1). Kerala state tourism board has planned to setup virtual reality kiosks at _______.
a) Railway Station
b) Airports
c) National Parks
d) Universities
e) Collector Office
Answer: b)
Explanation: Kerala Tourism is planning to set up virtual reality kiosks at major airports of the country, an official said. The first such kiosk was put up at the Delhi airport last month, and another one is in the process of being operationalised in Mumbai, the official added. The kiosk will bring to life the backwaters of Kerala, officials stated.
2). _______ village in meghalaya has become the Asia’s cleanest village .
a) Amlarem
b) Rongram
c) Dalu
d) Mawlynnong
e) Ranikor
Answer: d)
Explanation: In Meghalaya, Mawlynnong village has become a role model for other states in maintaining cleanliness. Termed as Asia’s cleanest village, Mawlynnong has become tourists' hotspot. The Secretary of the village committee said, all 90 families of the village constructed toilets in 1989. Under Swachh Bharat Mission, three public toilets have been constructed in the village. Over 500 tourists from across the country and abroad visit the village daily, which is located 80 kilometers away from capital Shillong.
3). Five government-owned General Insurance Companies got approval from _________ for its in stock exchanges.
a) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
b) Reserve Bank of India
c) Securities and Exchange Board of India
d) National Stock Exchange
e) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
Answer: a)
Explanation: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given in-principle approval for listing five government-owned General Insurance Companies in stock exchanges. Briefing media in New Delhi this afternoon after a Cabinet meeting, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, the listing will open way for the companies to raise resources from the capital market to meet their fund requirements. He said, shareholding of these companies will be divested from 100 per cent to 75 per cent. The companies are New India Assurance, United India Insurance, Oriental Insurance, National Insurance and General Insurance.
4). _______ company has announced its investment about $8.5 million (over Rs.57.7 crore) in India
a) Cisco
b) Google
c) IBM
d) Intel
e) Qualcomm
Answer: e)
Explanation: Qualcomm has announced that it will invest $8.5 million (over Rs.57.7 crore) in India with an aim to expand its digital design initiatives in the country. The company also announced the winners of the Qualcomm Design in India Challenge launched in 2015 in association with Nasscom. The winning startups, Carnot Technologies, iFuture Robotics and Uncanny Vision, received Rs.68 lakh each.
5). Indian Air Force has recently place the order for black box with _______ ?
a) Honeywell Aerospace
b) Drone Aerospace Systems
c) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
d) Altran India
e) Acumen Aviation
Answer: c)
Explanation: The Indian Air Force has placed orders with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for black boxes. This comes after a successful trial of the black boxes which were developed by HAL. Notably, India will not have to purchase black boxes from other countries as they will be manufactured within the country itself.
6).Longest-ever Australian Open match in terms of the number of games played between Ivo Karlovic and
a) MattRobert
b) Horacio Zeballos
c) Johanna Konta
d) StephaneRoger
e) AlbertRaonic
Answer: b)
Explanation: Croatia's Ivo Karlovic and Argentina's Horacio Zeballos' first round match on Tuesday became the longest-ever Australian Open match in terms of the number of games played. The match, which ended with Karlovic winning 6-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 22-20 in 5 hours and 15 minutes, featured 84 games. The fifth set featured 42 games, taking 2 hours, 37 minutes to finish.
7). Former Indian cricketer whose name is included in the Legends Club 'Hall of Fame'?
a) Sunil Gavaskar
b) Kapil Dev
c) Sachin tendulkar
d) Ravi Sasthri
e) Rahul Dravid
Answer: b)
Explanation: Former Indian captain Kapil Dev was inducted into the Legends Club 'Hall of Fame' at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai on Tuesday. He was presented with a citation by ex-India player Madhav Apte, with former India captains Ajit Wadekar, Sunil Gavaskar and Nari Contractor also in attendance. Gavaskar was already inducted in the Hall of Fame in 2013.
8). Who is elected as the new President of the European Parliament ?
a) Silvio Berlusconi
b) Antonio guterres
c) Ivan Rogers
d) Antonio Tajani
e) Irina Bokova
Answer: d)
Explanation: Italian conservative Antonio Tajani has been elected the new President of the European Parliament. Mr Tajani is a former spokesman for Italy's Silvio Berlusconi and an ex-European commissioner. He defeated another Italian, Gianni Pitella, and will take over from Germany's Martin Schulz. Mr Tajani secured 351 votes, against 282 for Mr Pittella, a socialist. The contest ran to the maximum four rounds.
9)._________ company has announced that will open a 'Startup Garage' in Station F, the world's biggest startup campus.
a) Apple
b) Flipkart
c) Google
d) Facebook
e) Microsoft
Answer: d)
Explanation: Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has announced that the social media major will open a 'Startup Garage' in Station F, the world's biggest startup campus. Facebook will work with 10 to 15 startups every six months in the Paris-based campus. Station F will host over 1,000 startups and is expected to begin operations from April this year.
10). ' Pratibha-Parva' is observed in all the government middle schools of _________ ?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) West Bengal
c) Assam
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Bihar
Answer: a)
Explanation: In Madhya Pradesh, a three day Pratibha-Parva is being observed in all the government middle schools from today. Our correspondent reports that the evaluation of academic achievements of 78 lakh students pursuing studies in class 1 to 8 is being made during the Parv. Subject based evaluation will be made of students in one lakh 14 thousand government schools in the first two days. The progress in basic capabilities and subject based capabilities will be evaluated with cooperation of UNICEF.
11).58th India International Garment Fair - IIGF inaugurated by Textiles Minister Smriti Irani at ________
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Jaipur
d) Nagpur
e) Lucknow
Answer: b)
Explanation: Textiles Minister Smriti Irani today inaugurated the 58th India International Garment Fair - IIGF at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. On the occassion Mrs Irani said the three-day fair provides a platform to overseas garment buyers to source products and forge business relationships with Indian players in the apparel and fashion accessories domain. She said the fair will gave great benefit to the Indian emerging export players. More than 130 participants from 14 states are participating in the fair and nearly one thousand byers are coming on first day.
12). India ranked ____ in a list of the world's strongest passports, as it offers visa-free or visa on arrival facilities to 46 countries,
a) 75th
b) 64th
c) 78th
d) 92nd
e) 84th
Answer: c)
Explanation: The Indian passport has ranked 78th in a list of the world's strongest passports, as it offers visa-free or visa on arrival facilities to 46 countries, according to financial advisory firm Arton Capital. Afghanistan's passport has been rated the weakest, with a rank of 95, while Pakistan's passport has been placed second lowest, occupying the 94th position.
13).______ has been appointed as Tata Motor's Additional Director and Chairman of the board
a) Ishaat Hussain
b) Venu Srinivasan
c) Amit Chandra
d) Ranendra Sen
e) N Chandrasekaran
Answer: e)
Explanation: Tata Motors on Tuesday appointed Natarajan Chandrasekaran as an Additional Director and Chairman of the board with immediate effect. The appointment comes within a week of Tata Sons announcing former Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) CEO Chandrasekaran as its new Chairman. Notably, Chandrasekaran is the first non-Parsi chairman of the 150-year-old Tata Group.
14).Which city has topped world's most dynamic cities list, released by real estate consultancy firm Jones Lang LaSalle at the World Economic Forum ?
a) Chennai
b) New Delhi
c) Mumbai
d) Bengaluru
e) Kochi
Answer: d)
Explanation: Bengaluru has topped the world's most dynamic cities list, released by real estate consultancy firm Jones Lang LaSalle at the World Economic Forum. While Hyderabad is fifth on the list, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Pune are other Indian cities that have made to the top 30. Notably, USA's Silicon Valley is third on the list, while China's Shanghai is fourth.
15)._______ has become the the country's first cashless island under its Digital India programme.
a) Salsette
b) Sagar
c) Kavvayi
d) Divar
e) Karang
Answer: e)
Explanation: The Centre, under its Digital India programme, has announced Karang in Manipur as the country's first cashless island. The Karang island is located in the middle of Loktak lake, the largest freshwater lake in the North Eastern part of India. This comes after campaigns on cashless transactions were held by the island's boat association and other bodies from January 9-12.
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