Answer: D) Madhya Pradesh Explanation: Madhya Pradesh has won the 'Best Tourism State' national award for the third consecutive year. President Ram Nath Kovind handed over the award, named as 'Hall of Fame Award', to Minister of State for Tourism Surendra Patwa at a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.

Answer: C) Madhya Pradesh Explanation: Madhya Pradesh has become the first Indian state to announce shifting of its financial year format to January-December starting from 2018, as against the current practice of April-March cycle. The decision has recently taken by the state government in its state cabinet meeting, which was chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Thus, the budget session of the next financial year would be held in December-January 2018.

Answer: C) Both A & B Explanation: Brightness of bulb depends on both voltage and current. The brightness depends on power. Since we know that  Power (P) = Voltage x Current = V I So whether you increase the current or the voltage the brightness will increase.   Example Illustration:  If you connect a long bulb and a round bulb in series, the long bulb glows but the round bulb does not. Both of them have the same current flowing through them (they are in series) but the long bulb has a greater voltage across it because it has more resistance (even though V= IR is not obeyed exactly, voltage drop does depend on the resistance). If you connect a round bulb and a long bulb in parallel, however, it is the round bulb that is brighter because now the voltage across both bulbs is the same but the current is larger through the round bulb (smaller resistance).   Hence, the brightness of a bulb depends on power i.e, both voltage and current.

Answer: B) India Explanation:

Answer: B) 32 Explanation: Here 40% of 80 is given as 40100 x 80 = 8 x 4 = 32

Answer: B) 180/11 min past 9 Explanation: At 9 o’clock, the hour hand is at 9 and the minutes hand is at 12, i.e., the two hands are 15 min. spaces apart.So, the minute hand should gain = (30 - 15) minutes = 15 minutes55 minutes will be gained in 60 min.15 minutes spaces will be gained in ((60/55) x 15) min. = 180/11 min.The hands will be in the same straight line but not together i.e.,in 180 degrees at 180/11 min. past 9.

Answer: D) Big data for big impact Explanation: The World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is observed every year on May 17 to mark the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention (ITC) and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The purpose of the day is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide. The 2017 theme “Big Data for Big Impact” focuses on the power of Big Data for development and aims to explore how to turn imperfect, complex, often unstructured data into actionable information in a development context.

Answer: C) Troposphere Explanation: The troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere and where most clouds are. That means all weather is in the troposphere. Almost all weather occurs in the Troposphere, basically, the lowest layer that goes up to about 10 - 15 kms.