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By Study of Banking 8. Who has been appointed as the new Financial Commissioner (FC) of Railways?

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[A] B.N.Mohapatra [B] R.N. Mohanty [C] V.N. Singhal

1. Which Indian environmental engineer has won the 2017 Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards?

[D] R.N. Mohanty

[A] Chandresh Yadav [B] Nitin Bansal

9. Who has been appointed the new Financial Commissioner (FC) of Indian Railways?

[C] Trupti Jain

[A] Aagam Modi

[D] Kirti Bose

[B] B N Mohapatra [C] Akhil Agrawal

2. Who has been bestowed with the 6th edition of MS Swaminathan award?

[D] P V Singhal

[A] S L Solanki [B] L k Deiv

10. Which Indian software engineer has won first prize in Unite Ideas #UNGAViz Textual Analysis and Visualisation Challenge?

[C] V J Sarna

[A] Abdulqadir Rashik

[D] R R Hanchinal

[B] Salem Avan [C] Nikhil Chandavarkar

3. Which state government has recently signed a reworked MoU with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) for Barmer refinery?

[D] Sandeep Konam

[A] Gujarat [B] Rajasthan

11. Which country is hosting the 3rd Edition of Global Exhibition on Services (GES – 2017)?

[C] Madhya Pradesh

[A] China

[D] Uttar Pradesh

[B] South Korea [C] India

4. Which country to host the 14th edition of United Nations International Day of Vesak – 2017?

[D] Japan

[A] Nepal [B] India

12. Who will be the new chairman of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB)?

[C] Sri Lanka

[A] Anand Mathur

[D] China

[B] S K Bhagat [C] Devendra Kumar Sharma

5. Who has won the 2017 Asian Billiards Championship title?

[D] Akhil Agrawal

[A] Sourav Kothari [B] Mitesh Parkar

13. Which state to have India’s first privately-run railway station?

[C] Arindam Biswas

[A] Madhya Pradesh

[D] Pankaj Advani

[B] Rajasthan [C] Haryana

6. Which IIT institute will start ‘Vastu Shastra’ classes for architecture students?

[D] Uttar Pradesh

[A] IIT Kharagpur

[C] IIT Indore

14. Which state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union government for the ‘Power for All’ scheme?

[D] IIT Bombay

[A] Haryana

[B] IIT Madras

[B] Uttar Pradesh 7. DARPAN a web application to monitor all government funded projects is launched by:

[C] Jharkhand [D] Madhya Pradesh

[A] Odisha [B] Manipur [C] Madhya Pradesh [D] Jharkhand Study of Banking

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MOST IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS 2017 15. Which airline will become the world’s first airline to adopt new satellite-based airplane tracking system? [A] Malaysia Airlines [B] Asiana Airlines

APRIL 3RD WEEK 50 MCQ 23. What is the India’s GDP growth forecast for FY 18, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s latest report ‘World Economic Outlook (WEO)’? [A] 7.1%

[C] Japan Airlines

[B] 6.2%

[D] Singapore Airlines

[C] 7.2% 16. The first-ever Nepal-China joint military exercise ‘Sagarmatha Friendship-2017 has started in which of the following cities?

[D] 7.5%

[A] Guangzhou

24. The UN Chinese Language Day is observed on which date?

[B] Kathmandu

[A] April 10

[C] Beijing

[B] April 19

[D] None of these

[C] April 20 [D] April 12

17. Which country to host 2017 BRICS Film Festival? [A] India

25. India has contributed how much amount to United Nations (UN) Election assistance programme?

[B] China

[A] $370,000

[C] South Africa

[B] $275,000

[D] Russia

[C] $450,000 18. Which All India Radio (AIR) has been honoured with the 26th edition of Lelte Award?

[D] $250,000

26. Which State Govt. has decided to provide accidental insurance cover to all residents of the state in the age group of 18 to 70 years?

[A] AIR Bhopal [B] AIR Lucknow

[A] Madhya Pradesh

[C] AIR Delhi

[B] Haryana

[D] AIR Aizawl

[C] Gujarat 19. The 2017 Pana Sankranti has recently celebrated in which state of India? [A] Assam

[D] Uttar Pradesh

27. Which among the following will be featured as a full sport at the 2022 Asian Games?

[B] Odisha

[A] Water Polo

[C] Jharkhand

[B] Video Gaming

[D] Rajasthan

[C] Quidditch 20. Which of the following states first banned the use of plastic bags?

[D] Robot games

[A] Himachal Pradesh 28. Which state government has recently launched ‘unemployment allowance scheme’?

[B] Uttrakhand [C] Manipur

[A] Himachal Pradesh

[D] Sikkim

[B] Odisha [C] Uttar Pradesh

21. Which state police has launched ‘Tare Zameen Par programme’ to enlighten children in Naxal-affected areas?

[D] Sikkim

[A] Kerala 29. Which company has launched its content--streaming Fire TV Stick in India?

[B] Karnataka [C] Jharkhand

[A] Google

[D] Tamil Nadu

[B] Walmart [C] Amazon

22. Which food delivery and home services App has been launched by Google for Indian market?

[D] Microsoft

[A] ‘Ambrosia’ [B] ‘Delicay’ [C] ‘G-kitchen’ [D] ‘Areo’ Study of Banking

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MOST IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS 2017 30. Who took charge as Whole Time Member, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India in New Delhi?

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[A] Dr. Mukulita Vijayawargiya

38. Emma Morano, the world’s oldest person has passed away. She hailed from which country?

[B] Dr. Vijayshree Dewide

[A] Jamaica

[C] Dr. Meenal Chadda

[B] Italy

[D] Dr. Robin Reddy

[C] Norway [D] France

31. Who has won the 2017 Time Magazine’s Most Influential Person Reader’s poll? [A] Ren Kal

39. Who has been named for the prestigious Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement (LTA) award?

[B] Rodrigo Duterte

[A] Jackie Shroff

[C] Vini Dariya

[B] SK Kaul

[D] Justin Trudeau

[C] Vikram Gokhale [D] Saira Banu

32. PM Narendra Modi launched real-time bank-to-bank money transfer platform, name the platform. [A] GAM

40. Who is the author of the book ‘Punjab: Building the land of five rivers’?

[B] Aadhaar Plus

[A] Daljeet Borah

[C] BHIM-Aadhaar

[B] Gulshan Sharma

[D] Aadhar Pay

[C] Vijay Ahlawat [D] Arjun Gaind

33. Advanced Farming – Enriched Farmer’ scheme is launched by: 41. Which state has become the first Indian state to launch a special awareness drive to ensure that transgenders in the state register as voters?

[A] Tamil Nadu [B] Odisha [C] Maharashtra

[A] Maharashtra

[D] Telangana

[B] Telangana [C] Gujarat

34. ‘Civil Services Day’ is organised in India on which date every year?

[D] Karnataka

[A] 21st April [B] 20th April [C] 23rd April

42. Which state government will set up “Book Banks” in schools to provide old books to needy students

[D] 24th April

[A] Uttar Pradesh [B] Rajasthan

35. Which of the following banks has become the India’s most-valued Public Sector Unit (PSU) in terms of market valuation?

[C] Punjab [D] Madhya Pradesh

[A] Exim Bank [B] Punjab National Bank [C] Reserve Bank of India

43. Who has been appointed as the new managing director and chief executive director of LIC Housing Finance Limited?

[D] State Bank of India

[A] Vishesh Awasthi [B] Vipul Mahajan

36. Nora Chopra, who passed away on April 21, 2017, was a veteran:

[C] Vineeth Roy

[A] Music Composer

[D] Vinay Shah

[B] Journalist [C] Historian

44. Which country to host the first-ever World Ocean Festival (WOF)?

[D] Hindi Poet

[A] England [B] United States

37. Girish Saxena, who passed away recently, was the former governor of which state?

[C] India [D] Japan

[A] Madhya Pradesh [B] Uttar Pradesh [C] Punjab [D] Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Study of Banking

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45. Which book was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 11th Civil Services Day function in New Delhi? [A] ‘New Beginning’

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[B] ‘New Era’ [C] ‘Journey To Excellence’ [D] ‘Towards Perfection’

46. Who among the following became the first visually impaired Indian runner to complete the historic Boston Marathon?

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[A] Ved Pandit

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[B] Nachiket Desai [C] Utkarsh Maniar

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[D] Sagar Baheti

https://studyofbanking.blogspot.in 47. Who among the following became the first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket?

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[A] Virat Kohli [B] AB de Villiers [C] Brendon McCullum [D] Chris Gayle

48. Who among the following clinched his maiden Super Series title at the Singapore Open (Badminton) 2017? [A] B Sai Praneeth [B] K Srikanth [C] Ajay Jairam [D] Sameer Verma

49. Who has won the 2017 Men’s singles Singapore Open Badminton tournament? [A] Kidambi Srikanth [B] Anthony Sinisuka Ginting [C] N S Reddy [D] Sai Praneeth Bhamidipati

50. Who has won the 2017 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix tournament? [A] Felipe Massa [B] Lewis Hamilto [C] Sebastian Vettel [D] Valtteri Bottas

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