Q. Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2017) for their discoveries about the body's daily rhythms, opening whole new fields of research and raising awareness about the importance of getting proper sleep. Who are the winners of this prize for isolating a gene that controls body's normal daily biological rhythm?
1) Jeffrey C. Hall
2) Michael Rosbash
3) Michael W. Young
4) All the above
Q. British author Kazuo Ishiguro has won the Nobel Literature Prize (2017). Which of the following books are written by him?
1) 'The Remains of the Day'
2) 'A pale View of Hills' (1982)
3) 'An Artist of the Floating World' (1986)
4) All the above
Q. President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind appointed new Governors for five States and Lt. Governor in one UTs. Which of the following is correct?
1) Brigadier (Retd.) B.D. Mishra : Arunachal Pradesh
2) Shri Ganga Prasad : Meghalaya
3) Admiral (Retd) Devendra Kumar Joshi : Andman & Nicobar
4) All the above
Q. In July 2017, 122 nations adopted a "UN Treaty on the prohibition of Nuclear Weapons" but which nuclear - armed States stayed out of the talks?
1) USA
2) Russia
3) China, Britain and France
4) All the above
Q. 2016 Nobel Literature Prize went to whom?
1) Bob Dylan
2) Svetlana Alexievich
3) Arundhati Roy
4) Jumpa Lahiri
Q. ICAN describes itself as a coalition of grass roots non-government groups in more than 100 nations. In the initial days where ICAN began its activities?
1) North Korea
2) Australia
3) China
4) Vietnam
Q. The 2017 Nobel prize for Physics has been conferred to three scientists namely Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish & Kip S. Thorne under the LIGO Project for their discovery of gravitational waves, 100 years after Einstein's General Relativity predicted it. LIGO-India is being jointly funded by which of the following?
1) Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
2) ISRO
3) DBT
4) SAIL
Q. How many key vision areas are there in the 'Digital India Plan' ?
1) Digital infrastructure as a utility to every Citizen.
2) Governance and services on demand.
3) Digital empowerment of citizens.
4) All the above
Q. How much is contributed by Telecom and IT, at present, to the GDP of India ?
1) 10%
2) 16.5 %
3) 5%
4) 20%
Q. There is seven-fold acceleration in the implementation of Bharat-Net project. Which of the following is correct?
1) Connecting one lakh Gram panchayats with broadband by the end of the year, 2017.
2) There is a target of 1 million wi-fi hotspots by 2019.
3) There will be 700 million internet users in India by 2022.
4) All the above
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