1. Taarak Mehta, who passed away recently, was a renowned _______ writer and playwright.

1) Gujarati

2) Marathi

3) Bengali

4) Urdu

5) Odia

2. The European Union member states recently approved visa-free travel for Georgia. The
capital city of Georgia is

1) Helsinki

2) Sofia

3) Tbilisi

4) Athens

5) Stockholm

3. The govt has shifted the responsibility of promoting digital transactions in the country
from NITI Aayog to the

1) Reserve Bank of India

2) NPCI

3) Ministry of Commerce & Industry

4) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

5) Ministry of IT and Electronics

4. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has appointed Luis Norton de Matos as the head
coach of the India U-17 World Cup team. Luis hails from

1) Portugal

2) Spain

3) Brazil

4) Argentina

5) France

5. Which of the following life insurers recently launched a new online term plan ‘iSelect’
meant for family protection?
1) Canara HSBC OBC Life

2) LIC of India

3) ICICI Prudential

4) HDFC Standard

5) Bharti AXA

6. The global leader in payment solutions American Express recently announced the launch
of BIP, an electronic payment platform. Here, the term BIP stands for

1) Buyer Initial Payments

2) Buyer Initiated Payments

3) Buyer Introduced Payments

4) Buyer Indicated Payments

5) None of these

7. Which state govt recently appointed senior IAS officer Sumeet Mallick as the new chief
secretary of the state?

1) Gujarat

2) Maharashtra

3) Rajasthan

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Bihar

8. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is headquartered

in

1) Milan, Italy

2) London, UK

3) New York, US

4) Geneva, Switzerland

5) Paris, France

9. Who among the following has won this year’s prestigious Polly Umrigar Award, given to
BCCI’s International Cricketer of the Year?

1) Rohit Sharma
2) Yuvraj Singh

3) MS Dhoni

4) Ravichandran Ashwin

5) Virat Kohli

10. The Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju recently inaugurated the country's first
integrated heliport at in

1) Mumbai

2) Pune

3) Bengaluru

4) New Delhi

5) Chennai