- Remaining Timing :-
(1). Who won against world number two Wang Yihan of China in the badminton women’s singles quarter-finals to enter the semi-finals of the Rio 2016 Olympics?
- (a). Carolina Marin
- (b). Saina Nehwal
- (c). Li Xuerui
- (d). PV Sindhu
- (e). Jwala Gutta
Explanation:
(2). Which state’s government will call an Assembly session to pass the Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax?
- (a). Gujarat
- (b). Telangana
- (c). West Bengal
- (d). Delhi
- (e). Madhya Pradesh
Explanation:
(3). The Uttar Pradesh government has approved a Metro Rail project recently for which city?
- (a). Allahabad
- (b). Ghaziabad
- (c). Noida
- (d). Meerut
- (e). None of the above
Explanation:
(4). Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines launched e-bidding web portals to enhance transparency in power transmission sector of the country. Which is/are not one of them?
- (a). TARANG Mobile App
- (b). e-Trans
- (c). DEEP
- (d). 1 and 3
- (e). All are correct
Explanation:
(5). India and Bangladesh has agreed to jointly produce a documentary on the ____________war which led to independence for Bangladesh.
- (a). 1937
- (b). 1971
- (c). 1970
- (d). 1936
- (e). None of the above
Explanation:
(6). The Telangana Drinking Water Supply Project (Mission Bhagiratha) has got approval for sanction of ________loans by a consortium of eight banks, led by Andhra Bank.
- (a). Rs. 7,750 crore
- (b). Rs. 6,750 crore
- (c). Rs. 6,850 crore
- (d). Rs. 9,450 crore
- (e). Rs. 3,780 crore
Explanation:
(7). Which smartphone seller will start manufacturing handsets in India soon announced by the company recently?
- (a). Xiaomi
- (b). Oppo
- (c). Lenovo
- (d). Huawei
- (e). Yulong
Explanation:
(8). Which organisation has developed a simple, user friendly, quick and cost effective kit for onsite determination of Cr (VI), which meets IS10500 as well as EPA criterion?
- (a). BARC
- (b). ISRO
- (c). IISC Bangalore
- (d). Lupin
- (e). Dabur
Explanation:
(9). The number of web users in India will see a two-fold rise at ___________by 2020 against 350 million at the end of 2015, a latest report said.
- (a). 730 million
- (b). 710 million
- (c). 830 million
- (d). 630 million
- (e). None of the above
Explanation:
(10). Name the player who has won the only medal India has been able to win at the 31st Olympiad. She is the only Indian woman wrestler to have ever won a medal at the Olympic Games.
- (a). Geeta Phogat
- (b). Sakshi Malik
- (c). Geeta Singh
- (d). Geetika Jakhar
- (e). None of the above
Explanation:
(11). Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav has been handed a _______ year-ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) following an appeal by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
- (a). 5
- (b). 6
- (c). 4
- (d). 3
- (e). 2
Explanation:
(12). Name the Indian badminton Player who has become the first Indian Badminton player to enter the Final at the Olympics.
- (a). Aparna Balan
- (b). Ashwini Ponnappa
- (c). Jwala Guptta
- (d). PV Sindhu
- (e). Saina Nehwal
Explanation:
(13). India signed a short-term route agreement with which country to allow transport of petroleum goods?
- (a). Myanmar
- (b). Bhutan
- (c). Afghanistan
- (d). Bangladesh
- (e). Sri Lanka
Explanation:
(14). Which ministry has launched a portal for online filing of evaluation temple for star rating of mines?
- (a). Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
- (b). Shipping
- (c). Environment
- (d). Mines
- (e). Finance
Explanation:
(15). India Post Payments Bank will begins its operations in _______.
- (a). 2020
- (b). 2017
- (c). 2019
- (d). 2018
- (e). 2025
Explanation:
(16). The world’s longest & highest glass bottom bridge is set to open soon in which country?
- (a). USA
- (b). China
- (c). Singapore
- (d). Malaysia
- (e). Cambodia
Explanation:
(17). Govind Tej who passed away on August 18th was a _______.
- (a). Film Maker
- (b). Journalist
- (c). Politician
- (d). Businessman
- (e). Activist
Explanation:
(18). Name the writer who was awarded the prestigious 25th Vyas Samman 2015 for her poetry collection "Kshama".
- (a). Aroti Dutt
- (b). Sunita Jain
- (c). Rita Banerji
- (d). Jahnavi Shrivastava
- (e). Chitra Mudgal
Explanation:
(19). Who won the gold medal in men’s 200 metres event?
- (a). Riste Pandev
- (b). Usain Bolt
- (c). Justin Gatlin
- (d). Jimmy Vicaut
- (e). None of these
Explanation:
(20). Name the Indian cricketer who is ranked second in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test bowlers rankings.
- (a). Ashish Nehra
- (b). Ishant Sharma
- (c). Ravichandran Ashwin
- (d). Mohit Sharma
- (e). None of these
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