1.

Which of the following countries is NOT a member of the Economic Cooperation

Organisation (ECO) set up to promote sustainable economic development?

1) Pakistan

2) Turkey

3) Iran

4) Afghanistan

5) None of these

2. The International Women’s Day is observed every year on

1) 02 Mar

2) 04 Mar

3) 06 Mar

4) 08 Mar

5) 10 Mar

3. The world’s oldest aircraft carrier in active service, INS Viraat, was decommissioned on
06 Mar after serving the Indian Navy for nearly 30 years. India had bought the carrier from

1) France

2) Israel

3) Russia

4) UK

5) US

4. The large-scale joint military exercise, called Foal Eagle, was conducted between the US
and which of the following countries recently?

1) Japan

2) Philippines

3) Vietnam

4) South Korea

5) Thailand

5. Which airport has been renamed as ‘Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao-Amaravati Airport’
after the legendary actor?
1) Tirupati Airport

2) Vijayawada Airport

3) Chennai Airport

4) Bengaluru Airport

5) Hyderabad Airport

6. Kurukh, an endangered tribal language of the Dravidian family and spoken by the Oraon
tribal community, has been given official status in the state of

1) Telangana

2) Karnataka

3) Tamil Nadu

4) West Bengal

5) Jharkhand

7. In which of the following states, the state govt recently decided to make Sanskrit a
compulsory language up to 8th Standard?

1) Andhra Pradesh

2) Kerala

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Assam

5) Rajasthan

8. ________ , the largest unrelated blood stem cell donors registry in India, has received the
Global NGO Excellence Award under the Best Healthcare NGO category.

1) DATRI

2) Goonj

3) Give India

4) Pratham

5) Lepra Society

9. _________ is the host of the three-day long 'Destination North East' 2017 event, aimed at
showcasing North East as a potential destination for investment.

1) Kolkata
2) Chandigarh

3) Mumbai

4) New Delhi

5) Gurugram

10. India’s tallest Tricolour was hoisted recently at

1) Ranchi

2) Jammu

3) Itanagar

4) Daulat Beg Oldi

5) Attari border