Weekly Pocket 19-06-2017 – 24-06-2017 Q1

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GENERAL AWARENESS WEEKLY POCKET 19-06-2017 – 24-06-2017 Q1. Who is going to head the Atal Innovation Fund under NITI Aayog by Government? Ans. Ramanathan Ramanan Q2. Recently PM Modi inaugurated the Mass Rapid Transport in- Ans. Kerala Q3. Which country will host the third annual meeting of the China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in 2018? Ans. India Q4. Helmut Kohl hailed from which country? Ans. Germany Q5. Recently who has been added as the new member of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)? Ans. Argentina, Madagascar, Tonga Q6. What is the threshold limit decided by the Government up to which Aadhar Card is mandatory? Ans. 50000 Q7. How many medals were bagged by India in the recently concluded Asian Junior Wrestling championship in Taiwan?

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Ans. 5 Q8. Who received the Frost & Sullivan India Digital Transformation Award 2017 for its SIP Trunking service in the "New Products and Services category"? Ans. Reliance Communications Q9. The famous John Avildsen related to- Ans. Cinema Q10. Recently which country has ratified Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information(AEOI) with India and 40 other countries? Ans. Switzerland Q11. The Indonesia Open men's singles title 2017 is won by which country? Ans. India Q12. Where is the headquarters of Ramakrishna Math situated? Ans. West Bengal Q13. The ICC Champions Trophy 2017 is won by- Ans. Pakistan Q14. Which of the following team successfully qualified in the semifinals after defeating Pakistan in the Hockey World League 2017? Ans. India Q15. Who has been named the Best Actor (Male) for his performance in the Tamil film "Irudhi Suttru" at the Filmfare Awards South 2017?

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Ans. R Madhavan Q16. Who laid the foundation stone of a Super Specialty Hospital of BRS Health & Research Institute at Udupi, Karnataka? Ans. Pranab Mukherjee Q17. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Independent charge) for Culture & Tourism launched the implementation of the ‘‘National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India’ in- Ans. Uttar Pradesh Q18. Who has inaugurated Know India Programme (KIP) for NRI and PIO youth? Ans. Sushma Swaraj Q19. Who has won the Stuttgart Open men's singles title? Ans. Lucas Pouille Q20. Name the owner of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel? Ans. Neil Bang Q21. Who became the 71st country to ratify the United Nations TIR Convention? Ans. India Q22. Afghan President ______inaugurated the first Afghanistan-India air corridor during a ceremony at the Kabul International Airport. Ans. Ashraf Ghani Q23. Who is going to head India's biggest oil producer, ONGC as its Chairman and Managing Director?

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Ans. Shashi Shankar Q24. Which countries began a special operations training exercise "Balance Nail 17-3"? Ans. US and Nepal Q25. ______and American aerospace Company Lockheed Martin signed a deal to jointly produce the combat-proven F-16 fighter jets in India. Ans. Tata Group Q26. Who has signed an MoU with the US aircraft maker Boeing Co for 40 737 MAX planes worth 4.7 Billion? Ans. Spice Jet Q27. Who has been named as the captain in the ICC Team of the Champions Trophy 2017? Ans. Sarfraz Ahmed Q28. Which Bollywood actor has bought franchises in the Cricket South Africa (CSA)s eight-team T20 Global League? Ans. Shahrukh Khan Q29. What is the rank of Pakistan, according to the latest ICC ODI ranking? Ans. 6 Q30. Minister for Science & Technology ____ has launched a Mobile App named "Celebrating Yoga" in New Delhi. Ans. Harshvardhan Q31. What is the theme of this year’s International Yoga Day?

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Ans. Yoga for Health Q32. According to Fitch Ratings, what is India's GDP forecast for the year 2018-19?