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1.

Which Indian bollywood personality has been honoured with the 2017 Parmod Mahajan Smriti
Award?
[A] Amitabh Bachchan
[B] Shatrughan Sinha
[C] Sharmila Tagore
[D] Anupam Kher
Answer: D

2. Which among the following articles of the constitution empowers Jammu and Kashmir
legislature to define permanent residents (PR) of state?
a. Article 35
b. Article 35A
c. Article 370
d. Article 34
Answer: B

3. To commemorate who among the following Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) is
celebrated on 31 October?
a. Indira Gandhi
b. Sardar Patel
c. B. R. Ambedkar
d. M.K. Gandhi
Answer: D

4. Which among the following country has launched world’s first hybrid electric tram powered by
hydrogen fuel cell?
a. Soyan
b. Canada
c. China
d. U. S. A
Answer: C

5. Which among the following country won FIFA – U – 17 world cup 2017?
a. England
b. Spain
c. France
d. Brazil
Answer: A

6. At which among the following Indian states is salt lake stadium located?
a. Mumbai
b. Hyderabad
c. Calcutta
d. Delhi
Answer: C

7. In which among the following country Gwadar port located?


a. Iran
b. Pakistan
c. India
d. Bangladesh
Answer: B

8. ‘Kidambi Srikanth’is associated with which among the following sport?


a. Tennis
b. Badminton
c. Hockey
d. Golf
Answer: B

9. Bonn convention deals with which among the following?


a. Climate change
b. Ozone depleting substances
c. Conservation of migratory species
d. Wetland conservation
Answer: C

10. Which among the following company built “Vikram”, India’s first ever defence vessel to be
built in a private shipyard?
a. Reliance
b. L and T
c. TATA
d. Adani Group
Answer: B

11. What is India’s rank in the latest World Bank (WB)’s Ease of Doing Business ranking 2018?

[A] 111th
[B] 130th
[C] 115th
[D] 100th
Answer : D

12. Who has taken over charge as new Director-General (DG) of National Investigation Agency (NIA)?
[A] Jainam Shah
[B] Ankit Awasthi
[C] Sharad Kumar Sinha
[D] Yogesh Chander Modi
Answer : D

13. Who has been appointed as the Karnataka’s first woman Director General and Inspector General
of Police (DG-IGP)?
[A] Neelmani N. Raju
[B] Minal Reddi
[C] Pooja Chandra
[D] Deepali Murthy
Answer: A

14. Who has been elected as the 95th Prime Minister of Japan?
[A] Tadamori Oshima
[B] Shinzo Abe
[C] Hirotaka Akamatsu
[D] Junichiro Koizumi
Answer: B

15. Who has been selected for Kerala’s top literary award “Ezhuthachan Puraskaram-2017”?
[A] Puthussery Ramachandran
[B] Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri
[C] K Satchidanandan
[D] C. Radhakrishnan

Answer: C

16. Gagan Narang clinched silver in which rifle prone event at Commonwealth Shooting
Championships in Brisbane?
[A] 10m rifle prone
[B] 25m rifle prone
[C] 30m rifle prone
[D] 50m rifle prone

Answer: D

17. Who is the author of the book “Dreamnation: Uniting a Country with Handwritten Dreams”?
[A] Y.S. Rajan
[B] Srijan Pal Singh
[C] Subroto Bagchi
[D] Saji Mathew

Answer: D & Jubie John

18. Which word has been named official word of the year 2017 by Collins dictionary?

[A] Green economy


[B] Fake nation
[C] Eco library
[D] Fake news

Answer: D
19. India’s first-ever conservation reserve for black buck will come up in which city?

[A] Bhopal
[B] Udaipur
[C] Allahabad
[D] New Delhi

Answer: C

20. The 2017 World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) is observed on which date?

[A] November 4
[B] November 5
[C] November 3
[D] November 6

Answer: B

21. Who will be the new US Ambassador to India?

[A] Mark Warner


[B] David Friedman
[C] Kenneth Juster
[D] Richard Verma

Answer: C

22. Who has been chosen for the 53rd Jnanpith Award 2017?

[A] Krishna Sobti


[B] Leeladhar Mandloi
[C] Ramakant Rath
[D] Girishwar Misra

Answer: A

23. Which city has won the Best City Bus Services Award of Government of India?

[A] Lucknow
[B] Mysuru
[C] Surat
[D] Kochi

Answer: C

24. Who has won the 2017 men’s singles National Badminton Championships?

[A] Kidambi Srikanth


[B] Pranaav Jerry Chopra
[C] H S Prannoy
[D] Kashyap Parupalli
Answer: C

25. Which Indian organization has developed sub-sonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’, which is successfully test
fired recently?
[A] BARC
[B] Bharat Earth Movers
[C] ISRO
[D] DRDO

Answer: D

26. Which city is hosting the 20th International Children’s Film Festival of India (ICFFI)?

[A] Hyderabad
[B] New Delhi
[C] Lucknow
[D] Chennai

Answer: A

27. Mary Kom has won gold medal in which category at 2017 Asian women’s Boxing Championships?

[A] 52kg category


[B] 57kg category
[C] 48kg category
[D] 42kg category

28. Which country hosted the 39th session of the General Conference of the UNESCO?

[A] France
[B] India
[C] Germany
[D] Italy

Answer: A

29. India’s first cartoon network theme park “Amaazia” will come up in which city?

[A] Surat
[B] Chennai
[C] Kolkata
[D] Jaipur

Answer: A

30. Audrey Azoulay has been appointed as the new chief of UNESCO. She hails from which country?

[A] Germany
[B] Italy
[C] Bulgaria
[D] France

Answer: D

31. Who will represent India in the annual summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO-2017) in
Russia?

[A] Narendra Modi


[B] Rajnath Singh
[C] Piyush Goyal
[D] Sushma Swaraj

Answer: D

32. Mirabai Chanu has become the first Indian in over two decades to win gold at the IWF World
Weightlifting Championship. She hails from which state?

[A] Mizoram
[B] Manipur
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Assam

Answer: B

33. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India?

[A] Rajiv Bansal


[B] Ashwani Lohani
[C] Pradeep Singh Kharola
[D] Rituraj Singh

Answer: C

34. Under whose captaincy Indian men’s national team has won the 2017 Asian Kabaddi Championships?

[A] Deepak Nivas Hooda


[B] Vishal Bharadwaj
[C] Ajay Thakur
[D] Rahul Chaudhari

Answer: C

35: Which Indian monument has officially been declared the most visited place of the world by World Book
of Records (WBR)?

[A] Red Fort


[B] Taj Mahal
[C] India Gate
[D] Golden Temple

36. Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters has been crowned the Miss Universe 2017. She hails from which country?

[A] Jamaica
[B] Cambodia
[C] Colombia
[D] South Africa

Answer: D

37. Gopi Thonakal has become the first Indian man to win Asian Marathon Championship. He hails from
which state?

[A] Karnataka
[B] Odisha
[C] Manipur
[D] Kerala
Answer: D

38. Which of the following will be India’s first solar mission to take off in 2019?

[A] Aditya-LL mission


[B] Aditya-L1 mission
[C] Aditya-XL mission
[D] Aditya-X1 mission

Answer: B

39. The scientists of which country have developed the world’s first artificial intelligence politician “SAM”?

[A] New Zealand


[B] South Africa
[C] France
[D] Italy

Answer: A

40. The 2017 Constitution Day is celebrated on which date in India?

[A] November 27
[B] November 26
[C] November 27
[D] November 28

Answer: B

41. Who has won the best actor award at the most prestigious 2017 Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA)?

[A] Varun Dhawan


[B] Akshay Kumar
[C] Rajkummar Rao
[D] Shahid Kapoor

Answer: C

42. Who will be sworn-in as the new President of Zimbabwe?

[A] Patrick Chinamasa


[B] Emmerson Mnangagwa
[C] Joice Mujuru
[D] Phelekezela Mphoko

Answer: B

43. Who has become the first-ever female pilot to be inducted into the Indian Navy?

[A] Sakthi Maya S


[B] Astha Segal
[C] Roopa A
[D] Shubhangi Swaroop

Answer: D

44. What is the theme of the 2017 Universal Children’s Day (UCD)?
[A] Stop Violence Against Children!
[B] Protect Child Protect World
[C] Invest in Education
[D] Kids Take Over

45. Who has been honoured with 2017 Big Little Book Award in Bengali language category?

[A] Kartik Ghosh


[B] Amarendra Chakrovorty
[C] Nabaneeta Dev Sen
[D] Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

Answer: C

46. India has recently signed pact with which country for visa free entry of flight crew?

[A] United States


[B] Russia
[C] Japan
[D] Germany

Answer: B

47. Atom Egoyan will be honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the International Film Festival of
India (IFFI 2017). He hails from which country?

[A] Canada
[B] Morocco
[C] New Zealand
[D] China

Answer: A

48. Who will be honoured with the 2017 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development?

[A] Raghuram Rajan


[B] Mamata Banerjee
[C] Manmohan Singh
[D] Pranab Mukherjee

Answer: C

49. Manushi Chhillar has won the coveted ‘Miss World 2017’title. She hails from which state?

[A] Tamil Nadu


[B] Karnataka
[C] Haryana
[D] Odisha

Answer: C
50. Patanjali group has signed a MoU with which state government for setting up a food park in the state?

[A] Madhya Pradesh


[B] Jharkhand
[C] Kerala
[D] Telangana
Answer: D

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