Current Affairs Online Test May 2017

Who has been selected for the Transformative Chief Minister Award in recognition for his role in advancing the US-India partnership at the state level?

Maharashtra Day is being celebrated across the state with great joy and pride on _________

The Indian Railways will use radio-frequency identification tags for tracking of wagons, coaches and locomotives, who is the present union railway minister?

____________ has become the first city in the world to get its own Microsoft font

Which country announced the creation of a super-body known as a “constituent assembly”, with the ability to re-write the constitution, dissolve public powers and call general elections?

Who won the world snooker championship title 2017?

Who became the first player from India to win the Asian Squash Title?

India’s 2nd tallest national flag hoisted in _______________

India’s first automatic weather station opened in __________

Which Indian firm is the first Indian auto firm to cross ₹2 lakh crore market capitalisation?

World Asthma Day was observed on May 02, what is the theme of the year 2017?

Which ministry is observing Swachhta Pakhwada from May 1 – 15?

The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet decided to grant the status of “living human entity” to ___________river

World Press Freedom Day was observed on?

World’s highest railway bridge to come up over _________river

Which Indian city has emerged as the India’s Cleanest City in the Swachh Survekshan-2017 conducted in 434 cities and towns?

Which state government will provide Rs 5000 each to five lakh ‘divyangs’ for their development?

India is expected to clock ______ growth this year before edging up to 7.5% in 2018, according to a UN report

Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)?

eVIN Project of ____________becomes global best practise in immunization

The Haryana State Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill was passed unanimously by the state Assembly, who is the governor of Haryana?

Which state is the only state which did not take part in the government’s Swachh Survekshan Survey 2017?

Which state is the only state which did not take part in the government’s Swachh Survekshan Survey 2017?

The presidents of Russia and Turkey supported the creation of safe-zones in war-torn __________

India placed at the ______spot in the latest FIFA rankings

India placed at the ______spot in the latest FIFA rankings

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved $ 160 million loans for a power project in _______________

Reliance Industries and business software provider SAP have signed an agreement to jointly launch ___________ solution to serve taxpayers under the goods and services tax (GST) regime

Which company has announced the acquisition of Zimmber, an on-demand household services provider, to further scale its hyper local household services business?

Which company has announced the acquisition of Zimmber, an on-demand household services provider, to further scale its hyper local household services business?

_________scientists develop first-ever soft tissue retina

The United Nations owes a total of $__________ to India for its contribution to the world body’s peacekeeping operations

Pratap Bhanu Mehta has been appointed as vice-chancellor of ______________

Which company has launched Express Wi-Fi in India along with partnership with Airtel to launch 20,000 new hotspots?

Which company has launched Express Wi-Fi in India along with partnership with Airtel to launch 20,000 new hotspots?

Who won the first-ever Genderless Acting Award for the Best Actor category at the MTV Movie and TV Awards?

Who have topped the Sunday Times Rich List 2017 for the UK with a combined fortune of $21 billion?

World Red Cross Day 2017 was observed on?

Which Indian cricketer plans to support charities and various initiatives to help the under-privileged people in the second innings of his life?

Heena Sidhu won the _______ medal in the 10m Air Pistol category of the 48th Grand Prix of Liberation Plzen Shooting championships

Heena Sidhu won the _______ medal in the 10m Air Pistol category of the 48th Grand Prix of Liberation Plzen Shooting championships

Which state government banned the sale of ‘High in Fat, Salt and Sugar’ (HFSS) food in school canteens across the state?

Which country has been unanimously elected as the President of the UN-Habitat?

Mobile network operator ________and taxi aggregator app Ola have tied up to offer a range of exciting digital services to customers

World Migratory Bird Day was observed on?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the integrated case management system of the Supreme Court in the presence of the Chief Justice of India, who is the present chief justice of India?

Which state gets its first cricket academy recently?

Indian Naval Ships __________and ___________were decommissioned with Navy chief admiral Sunil Lanba being the chief guest for the ceremony

Who is the new prime minister of Bahamas?

Who has launched the NHAI Masala Bond issue at the London Stock Exchange?

Which bank has become the first lender to classify Videocon Industries as a bad loan?

Diplomat Vinay Mohan Kwatra has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to ___________

Which country declared an end to public health emergency for the Zika virus after about 18 months of fight against this mosquito-borne virus?

India and __________affirmed plans to strengthen their military cooperation amid rising tension in the Asian region

Who has become the first Indian woman to receive the Woodrow Wilson Award for Global Corporate Citizenship?

Which state has been declared as the state with the best governance in the country for a second straight year, as per 2017 Public Affairs Index (PAI)?

Which state will employ 23 transgenders, becoming the first government-owned company in India to formally provide employment to the members of the marginalised community?

Tejas, the Light Combat Aircraft has successfully test fired Derby ____________ missile in RADAR guided mode

Tejas, the Light Combat Aircraft has successfully test fired Derby ____________ missile in RADAR guided mode

Saturdays will be no bag days in all government schools in _____________

India’s first contactless business credit card has been launched by __________in association with Jet Airways, India premier international airline

World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in ___________

World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in ___________

The International Day of Families was observed on?

Which airport has become the world’s busiest amongst the single-runway facilities by handling 837 flights a day or one in 65 seconds on an average in fiscal 2017?

Indian dairy cooperative Amul will sponsor the ___________cricket team for the upcoming Champions Trophy in England

Ramudri Someswara Rao has won a gold medal in men’s 200m T44 event at the 2017 World Para Athletics Grand Prix held in ___________

Aravind Kumar Rengan has been awarded the prestigious Indian National Science Academy (INSA) award in the Young Scientist category for 2017, he is a professor in__________________

Minister for Information & Broadcasting Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu has announced a separate 24×7 DD channel for the state of _______________ recently

India has been placed in the _______spot in the renewable energy country attractiveness index by EY

Rifath Sharook, an 18-year-old student from____________, has developed what he claims is the world’s smallest and lightest satellite, whose satellite will be launched by NASA in June

_________ and ___________will manage and properly control their maritime disputes, avoiding actions to complicate or widen them, so as to maintain peace in the South China Sea

NASA and ISRO to come together to inspect ‘oldest civilisation’ site in ____________

Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatraya participated in the two-day G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ meet held in __________

Which airport is set to become south India’s first airport to go 100% LED-lit?

Which country is considering the use of India-manufactured Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with the voter verifiable paper audit trail for its 2019 general elections?

A team of scientists from _________ and ___________have created the world’s thinnest hologram

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has hiked the prize money of upcoming Champions Trophy 2017 (8th edition) carries a total prize money of ___________

Who has presented the 2014 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?

Who has presented the 2014 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?

Chinese navy ships are visiting _________and will conduct communications, search and rescue, and other joint exercises

Who has been appointed as the Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations)?

The bilateral trade between India and Africa is expected to touch $100 billion by ________

Who has become the first India-born woman to be elected as a councillor to award in the UK?

Who has become the first India-born woman to be elected as a councillor to award in the UK?

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development was observed on?

NASA paid tribute ________________by naming a newly discovered organism after him

NASA, ISRO to jointly make most expensive imaging satellite are jointly making a satellite called __________that will monitor the Earth like never before

Which team won the 38th Federation Cup football tournament 2017?

Which state government has proposed to promote sites with a reputation for being haunted, as part of its ghost tourism project?

India overtook __________to become the second-largest producer of stainless steel in the world

Who won the 2017 WWF International President’s Award?

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju unveiled a book titled “Confessions of a dying mind: the blind faith of atheism” written by ___________

_________________ and ________________ have been conferred with the prestigious Porter Prize 2017

The government decided to increase fair and remunerative price (FRP) of sugarcane by Rs 25 per quintal to Rs _____ for 2017-18 season beginning October

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s longest bridge, the Dhola-Sadiya bridge, in _____________

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s longest bridge, the Dhola-Sadiya bridge, in _____________

India’s telecom regulator slapped a combined penalty of Rs.3,050 crore on _________________________for violating licence norms

Kunwar Pal Singh Gill who passed away recently, he was a former DGP of__________

India has announced a $500 million line of credit to __________as the two countries resolved to deepen ties in a range of areas including the maritime domain

Union road transport Minister Nitin Gadkari along with chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis flagged off taxi aggregator Ola’s electronic vehicle (EV) services in __________

Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development Uma Bharti started the Ganga Nirikshan Abhiyan in ______________

Construction works for building Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) has commenced in ___________

Construction works for building Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) has commenced in ___________

Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu has flagged off the first train of the _________Metro’s Heritage line

Which company has overtaken Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) to become India’s most profitable state-owned company?

Which country emerges as the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India in 2016-17?

Which country emerges as the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India in 2016-17?

Jammu and Kashmir’s first professional football academy was launched at Tourist Reception Centre (TRC) in _________in a bid to boost sports in the state

Gregg Allman who passed away recently was a/an_______