25 Latest Current Affair MCQs For NDA Exam

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1 25 Latest Current Affair MCQs For NDA Exam 1. India has signed how much amount of loan agreement with the World Bank (WB) for Himachal Pradesh Public Financial Management Capacity Building Programme? a) $68 million b) $56 million c) $36 million d) $45 million Answer Answer c) $36 million India has recently signed a loan agreement of $36 million with the World Bank (WB) for Himachal Pradesh Public Financial Management Capacity Building Programme. The purpose of the project is to improve the efficiency of public expenditure management and tax administration in Himachal Pradesh. The programme size is $45 million, of which $36 million will be financed by the Bank, and the remaining amount will be funded out of State Budget. The programme duration is 5 years. 2. Who has been appointed as the new Economic Affairs Secretary? a) Arvind Mayaram b) Shaktikanta Das c) Vijay Kelkar d) Tapan Ray Answer Answer d) Tapan Ray Tapan Ray, the 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer and currently the corporate affairs secretary, has taken additional charge as the new Economic Affairs Secretary. He succeeded Shaktikanta Das, who retired on May 31, 2017 after serving the government for 37 years in various capacities. 3. Which organisation has received prestigious International Award of Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) titled APQN Quality Award 2017 for International Co-operation in Quality Assurance? a) National Council for Rural Institutes NCRI b) All India Council of Technical Education AICTE c) National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of India d) National Council for Teacher Education NCTE Answer c) National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of India. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of India has received prestigious International Award of Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) titled APQN Quality Award 2017 for International Co-operation in Quality Assurance. APQN Quality Award are among the most prestigious International Awards in quality assurance of higher education. Asia Pacific Quality Register (APQR) and International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) highlighting the acclaimed status of NAAC in International QA circle. 4. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) has appointed as the new chairman of the company with immediate effect a) Sanjiv Singh b) Vikram Kumar c) Rahul Mishra d) Manish Singh Answer a) Sanjiv Singh. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) has appointed Sanjiv Singh as the new chairman of the company with immediate effect. Singh was earlier a director of Refineries at IOCL. Singh will be replacing B Ashok, who superannuated from the services of the company on May 31 and ceased to be the chairman of the company from June Who has been appointed as new Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India? a) V Siva Kumar b) S Ganesh Kumar c) N Pradeep Kumar d) B Suresh Kumar

2 Answer b) S Ganesh Kumar. The Reserve Bank of India has announced appointment of S Ganesh Kumar as Executive Director (ED). S Ganesh Kumar, will succeed Chandan Sinha. As Executive Director, Ganesh Kumar will look after Department of Information Technology, Department of Payment and Settlement Systems and Department of External Investments and Operations. 6. Researchers at have developed a technology that has the potential to make biofuel manufacturing cheaper, quicker and free of pollution a) IIT Mumbai b) IIT Chennai c) IIT Varanasi d) IIT Kharagpur Answer d) IIT Kharagpur. Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a technology that has the potential to make biofuel manufacturing cheaper, quicker and free of pollution. The soil-to-soil manufacturing technology developed at the P.K. Sinha Centre for Bioenergy at IIT Kharagpur is in the process of being patented. 7. India s first metro system to span land and water in a) Chennai b) New Delhi c) Kochi d) Bangalore Answer c) Kochi. The Kochi Metro will begin operations on a stretch between Aluva and Palarivattom stations, nearly half the total length planned. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to take a break from his slew of international trips to inaugurate the service. By 2019 the railway line will connect to a Water Metro India s first which, with a fleet of 78 speedboats and 16 jetties, will provide the area s state-run ferry service with much-needed upgrade. Also, getting an upgrade is Kochi s rickety bus network. 8. Which state government has decided to collaborate with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as part of its efforts to root out the drug menace in the State? a) Assam b) Punjab c) Rajasthan d) Haryana Answer b) Punjab.The Punjab government has decided to collaborate with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as part of its efforts to root out the drug menace in the State. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and UNODC representative Sergey Kapinos met here in this regard. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be signed between the State s Health Department, a Special Task Force (STF) and the UNODC in the second week of June. 9. Defence Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated a grid-connected solar power plant of 16 MW capacity at the Ordinance Factory in a) Telangana b) Maharashtra c) Karnataka d) Andra Pradesh Answer a) Telangana. Defence Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated a grid-connected solar power plant of 16 MW capacity at the Ordinance Factory in Telangana s Medak. He also dedicated a 9 MW capacity windmill project installed at Dammur in Karnataka at a cost of Rs 53 crore by BEML, a defence PSU. Jaitley dedicated both the two projects through video- link at an event. The solar power plant at Medak has been set up at a cost of Rs 105 crore by Bharat Electronics Limited. 10. Aleksandar Vucic was sworn in as new President of a) Romania b) Bulgaria c) Greece d) Serbia Answer d) Serbia. Aleksandar Vucic was sworn in as Serbia s President, pledging to work for peace and stability in the war-weary Balkans while strengthening the country s armed forces 11. Global Day of Parents was observed on? a) June 01 b) June 02 c) June 03 d) June 04

3 Answer a) June 01. Global Day of Parents is a United Nations (UN) observance that is celebrated on June 1 each year to honor parents and their commitment to children worldwide. On September 17, 2012, the UN publicly declared that the Global Day of Parents would be held annually on June 1. This observance recognizes parents as vital in providing protection and positive development for their children. The UN also noted that parents of every race, religion, culture and nationality in all parts of the world were the primary caregivers and teachers of their children. 12. India and have signed the pact for setting up the last two units nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu a) Japan b) Germany c) Russia d) USA Answer c) Russia. India and Russia have signed the pact for setting up the last two units of the Kundankulam nuclear power plant with Moscow s help in Tamil Nadu after overcoming initial hurdles to finalise the strategic deal. The General Framework Agreement (GFA) and Credit protocol for Units 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam nuclear plant are seen as a major outcome of the annual summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin. 13. World Milk Day was observed on? a) June 04 b) June 03 c) June 02 d) June 01 Answer d) June 01. World Milk Day is an initiative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, to celebrate the contribution of the dairy industry around the globe on 1st June. The Day provides an opportunity to focus attention on milk and to publicize activities connectedwith milk and the milk industry. The fact that many countries choose to do this on the same day lends additional importance to individual national celebrations and shows that milk is a global food. The first World Milk Day was held in India signed a loan agreement of 36 million dollar with the World Bank for Public Financial Management Capacity Building Programme a) Himachal Pradesh b) Madya Pradesh c) Uttar Pradesh d) Rajasthan Answer a) Himachal Pradesh. India signed a loan agreement of 36 million dollar with the World Bank for Himachal Pradesh Public Financial Management Capacity Building Programme. The project aims to improve the efficiency of public expenditure management and tax administration in Himachal Pradesh. The agreement was signed by Joint Secretary of Department of Economic Affairs Raj Kumar and the Bank s Country Director Junaid Kamal Ahmad. 15. NASA is launching an unmanned spacecraft named Parker Solar Probe to the Sun on a) July 31, 2017 b) July 31, 2018 c) July 31, 2019 d) July 31, 2020 Answer b) July 31, NASA is launching an unmanned spacecraft named Parker Solar Probe to the Sun on July 31, The mission to touch the Sun would reach within 60 lakh km of the solar surface, eight times closer than any man -made object before. The mission would study why Corona, Sun s outer atmosphere (17 lakh ºC) is hotter than the surface (5,500 ºC). 16. Which country has overtaken India to become the world s fastest-growing economy after India reported slow economic growth for the fourth consecutive quarter? a) Japan b) UK c) Singapore d) China Answer d) China. India s economic growth slowed for the fourth consecutive quarter in the three months that ended in March, losing out the fastest-growing economy tag to China. The effect of demonetization

4 on key sectors such as housing, finance, and others are now being felt. However, it s a minor hiccup and the advent of monsoon and GST should bring things back on track. 17. Parvathamma Rajkumar, who passed away recently, she was the film producer of film industry a) Tamil b) Kannada c) Telugu d) Malayalam Answer b) Kannada. Kannada film producer Parvathamma Rajkumar, wife of the late Kannada superstar Rajkumar, passed away. She was 78. Parvathamma was the only woman producer-distributor-exhibitor of Kannada films. Vajreshwari Combines and Poornima Enteprises, started by her, have produced many of the films starring her husband Rajkumar and sons Shivarajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkmar and Puneet Rajkumar. 18. Who will be appointed as new Economic Affairs Secretary? a) Ashok Kumar b) Venkat Raman c) Vijay Singh d) Tapan Ray Answer d) Tapan Ray. Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das announced his retirement as the Economic Affairs Secretary, after being associated with the Government of India for almost 37 years. He will be succeeded by Tapan Ray, who will take the additional charges as the new Economic Affairs Secretary. An IAS officer holding a Master s Degree from St Stephen s College, New Delhi, Das served as the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, Government of Indi 19.Indian-origin student won the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee contest, held annually in the United States of America. a) Praneetha Kumari b) Ananya Vinay c) Asha Mahesh d) Divya Bharathi Answer b) Ananya Vinay. Indian-origin student Ananya Vinay won the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee contest, held annually in the United States of America. The 12-year-old Class 6th student from Fresno, California, has been awarded a trophy and $ 40,000 (25.79 lakh) cash prize. She spelled French word Marocain, a dress fabric made of silk or wool, to win the contest. 20. India and have vowed to develop a credit rating industry a) Russia b) Germany c) Spain d) France Answer a) Russia. India and Russia have vowed to develop a credit rating industry that is independent from political conjecture, a move that follows apprehensions about global agencies being biased towards large economies like the US and China. The move assumes significance in the wake of several commentators and policy makers in India raising concerns that global rating agencies have not been upgrading India s sovereign credit rating despite its improving economic and political fundamentals, even as China was viewed favourably by the same agencies. 21. Indian film has been chosen to compete for the top prize at the 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic this year a) Ventilator b) Rustom c) Ralang Road d) Dangal Answer c) Ralang Road. Indian film Ralang Road has been chosen to compete for the top prize at the 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic this year. The film has been nominated for the Crystal Globe Award along with eleven other films. Notably, an Indian film is competing at this film festival after thirteen years, as per an official statement. 22. India ranked out of 163 countries researched on a Global Peace Index

5 a) 112 b) 126 c) 133 d) 141 Answer d) 141. India was ranked as low as 141 out of 163 countries researched on a Global Peace Index making it less peaceful than countries such as Burundi, Serbia and Burkina Faso with violence taking a USD 680 -billion (Rs 4,521,078 crore) toll on its economy in Iceland was ranked as the world s most peaceful country, followed by Denmark and Austria. In a ranking of 163 countries, compiled by the global think tank Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), Syria has been named as the least peaceful, followed by South Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia. 23. Which country has reaffirmed its strong support to India s candidature for a permanent seat in the reformed UN Security Council and a membership in the Nuclear Supplier Group? a) China b) Russia c) Germany d) Italy Answer b) Russia. Russia has reaffirmed its strong support to India s candidature for a permanent seat in the reformed UN Security Council and a membership in the Nuclear Supplier Group and other nonproliferation regimes. In the annual bilateral summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the two sides resolved to enhance their cooperation at multilateral fora like the BRICS, WTO, G20 and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as well as Russia-India-China cooperation. 24. The 70th World Health Assembly held in a) Geneva, Switzerland b) Tokyo, Japan c) Paris, France d) London, UK Answer a) Geneva, Switzerland. The 70th World Health Assembly held in Geneva, Switzerland. Member states also agreed on a five-year action plan that will initiate collaboration between World Health Organisation (WHO) the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in tackling shortfalls in global health and social workforce. The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. 25. India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable missile from the Integrated Test Range in Odisha a) Agni-II b) Nag-II c) Prithvi-II d) Akash-II Answer c) Prithvi-II. India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile from the Integrated Test Range in Odisha as part of a user trial by the Indian armed forces. The surface-to -surface medium-range ballistic missile, which was inducted into Indian armed forces in 2003, is capable of carrying 500-1,000 kg of warheads and is thrust by liquid propulsion twin engines.