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These cities in Maharashtra will have first three of 24 Fast Track Courts very soon - Mumbai, Thane
The Chief Minister of Telangana has been selected for this prestigious award for his innovative services rendered to the farmer's welfare - Global Agriculture Leadership Award 2017
The apex agricultural bank NABARD sanctioned Rs 1,350-cr loan to this State Government under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIFD) – Rajasthan

International

Construction work on this tri-nation highway will begin shortly as announced by Union Commerce Minister - Asian Trilateral Highway
The wreckage of this US Naval Ship was found 72 years after the World War -II in Pacific Ocean - USS Indianapolis
The researchers of this country have discovered a potential new state of matter that may help explain phenomena like superconductivity - United States

Person in News

This 12-year old Indian-origin boy was crowned “Child Genius” in the UK – Rahul Doshi
This person, who died recently, was Hollywood's most successful comedians, actors and entertainer - Jerry Lewis

Sports

This teenager from India won bronze medal in the double trap event in the Junior Shotgun World Cup in Porpetto, Italy - Shapath Bharadwaj
This Indian pair won Silver in the men's doubles at the Bulgaria Open Table Tennis - Soumyajit Ghosh and G Sathiyan

General Knowledge

“Child Genius” is a popular television quiz competition show on Channel 4 of this country – United Kingdom
The length of the Asian Trilateral Highway, also called India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) Highway is - 1360 km
This place in India is the starting point of India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) Highway - Moreh, Manipur
The name of the atomic bomb delivered by the US Naval Ship USS Indianapolis during World War - II - Little Boy
This Commission recommended the setting up of Fast Track Courts to strengthen judicial systems in the State - 14th Finance Commission
The Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIFD) was established in this year - 1995-96
The phenomenon of Superconductivity was discovered by this physicist - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes of Holland
In this year the Global Agriculture Leadership Award was instituted by Indian Council of Food and Agriculture - 2008

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23 AUGUST 2017

National

This product from China saw an imposition of anti-dumping duty from India – Tempered Glass
This Union Ministry launched the Digital Police Portal under the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project – Home Ministry
This place saw the launch of ‘Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat’ by HRD Ministry – Kochi
Indian Navy's landing craft utility ship called LCU-L52 was commissioned at this place - Port Blair

International

This country unveiled a new policy on Afghanistan with a larger role for India - United States
The official name of Russian designed and build fifth-generation stealth fighter is - Su-57
The name of military drill that started between the United States (US) and South Korea - Ulchi-Freedom Guardian (UFG) exercise
These countries in West Africa are witnessing the celebrations of Festival of India - Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia and Guinea

Person in News

This student of SRM University has developed a 'nano missile' for Indian Army - Dacharla Panduranga Rohith
This person is the new Director General of Railway Protection Force (RPF) - Dharmendra Kumar
This person will be the convener of the 40-member Preview Committee set up to select films for International Films Festival of India (IFFI) 2017 - Vivek Agnihotri
This person will step down as the President of Angola after 38 years of rule - Jose Eduardo dos Santos

Sports

This person has been appointed as the coach of Indian Junior Hockey team –Jude Felix
This person is the first paralympian to be conferred with the Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Award – Devendra Singh Jhajharia
This women cricketer will be conferred with the Arjuna Award 2017 –Harmanpreet Kaur

General Knowledge

It is a process where a company exports a product at a price lower than the price it normally charges on its own home market - Dumping
In this year the Union Cabinet approved the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project – June 2009
This US-operated Missile Defence system was made operational in South Korea to defend missile threat from North Korea - Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system
A type of boat used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore - Landing Craft Utility (LCU)
This Article of Indian Constitution provides for protection of religious freedom - Article 25
By this year, Government of India plans to make India an Open Defecation Free (ODF) country – 2019
The cash award given to the winner of Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Award – Rs 7.5 lakh
This year saw the institution of Arjuna Award for achieving excellence in Sports -1961

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24 AUGUST 2017

National

The SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) has been renamed as - Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)
The Board of PSU oil major Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) approved the acquisition of 51.11% stake in this PSU major - Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL)
This place in Karnataka saw the launch of cloud seeding project named Varshadhare - Jakkur Airfield
This institution signed an MoU with the South Korea-based International Vaccine Institute (IVI) for collaborating on vaccine research and development - Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
This person launched the 'Mentor India Campaign' under Atal Innovation Mission to engage leaders who can guide and mentor students at more than 900 Atal Tinkering Labs - Amiabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog
The import of these pulses have been put under restricted category by the Union Government – Urad, Moong dal

International

This many years ago an asteroid struck the Earth and plunged it into darkness for almost two years, as per a new study - 66 million years ago
This place will see the conducting of 13th India-US joint defence exercise Yudh Abhyas in September 2017 - Joint Base Lewis Mc-Chord, US
India’s exclusive rights to explore polymetallic nodules was extended by five years during the 23rd session of International Seabed Authority (ISA) at - Kingston, Jamaica
The name of Android software launched by Google – Oreo
This country will re-launch one of the world’s fastest bullet trains – China
This place saw the hosting of 8th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress - New Delhi

Sports

This place will see the establishment of India's first Sports Museum - New Delhi
Australia defeated this country to win its first-ever FIBA Asia Cup 2017 basketball tournament - Iran
This place saw the conclusion of FIBA Asia Cup 2017 basketball tournament - Beirut, Jordan
This person was adjudged as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of FIBA Asia Cup 2017 basketball tournament - Hamed Haddadi of Iran

Person in News

Rishang Keishing, former Chief Minister and member of first Lok Sabha, died recently belonged to this State - Manipur
This person was appointed as the Chief People Officer of Uber India - Ms Vishpala Reddy
The name of the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan who was on an official visit to India - Abdulaziz Kamilov

General Knowledge

The contribution of food processing sector to Gross Value Added (GVA) in Manufacture during 2015-16 - 9.1 percent
Until this year FIBA Asia Cup was the qualifying tournament for the FIBA Basketball World Cup and the Olympic basketball tournament - 2015
Under this program, the joint defence exercise named Yudh Abhyas between the Indian Army and the US Army started in 2004 - US Army Pacific Partnership Program
In this year the India-Uzbekistan relationship was elevated to Strategic Partnership - 2011
Polymetallic Nodules, the rock concretions on the sea bottom formed of concentric layers of iron and manganese hydroxides around a core, are also called - Manganese Nodules
In this year, for the first time, India was allocated an exclusive area in Central Indian Ocean Basin (CIOB) by United Nations (UN) for exploration and utilization of polymetallic nodules - 1987
In 1951, this firm tested cloud seeding for the first time in India over Western Ghats - Tata Firm
This percent of world vaccines is supplied by India - 60 percent

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25 AUGUST 2017

National

The income ceiling for the creamy layer has been increased to Rs 8 lakh from – Rs 6 lakh
The Jats of these places in Rajasthan have been provided reservation in Other Backward Classes (OBCs) by the State Government - Bharatpur and Dholpur
In these many Zones, the existing 26 cadres have been divided, as per the new Cadre Policy for IAS, IPS and IFoS - Five
This Ministry's proposal to wind up the Bharat Wagon and Engineering Company Limited (BWECL) has been approved by the Cabinet - Ministry of Railways
This institution has notified the currency notes of the denomination of Rs 200 - Ministry of Finance

International

These two countries agreed to institute mechanisms for durable peace and tranquility on the border - India and Pakistan
India signed a memorandum of understanding with this country on Drug Demand Reduction and Prevention of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs - Nepal
This bank will finance the construction of a new bridge over trans-boundary river Mechi River between India and Nepal - Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Sports

This footballer from England announced his retirement from international football - Wayne Rooney
This South African cricketer quit the captaincy from One Day Interationals (ODIs) - AB de Villiers

Person in News

Ashwani Lohani has been appointed as the new Chairman of - Railway Board
Rajiv Bansal has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of - Air India

General Knowledge

This commission’s recommendations led to provision of providing 27 percent reservation in government jobs to person belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) – Mandal Commission
The First Backward Classes Commission was established in 1953 under the chairmanship of - Kaka Kalelkar
In this year Central Government through notification included Jats in OBC list - 1999
These States fall under the AGMUT cadre for IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officers - Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories
These two sick private sector companies were taken over by the government to form the Bharat Wagon and Engineering Company Limited (BWECL) in 1978 - Arthur Butler & Company, Muzaffarpur and Britannia Engineering Company, Mokama
This agreement of 1972 saw the designating of Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan in Jammu & Kashmir- Shimla Agreement
The Mechi River, a trans-boundary river flowing through India and Nepal, is a tributary of - River Mahananda
This towering personality founded AIr India, the national air carrier, in 1932 - JRD Tata

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26 AUGUST 2017

National

NITI Aayog, in its this Action Agenda suggested making public transportation faster and more comfortable to discourage the use of private vehicles - Three Year Action Agenda

GST applicable on selling of space for advertisement in print media is – 5%

StartUp Expo 2017 inaugurated in - New Delhi

NITI Aayog was established in – 2015

Right to Privacy comes under this Article - 21

International

India offers to host a joint exercise on urban earthquake search and rescue in – 2019

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was founded in – 2001

This country has announced plans to install radar systems in Palau - United States

Sports

This person is appointed coach of Odisha Ranji team - Shiv Sundar Das

Latest ranking of PV Sindhu is – 4^th

Shiv Sundar replaced this former India fast bowler as the coach - Debasish Mohanty

Person in News

NITI Aayog's 3-year Action Agenda was unveiled by - Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Nandan Nilekani back as Chairman of – Infosys

General Knowledge

Capital of Palau is – Ngerulmud

Capital of Qatar is – Doha

A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in - Western part of the North Pacific Ocean

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27 AUGUST 2017

National

Commerce and Industry Minister Sets up Task Force on this Technology for Economic Transformation - Artificial Intelligence
Rs. 200 notes will carry the signature of - RBI governor Urjit Patel
Imports of gold from non-FTA countries, attract this Percentage of customs duty - 10%
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. (EESL), under this Ministry had put out a mega tender for procurement of 50 lakh smart meters in July - Ministry of Power
In Nuakhai Juhar festival, farmers offer the first produce from their lands to this goddess – Samaleswari

International

This country imposed tough economic sanctions on Venezuela – United States of America
The government on 25 August 2017 restricted imports of gold and silver items from this country in a bid to check spurt in inbound shipments of precious metals from that country - South Korea
From which year India has a free trade agreement with South Korea – 2010

Sports

Name of the present Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports is – Vijay Goyal
First edition of Rural Games or Grameen Khel Mahotsav will kick-start from – Delhi

Person in News

Task Force on Artificial Intelligence for Economic Transformation will be headed by - Dr. V. Kamakoti
This company’s President Derek Aberle, who was closely fighting a legal battle with Apple, has quit after a successful 17-year career – Qualcomm

General Knowledge

Nuakhai Juhar festival is also known as - The 'Festival of Harvest'
This state celebrates Nuakhai Juhar festival – Odisha
The Indian Coast Guard was formally established on – 18 August 1978
Indian Coast Guard operates under this Ministry - Ministry of Defence
The researchers named the dinosaur Patagotitan mayorum after the Patagonia region which is located in this country - Argentina

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28 AUGUST 2017

National

This defence undertaking has designed the indigenous Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) – Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the nation to undertake this new cleanliness campaign before October 2, 2017 - Clealiness is Service
This project of real estate firm Supertech in Greater Noida got the approval from Union Environment Ministry - Sports Village project
This many Giga Watt (GW) of clean energy needs to be achieved by Government of India by 2019-20, as per NIti Aayog's 3-year Action Agenda - 100 GW
This state got Rs 500 as immediate relief to tackle the challenge of flood situation in the state - Bihar
During the Quarter First (April-June) of fiscal 2017-18, Inda received the highest FDI from this country - Singapore

International

The US President Donald Trump has signed a memo to ban this gender from being recruited in US military – Transgenders
This coastline of the United States has been hit by Hurricane Harvey, the most powerful hurricane in 12 years - Texas
This is the theme of Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) 2017 scheduled to be held in Colombo - Peace, Progress and Prosperity

Person in News

This Boxer defeated Conor McGregor to extend his perfect career record to 50 fights unbeaten - Floyd Mayweather

General Knowledge

This is the highest authority to approve the procurement of defence equipments - Defence Acquisition Council (DAC)
Hurricanes, a type of tropical cyclone, originates in - Atlantic Basin
It is an investment made by a company or individual in one country in business interests in another country - Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
This year's Gandhi Jayanti saw the launch of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan - 2014
The firsr Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) was held in 2016 in - Singapore
This is the name of the official residence of Sri Lankan president - Temple Tree
In India, this form of clean energy contributes the maximum in the total renewable energy capacity of 58.3 GW - Wind Energy (32.5 GW)

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29 AUGUST 2017

National

He retired as the 44th Chief Justice of India - Justice J S Khehar
He is the third person from Odisha to be appointed the Chief Justice of India, after Justices Ranganath Misra and G B Pattanaik - Justice Dipak Misra
This business complex in Mumbai saw the inauguration of India's first 'Videsh Bhawan' - Bandra-Kurla Complex
By this year Indian Army will get the advanced medium-range surface to air missile (MR-SAM) system - 2020
DRDO in association with this country's Aerospace Industries will produce the medium-range surface to air missile (MR-SAM) system - Israel
The range of medium-range surface to air missile (MR-SAM) system will be - 70-km
Two Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) – Bombay and Indore – have jointly developed a biosensor that detects this disorder in less than 8 minutes - Kidney disorder

International

The third Ministerial Meeting of Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Asia and Africa (RIMES) was held at - Port Morseby, Papua New Guinea
By 2022, mobile wallet transactions will touch a total transaction value of - Rs 32 trillion
India and China agreed to end the more than two-month old standoff between the two armies at the Doklam plateau in this country - Bhutan
In this year, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution to declare 29 August as International Day against Nuclear Tests - 2009

Sports

He defeated six-time World Champion Lin Dan of China to win the men's title of the World Badminton Championship 2017 - Viktor Axelsen of Denmark
She defeated PV Sindhu of India to win the women's title of the World Badminton Championship 2017 - Nozomi Okuhara of Japan
This place saw India winning the final of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-15 Championship - Kathmandu, Nepal
This Indian football payer was adjudged Best Player of the Tournament at the just concluded SAFF U-15 Championship - Vikram Pratap Singh

Person in News

Iranian-American Dara Khosrowshahi was named as the Chief Executive Officer of this multinational company - Uber
This barefoot footballer from India, who is best remembered for his role in the 1948 Olympics in London, died aged 90 - Ahmed Khan

General Knowledge

This Article of the Indian Constitution provides for the appointment and tenure of Supreme Court judges – Article 124 (2)
These two persons founded the Uber, the cab service providing company, in 2009 - Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick
This country has won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup for the maximum seven times - India
Indian football team lost to this country in the first round at the 1948 London Olympics - France
This Asian Games saw Indian football team winning the gold for the first time - 1951 Asian Games, New Delhi
Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) under Ministry of Earth Sciences is located in - Hyderabad
"Siliguri Corridor" that connects India to North-East States is also known as - Chicken's Neck
This year saw the adoption of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty by the United Nations (UN) - 1996

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30 AUGUST 2017

National

This department unveiled the consolidated Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy 2017 – Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)
This antibiotic typically used to treat severe acne has been found to be effective against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) - Minocycline
National Sports Day is observed on – August 29
This Ministry will launch the Deep Ocean Mission by January 2018 – Ministry of Earth Sciences

International

India and Germany signed an agreement to improve grid integration of renewable energies under this programme - Indo-German Energy Programme – Green Energy Corridors (IGEN-GEC)
50,000 times thinner than a human hair carbon tubes have been developed that can separate – Salt from Seawater
This UN agency opened an atomic fuel reserve in Kazakhstan to ensure the supply of nuclear fuel in the event of disruption due to political or market problems – International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Sports

With this platform in place the Ministry of Sports will be able to spot and nurture talent, and develop world champions – Sports Talent Search Portal
This footballer from Portugal won the UEFA Player of the Year for the third time – Cristiano Ronaldo
This women footballer from the Netherlands won the UEFA Women Player of the Year – Lieke Martens
He was awarded the best goal keeper of the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League – Gianluigi Buffon

Person in News

This 13-year old Indian-origin boy from the United Kingdom (UK) got the highest possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test – Dhruv Garg

General Knowledge

He is known as “the Wizard” of hockey – Major Dhyanchand
This is the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world - Mensa
As per estimates, this much amount is needed for overhauling infrastructure in India – US $1 trillion
The highest sports honour in India is - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
The sports honour given for lifetime achievement in India is - Dhyanchand Award
The oldest National Sports Award in India is - Arjuna Award
These three Olympics saw India winning the Gold in hockey under the fine display of Major Dhyanchand - 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and 1936 Berlin Olympics
It is a viral infection that causes inflammation of brain tissue with symptoms of fever, vomiting, headache and stiff neck – Japanese Encephalitis
These many countries are members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) - 55

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31 AUGUST 2017

National

The inauguration of 6-Lane Cable Stayed Bridge across this river at Kota marked the completion of East-West corridor of National Highway Development Project (NHDP) - River Chambal
This much amount will be spent on various National Highway project in Rajasthan inaugurated recently by Prime Minister Narendra Modi - Rs 15000 crore
This department will unveil a New Industrial Policy in October 2017 - Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)
Centre imposed stock holding limit on sugar producers for the months of - September, October 2017
The name of the skill development programme of Delhi Police inaugurated by Union Home Minister - YUVA
She is one of the winners of Women Transforming India Awards, 2017, who runs an NGO Educate Girls - Safeena Husain
The support price fixed for common variety of paddy by the Uttar Pradesh government is - Rs 1,550 per quintal
These many satellites are being produced in a year for national programs by ISRO - Eight
Centre approved the sale of 100 percent stake in this public sector undertaking (PSU) - Central Electronics Limited (CEL)

International

The fourth session of the India-Tanzania Joint Trade Committee (JTC) was held in - New Delhi
This year saw the observation of International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30 for the first time - 2011
This international organisation launched a portal for Zero tolerance for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse with tagline Stop, Prevent and Protect - United Nations

Sports

These two foundations were conferred with the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskarar 2017 in the Sports for Development category - Golf Foundation and Reliance Foundation
This place saw the hosting of World Police & Fire Games 2017 - Los Angeles, USA
The composition of the 321 medals won by Indian Police at the World Police & Fire Games 2017 - 151 Gold, 99 Silver and 71 Bronze

General Knowledge

In this year Union Sports Ministry instituted the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy – 1956-57
The cash award given to the winner of Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards is – Rs 5 lakh
In this year the National Highway Development Project (NHDP) was launched - 1998
The percentage of total traffic carried by National Highways that constitute only 2% of the total road length in the country - 40%
The Industrial Policy, 1991, based on Liberalisation-Globalisation-Privatisation (LPG) model, was announced during the prime ministership of - PV Narsimha Rao
Indian government announced the Duty Free Tariff Preference Scheme (DFTPS) for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in - 2008
In this year the Essential Commodities Act came into effect - 1955
The name of skill development initiative launched by the Centre for recognition and standardization of skills - Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
The World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) is a biennial athletic event that started in the year - 1985
She is the first female amputee to scale the Mount Everest, highest mountain in the world - Arunima Sinha

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