November 2017 Current Affairs MCQs PDF 1. Which Indian woman cricketer has become number 8. Which country will host the United Nations (UN) global one at ICC ODI rankings released on 30 October 2017? wildlife conference in 2020? a) Mithali Raj a) India b) Jhulan Goswami b) USA c) Harmanpreet Kaur c) Japan d) Ekta Bisht d) Bangladesh 2. Union Minister for state for social justice and 9. When is the World Cities Day celebrated every year? empowerment, Ramdas Athawale launched the Pradhan a) 28 October Mantri Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana during the fourth b) 29 October workshop of ”Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi c) 30 October Pariyojana” in which among the following cities? d) 31 October a) Mumbai b) Gujarat 10. Name the veteran actor and playwright to receive c) Delhi Tata Lit Lifetime Achievement Award 2017. d) Lucknow a) Girish Karnad Downloaded from www.bankingshortcuts.com b) Anupam Kher 3. According to a new report by the World Health c) Amitabh Bachchan Organisation, which country topped the list of seven d) Rajnikant countries, accounting for 64 per cent of the 10.4 million Downloaded from www.bankingshortcuts.com new tuberculosis (TB) cases worldwide in 2016? 11. The Ministry of Finance has increased the maximum a) India age of joining the National Pension System (NPS) from 60 b) Pakistan years to ________. c) China a) 58 d) Bangladesh b) 62 c) 65 4. India on 30 October 2017 jointly agreed to enhance d) 70 cooperation in various sectors including renewable energy, infrastructure, transport and automobiles, 12. The Global Clubfoot Conference has been inaugurated textiles and trade with which of the following countries? in which of the given cities on November 1, 2017? a) Tunisia a) New Delhi b) Syria b) Vadodara c) Iran c) Patna d) Afghanistan d) Kolkata 5. Who will head the parliamentary standing committee 13. India’s first conservation reserve for black buck will that was formed recently to examine operational be established in which state? preparedness of armed forces? a) Pune, Maharashtra a) B C Khanduri b) Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh b) Nirmala Sitharaman c) Kolkata, West Bengal c) Bipin Rawat d) Indore, Madhya Pradesh d) Sanjay Mitra 6. Who was appointed as the High Commissioner of India 14. Name the 14-day joint military exercise to be held to Zambia? between Indian and Kazakhstan armies from November a) Suresh Sethi 2, 2017. b) AP Singh a) Shatrujeet 2017 c) NJ Gangte b) Emerald Mercury 2017 d) Bharat Singh c) Nomadic Elephant 2017 d) Prabal Dostyk 2017 7. Which country will host 2018 Asian Cricket Council Emerging Nations Cup? 15. Which country is set to become the first Asian city to a) India host the Gay Games? b) Sri Lanka a) Hong Kong c) Bangladesh b) Bhutan d) Pakistan c) Singapore d) Nepal November 2017 Current Affairs MCQs PDF 16. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive 24. Which state’s government has announced lifetime Officer of the Bharti AXA Life Insurance? monthly pensions for Hindi Satyagrahis? a) Sapna Rekha a) Haryana b) Sandeep Ghosh b) Uttar Pradesh c) Sam Ghosh c) Bihar d) Vikas Seth d) Jharkhand 17. Who has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer 25. Who of the following overtook China’s Hui Ka Yan to of the Paytm Payments Bank (PPB)? become Asia’s richest person with a total wealth of $42.1 a) Hemant Mishra billion? b) Vijay Shekhar Sharma a) Aziz Premji c) Renu Satti b) Mukesh Ambani d) Sudhanshu Jain c) Ratan Tata d) Anil Ambani 18. Name the newly appointed director general of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). 26. Which state has decided to apply its reservation a) P. Chidambaram formula in engaging outsourced employees? b) Yogesh Chander Modi a) Uttar Pradesh c) Sharad Kumar b) Telangana d) Radha Vinod Raju c) Bihar d) Tamil Nadu 19. Which union minister launched MSME Delayed Downloaded from www.bankingshortcuts.com Payment Portal ‘MSME Samadhaan’? 27. Which state has topped the Gender Vulnerability a) Suresh Prabhu Index (GVI) that ranks states on the basis of situation of b) Giriraj Singh girls and women? c) Rajnath Singh a) Kerala d) Arun Jaitley b) Mizoram Downloaded from www.bankingshortcuts.com c) Goa 20.What was the theme of the 2017 World Cities Day d) Himachal Pradesh (WCD)? a) Better City, Better Life 28. Which city hosted the 2017 Global Clubfoot b) Inclusive Cities, Shared Development Conference? c) Promoting a better urban future a) New Delhi d) Innovative Governance, Open Cities b) Kanpur c) Lucknow 21. Who was appointed as the Private Secretary to d) Jaipur President Ram Nath Kovind? a) Vikram Singh 29. Who was appointed as the Karnataka’s first woman b) PC Meena Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG- c) CR Chaudhary IGP)? d) Nikhil Kumar a) Mrinal Joshi b) Neelmani N Raju 22. Which country announced to allow women in sports c) Deepa Chandra stadiums from 2018? d) Rashi Murthy a) Oman b) Saudi Arabia 30. What was India’s rank in the World Bank’s Doing c) Dubai Business Report 2018? d) Qatar a) 79th b) 96th 23. Name the actor who won the 2017 Parmod Mahajan c) 100th Smriti Award. d) 130th a) Amitabh Bacchan b) Rajnikanth 31. Who was appointed as India’s new High c) Anupam Kher Commissioner to Pakistan ? d) Rishi Kapoor a) Suresh Rajan b) Sohail Mahmood c) Ajay Bisaria November 2017 Current Affairs MCQs PDF d) Gautam Bambawale b) 2020 c) 2021 32. A 45 member contingent of the Indian Air Force had d) 2025 left for Israel to participate in exercise named Downloaded from www.bankingshortcuts.com _____________. 40. The World’s highest motorable road has been a) Shakti-VI constructed in which of the given regions? b) Blue Flag-17 a) Ladakh c) Indisr-17 b) Lhasa d) Ind-Rael V c) Himalayas d) Leh 33. Which state has banned sea shing for the duration of 7 months to protect endangered sea turtles? 41. Who of the following chosen for prestigious Jnanpith a) West Bengal Award 2017? b) Odisha a) Krishna Sobti c) Maharashtra b) Ankur Mahajan d) Karnataka c) Vimla Devi d) Parul Mehrotra 34. In which of the following state/UT, the President of India has inaugurated the 21st World Congress of Mental 42. Which state will build the world’s tallest Shivaji Health? statue at 210 meter? a) New Delhi a) Tamil Nadu b) Maharashtra b) Kerala c) Goa c) Maharashtra d) Chandigarh d) Karnataka 35. Who has been named to be the next US Ambassador 43. Who was selected for Kerala’s top literary award to India by the US Senate? Ezhuthachan Puraskaram-2017? a) Richard Verma a) Puthussery Ramachandran b) Kenneth Juster b) K Satchidanandan c) Roy Blunt c) Vishnu Narayanan d) Mark Warner d) C Radhakrishnan 36. Dina Wadia who died recently was the daughter of 44. Which Indian shuttler has achieved his career-best which famous politician? World Number 2 ranking? a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah a) HS Prannoy b) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman b) B Sai Praneeth c) Ahmad Shah Durrani c) Kidambi Srikanth d) Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan d) Ajay Jayaram 37. Who has been recently appointed as Additional 45. Which of the following word has been named the Director General of the Border Security Force? word of the year by Collins dictionary due to its a) D K Arya widespread use around the world? b) Birbal Nath a) Viral News c) K.K Sharma b) Fake News d) Nasir Kamal c) Trending d) HashTag 38. The 2017 ranking of the ATP World Tour has been topped by which player? 46. Which of the following organization successfully a) Roger Federer tested an indigenously developed lightweight ‘Glide’ b) Rafael Nadal bomb in Chandipur in Odisha? c) Pablo Cuevas a) ISRO d) Alexander Zverev b) HAL c) DRDO 39. Kazakhstan is set to change its name to Qazaqstan by d) BARC which year in an effort to switch from Cyrillic to a Latin- based script? 47. 7th Asia Ministerial Energy Roundtable Held in a) 2022 __________ November 2017 Current Affairs MCQs PDF a) Islamabad a) 4 November b) Bangkok b) 7 November c) New Delhi c) 5 November d) Beijing d) 1 November 48. Which is the only South Asian country to feature in 56. What was the theme of The World Tsunami the top 100 of Global Gender Gap Index 2017? Awareness Day 2017? a) Pakistan a) Reduce the Number of Affected People b) Maldives b) Reduce the Number of Affected Persons c) Bhutan c) Reduce the Number of Affected Society d) Bangladesh d) Recreate the Number of Affected People 49. Which nation is the latest to block messaging services 57. Which country unveiled Asia’s largest artificial island- such as WhatsApp and telegram? building ship? a) Pakistan a) Japan b) North Korea b) China c) Iran c) France d) Afghanistan d) India 50. Which country has been ranked at the top in the 2017 58. Lebanese Prime Minister resigned from his post. World Press Freedom Index? Name the Prime Minsiter who resigned on 5 November a) Sweden 2017? b) Norway a) Saad al-Hariri c) Spain b) Tamman Salam d) Finland c) Najib Mikati d) Fouad Siniora 51. Who of the following would be appointed as part- time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the 59. Who of the following has been named as the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)? ambassador of the upcoming AIBA Women’s Youth a) Shamita Sharma World Championships? b) Gayatri Basu a) Sania Mirza c) Shamika Ravi b) MC Mary Kom d) Meetali Fernandez c) Saina Nehwal Downloaded from www.bankingshortcuts.com d) Kidambi Srikanth 52.