05 May 2017

Current Affairs Questions for NIACL Assistant Mains Exam 2017

1. ___________ has been appointed as new administrator of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ?
 Achim Steiner 
 Rex Tillerson
 Steven Mnuchin
 Thomas Shannon
 None of These
( Ans - 1)



2. Ajit Kumar Srivastava and Shabri Bhattasali appointed as members of CBDT (_________________ ) ?
 Central Board of Dual Taxes 
 Central Board of Direct Trade 
 Central Board of Direct Taxes 
 Central Board of Dual Trade 
 None of These 
( Ans - 3)


3. Aleksandar Vucic is appointed as New President of European Nation _______ ?
 Norway
 Lithunia
 Bolivia
 Serbia 
 None of These 
( Ans - 4)


4. UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) appointed _________ refugee and Olympic athlete Yusra Mardini and American Actress Kristin Davis as a Goodwill Ambassador. ?
 Turkish
 Nigerian
 Libyan
 Iraqi
 Syrian 
( Ans - 5)


5. _________ took over as Controller General of Accounts (CGA) ?
 Nripendra Mishra
 Asha Ram Sihag
 Anthony Lianzuala 
 Shobhana K Pattanayak
 None of These 
( Ans - 3)


6. __________ appointed as Financial Commissioner of Railway. ?
 B.N.Mohapatra 
 Sekhar Basu
 Tapan Ray
 Susheel Kumar
 None of These 
( Ans - 1)


7. Beverages Firm Coca-Cola appointed ______________ as Chief of Its India and South West Asia business ?
 C.K. Mishra
 T K K Krishnakumar 
 Parameswaran Iyer
 Rajiv Mehrishi
 None of These 
( Ans - 2)



8. Bhimaraya Metri appointed as Director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) _________ ?
 Tiruchirappalli
 Ahmedabad
 Indore 
 Gaya
 None of These 
( Ans - 1)


9. David _________ took Office as Chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) ?
 R. Syiemlieh 
 Suresh Chandra
 C. Viswanath
 Ameising Luikham
 None of These 
( Ans - 1)


10. ____________ appointed as Chairman of Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) for 3 years. ?
 A. S. Kiran Kumar
 Dinesh Singh
 Kapil Dev Tripathi
 Devendra Kumar Sharma 
 None of These 
( Ans - 4)


11. Diplomat ____________ appointed as new consul General of Dubai ?
 A. S. Kiran Kumar
 T C A Anant
 Amarjit Singh
 Vipul 
 None of These 
( Ans - 4)


12. Geeta Johari appointed as First ever Female Chief of ____________ Police (Director General of Police) ?
 Haryana
 Gujarat 
 Rajasthan 
 Himachal Pradesh 
 None of These 
( Ans - 2)


13. Gita Mittal has been appointed as acting Chief justice of ____________ High Court ?
 Guwahati
 Allahabad
 Ahmedabad
 Manipur
 Delhi 
( Ans - 5)


14. Government Appointed ____________ as Secretary in Department of Posts ?
 Anant Narayan Nanda 
 Sanjay Mitra
 Rashmi Verma
 Rajiv Gauba
 None of These 
( Ans - 1)


15. Government appointed ____________ as chairman of newly constituted National Board of Electric Mobility (NBEM), that aims to promote electric mobility and manufacturing of electric (and hybrid) vehicles and their components ?
 Amarendra Kumar Dubey
 Rajive Kumar
 Injeti Srinivas
 Girish Shankar 
 None of These 
( Ans - 4)


16. Government approved one year service extension to ____________ as Cabinet Secretary of India ?
 A. S. Kiran Kumar
 Aruna Sharma
 Pradeep Kumar Sinha 
 Rajiv Gauba 
 None of These 
( Ans - 3)



17. Baljit Singh Sandhu has been appointed as new Director General of _________ Police ?
 Gujarat
 Haryana 
 Goa
 Mizoram
 None of These 
( Ans - 2)


18. Indian - origin Person Anuja Ravindra Dhir became first non - white judge of old Bailey Court of _____________ ?
 Paris 
 London 
 New york
 California
 None of These 
( Ans - 2)


19. ___________ appointed as Chief Justice of Madras High Court (Tamil Nadu) ?
 Pradeep Kumar Pujari
 Ashutosh Sharma
 K.P. Krishnan
 Indira Banerjee 
 None of These 
( Ans - 4)


20. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog appointed as Chief Justice of ____________ High Court ?
 Rajasthan 
 Gujarat
 Goa
 Haryana
 None of These 
( Ans - 1)


21. Lenin Moreno won 2017 Presidential election of South American Nation __________ ?
 Ecuador
 Pagaguay
 Uruguay
 Chile
 None of These 
( Ans - 1)


22. Mahabaleshwara Mavinakudige Subrahmanya has been appointed as new MD and CEO of Private Sector's __________ ?
 Lakshmi Vilas Bank
 Karnataka Bank
 Karur Vyasa Bank
 ICICI Bank
 None of These 
( Ans - 2)


23. ____________appointed as Whole Time Member in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India. ?
 M. Sathiyavathy
 K. VijayRaghavan
 B P Sharma 
 Mukulita Vijayawargiya 
 None of These 
( Ans - 4)



24. RK Pachnanda has been appointed as Director General of ___________ ?
 BSF
 CRPF
 CISF
 Indian Navy
 ITBP
( Ans - 5)


25. Rajiv Kumar Chander appointed as India’s new Ambassador and permanent representative to ____________, succeeding Ajit Kumar ?
 UK
 USA
 United Nations 
 Russia 
 None of These 
( Ans - 3)


26. Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar has been appointed as Director General of _____________ ?
 CRPF 
 RPF 
 CISF
 BSF
 None of These 
( Ans - 1)


27. __________ appointed as chairman of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) for 2017-18 ?
 Arun Kumar 
 Raman Roy 
 Nripendra Kumar Misra
 Krishan Kumar Jalan
 None of These 
( Ans - 2)


28. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed ___________ as new Executive Director (ED) ?
 H R Khan
 Bikram Singh
 Malvika Sinha 
 Vimal Jalan
 None of These 
( Ans - 3)


29. Retired SC Judge _________ appointed as Chairman of Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). ?
 M. Sathiyavathy
 Ajay Mittal
 Neeraj Kumar Gupta
 Sanjeevanee Kutty
 Shiva Kirti Singh
( Ans - 5)


30. _________________ (large co-operative Bank) appointed Smita Sandhane as its Managing Director ?
 A P Mahesh Co-operative Bank
 Karur Vyasa Bank
 Saraswat Bank 
 LVB
 None of These 
( Ans - 3)



31. Sports Ministry approved appointment of Dave Smith (______________) as coach in race walking and American Galina P Bukharina (USA) as coach in national 400m and 400m relay teams ?
 Spain
 France
 Russia
 Australia
 None of These 
( Ans - 4)


32. Sulkhan Singh appointed as Director General of Police (DGP) of ____________ ?
 Uttarakhand
 Uttar Pradesh 
 Meghalaya
 Assam
 None of These 
( Ans - 2)


33. Sunaina Singh has been appointed as vice chancellor of Nalanda University (_____________) ?
 Bihar
 Rajasthan
 Punjab
 Himachal Pradesh
 None of These 
( Ans - 1)


34. Supreme Court directed ______________ government to reinstate T.P. Senkumar as Director General of Police (DGP) of state ?
 Goa
 Andhra Pradesh
 Telangana
 Karnataka
 Kerala 
( Ans - 5)


35. US Prez Donald Trump nominated Indian-Americans to Key Posts -
___________ as Administrator of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (Regulatory czar).
Vishal Amin as Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IP czar).
 C.K. Mishra
 Neomi Rao
 Seema Bahuguna
 Rajiv Mehrishi
 None of These 
( Ans - 2)


36. _____________ appointed Randolph Alles as Chief of Its Secret Service ?
 USA 
 UK
 Russia
 France
 None of These 
( Ans - 1)


37. __________ has been appointed as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive (CEO) of LIC Housing Finance ?
 Amarendra Khatua
 Parameswaran Iyer
 Anjuly Chib Duggal
 Prabhu Dayal Meena
 Vinay Shah 
( Ans - 5)