Answer-(B) Kalinga Institute of Social Science (KISS)Explanation:
KISS was founded by Prof.Achuta Samanta in 1992-93 in a rented building in Bhubaneshwar with only 125 poor & tribal students.
Though Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU) has been established before, it enrolls students of all categories.
On the other hand, KISS University is exclusively for tribal students.
KISS has been granted university status by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
2) _______ has been ranked ninth best Public Research institute in the world.
(A) CSIR
(B) CERT-In
(C) DRDO
(D) ISRO
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Answer-(A) CSIRExplanation:
1. Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) is India's largest autonomous public research & development organization.
2. CSIR was established by Government of India in 1942.
3. It operates as an autonomous body through the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
4. It is mainly funded by Ministry of Science and Technology.
5. Director General - Girish Sahni.
3) A new Youth Sports Centre to be built at _________.
(A) Alipur in Delhi
(B) Mylapore in Chennai
(C) Bandra in Mumbai
(D) Rajpath in Delhi
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Answer-(A) Alipur in DelhiExplanation:
1. The centre is to fulfill the aspirations amongst the youth of rural Delhi to have a state-of-the-art Youth Sports Centre.
2. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) and Sports Authority of India (SAI) will jointly create & run this unique Youth Sports Centre.
4) Indian Ocean Conference 2017 was held at __________.
(A) Chennai, India
(B) Colombo, Sri Lanka
(C) Male, Maldives
(D) Victoria, Seychelles
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Answer-(B) Colombo, Sri LankaExplanation:
1. The Theme of the conference is Peace, Progress and Prosperity.
2. Sushma Swaraj attended the conference.
5) The International Hindu Conference was held in __________.
(A) India
(B) Bhutan
(C) Nepal
(D) Canada
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Answer-(C) NepalExplanation:
1. The Theme of the conference - 'Emerging Spiritualism : Renaissance of Hinduism'.
2. Its aim is to reinstitute Kathmandu as the global Capital of Hinduism.
6) According to the RBI report, ______ of demonetised noted have been received back by the bank.
(A) 90%
(B) 93%
(C) 96%
(D) 99%
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Answer-(D) 99%Explanation:
1. As per the data released by RBI, old notes worth Rs 15.44 lakh crore were there in the market.
2. Out of which, 15.28 lakh crore have been received back by the bank.
7) __________, an Indian-Origin Civil Servant, has been appointed Singapore's acting President.
(A) Joseph Yuvaraj Pillay
(B) Yusof Ishak
(C) S.R. Nathan
(D) C. V. Devan Nair
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Answer-(A) Joseph Yuvaraj PillayExplanation:
J.Y.Pillay, an Indian-Origin veteran civil servant, was appointed as Singapore's acting president until a new head of the State is sworn in later this month.
8) Who has been the first women from Jharkhand to win Dhyan Chand Award 2017?
(A) Sathi Geetha
(B) Anita Chanu
(C) Ishar Singh Deol
(D) Sumrai Tete
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Answer-(D) Sumrai TeteExplanation:
Sumrai Tete - former Indian Women's Hockey Captain.
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