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Which country to host 10th International conference on theory and practice of electronic governance?
  1. Colombia
  2. Estonia
  3. Uruguay
  4. India

Correct answer is option D i.e. India
Explanation:
The 10th edition of International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV-2017) will take place in New Delhi, India from 7th to 9th March 2017. The ICEGOV series brings together academia, governments, international organizations, civil society and the private sector to share the insights and experiences in theory and practice of Digital Government. The 2017 theme is “Building Knowledge Societies – From Digital Government to Digital Empowerment”.
when the aeroplanes / aircraft / airplanes were used in the war for first time?
  1. October, 1912
  2. October, 1913
  3. November, 1910
  4. October, 1911

Correct answer is option D

Which among the following is generally called a talk shop?

  1. WTO
  2. World Economic Forum
  3. WHO
  4. World Bank

Correct answer is option B i.e. World Economic Forum
Which one of the following leaders belonged to the Extremist wing of the Congress?
  1. Aurobindo Ghosh
  2. Dadabhai Naoroji
  3. G.K. Gokhle
  4. S.N. Banerjee

Correct answer is option A
In ‘Mansabdari System’ month – scale system was introduced during the reign of
  1. Akbar
  2. Jahangir
  3. Shahjahan
  4. Bahadur Shah

Correct answer is option C
Who is the author of the book “When Breath Becomes Air”?
  1. Siddhartha Mukherjee
  2. Atul Gawande
  3. Paul Kalanithi
  4. Nirupam Roy

Correct answer is option C i.e. Paul Kalanithi
Explanation:
The book “When Breath Becomes Air” has been authored by Indian-American author Dr. Paul Kalanithi. It is a memoir which chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from medical student to neurosurgeon, patient and father before his sad death from cancer while working on this book. Recently, it is in news because the book has been shortlisted for the 2017 Wellcome Book Prize. It is the first posthumously published title to be in contention for the Wellcome Book Prize.The award celebrates fiction and non-fiction works engaged with the topics of health and medicine. Apart from this, Indian-American author Siddhartha Mukherjee is also on the list of the annual prize for his study of genetics and mental health in his book “The Gene: An Intimate History”. The winner will be announced at a ceremony at Wellcome Collection on April 2017.
Who addressed Gandhiji as the “Father of the Nation” for the first time?
  1. Subhash Chandra Bose
  2. Rabindranath Tagore
  3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  4. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct answer is option A
Who among the following was the founder of Calcutta?
  1. Charles Ayar
  2. Job Charnock
  3. Garold Angiyar
  4. William Norris

Correct answer is option B
Megasthenese, the envoy of Selucas, was received in the court of:
  1. Rudradaman-I
  2. Ashoka
  3. Chandragupta Vikramaditya
  4. Chandragupta Maurya

Correct answer is option D

Which among the following signs represents “narrow money”?

  1. M0
  2. M1
  3. M2
  4. M4

Correct answer is option B i.e. M1