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No. of Question -100 (c) SB Energy (d) Adani Green Energy 1. has the _____ largest road network in the world as per Union minister Nitin Gadkari. 9. Find the person who has become the 1st women (a) 5th (b)3rd director general of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security? (c) 4th (d) 2nd (a) Sujatha Singh (b) Devyani Khobragade (c) Meera Shankar ( d) Usha Padhee 2. ‘The Young Minds’, the first children’s newspaper was launched in which state? 10. Cycling Federation of India (CFI) planned to host the (a) Tamil Nadu (b) first ever cycling summit in 2021 at which Indian city? (c) Assam (d) (a) (b) (c) Bengaluru (d) All the (a), (b) and (c) 3. LIGO and VIRGO detected the collision of ‘Impossible’ 11. What is the contraction in India’s GDP growth in Q1 of black holes for 1st time recently. The research was FY21 (April-June 2020) as per the data released by the published in which journal? National Statistical Office? (a) Astrophysical Journal Letters (a) 16.5% (b) 14.7% (b) The Social Science Journal (c) 23.9% (d) 10.6% (c) The Journal of Space (d) Journal of Proteomics 12. Which institute of CSIR has developed the world largest solar tree at Durgapur, West Bengal? 4. Which ministry has banned 118 Chinese mobile apps (a) National Environmental Engineering Research Institute recently? (b) Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (c) Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (b) Ministry of Science and Technology (d) Central Glass Ceramic Research Institute (c) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology 13. Who has authored the book titled ‘The Presidential (d) Ministry of Home Affairs Years’? (a) Ram NathGovind 5. The union cabinet has approved the Jammu and (b) PratibhaPatil Kashmir Official Languages Bill 2020 recently. Which (c) Abdul Kalam among the following language was added as the official (d) Pranab Mukherjee language of J&K in addition to English and Urdu? (a) Kashmiri 14. Name the person who has written the book named (b) Dogri “The Big Thoughts of Little Luv”. (c) Hindi (a) Naseeruddin Shah (d) All the (a), (b) and (c) (b) Karan Johar (c) Rishi Kapoor 6. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Press (d) AyushmannKhurrana Trust of India (PTI)? (a) K.N. Shanth Kumar 15. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee who passed away recently is (b) Vineet Jain the ______president of India. (c) Aveek Sarkar (a) 14th (b) 11th (d) Vijay Kumar Chopra (c) 13th (d) 12th

7. According to the report titled “Accidental Deaths and 16. Which airport has won the ‘National Energy Leader’ Suicides in India (ADSI) 2019” released by National Crime and ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ awards at the 21st Records Bureau (NCRB), Which city recorded the highest National Awards for ‘Excellence in Energy Management’? number of deaths due to dangerous driving and overall (a) Indira Gandhi International Airport road accidents in 2019? (b) Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport (a) Kolkata (b) Bengaluru (c) Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport (c) Chennai (d) Delhi (d) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

8. Name the company which becomes world’s largest 17. Which company has acquired Future Group for Rs. solar power generation asset owner as per Mercom 24,713 crores? Capital. (a) Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (a) Invenergy (b) Enel Green Power (b) Adani Retail Ventures Limited www.studycampus.in 1| Page  022-41237666

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(c) Bharti-AXA General Insurance Co Ltd 28. Mette Frederiksen who is in news recently is the prime (d) Hindustan Retail Ventures Limited minister of which country (Attended bilateral meeting with PM Modi)? 18. The S-400 missile system will be delivered to India by (a) Sweden (b) Poland which country? (c) Denmark (d) Norway (a) United States (b) Russia (c) Saudi Arabia (d) Japan 29. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Online tutoring platform named Vedantu? 19. Who has won the Belgian Grand Prix 2020? (a) Shankar Mahadevan (a) Charles Leclerc (b) Lewis Hamilton (b) Aamir Khan (c) Valtteri Bottas (d) Sebastian Vettel (c) Salman Khan (d) 20. Katyayani Shankar Bajpai who is in news recently is a ______. 30. Name the person who has been appointed as the (a) Sand Artist (b) Photographer chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). (c) Cricketer (d) Diplomat (a) P.D. Vaghela (b) RS Sharma 21. Jammu & Kashmir has ‘how’ many official languages (c) Jayshree Vyas (as on September 2020)? (d) Ashishkumar Chauhan (a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 4 31. Name the state/UT which ranked top in 1st ever India 22. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020 Happiness report 2020 released by Professor Rajesh K deregulates the production, supply, and distribution of Pillania. which among the following? (a) Mizoram (a) Petrol (b) Jute (b) Punjab (c) Cereals (d) Fertilizer (c) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (d) Odisha 23. Name the person who has been roped by Reserve Bank of India for the customer awareness campaign. 32. Medical Council of India (MCI) has been officially (a) MS Dhoni (b) Kareena Kapoor renamed as National Medical Commission (NMC) recently. (c) (d) Who is the 1st chairman of NMC? (a) Mahesh Verma 24. Who has won Russian Grand Prix 2020? (b) Rajendra Pandey (a) Charles Leclerc (b) Lewis Hamilton (c) Suresh Chandra Sharma (c) Valtteri Bottas (d) Sebastian Vettel (d) Rakesh Kumar Vats

25. Isher Judge Ahluwalia who passed away recently is the 33. India’s 1st Regional Rapid Transit System train will former chairperson of which organization? provide its services to Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS by (a) Indian Council for Research on International Economic which year? Relations (ICRIER) (a) 2023 (b) 2021 (b) Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) (c) 2022 (d) 2024 (c) Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (d) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) 34. Who among the following has won the AIFF Women’s Footballer of the year award 2019-2020 (Gurpreet Singh 26. Former union minister Jaswant Singh who passed Sandhu won men’s player of the year award 2019-20)? away recently is the founding member of which party? (a) Sangita Basfore (b) Aditi Chauhan (a) Bharatiya Janata Party (c) Harmanpreet Kaur (d) Sanju Yadav (b) Communist Party of India (c) Indian National Congress 35. In which state foundation stone for one of the first (d) All India Trinamool Congress medical device park in the country was laid recently (September 2020)? 27. The world tourism day (WTD) was celebrated annually (a) (b) West Bengal on September 27. What is the theme of WTD 2020? (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Kerala (a) “Tourism for All – promoting universal accessibility” (b) “Sustainable Tourism – a Tool for Development” 36. Find the actor who has been appointed as (c) “Tourism and the Digital Transformation” the brand ambassador of CEAT. (d) “Tourism and Rural Development” (a) Shah Rukh Khan (b) Ranveer Singh (c) Salman Khan (d) Aamir Khan www.studycampus.in 2| Page  022-41237666

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37. Who has become the 1st woman fighter pilot of India 48. The World Maritime Day 2020 was observed on to fly the Rafale combat aircraft? September 24. What is the theme of World Maritime Day (a) Avani Chaturvedi (b) Bhawana Kanth 2020? (c) Shivangi Singh (d) Ayushi Srivastava (a) “Connecting Ships, Ports and People” (b) “IMO 70: Our Heritage – Better Shipping for a Better 38. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar represented Future” India at annual informal meeting of SAARC council of (c) “Empowering Women in the Maritime Community” ministers chaired by which country? (d) “Sustainable Shipping for a Sustainable \ (a) Afghanistan (b) Nepal Planet” (c) Bhutan (d) Bangladesh 49. Which is 1st country in the world that plans to 39. Indian Navy has conducted a 2-day long Passage introduce Climatic Financial Report for companies to Exercise (PASSEX) with which country in east Indian ocean tackle the climate crisis? region? (a) Iceland (b) New Zealand (a) United Kingdom (b) Australia (c) Germany (d) Spain (c) Germany (d) Spain 50. Who has won the Golden Pen of Freedom Award of 40. Who has authored the book titled “Kitchens WAN-IFRA 2020? of Gratitude”? (a) Jineth Bedoya (a) Madhur Jaffrey (b) Vikas Khanna (b) Jamal Khashoggi (c) Sanjeev Kapoor (d) Ranveer Brar (c) Srinivasan Balasubramanian (d) Vincent Peyrègne 41. Australia’s Dean Jones who passed away recently is associated with which sport? 51. DRDO successfully test fired the Indigenously (a) Hockey (b) Football developed Laser Guided Anti-Tank Guided Missile from (c) Cricket (d) Tennis Main Battle Tank ______. (a) Karna (b) Bhishma 42. SP Balasubrahmanyam who is in news recently is a (c) Ajeya (d) Arjun renowned ______. (a) Athlete (b) Politician 52. Mountaineer Ang Rita Sherpa (popularly known as (c) Singer (d) Spiritual leader “Snow Leopard”) who is in news recently belongs to which country? 43. India’s first Coast Guard academy will be established (a) India (b) Bhutan at which city? (c) China (d) Nepal (a) Coimbatore (b) Lucknow (c) New Delhi (d) Mangaluru 53. Who is the champion of men’s singles category at Italian Open 2020? 44. Who among the following is the part of Time (a) Rafael Nadal (b) Dominic Thiem Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020? (c) Novak Djokovic (d) Diego Schwartzman (a) Amit Shah (b) Virat Kohli (c) MS Dhoni (d) Narendra Modi 54. Who has authored the book titled “Voices of Dissent”? (a) Amita Kanekar (b) Sumedha Verma 45. Which indigenously developed missile was successfully (c) Romila Thapar (d) Sujata Massey night test fired from Chandipur, Odisha (September 2020)? 55. Name the company which has won the bid to (a) BrahMos-IV (b) Prithvi-II construct a new parliament building. (c) Dhanush-III (d) Shaurya-I (a) Reliance Infrastructure (b) Tata Projects 46. Which among the following tennis Grand slam (c) Larsen & Toubro Infrastructure tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in (d) GMR Infrastructure 2020? (a) Australian Open (b) Wimbledon 56. Who heads the high level task force constituted to (c) US Open (d) French Open initiate action in advance for managing air pollution in National Capital Region (NCR)? 47. Suresh Angadi who passed away recently was the (a) Arvind Shrivastava (b) S. Gopalakrishnan minister of state of which portfolio? (c) Amarjeet Sinha (d) PK Mishra (a) Tribal Affairs (b) Health (c) Railways (d) Communications 57. The International Day of Peace is observed www.studycampus.in 3| Page  022-41237666

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59. Find the person who has been honoured with 2020 69. Which company delivers world’s first LNG-powered Asia Game Changer Award by Asia Society. very large container ship? (a) Nitin Sethi (a) Samsung Heavy Industry (b) Vikas Khanna (b) Mitsubishi Heavy Industry (c) K P Narayana Kumar (c) Shanghai Waigaoqiao Heavy Industry (d) Shiv Sahay Singh (d) Hyundai Samho Heavy Industry

60. What is India’s rank in 2020 Human Capital Index (HCI) 70. Kapila Vatsyayan who passed away recently was the released by World Bank? Padma Vibhushan recipient (201(a) in which field? (a) 118 (b) 116 (a) Trade & Industry (c) 120 (d) 117 (b) Arts (c) Science & Engineering 61. Who has authored the book titled, “Azadi: Freedom. (d) Public Affairs Fascism. Fiction”? (a) Salman Rushdie (b) Ruskin Bond 71. The world ozone day was observed every year on (c) Vikram Seth (d) Arundhati Roy September 16. What is the theme of the day for 2020? (a) “Caring for all life under the sun” 62. Ashok Gasti who passed away recently is the present (b) “Keep cool and carry on” Rajya Sabha MP from which state? (c) “Ozone for life: 35 years of ozone layer protection” (a) Karnataka (b) Kerala (d) “32 Years and Healing” (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Telangana 72. International Financial Services Centre Authority 63. Who chairs the expert committee constituted by (IFSCA) signed MoU with India Gold Policy Center at IIM– central government to examine the reports of digital Ahmedabad to set up International Bullion Exchange (IBE) surveillance on prominent Indian nationals (President, in India. Who is the chairman of IFSCA? Army chief) by Chinese firm? (a) Injeti Srinivas (b) Ajay Tyagi (a) Aditya Khullar (b) Mohit Gupta (c) Nandhan Nilekani (d) TN Manoharan (c) Gulshan Rai (d) Rajesh Pani 73. Name the Indian film which bagged best screenplay 64. Who has been given additional charge as the minister award at the 77th Venice Film Festival 2020. of Food Processing Industries (Harsimrat Kaur Badal (a) Drive (b) Article 15 resigned recently)? (c) The Disciple (d) Gully Boy (a) Prakash Javadekar (b) Narendra Modi 74. Who has won US open 2020 (140th edition) in (c) Pralhad Patel Women’s singles category? (d) Narendra Singh Tomar (a) Laura Siegemund (b) Victoria Azarenka (c) Naomi Osaka (d) Serena Williams 65. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) formed a 7-member task force for framing guidelines for 75. Who has won the Tuscan Grand Prix 2020? vegan foods recently. Who is the CEO of FSSAI? (a) Charles Leclerc (b) Lewis Hamilton (a) Balram Bhargava (c) Valtteri Bottas (d) Sebastian Vettel (b) Randeep Guleria (c) Arun Singhal 76. Who authored the book titled ‘End of an Era, India (d) Harshad Pandurang Thakur Exits Tibet’? www.studycampus.in 4| Page  022-41237666

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(a) William Dalrymple 87. Union cabinet gives approval to increase the FDI limit (b) Ramachandra Guha in Defence sector from 49% to ______(through (c) Claude Arpi automatic route). (d) Khushwant Singh (a) 64% (b) 51% (c) 74% (d) 100% 77. Swami Agnivesh who passed away in September 2020 is a renowned ______. 88. The Rafale aircrafts were inducted into the Indian Air (a) Social Activist (b) Politician Force’s 17 squadron ‘Golden Arrows’. The Rafale was (c) Athlete (d) Both (a) and (b) manufactured by which company? 78. When was Hindi Diwas observed annually? (a) Lockheed Martin (b) Boeing (a) September 30 (b) August 31 (c) Dassault Aviation (d) Airbus (c) September 14 (d) September 12 89. The Union Cabinet approved amendments to the 79. South India’s first Kisan train was commenced from Labour code on social security, code on industrial which state to New Delhi recently? relations, and code on occupational safety and health (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Telangana recently. Who is the present Labour & Employment (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Maharashtra minister of India (MoS I/C)? (a) Santosh Kumar Gangwar 80. Find the J&K governor who announced Universal (b) KirenRijiju Health Insurance coverage scheme for all residents of the (c) Rao Inderjit Singh UT. (d) Raj Kumar Singh (a) Anandiben Patel (b) Anusuiya Uikey (c) B. D. Mishra (d) Manoj Sinha 90. Name the person who has been appointed as the president of All India Tennis Association (AITA). 81. Reliance Industries has become the 1st Indian (a) Prem Kumar Karra (b) Suman Kapur company to hit _____ market capitalization. (c) Anil Jain (d) Rohit Rajpal (a) $250 billion (b) $225 billion (c) $200 billion (d) $175 billion 91. World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) was observed every year on September 10. What is the theme of WSPD 82. Name the person who has been appointed as the 2020? chairman of National School of Drama. (a) “Preventing Suicide: Reaching Out and Saving Lives” (a) Sharad Kumar (b) Bimal Jalan (b) “Connect, communicate, care” (c) Ratan Thiyam (d) Paresh Rawal (c) “Take a minute, change a life” (d) “Working Together to Prevent Suicide” 83. Who among the following was appointed as the member of WHO panel for pandemic preparedness and 92. India’s 1st integrated air ambulance service was response? launched at which city? (a) Geeta Narayanan (b) Balram Bhargava (a) Kolkata (b) Chennaii (c) Preeti Sudan (d) Kalpesh Sharma (c) Bengaluru (d) New Delhi

84. Who heads the expert committee formed by Ministry 93. Name the organization which will be leading the of Finance to assess impacts of waiving loan moratorium? procurement and supply of COVID-19 Vaccines. (a) Valipe Ramagopal Rao (a) World Health Organisation (b) D.P. Singh (b) United Nations Environment Programme (c) B Sriram (c) Amnesty Internationals (d) Rajiv Mehrishi (d) United Nations Children’s Fund 94. Which bank was recognized as the best bank in the 85. Who has been appointed as the celebrity advocate of world by New York-based financial publication Global United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)’s children’s rights Finance? campaign ‘For Every Child’? (a) Wells Fargo (b) DBS Bank (a) Ranveer Singh (c) Bank of America (d) JPMorgan Chase (b) Ayushmann Khurrana (c) Radhika Apte 95. Vodafone Idea virtually unveiled their new integrated (d) Manushi Chhillar brand identity ‘Vi’ recently. Where is the HQ of Vodafone Idea located? 86. What is India’s rank in 24th edition of ‘Economic (a) Mumbai (b) Bengaluru Freedom of the World: 2020 Annual Report ‘? (c) New Delhi (d) Hyderabad (a) 79 (b) 65 (c) 105 (d) 116 www.studycampus.in 5| Page  022-41237666

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96. Name the person who has been conferred with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2019? (a) Ela Bhatt (b) David Attenborogh (c) Angela Merkel (d) Manmohan Singh

97. The US based silver lake has planned to acquire ______stake in Reliance Retail Ventures Limited for Rs. 7500 crores. (a) 3.75% (b) 2.15% (c) 3.35% (d) 1.75%

98. Northrop Grumman has named its next Cygnus Spacecraft, NG-14 as ______. (a) Valentina Tereshkova (b) Chiaki Mukai (c) Eileen Collins (d) SS Kalpana Chawla

99. United States, India and which country has decided to collaborate in 5G technology? (a) Iran (b) Israel (c) Russia (d) Afghanistan

100. Which state emerged as the most literate state in India as per 75th round of National Sample Survey (NSS) conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO) from July 2017 to June 2018? (a) Telangana (b) Goa (c) Karnataka (d) Kerala

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Answer Key

1. D 22. C 43. D 64. D 85. B 2. C 23. D 44. D 65. C 86. C 3. A 24. C 45. B 66. C 87. C 4. C 25. A 46. B 67. C 88. C 5.. D 26. A 47. C 68. D 89. A 6. C 27. D 48. D 69. D 90. C 7. D 28. C 49. B 70. B 91. D 8. D 29. B 50. A 71. C 92. C 9. D 30. A 51. D 72. A 93. D 10. D 31. A 52. D 73. C 94. B 11. C 32. C 53. C 74. C 95. A 12. C 33. C 54. C 75. B 96. B 13. D 34. D 55. B 76. C 97. D 14. B 35. D 56. D 77. D 98. D 15. C 36. D 57. B 78. C 99. B 16. D 37. C 58. A 79. C 100. D 17. A 38. B 59. B 80. D 18. B 39. B 60. B 81. A 19. B 40. B 61. D 82. D 20. D 41. C 62. A 83. C 21. C 42. C 63. D 84. D

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