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Which Japanese Historian won the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2017 for helping Cambodians preserve the Angkor temples ? 1. Yokohama Naramuzo 2. Shizi Nokuta 3. Yoshiaki Ishizawa 4. Nakamura Which two swimmers broke the world records at the recently concluded 2017 World Aquatic Championship? 1. Bob Anderson and Malia Cassey 2. Adam Peaty and Kylie Masse 3. Adam Peaty and Shania Joseph 4. Travis McMillan and Kylie Masse World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2017 was observed on July 30 , What was its theme? 1. Let’s act now to protect and assist trafficking victims 2. Today the victim is someone else, tomorrow it can be you 3. Come together to end Human Trafficking 4. Cooperation for achieving the common goal of eliminating Human Trafficking A nearly 500m (1,640ft) bridge that is said to be the longest hanging pedestrian bridge in the world has been opened for public in which country ? 1. Ukraine 2. Switzerland 3. India 4. China

Which Indian institute’s researchers have developed a hydrophobic sorbent that can suck up oil and congeal it and thereby can control oceanic oil spills? 1. IISER, Hyderabad 2. IISER , Hyderabad 3. IISER, Thiruvananthapuram 4. IISER, Kolkata

What is the typhoon that struck the east coast of China ? 1. Typhoon Roke 2. Typhoon Chapala 3. Typhoon Gorio 4. Typhoon Haitang

Recently launched platform e-RaKAM is associated with? A) Road Transport B) Agriculture C) Money transfer D) Rural development Which railway station in Uttar Pradesh has been renamed after Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay? A) Etawa B) Gorakhpur C) Bareilly D) Mughalsarai Which of the following mobile apps has been developed by Indian Army for the serving personnel? A) Mitra B) Sahayak C) Sahyogi D) Humraaz Peter O’Neill has been elected as the Prime Minister of? A) Indonesia B) Tasmania C) Papua New Guinea D) Madagascar Aadi Perukku festival was recently celebrated in? A) Karnataka B) Tamilnadu C) Kerala D) Andhra Pradesh A committee for review of Institutionalization of arbitration mechanism has recently submitted its report to Law Ministry. The committee was headed by? A) K. Radhakrishnan B) P.S. Ahuja C) B N Srikrishna D) S. Ayyappan SBI is going to raise how much amount through Basel-III compliant bonds? A) Rs 1,000 crore B) Rs 2,000 crore C) Rs 5,000 crore D) Rs 3,000 crore



Which bollywood actor has been appointed the brand ambassador of 'Clean UP mission' by chief minister Yogi Adityanath? A) Sushant Rajput B) Salman Khan C) Akshay Kumar D) Shahrukh Khan Paul Kagame has won which country's presidential elections for a third term? A) Rwanda B) Angola C) Zambia D) Chad India recently signed an MoU with which country for transfer of sentenced persons? A) Ethiopia B) Tunisia C) Djibouti D) Somalia Which country has launched its first environmental research satellite, "Venus"? A) China B) Israel C) US D) UK World Bank recently announced that India is allowed to construct which of the following disputed hydroelectric power facilities? 1. Kishanganga 2. Ratle 3. Pakuldul 4. Miyar Nalla A) 1 & 2 B) 2 & 3 C) 3 & 4 D) 4 & 1 Who has become the first Hindu in 20 years to be appointed to Pakistan's Cabinet? A) Hara Krushna Das B) Darshan Lal C) Ravindra Singh D) Anil Wadhwa Sam Shepard, who recently passed away, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for? A) Buried Child B) The Shadow Box C) Seascape D) Fences

Which metro has become the only completely 'green' Metro system in the world? A) Kochi B) Delhi C) Mumbai D) Bengaluru Who has been appointed as the 45th Chief Justice of India? A) Madan Bhimarao Lokur B) Ranjan Gogoi C) Jasti Chelameswar D) Dipak Misra Which state has initiated a ₹2,000-crore project for modernisation of the Sriram Sagar project? A) Andhra Pradesh B) Tamilnadu C) Karnataka D) Telangana

Which state's CM flagged off mobile therapy vans for elderly people to launch "Buniyadi Sanjivani Sewa"? A) Gujarat B) Bihar C) Kerala D) Chhattisgarh Who has been appointed as South-East Asia's WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Physical Activity? A) Milkha Singh B) Mahesh Bhupathi C) Sachin Tendulkar D) Rahul Dravid

Which state has launched Smart Streets Lab, a road-safety and women-safety solution? A) Himachal Pradesh B) Jharkhand C) Telangana D) Odisha Three Indian companies have featured in the top 100 of Forbes' World's Most Innovative Companies 2017. Which of the following is not one of them? A) Asian Paints B) Hindustan Unilever C) TCS D) Bharti Airtel



Which state has tied up with Microsoft to use its AI based MINE platform to screen children for eye problems? A) Gujarat B) Haryana C) Karnataka D) Telangana Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of CBFC to replace outgoing Pahlaj Nihalani? A) Anupam Kher B) Prasoon Joshi C) Babul Supriyo D) Ashok Pandit As per the survey conducted by the Quality Council of India (QCI), which state has the lowest toilet coverage at 30%? A) Jharkhand B) Madhya Pradesh C) Uttar Pradesh D) Bihar

NITI Aayoghas selected how many states for its Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital (SATH) initiative? A) Four B) Six C) Two D) Eight Uhuru Kenyatta, has been re-elected as President of? A) Kenya B) Uganda C) Tanzania D) Burundi Dr Bhakti Yadav, who recently passed away, was the first woman doctor of? A) Haryana B) Rajasthan C) Uttar Pradesh D) Madhya Pradesh Sohail Mahmood recently took charge as the High Commissioner of which country to India? A) Sri Lanka B) Bangladesh C) Pakistan D) Malayasia

Which of the following companies has signed a USD 500 million loan agreement with ADB? A) Power Grid B) NTPC C) BHEL D) Reliance Energy How many Indian origin individuals have been listed in the annual ranking of the most influential young people - Fortune's 2017 '40 Under 40'? A) Two B) Eight C) Five D) Ten Which African country released silver coin on Lord Krishna on Janmashtami? A) Chad B) Niger C) Egypt D) Tanzania Which of the following has become the top commodity in terms of exports from India? A) Buffalo meat B) Milk C) Tea D) Basmati rice

Indian Army is going to procure how many Boeing-made Apache attack helicopters in a deal worth $655 million dollars? A) Ten B) Eight C) Six D) Four Which Indian girl has created a record by becoming the youngest person to climb Mt Stok Kangri? A) Kaamya Karthikeyan B) Snehlata Kumar C) Sujatha Singh D) Anshika Lavasa

India's first ‘railways disaster management village’ is going to come up on the outskirts of? A) Surat B) Indore C) Bengaluru D) Pune



How many medals did Indian contingent win at the 7th World Dwarf Games held in Toronto? A) 37 B) 26 C) 48 D) 15

S Paul, who recently passed away, was a renowned? A) Athlete B) Litterateur C) Photographer D) Space Scientist US recently listed which terrorist group as a counter-designated group? A) Lashkar-e-Taiba B) Al-Badr C) Jaish-e-Mohammed D) Hizbul Mujahideen Which bank has been conferred the ‘best performance award’ for 2015-16 and 2016-17 by NABARD for its work in the field of credit-linking joint liability groups (JLGs)? A) Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank B) Corporation Bank C) Syndicate Bank D) Pragati Grameena Bank India is going to establish a CEO forum with which nation to promote trade? A) Mexico B) Spain C) Mauritius D) Israel Which space agency has launched TDRS-M satellite which would aid astronauts in communication with earth? A) ISRO B) NASA C) JAXA D) CNSA DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh announced to set up a North Eastern Cultural and Information Centre in? A) Chandigarh B) New Delhi C) Gangtok D) Dispur

Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University, India's first aviation university is going to be inaugurated in? A) Uttar Pradesh B) Odisha C) Punjab D) Telangana Under-19 cricket Asia Cup which was scheduled to be held in Bengaluru has been moved to? A) Pakistan B) Sri Lanka C) Bangladesh D) Malaysia

Which of the following events was organized by the NITI Aayog recently at the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra? A) Champions of Change B) Drivers of Change C) Innovators of Change D) Leaders of Change Scientists from which country have developed the first of its kind plant-based Zika vaccine? A) USA B) China C) Canada D) India

Which country is going to join International Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (IMMSAREX) to be held in Nov? A) China B) USA C) Russia D) South Korea As per the recently released All India Elephant Census, which state has the highest population of elephants in India? A) Assam B) Kerala C) Karnataka D) Tamilnadu First regional center of the New Development Bank has been inaugurated in? A) China B) South Africa C) Brazil D) India



Which state government recently launched ‘Indira Canteen’ scheme? A) Himachal Pradesh B) Telangana C) Punjab D) Karnataka Which state government recently launched "Namo Yuva Rojgar Kendra"? A) Haryana B) Maharashtra C) Uttar Pradesh D) Gujarat Which Indian player won the men's singles title at the Bulgaria Open International Series held in Sofia? A) Kidambi Srikanth B) B Sai Praneeth C) HS Prannoy D) Lakshya Sen Which IIT has fabricated a 3D cardiac tissue patch using silk protein membranes seeded with heart muscle cells? A) Kharagpur B) Guwahati C) Delhi D) Kanpur Where has the first museum in India based on India-Pakistan partition been opened? A) Chandigarh B) Amritsar C) New Delhi D) Srinagar Union Cabinet has approved completion of which project which had been stalled for years with a capital allocation of Rs 1,622 crore? A) Kanva Reservoir B) Kherkatta Reservoir C) North Koel Reservoir D) Harangi Reservoir

Where did Pakistan unfurl its largest national flag on the 70th Independence Day celebrated on Aug 14th? A) Karachi B) Islamabad C) Lahore D) Attari Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) is going to enter into agreement with which nation for replicating UJALA scheme? A) Malaysia B) SIngapore C) Mauritius D) Indonesia Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai has been awarded a seat at which university for studying philosophy, politics and economics? A) Harvard B) Oxford C) Cambridge D) Stanford A mobile app "Meghshala" has been launched for teachers in which state? A) Madhya Pradesh B) Andhra Pradesh C) Karnataka D) Odisha Which actress has topped the list of Forbes' World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2017? A) Emma Stone B) Jennifer Aniston C) Jennifer Lawrence D) Mila Kunis Union Cabinet recently gave its approval for a new bridge on the India-Nepal border over which river? A) Mechi B) Seti Gandaki C) Trishuli D) Koshi



Supreme Court of India has held that right to privacy is a Fundamental Right protected under which Article of the Constitution of India? A) Article 24 B) Article 21 C) Article 23 D) Article 22

Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Railway Board to replace Ashok Mittal? A) Anup Pujari B) Amit Singhal C) Arvind Mayaram D) Ashwani Lohani

Sadbhavana Diwas is celebrated on Aug 20th every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of which leader? A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Rajiv Gandhi C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad D) Indira Gandhi

Rishang Keishing, who recently passed away, was the former Chief Minister of? A) Manipur B) Assam C) Nagaland D) Mizoram

Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj recently inaugurated India's first Videsh Bhavan in? A) Bengaluru B) Kochi C) Mumbai D) New Delhi

"Project Brainwave" has been launched by which company? A) Apple B) Microsoft C) Facebook D) Google

Supreme Court of India has declared the practice of Triple Talaq as unconstitutional by 3:2 majority. Which of the following judges dissented from the judgement? A) Justice Kurian Joseph B) Justice UU Lalit C) Chief Justice J S Khehar D) Justice RF Nariman Which Indian won the only medal at the ISSF Junior Shotgun World Cup held at Porpetto in Italy ? A) Anantjeet Singh Naruka B) Abinash Pratap Singh C) Gurnihal Singh Garcha D) Shapath Bharadwaj

Who is the Chairman of the 29-member panel mandated to review the National Mineral Policy, 2008? A) Ratan P. Watal B) K Rajeswara Rao C) R. Vijaykumar D) G. Mohan Kumar

Book ‘I am HIV positive, so what?’ which is written by Jayanta Kalita, is an account of? A) Madhav Lal B) P.K. Malhotra C) Sanjay Singh D) Pradip Kumar Singh

Which oil giant has announced to invest Rs 52,000 in Paradip refinery? A) Indian Oil B) Hindustan Petroleum C) Bharat Petroleum D) ONGC

Which state government has launched a cloud seeding project, called "Varshadhari"? A) Karnataka B) West Bengal C) Andhra Pradesh D) Maharashtra

In which state, the state-owned distribution companies have become the first to accept payments on Bharat QR? A) Andhra Pradesh B) Odisha C) Telangana D) Maharashtra



Which of the following Chief Ministers has been selected for Agriculture Leadership Award 2017? A) Devendra Fadnavis B) Chandrababu Naidu C) Virbhadra Singh D) K Chandrashekhar Rao

Who has become the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo by motorcycle? A) Jorge Fox B) Matthew Holloway C) Kane Avellano D) Josh Garcia

Which Indian student has been recognised by World Records of India for developing a nano missile? A) Shanmugam Tirumala Rao B) Kannan Ramchandran C) Dacharla Panduranga Rohith D) Rifath Sharook

Union Cabinet has increased the ‘creamy layer’ ceiling for central government jobs for the OBC category from the existing Rs 6 lakh to? A) Rs 9 lakh per annum B) Rs 10 lakh per annum C) Rs 8 lakh per annum D) Rs 7 lakh per annum

As per a report released by UNWTO, which country is the least-visited destination of 2016? A) Montserrat B) Djibouti C) Kiribati D) Tuvalu

Which country is going to introduce 'X' gender passports? A) Canada B) Germany C) Spain D) Israel

Who won a silver medal in the women’s 10,000 metres at the World University Games in Taipei? A) Rashi Sinha B) Anita Joshi C) Sanjivani Jadhav D) Sukriti Singh

Which of the following has become the first fully computer literate village of North-East India? A) Seyochung B) Nungthaang Tampak C) Chumukedima D) Ongpangkong

International Atomic Energy Agency has announced to open a uranium bank in? A) Canada B) Russia C) Kazakhstan D) Uzbekistan

Scientists from which IITs have jointly developed a biosensor which detects kidney disorders in less than 8 minutes? 1. Kharagpur 2. Bombay 3. Indore 4. Roorkee A) 1 & 2 B) 2 & 3 C) 3 & 4 D) 4 & 1

Which space agency is going to create night-time white artificial clouds under its WINDY mission? A) Roscosmos B) NASA C) ESA D) ISRO

Whose term as the MD & CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange has been extended by 5 years? A) Ashish Chauhan B) Shailesh Nayak C) Pankaj Jain D) R.K. Mathur

Department of Posts has signed an MoU with which country to jointly issue a set of two Commemorative Postage Stamps on the theme "Diwali"? A) Canada B) USA C) Japan D) Israel



Assam Forest department has begun an eviction drive to remove encroachers from which wildlife sanctuary? A) Chakrashila B) Porbitora C) Nambor D) Amchang

Who won the gold medal in Women's Singles at the BWF World Championships held in Glasgow? A) Nozomi Okuhara B) Saina Nehwal C) Carolina Marin D) PV Sindhu

Who has been crowned the UEFA Women’s Player of the Year? A) Ada Hegerberg B) Melanie Behringer C) Lieke Martens D) Hedvig Lindahl

Arun Jaitley recently inaugurated ASTRA Manufacturing Unit at Bhanur in Telangana. ASTRA is which type of missile system ? A) Air-to-Air B) Surface-to-Air C) Air-to-Surface D) Surface-to-Surface

Who has been appointed as the next CEO of Uber? A) Dara Khosrowshahi B) Shalin Amin C) Jeff Holden D) Yoav Amiel

What is the name of the app through which NADA and NPPA will help athletes understand the medicines that could contain prohibited substances? A) e-Med B) Pharma Jan Samadhan C) Khiladi Swasthya Sampada D) e-Pharma

What is the name of the database of all Insurance Sales Persons in India being launched by IRDAI? A) Cluster B) Pack C) Batch D) Envoy

Who has been awarded the Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence 2016? A) Prof Swapna Mahapatra B) Prof Sukumar Mishra C) Prof Banshidhar Majhi D) Prof Digambar Behera

National Sports Day, which was celebrated on Aug 29, is the birth anniversary of? A) Kapil Dev B) Sachin Tendulkar C) Major Dhyan Chand D) Milkha Singh

Who has been crowned India's first Miss Trans Queen at an event held in Gurugram? A) Nitasha Biswas B) Loiloi Haorongbam C) Ragasiya D) Veenita Sridhar

CII has conferred National Award for ‘Excellence’ in Energy Management on which airport? A) IGIA - Delhi B) CSIA - Mumbai C) RGIA - Hyderabad D) KIA - Bengaluru

World’s most powerful X-ray laser, called European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL), has been unveiled in a facility in? A) Hamburg B) Brussels C) Geneva D) Lisbon

Sultan Ahmed, who recently passed away, was an MP from which political party? A) TDP B) TMC C) CPI D) SP



Who has been sacked from the post of head coach by Hockey India? A) Maximiliano Caldas B) Frédéric Soyez C) Valentin Altenburg D) Roelant Oltmans

Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth after spending how many days in space on this mission? A) 288 days B) 192 days C) 243 days D) 312 days

Which state government has launched a health scheme called 'Arogya Bhagya' by merging existing 7 schemes? A) Punjab B) Madhya Pradesh C) Jharkhand D) Karnataka

A 16.68 metres tall sandcastle, officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest, has recently been built in? A) Australia B) Russia C) Dubai D) Germany

Who has been named the next ambassador of US to India? A) Kenneth I. Juster B) Woody Johnson C) John F. Tefft D) Nikki Haley

How many new ministers have been appointed in the 3rd reshuffle of PM Narendra Modi's cabinet? A) 9 B) 5 C) 7 D) 10

As per a list released by Forbes, which country is the most corrupt in Asia? A) India B) Vietnam C) Thailand D) Pakistan

What are the names of two contraceptives that have been launched under the government’s Mission Parivar Vikas? 1. Antara 2. Chhaya 3. Raksha 4. Aashray A) 1 & 2 B) 2 & 3 C) 3 & 4 D) 4 & 1

Which state has announced to make education free for all girls from Class 1 to graduation level in all public and aided private schools? A) Rajasthan B) Assam C) Karnataka D) Haryana

September 1st to 7th is observed as? A) National Vitamins Week B) National Food Week C) National Fruits Week D) National Nutrition Week

Doris Leuthard, who was on a 3-day visit to India, is the President of which country? A) Switzerland B) Austria C) Portugal D) Ukraine

Teachers Day was recently celebrated on Sept 5th. It is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of? A) CV Raman B) C. Rajagopalachari C) Dr S Radhakrishnan D) None of the Above



The first indigenously made sniper rifle was unveiled recently at the Rifle Factory, Ishapore in? A) Andhra Pradesh B) Karnataka C) West Bengal D) Uttar Pradesh

Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of CBSE? A) Nita Chowdhury B) Anita Karwal C) Sujata Mehta D) Aradhana Johr

Government has planned to set up a cloud-service for providing solutions to the agriculture related problems. It will be called? A) IrriZone B) CropZone C) AgriZone D) FarmerZone

Who has become the first from India to be signed up by the National Basketball League of Australia? A) Vishesh Bhriguvanshi B) Amritpal Singh C) Yadwinder Singh D) Amjyot Singh

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu recently launched a portal which is a national digital infrastructure for teachers. It is called? A) SHIKSHA B) VIDYA C) SHIKSHAK D) DIKSHA

Which company has acquired the Indian Premier League global and digital rights for five years at Rs 16,347.50 crore ? A) SET India B) Zee Entertainment C) Star India D) Viacom18

Who has become the fastest player to score 15,000 runs in the international cricket? A) Virat Kohli B) Hashim Amla C) Joe Root D) AB De Villiers

Who has been appointed as the Chairman and MD of Press Trust of India? A) Viveck Goenka B) Riyad Mathew C) N. Ravi D) Bimal Julka

As part of labour law reforms, the government is going to rationalise how many Labour Acts by framing four labour codes? A) 45 B) 38 C) 21 D) 17

Researchers at which IIT have successfully created an implantable bioartificial pancreas model grown within a 3D silk scaffold? A) Kanpur B) Guwahati C) Roorkee D) Kharagpur

Which country will host the 2019 edition of the Commonwealth (Youth, Junior and Senior) Weightlifting Championships? A) Iran B) India C) Khazakhstan D) Germany

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