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1. The National Science Day (NSD) i.e. Rashtriya Vigyan Diwas is celebrated every year on…..
1) January 24
2) January 25
3) February 28
4) April 21
5) None

2. Who is Nand Kumar Sai?
1) The Chairman of National Commission for SCs
2) The Chairman of National Commission for STs
3) The Chairman of National Commission for OBCs
4) The Chairman of National Human Rights Commission
5) The Chairman of National Commission for Minorities

3. Which of the following awards famously known as Oscars?
1) Grammy Awards
2) Academy Awards
3) Magsaysay Awards
4) Golden Globe Awards
5) None of these

4. Which of the following is India’s largest lender?
1) LIC
2) SBI
3) ICICI Bank
4) RBI
5) None

5. What is the name of a new train for the unreserved passengers by Indian Railways?
1) Gatimaan Express
2) Antyodaya Express
3) Maitree Express
4) Samjhauta Express
5) None of these

6. The National Biodiversity Congress (NBC) 2017 was held in……
1) Hyderabad
2) Chennai
3) Bengaluru
4) Thiruvananthapuram
5) None of these

7. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has declared 2017 as
1) Year of Peace
2) Year of Apple
3) Year of Mountains
4) Year of Rivers
5) None of these

8. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has opened a first-of-its-kind South Asia Training and Technical Assistance Centre (SARTTAC) in
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkata
4) Chennai
5) None of these

9. Fourth edition of BIMSTEC Summit- 2017 will be held in
1) Dhaka
2) Kathmandu
3) Bangkok
4) Colombo
5) None of these

10. Which country became world’s first country to stop investing in fossil fuels?
1) Iceland
2) Ireland
3) Denmark
4) Sweden
5) None of these

11. India’s only live volcano is in Barren Island. Barren Island is located in….
1) Lakshdweep
2) Andaman and Nicobar
3) Daman and Diu
4) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
5) None

12. Who is Amjad Hussain Sial?
1) The new Secretary General of SAARC
2) The new Secretary General of ASEAN
3) The new Secretary General of APEC
4) The new Secretary General of OPEC
5) The new Secretary General of NATO

13. ISRO launched 104 satellites in a single rocket (PSLV-C37) and created a world record on…..
1) 14 February 2017
2) 15 February 2017
3) 16 February 2017
4) 17 February 2017
5) None of these

14. Who has been appointed as India’s Ambassador/ permanent representative to World Trade Organization (WTO)?
1) Syed Akbaruddin
2) J.S. Deepak
3) Navtej Singh Sarna
4) S. Jaishankar
5) None of these

15. The Government of India has shifted the responsibility of promoting digital transactions in the country from NITI Aayog to the…….
1) Reserve Bank of India
2) Ministry of Information and Broad Casting
3) Ministry of Electronics and IT
4) National Payments Corporation of India
5) Ministry of Commerce & Industry

16. The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is headquartered in…..
1) Berlin, Germany
2) Davos, Switzerland
3) Lyon, France
4) Rome, Itay
5) The Hague, The Netherlands

17. Which Indian city has been named as the Richest Indian city, according to latest New World Wealth report?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkatta
4) Chennai
5) None

18. Aditya Mehta is associated with which of the following games?
1) Badminton
2) Chess
3) Table Tennis
4) Snooker
5) None of these

19. Muhammadu Buhari is the President of which of the following countries?
1) Zimbabwe
2) South Africa
3) Nigeria
4) Syria
5) None of these

20. Reykjavik is the capital of which of the following countries?
1) Ireland
2) Iceland
3) Finland
4) Netherlands
5) None of these

21. Who has become the new Brand Ambassador for “Swachh Bharat Mission”?
1) Priyanka Chopra
2) Shilpa Shetty
3) Kangana Ranaut
4) Deepika Padukone
5) None of these

22. Which country to host the 43rd G8 summit 2017?
1) Belgium
2) Germany
3) Japan
4) Italy
5) Canada

23. Who is Shurhozelie Liezietsu?
1) The Chief Minister of Manipur
2) The Chief Minister of Meghalaya
3) The Chief Minister of Mizoram
4) The Chief Minister of Nagaland
5) The Chief Minister of Sikkim

24. Which public sector bank has won the National MSME Excellence Award 2017?
1) State Bank of India
2) Punjab National Bank
3) Central Bank of India
4) Corporation Bank
5) None of these

25. The winner of 2016 Vyas Samman?
1) Surinder Verma
2) Sunita Jain
3) Padma Sachdev
4) Shankha Ghosh
5) Raghuveer Chaudhari

26. Who has won the 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards for Sportswoman of the Year?
1) Simone Biles
2) Serena Williams
3) Genzebe Dibaba
4) Missy Franklin
5) None of these

27. Amina Mohammed has been confirmed as the new deputy Secretary General of the UN. She hails from
1) Iran
2) Nigeria
3) Algeria
4) Syria
5) None of these

28. The World Diabetes Day is observed every year on
1) January 30
2) March 24
3) May 31
4) November 14
5) December 1

29. The public sector Punjab National Bank (PNB) is headquartered at
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkata
4) Chennai
5) Bengaluru

30. Who is Frank-Walter Steinmeier?
1) The new President of Germany
2) The new Chancellor of Germany
3) The new President of France
4) The new Prime Minister of Italy
5) None of these

31. The new President of Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (ASSOCHAM)?
1) Naushad Forbes
2) Sandeep Jajodia
3) Pankaj Patel
4) R.Chandra Shekar
5) C.P.Gurnani1

32. Who is the Union Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation?
1) Thawar Chand Gehlot
2) Narendra Singh Tomar
3) D. V. Sadananda Gowda
4) Jagat Prakash Nadda
5) None of these

33. At present, which of the following is not a national party?
1) Samajwadi Party
2) Bahujan Samaj Party
3) Nationalist Congress Party
4) All India Trinamool Congress
5) Communist Party of India (Marxist)

34. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was founded on….
1) 26 November 2012
2) 26 November 2013
2) 26 November 2014
4) 26 November 2015
5) None of these

35. Which of these awards is not named after a person?
1) Nobel Prize
2) Pulitzer Prize
3) Magsaysay Prize
4) Templeton Prize
5) Grammy Awards

36. What was set up in India on the recommendations of the Hilton Young Commission?
1) State bank of India
2) Reserve Bank of India
3) Central Bureau of Investigation
4) Life Insurance Corporation of India
5) None of these

37. Which of these cities is not the capital of any state in India?
1) Guwahati
2) Shillong
3) Raipur
4) Ranchi
5) Dehradun

38. At present which of the following language does not have the status of “Classical Language in India”?
1) Sanskrit
2) Hindi
3) Telugu
4) Tamil
5) Malayalam

39. Which of these states does not have a legislative council?
1) Jammu & Kashmir
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Andhra Pradesh

40. The Good Governance Day is observed in India to mark Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Birthday which falls on
1) 25 September
2) 15 October
3) 31 October
4) 26 November
5) 25 December

41. The Regulator of Mutual Funds in India?
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) TRAI
4) IRDAI
5) PFRDA

42. The largest credit rating agency in India?
1) CARE
2) ICRA
3) CRISIL
4) ONICRA
5) None of these

43. Which political party election symbol is “Two Leaves”?
1) DMK
2) AIADMK
3) TMC
4) J&KPDP
5) None of these

44. Android is a mobile operating system developed by…
1) IBM
2) Apple Inc
3) Microsoft
4) Google
5) None of these

45. Find the wrong pair? (as per 89th Oscar Awards 2017)
1) Best Film : La La Land
2) Best Director : Damien Chazelle
3) Best Actor : Casey Affleck
4) Best Actress : Emma Stone
5) Best Foreign Language Film : The Salesman

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