(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(15). India Post Payments Bank will begins its operations in _______.

• (a). 2020
• (b). 2017
• (c). 2019
• (d). 2018
• (e). 2025

(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

(17). Govind Tej who passed away on August 18th was a _______.

• (a). Film Maker
• (b). Journalist
• (c). Politician
• (d). Businessman
• (e). Activist

(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

(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

(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