1. Which of the following films won the Best Picture Oscar at the 89th Academy Awards?
1. Moonlight
2. Manchester by the Sea
3. La La Land
4. Fences
5. The Salesman
2. The 86th Martyrdom Day of who among the following was observed on 27 Feb 2017?
1. Chandra Shekhar Azad
2. Subhash Chandra Bose
3. Bhagat Singh
4. Khudiram Bose
5. None of these
3. Who among the following won the 2017 Open 13, a men’s tennis tournament?
1. Lucas Pouille
2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
3. Nicolas Mahut
4. David Goffin
5. Dominic Thiem
4. Who won the Best Actor Oscar at the 89th Academy Awards?
1. Mahershala Ali
2. Casey Affleck
3. Leonardo DiCaprio
4. Matt Damon
5. Ben Affleck
5. _________, a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission, will represent the panel in the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
1. Saina Nehwal
2. Wang Yihan
3. Tai Tzu-ying
4. Carolina Marin
5. PV Sindhu
6. Who won the Best Actress Oscar at the 89th Academy Awards?
1. Meryl Streep
2. Kate Beckinsale
3. Emma Stone
4. Zoe Saldana
5. Eva Mendes
7. India’s TCS has been ranked among top three IT services brands globally by Brand Finance. Which firm has topped the chart?
1. Accenture
2. Infosys
3. IBM
4. Oracle
5.Symantec
8. Which state govt has inaugurated a medical project RAHAT for prompt treatment of heart diseases?
1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Maharashtra
3. Gujarat
4. Tamil Nadu
5. Rajasthan
9. India and which country have ratified the Social Security Agreement (SSA), which will come into force from 1 May 2017, to help promote more investment flows between the two countries?
1. US
2. France
3.Germany
4. South Korea
5. Singapore
10. The headquarters of Syndicate Bank is located in the city of
1. Manipal, Karnataka
2. Chennai, Tamil Nadu
3. Mangalore, Karnataka
4. Kochi, Kerala
5. Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
11. The Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) has pegged advance GDP growth estimate for 2016-17 fiscal at
1. 7%
2. 7.1%
3. 6.7%
4. 6.9%
5. 7.3%
12. _______ was named as the ‘Captain of the Year’ at the 10th annual ESPNcricinfo Awards.
1. Steve Smith
2. Virat Kohli
3.David Warner
4. Ab de Villiers
5. Joe Root
13. P Shiv Shankar, who passed away recently was a former
1. Planning Commission chief
2. Union Minister
3. Chief Minister
4. Vice President
5. None of these
14. Tata Communications is partnering with ________ to support the roll-out of its Internet of Things platform, the LoRa network.
1. Microsoft
2. Accenture
3. Hewlett Packard Enterprise
4. Google
5. IBM
15. The Venture Capital Investment Committee (VCIC), set up by _______, has sanctioned Rs 300 cr to fund managers who would invest in startups.
1. SIDBI
2. NABARD
3.SBI Mutual Fund
4. LIC of India
5. BSE
16. The Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu recently flagged off the first Antyodaya Express, a long distance, fully unreserved, superfast train service, between
1. Chennai and New Delhi
2. Patna and New Delhi
3. Lucknow and Mumbai
4. Ernakulam and Howrah
5. Patna and Kolkata
17. Iran and Russia have reached an agreement to jointly produce nuclear fuel. The currency of Iran is
1. Dinar
2. Baht
3. Rial
4. Riyal
5. Pound
18. Kiev is the capital city of which of the following countries?
1. South Africa
2. Kenya
3. Turkey
4. Greece
5. Ukraine
19. The National Science Day is observed every year on
1. 28 Jan
2. 22 Feb
3. 25 Feb
4. 28 Feb
5. 28 Mar
20. The headquarters of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is located in
1. Paris, France
2. Jakarta, Indonesia
3. Sydney, China
4. New Delhi, India
5. Rome, Italy
21. __________ retained its number one position in the annual city governance ranking, according to the Annual Survey of India’s City-System (ASICS).
1. Chandigarh
2. Bengaluru
3.Bhubaneswar
4. Kolkata
5. Thiruvananthapuram
22. The Gross domestic product (GDP) of India registered ____growth in Oct-Dec quarter of 2016-17.
1. 7 per cent
2. 7.1 per cent
3. 7.2 per cent
4. 7.4 per cent
5. 7.6 per cent
23. The Parliament in which country recently expelled MP Mohammed Anwar Sadat, an outspoken critic of the govt’s human rights record?
1. Egypt
2. Greece
3. Turkey
4. Iran
5. Iraq
24. ________ has announced collaboration with Cisco to further expand its existing multi-terabit capacity with the first All- IP converged network in India.
1. Airtel
2. Reliance Jio
3. Vodafone
4. Idea
5. Reliance Communication
25. Developing economies of Asia and the Pacific region will need infrastructure investments worth ____ from now until 2030, according to an ADB report issued recently.
1. $6 trillion
2. $12 trillion
3. $16 trillion
4. $22 trillion
5. $26 trillion
26. The Tata Steel has announced that it has commenced ferro chrome production at its recently commissioned unit at Gopalpur in the state of
1. Jharkhand
2. Karnataka
3. Odisha
4. Tamil Nadu
5. Andhra Pradesh
27. The sovereign wealth fund of ________, the world’s largest, notched up huge gains in 2016.
1. Sweden
2. Norway
3. US
4. Switzerland
5. Singapore
28. The growth of eight core sectors slowed down to a five-month low of ______ in Jan 2017, mainly due to contraction in output of refinery products, fertiliser and cement.
1. 2.8%
2. 3.2%
3. 3.4%
4. 3.6%
5. 3.8%
29. ________ took charge as the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Mar 1, 2017.
1. Sriram Kalyanaraman
2. Yogesh Aggarwal
3. TS Vijayan
4. Ajay Tyagi
5. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
30. What is the fiscal deficit target for the financial year 2016-17?
1. 3% of GDP
2. 3.2% of GDP
3. 3.3% of GDP
4. 3.5% of GDP
5. 3.9% of GDP
31. Krone is the currency of which of the following countries?
1. Sweden
2. Poland
3. Finland
4. Norway
5. Spain
32. The World Bank has announced an assistance programme of over $1 bn in the areas of urban transport and climate resilient agriculture in which state, over the next 2-3 years?
1. Rajasthan
2. Maharashtra
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Odisha
5. Bihar
33. _________ has been appointed as India’s permanent representative or ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
1. G Latha Krishna Rao
2. NK Sinha
3. Rajeev Nayan Choubey
4. Rita A Teaotia
5. JS Deepak
34. South Korea’s special prosecutor’s office has announced that it will charge Jay Y Lee and four other executives with bribery and embezzlement. Lee is the group chief of
1. LG 2. Samsung
3. Hyundai
4. POSCO
5. Shinhan Financial Group
35. The fourth series of Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) will be launched shortly. The SGB scheme was launched as an alternative to physical gold in Nov
1. 2009
2. 2011
3. 2013
4. 2015
5. 2016
36. In the OECD’s Economic Survey of India, the real GDP growth has been pegged at ____ in the FY17 and at 7.3 per cent in the FY18.
1. 6.9 per cent
2. 7 per cent
3. 7.1 per cent
4. 7.3 per cent
5. 7.6 per cent
37. Angel Gurria is the present Secretary General of which of the following international organisations?
1. IDA
2. IMF
3. OECD
4. BIS
5. WTO
38. Tarun Kona and Alwin Francis, who won the Uganda International Series title recently, are associated with the game of
1. badminton
2. tennis
3. table tennis
4. squash
5. snooker
39. The Green Park Stadium is situated in which of the following cities?
1. Ahmedabad, Gujarat
2. Dharamasala, Himachal Pradesh
3. Chennai, Tamil Nadu
4. Bengaluru, Karnataka
5. Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
40. Who among the following has been awarded with the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award by the BCCI recently? She is the first woman to receive the award.
1. Snehal Pradhan
2. Harmanpreet Kaur
3. Poonam Raut
4. Shantha Rangaswamy
5. Diana David
41. Taarak Mehta, who passed away recently, was a renowned _____ writer and playwright.
1. Gujarati
2. Marathi
3. Bengali
4. Urdu
5. Odia
42. The European Union member states recently approved visa-free travel for Georgia. The capital city of Georgia is
1. Helsinki
2. Sofia
3. Tbilisi
4. Athens
5. Stockholm
43. The govt has shifted the responsibility of promoting digital transactions in the country from NITI Aayog to the
1. Reserve Bank of India 2. NPCI
3. Ministry of Commerce & Industry
4. Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
5. Ministry of IT and Electronics
44. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has appointed Luis Norton de Matos as the head coach of the India U-17 World Cup team. Luis hails from
1. Portugal
2. Spain
3. Brazil
4. Argentina
5. France
45. Which of the following life insurers recently launched a new online term plan ‘iSelect’ meant for family protection?
1. Canara HSBC OBC Life
2. LIC of India
3. ICICI Prudential
4. HDFC Standard
5. Bharti AXA
46. The global leader in payment solutions American Express recently announced the launch of BIP, an electronic payment platform. Here, the term BIP stands for
1. Buyer Initial Payments
2. Buyer Initiated Payments
3. Buyer Introduced Payments
4. Buyer Indicated Payments
5. None of these
47. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is head quartered in
1. Milan, Italy
2.London, UK
3. New York, US
4. Geneva, Switzerland
5. Paris, France
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