11 February 2017

January 2017 - Current Affairs [100 MCQs] - Part 2

21. Which committee has recently submitted report on Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) act to the Union Government?
(A) N K Singh committee
(B) H R Khan committee
(C) N R Madhav committee
(D) H Devaraj committee
Answer: N K Singh committee
22. ‘Digital Dakiya’ scheme has been launched by which state government to encourage cashless transactions?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Odisha
(D) Assam
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
23. Who was the Chief Guest for the 2017 Republic Day of India?
(A) Mohammadin bin Zayed Al Nahyan
(B) Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
(C) Mirza Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
(D) Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan
Answer: Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
24. What is the India’s rank in the Corruption Perception Index 2016?
(A) 66th
(B) 82nd
(C) 79th
(D) 112th
Answer: 79th
25. What is the theme of the National Youth Festival 2017 in India?
(A) Power of Digital India
(B) Celebrating Diversity in Unity
(C) Youth for Digital India
(D) India Youth for Skill, Development and Harmony
Answer: Youth for Digital India
26. The International conference for peace talks between Israel and Palestinians was held in which city?
(A) Geneva
(B) Washington
(C) Paris
(D) Berlin
Answer: Paris
27. The book 'The Untold Vajpayee: Politician and Paradox' has been authored by whom?
(A) Arun Shourie
(B) Chaudhary Devi Lal
(C) Lal Krishna Advani
(D) Ullekh NP
Answer: Ullekh NP
28. Which of the following Kalvari-class Scorpene stealth submarines has been launched recently for sea trials?
(A) Sindhughosh
(B) Khanderi
(C) Arihant
(D) Vela
Answer: Khanderi
29. India’s first transgender school ‘Sahaj International’ has started at which place?
(A) Mayapur in West Bengal
(B) Thrikkakara in Kerala
(C) Mawlynnong in Meghalaya
(D) Chowki Motipura in Rajasthan
Answer: Thrikkakara in Kerala
30. Which operation has been launched by the Income Tax Department to track deposits post demonetisation?
(A) Operation Track Black Money
(B) Operation Clean Money
(C) Operation Clean Deposits
(D) Operation Track Money
Answer: Operation Clean Money
31. Who has been bestowed with the highest peace time gallantry decoration Ashok Chakra on the 68th Republic Day of India?
(A) Nirbhay Singh
(B) Harpreet Sandhu
(C) Hangpan Dada
(D) Kapil Yadav
Answer: Hangpan Dada
32. Which national leprosy awareness campaign has been organised by the Union Government on 2017 Anti Leprosy Day?
(A) Samarth campaign
(B) Saath campaign
(C) Sparsh campaign
(D) Sandesh campaign
Answer: Sparsh campaign
33. Karang, which has become India’s first cashless island, is located in which state?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Manipur
(C) Kerala
(D) Mizoram
Answer: Manipur
34. What is the India’s rank in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2017?
(A) 88th
(B) 63rd
(C) 57th
(D) 92nd
Answer: 92nd
35. The book ‘The Future of India’ has been authored by whom?
(A) Bimal Jalan
(B) C Rangarajan
(C) Y Venugopal Reddy
(D) Bipin Ganatra
Answer: Bimal Jalan
36. The 13th edition of National Ice Skating Championship 2017 has started in which of the following city?
(A) Manali
(B) Gurugram
(C) Shimla
(D) Gandhinagar
Answer: Gurugram
37. What is the India’s GDP growth forecast rate for FY 17, as per ‘World Economic Outlook’ report of International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
(A) 6.6%
(B) 7.1%
(C) 6.2%
(D) 6.5%
Answer: 6.6%
38. India’s first international stock exchange ‘India International Exchange’ has been set up in which city?
(A) Gandhinagar
(B) Mumbai
(C) Pune
(D) New Delhi
Answer: Gandhinagar
39. Which Indian personality has been honoured by US Embassy for Tuberculosis (TB) awareness?
(A) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
(B) Sushma Swaraj
(C) Amitabh Bachchan
(D) Sachin Tendulkar
Answer: Amitabh Bachchan
40. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Tata Sons?
(A) Natarajan Chandrasekaran
(B) Noel Tata
(C) Indra Krishnamurthy
(D) Nowroji Saklatwala
Answer: Natarajan Chandrasekaran

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