Q1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated 1980 MW of the Koradi super-critical thermal power project of state-run Mahagenco. Koradi super-critical thermal power project is situated in ____________.
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Rajasthan
Q2. Sixteen-time world champion Pankaj Advani has won his sixth Asian Billiards title and seventh overall Asian championship. The final of the Asian Billiards Championship was held in ____________.
(a) New Delhi
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Nagpur
(e) Kolkata
Q3. An eminent personality Mr. Girish Chandra Saxena has passed away recently. He was ________.
(a) Former Chief Minister
(b) Writer
(c) Former Governor
(d) Poet
(e) Classical Singer
Q4. Emma Morano, the oldest person alive and the last survivor of the 19th century died recently at the age of 117. She was from which country?
(a) Italy
(b) Russia
(c) USA
(d) France
(e) Spain
Q5. Name the player who has won the title match of Men's singles at Singapore Open Badminton, recently.
(a) Kidambi Srikanth
(b) Sai Praneeth
(c) Kamal Narayana
(d) Rohan Bopanna
(e) P V Sindhu
Q6. Human Resource and Development Minister Prakash Javadekar has recently launched the education based portal and mobile app in New Delhi. What is the name of that app?
(a) PUSHA
(b) VIDYA
(c) SAGAR
(d) RUSA
(e) GANGA
Q7. Nepalese President arrived in India on a five-day visit, the first foreign trip after assuming the office in October 2015, following the promulgation of the new Constitution in Nepal. Who is the President of Nepal?
(a) Pushpa Kamal Dahal
(b) P V Rao
(c) Bidya Devi Bhandari
(d) Kamakhya Rani
(e) None of the given options are true
Q8. The Finance Ministry has recently permitted the Labour Ministry to go ahead with ______ rate of interest on Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) for 2016-17.
(a) 8.50%
(b) 8.75%
(c) 7.95%
(d) 9.25%
(e) 8.65%
Q9. In the recently released, the second Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ Asia list 2017 name the Olympic Medalist who made it into the list in 'pioneer women' category.
(a) Deepa Karmakar
(b) P V Sindhu
(c) Saina Nehwal
(d) Sakshi Malik
(e) Deepa Malik
Q10. The sixth prestigious M.S. Swaminathan Award for contribution in the field of agriculture was given recently to ____________.
(a) P R Rao
(b) R R Hanchinal
(c) Swapnil Saha
(d) Raman Raghav
(e) Pushpalata Tiwari
Q11. Name the city that has been handed over to the private firm to have India's first privately run railway station.
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Gandhinagar
(c) Bhopal
(d) Surat
(e) Jhansi
Q12. Name the Actor who was honoured with a tribute at 60th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) in the USA.
(a) Shah Rukh Khan
(b) Amitabh Bachchan
(c) Salman Khan
(d) Amir Khan
(e) Hrithik Roshan
Q13. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched the web applications to check corruption and keep track of government activities. The app is named as ____________.
(a) PRATIBIMB
(b) SAYA
(c) PARCHHAI
(d) DARPAN
(e) LEHRE
Q14. Name the state that has become the first state to launch a special awareness drive to ensure that transgenders in the state register as voters.
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Assam
(e) Tripura
Q15. Name the Indian environmental engineer who has won 2017 prestigious ‘Cartier Women’s Initiative Award’ for providing women working on farms with water management solutions and protecting small farmers against droughts and flash floods.
(a) Deepa Singh
(b) Trupti Jain
(c) Neha Sharma
(d) Konkana Gupta
(e) Vimala Shankar
Solutions
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated 1980 MW of the Koradi super-critical thermal power project of state-run Mahagenco near Nagpur in Maharashtra.
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Sixteen-time world champion Pankaj Advani has won his sixth Asian Billiards title and seventh overall Asian championship. The ace cueist defeated Sourav Kothari in an entertaining final of the Asian Billiards Championship in Chandigarh.
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Girish Chandra Saxena has passed away at the age of 90.
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Emma Morano, an Italian woman believed to have been the oldest person alive and the last survivor of the 19th century died at the age of 117.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Sai Praneeth has won the title match of Men's singles at Singapore Open Badminton beating his compatriot Kidambi Srikanth.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Human Resource and Development Minister Prakash Javadekar launched the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) portal and mobile app in New Delhi.
S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari is arriving in New Delhi on a five-day visit to India. This will be Bhandari's first foreign trip after assuming the office in October 2015, following the promulgation of the new Constitution in Nepal.
S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Finance Ministry have permitted the Labour Ministry to go ahead with 8.65% rate of interest on Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) for 2016-17, which will benefit over four crore EPFO members.
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Over 50 Indians, including gymnast Dipa Karmakar, Olympic medalist Sakshi Malik and actress Alia Bhatt, are among Forbes’ list of super achievers from Asia under the age of 30 who are “pushing boundaries of innovation“.
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. The sixth prestigious M.S. Swaminathan Award for contribution in the field of agriculture given to R.R. Hanchinal, Chairperson of Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority, the government of India.
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. For the first time in Indian Railway history Habibganj station in Bhopal has been handed over to the private firm to be operated by it.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. Actor Shah Rukh Khan was honoured with a tribute at ongoing 60th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) in the USA.
S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched two web applications to check corruption and keep track of government activities. The two web applications were Anti-Corruption Cell and Digital Application for Review by Public And Nation (DARPAN).
S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. Maharashtra has become the first state to launch a special awareness drive to ensure that transgender in the state register as voters in greater numbers.
S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. An Indian environmental engineer Trupti Jain has won 2017 prestigious ‘Cartier Women’s Initiative Award’ for providing women working on farms with water management solutions and protecting small farmers against droughts and flash floods.
