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1. Where has the Islamic Development Bank

decided to open its first branch?

A) Ahmedabad, Gujarat

B) New Delhi

C) Mumbai, Maharashtra

D) Bangaluru, Karnataka

Answer: A) Ahmedabad, Gujarat

2. Which ministry has launched Bharatavani

Portal?

A) Ministry of Civil Aviation

B) Ministry of Human Resource Development

C) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

D) Ministry of Communications and Information

Technology

Answer: B) Ministry of Human Resource

Development

3. How many Nirbhaya buses with multiple IT-

enabled safety measures have been launched

by Union Road Transport and Highways

Ministry?

A) 15

B) 25

C) 20

D) 30

Answer: C) 20

4. At which position has India immerged as the

electronic waste (e-waste) producer as per

recent study conducted by Assocham-KPMG?

A) 4th

B) 3rd

C) 8th

D) 5th

Answer: D) 5th

5. Who has become the first woman to win

Millennium Technology Prize?

A) Frances Arnold

B) Verna Louis

C) Maria Fadiman

D) Lisa Genova

Answer: A) Frances Arnold

6. Which Space Agency has signed MoU with

ISRO?

A) United Arab Emirates Space Agency

B) Iranian Space Agency

C) Belarus Space Agency

D) NASA

Answer: A) United Arab Emirates Space Agency

7. To give momentum to which of the following

Governmental Scheme has the National Capital

Goods Policy 2016 been formed?

A) Start Up India

B) Make in India

C) Ujjawala Scheme

D) Digital India

Answer: B) Make in India

8. The Bill to amend Constitution (Scheduled

Tribes) Order, 1950 will not modify the list of

Scheduled Tribes in which of the following

states?

A) Tamil Nadu

B) Assam

C) Uttarakhand

D) Jharkhand

Answer: C) Uttarakhand

9. Who has become Chief Minister of Kerela?

A) Siddaramaiah

B) Jayalalithaa

C) Kalikho Pul

D) Pinarayi Vijayan

Answer: D) Pinarayi Vijayan

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10. Air-breathing Propulsion System was

recently tested by ___?

A) ISRO

B) NASA

C) European Space Agency (ESA)

D) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Answer: A) ISRO

11. Based on which property has the Scientists

discover new property of light?

A) Radiation

B) Angular Momentum

C) Refraction

D) Diffraction

Answer: B) Angular Momentum

12. Which of the following city has not been

selected in 13 Cities for Smart Cities Mission in

2nd group?

A) Patna

B) Ranchi

C) Imphal

D) Faridabad

Answer: A) Patna

13. Who has become Chief Minister of Assam?

A) Mukul Sangma

B) Sarbananda Sonowal

C) T R Zeliang

D) Lal Thanhawla

Answer: B) Sarbananda Sonowal

14. Which country has signed MoU with NALCO

to set up smelter plant in Chabahar?

A) Afghanistan

B) Saudi Arabia

C) Iran

D) None of these

Answer: C) Iran

15. Which Ship has been commissioned recently

in Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam, Andhra

Pradesh?

A) INS Talwar

B) INS Shishumar

C) INS Viraat

D) INS Tarmugli

Answer: D) INS Tarmugli

16. Who has been appointed as CMD of Nuclear

Power Corporation of India?

A) S K Sharma

B) K Radhakrishnan

C) Arvind Panagaria

D) M Annadurai

Answer: A) S K Sharma

17. Who has won Asian 6-Red Snooker title?

A) Geet Sethi

B) Pankaj Advani

C) Ashok Sandilya

D) Shirish Advani

Answer: B) Pankaj Advani

18. In which country will the strategic port be

developed as per India, Iran and Afghanistan

historic land transit trade agreement?

A) Iran

B) India

C) Afghanistan

D) None of these

Answer: A) Iran

19. Which country has recently signed 4 bilateral

agreements on defence cooperation with

India?

A) Iran

B) Oman

C) Saudi Arabia

D) Nepal

Answer: B) Oman

20. From where was the India’s first reusable

space shuttle RLV-TD launched?

A) Bangalore

B) Mahendragiri

C) Sriharikota

D) Thiruvananthapuram

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Answer: C) Sriharikota

21. Who has become the Chief Minister of Tamil

Nadu?

A) Shri N. Rangasamy

B) Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao

C) Shri Manohar Lal

D) Selvi J Jayalalithaa

Answer: D) Selvi J Jayalalithaa

22. Who has been appointed as the Lieutenant

Governor of Puducherry?

A) Kiran Bedi

B) Meera Borwankar

C) Ajay Kumar Singh

D) Kanwaljeet Deol

Answer: A) Kiran Bedi

23. Who has received Nepal’s literary award, Yug

Kavi Siddhicharan Award in 2016?

A) Indira Goswami

B) Pawan Chamling

C) Ramvriksh Benipuri

D) Gopal Singh Nepali

24. When is the Anti-Terrorism Day observed?

A) May 21

B) April 23

C) March 19

D) August 22

Answer: A) May 21

25. National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA)-

2017 deals with defence cooperation between

US and ___?

A) China

B) India

C) France

D) Pakistan

Answer: B) India

26. Who among these has been appointed as

special envoy for El Nino, Climate?

A) Mary Robinson

B) Macharia Kamau

C) Both

D) None of these

Answer: C) Both

27. First World Conference on Tourism for

Development was held in ___?

A) Paris

B) New Delhi

C) London

D) Beijing

Answer: D) Beijing

28. Which country has been praised for

Medicines with the Red Line campaign on

antibiotics?

A) India

B) UK

C) USA

D) China

Answer: A) India

29. For how long has the Union Cabinet

approved law to keep state boards out of NEET

ambit?

A) 3 Years

B) 1 Year

C) 4 Months

D) 6 Months

Answer: B) 1 Year

30. Which state government has launched

PEHAL?

A) Uttrakhand

B) Chhattisgarh

C) Himachal Pradesh

D) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: C) Himachal Pradesh

31. Who has become principal adviser for social

sector in NITI Aayog?

A) Bibek Debroy

B) Hasmukh Adhia

C) Arvind Panagaria

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D) Ratan P Watal

Answer: D) Ratan P Watal

32. Who has become the first woman President

of Taiwan?

A) Tsai Ing-wen

B) Lin Chi-ling

C) Yenlin Ku

D) Kelly Lin

Answer: A) Tsai Ing-wen

33. Which Cyclonic storm has hit eastern coast

of India in 2016?

A) Madi

B) ROANU

C) Phailin

D) Helen

Answer: B) ROANU

34. Which bank has decided to merge Bhartiya

Mahila Bank with itself?

A) State Bank of India

B) Federal Bank

C) Union Bank of India

D) Bank of India

Answer: A) SBI

35. Which bank has launched SmartUp for

startups?

A) SBI

B) HDFC

C) RBI

D) Yes Bank

Answer: B) HDFC

36. Who has become Deputy Mayor of Loughton

town in UK?

A) Manjit Singh

B) Philip Abraham

C) V. K. Krishna Menon

D) Dwarka Prasad Sinha

Answer: B) Philip Abraham

37. Where in India has Apple opened its

Development office?

A) Bangalore

B) Hyderabad

C) New Delhi

D) Mumbai

Answer: B) Hyderabad

38. Which Missile has been recently tested fired

at Chandipur in Odisha?

A) Prithvi I

B) Prithvi II

C) Agni II

D) Aakash III

Answer: B) Prithvi II

39. Where has NASA launched near-space

monitoring super pressure balloon?

A) Sri Lanka

B) New Zealand

C) Australia

D) USA

Answer: B) New Zealand

40. Who has received 2016 Distinguished

Leadership in Teaching Excellence Award in

US?

A) Manpreet Kalsy

B) Rupa Iyer

C) Kalpana Deshmukh

D) Joanne Watson

Answer: B) Rupa Iyer

41. Where has Intelligent Operations Centre been

formed?

A) ISRO

B) Rashtrapati Bhavan

C) Supreme Court

D) Parliament of India

Answer: B) Rashtrapati Bhavan

42. Which country has recently amended DTAA

to bring information exchange?

A) Singapore