• The country which is set to conduct its first national census in 19 years – Pakistan
• The state which has come out with a 605-cr innovative scheme named “KCR Kit” for pregnant women and newborn – Telangana
• The state which has announced an Idea2POC (Proof of Concept) fund of 10 cr for women entrepreneurs – Karnataka
• The person appointed as the official ambassador of Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017 – Sachin Tendulkar
• The Russian doctor whose lifetime ban was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) recently – Sergei Portugalov
• The country where the US aircraft giant Boeing is in process to set up its first overseas factory –China
• The deputy governor of the RBI appointed in place of R Gandhi – BP Kanungo
• The consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation in Feb 2017 – 3.65 per cent
• Winner of the men’s singles crown at the 2017 All England Open badminton championships – Lee Chong Wei
• Winner of the 2017 Hero Indian Open golf title – SSP Chawrasia
• The date on which all restrictions on cash withdrawal from savings bank accounts were removed – 13 Mar 2017
• The bank which has floated its wholly-owned subsidiary to manage its premises and estate-related matters – SBI
• The new Chairman of the HSBC – Mark Tucker
• The year by which the Ozone- depleting HCFCs have to be phased out as required under the Montreal Protocol – 2030
• The bank which has topped the list of banks that witnessed the most number of frauds during Apr-Dec period of 2016 as per the RBI data – ICICI Bank
• The present Governor of Manipur –
Najma Heptulla
• The former CMD of Exim Bank who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Indian Overseas Bank – TCA Ranganathan
• The venue of the 12th CII-Exim bank conclave on India Africa Project Partnership held recently – New Delhi
• The new threshold set by the RBI above which the NBFCs can disburse loans against gold only by cheque – 20,000
• The biggest crude oil supplier to India as of now – Saudi Arabia
• The Konkani author honored with the Saraswati Samman 2016 for his novel Hawthan – Mahabaleshwar Sail
• The country which recently tested a ballistic missile named “Hormuz 2” – Iran
• The state where the NTPC recently commissioned a 45-MW solar plant at Bhadla – Rajasthan
• The Water Jet Fast Attack Craft commissioned by the Indian Navy recently in Karwar, Karnataka – INS Tillanchang
• The paid leave to be provided to would-be mothers as per the new Maternity Benefit Bill passed recently – 26 weeks
• The state which has launched a 24*7 helpline number “181” to assist women in distress – Odisha
• The venue of the 10th edition of the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV 2017) held recently – New Delhi
• The country with which India recently signed a pact related to avoidance of double taxation –Belgium
• The state which has launched a web- based platform ‘Pratibimba’ to showcase the govt’s performance – Karnataka
• The bank whose board recently approved ‘Work from Home’ policy – SBI
• Winner of men’s singles title of the 2017 Brasil Open – Pablo Cuevas
• The joint military exercise between India and Nepal held in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand recently – Surya Kiran-XI
• The popular Bengali folk singer who passed away recently – Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya
• The state where the first smart tribal model village ‘Habbi’ was inaugurated recently –Jammu & Kashmir
• The growth rate of the Indian economy in the fiscal year 2016-2017 as per global rating agency Fitch – 7.1 per cent
• The country whose banking system is now the biggest in the world, according to the Financial Times – China
• The bank which has launched Aadhaar Pay, the country’s first Aadhaar-linked cashless merchant solution – IDFC Bank
• The two-seater sports coupe launched by Tata Motors recently – Racemo
• The new Chief Minister of Manipur
– N Biren Singh
• The new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) – Ajay Tyagi
• The amount announced by the World Bank in financing for sub-Saharan Africa over the next three fiscal years – USD 57 bn
• The country where five people were killed and about 40 injured in its capital after a car plowed into pedestrians and a terrorist stabbed a policeman near parliament – UK
• India’s ranking on the World Happiness Report 2017 – 122nd
• India ranking on the Human Development Index prepared by UNDP, which now classifies India in the category of “medium” human development – 131
• The Indian-American computer scientist who won National Science Foundation (NSF)’s CAREER award – Anshumali Shrivastava
• Winner of the men’s singles title of the ATP Indian Wells Masters – Roger Federer
• The first fully India-made train (rake) which was flagged off at Dadar station in Mumbai recently – Medha
• The former Rajya Sabha MP, also called the ‘Chanakya of Odisha politics,’ who passed away recently – Pyarimohan Mohapatra
• The state which recently decided to provide 33 per cent reservation for women in all govt jobs – Punjab
• The cricketer who has become the first Indian to face 500 balls in Test innings – Cheteshwar Pujara
• India’s wholesale price index-based inflation in Feb 2017 – 6.55%
• The R&D organisation being set up by the Indian Railways – SRESTHA
• The Canadian teacher who won $1-m Global Teacher Prize – Maggie MacDonnell
• The public sector construction firm which will execute `130-cr housing project in Mauritius – NBCC
• The country which has banned laptops and iPads in handbags at airports in West Asia and Africa – US
• The limit at which the govt has proposed to cap cash transactions in an official amendment to the Finance Bill, 2017 – `2 lakh
• The bank with which the govt has decided to merge the Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) – SBI
• The bank which launched ‘Mera iMobile’ app for rural customers – ICICI Bank
• The country which has been named the healthiest country in world by the Bloomberg’s 2017 World Health Index – Italy
• The new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand – Trivendra Singh Rawat
• India’s ranking in representation of women in executive govt in 2017 Women in Politics Map report – 148th
• The first private sector bank since Independence launched in Kerala recently – ESAF Small Finance Bank
• The date on which the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is scheduled – 1 Jul 2017
• The largest association in the country in the field of real estate with which SBI signed an MoU recently – CREDAI
• The mobile app launched by the govt for monitoring of village electrification – Garv
• The person appointed as a Member on the Western Area Local Board of RBI – Dilip S Shanghvi
• The country with which Saudi Arabia signed preliminary deals worth about $65 bn recently – China
• The airport in Singapore voted the World’s Best Airport by air travellers at the 2017 World Airport Awards – Changi Airport
• The badminton player appointed a member of the governing body of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) – Jwala Gutta
• The Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises who has been appointed vice-president of the FIFA U-17 World
Cup organising committee – Babul Supriyo
• The bank which recently launched an instant digital loan against securities (LAS) facility – HDFC Bank
• The govt scheme for developing
export-linked infrastructure – TIES
• The state to which Central Govt recently approved financial assistance by way of special dispensation in funding of externally aided projects (EAPs) – Andhra Pradesh
• The new Chief Minister of Punjab – Captain Amarinder Singh
• The mission launched by the govt to bring blue revolution in the country – Mission Fingerling
• The bank which has announced a one- time farm loan settlement scheme worth `6,000 cr primarily for tractor loans – SBI
• The robot developed by the students of the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), Pune and IBM to assist senior citizens – Chintu
• The state where first-of-its-kind women safety application called “Ammavin Aran” was launched recently – Tamil Nadu
• The person who recently resigned as the ICC Chairman – Shashank Manohar
• The city which has occupied first place for overall quality of living recently – Vienna
• The place where the foundation stone of the Banana Research Centre was laid recently – Vaishali, Bihar
