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Authors:1. The latest Book written by Chatan Baghat is____ "One Indian Girl"! Books2. The novel “The Book Thief” has been authored by whom? Markus Zusak The novel “The Book Thief” has been authored by Australian author Markus Zusak. 
Cricket:
3. Which cricket team has won the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy tournament?  Answer: Gujarat
4. Defence News:Which of the following Kalvari-class Scorpene stealth submarines has been launched recently for sea trials? Khanderi India’s second Kalvari-class Scorpene stealth submarine “INS Khanderi” has been launched at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Khanderi is also the name for Tiger Shark. The submarine is expected to be delivered to Indian Navy by the year end.
5.  Economics
The Nobel Prize Series India 2017 has recently started in which state?
Gujarat Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated the Nobel Prize Series India 2017 at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
6. SportsWho has won the 2016 Kolkata Open National Invitation Snooker Championship? Pankaj Advani Indian cueist, Pankaj Advani has won the 3rd edition of Kolkata Open National Invitation Snooker Championship 2017 by defeating Aditya Mehta 
7. Important dates:
The World Hindi Day (WHD) is observed on which date? January 10 The World Hindi Day (WHD) is observed every year on January 10 to promote Hindi across the world and to mark the anniversary of first World Hindi Conference (WHD)which was held in 1975.
8. International News:Who has won the 2016 Best FIFA Men’s player award? 
Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team, the Real Madrid and Portugal forward has won the Best FIFA Men’s player award at the 2016 Best FIFA Football Awards in Zurich.http://www.gktoday.in/gk-current-affairs-january-10-2017/
9. Speace:The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed pact with which country’s space agency on satellite launch technology? France The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed pact with French Space agency (CNES) on satellite launch technology in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
10. Science- TechIndia’s largest public WiFi service has been launched by which state government? 
Maharashtra The Maharashtra government has recently launched India’s largest public WiFi service “MumbaiWifi” facility in Mumbai to empower people digitally. I

1. Which operation was conducted by India to take over the Siachen glacier? – Operation Meghdoot

1. Central Air Command of Indian Air Force is situated in?  – Allahabad

1. Which is the first aircraft indigenously developed by India? – HAL Marut

1. Who is the only air force officer to be promoted to the five-star rank? – Marshal of Indian Air force Arjan Singh

1. Hand in hand exercise is conducted between India and? – China

1. The Karakorum highway connects which countries? – China and Pakistan

1. Which is the longest highway in India? – NH-7

1. Radio ways of constant frequency are produced by which device? – Oscillator

1. Which phenomenon leads to the mirage in deserts? – Total Internal Reflection

1. In which industry, is the maximum number of women are employed in India? – TEA

1. Asteroids are found in which 2 planets? – Mars and Jupiter

1. Name the countries with which India shares its border – Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and China

1. Which strait links Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal? – Palk Strait

1. What is the name of Ganga in Bangladesh? – Padma

1. Mount Everest is located in which country? – Nepal

1. Which alloy is used for making magnets? – Alnico

1. Gravitational field is maximum at which place? – at Poles

1. Which waves have smallest wavelength? – Gamma Rays

1. What is the SI unit of charge? – Coulomb

1. The hydrocarbon present in Gobar gas is – Methane

1. Balloons are filled with which gas? Helium

1. What is the maximum temperature measured by a mercury thermometer? 360 degrees

1. Electric bulb is filled with? – Nitrogen

1. Which metal is known as king of metals? – Gold

1. Headquarter of SAARC is in – Kathmandu

1. Which kind of waves are used by RADAR? – Radio wakes

1. Which gland doesn’t produce any hormone – Liver

1. Ozone layer, which is polluted by supersonic jets, is present in which layer of the atmosphere? – Stratosphere

1. Which metal is used in storage batteries? – Lead

1. Which state has the largest percentage of reserved parliamentary seats? – Uttar Pradesh

1. Sky appears blue to the people on the earth’s surface due to which phenomenon? – Scattering of Light

1. How many bits are there in a nibble? – 4 bits

1. The storage capacity of a floppy disk is – 1.44 MB

1. Who is the father of the computer? – Charles Babbage.

1. The Indian air force day is celebrated on – 8th October

1. Who was the first women to be conferred with Bharat Ratna – Indira Gandhi

1. Which Indian sports personality is known as Payyoli Express – P.T. Usha

1. How many Rafale jets will India get in India France deal – 36 Aircraft

1. Which aircraft is nick named as Shamsher in India – Jaguar Aircraft

1. Kalavari Submarine belongs to which class? – Scorpene class

1. The world’s biggest cricket stadium will come up in which state of India? 

1. Gujarat The world’s biggest cricket stadium will come up at Motera area in Ahmedabad, Gujarat with a seating capacity of 1.10 lakh people. 

1. Recently Kerala has become third defecation Free State, which are the two states who have earlier gained this title? – Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh

1. Surya Kiran exercise was held between India and – Nepal

1. Gaganjeet Singh Bhullar belongs to which sport? – Golf

1. What is the name of the revolutionist of Cuba, who has just passed away – Fidel Castro

1. What is the difference between UDAAN and UDAN schemes launched by Indian government? – UDAAN is a skill development program and UDAN is the scheme to allow more people from small town to travel by air.

1. The LIGO Indian project will be built at – Hingoli district, Maharashtra

1. India is going to purchase S-400 air defence system from which nation? – Russia

1. India’s first Medipark is inaugurated in which state? – Tamil Nadu

1. India’s ranking in Ease Of Doing Business is – 130/190 nations

1. Where was the 19th SAARC summit was to be held, but postponed after India and some other nations boycotted it – Pakistan

1. Who has been recently appointed as the D.G. of CISF – O.P. Singh

1. Barak-8 missile was jointly developed by which 2 countries? – India and Israel

1. Who is appointed as the 24th RBI governor – Urjit Patel

1. Which 2 Indians have won the Magsaysay award 2016 – TM Krishna and Bezwada Wilson

1. AGNI-5 has been termed as an ICBM. What is the full form of ICBM – Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile

1. Intel has released Skylake. What is it? – Processor

1. Which is the first payment bank in India, which has opened its 5 branches in Rajasthan – Airtel Bharti.

1. The G-20 summit 2016 was held in – Hangzhou, China

1. Who will be the Chief guest of the 68th republic day 2017 – The crown prince of Abu Dabi, Zayed Al Nahyan

1. Which south Asian nation has been declared malaria free – Srilanka

1. FIFA 2018 will be organised in which nation? – Russia

1. What is Kaveri with respect to the Indian air force weapons and arms? – Engine to be installed in Tejas aircraft

1. What approximate percentage of currency was withdrawn from India through demonetisation? 86 percent

1. How many medals did India grabbed in summer Olympics 2016 held in Rio De Janeiro – 2 medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze

1. The speed of Tejas is about 1.5 mach. What is Mach? – The ratio of speed of an object with respect to the speed of the sound

1. India is going to buy predator drone from which nation? – U.S.

1. Who has topped the most powerful personality in the Powerful People list of Forbes – Vladimir Putin

1. Dipa Karmakar belongs to which sports – Gymnastics

1. China is investing in one of the ports of Pakistan. Which port is it?- Gwaddar Port

1. Which is the most polluted city in terms of particulate matter? – Delhi

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