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55901. TheNalanda University signed MoU with which country for academic linkages andcollaborations?
Answer: South Korea
55902. Whichcountry has topped the global remittance-receiving list of 2016, as per latestUN report “One Family at a Time”?
Answer: India
55905. Whichsportswoman is the sole female to feature in 2017 Forbes list of ‘The World’shighest paid athletes’?
Answer: SerenaWilliams
55906. What isthe theme of the 2017 World Blood Donor Day (WBDD)?
Answer: Give Blood.Give Now. Give Often
55907. NITIAayog launched SATH program for cooperative federalism. What is theabbreviation of ‘SATH’?
Answer: SustainableAction for Transforming Human capital
55909. Notedpoet and writer C Narayana Reddy passed away on 12 June 2017 in Hyderabad. Hemainly published his literary works in which language?
Answer: Telugu
55910. TheIndia-Australia naval exercise ‘AUSINDEX 17’ has started in which port city?
Answer: Fremantle
55911. Name thetwo nations who were included into the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO)as permanent member.
Answer: India &Pakistan
55912. WhichIndian state has highest number of child labourers, as per latest Child Rightsand You (CRY) report 2017?
Answer: UttarPradesh
55913. Name thewomen who in June 2017 became the first female Sikh Member of Parliament inUnited Kingdom.
Answer: Preet KaurGill
55915. Name theIndian who was felicitated by Nepal for becoming the first Indian to scaleMount Everest for a record six times.
Answer: Love RajSingh
55916. WhichIndian pair have won gold in mixed team 10m air pistol event at 2017International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Gabala World Cup?
Answer: Jitu Rai andHeena Sidhu
55917. Name theeminent historian and former chairman of Indian Council for Historical Researchpassed away in Guwahati in June 2017
Answer: BasudevChatterji
55919. Who willbe honoured with the RedInk Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism for2017?
Answer: Vinod Dua
55921. Name theIndian who has joined the United Nations initiative titled Super Dads’.
Answer: SachinTendulkar
55923. Withwhich country Nepal signed an MoU for the development of 1200 MW BudhigandakiHydroelectric Project?
Answer: China
55924. NITIAayog has launched SATH program for cooperative federalism. What does ‘SATH’stands for?
Answer: SustainableAction for Transforming Human capital
55926. WhichIndian American has been chosen for the 2017 NASA Astronaut Candidate Class?
Answer: Raja Chari
55927. TheNalanda University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with an institutefrom which country for academic cooperation?
Answer: South Korea
55928. Which Indianpersonality has been conferred with the WHO Director-General’s SpecialRecognition Award for global tobacco control?
Answer: J P Nadda
55929. Ministryof Health and Family Welfare has launched IDCF in order to intensify efforts toreduce child deaths due to diarrhoea. Abbreviation ‘IDCF’ stands for?
Answer: IntensifiedDiarrhea Control Fortnight
55931. Israeliauthor David Grossman has won the Man Booker International Prize for his novel:
Answer: `A HorseWalks Into a Bar’
55932. Whichcity to host the second edition of National Health Editors’ Conference on Yoga-2017?
Answer: New Delhi
55933. On June15, 2017, which country successfully launched its first X-ray space telescopeto study black holes, pulsars and gamma-ray bursts?
Answer: China
55934. Whichunion minister has launched “Skills for life, Save a life” initiative topromote skill development in the health sector?
Answer: J P Nadda
55935. On June12, 2017, which State Government launched the website ‘PashuBazar’ tofacilitate online sale or purchase of cattle?
Answer: Telangana
55936. Whichcountry has officially become the new member of North Atlantic TreatyOrganization (NATO)
Answer: Montenegro(June 5, 2017)
55937. Indian-origin Leo Varadkar has been elected as the youngest Prime Minister of:
Answer: Ireland
55939. Whichmission has been launched by Ministry of Railways to refurbish 40,000 oldcoaches in next five-and-a-half years for enhancing passenger comfort andexperience?
Answer: MissionRetro-Fitment
55940. Whichstate has become the India’s first state to launch single-women pension scheme?
Answer: Telangana
55941. India’sfirst-ever mega textiles trade event “Textiles India 2017” has started in whichcity?
Answer: Gandhinagar
55942. Which twocountries initiated their biggest ever joint military exercise on 29 June 2017?
Answer: Australiaand US
55944. The UnionGovernment launched ECBC 2017 for new commercial buildings. What is theabbreviation of ECBC?
Answer: EnergyConservation Building Code
55945. Whichunion minister has launched a new training programme “COMMIT” for StateGovernment officials?
Answer: JitendraSingh
55947. Which twofood items from India were added to Oxford English Dictionary in its quarterlyupdate?
Answer: Chana andChana Dal
55948. TheElection Commission of India (ECI) has colloborated with which social mediaplatform to launch nationwide “Voter Registration Reminder”?
Answer: Facebook
55949. Whichcommittee was constituted to draft the final National Education Policy (NEP)document?
Answer: KKasturirangan committee
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