Q.1:- Who has been honoured with the Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award 2017 ?
- Vishwanathan Anand
- Sulochana Tai
- AR Rahman
- Javed Akhtar
Ans:- (d) Javed Akhtar
Q.2:- Urban ………….. declared open defecation free on 1st October 2017 ?
- Delhi
- Rajasthan
- Bihar
- Maharashtra
Ans:- (d) Maharashtra
Q.3:- Which insurance company has launched ‘Neo’ a serving bot for Twitter ?
- ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
- SBI Life
- LIC
- HDFC Life
Ans:- (d) HDFC Life
Q.4:- Who is appointed new SBI chairman ?
- Ravish Kumar
- Rajnish Kumar
- Niti Mohan
- Deepak Parekh
Ans:- (b) Rajnish Kumar
Q.5:- Who has been appointed as the Government of India (GOI) representative to hold sustained dialogue on Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) ?
- Sambit Patra
- Anupam Kher
- Dineshwar Sharma
- Rajiv Jain
Ans:- (c) Dineshwar Sharma
Q.6:- Which state assembly has become the first in India to call motions online ?
- Gujarat
- Rajasthan
- Punjab
- Kerala
Ans:- (b) Rajasthan
Q.7:- Which country put ban on Burqa from 1st October 2017 ?
- Japan
- USA
- England
- Austria
Ans:- (d) Austria
Q.8:- Catalan regional parliament has voted to declare independence from which country recently ?
- England
- France
- USA
- Spain
Ans:- (d) Spain
Q.9:- Who has been bestowed with the 2017 Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management ?
- Meera Thakur
- Bindeshwar Pathak
- Rajni Sharma
- Naveen Gupta
Ans:- (b) Bindeshwar Pathak
Q.10:- Pooja Kadian is associated with which sports ?
- Hockey
- Boxing
- Wushu
- Swimming
Ans:- (c) Wushu
Q.11:- The world’s first hybrid electric tram powered by Hydrogen Fuel cell has started in which country ?
- USA
- Germany
- China
- France
Ans:- (c) China
Q.12:- Vice President on 3rd October lays foundation stone of national waterway on which River ?
- Chambal River
- Tapi River
- Krishna River
- Narmada River
Ans:- (c) Krishna River
Q.13:- Which place named best ‘Swachh Iconic Place’ in India ?
- Tajmahal
- Meenakshi Temple
- Somnath Temple
- Jama Masjid
Ans:- (b) Meenakshi Temple
Q.14:- Which DTH operator announced shutdown of its DTH services on 25 October 2017 ?
- Airtel
- Tata Sky
- Dish Tv
- Reliance Comm
Ans:- (d) Reliance Comm
Q.15:- Who is appointed WHO deputy DG ?
- Khetrapal Singh
- Soumya Swaminathan
- Manjeet Singh
- Neeru Chadha
Ans:- (b) Soumay Swaminathan
Q.16:- Who has officially been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of New Zealand ?
- Bill English
- Dame Patsy Reddy
- Winston Peters
- Jacinda Ardern
Ans:- (d) Jacinda Ardern
Q.17:- Who has been appointed president of USIBC on 10th October 2017 ?
- Nisha Desai Biswal
- Indra Nooyi
- Mukesh Aghi
- Niti Mohan
Ans:- (a) Nisha Desai Biswal
Q.18:- Who inaugurates Shirdi Airport on 1st October 2017 ?
- PM, Narendra Modi
- President, Ramnath Kovind
- Rajnath Singh
- CM, Devendra Fadnavis
Ans:- (b) President, Ramnath Kovind
Q.19:- Who wins Chemistry Nobel Prize 2017 ?
- Jacques Dubochet
- Joachim Frank
- Richard Henderson
- All of Above
Ans:- (d) All of Above
Q.20:- What is the India’s GDP forecast for FY18 by IMF in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) report ?
- 7.7%
- 6.7%
- 7.9%
- 6.2%
Ans:- (b) 6.7%
Q.21:- Who has been named as the 2017 Best FIFA men’s player ?
- Lionel Messi
- Gianluidi Buffon
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Neymar
Ans:- (c) Cristiano Ronaldo
Q.22:- Who will head 5 member Commission to examine Sub-Categorisation of OBCs ?
- Justice G Rohini
- Sambit Patra
- Mohan Bhagwat
- Justice Dipak Misra
Ans:- (a) Justice G Rohini
Q.23:- Who wins Men’s singles title of French Open 2017 ?
- B. Sai Praneeth
- Kidambi Srikanth
- Parupalli Kashyap
- Prannoy Kumar
Ans:- (b) Kidambi Srikanth
Q.24:- The joint training exercise “Mitra Shakti 2017” has started between India and which country ?
- USA
- China
- Japan
- Sri Lanka
Ans:- (d) Sri Lanka
Q.25:- India has received its first-ever crude oil shipment from which nation ?
- Japan
- England
- USA
- Australia
Ans:- (c) USA
