Q.1) Saudi Arabia’s King Salman held talks with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo and signed a new agreement between which state energy companies, building on an existing $6 billion plan to expand Indonesia’s biggest refinery?
a) Saudi Aramco and Tamimi
b) Balubaid and Olayan Group
c) Saudi Aramco and Pertamina
d) Olayan Group and Al Shoula Group
e) Pertamina and Al Shoula Group
Q.2) What is the minimum amount charged by HDFC, ICICI, Axis Bank per transaction for deposits and withdrawals after 4 free transactions per month?
a) Rs.100
b) Rs.120
c) Rs.150
d) Rs.130
e) Rs.75
Q.3) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) signed a technology transfer agreement with which company for manufacturing a High Nitrogen Steel?
a) Bajaj Steel Industries
b) Jindal Stainless Limited
c) Visa Steel Limited
d) JSW Steel Limited
e) Vizag Steel
Q.4) India’s biggest telecom service provider Bharti Airtel signed an agreement with which Company, planned a strategy to reach the network evolution to 5G services and Internet-of-Things (IoT) in India. To overcome Reliance Jio fast internet service?
a) Microsoft
b) IBM
c) TCS
d) Nokia
e) Sony
Q.5) Which Bank has provided $1-billion loan to Maharashtra for development programme in the areas of urban transport and climate resilient agriculture, over the next 2-3 years?
a) Asian Development Bank
b) World Bank
c) IMF
d) New Development Bank
e) African Development Bank
Q.6) Reliance General Insurance (RGI), tied up with which bank to offer its general insurance products over 1.5 million customer base spread across its 430 branches in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra?
a) United Bank of India
b) Repco Bank
c) Federal Bank
d) South Indian Bank
e) Catholic Syrian Bank
Q.7) Which of the following organisation has successfully carried out a test of an interceptor missile(endo-atmospheric missile), can intercept missiles at ranges of 15-30 km, launched from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast in response to an incoming ‘enemy’ missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur?
a) SDSC-SHAR
b) ISRO
c) DRDO
d) SAC
e) VSSC
Q.8) Who has been banned for two years by FIFA ethics committee being an unethical conduct?
a) Amos Adamu
b) Robert Guérin
c) Daniel Burley
d) Jules Rimet
e) Arthur Drewry
Q.9) Name the state government, had extended the mid-day meal scheme for girls up to class 12, reportedly making it the first state in the country?
a) New Delhi
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Gujarat
d) Odisha
e) Bihar
Q.10) World Bank CEO paid a visit to Asia’s largest slum Dharavi in Mumbai. Who is CEO of World Bank?
a) Christine Lagarde
b) Kristalina Georgieva
c) K V Kamath,
d) Hiroshi Naka
e) None of these
Q.11) Which state government is planning to launch an airline, aims to bring a global exposure to the upcoming city and boost the state’s aviation sector?
a) Telangana
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Maharashtra
d) Gujarat
e) West Bengal
Q.12) Who announced her retirement from tennis because of a chronic shoulder injury at the age of 29?
a) Anna Smashnova
b) Julia Glushko
c) Tzipora Linetskaya
d) Shahar Peer
e) Ilana Berger
Q.13) Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova has been given a wildcard to play in the Italian Open in May. She belongs to which country?
a) Australia
b) US
c) India
d) Russia
e) Canada
Q.14) Who won a dramatic gold in the 50-metre free pistol, beating compatriot and qualification leader Amanpreet Singh?
a) Vahid Golkhandan
b) Jitu Rai
c) Zhanyi Xu
d) Jules Rimet
e) None of these
Q.15) Who has been appointed as India’s next Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO)?
a) Deepak Mishra
b) J.S. Deepak
c) Deepak Gupta
d) Deepak Kumar
e) Jagdesh Singh
Q.16) Rihanna has been honoured with the 2017 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year award. She belongs to which field?
a) Actor
b) Singer
c) Professor
d) Scientist
e) Journalist
Q.17) Who has been appointed as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman?
a) C. B. Bhave
b) U K Sinha
c) Ajay Tyagi
d) M. Damodaran
e) Mr. Ashok Chawla
Q.18) John Hampshire passes away recently. He belongs to which field?
a) Sports
b) Journalist
c) Actor
d) Singer
e) Astronaut
Q.19) Using which telescope, NASA unveiled the most detailed map of dark matter distributions within three clusters of galaxies?
a) Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
b) Hubble Space Telescope
c) Femmi Gamma Ray Space Telescope
d) International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE)
e) Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
Q.20) Dwayne Smith announces retirement from international cricket. He belongs to which country?
a) Australia
b) South Africa
c) West Indies
d) Zimbabwe
e) England
