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NOVEMBER 2016 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS [C]Tamil Nadu [D]Assam 1. Which of the following states have topped the 2016 8. “Sampriti-2016” a joint military training exercise all-India State/Union Territory-wise Ease of Doing will be conducted between India and which country? Business rankings? [A]Myanmar [B]Bangladesh [A]Andhra Pradesh and Telangana [C]Italy [D]Venezuela [B]Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh [C]Bihar and Jharkhand 9. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of [D]Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan Swachh Rail Mission of Indian Railway? [A]Nitin Patil [B]Bindeshwar Pathak 2. Which state government has observed November 1 [C]Varsha Sharma [D]Nishant as „No Tobacco Day‟? [A]Punjab 10. Which state will be the first Indian state to launch [B]Kerala cyber police stations in all districts? [C]Odisha [A]Madhya Pradesh [B]Assam [D]Haryana [C]Maharashtra [D]Odisha

3. Which state has topped the NITI Aayog‟s 2016 11. Which country will host the 7th session of Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Conference of Parties (COP7) on tobacco control? Reforms Index? [A]India [B]United States [A]Gujarat [C]France [D]Nepal [B]Rajasthan [C]Jharkhand 12. “Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan” [D]Maharashtra scheme has been launched by which union minister in New Delhi? 4. “Surya Kiran-X” the Indo-Nepal Joint Military [A]Maneka Gandhi Exercise has started in which city? [B]M. Venkaiah Naidu [A]Saljhandi, Nepal [C]Narendra Modi [B]Kutch, Gujarat [D]Jagat Prakash Nadda [C]Jaisalmer, Rajasthan [D]Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand 13. The Bhitarkanika National Park is located in which state of India? 5. Kylie Verzosa, who has been crowned Miss [A]Assam [B]Odisha International 2016, is belonged to which country? [C]Tripura [D]Arunachal Pradesh [A]Nicaragua [B]Philippines 14. The 7th edition of Asian Ministerial Conference on [C]Argentina Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) has [D]Venezuela started in which city? [A]Agartala [B]Pune 6. Which of the following states have become Open [C]Guwahati [D]New Delhi Defecation Free (ODF) states in India? [A]Kerala, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh 15. Which Indian lawyer has been elected to United [B]Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim Nation‟s International Law Commission? [C]Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Tripura [A]Geeta Madhavan [B]Zia Mody [D]Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Assam [C]Nirmala Joshi [D]Aniruddha Rajput

7. “Parippida Mission” has been launched by which 16. The book “An Era of Darkness: The British state government to ensure housing for all? Empire in India” has been authored by whom? [A]Kerala [B]Karnataka [A]Amrish Tripathi [B]Hamid Ansari

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[C]Shashi Tharoor [D]Romesh Dutt [C]Uttar Pradesh [D]Assam 17. Which country will host the 2016 International Energy Forum – International Gas Union 26. India‟s first-ever Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) (IEFIGU)Ministerial Forum? driven bus has been launched in which state? [A]India [B]Qatar [A]Kerala [B]Assam [C]Iran [D]Israel [C]Tamil Nadu [D]Karnataka

18. The first-ever International Agro-biodiversity 27. The 2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Congress (IAC) has started in which of the following (APEC) will be hosted by which country? cities? [A]India [B]Peru [A]New York [B]Berlin [C]China [D]Philippines [C]Kathmandu [D]New Delhi 28. The Pradhan Mantri YUVA Yojana has been 19. Which country‟s hockey team has won the 2016 launched by Union Government for what purpose? Women‟s Asian Champions Trophy? [A] Entrepreneurship [B] Women Education [A]China [B]India [C] Sports [D] SC/ST Education [C]Japan [D]Malaysia 29. The 2016 BRICS Communication Ministers 20. The 7th session of Conference of Parties (COP7) meeting has started in which city of India? on tobacco control has started in which state of [A]Chennai [B]New Delhi India? [C]Bengaluru [D]Kochi [A]Uttar Pradesh [B]Haryana [C]Rajasthan [D]Odisha 30. The World Science Day for Peace and Development (WSDPD) is observed on which date? 21. Which country is hosting the Conference of Parties [A]November 11 [B]November 12 (COP22) of the UN Framework Conventionon Climate [C]November 10 [D]November 13 Change (UNFCCC)? [A]India [B] Morocco 31. The Public Service Broadcasting Day is observed [C]Nepal [D]Palestine on which date in India? [A]November 9 [B]November 15 22. The National Cancer Awareness Day is observed [C]November 12 [D]November 14 on which date in India? [A]November 8 [B]November 7 32. “Lakshmi” India‟s first banking robot has been [C]November 5 [D]November 6 launched which bank? [A]State Bank of India [B]City Union Bank 23. The India-Bangladesh joint military exercise [C]ICICIC Bank [D]Axis Bank “SAMPRITI-2016” has started at which place? [A]Jaisalmer [B]Kutch 33. Which Indian firm has won the 2016 Golden [C]Jalpaiguri [D]Tangail Peacock Award for Corporate Governance? [A]Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) 24. Who will be conferred with the Rashtriya Kalidas [B]Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Samman for year 2016-17? [C]Food Corporation of India (FCI) [A]N. Rajam [B]Anupam Kher [D]GAIL (India) Limited [C]Raj Bisaria [D]Banshi Kaul 34. Who has been bestowed with the 2016 honorary 25. Which state government has launched “Lakshya Academy Award (or Oscar)? Bhagirathi” campaign to complete the irrigation [A]Jackie Chan [B]Tom Hanks projects? [C]Chris Tucker [D]Michelle Yeoh [A]Madhya Pradesh [B]Chhattisgarh

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35. Which Indian city will host India-China Joint [C]Assam [D]Haryana Training Exercise “Hand-in-Hand 2016”? [A]Kochi [B]Pune 44. Indo-China joint military exercise “Hand-in-Hand [C]Bhubaneswar [D]Madurai 2016” has started in which state? 36. Which committee has been constituted by the [A]Rajasthan [B]Maharashtra Supreme Court (SC) to verify the availability of night [C]Madhya Pradesh [D]Odisha shelters? 45. Which of the following has been named as the [A]H L Dattu committee world‟s fastest supercomputer, as per recently released [B]T S Thakur committee Top500 list of supercomputers? [C]S K Seth committee [A]Tianhe-2 [B]Sunway Taihulight [D]Kailash Gambhir committee [C]IBM Sequoia [D]Cori

37. Who is the head of a task force formed by the 46. The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna -Gramin Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to re-calibrate all ATMs (PMAY-G) has been launched in which city for rural and cash dispensing machines with the new design of poor ? (Rs 500 and Rs 2000) notes? [A]Agra [B]Bhopal [A]H R Khan [B]N S Vishwanathan [C]New Delhi [D]Jaipur [C]S S Mundra [D]Shaktikanta Das 47. Who has been conferred the 2016 Mother Teresa 38. India has recently signed agreements with which Memorial International Award for Social Justice? country in the field of water resources management [A]Hishaam Hussain [B]Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain and agriculture? [C]Abinta Kabir [D]Tarishi Khan [A]Israel [B]Iran [C]Palestine [D]Australia 48. Who has won the 2016 women‟s singles China Open Badminton Super Series Premier? 39. India‟s first Cherry Blossom Festival has started in [A]Kirsty Gilmour [B]PV Sindhu which state? [C]Li Xuerui [D]Saina Nehwal [A]Arunachal Pradesh [B]Andhra Pradesh [C]Meghalaya [D]Himachal Pradesh 49. Where is the headquarters of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)? 40. The 2016 World Internet Conference has started in [A]Geneva [B]Berlin which country? [C]Washington [D]New York [A]Japan [B]China [C]India [D]South Korea 50. Which of the following is the India‟s longest expressway in the Indian road network? 41. Who has been honoured with the 2016 Raja Ram [A]Agra-Lucknow Expressway Mohan Roy Award for his outstanding contribution to [B]Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway journalism? [C]Allahabad Bypass Expressway [A]Arvind Kumar Singh [B]Renjith Jonh [D]Yamuna Expressway [C]S Nihal Singh [D]T P Dhanesh 51. What is the India‟s rank in the 2017 Climate 42. The United Nations‟ (UN) International Day for Change Performance Index (CCPI)? Tolerance is observed on which date? [A]56th [B]20th [A]November 16 [B]November 17 [C]37th [D]66th [C]November 15 [D]November 18 52. Which of the following has become the India‟s first assembly constituency? 43. Which state has become the first Indian state to [A]Dharamshala assembly constituency adopt resolution on demonetisation? [B]Palampur assembly constituency [A]Madhya Pradesh [B]Chhattisgarh [C]Rinchenpong assembly constituency

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[D]Chujachen assembly constituency 61. The Constitution Day is celebrated on which date in India? [A]November 25 [B] November 24 53. India‟s first International Children‟s festival will [C]November 27 [D]November 26 be held in which city? 62. Fidel Castro, who passed away recently, was the [A]Mumbai [B]Pune revolutionary leader of which country [C]New Delhi [D]Guwahati [A]Cuba [B]Libya [C]Namibia [D]Ethiopia 54. M Balamuralikrishna, who passed away recently, was the famous personality of which field? 63. The National Milk Day (NMD) is celebrated on [A]Journalism [B]Music which date in India? [C]Dance [D]Politics [A]November 28 [B]November 29 [C]November 25 [D]November 26 55. Who will be the chief guest at the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention? 64. India‟s first underwater festival has been held in [A]Li Keqiang [B]Shinzo Abe which city? [C]Antonio Costa [D]Satyandre Adhin [A]Pune [B]Kochi [C]Mumbai [D]Guwahati 56. Which committee was constituted by Union Government on Yoga Education in Universities? 65. The 2nd edition of Judima Festival will be hosted [A]M M Lal committee by which state? [B]Dwarakanath Bhavan Committee [A]Arunachal Pradesh [B]Sikkim [C]Suresh Lal Barnawal committee [C]Assam [D]Haryana [D]H R Nagendra committee 66. India‟s first digital and cashless village “Akodara” 57. “Annapurna Rasoi Programme” will be started by is located in which state? which state government to provide quality meal to [A]Tamil Nadu [B]Gujarat weaker section? [C]Maharashtra [D]Kerala [A]Rajasthan [B]Uttar Pradesh [C]Madhya Pradesh [D]Odisha 67. Which Indian state will become the first state in India to go cashless? 58. Which advanced monitoring system will be [A]Goa [B]Sikkim introduced by Indian Railways to collision avoidance? [C]Assam [D]Kerala [A]Tri-Sutra [B]Tri-Netra [C]Tri-Call [D]Tri-Nest 68. Which film has won the Golden Peacock award at the 2016 International Film Festival of India 59. The 2016 Wangala harvest festival has celebrated (IFFI)? by which tribe of North-East India? [A]Rauf [B]Daughter [A]Deori tribe [B]Khasi tribe [C]The Throne [D]Cold of Kalandar [C]Garo tribe [D]Nyishi tribe 69. Who will head the newly constituted committee of 60. Which committee has been constituted to convert chief ministers on demonetisation? 100% Government – Citizen Transactions to [A]Manohar Lal Khattar [B]Pinarayi Vijayan the digital platform? [C]Shaktikanta Das [D]N Chandrababu [A]Piyush Goyal committee Naidu [B]Arun Jaitely committee 70. The 2016 World Ayurveda Congress will be hosted [C]Kirti Parekh committee by which country? [D]Amitabh Kant committee [A]China [B]Japan [C]Nepal [D]India

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71. The 2016 Heart of Asia (HoA) – Istanbul Ministerial Process will be hosted by which country? [A]Pakistan [B]India [C]Iran [D]China

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1. Which portal has been launched by Ministry of 8. The National Pollution Control Day (NPCD) is Women and Child Development to register online observed on which date in India? complaints of child sexual abuse? [A]December 3 [B]December 4 [A]POCSO e-BOX [B]POCSO m-BOX [C]December 2 [D]December 5 [C]POCSO c-BOX [D]POCSO m-BOX 9. Who has won the 2016 International Children‟s 2. What is the India‟s rank in the 2016 Enabling Trade Peace Prize? Index (ETI) of World Economic Forum [A]Om Prakash Gurjar (WEF)? [B]Kehkashan Basu [A]112th [B]102nd [C]Neha Gupta [C]93rd [D]116th [D]Abraham M Keita 10. What is the theme of 2016 Heart of Asia (HoA) 3. Who has become the first woman President of the ministerial conference? All India Tennis Association (AITA)? [A]Addressing challenges, achieving prosperity [A]Hironmoy Chatterjee [B]E-connectivity for prosperity [B]Chintan Parikh [C]Peace: Priority for all [C]Aneil Mahajan [D]Connect world with harmony [D]Praveen Mahajan 11. Which country team has won the 2016 Women‟s 4. Which international organisation has inscribed Yoga Twenty20 Asia Cup cricket tournament? in the representative list of Intangible [A]Pakistan [B]India Cultural Heritage of Humanity? [C]Nepal [D]Bangladesh [A]UNIDO [B]UNICEF [C]UNISDR [D]UNESCO 12. The 2016 World Ayurveda Congress has held in which city of India? 5. The 2016 India International Science Festival (IISF) [A]Bengaluru [B]Kolkata will be held in which city? [C]Jaipur [D]Bhopal [A]Bangaluru [B]New Delhi [C]Kochi [D]Pune 13. How much amount per district will be provided by NITI Aayog to encourage digital payment 6. Makkal Pavalar Inkulab, who passed away recently, system? was the legendary poet of which language? [A]Rs. 10 lakh [B]Rs. 8 lakh [A]Telugu [B]Odisa [C]Rs. 5 lakh [D]Rs. 12 lakh [C]Tamil [D]Malayalam 14. “Exercise Konkan 16” the annual bilateral 7. Who has won the 2016 International Association of maritime exercise between Indian Navy and the Royal Athletics Federations (IAAF) male Athlete Navy has started in which city? of the Year award? [A]Guwahati [B]Kochi [A]Usain Bolt [B]Wayde van Niekerk [C]Mumbai [D]Ahmedabad [C]Mo Farah [D]Elaine Thompson

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15. Who has been named as the “Asian of the Year 24. Who has been named as the Time magazine‟s 2016”? Person of the Year 2016? [A]Sachin Bansal [A]Donald Trump [B]Mark Zuckerberg [B]Ratan Tata [C]Narendra Modi [D]Hillary Clinton [C]Mukesh Ambani [D]Sunil Mittal 25. Which high court of India has termed the practice of triple talaq (Talaq-e-bidat) among Muslims 16. The 5th edition of International Energy Forum as unconstitutional? (IEF)-IGU Ministerial Forum has been started in [A]Allahabad High Court which city? [B]Delhi High Court [A]New Delhi [B]Pune [C]Calcutta High Court [C]Chennai [D]Bangaluru [D]Mumbai High Court

17. “2016 Indra NAVY” naval exercise will be held 26. The tropical cyclone „Vardah‟ is expected to hit between India and which country? which country? [A]Russia [B]United States [A]India [B]China [C]Japan [D]China [C]Japan [D]South Africa

18. The Armed Forces Flag Day is celebrated on 27. The world‟s largest seating capacity cricket which day in India? stadium will come up in which state of India ? [A]December 7 [B]December 6 [A]Gujarat [B]West Bengal [C]December 8 [D]December 9 [C]Karnataka [D]Tamil Nadu

28. What is the India‟s rank in the 2016 Global 19. The 2016 India International Science festival Terrorism Index (GTI)? (IISF) has started in which city? [A]9th [B]7th [C]11th [D]13th [A]Pune [B]New Delhi [C] Kolkata [D]Bengaluru 29. Which committee has been constituted by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) to 20. Which is the most powerful language according to fight against the menace of online piracy? the 2016 World Power Language Index (PLI)? [A]D B Shekatkar committee [A]Mandarin [B]English [B]Ratan Watal committee [C]French [D]Spanish [C]Nagana Gowda committee [D]Ajit Mohan committee 21. Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy, who recently passed away, was related to which field? 30. Which committee has recently submitted its final [A]Journalism [B]Sports report on digital payments to Union [C]Marine Science [D]Film Industry Government? [A]H R Khan committee 22. “Resourcesat-2A” remote sensing satellite has been [B]Ratan Watal committee launched by which launch vehicle? [C]Indrajeet Sarkar committee [A]PSLV-C33 [B]PSLV-C36 [D]Salil Kapoor committee [C]PSLV-C35 [D]PSLV-C37 31. “100 Million for 100 Million” campaign for child 23. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice rights has been launched by whom? of India (CJI)? [A]Pranab Mukherjee [B]Narendra Modi [A]Jasti Chelameswar [B]Dipak Misra [C]Maneka Gandhi [D]Raj Nath Singh [C]Madan B Lokur [D]Jagdish Singh Khehar

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32. The Narmada Seva Yatra has been launched by which of the following states? 41. The Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on [A]Chhattisgarh [B]Madhya Pradesh Housing and Urban Development (APMCHUD) has [C]Gujarat [D]Maharashtra started in which city? [A]Pune [B]Chennai 33. Which state has become the first Indian state to [C]Kolkata [D]New Delhi launch crop insurance claim distribution programme? [A]Haryana [B]Rajasthan 42. What is the India‟s rank in the defence spending, [C]Uttar Pradesh [D]Madhya Pradesh according to the recently published 2016 HIS 220Jane‟s Defense Budgets Report? 34. Antonio Guterres, who has been sworn-in as the [A]5th [B]4th new Secretary General of the United Nations, is [C]9th [D]7th the former Prime Minister of which country? [A]Portugal [B]Singapore 43. Which Indian airport has become the second [C]Malaysia [D]New Zealand airport in the Asia-Pacific region to achieve carbonneutral status? 35. Who has won the World Billiards (150-Up format) [A]Kempegowda International Airport, Bangalore Championships title? [B]Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, [A]Dhruv Sitwala [B]Pankaj Advani Ahmedabad [C]Saurav Kothari [D]Peter Gilchrist [C]Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi 36. India‟s first amphibious bus project has been [D]Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), launched by which state government? Hyderabad [A]Haryana [B]Andhra Pradesh [C]Punjab [D]Uttar Pradesh 44. “2016 EKUVERIN” the joint military exercise has started between India and which country? [A] Bhutan [B]Morocco 37. Gotthard Base Tunnel(GBT), the world‟s longest [C]South Africa [D]Maldives and deepest traffic tunnel,is located in which country? 45. India‟s first transgender school will come up in [A]France [B]Japan which of the following cities? [C]Switzerland [D]China [A]Chennai [B]Jaipur [C]Kochi [D]Bhopal 38. Which of the following footballers has won the 2016 FIFA Ballon D‟or Award ? 46. Which state government has launched the [A]Neymar [B]Cristiano Ronaldo “Annapurna Rasoi” scheme for underprivileged [C]Lionel Messi [D]Antoine people? Griezmann [A]Assam [B]Punjab [C]Rajasthan [D]Karnataka 39. “Vanjeevan” the National Resource Centre for Tribal Livelihood will be launch in which state? 47. Which of the following districts will become the [A]Odisha [B]Assam India‟s first carbon neutral district? [C]Manipur [D]Sikkim [A]Shimla [B]Mysuru [C]Bijapur [D]Majuli 40. Which Bollywood personality has been appointed as the UNICEF‟s newest Global Goodwill 48. “Swasthya Raksha Programme” has been launched Ambassador? by which union ministry? [A]Priyanka Chopra [B]Deepika Padukone [A]Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate [C]Ranveer Singh [D]Amitabh Bachchan Change

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[B]Ministry of AYUSH [B]December 18 [C]Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation [C]December 20 [D]Ministry of Health and Family Welfare [D]December 17

49. The 6th BRICS Health Ministers‟ Meet has been 58. Which union ministry has launched GARV-II held in which of the following cities? mobile app to monitor rural electrification data? [A]Beijing [B]Pretoria [A]Ministry of Power [C]New Delhi [D]Brasília [B]Ministry of Rural Development [C]Ministry of Panchayati Raj 50. Who has been named as the new director of [D]Ministry of Tribal Affairs Intelligence Bureau (IB)? [A]Rajiv Jain [B]Miland Singh 59. „Saanjhi Saanjh‟ the national newspaper for senior [C]M S Dhanoa [D]Nishant Sharma citizen has been launched by which union ministry? [A]Ministry of Statistics and Programme 51. Who has been appointed as the new chief of the Implementation Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)? [B]Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment [A]K C Pant [B]Anil Dhasmana [C]Ministry of Human Resource Development [C]Alok Joshi [D]Arvind Saxena [D]Ministry of Rural Development

52. Who will be the new chief of the Chief of the 60. Who will be the head of newly constituted high- Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army? level task force on Indus Water Treaty (IWT)? [A]Balbir Singh Sandhu [B]Velu Nair [A]Shaktikanta Das [B]Nripendra Mishra [C]Bipin Rawat [D]Amit Sarin [C]Ajit Doval [D]Aditya Mehta 61. The 2016 Hero Indian Super League (ISL) has 53. Who will be the new chief of the Chief of the Air been won by which football team? Staff (COAS) of the Indian Air Force (IAF)? [A]Mumbai City [B]Delhi Dynamos [A]H S Arora [B]P P Khandekar [C]Kerala Blasters [D]Atletico de Kolkata [C]M K Malik [D]B S Dhanoa 62. Which state will become the first Indian state to 54. Which of the following states has attained 100% have 24×7 helpline for forests? Aadhaar saturation in India? [A]Maharashtra [B]Uttar Pradesh [A]Himachal Pradesh [B]Uttar Pradesh [C]Rajasthan [D]Madhya Pradesh [C]Kerala [D]Tamil Nadu 63. The 2016 Sahitya Akademi award has been won by 55. Who of the following has won the Miss World which author? 2016 competition ? [A]Joe D Cruz [B]Vannadasan [A]Mireia Lalaguna [C]A. Madhavan [D]D Selvaraj [B]Stephanie del Valle 64. The National Mathematics Day (NMD) is [C]Natasha Mannuela celebrated on which date in India? [D]Yaritza Miguelina [A]December 22 [B]December 21 [C]December 23 [D]December 20 56. Which country‟s team has won the 2016 Men‟s Junior Hockey World Cup tournament? 65. What is the India‟s rank in the 2016 Global Wind [A]Malaysia [B]India Power Installed Capacity Index? [C]Australia [D]Belgium [A]4th [B]9th [C]11th [D]21st 57. The International Migrants Day (IMD) is observed on which date? 66. Who is the newly appointed chief secretary of [A]December 19 Tamil Nadu?

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[A]Girija Vaidyanathan [C]West Indies [D]Bangladesh [B]Rama Mohana Rao [C]T S Malviya 74. Who has been selected for the prestigious 2016 [D]L M Vaidya Jnanpith Award? [A]Kedarnath Singh 67. Who of the following has won the 2016 Sastra [B]Ravuri Bharadhwaja Ramanujan award for mathematics? [C]Chandrashekhara Kambara [A]Maksym Radziwill [D]Shankha Ghosh [B]James Maynard [C]Peter Scholze 75. The Good Governance Day (GGD) is observed on [D]Zhiwei Yun which day in India? [A]December 23 68. The first 2G (Second Generation) ethanol bio- [B]December 24 refinery will be set up in which state of India? [C]December 26 [A]Haryana [B]Punjab [D]December 25 [C]Uttar Pradesh [D]Odisha . Which country‟s football team has won the 2016 76. The 2016 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup cricket FIFA Team of the year title? tournament has been won by which country? [A]France [B]Germany [A]India [C]Argentina [D]Brazil [B]New Zealand [C]England 69. “Pratikar-I” the first-ever joint military exercise [D]Australia will be held between Nepal and which of the following countries? 77. “DAMAN” a new malaria control programme will [A]China [B]Japan be launch by which state government of [C]United States [D]Pakistan India? [A]Punjab [B]Karnataka 70. Which of the following islands in India was once [C]Uttar Pradesh [D]Odisha named “New Denmark”? [A]Salsatte Island 78. “Nock-Ten” typhoon has recently hit which [B]Elephanta Island country? [C]Lakshadweep [A]Malaysia [B]Philippines [D]Andaman & Nicobar Island [C]Indonesia [D]Maldives

71. Which of the following communities has become 79. The book “Emperor Chandragupta” has been the first Scheduled Tribe of Puducherry? authored by whom? [A]Eravallan [B]Kammara [A]Adity Kay [B]Kavita Kane [C]Irular [D]Kattunayakan [C]Krishna Udayasankar [D]Shatrujeet Nath

72. Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan (VISAKA) is an 80. Which of the following states will host the 2022 initiative of which of the following ministries? National Games? [A]Ministry of Finance [A]Uttarakhand [B]Andhra Pradesh [B]Ministry of Human Resource Development [C]Meghalaya [D]Chhattisgarh [C]Ministry of Commerce [D]Ministry of Textiles 81. “Swachh Swasth Sarvatra” initiative has been 73. Which country recently won the Asian Cricket launched by the Union Health Ministry in Council Under-19 Asia Cup title? collaboration with which union ministry? [A]India [B]Sri Lanka [A]Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

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[B]Ministry of Finance Government? [C]Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation [A]Vinod Rai committee [D]Ministry of AYUSH [B]Ajit Seth committee [C]H R Khan committee 82. Which committee has submitted report on [D]Ratan Watal committee promoting digital payments to the Union

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1. Who is the new Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of 7. Where is the headquarters of the Administrative the Indian Army? Staff College of India (ASCI)? [A]Vikram Singh Rathore [B]Bipin Rawat [A]Hyderabad [B]New Delhi [C]Velu Nair [D]Birender Singh [C]Pune [D]Chennai 8. Which committee has been constituted by the Union 2. India‟s first transgender school #8220;Sahaj̶ Government to suggest improvements in International” has started in which state? National Sports Development Code (NSDC)? [A]Tamil Nadu [B]Kerala [A]Sathish Kumar committee [C]Karnataka [D]Andhra Pradesh [B]Injeti Srinivas committee [C]N M Sinha committee 3. Which state government has recently declared 50% [D]K S Rathore committee reservation in judicial services for OBCs, SCs, promotion of sports in India. STs and EBCs? [A]Odisha [B]Madhya Pradesh 9. “NTR Arogya Raksha” a new health scheme has [C]Bihar [D]Assam been launched by which state government? [A]Haryana [B]Odisha 4. Who of the following have been chosen for the 2016 [C]Karnataka [D]Andhra Pradesh Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith? [A]Yogita Yadav and Arunabh Saurav 10. The 104th Indian Science Congress (ISC) has [B]Om Naagar and Tasneem Khan started in which state? [C]Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh [A]Kerala [B]Assam [D]Amlendu Tiwari and Balram Kawant [C]Andhra Pradesh [D]Manipur

5. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the 11. Who is the newly appointed Controller General of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)? Accounts? [A]S R Hashim [B]Deepak Gupta [A]S S Sahu [B]Archana Nigam [C]Alka Sirohi [D]David Syiemlieh [C]Sushil Singh [D]M J Joseph

6. Which Indian-origin British professor has been 12. Who has been sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of honoured with the Queen Elizabeth II Knighthood? India (CJI)? [A]Nandini Koel [A]J S Khehar [B]Madan Lokur [B]Kamaldeep Begol [C]Kamlesh Khehar [D]T S Patil [C]Shankar Balasubramanian [D]Mandeep Singh Bhui 13. The World Braille Day (WBD) is observed on which date?

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[A]January 3 [B]January 5 [A]Odisha [B]Karnataka [C]January 2 [D]January 4 [C]Delhi [D]Kerala

14. Which country‟s women football team has won the 21. Which country will become the world‟s first 2016 SAFF Women‟s Championship? country to switch off FM radio? [A]India [B]Pakistan [A]United Kingdom [B]Switzerland [C]Nepal [D]Bangladesh [C]Norway [D]Finland 15. Who has been appointed as the new Executive Director (ED) of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)? 22. The Chitwan National Park is located in which [A]Deepa Mailk [B]Rajeswar Rao country? [C]Surekha Marandi [D]U S Paliwal [A]India [B]Nepal [C]Bangladesh [D]Myanmar 16. India‟s first bus to run on biogas will start from which of the following cities? 23. Which of the following is the world‟s largest street [A]Kolkata [B]Dehradun light replacement programme of India? [C]New Delhi [D]Pune [A]Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) [B]Energy Efficiency National Programme (EENP) 17. Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, who passed away [C]Single Phase National Programme (SPNP) recently, was the famous musician of which musical [D]Energy Efficiency Street Programme (EESP) instrument? [A]Flute [B]Tabla 24. Which film has won the best motion picture award [C]Sarangi [D]Sitar at the 2017 Golden Globes awards? [A]La La Land [B]Lion 18. The 2017 Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) will be [C]Hell or High Water [D]Moonlight hosted by which city? [A]New Delhi [B]Gurugram 25. India‟s first international stock exchange “India [C]Chennai [D]Bengaluru International Exchange” has been launched in which city? 19. Which international organization has declared [A]Gandhinagar [B]Mumbai 2017 as the “International Year of Sustainable [C]Pune [D]New Delhi Tourism for Development”? [A]World Trade Organization (WTO) 26. The 2017 National Conference for e-Governance [B]United Nations (UN) has started in which city? [C]International Monetary Fund (IMF) [A]Visakhapatnam [B]Nagpur [D]Asian Development Bank (ADB) [C]New Delhi [D]Pune

20. “Good Samaritan Policy” has been launched by 27. Who has won the 2016 Best FIFA Men‟s player which state / union territory government? award?

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[A]Cristiano Ronaldo [B]Lionel Messi [B]Noel Tata [C]Carli Lloyd [D]Antoine Griezmann [C]Indra Krishnamurthy [D]Nowroji Saklatwala 28. The 2017 National Youth Festival will be held in which state? 35. “Aditya” India‟s first-ever solar powered boat has [A]Haryana [B]Assam been launched in which state? [C]Odisha [D]Jharkhand [A]Gujarat [B]Kerala [C]Tamil Nadu [D]Karnataka

29. The Nobel Prize Series India 2017 has recently started in which state? 36. The Chhabra Thermal Power Plant (CTPP) is [A]Maharashtra [B]Assam located in which state of India? [C]Gujarat [D]Punjab [A]Haryana [B]Uttar Pradesh [C]Madhya Pradesh [D]Rajasthan 30. The 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting will be held in which country? 37. Which committee has recently submitted report on [A]India [B]Malaysia Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) [C]Switzerland [D]South Africa to the Union Government? [A]Anand Shukla committee 31. The Jigme Dorji National Park is located in which [B]Nitin Kumar committee country? [C]Sumit Bose committee [A]India [B]Nepal [D]Rajat Sharma committee [C]Bangladesh [D]Bhutan 38. “Digital Dakiya” scheme has been launched in 32. The World Hindi Day (WHD) is observed on which state government to encourage cashless which date? transactions? [A]January 10 [B]January 11 [A]Madhya Pradesh [B]Rajasthan [C]January 12 [D]January 9 [C]Odisha [D]Assam

33. Which of the following Kalvari-class Scorpene 39. Which cricket team has won the 2016-17 Ranji stealth submarines has been launched recently Trophy tournament? for sea trials? [A]Chhattisgarh [B]Gujarat [A]Sindhughosh [B]Khanderi [C]Mumbai [D]Tamil Nadu [C]Arihant [D]Vela 40. Which committee has recently recommended quota 34. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of for girl students in IITs? Tata Sons? [A]Abhijit Sen committee [A]Natarajan Chandrasekaran [B]Timothy Gonsalves committee

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[C]D M Dharmadhikari committee 48. What is the India‟s rank in the World Economic [D]Sumit Bose committee Forum (WEF)‟s Inclusive Development Index (IDI) for 2017? 41. The world‟s biggest cricket stadium will come up [A]79th [B]88th in which state of India? [C]60th [D]45th [A]West Bengal [B]Haryana [C]Gujarat [D]Karnataka 49. Which state has become the India‟s first state to launch “Aanandam programme” to help the 42. What is the India‟s rank in the 2017 Global Talent needy persons? Competitiveness Index (GTCI)? [A]Odisha [B]Assam [A]88th [B]63rd [C]Sikkim [D]Madhya Pradesh [C]57th [D]92nd 43. “Pinakin” mobile app has been launched by which state tourism department to boost tourism? 50. “Mission 41K” has been launched by which union [A]Karnataka [B]Tamil Nadu ministry to save energy? [C]Andhra Pradesh [D]Kerala [A]Ministry of Urban Development [B]Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 44. Which Indian cricketer has been inducted into [C]Ministry of Urban Development Legends Club “Hall of Fame”? [D]Ministry of Railways [A]Kapil Dev [B]Nari Contractor [C]Sunil Gavaskar [D]Ajit Wadekar 51. Which portal has been launched by the Union Government for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)? 45. Who of the following has won the prestigious [A]Shiksha portal [B]Maitri portal award “The Hindu Prize 2016”? [C]Desh Bharti portal [D]Shagun portal [A]Manjula Padmanabhan [B]Kunal Basu [C]Kiran Doshi [D]Anil Menon 52. Who has been selected as the new chief of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)? 46. Mawlynnong village, which is cleanest village in [A]JS?Khehar [B]Satish Mathur Asia, is located in which state? [C]RK Dutta [D]Alok Kumar Verma [A]Arunachal Pradesh [B]Meghalaya [C]Manipur [D]Nagaland 53. Where is the headquarters of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)? 47. Which country has recently become an associate [A]Indonesia [B]India member of European Organization for Nuclear [C]Mauritius [D]Australia Research (CERN)? [A]Pakistan [B]Maldives 54. Who will be the Chief Guest for the 2017 Republic [C]India [D]Bangladesh Day of India? [A]Mohammadin bin Zayed Al Nahyan

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[B]Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan 61. Which committee has recently submitted report on [C]Mirza Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Fiscal Responsibility and Budget [D]Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan Management (FRBM) act to the Union Government? [A]N K Singh committee 55. The India Innovation Index (III) will be developed [B]H R Khan committee by which international organization to [C]N R Madhav committee measure innovation performance of Indian states? [D]H Devaraj committee [A]International Monetary Fund (IMF) [B]World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 62. The 2017 Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VPBY) [C]Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be implemented through which [D]Asian Development Bank (ADB) insurance company? 56. The National Voters‟ Day is celebrated on which [A]ICICI Prudential Life Insurance date in India? [B]Life Insurance Corporation of India [A]January 25 [B]January 22 [C]New India Assurance [C]January 23 [D]January 24 [D]HDFC Standard Life Insurance

57. The National Girl Child Day is celebrated on 63. What is the theme of 2017 National Girl Child which day in India? Day? [A]January 22 [B]January 23 [A]End child marriage [C]January 24 [D]January 25 [B]Safety and Development of girl child [C]Adolescent Girls: Issues and Challenges 58. The 2017 Pakke-Paga Festival has been held in [D]Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao which state? [A]Arunachal Pradesh [B]Andhra Pradesh 64. The Nagarhole National Park is located in which [C]West Bengal [D]Mizoram state? [A]Karnataka [B]Andhra Pradesh 59. Which state will become the Indian state to opt for [C]Kerala [D]Tamil Nadu electronic transmission of postal ballot to service voters? 65. The world‟s largest solar park has been built by [A]Goa [B]Uttar Pradesh which country? [C]Uttarakhand [D]Punjab [A]China [B]India [C]Bhutan [D]Myanmar 60. The National Tourism Day is celebrated on which day in India? 66. “Ababeel” ballistic missile has been successfully [A]January 24 [B]January 23 launched by which country? [C]January 25 [D]January 26 [A]India [B]Bangladesh [C]Afghanistan [D]Pakistan

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67. Which state government has launched e-health [A]Simona Halep [B]Serena Williams program “Jeevan Rekha” to provide a centralised [C]Venus Williams [D]Angelique Kerber database of healthcare information? [A]Chhattisgarh [B]Tamil Nadu [C]Kerala [D]Assam

68. Lalchungnunga, who has been chosen to train at 73. “C25” India‟s first indigenously developed high Germany‟s top division football league thrust cryogenic rocket engine has successfully “Bundesliga”, is belonged to which Indian state? ground-tested by the ISRO for which rocket vehicle? [A]Mizoram [B]Nagaland [A]GSLV-Mark-II [B]GSLV-Mark-IV [C]Tripura [D]Arunachal Pradesh [C]GSLV-Mark-V [D]GSLV-Mark-III

74. Who has been appointed as the new chancellor of 69. Who has been bestowed with the highest peace Nalanda University? time gallantry decoration “Ashok Chakra” on [A]Vijay Bhatkar [B]George Yeo the 68th Republic Day of India? [C]Sugata Bose [D]G S Reddy [A]Nirbhay Singh [B]Harpreet Sandhu [C]Hangpan Dada [D]Kapil Yadav 75. Who has won the 2017 Men‟s singles Australian Open tennis tournament? 70. What is the India‟s rank in the 2016 Corruption [A]Roger Federer [B]Rafael Nadal Perception Index (CPI)? [C]Andy Murray [D]Novak Djokovic [A]66th [B]82nd [C]79th [D]112th 76. The 2017 National Immunization Day (NID) is celebrated on which date in India? 71. Which state government has recently announced a [A]January 28 [B]January 29 total ban on polythene bags from May 2017? [C]January 30 [D]January 27 [A]Chhattisgarh [B]Madhya Pradesh [C]Rajasthan [D]Gijarat 77. Who has been appointed as the new chief of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)? 72. Who has won the 2017 Women‟s singles [A]Diana Edulji [B]Vikram Lamaye Australian Open tennis tournament? [C]Vinod Rai [D]Rahul Johri

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1. From which state / Union territory, the “Measles- 9. Which committee has been constituted by the Union Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign” has been government to improve Haj policy in subsidy issue? [A] Puducherry [B] Goa [A] SS Parkar committee [C] Karnataka [D] Tamil Nadu [B] Qaiser Shamim committee [C] Kamal Faruqui committee 2. Which country has won 18th Asian Junior Team [D] Afzal Amanullah committee Squash Championship-2017? 10. The International Day of Zero Tolerance for [A] India [B] Jordon Female Genital Mutilation is observed on which [C] Pakistan [D] Malaysia date? [A] February 5 [B] February 6 3. Which country will host 2017 FIBA Women‟s Asia [C] February 7 [D] February 8 Cup basketball tournament? [A] Indonesia [B] India 11. Which committee has been constituted by the [C] Pakistan [D] Bangladesh Haryana Government to resolve the problem of those agitating for reservation and other issues of the 4. Which state government has launched “Chief state? Minister Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana [A] D S Dhesi committee [B] P K Lahoti committee (CMSGUY)” to develop villages of the state? [C] H S Juneja committee [D] M P Kaur committee [A] Tripura [B] Odisha [C] Assam [D] Kerala 12. Which state government has recently implemented e-Cabinet solution for the state cabinet members? 5. Which country is host to the 4th BIMSTEC [A] Arunachal Pradesh [B] Tripura Summit-2017? [C] Nagaland [D] Manipur [A] India [B] Nepal [C] Bhutan [D] Thailand 13. Which state has become the first Indian State to establish cashless system for distribution of food 6. Which state government will give 2% reservation to grains? sportsperson in government job? [A] Karnataka [B] Kerala [A] Jharkhand [B] Bihar [C] Punjab [D] Gujarat [C] Madhya Pradesh [D] Rajasthan 14. Who is the author of the book “Veerappan: 7. Which union ministry has launched annual book Chasing the Brigand”? „India-2017‟ & „Bharat-2017? [A] Kapish G. Mehra [B] K. Vijay Kumar [A] Ministry of Finance [C] Shekhar Gupta [D] D.R. Karthikeyan [B] Ministry of Human Resource Development [C] Ministry of Culture 15. Which state has hosted the 17th International [D] Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Seminar on Counter Terrorism-2017? [A] Punjab [B] Bihar 8. Which state government has recently launched [C] Haryana [D] Gujarat “Civil Service Awards” for excellence in public administration? 16. Who has been selected for the prestigious 2016 Dr [A] Arunachal Pradesh [B] Manipur B C Roy National Award? [C] Assam [D] Odisha [A] Jayshree Mehta [B] K Usha Lakshmi [C] P Raghu Ram [D] N Sai Kumar

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25. Which state is hosting the 2nd edition of 17. Which committee will be constituted by the International Spice Conference? Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on cyber security? [A] Kerala [B] Assam [A] N K Singh committee [C] Rajasthan [D] Haryana [B] Meena Hemachandra committee [C] Ravi Iyer committee 26. In which state the 2017 UNESCO Natural Heritage [D] Tushar Krishna committee festival was held? [A] Sikkim [B] Himachal Pradesh 18. Which state is hosting the first-ever National [C] Punjab [D] Madhya Pradesh Women‟s Parliament (NWP)? [A] Madhya Pradesh [B] Odisha 27. Which warship has become the India‟s first [C] Kerala [D] Andhra Pradesh warship to install solar panels on board? 19. Who has been appointed the new chief of [A] INS Vindhyagiri [B] INS Godavari Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)? [C] INS Sarvekshak [D] INS Sindhudurg [A] D R Mehta [B] Brijesh Mukherjee [C] Saurav Patra [D] Ajay Tyagi 28. Which Indian-American musician has won the best world Music Album awar for “Sing Me 20. Which sub-committee of Central Advisory Board Home” at the 2017 Grammy Awards? of Education (CABE) has been constituted to [A] Sabyasachi Mukherjee [B] Sandeep Das boost girls‟ education? [C] Shubha Mudgal [D] Anoushka Shankar [A] Kadiyam Srihari committee [B] Ashok Das committee 29. In which state India‟s first-ever floating elementary [C] Suraj Patra committee school has started? [D] Neel Mukherjee committee [A] Manipur [B] Mizoram [C] West Bengal [D] Assam 21. The National Deworming Day (NDD) is celebrated on which date in India? 30. Which country is hosting the 2017 Cobra Gold [A] February 13 [B] February 10 joint military exercise? [C] February 12 [D] February 11 [A] Thailand [B] Japan [C] United States [D] China 22. What is the theme of the Pakistan‟s multinational naval exercise “AMAN 2017”? 31. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) [A] Peace for World [B] Live Peacefully has successfully launched a record 104 satellites [C] Together for peace [D] Bring Peace from which rocket vehicle? [A] PSLV-C38 [B] PSLV-C37 23. What is the theme of the 2017 World Radio Day [C] PSLV-C36 [D] PSLV-C35 (WRD)? [A] Radio is You 32. Which portal has been launched by the union [B] Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster government to ensure transparency in mining [C] Youth and Radio operations? [D] Gender Equality and Women‟s Empowerment in [A] Taboo [B] Tamra Radio [C] Tanra [D] Tacma

24. The International Day of Women and Girls in 33. Which international organisation has opened the Science is observed on which date? South Asia Regional Training and Technical [A] February 14 [B] February 12 Assistance Center (SARTTAC) in India? [C] February 13 [D] February 11 [A] International Monetary Fund (IMF) [B] World Health Organization (WHO) [C] World Bank (WB)

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[D] Asian Development Bank (ADB) 43. Which state is hosting the 13th edition of National Agriculture Science Congress (NASC)-2017? 34. Which state government has launched “Aardram” a [A] Punjab [B] Karnataka public health initiative? [C] Madhya Pradesh [D] Arunachal Pradesh [A] Kerala [B] Tamil Nadu [C] Karnataka [D] Assam 44. The Government of India (GoI) has recently approved investment proposal for generation 35. Who has become the new Chief Minister of Tamil component of Arun-3 Hydro Electric Project in which Nadu? country? [A] KA Sengottaiyan [B] O Panneerselvam [A] Myanmar [B] Nepal [C] Edappadi K Palaniswamy [D] E Madhusudanan [C] Bhutan [D] Bangladesh

36. What is the India‟s rank in the 2017 Economic 45. Who has been appointed the new chairman of Freedom Index (EFI)? Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT)? [A] 143rd [B] 117th [A] N P Singh [B] B S Chauhan [C] 92nd [D] 88th [C] J S Khehar [D] Abhay Manohar Sapre

46. Which country to host the 9th edition of BRICS 37. Who has been selected for the 2016 Vyas Summit-2017? Samman? [A] China [B] India [A] Vishwanath Tripathi [B] Padma Sachdev [C] Russia [D] South Africa [C] Surendra Verma [D] Sunita Jain 47. The Government of India (GoI) has recently signed pact with which country on rail safety? 38. Which country to host 2017 ICC Women‟s Cricket [A] Japan [B] Germany World Cup? [C] Italy [D] France [A] New Zealand [B] India [C] Sri Lanka [D] England 48. What is the key objective of “Saathiya Resource Kit” launched by Union Government recently? 39. Who has been chosen as the new chief minister of [A] To provide information on GST related issues Nagaland? [B] To provide information on cyber security related [A] K. L. Chishi [B] John Bosco Jasokie issues [C] Hokishe Sema [D] Shurhozelie Liezietsu [C] To provide information on adolescent related issues 40. Barren Island is located in which state / union [D] To provide information on insurance related issues territory? [A] Gujarat [B] Andaman and Nicobar Islands 49. The dance festival “Brahan Natyanjali” has started [C] Lakshadweep [D] Assam in which state? [A] Kerala [B] Karnataka 41. Which state to host National Biodiversity Congress [C] Tamil Nadu [D] Andhra Pradesh (NBC) 2017? [A] Tamil Nadu [B] Kerala 50. Who has become the new Brand Ambassador for [C] Maharashtra [D] Karnataka “Swachh Bharat Mission”? [A] Shilpa Shetty [B] Priyanka Chopra 42. The Central Excise Day (CED) is celebrated on [C] Deepika Padukone [D] Kangana Ranaut which date in India? [A] February 23 [B] February 24 51. Which movie has won the Best Picture award at [C] February 22 [D] February 21 89th Oscar Academy Awards? [A] Story of Your Life [B] Moonlight [C] Hidden Figures [D] La La Land

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56. How much loan amount has been sanctioned by the 52. Which state government has launched “RAHAT” World Bank (WB) for the Tejaswini project for treatment of heart disease in project? remote and rural areas? [A] $55 million [A] Rajasthan [B] Madhya Pradesh [B] $78 million [C] Chattisgarh [D] Odisha [C] $63 million [D] $89 million 53. India‟s first hill station bicycle path has opened in which state? [A] Manipur [B] West Bengal [C] Tripura [D] Mizoram

54. India‟s first Antyodaya Express has been launched by the Minister of Railways. The express will run between which stations? [A] Ernakulam and Howrah

[B] Sriganganagar and Tiruchirapalli [C] New Delhi and Kanyakumari [D] Nizamuddin and Palakkad

55. Which inter-disciplinary standing committee has been constituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to review cyber threats? [A] Krishna Pendalaya committee [B] Nandkumar Sarvade committee [C] Meena Hemchandra committee

[D] A S Ramasastri committee

MARCH 2017 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS

1. Which country has become the world‟s first country [B] Arunachal Pradesh [C] Sikkim [D] Manipur to ban metal mining nation wide? [A] Angola [B] El Answer: A [Assam ] Salvador [C] Morocco [D] Sudan Answer: B [El Salvador] 4. Which country is hosting the 2nd annual meeting of New Development Bank (NDB)? [A] China [B] Brazil 2. Which Indian personality will lead Indian [C] South Africa [D] India : D [India] Parliamentary delegation in the 136th Assembly InterParliamentary Union (IPU)-2017? [A] Narendra 5. Which tiger reserve has become the India‟s first Modi [B] Sumitra Mahajan [C] Sushma Swaraj [D] tiger reserve to get official mascot? [A] Kanha Tiger Rajnath Singh Answer: B [Sumitra Mahajan] Reserve [B] Sariska Tiger Reserve [C] Corbett Tiger Reserve [D] Sanjay Tiger Reserve Answer: A [Kanha 3. The biggest river festival of India “Namami Tiger Reserve] Brahmaputra” has started in which state? [A] Assam 6. The Kaundinya Wildlife Sanctuary (KWLS) is located in which state? [A] Kerala [B] Andhra Pradesh Unique IAS Academy, 1st Street, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-0422-4204182, 9884267599. Admission Open – UPSC (IAS /IPS), TNPSC Gr I, Gr II, VAO, Gr IV Exams Page 22

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[C] Tamil Nadu [D] Odisha Answer: B [Andhra [B] Science Pradesh] [C] Sports [D] Literary 7. Which country hosted the 3rd ion of World Answer: D Conference on Environment? [A] Sri Lanka[B] India 14. Who has been chosen for the Glenfiddich‟s [C] Australia [D] China Answer: B [India] Emerging Artist of the Year 2017? 8. Which country is set to become the new member of [A] Sitaram Swain [B] Sunil Sethi the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)? [A] [C] Peter Nagy Alaska [B] Guina Bissau [C] Montenegro [D] Ghana [D] Feroz Gujral Answer: C [Montenegro] Answer: A

9. Bob Dylan, who will receive the 2016 Nobel 15. Which Indian cricket player has won the Sir Literature Prize, hails from which country? [A] Garfield Sober Trophy for 2016? Germany [B] United States [C] France [D] Russia [A] Virat Kohli Answer: B [United States] [B] Ravichandran Ashwin [C] Ajinkya Rahane 10. Srinath Narayanan is associated with which sports? [D] Ravindra Jadeja [A] Chess Answer: B [B] Boxing [C] Football 16. Who has been declared the Man of the Series in the [D] Hockey 2017 Border Gavaskar Trophy? Answer: A [A] Ravichandran Ashwin [B] Ajinkya Rahane 12. Who has been appointed the new member to the [C] Ravindra Jadeja Sports Authority of India (SAI)? [D] Murali Vijay [A] Vijender Singh Answer: C [B] Sania Mirza [C] Siddhartha Upadhyay 17. Which bank has been adjudged the “Best Small [D] Sachin Tendulkar Bank” award for 2016? [A] Bandhan Bank 13. Arun Sarma, who passed away recently, was the [B] IDBI Bank renowned personality of which field? [C] Karur Vysya Bank [A] Law [D] Dena Bank Answer: C

APRIL 2017 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS

1. India‟s first International Centre for Foot and Mouth [A] Bhutan [B] Pakistan Disease (ICFMD) has set up in which state? [C] Iran [D] Myanmar [A] Odisha [B] Uttar Pradesh [C] Assam [D] Haryana 4. Which high level committee has been set up to 2. Who has been appointed the new Vice Chancellor of examine working of regulatory bodies for AYUSH Nalanda University? system of medicine? [A] Pankaj Mohan [B] Sunaina Singh [A] Madhukar Gupta Committee [C] Arvind Sharma [D] Vijay Bhatkar [B] Arvind Panagariya committee [C] Shailesh Nagar committee 3. Which country has become the new member of [D] H R Nagendra committee South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) program?

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5. Who has been chosen for the 2017 14. Which country will become the world‟s first UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom country to neutralise gender pay gap? Prize? [A] Sweden [B] Iceland [A] Ahmet Sik [B] Reeyot Alemu [C] Finland [D] Norway [C] Dawit Isaak [D] Mazen Darwish 15. The Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary (DWLS) is located 6. The Ntangki National Park is located in which in which state? state?? [A] Tripura [B] Mizoram [A] Mizoram [B] Nagaland [C] Assam [D] Arunachal Pradesh [C] Manipur [D] Tripura 16. The 2017 National Tuberculosis (TB) summit has 7. Which state government has launched “e- started in which city? nagarpalika” app to provide municipal services online? [A] Chennai [B] Hyderabad [A] Jharkhand [B] Madhya Pradesh [C] Guwahati [D] Dharamshala [C] Bihar [D] Uttar Pradesh 17. India has signed defence deal with which country 8. Who has become the India‟s first-ever transgender for advanced Medium-Range Surface-to-Air police Sub-Inspector? Missile (MRSAM) systems? [A] Deepthi Sunaina [B] Smithi Saran [A] Japan [B] South Korea [C] Prithika Yashini [D] Nandini Kumari [C] Israel [D] Russia 18. What is the India‟s rank in the 2017 WEF‟s Global Travel and Tourism Competitive Index (GTTCI)? 9. Who has been appointed as new Ambassador and [A] 40th [B] 52nd Permanent Representative of India to the [C] 33rd [D] 67th United Nations (UN)? [A] Jai Singh [B] Niranjan Joshi 19. The Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) is [C] Ajit Kumar [D] Rajiv Chander located in which state? [A] Uttar Pradesh [B] Jharkhand 10. Which state government will provide one-time [C] Assam [D] Sikkim grant of Rs. 21,000 to families for third girl child? [A] Assam [B] Haryana 20. An exhibition titled „Swachhagraha – Bapu Ko [C] Punjab [D] Manipur Karyanjali‟ has inaugurated in which city to mark 100 years of the historic Champaran Satyagraha? 11. Which renowned personality has won the NTR [A] Kanpur [B] Porbandar National Film Award for year 2012? [C] Lucknow [D] New Delhi [A] S L Bhyrappa [B] S P Bala Subramanyam [C] Hema Malini [D] Dasari Narayana Rao 21. The Keibul Lamjao National Park is located in which state? 12. Which state government has started Gunotsav [A] Mizoram [B] Manipur programme to improve elementary education? [C] Tripura [D] Assam [A] Assam [B] Kerala [C] Manipur [D] Haryana 22. The G-7 Foreign Ministers meeting has started in which country? 13. Who has been appointed the new chairman of the [A] France [B] Italy National Association of Software and Services [C] Canada [D] Japan Companies (NASSCOM) for 2017-18? [A] B V R Mohan Reddy [B] Rishad Premji 23. The 12th ion of Indo – Mongolian Joint Military [C] Raman Roy [D] R Chandrashekhar Exercise “Nomadic Elephant” has started in which Indian state?

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[A] Mizoram [B] Uttarakhand 32. India has signed sport partnership agreement with [C] Tamil Nadu [D] Kerala which country to increase cooperation in sports? [A] Canada [B] United States 24. Which state government to launch cheap food [C] Russia [D] Australia canteen “Annapurna Bhojnalayas”? [A] Haryana [B] Manipur 33. Which state government has launched “Operation [C] Uttar Pradesh [D] Assam Durga” to ensure women safety? [A] Punjab [B] Uttar Pradesh 25. Who is the author of the book “Gandhi in [C] Madhya Pradesh [D] Haryana Champaran”? [A] DG Tendulkar [B] Anand Gandhi 34. Which state has bagged Krishi Karman Award [C] S Ganesan [D] Mahadev Desai 2015-16 for increase in food grains production? [A] Himachal Pradesh [B] Andhra Pradesh 26. Who has won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in fiction? [C] Madhya Pradesh [D] Uttar Pradesh [A] Hisham Matar [B] Colson Whitehead [C] Matthew Desmond [D] Lynn Nottage 34. Which state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union government for the „Power for All‟ scheme? 27. The first-ever G20 Digital Ministerial Meeting on [A] Madhya Pradesh [B] Jharkhand Digital Economy was held in which country? [C] Haryana [D] Uttar Pradesh [A] Japan [B] India [C] Russia [D] Germany 35. The Koradi Thermal Power Station (KTPS) is located in which state? 28. The Union government will launch “SAMPADA [A] Hayana [B] Andhra Pradesh Scheme” for which sector? [C] Tamil Nadu [D] Maharashtra [A] Mining [B] Education [C] Food processing [D] Tourism 36. Which of the following countries will hold their first-ever joint military exercise “Sagarmatha 29. Which committee has been constituted by the Friendship-2017”? Union government to monitor the regional air [A] Nepal and Myanmar [B] China and Nepal connectivity scheme “UDAN”? [C] Myanmar and China [D] Bhutan and [A] V L Mathew committee Myanmar [B] Nivya Murthy committee [C] R N Choubey committee 37. Which state police has launched „Tare Zameen Par [D] Deepak Sajwan committee programme‟ to enlighten children in Naxalaffected areas? 30. The National Safe Motherhood Day (NSMD) is [A] Odisha [B] Manipur observed on which date in India? [C] Uttarakhand [D] Jharkhand [A] April 13 [B] April 14 [C] April 12 [D] April 11 38. The Manipur government has launched „DARPAN‟ web portal to check corruption. What does 31. Which committee has been constituted by the “DARPAN” stands for? Union Government to examine the existing framework [A] Digital Application for Revalue by Public And with regard to Virtual Currencies? Nation [A] Dinesh Sharma committee [B] Digital Application for Reappraisal by Public And [B] Shaktikanta Das committee Nation [C] H R Khan committee [C] Digital Application for Review by Public And [D] B S Dharamraj committee Nation

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[D] Digital Application for Reassessment by Public 47. Which state government has launched “Kilkari” And Nation app to create awarness among pregnant women? [A] Punjab [B] Haryana 39. Which of the following banks has become the [C] Assam [D] Uttar Pradesh India‟s most-valued Public Sector Unit (PSU) in terms of market valuation? 48. The 15th ion of Indo-French naval exercise [A] Punjab National Bank [B] Exim Bank „Varuna‟ has started in which of the following sea [C] State Bank of India [D] Reserve Bank of ports? India [A] Port of Quilon [B] Visakhapatnam Port [C] Kochi Port [D] Toulon port 40. The Civil Services Day (CSD) is celebrated on which day in India? 49. Which state government has recently signed a [A] April 18 [B] April 21 MoU with Bharat Broadband Network Ltd (BBNL) to [C] April 19 [D] April 20 implement BharatNet? [A] Tamil Nadu [B] Uttar Pradesh [C] Assam [D] Manipur 41. The UN Chinese Language Day is observed on which date? 50. Who has been crowned Miss Teen Universe 2017 [A] April 23 [B] April 20 [A] Xirelle Agustin [B] Nicole Obando [C] April 21 [D] April 22 [C] Nieveles Gonzalez [D] Srishti Kaur

51. Which country has become the first country in the 42.Who has been chosen for the 2016 Sahitya world to ban the mining of metals? Akademi Award for translation in English language? [A] El Salvador [B] Mozambique [A] A R Vankatachalapathy [C] Seychelles [D] Namibia [B] Sri Aniruddhan Vasudevan [C] Githa Hariharan 52. Who has been conferred the 52nd ion of the [D] K Satchidanandan Jnanpith Award-2016? [A] Sankha Ghosh [B] Chandrashekhara Kambara 43. Which state will be awarded with Krishi Karman [C] Bishnu Dey [D] D R Bendre Award for 2015-16 for wheat production? [A] Madhya Pradesh [B] Rajasthan 53. What is the India‟s rank in the 2017 World Press [C] Uttar Pradesh [D] Kerala Freedom Index (WPFI)? [A] 133rd [B] 144th 44. Which city has been designated UNESCO World [C] 131st [D] 136th Book Capital 2018? [A] Athens [B] Ljubljana 54. Which international organisation has observed the [C] Conakry D] Alexandria 2017 World Day on Safety and Health at Work? [A] United Nations Security Council (UNSC) 45. The National Panchayati Raj Diwas is celebrated [B] International Court of Justice (ICJ) on which date in India? [C] World Health Organization (WHO) [A] April 23 [B] April 24 [D] International Labour Organization (ILO) [C] April 22 [D] April 25 55. India‟s first-ever transgender athletic meet was 46. Who will be conferred with the 2016 Dada Saheb held in which state? Phalke award? [A] Kerala [B] Tamil Nadu [A] Mrinal Sen [B] Adoor Gopalakrishnan [C] Assam [D] Himachal Pradesh [C] Soumitra Chatterjee [D] Kasinadhuni Viswanath

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56. Which country hosted the 2017 International [A] India [B] China Basava Convention (IBC)? [C] Japan [D] Norway

MAY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Which state government has launched Answer: D [Manipur] “Mahaswayam portal” for job seekers and employers? 8. What is the India‟s GDP growth forecast for FY 18, [A] Maharashtra [B] Uttar Pradesh as per World Bank (WB)‟s latest report “India Development Report”? [C] Kerala [D] Haryana [A] 7.2% [B] 7.4% Answer: A [Maharashtra ] [C] 7.7% [D] 7.5% 2. Which state government has recently declared Dailong village as biodiversity heritage site of the Answer: 7.2% state? 9. Which country is hosting the 2017 G7 summit? [A] Arunachal Pradesh [B] Mizoram [A] Japan [B] Canada [C] Tripura [D] Manipur [C] Italy [D] Germany

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Answer: C [Italy ] [B] Mukesh Sinha committee

10. India‟s longest bridge “Dhola-Sadia Bridge” has [C] J P Nadda committee built over which tributary of the Brahmaputra River? [D] Madhav Chitale committee [A] Kameng River [B] Lohit River Answer: D [Madhav Chitale committee] [C] Subansiri River [D] Manas River 16. The 2017 HADR exercise “Karavali Karunya” has Answer: B [Lohit River] started by Indian Navy in which state?

11. The Union Government has launched which web [A] Andhra Pradesh [B] Karnataka portal for online documentation verification for students? [C] Kerala [D] Tamil Nadu

[A] e-Verification [B] e-Sanad Answer: B [Karnataka]

[C] e-Students [D] e-Certificates 17. Which organisation has won the 2015 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize? Answer: B [e-Sanad] [A] United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 12. The World Turtle Day (WTD) is observed on (UNHCR) which date? [B] Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) [A] May 24 [B] May 25 [C] International Court of Justice (ICJ) [C] May 23 [D] May 26 [D] International Labour Organization (ILO) Answer: C [May 23] Answer: A [United Nations High Commissioner for 13. Who will become the new chairperson of the Refugees (UNHCR)] National Commission for Minorities (NCM)? 18. What is the India‟s rank in the 2017 Healthcare [A] George Kurian [B] Gayarul Hasan Access and Quality Index (HAQI), according to latest Lancet report “Global Burden of Disease (GBD)”? [C] Sulekha Kumbhare [D] Athornan Anjuman [A] 128th [B] 154th Answer: B [Gayarul Hasan] [C] 166th [D] 137th 14. Which high-level committee has recently submitted its report on Scouts and Guides to the Union Answer: B [154th] Government? 19. Which state government has launched e-textbook [A] Harsh Malhotra committee portal for school students?

[B] Ratan Watal committee [A] Assam [B] Kerala

[C] Injeti Srinivas committee [C] Karnataka [D] Haryana

[D] Abhijit Sen committee Answer: D [Haryana ]

Answer: A [Harsh Malhotra committee ] 20. India‟s first Aquatic Rainbow Technology Park (ARTP) will be set up in which city? 15. Which committee has recently recommended several measures for de-siltation of River Ganga? [A] Vishakhapatnam [B] Chennai

[A] K S S Banerjee committee [C] Kochi [D] Mumbai

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Answer: B [Chennai] 27. Which of the following has been adjudged as the cleanest railway station in category A1, as per recently 21. Sundaram Ravi is associated with which sports? released report by the Ministry of Railways?

[A] Cricket [B] Badminton [A] Vishakhapatnam [B] Jammu Tawi

[C] Hockey [D] Sprint [C] Secunderabad [D] Anand ViharTerminal

Answer: A [Cricket] Answer: A [Vishakhapatnam]

22. The 2017 bilateral maritime exercise “SIMBEX- 28. Who has become the first Indian woman to scale 17” has started between India and which country? Mount Everest for the fourth time?

[A] Sri Lanka [B] South Africa [A] Anshu Jamsenpa [B] Lhakpa Sherpa

[C] South Korea [D] Singapore [C] Premlata Agarwal [D] Malavath Purna

Answer: D [Singapore] Answer: A [Anshu Jamsenpa]

23. Which city to host the 2017 annual convention of 29. Who will lead the Indian delegation to the 2017 the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group? G20 Labour & Employment Ministers‟ Meet?

[A] Valencia [B] Gandhinagar [A] Rajit Punhani [B] Bandaru Dattatraya

[C] Lisbon [D] Shanghai [C] Sushma Swaraj [D] Arun Jaitley

Answer: B [Gandhinagar] Answer: B [Bandaru Dattatraya]

24. Which Indian scientist has won the 2017 Dan 30. Which state government has constituted “Maa David prize in the “Future” category? committee” to check mid day meal quality in schools?

[A] Dronamraju Krishna Rao [B] Biman Bagchi [A] Uttar Pradesh [B] Assam

[C] Har Gobind Khorana [D] Shrinivas [C] Tamil Nadu [D] Himachal Pradesh Kulkarni Answer: A [Uttar Pradesh] Answer: D [Shrinivas Kulkarni] 31. Who has been awarded the 2017 INSA Young 25. Which Indian-American student has won the 2017 Scientist award for research in cancer treatment? National Geographic Bee contest? [A] R D Trivedi [B] Aasok Tmange [A] Veda Bhattaram [B] Pranay Varada [C] Sidharth Deshmukh [D] Aravind Kumar Rengan [C] George Sudarshan [D] Jayant Narlikar Answer: D [Aravind Kumar Rengan] Answer: B [Pranay Varada ] 32. Which union minister has launched Operation 26. Which Indian wildlife activist has won the 2017 Clean Portal for transparent tax administration? Whitley Awards? [A] Sushma Swaraj [B] Arun Jaitley [A] Sanjay Gubbi [B] Naresh Kadyan [C] Narendra Modi [D] Rajnath Singh [C] Aruna Sabhane [D] Shahriar Kabir Answer: B [Arun Jaitley] Answer: A [Sanjay Gubbi] 33. The Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) is located in which state?

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[A] Tamil Nadu [B] Odisha [A] Kerala [B] Gujarat

[C] Assam [D] Karnataka [C] Karnataka [D] Maharashtra

Answer: B [Odisha] Answer: B [Kerala ]

34. Who has become the first Indian to win gold at the 40. Which country to host first-ever One Belt One 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship? Road (OBOR) Summit?

[A] Sumit Kumar [B] Bajrang Punia [A] China [B] India

[C] Sarita Mann [D] Amit Sangwan [C] Nepal [D] Maldives

Answer: B [Bajrang Punia] Answer: A [China]

35. Which IIT institute has collaborated with the 41. Who has become the first Indian woman to be British Geological Survey (BGS) to turn Varanasi into conferred with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Global a smart city? Corporate Citizenship?

[A] IIT Bombay [B] IIT Madra [A] Shikha Sharma

[C] IIT Kharagpur [D] IIT Indore [B] Usha Ananthasubramanian

Answer: C [IIT Kharagpur] [C] Arundhati Bhattacharya

36. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister [D] Chanda Kochhar of France? Answer: D [Chanda Kochhar] [A] Edouard Philippe [B] Bernard Cazeneuve 42. Which Indian personality has been appointed [C] Manuel Valls [D] Michel Debre WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in South- East Asia Region? Answer: A [Edouard Philippe] [A] Shah Rukh Khan [B] Aamir Khan 37. What is the India‟s rank in the 2017 World Bank‟s Power accessibility list? [C] Priyanka Chopra [D] Amitabh Bachchan

[A] 39th [B] 26th Answer: D [Amitabh Bachchan ]

[C] 44th [D] 16th 43. Which country to host the 2017 Arctic Energy Summit (AES)? Answer: B [26th] [A] Uruguay [B] Finland 38. Which Indian village has won the 2017 Smart Village Award? [C] Ireland [D] Zambia

[A] Punsari [B] Mawlynnong Answer: B [Finland ]

[C] Govardhan Ecovillage [D] Dharnai 44. Which state has become the first Indian state to introduce a logo for vehicles driven by persons with Answer: B [Govardhan Ecovillage ] hearing impairment?

39. Which state has topped the 2017 Public Affairs [A] Telangana [B] Himachal Pradesh Index (PAI) in governance? [C] Gujarat [D] Maharashtra

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Answer: A [Telangana] 49. Who has been conferred with the 2017 Young Scientist award from the Indian National Science 45. Indian Army will re-introduce CASO as Academy (INSA)? „permanent feature‟ of counter-terror operations. What does “CASO” stands for? [A] T S Gupta [B] Vijay Singh

[A] Cordon and Searchlight Operations [C] Vikram Vishal [D] Sidharth Malhotra

[B] Cordon and Search Operations Answer: C [Vikram Vishal]

[C] Cordon and Seeding Operations 50. Which Indian actress has won the best actress award at the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) [D] Cordon and Seed Operations 2017?

Answer: B [Cordon and Search Operations] [A] Ratna Pathak [B] Konkona Sen Sharma

46. Which online facility has been launched by the [C] Anushka Sharma [D] Ramya Krishnan Union Government to provide direct solution to Answer: B [Konkona Sen Sharma] problem of agriculture sector? 51. Which state government has recently imposed a [A] e-Krishi Samasya [B] e-Krishi Samvad ban on sale of High in Fat, Salt and Sugar (HFSS) food [C] e-Krishi Samveda [D] e-Krishi Solution at school canteens? [A] Maharashtra [B] Punjab Answer: B [e-Krishi Samvad]

47. The 29th India–Indonesia bilateral maritime [C] Uttar Pradesh [D] Madhya Pradesh exercise “CORPAT-2017” has started under which Answer: A [Maharashtra ] Indian Naval Command? 52. The Sakewa Festival has recently celebrated in [A] Eastern Naval Command which state?

[B] Western Naval Command [A] Jharkhand [B] Arunachal Pradesh

[C] Southern Naval Command [C] Sikkim [D] Manipur

[D] Andaman and Nicobar Command Answer: C [Sikkim ]

Answer: D [Andaman and Nicobar Command] 53. Which high-level committee has been set up by the Union Government to provide credible data for 48. Which digital filing system has been launched for Supreme Court of India (SCI)? employment policies? [A] Pulak Ghosh committee [A] Integrated e-filing Information System

[B] Integrated Digital Transparency System [B] TCA Ananth committee [C] Arvind Panagariya committee [C] Integrated Case Management Information System

[D] Integrated Transparency Information System [D] Manish Sabharwal committee Answer: C [Arvind Panagariya committee ] Answer: C [Integrated Case Management Information System] 54. Which state government has signed pact with Oracle for cloud-based citizen services?

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[A] Chennai [B] Kochi Answer: B [Kenya]

[C] New Delhi [D] Pune 62. India‟s first bio refinery plant has set up in which of the following states? Answer: C [New Delhi] [A] Andhra Pradesh [B] Assam 56. The 2017 hunting festival “Bishu Parv” was observed in which state? [C] Tamil Nadu [D] Maharashtra

[A] Jharkhand [B] Manipur Answer: D [Maharashtra]

[C] West Bengal [D] Odisha 63. Which of the following is the official mascot of the 22nd edition of Asian Athletics Championships-2017? Answer: A [Jharkhand] [A] Bawean Deer [B] Misha 57. The Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state? [C] Olly Turtle [D] Flying Squirrel

[A] Maharashtra [B] Jharkhand Answer: C [Olly Turtle]

[C] Assam [D] Uttar Pradesh 64. Which state government has recently signed an agreement with United Nations and IIIT for setting up Answer: B [Jharkhand] innovation lab in the state?

58. The Navegaon National Park is located in which [A] Madhya Pradesh [B] Chhattisgarh state? [C] Assam [D] Odisha [A] Uttar Pradesh [B] West Bengal Answer: B [Chhattisgarh ] [C] Gujarat [D] Maharashtra 65. Justice (retd) Leila Seth, the renowned jurist has Answer: D [Maharashtra ] passed away. She was the first woman chief justice of which high court? 59. The 2017 joint military exercise “Balikatan” has started between United States and which country? [A] Himachal Pradesh high court

[A] Saudi Arabia [B] Pakistan [B] Madhya Pradesh high court

[C] Israel [D] Philippines [C] Andhra Pradesh high court

Answer: D [Philippines ] [D] Kerala high court

60. The 2017 multinational military exercise “Eager Answer: A [Himachal Pradesh high court] Lion” has started in which of the following countries? 66. The world‟s biggest-ever X- ray laser “European [A] Italy [B] Kuwait XFEL” has generated its first X-ray laser light from [C] Jordan [D] Qatar which country? [A] France [B] Germany Answer: C [Jordan]

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[C] Italy [D] Belgium 72. Which social networking site has officially launched “Express Wi-Fi” internet services in India? Answer: B [Germany] [A] YouTube [B] Facebook 67. Which committee has been constituted by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) to [C] Twitter [D] Instagram lay down technical standards for performance of core services? Answer: B [Facebook]

[A] R B Barman committee 73. Which city has become the India‟s cleanest city, according to the Swachh Bharat survey 2017? [B] Nand Lal Sarda committee [A] Indore [B] Tiruchirapally [C] Pulak Ghosh committee [C] Mysuru [D] Visakhapatnam [D] V G Kannan committee Answer: A [Indore ] Answer: A [R B Barman committee] 74. Which Indian personality has been conferred with 68. The Vansda National Park (VNP) is located in the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit Surgnye Medal which state? of the South Korea?

[A] Rajasthan [B] Punjab [A] Arun Thakur [B] Rajive Kaul

[C] Assam [D] Gujarat [C] Rajesh Shukla [D] Sonali Mishra

Answer: D [Gujarat] Answer: B [Rajive Kaul]

69. Where is the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi 75. Who has been appointed the new chairman of the National Forest Academy (IGNFA)? Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament?

[A] Indore [B] Visakhapatnam [A] KV Thomas [B] Subhash Chandra Baheria [C] Dehradun [D] Pune [C] Janardan Singh Sigriwal [D] Mallikarjun Kharge Answer: C [Dehradun] Answer: D [Mallikarjun Kharge] 70. The 2017 National Standards Conclave (NSC) was held in which city? 76. The world‟s highest railway bridge will come up over which Indian River? [A] New Delhi [B] Jaipur [A] Narmada [B] Godavari [C] Lucknow [D] Indore [C] Ganga [D] Chenab Answer: A [New Delhi] Answer: D [Chenab ] 71. Which state government has recently become the registered proprietor of the GI tag for 77. Which country is hosting the 27th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UN Human Banganapalle mangoes? Rights Council (UNHRC)?

[A] Uttar Pradesh [B] Himachal Pradesh [A] Switzerland [B] Singapore

[C] Madhya Pradesh [D] Andhra Pradesh [C] South Africa [D] Seychelles

Answer: D [Andhra Pradesh] Answer: A [Switzerland ]

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78. Recently, Sualgiri and Swalgiri communities have [C] April 28 [D] April 30 been notified as Scheduled Castes in the Indian constitution. The communities are associated with Answer: D [April 30] which state? 84. Which union minister has launched a nationwide [A] Manipur [B] Odisha “Vidya – Veerta Abhiyan” to honour war warriors?

[C] Assam [D] West Bengal [A] Narendra Modi [B] Rajnath Singh

Answer: B [Odisha] [C] Arun Jaitley [D] Prakash Javadekar 79. The new Index of Industrial Production (IIP) series for India will be calculated on which base year? Answer: D [Prakash Javadekar]

[A] 2006-07 [B] 2008-09 85. India‟s first-ever digitised Panchayat ward has come up in which of the following states? [C] 2010-11 [D] 2011-12 [A] Assam [B] Kerala Answer: D [2011-12] [C] Gujarat [D] Rajasthan 80. Which country is hosting the 50th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Answer: B [Kerala ] Governors? 86. Which state is the India‟s most corrupt state, [A] Japan [B] India according to latest survey by the Centre for Media Studies (CMS)? [C] South Africa [D] Sri Lanka [A] Andhra Pradesh [B] Maharashtra Answer: A [Japan] [C] Karnataka [D] Jammu & 81. Which state has become the first Indian state to Kashmir shift to to January to December financial year? Answer: C [Karnataka ] [A] Maharashtra [B] Kerala 87. The South Asia satellite “GSAT-09” will be [C] Andhra Pradesh [D] Madhya Pradesh launched by ISRO from which launch vehicle?[A] GSLV Mk-III [B] GSLV Mk-II Answer: D [Madhya Pradesh] [C] GSLV Mk-IV [D] GSLV Mk-V 82. Who has been bestowed with the 2017 Avvaiyar Award? Answer: B [GSLV Mk-II]

[A] Kirti Ghosh [B] Sarada Menon

[C] Padma Venkataraman [D] Mukesh Aghi

Answer: C [Padma Venkataraman]

83. The National Anti-Child Labour Day is observed on which day in India?

[A] April 26 [B] April 24

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JUNE 2017 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS

1. Which country to host 2017 board of governors meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

a)South Korea b)China c)India d)South Africa 2. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)?

a) Keshav Prasad Maurya b )Ram Shankar Katheria c) P M Kamalamma d) PL Poonia

3. India‟s first freight village will be set up in which of

the following cities?

a)New Delhi b)Udaipur c)Varanasi d) Chennai

4. Which country to host 2017 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?

a) Kazakhstan b) Uzbekistan c)Tajikistan d)Kyrgyzstan

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6. Who has become the first Indian woman to scale a) Tamil Nadu b) Maharashtra Mt. Everest from China side? c) Odisha d) Andhra Pradesh a)Radhika GR b)Anshu Jamsenpa c)Anita Kundu d)Arunima Sinha 13. Miroslav Lajcak will be the new President of United Nations General Assembly. He hails from which country? 7. The Sri Venkateswara National Park is located in which state? a) Slovakia b) Fiji a)Kerala b)Karnataka c) Uruguay d)Senegal c)Himachal Pradesh d)Andhra Pradesh 14. What is the India‟s rank in the 2017 global Multi- dimensional Poverty Index (MPI)? 8. Which Indian organisation has won the 2017 Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) Award? a) 45th b) 58th a) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) c) 37th d) 26th b)National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) 15. Which committee has been formed by the c)Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on d)Defence Research and Development Organisation corporate governance? (DRDO) a) Uday Kotak committee b) Naysa Modi committee 9. Who has been sworn-in as the new President of c) Tejas Muthusamy committee d) Saketh Sundar committee Serbia? a)Ivica Dacic b)Tomislav Nikolic 16. Who has become the first Indian to be nominated c)Dragan Sutanovac d)Alexsandar Vucic as a member of the ITTF Umpires and Referees Committee (URC)?

10. Which state government has launched digital a) S. Sridhar b) Raksheet Kota wallet “T-Wallet” for people with and without mobile c) Ganeshan Neelakanta Iyer d) Pankaj Awasthi phones? a) Karnataka b)Odisha c)Telangana d)Manipur 17. The researchers of which IIT institute has developed a wireless technology “AmbuSens” to

monitor hospital-bound patients? 11. What is the India‟s rank in the 2017 Global Peace Index, as per global think tank Institute for Economics a) IIT Kharagpur b) IIT Madras c) IIT Varanasi d) IIT Roorkee and Peace (IEP)? a)141st b)133rd c)155th d)137th 18. The Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state?

a) Sikkim b) Tripura

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19. What is the theme of 2017 World Environment Day (WED)? 25. India‟s first-ever Rural LED Street Lighting Project will be set up in which state? a) Green Economy: Does it include you? b) Raise Your Voice Not The Sea Level a) Andhra Pradesh b) Kerala c) Connecting People to Nature c) Uttar Pradesh d) Assam d) Think.Eat.Save 26. What is the India‟s rank in the 2017 IMD World Competitiveness Index?

20. India‟s first smartcard-based Public Bicycle a) 37th b) 41st Sharing (PBS) initiative “Trin Trin” has launched in c) 45th d) 28th which city? 27. Which state has become the India‟s first state to a) Mysuru b) New Delhi launch single-women pension scheme? c) Lucknow d) Chennai a) Andhra Pradesh b) Telangana 21. Who has become the new Solicitor General of c) Kerala d) Karnataka India? a) Tushar Mehta b) Pinky Anand 28. TATA Projects has recently launched which c) Ranjit Kumar d) P S Narsimha initiative to promote green cover in India? 22. ISRO has successfully launched GSAT-19 communication satellite through which launch vehicle? a) Green Thumb b) Green Mountain c) Green India d) Green Earth a) GSLV Mark III b) GSLV Mark IV c) GSLV Mark II d) GSLV Mark V 29. What is the India‟s rank in the 2017 IMD World 23. The International Day of Innocent Children Digital Competitiveness Index? Victims of Aggression is observed on which date? a) 22nd b) 45th a) Jun-05 b) Jun-04 c) 39th d) 51st c) Jun-06 d) Jun-03

24. The Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state?

30. India has signed pact with which neighboring country to provide $318 million as line of credit for railway projects? a) Sri Lanka b) Nepal 32. Which Indian personality has joined UNICEF‟s c) Nepal d) Bangladesh „Super Dads‟ campaign?

a) Amitabh Bachchan b) Sachin Tendulkar 31. Who has been sworn-in as the new Prime minister c) Shah Rukh Khan d) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore of Nepal? a) Bam Bahadur Kunwar b) Sher Bahadur Deuba 33. Which country has officially become the new c) Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah d) Kirti Nidhi Bista member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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a) Axis Bank b) ICICI Bank 35. Which city is hosting the 2017 Shanghai c) State Bank of India d) HDFC Bank Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit? a) Dushanbe b) Astana 40. Which news agency will set up $1 million fund to c) Beijing d) Tashken boost BRICS media cooperation?

36. Which Indian bank will set up 100 digital villages a) Independent Media from South Africa across the country? b)Xinhua from China a) Punjab National Bank b) Dena Bank c) CMA Group from Brazil d) The Hindu from India c) State Bank of India d) Vijaya Bank

37. Nepal has tied up with which country to build

1200MW Budhi-Gandaki Hydropower Project? a) China b)India c) India d) United States

38. Which tennis pair have won the 2017 French Open mixed doubles tournament?

JULY 2017 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS

1. Recently Environment Ministry has approved 3. Which of the following is the new mobile application for syncing Aadhar data on mobile phones? Projects in 3 states under NAFCC (a) e- Aadhaar (b) e-sync (c) m-sync (d) Which of the following is not the one that got m-Aadhaar approval? 4. Under which article of the constitution, the governor (a) Sikkim (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Gujarat can dismiss the state government if it fails to prove the majority on the floor of the assembly? 2. Mukya – mantra Jal Swalamban Abiyan is a scheme to attain self-reliance in water requirement. It was (a) Art 163 (b) Art 164 (c) Art 165 (d) Art166 introduce in ______5. who is the list women sikh MP in UK‟s parliament (a) Rajasthan (b) Maharashtra (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Odisha (a) Preet Kaw Gill (b) (c) (d)

6. Indian‟s first Bio-CNG bus was unveiled by _____

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(a) Asok Leyland (b) Tata Motors (c) Toyato (d) 17. EBLM – JO 555 – 57 Ab is _____ Maruthi (a) Newly discovered Galaxy 7. Recently developed 3D printed heart was made of ______(b) Newly discovered smallest star

(a) Manjanese (b) Graphene (c) carbon (d) Silicon (c) Newly discovered largest planet

8. The union ministry of health and family welfare has (d) Newly discovered smallest planet released National strategic plan for Malaria 18. NH – 39 runs in ______Elimination. According to That, the deadline for Malaria elimination has set as ______(a) Kashmir (b) Gujarat (c) Manipur (d) Goa

(a) 2022 (b) 2030 (c) 2027 (d) 2045 19. Regional centre of International Rice Research institutes to be setup at ______9. Who is the winner of 2017 Wimbledon in men‟s singles category? (a) Varanasi (b) Gwalior (c) Patna (d) Chennai

(a) Rafael Nadal (b) Roger Federal (c) Navok 20. 5 states and 1 union territory has inked MOU with Djokovich (d) Leander Paes central government on government e- Marketplace which of the following has not joined the initiative? 10. which Airport was ranked first in customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) survey? (a) Gujarat (b) Telungana

(a) Rajpur (b) Vadipur (c) Amritsar (d) Dehradun (c) Assam (d) Madhya Pradesh

11. India‟s Position in “Global Index of countries with 21. According to OECD –FAO report, India will most confidence in their government is ____ become largest milk produce in _____

12 World youth skills day is observed on ______22. Which is the first state to fix minimum education qualification of co-operative body pol? (a) 1st July (b) 15 July (c) 5th July (d) 20 July (a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan 13. India has contributed additional $1 million fund to which of the following international organization (c) Chattisgarh (d) Odisha funds? 23. World population day is observed on _____ (a) OECD (b) UN – Development partnership fund (c) UN – Environment Programme (d) Interpol (a) 10 July (b) 11 July

14. India‟s rank in 2017 Sustainable Development (c) 12 July (d) 13 July 23,2017 Goal Index is ______24. Men – only Island: Okinoshima Island is situated (a) 105 (b) 110 (c) 116 (d) 122 in ____ (a) North America (b) China (c) Japan (d) Australia 15. 2018 International theater rhympics is to held is _____ 25. Which is India‟ s first world heritage city?

(a) Srilanka (b) Myanmar (c) India (d) Nepal (a) Ahmedabad (b) Allahabad

16. India‟s first Technology and Innovation support (c) Varanasi (d) Bhuvaneshwar center (TISC) is to be setup at ______26. The combines Naval exercise of India, Japan and (a) Punjab (b) Delhi (c) Gujarat (d) Bihar US is called as ____ Unique IAS Academy, 1st Street, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-0422-4204182, 9884267599. Admission Open – UPSC (IAS /IPS), TNPSC Gr I, Gr II, VAO, Gr IV Exams Page 39

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(a) Garuda (b) Shakthi (c) Mitra-shakti (d)Malabar

27. India and ____ have decided to construct bridge along Mizoram border

(a) Nepal (b) Bangledesh (c) Mayanmar (d)Srilanka

28. 12th G20 summit held in _____

(a) Japan (b) Bangladesh

29. India‟s rank in second global cyber security Index is _____

(a) 20 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d)25

30. Maitree is the joint military exerceise between India and _____

(a) Myanmar (b) Israel (c) Japan (d) Thailand

31. Recently appointed chief election commissioner is _____

(a) Nazim Zaidi (b) Rajesh Lakani

32. Kambala is a traditional sport event of _____

(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka (c) Kerala (d) Odisha

33. Which government has raised a new special Rheino protection force (SRPF) for protection of rhinos?

(a) Bihar (b) Meghalaya (c) Sikkim (d) Assam

34. Who is the attomey general of India?

(a) Mukul Rohatji (b) Raja Gopal (c) K.K. Venugopal (d) J.P. Dhanapaul

35. Ordlinance power of governor is given in the article ______of Indian constitution

(a)art 123 (b) art 76 (c) art 161 (d) art 213

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