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 The GK Questions & Answers which are provided below is based on the Weekly Current Affairs & General Knowledge from 1 to 6 August 2017.

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Ques 1. The Union Government has launched e-RaKAM portal to provide a platform for farmers to sell agricultural produce. What is the full form of e-RaKAM?

[A] Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi

[B] Rashtriya Kisan Agri farming Mandi

[C] Rashtriya Kisan Agricultural Mandi

[D] None of these

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Ques 2. Which State Government has launched two online portals for Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)?

[A] Punjab Government

[B] Maharashtra Government

[C] Tamil Nadu Government

[C] Madhya Pradesh Government

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Ques 3.  7th Meeting of BRICS Trade Ministers was held in___?

[A] Chongqing, China

[B] Shanghai, China

[C] Beijing, China

[D] Wuhan, China

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Ques 4. India has signed an MoU on cooperation in renewable energy. Name the country with which MoU was signed?

[A] Maldives

[B] Malaysia

[C] Spain

[D] Russia

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Ques 5. SEBI has recently constituted a committee on fair market conduct. Who is the head of that committee?

[A] KM Krishna

[B] N S Vishwanathan

[C] P S Chauhan

[D] T K Viswanathan

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Ques 6. What is the Repo Rate as per the RBI’s 3rd Bi-Monthly Policy Statement 2017-18?

[A] 6.25%

[B] 6.0%

[C] 5.75%

[D] 6.75%

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Ques 7. Name the mobile app developed by Indian Army for soldiers to track posting and promotion details.

[A] ArmyCloud

[B] Humraaz

[C] Soldier App

[D] Soldiers Inc App

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Ques 8. What is the name of First Environmental Research Satellite, recently launched by Israel?

[A] Athena

[B] Opsat

[C] Venus

[D] Samson

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Ques 9. Who is the winner of Hungarian Grand Prix 2017?

[A] Valtteri Bottas

[B] Lewis Hamilton

[C] Kimi Raikkonen

[D] Sebastian Vettel

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Ques 10. Which city will host the 2028 Summer Olympics?

[A] Paris

[B] Tokyo

[C] Los Angeles

[D] Berlin

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Ques 11. Which Indian Sportsmen was conferred with the Bharat Gaurav- East Bengal’s Football Clubs highest award?

[A] Dhanraj Pillai

[B] Sachin Tendulkar

[C] P V Sindhu

[D] Virat Kohli

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Ques 12. Who has been appointed as the new Secretary General of FICCI?

[A] A Didar Singh

[B] Sanjaya Baru

[C] Pankaj R. Patel

[D] Rashesh Shah

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Ques 13. Name the Bollywood actor who has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of the Swachh Bharat Mission in UP.

[A] Shahrukh Khan

[B] Akshay Kumar

[C] Salman Khan

[D] Shilpa Shetty

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Ques 14. Which Indian Women Cricketer has been appointed as the DSP of Punjab Police?

[A] Mithali Raj

[B] Jhulan Goswami

[C] Poonam Raut

[D] Harmanpreet Kaur

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Ques 15. Who is the highly paid author according to list released by Forbes?

[A] E L James

[B] J K Rowling

[C] Nora Roberts

[D] Dan Brown

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Ques 16. Which private sector bank has launched an Aadhaar-based integrated outward forex remittance solution for both customers and non-customers?

[A] ICICI Bank

[B] Kotak Mahindra Bank

[C] Axis Bank

[D] HDFC Bank

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Ques 17. Who has been appointed as Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog?

[A] Rajiv Kumar

[B] V K Saraswat

[C] Amitabh Kant

[D] None of these

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Ques 18. Robert Hardy, the noted actor passed away recently, hails from which country?

[A] America

[B] France

[C] England

[D] Germany

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Ques 19. Pushpa Bhargava who passed away recently, was related to which field?

[A] Biology

[B] Mathematics

[C] Physics

[D] Chemistry

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Ques 20. Hiroshima day is celebrated on___?

[A] 2nd August

[B] 5th August

[C] 6th August

[D] 4th August

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