1. Who among the following has won BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award for women?
a) Shantha Rangaswamy
b) Padmakar Shivalkar
c) Virat Kohli
d) Jay G Bosta
Answer: Option A
2. Where is cultural festival 'India by the Nile' begun on 8th March to showcase the diversity of the country's culture?
a) Egypt
b) India
c) South Africa
d) Algeria
Answer: Option A
3. Who among the following has won the 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Spectrum Technology in the Service of Society Award for its solar-direct current (DC) inverter system?
a) Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi
b) Indian Institute of Technology-Madras
c) Indian Institute of Technology-Rourkee
d) None of the above
Answer: Option B
4. Which actress has won the Best Actress award at the International Film Festival and Awards of Australia (IFFAA)?
a) Sonam Kapoor
b) Deepika Padukone
c) Priyanka chopra
d) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Answer: Option D
5. What is the theme of the International Women's Day is observed on 8th March 2017?
a) Equality for Women is Progress for All
b) Empower Rural Women, End Poverty and Hunger
c) Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030
d) Ending Impunity for Violence Against Women and Girls
Answer: Option C
6. Which city’s airport has secured first position in the world in the prestigious Airports Council International (ACI) Airport Service Quality (ASQ) for the year 2016?
a) New Delhi
b) Lucknow
c) Hyderabad
d) Chennai
Answer: Option C
7. Which country’s banking system has overtaken the Eurozone to become the world’s biggest by assets?
a) Japan
b) China
c) United States
d) India
Answer: Option B
8. Which state has inaugurated the first smart tribal model village 'Habbi'?
a) Uttrakhand
b) Jharkhand
c) Jammu and Kashmir
d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: Option C
9. On which musical instrument Kerala’s playback singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi created a new world record by playing the maximum number of songs in five hours?
a) Tambura
b) Ektara
c) Tar shehnai
d) Gayathri Veena
Answer: Option D
10. Which country has won 'Most Popular Tourism Destination Award' at the Guangzhou International Travel Fair (GITF) in China?
a) India
b) Malaysia
c) Hong Kong
d) Sri Lanka
Answer: Option D
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