LATEST CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS (2017)-SET III

-----------SET  K  --------------------------------***********

(1) Name the test bowling pair, who had jointly ranked No.1 ICC test rankings, recently?

A) Aswin, Jadeja

B) Yuvaraj, Jadeja

C) Aswin, shami

D) None

(2) Name Veteran Journalist, who had associated with the news agency IANS died recently?

A) Arvind Padmanabhan

B) Dilip Hiro

C) Bhaskaran

D) None

(3) Name the bank, which had been launched Aadhaar Pay system, recently?

A) HDFC

B) IDFC

C) HFDC

D) None

(4) Name the person, who had honoured with “Artist of the year – 2017” award by Harvard?

A) Viola Davis

B) Taylor Swift

C) Katy perry

D) None

(5) Name the cultural festival, which will to begin in Egypt?

A) Nile by the India

B) India by the Nile

C) Egypt by the India

D) None

 Answers:-

(1) A    (2) A    (3) B    (4) A    (5) B


-----------SET L   --------------------------------***********

(2) Name the country, in which IORA summit 2017 was held, recently?

A) Indonesia

B) Iran

C) India

D) None


(4) Name the state, in which largest Tree Hug programme held, recently?

A) Kerala

B) Gujarat

C) Goa

D) None

(5) Name the state, in which launched a helpline number for distressed women, recently?

A) Odisha

B) Gujarat

C) Sikkim

D) Assam


(7) Name the novel ship, which has commissioned by Indian Navy, recently?

A) INS Tillanchang

B) INS Tarmugli

C) INS Tihayu

D) None

(8) Name the person, who has been re-elected as president of European Council?

A) Donald Tusk

B) Donald Trump

C) Both

D) None

(9) Name the person, who has been appointed as CFO of Adidas, recently?

A) Harm Ohlmeyer

B) Robin Stalker

C) Kasper Rorsted

D) None

(10) State the date, on which Parliament passed Maternity Benefit Bill 2016, recently?

A) 9th March

B) 10th March

C) 11th March

D) 12th March

Answers:-

(2) A    (4) B    (5) A   (7) A    (8) A    (9) A    (10) A


-----------SET M  --------------------------------***********
(1) Name the Indian Cricketer, who has been appointed as official ambassador of Women’s World Cup-2017?

A) Sachin Tendulkar

B) Harbhajan Singh

C) Dravid

D) Zaheer Khan

(2) Name the Konkani Writer, who has been honoured with the Saraswati Samman-2016, recently?

A) Mahabaleshwar Sail

B) R.V. Pandit

C) P. F. Pinto

D) None

(3) Name the person, who has been appointed as Regional Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka to Ford Foundation?

A) Pradeep Nair

B) David Hulse

C) Darren Walker

D) None

(4) Name the state, in which a mobile app launched “Mera Hunar HP” for job seekers, recently?

A) Himachal Pradesh

B) Uttar Pradesh

C) Madhya Pradesh

D) Andhra Pradesh

(5) Name the person, who has been appointed as Global Chairman to KMPG International?

A) William Bill Thomas

B) Michael Hastings

C) J.M. Cormick

D) None

(6) Name the Organisation, which has been introduced Exam Locator app to help students?

A) ICSE

B) CBSE

C) State Board

D) None

(7) Name the South Korean President, who has been removed from office, recently?

A) Park- Geun- hye

B) Yun-Tae Kim

C) Lee – in – je

D) None

(8) Name the person, who had been won from Mapusa Constituency, recently?

A) Francis D’souza

B) Sudin Dhavalikar

C) Manohar Parrikar

D) None

(9) State the date, on which India successfully test fired Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile, recently?

A) 10th March

B) 11th March

C) 12th March

D) 13th March

(10) State the No.of subjects, CBSE made mandatory for class 10 board exams from next academic year?

A) 5

B) 6

C) 7

D) 8

Answers:-

(1) A    (2) A    (3) A    (4) A    (5) A    (6) B    (7) A    (8) A    (9) B    (10) B

-----------SET N  --------------------------------***********
(1) Name the person, who has been appointed as RBI Deputy Governor, recently?

A) B.P. Kanungo

B) C. Rangarajan

C) R. Gandhi

D) None

(2) Name the person, who has been crowned transgender Beauty Queen Title, recently?

A) Jiratchaya

B) Nathalie Oliveira

C) Andrea Collazo

D) None

(3) Name the British F1 and 500 CC Bike racing legend, who had been died at 83?

A) John Surtees

B) Peter Williams

C) John Williams

D) None

(4) Name the city in India, in which India’s first AC rail ambulance launched, recently?

A) Mumbai

B) Delhi

C) Bengaluru

D) Hyderabad

(5) Name the Organisation, which has to award World Cup winning blind Indian team Rs. 1 crore?

A) BCCI

B) FCI

C) ICC

D) None

 Answers:-

(1) A    (2) A    (3) A    (4) A    (5) A

-----------SET O   --------------------------------***********
(1) Name the person, who has been appointed as Goa new Chief Minister, recently?

A) Manohar Parrikar

B) Francis D’souza

C) Sudin Dhavalikar

D) None

(2) Name the TDP leader, who was died recently on 12th March?

A) Bhuma Nagireddy

B) Indra Reddy

C) Janardhan Reddy

D) None

(3) Name the country, in which set to conduct its first national census in 19 years?

A) Pakistan

B) Afghanistan

C) Bangladesh

D) None

(4) Name the country, which has been celebrated holI festival with India, recently?

A) Pakistan

B) Bangladesh

C) Burma

D) None

Answers:-

(1) A    (2) A    (3) A    (4) B


-----------SET P   --------------------------------***********
1) Name the person, who had been given the additional charge of Defence Minister, on March 13?

A) Arun Jaitley

B) Raj Nath Singh

C) Ramvilas Paswan

D) None

(2) Name the Badminton player, who has been won the fourth All-England title, recently?

A) Lee Chong Wei

B) Shi Yugi

C) Both

D) None

(3) Name the Golf Player, who had been clinched second successive Indian Open title recently?

A) Chawrasia

B) Arjun Atwal

C) Himmat Rai

D) None

(4) Name the noted Malayalam film director, who has been passed away, recently?

A) Diphan

B) Joshi

C) Fazil

D) None

(5) Name the Person, who has been appointed as Chairman of CWC, recently?

A) Narendra Kumar

B) Mihir Shah

C) Both

D) None

(6) Name the scheme, which has been launched Arunachal Pradesh, recently?

A) Adarsh Gram Yojana

B) Atal Pension Yojana

C) Antyodaya Anna Yojana

D) None

(7) Name the place, in which the new banana research centerhas been established, recently?

A) Garole

B) Purulia

C) Haldia

D) None

(8) Name the smartphone company, is which Amitabh joined as new ambassador recently?

A) One Plus 3T

B) A Plus 3 T

C) B Plus 3 T

D) None

(9) Name the team, which has won the 2017 Santosh Trophy of Football, recently?

A) Punjab

B) Haryana

C) Indian Railways

D) None

(10) Name the Russian Doctor, who has been upheld lifetime ban by CAS, recently?

A) Sergi Portugalov

B) Alexei Ivanovich

C) Both

D) None

Answers:-

(1) A    (2) A    (3) A    (4) B    (5) A    (6) A    (7) A    (8) A    (9) A    (10) A


-----------SET Q   --------------------------------***********
(1) Name the person, who has been sworn as Manipur’s new CM, recently?

A) Biren Singh

B) Ibobi Singh

C) Karan Singh

D) None

(2) Name the country, which has to send its largest warship to South China Sea?

A) Japan

B) China

C) Bangladesh

D) India

(3) State the day, on which we celebrate World Consumer Rights Day every year?

A) 15th March

B) 16th March

C) 17th March

D) 18th March

(4) Name the person, who has been appointed Chief Justice in four High Court, recently?

A) President

B) Prime Minister

C) Deputy PM

D) None

(5) Name the person, who has been proposed a new scheme KCR Kit in Telangana, recently?

A) Chandrasekhar Rao

B) Tarak RamaRao

C) Hareesh Rao

D) None

(6) Name the person, who has been resigned from the post of ICC Chairman, recently?

A) Shashank Manohar

B) Dave Richardson

C) Simon Fry

D) None

(7) Name the city, which was the World’s Best City in quality of life?

A) Vienna

B) Zurich

C) Sydney

D) None

(8) Name the country, which was largest cotton producing country in the world?

A) India

B) China

C) Pakistan

D) None

(9) Name the country, in which World’s first fluorescent frog found, recently?

A) Argentina

B) Chile

C) Brazil

D) None

(10) Name the Person, who has said Amaravati, a futuristic World-Class city in making?

A) Chandrababu Naidu

B) Lokesh

C) Yanamala Ramakrishnudu

D) None

Answers:-

(1) A    (2) A    (3) A    (4) A    (5) A    (6) A    (7) A    (8) A    (9) A    (10) C


-----------SET R   --------------------------------***********

(1) Name the Union Minister, who has been inaugurated Krishi Unnati Mela 2017 in New Delhi?

A) Radha Mohan Singh

B) Raj Nath Singh

C) Arun Jaitley

D) None

(2) Name the Union Minister, who has been named Vice-President of FIFA U- 17 World Cup Loc?

A) Babul Supriyo

B) M.J. Akbar

C) Manoj Sinha

D) None

(3) Name the person, who had took Oath as Punjab new CM, recently?

A) Amarinder Singh

B) V.P Singh Badnore

C) Manpreet Singh Badl

D) None

(4) Name the Indian American, who has been appointed for a top health care position in America?

A) Seema Verma

B) Kamala Harris

C) Pramila Jayapal

D) None

(5) Name the Minister, who has been launched Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme?

A) Nirmala Sitharaman

B) Smriti Irani

C) Anupriya Patel

D) None

(6) Name the person, who has been appointed as Upa Lokayukta of Assam, recently?

A) Chittaranjan Sharma

B) Hemant Gupta

C) P.K. Mohanty

D) None

(7) State the date, on which Union Govt approved National Health Policies, recently?

A) 15th March

B) 16th March

C) 17 March

D) 18 March

(8) State the No. of scientific advisors, who were brought on board by Hockey India?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

(9) Name the pak cricketer, who has been suspended in the spot fixing case by Pakistan Cricket Board?

A) Mohammed Irfan

B) Mohammad Amir

C) shahid Afridi

D) None

(10) Name the Union Govt External Affairs Minister ?

A) Sushma Swaraj

B) Smriti Irani

C) Nirmala Sitharaman

D) None

Answers:-

(1) A    (2) A    (3) A    (4) A    (5) A    (6) A    (7) B    (8) D    (9) A    (10) C

-----------SET S  --------------------------------***********

(1) Name the country, in which the Girl’s council was inaugurated, recently?

A) Saudi Arabia

B) Dubai

C) Korea

D) None

(2) Name the Indian company, which was named in World’s most ethical companies list?

A) Tata Steel

B) Wipro

C) Both

D) None

(3) Name the person, who has been appointed as Chairperson of Safai Karamcharis?

A) Manhar Valji

B) Manju Dealer

C) Dalip Kallu

D) None

(4) Name the Indian-American, who has been won ‘Junior Nobel Prize for science, recently?

A) Indrani Das

B) Arjun Ramani

C) Archana Verma

D) None

(5) Name the Indian Shuttler, who has been appointed as a member of SAI governing body, recently?

A) Gutta Jwala

B) Sania Mirza

C) Saina Nehwal

D) None

(6) Name the cyclist, who has been announced her retirement from International Cycling?

A) Rowsell Shand

B) Missy Giove

C) Kristin Armstrong

D) None

(7) Name the country, which was joined with WHO to end TB by 2030?

A) India

B) Pakistan

C) Sri Lanka

D) Nepal

(8) Name the country, in which G 20 meet of finance ministers and central bank governors?

A) Germany

B) Poland

C) Halend

D) Japan

(9) Name the person, who has been appointed as Chief Secretary of Punjab, recently?

A) Karan Avtar Singh

B) Himmat Singh

C) SK Sandhu

D) None

Answers:-

(1) A    (2) C    (3) A    (4) A    (5) A    (6) A    (7) A    (8) A    (9) A


-----------SET T   --------------------------------***********
(1) Name the place, In which world’s oldest red algae fossils found in India, recently?

A) Chitrakoot

B) Ramghat

C) Bharat Kup

D) None

(2) Name the BJP leader, who had to be next CM of Uttarakhand?

A) Trivendra Singh Rawat

B) Narendra Tomar

C) Saroj Pandey

D) None

(3) Name the person, who has set to become next public Accounts Committee Chairman?

A) Mallikarjun Kharge

B) Prakash Karat

C) Omar Abdullah

D) None

(4) Which country’s scientists developed blood test to detect autism, recently?

A) America

B) Russia

C) Britain

D) China

(5) Name the country, which has been launched a satellite to monitor North Korea?

A) Japan

B) Germany

C) South Korea

D) None

(6) Name the Australian Player, who has been launched his autobiography “My Story”, recently?

A) Michael Clarke

B) Hayden

C) Ponting

D) None

(7) Name the cities in India, which had to be set First Airbus Training center in Asia?

A) New Delhi

B) Mumbai

C) Chennai

D) Bengaluru

Answers:-

(1) A    (2) A    (3) A    (4) A    (5) A    (6) A    (7) A


-----------SET U   --------------------------------***********
(1) Name the person, who has been elected as BJP CM of UP, recently?

A) Yogi Adityanath

B) Dinesh Sharma

C) Keshav Prasad

D) None

(2) Name the Bollywood actor, who has been launched World’s First Mobile App on Breast Health?

A) Amitabh Bachchan

B) Shahrukh Khan

C) Slam Khan

D) None

(3) Name the state government, which has given 33% reservation for women in their state jobs, recently ?

A) Punjab

B) Haryana

C) Sikkim

D) Goa

(4) Name the station, in which first fully India made train Medha flagged off, recently?

A) Dadar

B) Bandar

C) Andheri

D) None

(5) Name the former national racing champion, who has died in car accident, recently?

A) Aswin Sundar

B) Aditya Patel

C) Ajith Kumar

D) None

Answers:-

(1) A    (2) A    (3) A    (4) A   (5) A


-----------SET V   --------------------------------***********
(1) Name the person, who has been inaugurated the 3-day Buddhist Conference in Bihar, recently?

A) Dalai Lama

B) Yogi Adityanath

C) Bharti Saraswati

D) None

(2) Name the Pakistan Cricketer, who has been appointed as ambassador of Blind Cricket World Cup?

A) Shahid Afridi

B) Omar Abdullah

C) Younis Khan

D) None

(3) Name the person, who has famously known as Monsoon Man died recently?

A) Dev Raj Sikka

B) Shiv Raj Sikka

C) Maharaj Sikka

D) None

(4) State the day, on which the world sparrow day observed every year?

A) 20 March

B) 21 March

C) 22 March

D) 23 March

(5) What is the full form of BCCI?

A) Board of Control for Cricket in India

B) Board of Cricket Control in India

C) Board of Cash Cricket in India

D) None

Answers:-

(1) A    (2) A    (3) A    (4) A    (5) A


-----------SET W   --------------------------------***********

(1) Name the country, which has been ranked world’s healthiest country on earth, recently?

A) Italy

B) Iceland

C) Switzerland

D) None

(2) Name the tennis player, who has claimed his fifth Indian wells Masters Title on 19 March, 2017?

A) Roger Federer

B) Stan Wawrinka

C) Rafael Nadal

D) None

(3) State the day, on which we celebrate every year international day of forests?

A) 20th March

B) 21st March

C) 22nd March

D) 23rd March

(4) Name the person, who has been named as new free charge CEO of Snap deal, recently?

A) Rohit Bandal

B) Kunal Bahl

C) Jason Kothari

D) None

(5) Name the team, which has been lifted Vijay Hazare Trophy (Ranji Trophy) recently?

A) Bengal

B) Tamil Nadu

C) Jarkhand

D) None

(6) Name person, who has been appointed in UN Experts committee, recently?

A) Soumya Swaminathan

B) MS Swaminathan

C) Both

D) None

(7) Name the person, who has been appointed as Kerala High Court Chief Justice, recently?

A) Menon

B) Navanidhi Prasad Singh

C) Karnam

D) None

(8) Name the American guitarist, who was pioneer of rock ‘n’ roll, died recently?

A) Brenda Lee

B) Buddy Holly

C) Chuck Berry

D) None

(9) Name the Indian Cricketer, who has been became first Indian to face 500 balls in a Test Innings?

A) Pujara

B) Rahane

C) Saha

D) None

Answers:-

(1) A    (2) A    (3) B    (4) C    (5) B    (6) A    (7) B    (8) C    (9) A


-----------SET X   --------------------------------***********

(1) Name the Indian athlete, who has won bronze medal in Asian 20 KM Race Walk?

A) K.T. Irfan

B) Kim Hyun-Sub

C) Georgiy Sheiko

D) None

(2) Name the country, which has been happiest place on the earth?

A) Norway

B) Iceland

C) Finland

D) None

(3) Name the Indian – American, who has been nominated top Judicial post in America, recently?

A) Thomas Hardiman

B) Amul Thapar

C) Richard posner

D) None

(4) State the date on which Rajya Sabha passed HIV, AIDs bill, 2014 by Voice Vota?

A) 19th March

B) 20 th March

C) 21st March

D) 22nd March

(5) State the date, on which we celebrate world water days every year?

A) 21st March

B) 22nd March

C) 23rd March

D) 24th March

(6) State the No. of banks, which were associated to SBI are merged in SBI from April 1st?

A) 2

B) 3

C) 4

D) 5

(7) Name the Indian Snooker player, who has bagged silver in Women’s World Snooker Championship,
recently?

A) Vidya Pillai

B) Chitra Magimairaj

C) Both

D) None

(8) Name the person, who has been awarded Kirti Chakra 2017, recently?

A) Rohit Suri

B) Gursevak Singh

C) Gur govind Singh

D) None

(9) State the date, on which BIRAC’s 5th Foundation Day Celebrated in 2017?

A) March 19-20

B) March 20-21

C) March 21-22

D) March 22-23

Answers:-

(1) A    (2) A    (3) B    (4) C    (5) B    (6) D    (7) A    (8) A    (9) B


-----------SET Y   --------------------------------***********

(1) State the day, on which we celebrate world Meteorological Day every year?

A) 21st March

B) 22nd March

C) 23rd March

D) 24th March

(2) Name the country, which was placed at top in Human Development Index?

A) Australia

B) Norway

C) Switzerland

D) None

(3) Name the freedom fighter, whose martyrdom was observed every year on March 23?

A) Bhagat Singh

B) Rajguru

C) Sukhdev

D) All

(4) Name the person, who has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of ICC?

A) Ankur Khanna

B) Rajesh Khanna

C) Sunil Khanna

D)None

(5) Name the city, which has been ranked as the cheapest city in the World by EIU?

A) Almaty

B) Lagos

C) Bangalore

D) None

Answers:-

(1) C   (2) B   (3) D    (4) A    (5) A


-----------SET Z   --------------------------------***********

(1) Name the person (journalist), who has been conferred with the Kuldip Nayar journalism Award?

A) Vikram Chandra

B) Ravish Kumar

C) Kanchan Gupta

D) None

(2) Name the State, in which 5th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav in North East Region, recently?

A) Assam

B) Goa

C) Arunachal Pradesh

D) Himachal Pradesh

(3) Name the noted tamil writer, who has been passed away on 23 March, 2017?

A) Saamy

B) Devan

C) Ashokamitran

D) None

(4) Name the Indian shooter, who has won the gold at the ISSF shotgun World Cup, Mexico?

A) Ankur Mittal

B) James Willett

C) Man Singh

D) None

(5) Name the mathematician, who has been won the 2017 Abel Prize, recently?

A) John Milnor

B) Yves Meyer

C) Peter Lax

D) None

(6) State the No. of medals bagged India in IPC Athletics Grand Prix 2017. Recently?

A) 5

B) 6

C) 7

D) 8

(7) State the day, on which we observed every year the World Tuberculosis Day?

A) 21st March

B) 22nd March

C) 23rd March

D) 24th March

(8) Name the songwriter, who has to receives Songwriters Hall of Fame 2017?

A) Elton John

B) Ed Sheeran

C) Bob Dylan

D) None

(9) State the No. of Cities included in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites, recently?

A) 3

B) 4

C) 5

D) 6

(10) State the amount, the World Bank signed credit agreement with Centre and Uttarakhand on 23 March 2017?

A) U $ 10 million dollars

B) US 50 million dollars

C) US 100 million dollars

D) None

Answers:-

(1) B    (2) C    (3) C    (4) A    (5) B    (6) D    (7) D    (8) B    (9) C    (10) C