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What was the theme of 2017 World Metrology Day observed on May 20? a) Measurements in a Dynamic world b) Measurements in Daily life c) Measurements and Light d) Measurements for Transport Two-part book series "The Quest for a world without hunger" has been written by? a) B. R. Barwale b) M. S. Swaminathan c) Modadugu Vijay Gupta d) Sanjaya Rajaram Who has been appointed as the Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations)? a) Air Marshal Trilochan Singh Brar b) Air Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi c) Air Marshal PN Pradhan d) Air Marshal S. K. Kaul Which of the following companies has received TM Forum’s ‘Digital Service Innovator of the Year Award’ 2017? a) HDFC Bank b) Yes Bank c) Paytm d) Reliance Jio Stanley Greene, who recently passed away, was a renowned? a) Crime reporter b) Politician c) Defence analyst d) Photojournalist Three Indian brands have featured in the list of top 50 luxury goods firms globally. Which of the following is not one of them? a) Gitanjali Gems b) Titan c) Tanishq d) PC Jeweller Which state government has put a blanket ban for an indefinite period on sand mining in one of its rivers? a) Chhattisgarh b) Madhya Pradesh c) Rajasthan d) Jharkhand

LIC recently signed an MoU with which bank? a) Dhanlaxmi Bank b) South Indian Bank c) Federal Bank d) Karnataka Bank Which port trust received two Best Performance Awards from the Ministry of Shipping? a) Mumbai Port Trust b) Vizag Port Trust c) Cochin Port Trust d) Goa Port Trust When was International Day for Biological Diversity observed with the 2017 theme “Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism”? a) May 24 b) May 23 c) May 21 d) May 22 Which football club won the Hero Federation Cup final held in Cuttack? a) Salgaocar b) Mohun Bagan c) Bengaluru FC d) East Bengal How many medals did India bag at the South Asian Junior Table Tennis championship held in Sri Lanka? a) 14 b) 10 c) 16 d) 18 Who has been appointed by The Justice Department as a special counsel to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 US elections? a) Rick Harris b) Ethan Taylor c) Robert Mueller d) Jason Steinmeyer Which company topped the LinkedIn's list of top 25 companies to work for in India? a) KPMG India b) Oracle c) Amazon d) Flipkart

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ISRO and NASA are jointly working to co-develop and launch a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite. The satellite has been named as? a) NISAR b) ROSA c) NASRO d) ISA Which football club won the Spanish league, 'La Liga', held in Málaga, Spain? a) Real Madrid b) Atletico Madrid c) Villarreal d) Barcelona Japan is going to build a war museum in which Indian state where a Japanese camp was located during World War II? a) Andaman & Nicobar b) Nagaland c) Manipur d) Arunachal Pradesh Which company signed an MoU with the Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) to jointly explore how Project Sangam can help enhance skills? a) Microsoft India b) Google c) Facebook d) Dell A report recommending replacing the NTCA with NWCA by 2020 is being discussed by the ministry. The committee which submitted the report was headed by whom? a) Ravi S Prasad b) Raman Kumar Sinha c) Anandi Subramanian d) Yashvir Singh Which team won the gold medal in the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship? a) Norway b) Russia c) Sweden d) Canada What is the name of the environment cartoonist who won the WWF International President’s Award at a ceremony held in Indonesia? a) Sanjeev Kailwoo b) Mehul Verma

c) Rohan Chakravarty d) Dilip Punia UN recently released its first draft of Nuclear Ban Treaty. It requires ratification by how many states to come into force? a 40 b) 25 c) 50 d) 60 India took over which nation to become the second largest steel producer in the world in 2016 as per the data released by IISF? a) UK b) Japan c) US d) China Which Indian cricketer won the International Cricketer of the Year award at the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards 2017? a) R Ashwin b) Virat Kohli c) Ajinkya Rahane d) Ravindra Jadeja "Confessions of a Dying Mind: The blind faith of Athiesm", a philosophical novel on God, has been written by? a) Neeraj Punshi b) Vinayak MS c) Haulianlal Guite d) Rajiv Chaturvedi What is the name of the world's largest aircraft which successfully completed its first test flight? a) GigAir 1 b) Uair 10 c) Airlander 10 d) Gigander-01 IFFCO recently launched its co-branded debit card for farmers in collaboration with which bank? a) Bank of Baroda b) Canara Bank c) Dena Bank d) United Bank of India Which union ministry launched ‘Swachh Bharat App’ with the focus to involve tourists in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan?

May 20th to May 25th 2017

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a) Ministry of Commerce and Industry b) Ministry of External Affairs c) Ministry of Home Affairs d) Ministry of Culture Which squash player won the Nissan Makati Open, a PSA World Tour event held in Philippines? a) Harinder Pal Sandhu b) Ritwik Bhattacharya c) Cyrus Poncha d) Abhay Singh Which state government is going to make Aadhaar cards mandatory for giving state board exams? a) Uttar Pradesh b) Punjab c) Bihar d) Jharkhand A reader titled "Raising Happy Children and Providing Safe Childhoods" has been released by MoWCD. Which union minister holds the charge of the ministry? a) Najma Heptulla b) Maneka Gandhi c) Harsimrat Kaur Badal d) Nirmala Sitharaman The boring of first underwater rail tunnel recently completed ahead of schedule. It is being dug under which river? a) Vrishabhavathi b) Hooghly c) Sabarmati d) Yamuna Which state government is set to launch a 'Shivar Samwad Sabha' to reach out to farmers? a) Andhra Pradesh b) Haryana c) Rajasthan d) Maharashtra RBI is going to reconstitute an oversight committee for? a) Interest monitoring b) Fake currency c) Cyber threats d) Bad loans

Which bank recently launched a national hackathon, named ‘Code For Bank’, to encourage innovative solutions for banking sector? a) UBI b) BoB c) SBI d) PNB Cabinet recently approved abolition of 25-year old FIPB. FIPB stands for? a) Foreign Investment Promotion Board b) Fair Investment Promotion Board c) Financial Interest Promotion Board d) Fixed Investment Promotion Board Union Cabinet recently approved setting up of a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in? a) Manipur b) J&K c) Assam d) Chhattisgarh Paytm Payments Bank has appointed three new board members. Which of the following is not one of them? a) G.S. Sundajaran b) Vishal Setia c) Ash Lilani d) P.V. Bhaskar 18th India-Russia Annual Summit is going to be held in? a) St Petersburg b) New Delhi c) Moscow d) Hyderabad Who has been elected as one of the members of the BWF Athletes' Commission? a) Ashwini Ponappa b) Parupalli Kashyap c) Jwala Gutta d) PV Sindhu 70th World Health Assembly was recently held in? a) Washington DC b) Paris c) Geneva d) New York

May 20th to May 25th 2017

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Kilian Jornet, who recently set the record for the fastest ascent of Mount Everest in alpine style, hails from which country? a) Netherlands b) United States c) Spain d) Germany Who is going to be the new chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM)? a) Gayarul Hasan b) Sulekha Kumbhare c) Sunil Singhi d) George Kurian Three ancient stone sculptures - Seated Buddha, Worshippers of Buddha, and Goddess Pratyangira, put on an exhibition recently, were brought back from which country? a) Australia b) Germany c) UK d) Mexico ‘Startup India Summit’ was recently held in? a) Dhaka b) Colombo c) Abu Dhabi d) New Delhi Which of the following resigned recently from his/her post of the prime minister? a) Bill English b) Sheikh Hasina c) Ranil Wickremesinghe d) Pushpa Kamal Dahal Sir Roger Moore, who recently passed away, is best known for playing which character on silver screen? a) Indiana Jones b) The Joker c) James Bond d) Rambo Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, first African to become the Director General of WHO, hails from which country? a) Nigeria b) Ethiopia c) Kenya d) Tunisia

Which company has developed the recently launched app 'SEVA'? a) SAIL b) BHEL c) NALCO d) CIL 2nd edition of India-OPEC Institutional Dialogue was recently held in? a) Vienna b) New Delhi c) Tehran d) Riyadh Which bank recently launched a trading platform called 'Selfie'? a) HDFC Bank b) Federal Bank c) Citi Bank d) Kotak Mahindra Which singer/band recently broke Adele's record by bagging 13 awards at the Billboard Music Awards 2017 held in Las Vegas? a) The Chainsmokers b) Imagine Dragons c) Drake d) Ed Sheeran Recently released book ‘India 2017 Yearbook’ has been authored by? a) Pradeep Kumar Sinha b) B. K. Chaturvedi c) Rajiv Mehrishi d) Ajit Seth What is the name of India's first information technology (IT) workers' union which is in the process of getting itself registered? a) RITE b) LITE c) NITE d) FITE Madhya Pradesh government has signed an MoU with which IIT to collaborate on the development of a Happiness Index? a) Kharagpur b) Delhi c) Roorkee d) Madras

May 20th to May 25th 2017

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PervasiveSUB, a software that allows deaf and blind to enjoy television content in real time without any intermediaries, has been developed by researchers from? a) Spain b) India c) Japan d) China Novak Djokovic has roped in which legendary tennis player as his new coach? a) Ivan Lendl b) Björn Borg c) Pete Sampras d) Andre Agassi Astronomers have created the first map of the large-scale structure of the universe, based on the positions of which of the following celestial objects? a) Constellations b) Dwarfs c) Nebulae d) Quasars Students from which university have made world's first car made of bio-composite, named 'Lina'? a) Tsinghua University b) Eindhoven University of Technology c) Peking University d) Wasada University Softbank vision fund, which has become world's biggest private equity fund, announced its first close at? a) $93 billion b) $105 billion c) $85 billion d) $78 billion Who won the women's title in Asian Continental Blitz Chess Championship held in Chengdu, China? a) R Vaishali b) Padmini Rout c) Vineeta Gopinath d) Kiran Manisha Mohanty Which Indian-born woman has become the first to be elected as a councillor to the City of London Corporation? a) Nisha Sadhwani b) Arpana Patel c) Sapna Vermani

d) Rehana Ameer Which life insurance provider launched an AI-based email bot called 'SPOK'? a) ICICI Prudential b) HDFC Life c) Aviva Life d) Apollo Munich UNESCO World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development was observed on? a) May 24 b) May 25 c) May 21 d) May 23 Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu recently inaugurated WiFi facility at how many railway stations? a) 45 b) 36 c) 28 d) 17 Who are the two Indian peacekeepers that will be honored with the prestigious UN Dag Hammarskjold Medal awarded posthumously? 1. Brijesh Thapa 2. Ravi Kumar 3. Ranjit Nautiyal 4. Manoj Ahir a) 1 & 2 b) 2 & 3 c) 3 & 4 d) 4 & 1 Who won the gold medals in the ‘junior category’ and the ‘overall championship’ at the first Asia level yoga competition held in Thailand? a) Vaishnavi b) Shreya P c) G Haritha d) Ashwini What is the name of Indian mountaineer who has become the world’s first woman to scale Mt Everest twice in five days? a) Anshu Jamsenpa b) Veda Bhattaram c) Vishesh Rawat d) Ratul Thapa Who has been elected as Iran's president? a) Sadeq Larijani

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b) Ahmad Jannati c) Hassan Rouhani d) Ali Khamenei What is the name of the basic trainer aircraft, the second prototype (PT-2) of which completed its maiden flight recently? a) LHA-30 b) STA-20 c) LCA-15 d) HTT-40 Which of the following country’s archery team won the gold medal in the men’s category in the World Cup held in Shanghai? a) USA b) Iran c) China d) India Researchers in Antarctica have discovered rapidly growing banks of mosses on the northern peninsula of the continent. The study was published in? a) Weather Digest b) Climate c) Current Biology d) Nature Anurag Mehrotra has taken the charge as managing director for the Indian subsidiary of which automobile company? a) Ford b) Volkswagen c) Toyota d) Audi Who has become the first transgender in Pakistan to be officially appointed by the government as a lecturer? a) Faiyazi Baloch b) Aisha Mughal c) Amreen Ayeza d) Sanam Qamar What is the name of the Indian boy who has won the world's largest pre-college science competition in the US in the environmental engineering category? a) Ankit Malhotra b) Deepak Kumar c) Prashant Ranganathan d) Vikas Bopanna

Anti Terrorism Day was observed in India on May 21 to commemorate the? a) Parliament Attack b) Martyrdom of former PM Rajiv Gandhi c) Operation Blue Star d) Bombay Blasts NASA has named a new organism discovered by them on ISS after which Indian personality? a) Kalpana Chawla b) Vikram Sarabhai c) Sunita Williams d) APJ Abdul Kalam How many individuals were conferred with 'Banga Bibhusan', West Bengal’s highest civilian award? a) 7 b) 2 c) 5 d) 9 Which refugee camp has become the world's first to be powered by renewable energy? a) Dagahaley b) Kakuma c) Dadaab d) Azraq Which bollywood actor has won the International Humanitarian Award at the Asian Voice Charity Awards? a) Jacqueline Fernandez b) Deepika Padukone c) Priyanka Chopra d) Sonam Kapoor Who won the Men's singles title at the Italian Open tennis tournament held recently in Rome? a) Sam Wawrinka b) Rafael Nadal c) Alexander Zverev d) Novak Djokovic Mumbai Indians defeated which team to lift the cup of IPL 2017, in the final held in Hyderabad? a) Kolkata Knight Riders b) Rising Pune Supergiant c) Sunrisers Hyderabad d) Chennai Superkings Matthunny Mathews, who recently passed away, was the inspiration of which bollywood film?

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a) Special 26 b) Baby c) Rustom d) Airlift Scientists from which nation have created world's thinnest hologram? a) India b) China d) Australia c) France Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) meet of trade ministers was recently held in? a) Manila b) Phnom Penh c) New Delhi d) Vietnam NRTO was recently listed under the Intelligence Organisations (Restriction of Rights) Act, 1985. N in NRTO stands for? a) Naval b) North c) National d) Nautical Pampa Declaration, a seven-point action plan for conservation of the river Pampa was chalked out recently. The river is located in which state? a) Andhra Pradesh b) Kerala c) Tamilnadu d) Karnataka Which state is going to form 'Good Morning' squads to dissuade people from defecating in the open? a) Gujarat b) Uttar Pradesh c) Maharashtra d) Bihar Donald Trump was recently presented with top civilian honour by which country? a) India b) Cyprus c) Saudi Arabia d) South Korea

Which state has decided to provide grant-in-aid for worship and maintenance of religious institutions through creating fund? a) Rajasthan b) Himachal Pradesh c) Uttarakhand d) Gujarat A first of its kind, environment-friendly toilet made of plastic bottles, has been set up in? a) Jharkhand b) Punjab c) Assam d) Kerala Which renowned academician recently delivered the 3rd lecture of Niti Aayog’s ‘Transforming India’ series? a) Henry Mintzberg b) Robert S. Kaplan c) Michael Porter d) Philip Kotler May 23 has been dedicated to raise awareness on the conservation of? a) Turtle b) Rhinoceros c) Elephant d) Tiger The committee set up on Scouts and Guides has submitted its report to the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. The committee was headed by? a) Arpit Gambhir b) Harsh Malhotra c) Ravi Narain d) Nitin Sikka Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) recently inked a $630 million missile system deal with the aerospace company of which nation? a) Russia b) Japan c) France d) Israel Which bank recently signed an MoU with HDFC Capital Asset Management Ltd? a) Syndicate Bank b) Karnataka Bank c) Canara Bank d) IndusInd bank

May 20th to May 25th 2017

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Where has Paytm Payments Bank opened its first brick-and-mortar branch? a) Bengaluru b) Kochi c) Mumbai d) Noida PM Narendra Modi recently suggested renaming which port trust after Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay? a) Tuticorin Port Trust b) Mangalore Port Trust c) Kandla Port Trust d) Kolkata Port Trust What is India's rank in the internal displacement as per the Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) 2016? a) 12th b) 1st c) 9th d) 3rd Who is the author of the book "Winning like Virat: Think & Succeed like Kohli"? a) Abhirup Bhattacharya b) Rahul Bora c) Avishek Ray d) Rupam Mitra What is the name of the technology road show recently organized by UN Environment in Agra? a) Sea2Energy b) Energy2Ozone c) Ozone2Climate d) Climate2Sea The bag used by NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong to collect the first moon dust samples is expected to fetch how much amount at an auction scheduled in July? a) $1 million b) $4 million c) $5 million d) $3 million Shuva Mandal has been appointed as the Group General Counsel by? a) Hindustan Unilever b) ITC Group c) Reliance Group d) TATA Sons

Why city's police has recruited world's first 'robocop'? a) New York b) London d) Dubai c) Beijing What is the name of world’s smallest republic that has become the sixth country to ratify the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Framework pact? a) San Marino b) Monaco c) Tuvalu d) Nauru Which union minister recently launched phase one of BSNL's satellite phone service for government agencies? a) Mahesh Sharma b) Jayant Sinha c) Manoj Sinha d) Anant Geete MEA, MeitY and MHRD recently launched the integration of “eSanad” with CBSE’s digital academic repository called? a) Patra Manjusha b) Parinam Manjusha c) Pramaan Manjusha d) Pariksha Manjusha Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM) was recently held in? a) Jaipur b) Kota c) Jodhpur d) Jaisalmer As per a study by the School of Planning and Architecture which Indian airport is the least accessible when travelling by car? a) Chennai b) Mumbai c) Delhi d) Bangalore In a first in Asia, which country's top court has ruled in favour of same-sex marriage? a) Philippines b) Japan c) Taiwan

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d) Singapore Who has become the first amputee to swim a 20-kilometre stretch of the Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba? a) Ahmed Ali b) Omar Hegazy c) Khaled Ghaffour d) Emad Aby Which of the following has not been elected as one of the mayors of Delhi's civic corporations? a) Divya Rathi b) Preeti Aggarwal c) Kamaljeet Sehrawat d) Neema Bhagat Union Cabinet recently approved amendment of Central Road Fund Act, 2000 to allocate how much per cent of the Central Road Fund (CRF) for National Waterways (NWs)? a) 4.5% b) 3.5% c) 1.5% d) 2.5% Which state's Chief Minister recently launched an anti-encephalitis campaign in 38 districts? a) Uttar Pradesh b) Rajasthan c) Karnataka d) Madhya Pradesh Which city has been ranked the world’s most densely populated by World Economic Forum (WEF)? a) Medellin b) Dhaka c) Mumbai d) Manila Which company is going to host the Asian Junior Tennis Championship 2017? a) Amul b) HCL c) Jio d) Hero Union Cabinet recently approved India's Joint Declaration of Intent regarding cooperation in the sector of alternative medicine with which country? a) Canada b) Netherlands

c) Malaysia d) Germany Ebix Inc. has acquired 80% stake in which payments services firm for Rs 800 crore? a) PayU b) EBS d) ItzCash c) Pay Pan Which team won the UEFA Europa League? a) Celta Vigo b) Lyon c) Ajax d) Manchester United May 23 has been dedicated by the UN to which of the following injuries that can occur during childbirth? a) Perineal tearing b) Pre-eclampsia c) Obstetric fistula d) Hemorrhaging Union Cabinet recently gave its nod to signing of a pact with which nation in the field of organ and tissue transplant? a) Singapore b) US c) Italy d) Spain A rare Arisaema translucens flower was recently rediscovered in the western Nilgiris after 84 years. It is commonly called? a) Keelback Lily b) Cobra Lily c) Python Lily d) Rattle Lily FSSAI has permitted addition of vegetable fats in chocolates to a maximum of? a) 7% b) 2% c) 5% d) 10% Which state has launched e-plant clinics to provide guidance to the farmers? a) Maharashtra b) Uttar Pradesh c) Jammu & Kashmir

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d) Tamil Nadu RBI recently allowed which of the following to install ATMs, issue debit cards and issue prepaid payment instruments like mobile wallets? a) NBFC b) Co-operative Banks c) Micro finance companies d) All of the Above Which social networking site has launched a new, customisable Direct Message Card that can be used by businesses? a) Twitter b) Facebook c) LinkedIn d) Google Government has made how many government officers retire in the past few months for non-performance as per the Union minister Jitendra Singh? a) 173 b) 152 c) 85 d) 129 Puducherry government recently presented a tax-free budget of ₹ 6,945 crore for 2017-18. Who holds the finance portfolio in the UT? a) V. Narayanasamy b) A. Namassivayam c) Malladi Krishna Rao d) M Kandasamy BHEL recently commissioned the 3rd unit of the 1,980 MW Prayagraj super thermal power project. It is located in? a) Rajasthan b) Uttar Pradesh c) Maharashtra d) Odisha Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)? a) Rajan Anandan b) Deep Kalra c) Kunal Shah d) Dilip Shanghvi Union Cabinet has given its approval to raising of bonds of how much amount for renewable energy?

a) Rs 3,120 crore b) Rs 2,970 crore c) Rs 1,580 crore d) Rs 2,360 crore Which company is the highest ranked Indian firm in Forbes magazine's 'Global 2000' list this year? a) HDFC Bank b) ONGC c) State Bank of India d) Reliance Industries Lenin Moreno recently swore in as the president of? a) Ecuador b) Costa Rica c) Colombia d) Venezuela Yusuff Ali featured on the Forbes Middle East annual rankings for the top 100 Indian business owners. He is the MD of which company? a) UAE Exchange b) Lulu Group c) NMC Healthcare d) Stallion Group Government recently imposed anti-dumping duty on which of the following? a) Aluminium foil/radiators from China b) Certain Glass from Iran c) Amoxicillin from China d) All of the above Which of the following organizations is going to adopt UN health agency's recommendations to register and publicly disclose results of all clinical trials they fund? a) National Institute for Research b) Central Council of Indian Medicine c) Medical Council of India d) Indian Council of Medical Research What is India’s rank in the International Tourist Arrivals (ITAs) ranking as per the latest United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Barometer? a) 24 b) 35 c) 46 d) 57

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Jaipur Literature Festival was recently inaugurated in? a) Ottawa b) London c) New Delhi d) Tokyo Bibiana Steinhaus, who became the first-ever woman referee in Bundesliga, hails from which country? a) France b) Spain c) Sweden d) Germany CBDT recently signed how many unilateral APAs with the taxpayers? a) 2 b) 5 c) 7 d) 4 GST Council has finalised tax on cable TV and Direct-To-Home (DTH) services in the tax bracket of? a) 12% b) 18% c) 5% d) 28% A study is to be commissioned to define and structure a Common Risk Mitigation Mechanism (CRMM) for solar power generation projects under the aegis of ISA. Who is the head of ISA? a) Zeid Hussian b) Irina Bokova c) John Danilovich d) Upendra Tripathy