assam. The programme size is $49 million, of which
$39.2 million will be financed by the World Bank and the remaining amount will be funded
out of state budget. The programme duration is 5 years. The purpose of the project is to
improve access in the delivery of selected public services in Assam. The Project seeks to
enable citizens to access services under the RTPS Act in a timely, efficient, and account-
able manner. The Project adopts an integrated approach to improve access and account-
ability. 4. Which IIT institute is hosting the 5th International Convention of Spic Macay?
[A] IIT Guwahati [B] IIT Madras [C] IIT Bombay [D] IIT Delhi Hide Answer Correct
Answer: D [IIT Delhi] Answer Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugu-
rated the 5th international conference of Spic Macay on June 5, 2017 at the Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi via video conferencing. The 7-day conference coin-
cides with the 40th year of inception of SPIC MACAY. Every year Spic Macay organizes
an International Convention to expose the youth from across the world to the rich and
multi-hued culture of India. It is the Society for the promotion of Indian classical music
and culture amongst youth. 5. Who has appointed the new Director General (DG) of
National Water Development Agency (NWDA)? [A] Sharad Jain [B] S. Masood Husain
[C] Usha Gupta [D] Kirti Kumar Hide Answer Correct Answer: A [Sharad Jain] Answer
Explanation: Dr. Sharad Kumar Jain has assumed the additional charge of Director
General (DG) of National Water Development Agency (NWDA) under Ministry of Water
Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. Presently, he is working as