Q1. Odisha Skill Development Authority (OSDA) and ITE Education Services (ITEES) signed MoU for skill development in the State. ITEES is a ________________ based company.
(a) Switzerland
(b) Indonesia
(c) Germany
(d) Singapore
(e) France
Q2. Name the person who has been recently confirmed as the next US Ambassador to India by the US Senate.
(a) Richard Verma
(b) Kenneth Juster
(c) Kathleen Stephens
(d) Nancy Jo Powell
(e) Timothy J. Roemer
Q3. The Income Tax Department has recently clarified that the cash sales of agricultural produce by a cultivator to a trader for less than ____________ will not attract tax under the Income Tax Act.
(a) 1 lakh rupees
(b) 1.5 lakh rupees
(c) 2 lakh rupees
(d) 2.5 lakh rupees
(e) 3 lakh rupees
Q4. Name the President of Armenia who has recently arrived in New Delhi on a three-day visit to India.
(a) Serzh Sargsyan
(b) Robert Kocharyan
(c) Levon Ter-Petrossian
(d) Aram Gaspar Sargsyan
(e) Anton Kochinyan
Q5. For which of the following course, the Supreme Court has ruled that it cannot be provided through correspondence courses?
(a) Business
(b) Management
(c) Law
(d) Technical
(e) Medical
Q6. Name the Renowned Hindi litterateur who has been chosen for 53rd Jnanpith Award for the year 2017.
(a) Mohan Rana
(b) Krishna Sobti
(c) Dharmavir Bharati
(d) Devaki Nandan Khatri
(e) Naresh Mehta
Q7. The Border Roads Organization (BRO) has built the world’s highest motorable road at a height of over 19,300 feet. The road has been constructed under which project of the BRO?
(a) Project Himakat
(b) Project Nabhchar
(c) Project Himank
(d) Project Skylash
(e) Project Hawaii
Q8. The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan had recently participated in the International Energy Forum (IEF) 7th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable (AMER7). It was held in __________________.
(a) New York, USA
(b) Seoul, South Korea
(c) Beijing, China
(d) Manila, Philippines
(e) Bangkok, Thailand
Q9. Name the word that has been named the word of the year by Collins dictionary due to its widespread use around the world.
(a) Brexit
(b) Facebook
(c) Dumpster
(d) Fake news
(e) Hashtag
Q10. What is the Capital of Armenia?
(a) Ankara
(b) Tbilisi
(c) Baku
(d) Yerevan
(e) Astana
Q11. Name the lender that has signed an agreement with the government to provide Rs 1,000 crore financing for food processing projects.
(a) Yes Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) IDBI Bank
(d) Dena Bank
(e) Bank of Baroda
Q12. ONGC has received the Information Memorandum from the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management for acquiring the majority stake in fellow public sector undertaking _____________.
(a) IOC
(b) HPCL
(c) OICL
(d) IOCL
(e) BHEL
Q13. Name the finance bank that has recently received Reserved Bank of India (RBI) approval to operate as Scheduled Commercial Bank.
(a) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
(b) Janalakshmi Bank
(c) AU Small Finance Bank
(d) Equitas Small Finance Bank
(e) ESAF
Q14. The Indian Air Force, along with the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) successfully tested its first fully indigenously developed bomb in Odisha. The bomb has been named as ‘____________’.
(a) LOAD
(b) Express
(c) Tucker
(d) Glide
(e) Wave
Q15. Who is the present Chairman and Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd?
(a) Manohar Kumar
(b) Ajay Teotia
(c) Shashi Shankar
(d) Santosh Haldar
(e) S Christopher