www.mahendraguru.com www.mahendraguru.com www.mahendraguru.com GENERAL AWARENESS WEEKLY POCKET 26-06-2017 – 01-07-2017 Q1: Which Industries overtakes Tata Group's TCS to become most valued Indian firm? Ans: Reliance Industries Q2: Who has been honoured with the United Nations public service award for her girl empowerment initiative 'Kanyashree Prakalpa'? Ans: Mamata Banerjee Q3: Which village of Haryana has been dedicated to President Donald Trump? Ans: Mewat Q4: Who has been named as the Dean of the University's School of Engineering? Ans: Anantha P Chandrakasan Q5: Who has been bestowed with Shan-e-Mohammedan honour by Mohammedan SC? Ans. Latifuddin Najam Q6: Who has become the first Indian woman leader to be honoured with the “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” award? Ans: Nisha Dutt Q7: Who has been appointed as new deputy chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC)? Ans: Imran Khawaja www.mahendraguru.com www.mahendraguru.com Q8: Who is the present urban development minister of India? Ans: M. Venkaiah Naidu Q9: Who has been selected for the Best Parliamentarian Award for 2016 by Lokmat media group? Ans: N K Premachandran Q10: Who has been selected for the Best Parliamentarian Award for 2016 by Lokmat media group? Ans: Cornell University Q11: Who has been crowned as the 54th Femina Miss India World title 2017? Ans: Manushi Chhillar Q12: Whom did Kidambi Srikanth defeated in the Australian Open final? Ans: Chen Long Q13: Who won the women’s singles title at the World Super Series Australian Open tournament? Ans: Nozomi Okuhara Q14: Who has been appointed as ambassador for Government's Skill India campaign? Ans: Priyanka Chopra Q15: KR Mohanan was …………………………. Ans: Filmmaker Q16: Who became the first female cricketer to score seven consecutive 50+ scores in One Day Internationals? www.mahendraguru.com www.mahendraguru.com Ans: Mithali Raj Q17: Who wins a gold at the women's 10m air pistol event at the ISSF Junior World Championship? Ans: Yashaswini Singh Deswal Q18: Who has been appointed as the New Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of IDFC? Ans: Sunil Kakar Q19: According to The Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI), in its annual general meeting, who has been conferred with the best Sportsperson of the Year Award? Ans: P V Sindhu Q20: Who clinched gold medal at the Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament in Mongolia? Ans: Ankush Dahiya Q21: Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Romania? Ans: Mihai Tudose Q22: Which country has clear sale of predator Guardian drones to India? Ans: USA Q23: How many members were comprised in the newly constituted panel headed by space scientist K Kasturirangan to frame a new National Education Policy (NEP) by HRD Ministry? Ans: Nine www.mahendraguru.com www.mahendraguru.com Q24: What does R stands for the abbreviation RAAM in context to Marathon? Ans: Race Q25: Desh Bandhu Gupta who died recently was founder chairman of which pharmaceutical company? Ans: Lupin Q26: ISSF Junior World Championship was held in which country? Ans: Germany Q27: Who has cleared USD 250-million loan for skill training in India? Ans: World Bank Q28: Which company acquires German startup SensoMotoric Instruments? Ans: Apple Q29: Whom did Anastasija Sevastova defeated to win the Mallorca Open Tennis Tournament? Ans: Julie Goerges Q30: What is the maximum speed proposed by china's bullet train Fuxing? Ans: 400 km/h Q31: Who has launched the biggest new generation destroyer weighing 10,000 tons? Ans: Chinese Navy Q32: Who has been selected as a member of the US women's national cricket team, which has recently been recognized by the ICC? Ans: Sindhuja Reddy www.mahendraguru.com www.mahendraguru.com Q33: Who will be conferred with the East Bengal football clubs highest honor Bharat Gaurav? Ans: Dhanraj Pillay Q34: Who took over as president of the International Economic Association (IEA)? Ans: Kaushik Basu Q35: Who signed an agreement with the Uttar Pradesh government for a road improvement project in the state? Ans: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Q36: How many medals have been bagged by India at the ISSF Junior World Championship 2017? Ans: 8 Q37: The National Sugar Institute (NSI) has entered into an agreement with......... Ans: Ethiopia Q38: Top stock exchange National Stock Exchange inked a pact with which state government to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the state to raise capital through listing on the bourses platform? Ans: Andhra Pradesh Q39: Who is on the top position in the latest ranking batsman list in the ICC Twenty20 rankings? Ans: Virat Kohli www.mahendraguru.com www.mahendraguru.com Q40: Who has partnered with the Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) to jointly launch Bharat ERP, a program aimed at digital empowerment of small businesses in the country? Ans: SAP Q41: Which type of satellite is GSAT-17? Ans: Communication Q42: US President Donald Trump has appointed as the new US Ambassador to Peru? Ans: Krishna R Urs Q43: IPS officer Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat who has been conferred with the prestigiousTrafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Heroes Award 2017 by the US state department for his fight against human trafficking in India belongs to which state? Ans: Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat Q44: Which place has been crowned with the prestigious the World Book Capital for 2019 by UNESCO? Ans: Sharjah Q45: Recently the Union cabinet approved signing of a memorandum of cooperation between India and ……. Ans: United States Q46: Who has been appointed as the Chairperson on the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Fashion Technology? Ans: Rajesh V Shah www.mahendraguru.com www.mahendraguru.com Q47: Who took over as the Chairmanfo National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)? Ans: Deepak Kumar Q48: The armies of India and ............will begin the yearly joint training exercise Maitree 2017 from July 3 to July 17 at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh. Ans: Thailand Q49: Which state has been conferred with the award of excellence for innovations and extensive use of IT for skilling the states youth? Ans: Uttarakhand Q50: India and …………have signed three MOUs on Cultural Cooperation, Water Cooperation and on amending Social Security Arrangement. Ans: Netherlands Q51: Who was the spiritual guru of Mahatma Gandhi? Ans: Shrimad Rajchandra Q52: Who has been appointed as India's ambassador to Greece? Ans: Shamma Jain Q53: Who has been nominated as Indiana next US surgeon general by President Trump? Ans: Jerome Adams Q54: What is the full form of ‘I’ in the abbreviation eVIN? Ans: Intelligence www.mahendraguru.com www.mahendraguru.com Q55: Who has been appointed as director of operations at Air India? Ans: Arvind Kathpalia Q56: Sabita Chowdhury who died recently was ……………………. Ans: Singer Q57: Who is the Founder and CEO of Alibaba? Ans: Jack Ma Q58: NATO stands for ……………….. Ans: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Q59: Who became the fourth Indian cricketer after Thirush Kamini, Harmanpreet Kaur and Mithali Raj to register a hundred in the Womens World Cup history? Ans: Smriti Mandhana Q60: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will become the first Indian Prime Minister to visit ............with his three-day visit to the country starting July 4? Ans: Israel www.mahendraguru.com .