1) Tanzania
2) Kenya
3) Nigeria
4) Jamaica
5) Zambia
2. Who among the following was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 62nd Filmfare Awards 2017?
1) Subhash Ghai
2) Shatrughan Sinha
3) Rishi Kapoor
4) Jeetendra
5) Dharmendra
3. What is the full form of the term 'NITI' in the name NITI Aayog?
1) National Initiative for Transforming India
2) National Institution for Transforming India
3) National Institution for Thriving India
4) National Initiative for Technological Independence
5) None of these
4. Who among the following will take charge as interim CEO of the public broadcaster Prasar Bharti in Feb 2017?
1) Jawhar Sircar
2) SC Panda
3) Rajeev Singh
4) Muzaffar Ali
5) Jayashree Mukherjee
5. Who among the following is the present chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?
1) Upendra Kumar Sinha
2) CB Bhave
3) TS Vijayan
4) Kshatrapati Shivaji
6. Rabi crops have been sown in around 616 lakh hectare so far. Which of the following is a Rabi crop sown in India?
1) Peas
2) Sesame
3) Mustard
4) Barley
5) All of these
7. Which of the following films won the Best Film award at the 62nd Jio Filmfare Awards?
1) Sultan
2) Dangal
3) Pink
4) Fan
5) Udta Punjab
8. The first of its kind scheme of the country, Digital Dakiya or Digital Postman, was inaugurated recently in which state to encourage cashless transactions?
1) Rajasthan
2) Bihar
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Madhya Pradesh
9. The 'Falcon 9' is a family of two-stageto-orbit launch vehicles which is designed and manufactured by
1) JAXA
2) NASA
3) SpaceX
4) ISRO
5) CNES
10. Which of the following teams won the Ranji Trophy title in Indore recently?
1) Mumbai
2) Gujarat
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Karnataka
5) Delhi
11. The Army Day is celebrated every year in India on
1) 05 Jan
2) 09 Jan
3) 15 Jan
4) 21 Jan
5) 25 Jan
12. The United States announced the end of a 20-year economic embargo on which country recently, lifting trade and financial sanctions?
1) Sudan
2) Cuba
3) Venezuela
4) Vietnam
5) Philippines
13. Who among the following won the Best Actor award at the 62nd Jio Filmfare Awards?
1) Ranveer Singh
2) Shahid Kapoor
3) Amitabh Bachchan
4) Shah Rukh Khan
5) Aamir Khan
14. Surjit Singh Barnala passed away recently. He was the former Chief Minister of
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Uttarakhand
15. Which of the following countries has US Dollar as its currency?
1) Kenya
2) Singapore
3) Ecuador
4) South Sudan
5) Estonia
16. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) came into existence in which year to provide integrated security cover to the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)?
1) 1962
2) 1969
3) 1973
4) 1989
5) 1991
17. The Airtel Payments Bank, the first payments bank of the country, started its nationwide operations on Jan 12, 2017 with an initial investment of
1) Rs 1,000 cr
2) Rs 2,500 cr
3) Rs 3,000 cr
4) Rs 1,800 cr
18. Which country has taken over as chair of the Group of 77 which promotes the interests of the 134 developing countries it represents at the United Nations?
1) Thailand
2) Ecuador
3) Afghanistan
4) Brazil
5) Sri Lanka
19. Which of the following states launched its first solar-powered boat named Aditya on Jan 12, 2017?
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Kerala
4) Tamil Nadu
20. India's First Madame Tussauds wax museum will open in Jun 2017 in
1) Mumbai
2) Jaipur
3) Bengaluru
4) Chennai
5) New Delhi
21. As per the Annual Status Education Report (ASER) 2016, which state has the country's highest reading and mathematics learning levels at present?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Karnataka
22. The Punjab National Bank (PNB) launched a Contactless Credit Card which has been named PNB Wave N Pay. The bank is headquartered in
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Amritsar
4) Patiala
5) Chandigarh
23. In the Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA), the maximum balance in the account should not exceed ________ at any time.
1) Rs 1,00,000
2) Rs 20,000
3) Rs 50,000
4) Rs 10,000
5) No Limit
24. _______ has emerged as the most innovative company for 2016, according to Boston Consulting Group's (BCG's) annual list.
1) Tesla
2) Apple
3) BMW
4) Lenovo
5) Samsung
25. _______ has won the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold title at Sarawak in Malaysia.
1) Pornpawee Chochuwong
2) Saina Nehwal
3) Carolina Marin
4) PV Sindhu
5) None of these
26. _______ Railways is helping India's national transporter increase the speed of its passenger trains up to 200 km per hour.
1) China
2) US
3) Russian
4) French
5) German
27. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a permanent intergovernmental organization located in
1) Geneva, Switzerland
2) Belgium,
Brussels
3) New York, US
4) Paris, France
5) Vienna, Austria
28. More than 35. Lakh people in which state recently set a new world record by singing the National Anthem at an event in the presence of observers from Guinness World Records?
1) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra
3) Rajasthan
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Odisha
29. Port Moresby is the capital city of which of the following countries? An 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck the country recently.
1) Chile
2) Suriname
3) Trinidad and Tobago
4) Papua New Guinea
30. Yakshagana is a traditional theatre form that combines dance, music, dialogue, costume, make-up, and stage techniques and is mainly found in the state of
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Odisha
4) Assam
5) Tamil Nadu
31. ISKCON's Govardhan eco village has been conferred the United Nations award for taking innovative measures of 'sustainable tourism' in the country. The village is situated in
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Maharashtra
3) Karnataka
4) Kerala
5) Andhra Pradesh
32. The RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 75 lakh on Bombay Mercantile Co-op Bank for violations of norms related to KYC and AML. Here, the term ALM stands for
1) Anti-Mandate Loan
2) Anti-Money Laundering
3) Anti-Money Leverage
4) Anti-Margin Lending
33. The Chepauk Stadium is a cricket ground located in
1) Mumbai
2) Chennai
3) Kolkata
4) Bengaluru
5) Hyderabad
34. Dharamsala town in Kangra district has been declared as the second capital city of the state
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Jammu and Kashmir
4) Haryana
35. Who among the following is the present deputy chairman of NITI Aayog?
1) Amitabh Kant
2) Ramesh Chand
3) VK Saraswat
4) Bibek Debroy
5) Arvind Panagariya
36. The Union Minister of MSME, ________ inaugurated a Workshop on MSME Cooperation amongst Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Member countries in New Delhi recently.
1) Kalraj Mishra
2) Ram Vilas Paswan
3) Ananth Kumar
4) Radha Mohan Singh
37. The Book "One Indian Girl" is a fictional novel authored by
1) Vikram Seth
2) Arundhati Roy
3) Chetan Bhagat
4) Aravind Adiga
38. Indravati National Park is a national park located in Bijapur district of
1) Odisha
2) West Bengal
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Assam
39. A Nasha Mukti campaign was launched to make the state addiction-free with over two crore people participating in human chains formed across the state recently in
1) Gujarat
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Uttar Pradesh
40. PM Narendra Modi addressed the Combined Commanders Conference (CCC), the first since the three military chiefs took over as head of their services last year (2016), recently in
1) Gurugram, Haryana
2) Amritsar, Punjab
3) Bengaluru, Karnataka
4) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
41. In its drive to promote digital payments, the govt is emphasizing on AePS. In the term AePS what does letter 'A' stand for?
1) Advance
2) Accredited
3) Associated
4) Aadhar
5) Account
