General Knowledge May 2017

Q.1. The National Mission for Clean Ganga will celebrate the Ganga Cleanliness Pledge Day on which date?
A. May 1
B. May 2
C. May 3
D. May 4
Ans. May 2


Q.2. Dipika Pallikal Karthik is related to which sports?
A. Badminton
B. Squash
C. Cricket
D. Shooting
Ans. Squash


Q.3. With the help of the which country, European Space Agency is planning to build the first- ever moon village?
A. India
B. Japan
C. China
D. Germany
Ans. China

Q.4. Maharashtra state’s first automatic weather station has come up at which place?
A. Mumbai
B. Pune
C. Nagpur
D. Thane
Ans. Nagpur


Q.5. Which two Indian cities got the place in the top 20 destinations in the Asia-Pacific
region in terms of visitors spend?
A. Delhi and Mumbai
B. Delhi and Hyderabad
C. Chennai and Mumbai
D. Chennai and Delhi
Ans. Chennai and Mumbai


Q.6. As per the MasterCard Asia Pacific Destinations Index 2017, which city was the most visited destination in Asia Pacific?
A. Singapore
B. Bangkok
C. Shanghai
D. Beijing
Ans. Bangkok

Q.7. SpaceX has launched a spy satellite named NROL-76 for which country?
A. US
B. Germany
C. Korea
D. Japan
Ans. US

Q.8. 2017 Global Mobile Internet Conference has begun in which city?
A. Delhi
B. Mumbai
C. Beijing
D. Hyderabad
Ans. Beijing


Q.10. Bloomberg news agency has recently tied up with which social media platform for the live streaming of the news channel?
A. Facebook
B. Twitter
C. Whatsapp
D. Youtube
Ans. Twitter

Q.10. Who has won the 2017 Russian Grand Prix?
A. Sebastian Vettel
B. Kimi Raikkonen
C. Valtteri Bottas
D. Lewis Hamilton
Ans. Valtteri Bottas

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