Q1) The US-India Business Council (USIBC), an American business advocacy group held its two-day

conference in which city ?

(a) Delhi
(b) Pune
(c) Mumbai
(d) Kolkata

Ans:c

Exp:USD 500 billion in bilateral trade Inaugurated by CM Devendra Fadnavis

USIBC President - Nisha Biswal

Q2) Rail Minister Piyush Goyal along with Chief Minister of UP Yogi Adityanath has launched the
official website and app for Kumbh Mela, 2019 . It will be held on the banks of Sangam from which
date?

(a) January 12
(b) February 16
(c) March 1
(d) January 15

Ans:d

Exp:1. Ganges (Ganga) at Haridwar

2. The confluence (Sangam) of the Ganges and the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati at Allahabad

3. The Godawari at Nasik

4. The Shipra at Ujjain

Q3) Rs 80.37 Crores worth developmental projects have been sanctioned by Tourism Ministry under
Swadesh Darshan in which state?

(a) Odisha
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Kerala
(d) Uttarakhand

Ans:c

Exp:Valapattanam and Kuppam Rivers of

Kannur District

Thematic cruise experiences

Q4) According to the biennial Nuclear Security Index released by US-based Nuclear Threat Initiative
(NTI), India ranks _____________th in the ‘Theft Ranking’ for countries with weapons usable nuclear
materials?

(a) 18th
(b) 20th
(c) 15th
(d) 19th

Ans:d

Exp:India has improved its ranking by one spot from 2016.

India got 19th rank and Pakistan ranked 20th Australia (topped in 2012, 2014, 2016) shares the top
spot with Switzerland in 2018.

Q5) Who has been appointed as the acting chief justice of the Guwahati High Court?

(a) Justice Ajit Singh

(b) Justice Arup Kumar Goswami
(c) Justice Somendra Singh
(d) Justice Vinay Gogoi

Ans:b

Q6) Who has been made the first honorary ambassador of Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial
Foundation?

(a) Akshay Kumar

(b) Sushant Singh Rajput
(c) Priyanka Chopra
(d) Anushka Sharma

Ans:a

Exp:•Mahatma Gandhi - Raj Ghat , Royal Steps

• Jawaharlal Nehru – Shantivan, Garden of Peace

• Lal Bahadur Shastri - Vijay Ghat, Victory Platform

• Indira Gandhi - Shakti Sthal, Place of Power

•Choudhary Charan Singh - Kisan Ghat, Farmer’s Platform

•Rajiv Gandhi - Veer Bhumi, Land of Brave

Q7) Which country will collaborate with India for ISRO's Human Mission Gaganyaan?

(a) Japan
(b) Russia
(c) France
(d) Israel

Ans:c

Q8) Indian Air Force for the first time has successfully conducted mid-air refuelling of which fighter
jet ?

(a) Tejas MK I
(b) Sukhoi Su 30
(c) HAL Dhruv
(d) Hal Chetak

Ans:a

Q9) Which company has announced the launch of a new artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to curb
online spreading of contents involving child sexual abuse?

(a) Facebook
(b) Whatsapp
(c) Twitter
(d) Google

Ans:d

Q10) Which country is going to test mini ‘space elevator’? The first trial of it will be on conducted on
11 September?

(a) Russia
(b) America
(c) Japan
(d) China

Ans:c

Q11) A book named “Experiential Learning – Gandhiji’s Nai Talim” was released by Union Minister of
Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar, it was launched in how many languages?

(a) 12
(b) 13
(c) 10
(d) 7

Ans:b

Q12) 25th Raising Day of Delta Force was celebrated on which date ?

(a) September 6
(b) September 7
(c) September 5
(d) September 3

Ans:a

Q13) Which state Assembly has passed the Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which relaxes the
‘two-child’ rule for those aspiring to contest panchayat elections, if one of the children is differently
abled ?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Rajasthan

Ans:d

Q14) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the three-day Defence and Homeland
Security Expo and Conference in which city?

(a) Mumbai
(b) Dispur
(c) Delhi
(d) Imphal

Ans:c

Q15) What was the name of the Hollywood star, he starred in films including 'Deliverance' and
'Boogie Nights,' who passed away recently?

(a) Burt Reynolds

(b) Paul Newman
(c) John Wayne
(d) Robert Redford

Ans:a

Q16) Who has been appointed as the Director General of Police Jammu and Kashmir ?

(a) Mohsin Khan

(b) Dilbagh Singh
(c) Yasir Syed
(d) Virendra Bhatia

Ans:b

Q17) Which Indian shooter has clinched gold medal in the 10m air rifle junior men's event of the ISSF
World Championships?

(a) Hriday Hazarika

(b) Divyansh Panwar
(c) Saurabh Chaudhary
(d) Ronjan Sodhi

Ans:a

Q18) Which of the following is the official language of Argentina?

(a) Portuguese
(b) French
(c) Spanish
(d) Dutch

Ans:c

Q19) Who has defined democracy as: Government of the people, by the people, for the people?

(a) Abraham Lincoln

(b) Pluto
(c) Aristotle
(d) Chanakya

Ans:a

Q20) The shortest-ever war in recorded history took place between the two ________ sovereign
powers?

(a) Britain and France

(b) Denmark and Britain
(c) UK and Zanzibar
(d) Italy and France

Ans:c