General awareness

Q.1. Which union minister has inaugurated the first ‘BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise- 2017’ (BIMSTEC DMEx-2017)?
A. Nirmala Sitharaman
B. Narendra Modi
C. Harsh Vardhan
D. Rajnath Singh
Ans. Rajnath Singh





Q.2. Which of the following has been named as the India’s best FMCG company in the food sector by the International Advertising Association (IAA)?
A. Patanjali Ayurved
B. Nestle India
C. Amul
D. Dabur India
Ans. Amul



Q.3. Who has been bestowed with the 2017 Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management?
A. Meera Thakur
B. Bindeshwar Pathak
C. K C Gupta
D. M N Ramakrishna
Ans. Bindeshwar Pathak



Q.4. Which city is hosting the 48th Conference of Governors?
A. New Delhi
B. Ahmedabad
C. Kochi
D. Kolkata
As. New Delhi



Q.5. Which parliamentary committee on External Affairs has been formed to examine India-China relations?
A. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre committee
B. Shashi Tharoor committee
C. Sushma Swaraj committee
D. Jual Oram committee
Ans. Shashi Tharoor committee



Q.6. Which state government has recently implemented the Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS)?
A. Jharkhand
B. Sikkim
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Himachal Pradesh
Ans. Himachal Pradesh



Q.7. The joint training exercise “Mitra Shakti 2017” has started between India and which country?
A. Japan
B. South Korea
C. Sri Lanka
D. Myanmar
Ans. Sri Lanka



Q.8. Who has been chosen for the 2017 Mathrubhumi Literary award (MLA)?
A. M Leelavathy
B. M K Sanu
C. Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri
D. C Radhakrishnan
Ans. M K Sanu



Q.9. Who will be the new Director-General (DG) of UNESCO?
A. Audrey Azoulay
B. Hamad Kawari
C. Fleur Pellerin
D. Irina Bokova
Ans. Audrey Azoulay



Q.10. The world’s first negative emissions plant that turns CO2 into stone has opened in which country?
A. United States
B. Norway
C. Iceland
D. Russia
Ans. Iceland



Q.11. Who has won the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for 2015 -16?
A. Shyam Benegal
B. T M Krishna
C. Javed Akhtar
D. P N Haksar
Ans. T M Krishna



Q.12. Which state assembly has become the first in India to call motions online?
A. Punjab
B. Kerala
C. Rajasthan
D. Tripura
Ans. Rajasthan



Q.13. Which Indian-American personality has won the 2017 American Bazaar Philanthropy award?
A. Suri Sehgal
B. Frank Islam
C. Asif Ismail
D. Ajay Raju
Ans. Ajay Raju



Q.14. The first-ever International tri services joint exercise “INDRA – 2017” will be conducted between India and which country?
A. Russia
B. Japan
C. United States
D. South Korea
Ans. Russia



Q.15. The world’s largest combustion research centre has inaugurated in which IIT institute?
A. IIT Bombay
B. IIT Indore
C. IIT Madras
D. IIT Kharagpur
Ans. IIT Madras

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