Current Affairs May 1 2017 Questions and Answers

Current Affairs May 1 2017 Questions and Answers:

1) Who has been awarded the 2017 INSA Young Scientist award for research in cancer treatment?
A. Aravind Kumar Rengan
B. Sidharth Deshmukh
C. Aasok Tmange
D. Trivedi

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Answer: Option D
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2) Which company recently announced Renu Satti as the CEO of the payments bank?
A. mRupee
B. Paytm
C. Freecharge
D. MobiKwik
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Answer: Option B
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3) Who is the founder of Wikipedia?
A. Jack Dorsey
B. Sergei Brin
c. Mark Zuckerberg
D. Jimmy Wales
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Answer: Option D
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4) Which former CM was also Home Ministry in DMK-CPI coalition from 1969 to 1973 in TN?
A. Subrahmanyan Chinnaswammy
B. Subrahmanyan Rajgopalan
C. Subrahmanyan Ramaswamy
D. None of the above
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Answer: Option C
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5) Which country has an expanded PTA with India w.e.f 16th May 2017?
A. Chile
B. Paraguay
C. Italy
D. Spain
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Answer: Option A
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6. Which state government has constituted “Maa committee” to check mid day meal quality in schools?
A. Assam
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu

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Answer: Option B
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7.Which bank tie-up with Catholic Syrian Bank to distribute its individual life insurance products to the private lender’s customers?
C.ICICI Bank
A.Yes Bank
D.Axis Bank
B.HDFC Bank
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Answer: Option B
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8. PM Modi has launched which river conservation project on 15th May 2017, in MP?
A. Mahanadi Seva Mission
B. Ganga Seva Mission
C. Godavari Seva Mission
D. None of the above
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Answer: Option D
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9. Who will lead the Indian delegation to the 2017 G20 Labour & Employment Ministers’ Meet?
A. Arun Jaitley
B. Rajit Punhani
C. Sushma Swaraj
D. Bandaru Dattatraya
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Answer: Option D
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10.Who has become the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest for the fourth time?
A. Lhakpa Sherpa
B. Anshu Jamsenpa
C. Malavath Purna
D.Premlata Agarwal
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Answer: Option B
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11. On which date the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is celebrated?
A.May 19th
B.May 16th
C.May 17th
D.May 18th
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Answer: Option C
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12.What will the percent of 60 years and above be in 2050, according to PFRDA-CRISIL report?
A. 16.9%
B. 12.4%
C. 8.9%
D. None of the above
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Answer: Option D
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13.Which sector’s revenue from exports touched an all time high of INR 2282 crore this fiscal?
A. Rubber
B. Coir
C. Jute
D. Cotton
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Answer: Option B
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14.Which IIT institute has collaborated with the British Geological Survey (BGS) to turn Varanasi into a smart city?
A.IIT Varanasi
B.IIT Kharagpur
C.IIT Gandhinagar
D.IIT Kanpur
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Answer: Option b
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15. Javier Valdez, the renowned journalist has passed away. He hailed from which country?
A. Nauru
B. Mexico
C Trinidad and Tobago
D Bolivia
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Answer: Option B
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