GENERAL QUESTIONS

ROUND 1
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Who has won the Sir Garfield Sober Trophy for

Cricketer of the Year 2017?
[A] Steve Smith
[B] Virat Kohli
[C] Quinton de Kock
[D] AB de Villiers
 [B] Virat Kohli
2.

Which Union minister has recently conferred the

Honorary Fellowship of Institute of Company
secretaries of India (ICSI)?
[A] Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
[B] Arun Jaitely
[C] P.P. Chaudhary
[D] Ravi Shankar Prasad
 [C] P.P. Chaudhary
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Which state government has launched

Mukhyamantri Kalakar Sahayata Yojana
(MKSY) for artists?
[A] Odisha
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Assam
[D] Kerala
 [A] Odisha
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Which state has become the India’s first state to

launch Public Cloud Policy to speed up e-
governance?
[A] Maharashtra
[B] Andhra Pradesh
[C] Assam
[D] Himachal Pradesh
 [A] Maharashtra
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The Somasila Dam is located in which state?

[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Himachal Pradesh
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Uttar Pradesh
 [C] Andhra Pradesh
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Which state government has launched Nanaji

Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivani Yojna to promote
climate-resilient agriculture?
[A] Odisha
[B] Karnataka
[C] Goa
[D] Maharashtra
 [D] Maharashtra
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Pt Buddhadev Dasgupta, who passed away

recently, was a well-known maestro of which
musical instrument?
[A] Sarod
[B] Tabla
[C] Sarangi
[D] Bansuri
 [A] Sarod
8

Chandi Lahiri, the iconic cartoonist has passed

away. He hailed from which state?
[A] West Bengal
[B] Karnataka
[C] Punjab
[D] Haryana
 [A] West Bengal
9.
With which country India singed 14 key agreements
in strategic areas of security, nuclear energy,
protection of classified information and also in
field of education, environment, urban
development and railways :
 A) Japan
 b) France
 c) UAE
 d) Korea
 b) France
10.

What is the phenomenon that affects the Indo-

gangetic plain
A. Smog

B. Urban heat

C. Dance fog

D. None of the above

b) Urban heat