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Which F1 driver has won the Singapore Grand Prix? A) Max Verstappen B) Lewis Hamilton C) Sebastian Vettel D) Daniel Ricciardo

Wayne Rooney, who recently announced his retirement from international football was the former captain of? A) England B) Italy C) Germany D) Argentina

Who has been appointed as the MD and Chairman of Air India? A) Siraj Hussian B) Vishwa Mohan Katoch C) Rajiv Bansal D) Anil Goswami

Which football team claimed the SAFF U-15 Championships title held in Nepal? A) Pakistan B) Bhutan C) Nepal D) India

Which small finance bank has been given a scheduled bank status by RBI? A) ESAF Small Finance Bank B) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank C) Equitas Small Finance Bank D) AU Small Finance Bank

Yes Bank has signed up a charter with which Indian Institute of Management (IIM) to help spread 'Climate Literacy'? A) Lucknow B) Calcutta C) Ahmedabad D) Bangalore

Which of the following has launched National Nutrition Strategy which aims at ensuring every child, adolescent girl and woman attains optimal nutritional status by 2022? A) AYUSH B) FSSAI C) NITI Aayog D) ICMR

MHA has enhanced the financial powers of the directors generals of armed police forces to execute major projects from Rs 10 crore to? A) Rs 15 crore B) Rs 20 crore C) Rs 25 crore D) Rs 30 crore

Which state government has joined hands with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) to implement India's first Hyperloop project which might cut down travel time of 35 km to only five minutes? A) Karnataka B) Uttar Pradesh C) Maharashtra D) Andhra Pradesh Who has won the women’s singles event at the U.S. Open Grand Slam carrom? A) Tejasvi Duduka B) Vandana Kumari C) Stuti Narain D) Kusum Sidhu

Which bank has launched its own chatbot powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) for resolving queries of its customer? A) Bank of Baroda B) Punjab National Bank C) State Bank of India D) Canara Bank

Who was recently honoured with literary award Saraswati Samman for 2016? A) Prabhu Dayal Meena B) Avinash Chander C) Mahabaleshwar Sail D) Vijayalakshmy K. Gupta

Which state government has launched 'Gyankunj Project'? A) Gujarat B) Goa C) Assam D) Bihar

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India recently handed over the off-shore patrol vessel Varuna to which country? A) Bangladesh B) Sri Lanka C) Myanmar D) Cambodia

Gauri Lankesh, who recently passed away, was a renowned jounalist of which language? A) Kannada B) Tamil C) Malayalam D) Telugu

DRDO has successfully tested indigenously developed 3rd generation of which of the following Anti Tank Guided Missiles? A) Nirbhay B) Shaurya C) Astra D) Nag

What was the 2017 theme of International Literacy Day observed on Sept 8th? A) Literacy in a Digital World B) Literacy and Sustainable Societies C) Reading the Past, Writing the Future D) Literacies for the 21st Century

Which of the following Chief Ministers has been conferred the One World Grand Prix Award for his contribution to organic farming? A) Lal Thanhawla B) Pawan Kumar Chamling C) Prem Khandu Thungan D) Manik Sarkar

Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has entered into an MoA with which institute for ground water research? A) IIT Madras B) IIT Bombay C) IIT Kharagpur D) IISc Bangalore

ICAR has launched a Rs 1,100 crore National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) in association with? A) World Bank B) ADB C) NDB D) IMF

Which state government is going to provide skill development training to 30 thousand surrendered militants? A) Jammu & Kashmir B) Jharkhand C) Chhattisgarh D) Assam

Which of the following companies is going to receive Maharatna status? A) National Aluminium Company B) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited C) Power Grid Corporation of India D) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited What is the name of the project to be initiated by the income tax department where it will use information from social media sites to deduce mismatches between spending pattern and income declaration? A) Inside Out B) Social C) Stealth D) Insight Who won the US Open men's singles held at New York? A) Kevin Anderson B) Roger Federer C) Rafael Nadal D) Andy Murray

Which of the following ships have been sent out by the Indian Navy for marking the 25th anniversary of India-ASEAN dialogue? 1. INS Satpura 2. INS Kadmatt 3. INS Tarkash 4. INS Betwa A) 1 & 2 B) 2 & 3 C) 3 & 4 D) 4 & 1

What is the name of the programme that the government will undertake from 2018 to enrol students who are out of schools? A) Padho Aur Badho B) School Chalo Abhiyan C) Pathshaala Aur Hum D) Aao Padhein

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Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu recently laid foundation stone for the first and only greenfield smart city project in? A) Raipur B) Patna C) Ranchi D) Jamshedpur

Which Indian wrestler has won gold medal at the World Cadet Wrestling Championship being held in Greece? A) Sonam Malik B) Preeti Sangwan C) Rashmi Chaudhary D) Kavita Devi

Which Indian player recently won the Malaysia Squash Tour held in Kuala Lumpur? A) Saurav Ghosal B) Siddharth Suchde C) Harinder Pal Sandhu D) Ritwik Bhattacharya

Prince Charles has become the longest-serving Prince of Wales with 59 years, one month and 15 days. The previous record was held by? A) George VI B) Philip C) Edward VII D) Albert

Joint training exercise 'Shaheen VI', is being held between the armed forces of which countries? A) South Korea and Pakistan B) Pakistan and China C) China and Iran D) Iran and South Korea

The upper age limit for joining the National Pension System (NPS) has been raised from the current 60 to? A) 68 years B) 70 years C) 62 years D) 65 years

Government has decided to issue Rs 100 and Rs 5 coins to commemorate the birth centenary of? A) Indira Gandhi B) M.S. Subbulakshmi C) Deendayal Upadhyaya D) M.G. Ramachandran

In a first, which state is going to open clinics exclusively for the transgender community? A) Nagaland B) Maharashtra C) Goa D) Kerala

Which city is going to host Junior Asian Wrestling Championship 2018? A) New Delhi B) Gandhinagar C) Lucknow D) Bhopal

Who has been awarded the Balzan Prize for her work in the gender studies category? A) Kavery Banerjee B) Sindhushree Khullar C) Bina Agarwal D) Vijayalakshmy K. Gupta

Which Indian company has been recognised in Fortune's annual list of the Top 50 companies that are changing the world? A) HUL B) Reliance C) Mahindra D) TCS

What was India's rank on the medal tally at the Moscow Shotgun World Championship? A) Fifth B) Second C) Ninth D) Seventh

As per Fitch Ratings, Indian Banks will require how much in additional capital to meet the Basel III capital adequacy norms by March 2019? A) USD 120 billion B) USD 65 billion C) USD 35 billion D) USD 90 billion

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Who has been chosen by Badminton Association of India for its first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award? A) Chetan Anand B) Prakash Padukone C) Arvind Bhat D) Pullela Gopichand

What was the theme of 2nd edition of World Congress of Optometry which was held at Hyderabad? A) Eye care for all B) Universal Eye Health C) Accessible, quality vision and eye health D) No more Avoidable Blindness

September 14 is celebrated every year across India as? A) English Day B) Bangla Dina C) Hindi Diwas D) Marathi Divasa

Which film won the coveted Golden Lion award at the Venice film festival? A) The Devil’s Backbone B) In Bruges C) The Shape of Water D) Pan’s Labyrinth

Who has been appointed as the Chairman and MD of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) ? A) Vishwa Mohan B) Mahendra Pratap Mall C) Navtej Singh Sarna D) Pankaj Jain

Which state government has approved ‘Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage Policy 2017’? A) Madhya Pradesh B) Karnataka C) Chhattisgarh D) Tripura

Who has been announced to be the first woman President of Singapore? A) Nurul Izzah B) Shahrizat Abdul C) Halima Yacob D) Rafidah Aziz

Who has been appointed as the Principal Deputy Press Secretary by POTUS Donald Trump? A) Rakesh Saxena B) Vinay Chauhan C) Shailesh Verma D) Raj Shah What is India's rank out of 130 countries on Global Human Capital Index 2017 released by World Economic Forum? A) 69 B) 87 C) 124 D) 103

AYUSH ministry has launched India's first virology laboratory to develop homoeopathy drugs in? A) Raipur B) Kolkata C) Jaipur D) Bhopal

Sivalingam Sathish Kumar and Ragala Venkat Rahul, who have qualified for 2018 Commonwealth Games, are associated with which sport? A) Weightlifting B) Shotput C) Shooting D) Wrestling Finance minister Arun Jaitley has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to resolve IT issues faced in the implementation of the GST. Who will be heading the GoM? A) TM Thomas Isaac B) Krishna Byregowda C) Sushil Kumar Modi D) Amar Agarwal Who has been appointed as the president of All India Mahila Congress? A) Sushmita Dev B) Nita Shukla C) Shobha Oza D) Anita Agnihotri

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A high-speed rail training centre, worth Rs 600-crore, for the first bullet train project will be set up in? A) Gandhinagar B) Vadodara C) Nagpur D) Nashik

Which port was awarded Container Terminal of the Year" Award for the above 0.6 million TEUs category at The Gateway Awards 2017 held at Mumbai? A) Haldia Port B) Visakhapatnam Port C) Port of Chennai D) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Which university has established India’s first Centre for Animal Law dedicated to the study of animal issues? A) University of Delhi B) NALSAR University of Law C) KIIT Law School D) University of Mumbai

When was International Day of Peace observed with the 2017 theme “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All”? A) Sept 15 B) Sept 18 C) Sept 17 D) Sept 21

As per the ‘Trade and Development Report, 2017’, world economy's growth is expected to reach 2.6%. The report has been issued by? A) WEF B) IMF C) World Bank D) UNCTAD

With which country has India inked an agreement to implement the commercial arrangement of "Cool EMS" service? A) Japan B) Canada C) South Korea D) USA

International Coastal Cleanup Day was conducted across the world under the aegis of UNEP, on? A) Sept 16 B) Sept 17 C) Sept 19 D) Sept 15

Mahant Chandnath, who recently passed away, was the BJP MP from? A) Alwar B) Jaisalmer C) Bikaner D) Jodhpur

As per HSBC, India is likely to overtake Japan and Germany to become the third largest and a $7 trillion economy by? A) 2025 B) 2021 C) 2030 D) 2028

Engineers day was celebrated on Sept 15th. It is the birth anniversary of? A) Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya B) Jagadish Chandra Bose C) Mylswamy Annadurai D) Paul Ratnasamy

Which state has passed PRANAM Act that seeks to deduct 10-15% of the salary of government employees who do not take care of their parents and disabled sibling? A) Punjab B) Jharkhand C) Assam D) Goa Who is India’s first ever foreign coach for women boxers, who recently submitted his resignation to the Boxing Federation of India ? A) Roberto Durán B) Max Baer C) Pernell Whitaker D) Stephane Cottalorda

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International Union of Concerned Scientists (IUCN) has changed the status of Snow Leopard to? A) Near Threatened B) Endangered C) Vulnerable D) Critically Endangered

PV Sindhu became the first Indian badminton player to lift the title in Korea Superseries, after beating? A) Nozomi Okuhara B) Tai Tzu-ying C) Carolina Marin D) Ratchanok Intanon

What is the name of the operation launched by India to provide humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh to cope with the influx of Rohingya refugees? A) Operation Refugee B) Operation Insaniyat C) Operation Helping Hand D) Operation Sharanaarthi What is the name of the digital payment app launched by Google in India? A) Google Speed B) Google Gati C) Google Quick D) Google Tez International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer was observed on Sept 16. This year marks the 30th anniversary of? A) Geneva Protocol B) Kyoto Protocol C) Montreal Protocol D) Catragena Protocol

Centre has devised three offence categories to put passengers on a 'No-Fly List'. Which of the following is not one of them? A) Loud & angry display in public B) Physically abusive behaviour C) Unruly physical gestures, verbal harassment and unruly inebriation D) Life threatening behaviour and assault

Which country hosted the multinational military exercise 'Aurora 17' with participation from NATO members? A) USA B) Sweden C) Denmark D) Norway

Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh, who recently passed away, led the Air force during which of the following wars? A) 1971 Indo Pakistan B) 1965 Indo Pakistan C) 1962 Indo Sino D) 1999 Kargil War

Who has been elected as the new Chair of the IOC Ethics Commission? A) Ban Ki-moon B) Samuel Schmid C) Youssoupha Ndiaye D) Hanqin Xue

World's oldest person Violet Mosse-Brown, who recently passed away, hailed from? A) Kenya B) Ethiopia C) Ghana D) Jamaica

Centre has decided to grant citizenship to one lakh refugees of which of the following tribes living in the north-eastern states? 1. Marmas 2. Tanchangya 3. Chakma 4. Hajong A) 1 & 2 B) 2 & 3 C) 3 & 4 D) 4 & 1

Which bollywood actor has been honoured with the Global Diversity Award 2017 in the British Parliament House? A) Akshay Kumar B) Ajay Devgn C) Salman Khan D) Aamir Khan

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Which beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile is now set for production and induction into the armed forces after its successful trials? A) Ghatak B) Astra C) Prahaar D) Dhanush

Which bank has signed a loan of up to $200 million with ADB to provide finance to low-income women borrowers in rural India? A) Karnataka Bank B) IndusInd Bank C) Axis Bank D) IDFC Bank

Who has become the first batsman to complete a century of sixes in Twenty20 Internationals? A) Virat Kohli B) AB de Villiers C) Chris Gayle D) Aaron Finch

Jharkhand has launched the Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana which aims at developing villages of freedom fighters. The initiative was launched from Ulihatu Village, which is the birth place of? A) Sido Murmu B) Dhananjay Mahato C) Birsa Munda D) Kanhu Murmu

Which of the following became the first online series to win the 'Best Drama Series' award at the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards? A) House of Cards B) The Handmaid’s Tale C) Stranger Things D) Better Call Saul

Who has been appointed as the Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)? A) S.B. Agnihotri B) Ajit Kumar C) YC Modi D) Anup Sanyal

Who broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest circumnavigation of Earth on a bicycle, by completing the ride in 78 days? A) Mark Beaumont B) Allen Ginsberg C) Andrew Nicholson D) Ryan Newell

Zannah Mustapha, who has been named the 2017 winner of UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award, hails from? A) Cameroon B) Nigeria C) Ghana D) Burkina Faso

Who has been awarded the president's medal for meritorious services? A) D Roopa B) Neetha S C) Priya Sinha D) Amita Paul

Which state has become the first in India to set up family welfare district committees to deal with the issue of fake and biased complaints by women against their husbands and in-laws? A) Mizoram B) Tripura C) Manipur D) Assam

Who has been appointed as the new chief of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)? A) Rajni Kant Mishra B) Sudhir Kumar C) Archana Ramasundaram D) R.S. Sharma

Three states were awarded at the first ever National Conference on "Mission Mode to address Under-Nutrition" which was held at New Delhi. Which of the following is not one of them? A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Chattisgarh C) Telangana D) Gujarat

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Which renowned chef is going to be the brand ambassador of the Government's 'Food Street' at the global food fair to be held in New Delhi in November? A) Sanjeev Kapoor B) Ranveer Brar C) Vikas Khanna D) Kunal Kapur Which NGO has won 2017 Equator Prize working among women farmers? A) Plan India B) Teach for India C) Deepalaya D) Swayam Shikshan Prayog

Who has won the goldn medal in Women's Pentathlon at the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games being held in Ashgabat? A) Unnikrishnan Palakeezh B) Neha Solanki C) Neena Varakil D) Purnima Hembram

Which Payments Bank has launched its mobile banking app called BPay? A) Paytm Payments Bank B) Airtel Payments Bank C) Fino Payments Bank D) India Post Payments Bank

Dr KS Chugh, who recently passed away, is known in India as the father of? A) Hematology B) Nephrology C) Pediatrics D) Cardiology

Legendary American boxer Jake LaMotta recently passed away. He was the inspiration behind which hollywood classic? A) Rocky B) The Fighter C) Raging Bull D) When We Were Kings

Which state government has launched People First, a mobile application that will enable citizens to register their grievances? A) Andhra Pradesh B) Himachal Pradesh C) Madhya Pradesh D) Arunachal Pradesh

Three Indian businessmen have been named in Forbes' special list of the world's '100 Greatest Living Business Minds'. Which of the following is not one of them? A) Ratan Tata B) Mukesh Ambani C) Vinod Khosla D) Lakshmi Mittal MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Jitendra Singh, recently inaugurated the first ‘Pension Adalat’ at? A) Pune B) Chandigarh C) New Delhi D) Chennai

India has replaced which country as the top retail destination in 2017 as part of the global retail development index? A) Germany B) China C) Brazil D) USA

Which bank has launched a management institute in Kolkata? A) State Bank of India B) Punjab National Bank C) Central Bank of India D) Bank of Baroda

As per OECD's Interim Economic Outlook report, India's economy will grow at what percent this year? A) 6.5% B) 6.3% C) 6.9% D) 6.7%

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Who has become the youngest cricketer to take 100 T20 wickets? A) Jasprit Bumrah B) Danny Briggs C) Rashid Khan D) Kuldip Yadav

Which state is going to be the first to create a DNA fingerprinting database of offenders? A) Maharashtra B) Gujarat C) Andhra Pradesh D) Kerala

Three districts have been chosen for initiating the 'Zero Hunger' programme. Which of the following is not one of them? A) Gorakhpur B) Koraput C) Arrah D) Thane

Who has been elected as the president of News Broadcasters Association (NBA)? A) Rajat Sharma B) Arnab Goswami C) Aroon Purie D) Prannoy Roy

Department of Biotechnology is going to launch a 'Boat Lab’ to study hydrology and water quality in which river? A) Brahmaputra B) Ganga C) Godavari D) Cauvery

India’s recently announced to set up its first atomic energy venture abroad. It is collaborating with Russia to build the Rooppur nuclear power plant in? A) Bangladesh B) Myanmar C) Nepal D) Sri Lanka Who has become the third Indian to take a hat-trick in One-day Internationals? A) Ravindra Jadeja B) Bhuvneshwar Kumar C) Jasprit Bumrah D) Kuldeep Yadav

"The Shershah of Kargil" penned by Deepak Surana, is the biography of which Kargil war hero? A) Subedar Yogendra Singh Yadav B) Captain Vikram Batra C) Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey D) Captain Saurabh Kalia

ADB recently sanctioned a USD 300 million loan facility for carrying forward fiscal reforms in? A) Assam B) Telangana C) West Bengal D) Rajasthan

Who has become the first Asian to be chosen for the prestigious Von Hippel Award by the Materials Research Society? A) Anant Kakodkar B) C.N.R Rao C) Jayant Narlikar D) Ashoke Sen

Which of the following is the indigenously built Scorpene-class submarine that has recently been handed over to the Indian Navy? A) INS Karanj B) INS Kalvari C) INS Chakra D) INS Khanderi Who is going to head the steering committee, formed by IRDAI, to help implement by March 2021 the new risk-based capital (RBC) regime? A) Promila Choudhary B) Kusum Sharma C) Stuti Narain D) Pournima Gupte

Liliane Bettencourt, who recently passed away, was the world's _______ woman? A) Richest B) Tallest C) Oldest D) Heaviest

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Who has become the first Indian to be picked as the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) representative for the IOC Athletes’ Forum? A) Mary Kom B) Shiva Thapa C) Laishram Sarita Devi D) Manoj Kumar

Which state government has launched 'Vision-2025' project aimed at evolving a draft policy for development in next seven years by seeking the opinion of the public? A) Manipur B) Bihar C) Tamil Nadu D) Karnataka Which state's chief minister declared 2017-18 as e-Pragati year? A) Assam B) Punjab C) Andhra Pradesh D) Chhattisgarh Spacecraft Osiris-REX of NASA swung past Earth recently. It is on a mission to collect samples from which asteroid? A) Interamnia B) Hektor C) Toutatis D) Bennu

57th National Open Athletics Championships 2017 was recently held at? A) Chennai B) Bhopal C) Bhubaneswar D) Chandigarh

Which country is going to give a boost to 'White Revolution' in Haryana? A) Russia B) Israel C) Spain D) Brazil

Who has been chosen for the prestigious Bharatratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi award for year 2017-18? A) Pt Keshav Ginde B) Kamlabai Bhonde C) Shubha Mudgal D) Manik Bhide

World's smallest squirrel Bormean pigmy has been found in which country? A) Indonesia B) Peru C) Chile D) India

What is India's rank on the Global Competitiveness Report 2017-18 by World Economic Forum? A) 40th B) 27th C) 55th D) 71st

Who has been selected to receive 2017 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for her contribution to number theory? A) Winfried Kohnen B) Andrea Granville C) Gisbert Wustholz D) Maryna Viazovska

Which country has recently allowed its women to drive and to enter sports stadiums for the first time? A) Oman B) Qatar C) Saudi Arabia D) UAE

What is Priyanka Chopra's rank on Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid TV actresses in 2017? A) 8th B) 14th C) 2nd D) 23rd

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Which Odia poet is going to be honoured with the 38th Sarala award for her short story compilation Kathapua? A) Bidyut Prabha Devi B) Pratibha Satpathy C) Banaj Devi D) Aparna Mohanty

Special forces of which countries' armies began a two-week long joint exercise 'DRUZBA 2017'? 1. China 2. Pakistan 3. Russia 4. India A) 1 & 2 B) 2 & 3 C) 3 & 4 D) 4 & 1

India will be hosting the South Asian boxing Championship for the first time in? A) Lucknow B) Guwahati C) Hyderabad D) Kochi

Which team registered a record-extending eighth consecutive title win in the Calcutta Football League (CFL)? A) Calcutta B) Mohun Bagan C) East Bengal D) Mohammedan

Hugh Hefner, who recently passed away, was the founder of which lifestyle and entertainment magazine? A) Maxim B) GQ C) Playboy D) Esquire Asian Development Bank has lowered its 2017 growth forecast for India to? A) 7% B) 6.8% C) 7.2% D) 6.6%

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has provisionally suspended which country's main anti-doping laboratory? A) Ukraine B) India C) Russia D) France

Which state government has constituted a steering committee to monitor and coordinate the drug de-addiction and rehabilitation programme in a mission mode? A) Goa B) Uttar Pradesh C) Punjab D) Maharashtra Who headed the committee on online abuse, which recently submitted its recommendations to Home Ministry? A) TK Viswanathan B) Vijay Chhibber C) T.C. Anant D) Sunil Arora

What was the 2017 theme of World Tourism Day celebrated on Sept 27th? A) One billion tourist’s one billion opportunities B) Tourism Linking Cultures C) Tourism for all – promoting universal accessibility D) Sustainable Tourism – a tool for development India has signed a pact on technical cooperation in the field of police training and development with which country? A) Afghanistan B) Nepal C) Bangladesh D) Myanmar

Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, once the world’s heaviest woman at 500 kg, recently passed away. She hailed from? A) Egypt B) Afghanistan C) Pakistan D) UAE

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Which port has been rechristened as Deendayal Port? A) Kandla Port B) Karwar Port C) Haldia Port D) Vizag Port

Joao Lourenco has become the first new president, after a period of 38 years, of which country? A) DR Congo B) Angola C) Zambia D) Botswana

Political novelist and journalist Arun Sadhu, who recently passed away, primarily wrote in which language? A) Odia B) Konkani C) Marathi D) Gujarati

Which Indian Human RIghts lawyer won the Right Livelihood Award, also known as ‘Alternative Nobel’, by the Prize Foundation? A) Alok Kurian B) K. Vijayraghavan C) Colin Gonsalves D) Deepak Nambiar

Which university has signed an MoU with Indian Army for offering graduate and post-graduate programmes for Army personnel? A) Banaras Hindu University B) Jamia Millia Islamia C) Jawaharlal Nehru University D) Aligarh Muslim University

Vice President, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the "Shouchalayakkagi Samara" (A Crusade For Toilets) Programme in? A) Karnataka B) Andhra Pradesh C) Telangana D) Kerala

What is the name of the app, launched by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot, for easy dissemination of information to differently - abled? A) Divyang Prasaran B) Sugamya Soochna C) Divyang Sarathi D) Sulabh Soochna Security provided by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at which airport has been adjudged the best by World Quality Congress (WQC)? A) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport B) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport C) Indira Gandhi International Airport D) Kempegowda International Airport

State Bank of India has opened its new branch in? A) Singapore B) Thailand C) Indonesia D) Malaysia

Which airport has launched wheelchair lift or Verti-lift for senior citizens and passengers? A) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport B) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport C) Kempegowda International Airport D) Indira Gandhi International Airport

Which state government has signed an MoU with South Korea for increased co-operation in infrastructure projects? A) Rajasthan B) Uttarakhand C) Maharashtra D) Chhattisgarh When was World Maritime Day celebrated with the 2017 theme "Connecting Ships, Ports and People"? A) Last Thursday of September B) Last Friday of September C) Last Wednesday of September D) Last Saturday of September

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World Heart Day was recently observed on? A) Sept 29 B) Sept 27 C) Sept 30 D) Sept 26

Which state has topped in a study titled ‘Manufacturing excellence and emergence in India: The State-level analysis’, conducted by Assocham? A) Maharashtra B) Andhra Pradesh C) Odisha D) Telangana What is the name of the newly launched cleanliness campaign for rural areas? A) Gram Swachhta Aur Gram Sulabhata B) Gram Swachhta Aur Desh Kushalata C) Gram Samridhi Evam Swachhta D) Gram Swachhta Aur Desh Samridhi

Sept 28 is celebrated annually to raise awareness about which disease? A) AIDS B) Rabies C) Malaria D) Cancer

First-ever International Translation Day was observed on? A) Sept 30 B) Sept 28 C) Sept 26 D) Sept 27

What is the name of the portal which Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated recently to combat child labour, trafficking and sexual abuse? A) NOTEBOOK B) SCALE C) ERASER D) PENCIL

Who has been selected to receive the Living Legend Award of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences ((IUNS)? A) Gauri Julka B) Kusumjit Singh C) Vandana Kothari D) Mahtab Bamji

Who has been appointed as the chairman of the reconstituted Economic Advisory Council (EAC) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi? A) Ratan Watal B) Surjit Bhalla C) Bibek Debroy D) Rathin Roy