1). PM Modi has announced to increase the number of houses to be built under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana in rural areas by what percentage?
a) 30%
b) 33%
c) 36%
d) 39%
e) 42%
2). India’s first transgender school, Sahaj International, was inaugurated in in which state?
a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Karnataka
e) Telangana
3). Which state government planning to develop 1,100 ‘climate-smart’ villages?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh
e) Uttar Pradesh
4). Which state becomes the India’s first fully organic state in 2016?
a) Sikkim
b) Punjab
c) Meghalaya
d) Mizoram
e) West Bengal
5). Who wins wins Mubadala Tennis Championships 2016 in Abu Dhabi?
a) Rodger Federer
b) Rafel Nadal
c) Novak Djokovic
d) Andy Murray
e) Stan Wawrinkka
6). Arogya Raksha Scheme is to provide the medical treatment is launched by which state government?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Karnataka
c) Meghalaya
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Maharashtra
7). Prime Minister NarendraModi inaugurated the 104th Indian Science Congress in
a) Vijayawada
b) Warangal
c) Tirupati
d) Vishakhapatnam
e) Rajamandry
8). The 14th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas Convention is hosted by which city?
a) Bangalore
b) Mumbai
c) Kochi
d) Varanasi
e) New Delhi
9). The GST Council meeting headed by the Finance Minister ArunJaitley is underway in
a) Kolkata
b) Ahmadabad
c) Surat
d) Tiruvanthapuram
e) New Delhi
10). India has ranked ________ among the countries offering the highest average annual salary to expatriates, according to HSBC Holdings data.
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth
e) Fifth
11). Who has been appointed today as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC)?
a) David R Syiemlieh
b) Minthoon Sastry
c) Vijayan Acharya
d) Milind Sharma
e) None of these
12). Who has been appointed as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) at the Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan) on January 2, 2017?
a) Arup Raha
b) Anil Kumar Browne
c) Pradeep Vasant Naik
d) SB Deo
e) None of these
13). Who has been removed as the President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) by the Supreme Court order?
a) Shashank Manohar
b) Ajay Shirke
c) N. Srinivasan
d) Anurag Thakur
e) None of these
14). Which bank has has entered into a partnership with CNX Corporation (CNX) with an objective to provide collateral management services
a) SBI
b) Bank of Baroda
c) Punjab National Bank
d) Canara Bank
e) Syndicate Bank
15). Which country has decided to introduce a new 12-sided one-pound coin at end of March 2017
a) Egypt
b) Lebanon
c) South Sudan
d) UK
e) None of these
16). Which state has Government has banned the use of Purse Seine Nets for fishing across Maharashtra from January 1, 2017
a) West Bengal
b) Gujarat
c) Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu
e) Andhra Pradesh
17). Name the missile which was successfully testfired from the Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island off Odisha coast recently
a) Agni-II
b) Prithvi-IV
c) Prithvi-II
d) Agni-IV
e) None of these
18). Who has been appointed as the Secretary- General of the United Nations?
a) Vuk Jeremic
b) Igor Luksic
c) Christiana Figueres
d) Antonio Guterres
e) None of these
19). Which of the following has been chosen for the 2016 Bharatiya Jananpith Navlekhan award
a) Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh
b) Amlendu Tiwari and Balram Kawant
c) Om Nagar and Tasneem Khan
d) Upasana and Jitendra Biseria
e) None of these
20). UNSC unanimously passed a resolution that seeks to end violence in Syria. Name the country that drafted the resolution.
a) USA
b) Russia
c) Turkey
d) China
e) None of these
21). HS Mahadeva Prasad who passes away recently is the former minister of which state?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Karnataka
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Meghalaya
e) None of these
22). Who has been appointed as the new Executive Director of of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
a) Ajay Singh
b) Surekha Marandi
c) Rajesh Varma
d) Saravana Kumar
e) None of these
23). What percent discount on online payment of LPG cylinder?
a) Rs.2
b) Rs.5
c) Rs.10
d) Rs.15
e) Rs.7
24). Who was sworn in as the 44th Chief Justice of India
a) D.Y. Chandrachud
b) Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar
c) Ashok Bhushan
d) Jagdish Singh Khehar
e) None of these
25). The Union government of India has launched a Swachh Bharat survey in how many cities
a) 1000
b) 700
c) 300
d) 500
e) 800
26). Which ministry has launched the Bunkar Mitra helpline?
a) Ministry of Textiles
b) Ministry of Finance
c) Ministry of Science and Technology
d) Ministry of Home Affairs
e) None of these
27). The Election Commission of India (ECI) on 4 January 2017 announced the dates of assembly polls of five states. Which of the following state has not including for that assembly polls?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Punjab
c) Uttrakhand
d) Maharashtra
e) Manipur
28). The World Braille Day (WBD) is observed on which date?
a) January 3
b) January 5
c) January 2
d) January 4
e) January 5
29). Who among the following has been declared as the Brand Ambassadors for Swachh NDMC?
a) Sandip Ray Chaudhury
b) V Thiruppugazh
c) P K Mishra
d) Manoj Kumar Sahoo
e) Deepa Malik
30). Election Commission of India (ECI), the district administration of Ludhiana has developed a mobile application named
a) ECI24
b) ECI360
c) ECI24*7
d) ECI365
e) None of these
31). Anshu Jain who joined Cantor Fitzgerald LP as president was former co-chief executive officer of
a) DBS Bank
b) Citi Bank
c) Deutsche Bank
d) ABN-AMRO Bank
e) RBL Bank
32). Recently Karnataka state got assistance of _______ crore as drought relief from central government
a) Rs.1224.65
b) Rs 1782.44
c) Rs.1544.25
d) Rs.1745.55
e) None
33). Which bank has recently blocked the digital wallet transaction of Paytm, Freecharge, and mobiKwik on temporarly ?
a) ICICI
b) PNB
c) SBI
d) IOB
e) BOM
34) . The name of Gujarat orgin Indian-American, who is recently appointed as Deputy Assistant to the US President by Donald Trump ?
a) Raj Shah
b) Padma Lakshmi
c) Alexi Grewal
d) Nikki Haley
e) Arun N. Netravali
35). A 105 year old Frenchman ________ , has set a record in over-105s category, covering 22
kilometres in one hour
a) Jan Ullrich
b) Greg Lemond
c) Binard Hinault
d) Robert Marchand
e) Der Kaiser
36). Which state CM has recently announced Rs.100 Crore prize for First Noble prize winner from the state ?
a) Bihar
b) Karnataka
c) odisha
d) Kerala
e) Manipur
37). Central govt has recently decide to assign 12 Digit Unique to which animal ?
a) Tiger
b) Panda
c) Peacock
d) Elephant
e) Cow
38). Which are the two states in which Elect Voting Machine to be introduced with Candidates photo in it ?
a) Goa and Kerala
b) Manipur and Uttrakand
c) Manipur and Goa
d) Uttar pradesh and Goa
e) Delhi and Goa
39). Tareck El Aissami recently appointed as Vice President of ________ by President Nicolas Maduro of that country.
a) Kenya
b) Switzerland
c) Japan
d) Venezuela
e) Rome
40). SAFF Women’s C’ship title won by India women’s team for the 4th time in a row thus the trophy belongs to which sports ?
a) Football
b) Hockey
c) Kabbadi
d) Tennis
e) Volley Ball
41). The Indian cricketer who recently quits his captaincy in both ODI and T20 Format ?
a) misbah ul haq
b) Ajinkya Rahane
c) M S Dhoni
d) R. Ashwin
e) M. Vijay
42). A New taxi service ‘Shivgramin’ is been launch by _______ government to provide transport to people in rural and semi-urban areas of the state.
a) Maharashtra
b) Kerala
c) Gujarat
d) Punjab
e) Madhya Pradesh
43). 14th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas convention with theme of ‘Role of Diaspora Youth in the Transformation of India’ held in _____ ?
a) Chennai
b) Pune
c) Maharashtra
d) Bangalore
e) New Delhi
44). Under the GST regime the government has agreed to refund 90% of the duties paid by exporters within a period of ____ days
a) Seven
b) Three
c) Ten
d) Fifteen
e) Thirty
45). Sahara Group has extended its sponsorship contract with indian hockey team till the year ?
a) 2020
b) 2025
c) 2025
d) 2019
e) 2019
46). ‘Shangri-la of the World’ longest bullet train launched by ______ which expanded Country’s highspeed train network to about 20,000 kilometres
a) Japan
b) Germany
c) China
d) France
e) Russia
47). ______ expressway is soon to get high-speed WiFi coverage for arround 94-km by Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation
a) Nagpur – Chandrapur
b) Mumbai-Pune
c) Kalyan – Murbad
d) Mumbai – Chandrapur
e) None
48). Government which recently imposed antidumping duty for Bangladesh and Nepal on which product ?
a) Sugar
b) Wheat
c) rice
d) Jute
e) barley
49). __________ is appointed as EU ambassador buy Britain’s PM Theresa May ?
a) Sir Tim Barrow
b) Sir Robin Renwick
c) Sir Kim Darroch
d) Simon Collins
e) Nicholas Hopton
50). Veteran actor who wins two-time National Award and the Padma Shri award in 1990 who recently passed away at age 66 ______?
a) Om Puri
b) Rasika Joshi
c) Nanda
d) Sadashiv Amrapurkar
e) Ashraf-Ul-Haq
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