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New Appointments Current Affairs September 2017
- 1. Who was appointed as the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India on 31 August 2017? – Rajiv Mehrishi
- 2. Who was on 31 August 2017 appointed as the Election Commissioner of India? – Sunil Arora
- 3. Anita Karwal was on 31 August 2017 appointed as the new Chairperson of? – Central Board of Secondary Education
- 4. Who was appointed as the new Union Home Secretary on 31 August 2017? – Rajiv Gauba
- 5. K.M. Abraham was recently appointed as the new Chief Secretary of which state? – Kerala
- 6. Indian-origin Joseph Yuvaraj Pillay was recently (September 2017) appointed as Interim President of which country? – Singapore
- 7. Who was appointed as the new U.S. Ambassador to India during September 2017? – Kenneth I. Juster
- 8. Who took over as the Vice-Chairman of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog on 1 September 2017? – Rajiv Kumar
- 9. Who was on 3 September 2017 scripted history by becoming the first full time women Defence Minister of India? – Nirmala Sitharaman
- 10. Who is the new Union Railway Minister? – Piyush Goyal
- 11. Who is the new Union Minister for Commerce and Industry? – Suresh Prabhu
- 12. Who was on 7 September 2017 unanimously elected as the Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI)? – Viveck Goenka
- 13. Who is the new Sports Minister of India? – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
- 14. Who was recently (Sept-2017) appointed as the interim chairman of goods and services tax network (GSTN)? – A.B. Pandey
- 15. Halimah Yacob has recently (Sept-2017) sworn-in as the 8th President of which country? – Singapore
- 16. Who was recently (Sept-2017) appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Ltd? – Mahendra Pratap Mall
- 17. Name the former United Nations (UN) Secretary who was recently (Sept-2017) elected as Chair of Ethics Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for a four-year term? – Ban Ki-moon
- 18. Who was on 16 September 2017 appointed as United India Insurance CMD? – M N Sarma
- 19. Mercedes Araoz Fernandez was on 18 September 2017 appointed as the new Prime Minister of? – Peru
- 20. Who was recently(Sep-2017) appointed as the new chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)? – Y.C Modi
- 21. Who was recently (Sept-2017) appointed as the new Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)? – Rajni Kant Misra
- 22. Who was recently appointed as the new High Commissioner of India to Pakistan? – Ajay Bisaria
- 23. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has recently (Sept-2017) appointed ___ as the interim Chairman of the board? – B Sambamurthy
- 24. Who was on 23 September 2017 appointed as the chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of NHPC Ltd? – Balraj Joshi
- 25. Who on 24 September 2017 won as the chancellor of Germany for the fourth term in German elections? – Angela Merkel
- 26. Who has recently (Sep-2017) become the first Indian to be picked as the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) representative? – M C Mary Kom
- 27. Who was on 26 September 2017 appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of India’s biggest oil and gas producer ONGC? – Shashi Shankar
- 28. PM Narendra Modi on 25 September 2017 reconstituted a five-member body headed by Economist ___ to guide him on economic issues? – Bibek Debroy
- 29. Tata Capital recently (Sept-2017) announced the appointment of ___ as Managing Director & CEO designate of the company? – Rajiv Sabharwal
- 30. Who was on 30 September 2017 appointed as the new Governor of Tamil Nadu? – Banwarilal Purohit
- 31. Who was on 30 September 2017 appointed as the new Governor of Meghalaya? – Ganga Prasad
- 32. Who was on 30 September 2017 appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands? – Admiral (Retd) Devendra Kumar Joshi
- 33. Who was on 30 September 2017 appointed as the new Governor of Bihar? – Satya Pal Malik
- 34. Who was on 30 September 2017 appointed as the new Governor of Arunachal Pradesh? – Brigadier (Retd) BD Mishra
Awards/Honours Current Affairs September 2017
- 1. Who was on 31 August 2017 presented with the Saraswati Samman 2016? – Mahabaleshwar Sail
- 2. Who has been crowned as India’s first-ever Miss TransQueen 2017 recently? – Nitasha Biswas
- 3. Which city was on 1 September 2017 formally accorded the status of India’s first World Heritage City by UNESCO? – Ahmedabad
- 4. Which Indian actress was recently (Sept-2017) appointed as the ambassador for Australia tourism? – Parineeti Chopra
- 5. Who among the following has been selected for the first life time award by Badminton Association of India (BAI)? – Prakash Padukone
- 6. Which film was awarded the Golden Lion at the 74th Venice Film Festival recently (Sept-2017)? – The Shape of Water
- 7. Name the Bollywood star who recently (Sep-2017) received Global Diversity Award at Britain’s House of Commons? – Salman Khan
- 8. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat recently (Sep-2017) appointed ___ as the Brand Ambassador of Swachh Bharat Mission in the state? – Akshay Kumar
- 9. Three Indian entrepreneurial legends, have been recently (20 September 2017) included in Forbes’s special list of the world’s ‘100 Greatest Living Business Minds’. Who among the following is not among the three? – Ratan Tata, Lakshmi Mittal, Vinod Khosla
- 10. Who has recently won the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) 2017 Nansen Refugees Award? – Zannah Mustapha
- 11. Which film will be India’s official entry for the Best Foreign Film category at the Oscars 2018, according to the Film Federation of India? – Newton [Director: Amit Masurkar] 12. Who was on 24 September 2017 awarded the GQ (Gentlemen’s Quarterly) Actor of the Year Award, in Mumbai? – Rajkummar Rao
- 13. Which state has recently (Sept-2017) won the ‘Best Tourism State’ national award for the third consecutive year? – Madhya Pradesh
- 14. Maryna Viazovska of which country recently (Sept-2017) won the 2017 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize? – Switzerland
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Science & Technology Current Affairs September 2017
- 1. The launch of navigation satellite IRNSS-1H which became unsuccessful recently was launched using? – PSLV C-39
- 2. Which country will be supporting India in the Ahmedabad-Mumbai High-Speed Rail Network Project? – Japan
- 3. India’s First Lithium-Ion Battery Unit is coming up in which state? – Gujarat
National (India) Current Affairs September 2017
- 1. Which Indian state recently extended AFSPA term on its own for the first time? – Assam
- 2. India’s first Hyperloop project will come up in which state? – Andhra Pradesh
- 3. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu recently (Sep-2017) laid the foundation stone for country’s First ‘Green-Field’ Smart City at? – Ranchi
- 4. India’s first advanced Homoeopathy Virology lab was recently inaugurated at? – Kolkata
- 5. India’s first bullet train project inaugurated recently connects which cities? – Mumbai-Ahmedabad
- 6. ___ recently (Sept-2017) became the 1st Indian State to Approve e-vehicle Policy? – Karnataka
- 7. The ‘creamy layer’ ceiling for OBC reservation has been raised to Rs ___ lakh from the existing Rs 6 lakh per year by Government w.e.f 1 September 2017? – Rs.8 lakhs
- 8. India and which country has recently signed “Open Sky Agreement” which allow their airlines to operate unlimited number of flights between the two countries? – Japan
- 9. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 17 September 2017 launched the Sardar Sarovar Dam (country’s biggest and the world’s second biggest) on the ___ river in Gujarat? – Narmada
- 10. According to recent (Sept-2017) railway circular, the passengers in the reserved coaches can only sleep between __ to __ to allow others to sit in the seats for the rest of the time? – 10 pm and 6 am
- 11. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on 18 September 2017 launched the first Intelligence Wing of? – Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
- 12. Which state recently (Sept-2017) become the first state to launch Electric Bus Service in India? – Himachal Pradesh
- 13. Name India’s first ingenuously built submarine which was on 22 September 2017 handed over to Indian Navy by Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai, Maharashtra? – INS Kalavari
- 14. Name the fourth and last ship in series of Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) that was commissioned into Indian Navy on 26 September 2017 at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai? – INS Tarasa
- 15. Kandla Port, one of the top 12 major ports in the country, has been renamed as Deendayal Port in the name of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. Kandla Port is located in which state? – Gujarat
- 16. ____ will become first big state to use Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) equipped with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in coming Assembly elections? – Gujarat
- 17. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 30 September 2017 inaugurated the Pratham-Shyok bridge in Jammu and Kashmir, which will link Leh to ___? – Karakoram
International Current Affairs September 2017
- 1. Indian Coast Guard Ship Varuna was formally handed over to which country on 5 September 2017? – Sri Lanka
- 2. Name the Hurricane which hit America recently (Sep-2017)? – Irma
- 3. International Astronomical Union (IAU) has recently named two mountain ranges in which planet as Tenzing Montes and Hillary Montes after Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary? – Pluto
- 4. Which city has topped in the 2017 Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) among 92 financial centres released by the Z/Yen and China Development Institute? – London
- 5. Which country tops in the Global Human Capital Report 2017 released by World Economic Forum (WEF)? – Norway, Finland and Switzerland
- 6. What is India’s position in the Global Human Capital Report 2017 released by World Economic Forum (WEF) on 13 September 2017? – 103rd
- 7. India has started Operation ____ to provided assistance to Bangladesh to tackle Rohingya refugee crisis? – Operation Insaniyat
- 8. America has recently established its first permanent base in which Middle Eastern country? – Israel
- 9. Which country has recently replaced China as the top retail destination in 2017 as part of the global retail development index? – India
- 10. China has recently (Sept-2017) restored the maximum speed of bullet trains on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway line to __ kilometres per hour, making it the fastest commercially run train? – 350
- 11. India is collaborating with Russia to build Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in which country? – Bangladesh
- 12. Uber was recently (Sept-2017) stripped of its licence to operate in which city? – London
- 13. India was placed at ____ spot among 137 countries in World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) 2017-18? – 40th
- 14. Which country topped World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) 2017-18? – Switzerland
- 15. Which country has recently (Sept-2017) allowed women to drive car from 2018? – Saudi Arabia
Summits/Military Exercises/Conferences Current Affairs September 2017
- 1. 9th BRICS Summit is held in which country during September 2017? – China
- 2. International Hindu Conference 2017 is hosted by which country? – Nepal
- 3. What is the theme of 2017 BRICS Summit held in China? – Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future
- 4. The 12th edition of India-Nepal joint military exercise named ____ was held at Nepal Army Battle School (NABS) in Saljhandi, Nepal recently (Sep-2017)? – Surya Kiran XII
- 5. Which country will host the BRICS Summit 2018? – South Africa
- 6. Name the Joint Naval Exercise between India and Srilanka which began on 7 September 2017 at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh? – SLINEX
- 7. ‘Exercise Yudh Abhyas – 2017’ which was conducted from 14 to 27 September 2017 is the joint military exercise between India and which country? – USA
- 8. “Shaheen VI” which began recently is the joint training exercise between which two countries? – China and Pakistan
- 9. Which city hosted the 12th edition of the India-Japan annual summit 2017? – Ahmedabad
- 10. India and which other country is planning to conduct their first tri-service military exercise INDRA 2017 in October 2017? – Russia
- 11. Iron Union 5 which began recently (Sep-2017) is the joint military exercise between USA and which other country? – UAE
- 12. Name the joint military training exercise between India and United States that was held recently (Sep-2017) at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, US? – Yudh Abhyas 2017
- 13. First ever National Conference on Mission Mode to address Under-Nutrition in the country was recently (Sep-2017) held at? – New Delhi
- 14. First ‘BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise- 2017’ (BIMSTEC DMEx-2017) will be hosted by which country? – India
- 15. 6th edition of the four-day international textile and apparel fair named ‘VASTRA’ was recently (Sep-2017) inaugurated by Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani at? – Jaipur
- 16. “Panda-Kangaroo 2017” which was held recently is the joint military training exercise between Australia and which country? – China
- 17. DRUZBA 2017 is the joint military exercise between which countries? – Pakistan – Russia
- 18. The 7th ASEM (Asia–Europe Meeting) Economic Ministers’ Meeting was recently (Sep-2017) held at? – Seoul, South Korea
- 19. Minister of Communication Shri Manoj Sinha recently (Sept-2017) launched DoT’s first ever Mobile, Internet and Technology event in India – India Mobile Congress 2017 at? – New Delhi
- 20. The 3rd edition of India International Science Festival (IISF) 2017 will be held in which city from 13 October 2017 to 16 October 2017? – Chennai
- 21. Which city to host the 14th India-EU Summit -2017 from October 5-7, 2017? – New Delhi
Sports Current Affairs September 2017
- 1. Which broadcaster recently won the IPL media rights for next five years? – Star India
- 2. Which cricketer on 3 September 2017 created history by becoming the first wicket keeper to claim 100 stumping in One Day Internationals (ODI)? – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- 3. Who was adjudged the Man of the Series in the India vs Srilanka ODI series which ended recently? – Jasprit Bumrah
- 4. Who on 31 August 2017 scripted history by becoming the first Indian player to be picked up by an Australian Basket Ball team? – Amritpal Singh
- 5. Official song for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup football tournament “Kar Ke Dikhla De Goal” was launched on 4 September 2017. Name the music composer of the song? – Pritam Chakraborty
- 6. Virat Kohli recently scored his 30th ODI hundred in the fifth and final ODI against Sri Lanka and equaled whose record? – Ricky Ponting
- 7. Which country will host the FIFA Under-17 World Cup football tournament 2017? – India
- 8. Who was on 8 September 2017 named as the new chief coach of the India men’s senior hockey team? – Sjoerd Mrijne
- 9. Who recently became the fastest player to score 15,000 runs in international cricket? – Virat Kohli
- 10. Which country has recently (Sep-2017) won the 2nd South Asian Basketball, SABA, Under – 16 Championship? – India
- 11. Sloane Stephens who won the US Open Women’s Singles title 2017 belongs to which country? – USA
- 12. Who won the 2017 US Open Women’s Singles title? – Sloane Stephens [Defeated Madison Keys] 13. Sjoerd Marijne who was recently appointed as the head coach of India’s men’s Hockey Team is from which country? – Netherlands
- 14. Who won US Open men’s single title 2017? – Rafael Nadal [Defeated Kevin Anderson] 15. Name the pair which won the mixed doubles title at US Open 2017? – Martina Hingis & Jamie Murray
- 16. US Opens 2017 women’s doubles is won by which pair? – Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis
- 17. India finished at ____ position in the shotgun World Championships held at Moscow? – 5th
- 18. BWF World Senior Badminton Championships 2017 was held in which Indian city? – Kochi
- 19. Which city will host the 2028 Summer Olympic games as announced by International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently? – Los Angeles
- 20. Which city will host the 2024 Summer Olympic games as announced by International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently? – Paris
- 21. Which state will host the 36th National Games as announced by Indian Olympic Association (IOA) recently? – Goa
- 22. Who on 17 September 2017 won the Korea Open Superseries badminton title 2017? – P V Sindhu
- 23. Which cricketer recently created history by becoming the first batsman to hit 100 sixes in T20 International cricket? – Chris Gayle
- 24. Who recently (Sept-2017) won the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix? – Lewis Hamilton
- 25. Who recently set a new world record in cycling covering 18,000-miles in 79 days? – Mark Beaumont
- 26. BCCI on 20 September 2017 nominated which cricket player for the country’s third highest civilian award – the Padma Bhushan, for his contribution to the game? – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- 27. The official emblem and slogan for FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 was unveiled on 21 September 2017. FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 will be held at? – France
- 28. Which Indian cricket play on 21 September 2017 become only the third Indian bowler to pick up a hat-trick in One day Internationals? – Kuldeep Yadav
- 29. National Open Athletics Championships 2017 was held at? – Chennai
- 30. India will host the South Asian Boxing Championship for the first time in which city from December 6 to 10? – Guwahati
Important Days Current Affairs September 2017
- 1. International Day of Charity is observed on? – 5 September
- 2. International Literacy Day was celebrated across the world on? – 8 September
- 3. International Day for South-South Cooperation was observed on? – 12 September
- 4. International Day of Democracy is observed across the world on?- 15 September
- 5. Engineer’s day is celebrated in India on 15 September to commemorate the birth anniversary of? – M.Visvesvaraya
- 6. International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer (or World Ozone Day) is observed every year on? – 16 September
- 7. What is the theme of World Ozone Day which is observed on 16 September 2017? – ‘Caring for all life under the sun’
- 8. PM Narendra Modi’s brithday on 17 September 2017 is celebrated across the country as? – Sewa Diwas
- 9. World Alzheimer’s Day is observed across the globe on? – 21 September
- 10. International Day of Peace is celebrated across the world on? – 21 September
- 11. World Tourism Day is celebrated across the world on? – 27 September
- 12. World Maritime Day is celebrated across the world on? – 28 September
- 13. World Rabies Day is celebrated on ____ annually to raise awareness about rabies prevention? – 28 September
- 14. What is the theme of the 2017 World Rabies Day observed on 28 September 2017? – Rabies: Zero By 30
- 15. International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) was observed globally on? – 28 September
- 16. World Heart Day is observed on? – 29 September
- 17. International Translation Day was observed for the first time on? – 30 September
Banking/Finance Current Affairs September 2017
- 1. RBI on 4 September 2017 included which private sector bank in ‘too big to fail’ lenders list? – HDFC Bank
- 2. Which bank has recently (Sep-2017) launched Chatbot ‘Eva’ which has become India’s smartest chatbot? – HDFC Bank
- 3. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) recently announced that the upper age limit for joining the National Pension Scheme (NPS) has been raised to? – 65 Years
- 4. Punjab National Bank (PNB) has recently signed an agreement with which telecom company to roll out open mobile wallet Speedpay? – BSNL
- 5. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has recently (Sept-2017) constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by ___ to monitor and resolve the IT challenges faced in the implementation of GST? – Sushil Kumar Modi, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister
- 6. Which entity recently (Sept-2017) surpassed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to become the country’s second most valued firm in terms of market valuation? – HDFC Bank
- 7. Name the Payment App launched in India by Google during September 2017? – Google Tez
- 8. ____ recently (Sept-2017) become the first payments bank in India to integrate the UPI on its digital platform? – Airtel Payments Bank
- 9. India’s first bond index series for overseas investors was recently launched in London by which bank? – State Bank of India
- 10. Which bank emerged as India’s most trusted and most popular bank according to a survey conducted by Brand Finance? – State Bank of India
- 11. Artificial intelligence banking platform Payjo has recently (Sept-2017) launched an AI-powered chat assistant for which bank? – State Bank of India
- 12. Which e-commerce company has recently (Sept-2017) acquired F1 Info Solutions? – Flipkart
- 13. Which bank has recently (Sept-2017) announced a new home loan scheme that offers borrowers the benefit of 1% cashback on every EMI? – ICICI Bank
Obituaries Current Affairs September 2017
- 1. Senior ____ journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead by unidentified assailants at her residence in Bengaluru on 5 September 2017? – Kannada
- 2. Name the veteran American Actor who passed away recently (Sept-2017)? – Frank Vincet
- 3. Name the only Marshal of the Indian Air Force who passed away recently (Sept-2017)? – Arjan Singh
- 4. Oldest person in the world, Violet Mosse-Brown, who passed away recently (Sep-2017) belongs to which country? – Jamaica
- 5. Dr KS Chugh who died on 17 September 2017 is known as the father of ___ in India? – Nephrology
- 6. Jake LaMotta who passed away recently (Sep-2017) was a former champion in? – Boxing
- 7. Name the world’s wealthiest woman who died on 22 September 2017? – Liliane Bettencourt
- 8. Eman Ahmed, the world’s heaviest woman who made news died recently. She belongs to which country? – Egypt
- 9. Name the founder of the iconic Playboy magazine who passed away recently (28 September 2017)? – Hugh M Hefner
- 10. Padma Shri awardee and veteran theatre, film and television actor Tom Alter died on 30 September 2017. He was an Indian actor of ___ descent? – American
Books in News Current Affairs September 2017
- 1. Who is the author of “How India Sees the World” which was released recently? – Shyam Saran
- 2. Who is the author of the book “I Do What I Do” which was in news recently? – Raghuram Rajan (Former RBI Governor)
- 3. Who is the author of the book ‘Hit Refresh’ which will be released soon? – Satya Nadella
- 4. The book titled ‘Unstoppable: My Life So Far’ is authored by which Tennis star? – Maria Sharapova
- 5. Name the biography of Kargil war hero Captain Vikram Batra written by 21-year-old Deepak Surana released recently? – The Shershah of Kargil
Persons in News September 2017
- 1. Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukashenko who arrived in Indian recently (Sept-2017) on a two day visit is the President of which country? – Belarus
- 2. Name the Prime Minister of Japan who was on a two-day visit to India attend the India-Japan annual summit 2017? – Shinzo Abe
- 3. Raquel Dodge recently became the first female prosecutor-general of which country? – Brazil
- 4. Google Doodle on 23 September 2017 celebrated the 100th birthday of Asima Chatterjee. Asima Chatterjee is a renowned Indian? – Chemist
- 5. s announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently, Chief Economic Adviser ___ will get one year extension till October 2018? – Arvind Subramanian
- 6. Who on 25 September 2017 took over as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India? – Rajiv Mehrishi
- 7. Hui Ka Yan who recently become Asia’s richest man according to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List belongs to which country? – China
- 8. Two Indian women have recently (Sept-2017) featured on Fortune’s list of Most Powerful Women in business outside the US. Name them? – Chanda Kochhar and Shikha Sharma
- 9. Sports Ministry has recently recommended which player for the prestigious Padma Bhushan? – P V Sindhu
- 10. Joao Lourenco has recently (Sept-2017) sworn in as the first new President of which country in 38 years? – Angola
Government Schemes Current Affairs September 2017
- 1. President Ram Nath Kovind has recently (Sep-2017) launched a nationwide campaign ‘Swacchata Hi Seva’ from which city? – Kanpur
- 2. Which state has recently (Sep-2017) launched Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana aimed at developing villages of freedom fighters in the state? – Jharkhand
- 3. Union Cabinet on 20 September 2017 approved the revamped Khelo India program. Which Ministry is in charge of the Khelo India program? – Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
- 4. Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan will inaugurate one of the ambitious programmes of the Centre — LPG Panchayat soon in which city? – Gandhinagar
- 5. Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana was on 23 September 2017 launched by? – Dr. Harshvardhan
- 6. National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog’s SATH (Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital) Program was recently (Sep-2017) launched at? – Guwahati, Assam
- 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ completed ___ years on 24 September 2017? – Three
- 8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 September 2017 has launched Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana or ‘Saubhagya’, to supply ___? – 24/7 electricity supply to poor households
- 9. Which state government has recently launched ‘Sampurna (Sishu Abond Matru Mrityuhara Purna Nirakaran Abhijan) Yojna’ scheme for pregnant women? – Odisha
- 10. Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour (PENCIL) Portal was on 27 September 2017 launched by? – Rajnath Singh