genral knowladge (part-5)

(1).India has recently donated how much amount to UN Peace Building Fund (PBF)?

[A] $4 Lakh

[B] $5 Lakh

[C] $6 Lakh

[D] $8 Lakh

Answer:

[B] $5 Lakh


(2).Who has been appointed as the new Attorney General of India?

[A] P J Thomas

[B] M N Krishnamani

[C] K K Venugopal

[D] Rohington Nariman

Answer:

[C] K K Venugopal

(3).Which of the following Indian American personalities will be honoured with the 2017 “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” award?

[A] Shantanu Narayen and Vivek Murthy

[B] Sunder Pichai and Hari Sreenivasan

[C] Bharati Mukherjee and Vikram Malhotra

[D] Satya Narayan and Vikram Murthy

Answer:

[A] Shantanu Narayen and Vivek Murthy

(4).Who has been appointed as the new Economic Relations Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)?

[A] Vinesh Rathore

[B] Madhu Tamble

[C] Kirti Singh

[D] Vijay Gokhale

Answer:

[D] Vijay Gokhale

(5).Who has taken charge as the new Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)?

[A] Rajiv Jain

[B] RK Pachnanda

[C] Dineshwar Sharma

[D] Krishna Chaudhary

Answer:

[B] RK Pachnanda

(6).India’s first-ever mega textiles trade event “Textiles India 2017” has started in which city?

[A] Surat

[B] Ahmedabad

[C] Gandhinagar

[D] Rajkot

Answer:

[C] Gandhinagar

(7).Who will lead the Indian delegation in the 12th G20 Summit-2017?

[A] Ajit Doval

[B] Jitendra Singh

[C] Sushma Swaraj

[D] Narendra Modi

Answer:

[D] Narendra Modi

(8).Who has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh?

[A] Debashish Panda

[B] Rajiv Kumar

[C] Prashant Trivedi

[D] Anurag Srivastava

Answer:

[B] Rajiv Kumar

(9).Which Indian state has been conferred with the award of excellence at the 2nd Global Skill Development Summit (GSDM – 2017)?

[A] Uttar Pradesh

[B] Uttarakhand 

[C] Assam

[D] Manipur

Answer:

[B] Uttarakhand 

(10).Which union minister has launched a new training programme “COMMIT” for State Government officials?

[A] Jitendra Singh

[B] Ravi Shankar Prasad

[C] Arun Jaitley

[D] Prakash Javadekar

Answer:

[A] Jitendra Singh

(11).Who has been appointed as the new chairman of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)?

[A] Rajesh Shah

[B] Poonam Mahajan

[C] Jatinder V Sehgal

[D] Sunil Sethi

Answer:

[A] Rajesh Shah

(12).The Election Commission of India (ECI) has colloborated with which social media platform to launch nationwide “Voter Registration Reminder”?

[A] Twitter

[B] Facebook

[C] Instagram

[D] YouTube

Answer:

[B] Facebook

(13).Which Indian state is hosting the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships?

[A] Jharkhand

[B] Maharashtra

[C] Odisha

[D] Tamil Nadu

Answer:

[C] Odisha

14.Which country has officially started building the world’s first forest city?

[A] Japan

[B] Singapore

[C] Bhutan

[D] China

Answer:

[D] China

(15).Which country to host the 12th edition of G20 summit?

[A] Germany

[B] France

[C] Italy

[D] Japan

Answer:

[A] Germany

(16).Which Indian sportsperson will be conferred with the East Bengal football club’s highest honour “Bharat Gaurav”?

[A] Dhanraj Pillay

[B] Mary Kom

[C] Pusarla Venkata Sindhu

[D] Sachin Tendulkar

Answer:

[A] Dhanraj Pillay

(17).What is the India’s rank in the 2017 Social Progress Index (SPI)?

[A] 88th

[B] 93rd

[C] 105th

[D] 65th

Answer:

[B] 93rd

18.The first-ever International MSME Day 2017 has celebrated on which day?

[A] June 28

[B] June 26

[C] June 27

[D] June 25

Answer:

[C] June 27

(19).The Uttar Pradesh government has signed how much amount of ADB loan for improving roads in the state?

[A] Rs 2,550 crore

[B] Rs 2,750 crore

[C] Rs 1,150 crore

[D] Rs 1,950 crore

Answer:

[D] Rs 1,950 crore

(20).Which committee has been constituted by BCCI to study contentious issues in implementing Lodha panel reforms?

[A] Amitabh Choudhary committee 

[B] T.C. Mathew committee 

[C] Rajeev Shukla committee 

[D] C.K. Khanna committee

Answer:

[C] Rajeev Shukla committee