CURRENT AFFAIRS 1. On 2017, March 7 th the National Conference on Jal Kranti Abhiyan was held in... 1) Chennai 2) Kolkata 3) Mumbai 4) Pune 5) New Delhi 2. Jal Gram Yojana is one of the components of Jal Kranti Abhiyan. Under Jal Gram Yojana, how many water stressed villages in each district be selected and a comprehensive water security plan is formulated to achieve water security for these villages? 1) five 2) ten 3) three 4) seven 5) two 3. CCEA (Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs) on 2017, March 6 th approved the proposal for revival of 50 un-served/ under-served airports by the year... 1) 2025 2) 2019 3) 2020 4) 2040 5) 2018 4. Who is the chairman of CCEA? 1) Finance Minister 2) RBI governor 3) Prime Minister 4) Finance Secretary 5) Chief Economic Advisor to Government of India 5. National Action Plan for Children, 2016 (NPAC) focuses on four key areas including survival, health and nutrition, education and development, protection and... 1) Exam Curriculum 2) Clean Environment 3) Neo - Natal cure 4) Participation 5) Bus transport to schools 6. First Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) inaugurated at Mysuru head post office in Karnataka and also at Dahod in... 1) Gujarat 2) Andhra Pradesh 3) Tamilnadu 4) Manipur 5) Arunachal Pradesh 7. Which ID card is made mandatory for students to avail mid-day meals from 2017, June 1 st? 1) PAN card 2) EPF card 3) Aadhar Card 4) Parents PAN card 5) Resident card 8. New Prime Minister of Sudan is... 1) Robert Mugabe 2) Jacob Zuma 3) Unhuru Kenyatta 4) Bakri Hassan Saleh 5) Umad Hassan al-bashir 9. Sudan capital is Khartoum and Sudan Currency is... 1) Franc 2) Dollar 3) Shilling 4) Pound 5) Lira R-16-3-17
10. Which of the following nations do not use Pound as currency? 1) Lebanon 2) England 3) New Zealand 4) Syria 5) Egypt 11. Who was appointed as the new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India in the place of R.Gandhi for the period of three years? 1) Arundhati Bhattacharya 2) Usha Ananthasubramanian 3) B.B.P. Kanungo 4) P.S. Jayakumar 5) Melwyn Rego 12. Who is the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? 1) Ashok Lavasa 2) Sanjiv Sanyal 3) Sushil Chandra 4) Arun Jaitley 5) Shakthikanth Das 13. Which operation was initiated on 2016, December 31 st by Income Tax department for the e-verification of large cash deposits made during the period from 2016, November 9 th to December 30 th? 1) Operation Notes 2) Operation Rs.500 3) Operation Clean Money 4) Operation Currency 5) Operation Bank Deposits 14. Surya Kiran Xi is a joint military exercise of India and... 1) Sri Lanka 2) Pakistan 3) Bangladesh 4) Nepal 5) Malaysia 15. Surya Kiran Xi begun at Pithoragarh in... 1) UP 2) Kerala 3) Rajasthan 4) Uttarakhand 5) Himachal Pradesh 16. AL NAGAH - II is the joint military training exercise of Indian Army and the Army troops of... 1) Oman 2) Yeman 3) Saudi Arabia 4) Brazil 5) Iran 17. AL NAGAH - II on 7 th March 2017 commenced at Bakloh in... 1) Himachal Pradesh 2) Andhra Pradesh 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Karnataka 5) Goa 18. Who was appointed as the Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) (Additional Charge )? 1) K.K. Sharma 2) Rajendra Singh 3) Sudeep Lakhtakia 4) B.S. Dhowan 5) Bipin Rawat 19. 2017 UK - India Year of Culture hosted by Queen Elizabeth II at... 1) Glasgow 2) London 3) Dublin 4) New Delhi 5) Mumbai
20. On 2017, March 7 th to mark the 100 years of... Narendra Modi released Commemorative postage stamp. 1) Vaishnava Peeth 2) Ramkrishana Mutth 3) Yogananda Ashram 4) Sankar Math 5) Yogoda Satsang Math 21. Union Minister of Urban Development and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation M. Venkaiah Naidu elected to Rajya Sabha from... 1) Rajasthan 2) Andhra Pradesh 3) Bihar 4) Delhi 5) Kerala 22. New Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) announced by the government of India to boost the production of... 1) Food grains 2) Fruits and Vegetables 3) Cotton 4) Oil and Gas 5) Onion 23. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won best actress award for her outstanding performance in which film at the International Film Festival and Awards of Australia (IFFAA)? 1) Sarbjit 2) Ae Dil Hai Mushkil 3) Jazbaa 4) Guzaarish 5) Action Replayy 24. On 2017, January 25 th Padma Vibhushan Award conferred on how many recipients? 1) 2 2) 4 3) 10 4) 5 5) 7 25. Padma Vibhushan award 2017 in the field of Art and Music conferred on... 1) K.J. Yesudas 2) Lata Mangeshkar 3) Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair 4) Sadhu Meher 5) Krishna Ram Chaudhary 26. In the field of Science & Engineering, who was conferred with Padma Vibhushan 2017 Award? 1) Jitendra Nath Goswami 2) Prof. Devi Prasad Dwivedi 3) Chintakindi Mallesham 4) Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao 5) Prof. Ajay Kumar Ray 27. Founder of Isha Foundation, who is Yogi, Mystic and spiritual master is the recipient of Padma Vibhushan Award 2017. He / she is... 1) Jaggi Vasudev 2) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 3) Baba Ramdev 4) Matha Amrithnandamayi 5) Sami Lakhmikanthamma
28. Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh conferred with Padma Vibhushan posthumously in the category of Public Affairs. He is... 1) Sunderlal Patwa 2) Ravishankar Shukla 3) Bhagwantrao Mandloi 4) Govind Narayan Singh 5) Nareshchandra Singh 29. Loksabha Speaker between 1996 and 1998 and also ex-chief Minister of Meghalaya conferred with Padma Vibhushan posthumously in the category of Public Affairs. He is... 1) G.M.C. Balayogi 2) P.A. Sangma 3) Darwin Diengdoh Pugh 4) Dr. Flinder Anderson Khonglam 5) B. B. Lyngdoh 30. Murali Manohar Joshi, the ex-union cabinet minister of India conferred with Padma Vibhushan 2017. He represents... 1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Telangana 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Rajasthan 5) Bihar 31. Which of the following ex-chief ministers of Maharashtra conferred with Padma Vibhushan 2017? 1) Devendra Fadnavis 2) Prithviraj Chavan 3) Sharad Pawar 4) Sushilkumar Shinde 5) Vilasrao Deshmukh 32. Which of the following famous Sitar instrument player refused to take Padma Vibhushan on the allegation that 'the selection committees were incompetent to judge his music' in the year 2000? 1) Pandit Ravishankar 2) Ali Akbhar Khan 3) Vilayat Khan 4) Imrat Khan 5) Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee 33. Second - highest civilian award of the Republic of India is... 1) Padma Shri 2) Padma Raaga 3) Jnanpith 4) Padma Vibhushan 5) Maha Vir Chakra 34. Padma Vibhushan Award instituted on... 1) 1954, January 2 nd 2) 1950, January 26 th 3) 1947, August 14 th 4) 1949, November 26 th 5) 1951, April 1 st 35. Satyendra Nath Bose, Nand Lal Bose, Zakir Hussain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk and... are the first recipients of Padma Vibhushan in 1954. 1) Sardhar Vallabhai Patel 2) Moulana Abul Kalam Azad 3) Rao Bhahaddur Ranga Charya 4) V. K. Krishna Menon 5) J. Kripalani
36. On 2017, March 1 st the Audience Award at the Glasgow Film Festival conferred on... 1) Ka Body Scapes 2) Dangal 3) City of Joy 4) Santa Banta Pvt Ltd 5) Lipstick Under My Burkha 37. Who is the director of Film 'Lipstick Under My Burkha'? 1) Rani Sen 2) Madhu Phalker 3) Alankrita Shrivastava 4) Siddhanth Prodey 5) Ramanand Shyam 38. Which festival inaugurated on the occasion of Republic Day celebration on 2017, January 26 th at Red Fort in New Delhi? 1) Prakash Parv 2) Muhurth Parv 3) Bharat Parv 4) Rama Parv 5) Soma Parv 39. Bhagoria Festival of tribal people celebrated in... 1) Assam 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) West Bengal 5) Himachal Pradesh 40. Which country and India signed MoU in the field of Information Technology and Electronics (IT & E) on 2017, January 6 th? 1) Spain 2) UK 3) Portugal 4) USA 5) UAE 41. Portugal capital is... 1) Lisbon 2) Madrid 3) Oslo 4) Stockholm 5) Copenhagen 42. Portugal currency is... 1) Euro 2) Pound 3) Lira 4) Franc 5) Dollar KEY 1-5; 2-5; 3-3; 4-3; 5-4; 6-1; 7-3; 8-4; 9-4; 10-3; 11-3; 12-3; 13-3; 14-4; 15-4; 16-1; 17-1; 18-3; 19-2; 20-5; 21-1; 22-4; 23-1; 24-5; 25-1; 26-4; 27-1; 28-1; 29-2; 30-3; 31-3; 32-3; 33-4; 34-1; 35-4; 36-5; 37-3; 38-3; 39-2; 40-3; 41-1; 42-1. Writer: A. Veeraswamy