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ASSERTION&REASON AFFAIRS Nov-2016 to July-2017
QUESTIONS Test Number - 20
9) 2017 is the UN International year of

NEW BATCHES in AUGUST A) Pulses
(1) UPSC-IAS-2018 Batch(Aug.15) B) Sustainable Energy for all
C) Indigenous languages
(2) TRB POLYTECHNIC LECTURER D) Sustainable tourism for development
2017 . ?
EXAM Batches.
A)
(3) TNPSC VAO & Other GROUPS B) ?
Six Months Batch

C)
(4) BANK EXAMS Batch D) ?
1) Name the first made in India Industrial Robot 10) International Mother Language Day is
r
? A) March 23 B) February 21
A) BRAVO B) BRABO C) ASIMO C) June 23
D) ASIVO D) September 21
11) According to WEF which city is most dynamic city in the
2) First three open defecation free states in India
world.

A) Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Kerala ?
B) Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Sikkim A) Hyderabad B) Bengaluru
C) Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim C) California D) Newyork
D) Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala 12) Indias first fully organic state?
3) Which state established first blood bank for cattle? A) Kerala B) Goa C) Tripura D) Sikkim
?
? A) B) C) r D)
A) Punjab B) Odisha C) Haryana D) Gujarat 13) During 2015-16, which state registered Indias highest
4) According to World Meteorological organization which per capita state?
of the following year the hottest? A) Sikkim B) Punjab
C) Haryana D) Maharashtra
? 2015-16
A) 1998 B) 1995 C) 2015 D) 2016
5) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres belongs to A) B)
which country? C) r D)
A) South Korea B) North Korea th
14) 104 Indian Science congress held at
C) Spain D) Portuguese A) Jammu B) Mumbai C) Mysore D) Tirupati
. 104
? ?
A) r B) r A) B) C) D)
C) D) th
15) 20 National conference on e-governance with theme
6) Which country shut down FM radio? Internet of things and e-governance held in
A) Sweden B) Spain C) Denmark D) Norway A) Nagpur B) Vishakapatnam
. r C) Mysore D) Bangalore
? Internet of things and e-governance
A) ? B) C) D) 20
th
7) 14 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held in ?
A) Mysure B) Hyderabad A) B)
C) Bengaluru D) Ahmadabad C) D)
14 ? 16) Ranji Trophy - 2017 final
A) B) A) Mumbai beat Gujarat
C) D) B) Gujarat beat Mumbai
8) How many Olympic gold medals won by Usain Bolt? C) Karnataka beat Mumbai
D) Mumbai beat Karnataka
2017
?
A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9 A)
B)
C)
D)
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17) Sivalingam Sathish Kumar is associated with which 26) Which country recently implemented equal salary for
sports? both the genders?
A) Weightlifting B) Wrestling A) Switzerland B) Finland
C) Running D) Badminton C) Iceland D) America
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A) B) A) B)
C) D) C) D) r
18) Indias single womens helpline number is 27) Who is the author of book Gandhi in Champaran
A) Sashi Taroor B) Mathew Deshmukh
A) 1098 B) 181 C) 1097 D) 112 C) DG Tendulkar D) Muktha Tomar
19) Who was the first president to die in office? Gandhi in Champaran r
A) Zail Singh A) B)
B) Zakir Hussain C) DG D)
C) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy 28) NITI Aayog recommended which year onwards to
D) Bhairon Singh Shekawat conduct election for same time both parliament &
legislative.
? ,
A) B)
C) ? D) r ?
st
20) Tamilnadu 1 cashless village Khandal avadi located in A) 2022 B) 2023 C) 2024 D) 2025
which district? 29) Which state started "Durban online service" to eliminate
A) Vellore B) Kanchipuram
corruption in government department?
C) Villupuram D) Cuddalure

?
?
A) Assam B) Manipur C) Meghalaya D) Odisha
A) B)
30) Which Indian also selected for 2017 Goldman
C) D) environmental prize?
21) When introduced Insolvancy & Bankruptcy Board of A) Prafulla Samantra B) Naveen Pandit
India? C) Mohammed Yonis D) Sailesh Kumar
r 2017
?
A) 2014 B) 2015 C) 2016 D) 2017 A) B)
22) Who won 2017 Asian Billiard championship title? C) D)
A) Michoel Ferrara B) Saurav Kothari st
31) Indias 1 small arms manufacturing industry going to
C) Pankaj Advani D) Sabash Agarwal
start in which state?
2017

?
,
A) B) r
?
C) D)
A) Assam B) Uttar Pradesh
23) The central government going to launch SAMBADA C) Madhya Pradesh D) Maharashtra
scheme for which department? 32) Which is official Mascot of 22
nd
Asia Athletic
A) medicine B) education championship (2017)?
C) food processing D) yoga A) Deer B) Misha fish
C) Turtle D) Flying squirrel
? 22
A) B) ?
C) D) A) B) C) D)
24) Which first city in India giving 1 GBPS broad band 33) To settle dispute of agricultural issues government
speed? started online service named as
A) Hyderabad B) Mumbai ?
C) Kolkata D) Kochi

?

A) e-krishi samasya B) e-krishi samvad
A) B) C) e-krishi samveda D) e-krishi solution
C) D) 34) The headquater of European research organization at
25) Recently the salary increased for RBI governors as CERN
r r ?
A) Paris B) Geneva C) London D) Vienna
A) 2 lakhs B) 2.5 lakhs C) 3 lakhs D) 3.25 lakhs
35) Which tennis player has won Barcelona open title for a 46) Who has been conferred with the first World Sanskrit
th
record 10 time? Award?
A) Novak Djokovic B) Rafael Nadal A) Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
C) Andy Murrey D) Stan Wawrinka B) Chulabhorn Walailak
10 C) Ubolratana Rajakanya
? D) Bajrakitiyabha Andrzej Wajda
A) B) ?
C) D) r A) r B)
rd C) D)
36) Which country hosted the 3 edition of world
conference on environment? 47) According to world press freedom Index 2017, Indias
A) France B) Brazil Rank
C) China D) India 2017 r
3 ?
A) B) A) 133 B) 134 C) 135 D) 136
C) D) 48) In which country Mahatma Gandhi stamps sold for
37) Who has been selected for the prestigious Dr.BC.Roy more than 4 crores?
national award? 4
.. ? ?
A) Jayshree Mehta B) Usha Lakshmi A) USA B) UK C) Australia D) South Africa
C) Raghu Ram D) Sai Kumar 49) Military exercise Nomadic Elephant is between India
38) Which state launched Videsh Sampark scheme and
Videsh Sampark A) Nepal B) Mangolia
? C) Bhutan D) Myanmar

A) Kerala B) Tamilnadu
C) Telangana D) Karnataka ?
39) 2017 Whitley award / 2017 l A) B)

C) D)
A) Sanjay Gubbi B) Naresh Gupta
C) Aruna D) Rajesh Roy 50) Asian squash championship 2017 won by
40) 2017 who won Ice Hockey World championship title A) Dipika Pallikal B) Joshna Chinappa
2017 C) Saurav Ghosal D) Anuroop
?
?
A) Canada B) Sweden C) Russia D) Iceland A) ? B)
C) D)
41) Central government issued new online service for
verifying the students documents named as 51) Indias first private railway station
A) Habibganj B) Karnal
r, C) Mudipanj D) Bidar

?
A) e-verify B) e-sanad A) B)
C) e-gyan D) e-certy C) D)
42) Indias single emergency number is 52) First Indian woman to be elected as judge of the
international tribunal for the law of the sea (ITLOS)?
A) 1098 B) 181 C) 1097 D) 112 A) Nirmala Randhawat B) Aniruddha Rajput
C) Neeru Chadha D) Nidhi
43) Vikas Krishnan Yadav is associated to which sports?
ITLOS
A) Boxing B) Wrestling
C) Table Tennis D) Riffle shooting A) B)
C) ? D)
53) 2017 mens singles Indonesia open super series
A) B) Badminton won by
C) D) A) Chetan Anand B) Prannoy Kumar
C) Kidambi Srikanth D) Parupalli Kashyap
44) First country in the world to ban metal mining?
2017
A) Tuvalu B) El Salvador
r
C) San marino D) Luxumberg
A) B)
? C) D)
A) B) 54) Which country won the 2017 Badminton Sudirman
C) r D) Cup?
2017
45) When Sabarmati Ashram built?
?
?
A) 1915 B) 1916 C) 1917 D) 1918 A) India B) China
C) South Korea D) Indonesia
55) Dada Saheb Phalke Academy 2017 to 64) Indias biggest Global skill park will be setup in which
A) Kasinathuni Viswanath B) Priyanka Chopra city?
C) Manoj Kumar D) Aishwarya Rai ?
2017 A) Bhopal B) Lucknow C) Hyderabad D) Chennai
? 65) Indias largest fresh water aquarium has opened in
A) B) r which state?
C) D) r ?
56) The first ever women Television channel Zan TV ?
launched by which state? A) Madhya Pradesh B) Jharkhand C) Kerala D) Goa
A) Nepal B) Iran 66) Sudha Singh, who has won gold at the 2017 Asian Athletics
C) Afghanistan D) Bangladesh Championships (AAC), is associated with which sports?
TV [A] Shotput [B] Javelin throw
[C] Steeplechase [D] Hammer throw

2017 (AAC)
A) B) ?
C) D) A) B) C) D)
?
57) The country fully on renewable energy resources in the 67) Who has become first Indian to finish toughest cycle race
world is Race Across America (RAAM) in solo category?
A) Norway B) Iceland [A] Varun Singh Bhati [B] Srinivas Gokulnath
C) Greenland D) Denmark [C] Mariyappan Thangavelu [D] Deepa Malik
r (RAAM) r

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A) B) A) B)
C) r D) C) r D) ?
58) Indias first smart card based public bicycle sharing 68) Which Indian-origin personality has been honoured with the
scheme Trin Trin launched in highest civilian award Order of Australia in Australia for
Trin Trin community work?
[A] Gurinder Chadha [B] Uttam Singh
r ?
[C] Guruswamy Jayraman [D] Tej K Bhatia
A) Bengaluru B) Mysuru "
C) Lucknow D) Chandigarh "
59) Indias first freight village set up in which city?
? ?
A) Varanasi B) Mysuru A) B)
C) Patna D) Udaipur C) D)
69) Which Indian city has been declared as a World Heritage City
? (WHC) by UNESCO?
A) B) [A] Mumbai [B] Ahmedabad
[C] New Delhi [D] Kolkata
C) D) r
60) Indian American chosen for 2017 NASA Astronaut ?
class A) B) C) D)
A) Kayla Barron B) Jasmin Moghul 70) Indias first university only for Dalit students will come up in
C) Robb Kulin D) Raja Chari which city?
2017 [A] Kochi [B] Hyderabad
r [C] Udaipur [D] Bhopal

A) B)
?
C) D) r A) B) C) D)
61) Which state government implemented Green Protocol 71) Which city is hosting the 12th edition of G-20 Summit 2017?
for weddings? [A] Hamburg [B] Berlin
[C] Frankfurt [D] Stuttgart
12 20 2017 ?
A) West Bengal B) Kerala A) B)

C) Tripura D) Sikkim C) D)
62) World day against child labour observed on 72) Who is the newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner
(CEC)?

[A] V S Sampath [B] Om Prakash Rawat
r ? [C] H S Brahma [D] Achal Kumar Jyoti
A) June 10 B) June 11 C) June 12 D) June 13
63) Indias first under water metro tunnel in which city? ?
? A) B)
? C) D)
A) Mumbai B) Kochi C) Kolkata D) Pune
73) Which Indian NGO has won the 2017 UNDP Equator Prize for 82) Which island nation became the first in the world to ratify the
sustainable farming model? Kigali Amendment on ending hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in
r 2017 UNDP r February 2017?
- ? a) Nauru b) Palau
[A] Save Life Foundation (SLF) c) Samoa d) Marshall Islands
[B] Akanksha Public Charitable Trust (APCT) r 2017- (.
[C] Child Rights and You (CRY) .)
[D] Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) ? ?
74) The 2017 International Plastic Bag Free Day (IPBFD) is A) B)
observed on which date? C) D) ?
2017 (IPBFD)
83) Which of the following claimed to have become the first state
r? in the country to serve midday meal up to class 12 for girl
[A] July 2 [B] July 3 [C] July 4 [D] July 5 students?
75) ___________________has won the prestigious 2016 Golden 12
Peacock Award for Corporate Governance " "
2016 ?
? a) Jharkhand b) Rajasthan
A) SAIL B) GAIL C) BSNL D) ONGC c) Delhi d) Haryana
76) Who has been appointed as the new Attorney General of 84) Which state announced the Deendayal Rasoi Yojna in March
India? 2017 to provide food at subsided rate to the poor in urban
[A] P J Thomas [B] M N Krishnamani areas?
[C] K K Venugopal [D] Rohington Nariman a) Jharkhand b) Rajasthan

c) Delhi D) Madhya Pradesh
2017
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C) D) r
A) B)
77) Rotavirus vaccine is administered to children for protection
C) D)
against which of the following?
a) Diphtheria b) Pneumonia 85) Kristalina Georgieva is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at
c) Diarrhoea d) Swine flu which of the following?
?
? r
(CEO) ?
A) B) a) WEF b) IMF c) WTO d) World Bank
C) D) 86) Which of the following won the Hero Hockey India League
(HIL) in February 2017?
78) Which of the following hosted the 13th National Agricultural
a) Ranchi Rays b) Delhi Waveriders
Science Congress organised from February 21 to 24, 2017?
c) Uttar Pradesh Wizards d) Kalinga Lancers
a) Kolkata b) Mumbai
r 2017 ? l (HIL)
c) Gandhinagar d) Bengaluru
?
r 21 24, 2017 13
?
A) B) r
C) D)
A) B)
C) D) 87) Who among the following won the only gold for India at the
International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup
79) The government has roped in actress Shilpa Shetty as the
organised in New Delhi in March 2017?
brand ambassador of which of the following in February
a) Jitu Rai b) Vijay Kumar
2017?
c) Ankur Mittal d) Amanpreet Singh
a) Jan Dhan Yojana b) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
2017
c) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan d) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

2017 r
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A)
B) A) B)
C) D) r
C)
D) 88) Monika Athare has won laurels for India in which event in
womens athletics?
80) What is the Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) launched by
a) High jump b) Javelin throw
DRDO in March 2017 named?
c) Shot put d) Marathon
a) Ananya b) Aastha

c) Chinmayi d) Swathi
?
2017
(WLR) ?
A) B)
C) D)
A) B)
C) D) 89) Indias largest tricolour was inaugurated in which state on
March 5, 2017?
81) Zero Discrimination Day, which was celebrated on March 1,
a) Himachal Pradesh b) Arunachal Pradesh
2017, is an initiative of:
c) Punjab d) Jammu & Kashmir
1, 2017 ,
5, 2017 r
?
?
a) UNICEF b) UNDP
A) B)
c) UNAIDS d) UNESCO
C) D) &
90) Which of the following hosted the Destination North East- 98) A leap second was added to the Indian clock on January 1,
2017 on March 6-8, 2017? 2017 to synchronize the Indian Standard Time (IST) with the
a) New Delhi b) Guwahati Earths Rotational Clock. Who is the in charge to add leap
c) Agartala d) Chandigarh seconds to atomic clock?
2017 6-8 ' - a) IIT Madras
2017' ? b) Indian Institute of Science
A) B) c) National Physical Laboratory
C) D)
d) Centre for Advanced Technology
91) Worlds heaviest woman Eman Ahmed was in news for

undergoing surgery for obesity in Mumbai in March 2017. She
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is a native of:
a) Iran b) Egypt .
c) Turkey d) Tunisia l
2017- ?
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A) B) C)
C) D) D)
92) Mswati-III, who came on an official visit to India in March 99) What was the theme of the 104th Indian Science Congress
2017, is the monarch of which of the following? held in January 2017?
a) Lesotho b) Namibia a) Science and Technology for Rural Development
c) Swaziland d) Botswana b) Science and Technology for Indigenous Development
2017- c) Science and Technology for Urban Development
Mswati-III, d) Science and Technology for National Development
? r 2017 104
A) l B) ??
C) D) A)

93) Which SAARC nation observed National Jute Day on March
6, 2017? B)
a) Nepal b) India c) Sri Lanka d) Bangladesh C)
6, 2017
? D)
A) B) 100) Who among the following was announced as the winner
C) D) of Bharatiya Jnanpiths Navlekhan award in January 2017 for
94) Which of the following launched Work from Home policy for the poem Akash Mein Deh?
its employees in March 2017? a) Amlendu Tiwari d) Balram Kawant
a) Punjab National Bank b) Canara Bank c) Om Naagar d) Devansh
c) Central Bank of India d) State Bank of India Akash Mein Deh r 2017
2017-
?
? ?
A) A) r B)
B) C) D)
C) 101) Which of the following has launched Internet Saathi
D) digital literacy initiative for women in India?
95) The Indus Water Treaty (IWT) was signed between India and a) Apple b) Google c) Microsoft d) IBM

Pakistan in which year?
? " " ?
? A) B) C) D)
a) 1950 b) 1960 c) 1970 d) 1980 102) Who among the following Indian American CEOs
96) Which of the following has a specific role of dispute resolution received the Distinguished Alumnus Award at IIT Kharagpur
on Indus Water Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan? on January 6, 2017?
a) International Monetary Fund b) United Nations a) Shantanu Narayen b) Sundar Pichai
c) Asian Development Bank d) World Bank c) Indra Nooyi d) Ajay Banga
? 2017 r 6- r
(IWT) r ? r ?
? A) B)
A) B) C) D)
C) D) 103) Who among the following is the Chairperson of the
97) Pakistan has objected to the construction of Ratle Committee on National Sports Development Code set up by
Hydroelectric Plant by India. The Plant is under construction the Sports Ministry in January 2017?
on which of the following rivers? a) Narinder Batra b) Injeti Srinivas
a) Ravi b) Indus c) Jhelum d) Chenab c) Bishweshwar Nandi d) Nandan Kamath
r 2017
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A) B) A) B)
C) ? D) C) D)
104) Who among the following became the first batsman in 112) Who among the following Chairpersons of ISRO is the
test cricket in January 2017 to score centuries in 11 countries author of My Odyssey: Memoirs of the Man behind the
that have hosted test matches? Mangalyaan Mission released recently?
a) Alastair Cook b) Younis Khan a) U. R. Rao b) K. Kasturirangan
c) Hashim Amla d) AB de Villiers c) G. Madhavan Nair d) K. Radhakrishnan
r 2017 My Odyssey: Memoirs of the Man
r 11 behind the Mangalyaan Mission r
? ISRO ?
A) B) A) B) r
C) D) C) D)
105) India won the SAFF Womens Football Championship 113) Who among the following CMs announced the launch of
title in January 2017 at which of the following venues? the newly constituted Happiness Department in the state in
a) Itanagar b) Guwahati January 2017?
c) Agartala d) Siliguri a) Nitish Kumar b) Raghubar Das
r 2017 SAFF c) Manohar Lal Khattar d) Shivraj Singh Chauhan
, ? r 2017
A) B) ?
C) D) r A) B)
106) Who among the following won the FIDE World Blitz chess C) D)
championship in Doha, Qatar in December 2016? 114) Who among the following won the Mens Singles title at
a) Viswanathan Anand b) Sergey Karjakin the Chennai Open tennis tournament in January 2017?
c) Vladimir Kramnik d) Vassily Ivanchuk a) Aljaz Bedene b) Borna Coric
2016 r FIDE c) Frederik Nielsen d) Roberto Bautista Agut
? 2017 r
A) B) r ?
C) D) A) B) r
107) What was the theme of the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas C) r ? D)
(PBD) organised in Bengaluru in January 2017? 115) Which of the following is the Submarine Launched Cruise
a) Global Indian and National Development Missile (SLCM) testfired by Pakistan in January 2017?
b) Engaging the Diaspora: Inclusive Growth a) Babar-3 b) Aurangzeb-3
c) Engaging Diaspora: The Indian Growth Story c) Hatf-3 d) Jahangir-3
d) Redefined Engagement with Indian Diaspora r 2017- r ?
r 2017 r 14 (SLBM) ?
? A) -3 B) -3
A) C) -3 D) -3
B) 116) Which state host the 2nd National Biodiversity Congress
in February 2017?
C) a) Goa b) Kerala
c) West Bengal d) Sikkim
D) r 2017 2
?
108) The first Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) was organised in
which year? A) B)
? (PBD) C) D)
? 117) Prime Minister of which of the following was among the
a) 2003 b) 2004 c) 2005 d) 2006 recipients of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards (PBSA)
109) Which of the following hosted the 21st National Youth in January 2017?
Festival in January 2017? a) Fiji b) Jamaica c) Trinidad & Tobago d) Portugal
a) Hissar b) Karnal c) Rohtak d) Chandigarh 2017 r (PBSA)
r 21- r
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A) B) C) D) A) B)
110) An Unsuitable Boy book by who among the following C) r & D)
film personalities? 118) Which of the following was the Best Motion Picture-
a) Shoojit Sircar b) Rajkumar Hirani Drama at the 74th Golden Globe awards given in Los Angeles
c) Anurag Kashyap d) Karan Johar in January 2017?
An Unsuitable Boy a) Lion b) Moonlight
? c) Hacksaw Ridge d) Hell or High Water
A) B) r 2017 74
C) D) ,
?
111) Who among the following is the author of The Peoples
President: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam released recently? A) B)
a) Pranay Lal b) S. M. Khan C) r D)
c) Usha Thakkar d) Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
The Peoples President: A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam r ?
A) B)
C) D)
119) Which of the following became the first bank to have a 127) Who among the following was posthumously awarded the
national tie-up with India Post in January 2017? Ashok Chakra, the highest peacetime gallantry award of the
a) HSBC b) Citibank country, on January 26, 2017?
c) Barclays Bank d) Bank of America a) Major Gaurav Thakur
r 2017 b) Havildar Hangpan Dada
?? c) Rifleman Ran Bahadur Gurung
A) B) d) Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami
r 26, 2017
C) D) r

120) Which of the following is the new ticketing app launched
? .
by IRCTC in January 2017?
2017 r A)
? B)
a) IRCTC Rail Click b) IRCTC Rail Clip C)
c) IRCTC Rail Credit d) IRCTC Rail Connect D)
121) Who among the following was appointed as the new 128) The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
Chairman of Tata Sons in January 2017? (FRBM) Committee submitted its report to the Finance
a) Ravindra Pisharody b) N. Chandrasekaran Minister on January 23, 2017. Who among the following is the
c) Satish Borwankar d) C. Ramakrishnan Chairman?
r 2017 a) Y. V. Reddy b) N. K. Singh
? c) D. Subbarao d) Sumit Bose
A)
? B) . r 23, 2017
C) ? D) . r
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122) Where was Indias biggest public Wi-Fi network with 500
dedicated hotspots launched in January 2017? A) .. B) ..
r 2017- 500 C) . D)
r Wi-Fi 129) What is Indias rank out of 176 countries in Transparency
? Internationals Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released in
a) Kolkata b) Mumbai c) Chennai d) New Delhi January 2017?
r 2017
123) Which was the first foreign contingent to participate in
Indias Republic Day Parade in 2016? (CPI) 176
a) Australia b) Russia ?
c) United Kingdom d) France a) 69th b) 79th c) 89th d) 99th
2016 130) Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA) have
r ? presented Global Agriculture Leadership Award 2016 to ___
A) B) A) Mukesh Ambani B) Azim Premji
C) D) C) Sunil Bharti Mittal D) Ratan Tata
(ICFA) '
124) The TROPEX naval exercise started on January 24,
2016' ?.
2017. Acronym TROPEX stands for:
TROPEX r 24, 2017- A) B)
. TROPEX . C) D)
a) Theatre Readiness and Offensive Exercise 131) An Indian-American woman __________ has been
b) Theatre Readiness and Operational Exercise elected the new mayor of Californian city Cupertino
c) Theatre Reconnaissance and Offensive Exercise A) Aruna Miller B) Nikki Haley
d) Theatre Reconnaissance and Operational Exercise C) Savita Vaidhyanathan D) Kamala Harris
125) National Voters Day was celebrated on January 25, 2017 Cupertino
to mark which of the following? -r ?
a) Date on which independent Indias first government A) B)
wassworn in C) D) r
b) Date on which the first vote was cast in independent India 132) Who won the 2016 SASTRA Ramanujan award?
c) Date on which the first voter identity card was issued A) Paul Bishop B) Simon Kerton
d) Date on which the Election Commission as founded C) Maksym Radziwill D) Juan Ke Ching

2016 ?
r 25, 2017 .
A) B)
A)
C) D)

133) Who has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith Award
B) for 2016?
C) A) Shankha Ghosh B) Vidyasagar Rao
D) C) Chetan Kant Kulkarni D) Rajesh Agarwal
126) National Girl Child Day was observed on: 2016-
r ?
a) January 23 b) January 24 A) B)
c) January 25 d) January 26 C) D)
134) National Mathematics Day is observed on
r?
A) December 21 B) December 22
C) December 23 D) December 24
135) Indias first residential transgender school to come up in 143) Which country won U-19 Asia Cup in Cricket?
___ 19 r
A) Chennai, Tamil Nadu B) Mumbai, Maharashtra
?
C) Bangalore, Karnataka D) Kochi, Kerala

A) Pakistan B) Sri Lanka C) India D) West Indies
?
144) The 2022 National Games will be hosted by
2022
A) , B) ,
?
C) , D) ,
A) B)
136) Which state became the first state in the country to
C) D)
launch Mahila Police Volunteer (MPV) initiative for safety of
women? 145) Mobicash Mobile Wallet has been launched by ______
A) Maharashtra B) Haryana A) HDFC B) Axis Bank
C) Nagaland D) Andra Pradesh C) State Bank of India D) ICICI Bank
Mobicash Mobile Wallet ?
(MPV) A) HDFC B)
? C) D)
A) B) r 146) Indian state to become the first one to have 247 helpline
C) D) for forests?
A) Kerala B) Goa
137) ___ government has initiated a project to make River
C) Maharashtra D) Madhya Pradesh
Island Majuli the countrys first ever Carbon Neutral district by
247
2020
?
A) Assam B) Meghalaya
C) Tripura D) Manipur A) B)
2020 ? C) D)
147) Which bank allows men six-month childcare leave in
? India?
A) B) A) HDFC Bank B) YES Bank
C) r D) C) Standard Chattered D) Deutsche Bank

138) Which country won FIFA Team of the Year title?
?
A) Germany B) Argentina
C) France D) Italy A) HDFC B)
FIFA C) D)
? 148) Worlds largest self-defence class is recently held in
A) B) r
C) D) ?
139) Which state government launched Annapurna Rasoi A) Telangana B) Gujarat

scheme, under which the state government will provide C) Tamil Nadu D) Karnataka
breakfast for Rs.5 and lunch and dinner for Rs.8 to the poor? 149) Which country will host the fifth edition of the Global
A) Telangana B) West Bengal Conference on Cyber Space (GCSS) in 2017?
C) Himachal Pradesh D) Rajasthan 2017-
.5- (GCSS) ?
.8- A) USA B) Germany
? C) India D) Singapore
A) B) 150) Good Governance Day is being observed by the
C) D) government on December 25 on the occasion of __s birth
anniversary.
140) Monte dei Paschi di Siena is Worlds oldest ________. A) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
B) Subash Chandra Bose
A) Museum B) Bar C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee D) Abdul Kalam
C) Bank D) Art Gallery 25
Monte dei Paschi di Siena
r?
_______?
A) B)
A) B)
C) r D)
C) D)
151) Which state government has recently launched Biju Sishu
141) India beat which country to win hockey junior World Cup? Surakshya Yojana to nurture HIV positive orphan kids?
A) Germany B) England
C) Japan D) Belgium

?
?
?
A) Manipur B) Odisha C) Meghalaya D) Assam
A) B)
152) What is Nock-Ten?
C) D)
A) Air to Air Missile
142) The Municipal Corporation of which city has been B) Fifth Generation Submarine
selected for Digital India Silver Award? C) Typhoon
D) Anti Tank Missile
? Nock-Ten ?
A) Madurai B) Chennai A)
C) Trichy D) Coimbatore B) ?
C)
D)
153) Dinanath Bhargava who sketched __________ dies aged 164) Which State Raj Bhawan has adopted the cashless
89. system for all kind of payments?
A) National Flag B) National Emblem A) Andra Pradesh B) Himachal Pradesh
C) India Map D) River Map in India C) Maharashtra D) Gujarat
89
? ?
A) B) A) B)
C) D) C) D)
154) Indias first 2G Ethanol Bio-refinery to be set up in which 165) Which Indian city got best cities award for tackling climate
state? 2 r r change?
? A) Mumbai B) Bangalore
A) Madhya Pradesh B) Tamil Nadu C) Kolkata D) Chennai
C) Punjab D) Kerala
155) Malaria Elimination Scheme DAMAN has been launched ?

by which state government? A) B)
r DAMAN C) D)
? 166) The World Ayurveda Foundation has organized the 7th
A) B) C) D) World Ayurveda Congress in ___________.
156) Which country is planning to introduce an expat levy on A) Chennai B) Bengaluru
foreign workers with dependents from 2017? C) Kolkata D) Mumbai
7
2017
?
" ?" ?
A) Iran B) Iraq A) B)
C) Syria D) Saudi Arabia C) D)
157) Mori, a village in __________ gets Smart Digital village 167) Konkan 16 is a Joint maritime exercise between India
tag. and _.
A) Karnataka B) Andhra Pradesh A) France B) Germany
C) Kerala D) Maharashtra C) UK D) Russia
r 16 _________
? .?
A) B) A) B)
C) D) C) D)
158) What is "I" in BHIM? 168) Which state government has announced setting up a
BHIM I r ? panel for prevention of child trafficking in the wake of a child
A) India B) International C) Interface D) Intelligence smuggling racket?
A) Odisha B) West Bengal
159) An Unsuitable Boy is a Biography about
C) Rajasthan D) Gujarat
A) Salman Khan B) Karan Johar

C) Yuvraj Singh D) Virat Kohli
An Unsuitable Boy ? .
A) B) A) B)
C) D) C) D)
160) Which country has become the first country in the world 169) Birth anniversary of ____________ will be observed as
to legally offer three-parent baby fertility treatments? Water Day in the country.
" A) Rajaji B) BR Ambedkar
C) Subash Chandra Bose D) Rajiv Gandhi
" ?
?
A) Australia B) India C) Poland D) Britain
?
161) According to International Labour Organisation (ILO),
A) B) ..
which country has lowest gender wage disparity?
(ILO), C)
D) ?
? 170) Who is the head of Committee on Digital Payments?
A) India B) USA C) Singapore D) Germany A) Alagarsamy Naidu B)Ramamoorthy Balakrishnan
C) Ratan P. Watal D) Shaknar Kumar
162) Which country has opened the first public solar panel
(Digital Payments)
road in the world?
?
r
? A)
A) Germany B) Norway C) Denmark D) France B)
163) President Pranab Mukherjee has presented the second C) .
ICCR distinguished ideologist award to Prof. Yu Long Yu of D)
___________ at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan 171) Govt launched a helpline number _____ to promote
A) India B) Singapore digital payments.
C) China D) Japan (digital payments)
?
___________ r A) 10888 B) 14444 C) 18888 D) 28282
...
.
A) B) C) D)
172) Which cyclone that made a landfall near Chennai and 179) Which city has topped a list of the most expensive cities
northern coastal districts of Tamil Nadu recently? for expatriates in the world?
A) Neelam B) Nada C) Vardah D) Thane A) Washington, USA B) Beijing, China
C) Tokyo, Japan D) Chennai, India

? ?
A) ? B) C) D) A) , r B) ,
173) Who has been announced as the UNICEF Global C) , D) ,
Goodwill Ambassador to promote child rights at the UNICEF 180) _______________was awarded the Helen Keller Award
70th anniversary event? 2016 in the role model supporter of increased employment
A) Aishwarya Rai B) Priyanka Chopra opportunities for disabled persons category
C) Vidya Balan D) Deepika Padukone A) Arun Kumar Sharma B) Gopalkrishna Agarwal
70- C) Swati Thakurdesai D) Sanjeev Sonawane
r " r
? r " r
A) B) r 2016 ?
C) D) ? A) B)
174) Dipa Karmakars autobiography Dipa Karmakar: The C) D)
Small Wonder to be co authored by ___________________ 181) An UAE based Indian ________ won this years
A) Bishweshwar Nandi B) Dulal Karmakar prestigious International Childrens Peace Prize for her fight
C) Gita Karmakar D) None of these for climate justice and combating environmental degradation
? r r Dipa Karmakar: The Small A) Kehkashan Basu B) Prathiba Basu
Wonder r ? C) Meera Basu D) Swetha Basu
A) B) ________
C) D) ?

175) The Union Cabinet has approved Indias approach to
Climate Change Negotiations at the 22nd Conference of r ?
Parties (COP) to UNFCCC, Expand UNFCCC? A) B)
22 (COP)- C) D)
182) Who won the World Chess Championship title 2016?
. UNFCCC A) Viswanathan Anand B) Magnus Carlsen
r ? C) Vladimir Kramnik D) Levon Aronian
A) United Nations Framework Commission on Climate 2016 ?
Change A) B)
B) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change C) D)
C) United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change 183) Indian Boxer _______________ won a gold medal at the
D) United Nations Framework Concentration on Climate National Boxing Championships
Change A) Manoj Kumar B) Shiva Thapa
176) Who was formally proclaimed as King Rama X, the 10th C) Vijender Singh D) Vikas Krishan Yadav
king of the Chakri dynasty of Thailand? ? ________
A) Bhumibol Adulyadej B) Maha Vajiralongkorn ?
C) Mahidol Adulyadej D) Vacharaesorn Mahidol A) B)
10 r
C) D)
10
184) Who has become the first woman President of the All
?
India Tennis Association?
A) B) A) Shanta Shastri B) Neela Satyanarayan
C) D) C) Praveen Mahajan D) Chitkala Zutshi
177) Which country is to withdraw its largest banknote from
circulation in its latest attempt to tackle the worlds worst ?
inflation crisis recently? A) r B) ?
A) Brazil B) Chile C)
? D)
C) Peru D) Venezuela

?
185) The Sardar Patel Cricket Stadium in ___________ is set
to become the biggest cricket stadium in the world.

A) Gujarat B) Uttar Pradesh
r ?
C) Madhya Pradesh D) Tamil Nadu
A) B) C) D) r r
178) Worlds longest tunnel opens for regular service in r ?
________ A) B)
A) India B) Switzerland C) China D) Japan C) D)
?
186) Four Indian-Americans - Pramila Jayapal, Raja
?
Krishnamoorthi, Ro Khanna and Ami Bera were elected to
A) B) C) D) the House of Representatives. In November 2016. They
belong to which party?
a) Green Party b) Libertarian Party
c) Democratic Party d) Republication Party
-r r ,
,

NEW BATCHES in AUGUST
. ? (1) UPSC-IAS-2018 Batch(Aug.15)
A) r B)
C) D) (2) TRB POLYTECHNIC LECTURER
187) Which of the following attempted to enter the Guinness EXAM Batches.
Book of World Records for having distributed 6,000 hearing
aids at a single location in November 2016? (3) TNPSC VAO & Other GROUPS
a) Aizawl b) Kohima
c) Itanagar d) Imphal Six Months Batch from Aug.14
2016 6000

(4) BANK EXAMS Batch
?
195) The first titanium project of India being established by
A) B)
Saraf Group in __________
C) D) A) Odisha B) Assam
188) Which two states have jointly topped the ease of doing C) Bihar D) Sikkim
business ranking?
A) Andra Pradesh and Telangana ?
B) Tamil Nadu and Andra Pradesh A) B)
C) Maharashtra and Karnataka
C) D)
D) Karnataka and Kerala
196) India's first driving school for the differently-abled, 'Ability
?
on Wheels' was set up in ____
'Ability on Wheels'
A)

B)
?
C)
A) Mumbai B) Ahmedabad
D)
C) Hyderabad D) Chennai
189) The first World Tsunami Awareness Day is being 197) Which state became the first state to start Indias first
observed on?
Cherry Blossom Festival, which is widely celebrated in
r? Japan?
A) November 02 B) November 03 A) Manipur B) Meghalaya C) Sikkim D) Assam
C) November 04 D) November 05 r
190) Which state government has observed November 1 as ?
No Tobacco Day? A) B) C) D)
A) Maharashtra B) Karnataka
198) Government of India launched revamped toll-free helpline
C) Punjab D) Assam
number ______ for information on Aadhaar card
1

r?

A) B)
?
C) D)
A) 1946 B) 1947 C) 1948 D) 1950
191) The countrys first tea museum was inaugurated in ___ 199) PM Narendra Modi announced plans to provide a house
?
for every Indian to mark 75 years of independence in ___
A) B) 75
C) D)
?
192) TRAI sets _____ as minimum broadband speed in India ?
A) 2019 B) 2020 C) 2022 D) 2030
(TRAI) ? 200) Billionaire-turned-politician Donald Trump was elected as
A) 256kbps B) 512 kbps C) 1 mbps D) 2 mbps ____ President of the United States
193) GST council panel has fixed a four-tier GST rate structure
at __slabs r
4 ?
? A) 50
th
B) 45th C) 43rd D) 40th
A) 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% B) 7%, 14%, 21%, and 28%
C) 5%, 12%, 18%, and 28% D) 5%, 10%, 20%, and 30% CURRENTLY STUDYING 2017 CLASS ROOM / ONLINE
194) Which state becomes first state to launch cyber police
/ TEST / MATHS / POSTAL BATCHES
stations in all districts?
To get Daily Alerts, From your whatsapp mobile, Whatsapp
A) Andra Pradesh B) Punjab
C) Maharashtra D) Tamil Nadu "YOUR NAME, COURSE NAME, PLACE " to 9840398093
with ID / Receipt as Proof.

You should save this number 9840398093, otherwise
?
the messages will not be delivered
A) B)
C) D) ALL THE VERY BEST
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9) 2017 is the UN International year of

Six Months Batch

39) 2017 Whitley award / 2017 l A) B)

A) West Bengal B) Kerala A)  B) 

139) Which state government launched Annapurna Rasoi A) Telangana B) Gujarat

155) Malaria Elimination Scheme DAMAN has been launched ?

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155) Malaria Elimination Scheme DAMAN has been launched ?