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| 851. |
Who is the newly appointed Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)? |
| A. | Ashok Mittal |
| B. | Rakesh Nangia |
| C. | Nikhil Arora |
| D. | P K Purwar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 852. |
Who of the following will head the inter-disciplinary standing committee on cyber security that was constituted by Reserve Bank of India to review the threats inherent in the existing and emerging technology? |
| A. | Meena Hemchandra |
| B. | S. Ganesh Kumar |
| C. | Ashutosh Bahuguna |
| D. | Nandkumar Sarvade |
| Answer» B. S. Ganesh Kumar | |
| 853. |
Who won the women's singles title at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017? |
| A. | Serena Williams |
| B. | Caroline Wozniacki |
| C. | Venus Williams |
| D. | Elina Svitolina |
| Answer» E. | |
| 854. |
Thomas Earl Starzl, who performed the world's first human liver transplant, has recently passed away. He hailed from which country? |
| A. | France |
| B. | Germany |
| C. | United Kingdom |
| D. | United States |
| Answer» E. | |
| 855. |
Who of the following won the 89th Academy Awards for the Best Actor? |
| A. | Andrew Garfield |
| B. | Ryan Gosling |
| C. | Denzel Washington |
| D. | Casey Affleck |
| Answer» E. | |
| 856. |
Who won the 2017 Hockey India League title? |
| A. | Punjab Warriors |
| B. | Kalinga Lancers |
| C. | Dabang Mumbai |
| D. | Delhi Waveriders |
| Answer» C. Dabang Mumbai | |
| 857. |
Who won the 2017 ATP Mexican Open Men's Singles title? |
| A. | Bruno Soares |
| B. | Rafael Nadal |
| C. | Sam Querrey |
| D. | Novak Djokovic |
| Answer» D. Novak Djokovic | |
| 858. |
Who won the men's singles title at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017? |
| A. | Andry Murray |
| B. | Roger Federer |
| C. | Rafael Nadal |
| D. | Novak Djokovic |
| Answer» B. Roger Federer | |
| 859. |
A famous liver surgeon, who also performed first successful liver transplant on a human patient, passed away recently. Name him. |
| A. | Thomas E Starzl |
| B. | Claude Couinad |
| C. | Timothy Berkins |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Claude Couinad | |
| 860. |
Who has won the 2017 ATP Mexico Open hard court tennis tournament? |
| A. | Novak Djokovic |
| B. | Roger Federer |
| C. | Sam Querrey |
| D. | Rafael Nadal |
| Answer» D. Rafael Nadal | |
| 861. |
Rabi Ray, the former Lok Sabha speaker has passed away. He hailed from which of the following states? |
| A. | Odisha |
| B. | Assam |
| C. | Manipur |
| D. | Tripura |
| Answer» B. Assam | |
| 862. |
Syed Shahabuddin, who died recently, belonged to which field? |
| A. | Science |
| B. | Politics |
| C. | Journalism |
| D. | Education |
| Answer» C. Journalism | |
| 863. |
Which Oscar winner was honoured by the Harvard foundation with the 'Artist of the Year' 2017 award? |
| A. | Viola Davis |
| B. | Emma Stone |
| C. | Casey Affleck |
| D. | Mahershala Ali |
| Answer» B. Emma Stone | |
| 864. |
Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya, who recently passed away, was the noted folk singer of which language? |
| A. | Odia |
| B. | Hindi |
| C. | Bengali |
| D. | Urdu |
| Answer» D. Urdu | |
| 865. |
Who of the following Indian pacers are currently sharing the Number One spot in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers? |
| A. | Ajinkya Rahane and Ravichandran Ashwin |
| B. | Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin |
| C. | Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina | |
| 866. |
Veteran journalist Arvind Padmanabhan passed away recently. He worked with which of the following organisations? |
| A. | IANS |
| B. | PTI |
| C. | Times of India |
| D. | Asian Age |
| Answer» B. PTI | |
| 867. |
Which Indian cricketer has been appointed UNICEF and Cricket For Good Ambassador for the ICC Women's World Cup 2017? |
| A. | Sachin Tendulkar |
| B. | Saurav Ganguly |
| C. | Rahul Dravid |
| D. | M S Dhoni |
| Answer» B. Saurav Ganguly | |
| 868. |
Who is the author of the book "Age of Anger - A History of the Present"? |
| A. | Kalyan Karmakar |
| B. | Pankaj Mishra |
| C. | Bhim Chandra Nag |
| D. | Meraj Bhat |
| Answer» C. Bhim Chandra Nag | |
| 869. |
Who is the newly elected President of the European Council (EC)? |
| A. | Andrej Plenkovic |
| B. | Christian Kern |
| C. | Donald Tusk |
| D. | Charles Michel |
| Answer» D. Charles Michel | |
| 870. |
Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to Nepal? |
| A. | Anita Karwal |
| B. | U Venkateswarlu |
| C. | Manjeev Singh Puri |
| D. | Ruby Srivastava |
| Answer» D. Ruby Srivastava | |
| 871. |
George A. Olah, the Nobel laureate has passed away. He won the Nobel prize in which field? |
| A. | Physics |
| B. | Economics |
| C. | Chemistry |
| D. | Medicine |
| Answer» D. Medicine | |
| 872. |
Ronald Drever, the co-founder of Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO), has recently passed away. He hailed from which country? |
| A. | United Kingdom |
| B. | United States |
| C. | Germany |
| D. | France |
| Answer» B. United States | |
| 873. |
Who of the following was recently re-elected as the President of the European Council? |
| A. | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| B. | Tony Blair |
| C. | Donald Tusk |
| D. | Jose Manuel Barroso |
| Answer» D. Jose Manuel Barroso | |
| 874. |
Who has won the men's singles title at the 2017 All England Open badminton championships? |
| A. | Liu Ying Goah |
| B. | Shi Yuqi |
| C. | Lu Kai |
| D. | Lee Chong Wei |
| Answer» E. | |
| 875. |
Who of the following was given the additional charge of defence ministry after Manohar Parrikar resigned from the post? |
| A. | Kalraj Mishra |
| B. | Subramanian Swamy |
| C. | Arun Jaitley |
| D. | Yogi Adityanath |
| Answer» D. Yogi Adityanath | |
| 876. |
Who was appointed as the chairman of the Central Water Commission? |
| A. | Narendra Kumar |
| B. | Seema Verma |
| C. | K Srinath Reddy |
| D. | P K Purwar |
| Answer» B. Seema Verma | |
| 877. |
George A. Olah, the Nobel laureate who passed away, won the Nobel Prize in which field? |
| A. | Physics |
| B. | Chemistry |
| C. | Economics |
| D. | Medicine |
| Answer» C. Economics | |
| 878. |
Who has won the 2017 the Hero Indian Open golf tournament? |
| A. | Jyoti Randhawa |
| B. | Shiv Chawrasia |
| C. | Chinnaswamy Muniyappa |
| D. | Anirban Lahiri |
| Answer» C. Chinnaswamy Muniyappa | |
| 879. |
Name the person whose name was confirmed by the US Senate as administrator of the 1 trillion dollars Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) with 55-43 votes. |
| A. | Seema Verma |
| B. | Nikki Haley |
| C. | Harmeet Kaur Dhillon |
| D. | Ashok Mago |
| Answer» B. Nikki Haley | |
| 880. |
Who is the newly appointed Defence Minister of India? |
| A. | Nitin Gadkari |
| B. | Rajnath Singh |
| C. | Arun Jaitley |
| D. | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi |
| Answer» D. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | |
| 881. |
Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin has been crowned the new Miss International Queen 2016. She hails from which country? |
| A. | Venezuela |
| B. | South Korea |
| C. | Brazil |
| D. | Thailand |
| Answer» E. | |
| 882. |
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, the renowned author has passed away. She hailed from which country? |
| A. | United States |
| B. | Brazil |
| C. | South Africa |
| D. | Indonesia |
| Answer» B. Brazil | |
| 883. |
Which Indian city is hosting the three-day international conference on Vision Zero and its relevance to Occupational Safety and Health? |
| A. | Mumbai |
| B. | Pune |
| C. | Bangalore |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 884. |
Name the person who introduced Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Act of 2017 in its the US House of Representatives. |
| A. | John Culberson |
| B. | Gene Green |
| C. | Joe Barton |
| D. | Ted Poe |
| Answer» E. | |
| 885. |
Which Indian personality has become the Vice-President (VP) of the Local Organising Committee (LoC) of the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017? |
| A. | Babul Supriyo |
| B. | Kushal Das |
| C. | Praful Patel |
| D. | Nikhil Kumar |
| Answer» B. Kushal Das | |
| 886. |
Name the cricketer who was appointed as the Ambassador of Women's Cricket World Cup 2017 by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on the occasion of International Women's Day. |
| A. | Sachin Tendulkar |
| B. | Brian Lara |
| C. | Rickey Ponting |
| D. | Kumar Sangakkara |
| Answer» B. Brian Lara | |
| 887. |
Name the incumbent Chief Minister of Manipur who resigned from the post? |
| A. | Okram Ibobi Singh |
| B. | Ramkrishna B. Jalmi |
| C. | Pratapsingh R Rane |
| D. | Ravi Sitaram Naik |
| Answer» B. Ramkrishna B. Jalmi | |
| 888. |
Which Indian Badminton player has been appointed a new member of the governing body of Sports Authority of India (SAI)? |
| A. | Prakash Padukone |
| B. | Pullela Gopichand |
| C. | Saina Nehwal |
| D. | Jwala Gutta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 889. |
Identify the Indian-American teen who recently won the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search bagging the top award of USD 250000. |
| A. | Indrani Das |
| B. | Arjun Srinivasan Ramani |
| C. | Vinay Kataria |
| D. | Bob Patel |
| Answer» B. Arjun Srinivasan Ramani | |
| 890. |
Who among the following was designated as the leader of the Uttar Pradesh BJP State Legislature Party? |
| A. | Keshav Prasad Maurya |
| B. | Manoj Sinha |
| C. | Yogi Adityanath |
| D. | Om Mathur |
| Answer» D. Om Mathur | |
| 891. |
Who has become the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand? |
| A. | Ramesh Pokhriya Nishank |
| B. | BC Khanduri |
| C. | Chitranjan Das |
| D. | Trivendra Singh Rawat |
| Answer» E. | |
| 892. |
Who was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand? |
| A. | Trivendra Singh Rawat |
| B. | Harish Rawat |
| C. | Satpal Maharaj |
| D. | Prakash Pant |
| Answer» B. Harish Rawat | |
| 893. |
Who won the All England Open Men's Singles title? |
| A. | Lee Chong Wei |
| B. | Shi Yuqi |
| C. | Lin Dan |
| D. | Rashid Sidek |
| Answer» B. Shi Yuqi | |
| 894. |
Identify the former Chief of the Russian Athletics Federation's Medical Commission who was recently banned for lifetime by CAS in a doping case. |
| A. | Alexander Dyachenko |
| B. | Sergei Portugalov |
| C. | Anastasia Karabelshikova |
| D. | Ivan Podshivalov |
| Answer» C. Anastasia Karabelshikova | |
| 895. |
Who was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Manipur recently? |
| A. | Manohar Parrikar |
| B. | Laxmikant Parsekar |
| C. | M Venkaiah Naidu |
| D. | N Biren Singh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 896. |
Chuck Berry, the rock and roll legend has passed away. He hailed from which country? |
| A. | United States |
| B. | Russia |
| C. | Nambia |
| D. | Portugal |
| Answer» B. Russia | |
| 897. |
Which Indian personality has been selected to newly formed United Nations (UN) group on antimicrobial resistance? |
| A. | Soumya Swaminathan |
| B. | Meghnad Saha |
| C. | KK Josh |
| D. | Abhish Shivam |
| Answer» B. Meghnad Saha | |
| 898. |
Which Indian personality has recently launched the world's first mobile app on breast health? |
| A. | Aamir Khan |
| B. | Narendra Modi |
| C. | Amitabh Bachchan |
| D. | Sushma Swaraj |
| Answer» D. Sushma Swaraj | |
| 899. |
Who was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh recently? |
| A. | Siddharth Nath Singh |
| B. | Shrikant Sharma |
| C. | Yogi Adityanath |
| D. | Rita Bahuguna Joshi |
| Answer» D. Rita Bahuguna Joshi | |
| 900. |
Who is the leading the Indian delegation in the 2017 Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) meeting? |
| A. | Rajnath Singh |
| B. | Hamid Ansari |
| C. | Shaktikanta Das |
| D. | P K Saxena |
| Answer» E. | |