GK Current Affairs-September 2017-CLASS 8

1. What is the name of Japan’s PM? 

     Shinzo Abe

2. India’s first bullet train will connect which 2 major cities? 

     Ahmedabad & Mumbai

3. Who was the first and only officer of the Indian Air Force to be promoted to five-star rank as Marshal of the Indian Air Force? 

    Marshal Arjan Singh

4. Recently PM Modi inaugurated which Dam?  Hint: It is the second-biggest concrete gravity dam in the world after the Grand Coulee Dam in the United States.

     Sardar Sarovar Dam

5. In which country was the BRICS summit recently held? Who chaired the summit? 

     China, Xi Jinping

6. When is the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer celebrated? 

     16^th Sep

7. Which Indian Actor was recently awarded with Global Diversity Award? 

     Salman Khan

8. Operation Insaaniyat has been launched by the government of India to assist which country?
Bangladesh

9. The latest cleanliness campaign "Swachhta hi Sewa" is launched by whom? 

     President Ram Nath Kovind

10. Who won women’s singles title at 2017 Korea Open Super Series badminton tournament?

    PV Sindhu

11. When is National Hindi Diwas celebrated? 

      14 September

12. When is International Literacy Day celebrated?

      8 September

13. When is the International Day of Democracy? What is the theme for 2017? 

       15 September, Theme-Democracy & Conflict Prevention

14. When is the International Peace Day celebrated? What is the theme for 2017?
      21 September, Theme- Together for Peace- Respect, Safety & Dignity for all
15. Who holds the world record for 100 stumpings in ODIs in cricket? 

       M S Dhoni

16. Who has been appointed as the Election Commissioner of India? 

       Sunil Arora

17. Who will be the new US Ambassador to India? 

       Kenneth Juster

18. According to 2017 Global Least & Most stressful Cities Ranking, Stuttgart is the least stressed out city across the globe, Luxemburg stands at 2nd position and Hanover at 3rd. Of the 150 cities ranked, Delhi stands at 142, Bengaluru at 130 and Mumbai at 138. The most stressed city in the list is Baghdad.

19. The Ministry of sports & youth affairs has decided to pay a monthly stipend of Rs.50,000 to each elite athlete preparing for upcoming Commonwealth & Asian Games.

20. The first defence minister of independent India was Baldev Singh, who served in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet during 1947–52. Nirmala Sitharaman, the current defence minister of India is the second woman since Indira Gandhi to hold this major post.