National Sports Day is celebrated on:

• 27th August
• 30th August
• 28th August
• 29th August
Correct Option: D  [ 29th August ]

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Tashkent where Prime Minister of India Lalbahadur Shastri expired, now belongs to :

• Uzbekistan
• Turkmenistan
• Tazakistan
• Kyrgyzstan
Correct Option: A  [ Uzbekistan ]

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Bangladesh was created in the year:

• 1956
• 1971
• 1990
• 1947
Correct Option: B  [ 1971 ]

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Identify the wrong pair:

• UN Day : 24th October
• Earth Day : 22nd April
• World Press Freedom Day : 1st May
• Kargil Vijaya Divas : 26th July
Correct Option: C  [ World Press Freedom Day : 1st May ]

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Who is the author of the book "Age of Anger: A History of the Present"?

• Pankaj Mishra
• Shashi Tharoor
• Nabaneeta Dev Sen
• VS Naipaul
Correct Option: A  [ Pankaj Mishra ]

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Tripitakas are sacred books of:

• Buddhists
• Hindus
• Jains
• Muslims
Correct Option: A  [ Buddhists ]

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Who wrote the book, Everybody Loves a Good Drought?

• Mark Tully
• Dileep Padgaonkar
• N. Ram
• P. Sainath
Correct Option: D  [ P. Sainath ]

Remark: Everybody Loves a Good Drought is a book, by Palagummi Sainath, about his research findings of poverty in the rural districts of India. The book won him the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2007.

2nd Ayurveda Day is observed on:

• 10th October, 2017
• 15th October, 2017
• 27th October, 2017
• 17th October, 2017
Correct Option: D  [ 17th October, 2017 ]

Remark: National Ayurveda Day observed on the occasion of Dhanwantari Jayanti

Who is the author of the book 'Many Everest: An Inspiring Journey of Transforming Dream into Reality' ?

• Sunita Narain
• Digvijay Singh Deo
• Ravindra Kumar
• Vimal Mohan
Correct Option: C  [ Ravindra Kumar ]

Remark:

Headquarter of European Union (EU) is situated in:

• Milan (Italy)
• Brussels (Belgium)
• Munich (Germany)
• Paris (France)
Correct Option: B  [ Brussels (Belgium) ]

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