MCQ Multiple Choice Question of Current Affairs for February 2017 for WBCS Exam

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(1) Name the person, who has been appointed as United Nations in India Goodwill Ambassador recently?A) Ashok Amritraj
B) Kairat Umarov
C) A.R. Camejo
D) N.M. Gertze

(2) Name the Union Minister, who has been introduced Economic Survey 2016­17 in parliament recently?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Arun Jaitley
C) Venkaiah Naidu
D) Rajnath Singh

(3) Name the Veteran Journalist, who has been died in Pune hospital, recently?
A) Ravish Kumar
B) Rajath Sharma
C) Dileep Padgaonkar
D) Vikram Chandra

(4) Where is located the Headquarter of UNICEF?
A) New York
B) Jeneva
C) Prais
D) Vienna

(5) Who has been appointed as the new CBI Director?
A) Rajiv Jain
B) K.K. Sharma
C) Bipin Rawat
D) Alok Verma

(6) The former Union Minister E Ahmad passed away recently. He represented the Malappuram Lok Sabha
constituency of
A) Kerala
B) Karnataka
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Andhra Pradesh

(7) The programming committee meeting of SAARC grouping was held recently in Kathmandu. The headquarters of
SAARC is located in
A) New Delhi
B) Islamabad
C) Dhaka
D) Kathmandu

(8) Which country has become the first one to stop investing in fossil fuels?
A) Oman
B) Ireland
C) Canada
D) Spain

(9) Name the Country, which has introduces H­1B Visa Reform Bill by making it mandatory to raise the minimum
salary of the H­1B visa holders to more than double at USD 1,30,000 from the previous USD 60,000, recently?
A) USA
B) Russia
C) England
D) Japan

(10) Name the Six­Member committee of RBI, which has been Proposed by finance minister Arun Jaitley to replacing
the existing Board for Regulation and Supervision of Payment and Settlement Systems, recently?
A) Payments Regulatory Board
B) Export­Import Bank of India
C) SEBI
D) Union Bank of India

(11) Start­up firm E­Paathsala has launched an integrated accreditation and ERP technology solution for the colleges
and universities to enable them better manage their multiple accreditation standards in an easy, efficient and fast
manner and bridge the gap identified for specific accreditation s. E­paathsala is based in ­­­­
A) Hyderabad
B) Bengaluru
C) Chennai
D) Kolkata

(12) Which among the following states have Winners of Excellence eGov awards, Instituted by the Computer Society
of India’s (CSI) Special Interest Group with sponsorship from Nihilent Technologies?
A) Rajasthan and Telangana
B) Odisha and Nagaland
C) Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
D) Kerala and West Bengal

(13) The share of direct taxes in India’s tax kitty peaked in 2009­10 at 60% and thereafter, it has consistently fallen.
Which of the following is the most appropriate reason for the same?
A) There was a substantial reduction in direct tax rates in the country
B) The consumption pattern and economic growth were affected by economic recession
C) The share of indirect taxes increased substantially
D) None of the above is an appropriate reason

(14) Joginder Singh, who passed away recently, was the former chief of
A) CBI
B) IB
C) RAW
D) NIA

(15) India’s Lakshya Sen recently become the World No. 1 Junior player in the game of
A) Tennis
B) Squash
C) Badminton
D) Table tennis

(16) The World Cancer Day is observed every year on
A) 01 Feb
B) 02 Feb
C) 04 Feb
D) 05 Feb

(17) Name the person, who has been appointed as Chairman and CEO to KPMG< recently?
A) Arun Kumar
B) Richard Rekhy
C) Rickey Mayor
D) None

(18) Name the cricketer, who has been awarded Order of the British Empire (CBE), recently?
A) Peter Son
B) Alastair Cook
C) Eoin Morgan
D) Joe Root

(19) Name the panel, which has been formed by Govt to improve Haj Policy subsidy, recently?
A) a six­member panel
B) a five­member panel
C) a four­member panel
D) a two­member panel

(20) Name the mobile app, which has helped to find 611 missing Children in China, recently?
A) Alibaba
B) BHIM
C) URJA
D) DND

Question No, ANSWERS

1 A
2 B
3 C
4 A
5 D
6 A
7 D
8 B
9 A
10 A
11 B
12 A
13 C
14 A
15 C
16 C
17 A
18 B
19 A
20 A

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