A combined heat and power plant by China-Russia JV started operations in which Russian province?
1.Siberia
2.Verkhoyansk
3.Yaroslavl
4.None of the above
According to PAC report, which state has secured the first rank for the second consecutive year in the public affairs index
1.Kerala
2.Karnataka
3.TN
4.WB
How many cities from 44 nations have joined UNESCO Creative Cities Network?
1.74
2.54
3.64
4.84
How many organisations won the NSCI Safety awards 2016?
1.69
2.70
3.71
4.72
India and the US have strengthened bilateral security ties under ATA. What does stand for?
1.Anti Double Taxation Assistance
2.Anti Terrorism Assistance
3.Anti Trade Curbs Assistance
4.None of the above
India and which country have explored ways to enhance defence cooperation?
1.Oman
2.Saudi Arabia
3.Syria
4.None of the above
India and which country held deliberations for legal processes and procedures on extradition?
1.UK
2.EU
3.UAE
4.US
India and which country inked a pact to boost economic cooperation?
1.Croatia
2.Malaysia
3.Indonesia
4.Crimea
India has committed how much in soft loans to Nepal?
1.USD 350 million
2.USD 360 million
3.USD 370 million
4.None of the above
India has signed a civil aviation security MoU with
1.Australia
2.US
3.UK
4.Canada
India held high level consultations on counter-terrorism with which country on 1st Feb 2017?
1.Russia
2.China
3.Pakistan
4.Bangladesh
India signed a MoU with which country on 20th June 2017 for technology collaboration between DST and FASIE?
1.Sweden
2.Netherlands
3.Denmark
4.Russia
India UAE trade is set to hit $100 billion by
1.2019
2.2020
3.2021
4.2022
Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy has won which of the following awards?
1.Fields Medal
2.Pulitzer Prize
3.Ramon Magsaysay Award
4.PLuS Alliance Prize
Jitu Rai and Heena Sindhu won amedal in 10m ISSF World Cup air pistol event
1.Silver
2.Bronze
3.Platinum
4.None of the above
Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail has been honoured with which award for his novel Hawthan?
1.National Literary Award
2.Saraswati Samman
3.Pulitzer
4.None of the above
MGNREGA annual award has been given to which district in AP?
1.Medak
2.Madurai
3.Vizag
4.None of the above
MoU in shipping was approved by Union Cabinet on March 15 2017 with
1.Bangladesh
2. Pakistan
3.Nepal
4.Sri Lanka
National Sports Awards include which of the following?
1.Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
2.Dhronacharya Awards
3.Dhyan Chand Award
4.All of the above
NITI Aayog in partnership with MyGov and which international body announced Women Transforming India Awards 2017?
1.United Nations
2.World Health Organisation
3.Food and Agricultural Organisation
4.International Womens Association
SAIL-ASP has won which award on 29th Nov, 2017?
1.Best Performance Vendor 2017
2.Best Steel Products 2017
3.Most Profitable Vendor 2017
4.Most Progressive Vendor 2017
SCO was joined by which two nations in June 2017?
1.India, Sri Lanka
2.India, Bangladesh
3.India, Nepal
4.India, Pakistan
SSA was signed to improve investment inflows between India and which country ratified on 24th Feb 2017?
1.Germany
2.Spain
3.France
4.Italy
US is setting up which missile defence system in South Korea
1.THAAD
2.TMAAD
3.TCAAD
4.None of the above
West Bengal has conferred the Mahanayak Samman 2017 award to which veteran actress/es?
1.Moon Moon Sen
2.Shakuntala Barua
3.Roopa Ganguly
4.Only a and b
What is Samudra Pavak?
1.Pollution Control vessel series of ICG
2.Nuclear testing vessel series of ICG
3.EEZ surveillance vessel
4.Both a and c
What is the award conferred to senior citizens for helping the elderly announced by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment called?
1.Vayoshreshtha Samman
2.Samoohik Samman
3.Shreshtha Samman
4.Kartavya Samman
What is the Goldman Environmental Prize also known as?
1.Green Noble
2.Alternative Noble
3.Social Noble
4.Right Livelihood Award
What is the highest civilian award in Australia called?
1.Legion DHonneur
2.Order of the Rising Sun
3.Order of Australia
4.Star of David
What is the Nobel Prize in Economics also known as?
1.The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
2.The Gunnar Myrdal Prize in Economic Sciences
3.The Knut Wicksell Prize in Economic Sciences
4.The Bertil Ohlin Prize in Economic Sciences
When was the Nobel prize for science literature and peace first awarded?
1.1901
2.1903
3.1907
4.1919
When were the Banga Samman awards instituted?
1.2010
2.2012
3.2011
4.2014
When were the Hindi Sevi Samman awards instituted?
1.1979
2.1989
3.1969
4.1959
Where has the first air corridor between India and a neighbouring nation been inaugurated in June 2017?
1.Afghanistan
2.Pakistan
3.Uzbekistan
4.Tajikistan
Where is the famous Sri Ranganathanaswamy temple located?
1.Kerala
2.Karnataka
3.Tamil Nadu
4.Andhra Pradesh
Which Airline company won the award for the Best Low-Cost Airline in Asia at SKYTRAX 2017 World Airline awards?
1.AirAsia
2.Jet Airways
3.SpiceJet
4.GoAir
Which airports secured top ranks in the category of 2-5 million passengers in ACI-ASQ survey?
1.Jaipur
2.Mumbai
3.Both a and b
4.Srinagar
Which author has been awarded the title Companion of Honour on Dec 12, 2017?
1.JK Rowling
2.Charlotte Bronte
3.Roald Dahl
4.Jane Austen
Which author known for his novel The Remains of the Day won the Nobel Literature Prize?
1.Haruki Murakami
2.Ngugi wa Thiongo
3.Kazuo Ishiguro
4.VS Naipaul
Which avid cartoonist - conversationist won the International Presidents award 2017?
1.Rohan Chakravarthy
2.Rohan Singh
3.Rohan Mehta
4.Rohan Mistry
Which award has Hollywood actor Emma Watson received, marking the first time for such an award?
1.Genderless Acting Award for Best Actor
2.Genderless Acting Award for Best Actress
3.Genderless Acting Award for Best Supporting Actor
4.Genderless Acting Award for Best Supporting Actress
Which award was jointly conferred by AICTE and ECI for the first time in Sept 2017?
1.Chhatra Vishwakarma awards
2.Vishwakarma Chhatra awards
3.Chhatra Sankalp awards
4.Sankalp Chhatra awards
Which Bengali cine figure has been selected for the highest French civilian honour
1.Soumitra Chatterjee
2.Moon moon Sen
3.Satyajit Ray
4.Mouni Roy
Which company has received the TM Forum Digital Service Innovator of the Year Award 2017?
1.Reliance Jio
2.Reliance Communications
3.Verizon
4.Ericsson
Which company won the AIMA Indian MNC of the Year award?
1.Hero MotoCorp
2.Hero Cycles
3.Maruti
4.Nissan
Which cricketer received the Garfield Sobers Trophy in March 2017?
1.Ajinkya Rahane
2.Viraat Kohli
3.Mahindra Singh Dhoni
4.Ravichandran Ashwin
Which FB Group got the Swachchta Award for Voluntary Citizen action in Sept 2017?
1.My Delhi Keep It Clean
2.My India Keep It Clean
3.My Mumbai Keep It Clean
4.My Chennai Keep It Clean
Which film has won the Jury Prize for Best Film at the Hong Kong International Film Festival?
1.Newton
2.Stalin
3.NTR
4.None of the above
Which filmmaker has won the National Award Padma Shri and Bharat Gaurav award
1.Madhur Bhandarkar
2.Sanjay Leela Bhansali
3.Satyajit Ray
4.Karan Johar
Which Former PM was selected Indira Gandhi Prize for peace, disarmament and development for his leadership of the country between 2004 and 2014?
1.Pranab Mukherjee
2.Sonia Gandhi
3.Atal Behari Vajpayee
4.Manmohan Singh
Which higher educational institutions have won the Swachhta Rankings 2017 awards?
1.O. P. Jindal Global University Sonipat
2.Chitkara University Kalu Jhanda (Barotiwala) Solan
3.K.L.E. Academy of Higher Education and Research Belgaum
4.All of the above
Which Indian origin women veterans of the South African Freedom struggle were awarded the Order of Luthuli in Silver?
1.Fatima Meer, Shantie Naidoo
2.Ela Gandhi, Fatima Meer
3.Shantie Naidoo, Ela Gandhi
4.None of the above
Which Indian sports icon received the Fellowship award at the 7th Asian Awards on 8th May 2017?
1.Sachin Tendulkar
2.Sunil Gavaskar
3.Anil Kumble
4.Kapil Dev
Which Indian sportsperson will be conferred the Bharat Gaurav on August 1 2017?
1.Dhanraj Pillay
2.Bhaichung Bhutia
3.PT Usha
4.Anil Kumble
Which Indian veteran actor, playwright is to be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest?
1.Amol Palekar
2.Naseeruddin Shah
3.Girish Karnad
4.Anupam Kher
Which Indian woman cricketer won the Sydney Thunder Women Player of the Year Award?
1.Harmanpreet Kaur
2.Mithali Raj
3.Harmanpreet Raj
4.Mithali Kaur
Which is the third prize in the Nobel series to be announced?
1.Physiology
2.Physics
3.Medicine
4.Chemistry
Which ministry has been judged the best department for contributing to the Swachchta Pakhwada?
1.Ministry of Women and Child Development
2.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
3.MoEF
4.MoD
Which Mumbai based organisation won the Young Innovators Challenge 2017 hosted by 3M and CII?
1.Mimaansa
2.Muskaan
3.CRY
4.Vruti
Which musical artist(s) won the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration?
1.TM Krishna
2.AR Rahman
3.MS Subbulakshmi
4.All of the above
Which national award winning actress was selected for the 2017 Prem Nazir award?
1.Sharada
2.Shabana Azmi
3.Moon Moon Sen
4.Rekha
Which new Goodwill Ambassador has been appointed for saving a boat full of refugees?
1.Ishat Mardini
2.Aaliyah Mardini
3.Yusra Mardini
4.None of the above
Which noted Odiya writer and poet received the Moortidevi Award in 2013 for his book Vamsha?
1.Haraprasad Das
2.Hariprasad Das
3.Harinath Das
4.Harisingh Das
Which of the following is true about INSA?
1.It stands for Indian National Science Academy
2.INSA Young Scientists Award is considered to be the highest recognition of promise ,c
3.It chose 30 scientists for the award in April 2017
4.All the above
Which of the following were Kirti Chakra Awardees for 2017?
1.Major Preetam Singh
2.Havildar Giris Gurung
3.All the above
4.Both a and b
Which playback singer is called Meera of the modern India?
1.Kavitha Krishnamurthy
2.Alka Yagnik
3.Vani Jairam
4.Sunidhi Chauhan
Which port bagged the national award for excellence in cost management by ICAI in July 2017?
1.VO Chidambaranar port
2.Haldia port
3.Jawaharlal Nehru Port
4.Mundra Port
Which port container terminal won the Gateway award 2017 for activities to ease congestion?
1.JNPCT
2.JNTCT
3.Kandla
4.Vizag
Which public service award was conferred on Planned Parenthood a health organisation on 6th Sept 2017?
1.Lasker Award
2.Nobel prize
3.Breakthrough Prize
4.The Shaw Prize
Which veteran Bollywood actor received the Pramod Mahajan Smriti award in Pune on Oct 29 2017?
1.Anupam Kher
2.Shayra Banu
3.Both a and b
4.Both a and c
Which website has been launched to honour gallantry award winners since Independence on Aug 15 2017?
1.www.gallantryawards.gov
2.gallantryawards.gov.in
3.gallantryawardees.gov.in
4.gallantryawards.in.gov
Which well known writers won the Kalinga Literary Awards?
1.Anand Neelakantan
2.Hariprasad Das
3.Paramita Satpathy
4.All of the above
Which wildlife conservation award is also known as the Green Oscars?
1.Ramon Magsaysay award
2.Whitley Award
3.Green Nobel
4.None of the above
Which writer has honoured with Indian of the Year award in June 2017?
1.Preeti Shenoy
2.Arundhati Roy
3.Tuhin Sinha
4.Amish
Which year did the first Emmy awards ceremony take place?
1.1950
2.1951
3.1952
4.1949
Which yoga institute won the PMs award for outstanding contribution for development and promotion of yoga?
1.RIMYI Pune
2.Anandmayee Maa Math pune
3.Chinmaya Mission
4.Art of Living
Who has been awarded the Infosys award in the category of engineering and computer science?
1.Sanghamitra Bandopadhyaya
2.Ananya J. Kabir
3.Ritabrata Munshi
4.Upinder Singh Bhalla
Who has been awarded the Transformative Chief Minister award by USIBC for 2017?
1.Chandrababu Naidu
2.Yogi Adityanath
3.Capt. Amarinder Singh
4.None of the above
Who has been chosen for the Great Immigrants The Pride of American Award 2017?
1.PayPal co-founder Max Levchin
2.Adobe Chief Shantanu Narayen
3.Only a and b
4.All of the above
Who has been conferred the Jnanpith award on April 27 2017?
1.Sankha Ghosh
2.Satyajit Ray
3.Satyajit Ghosh
4.Sankha Ray
Who has been honoured with the Bhupen Hazarika National Award 2017?
1.Yeshe Dorji Thonshi
2.Yeshe Dojo Thongshi
3.Yeshe Dohi Thongshi
4.None of the above
Who has been honoured with the USIBC Transformative CM award?
1.Manohar Parrikar
2.Chandrababu Naidu
3.Cpt. Amarinder Singh
4.Yogi Adityanath
Who has been named Times Person of the Year?
1.The Silence Breakers
2.President Donald Trump
3.President Xi Jinping
4.Prime Minister Narendra Mod
Who has received the NTR National award for 2012?
1.SP Balasubramanyam
2.Hema Malini
3.Both of the above
4.Neither of the above
Who has won the AM Turing Award in 2017?
1.Steve Jobs
2.Alan Greenspan
3.Tim Berners Lee
4.Linus Torvald
Who has won the Ballon dOr award 5 times among the following soccer aces?
1.Cristiano Ronaldo
2.Lionel Messi
3.Both a and b
4.Both b and c
Who has won the Dinanath Mangeshkar Award 2017 for his film Dangal?
1.Irfan Khan
2.Salman Khan
3.Shah Rukh Khan
4.None of these
Who has won the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in the US in May 2017?
1.Prashant Gopalkrishnan
2.Prashant Gopalnathan
3.Prashant Ranganathan
4.None of the above
Who has won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar for 2016?
1.Satyabrata Rout
2.Subrata Roy
3.Subrata Rout
4.Satyabrata Roy
Who is known as the Father of Indian Cinema?
1.Dadasaheb Phalke
2.Satyajit Ray
3.Soojit Sircar
4.Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Who is the first African American woman to win an Emmy for best comedy writing?
1.Lena Waithe
2.Mara Brock Akil
3.Madeline Andersen
4.Jenny Lumet
Who is the first Asian scientist to be chosen for the Von Hippel Award for materials research?
1.MS Swaminathan
2.CNR Rao
3.Amartya Sen
4.CV Raman
Who is the largest G20 investor in India?
1.Japan
2.China
3.UK
4.None of these
Who was chosen to receive the UNESCO Freedom Prize on March 30 2017?
1.Dawit Isaak
2.Barbara Walters
3.Bob Woodward
4.Christiane Amanpour
Who was honoured with the Presidents Tatrakshak Medal for 2017?
1.DIG Suresh Chand Tyagi
2.DIG Surendra Singh Dasila
3.Comdt Abdul Sadek Ali
4.Asst Comdt Panneerselvan Sasiselvan
Who won the 2017 Avvaiyar award?
1.Padma Venkataraman
2.Padma Srinivasan
3.Padma Rajan
4.Padma Menon
Who won the National Award for the Best Actor for the first time in 2017?
1.Akshaye Khanna
2.Akshay Kumar
3.Ranveer Singh
4.Ranbir Kapoor
Who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine from these?
1.Jeffrey C. Hall Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young
2.Yoshinori Ohsumi
3.Only a and
4.All the above
Who won the Presidents correctional service medal for distinguished service in 2017?
1.Smt A Prameela Bai
2.Shri Subhash Chander Batra
3.All the above
4.Only a and c
Who won the Raksha Mantri award for excellence in performance?
1.HAL
2.SAIL
3.NALCO
4.None of the above