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GENERAL AWARENESS 1. In July 2017 Narendra Modi became the first Indian Prime Minister to visit which of the following countries? 1) Germany 2) Netherlands 3) Israel 4) Portugal 5) Iran 2. Who took charge as the 21st Chief Election Commissioner of India on July 6, 2017? (He succeeded Syed Nasim Zaidi) 1) Om Prakash Rawat 2) Achal Kumar Jyoti 3) H.S. Brahma 4) Ratan Watal 5) None of these 3. The National Health Policy-2017 aims at increasing life expectancy to 70 years from 67.5 by? 1) 2022 2) 2020 3) 2025 4) 2030 5) 2040 4. What is India's rank in terms of representation of women in Parliament, according to a report published by the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women? 1) 133 2) 122 3) 143 4) 148 5) 136 5. Bhadla Solar Park is located in which of the following States? 1) Rajasthan 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Gujarat 4) Haryana 5) Himachal Pradesh 6. State Bank of India has signed an agreement with KfW Development Bank for $274 million loan facility to finance affordable housing segment in India. KfW Development Bank is based in? 1) Spain 2) Portugal 3) Germany 4) France 5) Italy 7. Which of the following has been ranked as the top Indian city as per Mercer's Quality of Living rankings 2017? 1) Hyderabad 2) Pune 3) New Delhi 4) Mumbai 5) Chennai 8. The extension of BrahMos missile's range became possible after India joined the group of? 1) NSG 2) Australia Group 3) Wassenaar Arrangement 4) MTCR 5) None of these 9. Which is the second largest party in the Punjab Assembly? (It has 20 seats in the 117 member Assembly) 1) Congress 2) Bharatiya Janata Party 3) Aam Aadmi Party
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4) Shiromani Akali Dal 5) None of these Which private bank has launched an Electronic Virtual Assistant (EVA), an artificial intelligencedriven chatbot, for customer services? 1) HDFC Bank 2) Axis Bank 3) Kotak Mahindra Bank 4) ICICI Bank 5) None of these Who was appointed Chairman of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) in March 2017? 1) Manhar Valjibhai Zala 2) Dalip Kallu 3) Narain Dass 4) Bezwada Wilson 5) None of these Who has been named the 2017 Artist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation? 1) Shakira 2) Viola Davis 3) Sharon Stone 4) Halle Berry 5) Salma Hayek The bill to regulate marriages of minority Hindus became a law in which of the following countries in March 2017? 1) Bangladesh 2) Malaysia 3) Pakistan 4) Indonesia 5) Afghanistan The Whanganui River was recognized by the Parliament of which of the following countries as a "legal person" in March 2017? 1) China 2) Laos 3) Vietnam 4) New Zealand 5) South Africa Which of the following High Courts has decreed that the rivers Ganga and Yamuna as well as their tributaries and sister bodies be declared "legal and living entities"? (It is the first order of its kind in India) 1) Delhi High Court 2) Allahabad High Court 3) Uttarakhand High Court 4) Himachal Pradesh High Court 5) Jharkhand High Court Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC) in March 2017? 1) K.P. Kharat 2) Ajay Singh 3) M.K. Jain 4) Narendra Kumar 5) None of these Who is the first Indian singer to make it to the Madame Tussauds Museum in New Delhi? 1) Sonu Nigam 2) K.J. Yesudas 3) Shreya Ghoshal 4) Shaan 5) Sunidhi Chauhan Who has completed 50 years as a legislator in the Kerala Assembly on March 15, 2017? (He won every election from Pala constituency)
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1) P. Sreeramakrishnan 2) V.S. Achuthanandan 3) Ramesh Chennithala 4) K.M. Mani 5) Oommen Chandy Park Geun-hye was removed as the President of which of the following Asian countries over a graft scandal in March 2017? 1) Vietnam 2) Thailand 3) South Korea 4) North Korea 5) Singapore George Olah of USA passed away on March 8, 2017. He was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in? 1) Physics 2) Chemistry 3) Medicine 4) Literature 5) Economics Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated ONGC Petro addition Ltd's (OPaL) Rs.30,000 crore plant to the nation on March 7, 2017. It is in Dahej in? 1) Gujarat 2) Rajasthan 3) Jharkhand 4) Goa 5) Madhya Pradesh Which of the following universities will host the 105th session of the Indian Science Congress in January 2018? 1) Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 2) Osmania University, Hyderabad 3) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 4) Thapar University, Patiala 5) Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati The Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) visited India recently. What is his name?
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1) Jens Stoltenberg 2) Trond Giske 3) Erik Solheim 4) Jonas Gahr Store 5) None of these Where are the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Program? 1) Bonn, Germany 2) Geneva, Switzerland 3) New York, USA 4) Nairobi, Kenya 5) Rome, Italy Where is the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) located? 1) Mumbai 2) Kochi 3) Kolkata 4) Visakhapatnam 5) Chennai The popular singer Rihanna has been named the 2017 Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year. She belongs to which of the following countries? 1) Cuba 2) Colombia 3) Barbados 4) Bahamas 5) Jamaica American surgeon Thomas Starzl passed away on March 4, 2017. In 1967 he performed the world's first successful human? 1) Liver transplant 2) Heart transplant 3) Kidney transplant 4) Spleen transplant 5) None of these Rene Preval died on March 3, 2017. He twice served as the President of? 1) Panama 2) Peru 3) Paraguay 4) Haiti 5) Chile Which country has declared March 25 as 'Genocide Day'? 1) Israel 2) Rwanda 3) Bangladesh 4) Syria 5) Germany Shahpur Kandi Dam project is located in which of the following States? 1) Haryana 2) Uttarakhand 3) Punjab 4) Jammu & Kashmir 5) Uttar Pradesh Which of the following teams won the Santosh Trophy football tournament on March 26, 2017? 1) West Bengal 2) Goa 3) Mizoram 4) Kerala 5) None of these Plastic notes will be introduced in five cities in a field trial. Which of the following cities is not one among them? 1) Kochi 2) Mysore 3) Shimla 4) Bhubaneswar 5) Srinagar Which State has introduced 'KCR Kit', a scheme designed for the welfare of women and
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newborn? 1) Kerala 2) Karnataka 3) Telangana 4) Tamil Nadu 5) None of these Which State has launched 'Pratibimba', a comprehensive webbased platform showcasing the government's performance and achievements to the citizens? 1) Kerala 2) Andhra Pradesh 3) Telangana 4) Karnataka 5) Odisha Which country has the highest women members in Parliament? 1) Rwanda 2) Bolivia 3) Cuba 4) Iceland 5) Nicaragua Where is the Head Office of the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) located? 1) Doha, Qatar 2) Manama, Bahrain 3) Astana, Kazakhstan 4) Tokyo, Japan 5) Tashkent, Uzbekistan Lesia Tsurenko won the Mexican Open tennis women's singles title in March 2017. She belongs to? 1) Ukraine 2) Bulgaria 3) Latvia 4) Russia 5) Georgia Pablo Cuevas won the Brazil Open tennis title in March 2017. He is a tennis player from? 1) Mexico 2) Chile 3) Brazil 4) Uruguay 5) Venezuela Where were the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games held? 1) South Korea 2) UK 3) Austria 4) USA 5) Germany Which Indian city hosted the 22nd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships in July 2017? 1) Pune 2) Ranchi 3) New Delhi 4) Bhubaneswar 5) Chennai KEY
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