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500 must do GK questions For students preparing for competitive exam, the major question faced by everyone is General Knowledge, how to prepare for GK. The reason for extra importance of General Knowledge topics and questions is that it will not only assist you to score very high marks in less time but it will also help you to perform well in Group Discussions and Interviews. General awareness has always been taken at the lighter side by many of the candidates not realizing that how major it can be in competitive exams. Here are some useful tips for preparing GK:

Tip-1: Read Newspapers Daily Tip-2: Watch Current affairs special programmes on News Tip-3: Read Business Today & Today magazine thoroughly Tip-4: Complete Cetking’s GK40 program Following questions are divided into sets of 25 to 75 questions each.

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SBI PO 2017 questions Q18. One questions were, Which of the following not correct about Q1. Kavinder Singh and Satish Kumar is related to which game? UPI? Answer- Boxing Q19. The base year for calculating key economic growth from 2004-05 Q2. As per report of International Peace Research Institute - SIPRI is changed to? located at? Answer: 2011-12 Answer- Stockholm Q20. One Question was, increase in repo rate signifies? Q3. What is the meaning of "C" in PCA? Answer: Commercial banks will get more incentives to park their Answer- Prompt Corrective Action funds with the RBI, thereby decreasing the supply of money

Q4. India Licensing Expo (ILE), India's first and most influential brand Q21. Finland has become the first country in Europe to pay its licensing show will take place on August 20-21 in- unemployed citizens a basic monthly income, amounting to- Answer- Answer- 560 euros ($587)

Q5. Who is highest wicket-taker in women's ODIs? Q22. Total number of ATMs of SBI after the merger? Answer- Jhulan Goswami Answer- 59,000 ATMs

Q6. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has Q23. The government of India (GOI) has approved 681 crores as seed constituted a Technical Committee in accordance with Regulation 14 capital for building a venture for electronic devices with total corpus? of the IBBI (Information Utilities) Regulations, 2017. The Technical Answer- Rs 6,831 crore Committee (Committee) will be headed by? Answer- Dr R. B. Barman Q24. How much amount has allocated by the government to MGNREGA in this year's (2017-18) Budget? Q7. India’s growth for 2018-19 as projected by IMF? Answer- Rs 48,000 crore Answer- 7.7 per cent Q25. Risk of collapse of entire financial system on entire market is Q8. National Financial Switch (NFS) is run by- called- Answer- NPCI Answer- Systemic risk

Q9. Who was elected as head of FIFA’s governance committee at the Q26. Payments bank not permitted to? world football governing body’s 67th Congress in Bahrain’s capital city Answer- cannot offer loans of Manama? Answer- Mukul Mudgal Q27. The NBFCs are allowed to accept/renew public deposits for a minimum period of 12 months and the maximum period of _____ Q10. Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India grew 18 per cent during months. 2016 to touch ______data released by the Department of Answer- 60 months Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). Answer: $46 billion Q28. Government of India has changed CII base year from 1981 to- Answer- 2001 Q11. Fiscal deficit target for 2017-18 pegged at ______of GDP? Answer- 3.2% Q29. Metric which defines operating liquidity available to business is known as? Q12. The government has decided to make tax evasion of over Answer- Working capital ______under the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) the regime as a non-bailable offence. Q30. An estimated USD ______in black money entered India Answer- Rs 5 crore during 2005-2014, US-based think tank Global Financial Integrity (GFI). Q13. What is the meaning of "S" in MSF? Answer- 770 billion Answer- Marginal Standing Facility Q31. Name the person, who will head a task force to assess the Q14. What is the meaning of "P" in APBS? extent of employment creation at different points of time, based on Answer- Aadhaar Payment Bridge System “credible data. Answer- Arvind Panagriya Q15. The target of digital transactions through UPI, USSD, Aadhar, IMPS for 2017-18? Q32. Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology Answer- 2,500 crore digital transactions (IDRBT) is located in? Answer- Hyderabad Q16. Cheque written by drawer and dated at some point in past is called? Q33. Class of derivative whose value is at least partly derived from Answer- Ante-dated cheque one or more underlying stock exchange securities? (Trade, Commodity, Credit, Interest Rate, Equity) Q17. As per RBI norms on small banks, initial promoter stake for first Answer- Equity Derivative 5 years should not be less than? Answer- 40 per cent

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Q34. The framework of Joint Lenders’ Forum (JLF) by RBI is to 13. Payment bank having 100% equity participation by govt – strengthen the system for revitalising the...... ? IPPB Answer- stressed assets in the economy 14. Importing 145 M777 lightweight Howitzers for Indian Army Q35. Amendment to Section ______of Negotiable Instruments Acts from – US to include the electronic image of a truncated cheque and a cheque in electronic form. 15. Dr. Balamurali Krishna who passed away recently related to Answer- 6 – Carnatic Music

Q36. The target for agricultural credit in 2017-18 has been fixed at a 16. Initially shares in RBI owned by – Private shareholders record level of- Answer- Rs 10 lakh crore 17. International children prize to which kid from UAE – Kehkashan Basu Q37. 2017 Index of Economic Freedom is topped by which country? Answer- Hong Kong 18. CPs are issues as – Commercial paper is an unsecured form of promissory note that pays a fixed rate of interest. It is typically Q38. As per RBI, ARCs must have the minimum net corpus of issued by large banks or corporations ______crore by 2019. Answer- Rs 100 crore 19. NFS (National Financial Switch) has been developed by – National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) Q39. The UN Day of Vesak Celebration is internationally a cultural and humanistic festival. 14th UN Vesak Day celebrated in which country? 20. Limit of foreign investment in universal banks – 49 % for Answer- Sri Lanka first five years

Q40. Using SBI Mingle, the bank’s customers can do a host of banking 21. Which micro finance company has received final license services on their ______accounts at their own convenience. from The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to start operations as Small Answer- or Finance Bank (SFB) – Utkarsh Micro Finance

IBPS 2017 questions 22. Rate of Lending of RBI to commercial banks is known as – Bank Rate (Repo Rate is for short term only) 1. Rabo bank is a multinational banking and financial services company headquartered at – Utrecht, Netherlands 23. Theme of International day of persons with disability 2016 – Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want 2. NBFC’s accept deposits for a maximum period of – 60 months 24. Heart of Asia Summit 2016 held at which place – Amritsar, Punjab 3. The is an annual music festival established in 2012. Where did the festival 2016 celebrated in India – 25. Where is the Headquarter of ICC – UAE Mumbai 26. Small finance banks have to open 25% branches in – 4. Irom Chanu Sharmila, also known as the “Iron Lady” or Unbanked Areas “Mengoubi” (“the fair one”) is a civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of – Manipur 27. Max loan size to single obligator can’t be more than what percent of the capital investment – 10 % (For group it will be 15%) 5. A first-of-its-kind project, the 207-km-long cycle highway is recently inaugurated in which Indian state – Uttar Pradesh 28. BSBDA-Small Accounts are valid for a period of 12 months initially which may be extended by another_____ if the person 6. Gobind Sagar Dam is located in – Himachal Pradesh provides proof of having applied for an Officially Valid Document (OVD) – 12 months 7. Kumarakom bird sanctuary is located in – 29. What is the name of the Web based solution for interbank 8. In news we commonly here term “EFTPOS”. What does “P” and other bulk transactions – NACH (National Payments Corporation stands for – Point (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale) of India)

9. based theme park is – Dubai Test GK

10. THE INDIA-______Joint Training Exercise, “Hand in Hand 1. Where was the National Children’s Film Festival 2017 held 2016” held in which Pune – India and China recently? a. New Delhi 11. Best performing actor at Asia Pacific is b. Panaji bestowed to – Manoj Vajpayee c. Bengaluru d. Visakhapatnam 12. Which operates in hourly batches – NEFT Answer: Visakhapatnam

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2. Dhanak, which was chosen as the best children’s film at the 64th , has been directed by Answer: Kasav a. Nagesh Kuknoor b. 10. Name the film that has won the award for the best film at c. Tigmanshu Dhulia the 64th National Film Awards. d. Anurag Kashyap a. b. Sarabjit Answer: Nagesh Kuknoor c. Rustom d. Pink 3. Name the first nation of the world to legalize sale, production & consumption of marijuana. Answer: Neerja a. Canada b. Uruguay 11. Who has won the best actor award at the 64th National Film c. Argentina Awards? d. Turkey a. Amitabh Bachchan b. Answer: Uruguay c. d. Mammootty 4. When is the World Health Day observed? a. 3rd April Answer: Akshay Kumar b. 4th April c. 5th April 12. Who among the following was adjudged best actress at the 64th d. 7th April National Film Awards? a. Answer: 7th April b. c. Surabhi 5. Name the first nation of the world that is going to neutralize d. Sonam gender pay gap. a. Canada Answer: Surabhi Lakshmi b. France c. Switzerland 13. Who was recently declared Wisden’s 2016 leading cricketer of the d. Iceland world? a. AB de Villiers Answer: Iceland b. Virat Kohli c. Quinton de Kock 6. India’s rank on Global Travel & Tourism Competitive Index 2017 is d. R Ashwin a. 23rd b. 31st Answer: Virat Kohli c. 40th d. 52nd 14. Who among the following has become Chairman of NASSCOM for 2017-18? Answer: 40th a. Raman Roy b. Natarajan Chandrasekaran 7. Global Travel & Tourism Competitive Index is developed by c. Vishal Sikka a. World Economic Forum d. Abidali Neemuchwala b. World Bank c. International Monetary Fund Answer: Raman Roy d. United Nations World Tourism Organization 15. When is the National Maritime Day of India observed? Answer: World Economic Forum a. 2nd April b. 5th April 8. Rajesh Mapuskar was adjudged Best Director at the 64th National c. 7th April Film Awards for his Marathi language film d. 9th April a. Kasav b. Ventilator Answer: 5th April c. Karaar d. Fugay 16. Who has emerged victorious in the recently held Presidential elections in Serbia? Answer: Ventilator a. Aleksandar Vucic b. Milutin Mrkonjic 9. Which of the following has won the best feature film award at the c. Borka Vucic 64th National Film Awards? d. Boris Tadic a. Ventilator b. Rustom Answer: Aleksandar Vucic c. Neerja d. Kasav 17. The next President of Ecuador will be

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Cetking.com GK500 2017 a. Lenin Moreno d. Begaluru b. Alfredo Palacio c. Lucio Gutierrez Answer: Dharamshala d. Rafael Correa 25. As per the 1st bimonthly monetary policy review for the fiscal year Answer: Lenin Moreno 2017-18, the MSF rate and Bank rate are a. 6.25% 18. Power Tex India scheme has been launched by which ministry for b. 6.50% boosting powerloom sector? c. 6.75% a. Ministry of Commerce d. 7.00% b. Ministry of Power c. Ministry of Textiles Answer: 6.50% d. Ministry of Finance 26. Name the country that has become the latest member of South Answer: Ministry of Textiles Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation program. a. Philippines 19. Who among the following has become India’s new Ambassador & b. Myanmar Permanent Representative to the United Nations? c. Afghanistan a. Ruchira Kamboj d. Malaysia b. Rajiv Chander c. Arvind Subramanian Answer: Myanmar d. JS Deepak 27. Where did the meeting of South Asia Sub-regional Economic Answer: Rajiv Chander Cooperation Finance Ministers take place recently? a. India 20. According to the 1st bimonthly monetary policy review for the b. South Korea fiscal year 2017-18, the repo rate is c. China a. 6.00% d. Nepal b. 6.25% c. 6.50% Answer: India d. 6.75% 28. When is the World Autism Day observed? Answer: 6.25% a. 2nd April b. 4th April 21. As per the 1st bimonthly monetary policy review for the fiscal year c. 8th April 2017-18, the reverse repo rate is d. 19th April a. 5.75% b. 6.00% Answer: 2nd April c. 6.20% d. 6.50% 29. Who has recently become the youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace ever? Answer: 6.00% a. Christina Lamb b. Narges Mohammadi 22. Which country has given officially recognition to Bitcoin & digital c. Malala Yousafzai currencies as legal money? d. Shirin Ebadi a. Iceland b. Japan Answer: Malala Yousafzai c. Russia d. China 30. The book ‘Matoshree’ has been written by a. Veerappa Moily Answer: Japan b. Sumitra Mahajan c. Vasundhara Raje Scindia 23. Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar and Rohit Suri have been recently d. Mamata Banerjee awarded with a. Shaurya Chakra Answer: Sumitra Mahajan b. Mahavir Chakra c. Kirti Chakra 31. Nomadic Elephant, the bilateral military exercise between India & d. Ashok Chakra Mongolia, recently took place in a. Uttarakhand Answer: Kirti Chakra b. Madhya Pradesh c. Mizoram 24. Where did National Tuberculosis Summit 2017 take place d. Rajasthan recently? a. Jaipur Answer: Mizoram b. Dharamshala c. Bhopal

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32. E Bay India has been acquired by which of the following 26. Vadodara city is situated on the banks of river? Vishwamitri River companies? a. Alibaba Must do GK questions b. Snap Deal 27. Name the Vice Chairman of NITI Ayog? – Arvind Panagriya (Note– c. Amazon He resigned recently, but will still remain in office till the 31st August d. Flipkart 2017) 28. What is the SI Unit of Force? – Newton Answer: Flipkart 29. Name the Grandson of Emperor Asoka? – Dashrath Maurya, Samprati & Satakarni 33. Thespis, India’s 1st Micro Drama Festival, was recently held in 30. Which dynasty was followed by Tughlaq? – Sayed Dynasty a. Jaipur 31. Which media is stored permanently? b. Chandigarh 32. Resistance of Ideal Ammeter & Ideal Voltmeter c. Delhi 33. Minimum age of Vice President? d. Hyderabad 34. India & England match in 2016 held in which stadium? 35. Which of the following does not form smog? Answer: Delhi 36. Pannalal Ghosh is belongs to which instrument? – Flute 37. Who is the author of the Sellout Book? – Paul Beaty 34. When is the International Day of Human Space Flight observed? 38. What is the minimum age for Vice President? – 35 Years a. 2nd April 39. Who was the son of Chandragupta Maurya? – Bindusara b. 12th April 40. Which dynasty came after Tughlaq? – Sayyid Dynasty c. 18th April 41. Ekuverin Military exercise between India and ? – Maldives d. 27th April 42. Duncan line passes through? 43. Unit of Pressure? – Pascal Answer: 12th April 44. SI unit of work? – Joule 45. SI unit of force? – Newton 35. Koradi, Chandrapur & Parli thermal power plants are located in 46. What is Quo Waranto? – a. 47. Who is inventor of Laser Printer? – Gary Starkweather b. Odisha 48. Rusting is process of ? c. Chhattisgarh 49. Where is temple of Bhairava? – Mumbai, Maharashtra d. Telangana 50. Recently USA made which country as major defence partner? – India Answer: Maharashtra 51. Reverse Repo Rate? 52. How many member nominated by president in lok sabha? – 2 (Anglo Indian Community) Awareness GA Asked BOI SO Exam 2017. 53. Rusting is the process of….. – Oxidation.

1. WIPO fullform? World Intellectual Property Organization Must do GK questions 2. IIN fullform? Institution Identification Number 1. What is the name of River Ganges in Bangladesh? – Padma 3. B in ASBA? Blocked 2. Pacemaker is used for which organ in Human Body? – Heart 4. AIRTEL Payment Bank capital? Rs 3,000 crore 3. Who is the author of the book “My country my life”? – L.K. Advani 5. Santosh Yadav? Indian mountaineer. 4. What is Separk Takraw? – Kick Volleyball (Sport in South East Asia) 6. Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park? Goa 5. Where do you find Masal Tribe? – Kenya 7. HDFC Headquarter? Mumbai 6. What does S in BRICS stand for? – South Africa 8. Bank’s maximum denomination printable currency? 10K 7. What is the name for Tsangpo River in India? – Bramhaputra 9. SPYDER Missile? Surface to Air 10. CORPAT War Exercise? India and Indonesia ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017 GK Quiz: 11. France PM? Édouard Philippe Question: In which Ground ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Final 12. Ujjivan Bank Headquarter? Bengaluru 2017 played? 13. Bandhan Bank Headquarter? Kolkata Answer: Lord’s, London 14. % of Small Finance banks to be opened in unbanked rural area? 25% Question: Which country Hosted ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 15. Under MUDRA scheme “Kishor” covering loans above Rs 50,000 2017 and up to? Rs 5 lakh Answer: England 16. One question on Stand Up India scheme. 17. The Srisailam Dam is constructed across the ______River? Question: Who took maximum wicket in ICC Women’s Cricket World Krishna Cup 2017 Final? 18. What is the amount of insurance cover in PMSBY? Rs 2 lakhs Answer: Anya Shrubsole, 6 Wicket 19. M. A. Chidambaram Stadium situated in? Chennai 20. Woman who becomes first Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest 4 Question: Player of the match of ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup times? Anshu Jamsenpa Final 2017? 21. NPCI implemented? National Automated Clearing House (NACH) Answer: Anya Shrubsole (Takes 6 Wickets) 22. Bank that has entered ‘Top 50″ Banks in the world with a balance sheet size of Rs 41 lakh crore? SBI Question: Player of the Tournament ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 23. Sun Temple at Konark in? Odisha 2017? 24. State government’s share in RRBs? 15% Answer: Tammy Beaumont 25. Ping Pay app? Axis Bank

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Question: Which country will host next ICC Women’s Cricket World 28. Which annual event observed on July 11 every year : World Cup 2021? Population Day Answer: New Zealand 29. Dada Saheb Phalke award winning Actress : 30. Sponser of Indicash : Tata Communications 171 Runs is the highest score in ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 31. Most densely populated Indian Cities :Mumbai and Kota made by ? 32. Kps gill who passed away recently was a? :IPS Officer Answer Harmanpreet Kaur 33. A7 aircraft brought from which country : United States 34. Shivaji Sports Complex ,Balewadi stadium is located at which India beats 6th time ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup title holder in city : Pune , Maharastra Semi Final Match. Which country was beaten? 35. Which one of the following is not money market instrument Answer: Australia related question 36. 1st indian to climb everest 6 times :Love Raj Singh Dharmashaktu Who is the highest wicket taker of ICC Woman’s Cricket in the World. 37. Max limit on BSBDA? Jhulan Goswami 38. Underwater rail tunnel on which River : Hooghly River , Between Hawra & Kolkata England Scored How many Runs in ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 39. Gold Cheque limit – 20K Final 2017. 40. Maximum limit of Payment Bank– Rs. 100,000 Answer 228 41. Which is debt instruments? :Bonds 42. The Indian who won gold medal in asain wrestling championship Who Won the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Final 2017 by 9 Runs. 2017 ? : Bajrang Punia England 43. What is India's own GPS name? NAVIC 44. Badminton player inducted into BWF : P V Sindhu 45. Aparna Popat is related to which sport ? : Badminton RBI Actual questions 2017 Paper 1 46. Which organization is regulator of Credit Agencies : SEBI 47. Credit gurantee fund for which scheme of PM : Micro , Small and 1. T-Wallet is launched by which state : Telengana Medium Enterprises 2. Capital Small Finance Bank, India's first small finance bank was 48. What is the sex-ratio according to 2011 Census – 940 females launched. Where is the head office of Capital Small Finance Bank : per 1000 males Jalandhar , Punjab 49. Where is the headquarters of International Fertilizer Industry 3. Longest Bridge inaugurated by Prime Minister in Assam on which Association – Paris river : Lohit River 50. Bandokar Trophy is related to which sport : Football 4. What is the currency of Maldives? : Rufiyaa 5. Actor Sir Roger Moore, best known for playing James Bond, RBI Actual questions 2017 paper 2 belongs to which country :United Kingdom 1. G-20 Summit 2017 held in which country :Hamburg , Germany 6. What is the meaning of "D" in NSDL" : Depository 2. Currency of Kenya ? : Shilling 7. G7 Summit 2017 was held in? : Sicily, Italy 3. Berlin is the capital of which Country :Germany 8. Alamatti dam is in which state ? Karnataka 4. BSBDA stands for ? : Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account 9. Which country is the biggest steel producing country, accounting 5. Irani Cup is related to which sport : Cricket for 50.3% of the world's total steel production in 2015 :China 6. Who won the title of Sudiraman Cup 2017 : South Korea 10. Disha microfine got the license from RBI for which type of bank 7. Total transaction cash limit within one week in BSBDA Account - :Small Finance Bank(SFB) Rs.10000 11. Where is Sonai Rupai Wildlife sanctuary: Assam 8. Derivative related questions 12. What is C in CAP limit imposed by RBI on banks – Corrective 9. Interest rate on Saving account of Paytm Bank : 4% 13. What does 'L' stands for in LAF? : Liquidity (Liquidity Adjustment 10. Nomadic Elephant 2 Exercise between Armies of India and which Facility) Country :Mangolia 14. HCL asian junior championshio held at which city :Pune , 11. International Ameteur Boxing Tournament 2017 venue : Hamburg Maharastra ,Germany 15. MFI who are registered as NBFC regulated by? RBI 12. Gorakhpur Atomic Power Plant is proposed in which Indian State? 16. State-owned Punjab National Bank has received USD 100 million Fatehabad ,Haryana (about Rs. 645 crores) as the first tranche from :Asian Development 13. Uday Kotak belongs to which bank : Kotak Mahindra Bank 14. India's GDP for fourth Quarter? 6.1% 17. Madrid is the capital city of which country : Spain 15. Which country opted out of the Paris Climate Convention : United 18. What does ‘V’ stands for in LTV :Value (Loan to Value Ratio) States 19. Which Indian cricketer has been featured in ICC ODI top 10 16. Headquarter of City Union Bank Ltd. :Tamilnadu rankings – Virat Kohli 17. AIIMS in Assam to come up in which district :Kamrup District 20. Ease of doing business ranking is launched by which of the 18. Insurance companies to be registered with which following :World Bank organization:IRDAI 21. Dhola- sadiya bridge is on which river : Lohit River , Assam 19. Second longest Indian Bridge in Bihar is buit on which river ? 22. Bhimbetika rock shelter? : Madhya Pradesh Ganges River 23. Dalong village is recognized as Biodiversity Heritage site is in 20. First Indian Woman to climb Everest From China Side :Anita which state :Manipur Kundu 24. Darwaja band camping launched by which department :Ministry 21. Full Form of MSF : Marginal Standing Facility of Drinking Water and Sanitation 22. In which state Srivenkateswara National Park is located : Andhra 25. Question on E-Sanad Pradesh 26. Ecb Regulation question 23. NBFC Regulats under which act : Companies Act ,1956 27. Mann ki baat book Preface is written by :Rajesh Jain

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24. What is the minimum eligible amount under SAFAESI Act : Rs. 1 20 lakh Lac 10 lakh 25. Where is the headquarter of SCO : Beijing , China 15 lakh 26. Where is Mattikettan Shola National Park : Kerela 5 lakh 27. Which is India's First Freight village : None of These 28. Which Country started global T-20 league : South Africa 29. What does 'A' stands for in CRAR : Asset ( Ans - 1) 30. Which MFI is converted in to a bank : Bandhan Bank 31. Financial Literacy week from : 5th June to 9th June 32. What is the theme of Tobacco day : A threat to development 2. Harvest Festival of Pongal celebrated across ______? 33. Which Risk is associated with lenders not being able to payback : Telangana Credit Kerala 34. Leo Vardekar , who was recently in news is : Ireland PM Tamilnadu 35. Deep Ocean Mission is associated with which ministry : Ministry Karnataka of Earth Sciences None of These 36. What is the lock in period for ELSS : 3 years 37. SIP is related to : Mutual Funds ( Ans - 3) 38. Abdul Rahman who passed away recently was a : Tamil Singer 39. July 17 is celebrated as : World day of International Justice 40. What is the range of Prithvi-2 Missile : 350 Kms 3. ______Government banned use of Purse Seine Nets for 41. Headquarter of Nordic investment banK is in which country - fishing, aimed at curbing exploitation of fish by safeguarding Finland fingerlings and its eggs to increase their population ? 42. Alexander zverav belongs to which sports- tennis Goa 43. who passed away recently was an - Film Director and Politician Kerala 44. Puttanadu Festival- Tamil New year Maharashtra 45. What is the full form of OVD - Officially Valid Documents. None of These 46. After merging with associates bank and Bhartiya Mahila Bank ,advance level of SBI reached to - rs. 18.50 lakh crore ( Ans - 4) 47. With which of the orgaization Amul is associated - ISRO 48. Pakal dual dam is in which state- Jammu & Kashmir 49. Where are Pandava Caves heritage sites are located - 4. 104th Session of Indian Science Congress held in Tirupati Nashik,Maharashtra (______) ? 50. As per amended bill , The definition of Start up has been changed Mizoram to - 7 years Sikkim 51. What is regulated by NHB -Housing finance companies West Bengal 52. Amman is the capital of?- Jordan Odisha 53. I in IDFC stands for-Infrastructure Andhra Pradesh 54. Kalinga cup associated with which sport -Football 55. Mudra loan purpose- For financing small industries ( Ans - 5) 56. Solar panel Initial corpus -500M$ 57. One question abt forward contract 58. Exit load is related to- 5. 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017, annual global convention for 59. Foreign minister of which country elected as president of UNGA- Indian diaspora held in ______. Slovakia 60. Type of derivatives have payoff more complex than usual- Exotic Theme of this edition is “Redefining Engagement with the Indian derivatives Diaspora”. 61. Payment banks are prone to- Credit risk Portugal Prime Minister, Dr. Antonio Costa is chief guest in PBD 62. As per branch authorization policy 25 % branch should be in - 2017. Total 30 People awarded in Pravasi Bharatiya Awards 2017. Unbanked rural areas PM Narendra Modi launched Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PKVY), a 63. Hedge funds are similar to- Mutual funds skill development program targeted at Indian youth seeking overseas 64. Banks which do marketing- Investment banks employment to make India the Skill Capital of the World. 65. IBBI deals with- Professional entitites 66. Karlovy film festival in which country- Czech republic Delhi 67. NAICS GPS by which year - 2018 Ahmedabad 68. First Indian bank with block chain technology- ICICI Bangalore 69. Where is headquarter of CUB- Tamlinadu Jaipur 70. Maximum denomination of Indian Coins : 1000 None of These 71. Light year distance of a newly discovered planet- 40 ( Ans - 3) GA Quiz 2017 India based

1. Election Commission issued limitation for campaign expense per 6. 20th National Conference for e-Governance held in Visakhapatnam candidate. In Goa and Manipur, the limit on election expenses per (______), with theme‚ Internet of Things and e-Governance ? candidate is Rs ______while that in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh Uttarakhand is Rs 28 lakh. ? Odisha

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Kerala Assam Karnataka Meghalaya None of These Nagaland None of These ( Ans - 1) ( Ans - 2)

7. 24th Conference of Central and State Statistical Organisations(COCSSO) meet held at ______(Maharashtra) ? 13. 58th India International Garment Fair (IIGF) began in Pune ______, organized by Apparel Export Promotion Council India Nagpur (AEPCI) ? Bombay Gangtok Nashik Kolkata None of These Jaipur Ahmedabad ( Ans - 2) New Delhi

( Ans - 5) 8. 28th Dantan Gramin Mela inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee in West Midnapore district in ______, aimed at displaying rural handicraft skills of local people ? 14. 8th International Conference and Exhibition on Re-enforced West Bengal Plastics (ICERP) organized by FRP Institute in ______? Odisha Mumbai Jharkhand Delhi Sikkim Pune None of These Nashik None of These ( Ans - 1) ( Ans - 1)

9. 2nd Pakke - Paga Festival 2017 held at Seijosa in East Kameng District of ______. Its aim is to popularise the role of 15. ______Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit held in community in conserving endangered species ? Gandhinagar (Gujarat). PM Modi announced that India is now sixth Arunachal Pradesh largest manufacturing country in the world up from earlier 9th Sikkim position ? Manipur 10th Meghalaya 9th None of These 7th 8th ( Ans - 1) None of These

( Ans - 4) 10. ______Prakash Parv, birth anniversary of 10th Sikh Guru - Guru Gobind Singh ji will be celebrated in January 2017 in Patna (Bihar) ? 50th 16. Sitalpati‚ Mats (Weaved in Cooch Behar district of 150th ______) has been recognized as an ‘Intangible Cultural 250th Heritage’ by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural 350th Organisation (UNESCO) ? None of These Odisha Andhra Pradesh ( Ans - 4) West Bengal Assam None of These 11. 3rd National conference‚ Jal Manthan III‚ held in ______? Jaipur ( Ans - 3) Ahmedabad Kolkata New Delhi 17. According to India Meteorological Department’s (IMD), 2016 was None of These warmest year ever on record in India since documenting began in 1901. Average Surface temparature in 2016 in India was ( Ans - 4) ______degree Celsius above average between 1961-1990 period. Before 2016, warmest year on record was 2009 (+0.77 degree Celsius above average) ? 12. 4th ______International Agri-Horiculture held in Guwahati +1.91 ? +0.91 Manipur +2.91

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+0.51 Question (6): Which is the highest civilian award in India? None of These Answer: Bharat Ratna

( Ans - 2) Question (7): The capital adequacy norms is banks were introduced by RBI in Answer: April 1992 18. According to Status of Education Report (ASER) 2016, ______Students stand ahead of All Other states in terms of Question (8): Who won the Women’s Single title at the India open learning outcomes.‚ super series badminton championship 2017? Answer: P.V. Sindhu Report found that enrolment rate of students in the age group 6 to 14 in ______was 99.8%. It secured first rank in achieving Question (9): Which state created Guinness World Record for learning outcomes in basic reading and mathematics across the maximum people hugging trees simultaneously? country, Followed by Kerala. Answer: Kerala Punjab Himachal Pradesh Question (10): Who is the founder of eBay? Haryana Answer: Pierre Omidyar J & K None of These Question (11): A demand draft issued by a bank is valid for Answer: 3 month ( Ans - 2) Question (12): How many Digits have IFSC code? Answer: 11 19. ______launched‚ Fly For Sure‚ scheme under which passengers can board any other flight on the same sector on the same Question (13): Banks borrow money from RBI at which rates? day on missing their booked flight. To avail this, customer has to pay Answer: Repo Rate extra INR 2000 while booking ticket. GoAir Question (14): Balance in a current account is classified as Indigo Answer: Demand Deposit SpiecJet Air India Question (15): The Foreign Exchange of India is kept with None of These Answer: RBI

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Question (1): Many of the Private companies are trying to obtain the 20. ______will soon reserve six seats in front rows of its license to start their banking company in India. Which of the aeroplane fleet only for women passengers for their safety. Six seats Following organization issues the License for the same? will be reserved in third row in economy class of the aircraft for (A)RBI (B)IBA (C)SEBI (D)TIBF female passengers travelling alone ? Answer: (A)RBI Air India SpiecJet Question (2): Which of the following rupee note is not issued by RBI? Indigo (A)1 Rupee (B)2 Rupee (C)5Rupee (D)2000 Rupee GoAir Answer: (A) 1 Rupee None of These Question (3): On domestic term deposits banks in our country ( Ans - 1) generally offer an additional rate of interest on term deposit for

GK Quiz 2017 (A)Minors (B) Senior Citizens (C)Rural Residents (D)Students Question (1): GNP Stands for Answer: Gross National Product Answer: (B) Senior Citizens

Question (2): Wimbledon Trophy is associated with which game? Question (4): Rupee note are Answer: Lawn Tennis (A)Convertible Paper Money (B) Fiat Paper Money (C)Inconvertible Paper Money (D)None of these Question (3): GFCE stands for- Answer: (C) Inconvertible Paper Money Answer: Government Final Consumption Expenditure Question (5): Which of the Following is an example of unorganized Question (4): How does MICR Code on a cheque helps money market? Answer: For electronic clearance of cheque (A) Insurance (B)Chit Fund Companies (C)Mutual Funds (D) Commercial Bank Question (5): On recommendation of which committee, Rail Budget Answer: (B) Chit Fund Companies was separated from general budget in 1924 Answer: Acworth Committee Question (6): The rate of interest bank charge to its maintained major and prime customer is popularly known as

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(A)Reserve Repo Rate (B)MSF (C)Prime Lending Rate (D)None of these 2. 3 Indian Scientists - ______, Subhash Khot and Answer: (C) Prime Lending Rate Yadvinder Malhi have been elected as Fellows of The Royal Society of UK, premier scientific academy of United Kingdom and Question (7): Which one of these qualities of money is essential Commonwealth ? before it can perform any of its functions Tapan Ray‚ (A)Acceptability (B) Durability (C)Flexibility (D)Stability in Values Rita A Teaotia‚ Answer: (A) Acceptability Krishna Chatterjee Prabhu Dayal Meena Question (8): Which of the following assets can be mortgaged? None of These (A)Stocks (B) Land and Building (C)Shares (D)Book Debts Answer: (B) Land and Building ( Ans - 3)

Question (9): Loan of very small amounts given to low income groups is called 3. Actress ______won best director for her debut film‚ A (A)BSBDA (B) No Frills Loan (C) Micro Credit (D)Cash Credit Death in the Gunj‚ and best actress for‚ Lipstick Under My Burka‚ at Answer: (C) Micro Credit 2017 New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF).

Question (10): Which among the following is one of the financial Mukti Bhawan, a movie about a man who accompanies his father services provided by Indian Post? on a journey to Varanasi, has won Best Film at NYIFF 2017. (A)Recurring Deposit Account (B)Forex Services (C)Public Provident Fund (D)All of these Kangana Ranaut Answer: (B) Forex Services Deepika Padukone Priyanka Chopra Question (11): PM Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) aims directly in Konkona Sensharma promoting None of These (A)Social Justice (B)Financial Inclusion (C)Rural Development (D)Urban Development ( Ans - 4)

Answer: (B)Financial Inclusion 4. Actress ______will be receiving Dadasaheb Phalke Question (12): In order to Fulfill all banking needs of the start-ups, a Academy Award under newly introduced category- 'Internationally dedicated solution ‘SmartUp’ has been launched by (In 2016) Acclaimed Actress' for her work on International platform. (A)State Bank of India (B)HDFC Bank (C)Punjab National Bank Deepika Padukone (D)ICICI Kangana Ranaut Answer: (B)HDFC Bank Hema Malini Question (13): The term ‘NOC’ is associated with Priyanka Chopra (A)Industrial Credit (B) Retail Credit (C) Micro Credit (D) All of these ( Ans - 5) Answer: (D) All of these

Question (14): Under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) 5. Bengaluru FC's Sunil Chhetri won Hero of the League 2016-17 scheme, each customer who opens an account gets a Award, that was recently won by ______. ? (A)RuPay Debit Card (B)Visa Debit Card (C)RuPay Credit Card Chennai City FC (D)Rupay Charge Card Mumbai FC Answer: (A)RuPay Debit Card Aizawl FC Churchill Brothers FC Question (15): The Premium payable under the Pradhan Mantri None of These Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) is per member is (A) ₹ 200/Month (B) ₹ 12/Month (C) ₹ 12/annum (D) ₹ 12/Day ( Ans - 3) Answer: (C) ₹ 12/annum

2017 Quiz 6. Bollywood actress ______won International Humanitarian Award in Editor's Choice category of Asian Voice 1. ‚ ______presented with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Charity Awards. Disarmament and Development for year 2014. Award was presented Jacqueline Fernandez by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ? Priyanka Chopra Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Deepika Padukone SAIL Kangana Ranaut BHEL None of These GAIL None of These ( Ans - 1)

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7. Britain's Indian-origin steel tycoon ______(Chairman of the Liberty House Group) won‚ CEO of the Year‚ title at Platts Global ( Ans - 4) Metals Awards in London ? Hinduja Borthers Sanjeev Gupta 12. Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), and Lakshmi Mittal ______has won Porter Prize 2017, presented by Harvard Ratan Tata Business School Professor and leading management thinker, Michael None of These E. Porter ? SAIL ( Ans - 2) ITC Ltd BHEL GAIL 8. ______Rapper Drake won record 13 awards at 2017 None of These Billboard Music Awards in USA.? Canadian ( Ans - 2) American Russian French 13. ______Footballer N’Golo Kante has been voted 2017 None of These Footballer of the Year by Football Writers’ Association ? Swiss ( Ans - 1) German Russian Spanish 9. Cannes Film Festival 2017 Winners - French

Best Film (Palme d’Or) - ______director Ruben “stlund’s‚ ( Ans - 5) The Square. Best Director - Sofia Coppola (USA) for‚ The Beguiled. She is only 2nd female director in Cannes festival’s 70-year history to win the 14. Hollywood actor ______received‚ first-ever award. Genderless Acting Award for Best Actor category at MTV Movie and 70th Anniversary Prize ‚œ Nicole Kidman TV Awards, Los Angles (USA). This is first ever genderless award‚ that Grand Prix ‚œ 120 Beats per Minute by Robin Campillo doesn’t separate nominees based on their sex ? Best Actress ‚œ Diane Kruger for‚ In the Fade Emma Watson Best Actor ‚œ‚ Joaquin Phoenix‚ for You Were Never Really Here Natalie Portman Jury Prize ‚œ Loveless by Andrey Zvyagintse Nicole Kidman Viola Davis Swedish None of These Russian Polish ( Ans - 1) Swiss None of These 15. Hollywood film‚ The Black Prince‚ starring Indian Actress ( Ans - 1) ______and Singer Satinder Sartaaj has been awarded special Jury Remi Award at 50th Annual Worldfest Houston International Film Festival. 10. ______received 2 Best Performance Awards from Ministry of Shipping - Highest growth in operating surplus and It a historic film of the last king of Punjab - Maharajah Duleep Singh Achieving 3rd highest growth in cargo traffic among major ports in and his relationship with Queen Victoria.. 2016-17 ? New Mangalore Port Trust Deepika Padukone Mumbai Port Trust Priyanka Chopra Jawahar Nehru Port Trust Kangana Raaut Cochin Port Trust None of These None of These

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11. ______has been honored with Mark Twain Prize 2017 for 16. ______chief‚ Chanda Kochhar‚ has become first Indian American humour. Letterman hosted over 6000 late night shows in 33 woman‚ to be conferred with Woodrow Wilson Award‚ for Global years ? Corporate Citizenship. ? Craig Ferguson HDFC Bank Oprah Winfrey Yes Bank Jommy Fallon ICICI Bank‚ David Letterman State Bank of India None of These None of These

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Cricketer ______received Fellowship Award. ( Ans - 3) Playback singer Adnan Sami won award for Outstanding achievement in Music. Award for Outstanding achievement in cinema conferred on Om 17. Indian Author ______won PEN/Malamud Award 2017, Puri. given by PEN/Faulkner Foundation for Excellence in the Short Story writing ? Sachin Tendulkar Amish Tripathi Kapil Dev Jhumpa Lahiri Virat Kohli Rashmi Bansal M S Dhoni Chetan Bhagat None of These None of These ( Ans - 1) ( Ans - 2)

22. Photographer Saqib Majeed (from ______) won 18. Indian National Science Academy (INSA) announced names of 2016 Wisden - MCC (Melbourne Cricket Council) Cricket's Photograph recipients of INSA Medal for Young Scientist 2017. Total ______of the Year for capturing an image of boys playing cricket at Nishat scientists have been chosen for prestigious award this year ? garden near Srinagar. 15 Uttarakhand 30 Jammu and Kashmir 45 Haryana 50 Himachal Pradesh None of These None of These

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19. Indian Student Prashant Ranganathan (______) won in 23.______’s Govardhan Eco Village won‚ Smart Village‚ Environmental Engineering in Category in Intel International Science Award by India Trade Promotion Organisation for being a sustainable and Engineering Fair in USA (world’s largest pre-college science project in rural areas . ? competition). Goa Gujarat 4 Indian Americans also won - Pratik Naidu - (Computational biology Odisha and bioinformatics), Adam Nayak (Earth and environmental sciences), Maharashtra Karthik Yegnesh‚ (Mathematics), Rahul Subramaniam (Microbiology) None of These ? Chhattisgarh ( Ans - 4) Manipur Rajasthan Jharkhand 24. Minister of Defence, Finance & Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley None of These presented Raksha Mantri’s Awards for Excellence for 2014-15 and 2015-16 - ( Ans - 4) Excellence in Performance - 2014 - 15 (Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad), 2015 - 16 (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bengaluru) 20. Indian scientist ______won Dan David prize for his Best Performance in Exports - 2014 - 15 (Goa Shipyard Limited), contributions in field of astronomy. 2015 - 16 (Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru) Best performing Ordnance Factory - 2014 - 15 and 2015 - Dan David Foundation was established in 2000 by businessman and 16(Ordnance Factory Medak (______)) philanthropist Dan David. 3 Dan David prizes of $1 million each are Best performing Shipyard - 2014 - 15 (Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders awarded each‚ year in the categories of‚ Past,‚ Present‚ and‚ Future. Mumbai), 2015 - 16 (Goa Shipyard Limited)

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21. Indians at 7th Annual Asian Awards (UK) - 25. President Pranab Mukherjee presented Dr. Ambedkar National Child actor Sunny Pawar has been chosen for the Rising Star Award. Awards for outstanding contribution to promotion of social He is best known for his Performance in Oscar nominated film‚ Lion. understanding and for upliftment of weaker sections of society for

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Cetking.com GK500 2017 years 2011, 2012 and 2014.‚ Award consists of citation and INR 10 D.Paris lakh cash prize. Winners are - Answer –B.New York 2011 - ______Explanation : 2012 - Samta Sainik Dal (non-political organization founded by Dr. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six Ambedkar) principal organs of the United Nations, charged with the maintenance 2014 - Amar Sewa Sangam‚ AND‚ Babu Lal Nirmal (Social activist of international peace and security as well as accepting new members from Rajasthan)‚ to the United Nations and approving any changes to its United Nations Charter. Formation: 1945, Council President: Matthew Arvind Mayaram Rycroft, Headquarter: New York, United States. C N R Rao S K Thorat How much amount of Financing Agreement has been signed between Rajendra Singh India and World bank for the project Tejaswini on February 23, 2017? None of These A.USD 76 million B.USD 45 million ( Ans - 3) C.USD 63 million 2017 gk Quiz D.USD 52 million

The latest National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4) for year 2015- Answer – C.USD 63 million 16 reports that the sex ratio at birth (number of females per 1,000 Explanation : males) improved from 914 to ______at the national level over the India has signed a financing agreement of USD 63 last decade. million(equivalent) with World Bank on 23rd February, 2017 in A.920 Jharkhand for its Socio-Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls B.925 and Young Women Project named “Tejaswini”. The World Bank will C.919 finance the project through its arm International Development D.917 Association (IDA). The project will be valid till June 30, 2021. The government has further extended the time limit to deposit the Answer – C.919 scrapped notes by persons who were abroad during the Explanation : demonetisation period till ______As per the latest health survey by the government, India’s health A.May 31 index has shown a notable improvement over the last decade B.June 1 including an improvement in sex ratio at birth and a decline in infant C.April 30 mortality rate. The latest National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4) D.March 31 conducted for year 2015-16 was unveiled by Health Ministry in New Delhi. As per the survey report, the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) saw a Answer – D.March 31 decline from 57 to 41 per 1,000 live births between NFHS-3 (2005-06) Explanation : and NFHS-4. As per the survey, the sex ratio at birth (number of The Government of India has officially notified the law that makes females per 1,000 males) improved from 914 to 919 at the national holding of more than 10 scrapped notes punishable with a minimum level over the last decade with the highest in Kerala (1,047), followed fine of Rs 10,000. The law was signed by President Pranab Mukherjee by Meghalaya (1,009) and Chhattisgarh (977). on February 27, 2017. It also provides for a minimum fine Rs 50,000 for false declaration by persons who were abroad during the The week long Swachh Shakti Saptah has been inaugurated in which demonetisation period (November 9-December 30, 2016). Besides, a state on March 1, 2017? further time limit has been given to deposit such scrapped notes with A.Haryana RBI till March 31. The law makes possession of more than 10 pieces of B.Gujarat the old notes by individuals and more than 25 pieces for study, C.West Bengal research or numismatics purpose as criminal offence, attracting fine D.Assam of Rs 10,000 or five times the cash held, whichever is higher.

Answer – A.Haryana Which bank has entered into a bancassurance tie-up with the Explanation : Reliance General Insurance on March 1, 2017 to offer insurance The Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Shri Narendra products to bank customers. Singh Tomar launched the week long Swachh Shakti Saptah at A.Catholic Syrian Bank national level on March 1, 2017 in Gurugram, Haryana to highlight the B.Karur Vysya Bank role of women in Swachh Bharat Mission and to recognize their C.IndusInd Bank leadership. The week-long programme would be held from March 1- D.South Indian Bank March 8, 2017. The programmme would have nationwide events including honouring women champions, women sarpanches, ASHA Answer – A.Catholic Syrian BankExplanation : workers, school teachers, young students and senior citizens. PM Reliance General Insurance is one of the leading private general Narendra Modi will take part in closing ceremony of the week long insurance companies of India has announced a bancassurance tie-up programme on 8th of March at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. with Catholic Syrian Bank on March 1, 2017. Now RGI will offer its insurance products to Catholic Syrian Bank’s customers across its The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) is headquartered at branches in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. This tie-up will ______enable RGI to leverage Catholic Syrian Bank’s retail and SME customer A.Washington DC base, robust distribution network, strong technology platform and B.New York brand name and offer them innovative and a comprehensive range of C.Geneva insurance products from RGI

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B.Bari Krishna Damor How many Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) have been entered C.Ravi Thakur into by CBDT till date since its incorporation in 2012? D.Anusuiya Uikey A.150 B.140 Answer – A.Nand Kumar Sai C.200 Explanation : D.170 Nand Kumar Sai, a senior tribal leader from Chhattisgarh and ex- parliamentarian took over as the new Chairman of the National Answer – B.140 Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) on February 28, 2017 in New Explanation : Delhi. The 71-year-old Sai succeeds Rameshwar Oraon, whose tenure The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has signed 10 unilateral ended on October 31 2016. Sai would be responsible to protect the Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) in past one week with Indian rights of the tribal people living in far-flung areas of the country. Shri taxpayers to provide certainty in transfer pricing. The different Sai has been actively involved in spread of education in tribal areas. sectors in which these 10 APAs have been signed includes telecom, Nand Kumar Sai has been appointed for a term of three years from pharma, banking and finance, steel, retail and information the date of assumption of charge. technology. Out of these 10 agreements, 2 are Bilateral APAs with the The Government of India has banned which global news agency United Kingdom and Japan while 7 agreements have rollback from shooting in any of its 50 tiger reserves for a period of five years? provisions in them. In 2016-17 till date a total of 76 APAs (7 Bilateral A.Australian Broadcasting Corporation APAs and 61 Unilateral APAs) have already been entered into. With B.Canadian Broadcasting Corporation this, the total number of APAs entered into by the CBDT has reached C.British Broadcasting Corporation 140 (10 Bilateral APAs and 130 Unilateral APAs). D.Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation

According to the data by Commerce and Industry Ministry , the Answer – C.British Broadcasting Corporation growth rate of India’s 8 core sector contracted to ______percent Explanation : in January 2017 when compared to 5.7 percent in January 2016. The global news agency, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has A.1.3 percent been barred by the Indian Government from shooting in any of its 50 B.4.7 percent tiger reserves for a period of five years. The ban was imposed by the C.3.4 percent National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on February 27, 2017. D.2.9 percent The ban was imposed for allegedly misrepresenting facts in a documentary film “One World: Killing for Conservation” made by BBC Answer – C.3.4 percent about poaching in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Besides, Explanation : NTCA’s parent body, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), According to data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry is also considering a similar action against the British channel and on February 28, 2017, the growth of eight core sectors slowed down could prohibit it from its sanctuaries and national parks as well. to a five-month low of 3.4% in January 2017 due to contraction in Who has been conferred with additional charge as Director General output of refinery products, fertiliser and cement. The eight core (DG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on February 28, 2017? sectors which contribute 38% to the total industrial production A.Sudeep Lakhtakia includes coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilizers, B.K. Durga Prasad steel, cement and electricity. As per the ministry, the growth rate of C.Anjali Nirmal the core sector was 5.7% in January 2016. Besides, it expanded to 4.8 D.Mohinder Kumar percent in April-January of 2016-17, compared to 2.9% growth in the same period of 2015-16. Answer – A.Sudeep Lakhtakia Which movie won the Audience Award at the Glasgow Film Festival Explanation : 2017 on March 1, 2017? IPS officer Sudeep Lakhtakia from Telangana to take additional A.City of Joy charge as Director General (DG) of Central Reserve Police B.Bhakta Vidur Force(CRPF).This was announced by the Home Ministry. Sudeep will C.Santa Banta Pvt Ltd take charge from K. Durga Prasad. He is a 1984-batch IPS officer, D.Lipstick Under My Burkha joined the CRPF in June 2016. He was earlier an Inspector General of the elite Special Protection Group for about eight years Answer –D.Lipstick Under My Burkha Who is the winner of the Men’s Single title of the 2017 Rio Open? Explanation : A.Juan Sebastián Restricted for release by the Central Board of Film Certification B.Robert Farah (CBFC), Indian movie, Lipstick Under My Burkha was awarded the C.Pablo Carreno Busta third annual Audience Award at the Glasgow Film Festival 2017 on D.Dominic Thiem March 1, 2017. Indian filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava directed Lipstick Under My Burkha was denied a release certificate by the Answer – D.Dominic Thiem censor board on February 23, 2017 for its too bold references and use Explanation : of abusive words among other reasons. The award was presented by The 2017 Rio Open was a professional men’s tennis tournament Scottish actor David Tennant to Shrivastava. The movie was voted for played on outdoor clay courts at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de by the festival’s audience. The Prakash Jha production starring Janeiro, Brazil between February 20 and February 26, 2017. The Konkona Sen Sharma and Ratna Pathak Shah, revolves around the women’s tournament was discontinued starting from 2017. Dominic secret lives of four women of different ages in a small town in India as Thiem (Austria) defeated Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) 7–5, 6–4 to win they search for different kinds of freedom. the Men’s Single at Ril Open. Besides, (Spain) Pablo Carreno Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Busta/Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) defeated Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) on February 28, 2017? Farah (Colombia) 6–4, 5–7, 10–8 to win Men’s double title. A.Nand Kumar Sai Who is the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?

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A.Kaushal Srivastava B.Bobby Parikh When is the Zero Discrimination Day observed? C.Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi A.March 2 D.Sushil Chandra B.March 1 C.February 28 Answer – D.Sushil Chandra D.February 27 Explanation : The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is a statutory authority Answer – B.March 1 under the Department of Revenue in the Ministry of Finance formed Explanation : under Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963. The CBDT provides inputs The Zero Discrimination Day is observed on March, 01 2017 across for policy and planning of direct taxes in India, and is also responsible the world to combat all forms of discrimination since 2014. This year, for administration of direct tax laws through the IT Department. UNAIDS is calling on everyone to make some noise for Chairman: Sushil Chandra #zerodiscrimination. 2017 Theme : “Make Some Noise For Zero Who has been appointed as the spokesperson of the Ministry of Discrimination” This day is an opportunity to highlight how everyone External Affairs on February 27, 2017? can be part of the transformation and take a stand for a fair and just A.Vikas Swarup society. UNAIDS is urging people to make some noise around zero B.Gopal Baglay discrimination, to speak up and prevent discrimination from standing C.Manoj Sinha in the way of achieving ambitions, goals and dreams. D.Y. S. Chowdary Who has been given the additional charge of the post of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Indian Overseas Bank for Answer – B.Gopal Baglay three more months on February 28, 2017? Explanation : A.Arun Shrivastava Joint secretary Gopal Baglay has been appointed as the B.K Venkataraman spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs .He is replaced by C.R Subramania Kumar Vikas Swarup . Baglay would also take charge of joint secretary of D.V.G. Mathew external publicity. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1992 and has served as the deputy high commissioner to Islamabad from 2011 Answer – C.R Subramania Kumar to 2014. He has also served as joint secretary (States) from October Explanation : 2014 to December 2015. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the Which country will host the 2017 World Women’s Youth Boxing proposal for extending the additional charge of the post of MD and Championship? CEO, IOB for a period of another three months. R Subramania Kumar A.China has given additional charge of the post of Managing Director and B.Russia Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Indian Overseas Bank in November C.India 2017. Prior to this he is working as the Executive Director in the IOB. D.Brazil Haji Abdul Salam who died on March 1, 2017 was a Rajya Sabha member from which state? Answer – C.India A.Assam Explanation : B.Meghalaya 2017 World Women’s Youth Boxing Championship will be hosted by C.Arunachal Pradesh India in November for the first time since 2010.This was announced D.Manipur during the AIBA commissions meeting held in New Delhi on March 1, 2017. This was the first time that the AIBA commissions meeting was Answer – D.Manipur held in India and the chairpersons from 11 commissions of AIBA Explanation : attended the event to discuss the future of world boxing. AIBA signed Memorandum of Understanding with the Sports Ministry to set up Rajya Sabha member from Manipur , Haji Abdul Salam passed away the International Boxing Academy could be set up at the IG Stadium on March 1, 2017. He was 69. Salam is the first Manipuri Muslim to be in New Delhi a member of RS from Manipur. He has been representing the state in the upper house since 2014. He was elected to the 3rd, 6th and 8th Name the noted Indian columnist and writer known for his play Manipur Legislative Assembly from Wabagai assembly constituency. Duniya Ne Undha Chasma, who died on March 1, 2017 at the age of What is the theme of the 2017 World Civil Defence Day? 87. A.Disaster Medicine A.Taarak Mehta B.Civil Defence And The New Information Technologies B.Ved Pratap Vaidik C.Together With Civil Defence Against Disasters C.TVR Shenoy D.Civil Defence, Disaster Reduction And Sustainable Development D.Ravindra Kumar Answer – C.Together with Civil Defence Against Disasters Answer – A.Taarak Mehta Explanation : Explanation : World Civil Defence Day is celebrated on 1st March every year Noted Indian columnist, humorist, writer and playwright, Taarak across the world to commemorates the entry into force of the ICDO Mehta, died on March 1, 2017 at the age of 87. He was mostly known Constitution as an intergovernmental organisation in 1972. The day for the popular column ‘Duniya Ne Undha Chasma’ in Gujarati was created by decision of the International Civil Defence magazine. He started writing this column for Chitralekha in 1971. The Organisation (ICDO) General Assembly in 1990. 2017 Theme: popular Hindi TV show, Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma, is based on “Together with civil defence against disasters”. this column. He had been well-known figure in the Gujarati theatre and his work had been translated and adapted in several Gujarati plays

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India has announce to further Oct 10 tighten the regulations for which type of trading to prevent its Oct 2 misuse? Oct 20 A.Spot Trading Oct 1 B.Investor Trading None of These C.Algorithmic Trading ( Ans - 4) D.All the Above 4. ______- World Vegetarian Day. It initiates month of October Answer – C.Algorithmic Trading as Vegetarian Awareness Month that ends on November 1 as World Explanation : Vegan Day. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has planned to Oct 4 further tighten the regulations for algorithmic trading to minimise Oct 2 instances of misuse of such systems. The market watchdog aims to Oct 10 minimize the instances of flash crashes that have happened overseas Oct 15 and also in India a few times. India is one of the very few countries in Oct 1 the world which regulate algorithmic trading popularly called algo ( Ans - 5) trading and have some mechanism for controlling the misuse of algo. Algorithmic trading refers to the use of software programmes to execute complex trading strategies at a much faster speed. 5. ______- World Mental Health Day. 2017 theme is Mental health in the workplace. It is also observed as World Day against the The newly appointed senior IAS officer ______took charge as Death Penalty ? the Chairman of SEBI on March 1, 2017. Oct 20 A.Vinod Rai Oct 1 B.Ajay Tyagi Oct 10 C.Subir Dutta Oct 25 D.Vikram Limaye None of These ( Ans - 3) Answer – B.Ajay Tyagi Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Ajay Tyagi on 6. ______- International Day of Girl Child. 2017 theme is The March 1, 2017 took charge as the chairman of markets regulator Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030 ? Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). He is the ninth Oct 11 chairman of the Sebi and has taken over from U.K. Sinha, who Oct 1 completed his six-year tenure. The appointment of 58-year-old Tyagi Oct 10 is for a period of three years. A 1984 batch IAS officer of Himachal Oct 15 Pradesh cadre, he has handled capital markets division in the finance None of These ministry. Tyagi has diverse experience at the Centre. He was joint ( Ans - 1) secretary in ministry of environment, forest and climate change before joining finance ministry in November 2014 as additional 7. ______- International Day for Disaster Reduction. 2017 theme is secretary. Home Safe Home: Reducing Exposure, Reducing Displacement. ? Oct 23 Oct 13 1. Disarmament Week celebrated every year from ______, Oct 3 since United Nations founded it in 1978. Aim is to control usage of Oct 10 weapons of mass destruction ? None of These October 24-30 ( Ans - 2) October 20-27 October 4-11 8. ______- World Standards day. 2017 theme is Standards make October 5-12 cities smarter ? None of These Oct 14 ( Ans - 1) Oct 10 Oct 1 2. ______, 2017 - 85th Indian Air Force Day. Oct 5 IAF on this occasion launched mobile health App named MedWatch. None of These It has features that will provide authentic health information to all IAF ( Ans - 1) personnel. Oct 18 Oct 10 9. ______- UN International Day of Rural Women ? Oct 08 Oct 15 Oct 15 Oct 1 None of These Oct 10 ( Ans - 3) Oct 12 None of These ( Ans - 1) 3. ______- UN International Day of Older Persons. 2017 Theme is Stepping into the Future: Tapping the Talents, Contributions and Participation of Older Persons in Society ?

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10. ______- UN World Students Day. It Commemorates Birth On this occasion, Nepali version of MK Gandhi’s autobiography The Anniversary of Noted Indian Scientist and Former President Dr. A.P.J. Story of My Experiments with Truth released in Kathmandu, Abdul Kalam. He was known as Missile Man of India and honored with translated by Shekhar Giri. hightest Indian Honor Bharat Ratna in 1997. UN declared this day in On This occasion, Bihar government launched drive against child 2010 ? marriage and dowry. Oct 10 On This occasion, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG) Oct 5 was conferred with Swachh Bharat Inter-Ministerial Award. Oct 1 Oct 15 Oct 15 None of These Oct 12 ( Ans - 4) Oct 20 Oct 2 11. ______- World Food Day. 2017 Theme is Change the future None of These of migration. Invest in food security and rural development ? Oct 10 ( Ans - 4) Oct 1 Oct 6 Oct 16 16. ______, 2017 - UN World Habitat day (First Monday of None of These October every year). 2017 theme was Housing Policies: Affordable ( Ans - 4) Homes.? Oct 20 Oct 12 12. ______- International Day for Eradication of Poverty (IDEP). Oct 2 2017 theme is Answering the Call of October 17 to end poverty: A Oct 25 path toward peaceful and inclusive societies ? None of These Oct 1 Oct 17 ( Ans - 3) Oct 7 Oct 10 17.______- UN World Statistics Day. Theme for 2017 is None of These Better Data, Better Lives ? Oct 2 ( Ans - 2) Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 12 13. ______- World Sawfish Day. Scientists announced that sawfish, None of These sighted off Indian coast less than 10 times in over a decade appears to be more threatened than tigers and elephants ? ( Ans - 2) Oct 10 Oct 1 Oct 7 18. ______- National Police Commemoration Day. Oct 15 Oct 17 On This Occasion, Uttar Pradesh Government announced to double ex-gratia amount for police officials martyred on duty. Now this ( Ans - 5) amount becomes INR 40 lakh, compared to INR 20 lakh earlier. Oct 1 Oct 21 14. ______- Birth Anniversary of Noted Leader Lal Bahadur Oct 2 Shastri (2nd Prime Minister of India). He gave famous slogan Jai Oct 20 Jawaan Jai Kisaan ? None of These Oct 2 ( Ans - 2) Oct 20 Oct 21 19. ______- International Stuttering Awareness Day. 2017 Oct 12 Theme is A World That Understands Stuttering. ? None of These Oct 12 Oct 20 ( Ans - 1) Oct 2 Oct 22 None of These 15. ______- International Day of Non-Violence, on occasion of Birth Anniversary of M K Gandhi (also referred as Gandhi Jayanti). UN ( Ans - 4) approved this day in 2007.

Andhra Pradesh Government launched Swachh Andhra Mission on 20. ______- First International Day of Diplomats celebrated in this occasion, with Badminton Player PV Sindhu as brand ambassador. Brasilia (Brazil). Diplomats of Bangladesh, Brazil, France, Ghana, India, Israel, Italy, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey participated in Event, to recognise hard work and sacrifices of diplomats and their families ?

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Oct 24 26. ______- Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day). Oct 4 Observed to commemorate birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Oct 2 Patel who played important role in unifying India pre-independence. ? Oct 20 Oct 31 None of These Oct 30 Oct 3 ( Ans - 1) Oct 1 None of These

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______is observed as - United Nations Day, started in 1948. 27. ______- World Animal Day. ? Raising Day of Indian Paramilitary Force ITBP (Indo Tibetan Oct 14 Border Police). Oct 4 World Development Information Day (WDID). Oct 15 World Polio day. Oct 24 Oct 24 None of These Oct 4 Oct 2 ( Ans - 2) Oct 20 None of These 28. ______- World Teachers’ Day. It commemorates signing of 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of ( Ans - 1) Teachers. 2017 theme is Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers ? Oct 15 22. ______- Infantry Day. It commemorate sacrifices made by Oct 23 infantry who fought against Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir in 1947. Oct 5 This was first infantry action by Indian Army after independence ? Oct 12 Oct 7 None of These Oct 27 ( Ans - 3) Oct 12 Oct 2 29. ______- World Post Day. ? None of These Oct 25 ( Ans - 2) Oct 29 Oct 13 23. ______- World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. 2017 Theme is Oct 19 Discover, remember and share ? Oct 9 Oct 2 Oct 7 ( Ans - 5) Oct 20 Oct 27 None of These 30. World Space Week 2017 observed from ______with ( Ans - 4) theme Exploring New Worlds In Space ? October 8 - 15 October 14 - 20 24.______- International Animation Day ? October 4 - 10 Oct 20 October 6 - 12 Oct 2 None of These Oct 8 Oct 15 ( Ans - 3) Oct 28 ( Ans - 5) Gk Quiz 2017 Books

25. ______- World Cities Day. 2017 theme is Innovative 1. Who has seen the Wind‚ book has been written by ______Governance, Open Cities. General theme of World Cities Day is Better author W.O. Mitchell ? City, Better Life ? Canadian Oct 30 Russian Oct 1 American Oct 31 Polish Oct 3 None of These None of These ( Ans - 1) ( Ans - 3)

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2. Beren and Luthien, book by Lord of the Rings ______author‚ John Ronald Reuel Tolkien‚ (JRR Tolkien) has been published after 100 8. Book‚ Yug Purush, Bharat Ratna, Atal Ji, authored by Former years of its first conceiving ? ______CM Ramesh Pokhriyal has been launched ? Russian Uttarakhand Spain Haryana British Punjab France Chhattisgarh None of These None of These

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3. Book‚ Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature, authored by ______9. ______Platyer Amjad Ali Khan's book Master on Masters has has been released ? been released, based on lives of 20 greatest icons of Indian Classical Ashok Lavasa Music ? Hasmukh Adhia Sarod Amarendra Khatua Sitar Jairam Ramesh Flute None of These Tabla None of These ( Ans - 4) ( Ans - 1)

4. Book‚ Lalan Shah Fakir Ke Geet, written by ______has been 1. ______launched his third e-book Cryptocurrency for released, along with DVD of selected songs of Lalan Shah Fakir ? Beginners after Cryptocurrency Trading for Beginners and Khushwant Singh Cryptocurrency Mining for Beginners ? Ruskin Bond Amit Bhardwaj Ramachandra Guha Salman Rushdie Ravinder Singh Ashwin Sanghi Muchkund Dubey Ravinder Singh None of These ( Ans - 5)

5. Book‚ The Crisis Within Knowledge and Education in India‚ 2. Book Dalhousie…Through My Eyes, authored by ______has authored by ______has been released ? been released ? Amish Tripathi Subroto Bagchi Shashi Tharoor Shashi Tharoor Ganesh Devy Kiran Chadha Amitav Ghosh Jhumpa Lahiri None of These None of These

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3. Book Future of Indian Universities: Comparative and International 6. Book‚ The Emergency - Indian Democracy’s Darkest Hour,‚ Perspectives , written by ______has been released ? authored by ______? Khushwant Singh Surya Prakash Vikram Seth Subroto Bagchi Anant Pai Amitabh Bhattacharya C. Raj Kumar Amitav Ghosh None of These None of These

( Ans - 1) 4. Book Narendra Damodardas Modi : The Making of a Legend, authored by ______has been released ? 7. Book‚ The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, authored by ______M. Sathiyavathy has been released ? Soumya Swaminathan Amish Tripathi Rajiv Mehrishi Arundhati Roy Nandita Chartterjee Jhumpa Lahiri Bindeshwar Pathak Rashmi Bansal None of These

( Ans - 2) 5. Book ______has been released ? President Pranab Mukherjee – A Socialist

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President Pranab Mukherjee – A Revolutionary President Pranab Mukherjee – A Statesman ( Ans - 4) Pranab Mukherjee – A President None of These 4. Book The Shershah of Kargil, is a biography of Kargil war hero Late Captain Vikram Batra has been released. It has been written by ______? 6. Book President’s Lady (Pranaber Preyosi), based on President Jhumpa Lahiri Pranab Mukherjee's wife Late Smt. Suvra Mukherjee has been Amitav Ghosh released. It has been written by ______? Subroto Bagchi Sangeeta Ghosh Ravinder Singh Ameising Luikham Deepak Surana G. Narayana Raju Rajiv Yadav ( Ans - 5) None of These

5. Book Unstoppable: My Life So Far, authored by ______tennis star Maria Sharapova has been Launched ? 7. Defence Minister ______released book Ganga Avahan, which Spanish is a 2,800 km exploratory open-water swim expedition on Ganga river French ? Russian Rajnath Singh American Arun Jaitley None of These Nitin Gadkari Radha Mohan Singh ( Ans - 3) None of These

8. Former ______Raghuram Rajan has written a book I Do What 6. Book titled A to Z of Financial Management in Autonomous I Do: On Reform, Rhetoric & Resolve, explaining economic concepts Institutions, authored by Rajat Bhargava and ______has and talks of issues like tolerance and connection between political been released ? freedom and prosperity ? Deenanath Pathak RBI Governor Sekhar Basu Vice President Trilochan Mohapatra Finance Minister C.K. Mishra Finance Secretary None of These None of These ( Ans - 1) 1. Book Bhartiya Kala Mein Salil Kridayen Evam Sadyahsnata Nayika authored by Kshetrapal Gangwar and ______has been launched ? Sanjib Kumar Singh 7. ______CEO Satya Nadella's first book Hit Refresh has been Amish Tripathi launched. ? Ravi Subramanian Google Ashwin Sanghi Microsoft None of These Facebook Adobe ( Ans - 1) None of These

( Ans - 2) 2. Book How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century, written by ______has been launched ? Khushwant Singh 8. Noted Author ______'s new Book Immortal India has Vikram Seth been launched. ? Shyam Saran Amish Tripathi Anant Pai Ravinder Singh None of These Ashwin Sanghi Khushwant Singh ( Ans - 3) None of These

( Ans - 1) 3. Book India: Priorities for the Future, authored by Former ______Bimal Jalan has been launched ? President 9. Recently released book The Golden House by Noted Indian Writer CAG ______is named as New York Times Bestseller ? Election Commissioner Salman Rushdie RBI Governor Amish Tripathi None of These Shashi Tharoor

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Jhumpa Lahiri MillionAbles None of These None of These

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GOVT OF INDIA QUIZ 2017 1. 10th Slum Yuva Daud flagged off at Khichripur in ______as 6. A massive plantation campaign of planting 6 Crore Plants in 12 part of Adopt a Slum campaign of the Sports Ministry and Nehru Yuva Hours organized ______, to save environment and Kendra Sangathan. ? conservation of the Narmada river ? New Delhi Madhya Pradesh Mumbai Maharashtra Pune Goa Patna Gujarat None of These None of These

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2. 4th North East Connectivity Summit will be held in ______in 7. According to NITI Aayog, ______, Telangana and September 2017 and 5th North East Connectivity Summit 2018 will be Gujarat are the three best-performing states in ease of doing held in Arunachal Pradesh ? business. ? Tripura Arunachal Pradesh Manipur Andhra Pradesh Nagaland Assam Meghalaya Rajasthan None of These None of These

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3. 5 States (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Telangana, Arunachal 8. Agricultural Festival Dree celebrated by Apatani tribe of Pradesh) and a UT (______) formally adopted Centre’s ______? Government e-Marketplace (GeM) initiative, an Online Market Arunachal Pradesh platform to facilitate procurement of goods and services by various Assam Ministries and agencies of Government. It aims to enhance Manipur transparency, efficiency and speed in public procurement of goods Meghalaya and services and eliminate corruption ? None of These Lakshadweep Daman and Diu ( Ans - 1) Andaman and Nicobar Islands Puducherry None of These 9. Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed an MoU with Government of ______, to accelerate development of civil aviation ( Ans - 4) infrastructure in state and assess seveal issues confronting the same? Uttarakhand Goa 4. ______edition of Delhi Dialogue held With Theme India- Gujarat ASEAN relations: Charting the Course for the Next 25 Years. Under Rajasthan this, annual track 1.5 event to discuss multi dimensional engagement None of These between India and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Delhi ? ( Ans - 1) 5th 7th 16th 10. American tech firm Oracle opened its first ‘Digital Hub’ in Asia 18th Pacific region in Bengaluru (______) ? 9th Goa Telangana ( Ans - 5) Kerala Karnataka None of These 5. A Delhi-based start-up has launched an app named ______that aims to assist people with disabilities to find accessible ( Ans - 4) restaurants, tourist locations and other public places across India ? MoreAbles DifferentAbles 11. An indigenously developed S-band doppler weather radar (DWR), BillionAbles manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited (BHEL) has been

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Cetking.com GK500 2017 commissioned at Kochi (______). Doppler weather radar is an observational tool for monitoring and predicting severe weather 16. Bicentenary (200th anniversary) celebration of Paika Rebellion of events ? ______(1817) organised by Ministry of Culture in New Delhi. Andhra Pradesh Telangana Paika Rebellion of 1817 is an armed rebellion against British Karnataka colonialism, in response to tinkering of revenue system by British in Kerala 1803. At that juncture, Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar, military chief of None of These King of Khurda, led the army of Paikas and forced the British to retreat. ( Ans - 4) Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh 12. ______civil secretariat became first secretariat in country Odisha to be fully covered under Wi-Fi Local Area Network (LAN) coverage ? Maharashtra Assam None of These Arunachal Pradesh Manipur ( Ans - 3) Meghalaya None of These 17. ______state Government and MoU Central Civil Aviation ( Ans - 2) Ministry signed MOU for promoting regional air connectivity in state ? Jharkhand Bihar 13. As per Government data, India’s food grain production increased Chhattisgarh by 8.7% to a record high ______million tonne during 2016-17, Sikkim better than previous best of 265.04 million in 2013-14 ? None of These 573.38 473.38 ( Ans - 2) 173.38 373.38 273.38 18. Cabinet Approvals -

( Ans - 5) Cadre Review of ______for an increase of 23 posts at various levels. MoU with Netherlands for cooperation in space technology. 14. As per global research firm Ipsos, Patanjali and Reliance Jio have IRDAI's admission as a signatory to International Association of been rated among top 10 most influential brands in India. Top 5 are - Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), Multilateral Memorandum of Rank Brand Understanding (MMoU). IAIS is a global framework for cooperation 1 ______and information exchange between insurance supervisors. 2 Microsoft Revision of Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) guidelines. 3 Facebook ICWF was set up in 2009 and is aimed at assisting Overseas Indian 4 Patanjali nationals in times of distress and emergency in most deserving cases 5 State Bank of India on means tested basis.

? Indian Administrative Service Google Indian Defence Accounts Service Reliance Indian Foreign Service Paytm Indian Forest Service TCS None of These None of These ( Ans - 2) ( Ans - 1)

19. ______Matunga Railway Station in Mumbai Became India's 15. ______government will raise a new Special Rhino Protection First Station to have an all-female work staff ? Force (SRPF) for better protection of one-horned rhinos in state. Local Western Railways youths hailing from the fringe areas of the Kaziranga national park will Eastern Railways be considered for recruitment into proposed force ? Northern Railways Nagaland Central Railways Meghalaya None of These Manipur Assam ( Ans - 4) None of These

( Ans - 4) 20. ______topped list in issuance of soil health cards among all states with over 43 lakh soil health cards (SHCs) to farmers in past 2

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( Ans - 1) 26. ______became 2nd state to launch e-RTI portal that will enable citizens to file online Right to Information (RTI), after Maharashtra ? 21. Civil Aviation Ministry appprved anti - ______law, Delhi replacing a 1982 - vintage law. New law covers offences against an Jharkhand aircraft or personnel even when it is on ground. Defaulters would Chhattisgarh now be punishable with Death penalty where such act results in Odisha death of any person and life imprisonment in other cases. None of These Hijacking Kidnapping ( Ans - 1) Hacking Phishing None of These 27. ______government constituted state Names Authority as a seperate body mandated to name government roads and institutions ( Ans - 1) under state purview. It will be headed by deputy CM Manish Sisodia ? Jharkhand Delhi 22. Count of tigers in Uttarakhand came up to 242 in uttarakhand in Manipur 2017, second only to ______that has over 400 tigers ? Meghalaya Kerala None of These Karnataka Mizoram ( Ans - 2) Manipur None of These 28. ______police will be the first state police in India to get super ( Ans - 2) cop belt, a specially designed belt widely used by Police in various Foreign Lands. It will help cops to keep things like Gun, Mobile Pouch, Security Batten, Wireless Set Pouch & ammunition pouch ? 23. Delhi Developement Authority (DDA) signed MoU with National Chhattisgarh Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) for preparation of Master plan for Jharkhand Delhi (MPD) ______? Delhi 2031 Odisha 2051 None of These 2021 2041 ( Ans - 3) None of These

( Ans - 4) 29. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (Ministry of Commerce & Industry) signed agreement with ______State Council of Science and Technology to establish India’s first Technology 24. ______Government announced Free Surgery Scheme and Innovation Support Center (TISC) at Patent Information Centre, for its residents, which will enable them to get Free surgery in private under World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) TISC hospitals at government’s cost if government hospitals fail to operate program ? within a month ? Manipur Odisha Meghalaya Goa Jammu and Kashmir Maharashtra Haryana Rajasthan Punjab Delhi ( Ans - 5) ( Ans - 5)

30. ESIC and DGFASLI (______) signed MOU for 25. ______Metro became world’s first completely ‘green’ collaboration in occupational health and prevention of occupational Metro system after secured platinum rating for adherence to green injuries and diseases ? building norms for its 10 residential colonies from Indian Green Directorate General Factory Advice Safety & Labour Institutes Building Council (IGBC) ? Directorate General Fuel Advice Service & Labour Institutes Banglaore Directorate General Factory Advice Service & Labour Institutes

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Directorate General Fuel Advice Safety & Labour Institutes 35. ______Government has set up GST facilitation centres in None of These ward offices across state, to assist taxpayers in resolving their technical issues related to migration to GST - registration, ( Ans - 3) amendments, return filing and payments ? Gujarat Goa 31. Environment Ministry approved 3 projects for climate change Maharashtra adaptation in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Sikkim for funding under NAFCC Telangana (______) - None of These

Sikkim - Addressing issue of water security which are directly ( Ans - 2) identified as climate resilience building interventions under SAPCC. Rajasthan - Bolstering water security in villages under Mukhya Mantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan. 36. ______launched recruiting app Hire for small and Gujarat - Enhancing adaptive capacity of natural resource medium sized businesses that integrates with G Suite, to compete dependent communities to climate change in targeted villages of with Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. Hire is an efficient app for managing Kachchh district. recruitment prcesss from identifying talent to managing end-to-end interview process ? National Adaptation Fuel for Climate Change Google National Accustomed Fund for Climate Change Yahoo National Acclamation Fund for Climate Change Facebook National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change Microsoft None of These None of These

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32. Erode (______) based Five P Venture India and Central 37. Goverment Approved Inland Waterways Authority of India Silk Board (CSB) signed agreement for development and (IWAI)'s raising INR 660 crores in bonds for EBRs (______) in commercialization of handloom silk products ? 2017-18. ? Telangana Economical Budgetary Renewables Tamilnadu Ecological Budgetary Resources Kerala Economical Budgetary Resources Karnataka Extra Budgetary Renewables None of These Extra Budgetary Resources

( Ans - 2) ( Ans - 5)

33. Finance Ministry launched PMVVY (Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana 38. Government allotted INR 100 crores to ______under phase II of Yojana) , a pension scheme exclusively for senior citizens aged min Swadesh Darshan Scheme ? ______years. Under this, senior citizens will get guaranteed Goa interest of 8% for 10 years depending upon investment made by them Gujarat ? Rajasthan 60 Maharashtra 58 None of These 62 65 ( Ans - 1) None of These

( Ans - 1) 39. Government allowed Reliance Aerostructure to develop Dhirubhai Ambani Aerospace Park at Mihan SEZ in Nagpur (______) ? Goa 34. Global Conglomerate Siemens opened its first digital factory in Maharashtra India in Thane (______). Its Siemens' third digital factory Gujarat globally after one each in Germany and China ? Rajasthan Telangana None of These Odisha Goa ( Ans - 2) Gujarat Maharashtra 40. Government approved enhancement of age of superannuation of ( Ans - 5) Medical Officers of Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles from 60 to ______years ? 70 55

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58 62 65 44. Government merged Ministries of Urban development and Housing and urban poverty alleviation. Merged Ministry will be ( Ans - 5) known as MoHUA (Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs). With this, Central Government now has ______ministries ? 35 41. Government approved establishment of International Rice 71 Research Institute (IRRI) in ______(Uttar Pradesh). It will be 61 named as IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) and will be set up 41 at campus of National Seed Research and Training Centre (NSRTC). 51

For this purpose, Agreement has been signed between India and ( Ans - 5) IRRI Philippines. Centre of Excellence in Rice Value Addition (CERVA) will be also established in Varanasi. 45. Government laid Foundation stone of India’s biggest Global Skill Lucknow Park was laid in Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh). It park will come up on 37 Varanasi acre land allotted in Narela Shankari area of Bhopal, with support of Kanpur ______’s Institute of Technical Education and Education Allahabad Services (ITEES) ? None of These Vietnam Singapore ( Ans - 2) Russia Spain None of These 42. Government extended 2nd phase of BharatNet project that aims at covering remaining 1.50 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPS), with ( Ans - 2) expenditure of Rs.42,068 crores.

Government modified strategy of BharatNet project for providing 46. Government launched ______Mobile App for Road broadband connectivity to all Gram Panchayats by March Maintenance, aiming to useGIS based mapping for making road ______. inventories, condition surveys, and producing cost estimates etc. for Government is still working on completing phase I of project for preparation and monitoring of annual road maintenance plans ? which deadline was March 2017. It was able to lay optical fibre in Aarambh nearly 1 lakh GPs, however, only 22,000 GPs are provided Internet Sulabh connectivity as of now due to equipment procurement issues. Sahaj Pahal 2018 None of These 2019 2020 ( Ans - 1) 2021 None of These 47. Government launched Swachh Survekshan-2018 to rank all ( Ans - 2) ______cities and towns of country in terms of cleanliness with slogan Swachhata Ki Jyot Jagi Hai ? 6,041 43. Government for first time approved 3 infrastructure proposals to 5,041 address infrastructure problem under TIES (______). Projects 3,041 are - Integrated Cargo Terminal at Imphal Airport, Modernisation of 2,041 infrastructure facility for marine exports in Karnataka and 4,041 construction of a Standard Design Factory building at Cochin Special Economic Zone. ( Ans - 5)

TIES replaces Assistance to States for creating Infrastructure for the Development and growth of Exports (ASIDE) scheme to enhance 48. Government of ______has set a target of planting over 8 export competitiveness by bridging gap in export infrastructure. It is Cr plant saplings by end of August 2017, under Harihar campaign ? being implemented from FY18 till FY20 with budgetary allocation of Chhattisgarh 600 crores. Jharkhand Odisha Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme Assam Trade Infrastructure for Econoical Scheme None of These Trade Infrastructure for Ecological Scheme Trade Internal for Export Scheme ( Ans - 1) None of These

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49. Government released grant-in-aid of 51.3 crores to State Government of ______, for rescue and relief operations required on account of flash floods ? 54. ______government will set up a modern ornamental fish Nagaland hatchery in Jhajjar district ? Arunachal Pradesh Rajasthan Assam Himachal Pradesh Manipur Goa None of These Gujarat Haryana ( Ans - 2) ( Ans - 5)

50. Government will open residential schools for scheduled caste girls in educationally backward districts. Schools will have classes from VI 55. Health and Family Welfare Minister J P Nadda unveiled National to XII and ______seats will be reserved for SC Strategic Plan (NSP) for Malaria Elimination (2017-22). It has set girls and remaining for Girls from BPL families in other categories ? elimination deadline for malaria by ______, three years 90 % ahead of global deadline. NSP is based on 2016 National Framework 80 % for Malaria Elimination framed with support of WHO’s Global 50 % Technical Strategy for Malaria, 2016-2030 ? 60 % 2024 70 % 2030 2027 ( Ans - 5) 2033 None of These

51. HRD Ministry will remove no-detention policy from Right to ( Ans - 3) Education Act ______from next academic year.

Under this, no child is detained or held back in any class or expelled 56. Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired first meeting of the newly till completion of elementary education covering classes 1 to 8. constituted Islands Development Agency (IDA) that was set up on As per records, this policy has resulted in improvement in June 01, 2017. 10 islands in Andaman & Nicobar and ______enrollments but has brought down academic standards have been identified for holistic development in first phase. ? Lakshadweep 2009 Daman and Diu 2006 Puducherry 2003 Goa 2001 None of These None of These ( Ans - 1) ( Ans - 1)

57. Jute – ICARE (______) was launched 52. Harsimrat Kaur Badal (Minister of Food Processing Industry) laid in 2015 to popularize better agronomic practices and recently foundation stone for First Maize ( ) based Mega Food Park in developed microbial-assisted retting among farmers intensively in a Kapurthala (______) ? few blocks in West Bengal and Assam on pilot basis. It Resulted in Goa increase of earnings of jute farmers by over INR 10,000 per hectare ? Maharashtra Improved Cultivation and Advanced Rating Exercise for Jute Punjab Improved Cultivation and Advanced Retting Exercise for Jute Gujarat Improved Cultural and Advanced Retting Exercise for Jute None of These Improved Cultural and Advanced Rating Exercise for Jute None of These ( Ans - 3) ( Ans - 2)

53. ______food and drugs administration department banned mixing of liquid nitrogen with any drink or food article, under 58. India declared itself free from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza section 34 of Food Safety and Standards Act (FSS) 2006. It came after (H5N1 and ______). ? a cocktail accident (due to mixing of liquid nitrogen in cocktail) at H5N8 Gurgaon pub in April 2016 burnt a hole in a man’s stomach ? H5N4 Maharashtra H5N2 Rajasthan H5N10 Goa None of These Haryana None of These ( Ans - 1)

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59. India launched its first petroleum Research & Development (R&D) facility for testing high-end BS-VI quality fuel emissions in Faridabad (______). This facility is designed to test all types of fuel 64. Indian Railways launched Rail SAARTHI products, to ensure that it meets superior BS-VI norms to be (______) mobile application to cater to various implemented by April 2020 ? passenger requirements including ticket booking, inquiry, on-board Haryana cleaning and ordering meal on a single platform ? Himachal Pradesh Synergised Advanced application Rail Travel Help and Information Jammu and Kashmir Symmetric Advanced application Rail Travel Help and Information Goa Synthetic Advanced application Rail Travel Help and Information None of These Symmetric Advanced application Rail Travel Help and Information None of These ( Ans - 1) ( Ans - 1)

60. India will host 51-day Long 8th International Theatre Olympics in February ______. It will be first ever Hosting of greatest 65. Indian Railways launched RailCloud, a virtual server with an inbuilt carnival of theatre in world by India. It be organised by National security system that will enable faster connectivity at a reduced cost. School of Drama (NSD) and Union Culture Ministry ? 2021 RailCloud works on Cloud Computing system, an emerging 2020 technology for faster and on demand commensurate deployment of 2019 server resources which results in reduced cost. 2018 RailCloud has been developed by rail PSU RailTel as part of Railways None of These strategic IT initiative, IR—OneICT. ______(Grievance Portal) Became First IT ( Ans - 4) application to be hosted on RailCloud. Cashless treatment Scheme in Emergency (CTSE) also launched to provide Comprehensive Health Care Facilities through in-house health 61. India will invite ______as Chief Guest for 2018 Institutions, supplementing with referrals to recognized hospitals Republic Day celebrations. whenever necessary. President of Russia President of USA PAHAL President of France SULABH Leaders of 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) SAHAJ None of These NIVARAN None of These ( Ans - 4) ( Ans - 4)

62. India's Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) partenred with with ______Exchange (EGX) for cooperation in exchange of 66. Indian government will organize a global food fair in information across business areas ? ______in November as World Food India 2017, to provide a Estonian platform to Indian farmers and manufacturers to showcase their Egyptian products and explore partnerships with foreign companies.? Ethiopian Ahmedabad Eritrean Jaipur None of These Delhi Pune ( Ans - 2) None of These

( Ans - 3) 63. Indian Railways launched India’s first solar powered diesel multiple unit (DEMU) broad gauge train with a 1600 Horse Power (HP) Engine. Train will run from Sarai Rohilla in Delhi to Farukh Nagar in 67. ______announced exemption of fees for its ______. transgender students of all programmes ? Delhi University Solar energy system fitted in DEMU train would result in saving 5.25 Indira Gandhi National Open University lakh litres of diesel per train over 25 years. It will also help in reducing Savitribai Phule Pune University 1350 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per train over 25 years. University of Hyderabad None of These Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir ( Ans - 2) Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan Haryana 68. International Migration Outlook report 2017 released by ______? ( Ans - 5) World Bank

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) International Monetary Fund Asian Development Bank 74. ______government will set up stray dog zoos to keep None of These them off streets in the State ? Andhra Pradesh ( Ans - 2) Telangana Odisha Karnataka 69. ______Government Hosted first ever ‘Cultrue of Kerala Cruise’ cultural programme at Dal Lake (Srinagar), aimed to bring artists from various fields on one stage ? ( Ans - 5) Rajasthan Himachal Pradesh Haryana 75. ______hosted 5th edition of South India Writers Ensemble Jammu and Kashmir (SIWE) literary festival with tolerance as core theme ? None of These Karnataka Telangana ( Ans - 4) Kerala Andhra Pradesh None of These 70. ______CM Raghubar Das inaugurated India’s largest fresh water aquarium Ranchi Machchli Ghar in Ranchi. It is spread in ( Ans - 3) over 36,000 sq feet area with 58 fish tanks ? Jharkhand Chhattisgarh 76. Lok Sabha passed Indian Institute of Information Technology Odisha Public Private Partnership (IIIT-PPP) Bill 2017 to allow ______Goa IIITs established on a PPP model to grant degrees and get statutory None of These status. IIITs will also be given status of Institute of National Importance, Like IITs and NITs. ( Ans - 1) Government initiated opening 20 IIITs with private partnership of which 15 are already operational, at Cost of INR 128 crores each. 71. ______government launched Elevate 100 scheme to Centre contributed 50% of amount, states 35% and private partners identify and nurture innovative start-ups. It aims to identify 100 most remaining 15%. innovative start-ups in state and elevate them to higher success ? Karnataka 15 Kerala 18 Andhra Pradesh 21 West Bengal 25 None of These None of These

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72. ______hosted International Conference on Reclaiming 77. Lok Sabha passed ______Bill 2017 to - Social Justice, Revisiting Ambedkar to mark 126th birth Anniversary of B R Ambedkar ? Declares these as institutions of national importance and empower Kerala these institutions to attain standards of global excellence in Karnataka management, management research and allied areas of knowledge. Goa It also grants complete administrative, academic and financial Gujarat autonomy to these B-Schools and allow them to grant degrees. None of These Indian Institutes of Technology ( Ans - 2) Indian Institutes of Information Technology Indian Institutes of Management National Institutes of Technology 73. ______Government launched G-Ride app as a digital ride None of These sharing platform. It will aim at bringing down number of vehicles used by people. ? ( Ans - 3) Mizoram Manipur Karnataka 78. ______’s school education department is implementing Kerala Hamari Shala Kaisi Ho and Shala Siddhi Karyakram in all government None of These schools of the state in order to provide qualitative education to students ? ( Ans - 4) Rajasthan

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Chhattisgarh None of These Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh ( Ans - 1) None of These

( Ans - 4) 84. ______Government declared present Flood situation in State as a Severe State Calamity. ? Manipur 79. ______High Court ruled that Vande Mataram should be sung Assam in all schools and colleges across Tamil Nadu atleast once in a week Nagaland and in government and private offices atleast once in a month? Arunachal Pradesh Allahabad None of These Hyderabad Delhi ( Ans - 1) Jodhpur Madras 85. ______Government launched flagship program Livelihood ( Ans - 5) Intervention and Facilitation of Entrepreneurship (LIFE), aiming at state's 2144 villages in 2017 - 18. It will focus on capacity building of SHGs (Self-Help Groups) ? 80. ______become first state to provide women an injectable Assam contraceptive for free, Medroxyprogesterone acetate (a birth-control Nagaland hormone) ? Manipur Goa Meghalaya Rajasthan None of These Maharashtra Gujarat ( Ans - 4) None of These

( Ans - 3) 86. ______launched Kaizala productivity designed to enhance collaboration and communication experience for Indian enterprises. It will enable organizations to interact with people within organization 81. ______government approved revised Majhi Kanya and outside like partners and vendors more conveniently ? Bhagyashree scheme that benefits families with yearly income under Facebook INR 7.5 lakh. It aims at improving skewed girl child ratio in state and Linkedin was launched by state government on April 1, 2016 in place of Google ‘Sukanya’ scheme ? Microsoft Maharashtra None of These Rajasthan Goa ( Ans - 4) Gujarat None of These 87. ______signed an agreement with National Independent ( Ans - 1) Schools Alliance (NISA) to offer Microsoft Aspire School Program (MASP) Pro Plus to over 55,000 member schools in India. It aims to equip schools with technology and innovative learning solutions ? 82. ______state government will create cycle tracks Google through'streets with cycle track project to encourage use of bicycles, Microsoft to ease congestion and reduce air pollution. ? Facebook Rajasthan Adobe Maharashtra None of These Goa Gujarat ( Ans - 2) None of These

( Ans - 2) 88. Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forests & Climate Change Harshvardhan launched 2 useful apps on occasion of Foundation Day of Ministry of Earth 83. ______’s women commission signed agreement with United Sciences. Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for rescue and rehabilitation of women who are victims of sex trafficking, acid attack ______app - and domestic violence ? It will provide ocean information services of ESSO-Indian National Maharashtra Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) directly to end user, Rajasthan to remove delay in dissemination of valuable information. Goa India Quake App - Gujarat

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It will provide Earthquakes related information compiled by needed as Sick and newborn are highly vulnerable and require careful National Centre for Seismology (NCS) directly to end user, to remove nurturing in order to survive neonatal period and first year of life. delay in dissemination of valuable information. It will also help in reducing panic amongst people during an earthquake. For example, if Family Perfection Care an earthquake occurs in Afghanistan and is strongly felt in Delhi, then Family Participatory Care people in Delhi will know in less than 2 minutes that earthquake has Fuel Participatory Care actually occurred in Afghanistan and not in Delhi. Fuel Perfection Care None of These Purva Vani Akash Vani ( Ans - 2) Sagar Tarang Sagar Umang Sagar Vani 93. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare signed MOU with Government of West Bengal to to set up a state-of-the-art Centre of ( Ans - 5) Excellence in Transfusion Medicine at ______? Siliguri Kolkata 89. Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju inaugurated Research Howrah Institution of World Ancient, Traditional, Culture & Heritage Hooghly (RIWATCH) Museum at Roing in ______? None of These Arunachal Pradesh Nagaland ( Ans - 2) Assam Manipur None of These 94. Ministry of Housing and Urban Development approved construction of 30,000 affordable houses in ______’s ( Ans - 1) Sholapurdistrict for urban poor on private land under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). It is first such project to be taken up on private land under PMAY(U). Earlier approved projects for affordable housing 90. Minister of State for Minority Affairs (IC) & Parliamentary Affairs projects were built on lands belonging to state government / Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurated first Gharib Nawaz Skill municipal corporations. Development Centre in Hyderabad (______) - Himachal Pradesh Gujarat Government will establish Garib Nawaz Skill Development Centres Goa in 100 districts of country, aimed at implying employability skills in Maharashtra youth belonging to Minority communities. None of These

Karnataka ( Ans - 4) Kerala Andhra Pradesh Telangana 95. Ministry of Rural Development will launch AGEY None of These (______), a sub-scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). AGEY aims ( Ans - 4) to provide alternative source of livelihood to members of Self Help Groups (SHGs) by facilitating them to operate public transport services in backward rural areas ? 91. Ministry of AYUSH has constituted a NBPDYN Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (______) for regulation of education & practice of Aajeevika Gau Express Yojana Yoga & Naturopathy ? Aajeevan Grameen Express Yojana Native Board for Promotion and Development of Yoga & Naturopathy Aajeevan Gau Express Yojana Nodal Board for Promotion and Development of Yoga & Naturopathy None of These National Board for Promotion and Development of Yoga & Naturopathy ( Ans - 1) New Board for Promotion and Development of Yoga & Naturopathy None of These 96. Ministry of Science & Technology launched National Biopharma ( Ans - 3) Mission as first ever Industry-Academia mission to accelerate biopharmaceutical development in India. Under this, ministry also launched Innovate in India (i3) program to create an enabling 92. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released Operational ecosystem to promote entrepreneurship and indigenous Guidelines for Planning and Implementation of FPC manufacturing in sector. (______) for improving newborn health. Innovate in India (i3) program i3 is a flagship program of India that FPC is an important concept of health care as it provides will witness an investment of ______with $125 million as a partnership between health care staff and families in care of sick loan from world Bank. It is committed to make India a hub for design newborns admitted in Special Newborn Care Units (SNCU). FPC are

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Cetking.com GK500 2017 and development of novel, affordable and effective biopharmaceutical products and solutions. ( Ans - 3) It will strive to increase India’s global biopharmaceutical market share from current 2.8% to 5%. 101. NITSER (National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and $250 million Research) Amendment Bill has been passed in Rajya Sabha, to $150 million introduce 2 new Institutions namely Indian Institute of Science $350 million Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati and IISER ______$450 million in Second Schedule of NITSER Act 2007 ? None of These Berhampur Delhi ( Ans - 1) Guwahati Jaipur None of These 97. Ministry of Women and Child Development launched an online patform ‘SHe-box (______) to enable women ( Ans - 1) employees of the Central government to file complaints related to sexual harassment at work place ? Sexual Harassment Electrical Box 102. ______has been declared as disturbed area for 6 more Sexual Harassment Electronic Box months under Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), which Sexual Harassment Economical Box empowers security forces to conduct operations anywhere without Sexual Harassment Electronic Board any prior notice to civil administration. ? None of These Assam Nagaland ( Ans - 2) Manipur Meghalaya None of These 98. Minority Affairs Ministry has launched Jiyo Parsi Publicity Phase-2 in ______, aimed at containing declining population of ( Ans - 2) Parsi communityin India ? Ahmedabad Jaipur 103. National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) and Industrial Delhi Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) launched a joint Mumbai venture company to set up an aluminium park at Angul None of These (______) with Investment of INR 180 crores ? Jharkhand ( Ans - 4) Chhattisgarh Odisha Goa 99. ______launched India's first Mobile Ticketing System None of These 'OnGo' which will help commuters pass the AFC gates using their mobile phones. ( Ans - 3)

Additionally, Lucknow metro will be India’s first metro network to offer free drinking water and toilet facilities and will have its own FM 104. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) conducted radio station. national-level Conference on Crowd Management at Thiruvananthapuram in ______? Lucknow Metro Odisha Delhi Metro Chhattisgarh Jaipur Metro Jharkhand Kolkata Metro Karnataka Mumbai Metro Kerala

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100. NITI (______) Aayog approved 6 105. National Green Tribunal (NGT) declared 100 metres from edge of transport proposals of transport ministry to improve public transport. the ______river between Haridwar and Unnao as “No- It includes high-tech mass rapid transportation technologies such as Development Zone”. NGT imposed nationwide ban on use of kite metrino, hyperloop, pod taxis, stadler buses, hybrid buses and freight strings (manja), made of nylon or any synthetic material, as it poses rail road ? threat to animals and humans ? National Institution for Technical India Yamuna Native Institution for Transforming India Satluj National Institution for Transforming India Ganga Nodal Institution for Transforming India Tapti None of These None of These

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This 3 day fair will aims to showcase India as a global sourcing hub ( Ans - 3) and investment destination for manufacturers world-wide ? Chhattisgarh Gujarat 106. National Security Guard (NSG) organized First International Goa Aviation Security Seminar in Manesar (______) ? Jharkhand Jharkhand None of These Rajasthan Bihar ( Ans - 2) Haryana None of These 111. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated a memorial for former Indian ( Ans - 4) President A P J Abdul Kalam at his birthplace near Rameswaram (______) ? Tamilnadu 107. New Delhi-based TERI (______) is ranked 2nd among Kerala world’s best climate think tank by International Centre for Climate Karnataka Governance (ICCG) in category 2016 Top Climate Think Tanks in the Andhra Pradesh Rest of the World-Absolute Global Rankings. It was announced during None of These ICCG’s 23rd annual conference of European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) in Athens (Greece) ? ( Ans - 1) The Energy Renewables Institute The Energy Resources Institute The Economy Resources Institute 112. Parliament passed Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill 2017 The Economy Research Institute after it was approved by Rajya Sabha. It amends Collection of None of These Statistics Bill 2008 that facilitates collection of statistics related to social, economic, demographic, scientific and environmental aspects ( Ans - 2) by central, state and local governments. Changes are -

Bill extends jurisdiction of the parent act to the state of 108. ______CM Naveen Patnaik dedicated to nation the state’s ______for collection of statistics. longest bridge and named it after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The It adds provisions for appointment of a nodal officer by 2.88 km bridge connects Barang on outskirts of Bhubaneswar with government, who will coordinate statistical activities. Judicial Academy Chhak in Cuttack. State Government will also set up The Bill removes provision dealing with information collected under an international standard sports city in state. it only is used for statistical purposes and allows government to determine manner in which such information collected will be used ? for statistical purposes. Odisha Chhattisgarh Gujarat Jharkhand Goa Telangana Jharkhand None of These Chhattisgarh Jammu and Kashmir ( Ans - 1) ( Ans - 5)

109. Odisha Government inaugurated computerisation of PACS (______) and launched RuPay Kisan Credit cards. 113. President Pranab Mukherjee approved ______Prohibition of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Odisha is first state to implement an integrated Core Banking Bill, 2016. ______is first state to formulate a law to punish social Solution Project for farmers, to ensure transparency. It will cover all 3 boycott. ? tiers of short term cooperative credit structure - state cooperative Maharashtra bank, district central cooperative banks and 2,708 primary agriculture Gujarat cooperative societies. Goa Rajasthan Purity Affirmative Cooperative Societies None of These Primary Affirmative Cooperative Societies Primary Agricultural Cultural Societies ( Ans - 1) Purity Agricultural Cooperative Societies Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies 114. President Pranab Mukherjee approved a bill banning hookah ( Ans - 5) bars in ______, provisioning max Jail term of 3 years for violators ? Goa 110. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Textiles India 2017 as India’s Gujarat first ever mega textiles trade fair at Gandhinagar (______). Rajasthan

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Maharashtra 118. ______Government approved new transport policy that None of These abolishes system of district transport officers (DTO) and restructures transport department. A special task force has been set up and the ( Ans - 2) state police to crack down on all illegall buses. Permits will be valid for a 5 years from date of issue ? Punjab 115. President Pranab Mukherjee approved promulgation of The Haryana Prevention of cruelty to Animals Ordinance, 2017 by Governor of Himachal Pradesh ______in pursuance of Article 213 of Constitution. Bihar None of These It now legalises Kambala, bullock cart races and bull runs as traditional sports involving animals and exempt them from ( Ans - 1) Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.

Odisha 119. ______Government launched flagship care companion Jharkhand health scheme, aiming to improve patient outcomes through better Chhattisgarh family engagement and education ? Kerala Bihar Karnataka Himachal Pradesh Haryana ( Ans - 5) Uttarakhand Punjab

116. President Pranab Mukherjee dedicated BML Munjal University to ( Ans - 5) nation.

BML Munjal University (BMU) is based in ______. It was 120. ______government launched Apni Gaddi Apna Rozgar founded by promoters of Hero Group and is named after group's scheme by flagging off over 100 uber MOTO bikes. Under this, state chairman and founder Brij Mohan Lall Munjal. government will provide commercial two wheelers and four wheelers to unemployed youth at subsidized rates ? Chhattisgarh Haryana Haryana Punjab Jharkhand Himachal Pradesh Odisha Sikkim None of These None of These

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117. President Pranab Mukherjee launched 2 programmes to take 121. Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) signed MoU with NBCC education to remote areas with help of technology - Swayam and (______) for redevelopment of 10 railway stations Swayam Prabha. on global standards - Tirupati, Nellore, Puducherry, Sarai Rohilla (Delhi), Madgaon, Lucknow, Gomtinagar, Kota, Thane (New) and Under Swayam, courses would be offered through digital Ernakulam. A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will be formed as a Joint classrooms with online study material available free of cost in videos Venture (JV) company between RLDA and NBCC on 50:50 basis ? SWAYAM Prabha is set of 32 DTH channels operationalised for National Building Construction Corporation telecasting high quality educational content free of charge using the Nodal Building Construction Corporation GSAT-15 satellite transponders. Native Building Construction Corporation Prez also launched a National Academic Depository where verified New Building Construction Corporation educational records would be digitally stored by universities or a None of These board to counter forgery. National Digital Library is also launched as large online library containing 6.5 million books. ( Ans - 1) Prez also inaugurated Ashiana Annexe In Dehradun (______), comprising 12 low cost dwelling units to accommodate officers and staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan during 122. Raipur’s Swami Vivekananda Airport (______) ranked Presidential visits to Retreat at ‘Ashiana'. first in Customer Satisfaction among 49 airports in country with score of 4.84 score out of 5. Raipur airport is followed by Udaipur, Amritsar Chhattisgarh and Dehradun airports ? Uttarakhand Goa Bihar Rajasthan Jharkhand Bihar None of These Jharkhand Chhattisgarh ( Ans - 2) ( Ans - 5)

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( Ans - 1) 123. ______became first State to set minimum educational qualifications for contesting elections to village cooperative societies and various other cooperative bodies, amending 127. State government of ______appointed a four-member State Cooperative Societies Rules 2003. food commission headed by Rajkishore Swain, in accordance with National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013. It has came in line with ______will also be first state to establish Recruitment supreme court's recent announcement that National Food Security Board by Cooperative Committees, to ensure more and efficient (NFS) Act 2013 has not been implemented properly and has been employment in cooperatives. postponed by various states. Bihar Rajasthan Jharkhand Goa Madhya Pradesh Gujarat Chhattitsgarh Bihar None of These None of These ( Ans - 3) ( Ans - 1)

128. Student- scientist connect programme ______has been 124. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited and Cement Corporation of India officially launched in Delhi, jontly by Council of Scientific and signed MOU to set up 2 MTPA (Million Tonnes Per Annum) Fly Ash Industrial Research (CSIR) and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) ? and Blast Furnace Slag based Cement Plant in Vishakhapatnam Sulabh (______) as a Joint Venture in 2 phases of 1 million tonne Sahaj capacity each. Pahal Telangana Jigyasa Andhra Pradesh None of These Kerala Karnataka ( Ans - 4) None of These

( Ans - 2) 129. Supreme Court allowed Government to replace oversight committee set up to supervise functioning of Medical Council of India (MCI) with a fresh panel of five eminent doctors. Oversight committee 125. Reliance Jio Infocomm launched Asia-Africa-Europe (AAE-1) was set up by SC in May 2016 to oversee MCI’s functioning. It was led submarine cable system as world’s longest 100 Gbps technology- by former Chief Justice ______. based submarine system. It stretches over ______from P. Sathasivam Marseille (France) to Hong Kong, with 21 cable landings across Asia J. S. Khehar and Europe. H. L. Dattu T. S. Thakur A submarine cable system is a cable system that consists of telecom R.M. Lodha and internet cables, which are laid on the seabed between land-based stations. These cables carry telecommunication and data signals ( Ans - 5) across stretches of oceans. AAE-1 is a combination of leading telecom service providers from Europe, Middle East and Asia. It will link with other cable systems and 130. Supreme Court asked Union government to formalise fibre networks to deliver direct access to all global markets. appointment of ______through law as currently there is no transparency in eligibility criteria required for a person to be 50,000 km appointed as same. 35,000 km President 10,000 km RBI Governor 15,000 km Election Commissioner 25,000 km Attorney General None of These ( Ans - 5) ( Ans - 3)

126. Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Ministry announced assistance of INR 200 crores to ______for repairs of National 131. Supreme Court exempted ______and Andaman and Nicobar Highways damaged due to heavy rains and INR 400 Crores for Islands from ban on sale of liquor within 500 metres of National and dredging work in Brahmaputra river ? State Highways ? Assam Arunachal Pradesh Tripura Tripura Meghalaya Assam Manipur Goa None of These None of These

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( Ans - 1) 137. ______will be first state to build India’s first university exclusively for Dalit students in 2018 ? Tripura 132. Supreme Court ruled that police cannot arrest accused family Assam without conducting a preliminary inquiry under dowry harassment Telangana cases filed under Section ______of Indian Penal Code (IPC), Nagaland in view of misuse of anti-dowry harassment law framed in 1983. None of These 298A 398A ( Ans - 3) 418A 428A 498A 138. ______will present a separate agriculture budget for state from next year (2018 - 19), aiming to boost Agriculture sector with ( Ans - 5) more focus and funds ? Andhra Pradesh Kerala 133. Supreme Court will set up a nine-judge bench to decide whether Karnataka Right to ______in India can be defined as a fundamental right Telangana under Constitution or not ? None of These Privacy Security ( Ans - 4) Education Financial Freedom None of These 139. UP Government launched UP RERA (______) website - http://www.up-rera.in, putting details of all real estate ( Ans - 1) projects and builders in public domain and accessible for all ? Reel Economy Regulatory Authority Reel Estate Regulatory Authority 134. ______government imposed a cap on weight of bags Real Economy Regulatory Authority carried by school children in order to prevent any physical disorders ? Real Estate Restrictive Authority Andhra Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority Telangana Chhattisgarh ( Ans - 5) Jharkhand None of These 140. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched ( Ans - 2) ______mobile application for syncing Aadhaar data on mobile phones. It will allow users to carry their unique Aadhaar information including name, DOB, address, linked photograph etc. on their 135. ______government launched grievances redressal portal smartphones. App will also allow users to lock or unlock biometrics called Janahitha, as a fast and single window facility for all public data ? grievances ? myAadhaar Kerala IndAadhaar Andhra Pradesh mAadhaar Karnataka uniAadhaar Assam None of These Telangana ( Ans - 3) ( Ans - 5)

141. ______Government launched free power connection 136. ______will be First Indian state to have eco-friendly scheme for BPL card holders in state, initially at 624 places ? bridges for easy movement of tigers, over a canal cutting across tiger Bihar corridor linking Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in the Chhattisgarh Chandrapur district of Maharashtra with forests in Kumram Bheem Uttar Pradesh Asifabad district. ? Jharkhand Telangana None of These Maharashtra Assam ( Ans - 3) Tripura None of These 142. ______Government re-named Kanpur and Bareilly airports ( Ans - 1) after freedom fighter Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi and as Nath Nagri respectively ? Uttar Pradesh Assam

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143. ______Government will launch ‘Pink’ air-conditioned buses installed with CCTV cameras exclusively for women, with all women staff ? Gujarat West Bengal Sikkim Bihar Uttar Pradesh

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