Q1. BHEL's first 800-MW supercritical plant has become operational which of the following Indian State?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Karnataka
(c) Telangana
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Rajasthan
(a) Export
(b) Expenditure
(c) Estimated
(d) Estate
(e) Exchange
Q3. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has tied up with Sentifi, leader in algorithmic-based analysis, for social media updates of 40,000 globally-listed stocks. Sentifi is __________ based company.
(a) Switzerland
(b) Japan
(c) Finland
(d) Indonesia
(e) USA
Q4. Name the sports person, who has been appointed as a member of the governing body of Sports Authority of India (SAI), recently.
(a) Saina Nehwal
(b) Sushil Singh
(c) Jwala Gutta
(d) P V Sindhu
(e) Abhinav Bindra
Q5. Name the Bank that has recently signed an agreement with Avenues India Pvt Ltd, a payment solution provider to provide merchants with seamless access to point-of-sales (POS) and payment gateway products.
(a) IDBI Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Yes Bank
(d) Bandhan Bank
(e) Kotak Mahindra Bank
Q6. India with World Health Organization (WHO) has recently signed a 'call for action' and pledged to scale up measures to end the Tuberculosis by ____________.
(a) 2025
(b) 2030
(c) 2035
(d) 2020
(e) 2023
Q7. Name the regulatory body that has recently allowed celebrities to endorse Mutual Fund products at the industry level.
(a) RBI
(b) NABARD
(c) EPFO
(d) IRDAI
(e) SEBI
Q8. Name the person, who has been appointed by the central government as a member of the western area local board of Reserve Bank of India.
(a) B P Kanugo
(b) Dilip Shanghvi
(c) R Gandhi
(d) Vipin Kunoma
(e) K. Srinivasan
Q9. Name the Indian-American high school student who has won the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search bagging the top award of 250,000 dollars.
(a) Indrani Das
(b) Aaron Yeiser
(c) Arjun Srinivasan Ramani
(d) Richa Roy
(e) Anjuma Bhattacharya
Q10. Name the only Institute of India that has been placed in top 30 position in recent Asia University Rankings 2017 of the Times Higher Education.
(a) IIM-Ahmedabad
(b) BITS-Pilani
(c) IISc-Bengaluru
(d) VIT-Vellore
(e)
ANSWERS
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Power equipment maker BHEL has commenced commercial operations of its first 800-MW unit, a supercritical thermal plant in Karnataka.
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. State Bank of India and real estate developers’ body Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (CREDAI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly conduct various initiatives towards development of the realty sector.
S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has tied up with Sentifi, a Switzerland company and leader in algorithmic-based analysis, for social media updates of 40,000 globally-listed stocks.
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. India's most successful Badminton Doubles specialist Jwala Gutta has been appointed a member of the governing body of Sports Authority of India (SAI).
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Bandhan Bank has signed an agreement with Avenues India Pvt Ltd, a payment solution provider to provide merchants with seamless access to point-of-sales (POS) and payment gateway products.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. India with World Health Organization (WHO) signed a 'call for action' and pledged to scale up measures to end the Tuberculosis by 2030.
S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) allowed celebrities to endorse Mutual Fund products at the industry level and issued new advertising code that will require fund houses to communicate in a simple manner with the public.
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Sun Pharmaceuticals Managing Director Dilip Shanghvi has been appointed by the central government as a member of the western area local board of Reserve Bank of India.
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. An Indian-American high school student, Indrani Das, 17, of New Jersey, has won the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search bagging the top award of 250,000 dollars.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Times Higher Education (THE) released its Asia University Rankings 2017. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru has been ranked best Indian University and has been placed at 27th position among the universities in Asia.