Current affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. 
   Who has been awarded the 2017 INSA Young Scientist award for research in cancer treatment? [A] R D Trivedi
   

[B] Aasok Tmange

[C] Sidharth Deshmukh

[D] Aravind Kumar Rengan

2. 
   Rifath Sharook has designed the world’s lightest satellite “KalamSat”. He hails from which country?
   

[A] China

[B] Malaysia

[C] India

[D] Japan

3. Which union minister has launched Operation Clean Portal for transparent tax administration?

[A] Sushma Swaraj

[B] Arun Jaitley

[C] Narendra Modi

[D] Rajnath Singh

4. Javier Valdez, the renowned journalist has passed away. He hailed from which country?

[A] Mexico

[B] Bolivia

[C] Nauru

[D] Trinidad and Tobago

5. Which state government has constituted “Maa committee” to check mid day meal quality in schools?

[A] Uttar Pradesh

[B] Assam

[C] Tamil Nadu

[D] Himachal Pradesh

6. Where is the headquarters of OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC)?

[A] United Arab Emirates

[B] Senegal

[C] Saudi Arabia

[D] Burkina Faso
7. Who has become the first Indian driver to win the race in the GP3 Series?

[A] Dinesh Singh

[B] Sanjay Sharma

[C] Karun Chandhok

[D] Arjun Maini

8. Who will lead the Indian delegation to the 2017 G20 Labour & Employment Ministers’ Meet?

[A] Rajit Punhani

[B] Bandaru Dattatraya

[C] Sushma Swaraj

[D] Arun Jaitley

9. India’s first smart grid project has successfully created by which institute?

[A] Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA)

[B] Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IISST)

[C] Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)

[D] Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST)

10. Who has become the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest for the fourth time?

[A] Anshu Jamsenpa

[B] Lhakpa Sherpa

[C] Premlata Agarwal

[D] Malavath Purna