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1. Which cricketer has become the first Indian to hit more than 200 sixes in ODI cricket? A) Rohit Sharma B) Virat Kohli C) Yuvraj Singh D) MS Dhoni

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4. Who has been appointed as the next chief election commissioner (CEC) of India? A) Achal Kumar Joti B) Om Prakash Rawat C) Sushil Singh Verma D) Vinod Kumar Behera

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15. Which state has set a record by planting 6 crore saplings in a day? A) Madhya Pradesh B) Chhattisgarh C) Andhra Pradesh D) Rajasthan


19. What is the name of the IPS officer from Telangana who has won '2017 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Heroes Award' from the US Department of State? A) Anand Kumar Bishnoi B) Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat C) Dharam Kumar Sansi D) Ramkripal Joshi


23. Which state has become the last to adopt the resolution for implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST)? A) Jammu & Kashmir B) Karnataka C) Kerala D) Telangana


25. What is the rank of India out of 165 nations in 2nd Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI), released by International Telecommunication Union (ITU)? A) 38 B) 23 C) 17 D) 45


30. Which space agency recently launched Intelsat 35e satellite into space? A) ESA B) SpaceX C) ISRO D) NASA


31. Ministry of Science and Technology recently launched National Biopharmaceutical Mission with a corpus of? A) $390 million B) $170 million C) $250 million D) $320 million


32. Who are the two Indian-Americans which were honoured with the prestigious ‘Great Immigrants’ annual award on July 4th? 1. Shantanu Narayen 2. Vivek Murthy 3. Satya Nadella 4. Sundar Pichai A) 1 & 2 B) 2 & 3 C) 3 & 4 D) 4 & 1


33. Rajkiran Rai G has assumed charge as Managing Director & CEO of? A) Corporation Bank B) Syndicate Bank C) Union Bank of India D) Vijaya Bank


35. Which university has decided to exempt transgender students from payment of fee from this academic year? A) GGSIPU B) IGNOU C) JNU D) GTU


36. AIIB has approved a loan of how much amount to build access roads to 4,000 villages in Gujarat? A) USD 236 million B) USD 329 million C) USD 412 million D) USD 184 million


38. Which team won Asian Snooker Championship held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan? A) Pakistan B) Sri Lanka C) India D) Bangladesh


40. Which of the following have launched a $100 million fund 'Fundamentum'? 1. Azim Premji 2. Nandan Nilekani 3. Sanjeev Aggarwal 4. Ratan Tata A) 1 & 2 B) 2 & 3 C) 3 & 4 D) 4 & 1


43. Who released the book “President Pranab Mukherjee – A Statesman”? A) Arun Jaitley B) Rajnath Singh C) Narendra Modi D) Pranab Mukherjee Book

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55. Who has been appointed as the new chief of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)? A) Vinod Yadav B) Sanjay Kumar C) Rakesh Mehta D) Shailesh Sinha


60. Which NGO based in Pune has been awarded UNDP's Equator Prize? A) Adarsh Charitable Trust B) Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti C) Manav Vikas Seva Sangh D) Swayam Shikshan Prayog


61. Which of the two commodity exchanges are going to merge to create India’s third biggest commodity exchange? 1. Indian Commodity Exchange 2. National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange 3. Multi Commodity Exchange 4. National Multi Commodity Exchange A) 1 & 2 B) 2 & 3 C) 3 & 4 D) 4 & 1 Copyright @ Study-IQ education, All rights reserved

74. Asian Development Bank has committed a loan of USD 220 million for improvement of roads in? A) Bihar B) Rajasthan C) Punjab D) Jharkhand


77. What is the rank of India in terms of money parked by its citizens with Swiss banks by the end of 2016? A) 37 B) 42 C) 69 D) 88


84. Human rights champion Simone Veil, who recently passed away, hailed from? A) Sweden B) France C) Italy D) Spain


91. Foundation stone of the India’s largest Global Skill Park was recently laid in? A) Punjab B) Madhya Pradesh C) Kerala D) Odisha


96. Dree festival of Apatani community was recently celebrated in? A) Arunachal Pradesh B) J&K C) Tripura D) Sikkim


97. Which Student-Scientist connect programme was recently launched in New Delhi? A) GYAAN B) JIGYASA C) SANYOJAN D) ANUBHAV


102. India is conducting 15-day long joint military exercise 'Ex Maitree 2017' at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh with which country? A) Indonesia B) Sri Lanka C) Malaysia D) Thailand


104. India's biggest fresh water aquarium was recently inaugurated in which state? A) Jharkhand B) Tamilnadu C) Kolkata D) Gujarat


110. How many agreements did India sign with Israel during PM Narendra Modi's recent visit? A) Nine B) Seven C) Three D) Five


119. When was 'International Plastic Bag Free Day' observed? A) July 2 B) July 3 C) July 7 D) July 1


130. When was National Doctors Day observed? A) July 4 B) July 3 C) July 2 D) July 1


131. India's first university only for Dalit students is going to be set up in which state in 2018? A) Telangana B) Karnataka C) Bihar D) Uttar Pradesh


132. Which city has been declared as India’s first World Heritage City by UNESCO? A) Amravati B) Ahmedabad C) Jaipur D) Varanasi


4. The 22nd “World Petroleum Congress” was recently held in? A) Turkey B) Saudi Arabia C) Qatar D) UAE


11. India is going to import crude oil from which country for the first time? A) Mexico B) USA C) Malaysia D) Israel


16. Which of the following villages did PM Narendra Modi adopt recently under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana? A) Bansdih B) Khurja C) Mahrajganj D) Kakrahia


20. Which state government has launched a core flagship programme called Livelihood Intervention and Facilitation Entrepreneurship (LIFE)? A) Manipur B) Bihar C) Punjab D) Meghalaya


26. Health ministry has launched a new Strategic Plan which gives year wise elimination targets for malaria for the next? A) 7 years B) 5 years C) 3 years D) 10 years


27. India is going to invite the leaders of which regional organisation for the Republic Day celebrations in 2018? A) ASEAN B) SAARC C) BRICS D) SCO


32. Indian Railways recently launched virtual server RailCloud. It has been developed by? A) Mindtree B) WIpro C) RailTel D) HCL


50. What is the name of the app launched by Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to help users carry out basic tax-related tasks? A) Aaykar Mitra B) Aaykar Sahayak C) Aaykar Setu D) Sugam Aaykar


56. China has set up its first overseas military base in? A) Tanzania B) Djibouti C) Kenya D) Eritrea


57. Who has become the world's youngest ever Golf Champion by winning Ladies European Thailand Championship? A) Brooke Henderson B) Ana Menendez C) Atthaya Thitikul D) Lydia Ko


60. First-ever lung transplant in a government hospital in India was recently performed at? A) AIIMS, Delhi B) CMC, Vellore C) Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi D) PGIMER Chandigarh


66. As per a report by FAO and OECD, India is going to be the largest producer of milk in the world by? A) 2020 B) 2026 C) 2030 D) 2018


68. Which state has become the first to provide women an injectable contraceptive for free under its programme "Antara"? A) Madhya Pradesh B) Rajasthan C) Maharashtra D) Uttar Pradesh


69. Who has taken charge as secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA)? A) Shaktikanta Das B) Subhash Chandra Garg C) Partap Sharma D) Tapan Ray


78. What is the name of the RSS website launched by Madhya Pradesh's Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan? A) Sewagatha B) Matruchhaya C) Anand Dham D) Swayamsevaks


81. What was the theme of World Population day observed on July 11? A) Investing in Young People B) Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies C) Family Planning: Empowering People, Developing Nations D) Investing in Teenage Girls


84. Which chinese automaker has entered into an MoU with the Gujarat government to set up a car manufacturing facility at Halol with an investment of Rs 2,000 crore? A) Changan Automobile B) Geely C) SAIC Motor D) FAW Group


85. Which company has won the Prime Minister’s trophy for being the best performing integrated steel plant in the country during 2014-15 and 2015-16? A) SAIL B) Tata Steel C) Bhushan Steel D) JSW


93. Where was G20 Leaders’ Summit held recently? A) Hamburg B) Munich C) Frankfurt D) Berlin


102. Which state has become the first to enact a law against social boycott issued by Caste Panchayats? A) Maharashtra B) Rajasthan C) Haryana D) Andhra Pradesh


106. Which company has been conferred with the ‘Golden Peacock Award’ for Environment Management? A) Total Environment B) Danfoss India C) INDUS Enviro D) SGS India


116. Which country topped the medal tally at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships held in Bhubaneswar? A) China B) Kazakhstan C) Iran D) India


117. Which state has topped the list in the country for having issued over 43 lakh soil health cards (SHCs) to farmers in the past two years? A) Tamilnadu B) Chhattisgarh C) Gujarat D) Andhra Pradesh


124. Who has recently been elected to the governing board of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva? A) Saurabh Govil B) Rajan Dutta C) Manoj Biswas D) Rajeev Dubey


127. India and Bangladesh have decided to construct a bridge over Khawthlangtuipui river located in? A) West Bengal B) Mizoram C) Tripura D) Meghalaya


135. Health Ministry recently launched 'Mission Parivar Vikas' in 146 districts of 7 states that have a total fertility rate (TFR) of? A) 5 and above B) 2 and above C) 4 and above D) 3 and above


138. Government has merged which of the following two ministries to form MoHUA? 1. Health and Family Welfare 2. Urban Development 3. Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation 4. Rural Development A) 1 & 2 B) 2 & 3 C) 3 & 4 D) 4 & 1 Copyright @ Study-IQ education, All rights reserved

140. Which state has launched the e-Inner Line Permit (eILP) programme? A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Jammu & Kashmir C) Mizoram D) Nagaland


144. Which Indian music composer's soundtrack has been shortlisted for the World Soundtrack Public Choice Award? A) Amit Trivedi B) Mithoon C) AR Rahman D) Ilayaraja


146. Mangesh Tendulkar, who recently passed away, was a noted? A) Cartoonist B) Painter C) Playwright D) Architect


153. Which of the following has recently been trademarked? A) Mahatma Gandhi's Round Glasses B) Michael Jackson's Sequin Glove C) Bhagat Singh's Turban D) Mother Teresa's Blue Bordered Sari


158. When was Malala Day observed? A) July 7 B) July 10 C) July 12 D) July 9


166. Union health ministry has signed an MoU with which state government for setting up a centre for transfusion medicine? A) Uttar Pradesh B) Andhra Pradesh C) Haryana D) West Bengal


174. National Green Tribunal (NGT) has declared 100 meters from the edge of which river as "nodevelopment zone"? A) Narmada B) Yamuna C) Ganga D) Cauvery


180. Who has been appointed as Director General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DG GSTI)? A) Debi Prasad Dash B) John Joseph C) RK Mahajan D) Vinay Khurana Organization DHFL General Insurance Oriental Bank of Commerce Exim Bank Karur Vysya Bank Syndicate Bank SIDBI Tamilnad Mercantile Bank DHFL Vijaya Bank United India Insurance

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183. Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan, who recently passed away, was a renowned? A) Physicist B) Crime journalist C) Economist D) Forensic expert


187. Which state has become the first to lay down the minimum educational qualifications for contesting elections to cooperative bodies? A) Gujarat B) Rajasthan C) Punjab D) Haryana


192. Who has been made the Goodwill Ambassador of the WHO for autism in South-East Asia Region? A) Manel Abeysekera B) Maleeha Lodhi C) Anushka Reddy D) Saima Wazed Hossain


199. Which Indian cricketer became the first woman to score 6000 runs in ODI cricket? A) Mithali Raj B) Mansi Joshi C) Harmanpreet Kaur D) Poonam Yadav


2. UN observes an International Day on July 18th every year to celebrate the birth anniversary of? A) Martin Luther King Jr. B) Nelson Mandela C) Desmond Tutu D) Walter Ulyate Sisulu


13. What is the name of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner who recently passed away? A) Cai Xitao B) Liu Xiaobo C) Zhao Jiuzhang D) Shen Kuo


24. Nar Bahadur Bhandari, who recently passed away, was the former Chief Minister of? A) Assam B) Mizoram C) Nagaland D) Sikkim


25. When is International Justice Day observed to commemorate the founding treaty of International Criminal Court (ICC)? A) July 17 B) July 15 C) July 13 D) July 19


27. Who has been appointed as brand ambassador of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC)? A) Irfan Avaish B) Shoaib Alvi C) Bilal Dar D) Shad Malik


29. What is the name of the app launched by Indian Railways which will provide users with a single window interface? A) SAARTHI B) SADHAN C) MITR D) SAMADHAN


36. Which railway station has become the first in India to be run by women? A) Santa Cruz B) Khar C) Borivali D) Matunga


48. Which automobile company has developed India's first bio-CNG bus? A) Mahindra & Mahindra B) Tata Motors C) Volvo D) Eicher


53. What is the name of indigenously developed newborn hearing screening device launched by Ministry of Science and Technology? A) AAWAZ B) SOHUM C) SHABD D) SHRAVAN


71. Which Pakistani cricketer recently received Honorary Life Membership by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)? A) Shahid Afridi B) Waqar Younis C) Zaheer Abbas D) Misbah-ul-Haq


75. What is the name of the supercluster of galaxies which has recently been discovered by astronomers of IISER, Pune? A) Ganga B) Kaveri C) Saraswati D) Mahanadi


80. Who has been appointed as Secretary to Presidentelect Ram Nath Kovind? A) Ashok Malik B) Bharat Lal C) Sanjay Kothari D) Vinay Sharma

Ø Secretary to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu - I V Subba Rao


95. Which state government has announced to implement ‘Shala Siddhi Protsahan Yojana' in 25,000 government schools in the state? A) Maharashtra B) Rajasthan C) Uttar Pradesh D) Madhya Pradesh


97. As per NCAER, which state has retained the top position in the list of 21 states and UTs with most investment potential? A) Andhra Pradesh B) Haryana C) Gujarat D) Telangana


102. Which Indian athlete has won gold in Javelin Throw at the World Para Athletics Championships held in London? A) Sundar Singh Gurjar B) Ravindra Prabhakar C) Ravi Krishan D) Suresh Kumar


104. Who has been appointed as Nagaland's new Chief Minister? A) Shurhozelie Liezietsu B) Imtikumzu C) TR Zeliang D) Chotisuh Sazo


106. Who has been awarded 2017 Skoch award for Personality of the Year? A) Animesh Chauhan B) Ashwani Kumar C) Kishore Sansi D) Pawan Kumar


136. Reserve Bank is going to issue bank notes of denomination Rs. 20 in Mahatma Gandhi series 2005 with inset letter? A) S B) A C) P D) D


150. Who has become the only male senior kathak dancer to be conferred with a fellowship by the Department of Culture? A) Tirath Ram Azad B) Shashi Sankhla C) Vijay Shankar D) Nandakishore Kapote


6. The government of which Indian state has recently launched an integrated grievance redressal management system called ‘Janahitha’,? 1. Punjab 2. Telangana 3. Maharashtra 4. Andhra Pradesh


22. Recently, the 200th anniversary of the Paika Rebellion was celebrated , this rebellion took place in which state in India ? 1. Odisha 2. Bihar 3. Jharkhand 4. Uttar Pradesh


45 What is the new name given to the Chennai Open tennis tournament, India’s only event in the ATP World Tour ? 1. Pune Open 2. Maharashtra Open 3. Nagpur Open 4. Mumbai Open


47 Where was the Research Institution of World Ancient, Traditional, Culture & Heritage (RIWATCH) Museum inaugurated ? 1. Manipur 2. Arunachal Pradesh 3. Sikkim 4. Mizroam


52 Chester Bennington passed away recently, he was a popular what ? 1. Politician 2. Singer 3. Scientist 4. Sportsman


53. What is India’s rank in the countries affected by terrorism in 2016 as per the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (NCSTRT)data ? 1. First 2. Second 3. Third 4. Fourth


56 Gerald Ford, world’s largest aircraft carrier, was commissioned into the fleet by the Navy of which country ? 1. Canada 2. USA 3. France 4. Russia


60. 235 meter long Chimari Bridge constructed by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) was recently inagurated in which state ? 1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Uttar Pradesh 3. Himachal Pradesh 4. Arunachal Pradesh


62. Udupi R Rao, renowned scientist passed away recently, he served as the chairman of which Indian organisation ? 1. CDRI 2. Banana research center, Trichy 3. DRDO 4. ISRO


69 World’s first floating wind farm has commenced its operations in which country ? 1. Sweden 2. USA 3. Scotland 4. Wales


73. Which online portal has been launched by Women and Child Development (WCD) ministry to enable women employees of the central government to file complaints related to sexual harassment at the workplace? 1. Sh e-Wins 2. SH e-box 3. Sh e-CAN 4. SH e-WCD


74 Union Ministry of Rural Development recently launched which mobile app for Community Contracting and production cost estimated for maintenance of rural roads? 1. PRAGATI 2. Pratham 3. Kaya-Kalp 4. Aarambh


76. Which team won the ICC Women World Cup 2017 ? 1. England 2. India 3. Pakistan 4. Sri Lanka


79 Who will take over as the new spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)? 1. Vikas Swarup 2. Raveesh Kumar 3. Gopal Baglay 4. Syed Akbaruddin


80 Which state’s Civil Secretariat has become the India’s first secretariat to be fully under wireless coverage enabling end-to-end wireless connectivity. 1. Arunachal Pradesh 2. Himachal Pradesh 3. Uttar Pradesh 4. Madhya Pradesh


Which state’s prison department has come up with first of its kind offer to rent out its jails to other states to lodge their convicts from 2018 ? 1. Manipur 2. Mizoram 3. Telangana 4. Assam


Which famous Gandhian and freedom fighter, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala was referred to as the Kerala Gandhi. 1. K. E. Mammen 2. Anuj Paul 3. Shivir Thomas 4. Manoj K Budiri


West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee conferred this year’s ‘Mahanayak Samman 2017’ to which veteran actress for her lifetime contribution in the field of cinema ? 1. Shakuntala Barua 2. Koena Mitra 3. Radhika Apte 4. Moon Moon Sen


Which female cricketer recently broke the world record of most wickets in women's oneday internationals ? 1. Harmanpreet Kaur 2. Jhulan Goswami 3. Mithali Raj 4. Harmanpreet Kaur


Konsam Ormila Devi won the gold medal at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Kathmandu, Nepal. She is from which state ? 1. Manipur 2. Mizoram 3. Sikkim 4. Assam


When do we observe ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’ to commemorate our resounding victory over Pakistan in Operation Vijay ? 1. 24th July 2. 25th July 3. 26th July 4. 27th July


Which metro has become India’s first metro to have its own FM radio station ? 1. Chennai Metro 2. DMRC 3. Lucknow Metro 4. Ahmadabad Metro


The High Court of which state has made singing of Vande Mataram compulsory in schools, government offices, private entities and industries in the state ? 1. Madras High Court 2. Allahabad High Court 3. Guwahati High Court 4. Delhi High Court


Kaizala is a mobile application, launched as which company’s first indigenous chat messaging application ? 1. Yahoo 2. Facebook 3. Microsoft 4. Wipro


Which Indian metro service has launched India’s first Mobile Ticketing System ‘OnGo’? 1. Mumbai Metro 2. DMRC Metro 3. Chennai Metro 4. Ahmadabad Metro


The governmen of India has launched which mobile app for dissemination of earthquake parameters to the user community in timely manner for their safety and is developed by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) 1. India Seism 2. India Quake 3. India Wave 4. Tremor-IND


N. Dharam Singh passed away recently, he was the former Chief Minister of which Indian state ? 1. Haryana 2. Uttar Pardesh 3. Punjab 4. Karnataka


Union Cabinet has increased the annual investment limit in Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs) from 500 gm per person per fiscal to how much quantity? 1. One kg 2. Two kg 3. Three kg 4. Four kg


The government of which Indian state has launched a health scheme called “ Care Companion Programme ” targeted at improving patient outcomes through better family engagement and education? 1. Telangana 2. Rajasthan 3. Haryana 4. Punjab


Minister of Earth Sciences, Dr. Harshvardhan has launched an Integrated Information Dissemination System related to Oceans on the occasion of Foundation Day of Ministry of Earth Sciences. What is it called ? 1. Sagar Sanchar 2. Samudragupta 3. Sagar Vani 4. Samudra Manthan


World Hepatitis Day 2017 was observed on 28th July, What was the theme this year ? 1. Let’s tackle the menace of Hepatitis 2. Eliminate Hepatitis 3. Join hands to prevent Hepatitis 4. Co-ordinated efforts to beat Hepatitis


DRDO has developed an unmanned, remotely operated tank for Indian military. What is its name ? 1. Muntra 2. Kavach 3. Shoorveer 4. Zibh-Bakhtar


What is the name of the scheme run by Punjab government to provide commercial two wheelers and four wheelers to unemployed youth at subsidized prices ? 1. Apni Gaddi Apna Rozgar 2. Your transport our responsibility 3. Commute with us 4. Gaddi Vich Rozgar


Canara Bank has launched its first Digital Banking Branch titled ‘CANDI’ in which city ? 1. Humpi 2. Mangaluru 3. Bengaluru 4. Shimoga


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