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The correct answer is Attorney General of India.

Key Points

• K.K. Venugopal is holding the post of Attorney General of India since 30 June 2017.
• He was appointed by the former President Pranab Mukherjee and has succeeded Mukul Rohtagi.
• He was appointed the 15^th Attorney General of India and continued in the post after the Narendra Modi government won a second term in 2019.
• He is an Indian constitutional lawyer and a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India.
• He has been awarded Padma Vibhushan (2015), Padma Bhushan (2002).

Additional Information

• Article 76 of the Indian Constitution under its Part-V deals with the position of Attorney General of India.
• Article 76 of the constitution mentions that he/she is the highest law officer of India.
• Attorney General is appointed by the President on the advice of the government.
• Qualifications of Attorney General: 
• He should be an Indian Citizen
• He must have either completed 5 years in High Court of any Indian state as a judge or 10 years in High Court as an advocate
• He may be an eminent jurist too, in the eye of the President
• There is no fixed term for the Attorney General of India.

The correct answer is Great Immigrants: The Pride of America.

Key Points

• Shantanu Narayen and Vivek Murthy have been honored with the prestigious Great Immigrants annual award on US independence day on July 4 in the year 2017.
• Shantanu Narayen is Chairman, President, and CEO of Adobe, one of the largest and most diversified software companies in the world.
• He is also the lead independent director on the board of directors for Pfizer and Vice-chairman of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum.
• Vivek Murthy is an American physician and a vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
• He has served as the 19^th Surgeon General of the United States under President Obama and currently the 21^st Surgeon General under President Biden.
• Great Immigrants: The Pride of America
• ​Every Fourth of July since 2006, Carnegie Corporation of New York has celebrated the exemplary contributions of immigrants to American life.
• The Great Immigrants initiative is a tribute to the legacy of Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish immigrant who rose from poverty to become a leading industrialist.
• Carnegie founded more than 20 philanthropic organizations, including the Corporation, a grantmaking foundation established in 1911 to advance the causes of democracy, education, and international peace.

The correct answer is Canada.

Key Points

• Harjit Sajjan, an Indo-Canadian Sikh, was named Canada’s new Defence Minister as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s 30-member cabinet was announced in November 2015.
• He was first elected as a Member of Parliament for Vancouver South in 2015.
• He has served as a former detective with the Vancouver Police Department, a former Lieutenant Colonel with the British Columbia Regiment, and a long-time advocate for youth education and mentorship programs.

                Harjit Sajjan

Additional Information

• Canada is the 2^nd largest country in the world after Russia.
• It is a country in the North American Region of the world that consists of 10 provinces and 3 territories.
• Its capital is Ottawa and the largest city of this country is Toronto.

The correct answer is RBI governors IG Patel, Bimal Jalan, and C Rangarajan in 1999.

Key Points

• The GST was conceptualized for the first time in 1999 during a meeting between the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his economic advisory panel which included three former RBI governors IG Patel, Bimal Jalan, and C Rangarajan.
• Convinced with the idea of GST, Atal Bihari Vajpayee government set up a committee in 2000 headed by CPM leader and the then Finance Minister of West Bengal Asim Dasgupta to design a GST model.
• Asim Dasgupta chaired the committee till 2011.

Additional Information

• The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a Value Added Tax (VAT) intended to establish a systematic indirect tax levy on the production, sale, and use of products and services at the national level.
• On 19^th December 2014, The Constitution (122^nd Amendment) Bill 2014 was introduced in the Lok Sabha and was passed by Lok Sabha in May 2015.
• The Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 3^rd August 2016 and by the Lok Sabha on 8^th August 2016.
• After ratification by the required number of State legislatures and assent of the President, the Constitutional amendment was notified as Constitution (101^st Amendment) Act 2016 on 8^th September 2016.
• The 101^st Constitutional Amendment Act paved the way for the introduction of Goods and Services Tax in India on 1 July 2017.

The correct answer is Singer.

Key Points

• Sabita Chowdhury was an Indian playback singer.
• She has sung songs in Bollywood as well as in Bengali films.
• She was born on 13 June 1945 in Kolkata.
• She died on 28 June 2017 due to lung and thyroid cancer.
• She was married to Salil Chowdhury, who was an Indian songwriter, music director, lyricist, writer, and poet who predominantly composed for Bengali, Hindi, and Malayalam films.
• Notable songs of Sabita Chowdhury:
• Oi jhilmil jhauer boney
• Jaare jaa jaa mono paakhi
• Jhilmil jhilmil opaarero monjil
• Du chokhey aashaar nodi chhalachhal

The correct answer is 1^st July.

Key Points

• National Doctor’s Day is observed on July 1^st every year in healthcare organizations to recognize the contributions of physicians to individual lives and communities.
• The day honours the legendary Physician & the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy.
• He was born on July 1, 1882, and died on the same date in 1962, aged 80 years.
• Dr Roy was honoured with the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna on February 4, 1961.
• The day was established in 1991 by the Central Government.
• Every year, the theme for Doctor's day is announced by Indian Medical Association.
• The theme for Doctors Day 2020 was “Lessen the mortality of COVID 19”.
• This includes awareness about asymptomatic hypoxia and early aggressive therapy.

The correct answer is Dangal.

Key Points

• Filmfare Awards 2017 were held on January 14 at the NSCI Dome in Worli, Mumbai.
• The 62^nd Filmfare Awards event was hosted by actor Shah Rukh Khan.
• Dangal was declared as the Best Film.
• Both Dangal and Udta Punjab won 4 awards in various categories, Neerja received a maximum of 6 awards.
• 62^nd Filmfare Awards:
• Best Actor (Male) - Aamir Khan for Dangal
• Best Actress (Female) - Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab
• Best Director - Nitesh Tiwari for Dangal

The correct answer is Mumbai.

Key Points

• Mumbai is the first Indian city to have WiFi connectivity in public places.
• The state activated 500 hotspots in January 2017.
• In the second phase, 1,200 WiFi hotspots were activated by May 1, 2017.
• The cost of the project was Rs194 crore for the first five years.
• These 500 locations include tourist spots, railway stations, important junctions, and educational institutions.
• The list of the 500 locations was uploaded on the government portal ‘Aaple Sarkar’.
• The hotspot coverage area reflects in the user's WiFi list as ‘Aaple_Sarkar_Mum-Wifi’.
• Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), the government-owned telecommunications service provider, is providing bandwidth with a speed of 20Mbps.
• The state government also created a Twitter handle — @AS_Mum_WiFi — asking people to give feedback and issues they are facing while using the WiFi services.
• The project was completed by Larsen and Toubro that had implemented the CCTV surveillance project in Mumbai.

The correct answer is 

Key Points

• Senior IPS officer R K Pachnanda took charge as the Chief of ITBP on July 1, 2017.
• He is a 1983-batch police officer of the West Bengal cadre.
• Prior to his appointment as the ITBP chief, he was serving as the DG of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
• He succeeded Director General Krishna Chaudhary.

Additional Information

• ITBP:
• ITBP stands for Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force.
• It is one of five Central Armed Police Forces of India.
• It was formed on 24 October 1962, under CRPF Act, in wake of 1962 Sino-Indian War.
• It was provided full autonomy after Parliament enacted the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act, 1992.
• It works under command of Union Home Ministry.
• Its motto is Shaurya – Dridhata – Karm Nishtha.

The correct answer is Kaushik Basu.

Key Points

• The International Economic Association (IEA) had chosen eminent economist Kaushik Basu as their President in 2017.
• He served a three-year term as the President.
• The organization consists of key economists who significantly help in determining global economic policy and research.
• Nobel Laureates like Robert Solow, Amartya Sen, and Joseph Stiglitz have been among the past presidents of the International Economic Association (IEA).
• Kaushik Basu:
• He is an Indian economist and academic.
• He has served as India's chief economic adviser from 2009 to 2012.
• He has also served as senior vice-president and chief economist at the World Bank from 2012 to 2016.
• He is the author of several books on economics and a play called Crossings at Benaras Junction.