KERALA PSC CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

1. How much amount of penalty has been imposed on BCCI by the Competition Commission of India for anti-competitive practices related to IPL?
Answer: Rs 52.24 crore

2. Which country has successfully launched satellite-carrying rocket “Simorgh” into space?
Answer: Iran

3. Which Indian woman cricketer was felicitated by Mohun Bagan at their annual awards ceremony?
Answer: Jhulan Goswami

4. On July 22, 2017, which country sent its first uranium shipment to India for testing purposes ahead of possible commercial sales?
Answer: Australia

5. Who has been nominated as interim prime minister of Pakistan?
Answer: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

6. Which state government announced plans to make installation of GPS system mandatory in black-and-yellow taxis and autorickshaws?
Answer: Maharashtra

7. അടുത്തിടെ Pradhan Manthri LPG Panchayat ആരംഭിച്ച സംസ്ഥാനം
Answer: ജാർഖണ്ഡ്

8. സംസ്ഥാനത്ത് ഒറ്റപ്പെട്ട് താമസിക്കുന്ന മുതിർന്ന പൗരന്മാരുടെ സുരക്ഷയ്ക്കായി പോലീസിനെ വേഗത്തിൽ ബന്ധപ്പെടുത്തിയുള്ള ഹോട്ട് ലൈൻ സംവിധാനം ആദ്യമായി നടപ്പിലാക്കിയത് എവിടെ?
Answer: പാലാ

9. According to World Bank India’s growth forecast is lowered from 8.6% to _____% ?
Answer: 7

10. സമ്പൂർണമായി സൗരോർജത്തിൽ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ആദ്യ കേന്ദ്ര ഭരണപ്രദേശം
Answer: ദിയു

11. Which city India’s first calf born to surrogate cow recently ?
Answer: Pune

12. Which country has launched a new direct route between its Hamad Port and Pakistan’s port of Karachi?
Answer: Qatar

13. Who has been appointed as a new Managing Director & CEO of IFCI Ltd, a government company?
Answer: E Sankara Rao

14. Scientists from which institute have developed a silk patch to repair damaged heart tissue?
Answer: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati

15. Who is the newly elected President of Mongolia?
Answer: Khaltmaagiin Battulga

16. Nelsan Ellis, who passed away on July 8, 2017, was:
Answer: American Actor

17. India’s first university, only for Dalit students will come up in which city by 2018?
Answer: Hyderabad

18. The 2017 National Doctors Day (NDD) is celebrated on which date in India?
Answer: July 1

19. Malala Day’ is celebrated on which date every year?
Answer: 12th July

20. Who has been appointed as new Director General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DG GSTI)?
Answer: John Joseph
21. World Theater Day ?
Answer: MARCH 27

22. Legendary musician Robbie Malinga passed away recently. He was from which country?
Answer: South Africa

23. Sectoral regulator IRDAI has issued regulations for insurance firms to carry out offshore business from Gujarat-based GIFT International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). Who is the present Chairman of IRDAI?
Answer: T.S. Vijayan

24. Which country is not taking part in the 7th edition of SAARC Artists Camp and Exhibition of Paintings?
Answer: Afghanistan

25. Ajay Singh, who has won bronze at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships, is associated with which men’s junior category?
Answer: 77kg category

26. . Who has led Indian delegation at the 2017 BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers’ Meet?
Answer: Bandaru Dattatreya

27. On July 24, 2017, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee conferred this year’s ‘Mahanayak Samman 2017’to which veteran actress for her contribution to the world of cinema?
Answer: Shakuntala Barua

28. Who was elected as the new President of international congress?
Answer: Rahul Gandhi

29. Who started international Hindu conference?
Answer: Nepal.

30. ദില്ലി മേരി ദില്ലി : ബിഫോർ ആൻഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർ 1998 എന്ന പുസ്തകത്തിന്റെ രചയിതാവ്
Answer: ഷീലാ ദീക്ഷിത്

31. Citizen Delhi : My Times,My life എന്ന ആത്മകഥയുടെ രചയിതാവ്
Answer: ഷീലാ ദീക്ഷിത്

32. അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര ക്രിക്കറ്റിലെ ഏറ്റവും പ്രായം കുറഞ്ഞ ക്യാപ്റ്റൻ
Answer: റാഷിദ്‌ ഖാൻ

33. Who has been selected for the prestigious Agriculture Leadership Award-2017?
Answer: K Chandrashekhar Rao

34. Who launches Digital Wallet Powered by MobiKwik recently ?
Answer: BSNL

35. A live twitter wall was launched by Rajnath Singh on the eve of Independence day for promoting which portal for defence personnel?
Answer: Bharat Ke Veer

36. The government has directed internet majors Google, Facebook, Whats App, Instagram, Microsoft and Yahoo to immediately remove links of which online game?
Answer: Blue Whale Challenge

37. India’s first solar-powered 1600 HP DEMU train has launched from which railway station?
Answer: Safdarjung railway station

38. Who has been elected to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Governing Board on June 12 at Geneva?
Answer: Rajeev Dubey

39. Who has been with the Sportsperson of the Year award during the ‘Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of the Year’ Charity Gala Awards?
Answer: P V Sindhu

40. The first official World Bicycle Day (WBD-2018) is observed on which date?
Answer: June 3
41. New chairman of Public Accounts Committee ?
Answer: MALLIKARJUN KHARGE

42. Who is the present Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)?
Answer: T. Suvarna Raju

43. Who among the following is the Crowned Prince of Saudi Arabia?
Answer: Mohammed bin Salman

44. ഗുജറാത്തിലെ ഉപ മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി?
Answer: നിതിൻ പട്ടേൽ

45. Which country to host the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19 championship?
Answer: Indonesia

46. ഇന്ത്യയിൽ ആദ്യമായി Battery Powered Payment Card ആരംഭിക്കാൻ തീരുമാനിച്ച ബാങ്ക്
Answer: IndusInd Bank

47. Indian Government imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of certain steel wire rods from which country to safeguard the interest of domestic industry?
Answer: China

48. .The Union Government has sanctioned more than Rs 700 crore under PMGSY for which state?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

49. അടുത്തിടെ ജോർദാൻ രാജാവിന്റെ സന്ദര്ശന വേളയിൽ ഒപ്പുവെക്കപ്പെട്ട കരാറുകളുടെ എണ്ണം
Answer: 12

50. World Ocean Summit 2018 നടക്കുന്നത്
Answer: മെക്സിക്കോ

51. Which ministry is observing Swachhta Pakhwada from 16th to 31st August, 2017?
Answer: Ministry of Railways

52. Which union minister has launched "Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali" campaign to celebrate pollution-free diwali?
Answer: Harsh Vardhan

53. Which bank bagged the Best performance award from NABARD Awards commitee ?
Answer: Corporation Bank

54. Which country topped the medals tally at 2017 Asian Athletics Championships?
Answer: India

55. Which IIT institute hosted the 2017 International Conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Finance?
Answer: IIT Kharagpur

56. American tech giant Oracle has chosen this city for its first digital hub in Asia-Pacific.
Answer: Bengaluru

57. Which state government is planning to set up environment-friendly transportation system in one of its cities?
Answer: Haryana

58. What is the name given to the large supercluster of galaxies discovered by Indian scientists?
Answer: Saraswati

59. Which country has been selected by IUCN for the construction of the world’s first saola breeding centre?
Answer: Vietnam

60. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer at Twitter?
Answer: Ned Segal
61. Which Israeli flower has been named after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
Answer: Chrysanthemum

62. World's happiest country in the World Happiness Report 2017 ?
Answer: NORWAY

63. SOUBHAGYA Scheme is related to________
Answer: Electricity

64. Who has been appointed as a part-time member of the IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India) board?
Answer: Ravi Mittal

65. Which country is hosting the 2017 BRICS Youth Forum (BYF)?
Answer: China

66. Which mobile app has been launched by UIDAI to carry unique identification profile on mobile?
Answer: mAadhaar app

67. Indian Cricketer, Who Scored His 3rd Double Century in one day Cricket?
Answer: Rohit Sharma

68. 1993 മുതൽ തുടർച്ചയായ 25 വർഷത്തെ ഭരണത്തിൽ നിന്നും അടുത്തിടെ ഇടതു മുന്നണിക്ക് അധികാരം നഷ്ടമായ സംസ്ഥാനം?
Answer: ത്രിപുര

69. India on February 23, successfully tested which nuclear-capable ballistic missile?
Answer: Dhanush

70. ഇന്ത്യയിൽ ആദ്യമായി ഹെലിടാക്സി സംവിധാനം ആരംഭിച്ച നഗരം
Answer: ബാംഗ്ലൂർ

71. ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ആദ്യ 'National Academy of costal policing' നിലവിൽ വരുന്ന സംസ്ഥാനം
Answer: ഗുജറാത്ത്‌

72. Which government Launches 'Namo Yuva Rojgar Kendra' ?
Answer: Maharashtra

73. What is the opening film of "Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM)" 2017?
Answer: Lipstick Under My Burkha

74. What is the India’s rank in the 2017 Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI)?
Answer: 23rd

75. Which country beat Pakistan in the final of the Asian Team Snooker Championship?
Answer: India

76. Which union minister has launched a month-long plantation drive to mark Van Mahotsav-2017?
Answer: Harsh Vardhan

77. The 2017 Save Public Sector Banks Day (SPSBD) will be celebrated on which date in India?
Answer: July 19

78. What is the theme of the 2017 International Co-operative Day (IDC)?
Answer: Co-operatives ensure no one is left behind

79. The country is set to get its first high-speed rail training centre in
Answer: Gujarat

80. Which state hosted the National conference on crowd management?
Answer: Kerala
81. ലോക്സഭ സ്പീക്കർ
Answer: സുമിത്ര മഹാജൻ

82. Who is the present President of the World Bank?
Answer: Jim Yong Kim

83. Name the world’s first Sanskrit 3D film which was screened at the 48th International Film Festival in Goa?
Answer: Anurakthi

84. C. Vidyasagar Rao and Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis has released the book ‘Mann Ki Baat – A Social Revolution on Radio’ at Raj Bhavan in
Answer: Mumbai

85. Indian Boxers won five gold, two silver and one bronze medal at 48th Grand Prix event held in
Answer: Czech Republic

86. Who has won the 2017 Formula One British Grand Prix tournament?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton

87. Kerala hosted a literary festival from July 24, 2017. The theme of this literary festival is:
Answer: ‘Tolerance’

88. Airports Authority of India (AAI), has signed a MoU with which state government for creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing civil aviation infrastructure in the state?
Answer: Uttarakhand

89. .India's First and only Design University?
Answer: -World University of design ( WUD) Sonipat - Haryana.

90. Which Indian State Declared Urdu Second Language?
Answer: Telangana.

91. രാജ്യമൊട്ടാകെ ഏകീകൃത ഡ്രൈവിംഗ് ലൈസൻസ് കൊണ്ടുവരുന്നതിനായി കേന്ദ്രസർക്കാർ ആവിഷ്കരിച്ച പദ്ധതി
Answer: Sarathi

92. അടുത്തിടെ Helipad Policy രൂപീകരിച്ച സംസ്ഥാനം
Answer: മഹാരാഷ്ട്ര

93. Which committee was appointment to recommend new salary structure for judges of lower courts in India?
Answer: PV Reddi committee

94. രാജ്യത്ത്‌ ആദ്യമായി ബിഎസ് 6 ഇന്ധനം ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന നഗരം ?
Answer: ന്യൂഡൽഹി

95. ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ആദ്യ 'insect Museum' നിലവിൽ വന്നത് ഏത് സംസ്ഥാനത്താണ്?
Answer: തമിഴ്നാട്

96. Which terror outfit in Aug 2017 has been declared as foreign terrorist organisation by US?
Answer: Hizbul Mujhahideen

97. Which African country will release a limited edition Lord Krishna silver coin on Janmashtami in commemoration of the 5,244th birth anniversary of the Hindu God?
Answer: The Republic of Chad

98. Who has clinched the 2017 South Australian Open Squash tournament?
Answer: Harinder Pal Sandhu

99. India’s tallest Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower will be operational at which airport by December 2017?
Answer: Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi

100. On July 2, 2017, which State set a record of planting 6 crore saplings in day?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh