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1. Which is the first State in India to have developed an automatic public address system that can
be activated along its entire coast?
(a) West Bengal (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Kerala (d) Odisha

2. The Base Year of the Index of Eight Core Industries has been revised from the year 2004-05 to
______________from April, 2017.
(a) 2010-11 (b) 2011-12 (c) 2009-10 (d) 2015-16

3. Which among the following countries is a World leader in Milk Production for the past 15 years?
(a) India (b) USA (c) UK (d) China

4. Which among the following country/countries is/are joined as full members to the Beijing-backed
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in June 2017?
(a) India (b) Pakistan (c) Russia (d) Both a and b

5. Who among the following Indian cricketers has/have found places in the 2017 ESPN most
famous active athletes in the world?
(a) Virat Kohli (b) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(c) Yuvraj Singh (d) All of the above

6. Which among the following countries has withdrawn from the Paris climate agreement in June
2017?
(a) China (b) India (c) France (d) USA

7. What is the carrying capacity of Prithvi-II missile?

(a) 250 kg to 500 kg of warheads (b) 500 kg to 1,000 kg of warheads
(c) 1000 kg to 2,000 kg of warheads (d) 1500 kg to 3,000 kg of warheads

8. Who among the following Indian-origin doctor and Ireland's first openly gay minister has become
the country's youngest-ever and first homosexual Prime Minister in 2017?
(a) Leo Varadkar (b) Enda Kenny
(c) Michael Daniel Higgins (d) John Burton

9. The GST Council had fixed the rates for over 1,200 goods and 500 services -- at the slabs of
which of the following?
(a) 15, 20, 25 and 28 % (b) 10, 12, 20 and 25 %
(c) 5, 12, 18 and 28 % (d) 5, 20, 25 and 30 %

10. World Environment Day is celebrated every year on:

(a) June 5 (b) May 5 (c) March 5 (d) April 5

11. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its heaviest and most
powerful launching vehicle - the GSLV-Mark III, which put the ____________ satellite into orbit.
(a) GSAT-15 (b) GSAT-19 (c) GSAT-10 (d) GSAT-09

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12. Which among the following countries will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup?
(a) Qatar (b) Russia (c) Japan (d) UK

13. How many members are there in the Monetary Policy Committee?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 10

14. The comedian Pikotaro has adapted his catchy song, Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen', to promote the
United Nations' sustainable development goals. He belongs to which country?
(a) France (b) USA (c) Japan (d) Russia

15. Who was the Indian-American among 12 new astronauts chosen for the NASA's next missions
into Earth orbit and to deep space in June 2017?
(a) Lt Col Raja Grinder Chari (b) Lt Col Ashok Kumar
(c) Lt Col Vijay Kumar (d) Lt Col Raghu Verma

16. Who among the following won the French Open Women's Singles crown in 2017?
(a) Sania Mirza (b) Jelena Ostapenko
(c) Simona Halep (d) Margaret Scriven

17. Which of the following countries football team won the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in 2017?
(a) Brazil (b) Argentina (c) USA (d) England

18. Who among the following won the record 10th French Open title in 2017?
(a) Roger Federer (b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Stan Wawrinka (d) Novak Djokovic

19. Olly, the Olive Ridley sea turtle was unveiled as the official mascot for the 22nd edition of the
Asian Athletics Championships held in:
(a) Bengaluru (b) Hyderabad (c) Mumbai (d) Bhubaneshwar

20. Name the Anti-Tank Guided Missile, which was successfully flight tested recently in the desert
ranges of Rajasthan.
(a) Takshak (b) Nag (c) Cheetah (d) Arrow

21. According to the Forbes list of the world's highest-paid celebrities of 2017, which Indian actor
has topped the list among Indian celebrities?
(a) Akshay Kumar (b) Shahrukh Khan (c) Salman Khan (d) Ajay Devgan

22. Name the first Indian woman, who has been elected as member of International Tribunal for the
Law of the Sea (ITLOS).
(a) Sumedha Puri (b) Anandita Razdan
(c) Koel Agrahari (d) Neeru Chadha

23. David Grossman has won the Man Booker International Prize for his novel "A Horse walks into a
bar". David Grossman belongs to:
(a) Uganda (b) Canada (c) Australia (d) Israel

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24. Which is the country's first public transport system to reserve jobs for members of the third
gender people in June 2017?
(a) Kolkata Metro (b) Hyderabad Metro
(c) Kochi Metro (d) Delhi Metro

25. Which among the following Palaces has becomes first Indian building to get trademark in June
2017?
(a) Mysore Palace (b) Taj Mahal Palace
(c) Nizam Palace (d) Raja Maharanjith Singh Palace

26. Who has been chosen as the brand ambassador to promote the Goods and Services Tax (GST)
in 2017?
(a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Amitabh Bachchan
(c) Virat Kohli (d) Salman Khan

27. Which among the following firms became the first company to face bankruptcy proceedings
among the dozen identified by the regulator in 2017?
(a) Amtek Auto (b) Alok Industries (c) Bhushan Steel (d) Lanco Infratech

28. The second BRICS film festival was held at:

(a) Mumbai (b) Durban (c) Rio de Janeiro (d) Chengdu

29. Who among the following was appointed as Crown Prince of the Saudi Arabia?
(a) Mohammed Rehman (b) Mohammed Sultan
(c) Mohammed bin Salman (d) Mohammed Ali Khan

30. Which among the following Municipal Corporations has become the first local body in the
country to issue municipal bonds?
(a) Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (b) MumbaiMunicipal Corporation
(c) New Delhi Municipal Corporation (d) Pune Municipal Corporation

31. Who has been taken over as President of the International Economic Association (IEA) in 2017?
(a) K.V.Kamath (b) Kaushik Basu (c) Raghuram Rajan (d) C.Rangarajan

32. Who has become first turbaned Sikh woman Supreme Court judge of Canada in 2017?
(a) Gulab Kaur (b) Parbinder Kaur Shergill
(c) Bibi Bhag Bhari (d) Sahib Kaur

33. Which among the following countries switched on the world's largest floating solar plant in
2017?
(a) India (b) China (c) USA (d) UK

34. Who has been declared as the Miss India 2017?

(a) Priyanka Kumari (b) Manushi Chhillar (c) Sana Dua (d) Sangitha Kumari

35. Which of the following countries has inaugurated the world's largest start-up incubator "Station
F"?
(a) Germany (b) Belgium (c) France (d) Austria

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36. Which of the following Constitutional Amendment Acts related with the Goods and Services Tax
(GST)?
(a) 100th (b) 101st (c) 102nd (d) 98th

37. World Intellectual Property Organization, a specialised agency of the United Nations, has
decided to set up its first Technology and Innovation Support Centre (TISC) in:
(a) Russia (b) India (c) France (d) Japan

38. Which of the following sectors gives second largest direct employment in India?
(a) Mining (b) Agriculture (c) Manufacturing (d) Textile

39. Who among the following famous Saint blue-bordered sari has been recognised as an
Intellectual Property of the Missionaries of Charity?
(a) St. Mother Teresa (b) St. Adela (c) St. Angadresma (d) St. Breaca

40. Hamburg City hosted the G20 Summit 2017, this city is located in which of the following
countries?
(a) France (b) Canada (c) Germany (d) Brazil

41. QRSAM is a:
(a) Surface to Surface missile (b) Surface to Air missile
(c) Air to Air missile (d) Air to Surface missile

42. Who has been appointed as the 21st Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India in 2017?
(a) Sandeep Patel (b) Prathap Sinha
(c) Achal Kumar Joti (d) Om Prakash Rawat

43. "New fast-growing Israeli Crysanthumun flower named in honor of which of the following
countries Prime Minister?
(a) Russia (b) China (c) Germany (d) India

44. Which among the following satellites termed as worlds lightest and also the first 3D-printed
satellite?
(a) QuikSCAT (b) KALAM Sat (c) COSMO-SkyMed (d) EarthCARE

45. Who has been taken over as the new Attorney General of India in 2017?
(a) Kurian Joseph (b) N.V. Ramana (c) R.F. Nariman (d) K K Venugopal

46. Which among the following cities declared India's first heritage city by UNESCO in 2017?
(a) Ahmedabad (b) Varanasi (c) Amaravati (d) Bhopal

47. The first Gharib Nawaz Skill Development Centre was inaugurated in:
(a) Kanpur (b) Hyderabad (c) Mumbai (d) Vijayawada

48. Which State has become the first State in the country to enact a law against social boycott from
caste panchayats in 2017?
(a) Haryana (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Maharashtra

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49. What is the India rank in the second Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2017?
(a) 52 (b) 23 (c) 63 (d) 38

50. In which of the following countries, men-only island has been declared a UNESCO World
Heritage site in July 2017?
(a) Indonesia (b) Brazil (c) Japan (d) Greenland

ANSWSER KEY
1 d 2 b 3 a 4 d 5 d 6 d 7 b 8 a 9 c 10 a
11 b 12 a 13 b 14 c 15 a 16 b 17 d 18 b 19 d 20 b
21 b 22 d 23 d 24 c 25 b 26 b 27 d 28 d 29 c 30 d
31 b 32 b 33 b 34 b 35 c 36 b 37 b 38 d 39 a 40 c
41 b 42 c 43 d 44 b 45 d 46 a 47 b 48 d 49 b 50 c

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