Q1. In ‘Swachh Shakti Saptah’ Gurugram, Haryana, held recently, approximately how many districts have been declared ODF (Open Defecation Free).
Answer: 100
Q2. Which Regulatory body has proposed up to 50 per cent increase in insurance premium for cars, motor cycles as well as commercial vehicles from April 1.
Answer: IRDAI
Q3. The GST Council recently approved the draft CGST and IGST Bills. The letter ‘C’ in the term CGST stands for ‘Central’ while letter ‘I’ in the term ‘IGST’ stands for __________.
Answer: Integrated
Q4. The Union Finance Ministry has agreed in-principle to allow public sector banks to offer ESOPs to their employees from 2017-18. The term ESOPs stands for _____________.
Answer: Employee Stock Option Plans
Q5. Which country has won the Most Popular Tourism Destination Award, recently?
Answer: Sri Lanka
Q6. Name the person who has been recently appointed as the adviser to the Odisha government.
Answer: K Srinath Reddy
Q7. Name the Private lender, which has recently launched India’s first artificial intelligence based banking chatbot Electronic Virtual Assistant (EVA) for customer services.
Answer: HDFC Bank
Q8. Indo-Oman Joint Army Exercise- AL NAGAH-II 2017 started recently in ____________.
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
Q9. Name the Kerala’s playback singer who has created a new world record by playing the maximum number of songs in the shortest time on Gayathri veena during a program.
Answer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi
Q10. The world’s oldest aircraft carrier in active service, INS Viraat, was decommissioned on 06 Mar after serving the Indian Navy for nearly 30 years. India had bought the carrier from __________.
Answer: UK
Q11. World Wildlife Day, 2017 was globally observed on ____________.
Answer: 3rd March
Q12. Name the country, that has recently celebrated 25 years of diplomatic ties with India.
Answer: Israel
Q13. Who is the head of RBI committee to review cyber security?
Answer: Meena Hemchandra
Q14. Neil Fingleton passed away recently. He was famous ____________.
Answer: Basketball Player
Q15. What was the theme of World Wildlife Day, 2017?
Answer: Listen to the Young Voices