AUIZ-29

Q1. Which country has committed an 'Official Development Assistance' (ODA) of 371.345 billion yen (about Rs 21,590 crore) under 2016-2017 for various infrastructure projects, including the dedicated freight corridor in India?
Answer: Japan

Q2. Kanha tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh has become the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot of its own. The Mascot has been named as.................? 
Answer: Bhoorsingh the Barasingha

Q3. Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has given the ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. Najib Tun Razak is present Prime Minister of-
Answer: Malaysia

Q4. Name the private sector bank, which has tied up with Wells Fargo (the third largest American bank by assets) to offer real-time remittances from the Indian diaspora to their relatives back home?
Answer: Axis Bank

Q5. The Indian Army has entered into an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) to objective of the agreement is to identify and enhance the critical technological areas that can be enhanced in the armed forces. Who is the present Chief of Army Staff?
Answer: General Bipin Rawat

Q6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 9.2 km long Chenani-Nashri all-weather road tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. The 24.5-kilometer long Laerdal Tunnel in _________ is the longest road tunnel in the world.
Answer: Norway

Q7. Who has won the India Open badminton championship 2017 in New Delhi?
Answer: P.V. Sindhu

Q8. Diplomat Vipul, a 1998 batch Indian Foreign Service officer has took up the charge as the new Consul General of Dubai. Mr. Vipul has succeeded-
Answer: Anurag Bhushan

Q9. Which city, the 19th Commonwealth Forestry Conference (CFC) 2017 has been concluded?
Answer: Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Q10. Which player has won the Miami Open 2017 Singles title?
Answer: Roger Federer

Q11. Name the Cab aggregator that has integrated with Unified Payment Interface (UPI) to simplify digital payment options for its customers.
Answer: Ola

Q12. Phoenix India Research and Development Group launched the first bio-gas fuelled bus in which Indian city keeping a flat fare of just Rs 1.
Answer: Kolkata

Q13. Name the country that has topped in a doping violation report published by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for 2015.
Answer: Russia

Q14. A Malaysian company MTN has recently agreed to help set up a technology park in which Indian State that’s expected to attract private sector investment of $100 million in the first phase.
Answer: Andhra Pradesh

Q15. Kerala, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh have also recently joined the Centre’s power distribution company debt relief scheme, Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojna (UDAY). UDAY scheme was launched in ___________.
Answer: 2015