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CURRENT AFFAIR QUESTIONS OF 2017
Ques:- Winner of Men’s single of Australian Open 2017 was
Ans:- Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Ques:- Winner of Women’s single of Australian Open 2017 was
Ans:- Serena Williams (USA)
Ques:- Winner of Men’s Single of French Open (on clay court) 2016 was
Ans:- Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Ques:- Winner of women’s single of french open(on clay court)2016 was
Ans:- Garbine Muguruza (Spain)
Ques:- Winner of men’s single Wimbledon(on grass court) 2016 was
Ans:- Andy Murray
Ques:- Winner’s of woman’s single wimbledon (on grass court) 2016 was
Ans:- Serena williams (USA)
Ques:- Winner of men’s single us open 2016 was
Ans:- Stanislas wawrinka (Switzerland)
Ques:- Winner of woman’s single us open 2016 was
Ans:- Angelique kerber (Germany)
Ques:- Who won the Devis cup 2016 by defeating croatia ?
Ans:- Argentina
Ques:- Who became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an olympic medal by clinching the bronze in the 58 kg category at the 2016 Rio olympics ?
Ans:- Sakshi Malik
Ques:- 21st commonwealth Games 2018 will be held in
Ans:- Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Ques:- 11th ICC cricket world cup,2015 was jointly hosted by
Ans:- Australia &New Zealand
Ques:- Who scored fastest (31 balls) hundred in ODI cricket matches?
Ans:- AB de villiers (South Africa)
Ques:- International cricket council (ICC) World twenty – 20 cup, 2016 was won by……………defeating England.
Ans:- West Indies
Ques:- 32th olympic games 2020 will be held at
Ans:- Tokyo, Japan
Ques:- FIFA football world cup 2018 and 2022 will be held respectively in
Ans:- Russia & Qatar
Ques:- Who is awarded ICC ODI crickter of the year 2016 ?
Ans:- Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
Ques:- Who is the ICC test cricketer of the year 2016 ?
Ans:- Ravichandran Ashwin
Ques:- Who won ICC cricketer of the year Award( Sir Garfield Sobers’ Trophy), 2016
Ans:- Ravichandran Ashwin
Ques:- Who won ICC ODI woman cricketer of the year award, 2016 ?
Ans:- Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
Ques:- On 30 november2016 who has won Fide World Chess Championship, 2016 defeating Sergey Karjakin (Russia) ?
Ans:- Magnus Carisen (Norway)
Ques:- Azlan Shah hockey tournament, 2016 has recently been won by Australia for the ninth time defeating
Ans:- India
Ques:- Leander paes and Martina (Switzerland) won the mixed doubles title in the
Ans:- Australian open 2015, US open 2015, Wimbledon 2015
Ques:- Which of the following teams won the 70th santosh trophy football tournament 2016 by defeating Maharashtra ?
Ans:- Services
Ques:- The football player who has been conferred the FIFA world player of the year award 2016 is
Ans:- Christian Renaldo (Portugal)
Ques:- The football player who has been conferred the FIFA woman’s world footballer of the year 2016 award is
Ans:- Carli Lloyd(USA)
Ques:- International association of athletics federation (IAAF) male athlete of the year 2016 is
Ans:- Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
Ques:- International association of atheletics federation (IAAF) female athlete of the year 2016 is
Ans:- Almaz Aryana (Ethiopia)
Ques:- The winner of 128th Durand Cup, 2016 – India’s oldest football tournament was
Ans:- Army Green
Ques:- The inaugural ICC world test cricket championship will take place in 2017 in
Ans:- England and wales
Ques:- Men’s hockey world cup in 2018 will be held in
Ans:- India
Ques:- Which of the following nations won the 15th UEFO EURO CUP (held in France during 10 – june – 10 july 2016) by defeating France ?
Ans:- Portugal
Ques:- Which of the following nations won the COPA America football tournament 2016 by defeating argentina ?
Ans:- Chile
Ques:- Which team won the ICC under – 19 Men’s cricket world cup, 2016 beating India ?
Ans:- West Indies
Ques:- South Asian football federation (SAFF) championship,2015 has been clinched by…………………. by defeating Afghanistan, for the record seventh time.
Ans:- India
Ques:- Name the team that won the English premier league 2015 – 2016 football title held at london ?
Ans:- Leicester city
Ques:- Which of the following team won the Irani cup of cricket 2016 – 17 by defeating Mumbai ?
Ans:- Rest of India
Ques:- Duleep Trophy of cricket, 2016-17 has been won by
Ans:- India blue
Ques:- Which country will host the winter olympics, 2018 ?
Ans:- South Korea
Ques:- Which of the following team won the Ranji Trophy of cricket, 2016-17 by defeating Mumbai ?
Ans:- Vadarbha
Ques:- Which state is the winner of vijay hazare trophy of cricket in 2015-16 ?
Ans:- Gujarat
Ques:- FIFA-17 World cup, 2017 will be held in
Ans:- India
Ques:- Men’s hockey junior world cup, 2016 has been clinched by………..by defeating belgium.
Ans:- India
Ques:- 18th Asian games 2018 will be held at
Ans:- Jakarta and Palembembang, Indonesia
Ques:- During 10 june – 10 july 2016 15th UEFA Euro 2016 was held at
Ans:- France
Ques:- Who has won the 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix gold badminton tournament ?
Ans:- Saina Nehwal
Ques:- Shreyas Mehta was recently in news, associated with which of the following sports ?
Ans:- Squash
Ques:- Which of the following team has won Asia kabaddi championship cup, 2016 by defeating India ?
Ans:- Pakistan
Ques:- Who is the prime minister of the people’s repulic of china ?
Ans:- Li Keqiang
Ques:- Rodrigo Duterte is the new president of
Ans:- Philippines
Ques:- Mamnoon Hussain (born in agra) is the new president of
Ans:- Pakistan
Ques:- Manuel valls is the prime minister of
Ans:- France
Ques:- Who is the Prime Minister of Japan ?
Ans:- Shinzo Abe
Ques:- 20th South Asian association for regional cooperation (SAARC) summit 2018 will be held at
Ans:- Bangaluru (India)
Ques:- Who is elected as the president of Egypt ?
Ans:- Adly Mansour
Ques:- Which of the following Indian – American has nominated as the US ambassador to India ?
Ans:- Richard Rahul Verma
Who is the first female president of South Korea ?
Ans:- Park Guen- hye
Ques:- Name the China’s first lunar rover which has set records for the longest stay on Moon ?
Ans:- Yutu
Ques;- Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai is the new president of
Ans:- Afghanistan
Ques:- Who was named ‘person of the year 2016 by Time magine ?
Ans:- Donald Trump
Ques:- Who has recently been named as the most powerful woman 2016 in the world by US magzine Forbes ?
Ans:- Angela Merket (Chancellor, Germany)
Ques:- ‘Himadri’ is –
Ans:- India’s first research station in Arctic
Ques:- Yoshinori Ohsumi (Japan) have won nobal prize 2016 in which of the following subjects ?
Ans:- Medicine
Ques:- Bob Dyan (USA) has won nobal prize, 2016 in which of the following subjects ?
Ans:- Literature
Ques:- Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos won nobal prize 2016 in which of the following subjects ?
Ques:- Peace
Ques:- Who is the prime minister of Nepal ?
Ans:- Khadga Prasad Sharma oli
Ques:- Who is the first woman president of Nepal ?
Ans:- Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Ques:- Which of the following sites has declared as the Cultural Capital of South Asian association of Regional cooperation (Saarc) for the year 2016 – 17 ?
Ans:- Mahasthangarth, Bangladesh
Ques:- 27th north atlantic treaty organization (NATO) summit, 2016 was held at
Ans:- Warsaw, Poland
Ques:- Miss Earth 2016 is
Ans:- Katherine Espin (Ecuador)
Ques:- Miss world 2016 is
Ans:- Stephanie Del Valle (Puerto Rico)
Ques:- Miss universe 2016 is
Ans:- Iris Mittenaere (France)
Ques:- Who is crowned Miss Tibet 2016 ?
Ans:- Tenzing Sangnyi
Ques:- Who is the Femina Miss India World 2016 ?
Ans:- Priyadarshini Chatterjee
Ques:- Which element with atomic number 113 in the periodic table has become the first ever element to be discovered by an Asian country (Japan)
Ans:- Nihonium
Ques:- 22th conference of parties (COP-22) TO The UN fram work convenion on climate change (UNFCCC) was held during 7-18 November, 2016 at
Ans:- Marrakech (Morocco)
Ques:- Who has been recently elected as the Prime minister of Austalia ?
Ans:- Malcolm Tumbull
Ques:- Which of the following automaker has emerged as the world’s biggest automaker by selling 10.5 billion vehicles in 2015 ?
Ans:- Toyota
Ques:- As per United Nations Asia – Pacific disease report 2015, which is the most disaster-prone region of the world ?
Ans:- Asia pacific
Ques:- The Youngest female in the world to reach the Mt. Everest is
Ans:- Malavath Pooma (Telangana)
Ques:- The movie which won the prestigious palm d,Or at the 69 th cannes film pooma (Telangana)
Ans:- I, Daniel Blake
Ques:- Which film won best picture oscar in 88th Academy awards, 2016 ?
Ans:- Spotlight
Ques:-28th Asia pacific economic cooperation (apec) summit’ was held in 2016 at
Ans:- Lima (Peru)
Ques:- The 8th summit of Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) was held on 15- 16 october, 2016 at
Ans:- Panji (India)
Ques:- 16th Summit of SCO (Shanghai Cooperation organisation ) was held on june 23 – 24, 2016 at
Ans:- Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
Ques:- European parliament is based in
Ans:- Strasbourg (France)
Ques:- NASA’s new MARS mission ‘In Sight’ is set to be launched in
Ans:- 2018
Ques:- According to the latest report of stockholm international peace reserch institute (SIPRI) which of the following is the largest arms importer in the world ?
Ans:- India
Ques:- On september 4-5, 2016, the 11th G-20 summit was held at
Ans:- Hangzhou, China
Ques:- Which of the following nations has recently became 164 member of world trade organisation (WTO) ?
Ques:- Who has been elected as the first female president of Taiwan ?
Ans:- Tsai Ing-wen
Ques:- Which of the following Himachali film won the best short film award at the Rajasthan film festival from January 17 – 20, 2016 at Jaipur ?
Ans:- Machis Hai Kya
Ques:- Which of the following players has recently been selected to the ODI cricket team of India ?
Ans:- Rishi Dhawan
Ques:- According to the provisional figures of census 2011 the decadal (2001-2011) increase in the literacy rate in Himachal Pradesh is
Ans:- 7%
Ques:- According to the census 2011 the child(0-6 age group) sex ratio in Himachal Pradesh
Ans:- 906
Ques:- According to the final data of census 2011 which of the following districts of Himachal Pradesh has the highest child sex ratio in India ?
Ans:- Lahaul-Spiti
Ques:- According to the final data of census 2011 which of the following district of Himachal Pradesh has recorded the highest decadal population growth rate ?
Ans:- Una
Ques:- According to the final data of 2011 the percentage of rural population in Himachal Pradesh is
Ans:- 89.97%
Ques:- According to the final data of census 2011 the percentage of urban population in Himachal Pradesh is
Ans:- 10.03%
Ques:- Which of the following states in India has the highest percentage of rural population ?
Ans:- Himachal Pradesh
Ques:- Who was the president of India to address special session of H.P. Vidhan Sabha in Shimla ?
Ans:- Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Ques:- Which of the following sectors has got the highest priority in the 12th five year plan of H.P.?
Ans:- Social Services
Ques:- On 23 January, 2016 Prime Minister Narender Modi, conferred National Bravery Award on…………………..of Sarkaghat, Mandi.
Ans:- Praful Sharma
Ques:- Who is Deputy- Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Assembly?
Ans:- Jagat Singh Negi
Ques:- When was Gandhi Ji visited Shimla for first time ?
Ans:- 1921
Ques:- According to the H.P. Economic Survey 2015 – 16 the economic growth rate for the fical year 2014 – 15 is projected at ?
Ans:- 7.7%
Ques:- According to the census 2011 which of the following is the largest village (with a population of 12,384) of Himachal Pradesh ?
Ans:- Kharahal ,Kullu
Ques:- Which of the following district headquarters has been declared as the winter capital of Himachal Pradesh ?
Ans:- Dharamshala
Ques:- Who has recently been appointed as the first woman chairperson of Indian institute of Advanced study (IIAS), Shimla ?
Ans:- Chandrakala Padia
Ques:- Which of the following countries become the second largest textile exporter after China ?
Ans:- India
Ques:- Which of the following countries has recently become the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) INTO India replacing Mauritius.
Ans:- Singapore
Ques:- BRICS Bank (New development bank, Shanghai, China) which has recently started its operations provided its first loan to…………….on solar projects?
Ans:- India
Ques:- The world,s largest solar park has been bult by which country ?
Ans:- Brazil
Ques:- As per the largest WHO report which region of the world has recently become the world’s first region to end Malaria ?
Ans:- Europe
Ques:- Animal Mohammed, who has been named as the UN,s deputy secetary – general, is belonged to which country ?
Ans:- Nigeria
Ques:- Who has won the 2016 DSC prize for South Asian literature, for the novel sleeping on jupiter ?
Ans:- Anuradha Roy
Ques:- International day of the girl child is observed across the world on
Ans:- 11 october
Ques:- Name the Syrian journalist and right activist awarded with the UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World press freedom prize 2016 ?
Ans:- Khadija Ismayilova
Ques:- Which country recently left European Union by referendum called “Brexit” ?
Ans:- UK
Ques:- Which country has successfully launched its first-ever militry communications satellite “Kirameki – 2” into orbit ?
Ans:- Japan
Ques:- Gotthard base tunnel (GBT), the world,s longest and deepest traffic tunnel, is located in which country ?
Ans:- Switzerland
Ques:- Where is the headquarters of the Islamic military alliance to fight terrorism (IMAFT)?
Ans:- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ques:- Who is the forbes’ richest person in the world in 2016 ?
Ans:- Bill Gates
Ques:- The 2017 varishtha pension bima yojana (VPBY) will be implement ted throught which insurance company ?
Ans:- Life Insurance Corporation of India
Ques:- Who is appointed as the permanent representative of India to the united Nations ?
Ans:- Syed Akbaruddin
Ques:- According to 2011 census which of the following is the most densly populated state in India ?
Ans:- West Bengal
Ques:- According to 2011 census what is the sex ratio in India ?
Ans:- 943
Ques:- According to 2011 cenus which Indian state has the least population density ?
Ans:- Arunachal Pradesh
Ques:- Which Indian state is the largest producer of Sugarcane ?
Ans:- Uttar Pradesh
Ques:- Who is the first Indian amputee to scale Everest ?
Ans:- Arunima Sinha
Ques:- Which of the following is the First Digital State in India ?
Ans:- Kerala
Ques:- Which high court of India has termed the practice of triple talaq (Talaq – e – bidat) among Muslims as unconstitutional ?
Ans:- Allahabad High Court
Ques:- The first indigenously developed weaponised helicopter was handed over to Indian Army on 8th February 2013 is –
Ans:- Rudra
Ques:- Under 63rd National film award 2015, the best feature film award has been won by
Ans:- Baahubali : The beginning (in Telgu)
Ques:- Under 63rd National film 2015, the best actress award has been won by
Ans:- Kangana Ranaut
Ques:- Under 63rd national film award 2015, the best actor award has been won by
Ans:- Amitabh Bachchan
Ques:- Who was the chief guest at the 68th republic day ceremony held on january 26,2017 ?
Ans:- Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (Crown Prince, United Arab Emirates)
Ques:- Who was the chife guest at 14th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas celebrated at Bengaluru (Karnataka)
on 7-9 January, 2017.
Ans:- Dr Antonio Costa (Prime Minister, Portugal)
Ques:-As per the human development report, 2015 India has been placed at
Ans:- 130th rank
Ques:- The RBI governor reviews the annual monetary and credit policy everytime after a gap of
Ans:- Two months
Ques:- India’s first green rail corridor – Rameswaram – Manamadurai has been launched in which of the following states ?
Ans:- Tamil Nadu
Ques:- The Chandrayaan-2 , India’s second mission to the Moon, has orbiter, lander and rover configuration. It is planned to be launched during……………year.
Ans:- 2017 – 18
Ques:- ‘Playing it my way’ is the autobiography of
Ans:- Sachin Tendulkar
Ques:- India’s medium altitude and long endurance unmanned Aerial vehicle is
Ans:- Rustom-1
Ques:- On- 3-7 January, 2017, 104th National Science Congress was held at
Ans:- Triupati (Andhra Pradesh)
Ques:- What is the India’s rank in the sustainable development goal index, 2016 ?
Ans:- 110 th
Ques:- Name the committee constituted by Ministry of human resourace development (MHRD) To frame the new education policy (NEP).
Ans:- TSR Subramanian
Ques:- Recently, the high court of which state in India had given a verdict that all new vehicles registered in the state should run on compressed natural gas (CNG) ?
Ans:- Gujarat
Ques:-Mawlynnong village, which is cleanest village in Asia is located in which state ?
Ans:- Meghalaya
Ques:- Who wrote the book “The Accidental Prime Minister- The making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh” ?
Ans:- Sanjaya Baru
Ques:- Who was the first and only woman, to serve as the chief election commission of India ?
Ans:- V.S. Ramadevi
Ques:- The chemical used in indelible ink (Election ink) is……………..?
Ans:- Silver Iodide
Ques:- India’s rank in global competitiveness index 2016 – 2017 of world economic forum is
Ans:- 39th
Ques:- Apart from Kazirange National Park, which one of the following is home to one- horned rhinos in India ?
Ans:- Jaldapara National Park
Ques:- In global hunger index (GHI) made by international food policy research instituate (IFPRI) for India’s rank in 118 nations list stands at
Ans:- 97th
Ques:- As per the census 2011 date Urben population in India stands at-
Ans:- 37.7 crore
Ques:- What is the India,s rank in the world economic forum (Wef)’s inclusive development Index (IDI) for 2017 ?
Ans:- 60th
Ques:- A bus service has been started in east India which goes via Dhaka, Bangladesh, The extreme cities of the bus service are
Ans:- Agartala – Kolkata
Ques:- Who has been appointed as the CEO of the national instituate for transforming India (NITI) aayog ?
Ans:- Amitabh Kant
Ques:- Who is richest Indian as per forbes India rich list, 2016 ?
Ans:- Dilip Shanghvi
Ques:- Who is the richest Indian woman as per forbes India rich list, 2016 ?
Ans:- Savitri Jindal
Ques:- Largest supplier of crude oil to India is
Ans:- Saudi Arabia
Ques:- What is the India’s rank in the defence spending, according to the recently published 2016 IHS Jane’s Defense Budgets report ?
Ans:- 4th
Ques:- Who has recently become the oldest Indian woman to scale Mt. Everest ?
Ans:- Premlata Aggarwal
Ques:- Which film actress has been selected as UNICEF global ambassador ?
Ans:- Priyanka Chopra
Ques:- What is the India’s rank in the 2016 global terorism index (GTI) ?
Ans:- 7th
Ques:- Which of the following districts will become the India,s first carbon neutral district by 2020 ?
Ans:- Majuli
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