MCQ On GA Of 1st & 2nd Week OF March 2017

     

1. Who has been appointed as new Chief Secretary of Maharashtra?
[A] Sumit Mullick
[B] Kashish Nandan
[C] Nirmal Gupta
[D] Swadheen Kshatriya



2. Tarak Mehta, who recently passed away, was the noted play writer of which language?
[A] Urdu
[B] Gujarati
[C] Marathi
[D] Odia

3. Who is the author of the book “The Wrong Turn: Love and Betrayal in the Time of Netaji”?
[A] Aalap Roy
[B] Aadishri Roy
[C] Sujata Bose
[D] Namita Roy Ghose


4. What is the theme of 2017 International Rare Disease Day (IRDD)?
[A] Solidarity
[B] Mystery Diagnosis
[C] Research
[D] Rehabilitation


5. Who has been named as the “Captain of the Year” at 2017 ESPNcricinfo Awards?
[A] Virat Kohli
[B] Ben Stokes
[C] Faf du Plessis
[D] Steven Smith


6. Alwin Francis is associated with which sports?
[A] Cricket
[B] Badminton
[C] Tennis
[D] Chess


7. Haji Abdul Salam, who recently passed away, was the Member of Rajya Sabha from which state?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Manipur
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Madhya Pradesh


8. How much loan amount has been sanctioned by the World Bank (WB) for the Tejaswini project?
[A] $55 million
[B] $78 million
[C] $63 million
[D] $89 million


9. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has recently imposed a 5-year ban on BBC. NTCA is the statutory body of which union ministry?
[A] Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
[B] Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
[C] Ministry of External Affairs
[D] Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change


10. Which city hosted the 4th India-CLMV Business Conclave-2017?
[A] Pune
[B] Chennai
[C] Jaipur
[D] New Delhi


11. Internationally acclaimed author Neil Gaiman has been appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. He hails from which country?
[A] England
[B] Russia
[C] France
[D] United States


12. The 2017 International Yoga festival has started in which state?
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Uttarakhand
[C] Jharkhand
[D] Bihar


13. Who has become new Secretary-General of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?
[A] Ahmed Saleem
[B] Abul Ahsan
[C] Amjad Hussain B Sial
[D] Arjun Bahadur Thapa


14. Who has become the new chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?
[A] V K Jairath Magya
[B] Atulesh Jindal
[C] Gurumoorthy Mahalingam
[D] Ajay Tyagi


15. Who has been appointed as India’s permanent representative to World Trade Organization (WTO)?
[A] J S Deepak
[B] G Latha Krishna Rao
[C] N K Sinha
[D] Pramila Lalan


16. Who is the newly appointed Prime Minister of Republic of the Sudan?
[A] Hassan al-Bashir
[B] Hassabu Mohamed Rahman
[C] Bakri Hassan Saleh
[D] Muhammad Ahmad


17. What is the theme of 2017 Zero Discrimination Day (ZDD)?
[A] Think & Act on Unity
[B] Stand Out
[C] Open Up, Reach Out
[D] Make Some Noise for Zero Discrimination


18. The Civil Accounts Day (CAD) is observed on which date in India?
[A] March 5
[B] March 2
[C] March 3
[D] March 1


19. Who has been conferred with the 2017 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year award?
[A] Aung San Suu Kyi
[B] Robyn Rihanna Fenty
[C] Thorbjorn Jagland
[D] Bishop Desmond Tutu


20. Avani Lekhara is associated with which sports?
[A] Chess
[B] Boxing
[C] Shooting
[D] Cricket


21. What is the theme of 2017 World Hearing Day (WHD)?
[A] Ear care can avoid hearing loss
[B] Make listening safe
[C] Childhood hearing loss: act now, here is how!
[D] Action for hearing loss: make a sound investment


22. Which Indian grandmaster has won bronze at 2017 Women’s World Chess Championship?
[A] Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
[B] Padmini Rout
[C] Harika Dronavalli
[D] Koneru Humpy


23. Who has won the 2017 Polly Umrigar Award for International Cricketer of the Year?
[A] Ajinkya Rahane
[B] Virat Kohli
[C] Mahendra Singh Dhoni
[D] Ravichandran Ashwin


24. Which university has bagged Visitors’ Award for ‘Best University 2017’?
[A] Central University of Himachal Pradesh
[B] Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
[C] Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
[D] Tezpur University


25. Which committee has submitted its’ report to the Union Government to protect the interests of the migrants?
[A] Partha Mukhopadhay committee
[B] N K Singh committee
[C] R.V. Easwar committee
[D] Madhukar Gupta committee


26. Who is the author of the book “Mr and Mrs Jinnah: The Marriage that Shook India”?
[A] Teesta Setalvad
[B] Bertil Falk
[C] Sheela Redddy
[D] Audrey Truschke


27. Which state government has made Sanskrit compulsory up to class VIII in all classes?
[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Assam
[C] Manipur
[D] Kerala


28. How much penalty will be imposed on banks if they refuse to exchange soiled or scribed currency notes from people, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
[A] Rs. 10,000
[B] Rs. 15,000
[C] Rs. 5,000
[D] Rs. 20,000


29. Which country to build its’ first national under water observatory in disputed South China Sea?
[A] China
[B] Vietnam
[C] Malaysia
[D] Brunei


30. Which state government has signed MoU with Invest India to encourage start ups?
[A] Kerala
[B] Assam
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Odisha


31. What is the theme of 2017 World Wildlife Day (WWD)?
[A] Stop wildlife crime
[B] Listen to the young voices
[C] The future of wildlife is in our hands
[D] It’s time to get serious about wildlife crime


32. Raymond Kopa, the football legend has recently passed away. He hails from which country?
[A] Germany
[B] Brazil
[C] France
[D] Russia


33. Yumnam Yaima Singh, who passed away recently, was related to which field?
[A] Politics
[B] Sports
[C] Journalism
[D] Marine Science


34. Which country to host 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV)?
[A] Brazil
[B] Germany
[C] France
[D] India


35. Who is the newly appointed Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)?
[A] Ashok Mittal
[B] Rakesh Nangia
[C] Nikhil Arora
[D] P K Purwar


36. The nationwide “Swachh Shakti Saptah” has been launched from which city?
[A] Gandhinagar
[B] Gurugram
[C] Ahmedabad
[D] Noida


37. The Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) meeting will held in which of the following cities?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Rawalpindi
[C] Lahore
[D] Agra


38. Which country to host the 2017 Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) summit?
[A] Malaysia
[B] Indonesia
[C] Tanzania
[D] Seychelles


39. Who is the author of the book “When Crime Pays – Money and Muscle in Indian Politics”?
[A] Milan Vaishnav
[B] Pankaj Mishra
[C] Parthasarathi Shome
[D] Vappala Balachandran


40. The annual tribal festival ‘Bhagoria’ will start in which of the following states?
[A] Himachal Pradesh
[B] Madhya Pradesh
[C] Uttar Pradesh
[D] Arunachal Pradesh


41. The “Destination North East-2017” festival has started in which city?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Chandigarh
[C] Guwahati
[D] Pune


42. The 13th edition of Economic Co-operation Organisation (ECO) summit was held in which country?
[A] Pakistan
[B] Uzbekistan
[C] Tajikistan
[D] Azerbaijan


43. The National Conference on Innovation in Educational Administration has started in which city?
[A] Kolkata
[B] Pune
[C] New Delhi
[D] Bhopal


44. Thomas Earl Starzl, who performed the world’s first human liver transplant, has recently passed away. He hailed from which country?
[A] France
[B] Germany
[C] United Kingdom
[D] United States


45. Who is the author of the book “Lincoln in the Bardo”?
[A] Junot Díaz
[B] George Saunders
[C] Marie Claire
[D] Zadie Smith


46. Which city to host the National conference on Jal Kranti Abhiyan?
[A] Lucknow
[B] Bhopal
[C] New Delhi
[D] Jaipur


47. Which city has topped the 2016 Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS) Urban Governance ranking?
[A] Thiruvananthapuram
[B] Kolkata
[C] Bhubaneswar
[D] Pune


48. What is the theme of the 2017 National Safety Week (NSW) of India?
[A] Safety: It takes all of us
[B] Keep each other safe
[C] Ensure safe and healthy working environment
[D] Strengthen safety movement to achieve zero harm


49. Rene Preval, who passed away recently, was the former President of which country?
[A] Iraq
[B] France
[C] Greece
[D] Haiti


50. Which state government has recently gave official language status to endangered tribal language “Kurukh”?
[A] West Bengal
[B] Assam
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Rajasthan



51. Which company has become the new team sponsor for the Indian Cricket?
[A] Oppo
[B] Star India
[C] Reliance
[D] Vodafone


52. What is the India’s GDP forecast for FY 17, as per Global rating agency Fitch?
[A] 7.2%
[B] 7.1%
[C] 7.3%
[D] 7.4%


53. The 2nd edition of joint military exercise “Al Nagah-II” has started between India and which country?
[A] Israel
[B] Afghanistan
[C] Oman
[D] Kyrgyzstan


54. Which city is hosting the international conference on e-governance “ICEGOV 2017”?
[A] Jaipur
[B] Lucknow
[C] Guwahati
[D] New Delhi


55. Rabi Ray, the former Lok Sabha speaker has passed away. He hailed from which of the following states?
[A] Odisha
[B] Assam
[C] Manipur
[D] Tripura


56. The 11th edition of The Indo-Nepal military exercise “SURYA KIRAN-XI” has started in which state?
[A] Jharkhand
[B] Uttarakhand
[C] Gujarat
[D] Rajasthan


57. Who is the author of the book “Numbers Do Lie: 61 Hidden Cricket Stories”?
[A] Greg Chappell
[B] Suresh Menon
[C] Pankaj Mishra
[D] Akash Chopra


58. Who has won the 2017 ATP Mexico Open hard court tennis tournament?
[A] Novak Djokovic
[B] Roger Federer
[C] Sam Querrey
[D] Rafael Nadal


59. Which Indian university has been ranked among top 10 in Times Higher Education (THE)’s 2017 World’s Best Small Universities?
[A] Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
[B] Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati
[C] Savitribai Phule Pune University
[D] Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay


60. Which state government has launched “Tirtha Darshan” scheme for senior citizens?
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Haryana
[C] Rajasthan
[D] Kerala



61. What is the theme of 2017 International Women’s Day (IWD)?
[A] Women’s History Month
[B] Equality for Women is Progress for All
[C] Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality
[D] Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030


62. Who has been bestowed with the 2016 Moorti Devi Award?
[A] Kalakaluri Enoch
[B] Virendra Hegde
[C] M P Veerendra Kumar
[D] Nirmita Kaur


63. Which bank has launched India’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based banking chatbot “Electronic Virtual Assistant (EVA) for customer service?
[A] ICICI Bank
[B] HDFC Bank
[C] Axis Bank
[D] SBI


64. Which Indian airport has been ranked 2nd globally in the over 40 million passengers per annum category, as per the Montreal (Canada)-based Airports Council International 2016 rankings?
[A] Indira Gandhi International Airport
[B] Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
[C] GMR Hyderabad International Airport
[D] Rajiv Gandhi International Airport


65. Which union ministry is hosting the 13th executive committee meeting of International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN)?
[A] Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
[B] Ministry of Power
[C] Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
[D] Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship


66. Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya, who recently passed away, was the noted folk singer of which language?
[A] Odia
[B] Hindi
[C] Bengali
[D] Urdu


67. Which union minister has inaugurated the International Yoga Fest (IYF) in New Delhi?
[A] Narendra Modi
[B] Raj Nath Singh
[C] Arun Jaitley
[D] M Venkaiah Naidu


68. Who is the author of the book “The Secret Diary of Kasturba”?
[A] Neelima Dalmia Adhar
[B] Aruna Chakravarti
[C] Som Sharma
[D] Narendra Verma


69. India’s longest cable-stayed bridge across river Narmada is situated on which National Highway (NH)?
[A] NH-1
[B] NH-5
[C] NH-2
[D] NH-8


70. Which state government will organise the first-of-its-kind “Tulip festival”?
[A] Himachal Pradesh
[B] Jammu and Kashmir
[C] Sikkim
[D] Arunachal Pradesh



71. The 11th edition of North-East Business Summit (NEBS) has started in which city?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Imphal
[C] Guwahati
[D] Shillong


72. The cultural festival ‘India by the Nile’ has started in which country?
[A] Nigeria
[B] Egypt
[C] Kenya
[D] Mauritius


73. Which union ministry has instituted “Kamaladevi Chattopadhya National Awards” for women handloom weavers and women handicraft artisans?
[A] Ministry of Women and Child Development
[B] Ministry of Panchayati Raj
[C] Ministry of Textiles
[D] Ministry of Rural Development


74. Which bank has become the India’s first bank to launch Aadhaar Pay service for merchants?
[A] ICICI Bank
[B] HDFC Bank
[C] Axis Bank
[D] IDFC Bank


75. Which public sector bank has launched “Work from Home” facility for employees?
[A] State Bank of India (SBI)
[B] Punjab National Bank (PNB)
[C] Allahabad Bank
[D] UCO Bank


76. Which Indian actress has won best actress award at the International Film Festival and Awards of Australia (IFFAA)?
[A] Vidya Balan
[B] Priyanka Chopra
[C] Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
[D] Deepika Padukone


77. M Chandrakasu, who passed away recently, was related to which field?
[A] Sports
[B] Politics
[C] Journalism
[D] Film Industry


78. Where is the headquarters of the National Archives of India (NAI)?
[A] Bhubaneswar
[B] New Delhi
[C] Bhopal
[D] Jaipur


79. Who has been selected for ‘SERB Distinguished Fellow’ award by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)?
[A] Lalji Singh
[B] Dinakar Salunke
[C] P B Behere
[D] J C Bose


80. Who is the author of the book “From Inside the Steel Frame: The Memoirs of an Administrator”?
[A] Sujata Sanghamitra
[B] R Sivapriya
[C] Ashok Pandey
[D] Vikas Swarup



81. Who has been bestowed with the 2016 Saraswati Samman?
[A] Naiyer Masud
[B] Sugatha Kumari
[C] Surjit Paatar
[D] Mahabaleshwar Sail

82. Who is the newly elected President of the European Council (EC)?
[A] Andrej Plenkovic
[B] Christian Kern
[C] Donald Tusk
[D] Charles Michel


83. According to the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016, the maternity leave has been extended from 12 weeks to how many weeks?
[A] 22 weeks
[B] 26 weeks
[C] 23 weeks
[D] 24 weeks


84. Which company has become the first Indian power utility to successfully deploy tele-protection service using Line-Differential Relay (LDR) over an IP/MPLS network?
[A] Tata Power-DDL
[B] Adani Power
[C] Jindal Steel and Power
[D] Reliance Power

85. Which Indian institute has won the 2017 IEEE Spectrum Technology in the Service of Society Award?
[A] IIT Bombay
[B] IIT Madras
[C] IIT Indore
[D] IIT Kolkata


86. Which state government has launched web-based platform “Pratibimba” to project government achievements?
[A] Kerala
[B] Tamil Nadu
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Karnataka


87. Which Indian cricketer has been appointed UNICEF and Cricket For Good Ambassador for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017?
[A] Sachin Tendulkar
[B] Saurav Ganguly
[C] Rahul Dravid
[D] M S Dhoni


88. Who is the author of the book “Age of Anger – A History of the Present”?
[A] Kalyan Karmakar
[B] Pankaj Mishra
[C] Bhim Chandra Nag
[D] Meraj Bhat


89. Arvind Padmanabhan, the noted journalist of IANS has recently passed away. What does IANS stands for?
[A] Indo-ASEAN News Service
[B] Indo-Asiatic News Service
[C] Indo-Asian News Service
[D] Indo-African News Service


90. Who is the newly appointed chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC)?
[A] Masood Husain
[B] Narendra Kumar
[C] T K Sivarajan
[D] A S P Sinha




91. Which union minister has inaugurated India’s largest waste-to-power plant in New Delhi?
[A] Raj Nath Singh
[B] Narendra Modi
[C] Venkaiah Naidu
[D] Arun Jaitley


92. Which country has successfully test fired naval strike ballistic missile “Hormuz 2”?
[A] Iran
[B] Israel
[C] Pakistan
[D] India


93. Which state government has launched a 24X7 toll free helpline number “181” for distressed women?
[A] Assam
[B] Odisha
[C] West Bengal
[D] Haryana


94. Who has been appointed the new Deputy Governor in Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
[A] Manoj Pingua
[B] Dilip S Shanghvi
[C] Chandrakar Bharti
[D] BP Kanungo


95. The 12th CII EXIM Bank Conclave on India Africa Project Partnership was held in which city?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Chennai
[C] Pune
[D] Kolkata


96. Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to Nepal?
[A] Anita Karwal
[B] U Venkateswarlu
[C] Manjeev Singh Puri
[D] Ruby Srivastava


97. Who is the author of the book “‘The Travelling Belly: Eating Through India’s By-Lanes”?
[A] Mandaar Sukhtankar
[B] Saransh Goila
[C] Anoothi Vishal.
[D] Kalyan Karmakar


98. Ronald Drever, the co-founder of Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO), has recently passed away. He hailed from which country?
[A] United Kingdom
[B] United States
[C] Germany
[D] France


99. George A. Olah, the Nobel laureate has passed away. He won the Nobel prize in which field?
[A] Physics
[B] Economics
[C] Chemistry
[D] Medicine


100. Which state government has launched mobile App “Mera Hunar” for job aspirants?
[A] Andhra Pradesh
[B] Assam
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Kerala
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1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (A)
6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (C)

11. (A) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (D) 15. (A)
16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (D) 19. (B) 20. (C)

21. (D) 22. (C) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (A)
26. (C) 27. (B) 28. (A) 29. (A) 30. (D)

31. (B) 32. (C) 33. (A) 34. (D) 35. (D)
36. (B) 37. (C) 38. (B) 39. (A) 40. (B)

41. (B) 42. (A) 43. (C) 44. (D) 45. (B)
46. (C) 47. (A) 48. (B) 49. (D) 50. (A)

51. (A) 52. (B) 53. (C) 54. (D) 55. (A)
56. (B) 57. (D) 58. (C) 59. (A) 60. (B)

61. (D) 62. (C) 63. (B) 64. (A) 65. (B)
66. (C) 67. (D) 68. (A) 69. (D) 70. (B)

71. (A) 72. (B) 73. (C) 74. (D) 75. (A)
76. (C) 77. (B) 78. (B) 79. (A) 80. (C)

81. (A) 82. (C) 83. (B) 84. (A) 85. (B)
86. (D) 87. (A) 88. (B) 89. (C) 90. (B)

91. (C) 92. (A) 93. (B) 94. (D) 95. (A)
96. (C) 97. (D) 98. (A) 99. (C) 100. (C)