November 21, 2017?
1) Ranjan Gogoi
2) Arun Mishra
3) Dalveer Bhandari
4) R.F. Nariman
5) None of these
2. Who was crowned Miss World 2017?(The 67th edition of the beauty pageant was held in Sanya, China on November 18, 2017)
1) Andrea Meza
2) Stephanie Hill
3) Polina Popova
4) Manushi Chhillar
5) None of these
3. What is the name of the IndiaNepal joint military exercise conducted in September 2017?
1) Shakti
2) Mitra Shakti
3) Surya Kiran
4) Varuna
5) Garuda
4. Which of the following Indians has not won the coveted Miss World title?
1) Aishwarya Rai
2) Priyanka Chopra
3) Yukta Mookhey
4) Lara Dutta
5) Diana Hayden
5. Who was elected as Chair of the International Olympics Committee’s (IOC) Ethics Commission in September 2017?
1) Kofi Annan
2) Ban Ki-moon
3) Thomas Bach
4) Peter Thomson
5) None of these
6. Mercedes Araoz became the Prime Minister of which of the following countries in September 2017?
1) Cuba
2) Chile
3) Peru
4) Uruguay
5) Paraguay
7. Who is the present Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs)?
1) Satya Pal Singh
2) Hardeep Singh Puri
3) Anant Kumar Hegde
4) Raj Kumar Singh
5) Virendra Kumar
8. Who was appointed as the Secretary of the Department of Financial Services on August 31, 2017? (He replaced Anjuly Chib Duggal)
1) Amit Agrawal
2) Pankaj Jain
3) Asha Ram Sihag
4) Rajiv Kumar
5) M.N. Radha Krishnan
9. Who took over as the new Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on August 31, 2017?
1) Anjana Dube
2) Veena Ish
3) Anita Karwal
4) Sangeeta Anand
5) None of these
10. The International Court of Justice is composed of how many judges?
1) 10
2) 15
3) 18
4) 20
5) 24
11. Where is the National Centre for Seismology?
1) Patna
2) Kohima
3) Noida
4) Srinagar
5) Imphal
12. Talisman Saber is the name of the biennial military training exercise between which two countries?
1) India and USA
2) China and Pakistan
3) China and Russia
4) Australia and USA
5) Japan and Russia
13. Which country established “The National Council to Confront Terrorism and Extremism” in July 2017?
1) Saudi Arabia
2) Egypt
3) Iran
4) Iraq
5) Syria
14. Who among the following is not a recipient of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for the year 2017?
1) Yoshiaki Ishizawa
2) Abdon Nababan
3) Tony Tay
4) Lilia de Lima
5) Kyaw Thu
15. Who topped the Fortune’s annual list of ’40 Under 40′? (The list comprises 40 most influential young people who are under 40)
1) Emmanuel Macron
2) Leo Varadkar
3) Mark Zuckerberg
4) Serena Williams
5) Cheng Wei
16. Which company topped the Forbes’ 7th annual list of “The World’s Most Innovative Companies” released in August 2017?
1) Salesforce
2) Tesla
3) Amazon
4) Netflix
5) Incyte
17. Ahmed Ouyahia became the Prime Minister of which of the following African countries in August 2017?
1) Libya
2) Algeria
3) Niger
4) Tunisia
5) Morocco
18. International Day Against Nuclear Tests is observed every year on:
1) June 29
2) July 29
3) August 29
4) September 29
5) October 29
19. In which State is Bhavanisagar Dam located?
1) Kerala
2) Rajasthan
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) None of these
20. Lake Pichola, an artificial fresh water lake, is situated in which of the following cities?
1) Mysore
2) Udaipur
3) Jaipur
4) Chandigarh
5) Kolkata
21. Which of the following new banknotes bears motif of Hampi with Chariot on the reverse? (The base color of the new note is fluorescent blue)
1) Rs. 10
2) Rs. 20
3) Rs. 50
4) Rs. 100
5) Rs. 200
22. Which bank has launched its first digital banking branch titled ‘CANDI’ recently?
1) Yes Bank
2) Kotak Mahindra Bank
3) Karnataka Bank
4) Canara Bank
5) Syndicate Bank
23. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has set up a committee on “fair market conduct”. Who is its chairman?
1) T.K. Viswanathan
2) Vikram Limaye
3) Anup Bagchi
4) Milind Barve
5) Ashish Kumar Chauhan
24. The Flipkart Group is India’s largest e-commerce marketplace. It does not include which of the following companies?
1) Myntra
2) Jabong
3) PhonePe
4) eBay.in
5) Snapdeal
25. Where was the two-day conclave of tax administrators called “Rajasva Gyan Sangam” held in September 2017?
1) Hyderabad
2) Mumbai
3) New Delhi
4) Gandhinagar
5) Bhopal
26. HBL or Habib Bank Limited is a multinational bank based in:
1) Bangladesh
2) Indonesia
3) Pakistan
4) Malaysia
5) Saudi Arabia
27. Which is the most liveable city in the world as per the Global Liveability Report 2017? (The report was released by the Economist Intelligence Unit in August 2017)
1) Melbourne (Australia)
2) Vienna (Austria)
3) Vancouver (Canada)
4) Toronto (Canada)
5) Calgary (Canada)
28. Which is the least livable city in the world? (It is ranked at 140, the last place)
1) Lagos (Nigeria)
2) Tripoli (Libya)
3) Dhaka (Bangladesh)
4) Damascus (Syria)
5) Karachi (Pakistan)
29. Which country has fired a ballistic missile on August 29, 2017 that travelled over Japan?
1) Iran
2) China
3) North Korea
4) USA
5) Russia
30. Doris Leuthard visited India recently. She is the President of which of the following countries?
1) Latvia
2) Slovakia
3) Switzerland
4) Ukraine
5) Belarus
31. Which Indian woman cricketer was given Arjuna award on August 29, 2017?
1) Veda Krishnamurthy
2) Smriti Mandhana
3) Harmanpreet Kaur
4) Poonam Yadav
5) Punam Raut
32. “Hero The Hedgehog” was the mascot for which of the following events held in 2017?
1) FIFA U-17 World Cup
2) FIFA U-20 World Cup
3) Asian Athletics Championship
4) IAAF World Championships
5) None of these
33. Which Indian badminton player won the Bulgaria Open International Series title in Sofia in
August 2017?
1) Lakshya Sen
2) Ajay Jayaram
3) Anand Pawar
4) Pratul Joshi
5) Siril Verma
34. Which country will host the men’s World Boxing Championship in 2021?
1) Cuba
2) China
3) Kazakhstan
4) India
5) None of these
35. Who won the women’s singles title at the World Badminton Championship held in Glasgow, Scotland in August 2017?
1) P.V. Sindhu
2) Carolina Marin
3) Nozomi Okuhara
4) Akane Yamaguchi
5) None of these
36. Who won the gold medal in the men’s singles at the 2017 World Badminton Championship?
1) Lin Dan
2) Chen Long
3) Viktor Axelsen
4) Lee Chong Wei
5) Kidambi Srikanth
37. Who won the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz Chess tournament in August 2017?
1) Garry Kasparov
2) Levon Aronian
3) Sergey Karjakin
4) Viswanathan Anand
5) Hikaru Nakamura
38. Which tennis player won the Cincinnati Open men’s singles title in August 2017?
1) Grigor Dimitrov
2) Nick Kyrgios
3) Rafael Nadal
4) Roger Federer
5) Marin Cilic
39. Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa won the men’s and women’s singles National Championship titles respectively in which of the following sports?
1) Golf
2) Tennis
3) Squash
4) Table Tennis
5) None of these
40. Former Wimbledon tennis champion Jana Novotna died of cancer at the age of 49 on November 19, 2017. She belonged to which of the following countries?
1) Russia
2) Ukraine
3) Bulgaria
4) Czech Republic
5) Poland
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