GK & Current Affairs – September 2017

1.Who has been appointed as new interim Chairman of Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN)?

Manisha Singh Ajay Bhushan Pandey Inder Jit Singh Hasmukh Adhia

2.Which Indian university has been named the top university in India, according to 2018 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings?

IIT-Kharagpur IIT-Kanpur IISc-Bangalore IIT-Bombay

3.Which country to host 2018 Junior Asian Wrestling Championship (JAWC)?

South Africa China Russia India

4.Rattihalli Nagendra Sudarshan, who passed away recently, was the noted personality of which field?

Politics Film Industry Law Science

5.The Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) is located in which state?

Punjab Haryana Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

General Studies 2018

1.Which city to host Digital Haryana Summit (SHS)?

Rohtak Gurugram Panipat Sonipat

2.Which former RBI governor has authored the book “I Do What I Do”?

Duvvuri Subbarao Rahguram Rajan Manmohan Singh Amitav Ghosh

3.Sanjivani Jadhav, who won silver in the World University Games, is associated with which sports?

Boxing Sprint Wrestling Judo

4.As per 2017 UNWTO report on least-visited nations, which is the least visited country in 2016?

Bangladesh Moldova Comoros Tuvalu

5.The Murlen National Park (MNP) is located in which state?

Odisha Karnataka Mizoram Punjab

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.ISRO will launch a full-fledged niche Earth observation (EO) satellite “HySIS” to enable distinct identification of objects from space. What does “HySIS” stands for?

Hyperspectrum Imaging Satellite Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite Hyperspecialist Imaging Satellite Hyperspectacle Imaging Satellite

2.The Oxford University Press (OUP) has recently launched online dictionaries in which of the following Indian languages?

Tamil and Gujarati Assamese and Bangla Telugu and Marathi Gujarati and Telugu

3.M Venkaiah Naidu has been sworn-in as 13th Vice President of India. He hails from which state?

Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Karnataka

4.Who has been chosen for the first-ever Kesari Media Award?

Adoor Gopalakrishnan R S Babu M G Radhakrishnan T J S George

5.SEBI has recently allowed Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) to launch gold options. The headquarters of MCX is located in which city?

Lucknow New Delhi Mumbai Pune

IAS Preliminary Exam – General Studies

1.Which of the following have won the 2017 The Hindu Playwright Award?

Deepika Arwind and K. Madavane Manjima Chatterjee and Arshia Sattar Gerish Khemani and Akshat Nigam Sunil Shanbag and Keval Arora

2.Which nationwide campaign has been launched by the Union Government to protect elephants?

Gaj Kesari Yatra Gajanan Yatra Gajraj Yatra Gaj Yatra

3.Which state government has launched mobile therapy vans for elderly people?

Bihar Assam Uttar Pradesh Kerala

4.Ruth Pfau, popularly known as Pakistan’s Mother Teresa has passed away. She hailed from which country?

Italy United States Germany France

5.The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary (GSWS) is located in which state?

Uttrakhand Tamil Nadu Gujarat Chhattisgarh

Common Quiz Questions

1.Which of the following straits connect Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean?

Strait of Hormuz Strait of Gibraltar Bosporus Strait Dover Strait

2.India shares land borders with how many countries?

6 7 8 9

3.Which of the following countries is not larger than India in terms of geographical area?

Australia Brazil Canada Indonesia

4.Which Indian state share the longest land border which Bhutan?

Assam Sikkim Arunachal Pradesh West Bengal

5.Khardung La mountain pass is located in which Indian state?

Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand Jammu & Kashmir Sikkim

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar, the noted Dhrupad Maestro passed away. He hailed from which state?

Assam Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

2.Which city to host the 2024 Summer Olympics?

Los Angeles London Paris New York

3.Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan?

Shahbaz Sharif Naveed Qamar Khaqan Abbasi Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

4.Jeanne Moreau, the legendary film actress passed away. She hailed from which country?

Italy Germany United States France

5.The Gangotri National Park (GNP) is located in which state?

Chhattisgarh Bihar Uttrakhand West Bengal

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

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2017

1.Who has been shortlisted to represent India at the FIFA Football for Friendship (F4F) global social programme?

Rudro Sen Sujal Kahar Chhagan Chauhan Sandeep Kumar

2.Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP)?

Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar Sudeep Lakhtakia RK Pachnanda Sugan Chaudhary

3.Which country to host 18th edition of World Road Meeting (WRM)?

Brazil India China South Africa

4.Who has been crowned Miss Teen Universe 2017?

Xirelle Agustin Nicole Obando Nieveles Gonzalez Srishti Kaur

5.Which country has become the first country to open an honorary consulate office in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)?

Germany Belgium Singapore South Africa

GK Quiz 2017

1.Which country has become the first country in the world to ban the mining of metals?

El Salvador Mozambique Seychelles Namibia

2.Which city has become the first Indian city to won Pierre L’enfant Planning Excellence and Achievement Awards-2017?

New Delhi Bhubaneswar Guwahati Chennai

3.Who has been declared Man of the tournament in 2017 T-20 Deaf and Dumb Asia Cup?

Pravin Patil Yeshwant Sidhaye Imran Sheikh Yashwanth Naidu

4.Who has been conferred the 52nd edition of the Jnanpith Award-2016?

Sankha Ghosh Chandrashekhara Kambara Bishnu Dey D R Bendre

5.Who has become the first Indian actor to deliver a speech at the internationally acclaimed TED Talks?

Amitabh Bachchan Shah Rukh Khan Aamir Khan Akshay Kumar

Common Quiz Questions

1.Which state government will set up “Book Banks” in schools to provide old books to needy students?

Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Punjab Uttar Pradesh

2.Devineni Rajshekhar, the former Minister of Andhra Pradesh has passed away. He was associated with which political party?

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

3.Who has been appointed the new Financial Commissioner (FC) of Indian Railways?

B N Mohapatra S K Bhagat Anand Mathur Akhil Agrawal

4.Who will be the new chairman of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB)?

Aagam Modi Devendra Kumar Sharma Cheteshwar Mangalam P V Singhal

5.Which airline will become the world’s first airline to adopt new satellite-based airplane tracking system?

Japan Airlines Singapore Airlines Asiana Airlines Malaysia Airlines

Common Quiz Questions

1.Which Indian cricketer will be honoured with the 75th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar award for his outstanding contribution to Indian Cricket?

Gundappa Viswanath Sunil Gavaskar Kapil Dev Ravi Shastri

2.Who has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement (LTA) award at the 80th Bengal Film Journalists’ Association (BFJA) awards-2017?

Moushumi Chatterjee Chiranjeet Chakraborty Prosenjit Chatterjee Rituparna Sengupta

3.Who has been chosen for the 2016 Sahitya Akademi Award for translation in English language?

A R Vankatachalapathy Sri Aniruddhan Vasudevan Githa Hariharan K Satchidanandan

4.Which All India Radio (AIR) has been honoured with the 26th edition of Lelte Award?

AIR Aizawl AIR Bhopal AIR Lucknow AIR Delhi

5.India has recently signed pact with which country for defence shipbuilding?

Japan Australia South Korea China

Prelims GS 2017

1.Which country’s honorary citizenship has been received by Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai?

Norway Canada Switzerland South Africa

2.Who has been named as the new administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?

Kemal Dervis Helen Clark Segolene Royal Achim Steiner

3.The International Day of Human Space Flight is observed on which date?

April 12 April 10 April 13 April 14

4.Which state government will launch a unique programme “Ammaku Vandaman” in schools to pay tribute to mothers?

Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Kerala Tamil Nadu

5.The National Safe Motherhood Day (NSMD) is observed on which date in India?

April 14 April 13 April 12 April 11

UPSC Civil Services Examination 2017

1.Munshi Venu, who passed away recently, was the veteran actor of which film industry?

Tamil Odia Malayalam Telugu

2.Which state government has launched “Operation Durga” to ensure women safety?

Punjab Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Haryana

3.The 2017 Sangken festival has started in which state?

Sikkim Assam Jharkhand Arunachal Pradesh

4.Who is the newly appointed Chief Justice of Delhi High Court (DHC)?

SK Kaul Gita Mittal Huluvadi G Ramesh G Rohini

5.Which state has bagged Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 for increase in food grains production?

Himachal Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

Common Quiz Questions

1.The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved how much amount of loan to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL)?

$175 million $160 million $188 million $196 million

2.What is the theme of the 2017 World Health Day (WHD)?

Move for health Food safety Depression: Let\’s Talk Working together for health

3.The 2017 National Tuberculosis (TB) summit has started in which city?

Chennai Hyderabad Guwahati Dharamshala

4.Which movie has won the Best Film award in the 64th National Awards-2017?

Rustom Ventilator Kasaav Neerja

5.India has signed defence deal with which country for advanced Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) systems?

Japan South Korea Israel Russia

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

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

6.0% 6.25% 6.5% 5.75%

2.Which state government will start a one-year diploma course on “Hindu Purohityam”?

Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Jharkhand Rajasthan

3.Which digital campaign has launched for 2017 International Day of Sports for Development and Peace (IDSDP)?

#PlayForPeace #PlayForSustainableDevelopmentGoals #WePlayTogether #EndViolence

4.India and the United Kingdom (UK) will set up how much amount of Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF) to finance clean energy projects?

£255 million £340 million £555 million £240 million

5.What is the India’s rank in the world’s largest tourism economy in terms of GDP, according to the latest report of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)?

9th 7th 4th 11th

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2017

1.The World Bank (WB) has signed how much amount of credit agreement with Uttarakhand to improve quality of health care services?

$100 million $200 million $300 million $250 million

2.Ashokamitran, who passed away recently, was the noted litterateur of which language?

Odia Telugu Malayalam Tamil

3.What is the theme of 2017 World Meteorological Day (WMD)?

Understanding cloud Meteorology and tourism World Weather Watch Weather, oceans and human activity

4.Which high-level committee has been formed to examine working of Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) and Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH)?

Narendra Modi committee Shashi Tharoor committee Madhukar Gupta committee Arvind Panagariya committe

5.Which state government has launched a program to provide free wifi facilities in educational institutions?

Haryana Uttar Pradesh Bihar Rajasthan

Common Quiz Questions

1.Who has been bestowed with the Life Time Achievement (LTA) award at the 6th National Photography Awards?

Raghu Rai K K Mustafah Atul Choubey Dipayan Bhar

2.Who has been honoured with the first-ever Kuldip Nayar journalism award 2017?

Rizvan Kausar Ravish Kumar Ikshula Arora Anupam Mishra

3.What is the India’s rank in the global Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) 2017?

55th 65th 87th 93rd

4.Which union minister has launched an integrated grievances redressal platform “MoPNG e Seva” for Petroleum and Gas related queries?

Faggan Singh Kulaste Ajay Tamta Arjun Ram Meghwal Dharmendra Pradhan

5.The Kane Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) is located in which state of India?

Arunachal Pradesh Assam Andhra Pradesh Manipur

GK & Current Affairs

1.Sri Lanka has recently launched new PERU to create awareness on reconciliation among children. What does “PERU” stands for?

Peace Education and Reconciliation Union Peace Education and Reconciliation Unity Peace Education and Reconciliation Unitary Peace Education and Reconciliation Unit

2.Which country is hosting the 3rd edition of World Conference on Environment?

China Norway Sri Lanka India

3.The World Sparrow Day (WSD) is observed on which date?

March 21 March 20 March 23 March 25

4.Which country to host the 2017 World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC)?

India China Canada Australia

5.The “International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade” is observed on which date?

March 27 March 24 March 25 March 26

2017 Current Affairs

1.Which Indian-origin filmmaker has been honoured with the Sikh Jewel Award for 2017?

Sukhbeer Singh Sandhu Gurinder Chadha Y K Sinha Permlata Singh

2.Who has been appointed as the new Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi?

K K Sharma M C Mishra Prathap C. Reddy Randeep Guleria

3.Which Indian actor will be honoured with the Kala Ratan Award?

Anupam Kher Amitabh Bachchan Aamir Khan S Prabhakar

4.Sukant Kadam is associated with which sports?

Chess Hockey Badminton Cricket

5.India’s first vertical garden has set up in which state?

Bengaluru Chennai Pune Kochi

GENERAL SCEINCE QUESTIONS

1.The sexual phase of the life cycle of plasmodium is completed

Blood of man Liver of man Stomach of female anopheles Salivary glands of female anopheles

2.An example of a fumigant is

DDT Malathion Methoxychlor p dichlorobenzsene

3.Chlorophyll is found in

sponge euglena tapeworm amoeba

4.Sea–God is related to which one of the following?

Amoeba Proteus Paramoecium caudatum Euglena vulgaris Plasmodium vivax

5.The biogenesis of ribosomes takes place in

Nucleolus Endoplasmic reticulum Golgi complex Nucleus