1) Davao, Philippines
2) Lima, Peru
3) Osaka, Japan
4) Da Nang, Vietnam
5) Ipoh, Malaysia
2. Who was named as the new Finance Secretary on November 6, 2017? (He replaces Ashok Lavasa)
1) Subhash Chandra Garg
2) Hasmukh Adhia
3) Rajiv Kumar
4) Ajay Narayan Jha
5) Neeraj Kumar Gupta
3. Priti Patel resigned as International Development Secretary of which of the following countries on November 8, 2017?
1) USA
2) Canada
3) UK
4) Australia
5) New Zealand
4. Which country hosted the 4th ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) in October 2017?
1) Laos
2) Thailand
3) Brunei
4) Philippines
5) Cambodia
5. Who is the author of the book “Can’t Is Not an Option-My American Story”?
1) Indra Nooyi
2) Kamala Harris
3) Nikki Haley
4) Tulsi Gabbard
5) Pramila Jayapal
6. A poverty and hunger alleviating fund by which of the following groups/organizations has approved three projects in Bolivia, Kiribati and Zambia worth $2.3 million?
1) BRICS
2) SAARC
3) IBSA
4) BASIC
5) BIMSTEC
7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off Shraddha Setu Express on July 27, 2017. It connects Ayodhya and?
1) Madurai
2) Rameswaram
3) Kanchi
4) Tirupati
5) Udupi
8. International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem is celebrated on which of the following dates?
1) July 26
2) August 26
3) September 26
4) October 26
5) November 26
9. M. Venkaiah Naidu is the second BJP leader to become the Vice President of India after?
1) B.D. Jatti
2) Krishan Kant
3) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
4) Gopal Swarup Pathak
5) None of these
10. Gethsie Shanmugam won the 2017 Ramon Magsaysay Award. She is a teacher from?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Singapore
3) Malaysia
4) Indonesia
5) Laos
11. MUDRA Bank provides loans to micro finance institutions. What does the letter ‘D’ stand for in the abbreviation MUDRA?
1) Debit
2) Debt
3) Delivery
4) Development
5) Digital
12. Which of the following joint military exercises is not related to India?
1) Nomadic Elephant
2) Mitra Shakti
3) Surya Kiran
4) Hand-in-Hand
5) Sagarmatha Friendship
13. Which of the following is observed every year on June 14?
1) World Food Day
2) World Humanitarian Day
3) World Blood Donor Day
4) World Population Day
5) World Senior Citizens Day
14. Which of the following organizations is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland?
1) IAEA
2) UNESCO
3) UNICEF
4) WIPO
5) UNEP
15. In which of the following Payments Banks the Government of India has 100 percent equity shareholding?
1) Airtel Payments Bank
2) Paytm Payments Bank
3) India Post Payments Bank
4) Fino Payments Bank
5) None of these
16. Fino Payments Bank started its operations in July 2017. It is headquartered at?
1) Hyderabad
2) Chennai
3) Bangalore
4) Mumbai
5) Kolkata
17. Which bank has launched ‘eazypay’, an app for merchants and retailers to accept payments on mobiles from multiple digital modes?
1) ICICI Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) State Bank of India
5) None of these
18. Which of the following empowers banks/financial institutions to recover their non-performing assets without the intervention of the court?
1) RBI Act, 1934
2) NI Act, 1881
3) SARFAESI Act, 2002
4) Banking Regulation Act, 1949
5) SBI Act, 1955
19. Amitabh Kant Committee is related to which of the following?
1) Household finance
2) Cashless economy
3) Railway restructuring
4) NBFCs
5) None of these
20. ABN AMRO Bank has its headquarters in which of the following cities?
1) Stockholm, Sweden
2) Oslo, Norway
3) Bonn, Germany
4) Amsterdam, Netherlands
5) Moscow, Russia
21. Janalakshmi Financial Services recently received the final license by the Reserve Bank of India to set up a small finance bank (SFB) and will be known as Jana Small Finance Bank. It is headquartered in?
1) Bangalore
2) Hyderabad
3) Chennai
4) Kochi
5) Pune
22. Dishonor of cheque for insufficiency of funds in the account is mentioned in which section of the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881?
1) Section 45
2) Section 138
3) Section 78
4) Section 142
5) Section 131
23. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) was established in 1927. It has its headquarters in?
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) New Delhi
4) Chandigarh
5) Jaipur
24. DBS Bank is a multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in?
1) Seoul
2) Basel
3) Beijing
4) Singapore
5) None of these
25. In the abbreviation SARFAESI, the alphabet ‘R’ stands for?
1) Recovery
2) Renovation
3) Reconstruction
4) Restructuring
5) Rehabilitation
26. Dibrugarh city is situated on the bank of which of the following rivers?
1) Ganga
2) Gomti
3) Brahmaputra
4) Teestha
5) Mahanadi
27. Manas National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is located in which of the following States?
1) Odisha
2) Assam
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Arunachal Pradesh
28. Bhakti Yadav, Madhya Pradesh’s first woman doctor, passed away on August 14, 2017. She was conferred which of the following awards in 2017?
1) Padma Vibhushan
2) Padma Bhushan
3) Padma Shri
4) B.C. Roy award
5) None of these
29. The red stripes were added to the flag of which of the following African countries in August 2017?
1) Mauritania
2) Algeria
3) Mali
4) Senegal
5) Egypt
30. Andrzej Duda has been the President of which of the following European countries since August 2015?
1) Czech Republic
2) Slovakia
3) Poland
4) Ukraine
5) Belarus
31. The North Koel Reservoir is located in Palamau and Garhwa districts of?
1) Jharkhand
2) Bihar
3) Odisha
4) West Bengal
5) Madhya Pradesh
32. The Supreme Court appointed a committee of social workers and a lawyer to suggest measures to be taken for rehabilitation of widows abandoned by their family members. Who among the following is not a member of this committee?
1) Suneeta Dhar
2) Meera Khanna
3) Abha Singhal Joshi
4) Aprajita Singh
5) Aruna Roy
33. Which State Legislative Assembly passed a bill that reclassifies coconut as a tree in August 2017?
1) Karnataka
2) Kerala
3) Goa
4) Maharashtra
5) Andhra Pradesh
34. Which State government announced Raj Kapoor awards to Saira Banu and Jackie Shroff recently?
1) West Bengal
2) Rajasthan
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
35. Who is the author of the book “Life Mantras”?
1) B. Ramalinga Raju
2) Vijay Mallya
3) Lalit Modi
4) Subrata Roy
5) None of these
36. Who won the women’s singles title at the Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament in August 2017?
1) Garbine Muguruza
2) Simona Halep
3) Angelique Kerber
4) Madison Keys
5) Caroline Wozniacki
37. Which country will host the 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup?
1) India
2) England
3) Bangladesh
4) Australia
5) New Zealand
38. Which Indian cricketer was awarded ‘Arjuna’ for the year 2017?
1) Ravichandran Ashwin
2) Ravindra Jadeja
3) Murli Vijay
4) Cheteshwar Pujara
5) Virat Kohli
39. Which Paralympian was honored with this year’s Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award on August 29, 2017?
1) Mariyappan Thangavelu
2) Devendra Jhajharia
3) Varun Singh Bhati
4) Deepa Malik
5) None of these
40. India will host its first WTA tennis tournament in five years in November 2017. It will be held in which of the following cities?
1) Chennai
2) Pune
3) Hyderabad
4) Mumbai
5) New Delhi
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