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300 Best MCQs September Set 1 by Dr.

Gaurav Garg

IMPORTANT DAYS
● World Coconut Day 2020 - 2 September.
✓ The theme of World Coconut Day 2020 - “Invest in Coconut to save the world”.
● National Wildlife Day - September 4.
● International Day of Charity - 5 September.

OBITUARIES
● American animator Joe Ruby, co-creator of the highly admired animated series “Scooby-Doo”, passed away.
● Former President Pranab Mukherjee passed away.
● India’s first female cardiologist Dr S Padmavati died at 103 of COVID-19.
● Former England Cricketer David Capel passes away.

Q) Who has been appointed as Secretary in Lok Sabha with effect from september 1?
A. Utpal Kumar Singh B.Adwait Kumar Singh
C.Amit Prakash Yadav D.Harpreet Singh Sudan

Q) Which Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) has launched a mobile app ‘Pension Corner’ for its retired personnels?
A.Border Security Force (BSF) B.Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
C.Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) D.Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

Q) Asara, Sampoorna Poshana and Vidya Kanuka are the schemes of which state?
A.Tamil Nadu B.Andhra Pradesh
C.Kerala D.Odisha

Q) NITI Aayog has launched India Component of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC)–Transport Initiative for Asia
(TIA) program. What is the time duration of NDC-TIA program?
A.5 years B.3 years
C.4 years D.6 years

Q) Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd. (RRVL) has acquired Future Group’s retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing
businesses for how much amount?
A.₹24,713 crore B.₹14,900 crore
C.₹30,234 crore D.₹33,126 crore

Q) Who has been re-elected as President of the African Development Bank Group?
A.Omar Kabbaj B.Godwin Gondwe
C.Donald Kaberuka D.Akinwumi Adesina

Q) Who has become the first woman DG of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security?
A.Rina Ray B.Usha Padhee
C.Renu Swarup D.Nilam Sawhney

Q) Which bank has approved $1 billion loan for construction of Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) in India?
A.World Bank B.Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
C.Asian Development Bank D.New Development Bank

Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced to celebrate September 2020 as the month of “_______”?
A.Sewakarmi Maah B.Poshan Maah
C.Swasthya Maah D.Swachhata Maah

Q) As per the data released by the National Statistical Office(NSO), India’s economy contracted by a record ___________
per cent in the first quarter of 2020-21?
A.23.9% B.25.4%
C.15.6% D.19.7%

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Q) Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) has installed the world’s largest ‘solar tree’ in which state?
A.Maharashtra B.Uttar Pradesh
C.West Bengal D.Gujarat

Q) Indian Railways has developed a remote-controlled medical trolley named “what” to deliver food, medicines to
COVID-19 patient?
A.MEDBOT B.LEDBOT
C.NETBOT D.ALLBOT

Q) Gujarat government will officially inaugurate the first ever sea plane service between Ahmedabad and Statue of Unity on
the birth anniversary of which politician?
A.Arun Jaitely B.Sushma Swaraj
C.Veer Savarkar D.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q) Which state has launched the Major Dhyan Chand Vijay Path scheme?
A.Gujarat B.Madhya Pradesh
C.Uttar Pradesh D.Punjab

Q) Who has been elected as the Chairman of the Press Trust of India?
A.Vijay Sharma B.Anand Bhatiya
C.Anugrah Shrivastava D.Aveek Sarkar

Q) E-commerce website Myntra has appointed whom as its brand ambassador?


A.Kriti Sanon B.Disha Patani
C.Kiara Advani D.Jacqueline Fernandez

Q) Adani Group has acquired what percent of stakes in Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL)?
A.60% B.74%
C.56% D.34%

Q) Which state has appointed India’s first-ever woman ambulance driver under a new initiative?
A.West Bengal B.Tamil Nadu
C.Uttar Pradesh D.Telangana

Q) Mustapha Adib is set to become the next Prime Minister of which country?
A.Lebanon B.Syria
C.Tunisia D.Niger

Q) Which country has built a bronze statue of an Indian doctor Dwarkanath Kotnis?
A.United Kingdom B.China
C.Australia D.Russia

Q) India's first toy manufacturing cluster will come up in which state?


A.West Bengal B.Himachal Pradesh
C.Madhya Pradesh D.Karnataka

Q) Which has become the first African country to end sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)?
A.Kenya B.Togo
C.Benin D.Libya

Q) Which bank has launched the virtual property exhibition ‘Home Utsav’?
A.Axis Bank B.Kotak Mahindra Bank
C.HDFC Bank D.ICICI Bank

Q) Amul has become the first Indian dairy company to get featured in the Rabobank’s Global Top 20 Dairy Companies list.
The company stood at what rank?
A.16th B.11th
C.14th D.19th

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Q) Students of which IIT institution has launched AIR Scanner, a free-of-cost document-scanning mobile application?
A.IIT Delhi B.IIT Hyderabad
C.IIT Bombay D.IIT Roorkee

Q) Which International Airport has won the CII - Godrej Green Business Centre (GBC) 'National Energy Leader' and
'Excellent Energy Efficient Unit' award?
A.Hyderabad B.Visakhapatnam
C.Indira Gandhi D.Kempegowda

Q) Who has assumed charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL)?
A.Madhu Nair B.Hemant Khatri
C.Narayan Prasad D.Vipin Saxena

Q) Which Life Insurance Company Limited has introduced an Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered voice chatbot, “LiGo”, on
Google Assistant?
A.Edelweiss Tokio B.PNB MetLife
C.ICICI Prudential D.Bajaj Allianz

Q) Who is the author of the book The Big Thoughts Of Little Luv?
A.Twinkle Khanna B.Shobhaa De
C.Vivek Agnihotri D.Karan Johar

Q) Which bank will invest 650 million Euro into the construction of Kanpur's first city metro line?
A.World Bank B.Asian Development Bank
C.European Investment Bank D.New Development Bank

Q) Which state has launched the ‘Gandagi Bharat Chhodo’ campaign?


A.Uttar Pradesh B.Gujarat
C.Madhya Pradesh D.Chhattisgarh

Q) Which state government has decided to set up exclusive anti-electricity theft police stations in every district?
A.Jharkhand B.Odisha
C.Uttar Pradesh D.Rajasthan

Q) Who has become the first Indian footballer to have a stadium named after him?
A.Bhaichung Bhutia B.Sunil Chhetri
C.Pradip Kumar Banerjee D.Subrata Pal

Q) Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board?
A.Manjula Rangarajan B.Pradeep Kumar
C.PC Sharma D.VK Yadav

Q) What is the rank of India in Global Innovation Index 2020?


A.48th B.34th
th
C.50 D.44th

Q) Which new language has been added to the official language of Jammu & Kashmir?
A.Kashmiri B.Hindi
C.Dogri D.All of the above

Q) 118 mobile Chinese apps have been blocked by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology by invoking it’s
power under section which section of the Information Technology Act?
A.30B B.69A
C.45C D.56A

Q) Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) has been launched for which of the following sectors?
A.Steel B.Coffee
C.Electricity D.Bamboo

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Q) Who has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of the Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance?
A.Vicky Kaushal B.Ayushmann Khurrana
C.Ranveer Singh D.Rajkumar Rao

Q) The Union Cabinet has approved a National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) which is
dubbed as ___________?
A.Mission Paripakv B.Mission Rahi
C.Mission Shoorveer D.Mission Karmayogi

Q) Which among the following organizations has launched the book The Little Book of Green Nudges?
A.UNICEF B.UNEP
C.UNESCO D.UNWTO

Q) Qutub Minar was illuminated in red and white lights to mark the 40th anniversary of the solidarity movement of which
country?
A.Finland B.France
C.Australia D.Poland

Q) Which of the following companies has launched a portable ventilator named as SpiceOxy?
A.Sun Pharma B.SpiceJet
C.Wipro D.Cipla

Q) Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Punjab & Sind Bank?
A.Sanjiv Chadha B.Pramod Agrawal
C.S Krishnan D.Sanjeev Razdan

Q) Who is the author of the book “Let Us Dream”?


A.Pope Benedict B.Pope Francis
C.Pope John D.Pope Leo

Q) Raj Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to which country?
A.Croatia B.Poland
C.Peru D.Belgium

Q) INDRA NAVY is a maritime exercise which is conducted between India and which country?
A.China B.Singapore
C.Russia D.France

Q) The Election Commission will set up the country's first regional voters' awareness centre in which city?
A.New Delhi B.Mumbai
C.Bhopal D.Jaipur

Q) Which University has been ranked first in the “THE World University Rankings 2021”?
A.Stanford University B.Harvard University
C.Oxford University D.Tsinghua University

Q) Who is the author of the book The Commonwealth of Cricket?


A.Richard Osman B.Ramachandra Guha
C.Amitav Ghosh D.Sanjeev Sanyal

Q) Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of South Indian Bank?
A.Anil Kumar Chaudhary B.Siddhartha Mohanty
C.Murali Ramakrishnan D.Rajiv Bansal

Q) The Sonamura - Daudkandi inland waterways route will connect which Indian state to Bangladesh?
A.Assam B.Sikkim
C.Tripura D.Nagaland

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Q) Which IIT institution has launched ‘Chakr DeCoV’ to decontaminate N95 masks?
A.IIT Madras B.IIT Delhi
C.IIT Hyderabad D.IIT Roorkee

Q) Which state has banned online games such as Poker and Rummy by amending Gaming Act 1974 of the state?
A.Tamil Nadu B.Andhra Pradesh
C.Kerala D.Telangana

Q) The Union government has approved an MoU with which country for cooperation in the field of geology and mineral
resources?
A.Germany B.Greece
C.Finland D.Canada

Q) Which state has rolled out the "I Rakhwali" App to ensure greenery and to protect the environment?
A.Haryana B.Punjab
C.Gujarat D.Bihar

Q) Which company has acquired US-based product design and development firm, Kaleidoscope Innovation, for $42 million?
A.Wipro B.Infosys
C.HCL Technologies D.Tata Consultancy Services

Q) Which country will host the Quad meet and 2+2 dialogue later this year?
A.Australia B.Japan
C.India D.United States

Q) The Jammu and Kashmir government has set up a 10-member biodiversity council under whose chairmanship?
A.Uday Singh B.Mohit Gera
C.Prahlad Sethi D.Sanjay Pradhan

Q) Which state is going to start river cruises to boost tourism?


A.Karnataka B.Kerala
C.Maharashtra D.Odisha

Q) India and which country have finalised a major deal for manufacturing AK-47 203 rifles in India?
A.Russia B.France
C.United States D.Israel

Q) Which state government has re- launched the SVAYEM scheme?


A.Arunachal Pradesh B.Himachal Pradesh
C.Chhattisgarh D.Assam

Q) Which country has launched its Indo-Pacific strategy with India?


A.Mexico B.France
C.Chile D.Germany

Q) 600 acres land in Aarey Colony of which state will be reserved as forest?
A.Gujarat B.Maharashtra
C.Jharkhand D.Chhattisgarh

Q) Dr. Neena Malhotra has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to which country?
A.Denmark B.Germany
C.Italy D.France

Q) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the World Gold Council?
A.Randy Smallwood B.Roland Wang
C.Terry Heymann D.John Reade

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‘State of the Young Child’ in India Report :-
● Kerala, Goa, Tripura, Tamil Nadu and Mizoram are among the top five States for well-being of children.
● Report brought out by non-governmental organisation Mobile Creches and launched by Vice-President Venkaiah
Naidu.

Q) Who has officially became the oldest pope in history?


A.Pope Benedict XVI B.Pope Francis
C.Pope Paul VI D.Pope Leo XI

Q) Pashu Sanjeevani which is an animal Ambulance Service was launched in which city recently?
A.Kochi B.Bhopal
C.Mysuru D.Pune

Q) Which state government has launched the Kifayati LED Bulb Yojna?
A.Haryana B.Punjab
C.Himachal Pradesh D.Jharkhand

Q) Kerala's First Open Varsity will be named after whom?


A.Chattampi Swamikal B.Swami Sivayogi
C.Narayana Guru D.Kumaran Asan

Q) Which state has topped the 'State Business Reform Action Plan 2019' (BARP) ranking?
A.Uttar Pradesh B.Madhya Pradesh
C.Andhra Pradesh D.Rajasthan

Q) Which bank has launched the ‘Second Innings Tap VRS-2020‘ scheme?
A.Bank of Baroda B.Punjab National Bank
C.Canara Bank D.State Bank of India

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