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As per a survey conducted by firm Ipsos MORI, what is India's rank in countries that have a positive influence on global affairs? A) 29 B) 16 C) 32 D) 7

United States has announced to install radar systems in which island for better monitoring in the western Pacific region? A) Timor Leste B) Guam C) Palau D) Cocos

Which social media platform has launched a digital education programme for media agency professionals in 5 countries in Asia Pacific? A) Facebook B) Twitter C) Google Hangouts D) LinkedIn

Which insurance company has come up with a ‘PoS - Easy Bima Plan’ targeted at the mass-market segment? A) Birla Sun Life B) ING Vyasa Life Insurance C) Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company D) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance

DIPP recently released the consolidated Foreign Direct Investment Policy. For the first time it has included a chapter on? A) NBFCs B) Payment Banks C) MFIs D) Start-ups

Scientists in which country have developed carbon nanotube pores that can exclude salt from seawater? A) Japan B) UK C) India D) USA

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

H Purushotham has been honoured with IAAM Medal 2017 by the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) Sweden. He is the Chairman and MD of? A) NIF B) IACS C) IASST D) NRDC Which of the following companies has received the approval for developing a Rs 1,130 crore sports-centric housing project in Greater Noida? A) Unitech B) Emaar MGF C) SuperTech D) DLF

The cricket selection panel of Sri Lanka resigned recently. It was led by whom? A) Mahela Jayawardene B) Sanath Jayasuriya C) Kumar Sangakkara D) Tillakaratne Dilshan

Which union minister launched BEML’s third Line Ultra Modern Metro Manufacturing Facility? A) Arun Jaitley B) Suresh Prabhu C) Narendra Singh Tomar D) Dr Harsh Vardhan

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

Which cab aggregator has rolled out two new features in India- 'in-app chat' and 'multi- destination'? A) Uber B) Meru C) Ola D) Mega



Who has been appointed by Tata Sons as President of Infrastructure, Defence and Aerospace? A) Nitin Chowdhury B) Banmali Agrawala C) Anil Agnihotri D) Snehesh Kumar

Paytm has renamed its 'Postcard' service as? A) Patra B) Shagun C) Lifafa D) Khhat

Which of the following Indian Coast Guard ships was decommissioned recently? A) Varuna B) Ayush C) Shoor D) Varad

Which telecom company has partnered with Symantec to strengthen its cyber security? A) Reliance Jio B) Bharati Airtel C) Vodafone D) BSNL

Who has been appointed as the MD & Chairman of SIDBI? A) Ajay Kumar Kapur B) Mohammad Mustafa C) Mohan Kumar D) Manoj Mittal

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

Airbnb has recently partnered with which Indian airline? A) Air India B) Jet Airways C) Indigo D) Vistara

Social security scheme Atal Pension Yojana has reached a subscriber base of 62 lakh. Which bank has the highest number of APY accounts? A) Punjab National Bank B) Andhra Bank C) State Bank of India D) Canara Bank

Which state government is going to bring in a new policy to promote Khadi? A) Madhya Pradesh B) Haryana C) Rajasthan D) Uttar Pradesh

Which cab aggregator has announced to roll out insurance cover against death and injury for drivers from Sept 1, in partnership with ICICI Lombard General Insurance? A) Ola B) Uber C) Meru D) Savaari Which company has launched world's first ever Genomeceutical range of products to India? A) Herbalife B) Amway C) Rexall D) Unicity International

Which of the following websites has changed its logo for the first time? A) Twitter B) YouTube C) Google D) Facebook

Which company has recently received the final licence from the Reserve Bank of India to process bill payments in BBPS? A) Vee Technologies B) HCL Infosystems C) Spice Digital D) MTS India



Jammu and Kashmir government has announced to build a Eco-Park in which district? A) Udhampur B) Pulwama C) Rajouri D) Kupwara

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

Defence Accounts Department recently organized its 1st Synergy Conference on Defence Pensions in? A) Dehradun B) Hyderabad C) Bengaluru D) New Delhi

PM Narendra Modi recently inaugurated Chambal bridge in? A) Udaipur B) Jaipur C) Kota D) Jodhpur

In a first among the amalgamation in the non-life insurance sector in India, which company recently completed the merger with L&T General Insurance? A) SBI General Insurance B) HDFC Ergo C) Tata AIG D) Cigna TTK Which state's tourism corporation has planned to launch “Dasara Special Tour Package” in Golden Chariot Luxury Train? A) Karnataka B) Andhra Pradesh C) Maharashtra D) Gujarat

The host city logo of FIFA U-17 World Cup India was recently launched for? A) Kochi B) Guwahati C) Goa D) All of the Above

Which state government has announced Rs 1,000 crore start-up corpus during inauguration of its programme 'Start-up Yatra'? A) Odisha B) Jharkhand C) Madhya Pradesh D) Uttar Pradesh

India is going to sign an MoU with which country for cooperation in the fields of Zebu Cattle Genomics and Assisted Reproductive Technologies? A) Russia B) Chad C) Malaysia D) Brazil 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

Minister of State in External Affairs Ministry MJ Akbar recently inaugurated "Namaskar Africa 2017" India-West Africa Trade and Exhibition Forum in? A) Mali B) Ghana C) Chad D) Niger



Union Cabinet has approved the norms for establishing equivalence of posts in Government owned units and banks for claiming benefit of? A) SC B) OBC C) ST D) PH

Which state cabinet has decided end the process of holding interviews for government jobs in all the non-gazetted posts of Group B, C and D? A) Punjab B) Uttar Pradesh C) Chhattisgarh D) Rajasthan

SpaceX recently launched Formosat-5, the first domestically designed and built satellite of? A) Israel B) Taiwan C) Malaysia D) Singapore

Union Cabinet has approved which of the following to enter into MoUs with its counterparts in other countries/International Agencies? A) Prasar Bharati B) Competition Commission C) Telecom Regulatory Authority D) Election Commission

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

India has entered into a pact with which country to improve parameters for grid integration of renewable energies? A) Spain B) France C) Italy D) Germany

Government has made a downward revision in the original estimate of building 1.8 crore houses for urban poor by 2022. The new estimate is? A) 1.2 crore B) 0.8 crore C) 1.0 crore D) 1.5 crore

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

Activist Sumiteru Taniguchi, who recently passed away, fought for which cause? A) Nuclear Disarmament B) Climate Change C) Terrorism D) Child Rights

India recently conducted Foreign and Security Policy Consultations with? A) USA B) Israel C) European Union D) Japan

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

Who has become the first Sikh woman to be selected by NASA for the year 2030 mission to the planet of Mars? A) Deep Kaur Bagga B) Sharan Kaur Bajwa C) Tripta Kaur Dhillon D) Jasleen Kaur Josan



China has announced to close 6,000 non-coal mines by? A) 2019 B) 2018 C) 2021 D) 2020

Which F1 driver won the Belgian Grand Prix? A) Sebastian Vettel B) Daniel Ricciardo C) Lewis Hamilton D) Kimi Raikkonen

Who launched the National Sports Talent Search Portal in New Delhi? A) Ram Nath Kovind B) Vijay Goel C) Narendra Modi D) M Venkaiah Naidu

International Day Against Nuclear Tests' was observed on? A) Aug 29 B) Aug 26 C) Aug 31 D) Aug 27

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

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams recently deposited how many kg of gold with State Bank of India under long term deposit scheme? A) 4,540 kg B) 1,970 kg C) 2,780 kg D) 3,620 kg

Defence Minister Arun jaitley recently inaugurated a Rocket Motor Static Test Facility at Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) in? A) Andhra Pradesh B) Telangana C) Tamilnadu D) Karnataka

Which state government has launched a programme in the state owned schools for e-waste disposal? A) Kerala B) Nagaland C) Assam D) Jharkhand

56th annual three-day conference of the Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine was held in? A) Hyderabad B) Bengaluru C) Mumbai D) New Delhi

Solar energy provider Freyr Energy has tied up with which bank to offer term loan facility to its customers? A) Axis Bank B) ICICI Bank C) IDFC Bank D) HDFC Bank

As per a new report 'BRICS Innovative Competitiveness Report 2017', which country is ranked first in terms of national comprehensive innovation competitiveness in 2016? A) China B) Russia C) India D) South Africa Which stock exchange has decided to allow trading members to submit disclosures related to bulk and block trades through its electronic platform ENIT from September 8? A) NCDEX B) BSE C) MCX D) NSE



MoWCD Maneka Gandhi recently gave away National Level Awards 2016-17 to 51 anganwadi workers working under which scheme? A) Integrated Child Protection Scheme B) Rashtriya Bal Kos C) Integrated Child Development Scheme D) Kishori Shakti Yojana

Two-day Indian Ocean Conference is being held in? A) New Delhi B) Colombo C) Kuala Lumpur D) Port Louis

A long range surface to air missile (LRSAM) was recently handed over to the Indian Navy. India has jointly developed the missile with? A) China B) US C) Russia D) Israel

Which space agency's launch of navigation satellite IRNSS-1H failed recently? A) NASA B) ISRO C) CNSA D) ESA

Finance Ministry has imposed a five year anti-dumping duty on Sodium Nitrite imports from? A) Malaysia B) China C) South Korea D) Indonesia

Which of the following organizations Is planning to form a national registry of skilled people? A) Indian Society for Training and Development B) Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship C) National Skill Development Corporation D) National Institute of Entrepreneurship

Hi School Kuttikootam' programme was organized in which state? A) Kerala B) Tamilnadu C) Karnataka D) Telangana

Which Indian commodity exchange has launched world’s first futures contracts in diamonds? A) ICEX B) NCDEX C) UCX D) MCX

Fifth national conference of the Ocean Society of India (OSI) was held in? A) Kolkata B) Vishakhapatnam C) Mangalore D) Thiruvananthapuram

Centre has approved a 100% strategic sale along with transfer of management control of? A) Mysore Paper Mills B) Indian Rare Earths C) Central Electronics Ltd D) NLC India Limited

How many medals did Indian contingent win at the 14th World Wrestling Championships held in Paris? A) Seven B) Five C) Three D) Zero

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 Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Bridgestone India? A) Leander Paes B) Virat Kohli C) PV Sindhu D) Pankaj Advani

American Director Tobe Hooper, who recently passed away, is best known for his work in which genre? A) Horror B) Science Fiction C) Action D) Comedy



Who inaugurated a nine-day campaign on 'Clean Society-Healthy Society' in New Delhi? A) Dr Harsh Vardhan B) JP Nadda C) Bandaru Dattareya D) Thanwar Chand Gehlot

New Development Bank recently approved USD 1.4 billion loan for sustainable development projects in? A) India B) Russia C) China D) All of the Above

Report titled “Ease of Doing Business: An Enterprise Survey of Indian States” has been released by? A) RBI B) FICCI C) NITI Aayog D) ASSOCHAM

US has imposed stringent financial sanctions on which of the following countries? A) Mexico B) Venezuela C) Iran D) Brazil

4th India-Tanzania Joint Trade Committee (JTC) meeting was held in? A) Zanzibar B) Mumbai C) Dodoma D) New Delhi

Which football player has become the first to score 350 goals in La Liga? A) Cristiano Ronaldo B) Neymar C) Wayne Rooney D) Lionel Messi

Sebastian Vettel has signed a three-year deal with which team? A) Mercedes B) Red Bull C) Scuderia Ferrari D) McLaren

Who is the chairman of an RBI-constituted committee on household finances? A) Rajiv Mehrishi B) Shaktikanta Das C) Ashok Lavasa D) Tarun Ramadorai

Small industry day was recently celebrated on? A) Aug 30 B) Aug 31 C) Aug 29 D) Aug 28

NITI Aayog is going to honour how many women at the Women Transforming India Awards 2017 to be held in New Delhi? A) 5 B) 12 C) 25 D) 15

Government has notified the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act 2017 to deal with the issue of? A) Cyber Security B) Priority sector lending C) Bad Loans D) Forex exposure

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated highway and road projects worth Rs 15,000 crore in which state? A) Kerala B) Gujarat C) Rajasthan D) Telangana

Justice Dipak Misra has been sworn in as the ____ Chief Justice of India by the President Ram Nath Kovind? A) 44th B) 46th C) 43rd D) 45th

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances' was recently observed on? A) Aug 31 B) Aug 30 C) Aug 26 D) Aug 28



Which bank has launched all-inclusive DigiPOS machines? A) Axis Bank B) IndusInd Bank C) HDFC Bank D) Citibank

Which of the following variety of rice of West Bengal has been given a GI tag? A) Gobindobhog B) Dubraj C) Bhut Muri D) Tulaipanji

India recently signed how many MoUs with Nepal during PM Sher Bahadur Deuba's visit to New Delhi? A) 12 B) 10 C) 8 D) 5

Union Cabinet has given its approval to promulgate an ordinance to amend GST (Compensation to States) Act, 2017. It seeks to increase the maximum rate of Compensation Cess on certain motor vehicles from 15% to? A) 20% B) 25% C) 30% D) 35% Ministry of Textiles is going to organize Pan India camps in handlooms and handicrafts clusters, under the initiative? A) Hastkala Sahyog Shivir B) Hastshilp Sahyog Mela C) Hastshilp Seva Shivir D) Hastkala Seva Mela

Which of the following forces has made it compulsory for new recruits to learn Chinese language? A) CRPF B) BSF C) ITBP D) SSB

Which country organized a 'migration summit' in which discussions were held between European and African leaders? A) Germany B) Niger C) France D) Chad

Eronet' software was recently launched in certain North Eastern states. 'Eronet' is associated with? A) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India B) Election Commission C) Border Security Force D) Reserve Bank of India

Indian-origin boy in the UK has got the highest possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test? A) Puneet Goswami B) Vishal Raj C) Dhruv Garg D) Priyesh Singh

Which amphibious dock landing ship of US Navy recently arrived in Goa along with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit? A) USS Thomaston B) USS Pearl Harbor C) USS Carter Hall D) USS Fort McHenry

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

EESL has announced to procure how many smart meters for implementation of smart grid projects in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh? A) 50 lakh B) 100 lakh C) 70 lakh D) 20 lakh

With which bank has NTPC signed a loan agreement for Rs 3,000 crore? A) ICICI Bank B) HDFC Bank C) Federal Bank D) Axis Bank



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

Which nation has announced a ban on the recruitment of transgenders in its military service? A) USA B) Israel C) Sweden D) China

What is the name of the Hurricane that has hit the US state Texas? A) Louis B) Mike C) Daniel D) Harvey

Who has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Cyprus? A) Avinash Chander B) Ravindra Singh C) Keshav Desiraju D) Dr. R.K. Raghavan

Who has recently been re-appointed as a member to the RBI's Eastern Area local board? A) Sanjay Singh B) Anup Kumar Pujari C) Nachiket Madhusudan Mor D) Pradeep Kumar Sinha

Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of Indian Hotels Company Ltd? A) Ashish Bahuguna B) K. Radhakrishnan C) Puneet Chhatwal D) Nilanjan Sanyal

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services inaugurated the Ocean Forecasting System for which of the following countries? A) Comoros B) Madagascar C) Mozambique D) All of the Above

Mahindra Defence Systems recently opened a C-130J Super Hercules simulator training center at the Hindon Air Force station in association with? A) Boeing B) Northrop Grumman C) Raytheon D) Lockheed Martin

Scientists in Japan have found which of the following to be a low-cost indicator of pollution? A) Ferns B) Algae C) Moss D) Fungi

Ahmed Khan, who recently passed away, was associated with? A) Cricket B) Football C) Hockey D) Athletics

Scientists from which of the following labs of CSIR have produced ethanol from discarded cotton-stalks? A) NIIST, Thiruvanathapuram B) NPL, New Delhi C) NCL, Pune D) AMPRI, Bhopal

Centre has approved signing of MoU with which country for the conservation of earthquake-damaged pagodas at Bagan? A) Myanmar B) Thailand C) Cambodia D) Sri Lanka

Who has been appointed as the social secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind? A) S.B. Agnihotri B) Randhir Kumar Jaiswal C) Nripendra Mishra D) Swashpawan Singh

Which of the following companies has acquired Urban Fulfilment Services? A) Tata Consultancy Services B) Infosys C) HCL Technologies D) Wipro



CBEC has announced that banks importing gold and precious metals will have to pay IGST at the rate of? A) 5% B) 3% C) 12% D) 18%

Sports Minister Vijay Goel has announced that the first edition of Rural Games or Grameen Khel Mahotsav will kick-start from? A) Delhi B) Bhopal C) Lucknow D) Chandigarh

As per MEA, India and China have agreed to disengage their border personnel at the face-off site of? A) Nathu La B) Doklam C) Siliguri D) Cho La

Government has extended the deadline for linking PAN with Aadhaar till? A) Jul 31, 2018 B) Dec 31, 2017 C) Mar 31, 2018 D) Oct 31, 2017

Which digital payments company has partnered with non life insurance provider HDFC ERGO? A) ItzCash B) PayTm C) Citrus D) Mobikwik

Who took charge as the Union Home Secretary after superannuation of incumbent Rajiv Mehrishi? A) Rajiv Gauba B) Hansmukh Adhia C) Rajeev Kher D) Amitabh Kant

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

Which of the following companies has announced to launch its public Wi-Fi program in Indonesia? A) Google B) Facebook C) Microsoft D) Apple

A skill development programme, “YUVA” has been jointly launched by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and? A) Mumbai Police B) Bengaluru Police C) Delhi Police D) Hyderabad Police

Income Tax Department has slapped a ₹32,320 crore demand in tax, interest and penalty on? A) Hutchison B) Aditya Birla Group C) Essar Communications D) Reliance Communications

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway group has become the top shareholder in which bank after acquiring 700 million shares? A) Bank of America B) Capital One C) Citigroup D) JP Morgan Chase

As per Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, GST receipts in the first month stood at? A) Rs 85,937 crore B) Rs 72,738 crore C) Rs 65,326 crore D) Rs 92,283 crore

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently unveiled 100 digital villages, 100 branches and 100 ATMs initiative of? A) City Union Bank B) Karnataka Bank C) RBL Bank D) Vijaya Bank

A parliamentary panel on GM crops has recently been presented to the Rajya Sabha chairman. It was headed by? A) Ranjeet Ranjan B) Meira Kumar C) Renuka Chowdhury D) Selja Kumari



DGFT has recently imposed a ban on the imports of gold and silver from which country? A) South Korea B) Thailand C) Myanmar D) China

As per RBI, how much per cent of the Rs 15.44-lakh-crore of the demonitised currency came back? A) 95% B) 91% C) 85% D) 99%

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

Who has been appointed as the new Election Commissioner? A) Om Prakash Rawat B) Ratan Kumar C) Sunil Arora D) Alok Joshi

The World Book Fair 2017, organised by the National Book Trust, is being held in? A) Ahmedabad B) Hyderabad C) Dehradun D) New Delhi

Which country has brought in world's toughest plastic bag ban? A) India B) Kenya C) South Africa D) Ecuador

Union Cabinet has approved an MoU for creation of an Industrial R&D and Technological Innovation Fund with? A) Singapore B) Japan C) Israel D) USA

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