1. Name the Indian Shooter who claimed a bronze medal in the women's 10m Air Pistol as India ended the Grand Prix of Liberation Plezn 2017 shooting championships in Czech Republic with seven medals. (a) Jeetu Rai (b) Deepa Malik (c) Heena Sindhu (d) Aparna Ghosh (e) Rupali Tomer
2. Name the senior diplomat who has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to the Netherlands. (a) Gopal Rangasami (b) Venu Rajamony (c) Kavitha Kalavathi (d) S S Kamath (e) Anirudh Bhattacharya
3. Name the fast bowler who is now the leading wicket-taker in Women’s ODIs, as per the recent ICC data. (a) S.R. Taylor (b) E. Bisht (c) M. Kapp (d) Jhulan Goswami (e) A. Shrubsole
4. Name the newly appointed President of South Korea. (a) Park Geun-hye (b) Lee Myung-bak (c) Roh Moo-hyun (d) Kim Dae-jung (e) Moon Jae-In
5. The Supreme Court has taken its first step towards becoming a paperless, digital court. The First Chief Justice of Supreme Court was ______. (a) Harilal J. Kania (b) M. Patanjali Sastri (c) Mehr Chand Mahajan (d) Sudhi Ranjan Das (e) Bijan Kumar Mukherjea
6. Presiding over a review meeting of the states affected by Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has recently announced a new strategy against the Maoists which is named as ______. (a) SURAKSHA (b) SABAL (c) SAMADHAN (d) VAJRA (e) SAMARTHA
7. DIPAM has recently set up an Investor Facilitation Platform that will provide information about stocks of public sector units. What does 'I' stands for on DIPAM? (a) Import (b) Investment (c) Income (d) Investigation (e) None of the given options is true 8. DIPAM is headed by ______. (a) Defense Minister (b) Home Minister (c) Parliament of India (d) Finance Minister (e) Agriculture Minister
9. The World Migratory Bird Day is observed every year on ______. (a) 12 May (b) 10 May (c) 9 May (d) 11 May (e) 8 May
10. South Korea has recently got its new President. Its Currency is ______. (a) Krone (b) Mon (c) Won (d) Rial (e) Korean Dollar
11. Technology giant Oracle has launched its cloud computing service for India, which aims to support the government's GST rollout in July and plans to open data centers in the country. Oracle is ______based company. (a) South Korea (b) USA (c) Sweden (d) UAE (e) Australia
12. The theme of World Migratory Bird Day 2017 is ______. (a) Lets Bring them Back (b) Save Birds and Save Our Future (c) Helping Birds along the Way (d) Their Future is Our Future – A Healthy Planet for Migratory Birds and People (e) Conserving Colonial Birds - A step towards better future
13. Banking on the Government's drive to promote a cash-less economy, cashback portal Cashkaro.com has tied up with which of the following banks to launch card-linked offers as part of its loyalty programme for both offline and online shoppers. (a) YES Bank (b) SBI (c) Axis Bank (d) ICICI Bank (e) HDFC Bank
14. What is the capital of South Korea? (a) Incheon (b) Pohang (c) Seoul (d) Pyongyang (e) Hamhung
15. CEO and MD of Yes Bank is ______. (a) Ravi Krishan Takkar (b) Rana Kapoor (c) Sunil Mehta (d) Shikha Pandey (e) Yatendra Singh
16. Eminent personality Raees Khan died recently. He was famous ______.
(a) Classical Singer (b) Kathak Dancer (c) Sitar Player (d) Shehnai Player (e) Music Director
17. Name the country that has been unanimously elected as the President of UN-Habitat, an organ of the United Nations Organization. (a) China (b) Chile (c) Japan (d) India (e) Sri Lanka
18. Name the Database Company that has recently signed an MoU with the Government of Jharkhand to improve cloud-based citizen services and to make Jharkhand an attractive destination for start-ups. (a) Microsoft (b) Oracle (c) IBM (d) SAP (e) QuickHeal
19. India's growth is expected to rebound to ______percent in the 2017-18 fiscal and ______percent in 2018-19 after disruptions caused by demonetization, as per the IMF (International Monetary Fund) report, respectively. (a) 7.2 and 7.7 (b) 7.1 and 7.6 (c) 7.0 and 7.8 (d) 7.3 and 7.4 (e) 7.0 and 7.3
20. DIPP and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have recently signed an agreement to establish Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISC). What does 'I' stands for in DIPP? (a) Integrated (b) Information (c) Import (d) Industrial (e) Investment
21. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has unveiled the logo and mascot of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships scheduled to be held in Bhubaneswar. The mascot is named as ______. (a) Olive Tortoise (b) Olly Turtle (c) King Kong Turtle (d) Steady Turtle (e) Purple Turtle 22. Which of the following sate has recently decided to gather a detailed data of every resident of the state and issue a sleek identity for every house? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Karnataka (c) Haryana (d) Uttar Pradesh (e) Himachal Pradesh
23. India's largest cab aggregator Ola has partnered with which of the following company to launch a range of integrated digital offerings to customers. (a) Reliance Comm. (b) Vodafone India (c) TATA (d) Idea (e) Bharti Airtel
24. Name the Hollywood actor who has recently grabbed the first-ever Genderless Acting Award for the Best Actor category at the MTV Movie and TV Awards. (a) Scarlett Johansson (b) Johnny Depp (c) Mila Kunis (d) Emma Watson (e) Jannifer Aniston
25. Who is the present Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF)? (a) Takehiko Nakao (b) Ban Ki Moon (c) Christine Lagarde (d) Sung San Ki (e) Adams Pattinson
26. Name the finance company that has recently launched India's first and the simplest life insurance product that can be bought at a point of sale (PoS). (a) Edelweiss Tokio (b) Modaraba Company (c) Power Finance Corporation (d) Shriram Transport Finance (e) Centrum Finance
27. Heena Sindhu claimed a bronze medal in the women's 10m Air Pistol at the Grand Prix of Liberation Plezn 2017 shooting championships. The event was held in ______. (a) India (b) Czech Republic (c) Indonesia (d) China (e) Austria
28. Name the present Governor of Haryana. (a) E. S. L. Narasimhan (b) Padmanabha Acharya (c) Banwarilal Purohit (d) Kaptan Singh Solanki (e) Duvvuri Subbarao
29. The government has appointed Melwyn Rego as the new MD and CEO of which of the following banks? (a) Syndicate Bank (b) UCO Bank (c) Allahabad Bank (d) Dena Bank (e) IDBI Bank
30. The government of Pakistan has recently approved the appointment of ______as Pakistan’s next high commissioner (Envoy) to India. (a) Sohail Mahmood (b) Abdul Basit (c) Mohammad Amer (d) Irrfan Khan (e) Jalaan Kurmu
31. Name the squash player who recently scripted history by becoming the first Indian to clinch the Asian Squash title held in Chennai.
(a) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (b) Saurav Ghoshal (c) Abdul Bari (d) Joshna Chinappa (e) Anuroop Dayal
32. India and Turkey has recently signed an agreement to strengthen co-operation in combating terrorism. What is the Capital of Turkey? (a) Cairo (b) Ankara (c) Monaco (d) Pattaya (e) Berlin
33. Name the Chief Minister of one of the Indian state who has been selected for the ‘Transformative Chief Minister Award 2017’ in recognition for his role in advancing the US-India partnership at the state level. (a) Nitish Kumar (b) Pinarayi Vijayan (c) Chandrababu Naidu (d) Siddaramaiah (e) Naveen Patnaik
34. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has recently announced new office-bearers for the year 2017-18. Who has been appointed as the new President of CII? (a) Shobana Kamineni (b) D. Naushad Forbes (c) Abdulla Ansari (d) Humani Dutta (e) Usha Gupta
35. Asha Parekh’s autobiography “Asha Parekh: The Hit Girl” was released recently in New Delhi. 'The Hit Girl' has been penned down by ______. (a) Javed Akhtar (b) Kamaal Rashid (c) Salaman Rushdi (d) Khalid Mohamed (e) Manoj Darsheel 36. Name the city that has recently become the first city in the world to get its own Microsoft font. (a) Geneva (b) Dubai (c) New Delhi (d) Cairo (e) Paris
37. Union government has recently launched two schemes “One IP- Two Dispensaries” and “Aadhaar based Online Claim Submission” on the occasion of International Labour Day. Who is the present Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment? (a) D. V. Sadananda Gowda (b) Gopinath Munde (c) Bandaru Dattatreya (d) Maneka Gandhi (e) Anant Geete
38. Union Human Resource Development Minister PrakashJavadekar launched a nationwide campaign to encourage Universities to display portraits of Param Veer Chakra-decorated soldiers. What is the name of this campaign? (a) Vidyathi-VeertaAbhiyan (b) Vidya-Shakti Abhiyan (c) Vidya-VeeranganaAbhiyan (d) Vidya-VeertaAbhiyan (e) Shakti-VeertaAbhiyan
39. Name the first person from the North-Eastern Region who took over as the New Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. (a) Anthony Lianzuala (b) AnupSisodia (c) MukulRanjan (d) RupeshNathGoel (e) AbdurKazir
40. Name the recipient of ‘Transformative Chief Minister award' for 2016. (a) ShankhaGhosh (b) UpulChaturvedi (c) Suparna Samantha (d) Jaya Bhattacharya (e) Amitabh Kant
41. Name the current Union Human Resource Development Minister of India. (a) SmritiIrani (b) Kalraj Mishra (c) Radha Mohan Singh (d) PrakashJavadekar (e) Thawar Chand Gehlot
42. The World Press Freedom Day is observed globally on ______(a) 1st May (b) 3rd May (c) 30th April (d) 2nd May (e) 29th April 43. On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, UNESCO has co-organized the World Press Freedom Day's main event and the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize Ceremony in ______. (a) Geneva, Switzerland (b) New York, USA (c) Jakarta, Indonesia (d) Barcelona, Spain (e) Saint John, Canada
44. Which of the following Indian state has recently become the first state to switch to the January- December financial year from the existing April-March cycle? (a) Maharashtra (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Odisha (d) Tripura (e) Madhya Pradesh
45. The World Press Freedom Day was observed recently by UNESCO. Who is the Director-General of UNESCO? (a) Peter Thomson (b) Ban Ki-moon (c) Antonio Guterres (d) Irina Bokova (e) Juan Somavia
46. The government has appointed retired Supreme Court judge ______as the next chairman of Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).
(a) M. PatanjaliSastri (b) VikramajitSen (c) Shiva Kirti Singh (d) Balbir Singh Chauhan (e) Ram PrakashSethi
47. For the first time since Nagaland officially gained recognition as a state, a state Police Officer AtuZumvu has been awarded one of the nations' military honour, ‘Shaurya Chakra’. Nagaland attained statehood in which year? (a) 1965 (b) 1955 (c) 1971 (d) 1963 (e) 1975
48. Prime Minister NarendraModi released a book authored by LokSabha Speaker SumitraMahajan in New Delhi, recently. The book is titled as ______. (a) Matopadesh (b) Bhagyashree (c) Matoshree (d) Preranadayini (e) Hanswahini
49. The government has recently set up an 'Inter-Ministerial Committee' to monitor the regional air connectivity scheme named ______. (a) UDAY (b) UDAAN (c) UJJWALA (d) UNNATI (e) UDAN
50. Name the novel authored by Colson Whitehead that has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, recently. (a) The Underground Railroad (b) Don Quixote (c) The Odyssey by Homer (d) In Search of Time (e) The Divine Comedy