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 The GK Questions & Answers which are provided below is based on the Weekly Current Affairs & General Knowledge from 7 to 13 August 2017.

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Ques 1. Which state government has launched Namami Gange jagriti Yatra along the banks of Ganga river to maintain cleanliness?

[A] Madhya Pradesh

[B] Tamil Nadu

[C] Uttar Pradesh

[D] Gujarat

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Ques 2. Who has launched Swachh Sarvekshan Gramin 2017?

[A] Narendra Singh Tomar

[B] Rajnath Singh

[C] Ramnath Kovind

[D] M Venkaiah Naidu

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Ques 3. Which state government has launched ‘She Means Business’ program alongwith facebook for women.

[A] Telangana

[B] Punjab

[C] Odisha

[D] Kerala

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Ques 4. Who has won the Gujarat Rajya Sabha Elections 2017?

[A] Smriti Irani

[B] Balwantsinh Rajput

[C] Amit Shah

[D] Ahmed Patel

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Ques 5. Which country will host the 8th edition of Global Entrepreneurship Summit along with United States?

[A] Russia

[B] China

[C] India

[D] None of these

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Ques 6. Host country of 15th BIMSTEC meeting is___?

[A] India

[B] Myanmar

[C] Sri Lanka

[D] Nepal

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Ques 7. Which private sector bank has launched instant credit card facility to get credit cards instantly?

[A] Axis Bank

[B] Yes Bank

[C] IDFC Bank

[D] ICICI Bank

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Ques 8. Who has been elected as president of Kenya?

[A] Uhuru Kenyappa

[B] Uheru Kenyatta

[C] Uhuru Kenyatta

[D] Uheru Kenyappa

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Ques 9. What is India’s position in FIFA Ranking 2017/

[A] 87th

[B] 97th

[C] 93rd

[B] 43rd

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Ques 10. Name the player who has topped the ICC ranking among All-rounder in Test Cricket.

[A] Ravichandran Ashwin

[B] Ravindra Jadeja

[C] Shakib Al Hasan

[D] Jimmy Anderson

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Ques 11. Which movie has been awarded Best Film Award at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2017?

[A] Pink

[B] Sultan

[C] M S Dhoni: The Untold Story

[D] Lipstick Under My Burkha

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Ques 12. Who is appointed as the 45th Chief Justice of India?

[A] G B Pattanaik

[B] P N Bhagwati

[C] Ranganath Misra

[D] Dipak Misra

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Ques 13. Who has been appointed as WHO Goodwill Ambassador recently?

[A] Amitabh Bacchan

[B] Hritik Roshan

[C] Vidya Balan

[D] Milkha Singh

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Ques 14. Which of the following has launched a video platform called ‘Watch’  for creators and publishers?

[A] Microsoft

[B] Google

[C] Facebook

[D] Bing

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Ques 15. Who has been appointed as the CEO of Jet Airways India Ltd?

[A] Naresh Goyal

[B] Vikram Mehta

[C] Vinay Dube

[D] Anita Goyal

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Ques 16. Nagasaki day is observed on___?

[A] 7th August

[B] 9th August

[C] 10th August

[D] 12th August

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Ques 17. On 9th August, India celebrates Quit India Movement. Which anniversary was celebrated for the year 2017?

[A] 70th

[B] 72nd

[C] 74th

[D] 75th

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Ques 18. Amazon India has signed MoU with which state government handloom department?

[A] Karnataka

[B] Madhya Pradesh

[C] Telangana

[D] Uttar Pradesh

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Ques 19. Vijay Nambisan, who passed away recently was famous____?

[A] Poet and Writer

[B] Bollywood Actor

[C] Member of Parliament

[D] None of these

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Ques 20. Sanwar Lal Jat, the former Union minister has passed away. He belongs to which state?

[A] Madhya Pradesh

[B] Haryana

[C] Rajasthan

[D] Punjab

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