1) Alok Verma has been appointed the next director of ………….?
a. CBI
b. RBI
c. SEBI
d. SBI
2) Rumen Radev is which country’s new president w.e.f 19 Jan 2017?
a. Myanmar
b. Bulgeria
c. Balochisthan
d. Cuba
3) A Festival of India is being organized in which country from 26 January – 27 March 2017 as The Festival will showcase diverse Indian culture?
a. Afghanisthan
b. USA
c. Norway
d. Netherlands
4) Union HRD Ministry launched a dedicated web portal for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and was launched at New Delhi on 18th jan 2017. Name it?
a. ShaGun
b. HarGun
c. SaraGun
d. NirGun
5) Which fisheries department has proposed to give legal protection to Hilsa Fish, as The aim is to arrest its dwindling population?
a. Kerala
b. Westbengal
c. Maharashtra
d. Tamilnadu
6) India will partner with which country for providing scheduled freight rail services between Delhi and Bengaluru.?
a. China
b. Australia
c. Japan
d. USA
7) Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has recently launched a one-of-its-kind , AI online platform that identifies which among the following species
a. Indian fishes
b. Indian rats
c. Indian birds
d. Indian grains
8) Karang, a small lake island in which state/UT has become the first cashless island?
a. Meghalaya
b. Mizoram
c. Manipur
d. Sikkim
9) Which was the first digital village in India in 2015?
a. Nujiveedu
b. Aurangabad
c. Akodara
d. Alkodang
10) India has become an associate member of CERN w.e.f 16th Jan 2017. Which of the following statements are true about CERN?
1. The CERN convention was signed in 1953
2. It was signed by the 12 founding state
3. Currently, CERN has 22 member states
4. Besides India, Turkey, Pakistan, Ukraine are Associate members
a. Only 1 ,2 & 3 are true
b. Only 2,3 & 4 are true
c. Only 1 & 3 are true
d. All statements are true
11) Name the last astronaut to walk on the moon?
a. Gene cernan
b.Neil armstrong
c. Rakesh sharma
d. None
12) Scientists have developed the world’s lightest high performance mechanical watch called RM 50-03. Which of the following statements are true about it?
1. scientists used ‘wonder material’ graphene.
2. The RM 50-03 watch weighs just 40 gms.
3. The superlight watch was made using a unique grapheme composite known as Graph TPT
4. It was jointly developed by the University of Manchester (UK), Richard Mille and McLaren F1
a. Only 1,2 are true
b. Only 2,3 are true
c. Only 3,4 are true
d. All statements are true
13) Name the professor of economics who was called “the godfather of modern scholarship on the distribution of income and wealth?”
a. Tony Atkinson
b. Tommy atakson
c. Timmy alakson
d. Tony watson
14) A pioneer and among the first to study block holes from India passed away recently. Name him?
a. Prof C.V. Vishweshwara
b. Prof C.V. Ramanchary
c. Prof G.H. Anantharamaiah
d. Prog K.V. Rangarao
15) Which bank has launched a humanoid called IRA [Intelligent Robotic Assistant]for banking?
a. HDFC
b. ICICI
c. Axis bank
d. Citi Bank
16) World Hindi Day was celebrated o…?
a. 11th jan 2017
b. 10th jan 2017
c. 9th jan 2017
d. 13th jan 2017
17) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the ‘The Nobel Prize’ exhibition on 9th Jan, 2017 at Science City in which among the following places?
a. Pune
b. Guwahathi
c. Ahmedabad
d. Aurangabad
18) An Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System is set to be inducted in the Army. Name it?
a. Astra
b. Brahma
c. Bheema
d. Dhanush
19) In which city was International Kite festival held?
a. Ahmedabad
b. Pune
c. Vadodara
d. Baroda
20) Kalyan krishnamurthy is the new CEO of Flipkart. Which among the following statements are true about Flipkart?
1. It is founded in 2007
2. Headquarters are at Karnataka
3. Founders are sachin bansal and Binny bansal
a. Only 1 & 2 are true
b. Only 2 & 3 are true
c. Only 1 & 3 are true
d. All statements are true
21) Name the bank that became the third lender in the country to announce blockchain solutions?
a. Axis bank
b. HDFC
c. ICICI
d. Kotak Mahindra
22) Which country has launched a submarine launched cruise missile called Babur recently?
a. Pakistan
b. Afghanisthan
c. Bhutan
d. Iran
23) India’s first International exchange India INX has been inaugurated at which city?
a. Gurgaon, haryana
b. GIFT city, Gandhinagar
c. Ameerpet, hyderabad
d. Palakkad, Kochi
24) Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA best player of the year award. Which of the following records are true about Ronaldo?
a. 44 games, 42 goals, 14 assists
b. The third best minutes-per-goal rate (83.68) of anyone scoring a minimum of 10 goals across Europe’s top five leagues during 2016
c. Finishing top scorer in the Champions League in 2015-16 with 16 goals
d. All above are true
25) Name the oldest woman to perform a spacewalk recently?
a. Peggy whitson
b. Praggy scholson
c. Jimmy wattinghon
d. Nicky milsky
26) Name the India’s limited overs captain, becoming India’s first skipper in all 3 formats of the game?
a. M S Dhoni
b. Virat Kohli
c. Yuvraj singh
d. Veerendra sehwag
27) Name the country that is set to become the first country in the world to switch off its FM radio network.?
a. Cambodia
b. Cuba
c. Norway
d. Australia
28) The edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas that was celebrated in 2017 is ………?
a. 14
b. 17
c. 18
d. 19
29) Among the following cities, the world’s largest street light replacement programme being implemented in which city?
a. Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Chandigarh
d. All above
30) Paul Beatty is the first and only ………..to have won the Man Booker Prize?
a. Spanish man
b. French man
c. American
d. Britisher
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