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100 Latest Current Affairs Questions Asked in Recent TNPSC Exams

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1. Which player of India played most Test matches as captain?

A) M. S. Dhoni

B) S. Ganguly

C) Mohammad Azharuddin

D) S. Gavaskar

2. Which is the first team to play 900 One day International Cricket matches?

A) Australia

B) Srilanka

C) India

D) Pakistan

3. The Indian rupee symbol was adopted by Indian Government in the year?

A) 2006

B) 2010

C) 2011

D) 2007

4. NITI Aayog came into existence on

A. 1st January 1950

B. 1st January 2015

C. 1st January 1947

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5. According to Socio- Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2015, which state has the highest literacy rate?

A. Sikkim

B. Tamil Nadu

C. Kerala

D. Haryana

6. Match list 1 with list 2 and choose the correct answer from the code given below:

(FIFA World Cup Football)

List 1 List 2

a. Russia 1. 2006

b. Brazil 2. 2010

c. South Africa 3. 2014

d. Germany 4. 2018

a. b. c. d.

A. 4 3. 2 1

B. 4 3. 1 2

C. 3 4. 2 1

D. 4 2 3 1

7. The Union Government launched the new digital payment system, Bharat QR code in February 2017. QR code stands for

A. Qwerty Response Code

B. Quick Response Code

C. Queue Response Code

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8. The integrated grievances redressal platform for petroleum and gas related queries across social media launched by the Union ministry in March 2017 is

A. Gem SPV

B. URJAMITRA

C. MOPNG Seva

D. Petro Seva

9. Which of the following day has the theme 'cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism' in the year 2017?

A. World Environment Day

B. World Earth Day

C. World Heritage Day

D. World Meteorological Day

10. Johannesburg 2002 United Nations Conference was on

A. Software development

B. Transport development

C. Sustainable development

D. Community development

11. Match list 1 with list 2

List 1 List 2

Place River

a. London. 1. Seine

b. Paris 2. Thames

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a. b. c. d.

A. 1 3. 4. 2

B. 2 1. 4 3

C. 4 3 2 1

D. 2 3 1 4

12. What is the theme of the 2017 World Health Day?

A. Move for health

B. Food safety

C. Depression: let's kalk

D. Working together for health

13. The 104th Indian Science Congress meet was held in

A. Sri Venkatesshwara University, Tirupathi

B. Anna University, Chennai

C. Osmania University, Hyderabad

D. Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

14. Which one of the following is correctly matched?

A. Narayan Murthy - Hoover Medal

B. Anand Kumar - Kyoto prize

C. Aiswarya Rai. - Legion of honour

D. Amartya Sen - Knight of the order of Arts and letter

15. Who is the Chief Minister of Kerala?

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B. A. K. Antony

C. Pinarayi Vijayan

D. Baby John

16. With which field, Dev Patel in associated?

A. Drama

B. Cinema

C. Fine Arts

D. Sports

17. ISRO creates history in space by launching 104 satellites in one go on

A. 15th January 2017

B. 13th February 2017

C. 10th December 2016

D. 15th December 2017

18. How many candidats contested in the R. K Nagar By- Election in 2017?

A. 127

B. 62

C. 68

D. 45

19. Malaysian Air Flight crash of 2014 was done by

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B. Iran

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D. Pakistan

20. ASCI has set up a set of guidelines for celebrities endorsing products in April. ASCI is

A. Authorized Standards Council of India

B. Advertising Standards Council of India

C. Authentic Standards Council of India

D. Authentic standards Court of India

21. The technology which transforms soybean oil into graphene filmsin a single step is named as

A. Graphosy Technology

B. Graph Air Technology

C. Bean Graph Technology

D. Nut Graph TechnologyTechnology

22. The chairman of the 14th Finance commission is

A. C. Rangarajan

B. Y. B. Chavan

C. Y. V. Reddy

D. Vijay kelhar

23. Indias Human Development Index (HDI) stands ........ Rank out of 188 countries in 2016

A. 121

B. 131

C. 141

D. 151

24. The distance to be covered by second phase of Chennai Metro Rail project will be










































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A. 107. 5 km

B. 100 km

C. 124 km

D. 140. 5 km

25. According to Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya ' the humble gift to women' is

A. Women has Right to Parental Property Act

B. Harassment in Work places (prevention) Act

C. Domestic Violence Act

D. Maternity Benefit Bill

26. Who won the China open badminton super series tournament on November 20, 2016?

A. P. V. Sindu

B. Joshi

C. Sar Jubala

D. Carlsen

27. The Tamil Nadu Poompugar won the National E - Governance for Silver Award in 2016 - 17.

A. Artistic Handicrafts sales

B. Large Number of Handicrafts display

C. Customer service

D. e - governance

28. With which country, does China describe it's ties, as 'iron brothers'?

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C. Pakistan

D. India

29. Road safety week celebrated in Every year in the first week of which month?

A. December

B. January

C. March

D. August

30. Consider the following statements

Assertion (A) : Team Indus, space craft will begin its missions to Mars in December2017.

Reason (R). : A second experiment from the central university at Pondicherry has been chosen from the mission

A. A is true but R is not correct explanation for A

B. A is false but R is a correct explanation for A

C. Both A and R are false

D. A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation for A

31. Which country has won the 2016 Kabadi World Cup?

A. Sri Lanka

B. Iran

C. India

D. China

32. "Go back to Vedas" was the moto of

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B. Ramakrishna

C. Vivekananda

D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

33. Bharti Airtel, the largest private wireless communication network operator in India will acquire business of another mobile network operator based at Gurgon, Haryana. What is it? What is its former name?

A. BSNL - Bharath Tele Communication

B. Idea - Motorola Communication

C. Aircel - Cell one

D. Telenor -Uninor

34. Indian Council of Historical Research is going to undertake an archaeological exploration to find a monument wheather man made or natural. Name the monument

A. The Great Barrier Reef

B. Adams Bridge

C. The Sunderbans at Bengal

D. The Dolmen's caves

35. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a Campaign by the Government of India towards what?

A. Cleaning the streets and Road

B. Electrification of Villages

C. Literacy to all

D. Women employment

36. Which one of the Bank is not listed in Bank fraud list is 2016?

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B. HDFC

C. ICICI

D. Canera Bank

37. Which company has been named as the official innovation parter for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017?

A. Reliance

B. IBM

C. Google

D. Intel

38. Which country has opened the world deepest and longest rail tunnel in 2016?

A. India

B. China

C. Switzerland

D. England

39. Under the following which one is correct answe?

Blue box subsidies are:

A. Spent in Govt. services such as research

B. Direct payments made to farmers

C. Spent for fisheries

D. Child Labour Act

40. From Sep. 2016, the new RBI Governer is

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B. Rahuram Rajan

C. C. Rangarajan

D. Y. V. Reddy

41. Name the Indian sports person, who won the gold madal in high jump in the Rio Para Olympics 2016?

A. Varun Singh Bhati

B. P. V. Sindu

C. Thangavelu Mariyappan

D. Chandra Sekar

42. Which is the present CEO of Microsoft Corporation?

A. Bill Gates

B. Steve Ballmer

C. Satya Narayana Nedella

D. Sunder Pichai

43. Who became the united nation's youngest - ever messanger of peace?

A. Malala Yousafzai

B. Midori

C. Haya Bint Al Husein

D. Chalize Theron

44. What is NIPEF?

A. National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

B. National Investment of Public Finance and Policy

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D. National Industrial Public Finance and Policy

45. Sudden change in thr colour of Phosphorus Strait in June 2017 is due to

A. Phytoplankton Bloom

B. Oil Spill Pollution

C. Underwater Volcano

D. Earthquake in sea

46. The institution that tops the overall ranking in NIRF - 2017 is

A. Indian Institute of Technology - Madras

B. Jawaharlal Nehru University

C. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

D. Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur

47. An Indian who won two gold medals at the 2016 Paralympics games

A. Deepa Malik

B. Mariyappan Thangavelu

C. Varun Singh Bhati

D. Devendra Jhajharia

48. The theme for Yoga Day - 2017 is

A. Yoga is a meditation

B. Yoga for peace

C. Health for all

D. Yoga for health

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A. June 17

B. August 20

C. July 28

D. June 5

50. The first country in the world ban mining of metals?

A. South Africa

B. El Salvador

C. Russia

D. Guinea

51. As per 2017 ICC ODI bating rankings, the third place is occupied by

A. David Warner

B. Joe Root

C. Virat Kohli

D. AB de Villiers

52. Why was Imran Khawaja in news recently?

A. Vice - Chairman of Planning Commission

B. Member Secretary of CMDA

C. Deputy Chairman of ICC

D. Chairman of AICTE

53. NSIC means

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C. National Saving Industries Corporation

D. National State Industries Corporation

54. The planet regain newly explored by NASA' s Cassini spacecraft

A. Jupiter

B. Uranus

C. Saturn

D. Neptune

55. Which women among these is the Cheif of State Bank of India

A. Chanda kochar

B. Arudhati Bhattcharya

C. Shikta Sharma

D. Ana Botin

56. 2017 French Open Women's Singles title was won by

A. Jalena Ostapenko

B. Simona Halep

C. Venus Williams

D. Samantha Stosur

57. The best actor award at the 2017 MTV movie and TV awards was bagged by

A. Emma Watson

B. Daniel Kaluya

C. Hugh Jackman

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58. The best city in the world according to Mercer's quality of living index ranking 2017 is

A. Zurich

B. Geneva

C. Copenhagen

D. Vienna

59. Who is the legal advisor of the Government of the state?

A. The Attorney General

B. The Advocate General

C. The Solicitor General

D. The law Minister

60. The first city in the world to announced an 'Ultra low emissions zone' to tackle rising levels of air pollution is

A. London

B. South Korea

C. Israel

D. Austracity

61. 2017 Santosh Trophy was won by

A. Goa

B. West Bengal

C. Punjab

D. Mumbai

62. Banxing - 2 was a micro satellite launched in the year 2016 byan experimenal space lab in










































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A. China

B. Russia

C. America

D. Canada

63. The Brahmos Missile is jointly developed by India and

A. Russia

B. Canada

C. Athens

D. Australia

64. Which country has won the Asian Nations cup chess Tournament - 2016 held at Abu Dhabi?

A. Pakistan

B. Malaysia

C. India

D. Sri Lanka

65. The Prime Minister of India has launched the Integrated power development scheme in which city, to provide 24*7 power supply to every house?

A. Gandhi Nagar

B. Varanasi

C. Cochin

D. New Delhi

66. Which state introduced "Akshaya e - learning" system?

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B. Punjab

C. Orissa

D. Kerala

67. Tianhe - 2 is a

A. Satellite

B. Suoer Computer

C. Telescope

D. Missile

68. The Satellite Kosmos 2510 was designed and laumched by

A. USA

B. France

C. Russia

D. Japan

69. The project by goole in India to provide internet access to rural and remote areas is named as project google

A. Glass

B. Fiber

C. Plex

D. Loon

70. By which year the Digital India Programme is going to be implemented by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology to transform our country?

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C. 2018

D. 2017

71. Which state has "Cyber Park"?

A. Andhra Pradesh

B. Kerala

C. Rajasthan

D. Madhya Pradesh

72. Scientists of which country have recently discovered the new rare planet with tripple star system?

A. UK

B. USA

C. Canada

D. Germany

73. When and were will the 22nd Commonwealth games to held?

A. 2020, Aukland, New Zealand

B. 2022, Durban, South Africa

C. 2018, Perth, Australia

D. 2022, New Delhi, India

74. " Ankush Dahiya" is associated ith which sports?

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75. According to National Telecom Policy 2012 increase in rural tele- density bythe year 2017 will be

A. 70%

B. 100%

C. 75%

D. 50%

76. Using the under sea optical fibre cable, the project "Bay of Bengal Gateway" connects which teo countries?

A. Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Chennai

B. India and Sri Lanka

C. Malaysia and Oman

D. Malaysia and Middle East Countries

77. From which Assembly constituency the Jammu and Kashmir cheif minister Mehbooba Mufti contested the by the election in June 2016?

A. Anantag

B. Baramullah

C. Kargil

D. Bijbehara

78. Which country will be hosting the 2018 eorld cup football tournament?

A. England

B. Germany

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79. USAID and ADB collaborative effort for development of solar park will initially focus on the state of

A. Rajasthan

B. Haryana

C. Gujarat

D. Andra Pradesh

80. Tge demonstration of the currencies of Rs. 500 and 1000 in India came into effect on

A. November 6, 2016

B. November 7, 2016

C. November 8, 2016

D. November 9, 2016

81. The sports in which India won its silver medal in Rio Olympics 2016 is

A. Wrestling

B. Badminton

C. Gymnastics

D. Tennis

82. Identity the sports personality from the clues givem below

1. He wins 2016 U. S open Men's Singles title in Sep. 2016

2. He is from Switzerland and has defeated Novak Djokovic

A. Stan Wawrinka

B. Andy Murray

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83. According to work bank, the following scheme is ranked as the world largest public works programme

A. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act

B. Mid day meal scheme

C. Janani Suraksha Scheme

D. Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme

84. Dr. Mark Wein berg, the renowned AIDS researcher passed away in April 2017, He hailed from which country?

A. Finland

B. Canada

C. Norway

D. Australia

85. Name the director of the Tamil Film which has been selected as India's official entry in Oscars 2017.

A. Vetrimaran

B. Mahan Raja

C. Mani Rathnam

D. Ram

86. Thr 2016 Asian Kabaddi Champion is

A. India

B. Sri Lanka

C. Bangladesh

D. Pakistan

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A. 7. 1%

B. 7. 6%

C. 7. 2%

D. 9. 2%

88. What is the fire range of Prithvi - II missle?

A. 1300 kms

B. 100 kms

C. 350 kms

D. 500 kms

89. ' Operation Raahat' is associated with

A. Rescue of people from flood affected areas Chennai by Indian Army

B. Evacuation of Indian Nationals from yeman

C. Air lifting of the people arrounded by flood water by the Indian Air force in Cuddalore

D. Rescue of Indian nationals from Syria.

90. How many number of satellites has been sent by PSLV- C37 rocket recently?

A. 106

B. 88

C. 15

D. 104

91. Which country has won the 5th edition of Asian School Hockey championship 2017?

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C. India

D. Malaysia

92. Which film was selected as the best film in the 64th National Film Award?

A. Joker

B. Kassav

C. Puli Murugan

D. Sachin

93. Who wrote and published the biography of Apple founder Stave Jobs?

A. Walter Benjamin

B. Scott Johnson

C. Walter Isaacson

D. Scott Walker

94. Hyper loop is a

A. Proposed mode of transportation

B. New pipe loop model

C. New computing architecture

D. Bullet train

95. ......... Is the new Ambassador of United States to Unoted Nations from January 2017?

A. Nikki Haley

B. Susan Rice

C. Samanth Power

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96. Who is the first Womem Secretary General of the Common wealth?

A. Antonio Costa

B. Stuti Narain kacker

C. Sunil Kanoria

D. Baroness Patrica STendulkar

97. India vision 2020 is the document prepared by

A. Manmohan Singh

B. C. Rangarajan

C. Shyam Prasad Gupta

D. Suresh Tendulkar

98. The Nobel prize for peace in 2016 has been awarded to

A. Jugan Manuel Santos

B. Bob Dyon

C. Fidel Castro

D. Barack Obama

99. The original name of 2016 Sahitya Academy winner, Vannadasan of Nellai district is

A. Sivanthiathitheyan

B. Sivanesan

C. Siva Gnanasubramaniam

D. Siva Kalyanasundaram

100. Who lost to P. V sindu in the finals the chins Open Badminton Super Series 2016 tournament?

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B. Tzu, Ying

C. Saina Newal

D. Caroline Marin

Answer

1. A

2. C

3. B

4. B

5. C

6. A

7. B

8. C

9. C

10. C

11. B

12. C

13. A

14. A

15. C

16. B

17. D

18. B

19. C

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21. B

22. A

23. B

24. A

25. D

26. A

27. D

28. C

29. B

30. C

31. C

32. A

33. D

34. B

35. A

36. D

37. D

38. C

39. B

40. A

41. C

42. C

43. A

44. A

45. A

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47. D

48. C

49. A

50. B

51. D

52. C

53. A

54. C

55. B

56. A

57. A

58. D

59. B

60. A

61. B

62. A

63. A

64. C

65. B

66. D

67. B

68. C

69. D

70. C

71. B

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73. B

74. C

75. A

76. A

77. A

78. A

79. A

80. C

81. B

82. A

83. A

84. B

85. A

86. D

87. B

88. C

88. B

90. D

91. C

92. B

93. C

94. A

95. A

96. D

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99. D

100. A

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