Current Affairs

GK MCQs Section

Page-12 of Current Affairs - April, 2017

Telangana passes bill to hike reservations for Muslims and STs

The Telangana legislature has passed the Telangana Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions and of Appointments or Posts in the Services under...

April 17, 2017

Facts about Kempe Gowda

The President of India, recently, inaugurated the Kempe Gowda Festival organized by the Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Foundation in New Delhi. Facts about Kempe Gowda Kempe Gowda was a chieftain...

April 17, 2017

B Sai Praneeth wins Singapore Open Super Series Title

Sai Praneeth defeated the world No 29 Kidambi Srikanth in an all-Indian men’s singles final and clinched Singapore Open Superseries badminton title. With this, India has become only...

April 17, 2017

Gayathri Gopichand wins singles and doubles crown at Pembangunan Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix

Gayatri Gopichand, daughter of National Badminton coach Pullela Gopichand, has bagged both the singles and doubles crown at the Pembangunan Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix in Jakarta. Gayatri...

April 17, 2017

Emma Morano, the world's oldest person passes away

Emma Morano, the world’s oldest woman has passed away in Italy at the age of 117. She was the last known person born in the 19th century who...

April 17, 2017

Internet Pioneer Robert Taylor Passes Away

Robert Taylor, a pioneer of Modern Computing and the Internet has passed away at the age of 85. Rob Taylor was instrumental in creating the internet and the...

April 17, 2017

Depression in Bay of Bengal named "Tropical Cyclone Maarutha"

A deep depression in Bay of Bengal has intensified into a tropical cyclone named Maarutha. This cyclone is expected to hit Myanmar on 17 April 2017 and bring...

April 16, 2017

Saturn’s moon Enceladus may be habitable: NASA

NASA has announced that Saturn’s sixth-largest moon Enceladus and Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon Europa may be habitable as they have the necessary ingredients required to sustain life. The key ingredients...

April 15, 2017

Scientists find second Great Spot on Jupiter

Scientists have found second Great Spot in Jupiter which is cold and high up. The Great Spot was found to be 24,000 km across and 12,000 km wide....

April 15, 2017

ISRO to share technology for manufacturing of Lithium-ion batteries for production of electric vehicles

The government has directed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to share battery technology for mass production of Lithium-Ion batteries for electric vehicles. The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre...

April 15, 2017

Archives

E-Books

States PSC General Studies

Latest in Hindi