1) To provide retail e-payments and help India to push Cashless Economy Bharat QR code was launched recently. Who among the following launched Bharat QR code?
a) Shri R. Gandhi
b) Shri Viral Acharya
c) Shri S.S. Mundra
d) Shri N.S. Vishwanathan
e) Dr. Urjit R. Patel
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a) Shri R. Gandhi
BHIM is a platform designed to make payment through UPI and USSD modes simpler. Indigenous digital payments app BHIM, which the government launched in December 2016 for fast and secure cashless transactions, has recorded 17 million downloads so far, said Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.
2) Which bank has made 13 villages of Karnataka under its jurisdiction as 100 percent digital villages for banking activities?
a) Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank
b) Karnataka bank
c) Karnataka Vikas Grameena bank
d) Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank
e) None of these
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c) Karnataka Vikas Grameena bank
3) Which of the following person was newly appointed as National Security Advisor of The United States of America?
a) James L. Jones
b) Michael T. Flynn
c) Susan Rice
d) Thomas E. Donilon
e) Herbert Raymond McMaste
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e) Herbert Raymond McMaste
4) V Ramakrishnan appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) recently. He has to be replaced by whom?
a) Cyrus Mistry
b) N Ganapathy Subramaniam
c) Ratan Tata
d) N.chandrasekaran
e) Rajesh Gopinathan
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5) India has signed MoU with which country to upgrade a strategic dialogue and to support India’s Nuclear Supply Groups (NSG)?
a) Japan
b) China
c) US
d) South Korea
e) Thailand
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b) China
China and India today held their upgraded strategic dialogue to shore up bilateral ties amid hectic parleys to resolve differences over Beijing’s reluctance to support India’s Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) bid as well as a UN ban on JeM chief Masood Azhar.
6) In which two places, India and Rwanda had concluded a bilateral air services agreement to enable direct flights between them?
a) Kigali and Delhi
b) Gisenyi and Mumbai
c) Kigali and Mumbai
d) Butare and Karnataka
e) Bugesera and Delhi
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c) Kigali and Mumbai
Rwandan Airways will begin direct flights between Kigali and Mumbai in April. The other two MoUs pertained to the setting up of an entrepreneurial development centre in Rwanda and exemption of visa for entry of diplomatic and official passports.
7) Direct-to-home operator Dish TV has tied-up with which private sector lender to provide digital payments through Unified Payment Interface(UPI) to its customers?
a) HDFC Bank
b) Axis Bank
c) Induslnd Bank
d) ICICI Bank
e) Federal Bank
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d) ICICI Bank
Direct-to-home operator Dish TV has tied-up with private lender ICICI Bank for digital payments. This will enhance a new payment method which is another customer-oriented initiative in the DTH industry to recharge through unified payment interface (UPI) transactions by Dish TV India Chief Executive Officer Arun Kapoor.
8) India and Japan recently signed a three agreement to enhance safety purpose between them. It is related to which sector?
a) Air services
b) Railways
c) Shipping
d) Highways
e) None of these
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b) Railways
The Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between Railway Board Chairman A.K.Mittal and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan Vice-Minister Hiroshi Tabata.
9) RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya sets a timeline on Non-Performing Assets to resolve the bad loans in the banks. What is the deadline to resolve this problem?
a) 31st Dec, 2017
b) 30th April, 2017
c) 31st Jan, 2018
d) 28th Feb, 2017
e) 30th June, 2017
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a) 31st Dec, 2017
Newly appointed Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Viral Acharya, said on the way lenders approached the problem of bad loans and set a timeline to resolve the issue. For resolution of stressed assets, he suggested a Private Asset Management Company (PAMC), which would be suitable for sectors to overcome this problem.
10) Which team will be lead by Former India captain M.S. Dhoni for the upcoming Vijay Hazare one day tournament Group-D matches to be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata?
a) Telangana
b) Karnataka
c) Maharashtra
d) New Delhi
e) Jharkhand
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e) Jharkhand
Dhoni had donned Jharkhand colours in the Vijay Hazare tournaments in the last two years without performing the captain’s role.
11) Indigenous digital payments app BHIM, which the government launched in December 2016 for fast and secure cashless transactions, has recorded 17 million downloads. What is full form of BHIM?
a) Bharat Interface for Mobile
b) Bharat Interlink for Money
c) Bharat Interface for Money
d) Bharat Interbank for Money
e) None of these
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c) Bharat Interface for Money
BHIM is a platform designed to make payment through UPI and USSD modes simpler. Indigenous digital payments app BHIM, which the government launched in December 2016 for fast and secure cashless transactions, has recorded 17 million downloads so far, said Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.
12) Which state govt has announced raising pension for differently abled people under Chief Minister’s Disability Pension Scheme?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Andra Pradesh
c) Assam
d) Gujarat
e) Bihar
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a) Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has announced raising pension for differently abled people under Chief Minister’s Disability Pension Scheme. The ensuing budget will see substantial increase in funds for their welfare.
13) Ravi Shankar Prasad launched Cyber Swachhta Kendra in New Delhi for Botnet cleaning and Malware analysis as a part of digital India initiative Cyber Swachhta Kendra. Ravi Shankar Prasad belongs to which Constituency?
a) Hajipuri, Bihar
b) Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh
c) Bihar, Rajya Sabha
d) Himachal Pradesh, Rajya Sabha
e) Haryana, Rajya Sabha
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c) Bihar, Rajya Sabha
Ravi Shankar Prasad launched Cyber Swachhta Kendra in New Delhi for Botnet cleaning and Malware analysis as a part of digital India initiative Cyber Swachhta Kendra.
14) Which Government has proposed to increase the retirement age of university teachers to 65 Years?
a) Bihar
b) Karnataka
c) Andra Pradesh
d) Maharastra
e) Haryana
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e) Haryana
A five-member committee set up the Haryana government to review the standard of higher and technical education in the state has proposed to increase the retirement age of university teachers to 65 years. It has also suggested that the tenure of vice-chancellors be increased from three years to five years or till they attain the age of 70.
15) Diwakar Prasad related to which sports?
a) Table Tennis
b) Cricket
c) Football
d) Boxing
e) Wrestling
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d) Boxing
Diwakar was among the 13 boxers, also including Commonwealth Games medallist Amandeep Singh and WBC Asia welterweight champion Neeraj Goyat, who were signed up by IOS boxing Promotions.
16) International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on 21st February 2017. What is the theme of this year?
a) “Inclusion in and through education: Language counts”
b) “Quality education, language(s) of instruction and learning outcomes”
c) “Mother languages in a multilingual approach are essential components of quality education”
d) “Towards Sustainable Futures through Multilingual Education”
e) None of these
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d) “Towards Sustainable Futures through Multilingual Education”
International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on 21st February. The main purpose of celebrating this day is to promote the awareness of language and cultural diversity all across the world. It was first announced by UNESCO on November 17, 1999.
17) The theme of “World Thinking Day-2017” is “Grow”, when it is observed?
a) Feb 21
b) Feb 22
c) Feb 23
d) Feb 19
e) Feb 18
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b) Feb 22
Each year on February 22, Member Organizations of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) celebrate World Thinking Day. World Thinking Day is a special day to reflect on our global sisterhood in Guiding and to think about issues that are important to girls and women around the world.
18) The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is all set to put the gun on IOC’s shoulder, to decide upon the suggestions aimed towards achieving 50 % female participation in the Summer Olympics in 2020. The Summer Olympics 2020 going to be held at?
a) London
b) Athens
c) Paris
d) Tokyo
e) Beijing
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d) Tokyo
The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is all set to put the gun on IOC’s shoulder, to decide upon the suggestions aimed towards achieving 50 % female participation in the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
19) Who has been appointed as new head of Cauvery Tribunal?
a) Balbir
b) Chauhan
c) Abhay Manohar Sapre
d) N candrasekaran
e) Neeraj Gayat
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c) Abhay Manohar Sapre
he government has appointed Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre of the Supreme Court as chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. He was nominated for the post by Chief Justice J.S. Khehar.
20) The holding company of TCS worth $103-billion Tata group, Which focus on boosting shareholder returns and tightening capital allocation rules. Who has been appointed as chairman of Tata Sons?
a) N Chandrasekaran
b) Rajesh Gopinathan
c) N Ganapathy Subramaniam
d) V Ramakrishnan
e) Ajoyendra Mukherjee
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a) N Chandrasekaran
N Chandrasekaran, who took over as chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the $103-billion Tata group, he will focus on boosting shareholder returns and tightening capital allocation rules.
