Current Affairs - Current Affairs

Exercise : Daily Current Affairs
  • March 3, 2017 Current Affairs
1.
What is the theme of 2017 World Hearing Day (WHD)?
Ear care can avoid hearing loss
Make listening safe
Childhood hearing loss: act now, here is how!
Action for hearing loss: make a sound investment
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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2.
Who has won the 2017 Polly Umrigar Award for International Cricketer of the Year?
Ajinkya Rahane
Virat Kohli
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Ravichandran Ashwin
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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3.
Who of the following was recently appointed as the Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?
Arjun Bahadur Thapa
Abul Ahsan
Amjad Hussain B Sial
Sheel Sharma
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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4.
The 2017 International Yoga festival started in which state?
Uttarakhand
Madhya Pradesh
Jharkhand
Bihar
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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5.
Identify the former President of the USA, who authored the book Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors.
George W Bush
Jimmy Carter
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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6.
Which university has bagged Visitors' Award for 'Best University 2017'?
Central University of Himachal Pradesh
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
Tezpur University
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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7.
Who was conferred with the 2017 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year award?
Aung San Suu Kyi
Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Thorbjorn Jagland
Bishop Desmond Tutu
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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8.
Following the murder of North Korean leader's brother Kim Jong Nam at an airport, which country has decided to cancel visa-free entry for North Koreans?
Malaysia
Thailand
Japan
Taiwan
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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9.
Who is the author of the book "Mr and Mrs Jinnah: The Marriage that Shook India"?
Teesta Setalvad
Bertil Falk
Sheela Redddy
Audrey Truschke
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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10.
Who was elected as the first Prime Minister of Sudan since 1989?
Omar Hassan al-Bashir
Hassan Saleh
Mohamed Al Hassan
Fadl el-Sayed Shuiab
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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11.
How much penalty will be imposed on banks if they refuse to exchange soiled or scribed currency notes from people, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
Rs. 10,000
Rs. 15,000
Rs. 5,000
Rs. 20,000
Answer: Option
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12.
Which Indian grandmaster has won bronze at 2017 Women's World Chess Championship?
Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
Padmini Rout
Harika Dronavalli
Koneru Humpy
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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13.
The week long Swachh Shakti Saptah was inaugurated in which state?
Gujarat
West Bengal
Haryana
Assam
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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14.
Which committee has submitted its' report to the Union Government to protect the interests of the migrants?
Partha Mukhopadhay committee
N K Singh committee
R.V. Easwar committee
Madhukar Gupta committee
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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15.
Which state government has made Sanskrit compulsory up to class VIII in all classes?
Tamil Nadu
Assam
Manipur
Kerala
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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16.
Which state government has signed MoU with Invest India to encourage start ups?
Kerala
Assam
Tamil Nadu
Odisha
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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17.
Which of the following freight sector initiatives was/were launched by the Union Government to transform the Indian Railways?
Long Term Tariff Contracts and Agreements
Double Stack Dwarf Containers
Indian Railway's Business Plan 2017-18
All the Above
Answer: Option
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18.
This city has retained its number one position in the annual city governance ranking ASCIS 2016.
Bengaluru
Chennai
Jaipur
Thiruvananthapuram
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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19.
Which country to build its' first national under water observatory in disputed South China Sea?
China
Vietnam
Malaysia
Brunei
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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