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Current Affairs General Knowledge Questions and Answers From January To May 2017 (WWW - Qmaths.in) PDF
Current Affairs General Knowledge Questions and Answers From January To May 2017 (WWW - Qmaths.in) PDF
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a) Gujarat 8. Name the second of the
b) Tamil Nadu Scorpene class submarine that
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c) Karnataka was launched at in Mumbai in
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d) Maharashtra January 2017 for sea trials.
a) INS Kaveri
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3. With which country India b) INS Narmada
signed a MoU on cooperation in c) INS Khanderi
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agriculture and allied sectors. d) INS Kahari
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a) Bhutan
b) Nepal 9. Barack Obama awards
c) Kenya _ with
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d) South Korea Trophy Final for the first time?
a) Gujarat
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14. Which country agreed to b) Odisha
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provide 1 trillion yen aid c) Mumbai
package to the Philippines. d) Tamilnadu
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a) South Korea
b) China 20. The 1st edition of ABU
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c) Japan International Television Dance
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d) Australia Festival held in
a) Mumbai
15. Artificial Intelligence b) Bangalore
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a) Google
b) Microsoft 21. With which country India
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d) Shahrukh Khan ?
a) Bengaluru
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28. Who of the following won b) Hyderabad
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best actor (female) awards in c) Mumbai
62nd Jio filmfare Awards 2017? d) Kolkata
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a) Sonam Kapoor
b) Alia Bhatt 34. Which Telecom operator
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c) Priyanka Chopra launches mobile TV service
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d) Anushka Sharma Ditto TV?
a) Vodafone
29. What is the rank of India on b) MTNL
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b) 92
c) 67 35. Name the Astronaut,last
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d) Madhya Pradesh of Fame recently in January
2017?
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39. Who won the 2016 T S Eliot a) Sunil Gavaskar
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Prize for Poetry? b) Kapil Dev
a) Vahni Capildeo c) Dilip Vengsarkar
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b) Jacob Polley d) Ravi Shastri
c) Alice Oswald G
d) None of the above 45. Which Indian firm tied up
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with Russian petrochemical
40. Who won the 15th edition giant Sibur to set up South
of the Delhi International Chess Asia's first butyl rubber
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who pioneered the work on People's Choice Award 2017?
black holes and died recently. a) Kevin Hart
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a) CK Venkata Ramayya b) Robert Downey Jr.
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b) CV Vishveshwara c) Ryan Reynolds
c) Chintak Natrajan d) Will Smith
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d) MJ Khatri
55. Who of the following won
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50. How many children have Favorite Movie Actress award
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been selected for the 2016 at People's Choice Award
national bravery awards? 2017?
a) 15 a) Margot Robbie
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b) 20 b) Melissa McCarthy
c) 25 c) Scarlett Johansson
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d) 31 d) Jennifer Lawrence
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show won Favorite TV Show a) ShaGun
award at People's Choice b) Shiksha
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Award 2017? c) SarvAbhi
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a) The Big Bang Theory d) Sehpathi
b) Greys Anatomy
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c) Outlander 65. Indian Railways recently
d) Stranger Things launched which programme to
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save energy worth Rs 41000
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60. Who of the following crore?
appointed as Vice President of a) Saksham 41k
MobiKwik? b) Save Enerygy 41k
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c) Amrita Trivedi
d) Daman Soni 66. Who of the following
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a) UP Dangal
b) Haryana Hammers 75. President Pranab
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c) Jaipur Ninjas Mukherjee inaugurated the 8th
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d) Punjab Royals Dantan Gramin Mela -2017 in
a) Punjab
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70. Who of the following was b) Telangana
recently sworn-in as the c) West Bengal
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President of The Gambia? d) Kerala
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a) Adama Barrow
b) Yahya Jammeh 76. In which Indian city the
c) Yahya Bisak Combined Commanders
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a) Bihar
72. Who won the prestigious b) Punjab
The Hindu Prize 2016? c) Gujarat
a) Kiran Doshi d) Delhi
b) Mahi Verma
c) Kunal Bakshi 78. Name the aircraft carrier
d) Anil Mukherji ship that has become Indias
first warship to have ATM on-
73. Who was appointed as CEO board.
and MD of Bharti AXA General a) INS Vikramaditya
recently? b) INS Vikrant
a) Sanjeev Srinivasan c) INS Vikram
b) Natarajan Chandrasekaran d) INS Virat
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
has been help to India to
79. Who of the following has increase passenger train speed
been appointed as Senior Vice to 200 kmph?
President of Enginnering of A) Russia
Uber? B) Britain
a) Raj Singh C) Japan
b) Sabir Arora D) Singapore
c) Amit Singhal
d) Vikram Shamra 85. Name the state, in which
3.5 lakh people together sang
80. Which of the following the national anthem set New
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country withdraw Visa-free World Record?
facility for indians? A) Punjab
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a) SriLanka B) Haryana
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b) HongKong C) Gujarat
c) Combodia D) Goa
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d) China
86. Name the most innovative
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81. Donald Trump sworn in as company, which has been
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President of Unidted worlds first rank by BCGs list?
Styates. A) Apple
a) 44th B) Tesla
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b) 47th C) Toyota
c) 45th D) Sam sung
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d) 41st
87. Name the tennis player,
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82. Name the tennis player, who has own the ITF Juniors
who has been won Malaysian Tennis title 2017, recently?
Masters Grand Prix Gold A) Sunish
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90. State the Day, Netaji 95. Name the airport, which
Subhash Chandra Bose Birth has own the Golden Peacock
Anniversary Observed on? Award for Corporate Social
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A) January 23rd Responsibility (CSR) in the
B) January 24th transportation sector under the
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C) January 22nd aviation category for 2016?
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D) January 21st A) Delhi Airport
B) Mumbai Airport
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91. Name the person, who has C) Kerala Airport
been appointed as new D) Chennai Airport
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Chairman of the Institute of
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Company Secretaries of India 96. Name the Steel Plant,
(ICSI)? which has been inaugurated
A) Siddhartha Murarka Rs.1200 crore Universal Rail
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A) State Bank of India A) Hamid Karjai
B) Central Bank of India B) Mohammed bin Zayed Al
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C) Union Bank of India Nahyan
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D) Punjab National Bank C) Sheikh Haseena
d) Ashraf Ghani
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101. What was the theme of
2017 National Girl Child Day? 106. Which organization
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A) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao successfully test fires Guided
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B) Beti padeghi. tabhi badegi PINAKA?
C) Safety and Development of A) ISRO
girl child B) DRDO
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C) Japan D) Rajasthan
D) North Korea
108. What was the theme of
103. With which country India National Voter's Day 2017?
signed 14 agreements to boost A) Empowering Young Future
bilateral relations? Voters
A) United Arab Emirates B) Empowering Youth Future
B) Saudi Arabia Voters
C) Kuwait C) Empowering Young Future
D) Qatar Youth
D) Empowering Youth Future
104. Which company agreed to Young
buy US business software
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
109. Who of the following belonged to which country?
appointed as head of Target a) United States
Olympic Podium (TOP) b) Australia
Committee? c) China
a) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore d) England
b) Abhinav Bindra
c) Vijender Singh 115. V Shanmuganathan
d) Yogeshwar Dutt resigned as the Governor of
which State recently?
110. Which of the following a) Manipur
launches High Performance 99 b) Nagaland
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Octane Fuel? c) Meghalaya
a) Bharat Petroleum d) Sikkim
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b) Indian Oil
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c) Hindustan Petroleum 116. Power Grid Corporation of
d) BHEL India Ltd. recently signed MoU
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with which Middle East
111. Who of the following country?
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appointed as CHRO of a) Dubai
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Magicbricks.com? b) Oman
a) Anil Kumar Mishra c) Abu Dhabi
b) AK Jain d) Qatar
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c) Sushil Trivedi
d) Ankit Shukla 117. Who was appointed as the
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Chancellor of Nalanda
112. Who of the following University?
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121. What was Indias rank in
the Corruption Perceptions 126. Who of the following won
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Index 2016? Australian Open Mixed Doubles
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a) 76 Title?
b) 77 a) Abigail Spears & Juan
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c) 78 Sebastian Cabal
d) 79 b) Sania Mirza & Ivan Dodig
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c) Martina Hingis & Leander
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122. Which country was Paes
declared as the most d) Abigail Spear & Martina
corruption-free nation by the Hingis
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order to ban refugees and all 128. Who of the following won
vistors Muslim-majority Syed Modi Grand Prix Men's
countries? Gold Title?
a) 7 a) Pankaj Advani
b) 8 b) Sameer Verma
c) 9 c) Anup Sridhar
d) 11 d) Parupalli Kashyap
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withdrawal limit, which will be 136. The Annual Screen Actors
effective from 1 February Guild Awards was presented on
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2017? 29th January 2017. It was
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a) 21000 which edition of the award?
b) 27000 a) 29th
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c) 15000 b) 27th
d) 24000 c) 23rd
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d) 17th
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132. Who of the following has
been appointed as new Delhi 137. Name the father of PAC-
Police commissioner? MAN, who died recently?
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134. Who of the following has 139. Who of the following won
been appointed as head of Best female actor in a TV
Board of Control for Cricket in comedy series SAG Awards?
India (BCCI) by Supreme a) Viola Davis
Court? b) Julia Louis-Dreyfus
a) Ramchandra Guha c) Sarah Paulson
b) Vinod Rai d) Claire Foy
c) Anurag Thakur
d) Diana Edulji 140. Who of the following won
Best male actor in a TV comedy
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
series SAG Awards? 6. How much total expenditure is
a) John Lithgow predicted in the Union Budget
b) Bryan Cranston 2017?
c) Mahershala Ali a) Rs 18.20 lakh crore
d) William H Macy b) Rs 21.47 lakh crore
c) Rs 27.89 lakh crore
d) Rs 31.41 lakh crore
1. According to Union Budget 2017,
AIIMS to be set up in which states? 7. Indias largest start-up
a) Jharkhand & Uttar Pradesh incubator will be set up in which
b) Gujarat & Rajasthan state?
a) Karnataka
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c) Odisha & Assam
d) Jharkhand & Gujarat b) West Bengal
c) Andhra Pradesh
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2. According to Union Budget d) Telangana
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2017, what will be the service
charge On Train Tickets Booked 8. Which state tourism
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On IRCTC Website? department tied up with
a) 1.2% MakeMyTrip to promote its home-
b) 2.3%
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stay scheme?
a) Odisha
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c) No Charge
d) 1.1% b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Assam
d) Rajasthan
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recently?
a) JK Ahmad as US secretary of state?
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d) John Kerry
4. Who was appointed as the DGP
of Karnataka recently? 10. Which operation was launched
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was launched by which bank in d) PAMO
collaboration with Bangalore
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startup Fisdom? 19. Which state Govt to launch e-
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a) ICICI Bank payment system in Registration
b) Lakshmi Vilas Bank Department?
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c) Yes Bank a) Tamilnadu
d) Kotak Mahindra Bank b) Uttar Pradesh
a) Bangalore centres in ?
b) Chennai a) Tamilnadu
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c) Mysuru b) Maharashtra
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d) Hyderabad c) Kerala
d) Chandigarh
15. Who was appointed as the
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d) 1 February b) Pirojsha Godrej
c) Mohit Malhotra
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25. When is the World Wetlands d) Karan Bolaria
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Day celebrated every year?
a) 1 February 31. Who among the following
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b) 2 February become the World No.1 Junior
c) 3 February Badminton player?
d) 4 February G
a) Kartikey Gulshan Kumar
b) Kanishq M
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26. Who of the following cricket c) Arintap DasGupta
player features in latest cover star d) Lakshya Sen
of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack?
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35. Who of the following named 41. Who of the following appointed
new MD & CEO of National Stock as Principal Economic Adviser?
Exchange (NSE)? a) Raghuram Rajan
a) Manoj Tiwari b) Sanjeev Sanyal
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b) AP Singh c) Vikram Pandit
c) Vikram Limaye d) Amrendra Trivedi
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d) Vikram Sharma
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42. Who of the following will
36. Who of the following takes become chief minister of
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over as director commercial at Tamilnadu?
National Thermal Power a) O Paneerselvam
Corporation (NTPC)?
a) Alok Kumar Verma
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b) Venkaiaya Gajapati
c) VK Sasikala Natarajan
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b) Anand Kumar Gupta d) MK Stalin
c) Amulya Patnaik
d) Alok Singhal 43. Which of the following
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c) Indian Airlines b) 103 Satellites
d) Singapore Airlines c) 104 Satellites
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d) 107 Satellites
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48. Which of the following country
won team gold in Asian Junior 54. Cab aggregator UBER launched
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Squash? it's new time-based on-demand
a) Malaysia offering service in 9 cities. Name
b) Singapore
c) India
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it.
a) UberNamo
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d) China b) UberHire
c) UberRent
49. When is International Day of d) UberTime
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58. In which state Vijay Goel lays 64. Who of the following won
foundation stone for first ever National Badminton
training centre for differently Championship Men's Singles Title?
abled sportsmen? a) Lakshya Sen
a) Gandinagar, Gujarat b) Sourabh Verma
b) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh c) Pulkit Jaiswal
c) Jaipur, Rajasthan d) Rajesh Verma
d) Ludhiana, Punjab
65. The 81st Senior National
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59. Which country successfully Badminton Championships was
tested Dongfeng-5C ballistic held in
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missile? a) Patna
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a) China b) Bengaluru
b) Japan c) New Delhi
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c) India d) Mumbai
d) Iran
61. With which country India 67. Who was appointed as the MD
signed an MoU for cooperation in and CEO of the Ujjivan Small
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62. Who of the following has been 68. Who of the following resigned
elected as Chairman of Tata Steel? as England Test captain recently?
a) Rajesh Gopinath a) Joe Root
b) Ratan Tata b) Ben Stokes
c) Cyrus Mistry c) Alastair Cook
d) N Chandrasekaran d) Moin Ali
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appointed as chief financial officer
(CFO) of AirAsia? 77. First ever Himalayan Region
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a) Manoj Pandey Games to be held in
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b) Rakesh Sinha
c) Sameer Srivastava a) Jaipur
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d) Deepak Mahendra b) Lucknow
c) Guwahati
72. The Indian Railway Ministry is
set to approve a new ambitious
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d) Sikkim
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railway project. The link will be 78. Who of the following is the
the first-ever rail route in which Official Mascot of the FIFA U-17
Union Territory? World Cup India 2017?
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73. Who of the following resigned 79. Who of the following Indian
TR
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82. Which state is hosting Indias c) Mushtaq Siddiqui
first National Womens Parliament d) Mohamed Saklain Nasir
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2017?
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a) Karnataka 88. Who of the following
b) Andhra Pradesh appointed as new SEBI chief?
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c) Kerala a) Ajay Trivedi
d) Maharashtra b) Ajay Shukla
b) Mahesh Sharma
84. The capital of which Indian c) Dr. Harsh Wardhan
state is all set to host the countrys d) JP Nudda
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which Indian city? c) Peugeot
a) Mumbai d) Ford
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b) New Delhi
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c) Bangalore 99. Which country on 11 February
d) Hyderabad 2017 celebrated its 38th
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Anniversary of Islamic
94. 36-year-old Eman Ahmed, one Revolution?
of the worlds heaviest women,
reached Mumbai recently to get a
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a) Iran
b) Iraq
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weight reduction surgery. Which c) Saudi Arabia
country does she belong to? d) Syria
a) Afghanistan
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begins in b) Build Smart for a future ready
a) Jaipur India
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b) Gurugram c) Ease of Doing Business for
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c) Lucknow higher productivity
d) Hyderabad d) Lean management for
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productivity enhancement
105. Who of the following player
becomes 1st Indian to sign for
Foreign League?
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111. When is the National
Deworming Day celebrated in
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a) Virat Kohli India?
b) Virender Sehwag a) 10 February
c) Yusuf Pathan b) 11 February
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d) live Peacefully
107. When is World Radio Day
observed every year? 113. Which of the following has
a) 14 February become the first Indian airport to
b) 15 February enter the list of top 15 airports in
c) 13 February the World?
d) 11 February a) Indira Gandhi International
Airport, New Delhi
108. When is National Women's b) Chhatrapati Shivaji
Day observed? International Airport, Mumbai
a) 14 February c) Rajiv Gandhi International
b) 13 February Airport, Hyderabad
c) 16 February d) Goa International Airport
d) 17 February
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
114. What was Indias rank in the c) Allahabad
2017 International Intellectual d) Bengaluru
Property Index?
a) 40 120. Which Iconic jewellery brand
b) 41 debuts in India?
c) 42 a) Fremingo
d) 43 b) Faberge
c) Flame
115. Who has been elected as the d) FYO
12th President of Germany?
a) Angela Merkel 121. Which city to host India's
b) Frank-Walter Steinmeier maiden sports lit fest?
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c) Norbert Lammert a) Jaipur
d) Joachim Gauck b) Pune
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c) Lucknow
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116. Which movie won the best d) Hyderabad
film and best director award at the
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70th British Academy Film 122. Which country Plans to build
Awards, BAFTA? floating Nuclear Plants in South
a) Arrival
b) I
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China Sea?
a) Taiwan
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c) La La Land b) USA
d) Manchester by the Sea c) Phillipines
d) China
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118. Which pop star took away the 124. Sachin Tendulkar adopts
top awards at the 59th annual - village in Maharashtra for
Grammy Awards? transformation under the Sansad
a) Demi Lovato Adarsh Gram Yojna.
b) Adele a) Donja
c) Rihanna b) Danga
d) Beyonce c) Balewadi
d) Baner
119. Which city is hosting the 11th
International Aerospace and 125. Which of the following India's
Defence Exhibition - Aero India newest full-service airline started
2017. its daily scheduled operations?
a) Chennai a) Vistara
b) Jaipur b) Zoom Air
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
c) Bing Air b) Russia
d) Air Zoom c) Croatia
d) Japan
126. ISRO successfully launched
record in a single 132. Who of the following became
mission. 29th Chief Minister of Tamil
a) 107 satellites Nadu?
b) 103 satellites a) VK Sasikala
c) 101 satellites b) MK Stalin
d) 104 satellites c) O Pannerselvam
d) Edappadi Palaniswami
127. Who of the following won
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Laureus 'Sportsman of the Year' 133. , Microsoft Ink
award? Technology Collaboration Deal.
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a) Rafael Nadal a) Hyundai
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b) Usain Bolt b) Maruti
c) Novak Djokovic c) Tata Motors
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d) Lewis Hamilton d) Bajaj Auto
138. What is the rank of India in 144. Which of the following bank
the 2017 Index of Economic launches instant chat service for
Freedom Index? customers?
a) 144 a) Axis Bank
b) 147 b) Citi Bank
c) 143 c) ICICI
d) 137 d) Yes Bank
139. Which country topped in the 145. Who of the following Indian-
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2017 Index of Economic Freedom Origin won UKs Bravery Award?
Index? a) Sharad Singh
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a) New Zealand b) Shand Panesar
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b) USA c) Ankit verma
c) Hong Kong d) Seema Ahuja
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d) Singapore
146. Which of the following
140. Who of the following to host
Hindi version of Ted Talks?
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hospital won first prize for
Sanitation & Hygiene under
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a) Hrithik Roshan Kayakalp Awards?
b) Aamir Khan a) Vedanta
c) Shah Rukh Khan b) AIIMS, New Delhi
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142. Who of the following has been 148. Which country passes
appointed ED of Bank of India? landmark bill to regulate
a) Neelam Damodaran marriages of minority Hindus in
b) Neelima Shukla country?
c) Ravi Pal Singh a) Indonesia
c) Animesh Gupta b) Malaysia
c) Pakistan
143. Who of the following has been d) Bhutan
appointed non-executive
Chairman of PNB? 149. Which state signs MoU with
a) Neelam Damodaran Microsoft in Momentum
b) Sunil Mehta Jharkhand?
a) Gujarat
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
b) Uttar Pradesh a) Assam
c) Jharkhand b) Kerala
d) Rajasthan c) Nagaland
d) Puducherry
150. Which country plans to build
the first city on Mars by 2117? 156. Who of the following won The
a) China BrandLaureate award?
b) United States a) Asha Bhosle
c) United Arab Emirates b) Arijit Singh
d) India c) Lata Mangehskar
d) Abhijeet
151. Who is the author of the book
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titled Hema Malini: Beyond the 157. India sanctioned
Dream Girl? to Nepal for
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a) Ram Kamal Mukherjee development programmes.
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b) Soumyadipta Banerjee a) $540 million
c) Mark Bennigton b) $940 million
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d) Rakesh Mahana c) $240 million
d) $340 million
152. Who of the following is
chosen for the 2017 National Yash
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158. Which of the following Zone
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Chopra Memorial Award? bag Syed Mushtaq Ali Inter Zonal
a) Salman Khan Trophy?
b) Shahrukh Khan a) South Zone
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d) North Zone
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a) Cambodia Jharkhand?
b) France a) 309
c) Bangladesh b) 311
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d) Rohit Sharma c) 21 January
d) 21 February
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163. Recently Altamas Kabir died.
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Who was he? 169. The World Day of Social
a) Former MP Justice was observed globally on
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b) Singer 20 February 2017 with the theme
c) Former Chief Justice a) A Just Transition -
d) Novelist G
environmentally sustainable
economies and societies
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164. Havells India to buy Lloyd b) Building a solid and interactive
Electric's consumer business for bridge in the world to accelerate
. ending FGM by 2030
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Acceptance Solution. Name it? Chess Championship 2017 is being
a) Bharat VR held in
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b) Bharat QR a) Tehran
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c) India QR b) London
d) Bharat CR c) Beijing
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d) New Delhi
173. Who of the following became
the first Indian sportsperson to
strike a Rs 100-crore endorsement
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179. Who of the following recently
took over as the Chairman of the
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deal with a single brand Puma? Tata Sons and Tata Consultancy
a) Yuvraj Singh Services?
b) Sachin Tendulkar a) Natarajan Chandrasekaran
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d) Cyrus Mistry
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d) Myntra c) China
d) Bangladesh
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184. With which country India sign
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MoUs in innovation, aviation and 190. Who has been appointed as
visa requirements recently? the 11th Chief Minister of
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a) Kenya Nagaland?
b) Mangolia a) Shurhozelie Liezietsu
c) Rwanda
d) Zimbawe
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b) PB Acharya
c) TR Zeliang
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d) Neiphiu Rio
185. Union cabinet decided to
enhance solar power capacity from 191. Who of the following was
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b) EPFO 201. Who of the following won
c) CBDT maiden title of 4th leg of the Hero
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d) India Post Womens Professional Golf Tour?
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a) Ankita Sharma
196. Which of the following b) Aditi Ashok
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department launched mobile app c) Vani Kapoor
for goods & service tax (GST)? d) None of the above
a) Income Tax
b) Central Board of Excise and
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202. Who of the following
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Customs appointed leader of opposition in
b) NPCI Madhya Pradesh Assembly?
d) Central Board of Direct Taxes a) Salman Khurshid
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b) Ajay Singh
197. Suresh Prabhu unveils c) Digvijay Singh
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a) 24 February
d) Humsafar b) 26 February
c) 27 February
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category? 212. Prime Minister Narendra
a) Sardara Singh Modi unveiled the 112-foot bust of
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b) Manpreet Singh 'Adiyogi' or Lord Shiva built by an
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c) John-John Dohmen NGO Isha Foundation in
d) Wayne Gretzky a) Pondicherry
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b) Coimbatore
207. Who of the following was c) Bangalore
named as Hockey Federation's
Player of the Year 2016 in
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d) Panji
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womens category? 213. India clears Rs 17,000-crore
a) Naomi Van missile deal with
b) Ellen Hoog a) Vietnam
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d) United States
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d) PR Sreejesh c) Reliance
d) ADB
209. Name the Hockey player who
won the Hockey Stars 2016 female 215. Centre permits Tamil Nadu to
Goalkeeper of the Year award increase number of workdays
a) Hollie Webb from existing 100 days to
b) Maddie Hinch under MGNREGA
c) Alex Danson a) 120 Days
d) Georgie Twigg b) 150 Days
c) 175 Days
210. Who of the following was d) 180 Days
named as the male Rising Star of
Hockey for the year 2016? 216. Which state has become the
a) Arthur Van Doren second largest crude oil producer
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
in the country? the Hamari Dharohar Scheme?
a) Uttar Pradesh a) Union Ministry of Human
b) Uttarakhand Resource Development
c) Telangana b) Union Ministry of Home AIairs
d) Rajasthan c) Union Ministry of Commerce
and Industry
217. Which of the following bank d) Union Ministry of Minority
rolls out RFID-enabled cards to Affairs
serve valued clients better?
a) SBI 3. Which of the following
b) Dena Bank multilateral agency launched the
c) Bandhan Bank Economic Survey of India 2017
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d) PNB recently.
a) OECD (Organisation for
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218. Central Government ropes in Economic Co-operation and
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as Swachh Bharat brand Development)
ambassador. b) World Bank Group
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a) Shilpa Shetty c) International Monetary Fund
b) Preity Zinta d) Asian Development Bank
c) Anushka Sharma
d) Pooja Bhatt
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India successfully test fired
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EYs Entrepreneur of the Year missile.
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National Police Academy?
a) D R Doley Barman 14. Who won the BCCI Polly
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b) Aruna M Bahuguna Umrigar Award 2015-2016?
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c) Vinay Madhav Kumar a) R Ashwin
d) None of the above b) M S Dhoni
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c) Virat Kohli
9. Which state is going to host the d) Ravindra Jadeja
river festival called Namami
Brahmaputra?
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b) Arunachal Pradesh World Trade Organisation?
c) West Bengal a) Amanpreet Singh
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c) Vivek Kumar
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19. Swadheen Kshatriya sworn in 25. Who of the following has been
as Chief Commissioner of Right appointed as new secretary of
to Services (RTS). Union Public Service Commission
a) Uttar Pradesh (UPSC)?
b) Maharashtra a) Ankita Verma
c) West Bengal b) T Jacob
d) Rajasthan c) Mukul Chand
d) Varun Nayar
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receives Harvard University's 26. Swachh Shakti Saptah was
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Humanitarian Award? inaugurated in which state?
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a) Lady Gaga a) Gujarat
b) Jennifer Lopez b) West Bengal
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c) Rihana c) Haryana
d) Britney Spears d) Assam
b) 2 March 1989?
c) 7 March a) Omar Hassan al-Bashir
d) 3 March b) Hassan Saleh
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c) Mohamed Al Hassan
23. Recently football legend d) Fadl el-Sayed Shuiab
Raymond Kopa passes away.He
belongs to which country? 29. Who of the following was
a) Argentina recently appointed as the
b) Brazil Secretary-General of the South
c) France Asian Association for Regional
d) USA Cooperation (SAARC)?
a) Arjun Bahadur Thapa
24. Which of the following airlines b) Abul Ahsan
removes operations director c) Amjad Hussain B Sial
Captain AK Kathpalia from his d) Sheel Sharma
post?
a) Vistara
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
30. The National Green Tribunal 2. When is World Hearing Day
has banned camping activities observed every year?
within 100 m of which prominent a) 5 March
Indian River? b) 4 March
a) Yamuna c) 7 March
b) Narmada d) 3 March
c) Saraswati
d) Ganga 3. What was the theme of 2017
World Hearing Day?
31. Vice President Hamid Ansari to a) Ear care can avoid hearing loss
attend Indian Ocean Rim b) Make listening safe
Association (IORA) Summit on 7th c) Childhood hearing loss: act now
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March in d) Action for hearing loss: make a
a) Sydney, Australia sound investment
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b) Islamabad, Pakistan
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c) Jakarta, Indonesia 4. How much percent of hike in
d) Kathmandu, Nepal minimum wages was approved by
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Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Anil
32. Senior PTI journalist wins Baijal in March 2017?
Lifetime Achievement Award in
UK. Name it.
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a) 19 per cent
b) 28 per cent
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a) MK Tyagi c) 37 per cent
b) HS Rao d) 51 per cent
c) Anuj Sharma
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14. 13th Economic Cooperation
9. Which country recently won the Organization (ECO) Summit held
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Most Popular Tourism Destination in
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Award at the Guangzhou a) Beijing
International Travel Fair (GITF) in b) Islamabad
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China? c) New Delhi
a) India d) Kabul
b) Thailand
c) China
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15. Google India on 4th March has
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d) Sri Lanka signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the
10. Which of the following state government, with an
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b) Gujarat b) Telangana
c) Maharashtra c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Telangana d) Kerala
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11. The HDFC Life insurance 1. which country to get its own
partnered with which personal Mobile Congress in September?
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d) Lion
1. Rabi Ray passes away. Who was
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5. Who won the 2017 Hockey India he?
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League title? a) Singer
a) Punjab Warriors b) Former Lok Sabha Speaker
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b) Kalinga Lancers c) Novelist
c) Dabang Mumbai d) Economist
d) Delhi Waveriders G
2. Who won the womens singles
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6. Which Indian city was named as title at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis
the Richest Indian city as per the Championships 2017?
New World Wealth report 2017? a) Serena Williams
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d) Chenna
3. In which state Countrys largest
7. Senior PTI journalist wins tricolour hoisted?
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7. The Wildlife Institute of India is won the 'Most Popular Tourism
planning to use drones to monitor Destination Award' at the
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the habitat of which animal Guangzhou International Travel
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species? Fair (GITF) in China?
a) Tiger a) India
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b) Leopard b) Sri Lanka
c) Rhinoceros c) Nepal
d) Asian elephant G
d) Afghanistan
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8. Who won the 2017 ATP Mexican 14. Which state tops in GST
Open Mens Singles title? registrations?
a) Bruno Soares a) Madhya Pradesh
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b) Politics 10. Which of the following mobile
manufacturer copmany won
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c) Journalism
d) Education sponsorship of BCCI for 5 years?
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a) Samsung
5. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated b) OnePlus
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Indias longest cable bridge in c) Oppo
Bharuch. Where it is located? d) Xiaomi
a) Odisha
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11. Indian Ocean Rim Association
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b) Gujarat
c) Madhya Pradesh (IORA) Summit concluded
d) Tamil Nadu in
a) Beijing, China
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a) Maharashtra
b) Rajasthan 12. Who of the following became
c) Odisha brand ambassador of OnePlus?
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Day observed every year? a) Virat Kohli
a) 9 March b) MS Dhoni
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b) 7 March c) Sachin Tendulkar
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c) 8 March d) Anjum Chopra
d) 11 March
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7. Recentl which examination
2. What is the theme of the 2017 board introduces Exam Locator
International Women's Day?
a) Step It Up for Gender Equality
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app to help students?
a) ICSE
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b) Be Bold For Change b) MP Board
c) Equality for Women is Progress c) CBSE
for All d) UP Board
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Home" facility?
3. Which city hosted the two-day a) PNB
International Yoga festival, b) Bank of Baroda
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inaugural commonwealth summit b) Imphal
2017, which is largely focused on c) Guwahati
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stimulating trade within the d) Shillong
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group?
a) The United Kingdom 7. Name the sportsperson who is
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b) India named as the new ambassador of
c) New Zealand the Chinese Super League.
d) South Africa G
a) Lionel Messi
b) Mesut Ozil
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2. Researchers have found c) Sergio Aguero
molecular evidence conrming the d) Diego Maradona
presence of which bird species in
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India more than 25000 years ago? 8. Who of the following was
a) Turkey recently re-elected as the
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Council?
d) Kiwi a) Jean-Claude Juncker
b) Tony Blair
3. Which sector has been allocated
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c) Donald Tusk
the highest funds in the Delhi d) Jos Manuel Barroso
budget for the year 2017- 18?
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b) Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) d) Kerala
and aging
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c) Kidney Disease and Obesity 17. Who was appointed as the
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d) Kidneys for Life Stop Kidney chairman of the Central Water
Attack! Commission?
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a) Narendra Kumar
12. Who was selected for the b) Seema Verma
Saraswati Samman 2016?
a) M Veerappa Moily
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c) K Srinath Reddy
d) P K Purwar
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b) Mahabaleshwar Sail
c) Padma Sachdev 18. Which country celebrates
d) S L Bhyrappa National Elephant Day on 13
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March?
13. Which university developed a) India
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a) Meru Cabs
14. Which institute won the 2017 b) Ola
IEEE Spectrum Technology in the c) Easy Cabs
Service of Society Award? d) Uber
a) IIT-Madras
b) IIT-Delhi 20. Who of the following was given
c) IIT-Kanpur the additional charge of defence
d) IIT-Hyderabad ministry after Manohar Parrikar
resigned from the post?
15. In Which State the NTPC has a) Kalraj Mishra
recently installed Indias largest b) Subramanian Swamy
Floating Solar PV Plant at RGCCPP c) Arun Jaitley
Kayamkulam. d) Yogi Adityanath
a) Maharashtra
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
21. George A. Olah, the Nobel a) International Olympic
laureate who passed away, won Committee (IOC)
the Nobel Prize in which field? b) International Hockey
a) Physics Federation (FIH)
b) Chemistry c) International Cricket Council
c) Economics (ICC)
d) Medicine d) International Association of
Athletics Federations (IAAF)
22. Noted film director Diphan,
who died recently, was well known 27. Which Indian city hosted the
for making films in which three-day international conference
language? on Vision Zero and its relevance to
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a) Hindi Occupational Safety and Health?
b) Bengali a) Mumbai
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c) Malayalam b) Pune
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d) Marathi c) Bangalore
d) Delhi
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23. Who won the All England Open
Men's Singles title? 28. Volkswagen Group signed a
a) Lee Chong Wei
b) Shi Yuqi
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MoU with this Indian automobile
company for exploring joint
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c) Lin Dan development projects.
d) Rashid Shadiq a) Tata Motors
b) Hero MotoCorp
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with theme
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d) Mumbai
25. Radha Mohan Singh, Union
Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare 30. Shri Arvind Padmanabhan has
Minister, recently laid the died recently of cardiac arrest. He
foundation stone of the Banana was famous .
Research Centre at a) Politician
a) Bhagalpur, Bihar b) Nuclear Scientist
b) Munger, Bihar c) Journalist
c) Patna, Bihar d) Kathak Dancer
d) Vaishali, Bihar
31. Name the country, which has
26. Shashank Manohar resigned as topped the Bribery Rate Index of
the Chairman of which Asia-Pacific countries, recently.
international sports body? a) Pakistan
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
b) Japan c) Ahmedabad
c) China d) Mumbai
d) India
37. The International Conference
32. Name the mega cultural on Theory and Practice of
festival of India that started in Electronic Governance (ICEGOV
Egypt, recently. 2017) was held in New Delhi,
a) India by the Nile recently (March 2017). It was
b) Fest of India edition of ICEGOV.
c) Colors of India a) 16th
d) India at a glance b) 8th
c) 6th
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33. Which of the following banks d) 10th
launched Aadhaar Pay, the
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countrys first Aadhaar-linked 38. Which of the following state
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cashless merchant solution has launched 24*7 helpline
recently following successful pilots number 181 to assist women in
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across 16 states? distress on the occasion of
a) HDFC Bank International Womens Day?
b) ICICI Bank
c) IDFC Bank
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a) Assam
b) Odisha
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d) Axis Bank c) Manipur
d) Uttarakhand
34. Which one of the following 39. Name the Water Jet Fast
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companies has agreed to buy Opel Attack Craft (WJFAC) that was
brand from General Motors in a commissioned recently in Indian
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35. Name the bank that has Ford Foundation has recently
recently launched three appointed Pradeep Nair as
technology services named regional director for India, Nepal,
FASTag, UPI and BBPS. and Sri Lanka. Ford Foundation is
a) SBI based
b) Kotak Mahindra company.
c) Karur Vysya Bank a) Japan
d) City Bank b) Australian
c) Hungary
36. 'BCCI Annual Awards for 2015- d) American
16' was held recently in
. 41. Name the state that has
a) Bengaluru recently launched mobile app and
b) New Delhi website titled My Talent to help
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
skilled and semi-skilled workers c) S S Mundra
find jobs. d) Harun R Khan
a) Punjab
b) Himachal Pradesh 46. Name the person who has been
c) Arunachal Pradesh appointed as the chairman of
d) Bihar Europe's biggest bank named
HSBC Holdings Plc.
42. Name the company that has a) Johnny Banzo
recently created the worlds b) Mark Tucker
smallest magnet using a single c) Sushan Mark
atom which can store one bit of d) Anni Tesla
data on it.
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a) Infosys 47. Airtel Payments Bank, offered
b) TCS by telecom major Bharti Airtel has
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c) IBM recently announced that over one
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d) WIPRO lakh savings accounts were opened
in 100 villages in which of the
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43. Name the person who has following state?
inaugurated the two-day 12th CII- a) Tamil Nadu
EXIM Bank Conclave on India-
Africa Project Partnership held
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b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Uttar Pradesh
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recently in New Delhi. d) Maharashtra
a) Narendra Modi
b) Pranab Mukherjee 48. Norway has become first
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Norway is .
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c) Arunachal Pradesh a) Japan
d) Haryana b) China
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c) Finland
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52. Name the famous motor d) Korea
company that has signed a deal
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worth USD 3.2 billion with an 57. Name the Public lender, which
Iranian investment fund to invest has been awarded first prize in the
in a major Iranian oil project.
a) TATA
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implementation of Official
Language Policy in the western
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b) Ford region for the year 2015-2016,
c) Skoda recently.
d) Hyundai a) State Bank of India
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b) Cooperative Bank
53. Name the Bank that has topped c) Bank of India
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a) JETRO primarily for tractors.
b) METRO a) State Bank of India
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c) JATRO b) Punjab National Bank
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d) MATRO c) Allahabad Bank
d) Axis Bank
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62. The Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs gave its approval 67. Who was sworn in as the Chief
to permit Indian Oil to sale this
much per cent of the equity in
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Minister of Manipur recently?
a) Manohar Parrikar
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Lubrizol India to Lubrizol b) Laxmikant Parsekar
Corporation. c) M Venkaiah Naidu
a) 14 per cent
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d) N Biren Singh
b) 24 per cent
c) 34 per cent 68. What was the theme of the
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a) A peace-building
63. Which State government Commonwealth
proposed to set up a Cashew b) Team Commonwealth
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d) Shravasti India train was launched in which
state?
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72. Name the Indian badminton a) Gujarat
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player who was recently included b) Maharashtra
as a member of the governing body c) Uttar Pradesh
Y.
of the Sports Authority of India. d) Andhra Pradesh
a) Chetan Anand
b) Jwala Gutta
c) Saina Nehwal
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2. This states five-month-long
economic blockade came to an end
LO
d) Prakash Padukone in third week of March 2017.
a) Assam
73. Identify the Indian-American b) Kerala
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6. It is with this country, India 11. Name the Indian cricketer who
signed two agreements related to in March 2017 came in news for
Su-30 MKI aircraft. facing most number of balls in a
a) Russia test-match.
b) Germany a) Ajinkya Rahane
c) Israel b) KL Rahul
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d) The USA c) Cheteshwar Pujara
d) Murali Vijay
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7. The Union Cabinet approved
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four GST related bill recently. 12. World Sparrow Day 2017 was
Identify which of the following is observed globally on
Y.
not one of them. a) 18 March
a) The Central Goods and Services b) 19 March
Tax Bill 2017
b) The Integrated Goods and
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c) 20 March
d) 21 March
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Services Tax Bill 2017
c) The Union Territory Goods and 13. Name the Indian who won the
Services Tax Bill 2017 bronze medal in Asian 20km Race
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a) Khusbir Kaur
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a) Oman
b) Qatar 14. Which of the following team
c) Yemen won the 2017 Vijay Hazare Trophy
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d) Iran of Cricket?
a) Jharkhand
9. Which day is celebrated on 20 b) Tamil Nadu
March? c) Bengal
a) International Day of Refugees d) Mumbai
b) World Laughter Day
c) World Disabled Day 15. Who of the following won the
d) International Day of Happiness 2017 ATP Indian Wells Masters
title?
10. Name the telecom giant that a) Novak Djokovic
announced that its board has b) Stan Wawrinka
approved the merger of Vodafone c) Roger Federer
India and its wholly-owned d) Rafael Nadal
subsidiary Vodafone Mobile
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
16. Who of the following is the 22. Which Indian personality
author of the book Contemporary recently launched the worlds first
Reflections: A Collection of Verses mobile app on breast health?
That Inspire? a) Amitabh Bachchan
a) Yasser Usman b) Aamir Khan
b) Alka Vasudeva c) Narendra Modi
c) Anand Neelakanthan d) Sachin Tendulkar
d) K Vijay Kumar
23. Who was appointed as the
17. Who was appointed as the brand ambassador for 2018 ODI
Managing Director & CEO of IDBI Blind Cricket World Cup?
Bank? a) Rahul Dravid
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a) Mahesh Kumar Jain b) Shahid Afridi
b) Rakesh Sharma c) Sachin Tendulkar
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c) Jatinder Bir Singh d) Saurav Ganguly
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d) Rajeev Rishi
24. Which Indian personality was
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18. Who was appointed as the selected to newly formed United
Managing Director & CEO of Nations (UN) group on
Indian Bank?
a) Animesh Chauhan
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antimicrobial resistance?
a) Meghnad Saha
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b) Kishore Piraji Kharat b) KK Josh
c) Arun Shrivastava c) Soumya Swaminathan
d) Kishore Kumar Sansi d) Abhish Shivam
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19. The World Poetry Day 2017 was 25. Maggie MacDonnell, who was
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d) 21 March 2017
d) France
20. What was Indias rank in the
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Times Higher Education. c) Rangana Herath
(a) IIM-Ahmedabad d) Josh Hazlewood
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(b) BITS-Pilani
34. The 2017 World Down Syndrome
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(c) IISC-Bengaluru
(d) VIT-Vellore Day that was observed on 21 March
Y.
focuses on
29. The 2017 World Water Day a) #MyVoiceMyCommunity
(WWD) was observed on 22 March
with theme
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b) #OurCommunityOur Voice
c)
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a) Water and Jobs #DownSyndromeNeedsConnectivity
b) Water and Energy d) None of the above
c) Why Wastewater?
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billionaire?
31. Who of the following was recently a) Diane Kemper
elected as the Speaker of Goa b) John Collison
Assembly? c) Jane Goldman
a) Francisco Sardinha d) Amy Goldman Fowler
b) Pratapsingh Rane
c) Anant Shet 37. Who became the first woman
d) Pramod Sawant belonging to private sector to be
appointed as the Full-Time Member
32. Majuli is soon to become Indias of Securities and Exchange Board of
first carbon neutral district and India (SEBI)?
biodiversity heritage site. The place is a) Madhabi Puri Buch
b) Sara Blakely
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
c) Kalpana Morparia b) Madras Regiment
d) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw c) The Garhwal Ries
d) Naga Regiment
38. According to the Forbes World
Billionaire Report 2017, who was 44. What was the theme of World
ranked as the wealthiest Indian? Meteorological Day 2017?
a) Lakshmi Mittal a) Climate Change
b) Azim Premji b) Disaster Risk Management
c) Anil Ambani c) Understanding Clouds
d) Mukesh Ambani d) Our future climate
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Union Government, Indias nuclear Financial Ocer (CFO) of International
power generation capacity will be Cricket Council (ICC)?
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tripled by a) Ankur Khanna
a) 2021 b) Nithiin Reddy
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b) 2022 c) Rekha Bhardwaj
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c) 2023 d) Vishal Krishna
d) 2024
b) Russia c) Karnataka
c) Germany d) Andhra Pradesh
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d) Austria
47. Who won the 2017 Abel Prize?
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51. Identify the veteran photographer (CCTNS), a nationwide online
who was recently conferred with the tracking system. Sanjauli police
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Lifetime Achievement Award at the station is located in .
6th National Photography Awards. a) Arunachal Pradesh
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a) Raghu Rai b) Assam
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b) Pablo Bartholomew c) Himachal Pradesh
c) Dilip Mehta d) Jammu & Kashmir
d) Altaf Qadri G
57. Changi Airport is located in
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52. Pawan Hans is going to start .
chopper rides for visitors in which a) Switzerland
Indian city? b) Indonesia
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a) Delhi c) Japan
b) Mumbai d) Singapore
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c) Lucknow
d) Agra 58. The Essar groups township in
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c) Kerala d) Manipur
d) West Bengal
59. ESAF small Financial Bank was
54. Which of the following Airport has launched recently for the first time in
been voted the World's Best Airport which of the following Indian State.
by air travelers at the 2017 World a) Tamil Nadu
Airport Awards for the fifth b) Maharashtra
consecutive year? c) Tripura
a) Tokyo International Airport d) Kerala
b) Changi Airport
c) Hamad International Airport 60. The three days 'International
d) London Heathrow Airport Buddhist Conference' was organized
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
recently by the Ministry of Culture in b) Meghalaya
which of the following Indian States? c) Assam
a) Uttar Pradesh d) Himachal Pradesh
b) Jharkhand
c) Bihar 66. Finance Minister of India has
d) Telangana recently announced to change the
name of Central Board of Excise and
61. Name the person who has been Customs (CBEC) to for
appointed as the Chief Executive the implementation of the Goods and
Officer of digital payment platform Services Tax (GST) regime.
FreeCharge. a) CBIC
a) Jason Kothari b) CNBC
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b) Arun Sangmitra c) CBAC
c) B B Mohan d) CBOC
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d) Sandeep Mahajan
67. Name the state government that
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62. International Day of Forest is has recently signed two MoUs with
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observed globally on . State Bank of India (SBI) to provide
a) 23 April housing loan and education loan for
b) 22 April
c) 21 March
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its employees.
a) Uttarakhand
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d) 22 March b) Jharkhand
c) Telangana
63. Name the Indian Soldier, who was d) Assam
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65. The World Bank has recently 70. Which Indian got ranked in the
signed a 100 million US dollar credit 2017 Best CEOs List of Barron's?
agreement with the Centre and which a) Mukesh Ambani
one of the following state government b) Anil Ambani
to improve the quality of health care c) Ratan Tata
services? d) Aditya Puri
a) Uttarakhand
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
71. Jagadisa Thyagarajan, famously a) ShinMaywa US-2
known as Ashokamitran, who died b) TU142M
recently, belonged to which field? c) Ilyushin Il-38
a) Literature d) Pipistrel Virus SW 80
b) Politics
c) Acting 77. The 105th session of Indian
d) Singing Science Congress (ISC) will be hosted
by Osmania University, Hyderabad in
72. Which Indian political leader has January, 2018. The theme of the 105th
been named among the probable session of Indian Science Congress is
contenders for Times 100 most .
inuential people in the world list a) Science and Technology - Reaching
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2017? the Unreached
a) Narenda Modi b) Science and Technology - Beyond
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b) Arun Jaitley the Dreams
c) Sushma Swaraj c) Science and Technology - Exploring
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d) Sonia Gandhi the ways
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d) Science and Technology - Believe
73. India has become the third largest and Succeed
market in the world in terms of
domestic passenger trac in
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78. Name the country that has
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which segment of transport? recently (26th March) celebrated its
a) Railways 46th Independence Day.
b) Aviation a) Myanmar
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c) Waterways b) Bangladesh
d) Roadways c) Nepal
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d) Sri Lanka
74. How many number of medals
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India won in the 2017 Special 79. Who of the following won the
Olympics World Winter Games? Australian Grand Prix?
a) 70 a) Sebastian Vettel
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b) 71 b) Lewis Hamilton
c) 72 c) Nico Rosberg
d) 73 d) Max Verstappen
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75. The 2-day long World Conference 80. World Theatre Day is observed
on Environment 2017 was held in globally on .
a) Hyderabad a) 21 March
b) New Delhi b) 26 July
c) Kolkata c) 27 March
d) Chandigarh d) 24 July
76. The Indian Navy is preparing for 81. Name the lender that has recently
de-induction of a Long Range launched the MoneyPlant RuPay
Maritime Patrol aircraft after 29 International Platinum Debit Card to
years of dedicated service to the provide more privileges to its
nation. Name it.
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
premium and HNI (high net worth 3. Which bank launched the
individual) customers. Unnati Credit Card to spread
a) SBI credit inclusion recently?
b) Karnataka Bank a) ICICI Bank
c) Andhra Bank b) State Bank of India
d) IDFC Bank c) Andhra Bank
d) Bank of Baroda
82. A first-ever India conference on
'Make in India' was held in 4. As per a report of the
for bringing together NASSCOM, by 2020, the number
various constituencies that have an of internet users in India will
interest in doing business in India reach
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and discussing the latest a) 430 million
developments. b) 530 million
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a) Mexico c) 630 million
b) Washington D. C.
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d) 730 million
c) New York
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d) Houston 5. Which of the following countries
was recently approved by the US
83. Name the woman who became the
first woman combat officer to be
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Senate as the 29th member
of the NATO?
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commissioned in the 51-year history a) Yugoslavia
of the Border Security Forces (BSF) of b) Bulgaria
India. c) Macedonia
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b) Ramesh Bajpai
Aviation Meteorological Systems c) Vishwesh S Nadkarni
was inaugurated at d) None of the above
a) INS Rajali
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10. becomes first b) Jaipur
woman to lead a major Pakistani c) Lucknow
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bank. d) Kolkata
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a) Hina Khan
b) Sima Kamil 5. Name the Veteran actor who
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c) Wajahat Hussain was honored with the Kala Ratan
d) Faarooq Siddiqui Award by Vice President Hamid
c) Tamilnadu
d) Gujarat 6. Name the lender that has been
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c) Vijaya Bank b) Odisha
d) Bank of India c) Arunanchal Pradesh
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d) Kerala
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10. Indian-American
has been 15. Indian-origin British Director
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appointed as president and CEO of has been honored with
The Leadership Conference on the Sikh Jewel Award for 2017.
Civil and Human Rights,
becoming the first woman to head
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a) Ankit Verma
b) Gurinder Chadha
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the prestigious organization. c) Anjali George
a) Sumitra Pant d) Nitin Khurana
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b) Vanita Gupta
c) Aruna Mahajan 1. What amount of loan agreement
d) Aparna J. D'Suza was signed between India and New
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b) San Ki Yan
c) Peter Adams 2. Which Indian personality was
d) Minoru Kato inducted into the international
advisory board of Atlantic
12. Name the lender that has Council?
recently announced a partnership a) A R Rahman
with mobile app firm Truecaller b) Laxmi Mittal
for a new UPI-based mobile c) Anil Ambani
payment service. d) Sachin Tendulkar
a) State Bank of India
b) ICICI Bank 3. Which of the following tiger
c) HDFC Bank reserve became the first in India to
d) UCO Bank officially introduce a mascot
named Bhoorsingh the
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
Barasingha? c) Tamil Nadu
a) Corbett Tiger Reserve d) Madhya Pradesh
b) Manas Tiger Reserve
c) Sunderbans 9. Who of the following wrote the
d) Kanha Tiger Reserve book Indian Railway-The weaving
of a National Tapestry.
4. Who of the following recently a) Bibek Debroy
became the first Muslim to join the b) Anand Neelakanthan
Emergency Service Unit of the c) Kiran Doshi
New York City Police Department? d) K Vijay Kumar
a) Sergeant Zeber Ahmad
b) Sergeant Ali Javed 10. What is the theme of the 2017
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c) Sergeant Ali M Khan World Autism Awareness Day?
d) None of the above a) Autism and the 2030 Agenda:
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Inclusion and Neurodiversity
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5. Who of the following was b) Respect, Acceptance, Inclusion
honoured with the Asian Player of c) Employment: The Autism
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the Year 2016 by the Asian Hockey Advantage
Federation? d) Toward Autonomy and Self-
a) S V Sunil
b) Harmanpreet Singh
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Determination
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c) P R Shreejesh 11. Namami Brahmaputra, Indias
d) Akashdeep Singh biggest river festival, starts in
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4. The Centre on Integrated Rural c) Gujarat
Development for Asia and the d) Punjab
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Pacific (CIRDAP) will be
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established in 10. India Open Super Series
a) Bengaluru badminton tournament is being
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b) Chennai held in
c) Hyderabad a) Hyderabad
d) New Delhi G
b) New Delhi
c) Bengaluru
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5. Which of the following became d) Pune
the worlds first country to ban
metal mining? 11. The second unit of Kudankulam
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d) Nigeria a) Karnataka
b) Uttar Pradesh
6. The Indian Railways declared c) Maharashtra
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a) 3 April 7. Who of the following becomes
b) 2 April Womens singles champion of
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c) 4 April India Super Series tournament?
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d) 31 March a) Saina Nehwal
b) Carolina Marin
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2. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated c) Jwala Gutta
Asia's longest tunnel Chenani- d) P V Sindhu
Nashri. Where it is located?
a) Bihar
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8. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated
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b) Arunachal Pradesh Asia's longest Chenani- Nashri
c) Telangana tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir.Who
d) Jammu & Kasmhir is the Minister for Road Transport
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c) Santosh Gangwar
a) Jaipur d) Nitin Gadkari
b) Varanasi
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(MOU) under the scheme Ujwal c) AK Singh
DISCOM Assurance Yojana d) Manjula Chellur
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(UDAY).
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a) Manipur 10. Name the American singer and
b) Mizoram songwriter, who has finally
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c) Bihar accepted his Nobel Prize for
d) Assam literature 2016, more than three
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b) Stop Violence Against Children Amateur Circle Kabaddi
c) End child marriage Federation of India for the next
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d) Children are our treasure four years.
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a) Ram Bilas Sharma
5. Identify the former President of b) OP Dhankar
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Guatemalan Football Association c) Captain Abhimanyu
who was banned for lifetime by d) Om Prakash Kohli
FIFA.
a) Adela de Torrebiarte
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1, Who of the following to become
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b) Brayan Jimenez the youngest person to address
c) Gustavo Machan Canadian Parliament?
a) Malala Yousafzai
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Cooperation (SASEC) Finance c) Jharkhand
Ministers meeting in New Delhi. d) Madhya Pradesh
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Name the country that has joined
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the SASEC program as its seventh 2. Indian Navy deploys
member. for surveillance in
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a) Bangladesh the Indian Ocean
b) Bhutan a) INS Shardul
c) Myanmar
d) Maldives
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b) INS Vikrant
c) INS Kaveri
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d) INS Kalavari
5. Gionee India ties up with Royal
Challengers Bangalore for IPL 10. 3. Who will become the Chairman
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Name the other team who has of the newly constituted National
Gionee Sponsor also. Board for Electric Mobility
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d) Pawan Goenka
6. Berhampur Thakurani Yatra
fetival begins in 4. Gilbert Baker, who passed away
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Air services agreement approved
7. Who of the following was by Union Cabinet?
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recently appointed as the a) India and Myanmar
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Chairman of the National b) India and Ukrain
Association of Software and c) India and Sri Lanka
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Services Companies? d) India and Georgia
a) C P Gurnani
b) Rishad Premji
c) Raman Roy
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13. Who of the following named
Wisdens Leading Cricketer in the
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d) None of the above World for 2016?
a) David Warner
8. Which of the following b) Steve Smith
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a) South Korea
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a) Airlift d) UAE
b) Madaari
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c) Neerja 10. India & sign
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d) Pink defence deals worth over 2 billion
dollar recently.
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5. Who of the following won the a) Israel
64th National Film Awards for the b) Ukraine
Best Actor?
a) Aamir Khan
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c) Indonesia
d) Sri Lanka
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b) Salman Khan
c) Akshay Kumar 11. Who of the following appointed
d) Ranveer Singh as CEO of L&T?
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a) Vijay Kumar
6. Who of the following won the b) Subrahmanyan
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3. Mukta Dutta Tomar was c) Mars
appointed as the Ambassador of d) Jupiter
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India to which country?
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a) Malaysia 9. Which states government has
b) Germany decided to hold Peoples Day on
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c) Singapore the 15th of every month?
d) New Zealand a) Manipur
b) Switzerland a) Maharashtra
c) Norway b) Odisha
d) Spain c) New Delhi
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d) Bihar
5. India is placed on which
position in the 2017 edition of the 11. Which renowned Indian sand
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2. Who of the following becomes launched in
first non-white judge at London a) Uttar Pradesh
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Court? b) Madhya Pradesh
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a) Anuja Ravindra Dhir c) Kerala
b) Ankit Khurana d) Assam
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c) Pahal Trivedi
d) Yograj Singh 9. Who of the following won
b) Vikas Swarup
c) Giriraj Singh 1. Who of the following appointed
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a) BP Kanungo
4. Who of the following appointed b) Malvika Sinha
MD of Saraswat Bank? c) Jayant Patel
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in which city? b) Nakshe
a) Mumbai c) Geospatial
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b) Chandigarh d) Open Series Maps
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c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata 11. Who of the following won the
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2017 Pulitzer Prize in investigative
6. Who of the following was reporting section?
recently appointed as a UN
Messenger of Peace?
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a) Eric Eyre
b) Du Yun
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a) Kailash Satyarthi c) Jim Morin
b) Malala Yousafzai d) Lynn Nottage
c) Angelina Jolie
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navy veteran who was sentenced to MoU with Airtel and BSNL to bring
death by a military court of 5G services in India.
Pakistan. a) Nokia
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d) Kulbhushan Jadhav
13. Name the author of the book
8. Two-day National Convention Gandhi in Champaran.
on World Homoeopathy Day a) Anand Neelakanthan
concluded in which city? b) Vidya Krishnamurthi
a) Delhi c) DG Tendulkar
b) Mumbai d) Nitin A Gokhale
c) Hyderabad
d) Shimla 1. What will be the theme of the
Civil Services Day 2017?
9. Which states government has a) Clean India
decided to increase the number of b) Minimum Governance
Science Clubs in its schools? c) Making New India
a) Uttar Pradesh d) Nation First
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
2. As per the Amnesty 7. Which Indian-origin personality
International, it is in this country, became the rst non-white judge
most executions took place in at the Old Bailey Court of London?
2016. a) Osa Nawab
a) Iran b) Anuja Ravindra Dhir
b) Iraq c) Kirti Solanki
c) Pakistan d) Tayeb Salih
d) China
8. Name the British DJ who has
3. It is in this North Eastern State, reached Mount Everests base
India-Mongolia joint military camp and has plans to host the
training exercise Nomadic highest party on the earth.
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Elephant XII has begun recently. a) Armin van Buuren
a) Mizoram b) Paul van Dyk
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b) Nagaland c) Paul Oakenfold
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c) Assam d) David Guetta
d) Bihar
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9. Carme Chacon, who passed
4. Name the two states that in away recently, was the Defence
second week of April 2017
announced that it will impose
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Minister of which European
country?
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liquor ban in the state in near a) France
future. b) Germany
a) Chhattisgarh and Madhya c) Spain
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Pradesh d) Switzerland
b) Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh
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a) Uttar Pradesh b) Donald Trump
b) Madhya Pradesh c) Justin Trudeau
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c) Karnataka d) Queen Elizabeth II
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d) Telangana
1. Which of the following
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4. Which states government has Government Department to get
decided to increase the new online system to deal with
reservations of backward Muslim
population and STs in the state?
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black money cases?
a) SEBI
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a) Telangana b) Income Tax
b) Andhra Pradesh c) CBI
c) Gujarat d) CBDT
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d) Uttar Pradesh
2. Which state assembly passes bill
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exercise. c) Sebastian Vettel
a) Sagarmatha Maitri- 2017 d) Lewis Hamilton
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b) Sagarmatha Dosti- 2017
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c) Sagarmatha Friendship- 2017 2. Who of the following won Time
d) Sagarmatha Mitrta-2017 Magazine's Most Influential
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Person poll 2017?
6. Which of the following Digital a) Bill Gates
wallet firm partners with Genesis
Luxury for payment gateways in
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b) Donald Trump
c) Angela Mekrel
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India? d) Rodrigo Duterte
a) MobiKwik
b) Freecharge 3. Name the progressive rock and
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a) Allan Holdsworth
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a) JJ Sinha
b) Amrit Pal 4. Which country hosted the first-
c) Girish Chandra Saxena ever G20 Digital Ministerial
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Name it. d) Mumbai
a) Aahar
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b) Khana Khazana 3. Which former Indian cricketer
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c) Postik has been named as one of the
d) Swadisht commentators for the upcoming
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Champions trophy?
8. Name the internet pioneer who a) Rahul Dravid
passed away recently.
a) Johnson Willey
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b) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Saurav Ganguly
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b) Robert Taylor d) VVS Laxman
c) B.B. King
d) George Harrison 4. Which country is hosting the
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d) BROBA a) 8.65%
b) 8.75%
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8. Who has recently taken over as c) 8.70%
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the Financial Commissioner of d) 8.50%
Railways?
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a) S Mahajan 2. Which city will host the main
b) B N Mohapatra event of the International Day of
c) B B Verma
d) AK Singhal
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Yoga (IDY) celebrations in June
2017?
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a) Karnal
9. Who of the following was b) Bhopal
recently awarded with Dr Paduru c) Lucknow
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b) 1 August 2017
c) 15 August 2017 4. Which state government, DMRC
d) 1 May 2017 inked pact to supply power from
Rewa project?
11. Who of the following becomes a) Bihar
Indias first visually impaired b) Uttarakhand
runner to complete Boston c) Telangana
Marathon? d) Madhya Pradesh
a) Anuj Shukla
b) Sagar Baheti 5. Which e-tailer has acquired
c) Vishal Arora logistics start-up InLogg to smooth
d) Sidhharth Pant its delivery process?
a) Jabong
b) Myntra
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
c) Flipkart a) Malala Yusufzai
d) Snapdeal b) Giuseppina Nicolini
c) Rodrigo Duterte
6. Identify the English d) Kailash Sattyarthi
businesswoman and fashion
designer who was recently 1. Indian Navy test-fires land
appointed the Officer of the Order attack version of which supersonic
of the British Empire. cruise missile?
a) Samantha Cameron a) Prithvi- V
b) Victoria Beckham b) Agni-II
c) Michelle Dewberry c) Brahmos
d) None of the above d) Prithvi-III
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7. Which state has been chosen for 2. Minister of State for Railway
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the Krishi Karman Awards 2015-16 inaugurates all new Inland
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in medium category (1 to 10 Container Depot at Sachana in
million tonnes)? Viramgam of Ahmedabad. Who is
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a) Telangana the current Minister of State for
b) Uttarakhand Railway?
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Himachal Pradesh
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a) Dr. Harshwardhan
b) Kiren Rijiju
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c) Dharmendra Pradhan
8. How much has India d) Manoj Sinha
contributed recently to the United
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d) Apollo Hospitals
9. Which country to host BRICS
Film Festival in June, 2017? 4. inks pact for
EN
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needy students? b) 2.5%
a) Punjab c) 3.5%
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b) Gujarat d) 4.5%
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c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Rajasthan 6. Who will be honoured with the
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75th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar
8. Which Food delivery and home Award?
services app was launched by
Google for Indian market?
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a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Sunil Gavaskar
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a) Ambrosia c) Kapil Dev
b) Delicay d) Sourav Ganguly
c) G-kitchen
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c) 23 April d) Poland
d) 24 April
8. Who of the following has been
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c) Green Cities
2. When is National Panchayati d) Environmental & Climate
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Raj Day observed every year? Literacy
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a) 25 April
b) 27 April 8. Indias first ever village of
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c) 24 April books will open in which state to
d) 28 April promote tourism?
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the first time importer of Indian
mangoes? 8. Who was appointed as the new
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a) Canada Director of US Secret Service by
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b) New Zealand Donald Trump Administration?
c) Spain a) Randolph Alles
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d) Australia b) Joseph Clancy
c) William Callahan
3. Who of the following appointed
as new DG of Indo Tibet Border
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d) Julia Pierson
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Police (ITBP)? 9. Name the Indian professional
a) Vijay Kumar shot putter who recently won a
b) Rajiv Bhatnagar gold medal in the first leg of the
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a) Deepa Malik
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a) 27 April
b) 28 April 10. What is the theme of the 2017
c) 30 April World Intellectual Property Day?
EN
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c) Gujarat a) 22 April
d) Jharkhand b) 23 April
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c) 24 April
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14. Who of the following became d) 25 April
the first Pakistani cricketer to
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score 10000 Test runs? 5. NASA recently successfully
a) Wahab Riaz launched its heavy-lift super
b) Umar Akmal
c) Sohail Khan
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pressure balloon (SPB) from
which country?
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d) Younis Khan a) Maldives
b) Australia
15. Unocoin partners with c) New Zealand
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to doping.
1. Who of the following was a) Maximilian Abel
crowned the Miss Teen Universe b) Maria Sharapova
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2. Who of the following was following cities?
recently appointed as the a) Thiruvananthapuram
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President of Coca-Cola India? b) Bengaluru
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a) T K K Krishnakumar c) Chennai
b) Venkatesh Kini d) Kolkata
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c) Vamsi Mohan
d) None of the above 8. When is World Day for Safety
a) Ramanuja d) 28 April
b) Nathamuni
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b) Amir Khan
c) Rajnikanth 10. Which of the following city
d) Amitabh Bachchan becomes 1st Indian city to win
Pierre L'Enfant Awards-2017?
5. What is the theme of the 2017 a) Jaipur
World Immunization Week? b) Pune
a) Close the immunization gap c) Bhubaneshwar
b) Vaccines Work d) Bangalore
c) Are you up-to-date?
d) Protect your world get 1. Who of the following won
vaccinated Russian Grand Prix 2017?
a) Lewis Hamilton
6. What is the theme of the 2017 b) Max Verstappen
World Day for Safety and Health at
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
c) Valtteri Bottas b) 29 April
d) Kimi Raikonen c) 30 April
d) 2 May
2. Which of the following state got
it's first Shatabdi Train? 8. Who of the following becomes
a) Manipur worlds oldest person to complete
b) Arunachal Pradesh Auckland Sky Walk?
c) Assam a) Mann Kaur
d) None of These b) Ankit Ahuja
c) Tintu Lukka
3. Who of the following appointed d) Dutee Chand
as Bowling Coach of Sri Lanka for
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interim period? 9. Who of the following sand
a) Shaun Pollock artists won gold medal in Moscow
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b) Glenn McGrath competition?
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c) Allan Donald a) Ashok Kumar
d) Courtney Walsh b) Sudarsan Pattnaik
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c) Rahul Arya
4. Who of the following won 10th d) None of These
Barcelona Open Title?
a) Roger Federer
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10. Two Indian-Americans
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b) Rafael Nadal selected for
c) Stan Wawrinka American Council on Education
d) Novak Djokovic (ACE) fellowship.
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b) Rs 85 cr
c) Rs 35 cr 1. When is International Labour
d) Rs 15 cr Day observed every year?
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a) 2 May
6. Janalakshmi Financial Services b) 7 May
gets final small finance bank c) 1 May
licence from RBI. Where is it's d) 3 May
headquarter?
a) Jaipur 2. 2017 Global Mobile Internet
b) Varanasi Conference has begun in which
c) Bangalore city?
d) Ahmedabad a) Delhi
b) Tokyo
7. When is Day of Remembrance c) Beijing
for all Victims of Chemical d) Shanghai
Warfare observed every year?
a) 28 April
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
3. The National Mission for Clean c) Russia
Ganga has selected which date to d) India
be observed as Ganga Cleanliness
Pledge Day? 9. Who has become the first Indian
a) May 1 woman to drive Formula E racing
b) May 2 car?
c) May 3 a) Neelu Jha
d) May 4 b) Minisha Lamba
c) Gul Panag
4. Maharashtras first automatic d) Vaishali Kapoor
weather station has come up at
which place? 10. Who of the following has been
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a) Mumbai selected by Japan for this year's
b) Pune Spring Imperial Decorations?
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c) Nagpur a) Ashwani Kumar
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d) Thane b) Prafull Patel
c) Shashi Tharoor
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5. A commemorative stamp has d) Maneka Gandhi
been released on the birth
anniversary of Saint
Ramanujacharya.
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11. Which of the following ward
becomes Country's First Digitised
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a) 100 Panchayat ward?
b) 500 a) Pudukad
c) 750 b) Payyanur
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d) 1000 c) Thrissur
d) Aymanam
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to win Asian Squash women title? 12. Who of the following appointed
a) Joshna Chinappa as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
b) Dipika Pallikal recently?
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c) Madhya Pradesh Avvaiyar award?
d) Uttar Pradesh a) Kerala
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b) Tamil Nadu
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4. World Press Freedom Day was c) Andhra Pradesh
observed globally on which date? d) Karnataka
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a) 1 May
b) 3 May 10. India's first book village is
c) 2 May
d) 30 April
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going to come up in which states
hamlet?
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a) Gujarat
5. Which foundation bagged the b) Karnataka
FICCI-India Sanitation Coalition c) Maharashtra
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prize? d) Odisha
a) Sampark Foundation
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5. Which policy approved by Union 11. Hollywood movie named The
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government recently? Black Prince recently won the
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a) National pension scheme Special Jury Remi Award at the
b) National steel policy 50th annual Worldfest-Houston
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c) National goods policy International Film Festival. Which
d) National adhaar policy Indian actress has acted in this
b) $150 million
c) $160 million 12. Which web portal was
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c) 7.8%
d) 7.9% 13. Who of the following won the
World Snooker Championship
8. Who approves SAMPADA title?
project recently? a) Pankaj Advani
a) Cabinet committee of Economic b) Ronnie OSullivan
affairs c) Mark Selby
b) Cabinet of Finance d) John Higgins
c) Cabinet of sports
d) Cabinet of Income tax 14. Who of the following was
recently honoured with the Dada
9. Which Indian state will sign Saheb Phalke Award?
sister state agreement with a) Kasinadhuni Viswanath
California, Iowa, and Illinois? b) Kamalakara Kameswara Rao
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
c) Gundamma Katha 5. Which Hollywood film,
d) None of the above featuring actress Shabana Azmi,
was awarded the Special Jury
15. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Remi Award at the 50th annual
inaugurated two exhibitions, The Worldfest-Houston International
Highway Saga and SRISHTI in Film Festival?
which city? a) Prince Caspian
a) Delhi b) The Black Prince
b) Mumbai c) A hundred foot journey
c) Bangalore d) Politics of Love
d) Chennai
6. What is the theme of 2017 World
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1. The Union government has Asthma Day (WAD)?
appointed Braj Bihari Kumar as a) Better air better breathing
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the Chairman of which Indian b) Reduce the asthma burden
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research body? c) You Can Control Your Asthma
a) ICHR d) Unite to overcome asthma
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b) ISRO
c) CSIR 7. Who was appointed as
d) IISER G
Chairman of the Tea Board of
India?
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2. Which country is hosting the a) M G K V Bhanu
27th session of the Universal b) Prabhat Kamal Bezboruah
Periodic Review (UPR) of the UN c) Santosh Sarangi
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a) Rudrangshu Mukherjee
b) Pratap Bhanu Mehta 9. When is the International
c) Andre Beteille Firefighters Day (IFFD) observed
d) None of the above every year?
a) 1 May
4. Which of the following b) 2 May
countries lead the FIFA World c) 3 May
Ranking, which was released d) 4 May
recently?
a) Brazil 10. Who is the author of the set of
b) Argentina books titled 'Swachh Jungle ki
c) Germany kahani Dadi ki Zubani'?
d) France a) Anita Desai
b) Madhu Pant
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
c) Anant Pai 2. Who of the following indian
d) Neelam Saxena actress won top honours at New
York Indian Film Festival?
11. Online classifieds company a) Priyanka Chopra
Quikr India Pvt. Ltd acquired b) Aishwarya Rai Bachhan
which start-up for about USD 10 c) Konkona Sen Sharma
million? d) Katrina Kaif
a) UrbanClay
b) OLX 3. Which of the following film
c) NimBus becomes first Indian film to collect
d) Zimmber 1000 Crore Rs world wide?
a) Dangal
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12. Who of the following appointed b) Rushtom
as head of Allahabad Bank? c) Bahubali 2
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a) Sunil Mehta d) Bajrangi Bhaijaan
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b) Usha Ananthasubramanian
c) R A Sankara Narayan 4. Name the Japan's men-only
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d) Dinabandhu Mohapatra island that was recommended by
UNESCO for World Heritage
13. Who of the following appointed
as head of Vijaya Bank?
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status.
a) Hashima Island
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a) Sunil Mehta b) Sakhalin Island
b) Usha Ananthasubramanian c) Tashirojima Island
c) R A Sankara Narayan d) Okinoshima Island
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d) Dinabandhu Mohapatra
5. Which Indian actor was
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8. Name the Indian boxer who 14. Which country successfully test
qualied for the World flight its indigenously developed
Championships in the 52 kilogram C919 passenger jet plane?
category after getting a walkover a) USA
against Malaysia's boxer at the b) Australia
Asian Championships in Tashkent, c) China
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Uzbekistan. d) India
a) Kavinder Singh Bisht
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b) Salam Abdul Kasim 1. Who of the following appointed
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c) Satish Kumar as the president of South Korea?
d) Manoj Kumar a) Hwang Kyo-ahn
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b) Park Geun-hye
10. Which Hollywood c) Moon Jae-in
actor/actress bagged the first-ever
MTV genderless award?
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d) Lee Myung-bak
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a) Emma Watson 2. When is the World Migratory
b) Hugh Jackman Bird Day observed?
c) Taraji P Henson a) 11 May
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b) Pune India?
c) Bhopal a) Karan Sharma
d) Jamshedpur b) Taranjeet Singh
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c) Sunil Sharma
12. Which countrys space plane d) Ashwini Mehta
recently returned after completing
its two-year-long secret space 4. Which of the following is the
mission? name of the strategy against
a) USA Maoists as announced by Union
b) Russia Home Minister Rajnath Singh?
c) Japan a) SANRAKSHAN
d) China b) SAMVAAD
c) SURAKSHA
13. This is the country where a d) SAMADHAN
cultural festival is being organised
by India to mark the 156th birth
anniversary of the famous Indian
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
5. Which of the following c) Jhulan Goswami
technology is being acquired by d) Ankita Verma
Indian Railways to run trains
without guards? 1. Recently which State govt
a) EoFT announces 4% hike in Dearness
b) FoET Allowance to it's employees?
c) EoTT a) Uttar Pradesh
d) FoTT b) Kerala
c) Gujarat
6. Who has been named as the new d) Bihar
Defence Secretary and will take
office from 24 May, 2017? 2. Which of the following city to
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a) G. Mohan Kumar host biggest ever International
b) Karan Sharma Yoga Day event on June 21?
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c) Sanjay Mitra a) Lucknow
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d) Sunil Patil b) Ahmedabad
c) Rajkot
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7. For the first time in history a d) Pune
sitting high court judge has been
convicted for contempt of court.
Name this judge.
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3. Who of the following appointed
as new Defence Secretary?
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a) Justice C S Karnan a) G Mohan Kumar
b) Justice Arun Tandon b) Brajesh Varshney
c) Justice Tarun Agarwala c) Sanjay Mitra
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(NBA) inaugurated its first ever b) 10 May
academy in c) 11 May
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a) Greater Noida d) 12 May
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b) Lucknow
c) Pune 6. What was the 2017 theme of
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d) Hyderabad International Nurses Day?
a) Nurses: A Force for Change:
1. India will be signing a MoU with
which country to increase bilateral
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Improving health systems
resilience
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cooperation in urban transport b) Nursing: A voice to lead-
policy? Achieving the Sustainable
a) UK Development Goals
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c) Zimbabwe
d) Mozambique 5. Which state government will
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form Maa committee to check
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11. Which Bollywood celebrity has mid-day meal quality in the state-
been appointed by the World run primary schools?
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Health Organisation as its a) Uttar Pradesh
goodwill ambassador for hepatitis b) Haryana
in South-East Asia region?
a) Amitabh Bachchan
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c) Punjab
d) Bihar
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b) Salman Khan
c) Shahrukh Khan 6. What was the theme of World
d) Aamir Khan Fair Trade Day 2017?
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65 seconds? Open of Tennis.
a) Indira Gandhi International a) Novak Djokovic
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Airport b) Roger Federer
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b) Chhatrapati Shivaji c) Dominic Thiem
International Airport d) Rafael Nadal
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c) Kempegowda International
Airport 8. International Day of Families
d) Chennai International Airport G
was observed on 15 May 2017 with
this theme for the year.
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3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi a) Ensuring work family balance
launched river conservation b) Families, healthy lives and
project Narmada Seva Mission in sustainable future
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a) Alain Jupp d) Maharashtra
b) Emmanuel Macron
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c) Marine Le Pen 10. Which of the following IIT
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d) Edouard Philippe collaborated with the British
Geological Survey to turn Varanasi
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5. Which country recently declared into a smart city?
a state of emergency over cholera a) IIT Mumbai
outbreak?
a) Syria
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b) IIT Kanpur
c) IIT Kharagpur
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b) Yemen d) IIT Delhi
c) South Sudan
d) Nigeria 1. The National Green Tribunal
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c) Prantik Roy a) Jalrahat
d) R R Laxman b) Prakampana
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c) Sahayata
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5. President Pranab Mukherjee d) Karavali Karunya
recently received the rst copy of
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book Metaphysics, Morals and 11. Simbex-17 that recently
Politics. Who is the author of the commenced is a bilateral naval
book?
a) Shirin M Rai
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exercise between India and which
other country?
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b) Baldav Raj Nayar a) Japan
c) Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay b) Republic of Singapore
d) Sumantra Bose c) Vietnam
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d) Indonesia
6. Which Indian wildlife activist
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won the 2017 Whitley Awards? 12. Union Heavy Industries &
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following was the chairperson of b) K C Samaria
the committee? c) HC Gupta
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a) Madhav Chitale d) Pawan Kumar Ahluwalia
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b) AK Sinha
c) Justice (Retd) Girdhar Malviya 6. Union Home Minister Rajnath
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d) VK Bhasin Singh chaired the first meeting of
the Chief Ministers of five States
2. India in May 2017 imposed anti-
dumping duty on a chemical used
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on India-China Border in
a) New Delhi
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in pharma industry and b) Agartala
aluminium foil to protect domestic c) Gangtok
industry from cheap imports. The d) Guwahati
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b) Iran tuberculosis by
c) Israel a) 2020
d) Vietnam b) 2025
c) 2030
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c) Stanford University 7. Donald Trump, during his
d) University of Pennsylvania speech at the Arab Islamic-
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American Summit, called for the
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2. A school in this city has decided international isolation of which
to set up an environment-friendly Muslim country?
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toilet made of plastic bottles and a) Iran
other materials. b) Sudan
a) Kochi
b) Jamshedpur
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c) Yemen
d) Syria
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c) Jaipur
d) Nainital 8. What is the theme of UNs
International Day for Biological
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d) Convention on Biological
4. Which Indian won the 2017 Intel Diversity
International Science and
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a) Novak Djokovic
b) Alexander Zverev 6. The two-day Start up India
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c) Andy Murray Summit was convened in which
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d) Rafael Nadal country?
a) United Kingdom
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1. The 70th World Health b) United Arab Emirates
Assembly recently commenced at c) Japan
which of the following places?
a) Interlaken
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d) Germany
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b) Bern 7. The United States has issued a
c) Zurich travel advisory, cautioning its
d) Geneva citizens from travelling to which
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Muslim nation?
2. Who of the following won the a) Iran
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b) Harika Dronavalli
c) R Vaishali IIT Kharagpur to devise Happiness
d) Elina Danielian Index?
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a) Madhya Pradesh
3. India recently became the b) Chhattisgarh
second largest steel producer in c) West Bengal
the world. Which country is the d) Kerala
largest steel producer in the
world? 9. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu
a) Japan flagged Indias first high-speed
b) China and feature rich train Tejas
c) Mexico Express that will run between
d) United States which places?
a) Mumbai and New Delhi
4. Who of the following won the b) Mumbai and Goa
2017 WWF International c) New Delhi and Varanasi
Presidents Award? d) New Delhi and Chennai
Current Affairs MCQs (January to May 2017)
4. Who of the following was
10. Which online payment app recently appointed as the Director-
recently announced to offer 4% General of the World Health
interest on savings? Organisation?
a) Freecharge a) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
b) Mobikwik b) Margaret Chan
c) Paytm c) David Nabarro
d) PayPal d) Sania Nishtar
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Bank (AfDB). The meeting is being recently.
held in this city of India. a) Nauru
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a) Ahmadabad b) San Marino
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b) Gandhinagar c) Tuvalu
c) Hyderabad d) Saint Kitts and Nevis
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d) New Delhi
6. Which country recently
1. Which of the following football
clubs won the La Liga title for the
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recruited robot police officer
Robocop in its police force?
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record 33rd time? a) The United States
a) Barcelona b) Dubai
b) Athletic Bilbao c) Japan
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c) Valencia d) England
d) Real Madrid
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c) 23 May
the following former Prime d) 24 May
Ministers of India?
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recently started in which of the b) Jorge Glas
following cities? c) Rafael Correa
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a) Hyderabad d) Lenin Moreno
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b) Kolkata
c) Jaipur 7. Which Arab nation has blocked
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d) Mumbai 21 media websites?
a) Saudi Arabia
2. Who of the following was
recently inducted in the
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b) Egypt
c) UAE
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Badminton World Federation d) Qatar
(BWF) Athletes' Commission?
a) Jwala Gutta 8. Which renowned news channel
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b) CNN
3. Name the Prime Minister of c) Al Jazeera
Nepal who resigned recently? d) Sky News
a) Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda
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(NATO)? 1. PM Narendra Modi recently
a) Romania inaugurated India's longest
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b) Italy bridge- Dhola-Sadiya. Where is the
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c) Belgium bridge located?
d) Latvia a) Kolkata
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b) Assam
4. Who was appointed as c) Mandi
Chairman of IAMAI recently?
a) Deep Kalra
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d) Uttarakhand
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b) Rajan Anandan 2. Which mission of NASA recently
c) Subho Ray revealed the deep secrets of planet
d) Kunal Shah Jupiter?
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a) Apollo-Soyuz Mission
5. Who is the winner of the 2016 b) Juno Mission
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d) Southampton
a) Anurag Tripathy
6. Who is the second Indian- b) Rajan Anandan
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b) Telangana d) Bolivia
c) Bihar
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d) Uttar Pradesh 12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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recently laid the foundation stone
7. Which of the following cities is for All India Institute of Medical
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declared as the world's most Sciences (AIIMS) at Changsari in
densely populated city by the UN the Kamrup District. The district
Habitat?
a) Mumbai
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falls in which state?
a) West Bengal
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b) Tokyo b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Dhaka c) Assam
d) Jakarta d) Maharashtra
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8. Which Indian state hosted the 13. Who of the following recently
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4. Who is the winner of the 2017 c) Manchester City
Sudirman Cup? d) Arsenal
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a) South Korea
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b) China 10. When is International Day of
c) Australia United Nations Peacekeepers
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d) Indonesia observed every year?
a) 30 May
5. Indias first multi-modal electric
vehicle project was launched in
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b) 29 May
c) 26 May
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which city? d) 31 May
a) Nagpur
b) New Delhi 11. Supreme Court allows
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a) Uttar Pradesh
6. Which country hosted the 2017 b) Kerala
AN
G7 summit? c) Bihar
a) Japan d) Madhya Pradesh
b) Canada
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