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current-affairs 2017
Ques. : 1 Who among the following has been appointed as the new Power secretary?
1) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
2) P K Pujari
3) Ravi Kant
4) Anand Kumar
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
Ques. : 2 Which movie won the best action movie award at the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF)?
1) Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
2) Sultan
3) Wonder Woman
4) Raees
5) Power Rangers
Answer:- 2) Sultan
Ques. : 3 Who has been appointed as ICC Deputy Chairman?
1) Anurag Thakur
2) Shashank Manohar
3) Imran Khawaja
4) David Richardson
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Imran Khawaja
Ques. : 4 With which country India signed an MoU for cooperation in Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy?
1) Bhutan
2) Myanmar
3) Australia
4) Sri Lanka
5) Bangladesh
Answer:- 4) Sri Lanka
Ques. : 5 ___________ has been appointed as the new Secretary of Department of Consumer Affairs.
1) Avinash Kumar Srivastava
2) Yudhvir Singh Malik
3) Rajeev Kapoor
4) Aruna Sundararajan
5) Subhash C Garg
Answer:- 1) Avinash Kumar Srivastava
Ques. : 6 Which city become the country’s first cities to deliver Diesel at home?
1) Ahmedabad
2) Jaipur
3) Bengaluru
4) Mumbai
5) Hyderabad
Answer:- 3) Bengaluru
Ques. : 7 Which Indian anti-hunger activist honoured by Queen Elizabeth II?
1) Unnikrishnan Velayudhan Pilla
2) Rajiv Khanna
3) Parveen Kumar
4) Lord Kumar Bhattacharyyaa
5) Ankit Kawatra
Answer:- 5) Ankit Kawatra
Ques. : 8 Recently NITI-Aayog has chosen the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad for hosting the Atal Incubation Centre with how much amount for biotechnology start-ups?
1) 5-crore
2) 15-crore
3) 20-crore
4) 10-crore
5) 7-crore
Answer:- 4) 10-crore
Ques. : 9 According to the “2017 World Population Prospectus: The Revision” released by the United Nations, which country will become more populous country by 2024?
1) China
2) India
3) Indonesia
4) Brazil
5) Bangladesh
Answer:- 2) India
Ques. : 10 Which Bank bagged nine Skoch Awards, including the Best Bank in Public Sector, awarded by Skoch Group at Mumbai?
1) Indian Overseas Bank
2) Punjab National Bank
3) Vijaya Bank
4) Corporation Bank
5) Dena Bank
Answer:- 3) Vijaya Bank
Ques. : 11 The Union Cabinet recently gave its nod to the signing of MoU between India and Armenia on cooperation on youth matters. The capital city of Armenia is
1) Yerevan
2) Quito
3) Tallinn
4) Bujumbura
5) Khartoum
Answer:- 1) Yerevan
Ques. : 12 Ajit Vinayak Gupte has been named India’s next Ambassador to
1) Finland
2) Norway
3) Denmark
4) Sweden
5) Chile
Answer:- 3) Denmark
Ques. : 13 A raging forest fires in which of the following countries killed at least 62 people and injured scores of others recently? The capital of the country is Lisbon.
1) Spain
2) Canada
3) Poland
4) Netherlands
5) Portugal
Answer:- 5) Portugal
Ques. :1 4 The ICC World Twenty20 Championship's seventh edition is all set to be scrapped. The championship was scheduled in
1) 2017
2) 2018
3) 2019
4) 2020
5) 2021
Answer:- 2) 2018
Ques. : 15 The RBI recently directed which of the following banks to initiate insolvency proceedings for Lanco Infratech under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)?
1) Federal Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) IDFC Bank
4) IDBI Bank
5) Indian Bank
Answer:- 4) IDBI Bank
Ques. : 16 Mukesh Ambani-led RIL along with which company is going to work in India’s energy downstream business in both unconventional and unconventional fuel?
1) BP Plc
2) Saudi Aramco
3) Rosneft
4) ExxonMobil
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) BP Plc
Ques. : 17 Which state govt has inaugurated a medical devices park in Medak district what it claims to be the country’s biggest facility?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Karnataka
3) Telangana
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Odisha
Answer:- 3) Telangana
Ques. : 18 The term “Sagar Samrat” is associated with which of the following?
1) Aircraft Carrier
2) Submarine
3) Manmade Island
4) Fishing area
5) Oil exploration platform
Answer:- 5) Oil exploration platform
Ques. : 19 The Union Cabinet has approved the extension of the interest subvention scheme for farmers to 2017-18. The ISS will be implemented by
1) SIDBI
2) NABARD
3) RBI
4) SBI
5) NHB
Answer:- 2) NABARD
Ques. : 20 According to a circular issued by the Reserve Bank of India on 1 Jul 2014, the maximum validity of pre-paid gift instruments is
1) five years
2) one years
3) two years
4) three years
5) four years
Answer:- 4) three years
Ques. : 21 Helmut Kohl passed away recently. He is remembered for reuniting which of the following countries?
1) France
2) Spain
3) Germany
4) Sweden
5) UK
Answer:- 3) Germany
Ques. : 22 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Portugal along with his upcoming visit to the US. The capital city of Portugal is
1) Amsterdam
2) Lisbon
3) Warsaw
4) Nuuk
5) Edinburgh
Answer:- 2) Lisbon
Ques. : 23 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Kochi Metro in Kerala recently. Who among the following is the present governor of Kerala?
1) Kiran Bedi
2) Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
3) P Sathasivam
4) C Vidyasagar Rao
5) ESL Narasimhan
Answer:- 3) P Sathasivam
Ques. : 24 Which country recently ratified automatic exchange of information (AEOI) sharing with India and 40 other countries and will share the first set of information in 2019?
1) Mauritius
2) Singapore
3) Panama
4) US
5) Switzerland
Answer:- 5) Switzerland
Ques. : 25 The Centre has made it mandatory to quote the Aadhaar number for opening bank accounts and for transactions exceeding
1) Rs 10,000
2) Rs 20,000
3) Rs 25,000
4) Rs 50,000
5) Rs 1 lakh
Answer:- 4) Rs 50,000
Ques. : 26 The RBI Deputy Governor SS Mundra recently said that public sector banks might require more than the budgeted capital infusion from the govt in the current financial year which is just
1) Rs 10,000 cr
2) Rs 12,000 cr
3) Rs 15,000 cr
4) Rs 18,000 cr
5) Rs 20,000 cr
Answer:- 1) Rs 10,000 cr
Ques. : 27 What is India’s ranking on the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2017 released by Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)?
1) 38th
2) 45th
3) 57th
4) 60th
5) 78th
Answer:- 4) 60th
Ques. : 28 The RBI has placed Central Bank of India under prompt corrective action (PCA). The headquarters of the Central Bank of India is located in
1) New Delhi
2) Kolkata
3) Mumbai
4) Chennai
5) Bengaluru
Answer:- 3) Mumbai
Ques. : 29 The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved USD 150-mn equity investment loan to the India Infrastructure Fund. The Chairman of AIIB is
1) Jim Yong Kim
2) Jin Liqun
3) Takehiko Nakao
4) KV Kamath
5) Ron Chernow
Answer:- 2) Jin Liqun
Ques. : 30 Which country recently successfully launched its first X-ray space telescope to study black holes? The 2.5-tonne Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) is named 'Insight.'
1) South Korea
2) France
3) US
4) Japan
5) China
Answer:- 5) China
Ques. : 31 Devendra Jhajharia has become the first paralympian to be recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. He is associated with
1) Discus Throw
2) Javelin Throw
3) Triple Jump
4) Pole Vault
5) Weightlifting
Answer:- 2) Javelin Throw
Ques. : 32 What is the new reverse repo rate under the LAF after the third bi-monthly policy review by the RBI?
1) 6.75 per cent
2) 6.50 per cent
3) 5.25 per cent
4) 5.50 per cent
5) 5.75 per cent
Answer:- 5) 5.75 per cent
Ques. : 33 The Congress leader and former Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Santosh Mohan Dev passed away recently. The Ministry is presently held by
1) Anant Geete
2) Kalraj Mishra
3) Narendra Singh Tomar
4) Ashok Gajapathi Raju
5) Jual Oram
Answer:- 1) Anant Geete
Ques. : 34 Peter O'Neill was recently re-elected as the Prime Minister of
1) Suriname
2) Trinidad and Tobago
3) Papua New Guinea
4) Fiji
5) South Sudan
Answer:- 3) Papua New Guinea
Ques. : 35 Who among the following has been appointed as the Secretary General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)?
1) Pankaj Patel
2) Sunil Kanoria
3) Naushad Forbes
4) Sanjaya Baru
5) Rakesh Bharti Mittal
Answer:- 4) Sanjaya Baru
Ques. : 36 The 10-member panel set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to study issues relating to data protection in the country is headed by
1) BN Srikrishna
2) Dalveer Bhandari
3) RV Raveendran
4) KG Balakrishnan
5) RM Lodha
Answer:- 1) BN Srikrishna
Ques. : 37 The World Bank allowed India to construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers recently. The headquarters of the World Bank is situated in
1) Paris
2) New York
3) Washington DC
4) London
5) Geneva
Answer:- 3) Washington DC
Ques. : 38 Who among the following led the six-member Indian delegation at the 7th Meeting of BRICS Trade Ministers held in Shanghai, China?
1) Sushma Swaraj
2) Arun Jaitley
3) Piyush Goyal
4) Venkaiah Naidu
5) Nirmala Sitharaman
Answer:- 5) Nirmala Sitharaman
Ques. : 39 The SEBI has set up a committee on ‘fair market conduct’ to suggest measures for improving surveillance of the markets and strengthen rules for trades which is headed by
1) Ajay Tyagi
2) TK Viswanathan
3) Arvind Mayaram
4) Rajiv Mehrishi
5) Ashok Lavasa
Answer:- 2) TK Viswanathan
Ques. : 40 India and Somalia signed a bilateral agreement for the transfer of sentenced persons recently. The capital city of Somalia is
1) Dodoma
2) Addis Ababa
3) Khartoum
4) Mogadishu
5) Juba
Answer:- 4) Mogadishu
Ques. : 41 What is the new marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate after the third bi-monthly monetary policy review by the RBI on 7 Aug 2017?
1) 6 per cent
2) 6.25 per cent
3) 6.50 per cent
4) 6.75 per cent
5) 7 per cent
Answer:- 2) 6.25 per cent
Ques. : 42 The High Court in which of the following states recently ordered to seize the powers of 11 Parliamentary secretaries appointed by the state govt?
1) Delhi
2) Goa
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Jharkhand
5) Odisha
Answer:- 3) Chhattisgarh
Ques. : 43 The govt sold 3.70 cr equity shares (4% stake) in Hindustan Copper at a floor price of Rs 64.75 apiece through a two-day OFS. Here, the term OFS stands for
1) Offer-For-Sale
2) Offer-For-Subscription
3) Offer-For-Surrender
4) Offer-For-Stock
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Offer-For-Sale
Ques. : 44 The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI, in its third bi-monthly monetary policy review, reduced the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points to
1) 5 per cent
2) 5.50 per cent
3) 5.75 per cent
4) 6 per cent
5) 6.25 per cent
Answer:- 4) 6 per cent
Ques. : 45 India and which country recently signed three contracts for constructing Units 5 and 6 for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu?
1) Canada
2) US
3) Japan
4) Germany
5) Russia
Answer:- 5) Russia
Ques. : 46 What is the theme of the World breastfeeding week 2017 (1 to 7 Aug 2017)?
1) Healthy Mother, Healthy Child
2) Breastfeeding for Better Childhood
3) Nourishing Children Together
4) Sustaining Breastfeeding Together
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Sustaining Breastfeeding Together
Ques. : 47 CP Gurnani was re-appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of which of the following leading IT firms recently?
1) TCS
2) Tech Mahindra
3) HCL
4) Infosys
5) Wipro
Answer:- 2) Tech Mahindra
Ques. : 48 What is the currency of Djibouti?
1) Franc
2) Pound
3) Dollar
4) Peso
5) Rand
Answer:- 1) Franc
Ques. : 49 Ustad Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar passed away recently. He was a classical vocalist and one of the leading exponents of
1) Hindustani music tradition
2) Carnatic music tradition
3) Dhrupad music tradition
4) Vaidic music tradition
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Dhrupad music tradition
Ques. : 50 The Aadi Perukku festival was celebrated in which of the following states recently? It is the thanksgiving festival to rivers.
1) Karnataka
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Telangana
4) Kerala
5) Tamil Nadu
Answer:- 5) Tamil Nadu
Ques. : 51 The Indian women's basketball team defeated which of the following teams to win Division B of the FIBA Asia Cup 2017 held in Bengaluru?
1) Kazakhstan
2) Lebanon
3) New Zealand
4) Philippines
5) Jordan
Answer:- 1) Kazakhstan
Ques. : 52 India's foreign exchange reserves recently touched a new record high of USD 391.33 bn. Which of the following is NOT a component of India’s foreign exchange reserves?
1) Foreign Currency Assets (FCAs)
2) India's reserve position with the IMF
3) Special Drawing Rights with the IMF 4) Gold reserves
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these
Ques. : 53 Which of the following insurers is all set to take over Sahara India Life Insurance with effect from Jul 31, 2017?
1) Bajaj Allianz
2) SBI Life
3) ICICI Prudential
4) IDBI Federal
5) HDFC Life
Answer:- 3) ICICI Prudential
Ques. : 54 South Korea will deploy four additional units of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) anti-missile defence system which are being offered from
1) Japan
2) US
3) Russia
4) Sweden
5) UK
Answer:- 2) US
Ques. : 55 Who among the following is the present Governor of Maharashtra with the additional charge of Tamil Nadu?
1) Keshari Nath Tripathi
2) Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir
3) Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
4) C Vidyasagar Rao
5) ESL Narasimhan
Answer:- 4) C Vidyasagar Rao
Ques. : 56 The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) has said that search for new uranium deposits in the country would be intensified. The present Chairman of AEC is
1) Sekhar Basu
2) Shashi Shanker
3) Gurdeep Singh
4) KN Vyas
5) T Suvarna Raju
Answer:- 1) Sekhar Basu
Ques. : 57 India is the world's third-biggest exporter of beef according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the OECD. The world’s biggest exporter of beef is
1) Australia
2) US
3) Brazil
4) China
5) Malaysia
Answer:- 3) Brazil
Ques. : 58 Twenty-nine Indian cities and towns fall under “severe” to “very severe” seismic zones, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). Which of the following is NOT one of them?
1) Shimla
2) Puducherry
3) Kohima 4) Patna
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these
Ques. : 59 India and which of the following countries are pushing for the development of the Asia Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC), an alternative to China’s OBOR?
1) South Korea
2) Japan
3) US
4) Australia
5) South Africa
Answer:- 2) Japan
Ques. : 60 Four payments bank have been launched so far in India. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
1) India Post Payments Bank
2) Paytm Payments Bank
3) Airtel Payment Bank
4) Fino Payments Bank
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these
Ques. : 61 The IBBI, in the seven months since the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) became operational, has started resolution process for 200 companies. The term IBBI means
1) Insolvency and Bundling Board of India 2) Insolvency and Binding Board of India
3) Insolvency and Borrowing Board of India 4) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
Ques. : 62 PM Narendra Modi, in his recent Mann Ki Baat programme, called for launching a mega campaign from 9 Aug to be fulfilled by 2022. The campaign is
1) Sankalp Se Siddhi
2) Clean and Corruption free India
3) Swaraj Se Suraj
4) Self Employment Best Employment
5) Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas
Answer:- 1) Sankalp Se Siddhi
Ques. : 63 Who among the following is the present chairman of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)?
1) Ramesh Abhishek
2) Ashok Lavasa
3) MS Sahoo
4) Rajeev Rishi
5) M Balachandran
Answer:- 3) MS Sahoo
Ques. : 64 Ravi Mittal has been appointed as a part-time member of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) board. The headquarters of IRDAI is located in
1) Chennai
2) Hyderabad
3) Bengaluru
4) Lucknow
5) Mumbai
Answer:- 2) Hyderabad
Ques. : 65 The govt has ordered oil companies to raise subsidised cooking gas (LPG) prices by ____ per cylinder every month to eliminate all the subsidies by Mar 2018.
1) Rs 02
2) Rs 04
3) Rs 06
4) Rs 08
5) Rs 10
Answer:- 2) Rs 04
Ques. : 66 ________ is issued by registered foreign portfolio investors to overseas players who wish to be a part of the Indian stock markets without registering themselves directly.
1) Hundi
2) Bankers’ cheque
3) P-note
4) Commercial Paper
5) Assignment
Answer:- 3) P-note
Ques. : 67 The two-day conclave of tax officers entitled ‘Rajaswa Gyansangam’ will be held soon (Sep 1 and 2) in
1) Mumbai
2) Chandigarh
3) Hyderabad
4) New Delhi
5) Gurugram
Answer:- 4) New Delhi
Ques. :6 8 Which of the following banks recently introduced a two-tier interest rate structure - an interest rate of 3.5% p.a. on balance up to Rs 1 cr and 4% on above Rs 1 cr?
1) Axis Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) ICICI Bank
4) PNB
5) SBI
Answer:- 5) SBI
Ques. : 69 The RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 10 mn on Union Bank of India for non-compliance with Know Your Customer (KYC) norms. The UBI is headquartered at
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Bengaluru
4) Chennai
5) Hyderabad
Answer:- 1) Mumbai
Ques. : 70 Who among the following is the Minister for Steel in the present Union Cabinet? He has said that first time India has become a net export country in Steel.
1) Radha Mohan Singh
2) Chaudhary Birender Singh
3) Rao Inderjit Singh
4) Jual Oram
5) Narendra Singh Tomar
Answer:- 2) Chaudhary Birender Singh
Ques. : 71 The FRBM committee recommendations are under consideration by the Union Finance Ministry. The term FRBM stands for
1) Fiscal Reporting and Budget Management
2) Fiscal Restructuring and Budget Management
3) Fiscal Reorientation and Budget Management
4) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
Ques. : 72 Who among the following won the women’s singles title of the US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton recently?
1) Michelle Li
2) Aya Ohori
3) Nozomi Okuhara
4) Li Xuerui
5) Yu Yang
Answer:- 2) Aya Ohori
Ques. : 73 The 18th Anniversary of ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’ was observed recently on
1) 12 Jul
2) 16 Jul
3) 19 Jul
4) 22 Jul
5) 26 Jul
Answer:- 5) 26 Jul
Ques. : 74 The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has started full-fledged merchant banking operations to benefit MSMEs. The SIDBI is headquartered at
1) Lucknow
2) Chennai
3) Hyderabad
4) Mumbai
5) New Delhi
Answer:- 1) Lucknow
Ques. : 75 The Reliance Defence and Engineering Limited (RDEL) launched ‘Shachi’ and ‘Shruti’ recently which the two naval
1) Anti-submarine Vessel
2) Minesweeper
3) Offshore Patrol Vessels
4) Fast Attack Craft
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Offshore Patrol Vessels
Ques. : 76 Ajay Kanwal has been appointment as the new CEO of which of the following Payments/Small Finance Banks?
1) Janalakshmi
2) Paytm
3) Airtel
4) M-Pesa
5) Disha Microfin
Answer:- 1) Janalakshmi
Ques. : 77 As announced by the International Boxing Association (AIBA), which country will host the first Men’s World Championship in 2021?
1) Russia
2) Japan
3) China
4) Malaysia
5) India
Answer:- 5) India
Ques. : 78 The Jasper InfoTech has sold Freecharge to which of the following banks in about $60 mn?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) YES Bank
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank
Answer:- 3) Axis Bank
Ques. : 79 Which of the following countries has announced to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2040 in an attempt to reduce air pollution?
1) India
2) UK
3) US
4) China
5) Japan
Answer:- 2) UK
Ques. : 80 PM Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the former President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s memorial at Pei Karumbu in Rameswaram in
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Telangana
Answer:- 4) Tamil Nadu
Ques. : 81. Who among the following will head the 10-member committee constituted by Government of India to recommend a framework for securing personal data in the increasingly digitised economy?
a. Justice CN Srikrishna
b. Justice BN Srikrishna
c. Justice PN Srikrishna
d. Justice MN Srikrishna
Ans.-b. Justice BN Srikrishna
Ques. : 82. The government launched a portal, e-RaKAM, to provide a platform to sell
a. agricultural produce
b. machinery & tools
c. online services
d. other than the above
Ans.-a. agricultural produce
Ques. : 83. Who among the following has been elected as the interim Prime Minister of Pakistan?
a. Shahid Kazaan Abbasi
b. Shahid Khalid Abbasi
c. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
d. Shahid Khurab Abbasi
Ans.-a. Shahid Kazaan Abbasi
Ques. : 84. China has formally opened its first overseas military base in
a. Elliore
b. Djibouti
c. Forvik
d. Icaria
Ans.-b. Djibouti
Ques. : 85. In the latest ICC Test Rankings, which bowler is at the top position?
a. Ravindra Jadeja
b. Shakib Al Hasan
c. James Anderson
d. Kane Williamson
Ans.-a. Ravindra Jadeja
Ques. : 86. Whom did Mukesh Ambai replace to be the second richest person of Asia?
a. Lu Ka-shing
b. Li Ku-shing
c. Li Ka-shing
d. La Ka-shing
Ans.-a. Lu Ka-shing
Ques. : 87. Which of the following banks did not get RBI's approval to offer Bharat Bill Payment System's services to its customers?
a. Bank of Baroda
b. Indian Overseas Bank
c. Bank of India
d. Union Bank of India
Ans.-c. Bank of India
Ques. : 88. eBay India has been merged into
a. Jabong
b. Amazon
c. FlipKart
d. Walmart
Ans.-c. FlipKart
Ques. : 89. Airtel Payments Bank has tied up with__________ for enabling all its petrol stations that are typically cash surplus to be used as ATM points for customers of the bank.
a. ONGC
b. Bharat Petroleum
c. Indian Oil Corporation
d. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
Ans.-d. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
Ques. : 90. Which of the following Indian women cricket players, who was a part of Indian Women World Cup Team, was felicitated by the Indian Air Force?
a. Shikha Pandey
b. Poonam Raut
c. Mansi Joshi
d. Poonam Yadav
Ans.-a. Shikha Pandey
Ques. : 91 The Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba visited Tanzania recently. The capital city of Tanzania is
1) Dodoma
2) Maputo
3) Tirana
4) Luanda
5) Yerevan
Answer:- 1) Dodoma
Ques. : 92 The fiscal responsibility and budget management (FRBM) committee had recommended a fiscal deficit target of what per cent of gross domestic product by fiscal year 2022-23?
1) 0.8 per cent
2) 1.2 per cent
3) 1.5 per cent
4) 2.2 per cent
5) 2.5 per cent
Answer:- 5) 2.5 per cent
Ques. : 93 The central govt had constituted a high-level committee to examine “desirability and feasibility” of having a new financial year. The Committee was headed by
1) Bibek Debroy
2) Jagdish Bhagwati
3) Shankar Acharya
4) Amitabh Kant
5) Arvind Panagariya
Answer:- 3) Shankar Acharya
Ques. : 94 The Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan awardee Yash Pal passed away recently. He was a veteran
1) astrologer
2) scientist
3) classical singer
4) politician
5) agricultarist
Answer:- 2) scientist
Ques. : 95 Who among the following won the US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton recently?
1) Parupalli Kashyap
2) Ajay Jayaram
3) Kidambi Srikanth
4) HS Prannoy
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) HS Prannoy
Ques. : 96 Sachin Siwach clinched a gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas recently in the game of
1) boxing
2) wrestling
3) weightlifting
4) shooting
5) triple jump
Answer:- 1) boxing
Ques. : 97 Who among the following has been chosen as the captain of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 team by the International Cricket Council?
1) Ellyse Perry
2) Dane van Niekerk
3) Mithali Raj
4) Suzie Bates
5) Heather Knight
Answer:- 3) Mithali Raj
Ques. : 98 The UN has selected which of the following cities as the data hub for the Middle East North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region?
1) Riyadh
2) Manama
3) New Kuwait City
4) Doha
5) Dubai
Answer:- 5) Dubai
Ques. : 99 The world’s first floating wind farm was taken to the seas in which country recently?
1) Iceland
2) Scotland
3) Greenland
4) Poland
5) New Zealand
Answer:- 2) Scotland
Ques. : 100 The govt launched a mobile app named “Aarambh” recently which is aimed facilitating
1) pollution monitoring
2) weather forecasting
3) digitising govt work
4) road maintenance
5) linking Aadhar with all govt services
Answer:- 4) road maintenance
Ques. : 101 The SIMBEX is an acronym for ________-India Maritime Bilateral Exercises.
1) Singapore
2) Switzerland
3) South Korea
4) Seychelles
5) Sri Lanka
Answer:- 1) Singapore
Ques. : 102 ___________ has been presented with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2014.
1) HAL
2) OFB
3) ISRO
4) DRDO
5) L&T
Answer:- 3) ISRO
Ques. :10 3 The World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is observed every year on
1) 05 May
2) 11 May
3) 17 May
4) 27 May
5) 31 May
Answer:- 3) 17 May
Ques. : 104 Which of the following railway stations was found to be the cleanest among the 75 busiest stations in the country in a survey conducted recently by the Quality Council of India?
1) Varanasi
2) New Delhi
3) Jammu
4) Secunderabad
5) Visakhapatnam
Answer:- 5) Visakhapatnam
Ques. : 105 __________ has become the first private airline to get a licence to fly under UDAN, the govt scheme for subsidized regional flights.
1) Alliance Air
2) Turbo Megha Airways
3) Air Deccan
4) Spicejet
5) Air Odisha
Answer:- 2) Turbo Megha Airways
Ques. : 106 What is India’s position in the revised World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) rankings for 2014 and 2015?
1) 4th
2) 14th
3) 24th
4) 34th
5) 43th
Answer:- 3) 24th
Ques. : 107 The Federation Cup in India is associated with which of the following games?
1) Cricket
2) Tennis
3) Hockey
4) Golf
5) Football
Answer:- 5) Football
Ques. : 108 Who among the following is the present Chief Election Commissioner of India? He recently challenged the political parties to try and prove that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) can be tampered with.
1) Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
2) Achal Kumar Jyoti
3) VS Sampath
4) Harishankar Brahma
5) SY Quraishi
Answer:- 1) Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
Ques. : 109 India's foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 443.6 mn to USD 375.27 bn in the week ended 12 May. As per the RBI press release, the decline was mainly due to a dip in
1) India's reserve position
2) Foreign currency assets
3) Gold reserves
4) India's special drawing rights with the IMF
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Foreign currency assets
Ques. : 110 Hassan Rouhani was re-elected as the 12th President of which of the following countries after the recent presidential elections?
1) Iraq
2) Saudi Arabia
3) Kuwait
4) Iran
5) Yemen
Answer:- 4) Iran
Ques. : 111 India recently launched the process to export “Ujala” (light) to which country with affordable Made in India LED bulbs?
1) UK
2) Japan
3) Mongolia
4) Indonesia
5) Malaysia
Answer:- 1) UK
Ques. :112 Anil Madhav Dave passed away recently. In present Union Cabinet, he was Minister of State for
1) Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
2) Labour and Employment
3) Environment, Forest and Climate Change 4) Health and Family Welfare
5) Overseas Indian Affairs
Answer:- 3) Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Ques. : 113 India's first Aquatic Rainbow Technology Park, an ultra modern exclusive facility for ornamental fish, is soon to come up in
1) Kochi
2) Kolkata
3) Bengaluru
4) Hyderabad
5) Chennai
Answer:- 5) Chennai
Ques. : 114 Who among the following is the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge) in the present Union Cabinet?
1) Mahesh Sharma
2) Bandaru Dattatreya
3) Nirmala Sitharaman
4) Jitendra Singh
5) Prakash Javadekar
Answer:- 2) Bandaru Dattatreya
Ques. : 115 The Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu recently announced a round-the-clock Doordarshan channel for which state?
1) Gujarat
2) Jammu and Kashmir
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Jharkhand
5) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer:- 4) Jharkhand
Ques. : 116 The two-day meeting of the goods and services tax (GST) Council to finalize tax rates was held recently in
1) Lucknow
2) Sri Nagar
3) Kolkata
4) Ranchi
5) Patna
Answer:- 2) Sri Nagar
Ques. : 117 The union cabinet recently approved construction of how many units of indigenous Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) of 700 MW each?
1) Two
2) Four
3) Six
4) Eight
5) Ten
Answer:- 5) Ten
Ques. :11 8 The Union cabinet has approved signing of an agreement with Tajikistan aimed at preventing customs offences. The capital city of Tajikistan is
1) Tashkent
2) Astana
3) Ashgabat
4) Dushanbe
5) Bishkek
Answer:- 4) Dushanbe
Ques. : 119 The CCEA has cleared the new coal linkage policy to ensure adequate supply of the fuel to power plants. Here, the term CCEA stands for
1) Cabinet Committee on External Affairs 2) Cabinet Committee on Establishment Affairs
3) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 4) Core Committee on External Affairs
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
Ques. : 120 Who among the following has topped the Forbes list of Global Game Changers list in 2017?
1) Mukesh Ambani
2) Ziv Aviram
3) Stewart Butterfield
4) Ratan Tata
5) Scott Farquhar
Answer:- 1) Mukesh Ambani
Ques. :12 1 Name the assured benefit plan launched by the LIC of India that offers cover up to the age of 100.
1) Jeevan Umang
2) Jeevan Taraang
3) Jeevan Tarun
4) Jeevan Sathi
5) Jeevan Akshay
Answer:- 1) Jeevan Umang
Ques. : 122 The tennis player Junn Mitsuhashi has been banned for life following an investigation into match-fixing. He belongs to
1) Thailand
2) South Korea
3) Philippines
4) Vietnam
5) Japan
Answer:- 5) Japan
Ques. : 123 Which state govt recently passed a Bill to appoint Olympics silver medal winning shuttler PV Sindhu as a Group-1 officer in the govt, by amending the state public services Act?
1) Telangana
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Kerala
5) Karnataka
Answer:- 3) Andhra Pradesh
Ques. : 124 _________ made the world record for the most Everest summits by a woman after scaling the world's tallest peak for the eighth time.
1) Melissa Arnot
2) Lhakpa Sherpa
3) Santosh Yadav
4) Arunima Sinha
5) Premlata Agarwal
Answer:- 2) Lhakpa Sherpa
Ques. : 125 India’s Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut became the first-ever pair to share a 300-run stand in an ODI as the duo shared a 320-run stand in South Africa recently against
1) England
2) South Africa
3) Australia
4) Ireland
5) West Indies
Answer:- 4) Ireland
Ques. : 126 Which space agency recently launched a communications satellite for Inmarsat, marking its first launch for the London-based mobile broadband company?
1) SpaceX
2) NASA
3) ISRO
4) JAXA
5) European Space Agency
Answer:- 1) SpaceX
Ques. : 127 NASA and ISRO have come together to inspect the excavation of the ‘oldest civilisation’ site being carried out in Fatehabad district of
1) Punjab
2) Rajasthan
3) Haryana
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Gujarat
Answer:- 3) Haryana
Ques. : 128 The Indian Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba recently attended the International Maritime Review (IMR) of which country held at the Changi Naval Base?
1) Switzerland
2) Malaysia
3) Indonesia
4) Philippines
5) Singapore
Answer:- 5) Singapore
Ques. : 129 Ovais Sarmad of India has been appointed Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Secretariat of UNFCCC is located in
1) Paris
2) Bonn
3) London
4) Geneva
5) Washington DC
Answer:- 2) Bonn
Ques. : 130 According to a report by UK accountancy firm EY, India has overtaken the US to become the second-most attractive country for renewable energy investment trailing only
1) Switzerland
2) Singapore
3) Malaysia
4) China
5) Japan
Answer:- 4) China
Ques. : 131. India is allowed to construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers with certain restrictions under the__________ Indus Waters Treaty (IWT).
a. 1962
b. 1963
c. 1965
d. 1960
Ans.-d. 1960
Ques. : 132. Who is India's Chief Information Commissioner?
a. R K Mathur
b. M K Mathur
c. S K Mathur
d. A K Mathur
Ans.-a. R K Mathur
Ques. : 133. How many Tatkal Tickets are processed by IRCTC in a day?
a. 140,000
b. 130,000
c. 150,000
d. 120,000
Ans.-b. 130,000
Ques. : 134. The 2017 meeting of BRICS Trade Committee was held in
a. Shanghai
b. Beijing
c. Hong Kong
d. Jinan
Ans.-a. Shanghai
Ques. : 135. Who is the chairman of SEBI's committee set up on 'fair market conduct' ?
a. R K Viswanathan
b. T K Viswanathan
c. V K Viswanathan
d. M K Viswanathan
Ans.-a. R K Viswanathan
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