Current Affairs Test Series 4

Test Code Max.
M–200
CP-PT(CA)-04 Time– 2 hr.
CURRENT AFFAIRS Test - 04 (May-4th Week) 2017

Civil Service (Pre) Exam.-2018
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1. Consider the following statements:: 6. The Women in Politics Map 2017 released
1. India is party to the Agreement on by IPU and UN Women pegs the number of
Government Procurement (GPA), women heads of state at _____
a plurilateral agreement within the (a) 19 (b) 18
framework of theWorldTrade Organisation (c) 17 (d) 16
2. Only by being party to the GPA can
7. Which Indian personality has been honoured
a government provide preference to
with the “Social Entrepreneur of the Year”
domestic products if the purchase is
meant for its own use and not commercial award at The 7th Asian Awards in London?
Which of the statements given above is/are (a) Priti Patel (b) Zayn Malik
correct? (c) NishaDutt (d) AshaBhosle
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only 8. The world’s tallest rail bridge is set to come up
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 over river
2. Who is the Indian American named the new (a) Chenab (b) Parvati
US ambassador to Peru? (c) Mahanadi (d) Brahmaputra
(a) Krishna R Rai (b) Krishna R Urs 9. What is the name of joint week-long mega
(c) Krishna R Ali (d) None of the above maritime exercise between the Indian Navy
3. As a court of record, the Supreme Court has and the Republic of Singapore Navy which
two powers. Which of the following is/are recently came to a close?
these powers? (a) SOMFEX-17 (b) SINGIN-17
1. The judgements, proceedings and acts (c) SINGAIN-17 (d) SIMBEX-17
of the Supreme Court are recorded for
10. Name the state which will now be connected
perpetual memory and testimony
with Assam through the 9.15 km Dhola Sadiya
2. It has the power to review its own Bridge, the longest bridge in India which was
judgement or order inaugurated by Prime Minster NarendraModi
Select the correct answer using the code recently?
given below:
(a) Nagaland (b) Mizoram
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Meghalaya (d) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
11. The Constitution (123rd Amendment) Bill,
4. Who is Ireland's first Indian origin PM? 2017 seeks to give constitutional status to the
(a) Leo Varadkar (b) Simon Varadkar National Commission for Backward Classes
(c) Tom Varadkar (d) None of the above (NCBC). This bill will NOT
5. Which one of the following statements is (a) Withdraw the power of the National
INCORRECT with reference to the power of the Commission for Scheduled Castes to
Supreme Court to punish for contempt of court? examine complaints and welfare measures
(a) It has the power not only of itself but also of related to the backward classes
tribunals functioning in the entire country (b) Permit the Parliament to amend the list of
(b) Contempt of court may be civil or criminal backward classes
(c) Punishment may include simple (c) Repeal the NCBC Act, 1993
imprisonment (d) Grant the NCBC powers of a civil court
(d) An order which imposes punishment for while investigating or inquiring into any
contempt of court cannot be reviewed complaints
12. Name the Indian who recently won the gold 19. What is India-Aussie bilateral maritime
medal in the sabre event of the Tournoi World exercise called?
Cup Satellite Fencing Championship held at (a) AUSINDEX (b) AUSINDECS
Reykjavik in Iceland recently? (c) INDEXAUS (d) None of the above
(a) Bhavani Devi (b) Bhama Devi
20. The Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell
(c) Rajeshwari Devi (d) Rajshri Devi 1. Is attached to the Ministry of Commerce
13. Which Indian personality will be honoured and Industry
with the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy? 2. Periodically computes the international
(a) AzimPremji (b) Nita Ambani crude oil price of Indian basket
(c) Rahul Bajaj (d) Indu Jain Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
14. Who is the fourth PM of Bahamas since the
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
time of its independence?
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(a) Hubert Minnis (b) Lynden Pindling
21. Name the country which hosted the 43rd G7
(c) Perry Christie (d) None of the above
summit from May 26–27, 2017?
15. The landmark ‘Windhoek Declaration’ is (a) Italy (b) France
related to which one of the following issues? (c) Germany (d) None of the above
(a) Ross Sea preservation
22. Who has been appointed as the new Deputy
(b) Press Freedom Chairman of the International Cricket Council
(c)
Comprehensive Convention on (ICC) board?
International Terrorism (a) NizamuddinChowdhury
(d) Protection of coral islands (b) David Richardson
16. Who became one of the members of the BWF (c) Imran Khawaja
Athletes' Commission after the end of voting (d) James Sutherland
for the four places on the representative body
23. What is the water conservation model adopted
recently? in Bihar’s Nalanda called?
(a) SainaNehwal (b) JwalaGutta (a) Project Jal
(c) PV Sindhu (d) None of the above (b) Project Jal Shakti
17. The Kishtwar National Park (KNP) is located (c) Project JalSinchay
in which state? (d) Project JalSanchay
(a) Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) 24. The Central Sector Scheme ‘SAMPADA’ will
(b) Himachal Pradesh (a) Develop the food processing sector in the
(c) Punjab country
(d) Sikkim (b) Reduce the levels of socio-economic
inequality by investing in social
18. Which of the below is one of 4 new species of
infrastructure in and around slum-areas
burrowing frogs from Western Ghats?
(c) Promote the development of a mature and
(a) Manoharan frogs organised real estate market in India
(b) Damodaran frogs (d) Be the first of its kind in which State
(c) Narayanan frogs Government machinery will be
(d) None of the above responsible for its implementation
25. What is the name of the latest version train 31. Who has won the 2017 Sahitya Academy Yuva
which was flagged off from Mumbai to Goa Puraskar in English Language?
by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu recently? (a) Ram Mori (b) PratimBaruah
(a) Tridev Express (b) Trojan Express (c) Manu S Pillai (d) ShamikGhosh
(c) Tejas Express (d) Tarjan Express
32. Which state government has put an indefinite
26. Which Indian state hosted the 2017 International ban on sand excavation in Narmada river?
Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup?
(a) UP (b) MP
(a) Assam (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) HP (d) AP
(c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra
33. Under the regional connectivity scheme
27. What is another name for the Humboldt’s UDAN,
Flying Squirrel?
1. Airlines will get exclusive rights to fly on
(a) GlaucomysOregonensis
a regional route for the first three years
(b) Cryptic species
2. Regional routes are awarded through a
(c) Both of the above reverse bidding auction
(d) Neither of the above 3. Losses incurred by airlines flying regional
28. Which of the following is/are some of the routes will be compensated by passengers
features/highlights of the National Steel Policy flying on national routes
2017?
Select the correct answer using the code
1. It envisions India surpassing China in given below:
total crude steel production capacity by
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 only
2030-31
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
2. The major segments that will consume
steel will include housing and automobiles 34. Which southern state(s) saw an elephant census
3. India’s Steel manufacturing sector will commence in May 2017?
reduce dependence on coking coal as a (a) Karnataka (b) Kerala
raw material (c) TN (d) All of the above
Select the correct answer using the code
35. Which Indian shooter has bagged gold in the
given below:
Women’s 10m Air Pistol at the ISSF Junior
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only
World Rifle/Pistol Championship?
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
(a) NandiniSIngh
29. What is the new base year from which the new (b) Yashaswini Singh Deswal
series of Index of Industrial Production (IIP)
(c) Anjali Bhagwat
of India was launched recently?
(d) ApurviChandela
(a) 2010-11 (b) 2011-12
(c) 2012-13 (d) 2013-14 36. What was the venue of the recently held 52nd
African Development Bank (AfDB) meet
30. Name the venue of the 70th World Health
recently?
Assembly (WHA), the main decision-making
body of the World Health Organization 1. New Delhi
(WHO)? 2. Gandhinagar
(a) Geneva (b) Rome 3. Mumbai
(c) Washington DC (d) New York 4. Bengaluru
(a) a is the correct answer (a) Djibouti (b) Somalia
(b) b is the correct answer (c) Yemen (d) Egypt
(c) c is the correct answer 41. Which of the following statements with
(d) d is the correct answer reference to the Maternity Benefit Programme
is/are correct?
37. ‘SHAKTI’, a scheme recently approved by the
Union Cabinet, is 1. It is in accordance with provisions in the
National Food Security Act
(a) A rural women-empowerment initiative
by inculcating in them a habit of savings 2. It is a conditional cash transfer scheme
and proper utilisation of financial for pregnant and lactating mothers
resources Select the correct answer using the code given
(b) A special loan scheme aimed at supporting below:
entrepreneurship among urban women by (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
providing certain concessions (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c)
A campaign to convince state 42. Consider the following statements about the
governments to devolve ‘ownership’ of Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax
planning and development functions in Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base
panchayatsamitis and gram panchayats Erosion and Profit Sharing:
(d) A new coal allocation policy for the 1. Upon ratification, it becomes legally
power sector binding
38. What does the NIO/North Indian Ocean sea 2. The Convention provides the flexibility
constitute? to exclude a specific tax treaty from its
(a) Arabian Sea ambit
(b) Bay of Bengal 3. Implementation of its provisions can help

address the problem of “treaty shopping”
(c) Part of the Indian ocean up to 5 degree
Which of the statements given above is/are
latitude
correct?
(d) All of the above
(a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only
39. The Union Cabinet gave its approval for the (c) 2 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
construction of nuclear reactors with a total
power generating capacity of 7000 Megawatts. 43. Consider the following statements:
This willBe one of the flagship “Make in 1. At present, the Indian Armed Forces have
India” projects in the power sectorEnsure that service-specific commands, wherein the
future international collaborations in nuclear three wings all have their own commands
projects are pursued only if the associated all over the country
high-end technologies will be transferred 2. The Shekatkar Committee recommended
to IndiaGenerate tens of thousands of jobs creation of three integrated theatre
directly and indirectlySelect the correct answer commands of the Indian Armed Forces –
using the code given below: northern, western and southern
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 only Which of the statements given above is/are
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 3 only correct?
40. Which one of the following countries does (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
NOT open out to the Gulf of Aden? (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
44. “Markets” and “Preservation of stock” under 49. What are the major highlights of the 'TB
the seventh schedule can be respectively found Cough', the campaign launched to spread
in the awareness against TB by Ministry of Health,
(a) State List and Union List Govt. of India on World No Tobacco Day on
(b) State List and State List May 31?
(c) Concurrent List and State List 1. It warns people of increasing risk of TB
associated with smoking cigarettes or
(d) Concurrent List and Union List
bidis
45. The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition is
2. It makes people aware of increasing TB
(a) A specialised agency of the United due to pollution only
Nations
3. It warns people of increasing risk of TB
(b) A programme of the Food and Agriculture due to malnutrition
Organisation
4. It warns people of increasing risk of TB
(c)
The World Health Organisation’s on being exposed to second-hand smoke
response to the United Nations’ Decade
(a) 1& 4 is the correct answer
of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025)
(b) 2& 4 is the correct answer
(d) None of the above
(c) 1& 2 is the correct answer
46. The Union Health Ministry recently confirmed
(d) 3 & 4 is the correct answer
that three cases of Zika were reported from
(a) Gujarat (b) Uttar Pradesh 50. Name the only Indian American among the 12
new astronauts chosen by NASA for missions
(c) Maharashtra (d) Madhya Pradesh
to deep space?
47. India received permission for the exploration of
1. Senjit Pal
Poly-metallic Nodules in 1987 in which (one)
2. Dharmendra Cheri
of the following region(s)?
3. Sanjay Pal
(a) Central Indian Ocean Basin
4. Raja Chari
(b) Central Indian Ridge in the Indian Ocean
(a) 1 is the correct answer
(c) Southwest Indian Ridge in the Indian
Ocean (b) 2 is the correct answer
(d) Both b and c (c) 3 is the correct answer
(d) 4 is the correct answer
48. Name the top four nations respectively in
Nuclear Generation as per the data of World 51. Name the Indians who have won Grand Slam
Nuclear Association for 2016? trophies for India?
1. USA 1. Leander Paes
2. France 2. Mahesh Bhupathi
3. China 3. SaniaMirza
4. Russia 4. RohanBopanna
(a) 2, 3, 4 & 1 is the correct answer (a) 1, 2 & 3 is the correct answer
(b) 1, 2, 3 & 4 is the correct answer (b) 1, 2, 3 & 4 is the correct answer
(c) 1, 3, 2 & 4 is the correct answer (c) 1, 3 & 4 is the correct answer
(d) 2, 1, 3 & 4 is the correct answer (d) None of the above
52. Which among the following phenomenon (a) 4 is the correct answer
affects the normal monsoon in India? (b) 3 is the correct answer
1. Westerlies (c) 2 is the correct answer
2. Easterlies (d) a is the correct answer
3. El Nino
56. What is the number of agricultural commodities
4. Sea Breeze for which the government fixes minimum
(a) 4 is the correct answer support prices or MSPs?
(b) 1 is the correct answer 1. 22
(c) 3 is the correct answer 2. 23
(d) 2 is the correct answer 3. 24
53. What are the main of issues of conflict between 4. 25
India and China? (a) 1 is the correct answer
1. UN seat (b) 2 is the correct answer
2. Sovereignty issues (c) 3 is the correct answer
3. NSG issues (d) 4 is the correct answer
4. Terrorism issues 57. Which day was recently celebrated as World
(a) 1, 2 & 3 is the correct answer Ocean Day?
(b) 2, 3 & 4 is the correct answer 1. 6th June 2017
(c) 1 & 3 is the correct answer 2. 7th June 2017
(d) 4 is the correct answer 3. 8th June 2017
54. Name the musician who set a new Guinness 4. 9th June 2017
World Record for the most piano key hits in a (a) 1 is the correct answer
minute? (b) 2 is the correct answer
1. Bence Peter (c) 3 is the correct answer
2. John Hopkins (d) 4 is the correct answer
3. Domingos-Antonio Gomes
58. Which institution was recently abolished
4. None of the above by government in a major decision aimed at
(a) 1 is the correct answer further easing doing business in India?
(b) 2 is the correct answer 1. AIBP
(c) 3 is the correct answer 2. FIPB
(d) 4 is the correct answer 3. FSPD
55. Name the group which recently urged its 4. AAIM
member nations to boost their defence (a) 1 is the correct answer
spending? (b) 2 is the correct answer
1. NATO (c) 3 is the correct answer
2. European Union Commission (d) 4 is the correct answer
3. World Bank
59. “Deep Ocean Mission” is a programme to be
4. None of the above initiated by
(a) Ministry of Defence (a) Handbook of Statistics on States 2016-17
(b) Ministry of Earth Sciences (b) Handbook of Statistics on States 2015-16
(c) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (c) Handbook of Statistics on States Second
(d) Ministry of Electronics and Information Edition
Technology (d) Both a and c are same
60. Name the country whose long-term local 66. What is the aim of the Financial Resolution
and foreign currency issuer ratings rating and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017?
was recently was downgraded by Moody's (a) Provide the resolution framework for
Investors Services recently? specified financial sector to deal with
(a) China (b) India bankruptcy situations in banks, insurance
companies and financial sector entities.
(c) France (d) Germany
(b) Pave the way for Resolution Corporation
61. India has emerged as the ___ largest exporter
(c) Repeal or amendment of resolution
of agri products internationally according to
related provisions in sectoral Acts as
Commerce Ministry. listed in Bill schedules
(a) 5th (b) 6th (d) All of the above
(c) 7th (d) 8th.
67. Ministries will now have to decide on FDI
62. What does UNOSSC stand for, in the context proposals within ___ days of application, w.e.f
of the UN? 6th June 2017?
(a) United Nation’s Office for Southern- (a) 60 days (b) 65 days
South Cooperation (c) 70 days (d) 75 days
(b) United Nation’s Office for South- 68. Fitch group BMI research has indicated India
Southern Cooperation is one of __ top consumers in Asia.
(c) United Nation’s Office for South-South (a) 4 (b) 5
Cooperation
(c) 6 (d) 7
(d) United Nation’s Office for Southern-
69. Which sector's revenue from exports touched
Southern Cooperation
an all time high of INR 2282 crore this fiscal?
63. Illicit outflow of black money in 2014 was (a) Jute (b) Coir
$____ billion, according to GFI.
(c) Rubber (d) Cotton
(a) 21 (b) 31
70. Organisations with turnover of how much
(c) 25 (d) 35
will have to specify PAN while filing the
64. World Bank has cleared a loan to aid which UdyogAadhaar Memo for registration?
Indian mission? (a) INR 20 lakhs (b) INR 50 lakhs
(a) Answer Explanation Related QuesStart (c) INR 75 lakhs (d) None of the above
up India
71. NITI Aayog has set up a task force to ________.
(b) Stand up India
(a) Generate timely employment data
(c) Skill India
(b)
Generate reliable employment
(d) None of the above information
65. Which publication was released by RBI in June (c) Both of the above
2017 on gross fiscal deficits of states? (d) Neither of the above
72. How many core parameters will the Liveability (a) 2014 (b) 2015
Index rank Indian cities on? (c) 2016 (d) 2017
(a) 13 (b) 14
80.Which Country is planning to send mini-
(c) 17 (d) None of the above ecosystems to Moon next year?
73. Which base year will the new IIP follow to map (a) USA (b) Russia
economic activities more accurately? (c) China (d) India
(a) 2011-2012 (b) 2012-2013
81. Who is the newly appointed president of South
(c) 2013-2014 (d) 2014-2015 Korea?
74. When will the term of the present vice- (a) Lee Myung-bak (b) Park Geun-hye
president Hamid Ansari end? (c) HwahgKyo-ahn (d) Moon Jae-in
(a) August 5 2017 (b) August 10 2017
82. Lockheed Martin and Tata Advanced Systems
(c) August 15 2017 (d) August 18 2017 Limited have signed a pact for the production
75. GSAT-17, India’s latest communication of which planes in India?
satellite, was successfully launched into space (a) F-16 Block 70
from which spaceport? (b) F-16 AT Falcon 21
(a) Keweenaw spaceport, Michigan (c) F-16X Falcon 2000
(b) Woomera Test Range, Australia (d) F-16BR Block 60
(c) Las Palmas spaceport, Argentina
83. TajMahal Palace in Mumbai, which has become
(d) Kourou spaceport, French Guiana
the 1st Indian building to get trademark, was
76. India has recently contributed $ 100,000 to a built in which year?
UN fund to help developing countries actively (a) A.1901 (b) B.1903
participate in which issues?
(c) C.1913 (d) D.1904
(a) Related to Poverty
84. Who is the winner of the Man Booker
(b) Related to Tax Matters
International Prize?
(c) Related to Child Labour
(a) Charlotte Mandell
(d) Related to Terrorism
(b) Roy Jacobsen
77. Coca-Cola is downing shutters of its biggest (c) David Grossman
analytics, technical and innovation centre in
(d) Mathias Enard
the country. This centre is in which Indian city?
(a) Hyderabad (b) New Delhi 85. Which film star has recently bought a team in
(c) Mumbai (d) Pune South Africa T20 League?
(a) ShilpaShetty
78. Who will head BCCI newly-formed seven-
(b) AbhishekBachchan
member Special Committee to oversee reforms
recommended by the Lodha Committee? (c) Shahrukh Khan
(a) Rajeev Shukla (d) Salman Khan
(b) SouravGanguly 86. Who has been appointed as the ambassador to
(c) NabaBhattacharjee Denmark?
(d) Jay Shah (a) AjitVinayakGupte
79. BJP’s recently announced presidential nominee (b) Rajeev Shahare
Ram NathKovind was appointed as the (c) RuchiraKamboj
Governer of Bihar in which year: (d) Pram Jit Mann
87. Which bank will tie up with the Terra Pay for 94. When is World Metrology Day observed?
faster International Remittance? (a) May 15 (b) May 17
(a) IndusInd Bank (b) HDFC Bank (c) May 19 (d) May 20
(c) Axis Bank (d) Yes Bank
95. What was the theme of World Metrology Day
88. Which Indian company is second in the top 100 of 2017?
Nikkei Asian Review Asia 300 companies list? (a) Measurements for development
(a) Infosys (b) Measurements for transport
(b) MarutiSuxuki (c) Measurements for transformation
(c) HCL Technologies (d) Measurements for people
(d) Dabur
96. Who is the author of Volume 2 of the book
89. Who is the head of the committee formed titled M. S. Swaminathan: Legend in Science
by Ministry of Water Resources River and Beyond?
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation to (a) M. S. Swaminathan
prepare guidelines for desiltation of river Ganga? (b) P. C. Kesavan
(a) MahendraChitale (c) D.N. Kesarvani
(b) ManoharChitale (d) M.A. Trimurthi
(c) Manish Chitale
97. Who among the following has won 2017
(d) MadhavChitale
BangaSamman?
90. What is India’s rank in the International Tourist (a) SaurabhGhosh
Arrivals (ITAs) list of UNWTO Barometer for (b) SubhajitGhosh
March 2017?
(c) ShubhamBaruri
(a) 41 (b) 40
(d) SoumitraChatterjee
(c) 24 (d) 26
98. Which committee has been constituted to
91. ChinnaRajuSrither is related to which sports/ examine the feasibility of a new financial year?
event?
(a) Shankar Acharya committee
(a) Football (b) Hockey
(b) Rajiv Kumar committee
(c) Archery (d) Boxing
(c) KM Chandrasekhar committee
92. Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and (d) PV Rajaraman committee
Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise named
‘KaravaliKarunya’ began in which state? 99. Abbas Kiarostami, who passed away recently,
was a famous film-director of which country?
(a) Maharashtra
(a) India (b) Iran
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Bangladesh (d) Pakistan
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Karnataka 100.The book “Wood smoke and Leafcups :
autobiographical footnotes to the anthropology
93. Who has been elected as the 12th President of Iran? of the Durwa” has been authored by whom?
(a) Ali Khamenei (a) VivekShanbhag
(b) Hassan Rouhani (b) Venkat Raman Singh Shyam
(c) EbrahimRaisi (c) S. Anand
(d) Mostafa Mir-Salim (d) MadhuRamnath
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Civil Service (Pre) Exam.-2018
Answer
1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (d)
6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (d)
11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (b)
16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (b)
21. (a) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (c)
26. (d) 27. (c) 28. (b) 29. (b) 30. (a)
31. (c) 32. (b) 33. (d) 34. (a) 35. (b)
36. (b) 37. (d) 38. (d) 39. (a) 40. (d)
41. (c) 42. (b) 43. (c) 44. (b) 45. (d)
46. (a) 47. (a) 48. (b) 49. (d) 50. (d)
51. (b) 52. (c) 53. (b) 54. (c) 55. (b)
56. (b) 57. (c) 58. (b) 59. (b) 60. (a)
61. (c) 62. (c) 63. (a) 64. (c) 65. (d)
66. (d) 67. (a) 68. (b) 69. (b) 70. (a)
71. (c) 72. (d) 73. (a) 74. (b) 75. (d)
76. (b) 77. (d) 78. (a) 79. (b) 80. (c)
81. (d) 82. (a) 83. (b) 84. (c) 85. (c)
86. (a) 87. (d) 88. (c) 89. (d) 90. (c)
91. (c) 92. (d) 93. (b) 94. (b) 95. (b)
96. (b) 97. (d) 98. (a) 99. (b) 100. (d)
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1. (d)
India is an observer to the GPA and not a member.
The GPA is a plurilateral agreement within the framework of the WTO, meaning that not all
WTO members are parties to the Agreement.
The fundamental aim of the GPA is to mutually open government procurement markets among
its parties.
Additional Information: Under WTO rules, if government is buying for itself and not for
commercial purpose, then it may provide preference to domestic products. In the Jawaharlal
Nehru National Solar Mission case which India lost to the US at the WTO, the country was
planning to impose mandatory local content requirements on solar power developers who
would sell power on commercial basis.
Improvisation: PRS MPR April: Cabinet approves purchase preference in all PSUs under the
MoPNG;
2. (b)
U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed an Indian-American named Krishna R Urs as the
new US Ambassador to Peru.
Krishna R Urs is a career service American diplomat who has served at seven US embassies
as well in several senior leadership positions in Washington, DC.
At present, he is serving as Charge d’ Affaires of the US Embassy in Madrid, Spain.
Earlier, he has also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Affairs and Chief
US Government Aviation Negotiator at the Department of State (2010 to 2014)
Krishna R Urs has specialisation in economic issues and has extensive policy experience in
the Andean region of South America.
He had earned his MS from the University of Texas and a BS from Georgetown University.
3. (a) Statement 1 is correct. The second power of the SC is that, being a court of record, it has the
power to punish for contempt of court (not only of itself but also of high courts, subordinate courts
and tribunals functioning in the entire country).
4. (a)
Ireland’s governing Fine Gael party elected Leo Varadkar as its new leader on Friday, choosing
the gay, 38-year-old son of an Indian immigrant to succeed Enda Kenny as prime minister in
a striking sign of the country’s rapid social change.
Varadkar overcame ministerial colleague Simon Coveney as expected, winning an
overwhelming majority among the centre-right party’s lawmakers, who hope the straight-
talking Dubliner can lead them to third successive term for the first time.
Barring an unexpected development, Varadkar will be voted in as prime minister when
parliament next sits on June 13 and become the once-staunchly Catholic country’s first openly
gay premier and the youngest person ever to hold the office.
His election marks another chapter in the social change that has swept through the country
of 4.6 million people that only decriminalised homosexuality in 1993 but became the first
country to adopt gay marriage via a popular vote in 2015
5. (d)Justification for statement ‘a’: See solution for previous question.In the news: “Justice C.S.
Karnan, who was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment by a seven-judge Bench of the SC on
Tuesday, can seek suspension of his sentence. The judge can move the SC till he receives a copy
of the detailed order against him. He can argue that the order to arrest him forthwith has curtailed
his right to seek a review of the order under Article 137 of the Constitution. Article 137 gives the
SC the power to review any judgment pronounced or order made by it.”
6. (c) The Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women on March 15, 2017 launched the Women in
Politics Map 2017.Rankings demonstrated the number of women Heads of State or Government
fell from 19 to 17 since 2015.Progress in the number of women in parliament is gradual.The
Women in Politics Map 2017 report was launched alongside the 61st Commission of Status of
Women.The latter is the largest inter-governmental forum on women's rights and gender equality.
for 2017, the theme is on women's economic empowerment in the changing world of work.
7. (c) Nisha Dutt, the CEO of Intellecap, has been honoured with the “Social Entrepreneur of the
Year” award at The 7th Asian Awards in London in recognition of her work in making Intellecap
a globally known enterprise that focuses on social capital. With this, Dutt has become the first
Indian woman leader to be honoured with this award. Her key contribution has been integrating
technology with challenges of healthcare, financial services, incubation and conceptualizing
programs such as Innovations Labs and Credit-tree.
8. (a) The world’s tallest railway arch bridge over the Chenab river in Jammu, providing rail connectivity
to Kashmir, will be capable of handling high intensity blasts and resisting the worst possible
natural disaster.This is for the first time globally that a bridge is designed to handle high level
trinitrotoluene (TNT) blast load.The bridge will be a crucial link in the 111-km stretch between
Katra (Jammu) and Banihal (Kashmir) which is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla section
of the railway project aimed at linking Kashmir through rail with the rest of the country.Tallest
bridge built can withstand blasts;
9. (d) SIMBEX-17 is the name of joint week-long mega maritime exercise between the Indian Navy
and the Republic of Singapore Navy which recently came to a close. It also displayed the maiden
participation of Singapore's F-15SG fighter jets. Hosted by Singapore, the exercise was held
on land at the now renamed 'RSS Singapura - Changi Naval Base' and at a sea phase in the
South China Sea. This year's exercise was the 24th iteration of the annual bilateral exercise held
since 1994. Over the years, SIMBEX has grown in scope and complexity, expanding beyond
its traditional emphasis on anti-submarine warfare to incorporate elements of maritime security,
anti-air and anti-surface warfare.
10. (d) Arunachal Pradesh is the state which will now be connected with Assam through the 9.15
km DholaSadiya Bridge, the longest bridge in India which was inaugurated by Prime Minster
NarendraModi recently. It spans the Lohit River and connects the states of Assam and Arunachal
Pradesh. The new, three lane, 9.15 kilometreDhola-Sadiya Bridge has been built over river Lohit, a
tributary of the Brahmaputra, and links Dhola in Assam to Sadiya in Arunachal Pradesh. The bridge
will also reduce the distance from Rupai on NH-37 in Assam to Meka/Roing on NH-52 in Arunachal
Pradesh by 165 KM, cutting down on travel time from the current six hours to just one hour.
11. (c) The National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Bill, 2017 that seeks to repeal the
National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993 has also been introduced, alongside the
Constitutional amendment bill.
Role of NCSC: Currently, under the Constitution, the NCSC has the power to examine complaints
and welfare measures for Scheduled Castes, backward classes and Anglo-Indians. The Bill seeks
to withdraw the power of the NCSC to examine matters related to backward classes.
Specification of Backward Classes: The Bill states that the President may specify the socially
and educationally backward classes in the various states and union territories. He may do this
in consultation with the Governor of the concerned state. However, a law of Parliament will be
required if the list of backward classes is to be amended.
Powers of a civil court: These powers include: (i) summoning people and examining them on
oath, (ii) requiring production of any document or public record, and (iii) receiving evidence.
12. (a) Bhavani Devi is the Indian who recently won the gold medal in the sabre event of the Tournoi
World Cup Satellite Fencing Championship held at Reykjavik in Iceland recently. In the final, she
beat Sarah Jane Hampson of Great Britain 15-13 on points. Bhavani Devi became the first Indian
to win a gold medal in an international fencing event. She had previously won a silver medal in a
satellite event.
13. (a) Wipro Chairman AzimPremji will be honoured with the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy for
his efforts to reform India’s public school system. He is among the 9 philanthropists named recipients
of the 2017 Medal of Philanthropy, who are selected for their distinguished and longstanding
contributions to the public good. The Carnegie institutions will award the medals during a formal
ceremony in October 2017. The honorees are recognized as catalysts for good whose philanthropy
has had a significant and lasting impact on a particular field, nation, or community of people.
14. (a)
Dr Hubert Minnis was on 11th May sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of the Commonwealth
of The Bahamas since the country gained political independence from Britain in 1973.
Minnis, a medical doctor and former minister of health was sworn into office late Thursday
at Government House by Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling.
Hubert Minnis pledged, on behalf of his colleagues, their commitment to serve with integrity
as Her Majesty’s Bahamas Government.
He added that he looked forward to the “most cordial relations” with her office in the service
of the nation.
On May 10, Minnis led his Free National Movement (FNM) party in a landslide victory. The
FNM was able to pull off a stunning defeat securing 34 of 39 constituencies.
15. (b) “The international day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 following a
Recommendation adopted at the 26th Session of UNESCO’s General Conference in 1991. This in
turn was a response to a call by African journalists who in 1991 produced the landmark Windhoek
Declaration on media pluralism and independence.
16. (c) PV Sindhu, the Olympic silver medallist became one of the members of the BWF Athletes'
Commission after the end of voting for the four places on the representative body. The 21-year-
old Indian topped the ballot with 129 votes as she led a trio of women onto the BWF Athletes'
Commission. Apart from Sindhu, Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland was placed third overall with 103
votes and Lithuania's AkvileStapusaityte (25 votes) was the third woman elected to the Commission.
Sindhu, Gilmour along with Germany's Marc Zwiebler, who received 108 votes, will serve four-
year terms. These three will replace Yuhan Tan (Belgium), Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus
(Denmark) and GreysiaPolii (Indonesia) who have concluded their four-year terms. The new
Athletes' Commission members will join Shintaro Ikeda of Japan; KoenRidder of the Netherlands;
and India's SainaNehwal on the players' representative body.
17. (a) The Kishtwar National Park (KNP) is located in the Kishtwar district of
Jammu and Kashmir. is surrounded by Rinnay River in the north, KibarNala
catchments in the southern part, the Great Himalaya in the east and Marwa
River in the west. The park is located at the high altitude of 1,700 meters to
4,800 meters. It is home to brown bear, leopard, snow leopard, Himalayan
musk deer, hangul, ibex, etc.
18. (a)
A Delhi University student has found four new species of burrowing frogs from the Western
Ghats biodiversity hotspot.
A student of professor SD Biju, who is known as the frogman of India, SonaliGarg, made the
discovery after five years of research.
Unlike other members of the genus, the new frogs have burrowing skills.
The new findings will help in saving these frogs as now it is clear that five different species
with different conservation requirements exist.
The frogs were confirmed as new species in a DU lab by using an integrated taxonomic
approach that included DNA studies, detailed morphological comparisons and bioacoustics.
The study highlights a fairly common group of frogs that is usually found closer to human
habitations but still not documented properly .
More extensive studies are required to scientifically identify and describe the Western Ghats
frogs that are already facing extinction threats," said Garg.
The four species are:
Manoharan's burrowing frog, found in Agasthyamala Hills of Kerala and named after T M
Manoharan, the former principal chief conservator of forests of Krala for his service and
conservation efforts;
Kadar burrowing frog from Vazachal forest of Kerala, which is named after the Kadar tribe
that lives in the region;
CEPF burrowing frog discovered in the Maharashtra's Amboli and named after the Critical
Ecosystem Partnership Fund (USA) to recognise its role in protecting global biodiversity
hotspots;
Neil Cox's burrowing frog found in Parambikulam Tiger Reserve and named after Dr Neil
Cox in recognition of his role in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List
assessment of global amphibian species.

19. (a)
In pursuance of India’s ‘Act East’ policy, Eastern Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral
BiswajitDasgupta, YSM, VSM, the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet are on an overseas
deployment to the South East Asia and Southern Indian Ocean.
Indian Naval Ships Jyoti, Shivalik and Kamorta are on a port visit to Freemantle, Australia
from 13 June to 17 June 2017. Vice Admiral HCS Bisht, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Flag Officer
Commanding Eastern Naval Command is also visiting Freemantle during the period.
The visit of the Indian Naval Ships seeks to underscore India’s peaceful presence and solidarity
with friendly and harmonious countries towards ensuring good order in the maritime domain
and to strengthen existing bonds between India and Australia.
The two countries share a rich history and a strategic relationship. A number of bilateral
agreements exist between the two countries in a various spheres.
AUSINDEX-17, a bilateral maritime exercise between the two navies would also be held
as part of the visit. This would be the second edition of the exercise with the maiden edition
having been conducted at Visakhapatnam in 2015.
20. (b) Periodically, the international crude oil price of Indian Basket is computed/published by the
Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC), which is under the Ministry of Petroleum and
Natural Gas.The PPAC is also responsible for administering of subsidy on PDS kerosene and
domestic LPG and freight subsidy for far flung areas.Improvisation: PIB: Global crude oil price
of Indian basket;
21. (a) Italy is the country which hosted the 43rd G7 summit from May 26–27, 2017. The summit was
held in Taormina (ME), Sicily, Italy.In March 2014, the G7 declared that a meaningful discussion
was currently not possible with Russia in the context of the G8. Since then, meetings have
continued within the G7 process.It was the first time since 1987 that the G7 summit held in Italy
was not hosted by Silvio Berlusconi. Along with Angela Merkel and Theresa May, it was also
the first time that there were two G7 female leaders participated in the G7 summit. The attendees
included the leaders of the seven G7 member states as well as representatives of the European
Union. The President of the European Commission has been a permanently welcome participant
at all meetings and decision-making since 1981.The 43rd G7 summit was the first summit for
British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister
Paolo Gentiloni, and U.S. President Donald Trump.
22. (c)Imran Khawaja, the Chairman of Associates counties and an administrator from Singapore, has
been unanimously elected as the new Deputy Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC)
board. He will deputize in ICC meetings in case the chairman ShashankManohar is absent. Khawaja
is a senior lawyer and serving in the ICC Board for several years. The post of deputy chairman is
recently created by the ICC Full Council following the constitutional change on June 22, 2017.
23. (d)
‘Project JalSanchay’, a water conservation model which is successfully adopted in Nalanda
district of south-central Bihar, has been chosen for the national award for excellence .
This is with respect the Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee programme
(MGNREGP) by the Ministry of Rural Development.
The award will be conferred on June 19 at a function held at VigyanBhawan in New Delhi.
Nalanda being an agriculture-oriented district remained affected by drought-like conditions
that hampered the farming activities in the district.
Though the district receives flash floods during the monsoon, the water runoff in the district
was very high so much so that the entire water got washed away in a span of 15 days.
Under these circumstances, ‘project jalsanchay’ was launched under Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (MGNREGP) to offset the water crisis in the district.
24. (a)
A Central Sector Scheme is 100% funded by the Union Govt and implemented by the Central
Govt machinery. These schemes are mainly formulated on subjects from the Union List.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for re-structuring the
schemes of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) under new Central Sector Scheme
– SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing
Clusters) for the period 2016-20 coterminous with the 14th Finance Commission cycle.
The objective of SAMPADA is to supplement agriculture, modernize processing and decrease
agri-waste.
SAMPADA is an umbrella scheme incorporating various ongoing schemes of the Ministry
like Mega Food Parks, Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, Food Safety
and Quality Assurance Infrastructure, etc.
25. (c) Tejas Express is the name of the train, which boasts several modern facilities on-board like
LED TV and tea, coffee vending machine, was flagged off from Mumbai to Goa by Railway
Minister Suresh Prabhu recently. The train has got all the ultra-modern amenities like on-board
infotainment, Wi-Fi, CCTV, fire and smoke detection facilities, tea and coffee vending machine
etc. India’s first premium train will run at an average speed of 130kmph.The train, manufactured
at the Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala, will have automatic entrance door, a first in non-
suburban train in Indian railways. The graffiti proof, vinyl-wrapped specially designed exterior
has a bright colour theme of orange and yellow. Tejas Express has a dust-proof/sealed inter car
gangway.TheTejas Express would operate between Mumbai and Karmali (Goa) five days a
week during non-monsoon period and three days a week during monsoon by halting at Dadar,
Thane, Panvel, Ratnagiri and Kudal stations. The high-speed train has all the safety measures like
suppression system, fire suppression system, smoke detection and fire detection. A GPS-based
passenger information display system and a digital destination board has also been installed for
the convenience of the passengers.
26. (d) The 6th edition of International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup was held at
the CIDCO Exhibition Centre in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra on June 24 – 25, 2017. Over 150
athletes from across the globe will participate at the World Cup including the top talent from India.
The tournament will be hosted by the City Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra
(CIDCO). The Italy-based IFSC has 86 member federations across five continents.
27. (c)
Scientists have recently discovered a new species of flying squirrel named GlaucomysOregonensis
in North America that had been hiding in plain sight for over hundreds of years.
The study was published in the Journal of Mammalogy on 30 May 2017.

Known as Humboldt’s flying squirrel, this new species resides in the Pacific Coast region of
North America.
The Humboldt’s flying squirrel is known as a cryptic species, a species that was previously
thought to be another as the two look similar.
These creatures do not actually fly like bats or birds.
Rather, they glide from tree to tree by extending furred membranes of skin that stretch from
the wrist of the forearm to the ankle on the hind leg.
28. (b)
Coking coal is an essential raw material for steel production. The policy envisages
Reduction on the dependence of imported coking coal
A crude steel production capacity of 300 million tonnes per year (far lesser than what China’s
capacity today is)
Housing, automobiles and infrastructure to be the major segments that will consume steel
29. (b) 2011-12 is the new base year from which the new series of Index of Industrial Production(IIP)
of India was launched recently. The new series for IIP captures industrial activities on monthly
basis. A high-level panel had firmed up the methodology for the IIP with the new base year of 2011-
12. Currently, the IIP is calculated on base year of 2004-05.The Central Statistics Office (CSO),
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, revises the base year of the macroeconomic
indicators, as a regular exercise, to capture structural changes in the economy and improve the
quality and representativeness of the indices. In this direction, the base year of the all-India Index
of Industrial Production (IIP) has also been revised from 2004-05 to 2011-12 to not only reflect
the changes in the industrial sector but to also align it with the base year of other macroeconomic
indicators like the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Wholesale Price Index (WPI). Revisions in
the IIP are necessitated to maintain representativeness of the items and producing entities and
also address issues relating to continuous flow of production data. In the past, such changes
were effected at the time of a revision in the base year. With the release of the new series of IIP
(base 2011-12), an institutional mechanism has been established for facilitating dynamic revision
of the item list of products and the panel of factories, through a Technical Review Committee,
chaired by Secretary, Ministry of Statistics & PI. This Committee will meet at least once a year
for identifying new items that need to be included in the item basket and removing those that have
lost its relevance in the industrial sector or are no longer being produced.
30. (a) Geneva is the venue of the 70th World Health Assembly (WHA), the main decision-making
body of the World Health Organization (WHO). This year's assembly will determine policies on
a range of health issues, including medicines and health products, non-communicable diseases,
health emergencies, as well as maternal, new-born, child and adolescent health. A new WHO
Director-General will also be elected as incumbent head Margaret Chan's mandate comes to an
end. In her final opening address to the assembly as Director-General, Chan called on the assembly
to make 'reducing inequalities' a guiding ethical principle. 'WHO stands for fairness,' she said,
adding that countries should also work to improve collection of health data and make health
strategies more accountable. Chan stressed the importance of continued innovation, noting that
'meeting the ambitious targets in the Sustainable Development Goals depends on innovation.'The
assembly will last until May 31,2017.
31. (c) Manu S Pillai has won the 2017 Sahitya Academy YuvaPuraskar in English Language for his
book titled “The Ivory Throne – Chronicles of the House of Travancore”, the biography of the last
queen of Travancore. The book unfolds the rise and fall of Maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bai, who ruled
Travancore between 1924 -193. The book discusses the unheard life and rare customs of the royal
family. The book also unravels some of the interesting and rare practice of matrilineal system existed
in the Travancore kingdom, where king emerges from the sons of sisters of the king and not of the
king, unlike other Indian kingdoms. It is also interesting to find that queen is not the wife of the king,
but is the mother, sister or niece of the king. The YuvaPuraskar is awarded annually for the first book or
best book by an author of age 35 and below. It consists of a cash prize of Rs 50,000 and a copper plaque.
32. (b)
The State Government of Madhya Pradesh has put an indefinite ban on the sand excavation
in the Narmada River. his announcement has been made by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan in Bhopal. The government has also set up a committee to suggest the scientific
ways of mining the rivers.
This committee will submit the report to state government after exploring ways for sand
excavation without harming rivers. The government will also promote manufactured sand
(made by mixing stones).
Illegal sand mining is one of the serious law & order and environmental issues in several
states of India including Madhya Pradesh.
The business has flourished mainly because of nexus between sand mafia, officers and
politicians.
Many people including police officers and activists have lost their lives while making attempts
to check this illegal activity.
The Chief Minister was has been travelling along side Narmada River to make “Save Narmada”
a people’s movement through his “Namami Narmada Yatra”.
The issue of illegal mining in Narmada was sub-judice in state High Court but in July 2015, it
was transferred to National Green Tribunal. On the basis of a complaint by MedhaPatkar (of
Narmada BachaoAandolan), the NGT had sent a team to investigate the matter.
After investigation, NGT had directed state government to take strong measures and report
the progress.
Narmada River: Know More
Narmada (bringer of pleasure), is one of the largest rivers of India, originating in Amarkantak
Hills and flowing through Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
It is third biggest river after Ganga and Godavari to flow within political boundaries of India.
It flows in a rift valley between the Satpura and Vindhya Ranges; and serves as lifeline of
Madhya Pradesh.
Its basin covers large areas in the 3 states of Madhya Pradesh (86%), Gujarat (14%) and a
smaller area (2%) in Maharashtra.
33. (d)
At the heart of UDAN is the government’s decision to cap airfares at affordable levels —
`2,500 for an hour’s flight — aimed at attracting people from the hinterland.
Routes are awarded through a reverse bidding auction, so the airline that asks for the least
subsidy support gets the exclusive right to fly.
Airlines’ losses will be funded by passengers flying on national routes, and State Governments.
The Centre has set up a regional connectivity fund, to be financed by levying a cess of `7,500
— `8,500 on each departing domestic flight on major national routes. So, each passenger
flying on a domestic route — apart from those in the Northeast — will be charged an additional
amount of ` 50 (approximately).
34. (a)
In Karnataka, a major exercise of elephant census began on 17 May 2017.
The census exercise began simultaneously across all protected areas and forests of the state
that were identified to harbour elephant population.
The Mysore Elephant Reserve, spread across 11,000 sq km through Bhadra-Nagarahole-
Bandipur-BRT Wildlife Sanctuary, Cauvery Wildlife Reserve and Bannerghatta, harbours
most of the elephants of Karnataka.
The last elephant census of Karnataka was held in the year 2012, which pegged the State
elephant population at 6072 with Bandipur and Nagarahole accounting for nearly 1500
elephants each.
The census in Karnataka is a part of a Nationwide Elephant Census, which is being conducted
to minimise possible errors.
Presently, the elephant census is being organized in all Southern States simultaneously. A
similar exercise was held in eastern India last month.
Four states- Karnataka, Kerala (particularly the Western Ghat regions), Tamil Nadu and Andhra
Pradesh account for 40 per cent of the country’s elephant population of more than 12000.
35. (b)Yashaswini Singh Deswal from Chandigarh has bagged gold in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol
competition at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Rifle/Pistol
Championship in Suhl, Germany. Beside her, AnishBhanwala has clinched gold in the Men’s
25m Standard Pistol competition in the championship.
36. (b) Gandhinagar in Gujarat was the venue of the recently held 52nd African Development Bank
(AfDB) meet recently. Speaking during the occasion, the Prime Minister NarendraModi said
that the commerce between India and Africa will be of ideas and services. Africa-India trade
multiplied in last 15 years. It doubled in the last five years to reach nearly seventy-two billion US
dollars in 2014-15.
37. (d) The Union Cabinet approved the “introduction of a New, More Transparent Coal Allocation
Policy for Power Sector, 2017-SHAKTI (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala (Coal)
Transparently in India)”.
38. (d)
Global warming may be inching the oceans higher every year but researchers studying the
seas around India report a paradox.
From 1993 to 2003 - the first decade when satellites started to consistently track the rise and fall
of ocean heights and global temperatures soared - the North Indian Ocean (NIO) sea levels fell.

The NIO consists of the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal and part of the Indian Ocean up till
the 5°S latitude. After 2004, sea levels began an unprecedented, accelerated spike till 2014.
This rise and fall was even as global temperatures steadily climbed and registered their largest
two-decadal jump in more than a century.
Previous studies that had measured ocean heights based on traditional tide gauges found that
the NIO - like the rest of the world’s seas - continued to rise between 1993 and 2004.
While Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports have concluded that while unabated
greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere would cause oceans to rise every year, there
would be years during which some seas could register a fall.
Scientists associated with the study said that such a “decadal swing” in the North Indian
Ocean was unique and never observed in either the Pacific or Atlantic oceans.
The NIO went down about 0.3 mm a year and from 2004 gained about 6 mm annually. This
was twice the global, annual average of about 3 mm.
When temperature and sea level trends in the NIO were mathematically separated out from
the other oceans, the fall was even more dramatic: nearly 3 mm per year and the Arabian Sea
cooling off rapidly at 4 mm per year.
39. (a)
In a first of its kind project for India’s nuclear power sector, the ten new pressurised heavy
water nuclear reactor units will come up in fleet mode as a fully homegrown initiative. It
would be one of the flagship “Make in India” projects in this sector.
With likely manufacturing orders of close to 70,000 crores to the domestic industry, the
project will help transform Indian nuclear industry by linking our goal of a strong nuclear
power sector with our indigenous industrial capacities in high-end technologies.
This Project will bring about substantial economies of scale and maximise cost and time
efficiencies by adopting fleet mode for execution.
It is expected to generate more than 33,400 jobs in direct and indirect employment.
With manufacturing orders to domestic industry, it will be a major step towards strengthening
India’s credentials as a major nuclear manufacturing powerhouse.
40. (d) The Gulf of Aden is a gulf located in the Arabian Sea between
Yemen, on the south coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and Somalia in the
Horn of Africa. In the northwest, it connects with the Red Sea through
the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, which is more than 20 miles (32 kilometres)
wide. It shares its name with the port city of Aden in Yemen, which
forms the northern shore of the gulf. gulf of aden
41. (c)
“The Union Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval to Pan-India implementation of
Maternity Benefit Program which now has been extended to all districts of the country w.e.f.
01.01.2017.”
The Ministry of Women and Child Development, in accordance with the provisions of Section
4(b) of National Food Security Act, formulated a scheme for pregnant and lactating mothers
called Maternity Benefit Programme – a conditional cash transfer scheme.
The Scheme provides cash incentives to pregnant and lactating women (i) for the wage loss
so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery; (ii) to improve her health
and nutrition during the period of pregnancy and lactation; and (iii) to breastfeed the child
during the first six months of the birth, which is very vital for the development of the child.
42. (b)
The Convention implements two minimum standards relating to prevention of treaty abuse
and dispute resolution through Mutual Agreement Procedure.
They are not legally binding but there is an expectation that they will be implemented
accordingly by countries that are part of the consensus.
“Treaty shopping” generally refers to arrangements through which a person who is not a
resident of one of the two States that concluded a tax treaty may attempt to obtain benefits
that the treaty grants to residents of these States. These strategies are often implemented
by establishing companies in States with desirable tax treaties that are often qualified as
“letterboxes” “shell companies” or “conduits” because these companies exist on paper but
have no or hardly any substance in reality. It can be addressed through changes to bilateral tax
treaties in line with the minimum standard agreed in the context of the BEPS Project.
The Convention provides flexibility to exclude a specific tax treaty and to opt out of provisions
or parts of provisions through making of reservations.
43. (c)
The committee, which was headed by Lt General DB Shekatkar (retd) has recommended the
creation of 3 integrated theatre commands — northern for the China border, western for the
Pakistan border and southern for the maritime role.
The Indian armed forces currently have 17 commands. There are 7 commands each of the
Army and the Air Force; the Navy has 3 commands. Each command is headed by a 4-star rank
military officer. none of these 17 commands is co-located at the same station, nor are their
areas of operational responsibility contiguous.
In addition, there are 2 tri-service commands – Strategic Forces Command (SFC) and
Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) – which is headed by rotation by officers from the 3
Services. However, the SFC is not an integrated theatre command but an integrated functional
command.
44. (b) Entry 15, State List: Preservation, protection and improvement of stock and prevention of
animal diseases; veterinary training and practice.Entry 28, State List: Markets and fairs.
Seventh Schedule;
TH: Pinarayi writes to CMs;
45. (d) Wikipedia states that “GAIN is an independent non-profit foundation”, but there is some
controversy regarding its status as being “independent”. For our purpose, it is sufficient to know
that it is a separate entity altogether (and not established by organisations such as the UN or its
specialised agencies).
46. (a) TH: 3 cases of Zika reported in Ahmedabad in Jan;
47. (a)
The permission for exploration of Poly-Metallic Nodules (Manganese Nodules or PMN) in
the Central Indian Ocean Basin region was granted in 1987, and India was the first country
to have received such permission under the UN Law of the Sea. “Deep Ocean Mission” is an
extension of India’s programme of PMN exploration.
The Government of India through the Ministry of Earth Sciences recently signed a contract
with the International Seabed Authority for exploration of Poly-Metallic Sulphides (PMS).
The contract permits India to explore PMS along the Central Indian Ridge and the Southwest
Indian Ridge of the Indian Ocean.
48. (b) USA, France, China &Russia are the top four nations respectively in Nuclear Generation as
per the data of World Nuclear Association for 2016. However the percentage annual increase
from 2005 to 2006 was highest in China at 13.9% followed by India at 7.6%. France has the
largest share of Nuclear Energy as percentage of total electricity at 72.3% followed by 19.6% of
USA. India's nuclear energy as percentage of total energy stands at only 3.4%.
49. (d) It warns people of increasing risk of TB associated with smoking cigarettes or bidis, It warns
people of increasing risk of TB on being exposed to second-hand smoke are the major highlights
of the 'TB Cough', the campaign launched to spread awareness against TB by Ministry of Health,
Govt. of India on World No Tobacco Day on May 31. With this India has become the first country
to launch a national mass campaign establishing the link between smoking and tuberculosis(TB) in
a bid to raise awareness and encourage smokers to seek medical opinion when they have persistent
cough.
50. (d) Raja Chari is the only Indian American among the 12 new astronauts chosen by NASA for
missions to deep space. Lt Col Chari is a commander of the 461st Flight Test Squadron and the
director of the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The seven
men and five women selected by NASA were culled from a record 18,300 applicants during an
open astronaut call. After completing two years of training, the new astronaut candidates could
be assigned to missions on the International Space Station and flying on deep space missions on
NASA's new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket.
51. (b) LeanderPaes, Mahesh Bhupathi, SaniaMirza&RohanBopanna are the only four Indians who
have won Grand Slam trophies for India. RohanBopanna lifted his maiden Grand Slam title by
winning the French Open mixed doubles trophy with Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski,
becoming only the fourth Indian ever to clinch a major, recently.
52. (c) El Nino is the phenomenon which affects the normal monsoon in India. The south west
monsoon began on strong note in 2017 as El Nino is not likely to effect Indian sub-continent this
summer.
53. (b)Sovereignty issues, NSG issues and terrorism issues in neighbouring state as the main of issues
of conflict between India and China. Both the countries which saw worsening of ties over these
issues recently talked of managing their differences as Prime Minister NarendraModi and Chinese
President Xi Jinping met in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, recently to discuss the impact of mega
connectivity projects such as OBOR among other issues. The two leaders were meeting for the
first time since India skipped Xi's mega show-a summit on One Belt One Road project in Beijing
in May 2017..
54. (c) The correct answer is Domingos-Antonio Gomes is the Portuguese-American musician who set
a new Guinness World Record for the most piano key hits in a minute. He played the key 824 times
in 60 seconds on an unmodified concert grand piano-Yamaha CFX concert grand piano-in a music
store in Lisbon. His technique involved using two alternate fingers to hit the key. The previous
record was of 765 hits in 60 seconds which was achieved by Bence Peter from Hungary in 2012.
55. (b) European Union Commission is the group whose President Jean-Claude Juncker recently urged
its member nations to boost their defence spending. EU members are spending an average of 1.3%
of GDP on defence much less than the United States, Russia and China. The EU unveiled a new
defence fund recently to provide a total of Euro 500million in EU money in 2019 and 2020 to help
buy and develop military equipment.
56. (b) 23 is the number agricultural commodities for which the government fixes minimum support
prices or MSPs. The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) is required to give
recommendations to the government regarding MSP. The commission assesses demand and supply
by sending questionnaires and holding discussions with government agencies and various trade
and industry bodies. These prices are announced at the beginning of each sowing season. The
government essentially guarantees to buy any of the harvest that is offered to it at this price. The
assurance of remunerative prices are supposed to encourage farmers to invest more and hence
increase production of these crops.
57. (c) 8th June 2017 was recently celebrated as World Ocean Day.World Oceans Day is a global day of
ocean celebration and collaboration for a better future. This site serves as the central coordinating
platform for World Oceans Day, with free resources and ideas for everyone – no matter where you
live – to help expand the reach and impact of World Oceans Day on June 8 and year-round. Overall
theme for World Oceans Day 2017 is: Our Oceans, Our FuturewhilethefocusofConservation action
is Encouraging solutions to plastic pollution and preventing marine litter for a healthier ocean and
a better future.
58. (b) FIPB which stands for Foreign Investment Promotion Board was recently abolished by
government in a major decision aimed at further easing doing business in India. The Union Cabinet
recently abolished the 25-year-old Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), obviating the
need for prior clearance for Foreign Direct Investment in more than 90 per cent cases. After this
only 11 sectors would require prior approval for Foreign Direct Investments (FDI).The Union
Budget 2017-18 presented in February had announced the proposal for abolition of FIPB. The
FIPB was set up in the early 1990s as an inter-ministerial single-window for allowing FDIs that
need government approval. The government relaxed FDI norms in June 2016 in single brand
retail, civil aviation, airports, pharmaceuticals, animal husbandry and food products, whereby
investors in these sectors do not need to seek approval from the FIPB.
59.(b) “Making the announcement, M Rajeevan, Secretary of Ministry of Earth Sciences, confirmed
the participation of seven premier science agencies including NIO, ISRO and DRDO in the
venture.”
60. (a) China is the country whose long-term local and foreign currency issuer ratings rating was
recently was downgraded by Moody's Investors Services recently citing expectations that the
financial strength of the world's second-biggest economy would erode in the coming years. The
downgrade by one notch to an A1 rating from Aa3 comes as the Chinese government grapples
with the challenges of slowing economic growth and rising financial risks stemming from soaring
debt. While the downgrade is likely to modestly increase the cost of borrowing for the Chinese
government and its state-owned enterprises, it remains comfortably within the investment grade
rating range. The ratings agency also changed its outlook for China to stable from negative. In
March 2016, Moody's cut its outlook on China's government credit ratings to negative from stable,
citing rising debt and uncertainty about the authorities' ability to carry out reforms and address
economic imbalances. Rival ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded its outlook to negative
in the same month. S&P's AA- rating is one notch above both Moody's and Fitch Ratings A+
rating. Moody's said its now stable outlook reflected the assessment that risks were balanced.
61. (c)
Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia, while addressing the 22nd APEDA Export award function
in New Delhi on 12 June 2017, announced that India has emerged as the 7th largest exporter
of agri-products globally.
There is a significant increase in the exports of food products from the country and it represents
more than 12 percent of total exports.
Total merchandise exports during 2016-2017 are more than 276 billion dollars out of which
agricultural exports comprised nearly 33 billion dollars.
Indian food products are majorly exported to countries such as Vietnam, UAE, Saudi Arabia,
USA, Iran, Iraq and Nepal.
Further, the exporters even in times of economic slowdown have continued to grow and added
that opportunities in newer markets have to be searched for further growth.
The awards function witnessed the presentation of 82 APEDA awards for the year 2014-2015
and 2015-2016. It included 2 Diamond Trophies, 33 Gold, 29 Silver and 18 Bronze awards
62. (c)
India and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) on 8 June 2017
launched a partnership fund to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the
developing world.
The fund was launched on the occasion of the World Oceans Day at a special ceremony held
at the Permanent Mission of India to the UN.
The India-UN Development Partnership Fund will implement country-level projects that are
catalytic towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.
The initiative is aimed at reducing poverty and hunger, improving health, education and
equality, and expanding access to clean water, energy and livelihoods.
The fund will focus on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing
States (SIDS).
63. (a)
Over $21 billion worth of black money was illegally taken out of India in 2014, according to
the latest report by the international watchdog Global Financial Integrity (GFI).
This illicit outflow was nearly 19% more than that recorded the previous year.
GFI has, for the first time, given information on the equally damaging inflow of illegal funds
in this report, with India being the destination of a staggering $101 billion in 2014, up nearly
11% over the previous year.
Globally, the report estimates that between $620 and $970 billion was drained out of the
developing world, primarily through trade fraud.
Illicit inflows are estimated at a mind boggling $1.4-2.5 trillion.
Combined, illicit outflows and inflows accounted for 14-24% of total developing country
trade over 2005-2014.
This year's GFI report stands out from its previous reports for adopting a much more rigorous
method of collecting and analysing information on international trade and balance of payments.
Besides using IMF global data on direction of trade, the report has included information from
other sources to plug gaps.
Inclusion of Swiss data on gold exports, that was earlier omitted, has led to a drastic revision
of India's outflow and inflow figures.
Although both the lower and higher ends are described by the economists as “conservative”
because it is difficult to trace all illicit transactions, the higher-end estimates are closer to
previous years' estimates while the lower ones take into account only trade gaps with advanced
economies.
64. (c)
The World Bank has cleared a USD 250-million loan to aid the Skill India mission.
The loan amount would be used for making Indian youth more employable through reskilling.
The USD 250 million Skill India Mission Operation (SIMO) is set to increase the market
relevance of short-term skill development programmes (3-12 months or up to 600 hours) both
at the national and state levels.
It will help the government of India to better equip the young workforce with employable
skills.
SIMO will be a six- year programme in support of National Policy for Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship (2017-23).
Under the programme, persons in the age group of 15-59 will acquire skill training irrespective
of their employment status.
65. (d)
According to ‘Handbook of Statistics on States 2016-17‘, the gross fiscal deficits of all the
states have soared to Rs 4,93,360 crore in fiscal 2016 from Rs 18,790 crore in FY1991.
This is the second edition of RBI’s statistical publication.
‘Handbook of Statistics on States 2016-17 follows a ‘one-indicator-one table’ approach. It
covers all sub-national statistics on socio- demographics, state domestic product, agriculture,
industry, infrastructure, banking and other fiscal indicators across the states during the period
1950-51 to 2016-17.
The handbook also provides data on the state-wise availability of power, per capita availability
of power, installed capacity of power, and power requirement, the length of national highways,
roads and state highways, and railheads.
Uttar Pradesh had a fiscal deficit of INR 3,070 crore in FY91, which has soared to INR 64,320
crore in FY16.
66. (d)
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister ShriNarendraModi has approved the
proposal to introduce a Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017.
The Bill would provide for a comprehensive resolution framework for specified financial
sector entities to deal with bankruptcy situation in banks, insurance companies and financial
sector entities.
The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance, Bill 2017 when enacted, will pave the way
for setting up of the Resolution Corporation.
It would lead to repeal or amendment of resolution-related provisions in sectoral Acts as
listed in Schedules of the Bill.
It will also result in the repealing of the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation
Act, 1961 to transfer the deposit insurance powers and responsibilities to the Resolution
Corporation.
The Resolution Corporation would protect the stability and resilience of the financial system;
protecting the consumers of covered obligations up to a reasonable limit; and protecting
public funds, to the extent possible.
The Government has recently enacted the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("Code")
for the insolvency resolution of non- financial entities.
67. (a)
The Union Government on 6 June 2017 said that Ministries will have to decide on FDI
proposals within 60 days of the application and any rejection will need concurrence of the
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
Earlier in May 2017, India had scrapped the 25-year old foreign investment advisory body
named Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). It was scrapped with an aim to attract
more FDI by providing quick approvals.
In an office memorandum, the Finance Ministry said subsequent to the abolition of FIPB,
concerned administrative ministries have been allotted the work of granting approval for
foreign investment in the specific sector.
The Industry Ministry, in consultation with the administrative ministry, will come out with a
detailed guideline for processing of the FDI proposals and ensure a “consistency of treatment
and uniformity of approach”.
The Standard Operating Procedure will involve the process of inter-ministerial consultation
for the examination of FDI proposals, wherever necessary.
FDI approval decisions in majority of the sectors have been relegated to concerned ministry
and those relating to private security agencies would be decided by the Home Ministry.
68. (b)
According to BMI Research, a Fitch group company, India is among the top five consumer
markets in Asia offering retailers the strongest consumer spending growth of an average of
6.1% over the next five years.
The other four countries are China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Indonesia. BMI Research was
founded in 1984 Business Monitor International and later in 2014 was acquired by Fitch Group.
The firm performs industry and financial market analysis in 24 industries and 200 global
markets.
In India, bricks-and-mortar retailers have also began to foray into the e-commerce segment
supported by the high mobile penetration in the country.
69. (b)
The Indian Coir sector’s revenue from exports touched an all time high of INR 2282 Cr by
value and 9.57 Metric Tonnes in quantity in the 2016-17 financial year.
The Coir Board Chairman is C P Radhakrishnan.
The coir sector had fetched export revenue of Rs 1630 Cr in the financial year 2015-16
against INR 1,476 Cr achieved in fiscal year 2014-15.
Indian coir sector has tremendous potential to grow and provide employment to a large
number of people.
70. (a)
Organisations with over Rs 20 lakh turnover will have to specify the PAN while filling the
UdyogAadhaar Memorandum for registration.
These organisations include companies, limited liability partnerships, cooperative societies,
societies and trusts.The decision, taken at a meeting chaired by the MSME Secretary K
KJalan recently.This will be implemented after two months of the Goods and Services Tax
coming into operation.The GST regime is likely to come into force on July 1.Presently, it
is not mandatory for these organisations to mention the PAN number in the UdyogAadhaar
Memorandum.
However, since it will be compulsory for firms with turnover above INR 20 lakh to have a
PAN number under the GST, this decision has been taken.
Apart from the Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Aadhaar, micro, small and medium
enterprises (MSMEs) will also have to attach a chartered accountant's certificate for
participating in public tenders.
71. (c) The government has set up a task force headed by NITI Aayog vice-chairman ArvindPanagariya
to come up with a methodology to generate timely and reliable employment data. The Prime
Minister NarendraModi himself has initiated the process and has asked the task force to submit
its recommendations at the earliest. The other members of the task force are labour secretary M.
Sathiyavathy, secretary of the statistics department T.C.A. Ananth, NITI Aayog’sPulakGhosh and
Manish Sabharwal, chairman and co-founder of staffing firm Teamlease Services Ltd.India lacks
reliable data on jobs. The available data is currently outdated. The data on jobs in the informal
sector which employs country’s majority of the workforce is not easily available. Also, the data
released by the Labour Bureau is restricted to the organized sector. National Sample Survey
Office (NSSO) data which is the most comprehensive data available on jobs is generated with a
time lag.Better data on jobs data will help policy planners assess the impact of policies on jobs
and will shed light on the actual size of the informal economy.
72. (d)
Ministry of Urban Development will launch measuring of Liveability Index of cities in the
next month. The index will be based on indigenously evolved methodology.
The Ministry of Urban Development has already released a detailed document on “Methodology
for Collection and Computation of Liveability Standards in Cities”.
The index will measure the Liveability Standards of 140 cities including 53 cities with
population of 1 million and above.
To carry out the assessment, the Ministry has invited bids for selecting the agency. The aim
of the assessment will be to instil a sense of healthy competition among cities and towns in
the country and to help them focus their attention on improving governance and infrastructure
availability.
Cities will be assessed on 15 core parameters relating to Governance, social infrastructure
pertaining to education, health and safety and security, economic aspects and physical
infrastructure like housing, open spaces, land use, energy and water availability, solid waste
management, pollution etc.
Totally, based on 79 aspects, the Cities would be ranked on the Liveability Index.
73. (a)
India will unveil a new series of Index of Industrial Production with a base year 2011-12 on
May 9 with an aim to map economic activities more accurately.
The new series for Index of Industrial Production (IIP), which captures industrial activities
on monthly basis, will be launched by Chief Statistician and MOSPI Secretary TCA Anant.
A high-level panel had firmed up the methodology for the IIP with new base year of 2011-12.
Currently, the IIP is calculated on base year of 2004-05.
The change in baseline for the IIP is expected to bring in more accuracy in mapping the level
of economic activity and calculating other numbers like national accounts.
Work is also in progress to change the base year for the wholesale price index (WPI) to 2011-
12 year.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has already changed the base year for the country's
national accounts, including the gross domestic product (GDP) and the gross value addition
(GVA).
The retail inflation based on the consumer price index (CPI) is also calculated on the base
year of 2011-12.
For long, economists and think tanks have been pitching for release of new time series of the
IIP and the WPI so that GDP numbers can be based on more accurate and realistic data.
74. (b) The election commission announced today that the election of India’s next vice president will
take place on August 5. The term of vice president M. Hamid Ansari ends on August 10.\
75. (d) GSAT-17, India’s latest communication satellite, was on Thursday successfully launched into
space from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, PTI reported. The satellite was propelled
using the European Ariane 5 Launch Vehicle.
76. (b) India has contributed $ 100,000 to a UN fund to help developing countries actively participate
in the discussion of tax issues, becoming the first country to make the contribution. The UN Tax

Trust Fund aims to support the work of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in
Tax Matters (the UN Tax Committee).
77. (d) Coca-Cola is downing shutters of its biggest analytics, technical and innovation centre in the
country, based in Pune, as part of a restructuring undertaken by the beverages maker to become a
leaner organisation.
78. (a) Rajeev Shukla, a former vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI),
will head a newly-formed seven-member Special Committee to oversee reforms recommended by
the Lodha Committee, as decided at Monday’s Special General Meeting (SGM).
79. (b) Ram NathKovind (age 71), the present Governor of Bihar has been announced as BJP’s
presidential nominee. He is an advocate and has practised in both the Delhi HC and the Supreme
Court.He has also served as the national spokesperson for BJP and was appointed as the governer
of Bihar on 8th August 2015.
80. (c) In a first, China planning to send mini-ecosystems to Moon next year. These will be containing
potato seeds and silkworm eggs.The aim of this mission is to study how the organisms develop on
the lunar surface and to prepare for future moon landings and possible human inhabitants.
81. (d) Moon Jae-in (born 24 January 1953) is the current President of South Korea Moon was elected
after the impeachment of his predecessor, Park Geun-hye. He is a former student activist, human
rights lawyer, and chief of staff to then-President Roh Moo-hyun.
The name mentioned in option C HwahgKyo-ahn is that of South Korea’s Prime Minister.
82. (a) Lockheed Martin and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) have signed a pact for the
production of F-16 Block 70 fighter planes in India.
83. (b) The iconic building, TajMahal Palace in Mumbai has become the 1st Indian building to get
trademark.It was built in 1903 and has been a defining structure of Mumbai’s Skyline.
84. (c) David Grossman’s A Horse Walks into a Bar is set around a standup comic’s rambling and
confessional routine in an Israeli comedy club, has won the Man Booker International prize for
the year’s best fiction in translation.
85. (c) Shahrukh Khan, who owns a stake in the IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders has been handed
the ownership of team of Cape Town.Cricket South Africa lunched its new T20 Global League in
London, the competition is set to start in November, with the final to be played on December 16
86. (a) Shri Ajit Vinayak Gupte (IFS: 1991), currently Joint Secretary in The Ministry of External
Affairs has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Denmark.
87. (d) TerraPay, mobile payments switch has announced its collaboration with Yes Bank to enable
real-time international money transfers to bank accounts in India.
88. (c) According to the Nikkei Asian Review’s second annual Asia 300 Power Performers Ranking —
a compilation of the most powerful and valuable listed companies in Asia, as many as three Indian
companies have made it to the top 10 list, while none had made the cut in the previous financial
year. Indian IT service provider HCL Technologies came in at the second place, followed by Zee
Entertainment Enterprises and Tata Consultancy Services at the third and fourth place respectively.
89. (d)Committee headed by MadhavChitale on Desiltation of Ganga has recommended a slew of
measures which include study of reach wise sediment transport processes along with establishing
annual sediment budgets to guide de-silting activities, Preparation of annual reports (Sand registry)
describing the previous de-silting/ dredging activity, etc.
90. (c) As per the latest UNWTO Barometer for March 2017, Rank of India in International Tourist
Arrivals in both 2014 and 2015 is 24 as against the previous rank of 41 and 40 in the year 2014
and 2015, respectively.
91.(c) The Indian men’s compound team has won gold on the penultimate day of the archery World
Cup stage 1 championship in Shanghai, China. India were represented by AbhishekVerma,
ChinnaRajuSrither and Amanjeet Singh.
92. (d) The Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise began on
18 May 2017 at Naval Station Karwar, Karnataka. Named as ‘KaravaliKarunya’, the exercise is
being conducted by Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command.
93.(b) Hassan Rouhani has been re-elected as Iran’s 12th President with a thumping majority.
94. (b) May 20
95. (b)
Theme of 2017 World Metrology Day: “Measurements for transport”.
Recently Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, released a two-part book series on Dr. M.S.
Swaminathan titled – M.S. Swaminathan: The Quest for a world without hunger.
96. (b) The series has 2 books: Volume 1 is titled ” 50 Years of Green Revolution: An Anthology of
Research Papers “- This is authored by M. S. Swaminathan. The second volume is titled: ” M. S.
Swaminathan: Legend in Science and Beyond ” and is authored by P. C. Kesavan
97.(d)Thespian SoumitraChatterjee and India’s longest serving boss Y.C. Deveshwar have been
conferred with the BangaSamman, West Bengal’s highest civilian award, by Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee.
98. (a) The Dr. Shankar Acharya committee has been constituted by the Union Finance Ministry to
examine the feasibility and desirability of having a new financial year. This could lead to changing
India’s financial year from April-March to January –February or any other 12-month period. As
per terms of reference, the 4-member committee will examine the merits and demerits of various
dates for commencement of financial year including the existing dates. The panel will take into
account the genesis of current financial year, suitability of financial year from point of view of
correct estimation of receipts and expenditure of Central and State governments. It will also
consider the effect of the different agriculture crop periods, impact on business, taxation systems
and procedures, statistics and data collection and convenience of legislatures for transacting
budget work. The committee will submit its reports by December 31, 2016.
99. (b)Abbas Kiarostami (76), the immensely acclaimed and influential Iranian writer-director, has
recently passed away in Paris, France. He was the only Iranian ever to win the Palme D’Or at
Cannes film festival.
100. (d) The book “Wood smoke and Leafcups : autobiographical footnotes to the anthropology of the
Durwa” has been authored by MadhuRamnath. The book articulates the vast struggles over land
and territory that haunt tribal areas. It is highly recommended for anyone who wants to journey
into a deeper understanding of tribal cultures, which currently face genocide in Central India.

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