1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his greetings and wished state of _____ and _____ on their Statehood Day in Feb 20 1987. Both the states were Union Territories before being granted statehood?
a) Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur
b) Manipur and Mizoram
c) Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh
d) Meghalaya and Nagaland
e) Punjab and Gujarat
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c) Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his greetings and wished state of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram on their Statehood Day, expressing his desire to see development usher into the states. “Statehood Day greeting to the citizens of Arunachal Pradesh”. Both Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram were granted statehood in 1987.
2) The country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has rebrands its corporate website as ______from sbi.co.in?
a) sbi.com
b) bank.sbi
c) sbi.bank
d) sbibank.com
e) sbibank.in
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b) bank.sbi
he country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has rebranded its corporate website as “bank.sbi” from the earlier sbi.co.in. Bank. Sbi is the highest domain protocol, known as generic top level domain (gTLD).
3) The world famous ‘Khajuraho Dance Festival’ begun in Madhya Pradesh, recently. When did UNESCO inscripted Khajuraho in World Heritage Centre?
a) 1980
b) 1982
c) 1984
d) 1986
e) 1988
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d) 1986
Country’s one of the celebrated cultural events, the 42nd annual Khajuraho Dance Festival will commence in Chhattarpur district .
4) Who is the chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which selects the Peace Prize laureates, has died aged 65 after a long illness?
a) Berit Reiss-Andersen
b) Thorbjørn Jagland
c) Henrik Syse
d) Jacklin Marry
e) Kachi Kullmann
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e) Kachi Kullmann
Kachi Kullmann Five, the chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which selects the Peace Prize laureates, has died aged 65 after a long illness. Kullmann became a member of the Norwegian Nobel committee in 2003, and was elected chairwoman in 2015.
5) Markets regulator SEBI’s has approved to raise Rs. 4,300 crore through Initial Public Offering (IPO), to which company recently?
a) SRB Funds Ltd.
b) IRB InvIT Fund
c) TRS IT Funds
d) ILC Funds
e) None of the above
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b) IRB InvIT Fund
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has given its approval to IRB InvIT Fund, to raise Rs 4,300 crore through an Initial Public Offering (IPO).
6) Name the first Indian sportsperson to ink Rs 100-cr deal for eight years with Puma?
a) M.S. Dhoni
b) Yuvraj Singh
c) Rohit Sharma
d) Suresh Raina
e) Virat Kohli
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7) Which state becomes the top position in sugar production released by Indian Sugar Mill Association?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Arunachal Pradesh
e) Karnataka
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a) Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh is all set to overtake Maharashtra and become the top producer of sugar, going by the latest projection of sugar production released by the Indian Sugar Mill Association, an all India body representing sugar mills from all sugar producing States.
8) Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), it has come up with several digital offerings including launch of which mobile wallet, recently?
a) ‘Oriental Batuaa’
b) ‘Oriental Mob’
c) ‘Oriental Mela’
d) ‘Oriental link’
e) ‘Oriental Happy’
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a) ‘Oriental Batuaa’
The Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) launched a series of digital offerings for its customer which also marks the 75th Foundation Day of the bank. The OBC bank introduced a new version of mobile banking in the form of mobile app under the name ‘Oriental Batuaa’ to provide banking services through app.
9) Microsoft has tied up with which e-commerce company to be partners on ‘cloud’ in Bangalore, recently?
a) Snapdeal
b) Flipkart
c) Alibaba
d) Amazon
e) Myntra
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b) Flipkart
US based IT giant Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Indian electronic commerce company Flipkart Group CEO Binny Bansal has announced a “strategic partnership”.
10) Which movie got the best film award in the 67th Berlin International Film Festival held in Germany?
a) Django
b) Ghost Hunting
c) Summer 1993
d) Small town
e) On Body and Soul
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11) The biography of Hema Malini named ‘Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl’ is penned by _______________.
a) A. Bannerjee
b) Ram Kamal Mukherjee
c) Yash Shukla
d) Gautam Chatterjee
e) R.K. Singh
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b) Ram Kamal Mukherjee
Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl is penned by author-columnist Ram Kamal Mukherjee.
12) Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan have made the entry in IPL 2017 for the first time. They were belonging to which country?
a) Pakistan
b) Australia
c) Afganistan
d) UAE
e) Bangaledesh
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13) Which bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd (DICV) for extending finance to customers for the purchase of commercial vehicles manufactured?
a) Karnataka Bank
b) Canara Bank
c) Bank of Baroda
d) HDFC Bank
e) ICICI Bank
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a) Karnataka Bank
Karnataka Bank has entered into a memorandurm of understanding with Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) Pvt Ltd for extending finance facilities to customers to purchase commercial vehicles manufactured by the company
14) India’s largest software services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has approved a share buyback plan of up to ___, how much amount recently?
a) 15,000 crore
b) 20,000 crore
c) 16,000 crore
d) 25,000 crore
e) None of these
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15) Which mine owned by Tata Steel awarded with Best Green Award at the Global green future leadership awards in Mumbai?
a) Katamati Iron Mine
b) Noamundi Iron Mine
c) Joda Iron Mine
d) Ratnaghri Iron Mine
e) None of these
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a) Katamati Iron Mine
Katamati Iron Mine, owned by Tata Steel, was conferred with the Best Green Organisation of the Year Award at the Global Green Future Leadership Awards in Mumbai. The Global Green Future Leadership Awards, organized by World CSR Day, was honored to Katamati Iron Mine in recognition of its environmental protection measures.
16) Who takes place of Jason Day as golf’s world No1 after winning the PGA Tour’s Genesis Open in Los Angeles?
a) Tustin Johnson
b) Dustin Johnson
c) Tiger Woods
d) Rory Mcllroy
e) Jordan Spieth
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b) Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson has taken over from Jason Day as the No1 player in world golf following his victory at the PGA Tour’s Genesis Open in Los Angeles and it had been quite a journey to reach the peak of his sport.
17) World social Justice Day 2017 theme was “Preventing conflict and sustaining peace through decent work”, World social Justice Day is observed on?
a) Feb 21st
b) Jan 20th
c) Feb 19th
d) Feb 20th
e) Jan 31st
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d) Feb 20th
The United Nations’ (UN) World Day of Social Justice is annually observed on February 20 to encourage people to look at how social justice affects poverty eradication.
18) Which state government has announced allocation of 11,574 acres of land for the construction of Tourism in 9 thematic city?
a) Maharashtra
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Arunachal Pradesh
e) Karnataka
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c) Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh government has allocated lands for the construction of nine thematic cities in the new capital Amaravathi. The government has announced allocation of 11,574 acres of land for the construction of Tourism thematic city in Amaravathi.
19) World Bank arm International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to part-fund the expansion programme of which pharma firm to setting up a green field facility?
a) Lupin Ltd
b) cipla
c) Aurobindo Pharma
d) Ajanta Pharama
e) Granules India Ltd
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e) Granules India Ltd
World Bank arm International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to part-fund the expansion programme of Hyderabad-based pharma firm Granules India Ltd, which includes setting up of a greenfield facility for manufacturing APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients) in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
20) Which country Tops in world’s larger importer of major arms in the last four years in the report released by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute(SIRPI)?
a) US
b) UK
c) Singapore
d) Germany
e) India
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e) India
India increased its arms imports by 43 percent between 2007–11 and 2012–16 which is far greater than the imports by its rivals China and Pakistan.
