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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. | |