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

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Q1. Which of the following countries has become the first country in the world to pay a basic income to randomly picked citizens on a national level?

(a) Finland

(b) Norway

(c) USA

(d) China

(e) Denmark

Q2. Name the State, which has banned the use of Purse Seine Nets for fishing recently?

(a) Kerala

(b) Maharashtra

(c) West Bengal

(d) Gujarat

(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q3. Name the Karnataka Minister for cooperation and Sugar, who has been passed away recently due to cardiac arrest?

(a) Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

(b) Sunderlal Patwa

(c) H S Mahadeva Prasad

(d) Vera Rubin

(e) Other than the given options

Q4. Table tennis Olympic champion Li Xiaoxia has announced her retirement recently. She belongs to which country?

(a) Bhutan

(b) Thailand

(c) South Korea

(d) China

(e) Japan

Q5. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?

(a) Suresh Kalmadi

(b) Takam Pario

(c) Narinder Batra

(d) Bipin Rawat

(e) David R Syiemlieh

Q6. India has ranked third among the countries offering the highest average annual salary to expatriates, according to HSBC Holdings data. Which country has ranked highest in the world to average annual salary?

(a) USA

(b) Denmark

(c) France

(d) Norway

(e) Switzerland

Q7. Which of the following cities PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the five-day annual Indian Science Congress, recently?

(a) Patna, Bihar

(b) Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

(c) Kochi, Kerala

(d) Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

(e) Rajkot, Gujarat

Q8. Which of the following E-commerce companies has been awarded a patent for launching a giant flying warehouse that would act as a launch pad for drones to deliver items within minutes?

(a) Flipkart

(b) Paytm

(c) Amazon

(d) MobiKwik

(e) Other than the given options

Q9. Name three Month Campaign, which has been launched by EPFO to enrol more workers and sets Re 1 fine for late registration, recently?

(a) The experiment aimed at dismissing poverty Campaign 2017

(b) Enrollment and Establishment coverage campaign 2017

(c) Login and Use Campaign 2017

(d) Universal Account and Members Campaign 2017

(e) Other than the given options

Q10. Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar has been sworn-in as the ____________ Chief Justice of India.

(a) 44th

(b) 43rd

(c) 42nd

(d) 41st

(e) 40th