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Rules:
Each Question carries 5 marks.

Passing of questions is allowed. The second team getting correct answer will

get 2 marks.

There will be no negative marking.

1. In which of the following state Apple Inc., is starting its
manufacturing operations ?

a)Andhra Pradesh
b)Telangana
c)Maharashtra
d)Karnataka
d) Karnataka
2. Who among the following was appointed as Legislative
Party leader of AIADMK party in Tamil Nadu ?

a)Sasikala Natarajan
b)P Thangamani
c)D Jaya Kumar
d)O Paneer Selvam
a) Sasikala Natarajan
3.With which of the following country India signed MoU for
cooperation in Railway sector ?

a)Germany
b)Italy
c)France
d)Switzerland
b) Italy
4. Who among the following was appointed as Economic adviser
in Union Finance ministry ?

a)S Radha Krishnan

b)Rajesh Thakur
c)Sanjeev Sanyal
d)Ramesh Prasad
c) Sanjeev Sanyal
5.Which state government launched Indias first social
innovation hub ?

a)Karnataka
b)Gujarat
c)Maharashtra
d)Telangana
d) Telangana
6. Who will be the Chairman of the new entity formed by
the merger of Vodafone & Idea ?

a) Vittorio Colao
b) Nick Reed
c) Kumarmangalam Birla
d) Neeraja Birla
c) Kumarmangalam Birla
7. Name of the solar powered launched by Kerala ?

a) Vikram
b) Aditya
c) Apurup
d) Ayyan
b) Aditya
8. On which of the following Country US lifted 20 year
Economic Embargo ?
a)Kenya
b)Zimbabwe
c)Sudan
d)Nigeria
c) Sudan
9. Which team won Ranji Trophy Cricket title for year 2016-
2017 ?
a)Mumbai
b)Delhi
c)Karnataka
d)Gujarat
d) Gujarat
10. Which airlines has announced a partnership with ride-hailing
app Uber to book airport cabs through the jet airways app itself?

a. Vistara Airlines
b. Spice Jet
c. Indigo Airlines
d. Jet Airways
d) Jet Airways
11. Which Bollywood actor has been roped as a new brand
ambassador for promoting Oneplus Smartphone in India?

a) Salman Khan
b) Amitabh Bachchan
c) Shahid Kapoor
d) Aamir Khan
b) Amitabh Bachchan
12. In which of the following state 2017 Yoga festival
began ?

a)Jharkhand
b)Maharashtra
c)Karnataka
d)Uttarkhand
d) Uttarakhand
13. What is the current repo rate as per monetary policy
committee held after budget 2017?

a) 6.25%
b) 6.00%
c) 6.50%
d) 6.75%
a) 6.25%
14. Who is the author of the book titled An era of Darkness: the
British Empire in India?

a) Chetan Bhagat
b) Shashi Taroor
c) Arundhathi Roy
d) Vikram Seth
a) Shashi Taroor
15. Global e-commerce giant Amazon will now ship Amul
products to which nation?

a) USA
b) UK
c) Italy
d) Brazil
a) USA
16. Which department has launched Operation Clean
Money to verify the cash deposited in the banks during Nov
9th till Dec 30th 2016
a) RBI
b) Department of Revenue
c) Department of Economic Affairs
d) Income Tax Department
d) Income Tax Department
17. Who among the following has been appointed as for
the first non-parsi Chairman of Tata Consultancy Service?

a) Rajesh Gopinathan
b) F.C. Kholi
c) Natarajan Chandrasekaran
d) None of these
c) Natarajan Chandrasekaran
18.Which of the following was listed at more than the
double the issue price making it the listing in 13 years?

a) Avenue Supermarts
b) ABB India
c) Sterlite Industries
d) Divis Lab
a) Avenue Supermarts
19.Odisha state government recently signed agreement
with Invest India for which of the following ?

a)To promote start ups

b)To promote Mining
c)To promote Tourism
d)To Promote Fisheries business
a) To promote start ups
20. Which mobile commerce and payments has received
the approval to open a payments bank by RBI?

a) Free charge
b) Paytm
c) Mobikwik
d) None of these
b) Paytm
21. Name the new non-carbonated drink that is launched
by Cola major Coca-Cola India?

a) Coke Zero
b) Vio
c) Fuze tea
d) Aquarius
d) Aquarius
22. Who is elected as the new RBI governor?

a) Raghuram Rajan
b) Subba Rao
c) Urjit Patel
d) Mulayam Singh
c) Urjit Patel
23. Who is present chief minister of UP?

a) Mayavathi

b) Mamatha Banerjee

c) Nitish Kumar

d) Yogi Aditya Nath

d) Yogi Aditya Nath
24. In the transition of Indian economy from 'cash economy'
to 'cashless economy' which of the following is playing a
vital role ?
a) Mobile Phone
b) Plastic money
c) BHIM App
d) Online banking
a)Mobile Phone
25. Which of the following countries recently introduce
Right to Information (RTI) Act ?

a) Nepal
b) Sri Lanka
c) Bhutan
d) Singapore
b) Sri Lanka
26. Which state became the first state to ratify GST Bill?

a) Rajasthan
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Assam
d) Chhattisgarh
c) Assam
27. Who has been roped in as the brand ambassador for
Zeven (an Indian performance sportswear brand co-owned
by Mahesh Bhupathi) ?
a) Ravichandran Ashwin
b) Suresh Raina
c) Ravindra Jadeja
d) Ajinkya Rahane
c) Ravindra Jadeja
28. Which e-commerce giant has been awarded a patent
for launching a giant flying warehouse that would acts as
Launch pad for drones to deliver items within minutes?

a) Walmart
b) Tesco
c) Macys
d) Amazon
d) Amazon
29. Summer Olympic 2020 will be held at -

a) Beijing
b) Tokyo
c) Pyeong Chang
d) Vancouver
b) Tokyo
30. What is the name of the latest Android OS -

a) KitKat
b) Lollipop
c) Marshmallow
d) Nougat
d) Nougat
31. Which team has won maximum number of Indian
Premier League titles ?
a) Mumbai Indians
b) Kolkata knight riders
c) Chennai super kings
d) Royal Challenge Bangalore
c) Chennai super kings
32. Which court ruled that National Anthem must be
played before screening of films on 30th Nov 2016?

a) Delhi High Court

b) Supreme Court
c) Bombay High Court
d) Kolkata High Court
b) Supreme Court
33. What is the current trading range of NIFTY INDEX?

a) 4500-5200
b) 6000-6800
c) 9000-9200
d) 5500-5800
c) 9000-9200
34. Indias first digital and cashless village AKODARA is
located in which state?

a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Maharashtra
d) Gujarat
d) Gujarat
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