1).Name the American singer and song writer who recently accepts his Nobel Prize for literature ?
a) Ray Charles
b) Bob Dylan
c) Elvis Presley
d) Hoyt Axton
e) Philip Bailey
Answer: b)
Explanation: American singer and song writer Bob Dylan has finally accepted his Nobel Prize for literature, more than three months after the awards ceremony. Swedish media reported he received his medal at a private event in Stockholm before a scheduled concert in the city. No further details were given. Swedish Academy officials previously said Dylan would not deliver his Nobel lecture, a traditional condition of receiving 900,000 dollars, prize money, at the event.
2).Which Indian tennis player won Leon Challenger Tour tennis tournament's men's doubles trophy along with Canadian Adil Shamasdin ?
a) Mahesh Bhupathi
b) Somdev Devvarman
c) Leander Paes
d) Rohan Bopanna
e) Yuki Bhambri
Answer: c)
Explanation: : Leander Paes today won his first title of the season, combining with Canadian Adil Shamasdin to lift the Leon Challenger Tour tennis tournament's men's doubles trophy after a straight-set win in Mexico. Paes and Shamasdin defeated Luca Margaroli (Switzerland) and Caro Zampieri (Brazil) 6-1, 6-4 in the title clash at the hard court event. With this win, Paes clinched his 20th ATP Challenger title. Paes has now won at least one title every year for the past 26 years.
3).Name the Kenyan athlete who won the Prague Half Marathon by breaking four world records ?
a) Joyciline Jepkosgei
b) Linford Christie
c) Kevin Durant
d) Caitlyn Jenner
e) Jesse Owens
Answer: a)
Explanation: Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei broke four world records to win the Prague Half Marathon on Saturday. Running her fifth half marathon, Jepkosgei completed the 21.1-kilometre distance in one hour, four minutes and 52 seconds, 14 seconds quicker than the previous world record. She also broke the 10 km, 15 km and 20 km world records in the race.
4).Which of the following bank is not in the Merger list of SBI ?
a) State Bank of Hyderabad
b) State Bank of Mysore
c) Punjab & Sindh Bank
d) Bharatiya Mahila Bank
e) State Bank of Patiala
Answer: c)
Explanation: Five associates and the Bharatiya Mahila Bank became part of the State Bank of India today, catapulting the country's largest lender to among the top 50 banks in the world. State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Travancore, besides Bharatiya Mahila Bank merged with SBI.
5).In which state does the India's longest road tunnel of 9.2 km inaugurated recently between Chenani - Nashri ?
a) Punjab
b) Haryana
c) Nagaland
d) Mizoram
e) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer: e)
Explanation: The Prime Minister will today dedicate to the nation, India's longest road tunnel, built on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. The 9.2 km long Chenani - Nashri Tunnel will reduce travel time between Jammu and Srinagar by upto two hours. It achieves a distance-reduction of 31 kilometres, bypassing snow-bound upper reaches.
6).Which state electricity board has hiked the power tariff by an average of 9.48% for 2017-18 fiscal year?
a) Maharashtra
b) Odisa
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Manipur
e) Jharkhand
Answer: c)
Explanation: The Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC) has hiked the power tariff by an average of 9.48% for 2017-18 fiscal year. In the Industrial category, the hike is 5.02% and in the agriculture category, the hike is 13.18%. Furthermore, in domestic consumer category, the hike is 7.83% whereas, in the non-domestic category, the hike is 7.55%.
7).How much fund has been sanctioned by central government for the development of the tourism sector in Assam ?
a) Rs.88 crore
b) Rs.85 crore
c) Rs.76 crore
d) Rs.98 crore
e) Rs.110 crore
Answer: d)
Explanation: The Centre has sanctioned 98 crore rupees for the development of the tourism sector in Assam. Participating in the Namami Brahmaputra festival in Guwahati this evening, Tourism minister Mahesh Sarma said that Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal did excellent work by organizing the event. The minister has announced another two crore rupees from the Centre for the festival. He said that rivers are the resources of the economic progress. He said that Guwahati is the gateway of the North East. The minister also announced to take step for the development of 12 religious places of Assam including the Kamakhya.
8).Which country has participated naval exercise along with South Korea, Japan aimed at ensuring effective response to the North Korea's submarine threats ?
a) Australia
b) North Korea
c) Russia
d) United States
e) New Zealand
Answer: d)
Explanation: South Korea, Japan and the United States are holding a three-day joint naval exercise from today. South Korea's Defence Ministry said, the exercise is aimed at ensuring effective response to the North Korea's submarine threats, including the submarine-launched ballistic missiles and to demonstrate the three countries' strong determination.
9).Who has been recently appointed as Madras High Court's Chief Justice ?
a) D.B. Bhosale
b) Indira Banerjee
c) Manjula Chellur
d) Hemant Gupta
e) Rajendra Menon
Answer: b)
Explanation: Justice Indira Banerjee was on 31 March 2017 appointed as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court. Presently, she is serving as the judge of the Delhi High Court. She succeeds Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, who was transferred to the Supreme Court in February 2017. With this, Justice Banerjee became the second woman to head the Madras High Court. Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar was the first lady to head the charted court in 1992.
10).Name the Indian shuttler who won India Open 2017 title ?
a) Saina Nehwal
b) Jwala Gutta
c) PV Sindhu
d) Chetan Anand
e) Ashwini Ponnappa
Answer: c)
Explanation: Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu defeated the Rio gold medal winner and Spanish shuttler Carolina Marin in straight sets to clinch her maiden India Open title on Sunday. The world number five Indian shuttler took 46 minutes to clinch the final by 21-19, 21-16. Notably, this was Sindhu's 4th win against the 23-year-old Spaniard in nine attempts.
11).In which state does 19th commonwealth forestry conference held ?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Haryana
c) Assam
d) Gujarat
e) Nagaland
Answer: a)
Explanation: In Uttarakhand, 19th commonwealth forestry conference will begin today at Forest Research Institute in Dehradun. About 500 delegations including scientists, academicians, forest officers, representatives of the governments, industries, and research and conservation agencies from India and abroad are attending the 5-day event. More from our correspondent: Uttarakhand Governor Dr. K.K. Paul will inaugurate the 19th Commonweath Forestry Conference at the FRI in Dehradun today. The 5-day conference is being organized on the theme ‘Forests for Prosperity and Posterity’.
12).Which country has recently approved Bitcoin as currency ?
a) Brazil
b) Thailand
c) Canada
d) Italy
e) Japan
Answer: e)
Explanation: A new Japanese law that defines cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin, Ripple, Litecoin and others, as a legal payment method has come into force in Japan. According to the new law, all virtual currency exchanges are to be regulated by the Japanese Financial Services Agency. They must also be registered with the financial watchdog and must verify identities of customers opening accounts.
13).Which Indian airlines company announced free air tickets for patients with rare disease ?
a) SpiceJet
b) Jet Airways
c) GoAir
d) Air India
e) Air Carnival
Answer:d)
Explanation: Air India on Sunday announced that it gave free round-trip tickets to three patients from Bangladesh who are suffering from a crippling disease. The move came after a Mumbai-based neurosurgeon offered to treat the patients, aged 8, 14 and 24, as their family was seeking euthanasia. The three suffer from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a disorder that causes progressive muscle degeneration.
14).Which Indian education institute toped in country's best university in 'India Rankings 2017' list ?
a) IIT Delhi
b) IISc Bangalore
c) IIT Madras
d) IIT Kanpur
e) Jawaharlal Nehru University
Answer: b)
Explanation: The Indian Institute of Science Bangalore has been declared as the country's best university in 'India Rankings 2017' released by HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar. Jawaharlal Nehru University and Banaras Hindu University came second and third respectively. Further, Miranda House was declared as India's best college, followed by Chennai's Loyola College and Shri Ram College of Commerce.
15).In which of Tamil Nadu a new permanent campus building of IIM recently inaugurated ?
a) Chennai
b) Coimbatore
c) Tiruchirapalli
d) Kanyakumari
e) Madurai
Answer: c)
Explanation: Union Human Resources Development Minister Prakash Javadekar will inaugurate a new permanent campus building of IIM Tiruchirapalli through video conferencing today. The first phase of IIM Trichy campus is built at a cost of 330 crore rupees.
16).Under new GST rule tax evasion above how much money is a non-bailable offence ?
a) Rs.7 crore
b) Rs.2 crore
c) Rs.7.5crore
d) Rs.12 crore
e) Rs.5 crore
Answer: e)
Explanation: Tax evasion of over five crore rupees under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime would be non-bailable offence with the police having the authority to make an arrest without a warrant. The Central GST (CGST) Act provides that if the offences relating to taxable goods and/or services where the amount of tax evaded or the amount of input tax credit wrongly availed or the amount of refund wrongly taken exceeds 5 crore rupees, shall be cognizable and non-bailable.
17).Who has been appointed as the new Consul General of Dubai by succeeding Anurag Bhushan ?
a) Surendra Pandey
b) P.K. Sarangi
c) Vipul
d) Soumykanta Chottra
e) K.S.Reddy
Answer: c)
Explanation: Diplomat Vipul, a 1998 batch Indian Foreign Service officer today took up the charge as the new Consul General of Dubai. In a tweet today Mr Vipul said that he looks forward to contribute to India - UAE relations and welfare of the Indian Community. Vipul has succeeded Anurag Bhushan , who returned to New Delhi after a successful stint of three years to take up his assignment at the Headquarters. Before joining the Consulate at Dubai , Mr Vipul was working in the office of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. He had earlier served at India’s diplomatic missions in Sri Lanka and Egypt. He has a good command over the Arabic language.
18).Who won 2017 Miami Open men's singles title ?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Andy Murray
d) Stan Wawrinka
e) Roger Federer
Answer: e)
Explanation: Switzerland's Roger Federer defeated Spanish rival Rafael Nadal in straight sets to clinch his third Miami Open title and his first since 2006 on Sunday. This was Federer's third straight win over Nadal this season, following his wins over the Spaniard in the finals of Australian Open and Indian Wells Masters. Federer now holds a 14-23 win-loss record against Nadal.
19).The new Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and which country got approval from Center ?
a) Serbia
b) Brazil
c) Norway
d) Finland
e) Philippines
Answer: a)
Explanation: The Union Cabinet on 31 March 2017 approved the signing of a new Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Serbia. The approval was given at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Under the new Air Services Agreement, the Indian carriers can operate to any points in Serbia from points in India. Whereas the carriers of Serbia can establish direct operation to four metros - New Delhi, Mumbai and 2 more points to be specified later.
20).Name the tennis player who finished runners-up at the Miami Open women's doubles along with Indian player Sania Mirza ?
a) Elena Vesnina
b) Sanaa Bhambri
c) Martina Hingis
d) Barbora Strýcová
e) Alisa Kleybanova
Answer: d)
Explanation: India's Sania Mirza and her Czech women's doubles partner Barbora Strýcová finished runners-up at the Miami Open after they lost to the unseeded pair of Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan in the final. The Indo-Czech pair, seeded third, lost 4-6, 3-6 to the Canadian-Chinese pair, who were playing their first tournament together and also ousted seeds 2, 4 and 8.
21).Which state Tourism Board has made open live coal mine for tourists to visit ?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Jharkhand
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Mizoram
Answer: b)
Explanation: The Maharashtra Tourism Board has invited tourists to visit a live coal mine in Saoner, Nagpur district. Tourists spend an estimated 45 minutes inside the mine, which is 200 metres below the ground, alongside coal miners. They wear torch helmets and reflective jackets while using a man-riding system to visit the mine.
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