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 1
- According to latest data released by Finance Ministry over _______ accounts have
been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY).
a) 20 Crore
b) 26 Crore
c) 32 Crore
d) 38 Crore - Who has taken over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Air Command?
a) Air Marshal Anil Khosla
b) Air Marshal Muthu Karthick
c) Air Marshal Abhijeet Gupta
d) Air Marshal Sivnesh Mukherjee - Somdev Devvarman is associated with which of the following sport?
a) Cricket
b) Tennis
c) Badminton
d) Chess - Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC)?
a) David R Syiemlieh
b) Rana Gupta
c) Dhruva Kapoor
d) Lal Krishna Sinhaniya - Arogya Raksha‟, a health insurance scheme, is launched in which Indian State?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Karnataka - Which bank launched a chatbot service called „OnChat‟ to allow users to make
payments through Facebook Messenger?
a) HDFC Bank
b) SBI
c) Axis Bank
d) Indian Bank - Who has been appointed as the Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India?
a) Surekha Marandi
b) KV Anand
c) Mukesh Kulkarni
d) Maneesh Patel - India‟s 1st gaming, animation institute to come up in
a) Mumbai
b) Hyderabad
c) Bengaluru
d) Chennai - India win record 4th straight SAFF Women‟s Championship title by defeating
a) Sri Lanka
b) Nepal
c) Bangladesh
d) Pakistan - John Berger,who passed away recently, was a/an
a) Actor
b) Sportsman
c) Author
d) Economist - Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, who passed away recently, was a/an
a) Economist
b) Mathematician
c) Politician
d) Sitar Maestro - UK‟s government has appointed career diplomat _______ as its ambassador to the
a) Sir Simon Kerton
b) Sir Paul Bishop
c) Sir Tom Joe
d) Sir Tim Barrow - What does T stands for in DTAC?
a) Trade
b) Taxation
c) Telecommunication
d) Testing - The 16th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC)
was held in___________.
a) Chennai
b) Bengaluru
c) New Delhi
d) Mumbai - Gen Raheel Sharif will head the Saudi Arabia-led 39-nation Islamic military
coalition formed to combat terrorism. He belongs to
a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
c) Saudi Arabia
d) Iran - Gionee signs ____________ as brand ambassador.
a) Ravichandra Ashwin
b) Virat Kohli
c) Suresh Raina
d) MS Dhoni - Antonio Costa is the Prime Minister of
a) Peru
b) Chile
c) Argentina
d) Portugal - BSE launches mobile app for mutual fund trading. The name of the App is
a) BSE StAR MF
b) BSE Rate MF
c) BSE Ratings MF
d) BSE Next MF - CNES is the space agency of
a) Germany
b) Italy
c) France
d) Denmark - MySpeed is a portal of
a) IRDAI
b) TRAI
c) AAI
d) Indian Railways - Kuaizhou-1A rocket is associated with
a) Japan
b) China
c) Russia
d) South Korea - Who received FIFA‟s best player award for 2016?
a) Lionel Messi
b) Cristiano Ronaldo
c) Antoine Griezmann
d) David Villa - National Youth Day is observed on
a) January 11
b) January 12
c) January 13
d) January 14 - The world‟s first „Gender Literature Festival‟ will be held in ______ in the second
week of April.
a) Hyderabad
b) Bengaluru
c) Chennai
d) Patna - Anthony Goldstone, who passed away recently, was a famous
a) Guitarist
b) Violinist
c) Pianist
d) Writer - Uhuru Kenyatta is the President of
a) Zimbabwe
b) Peru
c) Chine
d) Kenya - ____________ has successfully test-fired it‘s indigenously developed supersonic
interceptor missile capable of destroying any incoming enemy ballistic missile at low
altitude
a) China
b) India
c) USA
d) Russia - Which state government is planning to launch an airline, named after the state‘s
capital?
a) Telangana
b) Maharashtra
c) Andra Pradesh
d) Kerala - Rajya Sabha member Haji Abdul Salam who passed away recently, he was associated
with _____________ party
a) Bharatiya Janata Party
b) Congress Party
c) Communist Party of India
d) All India Trinamool Congress - Which university won the annual Visitor‘s Award for the ‗Best University‘, 2017?
a) University of Delhi
b) University of Mumbai
c) Jawaharlal Nehru University
d) University of Hyderabad - The Rural Management and Development Department (RM&DD) has started a weeklong
campaign titled ―Swachh Shakti Saptah‖ in __________
a) Rajasthan
b) Nagaland
c) Assam
d) Sikkim - BEML, a defence public sector company inaugurated 200 KW rooftop solar project
in__________
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Karnataka
c) Maharashtra
d) Gujarat - Which of the following banks have started charging a minimum of ₹150 per
transaction for cash deposits and withdrawals beyond four free transactions in a month?
a) HDFC Bank
b) ICICI Bank
c) Axis Bank
d) All of the above - Which state government has decided to make Sanskrit compulsory up to Class 8 in all
schools across the state?
a) Assam
b) Karnataka
c) Gujarat
d) Punjab - Who is the new Prime Minister of Sudan?
a) Ali Osman Taha
b) Bakri Hassan Saleh
c) Idriss Déby
d) Gaafar Nimeiry - Which Bank has announced an assistance programme of over $1 billion in the
areas of urban transport and climate resilient agriculture in Maharashtra?
a) World Bank
b) Asian Development Bank
c) New Development Bank
d) None of these - Who has been appointed as the head coach of the India U-17 team for the FIFA U-
17 World Cup?
a) Stephen Constantine
b) Armando Colaco
c) Luís Norton de Matos
d) Syed Nayeemuddin - Who has been named as India‘s best international cricketer of the year by the BCCI,
making him the first player to win the top honour three times?
a) MS Dhoni
b) Rohit Sharma
c) Yuvaraj Singh
d) Virat Kohli - Which company has signed a time-swap deal with Swiss trader Gunvor to sell some
of its US liquefied natural gas (LNG)?
a) Indian Oil Corporation
b) GAIL (India) Ltd
c) ONGC
d) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation - The Defence Research and Development Organisation formally handed over weaponlocating
radar ___________ to the Indian Army
a) Swati
b) Bharat
c) Viraat
d) Deepak - Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh has announced _____________ as
the second capital of the state
a) Manali
b) Dharamsala
c) Palampur
d) Khajjiar - Which country announced that it is stopping visa-free entry for North Koreans
travelling into the country for national security reasons?
a) Singapore
b) USA
c) India
d) Malaysia - Scientists in __________ have for the first time created a structure that resembles a
mouse embryo using a 3D scaffold and two types of stem cells
a) Russia
b) USA
c) UK
d) Japan - ____________________ got Raksha Mantri‘s Trophy for Best Service Hospital
a) Command Hospital, Northern Command
b) Command Hospital, Western Command
c) Command Hospital, Eastern Command
d) Command Hospital, Southern Command - The government will launch ____________ app to help women internet users
threatened with physical violence or trolled on social media
a) I am Trolled
b) Women Trolled
c) Girls Trolled
d) None of these - _____________has launched an exclusive Data-Led Group Term Insurance Plan in
partnership with personal finance app ET Money of Times Internet
a) Exide Life Insurance
b) HDFC Life
c) ICICI Prudential Life
d) Bajaj Allianz - The 13th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit held in_________
a) Tehran, Iran
b) Ankara, Turkey
c) Kabul, Afghanistan
d) Islamabad, Pakistan - _________successfully test-fired a sophisticated Russian-made air defence system
a) Iran
b) India
c) Iraq
d) North Korea - Which country won the ―Most Popular Tourism Destination Award‖ at the Guangzhou
International Travel Fair (GITF) in China?
a) Malaysia
b) Singapore
c) India
d) Sri Lanka - Vice President Hamid Ansari attended the Summit of the Indian Ocean Rim
Association (IORA) held in ____________
a) Nepal
b) Indonesia
c) Bangladesh
d) Ukraine
