Q.1. Who is appointed as the new British High Commissioner in India?
1) Sir James Wilson
2) Sir Dominic Asquith
3) Sir Robert Walpole
4) Sir Osborne Smith
5) Sir Victor Heigle
Ans- (2) Sir Dominic Asquith
Q.2. Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State(IC) for Labour & Employment launched the Common Registration Facility on e-biz Portal, integration of the Annual Return under which Act?
1) The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
2) Employees State Insurance Act, 1948.
3) The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
4) Mines Act 1952
5) Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1946,
Ans- (4) Mines Act 1952
Q.3. Largest Private sector ICICI Bank has signed an MoU with which bank to facilitate the credit-linked subsidy to the eligible home loan borrowers under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana’?
1) NHB
2) SBI
3) HDFC
4) SIDBI
5) HSBC
Ans- (1) NHB
Q.4. The Government has signed ‘Raptor MoU’ - a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on conservation of birds of prey in ______ and ______ .
1) Australia, Indonesia
2) Brasil, Africa
3) Africa, Eurasia
4) Somalia, West Indies
5) Albania, USA
Ans- (3) Africa, Eurasia
Q.5. Recently Which country fired two short-range ballistic missiles on the eastern coast of Wonsan town?
1) Afganistan
2) Iran
3) Iraq
4) Pakistan
5) North Korea
Ans- (5) North Korea
Q.6. Recently Which company has entered into a four-year partnership with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as an associate sponsor for all international matches at home?
1) Hyundai Motor India Ltd
2) Honda Motor India Ltd
3) Hero Motor Corp
4) Maruti Suzuki Ltd
5) Renault Indai Ltd
Ans- (1) Hyundai Motor India Ltd
Q.7. Eight time Grammy Award-winning Brazilian percussionist, _______________- died in Recife, Brazil.
1) Philip Lawrence
2) Wayne Gordon
3) Nana Vasconcelos
4) Charles Moniz
5) Boo Mitchell
Ans- (3) Nana Vasconcelos
Q.8. Which country officially became the 34th member of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)?
1) Bhutan
2) Pakistan
3) Japan
4) China
5) Nepal
Ans- (5) Nepal
Q.9. Which city has been ranked the world's most expensive city to live in According to the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) latest report on worldwide cost of living 2016?
1) Zurich
2) Singapore
3) Mauritious
4) London
5) New York
Ans- (2) Singapore
Q.10.The Cabinet approved scheme worth Rs._____ to provide cooking gas (LPG) connections free of cost to women members of poor households.
1) 5,000 crore
2) 6,000 crore
3) 7,000 crore
4) 8,000 crore
5) 9,000 crore
Ans- (4) 8,000 crore
