Ancient Indian History

1.Who among the following was propounder of the Madhyamika Philosophy?

Bhadrabahu Parshwanath Sheelbhadra Nagarjuna

2.Which of the following Rigvedic deities represented Storm?

Indra Maruts Varun Apas

3.The place Dharanikota in South India is related to which ancient dynasty?

Chola Satavahana Pandya Chera

4.Pushkalavati was capital of which of the following acient Kingdoms?

Gandhara Kosal Magadha Kashi

5._____________is believed to mark the main site of Hastinapur, which was capital of Kauravas and Pandava The imperial gazetteer of India quotes about which of the following places?

Delhi Ghaziabad Meerut Faridabad

GK & Current Affairs

1.Who of the following has been conferred with the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire)?

Annabel Mehta Sachin Tendulkar Mukesh Ambani Nitish Kumar

2.John Avildsen, the renowned film director passed away. He hailed from which country?

United Kingdom United States Germany France

3.Who has won the 2017 Men’s singles Indonesia Open Super Series Badminton tournament?

Parupalli Kashyap Prannoy Kumar Kidambi Srikanth Chetan Anand

4.Which Indian organisation has launched digital enrollment process “APY@eNPS” for Atal Pension Yojna?

RBI NPCI IRDA PFRDA

5.The International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict is observed on which day?

June 19 June 20 June 18 June 21

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2017

1.Who has become the new brand ambassador to promote Goods and Services Tax (GST)?

Aamir Khan Amitabh Bachchan Sachin Tendulkar P T Usha

2.Which union minister has launched a mobile app “Celebrating Yoga” for scientific healthy living?

Arun Jaitley Narendra Modi M Venkaiah Naidu Harsh Vardhan

3.Who has been re-nominated by India for another term as judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?

Dhananjaya Chandrachud Madan Bhimrao Lokur Dalveer Bhandari Harish Salve

4.Muzoon Almellehan has been named as new Unicef Goodwill Ambassador. She hails from which country?

Pakistan Syria Israel North Korea

5.P K Kaw, an Internationally recognized plasma physicist passed away. He hailed from which country?

South Korea China India Japan

GK & Current Affairs Quiz

1.The first-ever BRICS Games 2017 has started in which country?

South Africa Russia China Brazil

2.The Union Government has launched ECBC 2017 for new commercial buildings. What does “ECBC” stands for?

Energy Control Building Code Energy Conservation Building Code Energy Concatenation Building Code Energy Co-nation Building Code

3.Baldwin Lonsdale, who passed away recently, was the President of which country?

Vanuatu Zambia Uganda Greece

4.The iconic Taj Mahal Palace hotel of Mumbai has acquired an`image trademark’ under which act?

Trade Marks Act, 1989 Trade Marks Act, 1978 Trade Marks Act, 1958 Trade Marks Act, 1999

5.The 2017 World Refugee Day (WRD) is observed on which date?

June 20 June 21 June 19 June 22

Solved GK questions and answers

1.India’s first underwater metro tunnel will come up in which city?

Mumbai

Kolkata

Kochi 

Pune

2.Who has won the 2017 French Open Women’s Singles Tennis Tournament?

Kristina Mladenovic 

Garbine Muguruza 

Jelena Ostapenko

Simona Halep

3.India has signed pact with which country on Parliamentary Cooperation?

Vietnam 

Japan

Maldives 

Mauritius

4.How many Indian states share border with Myanmar?

4 

3 

5 

2

5.Who is the author of the book “Indira Gandhi – A life in nature”?

Jairam Ramesh 

Chandi Prasad Bhatt 

Anadish Kumar Pal 

Sunderlal Bahuguna

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2017

1.The International Albinism Awareness Day (IAAD) is observed on which date?

June 12 

June 13 

June 14 

June 11

2.Which Indian pair have won gold in mixed team 10m air pistol event at 2017 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Gabala World Cup?

Sanjeev Rajput and Anjali Bhagwat

Apurvi Chandela and Jitu Rai 

Anjali Bhagwat and Omkar Singh 

Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu

3.Who has won the 2017 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix tournament?

Lewis Hamilton 

Valtteri Bottas 

Daniel Ricciardo 

Sebastian Vettel

4.Which state government will start free mortuary van service for its’ citizens?

Himachal Pradesh 

Punjab 

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

5.Which water conservation model has been selected for the national award for excellence in the Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee programme (MGNREGP)?

Project Jal Sanchay 

Project Jal 

Project Jal Jyoti 

Project Jal Marg

IAS Preliminary Exam – General Studies

1.The India-Australia naval exercise ‘AUSINDEX 17’ has started in which port city?

Fremantle 

Kochi 

Geraldton 

Visakhapatnam

2.Which country has launched the world’s smallest and cheapest private jet “Vision Jet”?

United Kingdom 

Japan

United States

China

3.Which country will be co-partner country in the world’s biggest food fair “ANUGA 2017”?

Indonesia

China 

India

Switzerland

4.Which Indian state has highest number of child labourers, as per latest Child Rights and You (CRY) report 2017?

West Bengal 

Uttar Pradesh 

Maharashtra 

Bihar

5.The Valmiki National Park (VNP) is located in which state?

Bihar 

Jharkhand 

Uttar Pradesh

Gujarat

UPSC General Studies

1.The Nalanda University has signed MoU with which country for academic linkages and colloborations?

South Korea 

Japan

Vietnam

Malaysia

2.Which expert committee has been constituted to study free movement along Myanmar border?

V. Shashank Shekhar committee 

S. Jayaraman committee 

Rina Mitra committee

Satyendra Garg committee

3.What is the theme of the 2017 World Blood Donor Day (WBDD)?

Thank you for saving my life 

Blood connects us all

Every blood donor is a hero 

Give Blood. Give Now. Give Often

4.Padmalaya Nanda has won the 2017 Little Miss Universe Internet beauty contest. She hails from which Indian state?

Assam

Odisha

West Bengal 

Jharkhand

5.Who has been bestowed with the 2017 Nanniyode Rajan Memorial Award?

Prayar Gopalakrishnan

E Sreedharan 

Vakkom B Purushothaman 

K C Joseph

General Awareness 2017

1.The 2017 G7 Environmental ministry meeting was held in which city?

Bologna 

Paris 

New Delhi 

New York

2.India’ first canal top solar PV system has set up in which state?

Tamil Nadu 

Kerala

Maharashtra 

Uttar Pradesh

3.Who is the author of the book “Yug Purush, Bharat Ratna, Atal Ji”?

Ramesh Pokhriyal 

Praveen Kumar Pandey

Ramesh Datt Dikisht 

Nerraj Srivastava

4.Which state government has launched Pashu Bazar website for online cattle sale?

Andhra Pradesh 

Goa 

Mizoram 

Telangana

5.The world’s largest refinery and petrochemical complex will be set up in which Indian state?

Uttar Pradesh 

Maharashtra 

Bihar 

Jharkhand

GK & Current Affairs Quiz

1.The Union Government has launched IDCF programme to reduce child deaths due to diarrhoea. What does “IDCF” stands for?

Intensified Diarrhea Control Fortnight 

Intensive Diarrhea Control Fortnight 

Intensify Diarrhea Control Fortnight 

Intense Diarrhea Control Fortnight

2.Who has become the first Indian woman to be elected as judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)?

Nirmila Randhawat 

Aniruddha Rajput 

Neeru Chadha 

Nidhi Bhandari

3.The 16th North East Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (NERCPA) conference has started in which city?

Guwahati 

Imphal 

Agartala

Shillong

4.Which country has topped the global remittance-receiving list of 2016, as per latest UN report “One Family at a Time”?

China 

Philippines 

Malaysia

India

5.Which state government has signed MoU with British Council for quality education?

Sikkim

Himachal Pradesh 

Manipur 

Kerala

2017 Current Affairs

1.India has signed pact with which neighboring country to provide $318 million as line of credit for railway projects?

Sri Lanka Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh

2.Who has been sworn-in as the new Prime minister of Nepal?

 Bam Bahadur Kunwar Sher Bahadur Deuba Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Kirti Nidhi Bista

3.Which union minister has launched “Skills for life, Save a life” initiative to promote skill development in the health sector?

Maneka Gandhi Narendra Modi J P Nadda M. Venkaiah Naidu

4.What is the current repo rate, as per 2nd bi-monthly monetary policy review for 2017-18 of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

6.50% 6.75% 6.55% 6.25%

5.Who has been appointed as the new chief of Copyrights office?

Hoshiar Singh Pradeep Dubey Nripendra Mishra Omita Paul

General Awareness 2017

1.Adnan Khashoggi, the world famous arms dealer passed away. He hailed from which country?

Iran Israel Italy Saudi Arabia

2.Nepal has tied up with which country to build 1200MW Budhi-Gandaki Hydropower Project?

China India Sri Lanka United States

3.Which tennis pair have won the 2017 French Open mixed doubles tournament?

Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Robert Farah Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski

4.Who has been bestowed with the RedInk Award Journalist of the Year award for 2017?

Sreenivasan Jain Bachi Karkaria Raj Kamal Jha Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

5.Which city to host the second edition of National Health Editors’ Conference on Yoga -2017?

Bhopal New Delhi Lucknow Jaipur

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.Which city is hosting the 2017 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit?

Dushanbe Astana Beijing Tashkent

2.What is the theme of 2017 World Oceans Day (WOD)?

Protect your Ocean Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet Our Oceans, Our Future Youth: the Next Wave for Change

3.Which Indian bank will set up 100 digital villages across the country?

Punjab National Bank Dena Bank State Bank of India Vijaya Bank

4.The Anshi National Park (ANP) is loacted in which state?

Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Kerala West Bengal

5.Who have been appointed as the new Independent Directors of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)?

Girraj Sharma and Anupam Seth Vinod Saxena and Nitin Khanna K G Karmakar and Gauri Shankar Jai Singh Narvaria and Trilok Chand Gupta

General Studies

1.Which Indian personality has been conferred with the WHO Director-General’s Special Recognition Award for global tobacco control?

Venkaiah Naidu Sushma Swaraj J P Nadda Nitin Gadkari

2.Which news agency will set up $1 million fund to boost BRICS media cooperation?

Independent Media from South Africa Xinhua from China CMA Group from Brazil The Hindu from India

3.Mehrunnisa Dalwai, the renowned Muslim rights activist passed away. She hailed from which state?

Assam Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Rajasthan

4.Which state government has recently signed MoU with Union Aviation Ministry for Udan scheme?

Kerala Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Tamil Nadu

5.The Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary (MWS) is located in which state?

West Bengal Uttar Pradesh Bihar Assam

Economy Quiz

1.Which bank has become the first Indian bank to launch bio-degradable prepaid gift cards?

Axis Bank ICICI Bank State Bank of India HDFC Bank

2.Basudev Chatterji, who passed away recently, was associated with which field?

Politics History Law Journalism

3.India and which United Nations organisation have launched partnership fund to promote sustainable development?

UNESCO UNIDO UNOSSC UNWTO

4.Which Indian American has been chosen for the 2017 NASA Astronaut Candidate Class?

Kayla Barron Jasmin Moghbeli Robb Kulin Raja Chari

5.P Govardhan Reddy, the noted politician has passed away. He belongs to which political party?

Indian National Congress (INC) Telugu Desam Party (TDS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Communist Party of India (CPI)

Solved GK questions and answers

1.Which Indian personality has been appointed public policy fellow to Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars?

Gopalaswami Parthasarathy Rakesh Sood Srinivas Kumar Sinha Nirupama Rao

2.Which country to host 2017 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?

Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan

3.The World Milk Day (WMD) is observed on which date?

June 3 June 1 June 4 June 5

4.Who has become the first Indian woman to scale Mt. Everest from China side?

Radhika GR Anshu Jamsenpa Anita Kundu Arunima Sinha

5.The Sri Venkateswara National Park is located in which state?

Kerala Karnataka Himachal Pradesh Andhra Pradesh

IAS Preliminary Exam – General Studies

1.India has signed how much amount of loan agreement with the World Bank (WB) for Himachal Pradesh Public Financial Management Capacity Building Programme?

$68 million $56 million $36 million $45 million

2.Who has been appointed as the new Economic Affairs Secretary?

Arvind Mayaram Shaktikanta Das Vijay Kelkar Tapan Ray

3.Which country to host 2017 board of governors meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)?

South Korea China India South Africa

4.Who has been appointed as the new chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)?

Keshav Prasad Maurya Ram Shankar Katheria P M Kamalamma PL Poonia

5.India’s first freight village will be set up in which of the following cities?

New Delhi Udaipur Varanasi Chennai

General Awareness 2017

1.Which state government will collaborate with UNDOC to intensify anti-drug drive?

Punjab Haryana Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh

2.India’s first automatic coastal warning for disasters will come up in which state?

Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Odisha Andhra Pradesh

3.Parvathama RajKumar, who passed away recently, was the noted personality of which field?

Film Industry Politics Journalism Law

4.S. Abdul Rahman, who passed away recently, was the famous poet of which language?

Kannada Tamil Odia Telugu

5.Miroslav Lajcak will be the new President of United Nations General Assembly. He hails from which country?

Slovakia Fiji Uruguay Senegal