1. Name the lndo-US army exercise, held in Chaubattia, Uttarkhand?
Ans: Yudh Abhyas 2016
2. Which city hosted the 2016 BRICS Urbanisation Forum Meet?
Ans: Visakhapatnam
3. Which Indian won gold in javelin throw at the 2016 Rio Paralympics?
Ans: Devendra Jhajharia
4. Which Indian movie entered the final round of selection for the Golden Globe Awards?
Ans: Silo Samayangalil
5. The Reliance Communications signed a deal for merging it with which company?
Ans: Aircel
6. Who won the recently held Duleep Trophy cricket tournament?
Ans: Indian Blue
7. Which Indian American was selected for the 2015 National Humanities Medal conferred by the White House?
Ans: Abraham Verghese
8. Which NASA spacecraft, studying Saturn for around 12 years, is to make its closest observation of the planet on November 30?
Ans: Cassini
9. Where was the meeting of the BRICS representatives in charge of security, held?
Ans: New Delhi
10. India and Sri Lanka signed an agreement to support the fishing and farming project of the people in which Sri Lankan district?
Ans: Hambantota
11. Which Indian won the Fellow of Nature (FON) South Asia Short Story Award in Nature writing?
Ans: Meghna Pant
12. Charkhi Dadri became the 22nd district of which Indian state?
Ans: Haryana
13. Name the Indian Navy's recently launched most Advanced Guided Missile Destroyer?
Ans: Mormugao
14. Who is the new chairperson of the UPSC?
Ans: Alka Sirohi
15. Which woman, who survived captivity by the ISIS in Iraq, has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)?
Ans: Nadia Murad
16. Name the recently test fired long range surface-to-air missile, jointly developed by India and Israel?
Ans: Barak 8
17. What is India's rank in the World Economic Freedom Index?
Ans: 112
18. Name the super computer, recently inaugurated at IIT campus, Guwahati?
Ans: PARAM-ISHAN
19. Which was recently awarded the Emmy Award for Best Drama Series?
Ans: Game of Thrones
20. Which cricketer was appointed brand ambassador of the Punjab National Bank?
Ans: Virat Kohli
21. Name the Indian sports personality who won bronze in the 10 metre air rifle category in the world shooting championship for the deaf?
Ans: Priyesha Deshmukh
22. Who is the new president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)?
Ans: Alexander Ceferin
23. Name the recent army operation launched in Jammu and Kashmir to contain violence?
Ans: Operation Calm Down
24. What is the national toll free number launched to register postal complaints?
Ans: 1924
25. Who won the 2016 Durand Cup football title?
Ans: Army Green.
26. Anandi Ramalingam was appointed Director of which public sector company?
Ans: Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL).
She is its first woman director.
27. Who became the first Indian woman to win a Paralympics medal?
Ans: Deepa Malik.
She won silver in women's shot put.
28. Which country topped the medal tally in the 2016 Paralympics?
Ans: China (107 gold, 81 silver and 51 bronze)
India got two gold, one silver and one bronze.
29. Where was the 17th summit of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) held?
Ans: Margarita Island, Venezuela.
Vice President Hamid Anzari lead the Indian delegation at the summit.
30. International Democracy Day was observed on:
Ans: September 15
· International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer was observed on September 16.
· Hindi Diwas was celebrated across the country on September 14.
· Hindi Diwas commemorates the day when the Constituent Assembly of India accepted Hindi as the official language of the country along with English (September 14, 1949).
