Current Affairs for NICL AO Mains 2017

Q1. Prime Minister of India will inaugurate India’s longest river bridge (9.15km) Dhola-Sadiya Bridge in which Indian state?
Answer: Assam

Q2. Government think-tank NITI Aayog holds the first ‘Samavesh meeting’. Chairman of NITI Aayog is ___________.
Answer: PM of India


Q3. This is the first time in the history of African Development Bank (AFDB) Group that India would be hosting the Annual Meetings of the bank (May 2017). It will be inaugurated by ____________.
Answer: Narendra Modi


Q4. The Indian Army received two 155mm/39 caliber Ultra Lightweight Howitzer artillery guns from BAE Systems in the United States of America. BAE Systems is an Aerospace company based in ___________ .
Answer: USA


Q5. State-owned telecom operator BSNL has inked a clutch of agreements with which of the following company/companies to popularize the internet and its value added services among customers.
Answer: Facebook and MobiKwik


Q6. Who is the current Chairman of Bengaluru-Headquartered Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)?
Answer: A. S. Kiran Kumar


Q7. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has recently presented now the 2014 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace to which scientific Organization of the country?
Answer: ISRO


Q8. Union Cabinet of which country has approved a bill that would allow Emperor Akihito to step down, paving the way for the first abdication by an emperor of that country in nearly two centuries?
Answer: Japan


Q9. Sanjay Gubbi of Karnataka and Purnima Barman of Assam have won the prestigious Whitley Award for their efforts in wildlife conservation. The awards are popularly known as _____________.
Answer: Green Oscars


Q10. According to a survey, the report of which was released by railway minister Suresh Prabhu, which station is dirtiest among the 75 busiest stations in the country?
Answer: Darbhanga


Q11. In Cricket, Mumbai Indians lifted the 10th Indian Premier League trophy for the third time. Who was the highest run Scorer in the tournament?
Answer: David Warner


Q12. Scientists at NASA have recently discovered a new bacteria found only on the International Space Station (ISS). The bacteria has been named after the name of which eminent Indian Scientist?
Answer: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam


Q13. Who was/were recently conferred the Banga Samman, West Bengal’s highest civilian award, by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee?
Answer: Soumitra Chatterjee and Y.C. Deveshwar


Q14. Name the Indian boy who has recently won the world’s largest pre-college science competition, The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) in the US in the environmental engineering category.
Answer: Prashant Ranganathan


Q15. Who was Purple Cap winner in the 10th edition of IPL 2017 and he was from which team?
Answer: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sun Risers Hyderabad