Current GK

Q.1. Which Indian golfer has won the 2017 Panasonic Open (India) Golf tournament?
A. Shiv Kapur
B. Karandeep Kochhar
C. Sudhir Sharma
D. Ajeetesh Sandhu
Ans. Shiv Kapur



Q.2. Which state government will organise village-level tourneys to curb drug menace?
A. Odisha
B. Punjab
C. Haryana
D. Uttar Pradesh
Ans. Punjab



Q.3. Which country’s team has clinched the 2017 Women’s Hockey Asia Cup Tournament?
A. China
B. England
C. India
D. Japan
Ans. India



Q.4. Which city has won the Best City Bus Services Award of Government of India?
A. Lucknow
B. Mysuru
C. Surat
D. Kochi
Ans. Surat



Q.5. Who has been honoured with the 2017 Vishnudas Bhave award?
A. Jayant Sawarkar
B. Vikram Gokhale
C. Paresh Rawal
D. Mohan Joshia
Ans. Mohan Joshi



Q.6. Who has been awarded “Bharat Gaurav Award” – 2017 in Science and Technology category?
A. Anil K. Tripathi
B. Nikhil Chopra
C. Abhishek Rawat
D. Dhrub Saxena
Ans. Anil K. Tripathi



Q.7. Which state has topped the 2017 Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI), which is recently released by the Child development NGO Plan India?
A. Goa
B. Kerala
C. Mizoram
D. Sikkim
Ans. Goa



Q.8. Who will be the new US Ambassador to India?
A. Mark Warner
B. David Friedman
C. Kenneth Juster
D. Richard Verma
Ans. Kenneth Juster



Q.9. Who has been chosen for the 53rd Jnanpith Award 2017?
A. Krishna Sobti
B. Leeladhar Mandloi
C. Ramakant Rath
D. Girishwar Misra
Ans. Krishna Sobti



Q.10. The Assam government has recently signed MoU with which country for skilling state’s youth?
A. Singapore
B. Thailand
C. United Kingdom
D. Indonesia
Ans. Singapore



Q.11. Which word has been named official word of the year 2017 by Collins dictionary?
A. Green economy
B. Fake nation
C. Eco library
D. Fake news
Ans. Fake news



Q.12. India’s first-ever conservation reserve for black buck will come up in which city?
A. Bhopal
B. Udaipur
C. Allahabad
D. New Delhi
Ans. Allahabad



Q.13. Which state to host the second edition of Nobel Prize Series – India?
A. Gujarat
B. Goa
C. Karnataka
D. Haryana
Ans. Goa



Q.14. Who will be honoured by the Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award 2017?
A. Girish Karnad
B. MT Vasudevan Nair
C. VS Naipaul
D. Amitav Ghosh
Ans. Girish Karnad




Q.15. Which state government will give lifetime monthly pensions to ‘Hindi Satyagrahis’?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Haryana
C. Rajasthan
D. Gujarat
Ans. Haryana

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