GK & Current Affairs Quiz

1.Which union minister has launched Google’s UPI-based digital payment service ‘Tez’?

Prakash Javadekar Piyush Goyal Arun Jaitley Smriti Irani

2.The 13th edition of Indo-USA joint military training exercise “Yudh Abhyas-2017” has started in which of the following cities?

Kochi Washington New York Chennai

3.Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Peru?

Mercedes Araoz Fernando Zavala Lombardi Pedro Cateriano Ana Jara

4.Who has won the best actor in drama series at the 69th Prime time Emmy Awards-2017?

Anthony Hopkins Sterling K Brown Liev Schreiber Bob Odenkirk

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

Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Maharashtra

Civil Service Exam Syllabus for IAS Preliminary Exam – General Studies

1.The Karnataka government has tied up with which tech giant to develop India’s first Farm Price Forecasting Model?

Google Infosys Microsoft Facebook

2.Which country is hosting the International Military Music Festival (IMMF-2017)?

India United States China Russia

3.The Palamau Tiger Reserve (PTR) is located in which state?

Tamil Nadu Jharkhand Punjab Haryana

4.Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India?

Rajiv Bansal Kirti Das Nitant Agrawal Vinay Kumar

5.Who is leading the Indian delegation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting on disaster prevention?

Rajnath Singh Sushma Swaraj Arun Jaitley Narendra Singh Tomar

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2018

1.Who is the chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)?

Alok Prakash Mittal Manik S Das Anil Sahasrabudhe Krishna S Patil

2.The 2017 International Biodiesel Day (IBD) is celebrated on which date?

August 11 August 12 August 10 August 9

3.Which city to host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES-2017)?

New Delhi Mumbai Chennai Hyderabad

4.Who has become the first Indian athlete to qualify for javelin throw final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships (WAC)?

Anil Singh Davinder Singh Kang Devendra Jhajharia Neeraj Chopra

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

Maharashtra Gujarat Assam Rajasthan

Civil Service Exam Syllabus for IAS Preliminary Exam – General Studies

1.Which Indian squah player has won gold at 2017 Asian Continental Women Blitz Chess Championship?

Padmini Rout Vinita Gujrathi R Vaishali Soumya Swaminathan

2.Which Indian squash player has won the 2017 Men’s Makati Open Squash tournament?

Mohd Syafiq Kamal Harinder Pal Sandhu Saurav Ghosal Abhay Singh

3.Alexander Zverev has won the 2017 Men’s singles Rome Masters tennis tournament. He hails from which country?

Germany Romania Ukraine France

4.What is the theme of 2017 World Metrology Day (WMD)?

Measurement in commerce Measurement in sport Measurements for transport Measurements and light

5.Which football team has won the 38th edition of Indian Federation Cup Football tournament-2017?

Mohun Bagan Bengaluru FC Churchill Brothers Shillong Lajong

General Knowledge and Current Affairs

1.Which of the following security forces is / are the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) of India?

Special Frontier Force (SFF) Assam Rifles Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) All of the above

2.Who has won the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Foundation Kerala State award for the year 2016-17?

Prabhat Kumar Ajay Pandey Neelam Juneja Dileep K Nair

3.Which state government has recently signed a MoU with Bharat Broadband Network Ltd (BBNL) to implement BharatNet?

Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh Assam Manipur

4.The International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day (ICDRD) is observed on which date?

April 25 April 26 April 27 April 28

5.Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning filmmaker has passed away. He hailed from which country?

United States France Germany Russia

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

Current Affairs Quiz 2017

1.The World Bank (WB) has approved how much amount of loan to help India develop its first modern waterway?

$275 million $375 million $475 million $575 million

2.Which port has topped the list in the first-ever ranking of the ports on Sanitation Parameters under the Union Ministry of Shipping?

Kandla Port Cochin Port Haldia Port Vizag Port

3.India has signed sport partnership agreement with which country to increase cooperation in sports?

Canada United States Russia Australia

4.India’s first industrial-articulated robot “TAL Brabo” has been launched by which Indian company?

Tata Motors Maruti Suzuki Mahindra & Mahindra Eicher Motors

5.Dr. Mark Weinberhg, the renowned AIDS researcher has passed away. He hailed from which country?

Finland Canada Norway Australia

Civil Service Exam Syllabus for IAS Preliminary Exam – General Studies

1.The Union Government has launched CPS programme to deal with autonomous unmanned vehicles. What does ‘CPS’ stands for?

Cyber Physical Science Cyber Physical Systems Cyber Physical Security Cyber Physical Securitization

2.Which country will become the world’s first country to allow legalized production, sale and consumption of marijuana?

Norway Portugal Uruguay China

3.Which state government has launched “Deendayal Rasoi Yojana” to provide food at subsidized rate to poor?

Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Haryana

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

Jaldeep As You Like It Dhanak Abhayam

5.Which city is hosting the 2017 National Children’s Film Festival (NCFF)?

Hyderabad Visakhapatnam Jaipur Bhopal

GK & Current Affairs Quiz

1.What is the India’s rank in the 2017 WEF’s Global Travel and Tourism Competitive Index (GTTCI)?

40th 52nd 33rd 67th

2.Shyam Kumar is associated with which sports?

Chess Boxing Sprint Wrestling

3.Who has been posthumously conferred the Kirti Chakra award for year 2016?

Mohan Nath Goswami Rajendra Ramraoji Nimbhorkar Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar Iqroop Singh Ghuman

4.Which state government has imposed a 10% cow cess as surcharge on stamp duty for protection and propagation of cows?

Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Punjab Rajasthan

5.The Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) is located in which state?

Uttar Pradesh Jharkhand Assam Sikkim

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 Awareness

1.Which state government has launched web-based platform “Pratibimba” to project government achievements?

Kerala Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Karnataka

2.Which Indian cricketer has been appointed UNICEF and Cricket For Good Ambassador for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017?

Sachin Tendulkar Saurav Ganguly Rahul Dravid M S Dhoni

3.Who is the author of the book “Age of Anger – A History of the Present”?

Kalyan Karmakar Pankaj Mishra Bhim Chandra Nag Meraj Bhat

4.Arvind Padmanabhan, the noted journalist of IANS has recently passed away. What does IANS stands for?

Indo-ASEAN News Service Indo-Asiatic News Service Indo-Asian News Service Indo-African News Service

5.Who is the newly appointed chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC)?

Masood Husain Narendra Kumar T K Sivarajan A S P Sinha

General Knowledge and Current Affairs

1.Who is the author of the book “Mr and Mrs Jinnah: The Marriage that Shook India”?

Teesta Setalvad Bertil Falk Sheela Redddy Audrey Truschke

2.Which state government has made Sanskrit compulsory up to class VIII in all classes?

Tamil Nadu Assam Manipur Kerala

3.How much penalty will be imposed on banks if they refuse to exchange soiled or scribed currency notes from people, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

Rs. 10,000 Rs. 15,000 Rs. 5,000 Rs. 20,000

4.Which country to build its’ first national under water observatory in disputed South China Sea?

China Vietnam Malaysia Brunei

5.Which state government has signed MoU with Invest India to encourage start ups?

Kerala Assam Tamil Nadu Odisha

UPSC Civil Services Examination 2017

1.What is the theme of 2017 World Hearing Day (WHD)?

Ear care can avoid hearing loss Make listening safe Childhood hearing loss: act now, here is how! Action for hearing loss: make a sound investment

2.Which Indian grandmaster has won bronze at 2017 Women’s World Chess Championship?

Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi Padmini Rout Harika Dronavalli Koneru Humpy

3.Who has won the 2017 Polly Umrigar Award for International Cricketer of the Year?

Ajinkya Rahane Virat Kohli Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ravichandran Ashwin

4.Which university has bagged Visitors’ Award for ‘Best University 2017’?

Central University of Himachal Pradesh Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Tezpur University

5.Which committee has submitted its’ report to the Union Government to protect the interests of the migrants?

Partha Mukhopadhay committee N K Singh committee R.V. Easwar committee Madhukar Gupta committee

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.The nationwide “Swachh Shakti Saptah” has been launched from which city?

Gandhinagar Gurugram Ahmedabad Noida

2. The Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) meeting will held in which of the following cities?

New Delhi Rawalpindi Lahore Agra

3.Which country to host the 2017 Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) summit?

Malaysia Indonesia Tanzania Seychelles

4.Who is the author of the book “When Crime Pays – Money and Muscle in Indian Politics”?

Milan Vaishnav Pankaj Mishra Parthasarathi Shome Vappala Balachandran

5.The annual tribal festival ‘Bhagoria’ will start in which of the following states?

Himachal Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh

Current Affairs Questions & Answers

1.What is the theme of 2017 World Wildlife Day (WWD)?

Stop wildlife crime Listen to the young voices The future of wildlife is in our hands It’s time to get serious about wildlife crime

2.Raymond Kopa, the football legend has recently passed away. He hails from which country?

Germany Brazil France Russia

3.Yumnam Yaima Singh, who passed away recently, was related to which field?

Politics Sports Journalism Marine Science

4.Which country to host 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV)?

Brazil Germany France India

5.Who is the newly appointed Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)?

Ashok Mittal Rakesh Nangia Nikhil Arora P K Purwar

Computer GK Questions

1.Standard deviation of 1,4,5,7, and 8 is 2.45. If 10 is added to each term, what is the new standard deviation?

2.45 24.5 0.245 12.45

2.Which supercomputer is developed by the Indian Scientists?

Param Super 301 Compaq Presario CRAY YMP

3.Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network?

LAN WAN MAN MESH

4.Convert the Decimal number 300 into its hexadecimal equivalent.

(12C)16 (12B)16 (11C)16 (1211)16

5.Free of cost repair of software bug available at Internet is called …

Version Ad-on Tutorial Patch

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.Who has taken charge as the Whole Time Member (WTM) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)?

Neha Sharma Suman Saxena Vasant Kumar Niranjan Tyagi

2.Which country to host the 2019 Combined World Cup for shooting?

India Japan Germany Brazil

3.India’s first dedicated Heliport will be set up in which city?

Kochi Kolkata New Delhi Chandigarh

4.Which union ministery has launched the Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre (BCMAC) for analysis of malware and botnets that affect networks and systems?

Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ministry of Earth Sciences

5.Who is the author of the book “Feroze: the Forgotten Gandhi”?

John Nicolsen Bertil Falk Shashi Tharoor William Dalrymple

Civil Service Exam - IAS Preliminary Exam – General Studies

1.Which city to host the first edition of Gramin Khel Mahotsav (GKM)?

New Delhi Chennai Mumbai Kolkata

2. The Government of India (GoI) has recently approved investment proposal for generation component of Arun-3 Hydro Electric Project in which country?

Myanmar Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh

3. Who has been appointed the new chairman of Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT)?

N P Singh B S Chauhan J S Khehar Abhay Manohar Sapre

4.What is the India’s GDP forecast for FY 17, as per latest report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

7.2% 6.8% 6.6% 7.0%

5. Which country has launched nationwide military operation ‘Radd-ul-Fasaad’ to eliminate terrorists?

Afghanistan India Bangladesh Pakistan