September 27 — This Day in History

 Question 1 — ₹1,000

In September 1996, the Taliban seized control of which national capital after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani’s government?

A) Kabul

B) Kandahar

C) Herat

D) Mazar-i-Sharif

Correct Answer: A) Kabul

Explanation: On September 27, 1996, the Taliban captured Kabul, ousted President Burhanuddin Rabbani, and publicly executed former President Mohammad Najibullah.

Question 2 — ₹2,000

In September 2023, which NASA astronaut returned to Earth after setting an American record for the longest continuous spaceflight of 371 days?

A) Mark Vande Hei

B) Frank Rubio

C) Scott Kelly

D) Christina Koch

Correct Answer: B) Frank Rubio

Explanation: Frank Rubio returned to Earth aboard Soyuz MS-23 on September 27, 2023, after spending a record-breaking 371 consecutive days aboard the International Space Station.

Question 3 — ₹5,000

Which international militant and political leader was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting an underground headquarters in southern Beirut on September 27, 2024?

A) Ismail Haniyeh

B) Yahya Sinwar

C) Hassan Nasrallah

D) Fuad Shukr

Correct Answer: C) Hassan Nasrallah

Explanation: Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was assassinated on September 27, 2024, during an Israeli Air Force precision strike on Hezbollah's central command bunker in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut.

Question 4 — ₹10,000

In September 2013, Barack Obama held a historic telephone conversation with which Iranian President, marking the first direct communication between US and Iranian leaders in over three decades?

A) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

B) Hassan Rouhani

C) Ebrahim Raisi

D) Mohammad Khatami

Correct Answer: B) Hassan Rouhani

Explanation: On September 27, 2013, President Barack Obama and President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone, breaking a 34-year diplomatic freeze dating back to the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

Question 5 — ₹20,000

Released publicly on September 27, 1964, which presidential commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted entirely alone in assassinating John F. Kennedy?

A) 9/11 Commission

B) Church Committee

C) Warren Commission

D) Rockefeller Commission

Correct Answer: C) Warren Commission

Explanation: Chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy formally concluded that Oswald fired the fatal shots with no co-conspirators.

Question 6 — ₹40,000

On September 27, 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan formalized the Axis alliance during World War II by signing which landmark agreement in Berlin?

A) Anti-Comintern Pact

B) Tripartite Pact

C) Pact of Steel

D) Munich Agreement

Correct Answer: B) Tripartite Pact

Explanation: The Tripartite Pact was signed in Berlin by the three primary Axis powers on September 27, 1940, establishing a military defense alliance aimed primarily at deterring the United States.

Question 7 — ₹80,000

On September 27, 1939, which European capital surrendered following weeks of heavy siege and bombardment by invading Nazi German forces?

A) Warsaw

B) Prague

C) Paris

D) Brussels

Correct Answer: A) Warsaw

Explanation: After stubborn resistance against invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, the Polish capital of Warsaw officially capitulated on September 27, 1939.

Question 8 — ₹1,60,000

In 1779, the Continental Congress appointed which Founding Father and future US President to negotiate the Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain?

A) Thomas Jefferson

B) John Adams

C) James Madison

D) Alexander Hamilton

Correct Answer: B) John Adams

Explanation: On September 27, 1779, John Adams was named the sole minister plenipotentiary by Congress to negotiate treaties of peace and commerce with Great Britain.

Question 9 — ₹3,20,000

In a major unilateral Cold War de-escalation move on September 27, 1991, which US President announced the worldwide elimination of all American ground-launched tactical nuclear weapons?

A) Ronald Reagan

B) George H.W. Bush

C) Bill Clinton

D) Jimmy Carter

Correct Answer: B) George H.W. Bush

Explanation: President George H.W. Bush announced the Presidential Nuclear Initiatives in a televised address on September 27, 1991, unilaterally dismantling short-range battlefield nuclear arsenals as the USSR dissolved.

Question 10 — ₹50,00,000

Which prominent American R&B singer and record producer was convicted by a federal jury in New York on racketeering and sex trafficking charges on September 27, 2021?

A) R. Kelly

B) Trey Songz

C) Chris Brown

D) Sean Kingston

Correct Answer: A) R. Kelly

Explanation: On September 27, 2021, Robert Sylvester Kelly (R. Kelly) was found guilty on all counts, including racketeering and violations of the Mann Act, receiving a 30-year federal prison term that was upheld on appeal.