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This section includes 5709 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Current Affairs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
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. | |