CURRENT AFFAIRS 1. Union government launched Mission Fingerling to achieve the targets of... 1) Blue Revolution 2) Green Revolution 3) Yellow Revolution 4) Brown Revolution 5) Golden Revolution 2. To cater the needs of banana growers, foundation stone of Banana Research Centre laid down on 2017, March 11 th at Gorole, Vaishali in... 1) Kerala 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Andhra Pradesh 4) Tamil Nadu 5) Bihar 3. Union Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh elected to Loksabha from Purvi Champaran constituency in... 1) Bihar 2) Himachal Pradesh 3) Karnataka 4) Gujarat 5) UP 4. Which state launched 'nasha mukt' (addiction - free) campaign from liquor and tobacco products? 1) Maharashtra 2) Manipur 3) Bihar 4) Chhattisgarh 5) Jharkhand 5. In which state, three crore people from 38 districts formed 11,400 km-long Human chain created the Guinness world record to support the liquor ban? 1) Assam 2) Rajasthan 3) Haryana 4) Bihar 5) Arunachal Pradesh 6. World's first 'Gender Literature Festival' held in... 1) New Delhi 2) Jaipur 3) Patna 4) Ranchi 5) Jaipur 7. Patna, the capital of Bihar is on the banks of which river? 1) Ganges 2) Godavari 3) Krishna 4) Narmada 5) Brahmaputra 8. Bihar Chief Minister is Nitesh Kumar and the governor is... 1) Keshari Nath Tripathi 2) Ramnath Kovind 3) Draupadi Murmu 4) B.D. Tandon 5) Krishna Kanth Paul 9. Which of the national park / wild life sanctuary not located in Bihar? R-23-3-17 1) Valmiki National Park 2) Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary 3) Sundarban National Park 4) Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary 5) Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary
10. As per the Mercer's Quality of Living Survey 2017 released on 2017, March 14 th which city ranked as the world's top most city offering the highest quality of life? 1) Vienna 2) Munich 3) Zurich 4) London 5) Baghdad 11. As per the Mercer's Quality of Living Survey 2017, which is the best city in terms of living standards among Indian cities? 1) Hyderabad 2) Bangalore 3) Pune 4) Lucknow 5) Mumbai 12. As per 2017 Global Corruption Barometer for the Asia Pacific Region released by Transparency International, which country has the highest bribery rate among the 16 Asia Pacific countries? 1) India 2) China 3) Pakistan 4) Japan 5) Vietnam 13. Only one Indian Institute got slot among the top 10 Best Small Universities in the World 2017, as per the ranking by the Times Higher Education. It is... 1) IIT Kharagpur 2) IIT Mumbai 3) India institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad 4) Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi 5) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 14. Which International Monetary Organization agreed to provide loan for the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar (RUMS) project in Madhya Pradesh? 1) New Development Bank 2) Asian Development Bank 3) World Bank 4) AIIB 5) International Monetary Fund 15. Rewa Ultra Mega Solar (RUMS) project become India's first solar power project of the country to receive a loan under CTF. In this context, CTF stands for... 1) Clean Terrestrial Fund 2) Clean Terrace Fund 3) Clean Technology Fund 4) Core Technology Fund 5) Clean Tire Fund 16. Deendayal Rasoi Yojna, to provide food at subsided rate to the poor in urban areas launched by... 1) Gujarat 2) UP 3) Assam 4) MP 5) Manipur 17. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on 2017, March 13 th confirmed a lifetime ban on Sergei Portugalov, a sports doctor for his role in providing illicit substances to athletes. He belongs to... 1) USA 2) France 3) Denmark 4) UK 5) Russia 18. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) headquarters located at... 1) New York, USA 2) Vienna, Austria 3) New Delhi, India 4) Moscow, Russia 5) Lausanne, Switzerland
19. Brazil open 2017 won by Pablo Cuevas. He belongs to... 1) France 2) Uruguay 3) USA 4) UK 5) Australia 20. Which tennis player won 2017 Mexican Open men's single event? 1) Rafael Nadal (Spain) 2) Novok Djeckovick 3) Sam Querrey (USA) 4) Jamie Murray (Brazil) 5) Leander Paes (India) 21. Which brand won the sponsorship rights for Cricket Team India for a period of 5 years? 1) Sahara 2) Samsung 3) Oppo Mobile 4) Jio 5) Paytm 22. First independent chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) resigned from the post on 2017, March 15 th is... 1) Shashank Manohar 2) Zahir Abbas 3) David Richerdson 4) Vinod Rai 5) Sunil Gavaskar 23. 2017 National Billiards and Snooker Championship on 2017, January 24 th won by? 1) Yasin Merchant 2) Pankaj Advani 3) Brijesh Damani 4) Rupesh Shah 5) Peter Gilchrist 24. 22 nd edition of the Asian Athletics Championship will held in the month of July 2017 at... 1) Hyderabad 2) Bhubaneswar 3) Chennai 4) Ranchi 5) Pune 25. Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations held on the... 1) second Tuesday in March 2) second Wednesday in March 3) second Monday in March 4) second Friday in March 5) second Thursday in March 26. What is the theme of the 2017 Commonwealth Day? 1) Team Commonwealth for us 2) Commonwealth to let out Freedom 3) A peace-building Commonwealth 4) Inclusive Commonwealth of All 5) Gigantic Commonwealth in Force 27. Commonwealth Secretary - General is... 1) Amjad Hussain Bsial 2) Kamalesh Sharma 3) Patricia Scotland 4) Antonio Guterres 5) Nicolas Moros
28. World Wildlife Day observed on...? 1) 1 st March 2) 2 nd March 3) 3 rd March 4) 5 th March 5) 10 th March 29. Theme of the 2017 World Wildlife Day 2017 is... 1) Protect the Wild Life 2) It's Time To Get Serious About Wildlife Crime 3) No to killing of Wild Life 4) Sustainable Development of Wildlife 5) Listen To The Young Voices 30. National Defence Day observed on... 1) 1 st March 2) 2 nd March 3) 14 th March 4) 3 rd March 5) 5 th March 31. World Consumer Rights Day observed on... 1) 13 th March 2) 24 th March 3) 15 th March 4) 18 th March 5) 20 th March 32. Theme of World Consumers day 2017 is... 1) Beware Consumer! Your Rights are not keep quiet 2) Consumer is King of the Market always 3) Consumer for the Cash less Payments 4) The government is for the rights of Consumer 5) Building a digital world consumers can trust 33. In India, National Consumers Right Day was observed every year on... 1) 24 th October 2) 24 th November 3) 24 th January 4) 24 th December 5) 24 th February 34. Which committee constituted by the Union Government for strengthening border protection on Indo - Pakistan Border? 1) Bhagath Singh Koshyari 2) M.B. Shar 3) Madhukar Gupta 4) Vinod rai 5) Abhinav Bhindra 35. Government of India appointed working group to recommend legal and policy framework to protect the interests of the migrants in India. Who is the head of this Working Group? 1) Sumit Bose 2) A. Partha Mukhopadhay 3) Arvind Panagariya 4) Aravind Subramanyam 5) Prakash Chandra 36. Who is the head of the committee submitted report to review FRBM (Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management) Act? 1) S. Padmanabhan 2) Raghu Ram Rajan 3) N.K. Singh 4) Dr. Urjit R. Patel 5) Arvind Pangariya
37. NTPC commissioned 45 MW of solar power plant at Bhadla in... 1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Haryana 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Rajasthan 5) Assam 38. NTPC declared it started power generation from India's largest floating solar power plant at Kayamkulam located in...? 1) Tamil nadu 2) Gujarat 3) Jammu and Kashmir 4) Kerala 5) Jharkhand 39. 2016 Saraswati Samman conferred on which Konkani author for his famous book 'Hawthan'? 1) Shankha Ghosh 2) Mahabaleshwar Sail 3) Surinder Verma 4) Veerendra Kumar 5) Viswanath Satyanarayana 40. Fifth edition of the mega cultural festival India by the Nile' (IBN) began in... 1) Cairo, Egypt 2) New Delhi, India 3) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4)Washington, USA 5) Johannesburg, South Africa 41. Third ship of the four follow-on Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) INS Tillanchang commissioned on 2017, March 9 th at Karwar in... 1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Lakshadweep 3) Maharashtra 4) Goa 5) Karnataka 42. Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) handed over by DRDO to Indian Army is... 1) Dhanush 2) Pinaka 3) Swathi 4) Aakash 5) Druva 43. Polly Umrigar Award conferred on... 1) Virat Kohli 2) Ashwin 3) Chateswar Pujara 4) Rohit Sharma 5) Karun Nair KEY 1-1; 2-5; 3-1; 4-3; 5-4; 6-3; 7-1; 8-2; 9-3; 10-1; 11-1; 12-1; 13-5; 14-3; 15-3; 16-4; 17-5; 18-5; 19-2; 20-3; 21-3; 22-1; 23-2; 24-2; 25-3; 26-3; 27-3; 28-3; 29-5; 30-4; 31-3; 32-5; 33-4; 34-3; 35-2; 36-3; 37-4; 38-4; 39-2; 40-1; 41-5; 42-3; 43-1. Writer: A. Veeraswamy