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1.Consider following regarding 2017 Global Corruption Barometer for the Asia Pacific Region.

1. Released by Anti corruptions Bureau.
2. India tops the list for being the most corrupt nation.

A. 1 is correct & 2 is correct explanation

B. 1 is wrong but 2 is correct explanation

C.I is correct but 2 is wrong

D. Both 1 and 2 are wrong

[shc_shortcode class=”shc_mybox”]Option B Explanation :According to the Global Corruption Barometer for the Asia Pacific Region released by Transparency International on March 7, in Berlin for 16 Asia Pacific countries, India tops the list for being the most corrupt nation. According to the survey, about 69 percent of the population in India paid bribe to get their work done. India was followed by Vietnam (65%), Thailand (41%), Cambodia, Pakistan and Myanmar, each with 40%. Besides, China (26%) was one of the least corrupt nations and it was the lowest in Japan (0.2%).[/shc_shortcode]

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2. Recently Electronic Virtual Assistant (EVA) was in news.What is it all about?

A. Electronic Integrated Chip debugger

B. Faster electronic circuit designing tool

C. Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based banking chat bot

D. Electronics india limited free chat bot

[shc_shortcode class=”shc_mybox”]Option C Explanation: HDFC Bank has recently launched India’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based banking chatbot “Electronic Virtual Assistant (EVA)” for customer service. EVA can answer millions of customer queries across multiple channels instantly. Eva can assimilate knowledge from thousands of sources and provide answers in simple language in less than 0.4 seconds.[/shc_shortcode]

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3.The Mobile World Congress will be hosted for the first time by India on September 27, 2017 in which Indian city?

A.Bangaluru
B.Chandigarh
C.New Delhi
D.Gandhinagar

[shc_shortcode class=”shc_mybox”]Option C Explanation :India to host its first mobile congress with a special focus on reaching out to the South East Asian markets at Pragati Maidan on 27th September 2017. This was announced by Rajan S Mathews, COAI Director General. The the three-day event will be organised by GSM Association. All Indian mobile operators, Facebook, Huawei, Ericsson, Cisco etc are likely to participate in the mobile congress.[/shc_shortcode]

4.The 2017 21-nation Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Summit was held in which country?

A.Jakarta, Indonesia
B.Dubai, UAE
C.New Delhi, India
D.Canberra, Australia

[shc_shortcode class=”shc_mybox”]Option A Explanation :Vice President Hamid Ansari was on a two-day visit to Indonesia to attend the 21-nation Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia from March 6-7, 2017. Theme: ‘Strengthening Maritime Cooperation for a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous Indian Ocean’  During the meet of the 21 IORA nation, Ansari laid emphasis on connectivity, open maritime trade and rights of navigation as well as cooperation among the think tanks of the member countries for strategies to meet the conventional and non-conventional threats.[/shc_shortcode]

5.India’s first biometric-based payment system “Aadhaar Pay” has been launched by which bank on March 7, 2017

A.Federal Bank
B.ICICI Bank
C.IDFC Bank
D.HDFC Bank

[shc_shortcode class=”shc_mybox”]Option C Explanation :IDFC Bank has launched India’s first biometric-based payment system “Aadhaar Pay” in New Delhi. The Aadhaar Pay app has been developed by IDFC Bank under the guidance of the Ministry of IT, NITI Aayog, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The android app will use the fingerprint of the customer as digital identity. Customers simply need to select their bank’s name and enter their Aadhaar number in the merchant’s phone.[/shc_shortcode]

6.The cultural festival ‘India by the Nile’ has started in which country? 

A.Nigeria

B. Egypt

C. Kenya

D.Mauritius

[shc_shortcode class=”shc_mybox”]Option B Explanation: The mega cultural festival ‘India by the Nile’ has started at the foot of the Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt from March 8 and will continue till March 14, 2017. The event is a special moment as this year India celebrates 70 years of independence and also 70 years of its diplomatic relations with Egypt. The Handicraft Exhibition which runs from March 8-14, is an initiative to promote Indian and Egyptian handicrafts. It is organised by the Embassy of India in partnership with the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India; Export Promotion Council For Handicrafts (India), the Ministry of Social Solidarity (Egypt) and the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI). The festival is a celebration of Indian music, dance, theatre, visual arts, food and wellbeing.[/shc_shortcode]

7. The Exam Locator app has been launched by which educational board to help the students in finding their exam Centre?

A.Central Board of Secondary Education

B.Indian school certificate
C.Indian certificate secondary education
D.Certificate for vocational education

[shc_shortcode class=”shc_mybox”]Option A Explanation :The Central Board of Secondary Education has come up with a mobile application named Exam Locator, which will help students locate their examination centre on the basis of their roll number.Using this App student can easily find the address, images and geolocation of the designated exam centre on the map and get to know how to reach there.This development comes amid exams are round the corner for class X or XII examinees who can access information by selecting the option class and entering their roll number.[/shc_shortcode]

8.The Swachh Shakti 2017 – A Convention of Women Sarpanches was held in which state on the occasion of the International Women’s Day?

A.Gujarat
B.Maharashtra
C.West Bengal
D.Punjab

[shc_shortcode class=”shc_mybox”]Option A Explanation :On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Swachh Shakti 2017 – A Convention of Women Sarpanches, at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. The National Convention of Women Sarpanch has been jointly organized by the Centre and the Gujarat government. As a part of the event, PM Modi gave away Swachh Shakti 2017 awards to women leaders in rural areas who have contributed immensely towards Swachh Bharat Mission. About 8,000 women sarpanches from across the country, including 6,000 from Gujarat attended the event on the occasion of International Women’s Day.[/shc_shortcode]

9.Where is the headquarters of the National Archives of India (NAI)?

A. Bhubaneswar

B.New Delhi

C.Bhopal

D.Jaipur

[shc_shortcode class=”shc_mybox”]Option B Explanation: The National Archives of India (NAI) will celebrate its 127th Foundation Day on March 11, 2017 in its headquarters at Janpath, New Delhi. NAI is a repository of the non-current records of the Government of India (GoI) and holds them in trust for the use of administrators and scholars. It functions as an Attached Office of the Department of Culture under the Ministry of Culture and established on 11th March 1891 at Calcutta as the Imperial Record Department. The NAI has a Regional Office at Bhopal and three Record Centres at Bhubaneswar, Jaipur and Pondicherry.[/shc_shortcode]

10. The Kamaladevi Chattopadhya National Awards launched by the Textile Ministry will be presented to

A.Women handloom weavers and artisans
B.Small textile startups
C.Best entrepreneur in textile sector
D.Women based startups for handloom weaving

[shc_shortcode class=”shc_mybox”]Option A Explanation :On the occasion of International Women’s Day the Union Textiles Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani has announced ‘Kamaladevi Chattopadhya National Awards’, a new category of awards specially for women handloom weavers and women handicraft artisans.The awards will help women weavers and artisans to receive recognition and economic benefits associated with the Awards.It will also help to recognize the craft excellence and hard work by millions of women carrying forward the handloom and handicraft heritage.[/shc_shortcode]