Current Affairs

Q.1. India’s first-ever mega textiles trade event “Textiles India 2017” has started in which city?
A. Surat
B. Ahmedabad
C. Gandhinagar
D. Rajkot
Ans. Gandhinagar


Q.2. Which Indian state has been conferred with the award of excellence at the 2nd Global Skill Development Summit (GSDM – 2017)?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Uttarakhand
C. Assam
D. Manipur
Ans. Uttarakhand


Q.3. Which Indian company has signed pact with Japanese firm Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd (KHI) to make steel metro coaches?
A. BHEL
B. ONGC
C. SAIL
D. Tata Steel
Ans. BHEL


Q.4. What is the theme of the 2017 National Statistics Day (NSD)?
A. Human empowerment
B. Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare
C. Administrative Statistics
D. Trees and their calculative lives
Ans. Administrative Statistics


Q.5. India’s largest Fresh water aquarium has opened in which state?
A. Gujarat
B. West Bengal
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Jharkhand
Ans. Jharkhand


Q.6. India has donated how much amount to UN Tax fund on tax matters for developing nations?
A. $2 lakh
B. $1 lakh
C. $1.5 lakh
D. $2.75 lakh
Ans. $1 lakh


Q.7. Who will be the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India?
A. S K Khurana
B. O P Rawat
C. Nasim Zaidi
D. Achal Kumar Jyoti
Ans. Achal Kumar Jyoti


Q.8. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has colloborated with which social media platform to launch nationwide “Voter Registration Reminder”?
A. Twitter
B. Facebook
C. Instagram
D. YouTube
Ans. Facebook


Q.9. Which country has officially started building the world’s first forest city?
A. Japan
B. Singapore
C. Bhutan
D. China
Ans. China


Q.10. What is the India’s rank in the 2017 Social Progress Index (SPI)?
A. 88th
B. 93rd
C. 105th
D. 65th
Ans. 93rd

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