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1. Harjit Singh Sajjan, Defence Minister of _____________ Visited India. ?

Canada
USA
Bangladesh
Russia
None of These


2. Hindu Youth Raj Kumar from _________ is among 10 people from across the world to have been selected for 2nd edition of 'Emerging Young Leaders Award' given by USA. ?

India
Nepal
Pakistan
Bangladesh
None of These


3. A ____________ Military Court announced death sentence to Indian Person Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was arrested last year on spying charges.‚  ?

Bangladeshi
Nepali
Sri Lankan
Pakistani
None of These


4. American singer and song writer ____________ accepted 2016 Nobel Prize for literature that he was awarded by in December 2016. He is first song writer to win this award and first American to win Nobel literature prize since Toni Morrison in 1993 ?

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Kurt Vonnegut
Mark Twain
Norman Mailer
Bob Dylan


5. Astronaut _____________ has set a new space record for most days in space by a US astronaut, breaking previous record set by Jeff Williams who had spent total 534 days in space ?

Michael Collins
Buzz Aldrin
Peggy Whitson
Guion Bluford
None of These


6. British Finance Minister _______________ (Also called Chancellor of the Exchequer) visited India -

  1. Participated in 9th UK-India Economic and Financial Dialogue in New Delhi.
  2. India and UK launched joint UK-India Fund, namely a Green Growth Equity Fund which aims to leverage private sector investments from London in green infrastructure projects in India. Both governments will invest up to ‚£120 million each (i.e. totally ‚£ 240 million) in joint fund which will be established under NIIF framework.
Philip Hammond
Boris Johnson
Steven Mnuchin
Rex Tillersen
None of These


7. FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) Banned _________________’s former football Chief Brayan Jimenez for life time over corruption ?

USA
Guatemala
UK
Bolivia
None of These


8. Finance Minister _______________ visited USA.

  1. He Participated in Spring Meetings of World Bank, IMF.
  2. He also participated in Sessions of International Monetary and Finance Committee (IMFC) and of World Economic Leaders (IMFC Plenary).
Arun Jaitley
Prakash Javedkar
Rajnath Singh
Piyush Goyal
None of These


9. Finance Minister of ______________, Giorgi Gakharia visited India and launched Joint Feasibility Study on Free Trade Agreement between both countries ?

Georgia
France
Russia
Germany
None of These


10. Former Governor of ______________ Girish Chandra Saxena Passed Away. ?

Uttarakhand
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
Jammu and Kashmir
None of These


11. India Cricketer _____________ has been appointed as CEO of Gulf Oil India for a Single day ?

Kapil Dev
Suresh Raina
Ravichandran Ashwin
MS Dhoni
None of These


12. Google paid tribute to noted ______________ actor Rajkumar with a special doodle on His 88th birthday on 24 April 2017 ?

Telugu
Kannada
Malayalam
Tamil
None of These


13. Noted _________ Kishori Amonkar passed away ?

Scientist
Writer
Musician
Social Activist
Classical vocalist


14. Italy's Emma Morano, known as world’s oldest woman has passed away at age of 117 years. The title now comes to ___________'s Violet Brown (Age 117 Years). ?

Jamaica
USA
Russia
UK
None of These


15. _______________ pioneer of digital music Ikutaro Kakehashi passed away. He was best known for founding Roland Corporation in 1972 and role in development of Roland drum machines and MIDI standard (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) ?

Chinese
Vietnamese
Indonesian
Japanese
None of These


16. Jonathan Demme, Oscar-winning _______________ director of‚ The Silence of the Lambs, passed away ?

Russian
Chinese
American
Japanese
None of These


17. K Prithika Yashini became India’s first-ever transgender person to become a police official, after becoming sub-inspector in ____________ Police ?

Telangana
Tamil Nadu
Russia
France
None of These


18. Mohd. Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of ___________ visited India. MOUs signed include -

  1. Air Services Agreement.
  2. Development of a Urea and Ammonia Manufacturing Plant.
  3. Cooperation in field of Sports, Mutual Recognition of Educational Qualifications.
  4. Firms of both nations signed 31 pacts with investments of USD 36 billion in sectors including construction, pharma and education, Hydrocarbons.
Thailand
Malaysia
Indonesia
Myanmar
None of These


19. Nicos Anastasiades, President of ______________ Visited India.

  1. ____________ awarded its highest civilian honour,‚ Grand Collar of the Order of Makarios III‚ on President Pranab Mukherjee.
  2. MOU signed included -
    1. Executive programme on culture, education and scientific cooperation for the years 2017 to 2020.
    2. Work plan under a programme of cooperation in agriculture for 2017-2018.
    3. Cooperation in merchant shipping and boost air services.
Russia
UK
USA
Cyprus
None of These


20. Indian Person ________________ has been made member of 2 commissions of IOC’s governing body -‚ Olympic channel‚ and‚ Olympic education Commission. She already holds title of being India’s first woman International Olympic Committee member ?

Nita Ambani
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Chanda Kochchar
Shikha Sharma
None of These


21. Noted ________ Pop Artist James Rosenquist passed away ?

American
Russian
German
French
None of These


22. Noted __________ Vinod Khanna Passed Away ?

Journalist
Bollywood Actor
Writer
Politician
None of These


23. Noted __________ Nora Chopra passed away ?

Scientist
Musician
Writer
Journalist
None of These


24. PM Narendra Modi‚ has became most followed world leader‚ on social app ___________ (7 million followers), surpassing US President Donald Trump. ?

Snapchat
Facebook
Google Plus
WhatsApp
Instagram


25. President of ___________, Bidya Devi Bhandari visited India. No MOU were signed as it was a Goodwill Visit ?

China
Japan
Nepal
Bangladesh
None of These


26. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, ______________ visited India.

  1. Sri Lanka Agreed to Let India construct a Large Oil Reservoir on Its western Coast, at cost of approx 2500 Crores. It will be finalized during PM Modi's Upcoming Visit to Sri Lanka.
  2. Several other Agreements were signed including construction of a regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) fired 500-mega watt (MW) capacity power plant, LNG terminal and floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) in Colombo.
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Maithripala Sirisena
Mamnoon Hussain
Sheikh Hasina
None of These


27. Sagar Baheti became first visually impaired Indian to complete historic ___________ Marathon, covering distance of 42.16 km distance in Little over 4 hours. He finished 121st in 30000 Runners ?

London
Boston
Paris
New York
None of These


28. _____________ Minister KT Rama Rao has been invited to address World Environment and Water Resources Congress to organised in California in May 2017.‚  ?

Andhra Pradesh
Maharashtra
Telangana
Kerala
None of These


29. _________ National Security Advisor HR McMaster Visited India ?

Russia
France
UK
Germany
USA


30. ___________'s Modern Computing and Internet Pioneer, Robert Taylor passed away. ?

UK
Russia
USA
Germany
None of These


31. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary _________ Visited India ?

Kristalina Georgieva
Christine Lagarde
Ban ki Moon
Patricia Espinosa
None of These


32. Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal became second largest shareholder (11.44 %) in a __________ mining group‚ Anglo American, after he invested USD 2.4 billion (2.2 billion euros) in It ?

Russian
British
American
Spanish
None of These


33. Vice President Hamid Ansari Visited ____________ Nations Armenia & Poland.

  1. India and Armenia signed 3 agreements - peaceful uses of outer space, Cooperation in youth matters and a programme of cultural cooperation for 2017-2020.
  2. Poland assured its support for India’s bid for membership in Nuclear Suppliers Group‚ (NSG) and a permanent seat in UN Security Council.
European
Asian
South American
African
None of These


34. Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Foreign Minister of _______ visited India ?

Qatar
Kuwait
Qatar
Iraq
Oman





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