Q.1. Who among the following has been appointed as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), becoming the first woman to head a paramilitary force?
(1) Omita Paul
(2) Kavery Banerjee
(3) Archana Ramasundaram
(4) Vijayalakshmy K. Gupta
(5) Sujata Mehta
Ans: (3) Archana Ramasundaram
Q.2. Recently Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Inaugurated the IREPS. What does IREPS stand for?
(1) Indian Rural E-Procurement System
(2) Indian Railways E-Procurement System
(3) Indian Railways E-Purchase System
(4) Indian Railways E-Procurement Solution
(5) Info Rail E-Procurement System
Ans: (2) Indian Railways E-Procurement System
Q.3. What is the name of the Google’s parent company, which left behind the Apple as the most valuable company in the world in terms of market capitalisation?
(1) Accenture
(2) Alienware
(3) Sprint
(4) Alphabet
(5) Razer
Ans: (4) Alphabet
Q.4. The Reserve Bank of India has kept the policy rates unchanged in its --------------- bi-monthly monetary policy.
(1) second
(2) third
(3) fourth
(4) fifth
(5) sixth
Ans: (5) sixth
Q.5. Who among the following has been appointed as a Senior Director for the Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group at the World Bank?
(1) Dhanendra Kumar
(2) Saroj Kumar Jha
(3) Subhash Chandra Garg
(4) S. Jaishankar
(5) Deepak Mohanty
Ans: (2) Saroj Kumar Jha
Q.6. Who has been appointed as the Secretary of Ministry of Tribal Affairs?
(1) Shyam S. Agarwal
(2) Anil Swaroop
(3) R. Vijay Kumar
(4) Shailesh Nayak
(5) Ranglal Jamuda
Ans: (1) Shyam S. Agarwal
Q.7. Song Young-han defeated American star Jordan Spieth to win SMBC Singapore Open title. He belongs to:-
(1) Japan
(2) China
(3) S. Korea
(4) Thailand
(5) Taiwan
Ans: (3) S. Korea
Q.8. Which agency of the government of India has entered into two bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) with United Kingdom, recently?
(1) Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)
(2) Enforcement Directorate (ED)
(3) Department Of Economic Affairs (DEA)
(4) Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
(5) Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Ans: (4) Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
Q.9. Chinese authorities have named an asteroid after 2015 Nobel winning scientist Tu Youyou. She has been awarded the Nobel Prize in the field of-
(1) Physiology or Medicine
(2) Chemistry
(3) Peace
(4) Literature
(5) Economics
Ans: (1) Physiology or Medicine
Q.10. In which among the following states the foundation stone of Borehole Geophysics Research Laboratory (BGRL) was laid down at Karad to understand Earthquakes Mechanism in the Koyna Region?
(1) Karnataka
(2) Kerala
(3) Maharastra
(4) Rajasthan
(5) Gujarat
Ans: (3) Maharastra
Q.11. Which of the following neighbours of India has approved the draft of a proposed Citizenship Law, 2016 expanding scopes for dual citizenship for its expatriate citizens?
(1) Bhutan
(2) Nepal
(3) Myanmar
(4) Pakistan
(5) Bangladesh
Ans: (5) Bangladesh
Q.12. To which among the following province of China the World Bank has approved a loan of 100 million US dollars to help build a clean energy heating system?
(1) Tianjin
(2) Shanxi
(3) Hebei
(4) Liaoning
(5) Jilin
Ans: (3) Hebei
