1.

Which of the following Constitutional Amendment Acts related with the Goods and Services Tax
(GST)? (a) 100th (b) 101st (c) 102nd (d) 98th

2. Recently which of the following European countries' parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage?
(a) Spain (b) Netherland (c) Germany (d) France

3. According to the latest Financial Stability Report (FSR) released by RBI, gross non performing
advances (GNPAs) ratio of all banks rose from 9.2% in September 2016 to _____ in March 2017. (a) 10
per cent (b) 9.6 per cent (c) 10.6 per cent (d) 10 per cent

4. Recently Dokola (Doklam) is in news it is a tri-junction between India, China and Bhutan, situated in:
(a) West Bengal (b) Assam (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Sikkim

5. The Kailash -Mansarovar Yatra through Uttarakhand is passing via which of the following mountain
passes? (a) Nathu La (b) Niti Pass (c) Lipulekh (d) Mana pass

6. Who among the following is the author of 'Open: An Autobiography' (a) David Foster (b) Leander
Paes (c) Boris Becker (d) Andre Agassi

7. According to latest data released the index of core industries rose 3.6% in May, compared with a 2.8%
gain in April. The index of core industries is an Index of _______ core industries? (a) Five (b) Six (c)
Seventh (d) Eight

8. Who among the following will be awarded by the Mohun Bagan Ratna 2017? (a) Syed Nayeemuddin
(b) Subrata Bhattacharya (c) Arumoynaigam (d) Karuna Bhattacharya

9. Who among the following is appointed as a new Chief of Indo-Tibetan Boarder Police (ITBP)? (a)
Krishna Chaudhary (b) R K Pachnanda (c) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar (d) K. Durga Prasad

10. 22nd Asian Athletics Championships held from 5 to 9 July in which of the following states? (a)
Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Odisha (d) Tamil Nadu

11. Who among the following was known as the father of German reunification and a founder of
modern-day Europe? (a) Frank-Walter Steinmeier (b) Peer Steinbrück (c) Helmut Kohl (d) Sigmar
Hartmut Gabriel

12. Which of the following sectors gives second largest direct employment in India? (a) Mining (b)
Agriculture (c) Manufacturing (d) Textile

13. India is the leading producer of cotton in the world accounting for around one-third of the area and
________ of the global production. (a) Half (b) One third (c) One fourth (d) One fifth

14. Which of the following pair of cities are in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) list? (a)
Lucknow and Varanasi (b) Chennai and Lucknow (c) Varanasi and Jaipur (d) Mumbai and Jaipur

15. Researchers from which of the following institutes in India have taken the first successful step in
regenerating damaged nerve? (a) IIT Kanpur (b) IISc Bengaluru (c) IIT Chennai (d) IIT Guwahati
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16. Who among the following is the author of 'Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and
Human Creativity Begins'? (a) Viswanathan Anand (b) Garry Kasparov (c) Magnus Carlsen (d) Anatoly
Karpov

17. Borra Caves, the colourfully illuminated million-year-old cave, is situated in which of the states? (a)
Odisha (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Maharashtra

18. Which of the following countries won the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2017? (a) Spain
(b) Germany (c) Russia (d) Italy

19. Which of the following pairs are the winners of men and women title in the ATP & WTA Eastbourne
International 2017? (a) Gael Monfils and Karolina Pliskova (b) Gael Monfils and Caroline Wozniacki (c)
Novak Djokovic and Karolina Pliskova (d) Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki

20. Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM) has been started to promote agricultural
mechanization in: (a) 2013-14 (b) 2014-15 (c) 2015-16 (d) 2016-17

21. Who is the current President of Palestinian? (a) Mahmoud Abbas (b) Rawhi Fattouh (c) Salam
Fayyad (d) Aziz Duwaik

22. According to the EY FinTech Adoption Index 2017, which of the following countries top the list? (a)
China (b) India (c) UK (d) Brazil

23. According to the latest data from the Zurich-based SNB, India has slipped to the _____ place in
terms of money parked by its citizens with Swiss banks. (a) 61st (b) 75th (c) 88th (d) 90th

24. Gemini North telescope located on Maunakea in Hawaii is an Earth-bound telescope of: (a) ESA (b)
CIDA-E (c) NASA (d) CONIDA

25. The book 'Two Saints' is written by whom among the following? (a) Arun Jaitley (b) Arun Shourie (c)
Ram Naik (d) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

26. Thermal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system was recently in news. THAAD
belongs to which of the following countries? (a) China (b) Russia (c) USA (d) India

27. Who among the following created history becoming the first Indian to win a race in the FIA
European F3 championship event? (a) Krishnaraaj Mahadik (b) Jehan Daruvala (c) Arjun Maini (d)
Armaan Ebrahim

28. Which of the following is empowered to launch prosecution against those involve in money
laundering cases? (a) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) (b) Reserve Bank of India (c) Directorate of
Enforcement (ED) (d) Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SIFO)

29. 12th G-20 Summit hosted by Germany held in which of the following German cities? (a) Berlin (b)
Hamburg (c) Munich (d) Stuttgart
30. E-Kuber is a Core Banking Solution of: (a) SBI (b) RBI (c) HDFC (d) ICICI

31. The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed by Petroleum Planning and Analysis
Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was US$ 46.72 per barrel (bbl) on
30.06.2017. Generally one oil barrel (bbl) is equivalent to: (a) 101 litres (b) 150 litres (c) 159 litres (d)
178 litres

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32. Recently Asia Development Bank (ADB) and India sign $220 million loan agreement for improving
road connectivity and transport efficiency on State Highways of: (a) Rajasthan (b) Haryana (c) Uttar
Pradesh (d) Kerala

33. DRDO developed 'QRSAM' missile was successfully flight tested from ITR Chandipur, off the Odisha
Coast. QRSAM is a: (a) Surface to Surface missile (b) Surface to Air missile (c) Air to Air missile (d) Air
to Surface missile

34. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi during his maiden Israel visit, visited the 'Yad Vashem
Memorial Museum' to honour the memory of the victims of the holocaust that counts among the
greatest tragedies in human history. This memorial is located on the western slope of: (a) Mount Tabor
(b) Mount Herzl (c) Mount Meron (d) Mount Ramon

35. The National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE) has decided to merge with the Indian Commodity
Exchange (ICEX), creating the __________ commodity exchange in the country. (a) Largest (a) Second
largest (b) Third largest (c) Fourth largest

36. Which of the following e-commerce majors announced the launch of 'Har Haath Ek Kitaab'
campaign, in partnership with The National Book Trust (NBT)? (a) Flipkart (b) Snapdeal (c) Myntra (d)
Amazon

37. Who has been appointed as the 21st Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India on July 4, 2017? (a)
Sandeep Patel (b) Prathap Sinha (c) Achal Kumar Joti (d) Om Prakash Rawat

38. How many States cities and towns are set to be declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) by October 2,
2017? (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) 11

39. Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan led a month-long
drive to plant saplings to mark Van Mahotsav. Van Mahotsav began in which of the following years? (a)
2014 (b) 1950 (c) 1991 (d) 2015

40. The Centre is considering partial removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act from Assam and
Arunachal Pradesh. AFSPA gives powers to the Army and central forces deployed in "Disturbed areas":
(a) To kill anyone acting in contravention of law (b) Arrest and search any premises without a warrant
(c) Provide cover to forces from prosecution and legal suits without the Centre's sanction (d) All of the
above
41. The Law Commission of India has recommended compulsory registration of marriages to protect
gullible women who become victims of fake marriages. This Law Commission is headed by: (a) Justice
Ranjan Gogoi (b) Justice B.S. Chauhan (c) Justice Dipak Misra (d) Justice A.K. Sikri

42. The Delhi Dialogue IX marks the beginning of the celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of: (a)
India-ASEAN diplomatic ties (b) India-SAARC diplomatic ties (c) India-European Union diplomatic ties
(d) India-African Union diplomatic ties

43. "New fast-growing Israeli Crysanthumun flower named in honor of which of the following countries
Prime Minister? (a) Russia (b) China (c) Germany (d) India

44. The Financial Stability Board (FSB), an international body for global financial system, has placed
_______________in the league of countries that are 'compliant or largely compliant' on implementation
of priority area reforms. (a) India (b) France (c) North Korea (d) Germany

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45. Which among the following satellites termed as world's lightest and also the first 3D-printed
satellite? (a) QuikSCAT (b) KALAMsat (c) COSMO-SkyMed (d) EarthCARE

46. The 'MERIT’ app has been launched by which of the following ministries of the Government of
India? (a) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (b) Ministry of Power, Coal, New &
Renewable Energy and Mines (c) Ministry of Human Resource Development (d) Ministry of Science
and Technology, Earth Sciences

47. President of India has given the final assent to Kambala Bill. The traditional slush-track buffalo race
of Kambala is held in: (a) Kerala (b) Karnataka (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu

48. Which of the following State/States of residents are exempted from compulsory linking of PAN and
Aadhaar, only if they do not possess Aadhaar or Aadhaar Enrolment ID? (a) Assam (b) Meghalaya (c)
Jammu and Kashmir (d) All of the above

49. Prime Minister Narendra Modi coined the term "I4I" with reference to which of the following
countries? (a) "India for Iran" (b) "India for Iraq" (c) "India for Israel" (d) "India for Indonesia"

50. The 5th Meeting of BRICS Education Ministers was held in: (a) China (b) Germany (c) Russia (d)
Brazil

51. Which among the following countries has successfully launched short-range surface-to-surface
ballistic missile 'Nasr', in July 2017? (a) India (b) USA (c) North Korea (d) Pakistan

52. Which among the following is the first major traditional automaker to set a date for phasing out
vehicles powered solely by the internal combustion engine in July 2017? (a) Hyundai (b) BMW (c) Volvo
(d) Maruti Suzuki
53. Which among the following countries won the Asian Team Snooker Championship in July 2017? (a)
Pakistan (b) Indonesia (c) India (d) China

54. Jigyasa is a student- scientist connect programme was officially launched in: (a) Hyderabad (b)
Bhopal (c) Patna (d) New Delhi

55. Who was the 20th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India? (a) Shri Achal Kumar Joti (b) Dr.
Nasim Zaidi (c) Sanpath Kumar (d) T.Sheshadri

56. Which among the following is the theme of the G20 Summit 2017? (a) 'Shaping an Inter-connected
World' (b) 'Saving the World from Emerging Financial Crisis' (c) 'Inter-connected World for Better
Feature' (d) 'Sustainable Development of the World'

57. Which among the following international body has ranked The Energy Resources Institute (TERI)
among the top think tanks in the world? (a) International Center for Climate Governance (b) United
Nations Environment Programme (c) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (d)
International Union for Conservation of Nature

58. Which among the following has adopted 'Beijing Declaration on Education' in a meeting at Beijing in
July 2017? (a) SAARC countries (b) ASEAN countries (c) BRICS countries (d) SCO countries

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59. Garib Nawaz Skill Development Centres will be established in ___________districts of the country
which will effectively ensure employment oriented skill development of youth belonging to Minority
communities. (a) 200 (b) 150 (c) 500 (d) 100

60. Which among the following countries has declared itself free from Avian Influenza (H5N8 and H5N1)
from 6th June, 2017 and notified the same to OIE in July 2017? (a) China (b) USA (c) Japan (d) India

61. Who among the following has clinched the first gold medal in the women's shot put event in the
Asian Athletics Championships in July 2017? (a) Aparna Jwala (b) Manpreet Kaur (c) Anitha Desai (d)
Susmitha Roy

62. Who among the following has clinched the gold medal in the men's 5000 meters event in the Asian
Athletics Championships in July 2017? (a) Govindan Laxmanan (b) Harikrishna Verma (c) Raghave Khere
(d) Sunil Mittal

63. Shri Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister of Food Processing Industry laid the foundation stone for
First Maize based Mega Food Park in: (a) Odisha (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Punjab

64. The National Commission for Scheduled Tribe (NCST) has initiated action on objectionable video
films and pictures in YouTube of protected Jarava and other tribal communities of: (a) Andaman Islands
(b) Lakshadweep Islands (c) Jharkhand (d) Nagaland
65. Who has been taken over as the new Attorney General of India in July 2017? (a) Kurian Joseph (b)
N.V. Ramana (c) R.F. Nariman (d) K K Venugopal

66. Kerala’s Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) are home to which of the following critically
endangered species? (a) Whiterumped Vulture (b) Indian Vulture (c) Red-headed Vulture Germany (d)
All of the above

67. Name the country, which plans to ban all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040. (a) USA (b) UK (c)
Canada (d) France

68. In which of the following years, Sino-British treaty on the boundaries between China and Sikkim was
signed? (a) 1916 (b) 1858 (c) 1932 (d) 1890

69. The UNESCO World Heritage committee has put the city of Hebron on its list of world heritage in
danger. This Hebron city is located in: (a) Palestine (b) Israel (c) Jordan (d) Syria

70. Camel’s Hump Mountain, Wayanad is located in which of the following states? (a) Tamil Nadu (b)
Odisha (c) Kerala (d) Andhra Pradesh

71. Who among the following players was bestowed with the Lifetime Achievement Award during the
'Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of the Year' Charity Gala Awards in July 2017? (a) Sikh Milkha Singh (b) P V
Sindhu (c) Virat Kohli (d) Abhinav Bindra

72. The First edition of WINGS 2017 - "Sab Uden, Sab Juden"- Expanding Regional Connectivity was
hosted in: (a) Hyderabad (b) Mumbai (c) Patna (d) New Delhi

73. Which among the following cities declared India's first heritage city by UNESCO in July 2017? (a)
Ahmedabad (b) Varanasi (c) Amaravati (d) Bhopal

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74. The first Gharib Nawaz Skill Development Centre was inaugurated in: (a) Kanpur (b) Hyderabad (c)
Mumbai (d) Vijayawada

75. Who among the following won the gold medal in the 3000m steeple chase in the Asian Athletics
Championships in July 2017? (a) Ranuka Roy (b) Sudha Singh (c) Anitha Desai (d) Gautami Garg

76. Sinai Peninsula has been in the news, it is located in which of the following countries? (a) Egypt (b)
Libya (c) Turkey (d) Syria

77. The United Nations voted to adopt the first-ever global treaty to ban nuclear weapons. Which
among the following countries has/have not participated in the negotiations for the legally binding
instrument to prohibit atomic weapons? (a) India (b) USA (c) Pakistan (d) All of the above

78. The President of India has promulgated two ordinances for extending the domain of Central GST Act
and the Integrated GST Act to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, with effect from: (a) 2nd July, 2017 (b)
8th July, 2017 (c) 1st July, 2017 (d) 1st April, 2017
79. The State Bank of India has launched a digital village initiative in which among the following
countries in July 2017? (a) China (b) Nepal (c) Brazil (d) Russia

80. Which among the following countries astronomers have made a sensational discovery of a bunch of
large cosmic objects known as 'giant radio galaxies' in July 2017? (a) USA (b) UK (c) India (d) China

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ANSWER KEY AND EXPLANATION

1. b The Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016 is related with the GST.

2. c German lawmakers on 30th June 2017, voted to legalize same-sex marriage, making the country the
14th EU nation to grant equal rights to same-sex couples.

3. b According to the latest Financial Stability Report (FSR) released by RBI, gross non performing
advances (GNPAs) ratio of all banks rose from 9.2% in September 2016 to 9.6% in March 2017.

4. d The Doko La (Doklam), tri-junction is situated in Sikkim between India, China and Bhutan.

5. c Amid a face-off between Indian and Chinese troops along the India-China border, the Kailash-
Mansarovar Yatra through the Nathu La pass in Sikkim has been cancelled. However, pilgrims travelling
through the Lipulekh pass in Uttarakhand will continue as scheduled.

6. d Open: An Autobiography is written by Andre Agassi.

7. d The index of eight core industries rose 3.6% in May, compared with a 2.8% gain in April, according
to data released on 30th June 2017.

8. b Subrata Bhattacharya will be the 17th recipient (For 2017) of the award, which was instituted in
2001, with late Sailen Manna being the first recipient.

9. b The Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) got a new chief - 1983 batch IPS officer RK Pachnanda. His
appointment comes at a time when Indian security forces are having regular run-ins with the Chinese
troops at the 3488kilometre long India-China border. Pachnanda, who is succeeding Krishna Chaudhary,
is the only IPS officer who has served in all the central forces and agencies - BSF, CRPF, CISF, SPG, NDRF,
CBI and now the ITBP.

10. c Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the brand new synthetic track at the Kalinga
Stadium in Bhubaneswar, for the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships.

11. c European leaders joined with former U.S. President Bill Clinton at an emotional tribute in
Strasbourg for former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, the father of German reunification and a founder
of modern-day Europe.

12. d After agriculture, Indian textile industry gives direct employment to 45 million people.
13. c India is the leading producer of cotton in the world accounting for around one-third of the area and
one fourth of the global production.

14. c Created in 2004, UCCN currently has 116 member cities from 54 countries, covering various fields.
So far, Varanasi (music) and Jaipur (crafts and folk art) are the only two Indian cities on the network -
their nomination came about in 2015.

15. d Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have taken the first successful step
in treating peripheral nerve damage which can result from traumatic injuries caused by accidents,
physical conflict, bullet wounds as well as during surgical intervention.

16. b 'Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins' is written by Garry
Kasparov.

17. c The colourfully illuminated million-year-old Borra Caves at Araku, in Visakhpatnam district of
Andhra Pradesh. The Archean Age caves have been recommended by the Archaeological Survey of India
to be included as a natural World Heritage site under the UNESCO.

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18. b Mitchell Weiser scored with a looping first-half header to hand Germany the under-21 European
Championship title after a 1-0 win over Spain in the southern Polish city of Krakow

19. c Novak Djokovic clinched his first title since January with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Gael Monfils in ATP
& WTA Eastbourne International final, while Karolina Pliskova lifted the women's trophy after defeating
Caroline Wozniacki.

20. b Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM) has been started in the year 2014-15 to
promote agricultural mechanization.

21. a Mahmoud Abbas is the current President of Palestinian.

22. a According to the EY FinTech Adoption Index 2017, China has the highest adoption rates.

23. c India has slipped to the 88th place in terms of money parked by its citizens with Swiss banks, while
the U.K. remains on the top.

24. c NASA's Earth-bound Gemini North telescope has beamed back a stunning image of Jupiter showing
haze particles over a range of altitudes, as seen in reflected sunlight.

25. b The book 'Two Saints' is written by Arun Shourie.

26. c China has repeatedly stated its opposition to the U.S. Thermal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)
anti-missile system and has called for its deployment to stopped, and the missiles already installed to be
removed.
27. b Force India F1 team academy driver Jehan Daruvala created history becoming the first Indian to
win a race in the FIA European F3 championship event. With this win, he moves to fifth in the standings
with 106 points.

28. c The Directorate of Enforcement in the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance is responsible
for investigating the cases of offence of money laundering under Prevention of Money Laundering Act,
2002.

29. b 12th G-20 Summit hosted by Germany held in Hamburg.

30. b E-Kuber is a Core Banking Solution of Reserve Bank of India. E-Kuber provides the provision of a
single current account for each bank across the country, with decentralised access to this account from
anywhere-anytime using portal based services in a safe manner.

31. c An oil barrel is defined as 42 US gallons, which is about 159 litres.

32. a ADB and India sign $220 million loan agreement for improving road connectivity and transport
efficiency on State Highways of Rajasthan. The loan is the first tranche of the $500 million Rajasthan
State Highways Investment Program, approved by ADB Board in May this year, which will upgrade about
2,000 kilometers of state highways and major district roads to two-lane or intermediate-lane standards
to meet road safety requirements.

33. b Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed Quick Reaction Surface to Air
Missile (QRSAM) was successfully flight tested from ITR Chandipur, off the Odisha Coast at 11.30 AM on
3rd July 2017.

34. b The 'Yad Vashem Memorial Museum' is located on the western slope of Mount Herzl, also known
as the Mount of Remembrance, a height in western Jerusalem, Israel.

35. b The National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE) has decided to merge with the Indian
Commodity Exchange (ICEX), creating the third-largest commodity exchange in the country.

36. b In a bid to inculcating reading habit among underprivileged children, e-commerce major, Snapdeal,
announced the launch of 'Har Haath Ek Kitaab' campaign, in partnership with The National Book Trust
(NBT). The campaign aims at nationwide online books donation drive especially targeting
underprivileged children, and aims at inculcating a reading habit among them.

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37. c Election Commissioner (EC) Achal Kumar Joti was on July 4 appointed as the new Chief Election
Commissioner (CEC). Mr. Joti, who is the 21st CEC, has also served as the Gujarat Vigilance
Commissioner and worked in various capacities in the State, including as the chairman of the Kandla
Port Trust between 1999 and 2004 and the managing director of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd.
(SSNNL).
38. b All the 1,137 statutory cities and towns in six States of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Kerala and Telangana are set to be declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) by
October 2 this year marking the completion of three years of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban).

39. b Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan will lead a month-
long drive to plant saplings to mark Van Mahotsav starting on July 5. Van Mahotsav began in 1950, with
a tree plantation drive, in which national leaders participated. The festival of tree plantation was started
by Dr. K.M. Munshi, the then Union Minister for Agriculture and Food to create enthusiasm among
masses for forest conservation and planting trees.

40. d The Centre is considering partial removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act from Assam and
Arunachal Pradesh, a senior Home Ministry official said. AFSPA gives powers to the Army and central
forces deployed in "disturbed areas" to kill anyone acting in contravention of law, arrest and search any
premises without a warrant and provide cover to forces from prosecution and legal suits without the
Centre's sanction.

41. b The Law Commission of India has recommended compulsory registration of marriages to protect
gullible women who become victims of fake marriages. In a report submitted to the Centre, the
commission headed by former Supreme Court judge, Justice B.S. Chauhan, said the lack of provisions for
compulsory registration of marriages had proven disastrous for women and deprived them of societal
recognition and legal security.

42. a The Delhi Dialogue IX marks the beginning of the celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of
India-ASEAN diplomatic ties. The Vietnamese leader also indicated that a special India-ASEAN summit
will be held in 2018.

43. d A new fast-growing Israeli flower was named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a special
gesture to mark the first visit of an Indian premier to the Jewish nation. Israeli Crysanthumun flower will
now be called "MODI", officials said.

44. a The Financial Stability Board (FSB), an international body for global financial system, has placed
India in the league of countries that are 'compliant or largely compliant' on implementation of priority
area reforms. Other countries that have been found to be 'compliant or largely compliant' on these
metrics include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, South
Korea, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey and the US.

45. b KALAMsat, which was launched by NASA at Wallops, Virginia, on June 22 was the world's lightest
(weighing a mere 64 gm) and also the first 3D-printed satellite. 'KALAM Sat', a femto category satellite
named after former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

46. b Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Shri Piyush
Goyal launched the 'MERIT app (Merit Order Despatch of Electricity for Rejuvenation of Income and
Transparency)' and the e-bidding portal for providing e-Bidding solution to States to select Independent
Power Producers (IPPs) for procurement of power by transferring their domestic coal under the scheme
of flexibility in utilization of domestic coal.

47. b All the hurdles for resuming Kambala - the traditional slush-track buffalo race of the coastal
districts of Karnataka - are cleared with the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment)
Bill, 2017, finally getting Presidential assent.

48. d CBDT has notified that Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act is not applicable to the following
Residents of the states of Assam, Meghalaya and Jammu and Kashmir are exempted from the purview of
section 139AA i.e. exempted from compulsory linking of PAN and Aadhaar, only if they do not possess
Aadhaar or Aadhaar Enrolment ID.

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49. c The fund of research and development, called the "I4F" or India Israel Industrial Innovation Fund,
will see both governments contribute $20 million to help research scholars manufacture their inventions
easily. At a meeting earlier with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, Mr. Modi also coined the term "I4I" or
"India for Israel", as a response to Mr. Netanyahu's formula of "Indian talent and Israeli technology
equals India-Israel ties for tomorrow."

50. a Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Education was held on 5th July, 2017 at Beijing, China. The Indian
delegation was led by Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Human Resource Development. Delegation of
all the five BRICS countries participated in the two-day deliberations.

51. d Pakistan has successfully test fired short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile 'Nasr'.

52. c All Volvo car models launched after 2019 will be electric or hybrids.

53. c Pankaj Advani teamed up with Laxman Rawat to demolish Pakistan in the final of the Asian Team
Snooker Championship.

54. d Jigyasa, a student- scientist connect programme was officially launched in the national capital.
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has joined hands with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
(KVS) to implement this programme. The focus is on connecting school students and scientists so as to
extend student's classroom learning with that of a very well planned research laboratory based learning.

55. b Shri Achal Kumar Joti has assumed charge as the 21st Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India,
succeeding Dr. Nasim Zaidi . Dr. Zaidi demitted office after completing his tenure on 6th July 2017.

56. a Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the German city Hamburg to attend the G20 Summit,
after wrapping up his historic three-day visit to Israel. He attended the summit hosted by Germany. The
theme of the this year summit is 'Shaping an Inter-connected World'

57. a An international body which focuses on climate policies has ranked The Energy Resources Institute
(TERI) among the top think tanks in the world. TERI was ranked number two by the International Center
for Climate Governance (ICCG), an internationally-renowned body whose activities focus on the design
of climate policy and related governance issues.

58. c BRICS ministers of education and assigned representatives adopted 'Beijing Declaration on
Education' in a meeting at Beijing. Ministers from BRICS countries discussed education reforms,
approaches to promoting equity in education and fostering quality education, strengthening BRICS
collaboration in the field of education, and exchange of students and scholars and teaching faculty
among BRICS Member States in the meeting held on July 5 and July 6.

59. d The Minister of State for Minority Affairs (Independent Charge) & Parliamentary Affairs, Shri
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that Garib Nawaz Skill Development Centres will be established in 100
districts of the country which will effectively ensure employment oriented skill development of youth
belonging to Minority communities.

60. d India has declared itself free from Avian Influenza (H5N8 and H5N1) from 6th June, 2017 and
notified the same to OIE.

61. b Manpreet Kaur clinched the first gold medal in the Asian Athletics Championships as she clinched
the women's shot put event.

62. a Govindan Laxmanan clinched the gold for India at the Asian Athletics Championships by emerging
triumphant in the men's 5,000 metres at the Kalinga Stadium

63. d Shri Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister of Food Processing Industry laid the foundation stone
for First Maize based Mega Food Park in Kapurthala, Punjab.

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64. a Taking suo-moto cognizance of objectionable video films and pictures of protected Jarava and
other tribal communities of Andaman Islands on YouTube social media platform, the National
Commission for Scheduled Tribe (NCST) has initiated action on it.

65. d Senior advocate in the Supreme Court K K Venugopal officially took over as the new Attorney
General of India.

66. d Kerala’s IBAs are home to three critically endangered species — Whiterumped Vulture, Indian
Vulture, and Redheaded Vulture.

67. d France plans to ban all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, the country's new environment minister
has announced. Nicolas Hulot made the announcement as he unveiled a series of measures as part of
newly elected President Emmanuel Macron's plan to make the country carbon neutral by 2050.

68. d China said that "ulterior motives" prompted India to include the tri-junction with Bhutan in the
Sikkim stand-off and asserted that New Delhi's acceptance of the 1890 Sino-British treaty on the
boundaries in the area should not change with the passage of time.
69. a The UNESCO World Heritage committee has put the West Bank city of Hebron on its list of world
heritage in danger. Hebron is a Palestinian city located in the southern West Bank, 30 km (19 mi) south
of Jerusalem.

70. c Camel’s Hump Mountain, Wayanad is located in Kerala.

71. d Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu was bestowed with the Sportsperson of the Year award
during the 'Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of the Year' Charity Gala Awards. The 2008 Beijing Olympics gold
medallist and the country's sole gold medal winner in individual events at Olympics, Abhinav Bindra was
given the Lifetime Achievement Award.

72. d The First edition of WINGS 2017 - "Sab Uden, Sab Juden"- Expanding Regional Connectivity was
hosted in New Delhi by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

73. a Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and BJP president Amit Shah on July 8, 2017 night hailed the
declaration of Ahmedabad as India's first world heritage city by UNESCO.

74. b Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurates first Gharib Nawaz Skill Development Centre in Hyderabad.

75. a Sudha Singh dominated Day 3 for India by winning the gold medal in the 3000m steeple chase in
the Asian Athletics Championships in July 2017.

76. a The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for attacking a remote Egyptian army outpost in the
Sinai Peninsula with a suicide car bomb and heavy machine gun fire. The assault killed at least 23
soldiers in the deadliest attack in the turbulent region in two years. The Sinai Peninsula or simply Sinai is
a peninsula in Egypt.

77. d Over 120 countries in the United Nations voted to adopt the first-ever global treaty to ban nuclear
weapons, even as India and eight other nuclear-armed nations, including the US, China and Pakistan did
not participate in the negotiations for the legally binding instrument to prohibit atomic weapons.

88. b The President of India has promulgated two ordinances, namely, the Central Goods and Services
Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Ordinance, 2017 and the Integrated Goods and Services Tax
(Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Ordinance, 2017 extending the domain of Central GST Act and the
Integrated GST Act to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, with effect from 8th July, 2017.

79. b The State Bank of India has launched a digital village initiative in Nepal by installing a cash
recycling centre.

80. c Indian astronomers have made a sensational discovery of a bunch of large cosmic objects known as
'giant radio galaxies'. Astronomers led by Pratik Dabhade at Pune-based Inter-University Centre for
Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) have surprised astronomical community with their discovery of
twenty five new 'giant radio galaxies' (GRGs).