Q1. India’s first and longest ropeway to connect Mumbai with the famous Island in the Arabian Sea is planned to be constructed by the Mumbai Port Trust. What is name of that Island?
(a) Majuli Island
(b) Havelock Island
(c) Barren Island
(d) Elephanta Island
(e) Diu Island
Q2. The Indian Navy has begun a joint maritime exercise with the French Navy at the Mediterranean Sea to further deepen combat coordination between the two navies. The Joint exercise is named as ____________.
(a) PARAKRAM
(b) VARUNA
(c) KAUSHAL
(d) GRAMANA
(e) SHAKTI
Q3. The White House has recently named a retired Marine major general ______________ as the new Director of the Secret Service.
(a) SandishMachol
(b) Sebastian Andrew
(c) Randolph Ailes
(d) JohnneferSout
(e) HarrynaraDahol
Q4. The World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated globally on __________.
(a) March 28
(b) March 21
(c) April 19
(d) April 28
(e) April 26
Q5. Private sector lender Yes Bank announced the alliance with which of the following e-commerce company under which the bank will offer conditionally approved loans to the latter’s existing customers?
(a) Paisabazaar.com
(b) Naptol.com
(c) Askbazar.com
(d) Bookmyshow.com
(e) None of the given options is true
Q6. Northeast India's largest Information Technology (IT) hub was opened recently in _____________ to boost employment and e-governance besides to export software technology.
(a) Assam
(b) Tripura
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
(e) Sikkim
Q7. Name the youngest chancellor of any university in the nation who has bagged Dr. BabasahebAmbedkar International Foundation award for excellent performance in the field of education.
(a) Sankalp Joshi
(b) Manish Subrato
(c) Mangalam S Sen
(d) Dileep K Nair
(e) Mahesh K Rawat
Q8. Name the country that has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with India on economic co-operation, recently.
(a) Myanmar
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Australia
(e) Malaysia
Q9. Name the country that has become the first to open an honorary consulate office in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).
(a) Austria
(b) Belgium
(c) Russia
(d) France
(e) Japan
Q10. Name the country that will host the 18th World Road Meeting (WRM 2017) in November 2017 according to the International Road Federation (IRF).
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Japan
(d) Indonesia
(e) Pakistan
Q11. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully launched its football-stadium-sized, heavy-lift Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) from _____________.
(a) La Condamine, Monaco
(b) Canberra, Australia
(c) Chicago, USA
(d) Wanaka, New Zealand
(e) Boston, USA
Q12. The 2nd quarterly review meeting on the Swachh Iconic Places (SIP) was held recently at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu & Kashmir. On this occasion how many new Iconic places to be taken under the Phase II of the Swachh Iconic Places initiative were announced?
(a) 6
(b) 10
(c) 8
(d) 15
(e) 5
Q13. Who was crowned as Miss Teen Universe 2017 at the event held in Managua, Nicaragua?
(a) AryTrava
(b) Samantha Pierr
(c) SrishtiKaur
(d) Ritalia Jones
(e) SonakshiPawar
Q14. Who is the Managing Director and Group CEO of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)?
(a) SandeepJajodiya
(b) SamnwaySarkar
(c) Sankalp Sharma
(d) Ajay Pandey
(e) ManojShukla
Q15. e-SOT and e-PRAN card launched for Atal Pension Yojana subscribers, recently. What is the full form of SOT?
(a) Statement of Truncation
(b) Statement of Transfer
(c) Service of Transaction
(d) Security of Transaction
(e) Statement of Transaction
Solutions
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. India’s first and longest ropeway to connect Mumbai with the famous Elephanta Island in the Arabian Sea is planned to be constructed by the Mumbai Port Trust, according to the official report.
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Indian Navy has begun a joint maritime exercise with the French Navy at the Mediterranean Sea to further deepen combat coordination between the two navies. Guided missile destroyer INS Mumbai, stealth frigate INS Trishul and fleet tanker INS Aditya are taking part in the 'Varuna' exercise.
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. The White House has named a retired Marine major general Randolph Ailes as the new Director of the Secret Service. Ailes was in the Marine Corps for 35 years.
S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. Every April 26, World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated to learn about the role that intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright) play in encouraging innovation and creativity.
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. Private Sector lender Yes Bank announced the alliance with Paisabazaar.com under which the bank will offer conditionally approved loans to the latter’s existing customers.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. Northeast India's largest Information Technology (IT) hub was inaugurated at Agartala to boost employment and e-governance besides to export software technology. The Hub was set up at a cost of Rs. 50 crore. The Chief Minister of Tripura, ManikSarkar inaugurated the IT hub.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. The youngest chancellor of any university in the nation, Dileep K Nair has bagged Dr. BabasahebAmbedkar International Foundation award for excellent performance in the field of education in Trivendurum, Kerala.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. India and Sri Lanka have signed anMoU on economic co-operation. The agreement was exchanged in the presence of Prime Minister NarendraModi and his Sri Lankan PM RanilWickremesinghe in New Delhi.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Belgium has become the first country to open an honorary consulate office in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). Besides the Belgian Embassy in New Delhi, two Consulates-General in Mumbai and Chennai, and an honorary consulate in Kolkata, Belgium has expanded its diplomatic representation in India with this new office in Gandhinagar.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. India will host the 18th World Road Meeting (WRM 2017) on November 13, 2017 as per the International Road Federation (IRF). The WRM is the biggest global platform for road engineers, safety and transport experts and companies engaged in road safety products.
S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully launched its football-stadium-sized, heavy-lift Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) from Wanaka, New Zealand.
S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. The 2nd quarterly review meeting on the Swachh Iconic Places (SIP) was held recently at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, in Katra, Jammu & Kashmir. On this occasion, ShriNarendra Singh Tomar announced 10 new Iconic places to be taken under the Phase II of Swachh Iconic Places initiative.
S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. SrishtiKaur was crowned Miss Teen Universe 2017 after beating 25 contestants from around the world at the annual beauty pageant. The event was held in Managua, the capital of Central American country Nicaragua.
S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. Ajay Pandey is the Managing Director and Group CEO of GIFT City
S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. With a view to digitally empower the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) subscribers and improve the quality of service, the facility of online viewing of the statement of the transaction (e-SOT) and also the e- Permanent Retirement Account Number (e-PRAN card) have been launched.
