Current Affairs

GK MCQs Section

Page-31 of Archives: July, 2017

What is Difference between NITI Aayog and Team India?

Governing Council of the NITI Aayog comprises all the State Chief Ministers in the country and it is not without much reason as to why Prime Minister accords...

July 12, 2017

India Israel Cooperation in Defence, Agriculture, Science

The recent months have seen an expansion of India-Israel cooperation in various fields, with the visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the country. The major...

July 12, 2017

NASA's Juno spacecraft completes flyby over Jupiter's Great Red Spot

NASA’s unmanned spacecraft Juno has successfully peered into the Jupiter’s giant storm known as the Great Red Spot. It became first space probe to complete flyby of Jupiter’s...

July 12, 2017

NGT bans nylon, synthetic manja

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed nationwide blanket ban on the use of kite strings (manja), made of nylon or any synthetic material on the grounds that...

July 12, 2017

5 States, 1 UT ink MoU with Centre on Government e-Marketplace

5 States and a Union Territory (UT) have formally adopted the Centre’s Government e-Marketplace (GeM) initiative. They are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh and Puducherry (UT)....

July 12, 2017

India to become largest milk producer in 2026: OECD-FAO report

According to recently released OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026, India will be the world’s largest milk producer by 2026 and will account for the biggest increase in wheat production...

July 12, 2017

Rajasthan: First State to fix minimum education qualification for cooperative body poll

Rajasthan has become the first State in the country to lay down the minimum educational qualifications for contesting elections to village cooperative societies and various other cooperative bodies....

July 12, 2017

BCCI appoints Ravi Shastri as new head coach of Indian cricket team

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has named former Indian all-rounder and captain Ravi Shastri as the new chief coach of the Indian cricket team...

July 12, 2017

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: July 11, 2017

1. Which country is hosting the 2017 SAARC Ministers of Law and Order (Interior/ Home Affairs) meeting? [A] Sri Lanka[B] Bangladesh[C] India[D] Nepal Show Answer Correct Answer: A...

July 11, 2017

Over Rs 57,000 crore saved through DBT: Government

The Union Government has saved around Rs 57,000 crore in 2016-17 through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme under which subsidies are given directly to beneficiaries. In 2017-18, the...

July 11, 2017

Archives

E-Books

States PSC General Studies

Latest in Hindi