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

General Studies

1.Who will represent India at the 2017 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)?

Amitabh Kant Arvind Panagariya Shaktikanta Das Mukul Rohatgi

2.The first-ever World Tuna Day (WTD) is observed by the United Nations (UN) on which date?

May 3 May 2 May 4 May 5

3.Which country is hosting the 50th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors?

Japan India South Africa Sri Lanka

4.The new Index of Industrial Production (IIP) series for India will be calculated on which base year?

2006-07 2008-09 2010-11 2011-12

5.The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved how much loan amount for power project in Andhra Pradesh?

$210 million $160 million $185 million $220 million

Prelims GS 2017

1.What is the India’s GDP growth forecast for FY 18, according to Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s latest report “Asian Development Outlook 2017”?

7.4% 7.6% 7.7% 7.1%

2.What is the India’s real GDP growth forecast for FY 18, according to latest rating review by Fitch Ratings?

7.4% 7.6% 7.7% 7.5%

3.Recently, Sualgiri and Swalgiri communities have been notified as Scheduled Castes in the Indian constitution. The communities are associated with which state?

Manipur Odisha Assam West Bengal

4.The world’s highest railway bridge will come up over which Indian River?

Narmada Godavari Ganga Chenab

5.Which Indian footballer has won the 2017 Hero of the league 2017 award?

Debjit Majumder Anas Edathodika Sunil Chhetri Alfred Kemah Jaryan

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.Which committee has been constituted by the Union Government to examine the existing framework with regard to Virtual Currencies?

Dinesh Sharma committee Shaktikanta Das committee H R Khan committee B S Dharamraj committee

2.India has signed MoU with which neighboring country for extending Hindi language course?

Nepal China Myanmar Bangladesh

3.Which state government will re-launched ‘Adarana’ scheme for improving traditional occupations?

Himachal Pradesh Sikkim Andhra Pradesh Odisha

4.Which country’s team has won the 5th edition of Asian School Hockey Championship-2017?

India China Iran Malaysia

5.Kristin Davis has been appointed the new UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. She hails from which country?

Belgium Australia United States Norway

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