Q1. Indian teen named Rifath Sharook has recently developed world's smallest satellite for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The world’s smallest satellite is named as ______________.
(a) NaiduSat
(b) SatIndia
(c) BhabhaSat
(d) KalamSat
(e) RamanSat
Q2. In which of the following company Softbank has recently made its biggest investment of $1.4 billion?
(a) Amazon
(b) Flipkart
(c) Paytm
(d) Jabong
(e) Alibaba
Q3. India's leading digital wallet player Paytm has recently received the final license from the Reserve Bank of India for its payments bank entity. Who is the newly appointed CEO of Paytm payments bank?
(a) Vijay Shekhar Sharma
(b) Renu Satti
(c) Rekha Bharadwaj
(d) Jason Roy
(e) Schiff Marlon
Q4. Name the Minister who has been given additional charge of the Environment Ministry following the death of Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave.
(a) Harsh Vardhan
(b) Rajnath Singh
(c) Dharmendra Bradhan
(d) Bhandaru Duttetreya
(e) Ravi Shankar Prasad
Q5. CGI (Consulate General of India) Dubai and Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi will host a two-day “Start-up India Summit” in UAE in Last month of May 2017. Name the person who recently took charge as new Consul General of Dubai.
(a) Kamal Mukul
(b) Abhinav Mankad
(c) Vipul
(d) Shoukul
(e) Shardul Khan
Q6. Prime Minister of India will inaugurate India’s longest river bridge (9.15km) Dhola-Sadiya Bridge in which of the following Indian state?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Tripura
(d) Assam
(e) Meghalaya
Q7. Government think-tank NITI Aayog holds the first 'Samavesh meeting'. Chairman of NITI Aayog is ___________.
(a) Finance Minister of India
(b) PM of India
(c) President of India
(d) Home Minister of India
(e) Defence Minister of India
Q8. This is the first time in the history of African Development Bank (AfDB) Group that India would be hosting the Annual Meetings of the bank (May 2017). It will be inaugurated by ____________.
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Pranab Mukherjee
(c) Sushma Swaraj
(d) Rajnath Singh
(e) Arun Jaitley
Q9. The Indian Army received two 155mm/39 caliber Ultra Lightweight Howitzer artillery guns from BAE Systems in the United States of America. BAE Systems is an Aerospace company based in ___________ .
(a) UAE
(b) Russia
(c) Australia
(d) USA
(e) France
Q10. State-owned telecom operator BSNL has inked a clutch of agreements with which of the following company/companies to popularise the internet and its value added services among customers.
(a) Facebook
(b) Paytm
(c) MobiKwik
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(e) Both (a) and (c)
Solutions
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. The US’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will launch the world’s smallest satellite named 'KalamSat', it will be the first time ever that it would be piloting an experiment by an Indian student. Developed by Rifath Sharook, an 18-year-old boy, from Tamil Nadu’s Pallapatti town, KalamSat weighs only 64 grams. ‘KalamSat’, named after India's nuclear scientist and former President, APJ Abdul Kalam, will be launched from a Nasa facility in Wallops Island.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Softbank has made its biggest investment in an Indian digital enterprise by sealing a funding round of Rs 9,000 crore ($1.4 billion) in mobile payments provider Paytm.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. India's leading digital wallet player Paytm has recently received the final licence from the Reserve Bank of India for its payments bank entity. Paytm has appointed Renu Satti as the CEO of its Paytm payments bank.
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan was given additional charge of the Environment Ministry following the death of Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. CGI (Consulate General of India) Dubai and Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi in partnership with iSPIRIT, a nonprofit think tank will host a two-day “Start-up India Summit” in UAE on 23rd and 24th of May 2017. Mr. Vipul recently took charge as new Consul General of Dubai.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Prime Minister of India will inaugurate India’s longest river bridge (9.15km) 'Dhola-Sadiya bridge' in Assam on May 26. It will bolster the road connectivity in the Northeast as the bridge will be used by people of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh besides defence forces extensively.
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. With an aim to bring together 32 premier educational and policy research institutions to catalyse the country’s development process, government think-tank NITI Aayog hold the first Samavesh meeting. Chairman of NITI Aayog is PM of India.
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on May 23, 2017. This is the first time in the history of AfDB Group that India would be hosting the Annual Meetings of the bank.
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Indian Army received two 155mm/39 caliber Ultra Lightweight Howitzer artillery guns from BAE Systems in the United States of America. BAE Systems is an Aerospace company based in the USA.
S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. State-owned telecom operator BSNL has inked a clutch of agreements with Facebook and MobiKwik as its looks to popularise the internet and its value added services among customers.
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