Current Affairs Questions (based on The Hindu) for NIACL Mains Exams 2017

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Q1. The 13th edition of Nepal’s five-day Chitwan Elephant Festival has kicked off in ___________ with the participation of over 50 elephants.

(a) Birgunj

(b) Pokhara

(c) Janakpur

(d) Kathmandu

(e) Biratnagar

Q2. Cabinet has approved signing and ratifying an agreement between India and Uruguay regarding cooperation and mutual assistance in Customs Matters recently. Where is the capital of Uruguay?

(a) Montevideo

(b) Kampala

(c) Pyongyang

(d) Abuja

(e) Other than the given options

Q3. Which of the following companies has created two tools My Business and Digital Unlocked for the small and medium businesses in India, that would help to create an online presence, besides a digital training programme.

(a) Yahoo India

(b) Apple India

(c) Dell India

(d) Facebook India

(e) Google India

Q4. Name the City of Uttar Pradesh, in which the Digi Dhan Mela has been organised, recently?

(a) Kanpur

(b) Varanasi

(c) Meerut

(d) Lucknow

(e) Allahabad

Q5. Who will be skipper the Indian women’s cricket team for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup qualifiers which is to be played from February 03rd to 21st, 2017 in Colombo, Sri Lanka?

(a) Smriti Mandhana

(b) Mithali Raj 

(c) Latika Kumari

(d) Harmanpreet Kaur 

(e) Soniya Dabir

Q6. The Election Commission of India has announced the dates for the assembly elections in five states Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa. Who is present Chief Election Commissioner of India. 

(a) Nasim Zaidi

(b) SY Quraishi

(c) Navin Chawla

(d) Kalyan Singh

(e) Other than the given options

Q7. The ________ ambassador to the European Union Ivan Rogers has resigned from his post recently.

(a) Brazil

(b) UK

(c) Spain

(d) USA

(e) Denmark

Q8. Which of the following countries has defeated Bangladesh 3-1 to win their fourth consecutive South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Football Championship title in Siliguri, West Bengal?

(a) Sri Lanka

(b) Pakistan

(c) India 

(d) China

(e) Nepal

Q9.   ________ has launched a health scheme, Arogya Raksha Scheme Tummalapalli Kalakshetram for the people of the Above Poverty Line at Rs 1200 premium per annum.

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Telangana

(c) Karnataka

(d) Andhra Pradesh

(e) Kerala

Q10. Russia recently delivered four Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets to which of the following countries after a delay of two years?

(a) Saudi Arabia

(b) Iran

(c) Syria

(d) India

(e) China