OCT 17,2017 - GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS

1.     Who won Shanghai Masters 2017 tennis tournament title?
2.      Person selected for Padma Prabha Puraskaram for the year 2017?
3.     Programme launched  by Mahindra & Mahindra , to empower women working in the agriculture sector?
4.     The Malayalam poet who bagged Asan Smaraka Award 2016?
5.     First Digital State in India is?
6.     Which State has recently imposed a total ban on alcohol?
7.     Name the bullet shaped retrievable Scientific Research Satellite.
8.     Who got the Ezhuthachan prize of 2016?
9.     District Collector of Malabar who was murdered in connection with Mappila Rebellion?
10. new species of edible freshwater fish in Pampa river in Pathanamthitta, Kerala?
11.  Two new species of earthworm belonging to the primitive family Moniligastridae in Western Ghats ranges of Kerala discovered recently?
12.Who won the 2017 US Open title in men’s single category?
13. Chief Information Commissioner of India?
14. What is the theme of 2017 Global Handwashing Day (GHD)?
15.  The first-ever International tri services joint exercise “INDRA – 2017” will be conducted between India and which country?
16.  India’s first-ever All India Institute of Ayurveda has come up in which city?
17. The NIIF of India has signed a pact worth $1 billion with Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). What does NIIF stands for?
18. The AYUSH Festival of Stamps 2017 has started in which city?
19.   What is the theme of 2017 World Spine Day (WSD)?
20.   Lekh Tandon, who passed away recently, was the renowned personality of which field?



Answers


1.     Roger Federer (defeated Spain's Rafael Nadal)
2.     Prabha Varma
3.     Prerna
4.     Chemmanam Chacko
5.     Kerala
6.     Bihar
7.     SJ-10
8.     C. Radhakrishnan
9.     H.V. Conolly
10. Labeo filiferus (L.filiferus)
11. Drawida polydiverticulata and Drawida thomasi
12.Rafael Nadal (Spain)
13.Rajiv Mathur
14. Our hands, our future!
15.Russia
16. New Delhi
17. National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
18. Panaji
19. Your Back in Action
20. Film Industry



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