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| 251. |
________ flower will now be called "MODI". |
| Answer» Israeli Crysanthumun flower will now be called "MODI". A new fast-growing Israeli flower was named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a special gesture to mark the first visit of an Indian premier to the Jewish nation. | |
| 252. |
Who has been appointed as the new chief of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)? |
| Answer» Himachal Pradesh director general of police (DGP) Sanjay Kumar has been appointed as the new chief of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). The post of NDRF director general (DG) fell vacant after incumbent R K Pachnanda was appointed as the chief of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), the Sino-Indian border guarding force. | |
| 253. |
Which Indian athlete was the flag bearer for the Indian contingent in the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship (AAC)-2017? |
| Answer» Athlete Tintu Luka was the flag bearer for the Indian contingent which received a rousing welcome from the crowd in the 22nd edition of Asian Athletics Championships (AAC) has started at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Over 1,200 athletes and officials from 43 countries in Asia witnessed the largest sporting event. | |
| 254. |
Who will be the next Ambassador of India to Indonesia? |
| Answer» Mr. Pradeep Kumar Rawat, presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) here, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Indonesia. He is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1990 batch, is expected to take up his assignment shortly. | |
| 255. |
For which bank Kewal Handa was appointed as a non-executive chairman? |
| Answer» Kewal Handa was appointed as non-executive chairman of Union Bank of India. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Handas appointment as non-official director/non-executive chairman of the bank, an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). | |
| 256. |
Who is appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Governors at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur? |
| Answer» Sanjiv Goenka was appointer as the Chairman of the Board of Governors at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. He served as a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Trade & Industry, and also on several academic institutions as member and chair of its Governing bodies. | |
| 257. |
Who has been appointed as the head of the Indian consulate in New York? |
| Answer» India's Ambassador to Peru Sandeep Chakravorty has been appointed as the head of the Indian consulate in New York. He will replace Riva Ganguly Das as Consul General in one of the busiest Indian diplomatic missions overseas. | |
| 258. |
Who won South Australian Open squash title 2017? |
| Answer» India's Harinder Pal Sandhu beat Rhys Dowling of Australia 11-8 12-10 11-4 in the final to win the South Australian Open squash title. After winning the first game comfortably, Sandhu was down 1-7 as the Australian fought back strongly. Sandhu had upset top seed Piedro Schweertman of the Netherlands 11-9 14-12 7-11 11-9 in the semifinal. | |
| 259. |
Saima Wazed Hossain appointed as WHO South Asia goodwill ambassador for |
| Answer» Saima Wazed Hossain is appointed as WHO goodwill ambassador for Autism in South Asia for two years. She is selected for creating awareness and generating action to address and elevate sufferings of people affected by autism. | |
| 260. |
Who launched the "GST Rates Finder" mobile app to verify the accurate tax rates on commodity and services recently? |
| Answer» Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has launched a "GST Rates Finder" mobile app to verify the accurate tax rates on commodity and services under the Goods and Services Tax. This app is available on Android platform, will soon be launched for iOS and can be used in offline mode once downloaded. | |
| 261. |
Sports Illustrated (SI) India Magazine's Sportsperson of the Year 2017 was given to: |
| Answer» India's renowned sports media brand, Sports Illustrated (SI) India Magazine concluded the sixth edition of 'Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of the Year was given to PV Sindhu. Sportsperson of the Year is the most coveted Sports Awards franchise globally, acknowledging the performances and sporting excellence of athletes and teams for their outstanding achievements. | |
| 262. |
Who laid the foundation stone for 1st Maize based Mega Food Park in Kapurthala, Punjab? |
| Answer» Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister of Food Processing Industry laid the foundation stone for 1st Maize based Mega Food Park in Kapurthala,Punjab. It is a major step for containing desertification problem of Punjab and would make farmers turn to maize cultivation which need less water for more production. It will provide employment to 5,000 persons & benefit about 25,000 farmers. | |
| 263. |
Which Indian cricketer has broken the Sachin Tendulkar's record recently? |
| Answer» Virat Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar's record for most centuries in successful chases in ODIs. Kohli produced a batting masterclass to slam his 28th ODI ton in the fifth and final ODI against the West Indies at Sabina Park in Kingston. It was his 18th century in a chase, going past Tendulkar's record of 17. | |
| 264. |
Who launched 3 digital initiatives - Swayam, Swayam Prabha and National Academic Depository to push e-education in the country? |
| Answer» President Mukherjee launched 3 digital initiatives - Swayam, Swayam Prabha and National Academic Depository to push e-education in the country.The Aim of this is to raise the Gross Enrollment Ratio in higher education from 24.5 to 30 by 2020. | |
| 265. |
Who has been appointed Director General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence? |
| Answer» Senior bureaucrat John Joseph has been appointed Director General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DG GSTI). Joseph, a 1983 batch officer of Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), has worked in the Finance Ministry's important departments, including the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). | |
| 266. |
Which title was won by the Valtteri Bottas recently? |
| Answer» Valtteri Bottas won the Austrian Grand Prix for Mercedes ahead of championship leader Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari. The Finn, in his first season with Mercedes after replacing 2016 champion Nico Rosberg, came home 0.658 seconds clear of Vettel who increased his lead ahead of Lewis Hamilton in the drivers championship to 20 points. | |
| 267. |
Who is re-elected as President of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI)? |
| Answer» Raninder Singh as re-elected as president of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) for a four-year term in Mohali. He introduced 18 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) levied on all imports, including duty-free imports. | |
| 268. |
Japanese historian Yoshiaki Ishizawa won this award for counselling the war widows and orphans to overcome their nightmare. |
| Answer» Yoshiaki Ishizawa, a Japanese historian who helped Cambodians preserve the Angkor temples, and Gethsie Shanmugam, a Sri Lankan teacher who counselled war widows and orphans to overcome their nightmares, are among the six winners of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Awards. | |
| 269. |
Who is the newly elected President of Mongolia? |
| Answer» Khaltmaa Battulga elected as the President of the Mongolia. He replaces Tsakhia Elbegdorj. He inherits a $5.5 billion International Monetary Fund to stabilize the economy of the debt-laden country and lessen its dependence on China. | |
| 270. |
Who is the newly appointed director-general of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)? |
| Answer» Debi Prasad Dash, a 1985-batch Indian Revenue Service (customs) officer, has taken over as director-general of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, the premier agency that tackles smuggling and black money. Dash was the acting DRI chief for the past 5-months. Earlier, he has worked in the UN Security Council, Commonwealth Secretariat and the CBI. | |
| 271. |
Who inaugurates Ashiana Annexe in Dehradun recently? |
| Answer» President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 'Ashiana Annexe', comprising of 12 low-cost dwelling units in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. It is constructed to accommodate Officers and staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan during Presidential visits to the Retreat at 'Ashiana'. | |
| 272. |
Who launched E- book for Crypto Currency? |
| Answer» Amit Bhardwaj, the founder of Amaze Mining & Research Limited launched his third e-book 'Cryptocurrency for Beginners ' in the series, after 'Cryptocurrency Trading for Beginners' and 'Cryptocurrency Mining for Beginners'. The book empowers readers with the concept of the blockchain. | |
| 273. |
36th foundation day of NABARD is inagurated by? |
| Answer» On 12th July 2017 NABARD celebrated its 36th foundation day. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated the National Bank For Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD). This day is dedicated on celebrating the Silver Jubilee (25 years) of Self Help Group Bank Linkage Programme (SHG BLP). | |
| 274. |
Who is appointed as the new coach of the Indian cricket team? |
| Answer» Ravi Shastri is appointed as the new coach of the Indian cricket team, while also naming Zaheer Khan as the bowling coach. Shastri, in the process, won five-way battle to grab the post until 2019 Cricket World Cup. Shastri replaced Anil Kumble, who exited after a much publicised difference of opinion with captain Virat Kohli. | |
| 275. |
Who has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer of Twitter? |
| Answer» Ned Segal, a longtime Goldman Sachs banker and the former Senior Vice President of Finance at Silicon Valley's financial software company Intuit, has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer at Twitter. He will take over the CFO role from Anthony Noto, who was promoted to COO post last November. | |
| 276. |
__________ sets a hat-trick of titles in the Commonwealth chess championship. |
| Answer» Abhijeet Gupta completed a hat-trick of titles and fourth in all to become the most successful player in the history of the Commonwealth championship. Abhijeet shared the record of three titles with England's Nigel Short. For the record, Abhijeet scored 7.5 points from nine rounds. He inflict a crushing 24-move defeat on Australia's veteran International Master Aleksandar Wohl in the ninth and final round as India virtually monopolised the medals in the Commonwealth chess championship. | |
| 277. |
Who inaugurated Kerala's first doppler radar in Kochi? |
| Answer» Union minister for earth sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated Kerala's first doppler radar in Kochi.This was among the 27 radars being installed in the country and all of them are 100 percent indigenous developed with support of ISRO scientists and Bharat Electronics. The IMD as part of modernising its observational network is replacing its old and conventional radar by the state of art S-band Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) in a phased manner at different locations all over the country. | |
| 278. |
Who has become the first woman cricketer to score 6000 runs in women's ODI cricket? |
| Answer» Indian skipper Mithali Raj has become the first player in the history of women's ODI cricket to have crossed 6000 career runs. She reached the milestone in India's ICC Women's World Cup 2017 match against Australia on July 12, 2017. So far, Mithali has scored 6028 runs with the help of five centuries and 49 half-centuries. | |
| 279. |
The name of the CM who launched the "Livelihood Intervention and Facilitation of Entrepreneurship" (LIFE) is __________. |
| Answer» Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma launched the ambitious flagship programme titled "Livelihood Intervention and Facilitation of Entrepreneurship" (LIFE) at Songsak in East Garo Hills. The program for the year 2017 - 18 aims to launch the particular program at 2144 villages. | |
| 280. |
Who is selected as the brand ambassador of the Indian Indoor Cricket Team? |
| Answer» Former Indian batsman Sandeep Patil was today named as the brand ambassador of the Indian Indoor Cricket Team. The tournament will be held in partnership with Cricket Australia (CA) and Emirates Cricket Board (ECB). The 10th edition of the World Cup will include approximately 400 players and officials from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, England, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia. | |
| 281. |
Kishore Sansi Managing Director and CEO of this bank won the 'Personality of the Year' award. |
| Answer» Kishore Sansi Managing Director and CEO of Vijaya Bank conferred the 'Personality of the Year' award by Skoch Consultancy Services. The award is part of the 'Skoch Banking and Financial Leadership' series. Past recipients of the award include C Rangarajan, Dilip Parekh and Nandan Nilekani. | |
| 282. |
Who launched the RailCloud Project, NIVARAN-Grievance Portal and CTSE Scheme? |
| Answer» Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu launched the following schemes Rail Cloud Project, NIVARAN-Grievance Portal (First IT Application on Rail Cloud), Cashless treatment Scheme in Emergency (CTSE) Scheme. 'NIVARAN-Grievance Portal' is the first IT application to be launched on the RailCloud. RailCloud is the next step towards Digitization of Railways. Rail Cloud works on popular Cloud Computing system. | |
| 283. |
Who is appointed as new BCCC chairperson? |
| Answer» The Board of Directors of Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) appointed former Supreme Court judge, Justice Vikramajit Sen, as the new chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC). | |
| 284. |
Which IT company appoints Aarthi Subramanian as the group's Chief Digital Officer? |
| Answer» Tata Sons appoints Aarthi Subramanian as Chief Digital Officer. She is an executive director at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and will take up her new role in August this year. | |
| 285. |
Mukesh Kumar Jain is the managing director and chief executive officer of |
| Answer» Mukesh Kumar Jain was appointed as the managing director and chief executive officer of Oriental Bank of Commerce. He is at present the executive director in Punjab and Sind Bank. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Jain's appointment to the post for a period of three years. | |
| 286. |
Who has been conferred the 2017 Personality of the Year award by Skoch Consultancy Services (SCS)? |
| Answer» Dr. Kishore Sansi, the managing director and CEO of Vijaya Bank, has been conferred the 2017 Personality of the Year award by Skoch Consultancy Services (SCS). The award is part of the 'Skoch Banking and Financial Leadership' series. Past recipients of the award include C Rangarajan, Dilip Parekh and Nandan Nilekani. | |
| 287. |
Who become the second Indian Javelin player wins the gold at the World Para Athletics Championships? |
| Answer» Para-athlete Sundar Singh Gurjar became only the second Indian to win a gold at the World Para Athletics Championships, winning one in javelin at the 2017 edition in London. In the F46 category, Sundar recorded his personal best effort of 60.36m on the very first night of the tournament and took the top honour. | |
| 288. |
Who has been chosen as the fourth President of Nanyang Technological University? |
| Answer» Professor Subra Suresh, a distinguished alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology Madras and a native of Chennai, has been chosen as the fourth President of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. NTU Singapore is one of the world's leading universities it has also been placed the world's top young university for the last four consecutive years. | |
| 289. |
Who won the 2017 Formula One British Grand Prix tournament? |
| Answer» Mercede's Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix for the fifth time. He matches the record of Jim Clark and Alain Prost. Valtteri Bottas who races for Mercedes stood second in the race. | |
| 290. |
Maryam Mirzakhani, the renowned mathematician passed away. She hails from which country? |
| Answer» Maryam Mirzakhani (40), an Iranian- born mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University, has died of cancer in a US hospital on July 14, 2017. Mirzakhani was the first woman and the first Iranian to win the coveted Fields Medal in 2014, the most prestigious award in mathematics. The award recognized her sophisticated and highly original contributions to the fields of geometry and dynamical systems, particularly in understanding the symmetry of curved surfaces such as spheres. | |
| 291. |
Who has won the 2017 Victorian Open Squash tournament? |
| Answer» India's Harinder Pal Sandhu won his second title by beating top-seed Rex Hedrick of Australia 12-14, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7 in a 77-minute final of Victorian Open squash, a PSA Tour event, in Melbourne. | |
| 292. |
Who inagurates the 7th Edition of KKM Memorial Gold Cup - Rural Football Tournament at West Bengal? |
| Answer» The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 7th Edition of Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee Rural Football Tournament at Mackenzie Park Football Ground in Murshidabad district of West Bengal today (July 14, 2017). | |
| 293. |
Who has been sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Nepal? |
| Answer» Justice Gopal Prasad Parajuli has been sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Nepal on July 17, 2017 and will head the judiciary till April 28, 2018. The Chief Justice is the highest judicial officer in the country and acts as a chief administrative officer for all the judicial system. | |
| 294. |
Who is appointed as the UNICEF's Global Goodwill Ambassador? |
| Answer» Indian-origin Canadian YouTube sensation, comedian and author, Lilly Singh was appointed Unicef's Goodwill Ambassador. Lilly travelled with Unicef to Madhya Pradesh, where she met children and adolescents growing up in challenging circumstances such as extreme poverty, but have been able to bring positive changes to their lives. In her role as a Goodwill Ambassador, Lilly will use her unique digital presence to engage children and youth and empower them to speak out about the challenges they face. | |
| 295. |
Who wins 1st National Masters Snooker Tournament Title in Chennai? |
| Answer» I H Manudev won the first National Masters snooker tournament title in Chennai. He defeated former Asian champion, Alok Kumar. I H Manudev, Alok, Chirag Ramakrishnan and Rafath Habib have qualified for the World Six-Red and Team Championship Snooker to be held in Egypt and also for the World Snooker Championship to be held in Malta. | |
| 296. |
Who is named as the IIFA Woman Of The Year 2017? |
| Answer» Actress Taapsee Pannu was named the Woman of the Year at the 18th edition of the IIFA Awards held in New York. Taapsee was presented the award by actress Preity Zinta. Whereas Priyanka Chopra had received the Woman of the Year award at IIFA 2016. | |
| 297. |
Which Union Minister got the Information and Broadcasting ministry portfolio? |
| Answer» Smriti Irani became Information and broadcasting minister. She is already holding Union textiles ministry. This announcement came after BJP leader Shri M Venkaiah Naidu, who is the Government's nominee for the position of Vice-President, resigned from his ministerial responsibilities. | |
| 298. |
Who won the 2017 women's singles Wimbledon tennis tournament? |
| Answer» Garbine Muguruza Blanco, a Spanish-Venezuelan professional tennis player, has won the 2017 women's singles Wimbledon Tennis tournament by defeating Venus Williams in the final by 7-5, 6-0 at All England Club in London, United Kingdom (UK). Muguruza also became the first player to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slams singles finals. | |
| 299. |
Who is going to inaugurate APJ Abdul Kalam's memorial on July 27? |
| Answer» Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a memorial of Former President APJ Abdul Kalam at the latter's birthplace in Rameswaram on July 27. The National Memorial is being set up the Defence Research and Development organisation (DRDO). The total project is expected to be around 20 crores. | |
| 300. |
Who is nominated as the National Democratic Alliance party Vice President candidate? |
| Answer» Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu resigned his Union Minister post for his party choosing him as a candidate for the Vice Presidential Election. He was holding two portfolios of Information and Broadcasting, and Housing and Urban Affairs. | |