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1. Who has been selected for the Transformative Chief Minister Award in recognition for his
role in advancing the US-India partnership at the state level?
a) Nitish Kumar b) Mamata Banerjee c) Chandrababu Naidu d) Pinarayi Vijayan
Answer c) Chandrababu Naidu
2. Which state has become the first state to adopt a January to December fiscal year?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Assam c) Rajasthan d) Madya pradesh
Answer d) Madya Pradesh.
3. Maharashtra Day is being celebrated across the state with great joy and pride on
a) May 01 b) May 02 c) May 03 d) May 04
Answer a) May 01
4. For the first time since Independence, scores of state government officials are being sent
to collect data and talk to local population in
a) Odisha b) Chhattisgarh c) Bihar d) Jharkhand
Answer b) Chhattisgarh.
5. The Indian Railways will use radio-frequency identification tags for tracking of wagons,
coaches and locomotives, who is the present union railway minister?
a) Sadananda Gowda b) Nitin Gadkari c) Suresh Prabhu d) Arun Jaitley
Answer c) Suresh Prabhu.
6. Which company has announced the new "Solve for India" initiative, especially for tier-2
cities such as Pune, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kochi, Indore, Nagpur, Nashik, Madurai,
Kanpur, and Chennai?
a) Facebook b) Microsoft c) Flipkart d) Google
Answer d) Google
7. has become the first city in the world to get its own Microsoft font
a) London b) Dubai c) Mumbai d) Beijing
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Answer b) Dubai.
8. Which state has launched mobile patrolling units to prevent molestation, harassment or
eve-teasing against women in the state?
a) Rajasthan b) Punjab c) West Bengal d) Kerala
Answer a) Rajasthan
9. researchers have successfully removed HIV DNA from the genomes of living
animals using a gene-editing tool, boosting the confidence of scientists to eliminate the
AIDS virus
a) India b) USA c) UK d) Japan
Answer b) USA.
10. Which country announced the creation of a super-body known as a "constituent

assembly", with the ability to re-write the constitution, dissolve public powers and call
general elections?
a) Sudan b) Mongolia c) Venezuela d) UK
Answer c) Venezuela.
11. Who won the world snooker championship title 2017?
a) John Higgins b) Mark Selby c) Judd Trump d) Neil Robertson
Answer a) John Higgins.
12. Who won the Tallahassee Challenger title in men's doubles category?
a) Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna b) Leander Paes and Scott Lipsky
c) Leonardo Mayer and Maximo Gonzalez d) Leonardo Mayer and Carlos Berlocq
Answer b) Leander Paes and Scott Lipsky
13. Who became the first player from India to win the Asian Squash Title?
a) Saurav Ghosal b) Dipika Pallikal Karthik c) Joshna Chinappa d) None of these
Answer c) Joshna Chinappa.
14. Which state will become stray cattle-free state on 15 August 2017?
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a) Tamil Nadu b) Bihar c) Maharashtra d) Haryana
Answer d) Haryana.
15. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) will observe 'Ganga Cleanliness
Pledge Day' on
Answer b) May 02
16. Indias 2nd tallest national flag hoisted in
a) Pune b) Hyderabad c) New Delhi d) Mumbai
Answer a) Pune
17. Which ministry will launch Students for soldiers- a nationwide Vidya - Veerta Abhiyan
to encourage Universities to display portraits of Param Veer Chakra-decorated soldiers?
a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare b) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
c) Ministry of Urban Development d) Ministry of Human Resource Development
Answer d) Ministry of Human Resource Development
18. Indias first automatic weather station opened in
a) Karnataka b) Andra Pradesh c) Maharashtra d) Haryana
Answer c) Maharashtra.
19. The Reserve Bank of India asked all the existing Asset Reconstruction Companies
(ARCs) must have a minimum net-owned corpus of Rs crore by March
2019
a) 50 b) 100 c) 200 d) 500
Answer b) 100.
20. Which state government conferred the 2017 Avvaiyar Award to Padma
Venkataraman, a social worker and daughter for former Indian President, the late R
Venkataraman?
a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Karnataka d) Telangana
Answer a) Tamil Nadu
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21. Which Indian firm is the first Indian auto firm to cross 2 lakh crore market
capitalisation?
a) Tata Motors b) Mahindra & Mahindra c) Hero MotoCorp d) Maruti Suzuki
Answer d) Maruti Suzuki
22. The United Nations has marked the first World Tuna Day on?
Answer c) May 02.
23. Which company has received the green light to start testing a self-driving vehicle in
South Korea?
a) Ford b) Samsung c) BMW d) Google
Answer b) Samsung
24. World Asthma Day was observed on May 02, what is the theme of the year 2017?
a) Asthma: Better Air, Better Breathing b) You Can Control Your Asthma
c) The Unmet Needs of Asthma d) To help our children breathe
Answer a) Asthma : Better Air, Better Breathing
25. SpaceX successfully launched and landed its rocket in the fifth of 20
scheduled launches in 2017
a) Saturn IB b) Atlas V c) Falcon 9 d) Minotaur-C
Answer c) Falcon 9
26. Which ministry is observing Swachhta Pakhwada from May 1 15?
a) Ministry of Textiles b) Ministry of Commerce and

Industry
c) Ministry of Science and Technology d) Ministry of External Affairs
Answer a) Ministry of Textiles.
27. Who bagged both the singles and doubles gold at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF Challenge
Chile Open in Santiago?
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a) Sharath Kamal Achanta b) Soumyajit Ghosh c) Anthony Amalraj d) None of these
Answer b) Soumyajit Ghosh
28. Who was conferred with his first ever National Award for the movie Rustom?
a) Aamir Khan b) Ajay Devgan c) Akshay Kumar d) Hrithik Roshan
Answer c) Akshay Kumar
29. Chairman of Nicco group and past president of CII Rajive Kaul got diplomatic service
award from
a) Australia b) Germany c) Switzerland d) South Korea
Answer d) South Korea
30. Who has been appointed as new chairperson of parliaments Public Accounts
Committee?
a) Mallikarjun Kharge b) Ghulam Nabi Azad
c) Anand Sharma d) Veerappa Moily
Answer a) Mallikarjun Kharge
31. took over as the New Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in

New Delhi
a) Michael Sharma b) Anthony Lianzuala c) R Gandhi d) Mahesh

Kumar
Answer b) Anthony Lianzuala.
32. Who took charge as the president of industry body Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII)?
a) Rakesh Bharti Mittal b) Shobana Kamineni
c) Nita Ambani d) Chanda Kochhar
Answer b) Shobana Kamineni.
33. Department of Telecom (DoT), Ministry of Communications has launched
, a web portal for Information sharing on Mobile Towers and EMF

Emission Compliances
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a) Tarang Sanchar b) Bharat Sanchar c) Mobile Sanchar d) Tele Sanchar
Answer a) Tarang Sanchar.
34. The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet decided to grant the status of "living human entity" to
river
a) Ganges b) Kaveri c) Narmada d) Yamuna
Answer c) Narmada
35. Government of India organized the 4th National Standards Conclave on 1-2 May
2017 at
a) Bangalore b) Mumbai c) Hyderabad d) New Delhi
Answer d) New Delhi.
36. World Press Freedom Day was observed on?
Answer b) May 03
37. Madhya Pradesh Assembly has passed Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill unanimously,
becoming the state to passed the bill
a) Fourth b) Fifth c) Sixth d) Seventh
Answer a) Fourth
38. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Patanjali Research Institute in
a) Maharashtra b) Manipur c) Uttar Pradesh d)

Uttarakhand
Answer d) Uttarakhand.
39. The Indian Army has successfully test-fired the advanced BrahMos Block III land attack
cruise missile from
a) Andra Pradesh b) Maharashtra c) Andaman and Nicobar d) Kerala
Answer c) Andaman and Nicobar
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40. RBI and other commercial banks spend Rs crore every year on
currency management operations
a) 17000 b) 21000 c) 25000 d) 28000
Answer b) 21000.
41. Worlds highest railway bridge to come up over river
a) Chenab b) Sutlej c) Ganges d) Amaravat
Answer a) Chenab.
42. Which country plans to launch own online encyclopaedia next year?
a) Russia b) China c) Japan d) India
Answer b) China.
43. Who won the won the coveted Hero of the League 2016-17 Award?
a) Bhaichung Bhutia b) Subrata Pal c) Nirmal Chettri d) Sunil Chhetri
Answer d) Sunil Chhetri.
44. Climber Ueli Steck was killed in a mountaineering accident on Mount Everest in
Nepal, he was from
a) USA b) Germany c) Switzerland d) Russia
Answer c) Switzerland.
45. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Indian Council of Social Science
Research (ICSSR)?
a) Sudhakar Kumar b) Braj Bihari Kumar
c) Dinesh Kumar d) Bhuvanesh Kumar
Answer b) Braj Bihari Kumar
46. Which Indian city has emerged as the Indias Cleanest City in the Swachh
Survekshan-2017 conducted in 434 cities and towns?
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a) New Delhi b) Surat c) Indore d) Visakhapatnam
Answer c) Indore
47. The Union Cabinet given its approval for the declaration of Vijayawada Airport as
International Airport, its the international airport of
Andra Pradesh
a) First b) Second c) Third d) Fourth
Answer d) Fourth.
48. Which state government will provide Rs 5000 each to five lakh 'divyangs' for their
development?
a) Gujarat b) Manipur c) Assam d) PunjabAnswer c)

Assam.
49. India is expected to clock growth this year before edging up to 7.5% in
2018, according to a UN report
a) 7.0% b) 7.1% c) 7.2% d) 7.4%
Answer b) 7.1%.
50. eVIN Project of becomes global best practise in immunization
a) Transport Ministry b) Health Ministry c) Tourism Ministry d) Agriculture

Ministry
Answer b) Health Ministry
51. Shri Anant G. Geete, Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises has
inaugurated the three day long CSR Fair 2017 in
a) Mumbai b) New Delhi c) Hyderabad d) Bangalore
Answer b) New Delhi
52. The Haryana State Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill was passed unanimously by the
state Assembly, who is the governor of Haryana?
a) Kaptan Singh Solanki b) Om Prakash Kohli
c) Manohar Lal Khattar d) Acharya Dev Vrat
Answer a) Kaptan Singh Solanki
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53. India has successfully test fired its medium-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile
Agni-ll off the
a) Malabar coast b) Odisha coast c) Konkan coast d) Andra coast
Answer b) Odisha coast
54. Which state is the only state which did not take part in the government's Swachh
Survekshan Survey 2017?
a) Haryana b) Sikkim c) Meghalaya d) West Bengal
Answer d) West Bengal.
55. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently demonstrated a solar hybrid
electric car, designed and developed using in-house resources at
a) Thiruvanathanapuram b) Bangalore c) Hyderabad d) Chennai
Answer a) Thiruvanathanapuram
56. The presidents of Russia and Turkey supported the creation of safe-zones in war-torn
a) Sudan b) Syria c) Libya d) Iraq
Answer b) Syria.
57. India placed at the spot in the latest FIFA rankings
a) 98th b) 99th c) 100th d) 101st
Answer c) 100th.
58. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for National Steel Policy (NSP) 2017, who is
the present union steel minister?
a) Narendra Singh Tomar b) Rao Inderjit Singh
c) Jual Oram d) Chaudhary Birender Singh
Answer d) Chaudhary Birender Singh
59. Cabinet approved New Central Sector Scheme - SAMPADA (Scheme For Agro-Marine
Processing And Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) with an allocation of Rs.
crore
a) 4000 b) 5000 c) 6000 d) 7000
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Answer c) 6000.
60. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved $ 160 million loans
for a power project in
a) Telangana b) Andra Pradesh c) Gujarat d)

Rajasthan
Answer b) Andra Pradesh.
61. Reliance Industries and business software provider SAP have signed an agreement
to jointly launch solution to serve taxpayers under the goods
and services tax (GST) regime
a) Saral GST b) Seva GST c) Sara GST d) Santha GST
Answer a) Saral GST
62. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Tea Board of India?
a) Dineswar Tasha b) Dilip Moran
c) Prabhat Kamal Bezboruah d) Kishori Lal Agarwal
Answer c) Prabhat Kamal Bezboruah.
63. Which company has announced the acquisition of Zimmber, an on-demand

household services provider, to further scale its hyper local household services
business?
a) Paytm b) Quikr c) OLX d) Flipkart
Answer b) Quikr
a) Singapore b) South Asia c) Australia d) Europe
Answer b) South Asia
64. scientists develop first-ever soft tissue retina
a) UK b) USA c) Russia d) Japan
Answer a) UK
65. Which state government has allotted a 1,000 square-yard plot to badminton player PV
Sindhu for winning the silver medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics?
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a) Tamil Nadu b) Andra Pradesh c) Telangana d) Bihar
Answer c) Telangana
66. The United Nations owes a total of $ to India for its contribution to
the world bodys peacekeeping operations
a) 25 million b) 45 million c) 50 million d) 55 million
Answer d) 55 million
67. Who has bagged 2016 Wisden-MCC Cricket 'Photograph of the Year' Award?
a) Shahul Hameed b) Saqib Majeed c) Sadiq Basha d) Sheik Jaffar
Answer b) Saqib Majeed.
68. Pratap Bhanu Mehta has been appointed as vice-chancellor of
a) Amity University b) Azim Premji University
c) Nalanda University d) Ashoka University
Answer d) Ashoka University
69. Indias first private sector small arms manufacturing plant has been inaugurated in
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Rajasthan c) Madya Pradesh d) Maharashtra
Answer c) Madya Pradesh
70. Which state government will offer food at subsidised rates to registered construction
workers soon?
a) Haryana b) Sikkim c) Gujarat d) Manipur
Answer a) Haryana
71. Which State government has made Aadhaar Cards mandatory in place of Ration
Cards for all Financial Assistance scheme besides introducing new forms to get the
benefit of old age pensions?
a) Tamil Nadu b) Punjab c) Tripura d) Karnataka
Answer b) Punjab.
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72. Which state declared as a disturbed area under the Armed Forces (Special Powers)
Act the AFSPA for three more months?
a) Jharkhand b) Odisha c) Jammu and Kashmir d) Assam
Answer d) Assam.
73. Three Indian-origin scientists have been elected fellows of the Royal Society, who
among the following not one of them?
a) Pranav Mistry b) Krishna Chatterjee c) Subhash Khot d) Yadvinder

Malhi
Answer a) Pranav Mistry
74. Which company has launched Express Wi-Fi in India along with partnership with
Airtel to launch 20,000 new hotspots?
a) Google b) Microsoft c) Amazon d) Facebook
Answer d) Facebook.
75. India ranked globally in number of startup incubators and accelerators
a) Fourth b) Third c) Second d) First
Answer b) Third.
76. Shiva Thapa won medal at the Asian Boxing Championships held
at Uzbekistan
a) Gold b) Silver c) Bronze d) None of these
Answer b) Silver
77. The Indian mens hockey team clinched the bronze medal at the Sultan Azlan Shah
Cup held at
a) New Zealand b) Australia c) Malaysia d) India
Answer c) Malaysia.
78. Justice Leila Seth who passed away recently, she was the first woman judge of the
Delhi High Court and also the first woman chief justice of a
state high court
a) Himachal Pradesh b) Uttar Pradesh c) Kerala d) Maharashtra
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Answer a) Himachal Pradesh
79. Olympic gold medallist Adolph Kiefer who passed away recently, he was associated
with
a) Archery b) Boxing c) Climbing d) Swimming
Answer d) Swimming
80. Which state has declared its Bhilar village in the Satara district as India's first
'Pustakanche Gaav' (village of books)?
a) Gujarat b) Haryana c) Bihar d) Maharashtra
Answer d) Maharashtra
81. Who won the first-ever Genderless Acting Award for the Best Actor category at the
MTV Movie and TV Awards?
a) Kristen Stewart b) Emma Watson c) Kate Beckinsale d) Amanda Seyfried
Answer b) Emma Watson.
82. Konkona Sensharma has been named the best director for her directorial debut
movie
a) Strange Weather b) The War Show c) A Death in the Gunj d) City of Tiny
Lights
Answer c) A Death in the Gunj
83. Which city is gearing up for hosting the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship at the
Kalinga Stadium scheduled in July?
a) Bangalore b) Hyderabad c) Kolkata d) Bhubaneswar
Answer d) Bhubaneswar
84. Who is the new President of France?
a) Emmanuel Macron b) Franois Fillon c) Benot Hamon d) Manuel Valls
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Answer a) Emmanuel Macron.
85. To mark the 156th birth anniversary of the famous Indian poet, Rabindranath
Tagore, India is organising a cultural festival in
a) Nepal b) Egypt c) Bangladesh d) Australia
Answer b) Egypt
86. Which state Education board has amended its curriculum which will enable senior
students enrolled in schools affiliated with the Board to get lessons in banking?
a) Maharashtra b) Kerala c) Uttar Pradesh d) Punjab
Answer c) Uttar Pradesh
87. Who have topped the Sunday Times Rich List 2017 for the UK with a combined
fortune of $21 billion?
a) David and Simon Reuben b) Lakshmi N Mittalc) Anil and Mukesh

Ambani d) Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja
Answer d) Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja.
88. Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways inaugurated
Indias first bio refinery plant that produces ethanol from a variety of biomass in
a) Ahmadabad b) Pune c) Vishakhapatnam d) Jaipur
Answer b) Pune
89. World Red Cross Day 2017 was observed on?
Answer c) May 08.
90. Famous mango grower Padamshri Haji Kalimullah (74) has developed a new variety
of mango, which named as
a) Yogi Mango b) Aditya Mango c) Bharat Mango d) None of these
Answer a) Yogi Mango.
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91. Which Indian cricketer plans to support charities and various initiatives to help the
under-privileged people in the second innings of his life?
a) Sourav Ganguly b) Anil Kumble c) Sachin Tendulkar d) Rahul Dravid
Answer c) Sachin Tendulkar.
92. Which team won the 26th edition of the Azlan Shah Cup at Ipoh, Malaysia?
a) Australia b) New Zealand c) India d) Britain
Answer d) Britain.
93. Heena Sidhu won the medal in the 10m Air Pistol category of the 48th
Grand Prix of Liberation Plzen Shooting championships
Answer c) Bronze.
94. Ustad Raees Khan who passed away recently was a/an
a) Musician b) Economist c) Politician d) Author
Answer a) Musician
95. Professor Vikram Vishal has won the prestigious Indian National Science Academy
(INSA) medal for Young Scientist (2017), he is an Assistant professor in the department
of Earth Sciences in
a) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi b) Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
c) Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay d) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Answer c) Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
96. Pooja Kapur has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the
a) Republic of Belarus b) Republic of Bulgaria
c) Republic of Monaco d) Republic of Hungary
Answer b) Republic of Bulgaria
97. Who was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Netherlands?
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a) Ranjan Mathai b) Jaimini Bhagwati c) Navtej Sarna d) Venu Rajamony
Answer d) Venu Rajamony
98. Who is the new President of South Korea?
a) Moon Jae-in b) Lee Jae-myung c) Ahn Hee-jung d) Ban Ki-moon
Answer a) Moon Jae-in.
99. CT scans, X-rays and blood tests free in all government hospitals in
except those in the medical colleges
a) Maharashtra b) Uttar Pradesh c) Assam d) Rajasthan
Answer c) Assam.
100. IRCTC has offered delivery of rail tickets allowing passengers to make payment
through any payment mode, including cash, who is the present Union minister of
railways?
a) Nitin Gadkari b) Venkaiah Naidu c) Suresh Prabhu d) Arun Jaitley
Answer c) Suresh Prabhu
101. Which state government banned the sale of 'High in Fat, Salt and Sugar' (HFSS) food
in school canteens across the state?
a) Manipur b) Maharashtra c) Punjab d) Karnataka
Answer b) Maharashtra.
102. The International Monetary Fund in its regional economic outlook has predicted the
growth rate of India as in the 2017-18 fiscal
a) 7.0% b) 7.1% c) 7.2% d) 7.4%
Answer c) 7.2%
103. Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and wife Anjali Tendulkar welcomed an Indian
naval frigate, , on the River Thames in London
a) INS Tarkash b) INS Arihant c) INS Talwar d) INS Trishul
Answer a) INS Tarkash.
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104. Which country has been unanimously elected as the President of the UN-Habitat?
a) China b) Malaysia c) Turkey d) India
Answer d) India..
105. Which state residents would get smart house ID?a) Sikkim b)
Haryana c) Punjab d) West Bengal
Answer b) Haryana.
106. Mobile network operator and taxi aggregator app Ola have tied up to offer
a range of exciting digital services to customers
a) Aircel b) Airtel c) Idea d) BSNL
Answer b) Airtel.
107. Which company briefly touched $800 billion market valuation, making it the world's
first ever company to hit the milestone?
a) Google b) Microsoft c) Apple d) Facebook
Answer c) Apple.
108. Centre will bring airports under the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik)
regional air connectivity scheme
a) 50 b) 100 c) 150 d) 200
Answer d) 200.
109. Who will be the star attraction and spearhead the Indian challenge at the
Asian Wrestling Championship 2017?
a) Geetha Phogat b) Babita Phogat c) Sakshi Malik d) None of these
Answer c) Sakshi Malik
110. Who becomes world's highest wicket-taker in ODI Cricket?a) Harmanpreet

Kaur b) Shikha Pandey c) Mithali Raj d) Jhulan Goswami
Answer d) Jhulan Goswami.
111. Who has been named as the next defence secretary of the country?
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a) Suresh Kumar b) Rakesh Mishra c) Sanjay Mitra d) Mahesh Nair
Answer c) Sanjay Mitra
112. Leena Nair took over the charge of Secretary, Ministry of in New Delhi
a) Human Resource Development b) Textiles c) Finance d) Tribal Affairs
Answer d) Tribal Affairs
113. Who has been appointed as new chairperson of parliaments Public Accounts
Committee (PAC)?
a) Mallikarjun Kharge b) Ghulam Nabi Azad
c) Veerappa Moily d) Rahul Gandhi
Answer a) Mallikarjun Kharge
114. World Migratory Bird Day was observed on?
Answer d) May 10.
115. National Technology day was observed on?
Answer b) May 11.
116. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the integrated case management system
of the Supreme Court in the presence of the Chief Justice of India, who is the present chief
justice of India?
a) T. S. Thakur b) M Lodha c) J. S. Khehar d) H. L. Dattu
Answer c) J. S. Khehar
117. Which city has been named the worlds most affordable tech city in the new Savills
Tech Cities Index?
a) Hyderabad b) London c) Mumbai d) Bangalore
Answer d) Bangalore
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118. Which IT company has launched its cloud computing service for India, which aims to
support the governments GST rollout in July and plans to open data centres in the country?
a) Oracle b) Infosys c) TCS d) Wipro
Answer a) Oracle..
119. Which state gets its first cricket academy recently?
a) Haryana b) Goa c) Jammu and Kashmir d) Sikkim
Answer c) Jammu and Kashmir
120. The Finance Ministry has set up an Investor Facilitation Platform that will provide
information about stocks of
a) Private sector units b) Public sector units
c) Foreign sector units d) All of the above
Answer b) Public sector units.
121. Cash back portal Cashkaro.com has tied up with to launch card-
linked offers as part of its loyalty programme for both offline and online shoppersa)
Federal Bank b) Axis Bank c) HDFC Bank d) Yes Bank
Answer d) Yes Bank.
122. Markets regulator SEBI has allowed investors to buy mutual fund schemes for up to
through digital wallets,
a) 10000 b) 25000 c) 50000 d) 75000
Answer c) 50000.
123. Indian Naval Ships and were decommissioned with

Navy chief admiral Sunil Lanba being the chief guest for the ceremony
a) Karwar and Nashak b) Karwar and Kakinada
c) Vidyut and Kakinada d) Kirpan and Kuthar
Answer b) Karwar and Kakinada.
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124. Which state government has decided to introduce action plans at the district level in
order to utilise locally available resources to reduce infant mortality rate (IMR)?
a) Madya Pradesh b) Assam c) Punjab d) Rajasthan
Answer d) Rajasthan
125. Natco Pharma has launched a generic version of pomalidomide capsules, used in
treatment of a type of blood cancer, in
a) India b) USA c) China d) Japan
Answer a) India.
126. Which state has become the first state to introduce a logo for vehicles driven by
persons with hearing impairment?
a) Tamil Nadu b) Karnataka c) Telangana d) Maharashtra
Answer c) Telangana.
127. Which country plans to launch the world's first autonomous and fully electric cargo
ship named Yara Birkeland next year?
a) Poland b) Switzerland c) Germany d) Norway
Answer d) Norway
128. Which country will replace its Maitri station in Antarctica in next 3 to 4 years?
a) China b) Sri Lanka c) India d) Bangladesh
Answer c) India
129. Who is the new prime minister of Bahamas?
a) Hubert Minnis b) Perry G. Christie c) Marguerite Pindling d) None of

these
Answer a) Hubert Minnis.
130. The 29th edition of Co-ordinated Patrol (CORPAT) between commenced in Port
Blair
a) India-USA b) India-Indonesia c) India-Sri Lanka d) India-Kazakhstan
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Answer b) India-Indonesia.
131. Which company has signed a non-exclusive term sheet to acquire rival FreeCharge,
the digital payments platform owned and operated by beleaguered online marketplace
Snapdeal?
a) Flipkart b) Shopclues c) Amazon d) Paytm
Answer d) Paytm.
132. Harpreet Singh has bagged medal in Greco-Roman weight divisions in

the Asian Wrestling Championship held at the K.D. Jadhav arena in the Indira Gandhi
Stadium Complex in New Delhi
Answer c) Bronze
133. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, addressed the Opening Ceremony of the
International Vesak Day Celebrations in
a) Nepal b) Malaysia c) Bangladesh d) Sri Lanka
Answer d) Sri Lanka.
134. Who has been elected as head of FIFA's governance committee at the world football
governing body's 67th Congress in Bahrain's capital city of Manama?
a) Sepp Blatter b) Michel Platini c) Mukul Mudgal d) Issa Hayatou
Answer c) Mukul Mudgal.
135. International Nurse Day was observed on?
Answer a) May 12
136. Who has launched the NHAI Masala Bond issue at the London Stock Exchange?
a) Narendra Modi b) Arun Jaitley c) Nitin Gadkari d) Suresh Prabhu
Answer c) Nitin Gadkari
137. is offering a new way of linking Aadhaar numbers with

permanent account numbers (PAN) on its e-filing website
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a) Income Tax Department b) Finance Ministry c) Post offices d) None of these
Answer a) Income Tax Department.
138. Which bank has become the first lender to classify Videocon Industries as a bad loan?
a) State Bank of India b) Syndicate Bank c) Dena Bank d) Allahabad

Bank
Answer c) Dena Bank.
139. The United States has approved the sale of anti-chemical and anti-nuclear suits to
India for a cost of $75 million approximately Rs crore
a) 175 b) 260 c) 390 d) 480
Answer d) 480.
140. Diplomat Vinay Mohan Kwatra has been appointed as Indias next ambassador to
a) Canada b) Germany c) Argentina d) France
Answer d) France.
141. Which state government has formed an expert committee to study the impact
of seemai karuvelam (Prosopis Juliflorais) trees?
a) Kerala b) Sikkim c) Tamil Nadu d) Haryana
Answer c) Tamil Nadu
142. Which country declared an end to public health emergency for the Zika virus after
about 18 months of fight against this mosquito-borne virus?
a) India b) Brazil c) Singapore d) Indonesia
Answer b) Brazil.
143. Aruna Sundararajan was appointed as Secretary of Department of
a) Telecommunications b) Civil Aviation
c) Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution d) Commerce and Industry
Answer a) Telecommunications.
144. Which city would be hosting the biggest ever International Yoga Day event on 21 June
2017?
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a) Hyderabad b) Pune c) Kolkata d) Ahmedabad
Answer d) Ahmedabad.
145. India and affirmed plans to strengthen their military cooperation

amid rising tension in the Asian region
a) China b) Australia c) Japan d) Germany
Answer c) Japan.
146. Who has been elected an honorary life member of Marylebone Cricket Club
Recently?
a) Anil Kumble b) V.V.S. Laxman c) MS Dhoni d) Virendar Sehwag
Answer b) V.V.S. Laxman.
147. Who has become the first Indian woman to receive the Woodrow Wilson Award for
Global Corporate Citizenship?
a) Shikha Sharma b) Naina Lal Kidwai c) Chanda Kochhar d) Arundhati

Bhattacharya
Answer c) Chanda Kochhar
148. The government is planning to open Jan Aushadhi Stores at railway stations
across the country
a) 250 b) 500 c) 750 d) 1000
Answer d) 1000. 149. Who was appointed as the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for the
Hepatitis awareness programme in south east Asia region?
a) Aamir Khan b) Amitabh Bachchan c) Shah Rukh Khan d) Akshay

Kumar
Answer b) Amitabh Bachchan.
150. Which state has been declared as the state with the best governance in the country
for a second straight year, as per 2017 Public Affairs Index (PAI)?
a) Kerala b) Karnataka c) Tamil Nadu d) Maharashtra
Answer a) Kerala.
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151. In Assam, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is formally launched at a function held
in Dibrugarh by Chief Minister
a) Nitish Kumar b) Sarbananda Sonowal c) Tarun Gogoi d) Pema Khandu
Answer b) Sarbananda Sonowal
152. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed British humanitarian

expert as the UN Humanitarian Chief
a) David Stephen b) Jorge Sampaio c) Mark Lowcock d) Mrio Soares
Answer c) Mark Lowcock.
153. India ranked position in the global electricity accessibility rankings of

the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business index
a) 26th b) 43rd c) 64th d) 78th
Answer a) 26th.
154. Which state government has launched the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gramin
Awas Yojna in the state recently?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Assam c) Gujarat d) Manipur
Answer c) Gujarat.
155. Which state will employ 23 transgenders, becoming the first government-owned
company in India to formally provide employment to the members of the marginalised
community?
a) Tamil Nadu b) Maharashtra c) Andra Pradesh d) Kerala
Answer d) Kerala.
156. The External Affairs Ministry is holding its first outreach programme in
a) Mumbai b) New Delhi c) Hyderabad d) Bangalore
Answer c) Hyderabad.
157. India has test fired a surface-to-air missile Spyder from a test range in
a) Andra Pradesh b) Odisha c) Maharashtra d) Karnataka
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Answer b) Odisha.
158. Tejas, the Light Combat Aircraft has successfully test fired Derby
missile in RADAR guided mode
a) Under water to Surface b) Surface to Surface c) Air to Surface d) Air to Air
Answer d) Air to Air
159. Saturdays will be no bag days in all government schools in
a) Punjab b) Maharashtra c) Uttar Pradesh d) West Bengal
Answer c) Uttar Pradesh.
160. and have agreed to take action by mid-July to

increase access for U.S. financial firms and expand trade in beef and chicken
a) USA and China b) Japan and China
c) Russia and USA d) UK and USA
Answer a) USA and China.
161. Bajranj Punia won the first gold medal for India at the Asian Championship, he was
associated with
a) Badminton b) Wrestling c) Shot put d) Boxing
Answer b) Wrestling.
162. The 112-feet tall bust of Adiyogi Lord Shiva at the Isha Yoga Foundation in
has been declared the worlds largest bust by the Guinness Book of World
Records
a) Kerala b) Uttar Pradesh c) Tamil Nadu d) Andra pradesh
Answer c) Tamil Nadu.
163. Which city is set to become the countrys first city to get a fleet of electric cabs?
a) Pune b) Nagpur c) Ahmadabad d) Jaipur
Answer b) Nagpur
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164. Minister for Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda has launched new Pneumococcal
Conjugate Vaccine, PCV, for Pneumonia in
a) Haryana b) Maharashtra c) Rajasthan d) Himachal

Pradesh
Answer d) Himachal Pradesh.
165. The Central Statistics Office (CSO), under Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation, revised the base year of the all-India Index of Industrial Production (IIP)
from 2004-05 to
a) 2011-12 b) 2013-14 c) 2015-16 d) 2016-17
Answer a) 2011-12.
166. Indias first contactless business credit card has been launched by
in association with Jet Airways, India premier international airline
a) Yes Bank b) Axis Bank c) HDFC Bank d) ICICI Bank
Answer d) ICICI Bank
167. Who has bagged the prestigious Florence Nightingale award 2017?
a) Krishna Kumari b) Priya Kumari c) Brindha Kumari d) Divya Kumari
Answer a) Krishna Kumari.
168. World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in
a) Czech Republic b) Republic of the Congo c) South Africa d) Brazil
Answer b) Republic of the Congo.
169. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the two-day second meeting of
National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) in
a) Mumbai b) Hyderabad c) Bangalore d) New Delhi
Answer d) New Delhi.
170. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the river conservation project Narmada
Seva Mission on 15 May 2017 in
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Maharashtra c) Madya Pradesh d) Gujarat
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Answer c) Madya Pradesh.
171. India and have agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU)

on bilateral cooperation in urban transport policy planning, technology transfer and
institutional organization of transport
a) USA b) UK c) Russia d) Sri Lanka
Answer b) UK
172. Indias first 'Roti Bank' to feed the destitute is set to come up in
a) Patna b) Jaipur c) Chennai d) Kolkata
Answer a) Patna.
173. Who is the new Prime Minister of France?
a) Benoist Apparu b) Bruno Le Maire c) Gilles Boyer d) Edouard Philippe
Answer d) Edouard Philippe
174. The International Day of Families was observed on?
Answer c) May 15.
175. Which airport has become the world's busiest amongst the single-runway facilities
by handling 837 flights a day or one in 65 seconds on an average in fiscal 2017?
a) Indira Gandhi International Airport b) Bengaluru International Airport
c) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport d) Chhatrapati Shivaji International

Airport
Answer d) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
176. Who won the Spanish Grand Prix title 2017?
a) Sebastian Vettel b) Daniel Ricciardo c) Lewis Hamilton d) Nico Rosberg
Answer c) Lewis Hamilton
177. Indian dairy cooperative Amul will sponsor the cricket team for
the upcoming Champions Trophy in England
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a) New Zealand b) Australia c) India d) Sri Lanka
Answer a) New Zealand
178. Who won the Madrid Open tennis title 2017?
a) Roger Federer b) Rafael Nadal c) Andy Murray d) Novak Djokovic
Answer b) Rafael Nadal.
179. Which of the following women wrestlers bagged silver medals in the Asian Wrestling
Championship in New Delhi?
a) Sakshi Malik b) Vinesh Phogat c) Divya Kakran d) All of the above
Answer d) All of the above
180. Who become the first ever Indian to win a race in the GP3 Series?
a) Arjun Maini b) Prakash Kumar c) Anand Krsihnan d) Adiyta Gowtham
Answer a) Arjun Maini.
181. Ramudri Someswara Rao has won a gold medal in mens 200m T44 event at the
2017 World Para Athletics Grand Prix held in
a) Japan b) Germany c) China d) Singapore
Answer c) China.
182. Which team became the first team in history to win 100 T20 matches?
a) Kolkata Knight Riders b) Mumbai Indians
c) Bangalore Royal Challengers d) Hyderabad Sunrisers
Answer b) Mumbai Indians.
183. S Ramaswamy who passed away recently, he was a former chief minister of
a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Puducherry d) Karnataka
Answer c) Puducherry.
184. Aravind Kumar Rengan has been awarded the prestigious Indian National Science
Academy (INSA) award in the Young Scientist category for 2017, he is a professor
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in
a) Indian Institute of Technology Madras b) Indian Institute of Technology

Delhi
c) Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad d) Indian Institute of Technology

Kanpur
Answer c) Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
185. RBI has asked banks to follow the instructions of government organisation CERT-In to
prevent the attack by ransomware, Expand CERT-In?
a) Control Emergency Response Team India
b) Computer Emergency Response Team India
c) Computer Emergency Recovery Team India
d) Computer Effect Response Team India
Answer b) Computer Emergency Response Team India.
186. Minister for Information & Broadcasting Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu has announced a
separate 247 DD channel for the state of recently
a) Haryana b) Rajasthan c) Sikkim d) Jharkhand
Answer d) Jharkhand
187. has collaborated with the British Geological Survey to

turn Varanasi into a smart city
a) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
b) Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad
c) Indian Institute of Technology - Guwahati
d) Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur
Answer a) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
188. India has been placed in the spot in the renewable energy
country attractiveness index by EY
a) First b) Second c) Fifth d) Seventh
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Answer b) Second.
189. Which country plans to launch its most powerful rocket that is capable of
transporting a heavier 4-tonne communications satellite and described as a game-
changer
a) USA b) China c) India d) Russia
Answer c) India
190. Rifath Sharook, an 18-year-old student from , has developed

what he claims is the world's smallest and lightest satellite, whose satellite will be
launched by NASA in June
a) Kerala b) Maharashtra c) Andra Pradesh d) Tamil Nadu
Answer d) Tamil Nadu.
191. Which country declares state of emergency over cholera outbreak?
a) Yemen b) Congo c) Brazil d) Singapore
Answer a) Yemen.
192. Reserve Bank of India has put restriction on lending and branch
expansion plans as the state-run lender made net losses for the two successive fiscal
amid severe stress on asset quality
a) Dena Bank b) Union Bank of India c) UCO Bank d) Syndicate

Bank
Answer c) UCO Bank.
193. and will manage and properly control their maritime

disputes, avoiding actions to complicate or widen them, so as to maintain peace in the
South China Sea
a) China and USA b) China and Pakistan
c) China and Vietnam d) China and India
Answer c) China and Vietnam.
194. has launched a communications satellite for Inmarsat, marking its first
launch for the London-based mobile broadband company
a) SpaceX b) Boeing c) Raytheon d) Airbus
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Answer a) SpaceX.
195. India ended the Asian Wrestling Championship with medals
a) Five b) Seven c) Eight d) Ten
Answer d) Ten.
196. Renu Satti will take over as the chief executive officer of Payments Bank
a) Airtel b) Postal c) Paytm d) Vodafone
Answer c) Paytm.
197. has successfully created the countrys first smart grid

project, which will generate power from renewable sources of energy.
a) Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
b) Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology
c) Indian Institutes of Management
d) Indian Institutes of Technology
Answer b) Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology.
198. and Ahmedabad- based Space Application Centre (SAC) have inked a
pact on data sharing and scientific cooperation in the field of meteorology and oceanology
a) ISRO b) Indian Air force c) Indian Army d) Indian

Navy
Answer d) Indian Navy.
199. NASA and ISRO to come together to inspect oldest civilisation site in
a) Haryana b) Maharashtra c) Rajasthan d) Tamil

Nadu
Answer a) Haryana.
200. The Union Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between India and on
Cooperation in Combating International Terrorism and Transnational Organized
Crime
a) Austria b) Germany c) Australia d) Russia
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Answer c) Australia.
201. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing and ratifying, an Agreement
between India and on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters
a) Kyrgyzstan b) Kazakhstan c) Tajikistan d) Turkmenistan
Answer c) Tajikistan.
202. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the setting up of Indian
Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in
a) Assam b) Bihar c) Gujarat d) Madya Pradesh
Answer a) Assam.
203. Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatraya participated
in the two-day G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' meet held in
a) South Africa b) China c) Japan d) Germany
Answer d) Germany.
204. The 2017 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD)
was observed on?
Answer c) May 17.
205. HDFC Life has entered into a banc assurance tie-up with to
distribute its individual life insurance products to the private lenders customers
a) Federal Bank b) South Indian Bank c) Yes Bank d) Catholic Syrian Bank
Answer d) Catholic Syrian Bank
206. The Union Cabinet has cleared a proposal to build indigenous Pressurised
Heavy Water Reactors
a) 10 b) 15 c) 20 d) 25
Answer a) 10.
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207. Which state received orange alert - a warning for severe heat wave, across the
state for next two days by India Meteorological Department?
a) Tamil Nadu b) Rajasthan c) Odisha d) West Bengal
Answer c) Odisha.
208. Which airport is set to become south India's first airport to go 100% LED-lit?
a) Chennai International Airport b) Cochin International Airport
c) Bengaluru International Airport d) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Answer d) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
209. foils piracy attempt on MV Lord Mountbatten in Gulf of Aden
a) INS Sujata b) INS Sharda c) INS Sumitra d) INS Subhadra
Answer b) INS Sharda.
210. Who was conferred with the first Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Lifetime Achievement
Honour in Public Service by President Pranab Mukherjee?
a) Nithish Kumar b) Pinarayi Vijayan
c) Chandrababu Naidu d) Pawan Kumar Chamling
Answer d) Pawan Kumar Chamling.
211. Forbes magazine has named as the topmost among its Global
Game Changers who are transforming their industries and changing the lives of billions
around the world
a) Ratan Tata b) Azim Premji c) Mukesh Ambani d) Dilip

Shanghvi
Answer c) Mukesh Ambani
212. Which railway station in Andhra Pradesh is the cleanest among the country's 75
busiest stations, according to a survey report released by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu?
a) Visakhapatnam railway station b) Mumbai railway station
c) Delhi railway station d) Chennai railway station
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Answer a) Visakhapatnam railway station.
213. India and have exchanged five agreements for cooperation in

different sectors including agriculture, information technology and health
a) Iran b) Palestine c) Oman d) Saudi Arabia
Answer b) Palestine.
214. FICCI predicted Indias gross domestic product (GDP) growth will be around
for fiscal 2017-18
a) 7.1% b) 7.2% c) 7.3% d) 7.4%
Answer d) 7.4%.
215. Which country is considering the use of India-manufactured Electronic Voting

Machines (EVMs) with the voter verifiable paper audit trail for its 2019 general elections?
a) Mozambique b) Botswana c) Zambia d) Namibia
Answer b) Botswana
216. Two Indian activists and have won the annual

Whitley Awards, dubbed as the Green Oscars, for their works in the field of animal
and bird conservation in India
a) Sanjay Gubbi and Kailash Satyarthi b) Kailash Satyarthi and Shantha

Sinha
c) Sanjay Gubbi and Purnima Barman d) Satinath Sarangi and Purnima

Barman
Answer c) Sanjay Gubbi and Purnima Barman.
217. Indian scientist has won the prestigious Dan David prize for
his contribution in the field of astronomy
a) Stephen Thorsett b) Shrinivas Kulkarni
c) Gururaj Deshpande d) Shiva Ayyadurai
Answer b) Shrinivas Kulkarni.
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218. Who has won the prestigious $50,000 National Geographic Bee competition,
maintaining the dominance of the community in the contest?
a) Pranay Varada b) Kalyan Mishra c) Gaurav Singh d) Deepak Varun
Answer a) Pranay Varada
219. Which telecom company has inked a clutch of agreements with Facebook and
MobiKwik as its looks to popularise the internet and its value added services among
customers?
a) Airtel b) Aircel c) Reliance d) BSNL
Answer d) BSNL.
220. Which state government will distribute sanitary pads to girls in all the schools in the
state?
a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) West Bengal d) Rajasthan
Answer b) Kerala.
221. A team of scientists from and have created the

world's thinnest hologram
a) India and USA b) Russia and Japan c) China and Australia d) China and India
Answer c) China and Australia.
222. India has taken a new initiative to supply cheap LED bulbs for the citizens in
a) USA b) Germany c) China d) UK
Answer d) UK
223. has launched new global campaign, 'Brave', to stop the

wave of attacks against those defending human rights
a) United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
b) Amnesty International
c) Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
d) International Court Of Justice
Answer b) Amnesty International.
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224. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has hiked the prize money of upcoming
Champions Trophy 2017 (8th edition) carries a total prize money of
a) USD 4.5 million b) USD 5.5 million c) USD 7.5 million d) USD 9.5 million
Answer a) USD 4.5 million.
225. Anil Madhav Dave who passed away recently, he was a Minister of State (MoS)
independent charge of
a) Petroleum and Natural Gas
b) Finance, Corporate Affairs
c) Environment, Forest and Climate Change
d) Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Answer c) Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
226. Reema Lagoo who passed away recently was a/an
a) Politician b) Author c) Singer d) Actress
Answer d) Actress
227. Who has been awarded the International Humanitarian Award for her philanthropic
work in India and worldwide at a ceremony?
a) Alia Bhatt b) Jacqueline Fernandez c) Shraddha Kapoor d) Deepika Padukone
Answer b) Jacqueline Fernandez
228. Who has presented the 2014 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace to the Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?
a) Hamid Ansari b) Narendra Modi c) Chandrababu Naidu d) Manmohan

Singh
Answer d) Manmohan Singh.
229. Who is the new president of Iran?
a) Hassan Rouhani b) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
c) Ali Khamenei d) Mohammad Khatami
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Answer a) Hassan Rouhani.
230. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, released a two-part book series on the
eminent agricultural scientist
a) Vikram Sarabhai b) M.S. Swaminathan c) Salim Ali d) C. N. R. Rao
Answer b) M.S. Swaminathan.
231. Which state government will soon be launching a water grid project on a fast track
with an estimated cost of 8,000 crore rupees to provide safe drinking water?
a) Maharashtra b) Gujarat c) Andra Pradesh d) Kerala
Answer c) Andra Pradesh.
232. Chinese navy ships are visiting and will conduct communications,
search and rescue, and other joint exercises
a) India b) Japan c) Russia d) Myanmar
Answer d) Myanmar
233. Bhindawas Bird Sanctuary in Jhajjar, a heaven for the migratory birds, would be
developed as a beautiful tourist destination, Bhindawas Bird Sanctuary located in
a) Haryana b) Jharkhand c) Maharashtra d) Bihar
Answer a) Haryana.
234. Which state police is the first in the country to formally introduce the course in
emotional intelligence in its training curriculum?
a) Punjab b) Maharashtra c) Odisha d) Karnataka
235. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence
Staff (Operations)?
a) Air Marshal Pradeep Naik b) Air Marshal Anil Kumar
c) Air Marshal PN Pradhan d) Air Marshal Nirmal Mehra
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Answer c) Air Marshal PN Pradhan
236. Which state government has urged the Centre to enforce a ban on use of LED lights
and bull trawling techniques for fishing in coastal states?
a) Tamil Nadu b) Andra Pradesh c) Goa d) Kerala
Answer c) Goa.
237. The bilateral trade between India and Africa is expected to touch $100 billion by
a) 2021 b) 2020 c) 2019 d) 2018
Answer d) 2018.
238. India's compound men's archery team won medal at the season's
first World Cup in Shanghai
Answer a) Gold
239. Who has become the first India-born woman to be elected as a councillor to award in
the UK?
a) Salma Ameer b) Sahana Ameer c) Rehana Ameer d) Parveen Ameer
Answer c) Rehana Ameer.
240. Who has become the first woman to conquer Mount Everest twice within five days?
a) Harshit Saumitra b) Anshu Jamsenpa c) Reema Kumari d) Bachendri Pal
Answer b) Anshu Jamsenpa.
241. Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has inaugurated the WiFi facility
from at 28 Railway Stations of Konkan Railway
a) Kudal Railway Station b) Kohalpur Railway Station
c) Kurduvadi Railway Station d) Aurangabad Railway Station
Answer a) Kudal Railway Station.
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242. Indian Railways will introduce the high speed, air-conditioned Tejas Express
between and
a) Punjab and Maharashtra b) Gujarat and Bihar
c) Haryana and Goa d) Maharashtra and Goa
Answer d) Maharashtra and Goa.
243. Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a Bio-Solar-Wind Microgrid Centre and Centre for
Water and Environment Research in
a) Maharashtra b) Gujarat c) Uttar Pradesh d) West

Bengal
Answer d) West Bengal
244. India ranked in the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), 2017
a) 20th b) 24th c) 26th d) 31st
Answer b) 24th.
245. World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development was observed on?
Answer a) May 21.
246. Japan is going to build a war museum in
a) Meghalaya b) Haryana c) Manipur d) Sikkim
Answer c) Manipur.
247. Softbank-Saudi tech fund becomes world's biggest with $93 billion of capital, who is
the president of Softbank?
a) Ken Miyauchi b) Amit Singhal c) Nikesh Arora d) Masayoshi Son
Answer a) Ken Miyauchi.
248. NASA paid tribute by naming a newly discovered organism

after him
a) M. S. Swaminathan b) APJ Abdul Kalam
c) Vikram Sarabhai d) Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
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Answer b) APJ Abdul Kalam.
249. Who won the worlds largest pre-college science competition in the US in the
environmental engineering category for his project on biodegradation of pesticides?
a) Shanmuga Sundaram b) Vijay Ragunathan
c) Prashant Ranganathan d) Suresh Kumar
Answer c) Prashant Ranganathan.
250. and were conferred the Banga Samman, West

Bengals highest civilian award, by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
a) Soumitra Chatterjee and Y.C. Deveshwar b) Ranjit Mallick and Anand Mahindra
c) Satyajit Ray and Deepak Parekh d) Victor Banerjee and A. M. Naik
Answer a) Soumitra Chatterjee and Y.C. Deveshwar.
251. Who took the additional charge of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution?
a) Ravi Shankar Prasad b) Radha Mohan Singh
c) Ashok Gajapathi Raju d) Harsh Vardhan
Answer b) Radha Mohan Singh.
252. Which state government has launched the e-textbook portal on the state?
a) Maharashtra b) Kerala c) Rajasthan d) Haryana
Answer d) Haryana.
253. International day for bio diversity was observed on?
Answer b) May 22.
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254. Which bank has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Life
Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India for selling life insurance products of LIC?
a) Yes Bank b) Federal Bank c) South Indian Bank d) Karnataka Bank
Answer d) Karnataka Bank.
255. NASA, ISRO to jointly make most expensive imaging satellite are jointly making a
satellite called that will monitor the Earth like never before
a) NASAR b) NASRO c) ASRO d) NISAR
Answer d) NISAR.
256. Which state government has decided to provide grant-in-aid for their maintenance
and holding prayers?
a) Haryana b) Himachal Pradesh c) Uttar Pradesh d)

Punjab
Answer b) Himachal Pradesh.
257. Which country has become the sixth country to ratify the International Solar Alliance
(ISA) Framework pact initiated by the Indian and French governments at the climate change
summit?
a) Nauru b) Burundi c) Botswana d) Gambia
Answer a) Nauru.
258. India was ranked among the 195 countries in a Global Healthcare Access
and Quality Index surveyed between 1990-2015
a) 133 b) 147 c) 154 d) 161
Answer c) 154.
259. Which country has launched a wide-ranging trade complaint against Ukraine?
a) Japan b) China c) USA d) Russia
Answer d) Russia.
260. Which country won the ice hockey world championships title 2017?
a) Sweden b) Russia c) Germany d) India
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Answer a) Sweden.
261. Who won the Italian Opens Mens Singles title 2017?
a) Rafael Nadal b) Stan Wawrinka c) Alexander Zverev d) Andy Murray
Answer c) Alexander Zverev.
262. Which team won the 38th Federation Cup football tournament 2017?a) Chennai
City b) Bengaluru FC c) Aizawl d) East Bengal
Answer b) Bengaluru FC.
263. Which team won the 10th Indian Premier League trophy 2017?
a) Sunrisers Hyderabad b) Kolkata Knight Riders
c) Rising Pune Supergiant d) Mumbai Indians
Answer d) Mumbai Indians
264. Who has been chosen to head the World Health Organisation (WHO)?
a) Hailemariam Desalegn b) Debretsion Gebremichael
c) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus d) David Nabarro
Answer c) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
265. Which ministry launched Swachh Bharat App in National Museum?
a) Ministry of Culture b) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
c) Ministry of Tourism d) Ministry of Urban Development
Answer a) Ministry of Culture
266. Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal
inaugurated the exhibition on India & Africa- Partners - in Growth in
a) Assam b) Bihar c) Rajasthan d) Gujarat
Answer d) Gujarat..
267. Which state government has made Aadhaar Card mandatory for students taking board
exams in 2018?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Punjab c) Manipur d) Maharashtra
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Answer a) Uttar Pradesh.
268. Union Minister of State (IC) for Power launched the Saral
Eindhan Vitaran Application (SEVA), developed in-house by Coal India Limited (CIL)
for power sector consumers
a) Vijay Kumar Singh b) Dharmendra Pradhan
c) Jitendra Singh d) Piyush Goyal
Answer d) Piyush Goyal
269. Which telecom company has started satellite phone service through INMARSAT
which will be initially offered to government agencies and later opened for others citizen
in phased manner?
a) Airtel b) BSNL c) Idea d) Docomo
Answer b) BSNL.
270. Which city police have officially inducted the world's first operational robot police
officer into the force?
a) London b) Mumbai c) Dubai d) Tokyo
Answer c) Dubai.
271. Union Cabinet approved MoU between and India on cooperation in the
field of Organ Transplant Services
a) Norway b) Poland c) Germany d) Spain
Answer d) Spain.
272. Which state government has proposed to promote sites with a reputation for being
haunted, as part of its ghost tourism project?
a) Uttarakhand b) Tripura c) Meghalaya d) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer a) Uttarakhand.
273. Which bank in association with Geojit, has launched a new trading platform called
Selfie for customers?
a) South Indian Bank b) Federal Bank c) Yes Bank d) Karnataka Bank
Answer b) Federal Bank.
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274. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for establishment of new AIIMS in
a) Madya Pradesh b) West Bengal c) Jammu and Kashmir d) Assam
Answer d) Assam.
275. India overtook to become the second-largest producer of stainless

steel in the world
a) USA b) UK c) Japan d) Australia
Answer c) Japan.
276. Which bank has launched a national hackathon for developers, start-ups and
students to come up with innovative ideas and solutions for the banking sector?
a) Canara Bank b) State Bank of India c) Syndicate Bank d) Bank of India
Answer b) State Bank of India.
277. Which Payments Bank becoming the first bank to offer cash backs on deposits?
a) Paytm Payments Bank b) Postal Payments Bank
c) Aditya Birla Payments Bank d) Airtel Payments Bank
Answer a) Paytm Payments Bank.
278. Which insurance company launched Indias first life insurance email bot?
a) Bharti AXA Life Insurance b) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
c) Exide Life Insurance d) HDFC Life Insurance
Answer d) HDFC Life Insurance
279. State-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) had closed another major deal worth
_ million with India to supply advanced long range air and missile defence systems
a) $480 b) $590 c) $630 d) $770
Answer c) $630.
280. Who won the 2017 WWF International Presidents Award?
a) Rohan Chakravarty b) Mahesh Kumar c) Sathya Raman d) Lokesh Mishra
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Answer a Rohan Chakravarty
281. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has resigned after a brief stint of nine
months, he was the president of
a) Sri Lanka b) Nepal c) Bangladesh d) Singapore
Answer b) Nepal.
282. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju unveiled a book titled Confessions of a dying mind: the
blind faith of atheism written by
a) Ansar Ahmad Shaikh b) Gaurav Goyal
c) Amrutesh Aurangabadkar d) Haulianlal Guite
Answer d) Haulianlal Guite.
283. Who won the womens title with eight points from nine rounds in the Asian
Continental Blitz Chess Championship in Chengdu, China?
a) V Priya b) R Vaishali c) K Ishwarya d) M Aarthi
Answer b) R Vaishali.
284. Who won the Italian women's Open tennis title in Rome?
a) Angelique Kerber b) Simona Halep c) Karolna Plkov d) Elina Svitolina
Answer d) Elina Svitolina.
285. Mathunny Mathews who passed away recently was a/an
a) Actor b) Scientist c) Businessman d) Sportsman
Answer c) Businessman.
286. Roger Moore who passed away recently was a/an
a) Actor b) Politician c) Author d) Economist
Answer a) Actor.
288. and have been

conferred with the prestigious Porter Prize 2017
a) Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India and Reliance
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b) Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India and TCS
c) Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India and ITC
d) Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India and Maruti Suzuki
Answer c) Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India and ITC.
289. Lenin Moreno was sworn in as new president of
a) Libya b) Iran c) France d) Ecuador
Answer d) Ecuador
290. Who became only the second Indian-American judge of an appeals court?
a) Raymond Kethledge b) Amul Thapar
c) Thomas Hardiman d) Charles Canady
Answer b) Amul Thapar.
291. Which Indian city has been ranked the world's second most densely populated city
with 31,700 people per sq km, by the World Economic Forum (WEF) citing UN Habitat Data?
a) Mumbai b) Chennai c) Hyderabad d) Bangalor
Answer a) Mumbai.
292. Who has been appointed new chairman of Internet and Mobile Association of India
(IAMAI)?
a) Sankar Narayanan b) Arvind Mshra c) Mukesh Roy d) Rajan

Anandan
Answer d) Rajan Anandan.
293. The government decided to increase fair and remunerative price (FRP) of sugarcane
by Rs 25 per quintal to Rs for 2017-18 season beginning October
a) 245 b) 255 c) 265 d) 275
Answer b) 255..
294. Which bank has put on block bad loans with outstanding balance of Rs1,471.47
crore on sale to asset reconstruction companies and financial institutions?
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a) State Bank of India b) Bank of India
c) Union Bank of India d) Bank of Baroda
Answer a) State Bank of India.
295. Who was appointed as the secretary of the Central Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE)?
a) Saumya Gupta b) Anurag Tripathy c) Usha Saini d) Veena Tandon
Answer b) Anurag Tripathy.
296. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated India's longest bridge, the Dhola-Sadiya bridge, in
a) Jammu and Kashmir b) Maharashtra c) Assam d) Gujarat
Answer c) Assam.
297. The Prime Minister has laid the Foundation Stone of the Indian Agricultural
Research Institute at Gogamukh in
a) Bihar b) Manipur c) Meghalaya d) Assam
Answer d) Assam.
298. Indias telecom regulator slapped a combined penalty of Rs.3,050 crore on__
for violating licence norms
a) Docomo, Aircel and Reliance b) Airtel, Vodafone and Idea
c) Airtel, Aircel and BSNL d) Aircel, Reliance and Idea
Answer b) Airtel, Vodafone and Idea.
299. Which country has built its third underground ballistic missile production factory
and will keep developing its missile program?
a) Kuwait b) Russia c) Saudi Arabia d) Iran
Answer d) Iran.
300. Who became one of the members of the BWF Athletes Commission after the end of
voting for the four places on the representative body?
a) Saina Nehwal b) Jwala Gutta c) Ashwini Ponnappa d) P V Sindhu
Answer d) P V Sindhu.
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301. Who has won the coveted International Cricketer of the Year award at the CEAT
Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards 2017?
a) Virat Kohli b) Ravichandran Ashwin c) Rohit Sharma d) MS Dhoni
Answer b) Ravichandran Ashwin.
302. Saurabh Chaudhary won bronze medal in international competition at Czech Republic,
he associated with
a) Boxing b) Archery c) Shot-put d) Shooting
Answer d) Shooting.
303. Kunwar Pal Singh Gill who passed away recently, he was a former DGP of
a) Punjab b) Odisha c) Jharkhand d) Haryana
Answer a) Punjab.
304. India has announced a $500 million line of credit to as the two
countries resolved to deepen ties in a range of areas including the maritime domain
a) Sri Lanka b) Mauritius c) Bangladesh d) Singapore
Answer b) Mauritius.
305. Which state government has given approval to the infrastructure projects, worth Rs
166 crore, for the construction of bridges and roads in the state?
a) Punjab b) Maharashtra c) Odisha d) Haryana
Answer c) Odisha.
306. Union road transport Minister Nitin Gadkari along with chief minister of Maharashtra,
Devendra Fadnavis flagged off taxi aggregator Olas electronic vehicle (EV) services in
a) Nagpur b) Mumbai c) Pune d) Thane
Answer a) Nagpur.
307. The government has renamed the Matritva Sahyog Yojana a scheme to give Rs
6,000 to pregnant and lactating mothers for the first live birth as
a) Pradhan Mantri Matritva Birth Yojana b) Pradhan Mantri Women Vandana

Yojana
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c) Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana d) Pradhan Mantri Matritva Jyoti Yojana
Answer c) Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana.
308. Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development Uma Bharti started the
Ganga Nirikshan Abhiyan in
a) Madya Pradesh b) West Bengal
c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer b) West Bengal
309. The Human Resource Development Ministry and the External Affairs Ministry
launched an online verification portal to make the
document verification process easier
a) e-bharat b) e-verify c) e-foreign d) e-sanad
Answer d) e-sanad.
310. Construction works for building Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) has commenced
in
a) France b) Chile c) Poland d) USA
Answer b) Chile.
311. Union Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has inaugurated a first-of-its-kind Aeronautical
Test Range (ATR) in
a) Kerala b) Tamil Nadu c) Karnataka d) Andra pradesh
Answer c) Karnataka
312. Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu has flagged off the first train of the
Metros Heritage line
a) Mumbai b) Chennai c) Bangalore d) Delhi
Answer d) Delhi.
313. Which company has overtaken Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) to become Indias
most profitable state-owned company?
a) Indian Oil Corporation b) Hindustan Petroleum
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c) GAIL d) Bharat Electronics Limited
Answer a) Indian Oil Corporation.
314. State-run BSNL is planning to extend satellite phone services for all citizens by
a) 2021 b) 2020 c) 2019 d) 2018
Answer c) 2019.
315. Which country emerges as the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into
India in 2016-17?
a) USA b) Mauritius c) Singapore d) China
Answer c) Singapore.
316. Who has won the gold medal in the sabre event of the Turnoi Satellite Fencing
Championship held at Reykjavik in Iceland?
a) Priya Devi b) Deepika Devi c) Monica Devi d) Bhavani Devi
Answer d) Bhavani Devi.
317. Jammu and Kashmirs first professional football academy was launched at Tourist
Reception Centre (TRC) in in a bid to boost sports in the state
a) Gulmarg b) Pahalgam c) Srinagar d) Hiranagar
Answer c) Srinagar.
318. Gregg Allman who passed away recently was a/an
a) Singer b) Actor c) Politician d) Author
Answer a) Singer.
319. Who will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for being an
international icon?
a) Aishwarya Rai b) Deepika Padukone
c) Priyanka Chopra d) Anushka Sharma
Answer c) Priyanka Chopra.
320. Which film has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival?
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a) The Beguiled b) In the Fade c) Loveless d) The Square
Answer d) The Square.
321. Najma Heptulla has been appointed as the chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia
University; she is the present governor of
a) Meghalaya b) Manipur c) Kerala d) Assam
Answer b) Manipur.
322. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will commence the operation of the
country's own 'GPS' or positioning system, Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System
(IRNSS), in
a) 2018 b) 2019 c) 2020 d) 2021
Answer a) 2018.
323. Which city police have received the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and
Industries (FICCI) Smart Police Award for the year 2017?
a) Hyderabad b) Kochi c) Pune d) Chennai
Answer c) Pune.
324. Which state government has declared Dailong village of Tamenglong district as a
Biodiversity Heritage Site of the state?
a) Bihar b) Gujarat c) Maharashtra d) Manipur
Answer d) Manipur.
325. Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar has launched an
Anti-Ragging Mobile App introduced by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in
a) Mumbai b) New Delhi c) Bangalore d) Hyderabad
Answer b) New Delhi..
326. Which city in the country has created a new Guinness world record with maximum
number of people sweeping the floor (single venue)?
a) Indore b) Surat c) Vadodara d) Visakhapatnam
Answer c) Vadodara
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327. PM Narendra Modi started off on his journey to four countries in a tour lasting six
days, aimed at strengthening bilateral ties, which of the following country is not one of
that?
a) Italy b) Spain c) Russia d) Germany
Answer a) Italy
328. SEBI proposes to levy regulatory fee on FPIs issuing P-Notes
a) $ 500 b) $ 1000 c) $ 1200 d) $ 1500
Answer b) $ 1000.
329. International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was observed on?
Answer c) May 29.
330. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $616 million loan to to
help the south Asian nation meet its goal of providing 100 percent access to electricity to
its citizens by 2021
a) Nepal b) Maldives c) Afghanistan d)

Bangladesh
Answer d) Bangladesh.
331. Which country has launched national satellite navigation and positioning system
which will provide positioning service to transportation, emergency medical rescue and
city planning and management?
a) China b) India c) Russia d) USA
Answer a) China.
332. Which country researchers developed 3D bioprinted cartilage?
a) Japan b) China c) India d) UK
Answer c) India.
333. India and signed a MoU on defence cooperation envisaging several

areas of cooperation including in defence industry, military training and humanitarian
assistance & disaster management
a) Chile b) Fiji c) Iran d) Malaysia
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Answer b) Fiji.
334. Which team won the FA cup 2017?
a) Chelsea b) Manchester United c) Arsenal d) Liverpool
Answer c) Arsenal.
335. Who won the Monaco Grand Prix 2017?
a) Lewis Hamilton b) Kimi Raikkonen c) Nico Rosberg d) Sebastian Vettel
Answer d) Sebastian Vettel.
336. Who presented the Hindi Sevi Samman Awards for the year 2015 on May 30, 2017 at
a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan?
a) Mohammad Hamid Ansari b) Sumitra Mahajan
c) Pranab Mukherjee d) Narendra Modi
Answer c) Pranab Mukherjee.
337. and ISRO, have announced a tie up for the benefit of dairy farmers
by signing a memorandum of understanding, envisaging fodder acreage assessment
a) Heritage b) Amul c) Modern d) Param
Answer b) Amul.
338. The centre has launched an aggressive new campaign titled Darwaza Band to
promote toilet use and freedom from open defecation across the countrys villages. The
Darwaza Band campaign has been supported by the
a) Asian development Bank b) New Development Bank
c) NABARD Bank d) World Bank
Answer d) World Bank.
339. Cyclone Mora hit packing winds of up to 117 kilometres per hour
a) Bangladesh b) Nepal c) India d) Sri Lanka
Answer a) Bangladesh.
340. Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India is all set to launch Deep Ocean
Mission by
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a) September 2017 b) December 2017 c) January 2018 d) March 2018
Answer c) January 2018.
341. Which state government has decided to more than double the limit of free travel
facility in the State Roadways buses for women college students?
a) Tamil Nadu b) Bihar c) Punjab d) Haryana
Answer d) Haryana.
342. Which state has the highest monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) on gold
ornaments among all Indian states, according to an NSSO Survey?
a) Kerala b) Karnataka c) Andra Pradesh d) Tamil Nadu
Answer a) Kerala.
343. Which state government has launched a web portal Mahaswayam that will cater to
job seekers, employers, entrepreneurs, and training institutes who can avail details
regarding skill development and employment?
a) Odisha b) Maharashtra c) Rajasthan d) Bihar
344. The Reserve Bank of India will soon put into circulation currency notes in one rupee
denomination, The note will bear signature of finance secretary
a) Ashok Lavasa b) Rajiv Mehrishi c) Shaktikanta Das d) Ratan P. Watal
Answer c) Shaktikanta Das.
345. India will be launching, on June 5, communication satellite using its

heaviest rocket which has a capacity to lift a four ton satellites to geosynchronous
transfer orbit (GTO)
a) GSAT-15 b) GSAT-17 c) GSAT-18 d) GSAT-19
Answer d) GSAT-19.
346. Film maker Dasari Narayana Rao who passed away recently, he was the Former
Union Minister for
a) Ministry of Coal b) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
c) Chemicals and Fertilizers d) Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
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Answer a) Ministry of Coal
347.Constantine Mitsotakis who passed away recently,he was the former prime minister of
a) Monaco b) Greece c) Serbia d) Zimbabwe
Answer b) Greece.
348. Manuel Noriega who passed away recently, he was a politician and military officer of
a) Peru b) Bolivia c) Panama d) Barbados
Answer c) Panama.
349. India has emerged as the largest aviation market in the world
with a passenger traffic of over 10 crore reported for 2016-17
a) Second b) Third c) Fifth d) Seventh
Answer b) Third
350. India ranked among 131 nations in women workforce
a) 95th b) 101st c) 113th d) 120th
Answer d) 120th.
351. Government-run Prasar Bharati has got into an agreement with

Societe Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Television (SNRT) to step up cooperation in
the broadcasting sector
a) Morocco b) Bangladesh c) Indonesia d) Malaysia
Answer a) Morocco.
352. India and Spain have signed agreements in various fields
a) Five b) Seven c) Nine d) Ten
Answer b) Seven..
353. The Minister of State for Minority Affairs (Independent Charge) Shri Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi has appointed as Vice-Chairman of National
Commission for Minorities
a) M. J. Akbar b) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
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c) George Kurian d) Sushil Kumar Modi
Answer c) George Kurian.
354. Which state government announced that buying or selling of plastic bags in the
state will be an offence from July and defaulters can be fined up to 5,000 for it?
a) Maharashtra b) Kerala c) Sikkim d) Goa
Answer d) Goa.
355. World No Tobacco Day was observed on 31 May 2017, the theme of the year 2017 is
a) Get ready for plain packaging
b) Tobacco a threat to development
c) Ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
d) Stop illicit trade of tobacco products
Answer b) Tobacco a threat to development.
356. India and have inked twelve memoranda of understanding and

agreements
a) France b) Italy c) Germany d) Poland
Answer c) Germany.
357. The Indian Railways has introduced 'Buy Now, Pay Later' service for passengers to
book tickets online first and make payment for the reservations within a window of
a) 5 days b) 7 days c) 10 days d) 15 days
Answer d) 15 days.
358. The 43rd G7 Summit was held on 26-27 May, 2017 in
a) Sicily, Italy b) Tokyo, Japan c) Paris, France d) Berlin,

Germany
Answer a) Sicily, Italy.
359. Who won the European Golden Shoe for a record equalling fourth time having
scored 37 goals this season in the Spanish League?
a) Cristiano Ronaldo b) Lionel Messi c) Neymar d) Luis Surez
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Answer b) Lionel Messi.
360. Only four Indians feature in ESPN's World Fame 100, a list ranking the world's
100 most famous athletes, who among the following player is not in the list?
a) Virat Kohli b) MS Dhoni c) Ravichandran Ashwin d) Yuvraj Singh
Answer c) Ravichandran Ashwin.
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a) Nitish Kumar b) Mamata Banerjee c) Chandrababu Naidu d) Pinarayi Vijayan

Answer c) Chandrababu Naidu

a) Uttar Pradesh b) Assam c) Rajasthan d) Madya pradesh

Answer d) Madya Pradesh.

a) May 01 b) May 02 c) May 03 d) May 04

a) Odisha b) Chhattisgarh c) Bihar d) Jharkhand

a) Sadananda Gowda b) Nitin Gadkari c) Suresh Prabhu d) Arun Jaitley

Answer c) Suresh Prabhu.

a) Facebook b) Microsoft c) Flipkart d) Google

a) London b) Dubai c) Mumbai d) Beijing

a) Rajasthan b) Punjab c) West Bengal d) Kerala

a) India b) USA c) UK d) Japan

10. Which country announced the creation of a super-body known as a "constituent

a) Sudan b) Mongolia c) Venezuela d) UK

11. Who won the world snooker championship title 2017?

a) John Higgins b) Mark Selby c) Judd Trump d) Neil Robertson

Answer a) John Higgins.

Answer b) Leander Paes and Scott Lipsky

a) Saurav Ghosal b) Dipika Pallikal Karthik c) Joshna Chinappa d) None of these

Answer c) Joshna Chinappa.

a) Tamil Nadu b) Bihar c) Maharashtra d) Haryana

a) May 01 b) May 02 c) May 03 d) May 04

16. Indias 2nd tallest national flag hoisted in

a) Pune b) Hyderabad c) New Delhi d) Mumbai

a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare b) Ministry of Tribal Affairs

c) Ministry of Urban Development d) Ministry of Human Resource Development

Answer d) Ministry of Human Resource Development

18. Indias first automatic weather station opened in

a) Karnataka b) Andra Pradesh c) Maharashtra d) Haryana

a) 50 b) 100 c) 200 d) 500

a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Karnataka d) Telangana

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a) Tata Motors b) Mahindra & Mahindra c) Hero MotoCorp d) Maruti Suzuki

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a) May 04 b) May 03 c) May 02 d) May 01

Answer c) May 02.

a) Ford b) Samsung c) BMW d) Google

c) The Unmet Needs of Asthma d) To help our children breathe

Answer a) Asthma : Better Air, Better Breathing

a) Saturn IB b) Atlas V c) Falcon 9 d) Minotaur-C

26. Which ministry is observing Swachhta Pakhwada from May 1 15?

a) Ministry of Textiles b) Ministry of Commerce and

c) Ministry of Science and Technology d) Ministry of External Affairs

Answer a) Ministry of Textiles.

a) Sharath Kamal Achanta b) Soumyajit Ghosh c) Anthony Amalraj d) None of these

Answer b) Soumyajit Ghosh

a) Aamir Khan b) Ajay Devgan c) Akshay Kumar d) Hrithik Roshan

Answer c) Akshay Kumar

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c) Anand Sharma d) Veerappa Moily

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a) Michael Sharma b) Anthony Lianzuala c) R Gandhi d) Mahesh

Answer b) Anthony Lianzuala.

a) Rakesh Bharti Mittal b) Shobana Kamineni

c) Nita Ambani d) Chanda Kochhar

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33. Department of Telecom (DoT), Ministry of Communications has launched