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Q.1. Who has been appointed the new chairman of Bombay Stock exchange (BSE)?
A. Sethurathnam Ravi
B. S Ramadorai
C. Prem Kumar
D. Sudhakar Rao
Ans. Sethurathnam Ravi


Q.2. Who has won a national championship crown at the 61st National Shooting Championship – 2017?
A. Shreyasi Singh
B. Rajeshwari Kumari
C. Shagun Chowdhary
D. Soumya Gupta
Ans. Shagun Chowdhary



Q.3. Which country hosted the 4th Global Conference on Sustained Eradication of Child Labour?
A. Germany
B. South Africa
C. New Zealand
D. Argentina
Ans. Argentina



Q.4. Which country has recently declared Yoga as sports activity?
A. Saudi Arabia
B. Iran
C  Israel
D. Turkmenistan
Ans. Saudi Arabia



Q.5. Which is the India’s longest expressway that will soon provide free Wi-Fi services along its length?
A. Chennai Bypass
B Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway
C. Agra to Lucknow Expressway
D. Yamuna Expressway
Ans. Agra to Lucknow Expressway



Q.6. Which Indian personality has been appointed as advisory board member of the Financial Stability Institute (FSI) of the BIS?
A. Raghuram Rajan
B. Kaushik Basu
C. Amartya Sen
D. Urjit Patel
Ans. Urjit Patel



Q.7. Who will be honoured with the Personality of the Year Award at the IFFI 2017?
A. Priyanka Chopra
B. Amitabh Bachchan
C. Rajinikanth
D. Shahrukh Khan
Ans. Amitabh Bachchan



Q.8.  Which Indian city to host the 5th edition of Global Conference on Cyberspace (GCCS-2017)?
A. Pune
B. Chennai
C. Kochi
D. New Delhi
Ans. New Delhi



Q.9. Who has become the first Indian golfer to qualify for LPGA Tour Championships?
A. Anirban Lahiri
B. Jeev Milkha Singh
C. Aditi Ashok
D. Jyoti Randhawa
Ans. Aditi Ashok



Q.10. Which country has launched the world’s first fully electric cargo ship?
A. China
B. South Korea
C. Malaysia
D. Singapore
Ans. China



Q.11. President Ramnath Kovind has launched JOHAR scheme in which state to double income of rural poor?
A. Chhattisgarh
B. Rajasthan
C. Gujarat
D. Jharkhand
Ans. Jharkhand



Q.12. India’s first offshore desalination plant will be set up by NIOT in which state?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Karnataka
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Kerala
Ans. Tamil Nadu



Q.13. Who represented India at ‘UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial: Vancouver 2017’?
A. Rituraj Singh
B. Subhash Bhamre
C. Dharamveer Prajapati
D. Neelam Reddy
Ans. Subhash Bhamre



Q.14. Which of the following Indian states will jointly organize a security exercise ‘Sagar Kavach’ on coastline?
A. Assam and Odisha
B. Odisha and West Bengal
C. Karnataka and West Bengal
D. Karnataka and Kerala
Ans. Odisha and West Bengal



Q.15. Which country is hosting the 10th South Asia Economic Summit (SAES-2017)?
A. India
B. Sri Lanka
C. Pakistan
D. Nepal
Ans. Nepal



Q.16. Which country is hosting the 7th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan?
A. Turkmenistan
B. Afghanistan
C. Kazakhstan
D. Tajikistan
Ans. Turkmenistan



Q.17. What is the theme of the 2017 World Diabetes Day (WDD)?
A. Women and diabetes: Visiualize Future
B. Women and diabetes – our right to a healthy future
C. Women and diabetes: Right to health
D. Women and diabetes: Future & children
Ans. Women and Diabetes - our right to a healthy future



Q.18. Who is leading the Indian delegation in the 15th ASEAN-India Summit 2017?
A. Ram Nath Kovind
B. Ajit Doval
C. Sushma Swaraj
D. Narendra Modi
Ans. Narendra Modi



Q.19. Who has won the 2017 IBSF World Billiards Championship?
A. Pankaj Advani
B. Geet Sethi
C. Ashok Shandilya
D. Subhash Agarwal
Ans. Pankaj Advani



Q.20. Who is leading the Indian delegation in the 4th India-Canada Annual Ministerial Dialogue -2017?
A. Smriti Irani
B. Suresh Prabhu
C. Thawar Chand Gehlot
D.  Jagat Prakash Nadda
Ans. Suresh Prabhu

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