Q1. Who is the present MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank?

(a) Malweyn Rego (b) Usha Ananthasubramanian

(c) Rana Kapoor (d) Sunil Mehta
(e) Mahesh Kumar Jain

Q2. India Regulation Board, Securities and Exchange Board of India was recently in News. It was established in ______________.
(a) 1994
(b) 1992
(c) 1980
(d) 1990
(e) 1998

Q3. Name the Private sector lender that has signed a confidentiality agreement with India's second largest Microfinance Company Bharat Financial Inclusion
for the proposed merger between them.
(a) IndusInd Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) Karnataka Bank
(e) Kotak Mahindra Bank

Q4. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has recently raised the upper age limit for joining the National Pension Scheme (NPS)
to 65 years. Who is the present Chairman of PFRDA?
(a) Prashant Tomar
(b) Mahendra Nath Balla
(c) Shivkumar Swami
(d) Hemant Contractor
(e) Nathu Kumar Singh

Q5. Who is the Present Governor of Jharkhand?

(a) Ram Naik
(b) Krishan Kant Paul
(c) Banwarilal Purohit
(d) Palaniswamy Sathasivam
(e) Smt Droupadi Murmu

Q6. Belarus President Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukashenko is on the two-day visit to India to discuss various issues of mutual interest of both countries.
What is the Capital city of Belarus?

(a) Kiev
(b) Minsk
(c) Warsaw
(d) Vilnius
(e) Riga

Q7. India and Afghanistan have recently exchanged four pacts in areas of health, transport, space and new development partnership. Who is the President of
Afghanistan?
(a) Mohammad Mortaza
(b) Mohammad Raza
(c) Ashraf Ghani
(d) Abdul Kabir
(e) Hamid Karzai

Q8. Name the renowned badminton Player who has been selected for the first life time award by Badminton Association of India (BAI).
(a) P V Sindhu
(b) Chetan Anand
(c) K Srikanth
(d) Prakash Padukone
(e) Pullela Gopichand

Q9. In a first, which of the following city is hosting the BWF World Senior Badminton Championships?
(a) Chennai
(b) Kochi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Mumbai
(e) New Delhi

Q10. Name the Indian tennis player who has defeated Colin van Beem of the Netherlands to win the 8th MCC – S R Subramaniam Memorial ITF Futures Men’s
tennis championship.
(a) Saketh Myneni
(b) Somdev Devvarman
(c) Sumit Nagpal
(d) Purav Raja
(e) Sanam Singh

Q11. Name the Force Motors Chairman who has been recently elected as the new president of the automobile industry body Society of Indian Automobile
Manufacturers (SIAM).
(a) Roopkumar Sindhi
(b) Maninder Bisla
(c) Jagat Sisodia
(d) Mansoor Alam
(e) Abhay Firodia

Q12 Name the digital company with which Infosys has recently completed its acquisition in a cash deal worth GBP 7.5 million.
(a) Brilliant Basics
(b) Finomial
(c) Umbala Digital
(d) Worq Inc.
(e) Pacemaker Ltd.
Q13. Name the Eminent jurist who was awarded the prestigious N R Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Award 2017 for his distinguished services to legal
education and the legal profession.
(a) K. K. Mathew
(b) B. N. Srikrishna
(c) Ved P. Nanda
(d) Tahir Mahmood
(e) B.S. Chimni

Q14. Name the lender that has surpassed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to become the country’s second most valued firm in terms of market valuation.
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) AXIS Bank
(d) SBI
(e) IndusInd Bank

Q15. With which of the following state Government, Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Pvt. Ltd has signed a lease agreement to set up a state-of-the-art milk
and milk products processing plant?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Haryana
(e) Punjab

Q16. According to the official data, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or retail inflation rose ___________ in August from a year earlier.
(a) 3.00 per cent
(b) 4.36 per cent
(c) 5.36 per cent
(d) 4.45 per cent
(e) 3.36 per cent

Q17. Name the telecom company that has recently launched 'Office-In-a-Box' for start-ups registered under the Karnataka government’s Start-Up Cell
initiative.
(a) Reliance Communications
(b) Idea
(c) Vodafone India
(d) Airtel
(e) BSNL

Q18. Asian Development Bank (ADB) is headquartered in _______________.

(a) Geneva, Switzerland
(b) Beijing, China
(c) Manila, Philippines
(d) New York, USA
(e) Paris, France

Q19. BWF World Senior Badminton Championships 2015 was held in _____________.
(a) France
(b) Italy
(c) Portugal
(d) Sweden
(e) Russia

Q20. PM of Japan Mr Shinzo Abe is in India on a two-day visit to attend the India-Japan annual summit meeting. This is the ____________ edition of the
summit.

(a) 8th
(b) 9th
(c) 14th
(d) 12th
(e) 15th

Q21. Name the newly appointed, first female President of Singapore.

(a) Sim Ann
(b) Halimah Yacob
(c) Joan Pereira
(d) Rahayu Mahzam
(e) Tin Pei Ling

Q24. Finance Ministry has recently constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to monitor and resolve the IT challenges faced in the implementation of GST. This
GoM is headed by _______________.
(a) Arun Jaitley
(b) Raam Naik
(c) Nitinbhai Patel
(d) Dinesh Sharma
(e) Sushil Kumar Modi

Q25. The Reserve Bank of India has recently announced to introduce denomination of _____________ rupees coin to mark the birth centenary of AIADMK
founder Late Dr M G Ramachandran.
(a) 50
(b) 20
(c) 100
(d) 200
(e) 150

Q26. With which of the following Payment gateway provider, IRCTC has announced its collaborations to provide users a safe and secure option to pay for
rail tickets booked?
(a) Paytm
(b) PayU
(c) MobiKwik
(d) e-waale
(e) Oxigen

Q27. Name the payment bank that has partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a RuPay-powered digital debit card.
(a) IPPB
(b) Airtel Payment Bank
(c) Aditya Birla Payment Bank
(d) Paytm Payments Bank
(e) None of the given options is true

Q28. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has recently organized the second State Startup Conference in ___________.
(a) New Delhi
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Chennai
(d) Mumbai
(e) Kolkata

Q29. Name the city that will host the fifth edition of the ‘Coastal Shipping and Inland Water Transportation Business Summit 2017’.
(a) Mumbai
(b) Goa
(c) Kochi
(d) Chennai
(e) Ahmedabad

Q30. Name the capital city that has been named as the world’s top financial centre in the World, as per the recent survey.
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Moscow
(c) Canberra
(d) London
(e) Beijing

Q31. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has recently launched a nationwide Hackathon named ______________ to support and
showcase potential ideas/talent from inner India.
(a) DataHack
(b) OpenGovDataHack
(c) GovIndHackers
(d) AddHackers
(e) MeityHack

Q32. Turkey has signed a deal with which of the following country to buy S-400 missile defence systems in its first major weapons purchase?
(a) France
(b) Portugal
(c) Russia
(d) USA
(e) China

Q33. Name the Telecom services provider with which SK Telecom of Korea have announced a strategic partnership to build advanced telecom network in
India.
(a) Bharti Airtel
(b) Vodafone India
(c) Reliance Communications
(d) Idea
(e) BSNL

Q34. Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the President of ______________.

(a) Russia
(b) Portugal
(c) Brazil
(d) Turkey
(e) Argentina

Q35. Who is the present Minister of Electronics and Information Technology?

(a) J P Nadda
(b) Dharmendra Pradhan
(c) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(d) Suresh Prabhu
(e) Vijay Goyal

Q36. Name the newly appointed chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of the United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
(a) Vinay Shah
(b) Sandeep Kumar
(c) Mahesh Kumar Verma
(d) M. Nagaraja Sarma
(e) N. Venkatesan

Q37. Hindi Diwas is celebrated nationally in India on ________________.

(a) 25 September
(b) 16 September
(c) 14 September
(d) 15 September
(e) 20 September

Q38. In which of the following Indian city, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe has recently laid the foundation stone of
the first High-Speed Rail Project?
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Gandhinagar
(c) New Delgi
(d) Vadodara
(e) Jamnagar

Q39. In the recent announcement of International Olympic Committee (IOC), which of the following city has been awarded the 2024 summer Olympics?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) Paris
(c) New York
(d) Beijing
(e) Doha
Q40. Who has been recently appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Ltd?
(a) Vinay Kumar Shinde
(b) Vishwas Shah
(c) Arjun Malwey
(d) Mahendra Pratap Mall
(e) Amit Kakkar

Q41. In which city, India’s first State of art virology laboratory for Homoeopathy was inaugurated recently by Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister of State for
AYUSH?
(a) Chennai
(b) Lucknow
(c) Kolkata
(d) Varanasi
(e) Kochi

Q42. Name the Indian player who has recently launched -Mission 24 for Mumbai's M east ward which is known to have one of highest slum population's in
the city.
(a) Sachin Tendulkar
(b) Rahul Dravid
(c) VVS Laxman
(d) M S Dhoni
(e) Saurav Ganguly

Q43. The Secretary-General of UN Antonio Guterre has recently appointed ______________ as the first special envoy for the oceans.
(a) Syed Akbaruddin
(b) Nikki Haley
(c) Samantha Power
(d) Peter Thomson
(e) Zalmay Khalilzad

Q44. Pune-based auto firm Force Motors Ltd has entered into an agreement with which of the following car manufacturing company to produce engines for
power generation?
(a) Holland Car
(b) Rolls-Royce
(c) Audi
(d) Mercedes
(e) Infiniti

Q45. In the recent announcement of International Olympic Committee (IOC), which of the following city has been awarded the 2028 summer Olympics?
(a) Paris
(b) Moscow
(c) Canberra
(d) Los Angeles
(e) New York

Q46. What is the ranking of India on the recently released World Economic Forum's Global Human Capital Index?
(a) 110
(b) 103
(c) 95
(d) 126
(e) 80

Q47. Name the first state that has recently rolled out an Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage Policy.
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Karnataka
(e) Punjab

Q48. Name the Operation that India has recently started to provided assistance to Bangladesh in response to the humanitarian crisis being faced on account
of the large influx of Rohingya refugees.
(a) Operation Insaniyat
(b) Operation Sahayta
(c) Operation Madad
(d) Operation Prathama
(e) Operation Refugee Relief

Q49. Corporate Affairs Ministry and CBDT has signed an MoU for automatic and regular exchange of information to curb black money in the country. What
does 'DT' stands for in CBDT?
(a) Domestic Taxes
(b) Development Taxes
(c) Direct Taxes
(d) Delayed Taxes
(e) Domestic Treaty

Q50. Frank Vincent passed away recently at age 80. He was famous _________.
(a) Actor
(b) Politician
(c) Sand Artist
(d) Violin Player
(e) Classical Dancer
Q51. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has entered into an agreement with microfinance industry association ____________ to develop
digital ecosystem for India's unbanked segment.
(a) Bankable U
(b) Swandes
(c) Micro-Fin
(d) Sa-Dhan
(e) Self-Fin

Q52. Name the Indian women's boxing's first foreign coach who has resigned after just one month of appointment.
(a) O. Oliveira
(b) Ann Wolfe
(c) Stephane Cottalorda
(d) Michael Phillip
(e) Antonio Debrus

Q53. Tech giant Google has recently announced to unveil a digital payment service named ___________ in India that has been developed for the local
market.
(a) Google Pay
(b) Google Tez
(c) Google Track
(d) Google Fast
(e) Google Plan

Q54. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) headquarters in _____________.

(a) Geneva
(b) Hongkong
(c) New York
(d) London
(e) Shanghai

Q55. In the World Economic Forum's Global Human Capital Index, the list has been topped by _______________.
(a) Sweden
(b) Russia
(c) Norway
(d) Switzerland
(e) Netherlands

Q56. Which of the following movie was recently awarded the Golden Lion at the 74th Venice Film Festival?
(a) La La Land
(b) The Revenant
(c) Moonlight
(d) The Shape of Water
(e) The Ultimate Journey

Q57. Environmental Ministry has recently inaugurated a two-day conference on “Sustainable landscapes and forest ecosystems: Theory to Practice”. It had
launched the campaign named ____________ on the occasion. 
(a) Nature with Us
(b) Forests- Our Saviour
(c) Wood is Good
(d) Together with Nature
(e) Our World Our Future

Q58. Name the person that was elected as Chair of Ethics Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for a four-year term.
(a) Ban Ki-moon
(b) Takehiko Nakao
(c) Thomas Bach
(d) Nathan Colter
(e) Adams Johansson

Q59. In which of the following state, Suzuki Motor has decided to invest more than Rs 1,150 crore along with Japanese partners Toshiba and Denso to set up
India's first lithium-ion battery facility?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Karnataka
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) Odisha

Q60. Name the lender that has topped the list of the country’s top 50 brands according to a report released by marketing and advertising conglomerate WPP
Plc and Kantar Millward Brown.
(a) Staten Bank of India
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
(e) Allahabad Bank

Q61. MPEDA has recently received the Rajbhasha Keerti Award at National level from President Ram Nath Kovind. What does 'D' stands for in MPEDA?
(a) Deployment
(b) Domestic
(c) Documentry
(d) Delayed
(e) Development

Q62. India's first Centre for Animal Law has been recently established at the city-based NALSAR University of Law. This University is situated in
______________.
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Telangana
(c) Karnataka
(d) Haryana
(e) Maharashtra

Q63. The Government of India has signed a loan deal worth $76 million with JICA for a project to upgrade the environment management plan at Alang-Sosiya
ship recycling yards. What does 'C' stands for in JICA?
(a) Climate
(b) Circular
(c) Coverage
(d) Cooperation
(e) Collaboration

Q64. Name the nation-wide campaign that was launched recently by President Ram Nath Kovind ______________ from Uttar Pradesh.
(a) Swachhata Hi Sewa
(b) Safai Hi Sadhana
(c) Swachhata Se Siddhi
(d) Swachhata Se Shreshthata
(e) Swachhata Hi Manokamna

Q65. The book titled 'Unstoppable: My Life So Far' is authored by ________________.

(a) Serena Williams
(b) MArtina Hingis
(c) Maria Sharapova
(d) Corolina Marine
(e) P V Sindhu

Q66. Which of the following state has been formally awarded the rights to host the 36th National Games?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Goa
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Odisha
(e) Kerala

Q67. The International Day of Democracy is observed across the world on ____________.
(a) 18 September
(b) 19 September
(c) 12 September
(d) 15 September
(e) 11 September

Q68. The world's oldest person Violet Mosse-Brown has died recently at the age of 117. She was from which country?
(a) South Africa
(b) USA
(c) Jamaica
(d) Indonesia
(e) Russia

Q69. The International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is observed globally on __________.
(a) 16 September
(b) 19 September
(c) 12 September
(d) 15 September
(e) 11 September

Q70. The theme for International Day of Democracy for year 2017 is ________________.
(a) Democracy: The Power
(b) Democracy and Human Rights Prevention
(c) Democracy and World
(d) Democracy and Right Protection
(e) Democracy and Conflict Prevention

Q71. The theme for International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2017 is ______________.
(a) Protection under the Sun
(b) All under one roof
(c) Protecting life Under the Sun
(d) Caring for all life under the sun
(e) None of the given themes are correct

Q72. The final development trials of indigenous beyond visual range Astra missile were successfully concluded into the Indian Air Force. Astra is
______________ Missile.
(a) Surface-to-Surface Missile
(b) Air-to-Air Missile
(c) Surface-to-Air Missile
(d) Air-to-Surface Missile
(e) None of the given Option is True

Q73. Name the only Marshal of the Indian Air Force who passed away recently.
(a) Arjan Singh
(b) K. C. Kariappa
(c) Arup Raha
(d) Aspy Engineer
(e) SubrotoMukerjee

Q74. Prime Minister NarendraModi has recently launched the world's second biggest dam on the river Narmada in Gujarat. This dam has been named as
________________.
(a) Mansarovar Dam
(b) Rihand Dam
(c) SardarSarovar Dam
(d) Kol Dam
(e) Kishau Dam

Q75. PV Sindhu has become the first Indian to win the Korea Open Superseries 2017 held in Seoul. She has defeated _______________.
(a) Corolina Marin
(b) RatchanokIntanon
(c) Tai Tzu-ying
(d) NozomiOkuhara
(e) Wang Shixian

Q76. With which of the following country, India has signed 'Open Sky Agreement' that will allow their airlines to operate unlimited number of flights between
the two countries?
(a) South Korea
(b) Myanmar
(c) USA
(d) China
(e) Japan

Q77. Name the lender with which Amazon has tied up recently for the loans up to Rs. 25 lakh.
(a) Bank of Baroda
(b) State Bank of India
(c) Bank of Maharashtra
(d) Nainital Bank
(e) HDFC Bank

Q78. In which of the following city, External Affairs Minister SushmaSwaraj will represent India at the annual UN General Assembly (UNGA) session?
(a) Paris
(b) New Delhi
(c) Moscow
(d) New York
(e) Vienna

Q79. Name the country with which Russia has restored scheduled commercial airline services for the first time since 2004.
(a) Iran
(b) Iraq
(c) South Korea
(d) Syria
(e) Indonesia

Q80. An indigenous artillery gun, ATAGS has set a new world record in range by hitting targets at a distance of 48 km. What does 'T' stands for in ATAGS?
(a) Target
(b) Transmitted
(c) Towed
(d) Transportable
(e) Truncated

Q81. Name the NASA's $3.9-billion spacecraft that has ended its 20-year-long ground-breaking journey with a fiery plunge into the Saturn’s crushing
atmosphere.
(a) Cassini
(b) Apollo
(c) Euclid
(d) Heliophysics
(e) NEOWISE

Q82. Name the elusive animal species that has been upgraded recently to 'vulnerable' status from previous endangered status.
(a) African Penguin
(b) Amur tiger
(c) Whale Shark
(d) Snow Leopards
(e) Green Sea Turtle

Q83. Name the Google app that has become the latest UPI-based payments app in the country thatcan be used to pay for movie tickets, utility bills, and make
other transactions online.
(a) Google Salahkar
(b) Google Tez
(c) Google Saral
(d) Google Pay
(e) Google Kharcha

Q84. Name the payment bank that has become the first payments bank in India to integrate the UPI on its digital platform.
(a) Paytm Payment Bank
(b) IPPB
(c) Airtel Payments Bank
(d) Aditya Birla Payment Bank
(e) Dhanlaxmi Payment Bank
Q85. Haider al-Abadi is the present Prime Minister of ____________.
(a) Iran
(b) Syria
(c) Azerbaijan
(d) Iraq
(e) Kazakhstan

Q86. Name the Infosys Senior Vice President who has resigned from his post.
(a) Vishal Sikka
(b) Sanjay Rajagopalan
(c) N Krishnamurthy
(d) BinayKariyar
(e) NamanRawat

Q86. Name the Senior IPS officer who has been named the chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
(a) Sharad Kumar
(b) Praveen Bhanwala
(c) Y.C Modi
(d) Rajni Kant Misra
(e) KishorSansi

Q87. The US and UAE's ground forces had begun a joint military exercise (JME) in Abu Dhabi, as part of efforts to exchange training and military expertise.
The JME has been named as ______________.
(a) Iron Union 5
(b) USAE 5
(c) D-Fist 5
(d) SIMBEX V
(e) Ameri Union 5

Q88. The 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Award ceremony was held recently in ______________.
(a) UAE
(b) France
(c) Russia
(d) USA
(e) China

Q89. Name the Prime Minister of Iceland who has resigned from the post recently after he lost his center-right coalition after one party quit.
(a) SigmundurDavioGunnlaugsson
(b) SigurourIngiJohannsson
(c) GeirHaarde
(d) BjarniBenediktsson
(e) DavioOddsson

Q90. Name the Former DIG of Karnataka Police who was recently conferred the President's Medal for her meritorious service.
(a) UshaSubbarao
(b) AnupamaShenoy
(c) D Roopa
(d) AchyutVishwas
(e) Sarla Bhatt

Q91. The President of Peru has appointed a former Economy Minister __________ as new Prime Minister of Peru.
(a) Mercedes Araoz Fernandez
(b) Philippe Petain
(c) Charles Dupuy
(d) Camille Chautemps
(e) Georges Clemenceau

Q92. In which of the following state, the second International Yoga Festival has been started recently?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Punjab
(c) Kashmir
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Karnataka

Q93. The 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced recently. Name the first web television series to win the award for Outstanding Drama
Series.
(a) Veep
(b) The Handmaid's Tale
(c) Game of Thrones
(d) Saturday Night Live
(e) Big Little Lies

Q94. Name the senior IPS officer who has been appointed Director General of the SashastraSeemaBal (SSB).
(a) Sharad Kumar
(b) Y.C Modi
(c) Aswini Kumar
(d) Bobby Dayal
(e) Rajni Kant Misra

Q95. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has recently launched the first ___________ of SashastraSeemaBal (SSB) to Protect the shared borders of India
with Nepal and Bhutan.
(a) Intelligence Wing
(b) Defensive Wing
(c) Programmed Wing
(d) Anti-Armour Wing
(e) Anti-Militant Wing

Q96. Name the Formula one driver who has recently won Singapore Grand Prix 2017.
(a) Sebastian Vettel
(b) NicoRoseberg
(c) ValtteriBottas
(d) Lewis Hamilton
(e) Michael Schumacher

Q97. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has recently felicitated film-maker ____________ with the prestigious ANR National Award for his contribution film
industry.
(a) Bimal Roy
(b) RohitShetty
(c) S SRajamoul
(d) RajkumarHirani
(e) A.R. Murugadoss

Q98. Name the cyclist who has broken the world record for cycling around the world by 44 days.
(a) Alberto Contador
(b) Mark Beaumont
(c) Sean Kelly
(d) Gino Bartali
(e) Lance Armstrong

Q99. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has recently launched WARB App in New Delhi, authorized to protect the shared borders of India with Nepal and
Bhutan. What does 'R' stands for in WARB?
(a) Refugee
(b) Recommended
(c) Restrained
(d) Rehabilitation
(e) Reform

Q100. The Fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games are running in ______________. 
(a) Astana, Kazakhstan
(b) Jakarta. Indonesia
(c) Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
(d) Beijing, China
(e) Tokyo, Japan