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- Question
Who is appointed as India's next Ambassador to WTO ?
Options- A. J s Deepak
- B. Jagran Josh
- C. Ivan Shaid
- D. Swetha Nanda
- Correct Answer
- J s Deepak
Explanation
Telecom Secretary J S Deepak was on Wednesday named India?s next Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) from June this year. A 1982 batch IAS officer from Uttar Pradesh, Deepak, who is at present attending the World Mobile Congress at Barcelona, has been shifted with ?immediate effect? from the telecom ministry and has been made Officer on Special Duty in the commerce department. - 1. Which city topped in city governance ranking of the Annual Survey of India?s City Systems (ASICS) 2016 ?
Options- A. Hyderabad
- B. Bangalore
- C. Thiruvananthapuram
- D. Pune Discuss
- 2. What is the highest number of satellites that have been launched by the ISRO in 2017 on a single rocket ?
Options- A. 22
- B. 37
- C. 83
- D. 104 Discuss
- 3. Who was apointed as ICAI ( Institute of Chartered Accountants of India) president in 2017 ?
Options- A. Naveen N D Gupta
- B. Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey
- C. Rajesh Kakkar
- D. Bhavraj Singh Discuss
- 4. Shares of a company given in exchange for work done are called ?
Options- A. Secondary shares
- B. Hot equity
- C. Preferential shares
- D. Sweat equity shares Discuss
- 5. India?s most polluted and least polluted states are
Options- A. Uttarakhand & Rajasthan
- B. Uttar Pradesh & Kerala
- C. New Delhi & Rajasthan
- D. Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand Discuss
- 6. Who has become the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean on standup paddle ?
Options- A. Jack Alberta
- B. Henary Christpher
- C. Christopher Bernard
- D. Chris Bertish Discuss
- 7. Name the company that has recently created the world?s smallest magnet using a single atom which can store one bit of data on it.
Options- A. TCS
- B. Microsoft
- C. IBM
- D. Infosys Discuss
- 8. Who has been given the additional charge of Defence Ministry after Manohar Parrikar resigned from the same post in March, 2017 ?
Options- A. Arun Jaitley
- B. Nitin Gadkari
- C. Narendra Modi
- D. Rajnath Singh Discuss
- 9. At which of the following places is the College of Defence Management located ?
Options- A. Pune
- B. Secunderabad
- C. Chennai
- D. Dehradun Discuss
- 10. Who was the only Secretary General of the UNO to have died while in office ?
Options- A. Dag Hammarskjold
- B. Trygve Lie
- C. Kurt Waldhiem
- D. U Thant Discuss
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Correct Answer: Thiruvananthapuram
Explanation:
Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Kerala has topped in city governance ranking of the Annual Survey of India?s City Systems (ASICS) 2016 conducted by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy. This year it was the fourth edition the annual survey which had evaluated 21 major cities from the 18 states. It highlighted inadequacies in urban governance that could affect public service delivery and quality of life.
Correct Answer: 104
Explanation:
India?s space agency on Feb 15th, 2017 launched a record 104 satellites from a single rocket as it crossed another milestone in its low-cost space-exploration program. The satellites from seven countries were carried by the Indian Space Research Organization?s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on its 38th consecutive successful flight. On board was a 714kg satellite for earth observation and more than 100 smaller satellites weighing less than 10kg each. Three were Indian-owned, 96 were from US companies, and the rest belonged to companies based in Israel, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates. Most were owned by Planet Labs Inc, a US-based Earth-imaging company.
Correct Answer: Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey
Explanation:
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) elected Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey as president and Naveen N D Gupta as vice-president. They have been elected for the year 2017-18. Vikamsey, who served as vice-president, has been a member of the ICAI since 1985. Gupta has been a chartered accountant for more than 20 years.
Correct Answer: Sweat equity shares
Explanation:
A sweat equity share is an equity share issued by the company to employees or directors at a discount or for consideration other than cash for providing know-how or making available rights in the nature of intellectual property rights or value additions.
Correct Answer: Uttar Pradesh & Kerala
Explanation:
Uttar Pradesh is the most polluted state in India, with 15 of its cities among 30 cities with highest levels of toxic air in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi?s constituency Varanasi turned out to be the worst polluted city of UP. Countrywide, it came sixth.
Other towns and cities in UP on the list are Hapur, Bareilly, Firozabad, Kanpur, Agra, NOIDA, Allahabad, and Mathura where PM10 levels were way above permissible limits.
Kerala is the least polluted state in the country, India. In all the 14 districts of the state, NAAQ(National Ambient Air Quality Standards) standards are complied with and had lower concentrations of PM10. However, all the cities surpassed the PM10 standards prescribed by WHO.
The report - Airpocalypse II - is based on air pollution related data collected from Central and State Pollution Control Boards and Committees.
Correct Answer: Chris Bertish
Explanation:
South African Chris Bertish has become the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean on standup paddle. He made the epic 4,050-mile voyage alone at sea aboard his custom-built craft.
Correct Answer: IBM
Explanation:
A team of researchers at IBM has created the world?s smallest magnet using a single atom which can store one bit of data on it.
Correct Answer: Arun Jaitley
Explanation:
Finance minister Arun Jaitley was on 13 March 2017 given the additional charge of the defence ministry after Manohar Parrikar resigned+ to take on the new role of Goa chief minister.
Correct Answer: Secunderabad
Correct Answer: Dag Hammarskjold
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