LATEST CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS (2017)-SET II

-----------SET A   --------------------------------***********

(1) Name the state, which has been launched ambitious free WiFi facilities for students?

A) Bihar

B) Assam

C) Uttarakhand

D) None

(2) State the No. of teams to 36th expedition to Antarctica send by ISRO, recently?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

(3) Name the Photographer, who has been conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award, recently?

A) Arko Datta

B) Ritam Banerjee

C) Raghu Rai

D) None

(4) State the No.of Indian Americans named for 2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honour, recently?

A) 6

B) 7

C) 8

D) 9

(5) Name the place on which India’s longest road tunnel built,, recently?

A) Jammu & Kashmir

B) Assam and Mizoram

C) Nagaland & Manipur

D) None

(6) Name the person, who has been appointed as Director of ISA, recently?

A) Rajendra Tripathy

B) Upendra Tripathy

C) Both

D) None

(7) Name the Afghan city, which has been captured by Talibans, recently?

A) Farah

B) Balkh

C) Sangin

D) None

(8) Name the Indian City, which has got a vertical garden in it?

A) Hyderabad

B) Bengaluru

C) Chennai

D) None

(9) Name the missile, which was successfully test fired by Indian Navy from INS Vikramaditya, recently?

A) Barak Missile

B) Marak Missile

C) Parak Missile

D) None

(10) Name the city of Scientists who were created the World’s largest artificial sun, recently?

A) Berlin

B) Leipzig

C) Bonn

D) None

Answers:-

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

-----------SET B   --------------------------------***********
(1) Name the scheme, which was Railways to set up Wi-Fi Kiosks at 500 railway stations?

A) Railwire Saathi

B) Rai Gear Saathi

C) Railway Saathi

D) None

(2) Name the city, in which the conference on “Make in India” hold, recently?

A) Boston

B) Houston

C) Atlanta

D) None

(3) Name the woman Assistant commandant, who was the BSF’s first woman field officer?

A) Tanushree Pareek

B) Anushree Pareek

C) Tejashree Pareek

D) None

(4) Name the Govt, which will launch Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana on 1 April 2017?

A) Union Government

B) State Government

C) Both Government

D) None

(5) Name the state, in which, the world’s largest capstone discovered, recently?

A) Andhra Pradesh

B) Karnataka

C) Tamil Nadu

D) Telangana

 Answers:-

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



-----------SET c   --------------------------------***********
(1) Name the Cricket Player, who has named captain of the year of ESPN Cricinfo Awards?

A) Virat Kohli

B) Steven Smith

C) Eoin Morgan

D) None

(2) Name the Country, which was celebrated Silver Jubilee with India, for their diplomatic relations?

A) Iran

B) Iraq

C) Israel

D) None

(3) Name the tree, on which Chennai High Court pass law to remove the trees from the state?

A) Karuvelam

B) Mahagani

C) Neem

D) None

(4) Name the Committee, which was established on cyber security by RBI, recently?

A) Inter-disciplinary Standing Committee

B) Inter – non disciplinary Standing Committee

C) Inter – distributing Standing Committee

D) None

(5) Name the Indian cricketer, who has become first woman to be honored BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award?

A) Shanta Rangaswamy

B) Mithali Raj

C) Shobha Pandit

D) None

(6) Name the Police Officer, who has been appointed as Director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy?

A) B. Sandhya

B) Damayanti Sen

C) Vimla Mehra

D) Dele Barman

(7) Name the popular Gujarati Writer, who was best known for his popular Duniya Ne Undha Chasma, passed away recently?

A) Tarak Mehta

B) Suresh Dalal

C) Bholabhai Patel

D) None

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

A) Pankaj Kumar

B) S.M. Vijayanand

C) Sumit Mullick

D) None

(9) Which actor became the honorary ambassador of Sight Savers?

A) Kabir Bedi

B) Anil Kapoor

C) Puja Bedi

D) None

(10) State the No. of superbugs list, which was released by WHO, recently?

A) 10

B) 11

C) 12

D) 13

Answers:-

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



-----------SET D   --------------------------------***********

1) Name the person, who has been appointed UN Deputy Secretary-General, recently?

A) Amina J Mohammed

B) Maria Luiza Ribeiro

C) Kyung-Wha Kang

D) None

(2) Name the Indian shuttles duo, who were won the Men’s Double title at the 2017 Uganda International Series?

A) Tarun Kona and Alwin Francis

B) Ajay Jayaram and HS Prannoy

C) A jay Jayaram and Tarun Kona

D) None

(3) Name the person, who has been inaugurated “Amma Kalviyagam” in Tamil Nadu, recently?

A) Panneerselvam

B) Palani Swamy

C) M.K. Stalin

D) None

(4) Name the person, who has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to World Trade Organisation on 1 March 2017?

A) J.S. Deepak

B) D.B. Singh

C) R.N. Malhotra

D) None

(5) Name the Indian Shooter, who has won gold in 50 m Air Pistol at ISSF World Cup?

A) Jitu Rai

B) Amanpreet Singh

C) Deepak

D) None

(6) Name the State, which will to host river festival “Namami Brahmaputra”?

A) Bihar

B) Assam

C) Sikkim

D) Meghalaya

(7) State the day, on which India successfully test fired Prithvi Supersonic Interceptor Missile, recently?

A) 1st March

B) 2nd March

C) 3rd March

D) 4th March

(8) Name the person, who will to take additional charge as DG of CRPF?

A) Sudeep Lakhtakia

B) Deepak Shetty

C) Both

D) None

(9) Name the State, in which 2017 International Yoga Festival Celebrations started?

A) Uttarakhand

B) Sikkim

C) Bihar

D) Goa

Answers:-

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


-----------SET  E  --------------------------------***********
(1) Name the Indian Cricketer, who has taken three times “Polly Umrigar Award”?

A) Virat Kohli

B) M.S. Dhoni

C) S. Tendulkar

D) None

(2) Name the person, who has been appointed as the Head Coach of India U-17 World Cup team, recently?

A) De Matos

B) Nicolai Adam

C) I. srinivas

D) None

(3) Name the person, who has been appointed as International Match Referee by UWW?

A) Dan Engler

B) Tim White

C) K.S. Bishnoi

D) None

(4) State the day, on which World Wildlife Day across the world?

A) 1st March

B) 2nd March

C) 3rd March

D) 4th March

(5) Name the person, who has been appointed as CMD of MTNL, recently?

A) A.K. Bhargava

B) N.K. Mehta

C) P.K. Purwar

D) None

(6) Name the country, which was cancelled Visa-free entry for North Koreans?

A) Malaysia

B) Singapore

C) Dubai

D) None

(7) Which country’s scientists developed a solar-powered water Purifier, recently?

A) USA

B) USSR

C) Britain

D) Japan

(8) Which University scientists create an Artificial Mouse Embryo, recently?

A) Cambridge

B) Oxford

C) Harvard

D) Stanford

(9) Name the central University, which was won the Visitor’s Award for Best University 2017?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru University

B) University of Delhi

C) University of Hyderabad

D) University of Calcutta

(10) Name the city, which was named as second capital of Himachal Pradesh?

A) Dharamshala

B) Manali

C) Solan

D) Nahan

Answers:-

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



-----------SET F   --------------------------------***********
(1) State the date, on which CM N.Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated AP Assembly building?

A) 1st March

B) 2nd March

C) 3rd March

D) 4th March

(2) Name the person, who has been named the 2017 Humanitarian of the year Award, recently?

A) Rihanna

B) N. Minaj

C) M. Cyrus

D) A. Franklin

(3) Name the Indian city, which has been ranked Best city in Urban Governance Survey?

A) Thiruvananthapuram

B) Kolkata

C) Bengaluru

D) Pune

(4) State the date, on which AP cabinet accepted naming of Tirupati Airport as Sri Venkateswara Airport?

A) 2nd March

B) 3rd March

C) 4th March

D) 5th March

(5) Name the Union Minister, who has been launched Swachh Shakti Saptah at Gurugram?

A) Narendra Singh Tomar

B) Piyush Goyal

C) Jitendra Singh

D) Krishan Pal

(6) Name the football legend, who has been passed away on 2nd March in Paris, recently?

A) Raymond Kopa

B) Zinedine Zidane

C) Raul

D) None

(7) Name the Metro Project, which has been entered in Limca World Records, recently?

A) Delhi Metro Project

B) Hyderabad Metro Project

C) Mumbai Metro Project

D) Kolkata Metro Project

(8) Name the Person, who has assumed charge of new Secretary – General of SAARC, recently?

A) Amjad Hussain B Sial

B) Arjun Bahadur Thapa

C) Both

D) None

(9)Name the state government, which was to extended Midday meal scheme for girl students from April 1st 2017?

A) Delhi Govt

B) Haryana Govt

C) Kerala Govt

D) Goa Govt

Answers:-

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


-----------SET  G  --------------------------------***********

(1) Name the former IFS, and also the leader of the Babri Action Committee died, recently?

A) Syed Shahabuddin

B) K. Natwar singh

C) Shyam Saran

D) None

(2) Name the surgeon, who had been Pioneering in human liver transplantation died, recently?

A) Thomas E Starzl

B) Chris Freise

C) John roberts

D) None

(3) Name the tennis player, who had won the first Dubai Championship title, recently?

A) Andy Murray

B) Novak Djokovic

C) Both

D) None

(4) Name the person, who has been selected of SERB Fellowship Award, recently?

A) Lalji Singh

B) S. Praveen Kumar

C) K.K. Mangesh

D) None

(5) Name the military drill, which had done by both American and South Korea, recently?

A) Foal Eagle

B) Focus Eagle

C) First Eagle

D) None

Answers:-

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


-----------SET H   --------------------------------***********
1) Name the World’s oldest serving aircraft carrier, which was retired on 6th March, 2017?

A) INS Viraat

B) INS Vikrant

C) INS Vikramaditya

D) None

(2) Name the Person, who had beat Rafael Nadal in Mexico Open final, recently?

A) Sam Querrey

B) Del Potro

C) Djokovic

D) None

(3) Name the place in which, India hoisted a tellest tricolor flag, recently?

A) Attari

B) Vagah

C) Shimla

D) None

(4) Name the country, which has won the Most Popular Tourism Destination Award?

A) Sri Lanka

B) India

C) China

D) Pakistan

(5) Name the tribal language, which had given official language status by West Bengal Govt?

A) Kurukh

B) Baigani

C) Chakma

D) Khotta

 Answers:-

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


-----------SET I  --------------------------------***********
(1) Name the eminent socialist politician and former Lok Sabha Speaker died, recently?

A) Rabi Ray

B) Shivraj patil

C) G.M.C Balayogi

D) None

(2) Name the historic city, which was captured by ISIS in Syria?

A) Palmyra

B) Hama

C) Tartus

D) Bosra

(3) Name the award, which had been presented to MP Veerendra Kumar, recently?

A) Moortidevi Award

B) Sahitya Academy Award

C) Kala Tapaswi Award

D) None

(4) Name the tribal festival, which had began March 6, 2017 in Madhya Pradesh?

A) Bhagoria

B) Mimkut

C) Thimithi

D) None

(5) Name the Organization, on which PM Modi to release special commemorative postage stamp?

A) Yogoda Satsanga Society

B) Pagoda Satsanga Society

C) Megoda Satsanga Society

D) None

Answers:-

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


-----------SET J   --------------------------------***********

(1) Name the Bollywood Actress, who has won Best Actress award in IFFA Australia Awards recently?

A) Aishwarya Rai

B) Kareena Kapoor

C) Katrina Kaif

D) Madhuri Dixit

(2) State the day, on which International Women’s Day Celebrated throughout the world?

A) 8th March

B) 9th March

C) 10th March

D) 11th March

(3) Name the airport, which has been declared Best in World for Service?

A) Hyderabad GMR Airport

B) Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport

C) Both

D) None

(4) Name the tennis player, who has been won third straight Brazil Open Title, recently?

A) Cuevas

B) Albert Ramos

C) Nadal

D) None

(5) Name the village in Jammu & Kashmir has became first smart tribal village, recently?

A) Kotranka

B) Biral

C) Dangah

D) None

 Answers:-

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

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