1. 105th
2. 96th
3. 100th
4. 87th
5. 102nd
2. Who has been appointed new Health Secretary?
1. Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar
2. Preeti Sudan
3. Shakuntala Gamlin
4. Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha
5. Injeti Srinivas
3. Recently, the Centre approved setting up of India’s first Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Haridwar a nd ___________for a combined cost of 324.69 crore under Namami Gange programme.
1. Allahabad
2. Jhansi
3. Varanasi
4. Noida
5. Meerut
4. Who has been appointed as next ambassador to China?
1. Navtej Singh Sarna
2. Vijay Thakur Singh
3. Reenat Sandhu
4. Gautam Bambawale
5. Arun Kumar Singh
5. Which of the following state govt recently implemented the Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS) underwhich Rs 30,000 per senior citizen will be provided to all existing Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) smart cardholders?
1. Himachal Pradesh
2. Odisha
3. Assam
4. Jammu & Kashmir
5. Tamil Naidu
6. The Indian Air Force has launched an innovative mobile health App named ‘MedWatch’ on the occasion of its 85th anniversary. The Indian Air Force Day is observed every year on
1. Oct 12
2. Oct 08
3. Oct 10
4. Oct 05
5. Oct 13
7. Who has been appointed as the new president of US India Business Council (USIBC)?
1. Mukesh Aghi
2. Thomas Donohue
3. Gaurav Verma
4. Nisha Desai Biswal
5. None of these
8. International Day for Disaster Reduction is observed every year on
1. Oct 11
2. Oct 17
3. Oct 15
4. Oct 14
5. Oct 13
9. Which of the following is the host city of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting?
1. Washington D.C
2. Berlin
3. New Delhi
4. Russia
5. Los Angeles
10. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has teamed up with which of the following technology company to launch an opensource and deep learning interface ‘Gluon’?
1. Microsoft
2. Apple Inc
3. Intel
4. Alphabet Inc
5. None
11. The World Food Day is observed every year on
1. 06 Oct
2. 11 Oct
3. 16 Oct
4. 26 Oct
5. 31 Oct
12. Satish Chandra passed away recently. He was a veteran
1. surgeon
2. musician
3. physicist
4. historian
5. chemist
13. Esther Staubli became the first female referee to officiate a match at the FIFA U-17 World Cup recen tly. She hails from
1. New Zealand
2. Canada
3. Switzerland
4. Argentina
5. Spain
14. Who among the following created history by scoring India’s first ever goal in FIFA World Cup (in recent Under-17 WorldCup)?
1. Anwar Ali
2. Jeakson Thounaojam
3. Sunny Dhaliwal
4. Prabhsukhan Gill
5. Dheeraj Moirangthem
15. MK Sanu has been chosen for the Mathrubhumi Literary Award for 2016 in recognition of his rich contribution to the
1. Sanskrit literature
2. Hindi literature
3. Telugu literature
4. Tamil literature
5. Malayalam literature
16. The US and Israel have announced to withdraw from the UNESCO. The cultural organisation is headquartered in
1. Geneva
2. Paris
3. London
4. Moscow
5. Madrid
17. The joint training exercise MITRA SHAKTI 2017 was held between India and which of the following countries recently?
1. Nepal
2. Bangladesh
3. Myanmar
4. Sri Lanka
5. Maldives
18. Rukaiya Rangwala has been appointed as the head of which of the following mobile wallet and payment gateway services providers?
1. MobiKwik
2. Paytm
3. Freecharge
4. Digibank
5. Phone Pe
19. Audrey Azoulay has been elected as the new Director General of the
1. WTO
2. World Bank
3. UNESCO
4. UNICEF
5. IMF
20. The world’s largest combustion research centre was inaugurated recently at the
1. IIT Mumbai
2. IIT Delhi
3. IIT Kanpur
4. IIT Delhi
5. IIT Madras
21. According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, the retail inflation remained at what per cent in Sep 2017?
1. 3.28 per cent
2. 3.45 per cent
3. 2.28 per cent
4. 3.85 per cent
5. 4.28 per cent
22. The country’s IIP was at a nine-month high of 4.3 per cent in Aug 2017. The term IIP means
1. Index of Initial Production
2. Index of Intermediate Production
3. Index of Industrial Production
4. Index of Industrial Purchase
5. None of these
23. Who among the following is the present Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar islands?
1. Ganga Prasad
2. Satya Pal Malik
3. Jagdish Mukhi
4. Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra
5. Admiral DK Joshi
24. The blast caused by a truck bomb in Mogadishu recently killed at least 231 people. Mogadishu is the capital city of
1. Nigeria
2. Somalia
3. Yemen
4. Syria
5. Kenya
25. The Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has exited its last overseas conventional oil and gas assets by relinquishing two blocks in
1. Bangladesh
2. Kenya
3. Vietnam
4. Myanmar
5. Venezuela
26. The Tata Tele services has announced to merge its consumer mobile businesses with which of the Following in a cash less deal?
1. Bharti Airtel
2. Vodafone
3. Idea
4. Reliance Jio
5. Aircel
27. __________ has announced the takeover of the micro finance lender Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd.
1. RBL Bank
2. YES Bamkl
3. IndusInd Bank
4. Federal Bank
5. Axis Bank
28. Kavita Devi is associated with which of the following games? She has become the first Indian woman to sign with WWE.
1. Weightlifting
2. Volleyball
3. Wushu
4. Water Polo
5. Wrestling
29. Which of the following state govts would soon set up coaching academies for civil services aspirants in all 32 districts?
1. Karnataka
2. Kerala
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Tamil Nadu
5. Odisha
30. The Srisailam dam is situated in which of the following states?
1. Chhattisgarh
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Karnataka
5. Maharashtra
31. The Manipur Governor and CM N Biren Singh felicitated the eight players of the state who were part of India’s Under-17 FIFA World Cup team. The present governor of Manipur is
1. Najma Heptulla
2. Ganga Prasad
3. Jagdish Mukhi
32. The top national security body of which country recently called for a fifth extension of a state of emergency, imposed after a failed coup in 2016?
1. Greece
2. Spain
3. Turkey
4. Egypt
5. Venezuela
33. A spate of wildfires in central and north Portugal killed at least 39 people. The capital city of Portugal is
1. Copenhagen
2. Oslo
3. Manama
4. Yerevan
5. Lisbon
34. Fifty Indian peace keepers stationed in which country were recently awarded the UN Medal for their professionalism and service in protecting civilians and building?
1. Somalia
2. South Sudan
3. Nigeria
4. Uganda
5. Estonia
35. The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held talks with Agapito Mba Mokuy in New Delhi who is her counterpart from
1. Mauritania
2. Chad
3. Cameroon
4. Equatorial Guinea
5. Botswana
36. The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) was inaugurated at Sarita Vihar in New Delhi on the occasion of NationalAyurveda Day (observed on Dhanwantari Jayanti) on
1. 03 Oct
2. 07 Oct
3. 17 Oct
4. 27 Sep
5. 30 Sep
37. Which of the following is the newest anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette commissioned into the Indian Navyrecently?
1. INS Kiltan
2. INS Aridhaman
3. INS Kamorta
4. INS Kalvari
5. INS Chennai
38. According to a Pew Research survey on governance and trust among key countries, what per cent of people in India trust their national govt?
1. 65 per cent
2. 70 per cent
3. 75 per cent
4. 80 per cent
5. 85 per cent
39. Who among the following released the third part of his memoir ” The Coalition Years: 1996-2012″ recently?
1. LK Advani
2. Pranab Mukherjee
3. Mohammad Hamid Ansari
4. Pratibha Patil
5. Manmohan Singh
40. The govt of India has appointed Mahesh Kumar Gupta and DK Gayen as the two new members in the Railway Board. The present chairman of the Board is
1. RK Chaturvedi
2. Anita Karwal
3. Rajiv Bansal
4. Ashwani Lohani
5. David R Syiemlieh