Is Now In CHENNAI | MADURAI | TRICHY | SALEM | COIMBATORE | CHANDIGARH | BANGALORE|NAMAKKAL|ERODE|PUDUCHERRY www.raceinstitute.in | www.bankersdaily.in CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ MAY 2017 Chennai: #1, South Usman Road, T Nagar. | Madurai: #24/21, Near Mapillai Vinayagar Theatre, Kalavasal. | Trichy: opp BSNL office, Juman Center, 43 Promenade Road, Cantonment. | Salem: #209, Sonia Plaza / Muthu Complex, Junction Main Rd, State Bank Colony, Salem. | Coimbatore #545, 1st floor, Adjacent to SBI (DB Road Branch), Diwan Bahadur Road, RS Puram, Coimbatore (Kovai) – 641002 | Chandigarh: SCO 131-132 Sector 17C. | Bangalore. H.O: 7601808080 / 9043303030 | www.raceinstitute.in Chennai RACE Coaching Institute Pvt Ltd Chennai | Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Chandigarh | Bangalore www.raceinstitute.in | www.bankersdaily.in Q.1) Which of the following person had Q.4) Dubai has teamed up with which company inaugurated the State‟s first automatic weather to become the world‟s first city to have a font station at Dongargaon in Vidarbha region to help named after the gleaming metropolis? farmers plan and manage the sowing process a) Google b) Wipro better? c) Oracle d) Microsoft a) Devendra Fadnavis e) Accenture b) Vidhya Sekhar Rao Q.5) Who has been appointed as the New c) S.C Jamir Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in New d) Narendra Modi Delhi, recently? e) Pranab Mukherjee a) Vimal Roorkee Q.2) Name the Minister of State (I/C) for Labour b) Stephen Lianz and Employment who launched two schemes c) Antony Villa “One IP - Two Dispensaries” and “Aadhaar based d) George Lianzuala Online Claim Submission” on the occasion of e) Anthony Lianzuala International Labour Day? Q.6) Who has been appointed as the first women a) Anil Madhav Dave president of industry body - Confederation of b) Piyush Goyal Indian Industry? c) Bandaru Dattatreya a) Hemana Karthika d) Rajiv Pratap Rudy b) Karthika Kamayakra e) Vijay Goel c) Shobana Kamineni Q.3) Prakash Javadekar launched Vidya - Veerta d) Shobana Kamalini Abhiyan in New Delhi to encourage the students e) Karthika Kumar from Universities and educational institutions Q.7) Which of the following Chief Minister has across the country to display portraits of Param been selected for the „Transformative Chief Veer Chakra-decorated soldiers. He is a_______. Minister Award‟ in recognition for his role in a) Minister of Human Resource Development advancing the US-India partnership at the state b) Minister of Textiles level? c) Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment a) Chandrababu Naidu d) Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare b) Chandrasekhar Rao e) Minister of Statistics & Programme c) Naveen Patnaik Implementation d) Pawan Chamling e) Pema Khandu Head Office - Chennai: #1, South Usman Road, T Nagar. Chennai. Mob: 9043303030 / 7601808080 2 Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Chandigarh | Bangalore|www.raceinstitute.in Chennai RACE Coaching Institute Pvt Ltd Chennai | Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Chandigarh | Bangalore www.raceinstitute.in | www.bankersdaily.in Q.8) Who has been chosen for the prestigious Q.13) Pratap Singh Baghel died at the age of 70 Indian National Science Academy (INSA) medal in Jobat area. He was a former minister of which for the Young Scientist Award for the year 2017? state? a) Veer Parikar b) Shahul Ahmeed a) Manipur b) Assam c) Manohar Prathin d) Sanjay Pratihar c) Odissa d) Madhya Pradesh e) Prem Pratihar e) Maharashtra Q.9) Who became the first Indian to clinch the Q.14) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research is Asian Squash title with a thrilling win over located in ____. compatriot Dipika Pallikal Karthik in the women‟s a) Ahmedabad b) Chennai final in Chennai? c) Bangalore d) Mumbai a) Joshna Chinappa e) Hyderabad b) Laura Massaro Q.15) Seshachalam Hills is situated in which state c) Michelle Martin of India? d) Vicki Cardwell a) Karnataka b) Madhya Pradesh e) Sarah Fitz- Jerald c) Maharashtra d) Telangana Q.10) Which of the following team won the I- e) Andhra Pradesh League Championship held in Jawaharlal Nehru Q.16) First Humsafar Express between _____ stadium, recently? and _____ was flagged off by Railway Minister a) Mohun Bagan b) Bengaluru FC Suresh Prabhu, aims to providing a luxurious c) Aizawl FC travelling experience to the common man at d) Churchill Brothers Udvada town in Valsad district. e) DSK Shivajians a) Saphale & Umiroli Q.11) International Labour Day is observed on b) Kandivali & Mumbai ______. c) Borivali & Chennai a) April 30th b) May 1st d) Ahmedabad & Chennai c) May 3rd d) April 3rd e) Bandra & Mumbai e) Feb 25th Q.17) Which of the following State, Tops the list Q.12) East Bengal great Shanto Mitra, died at the in Digital Transaction after Demonetisation Drive, age of 75, was suffering from cancer. He is clocking 5900 e-transactions per 1000 people? related to which field? a) Tamil Nadu a) Actor b) Politician b) Madhya Pradesh c) Journalist d) Music c) Telangana e) Sports d) Andhra Pradesh Head Office - Chennai: #1, South Usman Road, T Nagar. Chennai. Mob: 9043303030 / 7601808080 3 Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Chandigarh | Bangalore|www.raceinstitute.in Chennai RACE Coaching Institute Pvt Ltd Chennai | Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Chandigarh | Bangalore www.raceinstitute.in | www.bankersdaily.in e) Kerala Q.22) Who has been appointed as the MD, Q.18) Which of the following state has become financial services of Bharti Enterprises recently? the first state to switch to the January- a) Soumen Ghosh b) Sudeep Kanwal December financial year from the existing April- c) Amitab Ghosh d) Kishore Tarun March cycle? e) Anil Kanwal a) Madhya Pradesh b) Kerala Q.23) Former US Ambassador________ has been c) Assam d) Maharashtra appointed by the Cyient Limited as its Board of e) Odissa Directors. Q.19) How much amount of loan has been a) Amit Singh sanctioned by the Asian Infrastructure b) Kishore Kareep Investment Bank (AIIB) to strengthen the power c) Vinay Thirupathy transmission and distribution system in Andhra d) Vinai Thummalapally Pradesh? e) Unnith Thirupathi a) USD 175 million Q.24) India has lost six points to slip to the b) USD 170 million fourth position in the latest ICC T20I team c) USD 150 million rankings. Which of the following country tops the d) USD 110 million list? e) USD 160 million a) South Africa Q.20) India unveils a new series of ______ with a b) Sri Lanka base year 2011-12 on May 9 with an aim to map c) Bangladesh economic activities more accurately. d) Pakistan a) Index of Industrial Prediction e) New Zealand b) Index of Company Production Q.25) Sujon Mahmud of Lalmatia Club, a bowler c) Index of Industrial Production was imposed by a 10-year ban for deliberately d) Index of Corporate Performance lost a match recently by conceding 92 runs off e) Index of Industrial Performance against umpiring decisions. He belongs to which Q.21) Which of the following person got the country? “Order of Diplomatic Service Merit Sungnye a) Hong Kong b) Bangladesh Medal” from South Korea? c) Sri Lanka d) Afghanistan a) Gopi Karur b) Kirshi Karur e) Pakistan c) Rajive Kaul d) Sandeep Kaul Q.26) Who won the final of the World snooker e) Rajendra Paul championship at Crucible Theatre and win the Head Office - Chennai: #1, South Usman Road, T Nagar. Chennai. Mob: 9043303030 / 7601808080 4 Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Chandigarh | Bangalore|www.raceinstitute.in Chennai RACE Coaching Institute Pvt Ltd Chennai | Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Chandigarh | Bangalore www.raceinstitute.in | www.bankersdaily.in global crown for the third time by defeating John a) Mysuru, Karnataka Higgins? b) Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh a) Peter Ebdon b) Ding Junhui c) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh c) Mark Selby d) Neil Roberston d) Surat, Gujarat e) Mark Williams e) Indore, Madhya Pradesh Q.27) World Press Freedom Day 2017 is Q.32) The 13th edition of International observed on _______. Permaculture Conference (IPC) meet to be held a) May 14th b) April 14th in which city from November 27 to December 2, c) May 3rd d) April 3rd 2017 with the theme „Towards Healthy Societies‟. e) May 1st a) Jaipur b) New Delhi Q.28) Former Minister Bijit Saikia died at the age c) Hyderabad d) Bangalore of 75, recently. He is a former minister of which e) Mumbai state? Q.33) Which of the following minister launched a a) Andhra Pradesh b) Mizoram 'Tarang Sanchar' web portal that will allow people c) Manipur d) Assam to track radiation emitted from mobile towers e) Nagaland within a locality and check their compliance with Q.29) Which of the following regions of the world the stipulated norms? is most thickly populated? a) Shripad Yesso Naik a) East Asia b) Manoj Sinha b) South Asia c) Dharmendra Pradhan c) North-West Europe d) Dr. Mahesh Sharma d) North and South America e) Anil Madhav Dave e) Antarctica Q.34) As per the data released by Asian Q.30) Nanda Devi lies in____ Development Bank (ADB), the Indian economy a) Kumaon Himalaya will grow ____ per cent this fiscal year. b) Kashmir Himalaya a) 7.0% b) 7.2% c) Naga Hills c) 7.6% d) 7.5% d) Himachal Himalaya e) 7.4% e) Chail Hills Q.35) India's most expensive limestone block is Q.31) Which of the following city is the India‟s located in which state of India? cleanest city, according to a “Swachh Survekshan a) Gujarat b) Odissa 2017” list of 25 Indian cities announced by Union c) Karnataka d) Maharashtra Minister Venkaiah Naidu? e) Chhattisgarh Head Office - Chennai: #1, South Usman Road, T Nagar. Chennai. Mob: 9043303030 / 7601808080 5 Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Chandigarh | Bangalore|www.raceinstitute.in Chennai RACE Coaching Institute Pvt Ltd Chennai | Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Chandigarh | Bangalore www.raceinstitute.in | www.bankersdaily.in Q.36) Energy giant Adani signed a 74 million Q.40) Dronacharya award winning coach Captain dollar landmark deal with which Australian Chand Roop passed away in Delhi.