Current affairs

Q.1. Who has been designated as the new Finance Secretary of India?
A. A.K. Dhasmana
B. Bhaskar Khulbe
C. Hasmukh Adhia
D. Nripendra Misra
Ans. Hasmukh Adhia



Q.2. Who has been appointed the new Special Secretary in Union commerce ministry?
A. Binoy Kumar
B. Avinash K. Srivastava
C. A.R.K. Kini
D. Aruna Sundararajan
Ans. Binoy Kumar



Q.3. India has pledged to contribute how much amount to UN partnership fund at the 2017 UN Pledging Conference for Development Activities?
A. $125 million
B. $100 million
C. $119 million
D. $108 million
Ans. $100 million

Q.4. The Indo-Bangladesh joint military exercise “Sampriti-7” has started in which of the following states?
A. Meghalaya and Mizoram
B. Tripura and West Bengal
C. Assam and Odisha
D. Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh
Ans. Meghalaya and Mizoram



Q.5. Which state will be the first state to use EVMs with VVPAT machines on all booths during assembly elections?
A. Gujarat
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Rajasthan
Ans. Himachal Pradesh



Q.6. Which Indian organization has developed sub-sonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’, which is successfully test fired recently?
A. BARC
B. Bharat Earth Movers
C. ISRO
D. DRDO
Ans. DRDO



Q.7. Who has won the 2017 Women’s singles National Badminton Championships?
A. Shriyanshi Pardeshi
B. Prajakta Sawant
C. Saina Nehwal
D. PV Sindhu
Ans. Saina Nehwal



Q.8. Which state government has launched She Pad scheme for school girls?
A. Kerala
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Karnataka
D. Rajasthan
Ans. Kerala



Q.9. The 5th meeting of Nepal-India Oversight Mechanism was held in which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Kolkata
C. Kathmandu 
D. Lucknow
Ans. Kathmandu



Q.10. Which state government will set up village climate resilient committees for adopting different agricultural practices?
A. Rajasthan
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Gujarat
D. Maharashtra
Ans. Maharashtra



Q.11. Which committee has been constituted by the Union Government to continuously monitor the solutions to air pollution?
A. Bhure Lal committee
B. Sunita Narain committee
C. C.K Mishra committee
D.  Harsh Vardhan committee
Ans. C.K Mishra



Q.12. Which country is hosting the 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit?
A. India
B. Indonesia
C. Vietnam 
D. Malaysia
Ans. Vietnam



Q.13. Which city is hosting the 2017 India Disaster Response Summit?
A. New Delhi 
B. Pune
C. Varanasi
D. Kochi
Ans. New Delhi



Q.14. Which country hosted the 39th session of the General Conference of the UNESCO?
A. France
B. India
C. Germany
D. Italy
Ans. France



Q.15. Which union ministry will celebrate Child Rights Week ‘Hausla 2017’?
A. Ministry of Women and Child Development 
B. Ministry of Rural Development
C. Ministry of Human Resource Development
D. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Ans. Ministry of Women and Child Development 

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