Current Affairs May 2017 For All Competitive Exams Civil Service, UPSC, IBPS, SSC, Banking, Railways Etc.

Q.1:- Who is appointed Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled castes ?

1. Chirag Paswan
2. Ram Shankar Katheria
3. Swaraj Vidwan
4. K. Ramulu

Ans:- (b) Ram Shankar Katheria

Q.2:- Cyclonic Storm MORA on 29^th May hits which country ?

1. India
2. Japan
3. Australia
4. USA

Ans:- (a) India

Q.3:- Who has won the 2017 French Presidential Election ?

1. Emmanuel Macron
2. Marine Le Pen
3. Jean-Luc Melenchon
4. Moon Jae-in

Ans:- (a) Emmanuel Macron

Q.4:- What is the India’s real GDP growth forecast for FY 18, according to latest rating review by Fitch Ratings?

1. 7.4%
2. 7.6%
3. 7.7%
4. 7.5%

Ans:- (c) 7.7%

Q.5:- Which Indian IT Company revealed its new logo in May 2017?

1. Infosys?
2. TCS
3. Wipro
4. HCL

Ans:- (c) Wipro

Q.6:- Who among the following has won the European Golden Shoe for a fourth time?

1. Bast Dost
2. Lionel Messi
3. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
4. Robert Lewandowski

Ans:- (b) Lionel Messi

Q.7:- Which football team has won the 38^th edition of Indian Federation Cup Football tournament 2017?

1. Punjab
2. Mohun Bagan
3. Bengaluru FC
4. Shillong Lajong

Ans:- (c) Bengaluru FC

Q.8:- CM of which state wins 1^st Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Life Time Achievement Award 2017 ?

1. Gujarat
2. Rajasthan
3. Assam
4. Sikkim

Ans:- (d) Sikkim

Q.9:- Constantine Mitsotakis, who passed away on May 29, 2017 was the former Prime Minister of which European country ?

1. Portugal
2. Greece
3. Spain
4. Belgium

Ans:- (b) Greece

Q.10:- What is the India’s GDP forecast for 2017, as per latest UN report ?

1. 8.2%
2. 7.1%
3. 7.8%
4. 8.0%

Ans:- (b) 7.1%

Q.11:- Which Indian footballer has won the 2017 Hero of the league 2017 award?

1. Debjit Majumder
2. Anas Edathodika
3. Sunil Chhetri
4. Alfred Kemah Jaryan

Ans:- (c) Sunil Chhetri

Q.12:- Country’s 1^st Bio refinery plant inaugurated in which city ?

1. Mathura
2. Delhi
3. Bangaluru
4. Pune

Ans:- (d) Pune

Q.13:- PM Narendra Modi on 15^th May launches Narmada Sewa Mission in which City ?

1. Panna
2. Surat
3. Amarkantak
4. Bhopal

Ans:- (c) Amarkantak

Q.14:- Who has been appointed as the first woman President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) ?

1. Rajani Sirohi
2. Sangrika Shah
3. Teena Ambani
4. Shobana Kamineni

Ans:- (d) Shobana Kamineni

Q.15:- KPS Gill passes away recently. He commanded which operation associated with surrender of militants in Golden Temple ?

1. Operation Black Thunder
2. Operation Surgical Strike
3. Operation Blue Star
4. Operation Rising Star

Ans:- (a) Operation Black Thunder

Q.16:- Who has been appointed the new chairman of the Tea Board of India?

1. Prabhat Kamal Bezboruah
2. M G K V Bhanu
3. Santosh Sarangi
4. M S Boje Gowda

Ans:- (a) Prabhat Kamal Bezboruah

Q.17:- The 2017 India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit was held in which city?

1. Chennai
2. Rajkot
3. New Delhi
4. Pune

Ans:- (c) New Delhi

Q.18:- Who has been appointed as the new Secretary of Department of Telecommunication (DoT) ?

1. JS Deepak
2. Anupam Shrivastav
3. PK Pujari
4. Aruna Sundararajan

Ans:- (d) Aruna Sundararajan

Q.19:- Madhya Pradesh Assembly recently declares which river living entity ?

1. Chambal
2. Tapi
3. Narmada
4. Saryu

Ans:- (c) Narmada

Q.20:- Who has won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar for 2016 ?

1. Manorama Devi
2. Satyabrata Rout
3. Subrata Roy
4. Ranjana Kashyap

Ans:- (b) Satyabrata Rout

Q.21:- Which country’s hockey team has won the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup ?

1. India
2. New Zealand
3. Australia
4. Great Britain

Ans:- (d) Great Britain

Q.22:- Which country is hosting the 26th session of the Governing Council (GC) of UN-Habitat-2017 ?

1. India
2. Kenya
3. Ecuador
4. Uruguay

Ans:- (b) Kenya

Q.23:- Anil Dave passes away on 18^th May 2017. He was ………….. ?

1. Telecom Minister
2. Coal Minister
3. Environment Minister
4. Defence Minister

Ans:- (c) Environment Ministers

Q.24:- Which union minister has given the additional charge of ministry of Environment ?

1. Suresh Prabhu
2. Ravi Shankar Prasad
3. Sanwarlal Jat
4. Harsh Vardhan

Ans:- (d) Harsh Vardhan

Q.25:- Which Indian cricketer has been conferred with the Fellowship Award in United Kingdom (UK) ?

1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Ravi Shastri
3. M S Dhoni
4. Sunil Gavaskar

Ans:- (a) Sachin Tendulkar

Q.26:- Which state government has signed pact with Oracle for cloud-based citizen services ?

1. Odisha
2. Uttarakhand
3. Tripura
4. Jharkhand

Ans:- (d) Jharkhand

Q.27:- Who has been appointed the new India’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands ?

1. J S Mukul
2. Pooja Kapur
3. Venu Rajamony
4. Nitish Jha

Ans:- (c) Venu Rajamony

Q.28:- Who has been sworn-in as the new President of South Korea ?

1. Moon Jae-in
2. Hong Joon-pyo
3. Goh Kun
4. Tae-woo

Ans:- (a) Moon Jae-in

Q.29:- Paytm in May 2017 raised $1.4 Billion from which investor ?

1. SBI
2. HDFC Bank
3. SoftBank
4. SwissBank

Ans:- (c) SoftBank

Q.30:- Who takes over as Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) New Chairperson ?

1. Pirojsha Godrej
2. Parmeshwar Godrej
3. Tanya Dubash
4. Nisaba Godrej

Ans:- (d) Nisaba Godrej

Q.31:- Who will be the new Defence Secretary of India ?

1. SK Nigam
2. Sanajay Mishra
3. Sanjay Mitra
4. Nagendra Singh

Ans:- (c) Sanjay Mitra

Q.32:- Who has been re-elected president of Iran for the second time ?

1. Mohammad Khatami
2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
3. Hassan Rouhani
4. Ali Khamenei

Ans:- (c) Hassan Rouhani

Q.33:- Who has been appointed as the New Prime Minister of France ?

1. Edouard Philippe
2. Emmanuel Macron
3. Bernard Cazeneuve
4. Manuel Valls

Ans:- (a) Edouard Philippe

Q.34:- Who will be the new under-secretary General of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) ?

1. Mark Lowcock
2. Valerie Amos
3. Stephen O’Brien
4. John Holmes

Ans:- (a) Mark Lowcock

Q.35:- Who has become the new Country Director for Twitter in India ?

1. Taranjeet Singh
2. Junaid Ahmad
3. Saroj Kumar Jha
4. M Teresa Kho

Ans:- (a) Taranjeet Singh

Q.36:- What is the theme of the 2017 National Technology Day (NTD) in India ?

1. Technologies for better quality of life
2. Technology for inclusive and sustainable growth
3. Technology enablers of Startup India’
4. Technology for inclusive growth

Ans:- (b) Technology for inclusive and sustainable growth

Q.37:- Reema Lagoo passes away on 18^th May. She is ………….. ?

1. Doctor
2. Actress
3. Politician
4. Scientist

Ans:- (b) Actress

Q.38:- Which country’s hockey team has won Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2017 ?

1. India
2. Pakistan
3. Australia
4. Great Britain

Ans:- (d) Great Britain

Q.39:- Prime Minister Modi on 3^rd May inaugurated Patanjali Institute in which City ?

1. Kedarnath
2. Delhi
3. Haridwar
4. Surat

Ans:- (a) Kedarnath

Q.40:- Which country is hosting 2017 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) ?

1. Paris
2. Romania
3. Belgium
4. London

Ans:- (c) Belgium

Q.41:- Who has been appointed as the new Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) ?

1. Avinash Chander
2. M Jagadesh Kumar
3. K Kasturirangan
4. V K Saraswat

Ans:- (d) V K Saraswat

Q.42:- Which country has approved $75 mn high-tech chemical protective clothing for the Indian armed forces ?

1. United States
2. Russia
3. France
4. Japan

Ans:- (a) United States

Q.42:- What is the theme of 2017 International Nurse Day (IND) ?

1. Nursing: From Evidence to Action
2. Nurses: Care Effective, Cost Effective
3. Nursing: A vital resource for health
4. Nursing: A voice to lead – Achieving the sustainable development goals

Ans:- (d) Nursing: A voice to lead – Achieving the sustainable development goals

Q.43:- Which state has become the first Indian state to introduce a logo for vehicles driven by persons with hearing impairment ?

1. Telangana
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Gujarat
4. Maharashtra

Ans:- (a) Telangana

Q.44:- India’s first-ever National Basketball Association (NBA) academy has officially opened in which city ?

1. Mumbai
2. Greater Noida
3. Pune
4. Chennai

Ans:- (b) Greater Noida

Q.45:- Asian Development Bank (ADB) and PNB on 30^th May 2017 sign $100 million loan to finance which project ?

1. Irrigation Project
2. Electric Vehicle Project
3. Solar Rooftop Projects
4. BPL Scholarships

Ans:- (c) Solar Rooftop Projects

Q.46:- Which system in Indian Railway to run trains without guards ?

1. VSAT System
2. EOTT System
3. AUTO Pilot
4. DRONE

Ans:- (b) EOTT System

Q.47:- What is the new base year for IIP and the WPI ?

1. 2006-2007
2. 2011-2012
3. 2004-2005
4. 2016-2017

Ans:- (b) 2011-2012

Q.48:- Which country has become the first Asian country to recognize same sex marriage ?

1. China
2. Taiwan
3. Afganistan
4. Jordan

Ans:- (b) Taiwan

Q.49:- Which country to host first-ever One Belt One Road (OBOR) Summit ?

1. China
2. India
3. Nepal
4. Maldives

Ans:- (a) China

Q.50:- Which city has topped the 2017 Savills Tech Cities Index ?

1. Austin
2. Bengaluru
3. San Francisco
4. New York

Ans:- (a) Austin

Q.51:- What is the theme of 2017 World Fair Trade Day (WFTD) ?

1. Hand in hand for change
2. Fair trade to promote social justice
3. Human chains for fair trade and the planet
4. Support community support peace

Ans:- (c) Human chains for fair trade and the planet

Q.52:- Which court on 18^th May stays Kulbhushan Jadhav hanging ?

1. Pakistan Supreme Court
2. Indian Supreme Court
3. Delhi High Court
4. International Court of Justice

Ans:- (d) International Court of Justice

Q.53:- Who has become the first Indian driver to win the race in the GP3 Series ?

1. Nitin Desai
2. Ranjit Singh
3. Sandeep Malik
4. Arjun Maini

Ans:- (d) Arjun Maini

Q.54:- Which team wins IPL 2017 ?

1. Rising Pune Supergiant
2. Kings XI Punjab
3. Mumbai Indians
4. Gujarat Lions

Ans:- (c) Mumbai Indians

Q.55:- Which state became the first to adopt 1^st January to 31^st December Fiscal Year ?

1. Rajasthan
2. Punjab
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Karnataka

Ans:- (c) Madhya Pradesh

Q.56:- Union Government has launched which web portal for online documentation verification for students ?

1. e-Shala
2. e-Verify
3. e-Sanad
4. e-Student

Ans:- (c) e-Sanad

Q.57:- Which city will host Biggest International Yoga Day event on 21^st June 2017 ?

1. Jaipur
2. Bangalore
3. Ahmedabad
4. Surat

Ans:- (c) Ahmedabad

Q.58:- Which country on 12^th May inks MoU with China on Cooperation under OBOR initiative ?

1. India
2. Nepal
3. Bangladesh
4. Japan

Ans:- (b) Nepal

Q.59:- The Indian Army recently planned to re-introduce Cordon and Search Operations as a part of its counter terrorism operations after a gap of how many years ?

1. 15 Years
2. 12 Years
3. 10 Years
4. 13 Years

Ans:- (a) 15 Years

Q.60:- Who was appointed as Defence Secretary of India recently ?

1. G Mohan Kumar
2. LC Goyal
3. Anant Kumar Singh
4. Sanjay Mitra

Ans:- (d) Sanjay Mitra

Q.61:- India’s first private sector small arms manufacturing plant has set up in which state ?

1. Rajasthan
2. Maharashtra
3. Gujarat
4. Madhya Pradesh

Ans:- (d) Madhya Pradesh

Q.62:- Who will lead the toilet usage campaign “Darwaza Band” ?

1. Geeta Phogat
2. Salman Khan
3. Amitabh Bachchan
4. Aamir Khan

Ans:- (c) Amitabh Bachchan

Q.63:- Who will be the next Economic Affairs Secretary of India ?

1. Shaktikant Das
2. Arivind Mayaram
3. Jayant Sinha
4. Tapan Ray

Ans:- (d) Tapan Ray

Q.64:- Jaideep Muzumdar has been appointed India’s ambassador to which country ?

1. Israel
2. Philippines
3. Cambodia
4. Portugal

Ans:- (b) Philippines

Q.65:- Which Airport has established solar farms to reduce Carbon emission by 3125 tonnes per annum ?

1. Mumbai
2. Hyderabad
3. New Delhi
4. Bengaluru

Ans:- (d) Bengaluru

Q.66:- Which of the following has won the Indian Open men’s title ?

1. Novak Djokovic
2. David Ferer
3. Alexander Zverev
4. Rafael Nadal

Ans:- (c) Alexander Zverev

Q.67:- Which Indian woman cricketer became the highest wicket taker in ODIs ?

1. Mithali Raj
2. Harmanpreet Kaur
3. Ekta Bhisht
4. Jhulan Goswami

Ans:- (d) Jhulan Goswami

Q.68:- Which state tops in public affairs index 2017 ?

1. Kerala
2. Rajasthan
3. Punjab
4. Bihar

Ans:- (a) Kerala

Q.69:- Who confirms first 3 cases of Zika Virus in which Indian State ?

1. Gujarat
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Rajasthan
4. Bihar

Ans:- (a) Gujarat

Q.70:- Who of the following was recently honoured with the P C Chandra Puraskaar 2017 ?

1. Kailash Satyarthi
2. Phalguni Vittal Rao
3. Sridhar Reddy
4. Sindhutai Sapkal

Ans:- (a) Kailash Satyarthi

Q.71:- Which city has been designated UNESCO World Book Capital 2018 ?

1. Incheon
2. Athens
3. Port Harcourt
4. Conakry

Ans:- (b) Athens

Q.72:- By which year India’s own Global Positioning System (GPS) will become operational ?

1. 2018
2. 2019
3. 2020
4. 2021

Ans:- (a) 2018

Q.73:- In which state was the DRDO’s new Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) inaugurated ?

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Rajasthan
3. Karnataka
4. Sikkim

Ans:- (c) Karnataka

Q.74:- Who is the first Prime Minister to visit Kedarnath ?

1. Lal Bahadur Shashtri
2. Narendra Modi
3. Indira Gandhi
4. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Ans:- (c) Indira Gandhi

Q.75:- A school in this city has decided to set up an environment-friendly toilet made of plastic bottles and other materials.

1. Jamshedpur
2. Kochi
3. Agra
4. Bhopal

Ans:- (a) Jamshedpur

Q.76:- Which celestial object was used by the astronomers to create the first large-scale map of the Universe ?

1. Asteroid
2. Star Clusters
3. Comet
4. Quasars

Ans:- (d) Quasars

Q.77:- Uttar Pradesh Government on 25^th May, 2017 launches vaccination drive in 3 districts for which deadly disease ?

1. Encephalitis
2. Polio
3. Zika
4. Hepatitis B

Ans:- (a) Encephalitis

Q.78:- Who wins Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix 2017 ?

1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Nico Rosberg

Ans:- (b) Lewis Hamilton

Q.79:- Which country has been elected as the new President of Governing Council of UN-Habitat ?

1. China
2. France
3. Russia
4. India

Ans:- (d) India

Q.80:- Who was recently honoured with the 2017 INSA medal for Young Scientist ?

1. Athi N. Naganathan
2. Vipin Kumar Sachdev
3. Sanjay Pratihar
4. Nitin Saxena

Ans:- (c) Sanjay Pratihar

Q.81:- India’s first book village is going to come up in which state’s hamlet ?

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Maharashtra
3. Bihar
4. Odisha

Ans:- (b) Maharashtra

Q.82:- His name was recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna by Hockey India in May, 2017 ?

1. PR Sreejesh
2. Sardar Singh
3. Akashdeep Singh
4. Dharamvir Singh

Ans:- (b) Sardar Singh

Q.83:- Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2016 came into effect on _______ ?

1. 1^st May, 2017
2. 1^st April, 2017
3. 15^th March, 2017
4. 31^st March, 2017

Ans:- (a) 1^st May, 2017

Q.84:- Which Railway station is declared cleanest in recent survey ?

1. Chennai
2. Lucknow
3. Visakhapatnam
4. New Delhi

Ans:- (c) Visakhapatnam

Q.85:- Which Indian City ranked 20^th in world’s most affordable tech city Index 2017 ?

1. Mumbai
2. New Delhi
3. Chennai
4. Bengaluru

Ans:- (d) Bengaluru

Q.86:- Who is voted Footballer of the Year 2017 ?

1. Eden Hazard
2. Lionel Messi
3. N’Golo Kante
4. Cristiano Ronaldo

Ans:- (c) N’Golo Kante

Q.87:- From where the block III version of BrahMos Cruise Missile successfully test-fired recently ?

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2. Pokhran
3. Sriharikota
4. APJ Abdul Kalam Island

Ans:- (a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Q.88:- Which village has been declared as Biodiversity Heritage Site by Manipur Government ?

1. Bishnupur
2. Chandel
3. Dialong
4. Tamenglong

Ans:- (c) Dailong

Q.89:- In which of the following countries was the 28^th NATO Summit held ?

1. France
2. China
3. Belgium
4. Germany

Ans:- (c) Belgium

Q.90:- Name the second Indian-American who was appointed as the judge of US Court of Appeals ?

1. Deepak Patel
2. Shri Srinivasan
3. Amul Thapar
4. Ashok Sharma

Ans:- (c) Amul Thapar

Q.91:- Who of the following took over as the Chairman of the National Commission on Minorities (NCM) ?

1. Sunil Singhi
2. Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi
3. Naseem Ahmad
4. Amrita Kumari

Ans:- (b) Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi

Q.92:- India’s first electric mass transport project was inaugurated in which of the following cities on 26 May, 2017 ?

1. Lucknow
2. Nagpur
3. New Delhi
4. Pune

Ans:- (b) Nagpur

Q.93:- Justice Leila Seth who passed away recently was first woman Chief Justice of which High Court ?

1. Bombay High Court
2. Delhi High Court
3. Himachal Pradesh High Court
4. Rajasthan High Court

Ans:- (c) Himachal Pradesh High Court

Q.94:- India’s first-ever Blind Football Academy (BFA) is expected to come up in which state ?

1. Sikkim
2. Kerala
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Uttar Pradesh

Ans:- (b) Kerala

Q.95:- Who is the newly appointed Controller General of Accounts (CGA) ?

1. Anil Srivastava
2. Anthony Lianzuala
3. K. Vinayak Rao
4. Jatindra Nath Swain

Ans:- (b) Anthony Lianzuala

Q.96:- Who has been bestowed with the 2017 Avvaiyar Award ?

1. Sarada Menon
2. Mukesh Aghi
3. Padma Venkataraman
4. Kirti Ghosh

Ans:- (c) Padma Venkataraman

Q.97:- Who of the following wins the world’s largest pre-college science competition in May, 2017 ?

1. Mahesh Pupalla
2. Prashant Ranganathan
3. Bhagchand Choudhary
4. Rajat Sinha

Ans:- (b) Prashant Ranganathan

Q.98:- Indian PM Shri Narendra Modi leave for 4 Nation visit to which continent ?

1. Asia
2. North America
3. South America
4. Europe

Ans:- (d) Europe

Q.99:- Cabinet on 17^th May, 2017 approves setting up of Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) in which State ?

1. Maharashtra
2. Punjab
3. Assam
4. Telangana

Ans:- (c) Assam

Q.100:- Which country is hosting the 50th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors ?

1. China
2. Sri Lanka
3. South Africa
4. Japan

Ans:- (d) Japan