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1. Where has the Islamic Development Bank
decided to open its first branch?
A) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
B) New Delhi
C) Mumbai, Maharashtra
D) Bangaluru, Karnataka
Answer: A) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
2. Which ministry has launched Bharatavani
Portal?
A) Ministry of Civil Aviation
B) Ministry of Human Resource Development
C) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
D) Ministry of Communications and Information
Technology
Answer: B) Ministry of Human Resource
Development

5. Who has become the first woman to win

Millennium Technology Prize?
A) Frances Arnold
B) Verna Louis
C) Maria Fadiman
D) Lisa Genova
Answer: A) Frances Arnold
6. Which Space Agency has signed MoU with
ISRO?
A) United Arab Emirates Space Agency
B) Iranian Space Agency
C) Belarus Space Agency
D) NASA
Answer: A) United Arab Emirates Space Agency
7. To give momentum to which of the following
Governmental Scheme has the National Capital
Goods Policy 2016 been formed?
A) Start Up India
B) Make in India
C) Ujjawala Scheme
D) Digital India
Answer: B) Make in India

3. How many Nirbhaya buses with multiple ITenabled safety measures have been launched
by Union Road Transport and Highways
Ministry?
A) 15
B) 25
C) 20
D) 30
Answer: C) 20

8. The Bill to amend Constitution (Scheduled

Tribes) Order, 1950 will not modify the list of
Scheduled Tribes in which of the following
states?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Assam
C) Uttarakhand
D) Jharkhand
Answer: C) Uttarakhand

4. At which position has India immerged as the

electronic waste (e-waste) producer as per
recent study conducted by Assocham-KPMG?
A) 4th
B) 3rd
C) 8th
D) 5th

9. Who has become Chief Minister of Kerela?

A) Siddaramaiah
B) Jayalalithaa
C) Kalikho Pul
D) Pinarayi Vijayan
Answer: D) Pinarayi Vijayan
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10. Air-breathing Propulsion System was
recently tested by ___?
A) ISRO
B) NASA
C) European Space Agency (ESA)
D) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Answer: A) ISRO
11. Based on which property has the Scientists
discover new property of light?
A) Radiation
B) Angular Momentum
C) Refraction
D) Diffraction
Answer: B) Angular Momentum
12. Which of the following city has not been
selected in 13 Cities for Smart Cities Mission in
2nd group?
A) Patna
B) Ranchi
C) Imphal
D) Faridabad
Answer: A) Patna
13. Who has become Chief Minister of Assam?
A) Mukul Sangma
B) Sarbananda Sonowal
C) T R Zeliang
D) Lal Thanhawla
Answer: B) Sarbananda Sonowal
14. Which country has signed MoU with NALCO
to set up smelter plant in Chabahar?
A) Afghanistan
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Iran
D) None of these
Answer: C) Iran
15. Which Ship has been commissioned recently
in Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam, Andhra
Pradesh?
A) INS Talwar

B) INS Shishumar
C) INS Viraat
D) INS Tarmugli
Answer: D) INS Tarmugli
16. Who has been appointed as CMD of Nuclear
Power Corporation of India?
A) S K Sharma
B) K Radhakrishnan
C) Arvind Panagaria
D) M Annadurai
Answer: A) S K Sharma
17. Who has won Asian 6-Red Snooker title?
A) Geet Sethi
B) Pankaj Advani
C) Ashok Sandilya
D) Shirish Advani
Answer: B) Pankaj Advani
18. In which country will the strategic port be
developed as per India, Iran and Afghanistan
historic land transit trade agreement?
A) Iran
B) India
C) Afghanistan
D) None of these
Answer: A) Iran
19. Which country has recently signed 4 bilateral
agreements on defence cooperation with
India?
A) Iran
B) Oman
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Nepal
Answer: B) Oman
20. From where was the Indias first reusable
space shuttle RLV-TD launched?
A) Bangalore
B) Mahendragiri
C) Sriharikota
D) Thiruvananthapuram
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Answer: C) Sriharikota
21. Who has become the Chief Minister of Tamil
Nadu?
A) Shri N. Rangasamy
B) Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao
C) Shri Manohar Lal
D) Selvi J Jayalalithaa
Answer: D) Selvi J Jayalalithaa
22. Who has been appointed as the Lieutenant
Governor of Puducherry?
A) Kiran Bedi
B) Meera Borwankar
C) Ajay Kumar Singh
D) Kanwaljeet Deol
Answer: A) Kiran Bedi
23. Who has received Nepals literary award, Yug
Kavi Siddhicharan Award in 2016?
A) Indira Goswami
B) Pawan Chamling
C) Ramvriksh Benipuri
D) Gopal Singh Nepali
24. When is the Anti-Terrorism Day observed?
A) May 21
B) April 23
C) March 19
D) August 22
Answer: A) May 21
25. National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA)2017 deals with defence cooperation between
US and ___?
A) China
B) India
C) France
D) Pakistan
Answer: B) India
26. Who among these has been appointed as
special envoy for El Nino, Climate?
A) Mary Robinson

B) Macharia Kamau
C) Both
D) None of these
Answer: C) Both
27. First World Conference on Tourism for
Development was held in ___?
A) Paris
B) New Delhi
C) London
D) Beijing
Answer: D) Beijing
28. Which country has been praised for
Medicines with the Red Line campaign on
antibiotics?
A) India
B) UK
C) USA
D) China
Answer: A) India
29. For how long has the Union Cabinet
approved law to keep state boards out of NEET
ambit?
A) 3 Years
B) 1 Year
C) 4 Months
D) 6 Months
Answer: B) 1 Year
30. Which state government has launched
PEHAL?
A) Uttrakhand
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: C) Himachal Pradesh
31. Who has become principal adviser for social
sector in NITI Aayog?
A) Bibek Debroy
B) Hasmukh Adhia
C) Arvind Panagaria
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D) Ratan P Watal
Answer: D) Ratan P Watal
32. Who has become the first woman President
of Taiwan?
A) Tsai Ing-wen
B) Lin Chi-ling
C) Yenlin Ku
D) Kelly Lin
Answer: A) Tsai Ing-wen
33. Which Cyclonic storm has hit eastern coast
of India in 2016?
A) Madi
B) ROANU
C) Phailin
D) Helen
Answer: B) ROANU
34. Which bank has decided to merge Bhartiya
Mahila Bank with itself?
A) State Bank of India
B) Federal Bank
C) Union Bank of India
D) Bank of India
Answer: A) SBI
35. Which bank has launched SmartUp for
startups?
A) SBI
B) HDFC
C) RBI
D) Yes Bank
Answer: B) HDFC
36. Who has become Deputy Mayor of Loughton
town in UK?
A) Manjit Singh
B) Philip Abraham
C) V. K. Krishna Menon
D) Dwarka Prasad Sinha
Answer: B) Philip Abraham

37. Where in India has Apple opened its

Development office?
A) Bangalore
B) Hyderabad
C) New Delhi
D) Mumbai
Answer: B) Hyderabad
38. Which Missile has been recently tested fired
at Chandipur in Odisha?
A) Prithvi I
B) Prithvi II
C) Agni II
D) Aakash III
Answer: B) Prithvi II
39. Where has NASA launched near-space
monitoring super pressure balloon?
A) Sri Lanka
B) New Zealand
C) Australia
D) USA
Answer: B) New Zealand
40. Who has received 2016 Distinguished
Leadership in Teaching Excellence Award in
US?
A) Manpreet Kalsy
B) Rupa Iyer
C) Kalpana Deshmukh
D) Joanne Watson
Answer: B) Rupa Iyer
41. Where has Intelligent Operations Centre been
formed?
A) ISRO
B) Rashtrapati Bhavan
C) Supreme Court
D) Parliament of India
Answer: B) Rashtrapati Bhavan
42. Which country has recently amended DTAA
to bring information exchange?
A) Singapore
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