1. Samajwadi Party has been in the news for its party symbol, which among the following is the symbol of Samajwadi Party?
A) Bicycle
B) Elephant
C) Fan
D) clock
2. In which of the following cities of Syria, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) headquarters is located?
A) Aleppo
B) Tartus
C) Palmyra
D) Al-Raqqah
3. U.S Presidential election 2016 still has been in the news, because of hacking of democratic e-mails during the election by which of the following countries?
A) Canada
B) China
C) Russia
D) UK
4. Recently Natco Pharma launched Hepatitis C drug in:
A) Bangladesh
B) Nepal
C) Mauritius
D) Maldives
5. India successfully test-fired its nuclearcapable strategic ballistic missile Agni-IV. The strike range of Agni-IV is:
A) 3200 Kms
B) 3500 Kms
C) 4000 Kms
D) 5000 Kms
6. Under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) or PMAY, the Centre will directly transfer about …. in accounts of the beneficiaries staying in plain areas and hilly areas respectively.
A) Rs 1.30 lakh and Rs 1.50 lakh
B) Rs 1.60 lakh and Rs 1.80 lakh
C) Rs 1.50 lakh and Rs 2.00 lakh
D) Rs 2.30 lakh and Rs 2.50 lakh
7. The Supreme Court has stripped BCCI president Anurag Thakur and secretary ……of their posts. .
A) Saurav Ganguly
B) Ajay Shirke
C) Rahul Johri
D) Chirayu Amin
8. Who has been chosen as the implementation partner to convert Pune into a smart city?
A) Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
B) DLF
C) SBI
D) Sun Pharma
9. For the first time in the history of Mysuru Zoo, it has been closed to tourists until February 2, 2017 due to which of the following reasons?
A) Bird flu
B) Anthrax
C) Extreme cold in the Zoo
D) All of the above
10. A recent moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.7 on the richter scale epicentred in which of the following states of India?
A) Bihar
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Tripura
D) All of the above
11. The 104th Indian Science Congress held in which of the following states of India?
A) Gujarat
B) Kerala
C) Punjab
D) Andhra Pradesh
12. Name the UK’s ambassador to the European Union resigned from the post weeks before Brexit negotiations with the economic bloc.
A) George Hammond
B) Sir Ivan Rogers
C) Kim Darroch
D) Sir John Temple
13. Name the British art critic and author of Ways of Seeing, who passed away in January 2017.
A) John Berger
B) Lewis Caroll
C) Charlotte Bront’
D) Roald Dahl
14. Who has been appointed the new Executive Director by Reserve Bank of India?
A) U S Paliwal
B) Surekha Marandi
C) Amit Sadh
D) Rohit Singh
15. Starting from January 9th, a five-day programme to stimulate engagement in science held in India. As part of this programme, how many Nobel laureates took part in conference, lectures, round tables and other meetings together with experts and students from several universities?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Nine
D) Twenty
16. With which mobile wallet company All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi
has partnered to convert all its payment facilities cashless?
A) MobiKwik
B) Paytm
C) PayUMoney
D) Citrus
17. Recently which mobile wallet company got RBI approval for payments bank?
A) MobiKwik
B) Paytm
C) PayUMoney
D) Recharge It Now
18. According to Oil Ministry of India, Cooking gas customers can now avail an upfront discount of what amount on every refill booked and paid for online?
A) Rs 1
B) Rs 5
C) Rs 10
D) Rs 20
19. Who is the incumbent Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India?
A) Harishankar Brahma
B) Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
C) Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath
D) Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi
20. Who among the following has sworn in as the 44th Chief Justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee in January 2017?
A) Justices N.V. Ramana
B) Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar
C) Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
D) Justice Jasti Chelameswar
21. Which of the following Indian state’s chief minister has announced a Rs 100 crore prize for any scientist to become the first winner of Nobel Prize from the state in January 2017?
A) Jharkhand
B) Bihar
C) Punjab
D) Andhra Pradesh
22. Name the Portuguese Prime Minister, who has planned to visit his ancestral house in Goa during his trip between January 11 to12, 2017.
A) Antonio Costa
B) AnÌbal Cavaco Silva
C) Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
D) Pedro Passos Coelho
23. Who was the first Indian American woman to be elected to Congress?
A) Anitha Bera
B) Rohini Khanna
C) Pramila Jayapal
D) Kamala Harris
24. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Tata Power Company?
A) Shalabh Acharya
B) Tony V Shyodar
C) S Padmanabhan
D) Ratan Tata
25. How many satellites have been launched by ISRO in one go using its workhorse PSLV-C37 on 15th February, 2017?
A) 57
B) 76
C) 104
D) 155
26. State Bank of India has signed an agreement with which company to enable over 2.6 million retailers and 5,000 distributors in conducting business transactions digitally?
A) Coca Cola India
B) Pepsico
C) Patanjali
D) Parle Agro
27. Who resigned from One Day International and Twenty-Twenty cricket captainship?
A) M S Dhoni
B) Virat Kohli
C) Steven Smith
D) Hashim Amla
28. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of IBM India operations?
A) Anil Dhumal
B) Karan Ratnakar
C) Alfred Wincent
D) Karan Bajwa
29. Who is appointed as the UK’s new ambassador to European Union?
A) Sir Tim Barrow
B) Paul Johnston
C) Christopher Yvon
D) Matthew Rowland
30. A new website called ‘My Business’ enabling small business to get a website has been launched by
A) Microsoft
B) Google
C) IBM
D) Dell Technologies
31. A recent discovery shows the evidence of snow and ice features, known as ‘penitentes’, on Pluto. ‘Penitentes’ are
A) Snow and ice features formed by erosion
B) Uplifted folded sedimentary rocks
C) Accumulated volcanic materials
D) Extensive continental upliftment
32. Which of the following firms has launched ‘Digital Unlocked’, an education programme in India?
A) Apple
B) Facebook
C) Google
D) Wipro
33. Who among the following has announced to step down as captain of Team India’s limited over cricket matches?
A) Mahindra Singh Dhoni
B) Virat Kohli
C) Rohit Sharma
D) Virendra Sehwag
34. Which space agency has announced ‘Lucy’ and ‘Psyche’, the two missions to explore the solar system?
A) Russian Federal Space Agency
B) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
C) European Space Agency
D) Indian Space Research Organization
35. Which country has won SAFF Women’s Championship for 4th consecutive time?
A) Bhutan
B) Bangladesh
C) Maldives
D) India
36. Name the veteran actor passed away after a massive heart attack on 6th January, 2017 in Mumbai.
A) Om Puri
B) Deven Verma
C) Zohra Sehgal
D) Sadashiv Amrapurkar
37. The fourth Assam International Agri-Horti show held in
A) Jorhat
B) Guwahati
C) Silcher
D) Tezpur
38. Which country has successfully launched a new-generation telecommunications satellite on 5th January, 2017?
A) China
B) Japan
C) North Korea
D) USA
39. Which State Government has announced to provide financial assistance of Rs. 1000 per month each to single women in the state?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Telangana
C) Jharkhand
D) Chhattisgarh
40. The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has given its much-awaited clearance to the Ken-Betwa interlinking of rivers (ILR) project to benefit Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The Ken River a tributary of the
A) Yamuna
B) Ganga
C) Gomati
D) Mahanadi
41. In which city the ten day Island Tourism Festival 2017 held in Jan, 2017?
A) Rangat
B) Port Blair
C) Diglipur
D) Gharacharma
42. Who has been officially appointed as the captain for all three formats of the cricket?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Yuvraj Singh
C) Rohit Sharma
D) R. Ashwin
43. Name the eminent jurist acclaimed for his dissenting judgment on nuclear weapons in the early 1990s, passed away on 5th Jan, 2017.
A) C.G. Weeramantry
B) C.F. Amerasinghe
C) Rohan Edrisinghe
D) Baltasar GarzÛn
44. Which country has designated Al-Qaeda leader Hamza bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden, as a global terrorist?
A) France
B) Unites States
C) Afghanistan
D) Nigeria
45. The 14th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas convention is being held in
A) Bengaluru
B) Surat
C) Rajkot
D) Kochi
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