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- In India, the Hindi Day is observed across the country on which day?
A) 13 September
B) 12 September
C) 14 September
D) 11 September
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Option C
Explanation: Hindi Divas or Hindi Day is an annual day celebrated on 14 September in India to celebrate the popularity of Hindi as an official language of the country.
- Which F1 Racer has won the inaugural edition of the Tuscan Grand Prix 2020?
A) Sebastian Vettel
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Valtteri Bottas
D) Max Verstappen
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Option B
Explanation: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain) has won the Formula One Tuscan Grand Prix 2020 held on September 13, 2020. This was his 6th win of the season and 90th F1 win of his career.
- Name the India film which has recently won the award for Best Screenplay at the 77th Venice Film Festival?
A) The Disciple
B) Fauna
C) Dear Comrades
D) The World to Come
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Option A
Explanation: The Marathi language feature film ‘The Disciple’ written and directed by Mumbai-based filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane, has bagged the prestigious FIPRESCI award for Best Screenplay at the 77th Venice Film Festival.
- PM Modi dedicated to the nation three major projects related to the Petroleum sector in Bihar including Durgapur-Banka section of the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur Pipeline Augmentation Project and Two LPG Bottling Plants. What was the approximate cost of this overall project?
A) Rs 800 crore
B) Rs 750 crore
C) Rs 900 crore
D) Rs 650 crore
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Option C
Explanation: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation three key projects related to the Petroleum sector in Bihar worth more than Rs 900 crore via video conferencing on 13 September 2020. The projects include: Durgapur-Banka section of the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur Pipeline Augmentation Project and Two LPG Bottling Plants – in East Champaran and Banka.
- Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, who has passed away recently represented the Lok Sabha from which state?
A) Haryana
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Bihar
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Option D
Explanation: Former Union minister and veteran leader of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has passed away after he developed post COVID-19 complications.. He was 74. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India and represented the Vaishali constituency of Bihar. Singh had served as the Union Minister for Rural Development in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s cabinet.
- Name the player who has won the women’s single 2020 US Open Tennis tournament?
A) Naomi Osaka
B) Ashleigh Barty
C) Karolína Plískova
D) Bianca Andreescu
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Option A
Explanation: In Tennis,Japan’s Naomi Osaka defeated Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, 1-6, ,6-3, 6-3, to clinch the Women’s Singles title in the 2020 US Open Tennis tournament
- Who among these has been elected as the new Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)?
A) Shweta Purandare
B) Manisha Kapoor
C) Subhash Kamath
D) Rohit Gupta
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Option C
Explanation:Subhash Kamath has been elected as the chairman of the board of governors of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).
- PM Modi recently attended the virtual ‘Grih Pravesham’ event of the delivery of house under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Grameen in Madhya Pradesh. How many families received the house during the event?
A) 1.50 lakh
B) 1.75 Lakh
C) 1.25 lakh
D) 2.00 lakh
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Option B
Explanation: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the ‘Grih Pravesham’ event in Madhya Pradesh through video conferencing. Under this, 1.75 Lakh Families in Madhya Pradesh were delivered pucca houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Grameen (PMAY-G).
- India’s first coronavirus airport testing facility has been launched at which of these airports?
A) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai
B) Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru
C) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata
D) Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
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Option D
Explanation:India’s first coronavirus airport testing facility has been launched at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.
- Hindi was adopted as the official language of India under which Article of the Indian Constitution?
A) Article 343
B) Article 252
C) Article 444
D) Article 171
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Option A
Explanation: Hindi Divas is celebrated on 14 September because on this day in 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India had adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India. The language was adopted under the Article 343 of the Indian Constitution.
