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
Q. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) registered National e-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) as an information Utility (IU) under the IBBI (Information Utilities) Regulations, 2017. This registration 2017. This registration is valid for how many years from the date of registration?
1) Two years
2) Five years
3) Three years
4) One year
Q. Where Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory is located?
1) Kochi
2) Puri
3) Chika Lake, Odisha
4) Vishakahpatnam
Q. 13th Formation Day of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is celebrated on 28.9.2017. What is the theme of this year's Formation Day?
1) Village Safety
2) School Safety
3) City Safety
4) College Safety
Q. What is the objective of the new scheme Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana - "Saubhagya"?
1) The objective of the 'Saubhagya' is to provide energy access to all by last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all remaining un-electrified households in rural as well as urban areas to achieve universal household electrification in the country.
2) Drinking water facilities
3) Toilet construction
4) Financial inclusion
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