Showing posts with label Daily Current Affairs 2017. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daily Current Affairs 2017. Show all posts

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Hockey World Cup 2018,2017 World Weightlifting Championships,UK Ambassador to United Nations (UN)

1.This state bans Bursting of Firecrackers in Six of its Cities.
Chhattisgarh Kerala West Bengal Tamil Nadu

2.Recently, Which state CM unveils logo and mascot of Hockey World Cup 2018?
Uttarakhand Haryana Uttar Pradesh Odisha

3.Who won to win gold medal at 2017 World Weightlifting Championships?
Mirabai Chanu Bhanu Shree Nithiya Shree Sheela banu

4.Which country hosts Inter-Governmental Meeting of Asia and Pacific Decade for Persons with Disabilities?
France Bhutan China India

5.Who has been appointed as the first-ever female UK Ambassador to United Nations (UN)?
Cicely Mayhew Karen Pierce Anne Warburton Sally Axworthy

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Solid State Interlocking (SSI) system,Swiss banking giant,YONO

1.Indian railways has installed Asia's largest Solid State Interlocking (SSI) system in __________.
Tamil Nadu West Bengal Madhya Pradesh Punjab

2.Which state launches Nabakrushna Choudhury Seccha Unnayan Yojana for the agricultural land?
Punjab Rajasthan Odisha Maharashtra

3.Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Swiss banking giant UBS's India operations?
Suresh N Patel Ravi Venkatesan Aashish Kamat Ravindra Prabhakar

4.Which bank launches YONO, an Integrated app for Financial Services?
Yes Bank State Bank of India Dena Bank Canara Bank

5.For Which state, Central Government approves Rs.1 Lakh Crores for infrastructural development?
Tamil Nadu Kerala Karnataka Andhra Pradesh

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Cyberspace (GCCS-2017),IFFI 2017,multiple-entry visa

1.Which Indian city to host the 5th edition of Global Conference on Cyberspace (GCCS-2017)?
Chennai Kochi New Delhi Pune

2.Which country has recently declared Yoga as sports activity?
India Iran Saudi Arabia Turkmenistan

3.Who will be honoured with the Personality of the Year Award at the IFFI 2017?
Amitabh Bachchan Priyanka Chopra Rajinikanth Shahrukh Khan

4.Which is the India's longest expressway that will soon provide free Wi-Fi services along its length?
Chennai Bypass Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway Agra to Lucknow Expressway Yamuna Expressway

5.Which country promised to simplify its visa rules for Indians from January 2018 and issue multiple-entry visa for short-term stays?
Canada Japan Singapore Srilanka

Monday, November 13, 2017

National Badminton Championships,She Pad scheme,Sampriti-7

1.Who has won the 2017 Women's singles National Badminton Championships?
Shriyanshi Pardeshi Prajakta Sawant Saina Nehwal PV Sindhu

2.Which IIT institute to host the Blockchain summit and hackathon, which will be organised by NITI Aayog?
IIT Bombay IIT Indore IIT Delhi IIT Madras

3.Which state government has launched She Pad scheme for school girls?
Kerala Uttar Pradesh Karnataka Rajasthan

4.Who has won the 2017 men's singles National Badminton Championships?
Pranaav Jerry Chopra Kashyap Parupalli H S Prannoy Kidambi Srikanth

5.The Indo-Bangladesh joint military exercise "Sampriti-7" has started in which of the following states?
Assam and Odisha Meghalaya and Mizoram Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh Tripura and West Bengal

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Union Government,Nepal-India Oversight Mechanism

1.Which committee has been constituted by the Union Government to continuously monitor the solutions to air pollution?
C.K Mishra committee Bhure Lal committee Sunita Narain committee Harsh Vardhan committee

2.The Mathikettan Shola National Park (MSNS) is located in which state?
Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Odisha Kerala

3.Which state government will set up village climate resilient committees for adopting different agricultural practices?
Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Gujarat Maharashtra

4.The 5th meeting of Nepal-India Oversight Mechanism was held in which city?
New Delhi Kolkata Kathmandu Lucknow

5.Shahzar Rizvi is associated with which sports?
Boxing Chess Shooting Table Tennis

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Blue Flag-17,National Pension System (NPS),Knut Ostby

1.The United Nations appointed Knut Ostby as interim resident coordinator of which country?
Bhutan Srilanka Myanmar India

2.Which country will host the 2018 Asian Cricket Council (ACC)?
Srilanka China Switzerland Pakistan

3.What is the maximum age of joining the National Pension System (NPS)?
65 years 60 years 55 years 50 years

4. Indian Air Force left to which country to participate in exercise 'Blue Flag-17'?
Palestine Italy Iran Israel

5.Who has been appointed as the Karnataka's first woman Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG-IGP)?
Neelmani N. Raju Minal Reddi Pooja Chandra Deepali Murthy

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

World Congress of Mental Health (WCMH),PRABAL DOSTYK - 2017

1.Who has been selected for Kerala's top literary award "Ezhuthachan Puraskaram-2017"?
Puthussery Ramachandran Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri K Satchidanandan C. Radhakrishnan

2.The joint training exercise "PRABAL DOSTYK - 2017" has started between India and which country?
Israel Iran Myanmar Kazakhstan

3.Which country is hosting the 21st World Congress of Mental Health (WCMH) 2017?
Nepal Indonesia India Thailand

4.The Samaspur Sanctuary is located in which state?
Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Sikkim Karnataka

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Daily Current Affairs 2017

1.The 2017 World Food India (WFI) has started in which city?
Jaipur New Delhi Kanpur Mumbai

2.Totally how many advance pricing agreements (APAs) are signed by Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) with Indian taxpayers?
184 APA's 194 APA's 201 APA's 224 APA's

3.What is the India's rank in the 2017 World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Gender Gap index?
100th 108th 125th 144th

4.Which species is regarded as the world's most endangered great ape?
Bonnet Macaque Hoolock Gibbons Grey Langur Tapanuli orangutan

5.Who is appointed as the Additional Director General of Border Security Force (BSF)?
Bhairon Singh Rajnath Singh Nasir Kamal D K Pathak

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award 2017,Asian Development Bank,South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation in Law (SAARCLAW)

1.Who has been honoured with the Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award 2017?
Vishwanathan Anand AR Rahman Javed Akhtar Sulochana Tai

2.Which country joined with Asian Development Bank Signed $65.5 Million Loan to Support Coastal Protection?
India China Africa USA

3.This country will host 4th South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation in Law (SAARCLAW) Conference.
India Sri Lanka Nepal Myanmar

4.National University and this company inks pact to train nearly 5,000 in Philippines.
IBM Infosys TCS Accenture

5.Which businessman Replaces Gates as World's Richest Person with $90.6-bn Fortune?
Anil Ambhani Jeff Bros Azim premji Paul Alen

Thursday, October 26, 2017

AYUSH,Saksham Yojna,QS Asia University Rankings 2018

1.As per the Authentic Brands Study this company viewed as most authentic brand.
Google Apple Samsung Microsoft

2.Which university top ranked Indian institute in QS Asia University Rankings 2018?
IIT Roorkee IIT Madras IIT Bombay IIT Kharagpur

3.Kotak Bank ties up with __________ to make a digital payment.
Redmi Xiaomi Lenovo Samsung Apple

4.AYUSH Festival of Stamps 2017 was held at __________.
Delhi Mumbai Pune Goa

5.This state government reduces interest on loan under Saksham Yojna?
Kerala Tamil Nadu Chhattisgarh Goa

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Young Scientist Challenge,PNG supply system ,foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals

1.How many foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals was approved by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)?
4 3 7 6

2.RBI plans to provide __________ to women SHGs under DAY-NRLM.
3% 8% 5% 7%

3.Who wins 2017 Young Scientist Challenge for water contamination detection device?
Nitisha Rao Gitanjali Rao Shreesha Kumar Dinisha Madhuri

4.Who is appointed as World Business Council for Sustainable Development Chairman from 2018?
Sunny Verghese John Willaims Peter James Leo Haltman

5.Which minister inaugurates 1st phase of PNG supply system in Bhubaneswar?
Shri Arun Jaitley Shri Vijay Prasad Shri Naresh Iyer Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Blue Planet Prize,tri-services military exercise,Airport Council International (ACI)-Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Survey

1.Which of the following has ranked best as per Airport Council International (ACI)-Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Survey?
Coimbatore International Airport 
Cochin International Airport 
Calicut International Airport
Jaipur International Airport

2.Which state Government rolls out new Tourism policy?
Goa Tamil Nadu Assam Kerala

3.Which county army organises Jashn -e-Kokernag to strengthen jawan-awam relationship?
Russia India Japan Canada

4.Who receives Blue Planet Prize recently?
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Roger federer Williams James Fotherer Stephen

5.With India Which Country to participate in first-ever tri-services military exercise?
Pakistan Russia Nigeria Iran

Monday, October 23, 2017

Child Mortality 2017, GSTR-3B Returns

1.Which Asian countries parliament approved country's first budget in 12 years?
Bhutan Nepal Kuwait Lebanon

2.Who of the following approved a special family pension for widows of govt employees killed by terrorists?
Shri Captain Amarinder Singh Shri Nitish Kumar Shri Raghubar Das Shri Manohar Lal

3.Who launched excel-based offline tool to file initial GSTR-3B Returns?
Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) Telenor India Tata Teleservices MTS India

4.As per the Levels and Trends in Child Mortality 2017 report how many countries are responsible for 50% newborn deaths?
8 5 3 2

5.Which day is observed as 21st October?
National Police Commemoration Day National Teacher Day National Health Day National History Day

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Sewage Treatment plants,Artificial Intelligence (AI),Bestu Varas

1.Which City to get 2 new Sewage Treatment plants before March for Clean Ganga Process?
Chennai Varanasi Patna Mumbai

2.This software industry setting up centres of excellence on artificial intelligence (AI) and data sciences for a better understanding on the emerging technologies.
IBM HCL NASSCOM Infosys

3.Which state celebrate Bestu Varas recently?
Rajasthan Assam Bihar Gujarat

4.Which of the following introduce live location sharing for its users?
Instagram Twitter Facebook Whatsapp

5.This state prohibits using 'Dalit', 'Harijan' in official communications.
Karnataka Kerala Tamilnadu Andra Pradesh

Thursday, October 12, 2017

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.The 2017 World Animal Day (WAD) is observed on __________.
October 5 October 3 October 4 October 6

2.Who is Most Followed World Leader on Twitter?
Narendra Modi Donald Trump Pope Francis Barack Obama

3.The committee which has been constituted by the Union government for proper management of water resources in the NE region is?
Rajiv Kumar committee Jagdish Mukhi committee Ram Das committee B D Mishra committee

4.The Union Ministry of Tourism has started 'Paryatan Parv' in ____________ to promote tourism across India.
Delhi Pune Mumbai Kochi

5.This city will host the first ASEAN-India Music Festival.
Lucknow New Delhi Guwahati Chennai

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Current Affairs Quiz 2017

1.India's first-ever Industrial Training Institute for the Divyangans will come up in which state?
Karnataka Assam Uttar Pradesh Kerala

2.This country won its First Ever Wushu World Championship Gold?
Australia Pakistan South Africa India

3.What is the theme of 2017 World Space Week (WSW)?
Space for Education Exploring New Worlds In Space Mysteries of the Cosmos Remote Sensing: Enabling our Future

4.With which country India have signed agreements on trade, communication, and media to boost bilateral ties?
Hong Kong Bhutan Ethiopia Colombia

5.The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed how much of loan pact with India for Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase II?
€ 400 million € 500 million € 300 million € 200 million

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2018

1.Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature 2017?
Svetlana Alexievich Mo Yan Patrick Modiano Kazuo Ishiguro

2.Which of the following launched Hindi Twitter account for U-17 Word Cup?
UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) AFC - Asian Football Confederation OFC - Oceania Football Confederation

3.Which country agrees to purchase S400 missile defence systems from Russia?
Pakistan Iraq Saudi Arabia Nigeria

4.Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Mongolia?
Norovyn Altankhuyag Jargaltulga Erdenebat Khaltmaagiin Battulga Ukhnaa Khurelsukh

5.Who is the First Indian Journalist to win Anna Politkovskaya Award?
Gauri Lankesh Sudha Raghunathan Nithya Ramesh Vidhya Narayanan

Sunday, October 8, 2017

Daily Current Affairs

1.Which bank issued the Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18 - Series-III recently?
HDFC SBI RBI ICICI

2.World Dental Show 2017 was opened in __________.
Chennai Mumbai Pune Lucknow

3.How many agreements signed during 14th India-EU Summit in New Delhi?
6 2 5 3

4.Who was conferred with the Cross of the Order of Merit recently?
Rosen Plevneliev Oskar Schindler Rajesh Nath William Tubman

5.Who has been appointed by the Supreme Court (SC) as amicus curiae on plea seeking re-probe of Mahatma Gandhi assassination?
J S Khehar Arun Kumar Mishra Ranjan Gogoi Amrender Sharan

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2018

1.Twitter announces test project allowing Tweets to be expanded from ____________ Characters.
140 to 250 140 to 280 130 to 250 130 to 280

2.What is the name of the scheme which was approved by the Union Cabinet recently?
Atal Pension Yojana Jan Dhan Yojana Umbrella scheme of Modernisation of Police Forces Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana

3.Who launches monthly Jan Sampark Program to facilitate adoption?
NITI Aayog Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Lok Sabha

4.Which state forms steering committee to monitor drug de-addiction recently?
Punjab Gujarat Assam Rajasthan

5.Which company became the world's most valuable brand in Interbrand's 2017?
Amazon Google Apple Adobe

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Daily Current Affairs 2017

1.Who has been named as one of the most influential women in India by the BBC?
Poonam Raut Smriti Mandhana Mithali Raj Harmanpreet Kaur

2.Which Indian city topped in the most polluted city in the country?
Ghaziabad Delhi Kanpur Jaipur

3.Which company launched Mosquito repelling phone K7i recently?
Lenevo LG Micromax Samsung

4.Who of the following honoured with the 38th edition of the prestigious Sarala award?
Banaj Devi R.K. Narayan Anita Desai Arundhati Roy

5.How many new services would be added to the Mumbai Suburban Rail?
50 100 88 92