1.

The country's first 'Railways disaster management village' is expected to come up on the outskirts of
which city? (a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai (c) Hyderabad (d) Bengaluru

2. A Delhi court has directed the chairman of an SIT, set up to re-investigate the 1984 anti-Sikh riot
cases. Who is the chairman of this Special Investigation Team (SIT)? (a) Rakesh Kapoor (b) Kumar
Gyanesh (c) Anurag (d) Ajayab Singh

3. The Committee headed by _________ investigated the Delhi Golf Club's incident of June 25 when a
Meghalaya woman, Tailin Lyngdoh, was allegedly asked to leave the club for her "inappropriate" dress.
(a) Justice Altamas Kabir (b) Justice Mukul Mugdal (c) Justice JS Kehar (d) Justice
Rangnath Misra

4. A UN commission probing Syria rights abuses has gathered enough evidence to convict President of
Syria of war crimes. Who is the current Syrian President? (a) Muhammad Naji al-Otari (b) Bashar al-
Assad (c) Adel Safar (d) Abdullah Abdel Razzaq Al Dardari

5. According to Data of the identified animals how many milk producing animals have been identified
and their data has been uploaded on INAPH data base in India? (a) 35 lakh (b) 45 lakh (c) 60 lakh (d) 85
lakh

6. Which country is the world's third-largest oil importer? (a) USA (b) China (c) Russia (d) India

7. Which country has hoisted South Asia's largest flag at Wagah border to commence the 70th
Independence Day celebrations in 2017? (a) India (b) China (c) Nepal (d) Pakistan

8. Which country men's relay team claimed 4x100m relay gold at the World Championships 2017? (a)
USA (b) Japan (c) Great Britain (d) West Indies

9. Recently a MoU was signed between Government eMarketplace (GeM) SPV and the Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII) aimed at establishing: (a) GeM Samvaad (b) GeM Saarthak (c) GeM Saral (d) GeM
Sahyog

10. Ministry of Railways is to observe "Rail Swachhta Pakhwada" from: (a) 16th August to 31st August
(b) 21st August to 4th September (c) 25th August to 9th September (d) 1st September to 15th
September

11. Google has unveiled its voice search facility in how many additional Indian languages? (a) 5 (b) 6 (c)
8 (d) 12

12. According to Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Britain, The largest volcanic region on
Earth with nearly 100 volcanoes has been discovered in: (a) Europe (b) Arctic region (c) Antarctica (d)
Australia and New Zealand

13. How many Kirti Chakras has been approved by the President in 2017? (a) Two (b) Three (c) Five (d)
Eight
14. Recently Renuka Devi Borkataki passed away. She was the first: (a) Saraswati Samman recipient
from Nagaland (b) First female Home Minister of Kerala (c) First woman union minister from North East
(d) First female IAS Officer from West Bengal

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15. Which of the following city hosted a one-day national conference on August 18 to dwell on best
practices to achieve potential energy saving of 1,32,000 million units across the country by 2018-19? (a)
Mysuru (b) Visakhapatnam (c) Mangalore (d) Chennai

16. Name the book for which the Japan Society of Economic Statistics (JSES) presented its 2017 Award
to Jun-ichi Okabe, professor, Yokohama National University? (a) A New Statistical Domain in India: An
Enquiry into Village Panchayat Databases (b) A New Statistical Domain in Japan: An Enquiry into Tokyo
(c) Economy of Japan, 1950 to 2017 (d) Statistical Data of Collection of Data in India and Japan

17. On 15th August 2017 India celebrated Independence Day. It was the……..Independence Day. (a)
69th (b) 70th (c) 71st (d) 72th

18. At which of the following places people took part in the first-ever Freedom Run to mark India's 71st
Independence Day? (a) Budapest (b) London (c) New York (d) Paris

19. Which of the following Indian states has announced pro-farmer scheme "Krishak Udhyami Yojana"
to promote entrepreneurship among their children and ensure they get remunerative price for certain
crops? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Haryana (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh

20. Recently India opened the first Partition museum in: (a) Amritsar (b) New Delhi (c) Mumbai (d)
Jammu

21. Who will be the chief guest/s at 2018 Republic Day celebrations in India? (a) President of Sri Lanka
(b) President of USA (c) All leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (d) All
leaders of the G-7

22. Which of the following Indian states is going to be a venue for the World Industrialists Forum? (a)
Karnataka (b) Goa (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Telangana

23. Recently Government has directed internet majors Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram,
Microsoft and Yahoo to immediately remove the links of dangerous online game named: (a) Yellow
Shark (b) Green Octopus (c) Blue Whale (d) Wild White Elephant

24. Recently what amount of penalty was imposed by the Government of India on Reliance Industries
Ltd and its partners for producing less than the targeted natural gas from eastern offshore KG-D6 fields
in 2015-16? (a) Rs 500 Crores (b) Rs 1,000 Crores (c) Rs 1,350 Crores (d) Rs 1,700 Crores
25. Which of the following countries will host a summit of Group of Seven Interior Ministers centered
on security issues? (a) Germany (b) Japan (c) France (d) Italy

26. Recently Government planned to invest one thousand crore rupees to transform how many
universities into world class educational institutions? (a) 10 universities (b) 20 universities (c) 30
universities (d) 50 universities

27. The Union Government has banned exports of gold jewellery, medallions and other articles above
_________ carat purity in a bid to check round tripping of the precious metal. (a) 8 (b) 15 (c) 18 (d) 22

28. North Eastern Cultural and Information Centre will be set up in: (a) Shillong (b) Itanagar (c) New
Delhi (d) Guwahati

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29. India signed Global Environment Facility (GEF) Grant Agreement with the ___________for USD
24.64 Million for "Ecosystems Service Improvement Project". (a) Asian Development Bank (b)
International Monetary Fund (c) World Bank (d) BRICS Bank

30. Who has been taken charge as the Pakistan's new High Commissioner to India in August 2017? (a)
Sohail Mahmood (b) Allah Bukhsh Karim Bukhsh Brohi (c) Aziz Ahmed Khan (d) Ghazanfar Ali Khan

31. The United States named Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) as a Foreign Terrorist
Organisation and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group. Who was the founder of the Hizb-ul-
Mujahideen? (a) Mehmood Ghaznavi (b) Muhammad Ahsan Dar (c) Syed Salahudeen (d) Ali
Muhammad Dar

32. Which among the following countries will host the ICC under 19 Cricket World Cup in 2018? (a)
England (b) New Zealand (c) India (d) South Africa

33. Which among the following Indian Navy's sailing vessels is related to the first-ever Indian
circumnavigation of the globe by an all-women crew? (a) INSV Tarini (b) INSV Mhadei (c) INSV Tarun (d)
INSV Surya

34. Which city has been declared the most liveable city in the world for the seventh year running by the
Economist's annual global liveability survey in 2017? (a) Tokyo (b) Melbourne (c) Paris (d) London

35. Scientists from which country have developed a new polio vaccine using plants in August 2017? (a)
USA (b) UK (c) Japan (d) India

36. National Highways Authority of India launched two mobile Apps MyFASTag and FASTag Partner to
facilitate the availability of FASTags for: (a) Report Road Accidents (b) Guide out vehicles on Speed
Limits (c) Electronic Toll Collection (d) Both (a) and (c)
37. Recently, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched the "Harit Diwali,
Swasth Diwali" campaign. Name the present Union Minister Environment, Forest and Climate Change:
(a) Ravi Shankar Prasad (b) Dr. Harsha Vardhan (c) Arjun Ram Meghwal (d) Vijay Sampla

38. Which of the following countries is not among with whom the US and Japan have agreed to advance
their multilateral security and defence cooperation? (a) India (b) South Korea (c) Thailand (d) Australia

39. Recently, Vishal Sikka has resigned as MD and CEO of: (a) Microsoft (b) HCL (c) Infosys (d) TCS

40. Who won the Bulgaria Open International Series men's singles title? (a) Kidambi Srikanth (b) P
Kashyap (c) Saurabh Varma (d) Lakshya Sen

41. According to Forbes' 2017 list of the world's highest-paid actresses, who is the highest-paid actress?
(a) Jennifer Lawrence (b) Emma Stone (c) Emma Watson (d) Kate Winslet

42. For first time, Indian Army is to get its own attack helicopters, Apaches from which of the following
countries? (a) Russia (b) Israel (c) USA (d) France

43. Who among the following was the Chief Guest at National Conference on " Insolvency and
Bankruptcy: Changing Paradigm" to be held in Mumbai? (a) Shri Narendra Modi (b) Shri Ram Nath
Kovind (c) Shri Rajnath Singh (d) Shri Arun Jaitley

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44. Who has been topped the Fortune's 2017 annual list of 40 young and influential people in the field
of business inspiring others with their work? (a) Leo Varadkar (b) Emmanuel Macron (c) Ivanka Trump
(d) Leila Janah

45. To create awareness about Beekeeping and uses of its products including Honey, Tribal Cooperative
Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) is to celebrate World Honey Bee Day
(WHBD) 2017 in India on: (a) 19 August (b) 22 August (c) 1 September (d) 4 September

46. Recently Power Grid Corp. entered a loan agreement of ……………from the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) for its various projects. (a) Rs 100 Million (b) Rs 500 Million (c) Rs 675 Million (d) Rs 1000 Million

47. The BRICS summit 2017 is being held in China's coastal city of Xiamen from September 3-5, the
theme of this year BRICS summit is: (a) “Partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialisation”
(b) "Broad Vision, Shared Prosperity" (c) “Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions” (d)
“BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future”

48. The Ulchi Freedom Guardian drill is a computer simulated military exercise organized between: (a)
South Korea and Japan (b) South Korea and USA (c) Russia and USA (d) Russia and Japan

49. Who among the following is the first Tamil to head Sri Lankan Navy, a wing of the military since
1970? (a) C. Ponnambalam (b) Travis Sinniah (c) Neelan Tiruchelvam (d) C. Suntharalingam
50. Recently, a two-day Chief Electoral Officers' Conference was held in: (a) Mumbai (b) Bhopal (c)
Bhubaneswar (d) New Delhi

51. Name the first Indian to participate in one of its kind circumnavigation race in 2018 to
commemorate 50 years of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's historic 1968-69 world's first solo non-stop
circumnavigation? (a) Cdr Amit Sehgal (b) Cdr Jonathan Kang (c) Cdr Yakoob Hasan Mehndi (d) Cdr
Abhilash Tomy

52. According to an analysis by the election watch body Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR),
which political party emerged as top choice for corporate donors in India between 2012-13 and 2015-
16? (a) Bhartiya Janta Party (b) Indian National Congress (c) Communist Party of India (d) Samajwadi
Party

53. Which of the following Indian Chief Ministers was selected for Agriculture Leadership Award 2017,
instituted by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture? (a) Capt. Amarinder Singh (b) Yogi Adityanath
(c) K Chandrasekhara Rao (d) Pawan Kumar Chamling

54. The US decided to sell 22 Sea Guardian drones to India at an estimated cost of USD: (a) 50 Million
(b) 1 Billion (c) 2 Billion (d) 5 Billion

55. Recently India's first World Peace University was inaugurated in: (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Odisha (c)
Uttarakhand (d) Maharashtra

56. Recently a curtain raiser function for FIFA under 17 World Cup 2017 was held in: (a) Hyderabad (b)
Kolkata (c) New Delhi (d) Bengaluru

57. Recently Indian team won 37 medals at World Dwarf Games, held in: (a) USA (b) Canada (c)
Germany (d) Australia

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58. Recently the Centre has doubled the child care allowance for women employees with disabilities to
……per month. (a) Rs. 2,000 (b) Rs. 3,000 (c) Rs. 5,000 (d) Rs. 8,000

59. India's roads to be safer, greener under new NHAI plans. The Headquarters of NHAI is at: (a) New
Delhi (b) Mumbai (c) Kolkata (d) Bhopal

60. Name the first-ever student to have scored 100 per cent in the prestigious Joint Entrance
Examination- Mains and has made it to the Limca Book of Records? (a) Lakshman Rangnathan (b) Tejas
Shah (c) Rajiv Natrajan (d) Kalpit Veerwal

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ANSWER KEY AND EXPLANATION

1. d The country's first 'Railways disaster management village' expected to come up on the outskirts of
Bengaluru by December 2018.

2. c A Delhi court has directed the chairman of an SIT, set up to re-investigate the 1984 anti-Sikh riot
cases, to explain why further probe was carried out in a case while the mandate was to re-visit facts. The
SIT comprises its chairman IPS officer Anurag, members Rakesh Kapoor, retired district judge, and Kumar
Gyanesh, Additional DCP.

3. b Committee headed by Justice Mukul Mugdal investigated the Delhi Golf Club's incident of June 25
when a Meghalaya woman, Tailin Lyngdoh, was allegedly asked to leave the club for her "inappropriate"
dress. Ms. Lyngdoh, who works as a governess, was accompanying her employer Nivedita Barthakur
Sondhi, who works as an adviser with the Assam government, and her son.

4. b A UN commission probing Syria rights abuses has gathered enough evidence to convict President
Bashar al-Assad of war crimes.

5. d Data of the identified animals is being uploaded on Information Network on Animal Health and
Productivity (INAPH) data base. As on date 85 lakh milk producing animals have been identified and
their data has been uploaded on INAPH data base.

6. d State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has bought the country's first shale oil from the US and is
looking to step up imports from America as part of its crude diversification strategy. India, the world's
third-largest oil importer, joins Asian countries like South Korea, Japan and China to buy US crude after
production cuts by OPEC drove up prices of Middle East heavy-sour crude, or grades with a high sulphur
content.

7. d Pakistan, this year, hoisted South Asia's largest flag at Wagah border to commence the 70th
Independence Day celebrations. Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa was
the chief guest at the ceremony, attended by hundreds of people. The flag, made entirely in Pakistan, is
120 feet by 80 feet in size, making it world's eighth largest one. It was hoisted on a 400-feet pole at
midnight.

8. c Great Britain's men claimed a stunning 4x100m relay gold at the World Championships as Usain Bolt
pulled up injured in his final race.

9. a This MoU between GeM and CII is aimed at establishing GeM Samvaad- a participative and
collaborative approach with the industry for promoting Indian industry and entrepreneurship.

10. a Ministry of Railways is observing 'Swachhta Pakhwada' across its entire network from August 16th
to 31st August 2017.

11. c Google has unveiled its voice search facility in eight additional Indian languages.
12. c The largest volcanic region on Earth with nearly 100 volcanoes has been discovered two km below
the surface of the vast ice sheet in west Antarctica.

13. c President Ram Nath Kovind approved five Kirti Chakras on the eve of Independence Day, of which
three were awarded to Army personnel and two to personnel from the Central Reserve Police Force
(CRPF) for their role in counter-terror operations

14. c Renuka Devi Borkataki was the first woman from Assam and the Northeast to have found a berth in
the central government.

15. b The port city of Visakhapatnam hosted a one-day national conference on August 18 to dwell on
best practices so as to achieve potential energy saving of 1,32,000 million units across the country by
2018-19.

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16. a The Japan Society of Economic Statistics (JSES) presented its 2017 Award to Jun-ichi Okabe,
professor, Yokohama National University, for the book, A New Statistical Domain in India: An Enquiry
into Village Panchayat Databases , which he co-authored with Aparajita Bakshi.

17. c On the occasion of the country's 71st Independence Day, security forces of India and Pakistan,
posted at the international Attari-Wagah border in Punjab, exchanged sweets and greetings to mark the
day.

18. b Hundreds of members of the Indian diaspora in the UK took part in the first-ever Freedom Run to
mark India's 71st Independence Day with the one-mile journey beginning from the historic Parliament
Square in London.

19. d The Madhya Pradesh government has announced pro-farmer schemes to promote
entrepreneurship among their children and ensure they get remunerative price for certain crops.

20. a A museum based on the partition of the Indian subcontinent was open in Amritsar.

21. c India has collectively invited all leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the
group of ten countries in that region, to be the chief guests at its 2018 Republic Day celebrations. All ten
countries have, "in principle", accepted they will send their heads of state or government to the event.
This is the first time that more than one head of state or government will be part of the Republic Day
celebrations.

22. d Telangana is going to be a venue for the world Industrialists Forum which will take place in
Hyderabad from November 28 to November 30.
23. c Government has directed internet majors Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Microsoft and
Yahoo to immediately remove the links of dangerous online game Blue Whale Challenge, which has led
to suicide of children in India and other countries.

24. d The government has imposed a new penalty of USD 264 million (about Rs 1,700 crore) on Reliance
Industries Ltd and its partners for producing less than the targeted natural gas from eastern offshore KG-
D6 fields in 2015-16.

25. d Italy will host a summit of Group of Seven Interior Ministers centered on security issues in the fall.

26. b Government plans to invest one thousand crore rupees to transform 20 universities into world
class educational institutions.

27. d The Union Government has banned exports of gold jewellery, medallions and other articles above
22- carat purity in a bid to check round tripping of the precious metal.

28. c The Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister's Office,
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that a North
Eastern Cultural and Information Centre will be set up in Delhi. He said that this is in line with the
priority being given to North East by the Union Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi.

29. c India signed Global Environment Facility (GEF) Grant Agreement with the World Bank for USD
24.64 Million for "Ecosystems Service Improvement Project".

30. a Pakistan's new High Commissioner to India, Sohail Mahmood took charge at the High Commission.

31. b The United States named Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) as a Foreign Terrorist
Organisation and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group, a little more than 50 days after adding its
chief Syed Salahuddin to its list of designated global terrorists. Hizb-ul-Mujahideen founded by
Muhammad Ahsan Dar in September 1989, is a Kashmiri separatist and designated Islamic terrorist
group.

32. b Three-time champions India and Australia are set to clash in their tournament-opener of the ICC
Under 19 Cricket World Cup scheduled to be held in New Zealand from January 13 to February 3, 2018.

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33. a Prime Minister Narendra Modi met six officers of the Indian Navy who will sail around the world on
INSV Tarini in India's first attempt to circumnavigate the globe by an all-women crew.

34. b Melbourne has been declared the most liveable city in the world for the seventh year running by
the Economist's annual global liveability survey, while Sydney remains in 11th place.
35. b Scientists from UK have developed a new polio vaccine using plants, a breakthrough which can
pave the way for global eradication of the age-old viral disease. Researchers from John Innes Centre,
Norwich in the UK produced the novel vaccine with a method that uses virus-like particles (VLPs) - non-
pathogenic mimics of polio virus which are grown in plants.

36. c National Highways Authority of India launched two mobile Apps - MyFASTag and FASTag Partner in
New Delhi, to facilitate the availability of FASTags for Electronic Toll Collection.

37. b Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, launched the
"Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali" campaign.

38. c The US and Japan have agreed to advance their multilateral security and defence cooperation with
countries like India, South Korea and Australia in view of North Korea's dangerous provocative
behaviour.

39. c Vishal Sikka has resigned as MD and CEO of Infosys and the board has accepted his resignation with
immediate effect.

40. d Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen clinched the Bulgaria Open International Series title after notching up a
hard-fought win over Croatia's Zvonimir Durkinjak in the men's singles final in Sofia, Bulgaria.

41. b Oscar-winning Emma Stone knocked actor Jennifer Lawrence off the top spot on Forbes' 2017 list
of the world's highest-paid actresses.

42. c The army will buy six US built Apache attack helicopters within the next six months in a deal worth
$655 million dollars or about Rs. 4,170 crore.

43. d The Union Minister of Finance, Derfence and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley, was the Chief
Guest at the National Conference on " Insolvency and Bankruptcy: Changing Paradigm" held in Mumbai.

44. b The Fortune's 2017 annual list of 40 young and influential people has been topped by 39-year-old
French President Emmanuel Macron.

45. a To create awareness about Beekeeping and uses of its products including Honey, Tribal
Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) is celebrating World Honey
Bee Day (WHBD) on 19.08.2017 in the Country.

46. b Power Grid Corp said it will get a loan of $500 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for
its various projects.

47. d The BRICS summit is being held in China's coastal city of Xiamen from September 3-5. The theme of
this year BRICS summit is “BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future”.

48. b The US and South Korea would begin a 10-day-long annual military exercise next week. The Ulchi
Freedom Guardian drill is a computer simulated defencive exercise designed to enhance readiness,
protect the region and maintain stability on the Korean peninsula.
49. b Rear Admiral Travis Sinniah is the first Tamil to head a wing of the military since 1970.

50. d Chief Election Commissioner A K Joti and Election Commissioner OP Rawat inaugurated a two-day
Chief Electoral Officers' Conference in New Delhi.

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51. d Commander Abhilash Tomy of the Indian Navy, who has to his credit a solo circumnavigation of the
globe, will participate in one of its kind circumnavigation race in 2018.

52. a Business houses handed out a total of Rs 956.77 crore to national parties between 2012-13 and
2015-16 with BJP getting the biggest share at Rs 704.81 crore, shows an analysis by the election watch
body Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).

53. c Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao has been selected for the Agriculture Leadership
Award 2017, instituted by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture.

54. c The US decision to sell 22 Sea Guardian drones to India at an estimated cost of USD 2 billion.

55. d The Dr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, said to be the first of its kind in India, was
inaugurated by Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis in Pune, Maharashtra.

56. c A curtain raiser function was held in Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi for FIFA
Under-17 World Cup 2017 to be held in India from 6th to 28th October, 2017.

57. b The Indian contingent made history by winning a record number of medals at the World Dwarf
Games held in Toronto (Canada).

58. b The Centre has doubled the child care allowance for women with disabilities to Rs. 3,000 per
month. At present, the allowance of Rs. 1,500 per month is given to differently-abled female employees
for taking care of their newborn child.

59. a NHAI headquarters is in New Delhi.

60. d The first-ever student to have scored 100 per cent in the prestigious Joint Entrance Examination-
Mains, Udaipur boy Kalpit Veerwal has made it to the Limca Book of Records