The AFCAT 2 2017 paper will consist of four sections – General Awareness, Verbal Ability, Numerical Ability, Reasoning & Military Aptitude Test. In general awareness multiple choice questions based on current affair make a lot of different, so if you want to score better in this section better be update with current affair national and international both. In this section we will see AFCAT 2 2017 Current Affair Quiz, this quiz contains important MCQs based on this year current affair topics.
AFCAT 2 2017 Current Affair Quiz 3
- India has signed how much amount of loan agreement with the World Bank (WB) for Himachal Pradesh Public Financial Management Capacity Building Programme?
- a) $68 million
b) $56 million
c) $36 million
d) $45 million
Answer Answer c) $36 million– India has recently signed a loan agreement of $36 million with the World Bank (WB) for Himachal Pradesh Public Financial Management Capacity Building Programme. The purpose of the project is to improve the efficiency of public expenditure management and tax administration in Himachal Pradesh. The programme size is $45 million, of which $36 million will be financed by the Bank, and the remaining amount will be funded out of State Budget. The programme duration is 5 years.
- Who has been appointed as the new Economic Affairs Secretary?
- a) Arvind Mayaram
b) Shaktikanta Das
c) Vijay Kelkar
d) Tapan Ray
Answer Answer d) Tapan Ray –Tapan Ray, the 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer and currently the corporate affairs secretary, has taken additional charge as the new Economic Affairs Secretary. He succeeded Shaktikanta Das, who retired on May 31, 2017 after serving the government for 37 years in various capacities.
- Which organisation has received prestigious International Award of Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) titled “APQN Quality Award 2017 for International Co-operation in Quality Assurance?
- a) National Council for Rural Institutes – NCRI
- b) All India Council of Technical Education – AICTE
- c) National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of India
- d) National Council for Teacher Education – NCTE
Answer c) National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of India . National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of India has received prestigious International Award of Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) titled “APQN Quality Award 2017 for International Co-operation in Quality Assurance.” APQN Quality Award are among the most prestigious International Awards in quality assurance of higher education. Asia Pacific Quality Register (APQR) and International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) highlighting the acclaimed status of NAAC in International QA circle.
- Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) has appointed __________as the new chairman of the company with immediate effect
- a) Sanjiv Singh
- b) Vikram Kumar
- c) Rahul Mishra
- d) Manish Singh
Answer a) Sanjiv Singh. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) has appointed Sanjiv Singh as the new chairman of the company with immediate effect. Singh was earlier a director of Refineries at IOCL. Singh will be replacing B Ashok, who superannuated from the services of the company on May 31 and ceased to be the chairman of the company from June 1.
- Who has been appointed as new Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India?
- a) V Siva Kumar
- b) S Ganesh Kumar
- c) N Pradeep Kumar
- d) B Suresh Kumar
Answer b) S Ganesh Kumar. The Reserve Bank of India has announced appointment of S Ganesh Kumar as Executive Director (ED). S Ganesh Kumar, will succeed Chandan Sinha. As Executive Director, Ganesh Kumar will look after Department of Information Technology, Department of Payment and Settlement Systems and Department of External Investments and Operations.
- Researchers at ____________have developed a technology that has the potential to make biofuel manufacturing cheaper, quicker and free of pollution
- a) IIT – Mumbai
- b) IIT – Chennai
- c) IIT – Varanasi
- d) IIT – Kharagpur
Answer d) IIT – Kharagpur. Researchers at IIT – Kharagpur have developed a technology that has the potential to make biofuel manufacturing cheaper, quicker and free of pollution. The ‘soil-to-soil’ manufacturing technology developed at the P.K. Sinha Centre for Bioenergy at IIT – Kharagpur is in the process of being patented.
- India’s first metro system to span land and water in ___________
- a) Chennai
- b) New Delhi
- c) Kochi
- d) Bangalore
Answer c) Kochi. The Kochi Metro will begin operations on a stretch between Aluva and Palarivattom stations, nearly half the total length planned. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to take a break from his slew of international trips to inaugurate the service. By 2019 the railway line will connect to a Water Metro– India’s first – which, with a fleet of 78 speedboats and 16 jetties, will provide the area’s state-run ferry service with much-needed upgrade. Also, getting an upgrade is Kochi’s rickety bus network.
- Which state government has decided to collaborate with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as part of its efforts to root out the drug menace in the State?
- a) Assam
- b) Punjab
- c) Rajasthan
- d) Haryana
Answer b) Punjab.The Punjab government has decided to collaborate with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as part of its efforts to root out the drug menace in the State. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and UNODC representative Sergey Kapinos met here in this regard. “A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be signed between the State’s Health Department, a Special Task Force (STF) and the UNODC in the second week of June.
- Defence Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated a grid-connected solar power plant of 16 MW capacity at the Ordinance Factory in ______________
- a) Telangana
- b) Maharashtra
- c) Karnataka
- d) Andra Pradesh
Answer a) Telangana. Defence Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated a grid-connected solar power plant of 16 MW capacity at the Ordinance Factory in Telangana’s Medak. He also dedicated a 9 MW capacity windmill project installed at Dammur in Karnataka at a cost of Rs 53 crore by BEML, a defence PSU. Jaitley dedicated both the two projects through video- link at an event.
The solar power plant at Medak has been set up at a cost of Rs 105 crore by Bharat Electronics Limited.
- Aleksandar Vucic was sworn in as new President of ____________
- a) Romania
- b) Bulgaria
- c) Greece
- d) Serbia
Answer d) Serbia. Aleksandar Vucic was sworn in as Serbia’s President, pledging to work for peace and stability in the war-weary Balkans while strengthening the country’s armed forces
- Global Day of Parents was observed on?
- a) June 01
- b) June 02
- c) June 03
- d) June 04
Answer a) June 01 . Global Day of Parents is a United Nations (UN) observance that is celebrated on June 1 each year to honor parents and their commitment to children worldwide. On September 17, 2012, the UN publicly declared that the Global Day of Parents would be held annually on June 1. This observance recognizes parents as vital in providing protection and positive development for their children. The UN also noted that parents of every race, religion, culture and nationality in all parts of the world were the primary caregivers and teachers of their children.
- India and __________have signed the pact for setting up the last two units nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu
- a) Japan
- b) Germany
- c) Russia
- d) USA
Answer c) Russia. India and Russia have signed the pact for setting up the last two units of the Kundankulam nuclear power plant with Moscow’s help in Tamil Nadu after overcoming initial hurdles to finalise the strategic deal. The General Framework Agreement (GFA) and Credit protocol for Units 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam nuclear plant are seen as a major outcome of the annual summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- World Milk Day was observed on?
- a) June 04
- b) June 03
- c) June 02
- d) June 01
Answer d) June 01. World Milk Day is an initiative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, to celebrate the contribution of the dairy industry around the globe on 1st June. The Day provides an opportunity to focus attention on milk and to publicize activities connected
with milk and the milk industry. The fact that many countries choose to do this on the same day lends additional importance to individual national celebrations and shows that milk is a global food. The first World Milk Day was held in 2001.
- India signed a loan agreement of 36 million dollar with the World Bank for_______
Public Financial Management Capacity Building Programme
- a) Himachal Pradesh
- b) Madya Pradesh
- c) Uttar Pradesh
- d) Rajasthan
Answer a) Himachal Pradesh. India signed a loan agreement of 36 million dollar with the World Bank for Himachal Pradesh Public Financial Management Capacity Building Programme. The project aims to improve the efficiency of public expenditure management and tax administration in Himachal Pradesh. The agreement was signed by Joint Secretary of Department of Economic Affairs Raj Kumar and the Bank’s Country Director Junaid Kamal Ahmad.
- NASA is launching an unmanned spacecraft named ‘Parker Solar Probe’ to the Sun on _____________
- a) July 31, 2017
- b) July 31, 2018
- c) July 31, 2019
- d) July 31, 2020
Answer b) July 31, 2018 . NASA is launching an unmanned spacecraft named ‘Parker Solar Probe’ to the Sun on July 31, 2018. The mission to “touch” the Sun would reach within 60 lakh km of the solar surface, eight times closer than any man -made object before. The mission would study why Corona, Sun’s outer atmosphere (17 lakh ºC) is hotter than the surface (5,500 ºC).
- Which country has overtaken India to become the world’s fastest-growing economy after India reported slow economic growth for the fourth consecutive quarter?
- a) Japan
- b) UK
- c) Singapore
- d) China
Answer d) China . India’s economic growth slowed for the fourth consecutive quarter in the three months that ended in March, losing out the fastest-growing economy tag to China. The effect of demonetization on key sectors such as housing, finance, and others are now being felt. However, it’s a minor hiccup and the advent of monsoon and GST should bring things back on track.
- Parvathamma Rajkumar, who passed away recently, she was the film producer of
_________ film industry
- a) Tamil
- b) Kannada
- c) Telugu
- d) Malayalam
Answer b) Kannada. Kannada film producer Parvathamma Rajkumar, wife of the late Kannada superstar Rajkumar, passed away. She was 78. Parvathamma was the only woman producer-distributor-exhibitor of Kannada films. Vajreshwari Combines and Poornima Enteprises, started by her, have produced many of the films starring her husband Rajkumar and sons Shivarajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkmar and Puneet Rajkumar.
- Who will be appointed as new Economic Affairs Secretary?
- a) Ashok Kumar
- b) Venkat Raman
- c) Vijay Singh
- d) Tapan Ray
Answer d) Tapan Ray. Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das announced his retirement as the Economic Affairs Secretary, after being associated with the Government of India for almost 37 years. He will be succeeded by Tapan Ray, who will take the additional charges as the new Economic Affairs Secretary. An IAS officer holding a Master’s Degree from St Stephen’s College, New Delhi, Das served as the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, Government of India
- Indian-origin student ___________won the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee contest, held annually in the United States of America.
- a) Praneetha Kumari
- b) Ananya Vinay
- c) Asha Mahesh
- d) Divya Bharathi
Answer b) Ananya Vinay. Indian-origin student Ananya Vinay won the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee contest, held annually in the United States of America. The 12-year-old Class 6th student from Fresno, California, has been awarded a trophy and $ 40,000 (₹25.79 lakh) cash prize. She spelled French word ‘Marocain’, a dress fabric made of silk or wool, to win the contest.
- India and _________have vowed to develop a credit rating industry
- a) Russia
- b) Germany
- c) Spain
- d) France
Answer a) Russia . India and Russia have vowed to develop a credit rating industry that is “independent from political conjecture”, a move that follows apprehensions about global agencies being biased towards large economies like the US and China. The move assumes significance in the wake of several commentators and policy makers in India raising concerns that global rating agencies have not been upgrading India’s sovereign credit rating despite its improving economic and political fundamentals, even as China was viewed favourably by the same agencies.
