Current affairs

Q.1. What is the India’s rank in the 2017 Digital Evolution Index (DEI)?
A. 53rd
B. 64th
C. 29th
D. 35th
Ans. 53rd



Q.2. Which IIT institute has invented a low-cost dirt detector that alerts authorities when a place needs cleaning?
A. IIT Bombay
B. IIT Madras
C. IIT Indore
D. IIT Kharagpur
Ans. IIT Kharagpur



Q.3. Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan?
A. Shahbaz Sharif
B. Naveed Qamar
C. Khaqan Abbasi
D. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Ans. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi



Q.4. Which country hosted the 19th RCEP Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) meeting?
A. Philippines
B. Singapore
C. India
D. South Korea
Ans. India



Q.5. The world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge has opened in which country?
A. Japan
B. Indonesia
C. United States
D. Switzerland
Ans. Switzerland




Q.6. Which Indian sportsperson has been honored with the East Bengal football club’s highest honour “Bharat Gaurav”?
A. Syed Naeemuddin
B. Boddupalli Amit
C. Dhanraj Pillay
D. Subhash Bhowmick
Ans. Dhanraj Pillay



Q.7. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)?
A. Pankaj Patel
B. S Ramadorai
C. Sudhakar Rao
D. Dhirendra Swarup
Ans. Dhirendra Swarup



Q.8. The 2nd Agri UDAAN, food & agribusiness accelerator program has launched from which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Lucknow
C. Bhopal
D. Jaipur
Ans. New Delhi



Q.9. India’s first private sector missile sub systems manufacturing facility has set up in which city?
A. Guwahati
B. Pune
C. Hyderabad
D. New Delhi
Ans. Hyderabad



Q.10. Microsoft has tied up with which Indian state to use its AI-based MINE platform to screen children for eye problems?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Telangana
C. Kerala
D. Karnataka
Ans. Telangana

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