DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 1 JUNE 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
MADHAVAN BECOMES GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR LEPRA INDIA
i. Bollywood
Actor R Madhavan has become the goodwill ambassador of LEPRA India organization
that fight against diseases like leprosy and tuberculosis.
ii. LEPRA
India is a non-government organisation working in the fields of leprosy, malaria,tuberculosis,
HIV or AIDS and community health.
iii. LEPRA
Society works with the Central & State Government in various disease
control programme.
2. CEAT
CRICKET AWARDS 2016 ANNOUNCED
i. CEAT
Cricket Awards 2016 were conferred on the players in Mumbai.
Some of the recipients of awards:
a. Former India
captain Dilip Vengsarkar was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
b. England
batsman Joe Root was named as the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year
c. India’s test
captain Virat Kohli was named CEAT T20 Player of the Year.
d. International
Batsman of the Year – Joe Root
e. International
Bowler of the Year – Ravichandran Ashwin
f.
ODI Cricketer of the Year – Martin Guptill
g. T20 Player
of the Year – Virat Kohli
h. Indian
Cricketer of the Year – Rohit Sharma
i.
Test Cricketer of the Year – Kane Williamson
3. AR
RAHMAN CONFERRED WITH JAPAN'S FUKUOKA PRIZE 2016
i. Indian
music composer AR Rahman was honored with the Japan's Fukuoka prize 2016.
ii. The
award is given for his outstanding contribution towards creating, preserving
and showcasing South Asian traditional fusion music.
iii. In 2015
noted Indian Historian Ramchandra Guha was conferred with Fukuoka Prize in
academic category.
4. WORLD
NO TOBACCO DAY 2016 OBSERVED ON 31ST MAY
i. 31 May is
observed as World No Tobacco Day
ii. The
World Health Organisation called countries to get ready for plain packaging of
tobacco products.
5.
ADMIRAL SUNIL LANBA TAKES CHARGE AS 21ST NAVY CHIEF
i. Admiral
Sunil Lanba appointed as new navy chief.
ii. He will
replace Admiral RK Dhowan.
iii. Earleir
he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command at Kochi.
6.
GURPREET SINGH SANDHU BECOMES FIRST INDIAN TO PLAY IN TIPPELIGAEN
i. National football team goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu became
the first Indian to play top-tier European football league match.
ii. He played for Norwegian side Stabaek FC in Norwegian Premier
League (Tippeligaen) .
iii. He played his first Tippeligaen (Norwegian Premier League)
for Stabaek FC.
iv. Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association
football clubs.
7. ALASTAIR COOK BECOMES YOUNGEST CRICKETER TO SCORE 10000 TEST
RUNS
i. England cricket captain Alastair Cook became youngest Cricketer
to score 10000 test runs.
ii. He made the record on the fourth day of the second test
against Sri Lanka.
iii. The previous record was held by Indian legend Sachin
Tendulkar who reached the landmark score against Pakistan at Eden Gardens in
2005.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK
QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. LEPRA
INDIA ORGANIZATION IS WORKING FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE?
a. Finance
and Banking
b. Pollution
and environment
c. Leprosy,
Malaria, Tuberculosis, HIV and Community Health
d. All of
the above
2. WHO
HAS BECOME “GOODWILL AMBASSADOR” FOR LEPRA INDIA?
a.
R.Madhavan
b. Amitabh
Bacchan
c. Nana
Patekar
d. Rajani
Kanth
3. ‘JOE
ROOT’ HAS RECEIVED “INTERNATIONAL BATSMAN OF THE YEAR” AWARD BY CEAT?
a. Australia
b. England
c. New
Zealand
d. Holland
4. WHO IS
AWARDED AS THE “INDIA CRICKETER OF THE YEAR,2016” BY CEAT?
a. Virat
Kohli
b. Ishan
Sharma
c. Rohit
Sharma
d. Ashish
Nehra
5. “JAPAN’S
FUKUOKA PRIZE 2016” HAS BEEN GIVEN TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PERSON?
a. Amitabh
Bacchan
b. Narendra
Modi
c.
Ramachandra Guha
d. AR Rehman
6. ON 31ST
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DAY IS BEING OBSERVED?
a. No
Smoking Day
b. No Liquor
Consumption Day
c. No
Tobacco Day
d. National
Health Day
7. “TIPPELIGAEN”
IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH GAME?
a. Squash
b. Football
c. Hockey
d. Cricket
8. WHO
BECOMES 1ST INDIAN TO PLAY IN TIPPELIGAEN?
a. Gurpreet
Kaur
b. Gurmeet
Singh Sandhu
c. Gurpreet
Singh Sandhu
d. None of
these
9. THE
FAMOUS PLAYER “ALASTAIR COOK” FROM ENGLAND BELONGS TO WHICH GAME?
a. Cricket
b. Football
c. Hockey
d. Tennis
10. WHO
TOOK CHARGE AS A 21ST NAVY CHIEF?
a. RK Dhowan
b. Anil
Lanba
c. BK Dhowan
d. Sunil
Lanba
ANSWERS:
1.C 2.
A 3. B 4.
C 5. D 6.
C 7. B 8.
C 9. A 10.
D
