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| 1. |
Kidambi Srikanth ranked __________ in the 2018 BWF ranking. |
| A. | 8th |
| B. | 9th |
| C. | 10th |
| D. | 11th |
| Answer» B. 9th | |
| 2. |
Who of the following has been appointed as member of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights? |
| A. | N Sivasailam |
| B. | R. G Anand |
| C. | Deepak Sinha |
| D. | Prabhash Singh |
| Answer» C. Deepak Sinha | |
| 3. |
Allan Holdsworth, the renowned guitarist and composer passed away. He hailed from which country? |
| A. | Japan |
| B. | England |
| C. | Germany |
| D. | France |
| Answer» C. Germany | |
| 4. |
Who has recently taken over as the Financial Commissioner of Railways? |
| A. | S Mookerjee |
| B. | B N Mohapatra |
| C. | B B Verma |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. B B Verma | |
| 5. |
Who has been bestowed with the 6th edition of MS Swaminathan award? |
| A. | C. Parthasarathy |
| B. | M Y Saxena |
| C. | M V R Prasad |
| D. | R R Hanchinal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Emma Morano, the world's oldest person has passed away. She hailed from which country? |
| A. | Norway |
| B. | Jamaica |
| C. | Italy |
| D. | France |
| Answer» D. France | |
| 7. |
Who has won the 2017 Men's singles Singapore Open Badminton tournament? |
| A. | N S Reddy |
| B. | Anthony Sinisuka Ginting |
| C. | Sai Praneeth Bhamidipati |
| D. | Kidambi Srikanth |
| Answer» D. Kidambi Srikanth | |
| 8. |
Who has won the 2017 Asian Billiards Championship title? |
| A. | Michael Ferreira |
| B. | Sourav Kothari |
| C. | Pankaj Advani |
| D. | Subhash Agarwal |
| Answer» D. Subhash Agarwal | |
| 9. |
Which Indian software engineer has won first prize in Unite Ideas #UNGAViz Textual Analysis and Visualisation Challenge? |
| A. | Salem Avan |
| B. | Sandeep Konam |
| C. | Abdulqadir Rashik |
| D. | Nikhil Chandavarkar |
| Answer» D. Nikhil Chandavarkar | |
| 10. |
Who was appointed as the Whole Time Member of IBBI? |
| A. | Shashi Girdhar |
| B. | Gurjit Singh |
| C. | Mukta Dutta Tomar |
| D. | Mukulita Vijayawargiya |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Dr. Mark Weinberhg, the renowned AIDS researcher has passed away. He hailed from which country? |
| A. | Finland |
| B. | Canada |
| C. | Norway |
| D. | Australia |
| Answer» C. Norway | |
| 12. |
Which world leader has become the most followed head of the state on Instagram with 7 million followers? |
| A. | Narendra Modi |
| B. | Donald Trump |
| C. | Justin Trudeau |
| D. | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Answer» B. Donald Trump | |
| 13. |
Who has been named as the new administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)? |
| A. | Kemal Dervis |
| B. | Helen Clark |
| C. | Segolene Royal |
| D. | Achim Steiner |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Who of the following was recently honoured with a Living Legend Lifetime Award from the Punjab Association? |
| A. | Dharmendra |
| B. | Shashi Kapoor |
| C. | Dilip Kumar |
| D. | Manoj Kumar |
| Answer» D. Manoj Kumar | |
| 15. |
Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Germany? |
| A. | Gautam Jain |
| B. | Mukta Dutta Tomar |
| C. | Gurjit Singh |
| D. | Yash Singhal |
| Answer» C. Gurjit Singh | |
| 16. |
Who is the author of the book 'Matoshree'? |
| A. | Sumitra Mahajan |
| B. | Narendra Modi |
| C. | Venkaiah Naidu |
| D. | Sushma Swaraj |
| Answer» B. Narendra Modi | |
| 17. |
Who is the author of the book "Gandhi in Champaran"? |
| A. | DG Tendulkar |
| B. | Anand Gandhi |
| C. | S Ganesan |
| D. | Mahadev Desai |
| Answer» B. Anand Gandhi | |
| 18. |
Who has been posthumously conferred the Kirti Chakra award for year 2016? |
| A. | Mohan Nath Goswami |
| B. | Rajendra Ramraoji Nimbhorkar |
| C. | Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar |
| D. | Iqroop Singh Ghuman |
| Answer» D. Iqroop Singh Ghuman | |
| 19. |
Which Bollywood actor won the National Film Award for Best Actor? |
| A. | Aamir Khan |
| B. | Akshay Kumar |
| C. | Amitabh Bachchan |
| D. | Nawazuddin Siddiqui |
| Answer» C. Amitabh Bachchan | |
| 20. |
Sai Kiran P has won the NASA 'Moon' prize for proposing an elevator from Earth to the Moon. Which state does he belong to? |
| A. | Tamil Nadu |
| B. | Kerala |
| C. | Andhra Pradesh |
| D. | Telangana |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
Shyam Kumar is associated with which sports? |
| A. | Chess |
| B. | Boxing |
| C. | Sprint |
| D. | Wrestling |
| Answer» C. Sprint | |
| 22. |
Who has been appointed the new chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) for 2017-18? |
| A. | B V R Mohan Reddy |
| B. | Rishad Premji |
| C. | Raman Roy |
| D. | R Chandrashekhar |
| Answer» D. R Chandrashekhar | |
| 23. |
Who has been appointed the new Executive Director (ED) of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)? |
| A. | Nishant Jain |
| B. | Swati Tripathi |
| C. | Malvika Sinha |
| D. | Kalpana Gupta |
| Answer» D. Kalpana Gupta | |
| 24. |
Ikutaro Kakehashi, the Roland founder and digital music pioneer has passed away. He hailed from which country? |
| A. | North Korea |
| B. | China |
| C. | South Korea |
| D. | Japan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
Who has won the 2016 ACM A.M. Turing Award? |
| A. | Michael Stonebraker |
| B. | Martin E. Hellman |
| C. | Leslie Lamport |
| D. | Tim Berners-Lee |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Who has been honoured as the Wisden's leading cricketer in the World for 2016? |
| A. | Chris Woakes |
| B. | Misbah-ul-Haq |
| C. | Younis Khan |
| D. | Virat Kohli |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Name the renowned Hindustani classical vocalist of Jaipur Gharana who died in April 2017. |
| A. | Kishori Amonkar |
| B. | Mallikarjun Mansur |
| C. | Gangubai Hangal |
| D. | Mogubai Kurdikar |
| Answer» B. Mallikarjun Mansur | |
| 28. |
Who has become the India's first-ever transgender police Sub-Inspector? |
| A. | Deepthi Sunaina |
| B. | Smithi Saran |
| C. | Prithika Yashini |
| D. | Nandini Kumari |
| Answer» D. Nandini Kumari | |
| 29. |
This person was elevated to the position of Chief Adviser (Cost) in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure w.e.f. 1 April 2017. |
| A. | Aruna Sethi |
| B. | BP Kanungo |
| C. | Rana Kanwar Pal Singh |
| D. | Randeep Guleria |
| Answer» B. BP Kanungo | |
| 30. |
Who of the following recently took over as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India? |
| A. | BP Kanungo |
| B. | Vishal Gupta |
| C. | Surekha Marandi |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Vishal Gupta | |
| 31. |
Name the person who was nominated as the chairman of the Amateur Circle Kabaddi Federation of India for the next four years. |
| A. | Ram Bilas Sharma |
| B. | OP Dhankar |
| C. | Captain Abhimanyu |
| D. | Om Prakash Kohli |
| Answer» B. OP Dhankar | |
| 32. |
Identify the former President of Guatemalan Football Association who was banned for lifetime by FIFA. |
| A. | Adela de Torrebiarte |
| B. | Brayan Jimenez |
| C. | Gustavo Machain |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Gustavo Machain | |
| 33. |
Who was appointed the Vice Chancellor of Nalanda University? |
| A. | Pankaj Mohan |
| B. | Sunaina Singh |
| C. | Arvind Sharma |
| D. | Vijay Bhatkar |
| Answer» C. Arvind Sharma | |
| 34. |
Who won the 2017 Miami Open Men's Singles title? |
| A. | Stan Wawrinka |
| B. | Rafael Nadal |
| C. | Roger Federer |
| D. | Milos Raonic |
| Answer» D. Milos Raonic | |
| 35. |
Who has been chosen for the 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize? |
| A. | Ahmet Sik |
| B. | Reeyot Alemu |
| C. | Dawit Isaak |
| D. | Mazen Darwish |
| Answer» D. Mazen Darwish | |
| 36. |
Who of the following won the Leon Challenger Tour tennis tournament's Men's Doubles trophy? |
| A. | Luca Margaroli and Caro Zampieri |
| B. | Leander Paes and Adil Shamasdin |
| C. | Santiago Gonzalez and Mate Pavic |
| D. | Leander Paes and Sam Groth |
| Answer» C. Santiago Gonzalez and Mate Pavic | |
| 37. |
Darcus Howe, the well-known black power activist has passed away. He hailed from which country? |
| A. | United Kingdom |
| B. | United States |
| C. | Germany |
| D. | Haryana |
| Answer» B. United States | |
| 38. |
Who of the following was recently appointed as the first woman field officer of the BSF after 51 years? |
| A. | Tanushree Pareek |
| B. | Vidhya Krishnan |
| C. | Amita Chawla |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Vidhya Krishnan | |
| 39. |
He wrote the book - 'Indian Railway-The weaving of a National Tapestry'. |
| A. | Bibek Debroy |
| B. | Anand Neelakanthan |
| C. | Kiran Doshi |
| D. | K Vijay Kumar |
| Answer» B. Anand Neelakanthan | |
| 40. |
Who has become the new Whole Time Member (WTM) of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)? |
| A. | A Unnikrishnan |
| B. | Amardeep Singh Bhatia |
| C. | Navrang Saini |
| D. | Ajay Tyagi |
| Answer» D. Ajay Tyagi | |
| 41. |
Who has been named the Asian Player of the Year 2016 in the senior men's category by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF)? |
| A. | P R Sreejesh |
| B. | Dilip Tirkey |
| C. | Harmanpreet Singh |
| D. | SV Sunil |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Bob Dylan, who received the 2016 Nobel Literature Prize, belongs to which country? |
| A. | United States |
| B. | Germany |
| C. | France |
| D. | Russia |
| Answer» B. Germany | |
| 43. |
Which Indian personality will lead Indian Parliamentary delegation in the 136th Assembly Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)-2017? |
| A. | Narendra Modi |
| B. | Sumitra Mahajan |
| C. | Sushma Swaraj |
| D. | Rajnath Singh |
| Answer» C. Sushma Swaraj | |
| 44. |
Which world leader stated that global warming is not mankind's fault and instead of trying to stop it we have to somehow adapt to it? |
| A. | Vladimir Putin |
| B. | Donald Trump |
| C. | Xi Jinping |
| D. | Kim Jong-un |
| Answer» B. Donald Trump | |
| 45. |
Name the Turkish runner who was recently banned by the IAAF for two years? |
| A. | Shalane Flanagan |
| B. | Elvan Abeylegesse |
| C. | Kara Goucher |
| D. | Jo Pavey |
| Answer» C. Kara Goucher | |
| 46. |
Bob Dylan, who will receive the 2016 Nobel Literature Prize, hails from which country? |
| A. | Germany |
| B. | United States |
| C. | France |
| D. | Russia |
| Answer» C. France | |
| 47. |
Name the former South Carolina Governor who was recently appointed by the United Nations to run the World Food Programme. |
| A. | David Beasley |
| B. | Etharin Cousin |
| C. | Ivan Simonovic |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Etharin Cousin | |
| 48. |
Who has been appointed the new member to the Sports Authority of India (SAI)? |
| A. | Vijender Singh |
| B. | Sania Mirza |
| C. | Siddhartha Upadhyay |
| D. | Sachin Tendulkar |
| Answer» D. Sachin Tendulkar | |
| 49. |
Who has been declared the Man of the Series in the 2017 Border Gavaskar Trophy? |
| A. | Ravichandran Ashwin |
| B. | Ajinkya Rahane |
| C. | Ravindra Jadeja |
| D. | Murali Vijay |
| Answer» D. Murali Vijay | |
| 50. |
Who will become the first woman Chief Executive (CE) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region? |
| A. | Woo Kwok-hing |
| B. | Leung Chun-ying |
| C. | Eric Cheung |
| D. | Carrie Lam |
| Answer» E. | |