1.
Name the scientist, who has bagged the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
Award for meritorious services in the Higher Education Department of Tamil
Nadu?
2.
Which states government has decided to make Aadhaar card
mandatory for procurement of paddy in the state?
3.
Oscar-winning composer _____________ enthralled a packed
audience at the iconic UN General Assembly hall with his renditions of Indian
Carnatic legend M S Subbulakshmi's music, Sufi songs and the foot-tapping 'Jai
Ho' at a concert to mark India's 70th Independence Day.
4.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced how much per
cent hike in pension of freedom fighters on 70th Independence Day?
5.
Which state has announced a slew of development projects
and schemed regarding the "seven resolves" adopted by his government
for the next five years and that rule of law prevailed in the state recently?
6.
Tata Power Solar has commissioned a 100-MW solar project
for NTPC in................?
7.
Which company has secured an order to set up solar
photovoltaic (SPV) plants, estimated to cost Rs 169 crore. The engineering,
procurement and construction (EPC) order has been placed by West Bengal State
Electricity Distribution Corporation Ltd (WBSEDCL)?
8.
Jamaican sprinter ___________ has won gold in the
100-metre final in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil recently.
9.
Name the president of FIFA for two decades transformed
soccer's governing body into a multibillion-dollar business has died.
10.
The Reserve Bank has imposed penalties on four
cooperative banks for violation of various norms. Who is the present governor
of RBI?
11.
Who has been honoured by the America Tamil Sangam with
its Tamil Ratna Award?
12.
The Narendra Modi-led BJP government has appointed new
governors for Assam, Manipur, Punjab and Lieutenant Governor for Andaman and
Nicobar Islands. Who is appointed as governor of Manipur?
13.
Name the Malayalam filmmaker-scriptwriter, who has passed
away in Kochi recently?
14.
India climbed 15 spots, from 81 last year, to 66 in the
Global Innovation Index (GII) and maintained the top spot in the Central and
South Asia regions, according to the rankings released by Cornell University,
INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Which country
has topped in Global Innovation Index (GII)?
15.
Which state government has re-launched its “Majhi Kanya
Bhagyashri” scheme in order to achieve its objective of improving the skewed
girl child ratio in the state?
16.
Centre has decided to open 3,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras by
.............?
(a) January, 2018
(b) December, 2016
(c) June, 2018
(d) March, 2017
(e) None of the above
17.
Government has approved nine highway projects of 414
kilometer at an estimated cost of Rs 2600 crore. These projects are not related
to which state?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Nagaland
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Telangana
18.
Which among the following country's forces launched an
operation to retake a northern town Sherqat from Islamic State terror group
recently?
(a) Yemen
(b) Iran
(c) Syria
(d) Saudi Arabia
(e) Iraq
19.
Which city is set to become Odisha's second smart city?
(a) Sambalpur
(b) Balasore
(c) Rourkela
(d) Puri
(e) Cuttack
20.
Guinness World Records granted the inaugural award for
smallest national flag to the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at Waterloo
for the flag measuring 1.178 micrometres in length. It is invisible without the
aid of an electron microscope. Quantum Computing (IQC) institute located at
which country?
(a) USA
(b) Canada
(c) Germany
(d) Russia
(e) France
21.
Which among the following banks has provides
‘customised loan repayment facility to farmers’?
(a) DCB Bank
(b) State Bank of India
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) Bank of Baroda
(e) IDFC Bank
22.
Which Bank and Paytm have entered into a tie-up to make
available financing on two-wheelers booked on the latter's platform?
(a) Axis Bank
(b) IndusInd Bank
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) ICICI Bank
(e) Bandhan Bank
23.
The flagship rural housing scheme Indira Awaas Yojana
(IAY), started by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has been restructured and
renamed as ___________________, which will be launched next month.
(a) Mukhya Mantri Awaas Yojana (MMAY)
(b) Grameen Vias Awaas Yojana (GVAY)
(c) Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY)
(d) Atal Bihari Awaas Yojana (ABAY)
(e) None of the above
24.
Who has been elected as the chief-selector by BCCI?
(a) Anurag Thakur
(b) Gagan Khoda
(c) Ajay Shirke
(d) MSK Prasad
(e) Sarandeep Singh
25.
Name the person, who has appointed by facebook for a
strategic role for its Messenger app?
(a) Ajay Kaul
(b) Surinder Singh
(c) Monika Kapil Mohta
(d) SS Mallikarjuna Rao
(e) Anand Chandrasekaran
26.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a
viability gap funding/partial capital grant of how much crore for GAIL (India)
Ltd’s 2,539-km long Jagdishpur-Haldia and Bokaro-Dhamra (JHBDPL) natural gas
pipeline?
(a) Rs 2,100 crore
(b) Rs 3,200 crore
(c) Rs 15,953 crore
(d) Rs 10,257 crore
(e) Rs 5,176 crore
27.
Who has appointed as new Country Director by World Bank
for India recently?
(a) Onno Ruhl
(b) Junaid Ahmad
(c) Kausik Basu
(d) Asim Bose
(e) None of the above
28.
Which among the following countries has agreed to host
the ministerial session of the International Energy Forum in 2018?
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) India
(d) China
(e) Russia
29.
India’s Priyesha Deshmukh (23) won a historic bronze
medal in the first World Deaf Championships held in Kazan, Russia. She won
medal in the game of.....?
(a) boxing
(b) archery
(c) wrestling
(d) shooting
(e) weightlifting
30.
Anandi Ramalingam has been appointed as the first woman
whole-time director at which of the following PSUs?
(a) GAIL
(b) SAIL
(c) BHEL
(d) IOC
(e) BEL
1. P. Shanmugam
2. Odisha
3. A.R. Rahman
4. 20 per cent
5. Bihar
6. Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh)
7. BHEL
8. Usain Bolt
9. Joao Havelange
10. Urjit Patel
11. A.R. Rahman
12. Najma Heptulla
13. T.A. Razaq
14. Switzerland
15. Maharashtra
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D
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A
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E
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C
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B
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A
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B
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C
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B
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B
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