1. Which of the following is the first payments bank in the country?
1) Airtel Payments Bank (APB)
2) Paytm Payments Bank Ltd
3) India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)
4) National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) 5) None of these

2. The first ever Investors’ Summit (January 2017) for the north eastern states was held in
1) Guwahati
2) Ita Nagar
3) Imphal
4) Shillong
5) Aizwal

3. As per Government of India report, How percentage of of the total population has been covered under Aadhaar cards?
1) 91.7%
2) 81.7%
3) 71.7%
4) 61.7%
5) None of these

4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the constitution of eight members Task Force committee for preparing action plan for next three Olympic Games held in
1) 2018, 2022 and 2026
2) 2020, 2024 and 2028
3) 2022, 2026 and 2030
4) 2024, 2028 and 2032
5) None of these

5. Who is the head of four member Committee of Administrators to run BCCI?
1) Arvind Panagariya
2) Arvind Subramanian
3) Vinod Rai
4) Ajit Kumar Doval
5) None of these

6. Who is the Chief Guest of the 68th Republic Day of India celebrations on January 26, 2017?
1) Shinzo Abe
2) Barack Obama
3) Francois Hollande
4) Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
5) None of these

7. The Union Finance Ministry has announced that the General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR) will be effective from the…
1) 1 March, 2017
2) 1 April, 2017
3) 1 May 2017
4) 1 June, 2017
5) None

8. Who was posthumously awarded 2016 “Ashok Chakra”, country’s highest peacetime military decoration?
1) Havaldar Hangpan Dada
2) Mohan Goswami
3) Mukund Varadarajan
4) Neeraj Kumar Singh
5) None of these

9. Dharamsala declared second capital of…..
1) Uttarakhand
2) Chhattisgrah
3) Jharkhand
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) None of these

10. The Indian postal department released a special stamp cover featuring…..
1) P.V.Sindhu
2) Sakshi Malik
3) Dipa Karmakar
4) All of the above
5) None of these

11. India’s first river interlinking project that will connect Ken river in Madhya Pradesh with the Betwa in…..
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Uttarakhand
3) Jharkhand
4) Telangana
5) None

12. According to latest data released by Finance Ministry, How many accounts have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) across the country?
1) 26 crore
2) 27 crore
3) 28 crore
4) 29 crore
5) None of these

13. The Right To Education (RTE) Act aims to provide primary education to all children aged 6 to …..
1) 12 years
2) 14 years
3) 16 years
4) 18 years
5) None of these

14. The 69th Indian Army Day was observed on…..
1) 12 January 2017
2) 15 January 2017
3) 24 January 2017
4) 25 January 2017
5) 26 January 2017

15. Which state government has announced a monetary reward of Rs.100 crore to anyone from the state who wins Nobel Prize?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Telangana
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Kerala

16. The 20th Edition of the National Conference for e-Governance 2016-17 was held in…
1) Bengaluru
2) Chennai
3) Hyderabad
4) Vishakapatnam
5) None

17. Which state became India’s first fully organic state in 2016 besides being adjudged the cleanest state, overall best in education and tourist destination?
1) Kerala
2) Goa
3) Sikkim
4) Punjab
5) Haryana

18. 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) Punjab
5) None of these

19. Iris Mittenaere was crowned Miss Universe 2016 at the pageant held at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. She belongs to….
1) USA
2) UK
3) Germany
4) France
5) None of these

20. Saurav Ghosal is associated with
1) Golf
2) Hockey
3) Squash
4) Chess
5) None of these

21. Which country is the most corrupt country, as per the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for the year 2016 by the Berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI)?
1) Somalia
2) Niger
3) South Sudan
4) Yeman
5) None of these

22. Who is Jeff Bezos?
1) CEO of Facebook
2) CEO of Twitter
3) CEO of Google
4) CEO of Amazon
5) None of these

23. As per the Economic Survey 2017 tabled in Parliament, the GDP growth for 2017- 18 has been estimated between…
1) 6.25% and 6.75%
2) 6.50% and 7.25%
3) 6.75% and 7.50%
4) 7.0% and 7.75%
5) None of these

24. What amount has been allocated under MNREGA programme in the Union Budget for 2017-18?
1) Rs 58,000 crore
2) Rs 48,000 crore
3) Rs 38,000 crore
4) Rs 28,000 crore
5) None of these

25. The target for agricultural credit in 2017- 18 has been fixed at a record level of….
1) Rs 8 lakh crore
2) Rs 9 lakh crore
3) Rs 10 lakh crore
4) Rs 11 lakh crore
5) None of these

26. Jose Graziano da Silva is the present Director General of which of the following international organisations?
1) WTO
2) FAO
3) IAEA
4) UNICEF
5) None of these

27. The 2017 BRICS Summit will be held in
1) Brazil
2) Russia
3) India
4) China
5) South Africa

28. The public sector Bank of India is headquartered at
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkata
4) Chennai
5) None of these

29. Who is Nicolas Maduro?
1) The President of Brazil
2) The President of Argentina
3) The President of Cuba
4) The President of Venezuela
5) None of these

30. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is headquartered at…
1) Hyderabad
2) Bengaluru
3) Mumbai
4) New Delhi
5) None of these

31. Which is the first country in the world to switch off its FM radio network?
1) Sweden
2) Norway
3) Germany
4) Denmark
5) None

32. Copenhagen is the capital city of which of the following countries?
1) Denmark
2) The Netherlands
3) Switzerland
4) Sweden
5) None of these

33. Which of the following scheme was launched on 8th April 2015?
1) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
2) Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
3) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
4) Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)
5) Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)

34. The Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) 2017 summit will be held in…..
1) Bangkok
2) New Delhi
3) Nay Pyi Taw
4) Kathmandu
5) None

35. Donald Trump, the 45th President of USA, assumed office on …….
1) 1 January 2017
2) 10 January 2017
3) 15 January 2017
4) 20 January 2017
5) None of these

36. Name the present Union Foreign Secretary?
1) Shaktikanta Das
2) Urjit Patel
3) S.Jaishankar
4) Sanjeev Sanyal
5) None of these

37. Who is Nikki Haley?
1) The USA new ambassador to India
2) The USA new ambassador to China
3) The USA new ambassador to Russia
4) The USA new ambassador to European Union
5) The USA new ambassador to United Nations

38. Prime Minister Narendra Modi lay the foundation stone of the country’s first ever Indian Institute of Skills in…….
1) Varanasi
2) Lucknow
3) Patna
4) Kanpur
5) None of these

39. Robert Mugabe is the President of Zimbabwe since
1) 1985
2) 1987
3) 1989
4) 1991
5) None

40. Match the following?
International Hosting Place                       Sport Event
A. 2018 Winter Olympics                    (i) Tokyo
B. 2020                                               (ii) Pyeong Chang Summer Olympics
C. 2022 Winter Olympics                   (iii) Gold Coast
D. 2018 Commonwealth Games          (iv) Beijing
1) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
2) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
3) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
4) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
5) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)