Current Affairs -2017 January - 16 to 20 (Chapter-01)

Current Affairs -2017
January - 16 to 20
(Chapter-01)

1.What is the India’s rank in the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Inclusive Development Index (IDI) for 2017?

60th

2.Who won the 2016 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry?

Jacob Polley

3.In which city, Prasar Bharati hosts International Television Dance Festival recently?

Hyderabad

4.Who inaugurated India’s first international exchange India INX at the International Financial Service Centre (IFSC)?

Narendra Modi

5. World Employment and Social Outlook for 2017 has stated that India's unemployed will rise to by what number in 2017?

1 lakh

6.Which state has launched Digital Dakiya Scheme on January 14, 2017 to encourage digital literacy in the state?

Madhya Pradesh

7.Which committee has recently recommended quota for girl students in IITs?

Timothy Gonsalves committee

8.In which state was the 28th Dantan Gramin Mela organized on January 20, 2017?

West Bengal

9.Karang, which has become India’s first cashless island, is located in which state?

Manipur

10.Pinakin mobile app was launched by which state tourism department to boost tourism?

Tamil Nadu

11.BSF launched which operation at Rajasthan Border on 15th January 2017?

Sard Hawa

12.Roman Herzog, who passed away recently, was the former President of

Germany

13.How many new demat accounts were opened in India in 2016?

2.4 million

14.How much percent has the SEBI lowered the brokers fees on January 14, 2017 to reduce the overall cost of transaction?

25 Percent

15.which two countries were agreed upon their commitment to deepen cooperation on maritime?

Indonesia and Japan
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