Q1. The 13th edition of Nepal’s five-day Chitwan Elephant Festival has kicked off in ___________ with the participation of over 50 elephants.
(a) Birgunj
(b) Pokhara
(c) Janakpur
(d) Kathmandu
(e) Biratnagar
Q2. Cabinet has approved signing and ratifying an agreement between India and Uruguay regarding cooperation and mutual assistance in Customs Matters recently. Where is the capital of Uruguay?
(a) Montevideo
(b) Kampala
(c) Pyongyang
(d) Abuja
(e) Other than the given options
Q3. Which of the following companies has created two tools My Business and Digital Unlocked for the small and medium businesses in India, that would help to create an online presence, besides a digital training programme.
(a) Yahoo India
(b) Apple India
(c) Dell India
(d) Facebook India
(e) Google India
Q4. Name the City of Uttar Pradesh, in which the Digi Dhan Mela has been organised, recently?
(a) Kanpur
(b) Varanasi
(c) Meerut
(d) Lucknow
(e) Allahabad
Q5. Who will be skipper the Indian women’s cricket team for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup qualifiers which is to be played from February 03rd to 21st, 2017 in Colombo, Sri Lanka?
(a) Smriti Mandhana
(b) Mithali Raj
(c) Latika Kumari
(d) Harmanpreet Kaur
(e) Soniya Dabir
Q6. The Election Commission of India has announced the dates for the assembly elections in five states Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa. Who is present Chief Election Commissioner of India.
(a) Nasim Zaidi
(b) SY Quraishi
(c) Navin Chawla
(d) Kalyan Singh
(e) Other than the given options
Q7. The ________ ambassador to the European Union Ivan Rogers has resigned from his post recently.
(a) Brazil
(b) UK
(c) Spain
(d) USA
(e) Denmark
Q8. Which of the following countries has defeated Bangladesh 3-1 to win their fourth consecutive South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women's Football Championship title in Siliguri, West Bengal?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Pakistan
(c) India
(d) China
(e) Nepal
Q9. ________ has launched a health scheme, Arogya Raksha Scheme Tummalapalli Kalakshetram for the people of the Above Poverty Line at Rs 1200 premium per annum.
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Telangana
(c) Karnataka
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Kerala
(e) China
Q10. Russia recently delivered four Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets to which of the following countries after a delay of two years?
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) Iran
(c) Syria
(d) India
Solutions
Sol. The 13th edition of Nepal’s five-day Chitwan Elephant Festival has kicked off in Kathmandu with the participation of over 50 elephants. The annual festival which brings fun, sports and adventure together inaugurated in Sauraha, the gateway to Chitwan National Park.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Cabinet has approved signing and ratifying an agreement between India and Uruguay regarding cooperation and mutual assistance in Customs Matters.The Agreement will help in the availability of relevant information for the prevention and investigation of customs offences. Montevideo is capital of Uruguay.
S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. Google India has created two tools My Business and Digital Unlocked for the small and medium businesses in India,that would help to create an online presence, besides a digital training programme. It is an India first tool which introduced this year. Google My Business would help small businesses set up website from their mobile devices.
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. In Uttar Pradesh, day-long Digi Dhan Mela has been organised by central government and the financial institutions in Meerut on 04th January 2017. Through such Melas, common people? are motivated? towards higher usage of digital transactions by offering incentives? like Lucky Grahak Yojana for Consumers and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana for Merchants.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Seasoned player Mithali Raj will skipper the Indian women’s cricket team for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup qualifiers which is to be played from February 3 to 21,2017 in Colombo.The team comprises of most of the prominent names in the squad which guided India to clinch the women’s T20 Asia Cup 2016 title in December last year by beating arch-rivals Pakistan.
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Election Commission of India has announced the dates for the assembly elections in five states Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa. Uttar Pradesh, the biggest state in the country, will go to polls in seven phases for 403 seats on 11th February, 15th February, 19th February, 23rd February, 27th February, 4th March and on 8th March, 2017. Nasim Zaidi is present Chief Election Commissioner of India.
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. The U.K.’s ambassador to the European Union Ivan Rogers has resigned from his post. Sir Mark Ivan Rogers KCMG is a senior British civil servant, who was the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union from 4 November 2013 until his resignation on 03rd January 2017.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. India has defeated Bangladesh 3-1 to win their fourth consecutive South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women's Football Championship title in Siliguri, West Bengal. In the process, the Indian eves are now unbeaten in 19 matches having won 18 and drawn one. This was Bangladesh's maiden final appearance in the championship.
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu has launched a new health scheme christened Arogya Raksha offering medical insurance to those who were not covered under any of the existing health schemes of the state government. It was the first file signed by the Chief Minister in the new year.
S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. Russia has finally delivered four Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets to China after a delay of two years as Moscow feared that its fifth generation jet will lose value after Chinese military unveiled its J-20 stealth fighter.
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