Aug 21st to Aug 25th 2017

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Union Cabinet recently gave its approval for a new Imports of which of the following dals have been
bridge on the India-Nepal border over which river? put under the restricted category by the
A) Mechi government?
B) Seti Gandaki 1. Urad 2. Channa
C) Trishuli 3. Masoor 4. Moong
D) Koshi A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 4 & 1
Which Indian origin boy has won the UK's 'Child
Genius' television game show? Government has imposed an anti-dumping duty on
A) Karan Bhatia import of “Textured Toughened Tempered Glass”
B) Rahul Doshi from which country?
C) Ajay Sriram A) Malaysia
D) Vinit Malik B) Philippines
C) China
TRAI has signed a pact with the Communications D) Indonesia
and Multimedia Commission of which country?
A) Portugal Which of the following has been sworn in as
B) Malaysia Tamilnadu's Deputy Chief Minister?
C) South Korea A) T.T.V. Dhinakaran
D) Singapore B) V.K. Sasikala
C) M. Thambidurai
Jerry Lewis, who recently passed away, was a
D) O Panneerselvam
famous?
A) Politician Which of the following automobile manufacturers
B) Human Rights activist have joined hands to develop 'Robotaxis'?
C) Actor 1. Fiat Chrysler 2. Mercedes
D) Sketch artist 3. Tata Motors 4. BMW
A) 1 & 2
Supreme Court of India has held that right to
B) 2 & 3
privacy is a Fundamental Right protected under
C) 3 & 4
which Article of the Constitution of India?
D) 4 & 1
A) Article 24
B) Article 21
Which state government has planned to conduct a
C) Article 23
land survey to address disputes and litigations over
D) Article 22
maintenance of land records and ownership?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Telangana
Who has been appointed as the Chairman of
C) Karnataka
Railway Board to replace Ashok Mittal?
D) Jharkhand
A) Anup Pujari
B) Amit Singhal Which of the following has recently been exempted
C) Arvind Mayaram by corporate affairs ministry from obtaining
D) Ashwani Lohani approval from CCI for mergers?
A) PSBs
B) NBFCs
C) MFIs
D) RRBs

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 Aug 21st to Aug 25th 2017

Comedian Dick Gregory, who recently passed away, Which country has allowed import of Indian
hailed from? bananas, pomegranate, custard apple and okra?
A) US A) England
B) Australia B) Canada
C) Brazil C) US
D) South Africa D) Australia

Sadbhavana Diwas is celebrated on Aug 20th every Jay Thomas, who recently passed away, was a?
year to commemorate the birth anniversary of A) Actor
which leader? B) Journalist
A) Jawaharlal Nehru C) Civil rights activist
B) Rajiv Gandhi D) Politician
C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D) Indira Gandhi Rishang Keishing, who recently passed away, was
What is name of the world's smallest surgical robot the former Chief Minister of?
A) Manipur
made by the scientists in UK?
A) Gerty B) Assam
B) Clank C) Nagaland
C) Versius D) Mizoram
D) Sojourner Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj recently
What is the official name of the eighth major inaugurated India's first Videsh Bhavan in?
version of Google's operating system Android? A) Bengaluru
A) Mocha B) Kochi
B) Oreo C) Mumbai
D) New Delhi
C) Brownie
D) Fudge CCEA has approved the renaming of which Central
Sector Scheme to Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada
Which football player has been titled UEFA Player
Yojana (PMKSY)?
of the Season 2016–2017 ?
A) Lionel Messi A) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
B) Gianluigi Buffon B) Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and
C) Cristiano Ronaldo Development of Agro-Processing Clusters
D) Neymar C) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
D) Gramin Bhandaran Yojana
Defence ministry has delegated more
administrative and financial powers to the Border Government has announced to provide how much
Roads Organisation (BRO) for the speedy reservation for girls at 100 Navodaya-type schools
completion of the projects along India's border and 5 higher education institutes being planned for
with? minority community students?
A) China A) 33%
B) Pakistan B) 40%
C) Bangladesh C) 25%
D) Nepal D) 50%

Vistara has announced the launch of an interline

partnership with which International Airline?
A) Air Asia
B) Qatar Airways
C) Singapore Airlines
D) Lufthansa

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Which bank has entered into a bancassurance Think tanks from the countries of which regional
agreement with DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance cooperation organization have signed an MoU to
Company? begin exchanges and conduct joint research?
A) Lakshmi Vilas Bank A) ASEAN
B) South Indian Bank B) BRICS
C) Dhanlaxmi Bank C) SAARC
D) Karur Vysya Bank D) SCO

India is going to enhance range and depth of As per a new study published in journal Nature,
penetration (DoP) of which of the following tanks scientists have found that a combination of a
by arming them with a third generation missile probiotic and a prebiotic can help prevent which of
system? the following deadly infections?
A) Challenger A) Sepsis
B) T-90 B) Ebola
C) Ghatak C) Cholera
D) Arjun D) Anthrax

As per the data released by DIPP, FDI in India grew A pig-nosed purple frog has been found in the
by how much percent during the first quarter of mountains of?
2017-18? A) India
A) 19% B) Peru
B) 43% C) Brazil
C) 37% D) Cameroon
D) 25%
International Seabed Authority has extended the
ONGC board has given its 'in-principle' approval to exclusive rights given to India to explore
acquire government's 51.11% stake in which oil polymetallic nodules in the Central Indian Ocean
marketing company? Basin (CIOB) seabed by?
A) IOC A) 5 years
B) BPCL B) 10 years
C) HPCL C) 2 years
D) CPCL D) 7 years

Which of the following companies was recently Tata Power has recently synchronised its 186 MW
acquired by Microsoft? Shuakhevi Hydro Power Project in?
A) Cycle Computing A) Czech Republic
B) Spectrum B) Austria
C) SkyKick C) Bulgaria
D) Cloud Health D) Georgia

"Project Brainwave" has been launched by which When was the "International Day for the
company? Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition"
A) Apple observed?
B) Microsoft A) Aug 24
C) Facebook B) Aug 23
D) Google C) Aug 21
D) Aug 25

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 Aug 21st to Aug 25th 2017

Olympian Velichko Cholakov, who recently passed Which space agency has launched the third
away, was associated with which sport? satellite to build a homegrown geolocation system?
A) Boxing A) CNSA
B) Weightlifting B) NASA
C) Swimming C) ISRO
D) Cycling D) JAXA

Which of the following two countries have recently CCEA has approved the proposal to close which of
begun their annual military exercise "The Ulchi- the following CPSEs?
Freedom Guardian"? A) Dredging Corporation of India
1. Japan 2. France B) Andrew Yule and Company
3. US 4. South Korea C) Hindustan Organic Chemicals
A) 1 & 2 D) Bharat Wagon and Engineering
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4 Supreme Court of India has declared the practice of
D) 4 & 1 Triple Talaq as unconstitutional by 3:2 majority.
Which of the following judges dissented from the
ITTF Team World Cup 2018 is going to be held in? judgement?
A) Los Angeles A) Justice Kurian Joseph
B) Paris B) Justice UU Lalit
C) Vienna C) Chief Justice J S Khehar
D) London D) Justice RF Nariman

Which Indian won the only medal at the ISSF Junior

8th edition of World Renewable Energy Technology Shotgun World Cup held at Porpetto in Italy ?
Congress was held in? A) Anantjeet Singh Naruka
A) Amsterdam B) Abinash Pratap Singh
B) Rome C) Gurnihal Singh Garcha
C) New Delhi D) Shapath Bharadwaj
D) Beijing
As per a RBI report, how many RRBs earned profits
Cabinet has approved allotment of land to which without carrying any accumulated losses during
state government for construction of its State 2015-16?
Guest House in Delhi? A) 36
A) Arunacha Pradesh B) 51
B) Madhya Pradesh C) 45
C) Bihar D) 62
D) Mizoram
Where was the 17th Financial Stability and
Ramanda Sengupta, who recently passed away, Development Council (FSDC) meet held recently?
was a renowned? A) Bengaluru
A) Director B) Hyderabad
B) Editor C) New Delhi
C) Cinematographer D) Mumbai
D) Producer
Which bank is planning an IPO of two RRBs in the
Which union minister has launched a portal called, next one year?
"Digital Police"? A) State Bank of India
A) Ravi Shankar Prasad B) Bank of Baroda
B) Rajnath Singh C) Punjab National Bank
C) Kiren Rijiju D) Indian Overseas Bank
D) Arun Jaitley

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 Aug 21st to Aug 25th 2017

What is the name of the typhoon that hit Macau Who is the Chairman of the 29-member panel
and Hong Kong recently? mandated to review the National Mineral Policy,
A) Hato 2008?
B) Nesat A) Ratan P. Watal
C) Megi B) K Rajeswara Rao
D) Haiyan C) R. Vijaykumar
D) G. Mohan Kumar
Indian Navy Band is going to participate in
International Military Music Festival “Spasskaya State Bank of India has announced to waive up to
Tower” to be held in? 100% processing fee on which of the following
A) USA products for the festive season?
B) Japan A) Gold Loans
C) England B) Car Loans
D) Russia C) Personal Loans
D) All of the Above
Which state has launched a grid connected roof top
solar project? India has established a new two-by-two ministerial
A) Odisha dialogue with which country?
B) Gujarat A) Russia
C) Rajasthan B) Israel
D) Tamilnadu C) USA
D) Japan
Which state has launched a women helpline
number 181? Mentor India Campaign' has been launched by?
A) Gujarat A) Arvind Pangariya
B) Telangana B) Narendra Modi
C) West Bengal C) Arun Jaitley
D) Uttar Pradesh D) Amitabh Kant
The first-ever beauty pageant for transgenders in
India 'Miss Transqueen India', is going to be held NABARD has sanctioned a loan assistance of Rs
in? 1,350 crore to which state government under the
A) Gurugram Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)?
B) Bengaluru A) Rajasthan
C) Mumbai B) Punjab
D) New Delhi C) Bihar
D) Gujarat
Government has extended the cash back scheme
that offers incentives of up to Rs 1,000 to In a first, which country launched its climate-smart
merchants for accepting payments through BHIM landscape management plan for snow leopards?
app till? A) Nepal
A) March 2018 B) Norway
B) June 2018 C) India
C) Oct 2017 D) Canada
D) Dec 2017

Who won the men's singles event at the Western &

Southern Open held in Cincinnati, USA?
A) Grigor Dimitrov
B) Pierre-Hugues Herbert
C) Nick Kyrgios
D) Nicolas Mahut

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Which state has signed an MoU with Microsoft Who has written the book ‘I Do What I Do: On
India to develop a first-of-its-kind ‘farm price Reform, Rhetoric and Resolve’?
forecasting model’? A) Amitabh Kant
A) Telangana B) Raghuram Rajan
B) Karnataka C) Urijit Patel
C) Maharashtra D) Arvind Pangariya
D) Kerala
Cricketer Tom Pritchard, who recently passed
2nd Japan-India Cyber Dialogue was recently held away, hailed from?
in? A) Windies
A) Tokyo B) England
B) Mumbai C) Australia
C) Osaka D) New Zealand
D) New Delhi
Who won the 24th Abu Dhabi International Chess
Ninth edition of Heads of Governments of Shanghai Festival?
Cooperation Organisation was recently held in? A) Nigel Short
A) China B) Aryan Chopra
B) Uzbekistan C) Amin Bassem
C) Kyrgyzstan D) Harika Dronavalli
D) India
Which pharmaceutical company has been granted
patent by India for Prevenar 13, a pneumonia
Who has been appointed as the Non-Executive vaccine?
Chairman of Infosys Board? A) Pfizer
A) DN Prahlad B) Novartis
B) Nandan Nilekani C) GSK
C) Ravi Venkatesan D) Sanofi
D) UB Pravin Rao
Which oil giant has announced to invest Rs 52,000
Which bank has the highest share of wilful in Paradip refinery?
defaulters among the PSBs? A) Indian Oil
A) State Bank of India B) Hindustan Petroleum
B) IDBI Bank C) Bharat Petroleum
C) Punjab National Bank D) ONGC
D) UCO Bank
Writer Brian Aldiss, who recently passed away, is
Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat' mission was best known for his writings in which genre?
launched by which Union minister in Kochi? A) Horror
A) Prakash Javdekar B) Drama
B) JP Nadda C) Science fiction
C) Dr Harsh Vardhan D) Comedy
D) Maneka Gandhi
US has formally launched an investigation into
Book ‘I am HIV positive, so what?’ which is written which country's policies regarding intellectual
by Jayanta Kalita, is an account of? property?
A) Madhav Lal A) China
B) P.K. Malhotra B) Indonesia
C) Sanjay Singh C) Philippines
D) Pradip Kumar Singh D) India

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413th installation anniversary of Sri Guru Granth Wayne Rooney, who recently announced his
Sahib Ji was recently celebrated. It is the ___ guru retirement from international football was the
of Sikhs? former captain of?
A) 14th A) England
B) 12th B) Italy
C) 11th C) Germany
D) 10th D) Argentina

Which state government has launched a cloud Who has been appointed as the MD and Chairman
seeding project, called "Varshadhari"? of Air India?
A) Karnataka A) Siraj Hussian
B) West Bengal B) Vishwa Mohan Katoch
C) Andhra Pradesh C) Rajiv Bansal
D) Maharashtra D) Anil Goswami

NABARD recently launched a new scheme "DEDS", Who has been appointed to head the task force
which is for the Entrepreneurship Development constituted to explore possibilities in 'Artificial
for? Intelligence for India’s Economic Transformation'?
A) Dates A) V K Gupta
B) Dairy B) V. Somasundaran
C) Dried Chilli C) Dr. V. Kamakoti
D) Dal D) V.S. Subburaj

Health minister J P Nadda recently inaugurated Which city's metro has commissioned a new facility
AMRIT pharmacy stores in two premier hospitals for recycling of construction and demolition waste?
in? A) Lucknow
A) Udaipur B) Mumbai
B) Shimla C) Kochi
C) Dehradun D) Delhi
D) Jabalpur

Who has been appointed as the Director General of In which state, the state-owned distribution
Railway Protection Force, Railway Board? companies have become the first to accept
A) Dharmendra Kumar payments on Bharat QR?
B) S.K. Srivastava A) Andhra Pradesh
C) Nilanjan Sanyal B) Odisha
D) Ajit Kumar Seth C) Telangana
D) Maharashtra
Who has topped Forbes‘ annual list of highest-paid
actor? Which of the following recently organized a
A) Dwayne Johnson 'Tiranga Yatra' in Mumbai to mark the anniversary
B) Vin Diesel of Quit India Movement?
C) Robert Downey Jr A) SEBI
D) Mark Wahlberg B) RBI
C) CBEC
India's first calf delivered by a surrogate cow
D) EPFO
through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) technology
carried out in a mobile laboratory was recently
born in?
A) VIjaywada
B) Pune
C) Rohtak
D) Kanpur

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Which of the following was the White House Chief A bilateral meeting between India and Uzbekistan
Strategist, who has recently been removed from was held in?
his role? A) Tashkent
A) Gary Cohn B) Mumbai
B) Josh Green C) New Delhi
C) Steve Bannon D) Namangan
D) John Kelly
Which of the followings has launched S&P BSE
Writer Janusz Glowacki, who recently passed away, Bharat 22 Index to track the performance of select
hailed from? state-run companies in which the central
A) Poland government has divested its stake?
B) Kyrgyz Republic A) Dow Jones Index
C) Ukraine B) FTSE
D) Germany C) Asia Index
D) NASDAQ
Which of the following Chief Ministers has been
selected for Agriculture Leadership Award 2017? Which state's country liquor has been approved by
A) Devendra Fadnavis the government to be branded and launched under
B) Chandrababu Naidu the name "Rhino"?
C) Virbhadra Singh A) Assam
D) K Chandrashekhar Rao B) Meghalaya
C) Sikkim
Which of the following has completed a $12.9
D) Arunachal Pradesh
billion deal to acquire Essar Oil?
A) Rosneft Which country has announced to construct an
B) Trafigura Arabian cap shaped stadium for the FIFA World
C) United Capital Partners Cup to be held in 2022?
D) All of the Above A) Bahrain
Who chaired the annual general meeting of Nehru B) Qatar
Memorial Museum and Library held recently? C) UAE
A) B R Mani D) Saudi Arabia
B) Rahul Gandhi Which of the following sportsperson has been
C) Sonia Gandhi selected for Dhyan Chand Award for life time
D) Rajnath Singh contribution?
Airports Authority of India has recently partnered A) Bhupender Singh
with which cab companies? B) Sumarai Tete
1. Meru 2. Ola C) Syed Shahid Hakim
3. Uber 4. Easycabs D) All of the Above
A) 1 & 2
Scientists have discovered two new primitive
B) 2 & 3
species of which worm in the Western Ghats
C) 3 & 4
mountain ranges in Kerala?
D) 4 & 1
A) Silkworm
Which state government has given reservation to B) Bristle worm
Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur under Other C) Earthworm
backward Class (OBC)? D) Flatworm
A) Rajasthan
B) Punjab
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Haryana

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Who has become the youngest person to Who has been appointed as the Chairman of
circumnavigate the world solo by motorcycle? Syndicate Bank?
A) Jorge Fox A) Satyanarayan Mohanty
B) Matthew Holloway B) Ajay Vipin Nanavati
C) Kane Avellano C) Ravinder Kumar Jain
D) Josh Garcia D) Kapil Dev Tripathi

World’s largest bicycle parking garage has been Which state government has launched a web portal
inaugurated in which country? to assist students to prepare for competitive
A) United Kingdom exams?
B) Netherlands A) Maharashtra
C) India B) Andhra Pradesh
D) China C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Haryana
Cabinet recently gave its approval for transfer of 40
acres of Airports Authority of India (AAI) land in Union Cabinet has increased the ‘creamy layer’
which state for the completion of the Metro rail ceiling for central government jobs for the OBC
project? category from the existing Rs 6 lakh to?
A) Maharashtra A) Rs 9 lakh per annum
B) Rajasthan B) Rs 10 lakh per annum
C) Uttar Pradesh C) Rs 8 lakh per annum
D) Kerala D) Rs 7 lakh per annum

When is World Mosquito Day (WMD) observed? Which Indian institute has partnered with
A) Aug 23 International Vaccine Institute (IVI) for research
B) Aug 22 and development?
C) Aug 21 A) Centre for Medical Development Studies
D) Aug 20 B) Institute of Clinical Research India
C) National Institute Of Medical Statistics
D) Indian Council of Medical Research
Which Indian student has been recognised by
World Records of India for developing a nano Which of the following companies has signed an
missile? agreement for “distribution of iPhone and other
A) Shanmugam Tirumala Rao Apple products” with Apple India?
B) Kannan Ramchandran A) Reliance Communications
C) Dacharla Panduranga Rohith B) Tata Communications
D) Rifath Sharook C) HCL Infosystems
D) Amazon India
Which of the following has become the richest
person in Asia? Who has been selected as the convener of the
A) Jack Ma 'preview committee’ constituted by I&B Ministry
B) Li Ka-shing for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
C) Ma Huateng 2017?
D) Mukesh Ambani A) Nagesh Kukunoor
B) Vivek Agnihotri
RBI has recently started issuing a new note of C) Prasoon Joshi
which denomination? D) Jahnu Barua
A) Rs 1000
B) Rs 5
C) Rs 50
D) Rs 200

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As per a report released by UNWTO, which country Nobel nominee Tony de Brum, who recently passed
is the least-visited destination of 2016? away, was a politician from?
A) Montserrat A) Kiribati
B) Djibouti B) Palau
C) Kiribati C) Tuvalu
D) Tuvalu D) Marshall Islands

Digital Haryana Summit organized by State Subroto Cup International Football Tournament
Government is going to be held in? recently began in?
A) Kurukshetra A) Kolkata
B) Gurugram B) Guwahati
C) Panipat C) New Delhi
D) Rohtak D) Aizawl

Wreckage site of which american cruiser has been Scientists from which country have discovered a
discovered after 72 years in the Philippine sea 5.5 potential new state of matter that may help
km below the surface? explain phenomena like superconductivity?
A) USS Helena A) India
B) USS Quincy B) Singapore
C) USS Atlanta C) Japan
D) USS Indianapolis D) USA

Which country won the inaugural FIBA Asia cup

As per the Sports Ministry, a first of its kind held in Lebanon?
National Sports Museum is going to come up in? A) China
A) Hyderabad B) Iran
B) Mumbai C) Japan
C) New Delhi D) Australia
D) Rohtak
Which country is going to introduce 'X' gender
Centre has announced to provide how much passports?
amount as monthly fellowship to researchers doing A) Canada
their PhDs in IITs and IISc? B) Germany
A) Rs 150,000 C) Spain
B) Rs 50,000 D) Israel
C) Rs 70,000
UIDAI has launched its door step enrolment facility
D) Rs 100,000
in?
Which state government has launched three A) Hyderabad
biofuel-powered buses on a pilot basis? B) Bengaluru
A) Odisha C) Mumbai
B) Goa D) Delhi
C) Punjab
Who won a silver medal in the women’s 10,000
D) Kerala
metres at the World University Games in Taipei?
How many kilometer of roads have been A) Rashi Sinha
illuminated under the Government's Street Lighting B) Anita Joshi
National programme (SLNP) with installation of 30 C) Sanjivani Jadhav
lakh LED street lights? D) Sukriti Singh
A) 100,000
B) 50,000
C) 75,000
D) 25,000

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Which of the following has emerged as the largest

group of H-1B visa aspirants during the first nine
months of the current US financial year i.e. Oct
2016 - June 2017?
A) India
B) Philippines
C) China
D) Canada

Which landing craft utility ship was recently

inducted into the navy at Andaman and Nicobar
Islands?
A) LCU L46
B) LCU L58
C) LCU L34
D) LCU L52

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