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Q1) The Arunachal Pradesh Assembly passed a Bill for the creation of how many  new districts ?

1. Two
2.  Three
3. Four
4. Five

• Pakke Kessang 23rd district
• Lepa-Rada 24th district
•  Shi-Yomi 25th district 

Q2 ) The union cabinet has given its approval for which umbrella scheme  for ocean development activities for the period from 2017-18 to 2019-20 at an overall cost of Rs.1623 crore?

1. O – Smart
2. V – Smart
3. E-Smart
4. S – Smart

• Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modelling and Science (O-SMART)” 
•  Ministry of Earth Sciences

Q3) India’s first interstate connected wind power project was commissioned in which state 

1. Gujarat
2. Karnataka
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Odisha

Q4) Google has unveiled which Project to help Indian language publishers take their content online ?

1. Saral Lekh
2. Navlekha
3. Sugamta
4. Digitl Lekh

Q5) National Sports Day was observed on ?

1. August 29
2. August 28
3. August 26
4. August 27

Q6) India’s tallest Film Studio was  inaugurated  in which state ?

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Maharashtra
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Tamil Nadu

Q7) The Union Government has constituted a _______ member science and technology council to advise Prime Minister Narendra Modi on matters related to science, technology and innovations ?

1. 20-members
2. 25 members
3. 21-members
4. 22 Members

• The council, named as Prime Minister’s Science Technology and Innovation Advisory Committee (PM-STIAC)
• It will be headed by K Vijay Raghavan, the principal scientific adviser to the Union Government

Q8)The Tripura chief minister has distributed 50,000 white ducklings among fishermen residing on the banks of the which Lake?

1. Bijoy Sagar
2. Kamalsagar
3. Rudrasagar
4. Tam Dil

Q9) Which fast bowler has  set the world record for the most economical four-over bowling figures in the history of T20 cricket by bowling 23 Dot Balls ?

1. Saeed Ajmal
2. Mohammad Irfan
3. Michael Stark
4. Lahiru Kumara

Q10)How many states have signed an MoU for Lakhwar dam to be built in Uttarakhand ?

1. Three
2. Four
3. Five
4. Six

Lakhwar Dam 

• 300  MW power will be generated
• Uttarakhand will have full right over electricity
• While the water will be divided between six states- Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan.
• Under the project 204 meter high dam will be built.

Q11) Eight times Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt played his first match for the Central Coast Mariners Football Club, the FC belongs to which country ?

1. Australia
2. Spain
3. France
4. Colombia

Q12)Global meet for farmers ‘Krishi Kumbh’ was held in ?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Maharashtra
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Uttarakhand

Q13)Which country  has become the world’s first country to provide free sanitary products to all students in a bid to tackle “period poverty”?

1. Spain
2. Scotland
3. Ireland
4. Germany

Q14) Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi  has launched a book ” Atal Ji Ne Kaha “, who is the author of this book ?

1. Brijendra Rehi
2. Birendra Singh
3. Hardeep Singh Puri
4. Anupriya Patel

Q15)Which country has won its first FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup title at the La Rabine Stadium in Vannes, France ?

1. Spain
2. England
3. Japan
4. Argentina

Q16) The Madhya Pradesh forest department has written to the National Tiger Conservation Authority to revive the plan to reintroduce cheetahs in which sanctuary of the state ?

1. Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary
2. Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary
3. Bori  Wildlife Sanctuary
4. Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary

• Singphan wildlife sanctuary in Nagaland –  declared 30th elephant reserve of the country
•  Maharashtra government approved Ghodazari in Chandrapur district as a new wildlife sanctuary in the state
• Nandhaur wildlife sanctuary in Uttarakhand approved as tiger reserve
•  Madhya Pradesh government notified Kuno as a ‘National park’

Q17) Which of these states will get the legislative council?

1. Karnataka
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Rajasthan
4. Odisha

Q18) Which country’s cyber tower will be named after  Atal Bihari Vajpayee ?

1. Nepal
2. Bhutan
3. Mauritius
4. Singapore

•  Naya Raipur as Atal Nagar.
• Bundelkhand Expressway as ‘Atal Path’.
• Himachal Pradesh to rename the Rohtang Tunnel
•  Shivraj Singh Chouhan led Madhya Pradesh government to rename the Habibganj railway station after him.
• Boogibel Bridge – Atal Setu
• Jharkhand – Deoghar  Airport, Sahibganj Harbour

Q19) For the first time, India’s which  aircraft carrier  will be fitted with a marine hydraulic system to boost the air operations of the ship.

1. INS Komorta
2. INS Shakti
3. INS Vikramaditya
4. INS Vikrant

Q20) Which Indian Airlines will operate a flight from Dehradun to Delhi using biofuel, which would be first such experiment in India ?

1. Vistara
2. Indigo
3. Spice jet
4. Jet Airways

Q21)Who has been named  the brand ambassador of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) based in Mumbai ?

1. Twinkle Khanna
2. Priyanka Chopra
3. Alia Bhatt
4. Raveena Tandon

Q22) “No Spin” is the autobiography of which player?

1. Harbhajan Singh
2. Muttiah Muralitharan
3. Anil Kumble
4.   Shane Warne

Q23)  Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the’Panini Language Laboratory‘ in which country ?

1. Singapore
2. Thailand
3. Japan
4. Mauritius

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