International current affairs

Q.1. Kacheguda railway station has declared the India’s first Energy-Efficient ‘A1 Category’ Railway Station. It is situated in which city?
A. Hyderabad
B. Chennai
C. Kochi
D. Kolkata
Ans. Hyderabad



Q.2. What is the theme of the 2017 World Human Rights Day (WHRD)?
A. Stand up for someone’s rights today
B. Stand Up for Human Rights
C. Our Rights, Our Freedoms, Always
D. Let’s stand up for equality, justice and human dignity
Ans. Let’s stand up for equality, justice and human dignity



Q.3. The 2017 Aadivasi Mahotsav has started in which state?
A. Odisha
B. Chhattisgarh
C. Kerala
D. Manipur
Ans. Chhattisgarh



Q.4. India’s first mobile food testing lab has launched in which state?
A. Punjab
B. Maharashtra
C. Goa
D. Uttar Pradesh
Ans. Goa



Q.5. Which country is hosting the “Bodhi Parva: BIMSTEC Festival of Buddhist Heritage”?
A. Nepal
B. China
C. Myanmar
D. India
Ans. India



Q.6. Lalji Singh, the father of Indian DNA fingerprinting has passed away. He hailed from which state?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Karnataka
C. Kerala
D. Odisha
Ans. Uttar Pradesh



Q.7. UN Women in collaboration with which social networking site launched ‘We The Women’ event in Mumbai?
A. Twitter
B. Skype
C. Facebook
D. Instagram
Ans. Facebook



Q.8. India has been declared free from trachoma, which is a contagious bacterial infection of which part of human body?
A. Nose
B. Ear
C. Eye
D. Neck
Ans. Eye




Q.9. Which country’s team has clinched gold at the Hockey World League (HWL-2017) tournament?
A. Argentina
B. Italy
C.  Japan
D. Australia
Ans. Australia



Q.10. Which union minister has launched the first NIC-CERT to prevent and predict cyber attacks on government utilities?
A. Narendra Modi
B. Arun Jaitley
C. Ravi Shankar Prasad
D. D. V. Sadananda Gowda
Ans. Ravi Shankar Prasad

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