Q1. Which among the following states government has announced a new scheme to provide financial assistance of one thousand rupees per month each to single women in the state recently?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Punjab
(c) Telangana
(d) Kerala
(e) Uttar Pradesh
Q2. The Munich Re is opening a composite branch office in Mumbai. This world’s leading reinsurer is based in
(a) Germany
(b) Switzerland
(c) Singapore
(d) France
(e) Hongkong
Q3. Name the veteran actor, who gave countless memorable performances in movies of diverse genres, died at his residence in Mumbai recently?
(a) Kader Khan
(b) Farhad Aslani
(c) Paresh Rawal
(d) Om Puri
(e) Other than the given options
Q4. Name the Insurance Company, which has been tied up with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for augmenting capital support to enterprises in the country?
(a) General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC)
(b) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
(c) New India Assurance Co. Ltd. (NIACL)
(d) United India Insurance Company (UIIC)
(e) Other than the given options
Q5. Which of the following private sector banks has launched a month-long campaign to promote a group personal accident insurance scheme for savings bank account-holders?
(a) South Indian Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) Yes Bank
(e) Karnataka Bank
Q6. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Tata Power after the resignation of Cyrus Mistry?
(a) Karan Bajwa
(b) Raja Krishnamoorthi
(c) Anil Jalali
(d) Dilip Vengsarkar
(e) S Padmanabhan
Q7. IBM has appointed _____________ as Managing Director of IBM India Pvt Ltd, succeeding Vanitha Narayanan who has been appointed as chairman of the Indian subsidiary.
(a) Mangu Yadav
(b) Sumendra Pradhan
(c) Mohan Reddy
(d) Karan Bajwa
(e) Other than the given options
Q8. Renowned _______________ Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan died due to cardiac arrest.
(a) Singer
(b) Kathkali Dancer
(c) Sitar maestro
(d) tabla player
(e) Other than the given options
Q9. Vice President Hamid Ansari has released a book titled ‘The People’s President: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’. Who is the author of this book (The People’s President: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’)?
(a) Amish Tripathi
(b) SM Khan
(c) Krishan Rao
(d) Chetan Bhagat
(e) Abdullah Ansari
Q10. Who has been appointed as the Britain’s new ambassador to the European Union (EU) recently?
(a) Sir Tim Barrow
(b) Sir Ivan Rogers
(c) Sir Takam Pario
(d) Sir Jovenel Moise
(e) Other than the given options
Q11. The Government has imposed an anti-dumping duty ranging from 6.30 US dollars to 351.72 US dollars per tonne on imports of jute and its products from which of the following countries recently?
I. Bangladesh
II. Pakistan
III. Nepal
IV. China
V. Bhutan
(a) Both I and II
(b) Both I and III
(c) Both III and IV
(d) Both IV and V
(e) Both V and II
Q12. A telecommunication technology test satellite has successfully test fired by ___________ from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre recently?
(a) France
(b) USA
(c) China
(d) Japan
(e) Russia
Q13. The Supreme Court has restrained transfer of 2G spectrum licences from Maxis, originally allotted to Aircel in 2006, to any other telecom company. Maxis is based in
(a) Russia
(b) Norway
(c) Sweden
(d) Malaysia
(e) Mongolia
Q14. Japan has temporarily withdrawn its Ambassador to which of the following countries recently, amid an escalating row over a statue representing wartime sex slaves?
(a) China
(b) Cambodia
(c) Thailand
(d) Venezuela
(e) South Korea
Q15. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is estimated at ________ in 2016-17 as per the data released recently by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
(a) 6.9 per cent
(b) 7.1 per cent
(c) 7.3 per cent
(d) 7.4 per cent
(e) 7.6 per cent