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Welcome to the world of Current Affairs 2017. With NICL AO Mains Exam round the corner, it should be your priority to cover every aspect of Current Affairs on a daily basis for NICL AO Mains Exam so that you can do well in the exam. These current affairs are based on current news. Let us see how many questions you attempt accurately.
Q1. Name the person to which the government has roped in to promote Goods and Services Tax (GST).
(a) Salman Khan
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Hema Malini
(d) Amitabh Bachchan
(e) Anupam Kher
Q2. India has recently won six medals in the Wushu competition of the first ever BRICS Games. The game was concluded recently in _____________.
(a) Beijing, China
(b) Guangzhou, China
(c) Jakarta, Indonesia
(d) Tokyo, Japan
(e) New Delhi, India
Q3. The President of Afghanistan has recently inaugurated the first Afghanistan-India air corridor at the Kabul International Airport. Who is the present President of Afghanistan?
(a) Hamid Karzai
(b) Abdul Kabir
(c) Ashraf Ghani
(d) Mohammad Rabbani
(e) Burhanuddin Rabbani
Q4. Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) also called Mangalyaan has recently completed 1000 Earth days in its orbit. Which one of the following vehicle had launched Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft?
(a) PSLV-C25
(b) PSLV-B30
(c) GSLV-A14
(d) PSLV-C35
(e) GSLV-B35
Q5. The World Refugee Day is observed across the world on _______________.
(a) 15 June
(b) 20 June
(c) 21 June
(d) 22 June
(e) 25 June
Q6. Name the iconic place in India that has acquired an ‘image trademark’, making it the first building in the country to get intellectual property rights protection for its architectural design.
(a) City Palace, Jaipur
(b) Rajabai Clock Tower, Mumbai
(c) Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai
(d) National Museum, New Delhi
(e) Secretariat Building, New Delhi
Q7. Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines has recently launched the ECBC 2017 that prescribes the energy performance standards for new commercial buildings to be constructed across India. What does ‘BC’ stands for in ECBC?
(a) Brokerage Code
(b) Business Code
(c) Backbone Code
(d) Building Code
(e) Back up Code
Q8. India has become the __________ country to ratify the United Nations International Convention on Road Transports, TIR.
(a) 80th
(b) 75th
(c) 71st
(d) 81st
(e) 85th
Q9. International Convention on Road Transports, TIR is managed and developed by IRU – the world road transport organisation. IRU is headquartered in __________________.
(a) Geneva, Switzerland
(b) Brussels, Belgium
(c) New York, USA
(d) Shanghai, China
(e) Washington D.C., USA
Q10. Against which of the following company IDBI Bank has started insolvency resolution process following a directive from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
(a) Essar Steel
(b) Lanco Infratech Ltd.
(c) Monnet Ispat
(d) Alok Industries
(e) Jaypee Associates
Q11. Who is the present CEO of IDBI Bank?
(a) Kishor Kharat
(b) Aditya Puri
(c) Mahesh Kumar Jain
(d) Ashwani Kumar
(e) Shikha Sharma
Q12. Which one of the following online financial services marketplace has begun its operations in Malaysia to strengthen its presence in South East Asia?
(a) Paisa Bazar
(b) Naptol
(c) Book MyShow
(d) Bank Bazaar
(e) Flipkart
Q13. Minister for Science & Technology Dr Harshvardhan has recently launched a Mobile App named ________, on the occasion of International Yoga Day 2017 in New Delhi.
(a) Celebrating Yoga
(b) Yoga and Benefits
(c) The Yoga Effect
(d) Health and Yoga
(e) Yoga Day
Q14. International Yoga Day is celebrated across the world on ___________.
(a) 25 June
(b) 20 June
(c) 28 June
(d) 23 June
(e) 21 June
Q15. The defence arm of the Tata Group has signed an agreement with American firm ______________ to produce and export new generation F-16 fighter aircraft.
(a) ADT Corporation
(b) Lockheed Martin
(c) Foster-Miller, Inc.
(d) SPARTA, Inc.
(e) American Eurocopter
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