1. The CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) will write to ______ lakh taxpayers asking them to avail the onetime dispute resolution scheme to settle their cases?(5)
(1) 3.49 (2) 1.74 (3) 4.77 (4) 10.3 (5) 2.59
2. PM Narendra Modi is all set to address the national through the ______ installment of his monthly special
Mann ki baat. (August)(5)
(1) 20th (2) 19th (3) 22nd (4) 29th (5) 23rd
3. Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will soon start flying over the Pacific Ocean region for its lucrative direct services to ______ from New Delhi.(4)
(1) Rio de Janeiro (2) New York (3) Tokyo (4) San Francisco (5) Toronto
4. Which country’s space agency on August 28 successfully tested its own Scramjet or the airbreathing engine?(4)
(1) USA (2) Japan (3) China (4) India (5) France
5. Which train derailed on August 28th?(3)
(1) Chennai-Egmore-Mangalore Central Express
(2) Indore-Yashvantpur Express
(3) Thiruvananthapuram-Mangalore Express
(4) Secunderabad Rajdhani Express
(5) None of the above
6. PM Modi has constituted a committee for poverty alleviation. How many members are a part of this committee?(4)
(1) 7 (2) 6 (3) 3 (4) 4 (5) 9
7. Name the tropical storm which was observed in the
Atlantic South East of Bermuda.(4)
(1) Hermine (2) Alex (3) Ivan (4) Gaston (5) Bonnie
8. ‘Ekta’ (unity) and ‘Mamtaa’ (love) are the basic
mantras for addressing the Kashmir problem was said
by ______ (3)
(1) Mehbooba Mufti (2) Pranab Mukherjee (3) Narendra Modi (4) Omar Abdullah (5) None of the above
9. Sakshi Tiwari, a student of class 9 had written to PM
Modi for a playground. She is from which city?(2)
(1) Patna (2) Mumbai (3) Delhi (4) Amritsar (5) Allahabad
10. Which state government has refused to release
Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu?(1)
(1) Karnataka (2) Maharashtra (3) A.P. (4) Kerala (5) Telangana
11. According to the Forbes Sixth Annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies, which company
tops the list?(5)
(1) HCL (2) Oracle (3) Microsoft (4) Facebook (5) Tesla Motors
12. Which city will host the 14th edition of Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas?(4)
(1) Indore (2) Mumbai (3) Delhi (4) Bangalore (5) Chennai