General Knowledge - General Awareness Quiz - Questions and Answers, GK 2017

1. Who has won the 2017 Man Booker International Prize?

a. Ian Samsom

b. David Grossman

c. Roy Jacobsen

d. Amos Oz

2. Who has become the world’s highest wicket-taker in women ODI cricket?

a. Mithali Raj

b. Harmanpreet Kaur

c. Ekta Bisht

d. Jhulan Goswami

3. Which bank has become the first Indian bank to launch bio-degradable prepaid gift cards?

a. Axis Bank

b. ICICI Bank

c. State Bank of India

d. HDFC Bank

4. Sandeep Singh, who has been bestowed with the honorary degree for sporting excellence, is related to which sports?

a. Chess

b. Hockey

c. Cricket

d. Tennis

5. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will increase annual lending to India to a maximum of how much amount for 2018-22?

a. $6 billion

b. $5 billion

c. $4 billion

d. $8 billion

6. The new Index of Industrial Production (IIP) series for India will be calculated on which base year?

a. 2006-07

b. 2008-09

c. 2010-11

d. 2011-12

7. What is the theme of the 2017 International Yoga Day (IYD)?

a. Yoga for Health

b. Yoga for Peace

c. Yoga for Healthy mind

d. Yoga for Healthy living

8. Who of the following have been chosen for the 2016 Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith?

a. Yogita Yadav and Arunabh Saurav

b. Om Naagar and Tasneem Khan

c. Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh

d. Amlendu Tiwari and Balram Kawant

9. Who is the newly appointed Chairman of IIT-Kharagpur?

a. Dipanwita Roy Chowdhury

b. Sanjiv Goenka

c. Jai Pal Mittal

d. N Balakrishnan

10. Which of the following Wildlife Institute of India (WII) recognized by UNESCO to set up the Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training for Asia-Pacific region as a category-II centre of natural heritage institute?

a. Dehradun

b. Ranthambore

c. Kashmir

d. Shimla

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