1. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Union Public Service Commission with effect from January 4, 2017? (2)
(1) R. M. Bathew
(2) David R. Syiemlieh
(3) F. W. Robertson
(4) D P Agrawal
(5) O. P. Agarwal
2. Name the BCCI President who has been recently removed by the Supreme Court for violating its order of implementing Lodha Committee’s Recommendations. (2)
(1) Chetan Chouhan
(2) Anurag Thakur
(3) Dilip Vengsarkar
(4) Niranjan Shah
(5) None of the above
3. India successfully test fired the surface-tosurface strategic ballistic missile off Odisha coast on January 2, 2017. Name the missile. (4)
(1) Agni I
(2) Agni III
(3) Agni VI
(4) Agni IV
(5) Agni II
4. A leap second was added to the Indian clock on January 1, 2017 to synchronize the Indian Standard Time (IST) with the Earth’s Rotational Clock. Who is the in charge to add leap seconds to atomic clock? (3)
(1) Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST)
(2) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
(3) National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
(4) Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES)
(5) None of the above
5. A Supreme Court Bench on January 1, 2017 ruled out that Seeking votes in name of cast, religion or language is ‘corrupt practice. Who was the head of the bench? (1)
(1) TS Thakur
(2) Sharad Bobde
(3) Madan Lokur
(4) DY Chandrachud
(5) JS Khehar
