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1. Which country was the top arms exportter in 2012-16 with a one- third share of global arms exports and its supplies rose by 21% compared with 2007-11, as per latest report of the Stockholm Inter national Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)?
1) USA
2) Russia
3) UK
4) France

2. Find the incorrect statement about Union Budget of India 2017-18?
1) FIPB to be abolished.
2) Payment Regulatory Board to be set up within RBI to regulate digital payments.
3) Rail safety fund of Rs. 1 lakh crore over 5 years.
4) Disinvestment target at Rs. 62,500 crore.

3. Find the incorrect statement about Economic Survey of India 2016-17?
1) 2017-18 GDP growth seen between 6.75 and 7.5 per cent year on year.
2) This survey was prepared by the Finance Ministry’s Principal Economic Adviser Sanjeev Sanyal.
3) CPI inflation seen around 4.5 to 5 per cent in 2016-17.
4) 2016-17 current account deficit seen around 1 – 1.5% of GDP.

4. The Union cabinet has approved setting up of National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (NCSBC) will replace the National Commission for Backward Classes For this which article shall be inserted in the Constitution?
1) Article 338
2) Article 338 A
3) Article 338 B
4) None of these

5. Which of these are matched correctly?
A. UNO : Antonio Guterres
B. IMF : Christine Lagarde
C. WTO : Gianni Infantino
D. ILO : Guy Ryder
1) A & B only
2) B & C only
3) A, B & D only
4) None of the above

6. Which of the following schemes is/are launched by NITI Aayog for incentivising digital payments?
1) Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana
2) HRIDAY and Swadesh Darshan
3) AMRUT and UDAY
4) PMJDY and SAGY

7. Find the correct statement?
A. The headquarters of World Economic Forum (WEF) is in Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland.
B. The headquarters of World Social Forum (WSF) is in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1) A only
2) B only
3) Both A & B
4) None of these

8. Which city has been designated UNESCO World Book Capital 2018?
1) Incheon (South Korea)
2) Wroclaw (Poland)
3) Conakry (Republic of Guinea)
4) Athens (Greece)

9. As per Human Development Report 2016, India is categorized in…..
1) Very high human development
2) High human development
3) Medium human development
4) Low human development

10. Which of these are matched incorrectly?
1) Paytm : Vijay Shekhar Sharma
2) Snapdeal : Kunal Bahl & Rohit Bansal
3) Flipkart : Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal
4) Alibaba : Jeff Bezos

11. Which Indian city has been named as the Richest Indian city with total wealth net-worth of $820 billion, according to latest New World Wealth report?
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Bengaluru
4) None of these

12. As per UNDP HDR 2016, India’s HDI value is
1) 0.949
2) 0.624
3) 0.352
4) None of these

13. Which State/UT has registered the highest per capita income (Rs 2,80,000) among all states and union territories of the country, during 2015-16?
1) Delhi
2) Chandigarh
3) Sikkim
4) None of these

14. Which state has become the second state in the country after Gujarat to achieve 100 per cent electrification of households?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Andhra Pradesh

16. The motto of World Bank?
1) “Working for a World Free of Poverty”.
2) “Atoms for Peace and Development”
3) “Faster, Higher and Stronger”
4) “It’s Your World!”

17. Find the correct statement about Bank for International Settlements (BIS)?
1) BIS established on 17 May 1930.
2) BIS is located in Basel, Switzerland.
3) BIS “fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks”.
4) All of the above.

18. Find the wrong statement?
1) South Sudan is the 193rd member of UNO from 14 July 2011.
2) Nauru became 189th member of World Bank & IMF from 12 April 2016.
3) Afghanistan became the 164th member of WTO from 29 July 2016.
4) Montenegro will be 29th member of EU in 2017.

19. Find the correct statement about 14th Finance Commission of India?
A. It was appointed on 2 January 2013 and submitted report on 15 December 2014.
B. It’s recommendations implementing period is from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2020.
C. It’s Chairman is Yaga Venugopal Reddyy (Y.V.Reddy) and members include Ms. Sushama Nath, Dr.M.Govind Rao and Dr.Sudipto Mundle. D. Prof.Abhijit Sen is the part time member
and Ajay Narayana Jha is the Secretary.
1) A & B only
2) C & D only
3) A, B & C only
4) All A, B, C & D

20. Which of the following is correct regard ing Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)?
A. In 1948, the OECD originated as the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC).
B. In 1961, the OEEC was reformed into Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
C. The Headquarters of OECD is in Geneva.
D. At present OECD has 35 member countries.
1) A & B only
2) B & C only
3) A, B & C only
4) A, B & D only

21. Find the International Organisations which are located in Vienna?
1) UNO, UNDP, UNICEF and UNFPA
2) World Bank (IBRD) and IMF
3) WTO, WHO, ILO and Red Cross (ICRC)
4) IAEA, OPEC and UNIDO

22. Which country’s hockey team has won the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup?
1) Great Britain
2) Australia
3) India
4) New Zealand

23. Who is the new chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament?
1) K.V.Thomas
2) Mallikarjun Kharge
3) Murli Manohar Joshi
4) Rajnath Singh

24. Which city has become the India’s cleanest city, according to the Swachh Bharat survey 2017?
1) Indore
2) Bhopal
3) Vishakapatnam
4) Surat

25. Which state has become the first Indian state to shift to to January to December financial year?
1) Maharashtra
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) None of these

26. Which of the following RRB is sponsored by SBI?
1) Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank
2) Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank
3) Saptagiri Grameena Bank
4) Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank

27. Who is the winner of the 2017 World Snooker Championship?
1) Mark Selby
2) John Higgins
3) Pankaj Advani
4) None of these

28. Who has been appointed as the first woman President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)?
1) Arundhati Bhattacharya
2) Chanda Kochhar
3) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
4) Shobana Kamineni

29. Which of the following is correct regarding Organisation for International Court of Justice (ICJ)?
A. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is located in The Hague.
B. The ICJ is composed of 9 judges who serve 15-year term and are appointed by the General Assembly.
C. The ICJ’s primary purpose is to adjudicate disputes among countries.
1) A & B only
2) B & C only
3) A & C only
4) All A, B & C

30. The current member countries of OPEC?
1) Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, Nepal.
2) India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives.
3) Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
4) Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Gabon, Iran, Iraq,Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,UAE and Venezuela.

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