Q1. e-SOT and e-PRAN card launched for Atal Pension Yojana subscribers, recently. What is the full form of PRAN?
(a) Permanent Retaliated Account Number
(b) Permanent Retirement Account Number
(c) Provident Retirement Account Number
(d) Protection Retirement Account Number
(e) Provident Risk Account Number
Q2. Veteran actor Vinod Khanna passed away recently. He was an active politician and Member of Parliament from ____________.
(a) Amritsar, Punjab
(b) Jalandhar, Punjab
(c) Gurdaspur, Punjab
(d) Ludhiyana, Punjab
(e) None of the given options is true
Q3. Name the private sector Bank that has won the prestigious ‘Golden Peacock Innovative Product/Service Award 2017’ (in Financial sector Banking).
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) DENA Bank
(d) Axis Bank
(e) YES Bank
Q4. India successfully carried out a fresh user trial of 3,000-kilometer range Agni-III ballistic missile from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast. Abdul Kalam Island was previously named as _____________.
(a) Wheelers Island
(b) Betad Island
(c) Vikram Sarabhai Island
(d) See-saw Island
(e) Indian Island
Q5. Name the India’s first woman International Olympic Committee member who has made it to two important commissions of the global sports governing body, including the prestigious Olympic channel.
(a) Arundhati Bhattacharya
(b) Preeti Zinta
(c) Nita Ambani
(d) Juhi Chawla
(e) Mary Kom
Q6. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has recently become India's first public hospital to start plaque brachytherapy facility for the treatment of ____________ tumors.
(a) Brain
(b) Stomach
(c) Intestine
(d) Eye
(e) Liver
Q7. As per the recent announcement of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Ballabgarh town in Faridabad is renamed as ____________.
(a) Ramgarh
(b) Balramgarh
(c) Balrampur
(d) Ballabpur
(e) None of the given options is true
Q8. An android App 'Solar Calculator' for the computation of solar energy potential has been developed by Space Applications Centre (SAC), ISRO, Ahmedabad. Name the current Chairman of ISRO.
(a) Nair, G. Madhavan
(b) AS Kiran Kumar
(c) K.K. Radhakrishnan
(d) Shailesh Nayak
(e) R Subramanyan
Q9. Indian cultural center in Egypt, serving as India's window to reach out to Egyptians, has organized a seminar aimed at maintaining and strengthening bilateral relations. What is the capital of Egypt?
(a) Hawaii
(b) Pattaya
(c) Colombo
(d) Cairo
(e) Hawana
Q10. Name the city that has recently become the first Indian city that has won Pierre L’enfant Planning Excellence and Achievement Awards-2017.
(a) Bengaluru
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bhubaneswar
(d) Kolkata
(e) Chennai
Q11. On the visit of the President of Cyprus to India, both the countries have signed four agreements in different fields. Name the president of Cyprus.
(a) Ioannis Kasoulidis
(b) Socratis Hasikos
(c) Costas Kadis
(d) Ionas Nicolaou
(e) Nicos Anastasiades
Q12. Director Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director behind classics like The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia died recently. He belonged to ___________.
(a) America
(b) Germany
(c) France
(d) Russia
(e) Sweden
Q13. India won six medals in the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet. The event was held in ___________.
(a) Beijing, China
(b) Wuhan, China
(c) Jiaxing, China
(d) Chengdu, China
(e) Shanghai, China
Q14. India won six medals in the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet. In this event single gold medal was bagged by ___________.
(a) Reema Malik
(b) Neena Varakil
(c) Arunima Rao
(d) Raima Sen Gupta
(e) Anjum Singh
Q15. In the recent figures released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) India stood on which rank in the military expenditure?
(a) 4th
(b) 5th
(c) 3rd
(d) 6th
(e) 7th
Solutions
S1. Ans.(b)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.
S2. Ans.(c)Sol. Veteran actor Vinod Khanna passed away in Mumbai. He was battling with cancer for many years. He was an active politician, and Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur, Punjab.
S3. Ans.(e)Sol. India’s fifth largest private sector Bank, the YES BANK has won the prestigious ‘Golden Peacock Innovative Product/Service Award 2017’ (in Financial sector Banking).
S4. Ans.(a)Sol. India successfully carried out a fresh user trial of 3,000-kilometer range Agni-III ballistic missile from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast. Abdul Kalam Island was previously named as Wheelers Island.
S5. Ans.(c)Sol. India’s first woman International Olympic Committee member Nita Ambani has made it to two important commissions of the global sports governing body, including the prestigious Olympic channel.
S6. Ans.(d)Sol. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is India's first public hospital to start plaque brachytherapy facility for the treatment of eye tumors. The facility is a form of local radiation delivered to the eye through a radioactive device which is attached to the eye for a temporary period of time.
S7. Ans.(b)Sol. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced the renaming of Ballabgarh town in Faridabad as Balramgarh. Situated around 30 km from Delhi on National Highway-2, Ballabgarh is a town and a tehsil (sub-division).
S8. Ans.(b)Sol. An android App 'Solar Calculator' for the computation of solar energy potential has been developed by Space Applications Centre (SAC), ISRO, Ahmedabad. A S Kiran Kumar is the current Chairman of ISRO.
S9. Ans.(d)Sol. Indian cultural center in Egypt, serving as India's window to reach out to Egyptians, has organized a seminar aimed at maintaining and strengthening bilateral relations. The capital of Egypt is Cairo
S10. Ans.(c)Sol. Odisha’s capital city, Bhubaneswar has become, the first Indian city that has won Pierre L’enfant Planning Excellence and Achievement Awards-2017. This award is instituted by the American Planning Association.
S11. Ans.(e)Sol. India and Cyprus have signed four agreements after delegation-level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.
S12. Ans.(a)Sol. American Director Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director behind classics like The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia, died in New York.
S13. Ans.(c)Sol. India won six medals in the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet in Jiaxing, China
S14. Ans.(b)Sol. India won six medals in the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet in Jiaxing, China. This included the gold medal bagged by Neena Varakil in women’s long jump. Neena produced the best jump of 6.37 meters in the sixth and final round.
S15. Ans.(b)Sol. India's military expenditure grew around 8.5 percent in 2016, making it the world's fifth largest spender at $55.9 billion, figures released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
i. Telangana has introduced a logo for identifying vehicles driven by persons with hearing impairment and has become the first state in the country to do so. 
i. Ahmedabad in Gujarat will host biggest ever International Yoga Day event on the 21st of June announced by Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev. 
i. Union home minister Rajnath Singh launched a mobile phone app 'MHA Mobile Application' to remain ‘just a click away’ from troopers of all central forces to address their grievances. 
i. Vinay Mohan Kwatra currently a joint secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office has been appointed as the next ambassador to France. 
i. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has been appointed by the World Health Organisation as its Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia Region to spread awareness about the disease. 
i. India test fired a surface-to-air missile ‘Spyder’ from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha as part of missile launch practice of a series of tests of the short-range quick reaction. 
i. VVS Laxman awarded with an honorary life membership by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). 
