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Current Affairs Questions Based on The Hindu
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Q1. India and Japan have agreed to collaborate closely in defence production, including on dual-use technologies. Who is the present Prime Minister of Japan?
(a) Shinzo Abe
(b) Yoshihiko Noda
(c) Naoto Kan
(d) Xi Jinping
(e) Yukio Hatoyama
Q2. The book of Former Foreign Secretary named “How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century”- was launched recently. The book is written by __________.
(a) Ranjan Mathai
(b) Chokila Iyer
(c) Shyam Saran
(d) Lalit Mansingh
(e) Nirupama Rao
Q3. NITI Aayog has recently constituted an Expert Task Force to provide a major thrust to job creation by enhancing India’s exports. The Task Force will be headed by ____________.
(a) Arvind Panagariya
(b) Rajiv Kumar
(c) Amitabh Kant
(d) Narendra Modi
(e) Shereen Bhan
Q4. The defence entity of which of the following company had signed an MoU with Rosoboronexport, Russia, to supply tracked vehicle solutions to the armed forces?
(a) TATA Power
(b) Bharat Earth Movers
(c) Heavy Vehicles Factory
(d) Ashok Leyland
(e) Reliance Defence Services
Q5. Which of the following counties will host the 2019 edition of the Commonwealth (Youth, Junior and Senior) Weightlifting Championships?
(a) Australia
(b) Japan
(c) China
(d) USA
(e) India
Q6. Name the Bollywood actress who has been appointed as the first Indian woman ambassador in ‘Friends of Australia’ (FOA) advocacy panel by Tourism Australia.
(a) Priyanka Chopra
(b) Parineeti Chopra
(c) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
(d) Diya Mirza
(e) Neha Dhupia
Q7. Name the telecom company of India that has entered into an agreement with US-based networking solutions provider Coriant to chart the path to 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) in India.
(a) MTNL
(b) Reliance Communications
(c) BSNL
(d) Tata Teleservices
(e) Bharti Airtel
Q8. In which of the following country, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), under Ministry of Power has launched UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable Lighting for All) Scheme?
(a) Singapore
(b) Myanmar
(c) Nepal
(d) Malaysia
(e) Bangladesh
Q9. Exide Life Insurance has announced a partnership with Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC Bank) to offer its protection and savings products to the latter’s customers. Exide Life Insurance is head quartered in __________.
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Jaipur
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Kolkata
(e) Mumbai
Q10. India’s first operational Smart City and IFSC, GIFT City has won the prestigious Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) Services Excellence Award. GIFT City is situated in ______________.
(a) Karnataka
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Punjab
(e) Goa
Q11. A joint military training exercise will be conducted in this month in Washington, USA between India and the USA. The exercise is named as ____________.
(a) Exercise Varuna-XII
(b) INDUS-X
(c) Exercise Parakram 2017
(d) Malabar Exercise-X
(e) Yudh Abhyas-2017
Q12. Name the Insurance Company that has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India for an IPO (Initial Public Offering) of up to Rs 8,400 crore.
(a) Sun Life Financial
(b) MetLife
(c) SBI Life Insurance
(d) AXA Life Insurance
(e) Prudential
Q13. The Andhra Pradesh government has recently signed an MoU with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) to build India’s first Hyperloop system. HTT is a company based in ______________.
(a) Russia
(b) France
(c) China
(d) USA
(e) Japan
Q14. Who is the present Managing Director and Group CEO of GIFT City?
(a) Sanjeev Mathur
(b) Ajay Pandey
(c) Arun Gupta
(d) Arjun Singh
(e) Kapil Tiwari
Q15. Who is the present Chairman & Managing Director of BSNL?
(a) Sandeep Jajodia
(b) Rajiv Kumar
(c) Anupam Shrivastava
(d) Deepak Kumar
(e) Anil Jyoti
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