Persons – Current Affairs Quiz

1. Who is the first Indian to won the GP3 race recently?

2. Which tennis player won his fifth Madrid Open title in 2017?

3. Who sets the record for most catches by a wicketkeeper in T20s?

4. Who is appointed as the goodwill ambassador for hepatitis?

5. Who is elected as the head of FIFA's governance Committee?

6. Anil K Gupta have been appointed as General Manager (GM) of _____________ Zone.

7. Who is appointed as the new chairman of South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE)?

8. Vinay Mohan Kwatra appointed as India's next ambassador to this country.

9. Who is appointed as General Manager (GM) of the Eastern railways?

10. Senior bureaucrats Harinder Rao have been appointed as General Manager (GM) of the Eastern Railways by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). The Eastern
Railways has four divisions -- Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol and Malda.

11. Which Hollywood actor won the first-ever Genderless Acting Award for the Best Actor category?

12. Which Indian captain was named skipper of Cricket Australia's Greatest Champions Trophy XI?

13. Who is appointed as the secretary in the textiles ministry recently?

14. The seventh K Chandrasekharan Memorial Award was awarded to _________.

15. Who is appointed as the secretary of Department of Telecommunications (DOT)?

16. Who has been appointed as the Pakistan's envoy to India?

17. Who is nominated as a Member of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by US President Donald Trump?

18. Venu Rajamony appointed as India's Ambassador to which of the following country?

19. Krishna Chatterjee, Subhash Khot, Yadvinder Malhi elected as the Fellows of The Royal Society, a premier scientific academy of the United Kingdom. The three scientist belong
to which country?

20. Who is appointed as the MD and CEO of the Union Bank of India?

21. Adolph Kiefer, the swimming legend has passed away. He hailed from which country?

22. What is the name of the cricketer who was conferred with Fellowship Award in UK?

23. Who was honored with the "Philanthropist of the year" Asian award?

24. Saqib Majeed who won the 2016 Wisden-MCC (Melbourne Cricket Council) Cricket Photograph of the Year awards belongs to?

25. Dinabandhu Mohapatra has been promoted as MD and CEO of which bank of India?

26. Who is appointed as the MD and CEO of Vijaya Bank?

27. What is the name of the Indian Shooter who reached his first ever ISSF World Cup Final stage?

28. Who is appointed as the new chairman of Indian Council of Social Science Research(ICSSR)?

29. Who has won the 2017 World Snooker Championship?

30. Who won the 2017 Hero of the league 2017 award?

31. Who has been appointed as the first woman President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)?

32. Who is appointed as the new chairman of the Tea Board of India?

33. Who awarded a special Jury Remi Award at 50th Annual World Fest Houston International film Festival?

34. Who won the Avvaiyar Award 2017?

35. Who won the 2017 Men's Singles Barcelona Open Tennis Tournament?

36. Rafael Nadal, a Spanish professional tennis player, has won the 2017 Men's Singles Barcelona Open Tennis Tournament by defeating Dominic Thiem of Austria in the summit clash by 6-4, 6-1 in Barcelona, Spain.

37. What is the name of newly elected president of Albania?

38. Who won the Asian Squash Title?

39. Who won silver at the Asian Snooker Championship at Doha, Qatar?

40. Who is appointed as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA)?

41. Who won the 2017 Men's Doubles Tallahassee Challenger title?

42. Who has been selected for Japan's prestigious 'Order of the Rising Sun' award?

43. Who became the first Indian woman to drive Formula E racing car at a race track?

44. Who won gold at the 10th edition of Moscow sand art championship?

45. Who has been chosen for INSA medal for Young Scientist?

46. Which famous personality played a doubles match of tennis for Roger Federer's foundation?

47. President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the 52nd Jnanpith Award to __________.

48. Who was conferred by the CII President's Award for Lifetime Achievement by the President Pranab Mukherjee?

49. Which company CEO received a $200 million compensation package from Alphabet in 2016?

50. Who is appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)?

51. Who won the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Foundation Kerala State award for 2016-17?

52. Who is shortlisted to represent India at the FIFA Football for Friendship (F4F) global social program?

53. Which Bollywood actor became the first Indian actor to deliver Technology, Entertainment, Design(TED)?

54. Who is the Man of the tournament in 2017 T-20 Deaf and Dumb Asia Cup?

55. Who won the Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Award 2017?

56. The veteran actor Vinod Khanna passed away due to

57. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP)?

58. Who is appointed as the new Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)?

59. Who is the first Indian woman selected as the member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)?

60. Who has been crowned Miss Teen Universe 2017 at Managua?

61. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson has set a new record for the most time spend in the space of ____ days.

62. Which company's co-founder has praised PM Narendra Modi for the Swachh Bharat Mission?

63. Who is appointed as the new Director of the Secret Service?

64. The South Indian playback singer Vani Jairam won the Ghantasala national award. She belongs to which of the Indian state?

65. Who was awarded with Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2016?

66. Indian sprinter Man Kaur recently clinched the 100 metres sprint at the World Masters Games. The event was held in which of the following countries?

67. Manpreet Kaur, who recently clinched Gold at the 2017 Asian Grand Prix Meet, is associated with which sports?

68. What is the name of Indian social activist who is one of the six winners of Goldman Environmental Award 2017.

69. Who won the UNESCO's Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize?

70. Who is the Chief Executive Officer Airline Equity Partners?

71. Which Indian personality has won the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize?

72. Who is honoured with the P C Chandra Puraskaar 2017?

73. The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has offered honourary life membership to which Indian women cricket player?

74. Who won the Monte Carlo Masters Men's Singles title?

75. Who will be conferred with the 2016 Dada Saheb Phalke award?