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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.
| 151. |
Sir John Hurt, who passed away recently, was the legendary actor of which country? |
| A. | England |
| B. | United States |
| C. | France |
| D. | China |
| Answer» B. United States | |
| 152. |
Who among the following didn't figure in the 2017 Padma Vibushan Awardees list? |
| A. | K J Yesudas |
| B. | Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev |
| C. | Sharad Pawar |
| D. | L K Advani |
| Answer» E. | |
| 153. |
Who of the following was confirmed as the new Ambassador of the United States to the United Nations? |
| A. | Nikki Haley |
| B. | Bobby Jindal |
| C. | Samantha Power |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» B. Bobby Jindal | |
| 154. |
Who was awarded with the gallantry award Ashok Chakra on the 68th Republic Day of India? |
| A. | Neerav Modi |
| B. | Harpreet Sandhu |
| C. | Hangpan Dada |
| D. | Akhil Jha |
| Answer» D. Akhil Jha | |
| 155. |
Alexander Kadakin, who passed away recently, was the ambassador of which country to India? |
| A. | Brazil |
| B. | Russia |
| C. | Indonesia |
| D. | Singapore |
| Answer» C. Indonesia | |
| 156. |
The Executive Vice-Chairman of Wipro recently announced his retirement from the post. Identify him. |
| A. | Azim Premji |
| B. | Abidali Z Neemuchwala |
| C. | Vivek Agnihotri |
| D. | T K Kurien |
| Answer» E. | |
| 157. |
India won the three-match One Day International series against England 2-1. Who was declared as man of the series? |
| A. | Kedar Jadhav |
| B. | MS Dhoni |
| C. | Virat Kohli |
| D. | Yuvraj Singh |
| Answer» B. MS Dhoni | |
| 158. |
Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen will be on the judges' panel of the upcoming 65th edition of Miss Universe pageant. Who of the following will be representing India at the contest? |
| A. | Urvashi Rautela |
| B. | Priyadarshini Chatterjee |
| C. | Roshmitha Harimurthy |
| D. | Natasha Singh |
| Answer» D. Natasha Singh | |
| 159. |
Who was recently appointed as a new member of FIFA's Finance Committee for the period of 2017-2021? |
| A. | Subrata Pal |
| B. | Baichung Bhutia |
| C. | Praful Patel |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 160. |
Who will be the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC)? |
| A. | S Jaishankar |
| B. | Rina Mitra |
| C. | Anshu Sinha |
| D. | Arun Kuma Jha |
| Answer» D. Arun Kuma Jha | |
| 161. |
Saina Nehwal recently won the 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold Women's Singles title. Whom did she defeat to win the title? |
| A. | Pornpawee Chochuwong |
| B. | Lai Pei Jing |
| C. | Jongkolphan Kititharakul |
| D. | Rawinda Prajongjai |
| Answer» B. Lai Pei Jing | |
| 162. |
Who has won the 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament? |
| A. | Saina Nehwal |
| B. | P V Sindhu |
| C. | Beatriz Corrales |
| D. | Hsu Ya-ching |
| Answer» B. P V Sindhu | |
| 163. |
Which Indian personality will become judge in the 2017 Miss Universe pageant? |
| A. | Sushmita Sen |
| B. | Priyanka Chopra |
| C. | Aishwarya Rai |
| D. | Roshmitha Harimurthy |
| Answer» B. Priyanka Chopra | |
| 164. |
Who is the author of the book titled 'Jinnah Often Came to Our House,' which was recently awarded with The Hindu Prize 2016? |
| A. | Easterine Kire |
| B. | Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar |
| C. | Kiran Doshi |
| D. | Anil Menon |
| Answer» D. Anil Menon | |
| 165. |
Who won the prestigious The Hindu Prize 2016? |
| A. | Kiran Doshi |
| B. | Mahi Verma |
| C. | Kunal Bakshi |
| D. | Anil Mukherji |
| Answer» B. Mahi Verma | |
| 166. |
Who of the following was recently sworn-in as the President of The Gambia? |
| A. | Adama Barrow |
| B. | Yahya Jammeh |
| C. | Yahya Bisak |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Yahya Jammeh | |
| 167. |
Who has been selected as the new chief of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)? |
| A. | JS?Khehar |
| B. | Satish Mathur |
| C. | RK Dutta |
| D. | Alok Kumar Verma |
| Answer» E. | |
| 168. |
Who of the following has won the prestigious award "The Hindu Prize 2016"? |
| A. | Manjula Padmanabhan |
| B. | Kunal Basu |
| C. | Kiran Doshi |
| D. | Anil Menon |
| Answer» D. Anil Menon | |
| 169. |
Which Indian cricketer has been inducted into Legends Club "Hall of Fame"? |
| A. | Kapil Dev |
| B. | Nari Contractor |
| C. | Sunil Gavaskar |
| D. | Ajit Wadekar |
| Answer» B. Nari Contractor | |
| 170. |
Name the Indian professor who pioneered the work on black holes and died recently. |
| A. | CK Venkata Ramayya |
| B. | CV Vishveshwara |
| C. | Surjit Singh Barnala |
| D. | Rajiv Palkhivala |
| Answer» C. Surjit Singh Barnala | |
| 171. |
Who will become the new interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Prasar Bharti? |
| A. | Rajeev Singh |
| B. | Jawhar Sircar |
| C. | S C Panda |
| D. | Surya Prakash |
| Answer» B. Jawhar Sircar | |
| 172. |
William Peter Blatty, who passed away recently, was the well-known author of which country? |
| A. | United Kingdom |
| B. | United States |
| C. | France |
| D. | Germany |
| Answer» C. France | |
| 173. |
Name the Indian actor who was honoured by the US Embassy to acknowledge his immense contribution to the India-US ties on tuberculosis. |
| A. | Amitabh Bachchan |
| B. | Shah Rukh Khan |
| C. | Akshay Kumar |
| D. | John Abraham |
| Answer» B. Shah Rukh Khan | |
| 174. |
Name the former MRF director who passed away recently. |
| A. | KM Philip |
| B. | T Sreejesh |
| C. | Mukhtar Abbas |
| D. | Jagdish Singh |
| Answer» B. T Sreejesh | |
| 175. |
Name the cricketer who scored a century in his 100th Test match in January 2017. |
| A. | Hashim Amla |
| B. | JP Duminy |
| C. | Virat Kohli |
| D. | Stephen Cook |
| Answer» B. JP Duminy | |
| 176. |
Name the Indian American actor who will become the first South Asian American to host the famous television show Saturday Night Live. |
| A. | Ashok Amritraj |
| B. | Aziz Ansari |
| C. | Param Gill |
| D. | Nina Duvuluri |
| Answer» C. Param Gill | |
| 177. |
Who was appointed as Distinguished Senior Fellow of Atlantic Council recently? |
| A. | K M Phogat |
| B. | Manish Tewari |
| C. | Suyash Rai |
| D. | Krishna Sharma |
| Answer» C. Suyash Rai | |
| 178. |
Which Indian hockey player has become a member of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Athletes' Committee? |
| A. | V R Raghunath |
| B. | Akashdeep Singh |
| C. | Nikkin Thimmaiah |
| D. | PR Sreejesh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 179. |
Barack Obama recently selected four Indian-American scientists for the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. Who of the following is NOT included in the list of the awardees? |
| A. | Kaushik Chowdhury |
| B. | Pankaj Lal |
| C. | Manish Arora |
| D. | Archana Tripati |
| Answer» E. | |
| 180. |
Velavan Senthilkumar is associated with which sports? |
| A. | Squash |
| B. | Tennis |
| C. | Table Tennis |
| D. | Badminton |
| Answer» B. Tennis | |
| 181. |
Which Indian personality has been honoured by US Embassy for Tuberculosis (TB) awareness? |
| A. | Sri Sri Ravi |
| B. | Shankar |
| C. | Sushma Swaraj |
| D. | Amitabh Bachchan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 182. |
Who of the following was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Military Alliance? |
| A. | Raheel Sharif |
| B. | Syed Ashraful Islam |
| C. | Hishammuddin Hussein |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Syed Ashraful Islam | |
| 183. |
Name the former Iranian President who passed away recently. |
| A. | Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei |
| B. | Mehdi Khalaji |
| C. | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| D. | Khaleed Sheikh |
| Answer» D. Khaleed Sheikh | |
| 184. |
Who has been honoured with the Life Time Achievement (LTA) award at the 2017 Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF)? |
| A. | Om Puri |
| B. | Amitabh Bachchan |
| C. | Nasruddin Shah |
| D. | Ramesh Prasad |
| Answer» E. | |
| 185. |
Who has been sworn-in as the new President of Ghana? |
| A. | Kwesi Amissah-Arthur |
| B. | Nana Akufo-Addo |
| C. | Mahamudu Bawumia |
| D. | John Mahama |
| Answer» C. Mahamudu Bawumia | |
| 186. |
Who of the following recently took over as the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations? |
| A. | Antonio Guterres |
| B. | Ban Ki-moon |
| C. | Luis Ayala |
| D. | George Papandreou |
| Answer» B. Ban Ki-moon | |
| 187. |
Who has won the 2017 Qatar Open Men's singles tennis tournament? |
| A. | Novak Djokovic |
| B. | Andy Murray |
| C. | Rafael Nadal |
| D. | Stefan Edberg |
| Answer» B. Andy Murray | |
| 188. |
Which tennis pair has won the 2017 WTA Brisbane International Women's doubles Tennis trophy? |
| A. | Elena Vesnina and Sania Mirza |
| B. | Elena Vesnina and Martina Hingis |
| C. | Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands |
| D. | Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis |
| Answer» D. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis | |
| 189. |
Name the social reformer who was honoured by Google Doodle recently on her 186th birth anniversary. |
| A. | Aruna Roy |
| B. | Medha Patkar |
| C. | Manasi Pradhan |
| D. | Savitribai Phule |
| Answer» E. | |
| 190. |
Tony Atkinson who died recently was an eminent British |
| A. | Historian |
| B. | Artist |
| C. | Cricketer |
| D. | Economist |
| Answer» E. | |
| 191. |
Who of the following was appointed the Vice Chief of Army Staff? |
| A. | Lieutenant General Sarath Chand |
| B. | Lieutenant General Philip Campose |
| C. | Lieutenant General Prabkaran Nair |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Lieutenant General Philip Campose | |
| 192. |
Veteran actor Om Puri, who passed away recently, was belonged to which state? |
| A. | Punjab |
| B. | Haryana |
| C. | Uttar Pradesh |
| D. | Madhya Pradesh |
| Answer» C. Uttar Pradesh | |
| 193. |
Gangmumei Kamei, who passed away recently, was the noted historian of which state? |
| A. | Manipur |
| B. | Odisha |
| C. | Jammu & Kashmir |
| D. | Himachal Pradesh |
| Answer» B. Odisha | |
| 194. |
Who has been elected as the working President of DMK? |
| A. | S.N. Kanimozhi |
| B. | Duraimurugan |
| C. | M.K. Stalin |
| D. | K. Ponmudy |
| Answer» D. K. Ponmudy | |
| 195. |
Who has been appointed as an Adviser (policy & planning) in the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)? |
| A. | Sandip Ray Chaudhury |
| B. | V Thiruppugazh |
| C. | P K Mishra |
| D. | Manoj Kumar Sahoo |
| Answer» C. P K Mishra | |
| 196. |
Name the Karnataka Minister who passed away recently while he was in Chikkamagaluru to attend the silver jubilee celebrations of the Transport Cooperative Society at Koppa? |
| A. | Ananth Padmanabhan |
| B. | Tabish Khair |
| C. | Mahadev Prasad |
| D. | Injeti Srinivas |
| Answer» D. Injeti Srinivas | |
| 197. |
Who has won the 2016 World Blitz Chess Championship? |
| A. | Sergey Karjakin |
| B. | Anna Muzychuk |
| C. | Magnus Carlsen |
| D. | Daniil Dubov |
| Answer» B. Anna Muzychuk | |
| 198. |
Name China's table tennis Olympic champion who announced her retirement through social media in January 2017. |
| A. | Li Xiaoxia |
| B. | Liu Shiwen |
| C. | Ding Ning |
| D. | Feng Tianwei |
| Answer» B. Liu Shiwen | |
| 199. |
Who has been appointed as the new leader of People's Party of Arunachal? |
| A. | Takam Pario |
| B. | Kamen Ringu |
| C. | Pema Khandu |
| D. | Kahfa Bengia |
| Answer» B. Kamen Ringu | |
| 200. |
Who is the newly appointed Controller General of Accounts? |
| A. | S S Sahu |
| B. | Archana Nigam |
| C. | Sushil Singh |
| D. | M J Joseph |
| Answer» C. Sushil Singh | |