GK & Current Affairs Quiz: May 9, 2017

1. Which Indian cricketer has been conferred with the Fellowship Award in United Kingdom (UK)?

[A] Sachin Tendulkar
[B] Ravi Shastri
[C] M S Dhoni
[D] Sunil Gavaskar

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2. Who has been conferred with the Tholkappiyar Award for the year 2015-16?

[A] A Dakshinamurthy
[B] S Rajalaksmi
[C] S N Kandaswamy
[D] R Kalaikkovan

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3. The Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state?

[A] Maharashtra
[B] Jharkhand
[C] Assam
[D] Uttar Pradesh

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4. What is the India’s GDP growth forecast for FY 18, according to IMF’s latest report ‘Regional Economic Outlook (REO) for Asia and Pacific’?

[A] 7.6%
[B] 7.2%
[C] 7.4%
[D] 7.7%

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5. The 2017 hunting festival “Bishu Parv” was observed in which state?

[A] Jharkhand
[B] Manipur
[C] West Bengal
[D] Odisha

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6. The headquarters of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is located in which city?

[A] Chennai
[B] Kochi
[C] New Delhi
[D] Pune

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7. Which Hollywood actor has won the first-ever gender-neutral MTV award for Best Actor in a movie?

[A] Lil Rel Howery
[B] Daniel Kaluuya
[C] Millie Bobby Brown
[D] Emma Watson

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8. Which state government has signed pact with Oracle for cloud-based citizen services?

[A] Odisha
[B] Uttarakhand
[C] Tripura
[D] Jharkhand

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9. Ustad Raees Khan, the legendary sitarist has passed away. He hailed from which country?

[A] India
[B] Pakistan
[C] Bangladesh
[D] Afghanistan

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10. Who has been appointed the new India’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands?

[A] J S Mukul
[B] Pooja Kapur
[C] Venu Rajamony
[D] Nitish Jha

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