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Q1. Name the famous temple that has been adjudged best ‘Swachh Iconic Place’ in India, according to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
(a) Chidambaram Temple
(b) Ekambareswar Temple
(c) Ayyanarappan Temples
(d) Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple
(e) Nandi Temple
Q2. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu launched Swachh Andhra Mission on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Name the sportsperson who has been chosen as the brand ambassador of Swachh Andhra.
(a) Saina Nehwal
(b) PV Sindhu
(c) MS Dhoni
(d) Virat Kohli
(e) Sachin Tendulkar
Q3. President Ram Nath Kovind has recently appointed a five-member Committee to examine sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The Committee will be headed by ________________.
(a) Chief Justice G Rohini
(b) Chief Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale
(c) Chief Justice A. K. Patnaik
(d) Chief Justice Manjula Chellur
(e) Chief Justice Syed Ahmed
Q4. Name the Ministry/Department that has been adjudged as the best department for its contribution during Swachhta Pakhwada, an inter-Ministry initiative of Swachh Bharat Mission.
(a) Department of Atomic Energy
(b) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(c) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(d) Ministry of Food Processing Industries
(e) Ministry of Science and Technology
Q5. The 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit will be held in November 2017 in _____________.
(a) Mysore
(b) Bengaluru
(c) New Delhi
(d) Hyderabad
(e) Kolkata
Q6. For the first time, with which of the following country India will undertake a joint tiger census in their national parks, forests and protected areas?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Myanmar
(c) Bhutan
(d) Sri Lanka
(e) Nepal
Q7. The 2017 Nobel Physics Prize has been recently awarded to _________________.
(a) Rainer Weiss
(b) Barry C. Barish
(c) Kip S. Thorne
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(e) All (a) (b) and (c)
Q8. Name the newly appointed first female President of the UK’s Supreme Court.
(a) Anne Rafferty
(b) Julia Macur
(c) Brenda Hale
(d) Victoria Sharp
(e) Kathryn Thirlwall
Q9. Name the e-commerce company that has recently tied up with OYO to bring the hospitality firm’s inventory on its platform.
(a) Amazon
(b) Flipkart
(c) Paisabazar
(d) Yatra Online Inc
(e) MakeMyTrip.com
Q10. What is the theme of 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit that will be held in India?
(a) Young Entrepreneur of India
(b) Women First, Prosperity for All
(c) Powerful Youth, Powerful India
(d) Young Business in India
(e) Powerful Women, Powerful India
Q11. The 2017 Nobel Physics Prize has been recently awarded. The Prize Money announced by Sweden’s Royal Academy of Sciences comes with ______________.
(a) 15 million kronor
(b) 5 million kronor
(c) 9 million kronor
(d) 12 million kronor
(e) 10 million kronor
Q12. Which of the following state Government has implemented the Chief Minister’s Skill Promotion and Skills Scheme to provide jobs by providing employment oriented training to the youth?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Kerala
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) Jharkhand
Q13. Who is the Present Director General of World Health Organization (WHO)?
(a) Margaret Chan
(b) Ban ki-Moon
(c) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
(d) Takehiko Nakao
(e) Aung San Su Ki
Q14. The Capital of Ethiopia is ______________.
(a) Addis Ababa
(b) Khartoum
(c) Baku
(d) Nairobi
(e) Asmara
Q15. Who is the co-founder and CEO of major e-commerce company Yatra.com?
(a) Manoj Shukla
(b) Deepak Huda
(c) Vinau Salunke
(d) Dhruv Shringi
(e) Nirupam Shah
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