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Current Affairs Questions on 21 to 24 October 2017 :
What is the name of the Solicitor-General of India who resigned from his post on 20 October 2017?
A. Nitesh Sharma
B. Ranjit Kumar
C. Maninder Singh
D. L.Nageswara Rao
Answer: B
Explanation: Ranjit Kumar, the Solicitor-General of India, which is the second highest ranking law officer of the government, resigned with immediate effect on 20 October 2017. He had joined the government’s team of law officers in the Supreme Court in 2014. His tenure of three years as Solicitor General had ended on 6 June 2017, but the government had extended the tenure on an ad hoc basis. Earlier Mukul Rohatgi had quit as Attorney-General of India in June 2017 and had returned to private practice.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 October 2017 inaugurated the first phase of Ro-Ro (Roll on, Roll off) ferry service in which state?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. Gujarat
D. Maharashtra
Answer: C
Explanation: The Ro-Ro (Roll on, Roll off) ferry service between Ghogha and Dahej in Gujarat is claimed as South Asia’s first world-class Ro-Ro ferry service. The first phase of this ferry service was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra on 22 October 2017. The 31-km ferry service will cut travel time from nearly eight hours to one and hugely benefit the people working in the diamond-cutting and polishing hub of Surat. The on-road distance between the two towns will be down from 360 km to 30 km. The ferry service has been funded partly by the Gujarat government and the Sagarmala project of the central government. The project has been constructed and designed by Essar Projects, the EPC arm of the Essar Group.
India defeated which country in the finals on 22 October 2017 to win the 2017 Asia Cup Hockey title?
A. Bangladesh
B. China
C. Pakistan
D.Malaysia
Answer: D
Explanation: India’s National field hockey team has won the 10th edition of Men’s Hockey Asia Cup tournament – 2017 by defeating Malaysia in the final by 2-1 at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh on October 22. India started strongly and scored first goal through Ramandeep Singh in the first quarter and the second goal was scored by Lalit in the second quarter. The victory came to India under massive pressure from Malaysia. Pakistan won the bronze medal after edging out Korea 6-3 in the third-fourth place play-off match. The winner of this tournament qualified for the 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup, which is scheduled to be held in India.
Which Indian player won the men’s singles title of 2017 Denmark Open badminton Super Series on 22 October 2017? – Kidambi Srikanth
A. PC Thulasi
B. Ajay Jayaram
C. Kidambi Srikanth
D. Parupalli Kashyap
Answer: C
Explanation: Indian ace Kidambi Srikanth registered a comfortable 21-10, 21-5 victory over his opponent Lee Hyun-Il of South Korea to win the men’s singles title of 2017 Denmark Open Super Series. Lee had no answers to Srikanth’s razor-sharp smashes and cross court returns as he won the final in just 25 minutes. This was Srikanth’s third Super Series title this year after Australian Open and Indonesian Open. Earlier, 2013 World Champion Ratchanok Inthanon (Thailand) produced another gritty display to stave off the challenge from World No. 5 and defending champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 14-21, 21-15, 21-19 to win her first title of the season.
Who has been named as the 2017 Best FIFA Men’s Player?
A. Lionel Messi
B. Gianluigi Buffon
C. Cristiano Ronaldo
D. Neymar
Answer: C
Explanation: Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid’s Portugal striker, has been named the 2017 Best FIFA Men’s Player award for a second straight year at the 2017 award ceremony in London, England on October 23, 2017. He is four-time Ballon d’Or winner, who helped Real to a Champions League-La Liga double in 2016-17. Lieke Martens of FC Barcelona and the Netherlands won the best FIFA Women’s Player award and Real Madrid’s Zinedine Zidane was named best men’s coach and Netherlands’ Sarina Wiegman the best female coach....... Check More at INDIA GK" App: tinyurl.com/IndiaGK
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