Q1. The Union Cabinet has recently approved the signing of an Agreement between India and Armenia on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters. What is the capital of Armenia?
(a) Baku
(b) Tbilisi
(c) Tehran
(d) Yerevan
(e) Riyadh
Q2. India has appointed _____________ as the next high commissioner to Pakistan.
(a) Sandeep Jajodia
(b) Ajay Bisaria
(c) Venugopal Rao
(d) Sanjeev Srivastava
(e) Gautam Bambawale
Q3. Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Mukesh Ambani recently became Asia’s richest person with a total wealth of $42.1 billion, according to Forbes’ real time billionaire’s list. He has replaced ___________________.
(a) Azim Premji
(b) Jack Maa
(c) Hui Ka Yan
(d) Li Ka-shing
(e) Lei Jun
Q4. The ninth edition of CMS Vatavaran, an international film festival on environment and wildlife, has begun recently in ________________.
(a) New Delhi
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Chennai
(d) Pune
(e) Mumbai
Q5. The Ministry of Finance increased the maximum age of joining the National Pension System (NPS) from the existing 60 years to ___________ under NPS – Private Sector.
(a) 62 years
(b) 63 years
(c) 64 years
(d) 65 years
(e) 66 years
Q6. The 210-metre-high statue of which of the following leader/warrior has received environmental clearance, making it the world’s tallest statue, once built?
(a) Maharana Sanga
(b) Sardar VAllabhbhai Patel
(c) Rana Pratap
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
(e) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Q7. A 45 member contingent of the Indian Air Force had left for Israel to participate in exercise named _____________.
(a) Shakti-VI
(b) Blue Flag-17
(c) Indisr-17
(d) Ind-Rael V
(e) Rang-Shakti-17
Q8. By what percent, country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) slashed benchmark lending rate across maturities?
(a) 0.10%
(b) 0.04%
(c) 0.05%
(d) 0.07%
(e) 0.09%
Q9. For which of the following Indian State, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved USD 2 million loan for projects across the state?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Punjab
(c) Jammu & Kashmir
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Assam
Q10. Name the noted Malayalam Poet and literary critic who has been selected for Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2017.
(a) Edasseri Govindan Nair
(b) Ayyappa Paniker
(c) D. Vinayachandran
(d) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
(e) K Satchidanandan
Q11. Name the lady IPS officer who has been appointed as Karnataka’s first woman Director General and Inspector General of Police.
(a) Geeta Devi
(b) Neelmani N. Raju
(c) Nirmala Venkatesan
(d) Pratima Krishnamurthy
(e) Sulur Vijaylaxmi
Q12. Name the state that is safest for girls, according to a newly-formed Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI) by NGO Plan India.
(a) Kerala
(b) Mizoram
(c) Goa
(d) Assam
(e) Maharashtra
Q13. In which of the following state/UT, the President of India has inaugurated the 21st World Congress of Mental Health?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Goa
(d) Chandigarh
(e) Puducherry
Q14. Name the state government with which Indiana, a State in the US, has signed an agreement to establish sister-state ties for cooperation in economic, educational and cultural fields.
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Goa
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Karnataka
(e) Kerala
Q15. Name the state that is least safe for girls, according to a newly-formed Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI) by NGO Plan India.
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Delhi
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Bihar
(e) Haryana
Check Detailed Solutions for Current Affairs