Answer-(D) KochiExplanation:
With this, Kochi becomes the 1st Indian city to have a ‘Water Metro’.
The 1st phase from Aluva to Palarivattom (13.5 km) opened on 17th June 2017 by the Prime Minister.
It is the India’s 1st metro to use solar panels and to meet 25% of its electricity need from solar power
The first metro to use compost generated from municipal waste to fertilize the vertical garden it plans to maintain on some of its pillars.
2) UN Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC) has _______ members.
(A) 54
(B) 72
(C) 101
(D) 193
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Answer- (A) 54Explanation:
ECOSOC is one of the six principal organs of the UN.
It is established by the UN charter in 1946.
Current President – Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava (Zimbabwe).
In June 2017, India has been re-elected to the UN’s ECOSOC for another 3 years.
3) ________ is serving as India’s Permanent representative at the United Nation since January 2016.
(A) Nirupam Sen
(B) Syed Akbaruddin
(C) Hardeep Singh Puri
(D) Asoke Kumar Mukerji
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Answer-(A) Syed Akbaruddin
4) Terming the Emergency as a ‘Black-day’ in the constitutional democracy of independent India, the Union government has decided to observe Anti-Emergency day on ___________.
(A) June 17-18
(B) June 18-19
(C) June 25-26
(D) June 28-29
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Answer-(A) June 25-26Explanation:
Under Indira Gandhi Government, Emergency in India from 25 June 1975 to 21 March 1977.
5) The 2017 session of the National Suppliers Group (NSG) to be held in ________.
(A) Berlin
(B) London
(C) Paris
(D) Bern
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Answer-(D) BernExplanation:
Bern is the capital city of Switzerland.
China is the only country resistant to India’s bid for NSG.
As of 2016, the NSG has 48 members.
It’s current Chairman – Shin Dong ik (South Korea).
6) The President is elected not directly by the people but by the members of Electoral College. The Electoral College consist of
1. The elected members of the Parliament & State Legislative Assembly.
2. The elected members of Union Territory of Delhi & Puducherry.
3. The elected & nominated members of Parliament & State Legislative Assembly.
4. The elected members of the State Legislative Council.
(A) 2, 3, and 4
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 2
(D) 1, 2, and 4
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Answer-(A) 1 and 2.
7) The Central Vigilance Commission was given statutory status in the year ______.
(A) 1962
(B) 1964
(C) 2003
(D) 2004
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Answer-(C) 2003.
8) Who are the four UN members states given below are not signatories of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)?
1. China
2. India
3. Pakistan
4. Israel
5. South Sudan
6. Srilanka
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 6
(B) 2, 3, 4 and 5
(C) 2, 3, 5 and 6
(D) 1, 3, 4 and 5
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Answer- (B) 2, 3, 4 and 5.Explanation:
North Korea was a party to the Treaty but announced its withdrawal in 2003.
The State of Palestine is the most recent state to have joined in NPT.
9) The Government expects Digital Economy to grow to more than $ 1 trillion by ______.
(A) 2020
(B) 2023
(C) 2025
(D) 2030
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Answer-(C) 2025
10) The 9th BRICS Summit 2017 will be held at ________ in China.
(A) Beijing
(B) Xiamen
(C) Shanghai
(D) Guangzhou
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Answer-(B) Xiamen.Explanation:
The theme of 2017 Summit is “BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future”.
11) Who is considered as ‘The Father of German reunification’?
(A) Helmut Kohl
(B) Otto Van Bismarck
(C) Gerhard Schroder
(D) Angela Merkel
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Answer-(A) Helmut Kohl.Explanation:
Helmut Kohl died on 17th June 2017.
He was the German’s longest serving post-war Chancellor from 1982 to 1998.
12) The WHO placed India as a _________ country for Zika risk.
(A) Category 1
(B) Category 2
(C) Category 3
(D) Category 4
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Answer-(A) Category 2.Explanation:
Until April, India was a Category 4 country.
Between November 2016 and February 2017, the Union Health Ministry confirmed that 3 laboratory confirmed cases by Zika were reported..
Zika virus transmitted through the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also transmits dengue & Chikungunya..
‘Category 2’ – indicates that the virus is being actively transmitted within the country.
13) AEOI stands for
(A) Atomic Energy Organisation of India
(B) Automatic Exchange of Information
(C) All form of Energy Organisation Interface
(D) Automobile Energy and Oil Information
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Answer-(B) Automatic Exchange of Information.Explanation:
AEOI reduces the possibility of tax evasion by providing for exchange of NRI’s finance account information with tax authorities in the account-holders’ country of residence.
Switzerland ratified AEOI with India and the 1st set of data will be exchanged in 2019.
14) An arrhythmia is a _______ disease.
(A) Lung
(B) Heart
(C) Eye
(D) Brian
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Answer-(B) Heart.Explanation:
It is a problem with the rate or rhythm of heartbeat.
It occurs when the electrical signals to the heart that coordinate heartbeats are not working properly..
‘3D electronatomical mapping of the heart’ is a new method to treat arrhythmia.
15)__________, the first Indian woman who has been elected a judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS).
(A) Neeru Chadha
(B) Ruma Pal
(C) Sujata Manohar
(D) Leila Seth
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Answer-(A) Neeru ChadhaExplanation:
She will be the first Indian woman to serve on the 21-member court.
She won a nine-year term on the tribunal that adjudicates disputes arising over the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and agreements between countries that give it jurisdiction.
The tribunal was set up in 1996 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.
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