1).Name the Indian boxer who recently won a gold medal at the Thailand International Tournament ?
a) Vijender Singh
b) Shyam Kumar
c) Shiva Thapa
d) Devendro Singh
e) Akhil Kumar
Answer: b)
Explanation: Indian boxer K Shyam Kumar won a gold medal at the Thailand International Tournament after getting a walkover in the final. Kumar was supposed to fight Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov in the 49 kg final, but the latter pulled out due to injury. India's Rohit Tokas won a bronze medal in the 64 kg event at the tournament.
2).Which state government has planned to rename the state highways as district roads ?
a) Jammu and Kashmir
b) Odisha
c) Uttarakhand
d) Sikkim
e) Haryana
Answer: c)
Explanation: Uttarakhand's government decided to denotify state highways falling in the area of local civic bodies and categorise them as other district roads. "Highway specifications are posing practical problems in the maintenance... of state highways," it said. The decision, expected to provide relief to liquor vends after the alcohol ban near highways, will denotify 63 of 64 state highways.
3).Along with which country does USA has have agreed to pursue a '100-day plan' on reducing the US trade deficit with that country ?
a) Japan
b) Brazil
c) Spain
d) Mexico
e) China
Answer: e)
Explanation: US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to pursue a '100-day plan' aimed at reducing the US trade deficit with China. The two leaders held their first summit at Trump's Mar-a-Lago retreat in the southern US state of Florida during last two days. Mr Trump said, he is seriously concerned because China's economic and trade policies are threatening US jobs and exports.
4).What is the ranking of Indian in the World Economic Forum Global Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 ?
a) 57
b) 42
c) 40
d) 52
e) 44
Answer: c)
Explanation: India has jumped 12 places to the 40th rank in the World Economic Forum Global Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017. India was one of the countries that improved the most, with the WEF saying, "India continues to enrich its cultural resources". Spain topped the list, followed by France and Germany.
5).Which state government has made teaching English from class 1 as a compulsory subject in all government schools in the state?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Odisha
c) Uttarakhand
d) Maharashtra
e) Mizoram
Answer: a)
Explanation: English will be taught as a compulsory subject from class 1 in all government-run schools in Uttar Pradesh, Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma said. "The teaching standards in state schools will be brought on a par with private or missionary institutes," he added. Notably, English was till now being taught as a compulsory subject from class 5.
6).Which state government's sex ratio has recently touched the 950 mark for the first time ?
a) Punjab
b) Haryana
c) Jharkhand
d) Meghalaya
e) Karnataka
Answer:b)
Explanation: In Haryana, the sex ratio has touched the 950 mark for the first time in the history of the State. Stating this, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that the sex ratio at birth stood at 950 girls to 1,000 boys in March this year. He said, the state had accepted the challenge of improving the skewed sex ratio after the launch of 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Haryana.
7).Which country has signed deal with India to supply advanced medium-range surface-to-air missile systems of worth $2 billion (nearly Rs.13,000 crore) ?
a) Japan
b) Russia
c) Israel
d) Spain
e) Kenya
Answer: c)
Explanation: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has announced that it has signed a $2 billion (nearly Rs.13,000 crore) contract with India to supply advanced medium-range surface-to-air missile systems. IAI said it was their largest defence contract. IAI added that it would also supply additional long-range air and missile defence systems for the first locally-made Indian aircraft carrier.
8).Who has been newly appointed as CEO of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) ?
a) SN Subrahmanyan
b) Tim Armstrong
c) C.P. Gurnani
d) Shantanu Narayen
e) Irfan Razack
Answer: a)
Explanation: Engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) named SN Subrahmanyan as its new CEO with effect from July. Further, long-serving head AM Naik will move to a new position of non-executive Chairman. Notably, Naik will assume the new role for a period of three years beginning October 1, immediately upon his retirement as Executive Chairman on September 30.
9).Which state government has decided to purchase one lakh metric ton potato direct from farmers ?
a) Haryana
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Gujarat
d) Bihar
e) Karnataka
Answer: b)
Explanation: : In Uttar Pradesh, the government has decided to purchase one lakh metric ton potato direct from farmers to provide them better price of their produce. Government has fixed rate of 487 rupees per quintal. The government took this decision on the basis of market interference scheme and has authorised National Agriculture Cooperative Marketing Federation of India, NAFED, and three institutions of the State Government to purchase potatoes on the rate fixed by government.
10).Who has been recently selected as the a UN Messenger of Peace ?
a) Dalai Lama
b) Aung San Suu Kyi
c) Desmond Tutu
d) Kailash Satyarthi
e) Malala Yousafzai
Answer: e)
Explanation: UN Secretary General António Guterres has selected Malala Yousafzai as a UN Messenger of Peace, the highest honour bestowed by the UN chief on a global citizen. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric announced that Malala would focus on promoting girls' education worldwide. Malala, also the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, will be officially designated at a ceremony.
11).Which country has recently signed 22 agreements with India in various key sectors ?
a) Israel
b) Japan
c) Bangladesh
d) Gambia
e) Nepal
Answer: c)
Explanation: : Following PM Narendra Modi's meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, the two countries signed 22 agreements in various key sectors. PM Modi announced a Line of Credit of Rs.3,213.5 crore for Bangladesh's defence procurement and Rs.28,921 crore for projects in priority sectors. India would partner Bangladesh in the goal of power for all by 2021, he added.
12).Name the Indian-American person who is recently appointed as the 'IP czar' of US by US President Donald Trump ?
a) Satish K. Tripathi
b) Vishal Amin
c) Alok Bhargava
d) Muzaffar Alam
e) Rakesh Jain
Answer: b)
Explanation: President Donald Trump has tapped Indian-American Vishal Amin as his new 'IP czar' to coordinate US law-enforcement strategy around copyright, patents and trademarks. The White House said that Amin has been nominated to be the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator in the Executive Office of the President as Trump made a number of key administrative appointments.
13).In which city does India's first NBA Basketball School opened recently ?
a) New Delhi
b) Bangalore
c) Nagpur
d) Mumbai
e) Kolkata
Answer: d)
Explanation: The National Basketball Association (NBA) has launched the first NBA Basketball School in Mumbai. The school is part of NBA's initiative of a network of tuition-based basketball development programmes, open to international male and female players aged between 6 to 18. Additional NBA Basketball Schools will be launched in India and around the world in the coming months.
14).Which sports board has recently got membership approval from Indian Olympic Association ?
a) Boxing Federation of India
b) All India Football Federation
c) Indian Rugby Football Union
d) Futsal Association of India
e) Handball Federation of India
Answer: a)
Explanation: The Indian Olympic Association, IOA, has granted affiliation to the Boxing Federation of India, BFI. The affiliation ends a logjam that goes back to September last year when BFI took charge of the sport after elections conducted in the presence of International Boxing Association, AIBA, and Sports Ministry observers. With this, the BFI now becomes the fully recognised body for Indian boxing, having already been granted affiliation by AIBA and the Sports Ministry. BFI chief Ajay Singh told PTI that he welcomes the grant of affiliation by the IOA.
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