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RBI has formed a 10-member task force, headed by Which team has won arbitration against the Board
whom, to build a public credit registry? of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over wrongful
A) Narendra Jajodia termination from the IPL?
B) Vishaka Mulye A) Chennai Super Kings
C) Sriram Kalyanaraman B) Sunrisers Hyderabad
D) M Deosthalee C) Kochi Tuskers Kerala
D) Rajasthan Royals
Which Indian tennis player won the men's doubles
title at the European Open along with Scott Lipsky, ADB has signed a $65.5 million loan agreement to
held at Antwerp? support coastal protection in which state?
A) Ramkumar Ramanathan A) Karnataka
B) Divij Sharan B) Goa
C) Rohan Bopanna C) Gujarat
D) Purav Raja D) Kerala

Which company is the promoter of North East 3rd ASSOCHAM Global Investors’ India Forum was
Small Finance Bank, which has commenced held at?
operations as a small finance bank? A) Hyderabad
A) ASA International India Microfinance B) Gandhinagar
B) BSS Microfinance C) Mumbai
C) Bharat Financial Inclusion D) New Delhi
D) RGVN-NE Microfinance
Which state is going to be the first in India to
Who has been appointed as the principal secretary provide paying guest (PG) facility for the cattle?
of board of administrators (BoA) in Darjeeling? A) Rajasthan
A) Anoop Kumar Agrawal B) Punjab
B) Kanwaljit Singh Cheema C) Uttar Pradesh
C) Barun Roy D) Haryana
D) Main Jain
A US delegation, representing 26 major US firms,
Sana Iqbal, who recently passed away, was a? had discussions with which to explore investment
A) Cyclist opportunities?
B) Marathoner A) Uttar Pradesh
C) Biker B) Maharashtra
D) Swimmer C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Gujarat

Which of the following ministries has joined hands Which union ministry has set up an internal
with Textiles ministry under Sustainable and committee to advise on a policy on artificial
Accelerated Adoption of Efficient Textile intelligence (AI)?
Technologies (SAATHI) initiative? A) Electronics and Information Technology
A) Women & Child Development B) Home
B) Skill Development & Entrepreneurship C) Information & Broadcasting
C) Power D) Commerce
D) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Which company has become the largest passenger
cars exporter from India in the first half of the
ongoing fiscal?
A) Hyundai Motors
B) Maruti Suzuki India
C) Tata Motors
D) Mahindra & Mahindra

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Which of the following global organizations
recently released its World Population Report
2017, titled "Worlds Apart: Reproductive Health
and Rights in an Age of Inequality"?
A) World Health Organization
B) United Nations Population Fund
C) International Population Council
D) World Economic Forum
What was the International Stuttering Association's
theme for the 2017 International Stuttering
Awareness Day, observed on Oct 22?
A) We speak with one voice!
B) Spread the Word – Education, Cooperation,
Communication
C) Stuttering Pride. Respect. Dignity. Recognition.
D) A World That Understands Stuttering

Who has been appointed by HSBC as the new CEO Which rebellion, that took place in 1817, has been
of its India operations? named by the HRD Ministry as 'the First War of
A) Atul Verma Independence' from the next academic session?
B) Vinay Tamang A) Santhal Rising
C) Sanjay Bhadoria B) Chuar Uprising
D) Jayant Rikhye C) Sanyasi Revolt
D) Paika Rebellion
Indian Naval ship Sukanya is participating in 30th
edition of CORPAT (Coordinated Patrol) with which ‘Gangadhar Meher Lift Canal System’ is Rs 1246
country? crores lift irrigation project in Bijepur, which has
A) Sri Lanka recently approved by which state cabinet?
B) Malaysia A) Uttar Pradesh
C) Indonesia B) Odisha
D) Singapore C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
Which country opened world’s first ever 3D-
printed concrete bridge? Government has allowed all PSBs and 3 private
A) Spain sector banks to receive subscription to the
B) Germany expanded portfolios of various small savings
C) Netherlands schemes - like National Savings Certificate,
D) France Recurring Deposits and Monthly Income Scheme.
Which of the following is not one of those banks?
Which state government has announced to have A) HDFC Bank
doubled the ex-gratia amount given to the kin of
B) Yes Bank
policemen killed on duty to Rs 50 lakh?
C) ICICI Bank
A) Punjab D) Axis Bank
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Tamilnadu Which state is going to be the 'Focus State' in the
D) Bihar World Food India (WFI) 2017 to be held at New
The oldest maritime astrolabe, dating between Delhi from November 3 to 5?
1496 and 1500, has been found at the shipwreck of A) Odisha
Esmerelda off the coast of? B) Maharashtra
A) South Africa C) Andhra Pradesh
B) Portugal D) Manipur
C) India In a first, which Asian country now has the most
D) Oman
powerful passport in the world as per the Passport
Index of Arton Capital?
A) China
B) Singapore
C) Japan
D) South Korea

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How many companies have been short-listed for A 152 million-year-old fossil of first Jurassic
‘Letters of Intent’ (LoI) by the Ministry of Tourism ichthyosaur has been found in India in which state?
for 14 monuments under ‘Adopt a Heritage’ A) Uttar Pradesh
Scheme? B) Gujarat
A) 7 C) Bihar
B) 16 D) Telangana
C) 2
D) 21 Supreme Court recently imposed a fine of how
much amount on the Environment Ministry for not
Children's Film Society India (CFSI) is organizing the finalising pollution emission standards for
largest in the world, 20th International Children's industries using pet coke and furnace oil in NCR?
Film Festival (ICFFI), titled "Golden Elephant", at? A) Rs 7 lakh
A) New Delhi B) Rs 2 lakh
B) Mumbai C) Rs 1 lakh
C) Hyderabad D) Rs 5 lakh
D) Pune
World Polio Day was observed on?
Who has been appointed as the special director of A) Oct 23
the CBI? B) Oct 24
A) Rakesh Asthana C) Oct 25
B) Ravi Sharma D) Oct 26
C) Faisal Javed
D) Suraj Patil
Who has been appointed as the CEO of Association
of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI)?
Which bank has signed an agreement with Escorts A) NS Venkatesh
Limited to finance farmers for purchase of Escorts B) C Rupesh
Tractors? C) Ramarajan G
A) Bank of Baroda D) R Avinash
B) Punjab National Bank
Which of the following has commenced execution
C) Corporation Bank
of Rs20,400 crore Yadadri supercritical thermal
D) State Bank of India
power project at Telangana?
Who has been named Fifa men’s player of the year A) NTPC
2017? B) BEL
A) Cristiano Ronaldo C) BHEL
B) Neymar D) Powegrid
C) Lionel Messi
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje
D) Zlatan Ibrahimović
launched an e-book titled 'India 2017 Yearbook',
Fats Domino, who recently passed away, was a compiled by?
famous? A) Hasmukh Adhia
A) Musician B) Rajiv Mehrishi
B) Racer C) Rajiv Gauba
C) Scientist D) Rajiv Kumar
D) Director

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Ro- Asian Development Bank has signed a $300 million
Ro ferry service between Ghogha and Dahej in loan to continue a series of fiscal reforms to
which state? improve the quality of public service delivery in
A) Odisha which state?
B) Bihar A) Haryana
C) Uttar Pradesh B) Telangana
D) Gujarat C) West Bengal
D) Karnataka
Who has become the first Indian to top the ITTF
World Junior Circuit standings? BIMSTEC Task Force on Traditional Medicine was
A) Manav Thakkar recently held at?
B) Rohan Sharma A) New Delhi
C) Kanak Jha B) Kochi
D) Mohil Deswal C) Vizag
D) Lucknow
United Nations Day was recently celebrated on?
A) Oct 22 Who has been appointed as member of the Joint
B) Oct 24 Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) for
C) Oct 26 Manipur and Mizoram?
D) Oct 23 A) Lalhming Liana
B) Lal Thanzara
C) Zosiama Pachuau
Who has been appointed by NBA India as Head of
D) Ngangom Sarat Singh
Basketball Operations?
A) Bill Harris Gaur Kishore Ganguli, who recently passed away,
B) Kenny Natt was a?
C) Scott Fleming A) Freedom Fighter
D) Aleksandar Bucan B) Painter
The dental clinic at which prison has been named C) Classical Dancer
after Aarushi Talwar? D) Writer
A) Agra Which Indian golfer won his eighth Asian Tour title
B) Mandoli by clinching the Macao Open?
C) TIhar A) Anirban Lahiri
D) Dasna B) Gaganjeet Bhullar
Which F1 racer won the United States Grand Prix? C) Shiv Chawrasia
A) Lewis Hamilton D) Arjun Atwal
B) Sebastian Vettel Which Port Trust has received environment
C) Max Verstappen clearance for setting up a Rs 1,176-crore smart
D) Daniel Ricciardo industrial port city?
A) Kandla
As per a recent directive by Centre, toilets in the B) Vizag
rural areas will now be called as? C) Haldia
A) House of Pride D) Mormugao
B) House of Cleanliness
C) House of Dignity
D) House of Respect

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Veteran Director I. V. Sasi, who recently passed Which country has become the first to grant
away, was primarily associated with which film citizenship to a robot, named Sophia?
industry? A) China
A) Odia B) US
B) Malyalam C) Germany
C) Marathi D) Saudi Arabia
D) Bengali
Which state's Chief Minister recently laid the
TRAI has recommended a carbon emission foundation stone for an aerospace park worth Rs
reduction in telecom network by how much 198 crore?
percent, by 2022-23 with base year being 2011-12? A) Uttar Pradesh
A) 30% B) Gujarat
B) 40% C) Tamilnadu
C) 20% D) Assam
D) 50%
Tesla is building its first automobile factory outside
Which state, which had become the first to of the US in?
announce the shift to Jan-Dec fiscal in 2018, has A) China
now shelved its plan to do so? B) Brazil
A) Uttarakhand C) India
B) Madhya Pradesh D) Japan
C) Chhattisgarh
Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) of
D) Gujarat
India has signed an MoU with which bank to
As per a study by the ASSOCHAM and Yes Bank, provide easy access to finance for SMEs and
Indian travel and tourism industry is expected to merchant exporters?
grow by? A) Punjab National Bank
A) 2.5% B) Canara Bank
B) 3.5% C) Oriental Bank of Commerce
C) 4.5% D) State Bank of India
D) 5.5%
Which of the following has signed an MoU with
Who won the title at the Australian Motorcycle European Business Technology Centre (EBTC) for
Grand Prix? technology transfer and IP management?
A) Valentino Rossi A) ASSOCHAM
B) Maverick Viñales B) NRDC
C) Marc Márquez C) NITI Aayog
D) Johann Zarco D) NASSCOM

Which of the following companies has signed an Which bank has announced the launch of a co-
agreement to acquire BroadSoft for $1.9 billion? branded wallet with Mobikwik?
A) Cisco A) Federal Bank
B) Microsoft B) Yes Bank
C) Oracle C) IndusInd Bank
D) Juniper D) Citi bank

Centre has recently approved 83,000-km highway Which university in China is going to host the 2nd
projects worth how much amount? World Congress on Marxism in 2018?
A) Rs 9-lakh crore A) Peking University
B) Rs 5-lakh crore B) Tsinghua University
C) Rs 3-lakh crore C) Zhejiang University
D) Rs 7-lakh crore D) Fudan University

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First International Day of Diplomats was celebrated Which Indian-Origin campaigner has been named
in Brasilia on? UK's Most Influential Black Person of the Year?
A) Oct 24 A) Megan Rafferty
B) Oct 22 B) Gina Miller
C) Oct 26 C) Michel Torres
D) Oct 28 D) Sarah Markel

CEC AK Joti has announced to conduct polls in two NASA has extended its Dawn mission for the
phases on 182 seats in December, in which state? second time. The Dawn spacecraft is orbiting which
A) Tripura dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars
B) Karnataka and Jupiter?
C) Himachal Pradesh A) Makemake
D) Gujarat B) Haumea
C) Eris
D) Ceres
Deep Kumar Upadhyay, recently resigned from his
position of Ambassador to India of which country? An international conference on Consumer
A) Sri Lanka Protection for East, South, Southeast and Asian
B) Bangladesh nations was recently held at?
C) Nepal A) Seoul
D) Bhutan B) Colombo
C) Beijing
D) New Delhi
Which of the following is the president of
Zimbabwe, whose appointment as the “goodwill Who has become the latest Indian player to be a
ambassador” on non-communicable diseases part of an NBA league by getting picked by
(NCDs) for Africa, has been revoked by WHO? Oklahoma City Blue to play in the NBA G-League?
A) Uhuru Kenyatta A) Amjyot Singh
B) Robert Mugabe B) Ajmer SIngh
C) Paul Kagame C) Yadwinder Singh
D) Jacob Zuma D) Amritpal Singh

University of Nottingham has launched a 3D virtual What is India's rank on the Melbourne Mercer
tour of the wreck of which British merchant ship Global Pension Index 2017, published by the
sank during the WWII in the Red Sea? Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS),
A) SS Carsbreck measuring 30 countries?
B) SS Thistlegorm A) 28
C) SS Empire Tower B) 21
D) SS Picton C) 17
D) 9
Researchers from which university have developed
a method that uses rainfall rates to mark the span Which nation's Congress has passed a bill to
of the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM)? legalize medical marijuana?
A) IISc Bangalore A) Peru
B) Cornwell University B) Brazil
C) Peking University C) Mexico
D) Florida State University D) Canada

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What is the theme of Vigilance Awareness Week to RBI has clarified that linking of Aadhaar to bank
be observed from 30th October to 4th November, account is mandatory under?
2017? A) Aadhaar Act 2016
A) Preventive Vigilance as a tool of Good B) Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Rules 2016
Governance C) Prevention of Money-Laundering (Maintenance
B) Transparency in Public Procurement of Records) Rules 2017
C) My Vision-Corruption Free India D) Banking Regulation (Amendment) Rules 2017
D) Combating Corruption - Technology as an
enabler World Development Information Day was observed
on?
Which team won their third Asia Cup hockey title A) Oct 22
after 10-years, held in Dhaka? B) Oct 23
A) Sri Lanka C) Oct 24
B) India D) Oct 25
C) Pakistan
D) Malaysia Union government has announced to infuse how
much amount of capital over the next two years
As per Coeus Age Consulting, which state has into public sector banks (PSBs)?
topped in terms of digital initiatives undertaken? A) Rs 3.75 lakh crore
A) Maharashtra B) Rs 1.86 lakh crore
B) Karnataka C) Rs 4.09 lakh crore
C) Madhya Pradesh D) Rs 2.11 lakh crore
D) Chhattisgarh
Who has been appointed as Centre's interlocutor
Centre is going to invest how much amount in for Jammu and Kashmir?
association with the World Bank to improve the A) Ravindra Verma
quality of the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) B) Dineshwar Sharma
across India? C) Navin Sahu
A) Rs 8,000 crore D) Kuldeep Singh
B) Rs 4,000 crore
C) Rs 6,000 crore India's first Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK)
D) Rs 10,000 crore for Skilling in smart cities was inaugurated by
Home Minister Rajnath Singh in?
Swami Madhavashram ji Maharaj, who recently A) Kolkata
passed away, was the Shankaracharya of which B) Hyderabad
Matha? C) New Delhi
A) Badrikashram D) Bengaluru
B) Sringeri
C) Jagannatha Puri What is the name of the Offshore Patrol Vessel
D) Dwaraka (OPV) commissioned recently into Sri Lankan navy,
provided by India?
Department of Telecom (DoT) has recently cleared A) Suraksha
the merger of Sistema Shyam Teleservices with B) Shreshth
which company? C) Samudra Raksha
A) Tata Tele D) Srisena
B) Vodafone
C) Airtel Which woman boxer won a gold medal at the the
D) RCom 'Balkan' International Boxing Championship?
A) Lalfakmawii Ralte
B) MK Devi Maisnam
C) Pwilao Basumatary
D) Nirmala Rawat

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RBI is going to make Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has recently
compulsory for companies having aggregate fund- relaxed the standards for?
based and non-fund based exposure over? A) Sewage Treatment Plants
A) Rs 7 crore B) Diesel Vehicles
B) Rs 5 crore C) Industrial Waste
C) Rs 10 crore D) Discarded Electronics
D) Rs 2 crore
Indo-Tibetan Border Police recently celebrated its
Girija Devi, who recently passed away, was 56th raising day on?
associated with? A) Oct 25
A) Journalism B) Oct 21
B) Law C) Oct 24
C) Politics D) Oct 26
D) Music
Whose party has won the election to the lower
Which of the following Uts has become an house of Japan's parliament with 310 out of 465
associate member of the Board of Control for seats?
Cricket in India (BCCI)? A) Seiji Maehara
A) Andaman & Nicobar B) Yukio Edano
B) Puducherry C) Shinzo Abe
C) Daman and Diu D) Renhō
D) Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Which country has recently signed the Paris
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj recently Climate Agreement, leaving only US and Syria that
inaugurated 15 Indian-assisted development are not a part of the accord?
projects worth about $8.7 million in which nation? A) Vanuatu
A) Bhutan B) Nicaragua
B) Nepal C) Tonga
C) Afghanistan D) Cuba
D) Bangladesh
Which High Court banned the use of pictures of
What is the rank of Virat Kohli on Forbes list of living persons on banners and hoardings in the
athletes with top brand value? state?
A) 7th A) Delhi
B) 4th B) Bombay
C) 18th C) Madras
D) 23rd D) Calcutta

Chhat Pooja, which was recently celebrated, is a

GST Network has launched an excel-based offline festival native to the following states except?
tool for businesses to file which return? A) Jharkhand
A) GSTR-2A B) Uttar Pradesh
B) GSTR-1B C) Bihar
C) GSTR-6A D) Chhattisgarh
D) GSTR-3B
Kakha Kaladze has been elected as the new mayor
Who launched the official website of Cell for IPR of Tbilisi, Georgia. He is associated with which
Promotion and Management (CIPAM)? sport?
A) Ravi Shankar Prasad A) Swimming
B) Arun Jaitley B) Billiards
C) Dharmendra Paradhan C) Football
D) Suresh Prabhu D) Gymnastics

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What is India's rank in terms of number of family- External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj recently
owned businesses, as per the "CS Family 1000" handed over the 1971 war memorabilia to the
report by Credit Suisse Research Institute? Prime Minister of?
A) 16 A) Bangladesh
B) 11 B) Pakistan
C) 3 C) China
D) 8 D) A & B

Which player has scored the most runs, best Who has been appointed as Additional Director
average and highest number of centuries in his first General in CISF?
200 ODIs? A) Rishi Yadav
A) Chris Gayle B) Alok Kumar Pateria
B) AB de Villiers C) Dheeraj Singh
C) Yuvraj SIngh D) Ajay Bidari
D) Virat Kohli
Election Department of which state has entered
Which state's agriculture minister announced the Limca Book of Records for the formation of the
release of third instalment of Rs 3600 crores under biggest human logo?
Crop Loan Waiver Scheme? A) Tripura
A) Madhya Pradesh B) Himachal Pradesh
B) Rajasthan C) Gujarat
C) Andhra Pradesh D) Meghalaya
D) Telangana
Which of the following has issued an amendment
Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of India to the Prevention of Money-laundering
Post Payments Bank (IPPB)? (Maintenance of Records) Rules, stating that the
A) Neeraj Chand reporting entity will have to mandatorily check the
B) AP Singh original identification documents of individuals
C) Suresh Sethi dealing in cash above the prescribed threshold?
D) Ranjeet Kumar A) Reserve Bank of India
B) Department of Revenue
Which Indian shuttler won the men's singles title at C) Income Tax Department
Denmark Open? D) CBEC
A) Ajay Jayaram
B) Sai Praneeth Salim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim have won the
C) Kidambi Srikanth Institute for Human Virology (IHV) Lifetime
D) HS Prannoy Achievement Award for their contributions to the
response of?
Which company has been conferred with the CII
A) Hepatitis
Industrial Innovation Award, 2017?
B) AIDS
A) Tata Consultancy Services
C) Dengue
B) Infosys
D) Viral Encephalitis
C) Accenture
D) L&T Technology Services
How many Indian PSUs have pledged to support
What is the name of the 2nd edition of Hackathon more than 30 start-ups, to be funded for the next 3
launched by SBI? years through a corpus of Rs 320 crore under the
A) Start For Bank initiative named Start-up Sangam?
B) Innovate For Bank A) 15
C) Hack For Bank B) 5
D) Digitize For Bank C) 10
D) 20

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Who won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol

mixed team event at the ISSF World Cup held at
New Delhi?
A) Dipika Kumari and Jitu Rai
B) Ankur Mittal and Dipika Kumari
C) Heena Sidhu and Ankur Mittal
D) Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu

RBI has imposed a penalty on which of the

following banks, for violating regulations issued on
Income Recognition Asset Classification (IRAC)?
1. ICICI Bank 2. IDFC Bank
3. Yes Bank 4. Citi Bank
A) 1 & 2
B) 2 & 3
C) 3 & 4
D) 1 & 4

Which neighbouring nation of India, has

announced to launch its own satellite system in
June 2019?
A) Bangladesh
B) Pakistan
C) Myanmar
D) Sri Lanka

October 24 to 30 was observed by UN as?

A) Disarmament Week
B) Space Week
C) Immunization Week
D) Interfaith Harmony Week

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