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Q1. Which of the following lender has recently cut the savings bank deposits rate from 4 per cent to 3.5 per cent on deposits below Rs. 1 crore? (a) Union Bank of India (b) UCO Bank (c) State Bank of India (d) Punjab National Bank

Q2. Name the Ferrari driver who has recently won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2017. (a) Lewis Hamilton (b) Kimi Raikkonen (c) Nico Rosberg (d) Sebastian Vettel

Q3. On which of the following Bank, the RBI has recently imposed a penalty of Rs. 3 crore for “non-compliance” with the directions on Know Your Customer (KYC) norms? (a) Dena Bank (b) Union Bank of India (c) Indian Overseas Bank (d) IDBI Bank

Q4. James McCloughan, an Army medic from Michigan who risked his life multiple times to rescue Vietnam War comrades has recently become the first person to receive the Medal of Honor from President of which of the following country? (a) Vietnam (b) Thailand (c) Cambodia (d) The USA

Q5. Which of the following city has recently reached on an agreement with the leaders of the International Olympic Committee to host the 2028 Summer Games? (a) Paris (b) Los Angeles (c) Washington DC (d) New York

Q6. The Metro of which of the following city was recently declared as the world’s first green metro after it added a green certification for all its major buildings and installations? (a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata (c) Delhi (d) Kochi

Q7. In which of the following country, the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge has been opened recently? (a) China (b) Romania (c) Finland (d) Switzerland

Q8. Tech giant Cisco has recently appointed ______as president for its India and SAARC operations. (a) Mukul Sangma (b) Puneet Joshi (c) Sukanvar Marathe (d) Sameer Garde

Q9. Name the first vice-chairman of NITI Aayog, who has recently announced his resignation. (a) Bibek Debroy (b) Arvind Panagariya

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Q10. Mukesh Ambani has elbowed past ______to become Asia’s second-richest man, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. (a) Li Ka-Shing (b) Jack Ma (c) Wang Jianlin (d) Robin Li

Q11. In which of the following country, China has formally opened its first overseas military base? (a) Somalia (b) Ethiopia (c) Eritrea (d) Djibouti

Q12. World breastfeeding week 2017 is being celebrated from 1st to 7th August 2017 with the theme ______. (a) Breastfeeding- the first food of life (b) Sustaining Breastfeeding Together (c) Grow together with Children (d) Breastfeeding- The enrichment and values

Q13. The Supreme Court of India has recently imposed a ban on the use of five harmful metals. Which one of the following metal is not among them? (a) Lithium (b) Arsenic (c) Bismuth (d) Mercury

Q14. SEBI has recently approved the appointment of ______, as the chairman of the board of directors of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). (a) Dharmendra Kumar (b) Jeevan Jyoti (c) Kamalendra Nirupam (d) Dhirendra Swarup

Q15. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has recently appointed an expert panel committee that would study various issues relating to data protection in the country. The committee is headed by ______. (a) M. Patanjali Sastri (b) B N Srikrishna (c) Sudhi Ranjan Das (d) Ranganath Misra

Q16. The Union Cabinet has recently approved the scrapping of the no-detention policy in schools till Class 8th. Who is the Present HRD Minister? (a) Smriti Irani (b) Jagat Prakash Nadda (c) Prakash Javadekar (d) Chaudhary Birender Singh

Q17. The Indian Army has developed a mobile application named ______through which serving soldiers can track details like postings and promotions. (a) Humraaz (b) Humsafar (c) Sambandh (d) Sabal

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Q18. Regulator SEBI has set up a committee on 'fair market conduct' which will suggest measures for improving surveillance of the markets and strengthen rules for trades. The panel has been formed under the chairmanship of ______. (a) M S Kumarmangalam (b) Vishwaroop Kumar (c) T K Viswanathan (d) AjitMoudgil

Q19. Name the person who has been recently confirmed by the US Senate to lead the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)? (a) Andrew McCabe (b) Christopher Wray (c) John Cornyn (d) Michael Garcia

Q20. Who has been appointed as the Secretary General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)? (a) Sanjaya Baru (b) Kamal Mittal (c) Laxmi Vikash Sharma (d) Swapnil Kumar

Q21. Name the Former India hockey player who was recently honoured by East Bengal football club with its highest award, Bharat Gaurav. (a) Sardara Singh (b) Sandeep Singh (c) Dhanraj Pillay (d) Dilip Tirkey

Q22. Name the former Union minister who has passed away recently in Assam. (a) Arunab Kumar (b) Arindam Bhattacharya (c) Mohan Kumar Chauhan (d) Santosh Mohan Dev

Q23. Ministry of State for Culture and Tourism has recently organized a Sankalp Se Siddhi (Attainment through Resolve) Program in which of the following city? (a) Sikkim (b) Dispur (c) Coimbatore (d) Raipur

Q24. A three-day annual cultural festival named ______was organized recently by the government of Puducherry. (a) Fete de Puducherry (b) Fest de Puducherry (c) Celebration at Puducherry (d) Colours of India

Q25. Gabriel Chundan won the 65th edition of the prestigious Nehru Trophy held recently at Kerala. Nehru Trophy is related with which sports? (a) Hockey (b) Football (c) Badminton

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(d) Boat Race

Q26. Environment Ministry of India has recently launched ‘GajYatra’ to mark World Elephant Day 2017. World Elephant Day is observed globally on ______. (a) 14 August (b) 13 July (c) 12 August (d) 16 July

Q27. Indian Coast Guard has recently commissioned the fifth in the series of six 105-metre offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). What is the name of this ship? (a) Drona (b) Shaurya (c) Vijay (d) Parakram

Q28. Name the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at public broadcaster Prasar Bharati who has been appointed as the chief of Rajya Sabha TV. (a) Ambati Velthaty (b) Shikhar Paul (c) Diwakar Saxena (d) Shashi Shekhar Vempati

Q29. Which of the following state has recently launched 'She Means Business' program of Facebook for women entrepreneurs across the state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Haryana (c) Odisha (d) Uttar Pradesh

Q30. Name the state that has recently launched Namo Yuva Rojgar Kendra, an initiative providing job opportunities to unemployed youth. (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Rajasthan (d) Gujarat

Q31. Name the sprinter, who recently took official retirement from racing. (a) Usain Bolt (b) Yohan Blake (c) Moruga Swan (d) ShimowaBhan

Q32. In the 7th Asian Championship Shotgun, Mairaj-Rashmmi pair of India bagged a gold medal in the skeet mixed team event. The event was held in ______. (a) Jakarta, Indonesia (b) New Delhi, India (c) Astana, Kazakhstan (d) Shanghai, China

Q33. To which of the following country, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recently

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declared free of polio? (a) Iran (b) Iraq (c) Indonesia (d) Somalia

Q34. Name the Veteran journalist who has been chosen for the first Kesari Media Award. (a) P S Katre (b) Amar Bhanwala (c) Jason Chaddha (d) T J S George

Q35. Name the IAS officer who has been appointed as Executive Director of World Bank to represent the constituency of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka for three years. (a) T. SuwarnaRaju (b) S. Aparna (c) KiranRawat (d) SulekhaRupenwar

Q36. The nation (India) celebrates its ______Independence Day on 15th August 2017 and the main function was held at the Red Fort of the national capital where Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the National Flag.

(a) 69th (b) 70th (c) 71st (d) 72nd (e) 73rd

Q37. Name the football player, who was banned for five-match by the Spanish football federation recently? (a) Cristiano Ronaldo (b) Tom Brady (c) Aaron Rodgers (d) Lionel Messi

Q38. Who has resigned as president of the Nagaur District Association, marking an end to his presence in the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA), which was banned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for allowing him in its fold? (a) Lalit Modi (b) Saurabh Ganguly (c) Anurag Thakur (d) Sharad Pawar

Q39. On the occasion of Independence Day ______Gallantry Awards have been approved by the President Ram Nath Kovind for the Armed Forces and Paramilitary Forces. (a) 644 Gallantry Awards (b) 900 Gallantry Awards (c) 201 Gallantry Awards (d) 112 Gallantry Awards

Q40. The country's exports grew nearly how much percent in July 2017 on a yearly basis to 22 (point) 5 billion dollars? (a) 5 per cent (b) 4 per cent

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Q41. Union Home Minister has launched the live twitter wall for promoting Bharat Ke Veer portal on the eve of Independence Day. Who is the present Union Home Minister of India? (a) Mahendra Nath Pandey (b) Radha Mohan Singh (c) Arun Jaitley (d) Rajnath Singh

Q42. The Indian government has directed internet majors- Google, Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Microsoft and Yahoo - to immediately remove the links of dangerous online game ______, which has led to the suicide of children in India and other countries. (a) Black Cockroach Challenge (b) Red Fish Challenge (c) Blue Whale Challenge (d) Green Parrot Challenge

Q43. Bharat Ke Veer portal is technically supported by National Informatics Centre (NIC) and powered by-? (a) State Bank of India (b) ICICI Bank (c) Life Insurance Corporation (d) Reserve Bank of India

Q44. Name the 10-year-old mountaineer from Visakhapatnam, who has successfully summited one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas, making her one of the youngest people in the world to achieve this feat. (a) Mallesh Mangalam (b) Shruthi Sethi (c) Lakshmika Rao (d) Kaamya Karthikeyan

Q45. Who has appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) recently? (a) Shashi Shekhar Vempati (b) I V Subba Rao (c) Santosh Sharma (d) E Sankara Rao

Q46. NASA has launched the latest in a series of satellites aimed at ensuring astronauts at the International Space Station can communicate with Earth. In which year NASA was established? (a) 1958 (b) 1979 (c) 1951 (d) 1959

Q47. A digital police portal under the CCTNS project, which aims to create a national database of crimes and criminals has launched by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. What is the meaning of "T" in CCTNS? (a) Tracking (b) Trafficking (c) Travelling (d) Terminating

Q48. Keeping up its tradition of naming its Android upgrades with delectable desserts, ______has launched its version 8.0 of the operating system as Android Oreo. (a) Infosys (b) Yahoo

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Q49. Which of the following company will invest about Rs 52,000 crore in expanding Paradip refinery in Odisha and setting up petrochemical complex after the Odisha State Government agreed to restore part of tax incentives? (a) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) (b) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) (c) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) (d) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)

Q50. Name the person, who has sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister (CM) of Tamil Nadu recently? (a) C Vidyasagar Rao (b) O Panneerselvam (c) Edappadi K Palanisamy (d) V K Sasikala

Q51. Name the player, who becomes the second Indian woman footballer to win the Arjuna Award? (a) Margaret Devi (b) Sangita Basfore (c) Panthoi Chanu (d) Oinam Bembem Devi

Q52. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has constituted a 40-member 'preview committee’ for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017. IFFI 2017 is scheduled to be held in- (a) New Delhi (b) Nagpur (c) Hyderabad (d) Goa

Q53. Name the Former Manipur Chief Minister and a member of the first LokSabha who passed away recently. (a) Mairembam Koireng Singh (b) Radhabinod Koijam (c) Pawan Chamling (d) Rishang Keishing

Q54. Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, ShriPiyushGoyal has recently addressed the 3-day 8th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress in New Delhi. The theme of the conference was ______. (a) Renewable Energy: Future Need (b) Renewable Energy: What Next (c) Renewable Energy: What Works (d) Renewable Energy: Sustainable Development

Q55. Name the actor who has been recently named as the highest-paid leading man, earning $68 million pretax in 12 month scoring period, according to the Forbes list. (a) Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (b) Vin Diesel (c) Mark Wahlberg (d) Jackie Chan

Q56. Name the New Zealand's oldest cricketer (100 Years) who has passed away, recently. (a) Tom Pritchard (b) Mark Burgess (c) Peter Coman (d) Brian Hastings

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Q57. The Present CEO of NITI Aayog is ______. (a) Arvind Pangariya (b) Narendra Modi (c) Saurabh Seth (d) Amitabh Kant

Q58. Name the actor who has been recently named as the highest-paid leading man from Bollywood in India. (a) Salman Khan (b) Shahrukh Khan (c) Akshay Kumar (d) Amir Khan

Q59. Who among the following is the newly appointed Chairman of Railway Board of India? (a) Ashwani Lohani (b) Shabham Murray (c) AngadVishwakarma (d) A K Anantha

Q60. Name one of the most prolific and influential science fiction writers of the 20th century who has passed away recently aged 92. (a) Roald Dahl (b) Margaret Atwood (c) Brian Aldiss (d) James Patterson

Q61. National Sports Awards were given recently to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Selection Committee for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Awards was headed by ______. (a) Justice Dipak Misra (b) Justice Amitava Roy (c) Justice Ashok Bhushan (d) Justice C.K. Thakkar

Q62. Jack Ma is back on top as Asia’s richest man following gains in the company's earnings and share price, according to the Forbes. He is the founder of ______. (a) Amazon (b) Alibaba Group (c) Xiaomi (d) Samsung

Q63. The government has recently hiked the ceiling for the creamy layer from Rs 6 lakh per annum to ______per annum for central government jobs. (a) Rs 7.0 lakh (b) Rs 7.5 lakh (c) Rs 6.5 lakh (d) Rs 8.0 lakh

Q64. Name the England's Record Goalscorer who has retired from International football recently. (a) Wayne Rooney (b) Jamie Vardy (c) Joe Hart (d) Jack Wilshere

Q65. The Supreme Court of India pronounced that individual privacy is a fundamental right protected by the Constitution. With this, now India has total how many fundamental rights? (a) 6 (b) 9

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Q66. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has recently approved the renaming of the new Central Sector Scheme SAMPADA as PMSKY for the period of 2016-20. What is the full form of PMKSY? (a) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) (b) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) (c) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Suraksha Yojana (PMKSY) (d) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Safal Yojana (PMKSY)

Q67. In which of the following city, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will inaugurate the country's first Videsh Bhavan, assimilating all Regional Passport Offices under one roof? (a) New Delhi (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) Bhubneshwar

Q68. EPDCL and SPDCL have become the first state-owned distribution companies in India to accept payments through Bharat QR. The companies belong to which state? (a) Karnataka (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Telangana (d) Assam

Q69. Name the person who has been named the interim CMD of Air India. (a) Sandeep Kumar (b) A K Malhotra (c) Rajiv Bansal (d) Narendra Kansal

Q70. Who is the Present Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)? (a) Nandan Nilekani (b) Rajiv Sharma (c) R. S. Sharma (d) Anjana Kulkarni

Q71. Name the person who has been recently appointed as the New Chairman of the software giant Infosys. (a) Sanjeev Masand (b) Vishal Sikka (c) N. Krishnamurthy (d) Nandan Nilekani

Q72. Indian Navy Band has recently participated in the International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower". It is the famous Military Music Festival of ______. (a) Russia (b) France (c) Japan (d) USA

Q73. The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue Rs 50 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series. The new denomination has a motif of ______. (a) Taj Mahal (b) Red Fort (c) Ashoka Pillar (d) Hampi with Chariot

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Q74. The RBI has issued Rs 200 denomination banknotes in the Market. The new denomination of Rs 200 has Motif of ______on the reverse. (a) Hampi with Chariot (b) Ashoka Pillar (c) Char Minar (d) Sanchi Stupa

Q75. Name the country's oldest cinematographer, aged 101, who passed recently. (a) Ramananda Sengupta (b) Anil Mehta (c) Balu Mahendra (d) Ashok Mehta

Q76. Name the football player who has won the UEFA Men's Player of the Year award for the 2016/17 season. (a) Leonel Messi (b) Cristiano Ronaldo (c) Neymar Jr. (d) Paul Pogba

Q77. What is the base colour of newly introduced Rs 200 denomination? (a) Golden Yellow (b) Begonia (c) Bright Yellow (d) Bright Ube

Q78. Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has recently penned a book titled ______. (a) Indian Boosting Economy (b) I Do What I Do (c) I Do It In My Way (d) RBI and India

Q79. Name the country that has launched world's first climate-smart snow leopard landscape management plan. (a) Bangladesh (b) Sri Lanka (c) South Africa (d) Nepal

Q80. In which of the following district, Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to build an Eco-Park on over 34 acres of land. (a) Samaba (b) Ramban (c) Rajouri (d) Ganderbal

Q81. Nungthaang Tampak village of which state has emerged as the '100 percent computer literate' in the entire North East? (a) Assam (b) Tripura (c) Meghalaya (d) Manipur

Q82. Name the Indian Coast Guard Ship which was part of the First Training Squadron of the Navy, was decommissioned recently. (a) Indra (b) Dhanush (c) Janak (d) Varuna

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Q83. Which of the following village is the country's first 100 percent computer literate village? (a) Aryad (b) Chunakkara (c) Chamravattom (d) Ennakkad

Q84. Name the country that will host the 2018 Table Tennis Team World Cup. (a) England (b) China (c) USA (d) Indonesia

Q85. Name the person who has been recently appointed as Director General of the Railway Protection Force (RPF). (a) Sajeev Nigam (b) Swaroop Saroha (c) Dharmendra Kumar (d) Prashant Kumar

Q86. Name the football player who has recently become the first ever player to score 350 goals in La Liga. (a) Lionel Messi (b) Cristiano Ronaldo (c) Neymar (d) Paul Pogba

Q87. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will participate in the two-day Indian Ocean Conference. The Conference will be held in ______. (a) New Delhi, India (b) Beijing, China (c) Kathmandu, Nepal (d) Colombo, Sri Lanka

Q88. Who is the 45th Chief Justice of India? (a) Justice Dipak Mishra (b) Justice T S Thakur (c) Justice H. J. Kania (d) Justice Tapan Rey

Q89. P V Sindhu won the Silver medal in World Badminton Championship 2017. She lost the historic match against ______. (a) Carolina Marín (b) Nozomi Okuhara (c) Wang Yihan (d) Tai Tzu-ying

Q90. World Badminton Championship 2017 was held recently in ______. (a) Edinburgh, Scotland (b) Tokyo, Japan (c) Glasgow, Scotland (d) Jakarta, Indonesia

Q91. Defence Minister Arun Jaitley handed over the Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM). This missile is jointly developed by India and ______. (a) Israel (b) Russia (c) France (d) China

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Q92. From which area, India and China have agreed to withdraw their troops after being in a standoff for over two months? (a) Doklam (b) Johnson Line (c) Dungan (d) Aksai Chin sector

Q93. Name the Formula One driver who has registered his 58th career race win after claiming the Belgian Grand Prix title. (a) Sebastian Vettel (b) Lewis Hamilton (c) Michael Schumacher (d) Valtteri Bottas

Q94. According to a report by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) which of the following country was the least visited country in 2016? (a) Dominica (b) Central African Republic (c) Djibouti (d) Island of Tuvalu

Q95. Name India's two-time Olympic footballer and East Bengal legend who passed away recently. (a) Ahmed Khan (b) Tarif Ahmed (c) Gouranga Biswas (d) Debjit Majumder

Q96. Who has recently launched the National Sports Talent Search Portal which is a government initiative to unearth sporting talent from every nook and corner of the country? (a) Ramnath Kovind (b) Ajay Garg (c) Venkaiah Naidu (d) Vijay Goel

Q97. Which of the following country has recently imposed World's toughest law against plastic bags across the country? (a) Kenya (b) Uganda (c) Ireland (d) Canada

Q98. Name the newly appointed CEO of Uber. (a) Travis Kalanick (b) Kalyan Krishnamurthy (c) Dara Khosrowshahi (d) Jeff Bezos

Q99. Name the transwoman from Kolkata who was crowned the first Miss TransQueen of India. (a) Nitasha Biswas (b) Devika Rani (c) Jaya Bhattacharya (d) Mouli Ganguly

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Q100. The National Sports day is celebrated across the Country to mark the birthday of ______. (a) Milkha Singh (b) Sachin Tendulkar (c) Major Dhyan Chand (d) Kapil Dev

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