1. Which campaign was launched on the occasion of the ...

1. Which campaign was launched on the occasion of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons

that was observed recently?

a) #IGiveHope

b) #GiveHope

c) #We’reAgainstHumanTrafficking

d) None of the above

2. Joint military exercise between India and Thailand that culminated at Krabi was

a) Hand-in-Hand

b) AUSINDEX

c) EKUVERIN

d) MAITREE

3. Which of the state has launched Pashudhan Bima Yojana?

a) Bihar

b) Haryana

c) Goa

d) Gujarat

4. The oldest serving aircraft carrier of the world that arrived at Kochi on its last sailing prior to

decommissioning later in 2016 is

a) INS Viraat

b) INS Vikramaditya

c) INS Vikrant

d) INS Vishal

5. Who of the following will head the expert committee that was constituted to possible alternatives

to pellet guns as non-lethal weapons?

a) Atul Karwal

b) Rajeev Krishna

c) Tushar Tripathy

d) TVSN Prasad

6. Who of the following was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court by Bihar Governor

Ramnath Kovind at a function in Raj Bhawan in Patna?

a) Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh

b) Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari

c) Justice Hemant Gupta

d) Justice Prabhat Kumar Jha

7. Name the state that has decided to form a separate cell for the Primitive Tribes Group (PTG) in

the Welfare Department.

a) Chhattisgarh

b) Jharkhand

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Andhra Pradesh

8. Who of the following was reappointed as the Chairman Railway Board?

a) AK Mital

b) AK Kapoor

c) Mohd Jamshed

d) MAHESH MANGAL

9. Name the country whose 8-member team was formally suspended from next month's Rio

Olympics due to doping offences by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

a) Ukraine

b) Russia

c) India

d) North Korea

10. Name the former head of Guatemala's football federation who has pleaded guilty in a US court

to racketeering and wire fraud.

a) Brayan Jimenez

b) Rafael Callejas

c) Reynaldo Vasquez


11. Who of the following was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Berhampur University by

Governor and Chancellor Dr SC Jamir?

a) Lingaraj Panigrahi

b) Raghunath Prasad Padhi

c) Rajendra Prasad Das

d) Deepak Kumar Behera

12. Name the state that has decided to regularise unauthorised constructions till December 2015

on a mass scale in the state's urban belts.

a) Maharashtra

b) Delhi

c) Karnataka

d) Tamil Nadu

13. Who of the following is the author of the book, Do You Know Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam?

a) MK Rasgotra

b) Amitav Ghosh

c) Margaret Alva

d) Unnat Pandit

14. BRICS Employment Working Group (BEWG) first-ever meet was held in which city?

a) Moscow

b) Hyderabad

c) Beijing

d) Cape Town

15. Name the bollywood film that was banned from release in Pakistan in last week of July 2016?

a) Rustom

b) Nonsense

c) Mohenjo Daro

d) Dishoom

ANSWER.

1. (a) #IGiveHope

2. (d) MAITREE

3. (b) Haryana

4. (a) INS Viraat

5. (d) TVSN Prasad

6. (b) Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari

7. (b) Jharkhand

8. (a) AK Mital

9. (b) Russia

10. (a) Brayan Jimenez

11. (c) Rajendra Prasad Das

12. (a) Maharashtra

13. (d) Unnat Pandit

14. (b) Hyderabad

15. (d) Dishoom

1. The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences recently announced the India Meteorological Department

will soon use forecast monsoon with Dynamical Monsoon Model. Which of the following models is

being used by IMD to predict monsoon?

a) Basic Statistical Model

b) Ensemble Statistical Model

c) Coupled Forecast System


2. Name the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, who died recently.

a) Langston Hughes

b) James Baldwin

c) James Alan McPherson

d) Alex Haley

3. Name the veteran Tabla maestro of the Banaras Gharana who died recently.

a) Chatur Lal

b) Kishen Maharaj

c) Shankar Ghosh

d) Pandit Lacchu Maharaj

4. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh?

a) Shambhu Singh Yadav

b) Vijay Singh Yadav

c) Ankur Jadav


5. When is the International Day of Friendship celebrated?

a) 12 April

b) 20 August

c) 27 October

d) 30 July

6. Name the Bill passed by Rajya Sabha in July 2016 to establish the National Compensatory

Afforestation Fund and a State Compensatory Afforestation Fund.

a) Forest Rights Bill, 2016

b) Compensatory and Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016

c) Afforestation Fund Planning Bill, 2016

d) Forest (Conservation) Bill, 2016

7. Name the respected Bengali writer who wrote Jhansi'r Rani (The Queen of Jhansi) and died in

July 2016.

a) Jasodhara Bagchi

b) Malati Bedekar

c) Bani Basu

d) Mahasweta Devi

8. International Tiger Day that was observed on 29 July 2016 was founded in at the St. Petersburg

Tiger Summit of which year, with the aim to double the big cat population by 2022?

a) 2005

b) 2007

c) 2010

d) 2014

9. The World Health Organization has recently declared Brazil free from which of the following

diseases?

a) Roseola

b) Measles

c) Rubella


10. The District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DDCMC) whose formation

was announced by Union Government will be known as

a) Track

b) Disha

c) Patri

d) Dagar

11. Astronomers have detected the Great Red Spot on which planet that is the reason behind

heating of the planet?

a) Earth

b) Jupiter

c) Mars

d) Saturn

12. The Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology that is celebrating its 40 years of

opening its gate for the public is based in which city?

a) Madras

b) Hyderabad

c) Guwahati

d) Shillong

13. Name the state that via an affidavit in the High Court during a course of hearing said that it is

going to introduce a chapter in school syllabus against witchcraft killings.

a) Jharkhand

b) Odisha

c) Maharashtra

d) West Bengal

14. Name the country to who’s visiting Home Minister was assured for India’s full support in their

fight against terrorism by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

a) Afghanistan

b) Nigeria

c) Thailand

d) Bangladesh

15. Name the actor and founder of EpicTimes, a news website and podcast network, who died

recently.

a) Langston Hughes

b) Jerry Doyle

c) James Baldwin

d) James Alan McPherson

ANSWER

1. (b) Ensemble Statistical Model

2. (c) James Alan McPherson

3. (d) Pandit Lacchu Maharaj

4. (a) Shambhu Singh Yadav

5. (d) 30 July

6. (b) Compensatory and Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016

7. (d) Mahasweta Devi

8. (c) 2010

9. (b) Measles

10. (b) Disha

11. (b) Jupiter

12. (a) Madras

13. (a) Jharkhand

14. (d) Bangladesh

15. (b) Jerry Doyle

1. What was the theme of the World Hepatitis Day 2016?

a) Elimination

b) Prevention of viral Hepatitis. Act now.

c) Hepatitis: Think Again

d) It’s closer than you think.

2. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will launch the Olympic Channel on?

a) 31 July 2016

b) 1 August 2016

c) 7 August 2016

d) 21 August 2016

3. Lok Sabha passed the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2016 that seeks to

amend the Benami Transactions Act of the year?

a) 1976

b) 1988

c) 1996

d) 2013

4. The World Hepatitis Summit will be held from 29 March to 31 March 2017 at

a) London

b) Sao Paulo

c) Kathmandu

d) New Delhi

5. Who among the following will not be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in the year

2016?

a) Muttiah Muralitharan

b) Karen Rolton

c) Arthur Morris

d) Allan Donald

6. Who was appointed as the European Union’s Chief Negotiator with the United Kingdom over

leaving the European Union?

a) Didier Seeuws

b) Édouard Balladur

c) Michel Barnier


7. A Joint expedition by India and the United States has resulted in the discovery of large, highly

enriched accumulations of natural gas hydrate at which place?

a) Pacific Ocean

b) Arctic Ocean

c) Antarctic Ocean

d) Indian Ocean

8. The Union Cabinet in July 2016 approved the establishment of a All India Institute of Medical

Science (AIIMS) at which place in Punjab?

a) Ludhiana

b) Jalandhar

c) Bhatinda

d) Ambala

9. Name the agricultural scientist fondly referred to as the Father of Hybrid Sorghum who died in

July 2016.

a) Janine Mongillat

b) PV Parabrahma Sastry

c) Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao

d) Somnath Rama Wani

10. He will replace wrestler Narsingh Yadav for Rio Olympics in the 74kg freestyle category.

a) Yogeshwar Dutt

b) Parveen Rana

c) Sushil Kumar

d) Harishchandra Birajdar

11. Which of the following statement in relation to Policy for awarding Waterfront and associated

lands in major ports that was approved by Union Government is false?

a) It will result in uniformity in the procedure for awarding captive facilities.

b) It will enable optimal utilization of capacities in major ports.

c) Creation of new assets as well as utilization of currently unutilised existing assets

d) No concession to be granted to Port Dependent Industries (PDI).

12. Skill development initiative 'Himayat' is a programme of which state?

a) Jammu & Kashmir

b) Sikkim

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Uttaranchal

13. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2016 that was passed in

Parliament seeks to amend the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) (CLPR) Act of the year?

a) 1955

b) 1972

c) 1986

d) 2000

14. Name the long-range maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft for which India

signed a one-billion dollar deal with the US defence and aerospace major Boeing.

a) Poseidon-8I

b) Lockheed P-3 Orion

c) Avro Shackleton

d) Grumman S-2 Tracker

15. The Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that was passed by Lok Sabha seeks to

amend the existing Lokpal and Lokayukta Actof the year?

a) 2010

b) 2011

c) 2012

d) 2013

ANSWER

1. (a) Elimination

2. (d) 21 August 2016

3. (b) 1988

4. (b) Sao Paulo

5. (d) Allan Donald

6. (c) Michel Barnier

7. (d) Indian Ocean

8. (c) Bhatinda

9. (c) Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao

10. (b) Parveen Rana

11. (d) No concession to be granted to Port Dependent Industries (PDI).

12. (a) Jammu & Kashmir

13. (c) 1986

14. (a) Poseidon-8I

15. (d) 2013

1. Which country has recently been declared free from measles by the World Health Organization?

a) Brazil

b) Pakistan

c) Chile

d) Paraguay

2. Name the state that has announced 60 lakh rupees cash special incentive for six sportswomen

of the state who have qualified for the Rio Olympics.

a) Jharkhand

b) Odisha

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Assam

3. Name the Indian diplomat, famous for heading the Indian delegation at the Conference on

Disarmament in Geneva, who died recently.

a) Arundhati Bose

b) Barakat Ahmad

c) Arundhati Ghose

d) Daya Singh Bedi

4. The Scimago Institutions Rankings recently ranked which Indian government institute as World’s

12th Best Government Institute?

a) Central Institute of Educational Technology

b) Central Institute of Fisheries, Nautical and Engineering Training

c) Central Institute of Fresh Water Aquaculture

d) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

5. Which institute was ranked World’s No. 1 Government Institute as per the Scimago Institutions

Rankings?

a) National Centre for Scientific Research, France

b) Chinese Academy of Science, China

c) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India


6. Name the former Indian athlete who will be honoured with the Bharat Gaurav Award by the East

Bengal Football Club.

a) Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

b) Milkha Singh

c) Chand Ram

d) Dharam Singh Uppal

7. Name the American soprano and playback singer, best known for dubbing the singing voices of

the leading actresses in films, who passed away recently.

a) Melissa Fahn

b) Dolly Parton

c) Marni Nixon


8. Brazilian researchers recently found a species of mosquito that is able to transmit which of the

following diseases to humans?

a) Zika

b) Malaria

c) Dengue

d) Chikungunya

9. Which country became the first in the world to contribute US$100000 for the UN Trust Fund in

support of victims of sexual exploitation and abuse?

a) Brazil

b) India

c) The United States of America

d) Japan

10. Name the aircraft that recently completed the first round-the-world solar powered flight.

a) Solar Impulse 3

b) Solar Impulse

c) Solar Impulse 2

d) Solar Yen 2

11. Which country has recently launched world's largest amphibious aircraft?

a) Japan

b) Russia

c) Maldives

d) China

12. Which portal was acquired by Flipkart Ltd on 26 July 2016?

a) Voonik

b) Abof

c) Jabong

d) AJIO

13. Name the Chairman of Ricoh India Ltd who resigned on 25 July 2016.

a) Tetsuya Takano

b) Peter Winham

c) Manoj Kumar

d) Ashwani Singh

14. Who was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of ITC Ltd in July 2016?

a) YC Deveshwar

b) Sanjiv Puri

c) Avinash Kapoor

d) DK Jain

15. Who was appointed as the Director General of National Museum in July 2016?

a) Arvind Singhal

b) Anil Saini

c) Buddha Rashmi Mani

d) TR Sahni

ANSWER

1. (a) Brazil

2. (b) Odisha

3. (c) Arundhati Ghose

4. (d) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

5. (a) National Centre for Scientific Research, France

6. (b) Milkha Singh

7. (c) Marni Nixon

8. (d) Chikungunya

9. (b) India

10. (c) Solar Impulse 2

11. (d) China

12. (c) Jabong

13. (a) Tetsuya Takano

14. (b) Sanjiv Puri

15. (c) Buddha Rashmi Mani

1. Name the state that notified the "Freight Assistance Scheme" for the exporting Micro, Small and

Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) located anywhere in the State.

a) Punjab

b) Haryana

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Karnataka

2. The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016 passed in Lok Sabha seeks to amend the

Institutes of Technology Act of which year?

a) 1957

b) 1961

c) 1972

d) 1989

3. The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016 passed in Lok Sabha seeks to add Indian

Institutes of Technology (IITs) at which of the following cities?

a) Ranchi

b) Nalanda

c) Dharwar

d) Bhilai

4. Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu launched the nation's first Green Rail Corridor on which

railway stretch of India?

a) Kalka–Shimla

b) Jammu-Katra

c) Rameswaram-Manamadurai

d) Tiruchirappalli-Madurai

5. As per reports, Union Government decided to reduce the number of Maoist-affected districts by

what number from existing 106 districts?

a) 10

b) 15

c) 20

d) 30

6. Which of the African nation is not part of the second phase of the Feed the Future- India

Triangular Training Programme that was launched in July 2016?

a) Kenya

b) Algeria

c) Malawi

d) Liberia

7. Which of the Asian nation is not part of the second phase of the Feed the Future- India

Triangular Training Programme that was launched in July 2016?

a) Afghanistan

b) Cambodia

c) Lao PDR

d) Sri Lanka

8. Which of the following institutes recently developed the Solar Power Tree for generation of

electricity from solar energy?

a) Institute for Research and Development

b) Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute

c) Central Institute of Technology

d) National Physical Laboratory

9. Who recently assumed the charge as President of Kerala State Sports Council?

a) Mercy Kuttan

b) George Thomas

c) T.P. Dasan

d) D. Vijayakumar

10. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs recently gave its approval for installation of

Ghatampur Thermal Power Project. The project will be located in which state?

a) Rajasthan

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Karnataka

d) Uttar Pradesh

11. Scientists have recently succeeded in sequencing the genes of which of the following ancient

crops?

a) Rice

b) Wheat

c) Barley

d) Maize

12. The former Governor of the Reserve Book of India recently wrote a book, which will be

launched soon. What is the title of the book?

a) Who Moved My Money?

b) Who Moved My Rate?

c) The Mystery of RBI

d) Who Moved My Interest Rate?

13. BRICS policy planning dialogue meeting began in which city of India?

a) Hyderabad

b) Panji

c) Patna

d) Lucknow

14. Name the Rio-bound shot putter from India who became the second athlete to test positive for

a banned substance.

a) Om Prakash Singh

b) Inderjeet Singh

c) Vikas Gowda

d) Irfan Kolothum Thodi

15. Name the country whose seven swimmers were banned from the Rio Olympics.

a) Japan

b) China

c) Ukraine

d) Russia

ANSWER

1. (b) Haryana

2. (b) 1961

3. (d) Bhilai

4. (c) Rameswaram-Manamadurai

5. (c) 20

6. (b) Algeria

7. (d) Sri Lanka

8. (b) Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute

9. (c) T.P. Dasan

10. (d) Uttar Pradesh

11. (c) Barley

12. (d) Who Moved My Interest Rate?

13. (c) Patna

14. (b) Inderjeet Singh

15. (d) Russia

1. Who will head the committee that was constituted to prepare guidelines for desiltation of river

Ganga?

a) NK Singh

b) Madhav Chitale

c) Arvind Subramanian

d) Anand Desai

2. Name the Indian javelin thrower who won gold in the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in

Poland by setting a new world record (U-20) of 86.48m.

a) Krishna Poonia

b) Seema Antil

c) Navjeet Kaur Dhillon

d) Neeraj Chopra

3. Who of the following was conferred with West Bengal’s Mahanayak Samman awards recently

by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee?

a) Bappi Lahiri

b) Arijit Singh

c) Mithun Chakraborty

d) Pritam Chakraborty

4. Name Nepal's Prime Minister who resigned from his office ahead of a no-confidence vote.

a) Khadga Prasad Oli

b) Prachanda

c) Madhav Kumar Nepal

d) Baburam Bhattarai

5. Name the Rio Olympic qualified Indian wrestler who failed a dope test after being tested positive

for a banned substance steroid.

a) Sushil Kumar

b) Yogeshwar Dutt

c) Narsingh Yadav

d) Bajrang Punia

6. Name the Indian shooter who won the trap bronze medal in the Champion of Champions match

at the Junior World Cup in Porpetto, Italy.

a) Manavaditya Rathore

b) Anant Naruka

c) Kriti Gupta

d) Kismat Chopra

7. Name the Indian skeet who won the bronze medal in the Champion of Champions match at the

Junior World Cup in Porpetto, Italy.

a) Sharan Susheel

b) Kismat Chopra

c) Kynan Chenai

d) Anant Naruka

8. India’s first Green Rail Corridor, which ensures zero toilet discharge on rail tracks, was

inaugurated recently by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu in which state?

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Kerala

c) Karnataka

d) Assam

9. Bar Council of India (BCI) have suspended 126 lawyers of which state and prohibited them from

practising in any court or tribunal?

a) Kerala

b) Karnataka

c) Assam

d) Tamil Nadu

10. Union Ministers Kalraj Mishra and Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation of Ministry of Micro,

Small and Medium Enterprises technology centre at

a) Hyderabad

b) Mumbai

c) Visakhapatnam

d) Ranchi

11. India’s first Water Metro project was recently launched in which of the following cities?

a) Kochi

b) Kolkata

c) Port Blair

d) Kozhikode

12. The Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute of Plant Sciences recently joined hands with which

of the following oil and gas companies to launch field trials oil-degrading bacteria?

a) Indian Oil Corporation

b) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

c) ONGC

d) Cairn India

13. Name the female violinist who will be conferred with the coveted Sangita Kalanidhi Award for

the year 2016.

a) L Athira Krishna

b) Akkarai Subbalakshmi

c) A Kanyakumari

d) Jyotsna Srikanth

14. Who has won the 2016 Swiss Open Gstaad?

a) Dominic Thiem

b) Pablo Andújar

c) Roger Federer

d) Feliciano López

15. Name the famous Modern Indian artist who passed away recently.

a) Syed Haider Raza

b) Benode Behari Mukherjee

c) Kalipada Ghoshal

d) Jamini Roy

ANSWER.

1. (b) Madhav Chitale

2. (d) Neeraj Chopra

3. (a) Bappi Lahiri

4. (a) Khadga Prasad Oli

5. (c) Narsingh Yadav

6. (a) Manavaditya Rathore

7. (d) Anant Naruka

8. (a) Tamil Nadu

9. (d) Tamil Nadu

10. (c) Visakhapatnam

11. (a) Kochi

12. (b) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

13. (c) A. Kanyakumari

14. (d) Feliciano López

15. (a) Syed Haider Raza

1. Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of Joint Parliamentary Committee examining

the Land Acquisition Bill?

a) Ganesh Singh

b) S S Ahluwalia

c) Arun Jaitley


2. The Lok Sabha recently passed a bill to establish a new National Institute of Technology in

which of the following states?

a) Assam

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Karnataka

d) Andhra Pradesh

3. The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi recently unveiled a foundation stone for revival of a

fertilizer unit. This fertilizer is located in which city?

a) Lucknow

b) Raipur

c) Gorakhpur

d) Moradabad

4. Who has recently become the first Indian Test Captain to score a double century outside India?

a) MS Dhoni

b) Rohit Sharma

c) Shikhar Dhawan

d) Virat Kohli

5. Which of the following Indian states won two Gold Awards at the Pacific Asia Travel Association

Awards?

a) Kerala

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Rajasthan

d) Odisha

6. Facebook recently successfully completed test flight of its Internet drone. What is the name of

the drone?

a) Loon Internet

b) Aquila

c) Aquira


7. The fourth edition of the Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival 2016 recently began in which city?

a) Jorhat

b) Dibrugarh

c) Dispur

d) Guwahati

8. Name the annual electronic music festival that recently commenced in Boom, Belgium.

a) TomorrowWorld

b) Tomorrowland

c) What lies beneath


9. Name the golfer that won the KGA women's Pro Championship held in Bengaluru.

a) Amandeep Drall

b) Aadil Bedi

c) Sharmila Nicollet

d) Amandeep Kaur

10. Name the veteran journalist associated with Marathi daily newspaper Tarun Bharat who died

recently.

a) Inder Malhotra

b) K K Katyal

c) Anil Shinde


11. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of Lok Sabha Privileges Committee?

a) Suresh Angadi

b) Meenakshi Lekhi

c) Amit Shah

d) Nirmal Bairagi

12. Who has been appointed as the Manager of the football team of England?

a) Glenn Hoddle

b) Terry Venables

c) Roy Hodsgen

d) Sam Allardyce

13. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of Parliament House Committee?

a) Suresh Angadi

b) Meenakshi Lekhi

c) Amit Shah

d) Nirmal Bairagi

14. Name the eminent Journalist and Doordarshan News Correspondent who passed away

recently.

a) Inder Malhotra

b) K K Katyal

c) Anil Shinde

d) Sanjiv Thomas

15. How many Public Sector Banks in India have posted losses in the 2015-2016 financial year?

a) Five

b) Six

c) Fourteen

d) Seven

ANSWERS

1- (a) Ganesh Singh

2- (d) Andhra Pradesh

3- (c) Gorakhpur

4- (d) Virat Kohli

5- (a) Kerala

6- (b) Aqui;aa

7-(d) Guwahati

8-(b) Tomorrowland

9-(a) Amandeep Drall

10-(c) Anil Shinde

11-(b) Meenkashi Lekhi

12-(d) Sam Allardyce

13-(a) Suresh Angadi

14-(d) Saniv Thomas

15-(c) Fourteen

1. The World Meteorological Organisation announced that 2016 is on the track to become world's

hottest year on record. As per WMO, global land and ocean average temperature for January 2016–

June 2016 was how much Celsius above that the 20th century average?

a) 1.05°C

b) 1.04°C

c) 1.03°C

d) 1.02°C

2. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Unique Identification Authority of India?

a) Vijay Bhushan Pandey

b) Ajay Bhushan Pandey

c) Jay Bhushan Pandey


3. Name the former French cyclist, who rode in eleven editions of the Tour de France, who died

recently.

a) Lucien Didier

b) Greg LeMond

c) Dominique Arnaud

d) Christian Levavasseur

4. Who has been appointed as the financial advisor to the Chief Minister of Kerala?

a) Geetha Jairam

b) Revathy Rajan

c) Mikhail Raj

d) Gita Gopinath

5. As per the Global Burden of Disease Study of 2015, around how many new HIV infections were

reported in the year 2015?

a) 4 lakh

b) 50 Thousand

c) 2 lakh

d) 3 Lakh

6. Which State government constituted a State Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (STAGI)

in July 2016?

a) Odisha

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Kerala

d) West Bengal

7. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in July 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding

with which organisation to develop 12 sewage treatment plants (STP)?

a) National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)

b) Indian Institute of Environment Management (IIEM)

c) Centre For Environment Education (CEE)

d) Center for Environmental Nuclear Research (CENR)

8. Which Company topped the 2016 Fortune 500 list of the world's biggest firms that was released

on 21 July 2016?

a) China National Petroleum

b) Sinopec Group

c) Walmart

d) State Grid

9. Which Indian Company got the highest ranking in the 2016 Fortune 500 list of the world's biggest

firms that was released on 21 July 2016?

a) State Bank of India

b) Oil and Natural Gas Corp

c) Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd

d) Indian Oil Corporation

10. Name the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fox News Channel who resigned in July

2016?

a) Rupert Murdoch

b) Bill O'Reilly

c) Roger Ailes

d) Chris Wallace

11. Which country topped the inaugural Sustainable Development Goal Index (SDG Index) that was

released recently?

a) Sweden

b) Denmark

c) Finland

d) Australia

12. What was the rank of India in the recently released inaugural Sustainable Development Goal

Index (SDG Index)?

a) 110

b) 112

c) 113

d) 114

13. Name the aircraft carrier which will be preserved as museum after it is de-commissioned.

a) INS Vikramaditya

b) INS Vikrant

c) INS Viraat

d) INS Arihant

14. Who will head the committee constituted to prepare a draft plan on Ganga river?

a) Justice (retd) MB Shah

b) Justice (retd) Girdhar Malviya

c) Justice (retd) Bhupendra Yadav

d) Justice (retd) SK Das

15. Odisha govt formed a judicial panel for reforms in Jagannath temple management which will be

headed by

a) Justice (retd) Bimal Prasad Das

b) Justice (retd) Girdhar Malviya

c) Justice (retd) Bhupendra Yadav

d) Justice (retd) SK Das

ANSWERS

1- (a) 1.05°C

2- (b) Ajay Bhushan Pandey

3- (c) Dominique Arnaud

4- (d) Gita Gopinath

5- (c) 2 lakh

6- (c) Kerala

7-(a) National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)

8-(c) Walmart

9-(d) Indian Oil Corporation

10-(c) Roger Ailes

11-(a) Sweden

12-(a) 110

13-(c) INS Viraat

14-(b) Justice (retd) Girdhar Malviya

15-(a) Justice (retd) Bimal Prasad Das

1. CCEA on 20 July 2016 approved construction of a new dry dock within which of the following

shipyard?

a) Mazagon

b) Cochin

c) Goa

d) Hooghly

2. Name the country that 20 July 2016 declared a three-month state of emergency in the country.

a) Turkey

b) Syria

c) Iraq

d) North Korea

3. India on 20 July 2016 signed the Air Services Agreement for the first time with which country?

a) Ghana

b) Mozambique

c) Vietnam

d) Tunisia

4. Which Bill was passed by the Union Cabinet in July 2016 to evolve a mechanism for social,

economic and educational empowerment of the transgenders?

a) Transgender Rights Bill, 2016

b) Bill to protect Transgenders Right, 2016

c) Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016

d) Protection for Transgenders in public places Bill, 2016

5. Name the oldest and last litigant of the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri title suit, who died due to heart-

related complications in the temple city of Ayodhya.

a) Mohammad Farooq

b) Ashhad Rashidi

c) Hashim Ansari

d) Mufti Hasbullah

6. Union Cabinet approved the incorporation of Sagarmala Development Company (SDC) under

the Companies Act of which year?

a) 1956

b) 2008

c) 2013

d) 2014

7. IMF in its revised global economic growth forecast for 2017 lowered world economy growth by

what percentage point?

a) 0.1 percentage point

b) 0.2 percentage point

c) 0.9 percentage point

d) 1 percentage point

8. Which state/UT introduced an online payment system for licensing and registration of food

business operators in the national capital?

a) Delhi

b) Bihar

c) Karnataka

d) Punjab

9. Name the state that convened a special session of the Assembly for passing the State

Appropriation Bill.

a) Uttarakhand

b) Arunachal Pradesh

c) Kerala

d) Bihar

10. Name the state that has decided to consider coffee plantation in 50 thousand hectares of land

in the State by 2030.

a) Assam

b) Kerala

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Nagaland

11. Which of the following state started updation of its National Population Registration (NPR)?

a) Assam

b) Kerala

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Nagaland

12. Who of the following is the author of book, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the

Unthinkable?

a) Amitav Ghosh

b) Vikram Seth

c) Amish Tripathi

d) Amit Chaudhuri

13. NITI Aayog signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) with which organisation to start the Atal

Tinkering Laboratories (ATL) initiative as a part of its flagship programme Atal Innovation Mission

(AIM).

a) Tech Mahindra

b) Intel India

c) Infosys

d) Tata Consultancy Services

14. The Election Commission of India recently launched NERP 2016 programme across the

country. What is the full form of NERP?

a) National Electoral Roll Purification

b) Nationwide Electoral Roll Purification

c) Nation Electoral Roll Purification

d) Nationalised Electoral Roll Purification

15. What is the motto of the Election Commission of India for the year 2016?

a) Voter keeps the nation united

b) No voter to be left behind

c) Vote for united India


ANSWER

1. (b) Cochin

2. (a) Turkey

3. (b) Mozambique

4. (c)Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016

5. (c) Hashim Ansari

6. (c) 2013

7. (a) 0.1 percentage point

8. (a) Delhi

9. (a) Uttarakhand

10. (d) Nagaland

11. (d) Nagaland

12. (a) Amitav Ghosh

13. (b) Intel India

14. (a) National Electoral Roll Purification

15. (b) No voter to be left behind

1. Name the state assembly that passed the Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualifications)

Amendment Bill 2016 to amend the Section 2 of the 1951 Act.

a) Karnataka

b) Delhi

c) Bihar

d) Kerala

2. Name the Russian Deputy Sports Minister who was suspended by Prime Minister Dmitry

Medvedev.

a) Anatoly Serdyukov

b) Yury Nagornykh

c) Vitaly Mutko

d) Sergei Shoigu

3. Which of the following statements about the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation)

Amendment Bill, 2012 is true that was passed by Rajya Sabha?

a) It prohibits employment of children below 14 years in all occupation

b) It aligns the 1986 Act with Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009

c) It defines children between age group of 13 to 17 years as adolescents

d) Union Government can either add or omit any hazardous occupation from the list included

4. Name the state that has decided to celebrate the bicentenary (200 years) of the 1817 Paika

revolt against the British Empire in 2016.

a) Telangana

b) Odisha

c) Gujarat

d) Tamil Nadu

5. Name the country whose scientists said that it will conduct the world's first Zika vaccine test on

humans.

a) Canada

b) United States

c) France

d) Britain

6. Name the former Indian hockey player and part of the team that won gold at the 1980 Moscow

Olympics, who died recently.

a) Mohammed Shahid

b) Abdul Shahid

c) Mohammed Shehzad

d) Joe Antic

7. Who was recently awarded with the BBC World Service News Komla Dumor Award for 2016?

a) Nancy Kacungira

b) Didi Akinyelure

c) Dele Olejede


8. Who recently became the first Indian to win the Mr World title?

a) Prateik Jain

b) Taher Ali

c) Rohit Khandelwal

d) Inder Bajwa

9. Who was appointed the Managing Director of 2019 Cricket World Cup?

a) Colin Graves

b) Ian Lovett

c) Peter Wright

d) Steve Elworthy

10. Who was appointed as the Digital Ambassador of Axis Bank’s new product named Multi-

Currency Forex Card?

a) Purab Kohli

b) Upen Patel

c) Rannvijay Singh

d) Anushka Sharma

11. Name the country that in July 2016 formally announced its wish to rejoin the African Union

(AU) 32 years after leaving the organisation.

a) Sudan

b) Morocco

c) Djibouti

d) Niger

12. MPs of which country backed in Parliament the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons

system?

a) Israel

b) United Kingdom

c) France

d) North Korea

13. Who of the following officially clinched the Republican nomination for the US President after a

state-by-state vote at the Party Convention?

a) Ted Cruz

b) Bernie Sanders

c) Donald Trump

d) Hillary Rodham Clinton

14. Who of the following was elected as President of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association

(JKCA)?

a) Imran Ansari

b) Farooq Abdullah

c) Abdul Wahid Tanveer

d) Parvez Rasool

15. Name the state whose three cadre IAS officers were empanelled in the rank of the Union

Secretary at a time for the first time.

a) Telangana

b) Gujarat

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Odisha

ANSWER.

1. (d) Kerala

2. (b) Yury Nagornykh

3. (c) It defines children between age group of 13 to 17 years as adolescents

4. (b) Odisha

5. (a) Canada

6. (a) Mohammed Shahid

7. (b) Didi Akinyelure

8. (c) Rohit Khandelwal

9. (d) Steve Elworthy

10. (a) Purab Kohli

11. (b) Morocco

12. (b) United Kingdom

13. (c) Donald Trump

14. (a) Imran Ansari

15. (d) Odisha

1. Almost a quarter of a million children in parts of Borno state formerly controlled by Boko Haram

are suffering from severe malnutrition. Borno is located in which of the following country?

a) Congo

b) Egypt

c) Nigeria

d) Mali

2. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has called for a ban on all Russian competitors and officials

at the upcoming Rio Olympics and other international sports on the basis of the Investigation Report

of whom of the following?

a) Richard McLaren

b) Grigory Rodchenkov

c) Taylor Branch

d) Jerry Sandusky

3. Name the rider who won the 5th Red Bull Romaniacs title.

a) Graham Jarvis

b) Jonny Walker

c) Andreas Lettenbichler

d) Cyril Despres

4. Who won the 2016 MRF MoGrip FMSCI National Rally Championship for two-wheelers?

a) R Nataraj

b) Abdul Wahid Tanveer

c) S D Viswas


5. Name the multinational telecommunications company that recently agreed to acquire the U.K.

based semiconductor firm ARM Holdings.

a) Bharti Airtel

b) Verizon

c) Softbank

d) Telstra

6. Name the Ayurvedic medicine manufacturer that recently inked a MoU with DRDO’s Defence

Institute of High Altitude Research to promote cultivation of rare medicinal plants.

a) Shri Baidyanath

b) Zandu Pharmaceutical Works

c) The Himalaya Drug Company

d) Dabur India Ltd.

7. Name the country that signed a MoU with Uttar Pradesh government to set up a skill

development centre to help farmers.

a) The Netherlands

b) France

c) England

d) Russia

8. The recommendation of Lodha Committee on BCCI reforms that was accepted by Supreme

Court bars people above which age from being member of BCCI?

a) 60

b) 65

c) 70

d) 75

9. Name the legendary singer of evergreen song "Kabhi tanhaiyon mein hamari yaad ayegi" who

died on 18 July 2016 after a prolonged illness.

a) Talat Mahmood

b) Shamshad Begum

c) Mubarak Begum


10. Which of the following statement about the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016 is

false that was passed by Parliament in July 2016?

• Seeks to set up a Regional Centre for Biotechnology in Gurgaon

• Disseminate knowledge by providing research facilities in biotechnology

• It will be set up under the auspices of UNESCO

• Facilitate transfer of technology and knowledge in the SAARC region

11. Who was appointed as the Chief Economist of World Bank in July 2016?

a) Justin Yifu Lin

b) François Bourguignon

c) Nicholas H Stern

d) Paul Romer

12. India’s first e-court was opened in July 2016 at which High Court?

a) Madras High Court

b) Hyderabad High Court

c) Rajasthan High Court

d) Punjab High Court

13. Who was appointed as the Vice-President-Finance for India and South West Asia of Coca-

Cola in July 2016?

a) Sarvita Sethi

b) Sanjeev Kumar

c) Venkatesh Kini

d) Manoj Prabhakar

14. Name the Indian-origin former Singapore President who was conferred with the Outstanding

Member of the South Asian Diaspora award 2016?

a) Subadhra Devi Rai

b) S R Nathan

c) Ron Chandran-Dudley

d) Gopinath Pillai

15. Which state government has planned to create 400 hectares of new water area in private land

in 2016?

a) Odisha

b) Jharkhand

c) Kerala

d) Pondicherry

ANSWER.

1. (c) Nigeria

2. (a) Richard McLaren

3. (a) Graham Jarvis

4. (b) Abdul Wahid Tanveer

5. (c) Softbank

6. (d) Dabur India Ltd.

7. (a) The Netherlands

8. (c) 70

9. (c) Mubarak Begum

10. (a) Seeks to set up a Regional Centre for Biotechnology in Gurgaon

11. (d) Paul Romer

12. (b) Hyderabad High Court

13. (a) Sarvita Sethi

14. (b) S R Nathan

15. (a) Odisha

1. Who of the following was appointed as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on 17 July

2016?

a) Kalikho Pul

b) Pema Khandu

c) Tataghata Roy

d) Nabam Tuki

2. India’s boxing star Vijender Singh defeated whom to lift the WBO Asia Pacific Super

Middleweight title at Thyagraj Stadium, New Delhi?

a) Andrzej Soldra

b) Samet Hyuseinov

c) Sonny Whiting

d) Kerry Hope

3. Name the Turkish musician who was appointed as the UNESCO Artist for Peace by the

Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova.

a) Markus Stockhausen

b) Kudsi Erguner

c) Suleyman Erguner

d) Nezih Uzel

4. Who of the following won the 73rd Senior National Squash Championship in the women’s

segment?

a) Dipika Pallikal

b) Joshna Chinappa

c) Bhuvneshwari Kumari

d) Anaka Alankamony

5. Who of the following won the 73rd Senior National Squash Championship in the men’s

segment?

a) Harinderpal Singh Sandhu

b) Ritwik Bhattacharya

c) Saurav Ghosal

d) Siddharth Suchde

6. Which website was launched by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in

July 2016 to facilitate two-way communication between the government and citizens?

a) Skill India Online

b) Transforming India

c) MyGov.in

d) Citizen Portal

7. When is the Nelson Mandela International Day observed every year?

a) 2 May

b) 19 October

c) 26 August

d) 18 July

8. Which system was developed by Indian Railways for enhancing the vision of Locomotive Pilots

in inclement weather in July 2016?

a) SMRT Trains System

b) TBOGI system

c) TRI-NETRA system

d) Spot Your Train

9. Who was appointed as the Chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI) in July 2016?

a) Nilamani Sahoo

b) Vimal Gupta

c) Manoj Prabhakar

d) Guruprasad Mohapatra

10. Which country has called for a free trade deal with Britain following its exit from the European

Union?

a) Australia

b) France

c) The US

d) India

11. Name India’s site that was listed in UNESCO’s world Heritage sites in mixed category in July

2016.

a) khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim

b) Complexe du Capitole, Chandigarh

c) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

d) Mountain Railways of India

12. Name India’s site that was listed in UNESCO’s world Heritage sites in transnational category in

July 2016.

a) Elephanta Caves

b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

c) khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim

d) Complexe du Capitole, Chandigarh

13. Which state won the champion trophy in All India Electricity Board Kabaddi tournament?

a) Himachal Pradesh

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Punjab

d) Jharkhand

14. India’s first multi city marathon that was flagged off after a ceremony at the Amar Jawan Jyoti

is named as.

a) India Runs

b) United India

c) Great India Run


15. Name the country that opened its border with Colombia for the second time in July 2016 to

allow people to cross over to shop for basic foods and medicines.

a) Peru

b) Venezuela

c) Ecuador

d) Panama

ANSWER.

1. (b) Pema Khandu

2. (d) Kerry Hope

3. (b) Kudsi Erguner

4. (a) Dipika Pallikal

5. (c) Saurav Ghosal

6. (b) Transforming India

7. (d) 18 July

8. (c) TRI-NETRA system

9. (d) Guruprasad Mohapatra

10. (a) Australia

11. (a) khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim

12. (d) Complexe du Capitole, Chandigarh

13. (a) Himachal Pradesh

14. (c) Great India Run

15. (b) Venezuela

1. Which country faced a failed military coup wherein at least 90 people were killed and over 1500

soldiers were detained by a military faction?

a) Afghanistan

b) Pakistan

c) Turkey

d) Nigeria

2. Which train also known as Magic Train of India celebrated 25 years of service to the

underprivileged rural masses?

a) Health Express

b) Garibi Hatao Express

c) JeevanJyoti Express

d) Lifeline Express

3. In last two years by what magnitude the electricity generation capacity increased in India?

a) 46000 MW

b) 45000 MW

c) 35000 MW

d) 36000 MW

4. Which two countries agreed on concrete steps to save the failing Syrian ceasefire?

a) The US and Syria

b) Syria and Saudi Arabia

c) Saudi Arabia and the US

d) The US and Russia

5. The Ulaanbaatar Declaration issued recently relates to which international summit?

a) 27th APEC Summit

b) 7th BRICS Summit

c) 11th ASEM Summit

d) 45th NATO Summit

6. Which day was designated as ASEM Day at the recently concluded Asia-Europe Summit in

Mongolia?

a) 1 May

b) 1 March

c) 1 April

d) 1 June

7. Which historical site in Bihar was declared as the UNESCO’s World Heritage Site?

a) Bodh Gaya

b) Rohtas Fort

c) Nalanda Mahavihara

d) Vikramasila Monastery

8. In which state the Ramayana month is celebrated in the month of July and August every year?

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Kerala

c) Karnataka

d) Andhra Pradesh

9. What is the rank of India football team in the recently released FIFA World rankings?

a) 151

b) 162

c) 163

d) 152

10. What is the name of the website launched by Union Government with a view to share the

impact of various governance initiatives with citizens in real-time?

a) Reaching Last Mile

b) Transforming India

c) Rejuvenating India

d) Door-to-Door India

11. As per the Census 2011, what percentage of disable population in India is literate?

a) 51.5

b) 52.5

c) 53.5

d) 54.5

12. As per Census 2011, what percentage of disable population in India is graduate or above?

a) 6.0

b) 8.5

c) 7.0

d) 9.5

13. With which State did Ministry of Railways in July 2016 signed a Joint Venture Agreement to

expand railway network in the State?

a) Arunachal Pradesh

b) Rajasthan

c) Haryana

d) Uttarakhand

14. Which state became the first state in India to start a Happiness Department?

a) Rajasthan

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Haryana

15. What is the name of the autobiography of NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin – the second man to

land on moon?

a) Riding Rockets

b) First Man

c) The Last Man on the Moon

d) No Dream is Too High

ANSWER

1-(c) Turkey

2-(d) Lifeline Express

3-(a) 46000 MW

4-(d) The US and Russia

5-(c) 11th ASEM Summit

6-(b) 1 March

7-(c) Nalanda Mahavihara

8-(b) Kerala

9-(d) 152

10-(b) Transforming India

11-(d) 54.5

12-(b) 8.5

13-(c) Haryana

14-(b) Madhya Pradesh

15-(d) No Dream is Too High

1. Name the cricketer who became the oldest captain to score a century in a Test match.

a) Misbah-ul-Haq

b) AB de Villiers

c) MS Dhoni

d) Steve Smith

2. Name India's Grand Master who won the Fide Women’s Grand Prix trophy in Chendu, China.

a) Olga Girya

b) Koneru Humpy

c) Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi

d) Harika Dronavalli

3. Name the author of the book titled ‘Who Moved My Interest Rate’?

a) Raghuram Rajan

b) Duvvuri Subbarao

c) Y. V. Reddy

d) C. Rangarajan

4. Who was recently appointed the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Jute Corporation of

India Limited?

a) Y V Murthy

b) C. Rangarajan

c) K V R Murthy


5. Who headed the SC-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money that

submitted its fifth report to the apex court?

a) MC Joshi

b) Justice MB Shah

c) Justice Rajinder Sachar

d) Ram Jethmalani

6. Which country was declared as Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus free in July 2016 by the World

Health Organization (WHO)?

a) Malaysia

b) China

c) India

d) Nepal

7. What was the theme of the World Youth Skills Day 2016?

a) Youth skills for work and life in the post-2015 agenda

b) Skills Development to Improve Youth Employment

c) Youth Employment through Skill Development

d) Skilling Youth for Sustainable Goals

8. Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in

July 2016?

a) Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi

b) Sarvendra Vikram Bahadur

c) Satbir Bedi

d) Kailash Singh Yadav

9. Nasdaq-listed Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corp (TRTL) in July 2016 acquired which Indian travel

agency?

a) Make My Trip

b) TripAdvisor

c) Yatra Online

d) Expedia.com

10. The SC-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money in its fifth report

recommended ban on cash transactions above what limit?

a) 1 lakh rupees

b) 3 lakh rupees

c) 5 lakh rupees

d) 10 lakh rupees

11. India in July 2016 signed 100 Million US dollar Loan for Cauvery Delta project in Tamil Nadu

with which organisation?

a) International Monetary Fund

b) World Bank

c) United Nations

d) Asian Development Bank

12. The SC-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money in its fifth report

suggested capping the cash holding of an industry or individual up to what amount?

a) 10 lakh rupees

b) 15 lakh rupees

c) 18 lakh rupees

d) 20 lakh rupees

13. The Rare Marbled Map butterfly (Cyrestis cocles) was sighted in Eastern Ghats of which state?

a) Odisha

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Karnataka

d) Andhra Pradesh

14. The Union Government revised the time schedule for making payments under the Income

Declaration Scheme 2016 by

a) 30 September 2016

b) 31 March 2017

c) 30 September 2017

d) 31 December 2017

15. Who of the following will head the RBI constituted inter regulatory Working Group that will

study the entire gamut of regulatory issues relating to Fin Tech and Digital Banking in India?

a) Nitin Chugh

b) AS Ramasastri

c) Sudarshan Sen

d) Sarat Kumar Malik

ANSWER.

1. (a) Misbah-ul-Haq

2. (d) Harika Dronavalli

3. (b) Duvvuri Subbarao

4. (c) K V R Murthy

5. (b) Justice M B Shah

6. (c) India

7. (b) Skills Development to Improve Youth Employment

8. (a) Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi

9. (c) Yatra Online

10. (b) 3 lakh rupees

11. (d) Asian Development Bank


13. (d) Andhra Pradesh

14. (c) 30 September 2017

15. (c) Sudarshan Sen

1. What is the name of the operation that was started to evacuate Indian citizens stranded in South

Sudan's capital Juba?

(a) Raahat

(b) Maitri

(c) Checkmate

(d) Sankat Mochan

2. Which of the following is not part of the defunct fertiliser units whose revival was approved by

Union Cabinet in July 2016?

(a) Sindri

(b) Barauni

(c) Gorakhpur

(d) Namrup

3. Who of the following was appointed as the second women Prime Minister of United Kingdom?

(a) Ruth Davidson

(b) Theresa May

(c) Andrea Leadsom

(d) Nicola Sturgeon

4. Name the historian and author of the famous book ‘The Rise of the West: A History of the

Human Community’ who died recently.

(a) A.J.P Taylor

(b) Eric Hobsbawn

(c) William H McNeill

(d) Michael King

5. Name India's Olympic Silver Medalist hockey player who passed away recently.

(a) Joseph Antic

(b) Vasudevan Bhaskaran

(c) Prithipal Singh

(d) None of the above

6. Recently CCEA gave its approval for disinvestment of how much percent of paid up equity of

National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC)?

(a) 10%

(b) 15%

(c) 12%

(d) 5%

7. Who of the following will head the high-level committee that was constituted to review the

minimum support price (MSP) and bonus for pulses?

a) Arvind Subramanian

b) Anand Desai

c) NK Singh

d) Prakash Singh

8. Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari left to which country to lead the Indian delegation for

the 11th Asia -Europe Meeting?

a) Mongolia

b) Istanbul

c) France

d) Germany

9. Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Intelligence Grid

(NATGRID) in July 2016?

a) Ashok Patnaik

b) Ravendra Pratap

c) Ashutosh Mukherjee

d) Shyam Singhal

10. The Union Cabinet in July 2016 approved which scheme to impart fresh training to 60 lakh

youths and certify skills of 40 lakh persons acquired non-formally under the Recognition of Prior

Learning?

a) Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana

b) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana

c) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

d) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana

11. Name the Indian-American professor who was on 12 July 2016 appointed as the Dean of

University of North Texas College of Information in the United States?

a) Aman Varma

b) Kinshuk

c) T Ramachandran

d) Sneh Agarwal

12. Union Cabinet approved the facilities extended to persons residing in India on long-term visa of

certain countries. Which of the following country is not part of this?

a) Bangladesh

b) Afghanistan

c) Pakistan

d) Nepal

13. Which train clocked the speed of 180km/hour to become the fastest train in India?

a) Gatimaan Express

b) Bhopal Shatabdi Express

c) Talgo train

d) Tejas Express

14. The Department of Posts and Telegraph in association with which state will deliver holy water,

Pushkara jalam, of Krishna River in a bottle to facilitate the devotees who cannot make it possible to

attend the approaching Krishna Pushkaralu?

a) Telangana

b) Maharashtra

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Andhra Pradesh

15. Which country declared Zika emergency across northern half of the country?

a) Brazil

b) Peru

c) Argentina

d) Chile

ANSWER.

1. (d) Sankat Mochan

2. (d) Namrup

3. (b) Theresa May

4. (c) William H McNeill

5. (a) Joseph Antic

6. (b) 15%

7. (a) Arvind Subramanian

8. (a) Mongolia

9. (a) Ashok Patnaik

10. (d) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana

11. (b) Kinshuk

12. (d) Nepal

13. (c) Talgo train

14. (d) Telangana

15. (b) Peru

1. The biography ‘Ringside with Vijender’ has been authored by

a) Rudraneil Sengupta

b) Tarana Khan

c) Amal Singh

d) Aruna Dhir

2. Permanent Court of Arbitration gave the judgment in favour of the Philippines in the ongoing

South China Sea dispute. In this context, which one of the following countries is not party to the

dispute?

a) Vietnam

b) Cambodia

c) Myanmar

d) Indonesia

3. Which bank acquired the Tamil Nadu-based micro finance company Grama Vidiyal which is

touted to be the first such acquisition of a micro finance company by a bank?

a) Bandhan Bank

b) IDFC Bank

c) Yes Bank

d) ICICI Bank

4. What is the rank of India in the recently released ICC Test rankings?

a) First

b) Second

c) Third

d) Fourth

5. Which Indian cricketer topped the list of all-rounder in the recently released ICC rankings?

a) Ravindra Jadeja

b) Hardik Pandya

c) Ravichandran Ashwin

d) Yuvraj Singh

6. Which celebrity topped the list of the World's Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2016 released by

Forbes?

a) Taylor Swift

b) Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

c) James Patterson

d) Adele

7. Which of the following Indian celebrities is included in the list of World's Highest-Paid Celebrities

of 2016 released by Forbes?

a) Salman Khan

b) Akshay Kumar

c) Priyanka Chopra

d) Shekhar Kapur

8. The State Bank of India signed a MoU with which of the following IITs to promote fintech start-

ups?

a) IIT Lucknow

b) IIT Kharagpur

c) IIT Delhi

d) IIT Bombay

9. India and Bangladesh has recently signed a deal for the construction of coal fired power plant.

What is the name of the proposed plant?

a) Rampal Power Station

b) Kuakata Power Station

c) Khulna Power Station


10. INS Karna was recently commissioned in Vishakhapatnam. INS Karna is a dedicated base for

which of the following Special Operation Forces of India?

a) Garud Commando Force

b) MARCOS

c) Commando Battalion for Resolute Action

d) Special Frontier Force

11. Who recently was appointed the Chief of Congress party in the state of Uttar Pradesh?

a) Sheila Dikshit

b) Priyanka Vadra

c) Raj Babbar

d) Ghulam Nabi Azad

12. What is the percentage growth in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in May 2016 over the

period May 2015?

a) 1.3

b) 1.4

c) 1.0

d) 1.2

13. The Supreme Court ordered the restoration of former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki's Congress

government in which state?

a) Meghalaya

b) Sikkim

c) Arunachal Pradesh

d) Nagaland

14. Who was given the charge of Union Ministry of Minority Affairs following the resignation of

Najma Hepatullah?

a) Asifa Khan

b) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain

c) MJ Akbar

d) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

15. The Centre recently set up a task force comprising senior officers of Border States and

paramilitary forces to identify cross border crimes along which internation border?

a) Indo-Bangladesh border

b) Indo-Pakistan border

c) India-Sri Lanka border

d) India-Burma border

Answers

1- (a) Rudraneil Sengupta

2- (c) Myanmar

3-(b) IDFC Bank

4-(b) Second

5- (c) Ravichandran Ashwin

6- (a) Taylor Swift

7- (b) Akshay Kumar

8- (d) IIT Bombay

9- (a) Rampal Power Station

10- (b) MARCOS

11- (c) Raj Babbar

12- (d) 1.2

13-(c) Arunachal Pradesh

14-(d) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

15-(a) Indo-Bangladesh border

1. Who of the following was conferred the 51st Jnanpith Award by President Pranab Mukherjee?

a) Bhalchandra Vanaji Nemade

b) Kedarnath Singh

c) Pratibha Ray

d) Raghuveer Chaudhari

2. Which of the following statements in regard to the agreements that were signed between India

and Kenya during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit is/are true?

a) Revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA)

b) Bilateral agreement on exemption of Visa for holders of Diplomatic passports

c) MoU on Defence Cooperation

d) Agreement on Cooperation in Arts and Culture

3. Name tribe residing in Meghalaya since 1200 BCE according to a study of Pre-historic megaliths

and tools?

a) Khasi

b) Garos

c) Jaintias

d) Birhor

4. Name the nationwide fortnightly programme that was recently launched by the Union Ministry of

Health and Family Welfare.

a) Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight

b) Intensified Dengue Control Fortnight

c) Intensified Malaria Control Fortnight


5. Who has been appointed as the full-time Chairman of Oil India Ltd.?

a) P K Sinha

b) Utpal Bora

c) D Rajkumar

d) S Varadarajan

6. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Konkan Railway

Corporation Limited?

a) B P Tayal

b) Utpal Bora

c) Sanjay Gupta


7. Who recently was chosen for the Advertising Agencies Association of India Lifetime

Achievement Award?

a) R.K. Swamy

b) Swamy Hansa

c) M.G. Parameswaran

d) Srinivasan K. Swamy

8. Which of the following writers was recently hosted by the Rashtrapati Bhavan under the Writer

in-Residence programme?

a) Amitav Ghosh

b) Kiran Desai

c) Vikram Seth

d) Rohinton Mistry

9. Which of the following death metal bands won the G-Shock Wacken Metal Battle 2016 at the

recently held Bangalore Open Air?

a) Kryptos

b) Elemental

c) Vader

d) Skull Fist

10. Former sportsperson Amal Datta passed away recently. He was associated with which of the

following sports?

a) Cricket

b) Hockey

c) Football

d) Polo

11. Who of the following is not part of Indian sportsperson who qualified for Rio Olympics on 11

July 2016?

a) Renjith Maheswary

b) Anirban Lahiri

c) Dharambir Singh

d) Mary Kom

12. Which of the following was not part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit during his tour to

four African nations?

a) Kenya

b) Tanzania

c) Botswana

d) South Africa

13. Name the state that in July 2016 tried to set a world record by planting more than five crore

saplings in just ten hours.

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Bihar

d) Telangana

14. Who of the following was the Delhi High Court-appointed observer that submitted its report on

Delhi and Districts Cricket Association's functioning during this year's IPL with its observation?’

a) Justice Mukul Mudgal

b) C K Khanna

c) Justice Mirza Imtiyaz

d) Anand Desai

15. Name the country from which India in July 2016 announced its plan to evacuate its nationals in

view of violence there.

a) Angola

b) South Sudan

c) Botswana

d) Benin

ANSWER

1. (d) Raghuveer Chaudhari

2. (d) Agreement on Cooperation in Arts and Culture

3. (a) Khasi

4. (a) Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight

5. (b) Utpal Bora

6. (c) Sanjay Gupta

7. (d) Srinivasan K. Swamy

8. (a) Amitav Ghosh

9. (b) Elemental

10. (c) Football

11. (d) Mary Kom

12. (c) Botswana

13. (b) Uttar Pradesh

14. (a) Justice Mukul Mudgal

15. (b) South Sudan

1. Which country won the Euro UEFA 2016 football tournament?

a) Portugal

b) France

c) Germany

d) Italy

2. Who of the following won the men’s singles title of 2016 Wimbledon?

a) Roger Federer

b) Milos Raonic

c) Andy Murray

d) Novak Djokovic

3. Who of the following won the women’s doubles title of 2016 Wimbledon?

a) Serena Williams and Venus Williams

b) Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova

c) Sania MIrza and Martina Hingis

d) Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic


and South Africa during Modi is/are true?

a) MoU on ICT was inked

b) Agreement on Cooperation in Arts and Culture

c) MoU on Tourism

d) All above statements are true

5. Who of the following won the women’s singles title of 2016 Wimbledon?

a) Angelique Kerber

b) Venus Williams

c) Serena Williams

d) Yaroslava Shvedova

6. Who was sworn-in as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh?

a) Tathagata Roy

b) Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa

c) Keshari Nath Tripathi

d) Ram Naik


and Tanzania during Modi is/are false?

a) Agreement on cooperation in the field of water resource management

b) MoU on Visa waiver agreement for Diplomatic/Official passport holders

c) Agreement on Joint Action Plan between ISRO and SIDO

d) MoU for Establishment of Vocational Training Centre at Zanzibar

8. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition win in an election for Parliament's Upper House will

allow it to

a) Amend the constitution to ban nuclear product use in the nation

b) Revise its constitution that bars its military from participating in joint military endeavors abroad

c) To settle international disputes involving the state

d) All of the above

9. Who recently was endorsed by Nepal’s Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee as the Chief

Justice of the Supreme Court?

a) Sushila Karki

b) Kalyan Shrestha

c) Sushila Shrestha


10. Who recently was selected for the 2016 International Maritime Organization Award for

Exceptional Bravery at Sea?

a) Christopher Leon

b) Radhika Menon

c) Sushila Karki


11. Who won the 2016 British Grand Prix title of Formula One?

a) Max Verstappen

b) Nico Rosberg

c) Lewis Hamilton

d) Sebastian Vettel

12. Name the first professional full-time football coach of India who died recently.

a) Syed Abdul Rahim

b) Stephen Dutt

c) Amal Dasgupta

d) Amal Dutta

13. What is the theme of the 2016 World Population Day?

a) Investing in teenage girls

b) Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies

c) Investing in girls


14. Which of the following cities will host the 2020 European Aquatics Championships?

a) Amsterdam

b) Budapest

c) Berlin

d) Copenhagen

15. Which of the following animals was recently declared as critically endangered by the

International Union for the Conservation of Nature?

a) Whale shark

b) Sumatran orangutan

c) Bornean orangutan

d) Sumatran shrimp

ANSWER

1. (a) Portugal

2. (c) Andy Murray

3. (a) Serena Williams and Venus Williams

4. (d) All above statements are true

5. (c) Serena Williams

6. (a) Tathagata Roy

7. (c) Agreement on Joint Action Plan between ISRO and SIDO

8. (b) Revise its constitution that bars its military from participating in joint military endeavors abroad

9. (a) Sushila Karki

10. (b) Radhika Menon

11. (c) Lewis Hamilton

12. (d) Amal Dutta

13. (a) Investing in teenage girls

14. (b) Budapest

15. (c) Bornean orangutan

1. This Indian Captain became the first woman in the world to receive the Award for Exceptional

Bravery at Sea of the International Maritime Organisation.

a) Captain Radhika Menon

b) Captain Bhawana Kanth

c) Captain Avani Chatuvedi

d) Captain Mohana Singh

2. Eminent Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi died recently. Against this backdrop, identify

the honour that was not conferred on him.

a) Gandhi Peace Award

b) UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize

c) Ramon Magsaysay Award

d) Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

3. Which European city hosted the NATO Summit 2016?

a) Warsaw

b) Berlin

c) London

d) Paris

4. The 2nd Anti-Drug Working Group meeting of Heads of Drug Control Agencies of BRICS

countries was held in

a) Mumbai

b) Kolkata

c) Hyderabad

d) New Delhi

5. The Odisha Government decided to double the prize money of UNESCO Kalinga Prize to

a) 30000 US dollars

b) 40000 US dollars

c) 50000 US dollars

d) 60000 US dollars

6. Which Indian city is hosting the Woodpecker Environment and Wildlife Film Festival?

a) Mumbai

b) Varanasi

c) Shimla

d) New Delhi

7. It is with this country India jointly announced MoUs/Programme in four areas of bilateral

cooperation.

a) Brazil

b) Germany

c) South Africa

d) Canada

8. Which State Government announced 14.5% fat tax on pizzas, burgers, sandwiches and tacos

sold through branded outlets?

a) Maharashtra

b) Kerala

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Punjab

9. Recently, a team of international astronomers for the first time have sighted a Jovian planet

orbiting a triple star system. The planet has been named as

a) HD 131399Ab

b) HD 131399Bc

c) HD 131399Cd

d) HD 131399De

10. In which of the following Oceans the Typhoon Nepartak originated recently?

a) Arctic Ocean

b) Pacific Ocean

c) Indian Ocean

d) Atlantic Ocean

11. Which country is organizing international industrial exhibition - INNOPROM 2016?

a) China

b) Germany

c) Russia

d) India

12. Which State Government approved formation of 5th Pay Commission under the chairmanship

of PJ Bazeley?

a) Assam

b) Tripura

c) Meghalaya

d) Nagaland

13. Which State/UT Government approved the new Slum and Jhuggi-Jhopdi rehabilitation policy?

a) Delhi

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Bihar

d) Puducherry

14. Who was appointed as the Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA)?

a) NS Vishwanathan

b) Sujoy Bose

c) Madhav Dekhane

d) S K Kohli

15. In which city India’s first Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter simulation centre was

inaugurated for Indian Air Force?

a) Gurugram

b) Faridabad

c) Noida

d) Ghaziabad

ANSWERS

1. (a) Captain Radhika Menon

2. (d) Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

3. (a) Warsaw

4. (d) New Delhi

5. (b) 40000 US dollars

6. (c) Shimla

7. (c) South Africa

8. (b) Kerala

9. (a) HD 131399Ab

10. (b) Pacific Ocean

11. (c) Russia

12. (c) Meghalaya

13. (a) Delhi

14. (d) SK Kohli

15. (a) Gurugram

1. Name the noted music director who co-composed in many films with his uncle including Mahua

who died in Mumbai.

a) Om Prakash Sonik

b) Master Sonik

c) Mahendra Kapoor


2. Name the leading global healthcare firm that inked a pact with the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)

for manufacturing global pharma major Bristol-Myers Squibb’s daclatasvir tablets used for the

treatment of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV).

a) Novartis

b) Pfizer

c) GlaxoSmithKline

d) Zydus Cadila

3. Name the South African writer who won the 2016 Caine Prize?

a) Lesley Nneka Arimah

b) Tope Folarin

c) Bongani Kona

d) Lidudumalingani Mqombothi

4. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) unveiled India’s

first Centre of Excellence focused on Internet of Things (CoE- IoT) at which place?

a) Delhi

b) Pune

c) Bengaluru

d) Chandigarh

5. Which Paris-based startup was acquired by Google in July 2016?

a) Cloudhopper

b) Moodstocks

c) Hotspots.io

d) ZipDial

6. India signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) in areas of drug trafficking, pulse trading

and sports with which country?

a) Siberia

b) Vietnam

c) Mozambique

d) Kenya

7. Who resigned as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Microsoft in July 2016?

a) Frank Gillett

b) Jean-Philippe Courtois

c) Kevin Turner

d) Alfred Spector

8. Who was re-elected as the Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council?

a) Jayant Patil

b) Vasant Davkare

c) Ravindra Phatak

d) Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar

9. Which bank launched India’s first full-fledged digital banking service for small-and medium

enterprises?

a) HDFC Bank

b) State Bank of India

c) Bank of Baroda

d) ICICI Bank

10. Which of the following country signed the controversial “anti-terrorist” legislation adopted by the

lower and upper houses of parliament in June 2016?

a) Russia

b) France

c) Germany

d) United States

11. Which of the following state launched the second phase of Haritha Haram programme of

government in the state?

a) Telangana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Gujarat

d) Jharkhand

12. Name the state government that has decided to conduct a 'Smart Pulse Survey' for collecting

socio-economic data of 1.48 crore households in the state?

a) Gujarat

b) Telangana

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Jharkhand

13. Identify the Indian artistic gymnast who was named a ‘Gymnaste de Classe Mondaile’ (World

class gymnast) by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG).

a) Payel Bhattacharjee

b) Dipa Karmakar

c) Pranati Das

d) Meenakshi

14. Name the state that in July 2016 expanded its Council of Ministers by inducting 10 new faces

in his cabinet.

a) Maharashtra

b) Gujarat

c) Delhi

d) Bihar

15. India has set up an apparel training centre in which West African country to support textiles

industry of the country?

a) Nigeria

b) Namibia

c) Mozambique

d) Cote d'Ivoire

ANSWER

1. (a) Om Prakash Sonik

2. (d) Zydus Cadila

3. (d) Lidudumalingani Mqombothi

4. (c) Bengaluru

5. (b) Moodstocks

6. (c) Mozambique

7. (c) Kevin Turner

8. (d) Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar

9. (a) HDFC Bank

10. (a) Russia

11. (a) Telangana

12. (c) Andhra Pradesh

13. (b) Dipa Karmakar

14. (a) Maharashtra

15. (a) Nigeria

1. Who was appointed as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh?

a) Alok Ranjan

b) Shivpal Yadav

c) Deepak Singhal

d) Parveer Tiwari

2. India was placed at what position in the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2016 that was

released by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF)?

a) 41st

b) 59th

c) 72nd

d) 91st

3. Which platform was launched by the State Bank of India (SBI) for Facebook and Twitter users?

a) SBI Digital Villages

b) SBI Youth for India

c) Mypolicy-SBI Life

d) SBI Mingle

4. Which App was launched by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for measuring real

time mobile Internet speed of consumers?

a) SpeedTest

b) MySpeed

c) MobileSpeed

d) SpeedoTrack

5. Name the former English cricketer who registered his name in the Guinness Book of World

Record for taking the highest catch of cricket ball.

a) Nasser Hussain

b) James Anderson

c) Stuart Broad

d) Monty Panesar

6. The 139th Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath recently commenced in Puri, Odisha. The festival is

celebrated for how many days?

a) 5

b) 9

c) 7

d) 11

7. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Zee Learn?

a) Manipal Sharma

b) Rohit Mukherji

c) Debshankar Mukhopadhyay


8. Which state has become the first state in the country to introduce minimum wages for part time

workers?

a) Haryana

b) Assam

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Rajasthan

9. Who of the following will head the committee that was constituted to examine the desirability

and feasibility of having ‘a new financial year’?

a) KM Chandrasekhar

b) Shankar Acharya

c) PV Rajaraman

d) Dr. Rajiv Kumar

10. Name the director of Hollywood film The Wicker Man who died recently.

a) Robin Hardy

b) Christian Lange

c) Anthony Shaffer


11. US in July 2016 imposed sanctions on whom of the following?

a) Kim Jong-il

b) Kim Jong-Un

c) Sani Abacha

d) Kim Jong-chul

12. Newly discovered species of tarantula (a big hairy spider) was named as Kankuamo Marquezi

after whom of the following?

a) Gabriel Marquez

b) Mario Vargas Llosa

c) Carlos Fuentes

d) Rodrigo Marquez

13. Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti inaugurated what number of projects under the Namami

Gange Programme.

a) 200

b) 231

c) 251

d) 286

14. India renewed its existing Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit with which country that

was signed on 29th July 2006 for a period of ten years?

a) Bhutan

b) Myanmar

c) Bangladesh

d) Laos

15. Name the South African Paralympic gold medallist who was sentenced for six years for the

murder of his girl friend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

a) Janez Albreht

b) Patrick Bogere

c) Oscar Pistorius

d) Liam Fisher

ANSWER

1. (c) Deepak Singhal

2. (d) 91st

3. (d) SBI Mingle

4. (b) MySpeed

5. (a) Nasser Hussain

6. (b) 9

7. (c) Debshankar Mukhopadhyay

8. (d) Rajasthan

9. (b) Shankar Acharya

10. (a) Robin Hardy

11. (b) Kim Jong-Un

12. (a) Gabriel Marquez

13. (b) 231

14. (a) Bhutan

15. (c) Oscar Pistorius

1. World’s largest Charkha (spinning wheels) that was unveiled at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi

International Airport (IGI), New Delhi is made of the teak wood of which country?

a) Burma

b) Sri Lanka

c) Nepal

d) Ukraine

2. Union Cabinet approved MoU in the field of Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation

approved with which country?

a) Mauritius

b) Mozambique

c) Portugal

d) Tanzania

3. Name the NASA’s spacecraft that recently entered Jupiter’s orbit to understand the origin and

evolution of the planet.

a) Juno

b) Cape Canaveral

c) Galileo

d) New Horizon

4. The Union Cabinet recently approved The High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016 to be

introduced in the Parliament. The bill will facilitate the changing of the names of which two high

courts?

a) Bombay High Court and Calcutta High Court

b) Bombay High Court and Madras High Court

c) Calcutta High Court and Madras High Court

d) Bombay High Court and Gauhati High Court

5. Name the online healthcare start-up that recently acquired diagnostic labs aggregator Medd.

a) Health 2.0

b) eKincare

c) 1mg Technologies

d) Medibox Technologies

6. The Union Cabinet recently approved which of the following scheme for providing short term

crop loan to farmers?

a) Dividends Subvention Scheme

b) Interest Subvention Plan

c) Interest Subvention Scheme


7. Which one of the following minister was given the Defence portfolio as Ministers of state in the

Council of Ministers during the recent reshuffle of the Union Cabinet?

a) Nihalchand

b) Manuskhbhai D Vasva

c) MK Kundariya

d) Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

8. Union Cabinet on 5 July 2016 approved redevelopment of seven General Pool Residential

Accommodation (GPRA) colonies in which city of India?

a) Mumbai

b) Bangalore

c) Delhi

d) Shimla

9. Name the state that approved the proposal of levying 6% entry tax on goods brought to local

areas for consumption after purchase under e-commerce.

a) Delhi

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Chhattisgarh

d) Karnataka

10. The Union Cabinet approved the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme to train 50 lakh

apprentices by which financial year?

a) 2017-18

b) 2018-19

c) 2019-20

d) 2020-21

11. Union Cabinet approved a long-term contract for import of pulses either through the private

channels or Government-to-Government (G2G) sales through State Agencies nominated by the two

countries with which country?

a) Mozambique

b) Burma

c) Russia

d) France

12. Dunya Maumoon resigned as Foreign minister of which country over government’s hasty

decision to implement the death penalty?

a) Maldives'

b) China

c) Indonesia

d) Ukraine

13. India’s first commercial dispute resolution centre and commercial court was inaugurated in

which state?

a) Chhattisgarh

b) Delhi

c) Punjab

d) Andhra Pradesh

14. Which of the following statement in regard to the National Mineral Exploration Policy that was

released by Union Government is true?

a) Bring together best of knowledge and experience on a collaborative platform

b) Set in motion a massive process for mineral exploration

c) Developing a mining surveillance system to check illegal mining

d) All of the above

15. Name the two-wheeler maker that inked a wage settlement pact with its permanent workers at

its Gurgaon Plant, entailing a hike of 12500 rupees spread over three years.

a) Bajaj Auto

b) India Yamaha Motor

c) TVS Motor Company

d) Hero MotoCorp Ltd

ANSWER

1. (a) Burma

2. (a) Mauritius

3. (a) Juno

4. (b) Bombay High Court and Madras High Court

5. (c) 1mg Technologies

6. (c) Interest Subvention Scheme

7. (d) Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

8. (c) Delhi

9. (b) Madhya Pradesh

10. (c) 2019-20

11. (a) Mozambique

12. (a) Maldives'

13. (a) Chhattisgarh

14. (d) All of the above

15. (d) Hero MotoCorp Ltd

1. What is India’s rank in Logistics Performance Index 2016 released by the World Bank?

a) 54

b) 35

c) 25

d) 15

2. Which country topped the Logistics Performance Index 2016 released by the World Bank

a) The United States

b) China

c) Germany

d) Singapore

3. Which one of the following ministers was elevated to the rank of Cabinet Minister in the Prime

Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government?

a) Kiren Rijiju

b) Ram Shankar Katheria

c) Prakash Javdekar

d) Sanwar Lal Jat

4. Which one of the following minister was not dropped from the Council of Ministers during the

recent reshuffle of the Union Cabinet?

a) Nihalchand

b) Manuskhbhai D Vasva

c) M K Kundariya

d) Kiren Rijiju

5. The Juno spacecraft which successfully entered the Jupiter orbit recently belonged to which

space agency?

a) National Aeronautics and Space Administration

b) European Space Agency

c) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

d) China National Space Administration

6. Who was elected as the speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly?

a) Kagodu Thimmappa

b) JB Jayachandra

c) KJ George

d) KB Koliwad

7. Name the Indian para-athlete who won eight medal including three gold at the International

Wheelchair and Amputee Sports U-23 World Games in Prague, Czech Republic.

a) Niranjan Mukundan

b) Devendra Jhajharia

c) Rajinder Singh

d) HN Girisha

8. Name the veteran communist leader and former World Peace Council president who passed

away recently.

a) Chennamaneni Rajeswara Rao

b) AB Bardhan

c) Romesh Chandra

d) KC Mathew

9. By 2020 Indian pharmaceutical market is expected to become the sixth largest in the world with

a worth of

a) 5 billion dollar

b) 6 billion dollar

c) 7 billion dollar

d) 8 billion dollar

10. NASA recently gave its approval to New Horizons mission to investigate a mysterious object in

Kuiper Belt. Name the mysterious object.

a) 2014 MU69

b) 2014 MU68

c) 2015 MU69

d) 2014 MV69

11. Who recently took over as the Director of ISRO Inertial Systems Unit?

a) Madhavan Nair

b) Madhav Dhekane

c) Shailesh Nayak


12. Name the Indian javeline thrower who set a new national record at the 56th National Inter-

State Senior Athletics Championships.

a) Suman Devi

b) Sharmila Kumari

c) Annu Rani


13. Name the Indian port that became first port in India to implement logistics data tagging of

containers.

a) Paradip Port

b) Mormugao Port

c) Tuticorin Port

d) Jawaharlal Nehru Port

14. Name the first actress to play the role of Lois Lane in Superman who died recently.

a) Noel Neill

b) Claudette Colbert

c) Barbara Stanwyck

d) Jane Wyman

15. Name the footballer who recently was conferred Shan-E-Mohammedan.

a) Mohammed Salim

b) Prasun Banerjee

c) Subrata Paul

d) Bhaichung Bhutia

ANSWER

1. (b) 35

2. (c) Germany

3. (c) Prakash Javdekar

4. (d) Kiren Rijiju

5. (a) National Aeronautics and Space Administration

6. (d) KB Koliwad

7. (a) Niranjan Mukundan

8. (c) Romesh Chandra

9. (a) 5 billion dollar

10. (a) 2014 MU69

11. (b) Madhav Dhekane

12. (c) Annu Rani

13. (d) Jawaharlal Nehru Port

14. (a) Noel Neill

15. (b) Prasun Banerjee

1. Kerala government banned e-cigarette in the state. Which of the following was the first state of

India to ban these electronic cigarettes?

a) Kerala

b) Punjab

c) Maharashtra

d) Karnataka

2. The Reserve Bank of India in July 2016 signed MoU on supervisory cooperation and exchange

of supervisory information with the national bank of

a) Cambodia

b) Australia

c) France

d) Japan

3. ICC approved a change to the DRS playing condition relating to the LBW “Umpire’s Call. This

change will come into effect from?

a) 1 August 2016

b) 15 September 2016

c) 1 October 2016

d) 10 December 2016

4. Name the director of the Vietnam War classic The Deer Hunter who died recently at his Los

Angeles home.

a) Michael Cimino

b) Vilmos Zsigmond

c) John Cazale

d) Salvatore Giuliano

5. Name the state that signed an MoU with China Fortune Land Development (CFLD) Company to

develop a new industrial township in the state at an expense of 5 billion dollar.

a) Punjab

b) Telangana

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Haryana

6. Who of the following became the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the House of

Representatives of Parliament of Australia?

a) Neville Bonner

b) Aden Ridgeway

c) Linda Burney

d) Joanna Lindgren

7. What was the theme of the 2016 BRICS Youth Summit that was held from 1 to 3 July 2016 in

Guwahati, Assam?

a) Youth as bridge for Intra-BRICS Exchanges

b) Connecting Youth of BRICS

c) Learn to bridge the Gap

d) BRICS and Gap within Youth

8. Name the Indian badminton player who won the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton

Men’s Singles title.

a) B Sai Praneeth

b) B Sumeeth Reddy

c) Manu Attri


9. Who won the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton Men’s Doubles title?

a) Adrian Liu and Toby Ng

b) Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy

c) Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen


10. Name the politician who served as the Prime Minister of France from 1988 to 1991 who died

recently.

a) Francois Mitterrand

b) Alexandre Ribot

c) Michel Rocard

d) Raymond Barre

11. The first meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency

commenced recently in which of the following cities?

a) New Delhi

b) Pune

c) Mumbai

d) Visakhapatnam

12. Which ministry is hosting the first meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Energy Saving and

Energy Efficiency that commenced recently in Visakhapatnam?

a) Union Power Ministry

b) Ministry of External Affairs

c) Ministry of Urban Development

d) Ministry of Labour and Employment

13. Who won the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix that was held recently in Spielberg, Austria?

a) Nico Rosberg

b) Lewis Hamilton

c) Max Verstappen

d) Kimi Raikkonen

14. Name the Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner who passed away recently.

a) Klas Pontus Arnoldson

b) Christian Lange

c) Elie Wiesel

d) Jane Addams

15. Name the Indian who has been posthumously conferred the Bharat Gaurav Award in London

recently.

a) Gagan Punjabi

b) Manish Malik

c) Rakesh Kumar

d) Neerja Bhanot

ANSWER

1. (b) Punjab

2. (a) Cambodia

3. (c) 1 October

4. (a) Michael Cimino

5. (d) Haryana

6. (c) Linda Burney

7. (a) Youth as bridge for Intra-BRICS Exchanges

8. (a) B Sai Praneeth

9. (b) Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy

10. (c) Michel Rocard

11. (d) Visakhapatnam

12. (a) Union Power Ministry

13. (b) Lewis Hamilton

14. (c) Elie Wiesel

15. (d) Neerja Bhanot

1. Name the footballer who recently became the first Indian to play in Europa League.

a) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

b) Sunil Chhetri

c) Robin Singh

d) Arnab Mondal

2. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar recently inaugurated India's first Integrated Defence

Communication Network. The network was developed by which of the following companies?

a) Infosys

b) HCL Technologies

c) Blue Star Infotech

d) Cynapse

3. Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu recently became the first Indian to play in Europa

League. He was named in which of the following Norwegian clubs?

a) Aalesund

b) Sandefjord

c) Stabaek

d) Levanger

4. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports recently granted recognition to Paralympic Committee

of India. Who is the President of the committee?

a) S.P. Sanghwan

b) Rao Inderjit Singh

c) J. Chandrashekar

d) Dinesh Kumar Upadhyay

5. A Rapid Rural Police Response System was recently launched in which of the following states?

a) Haryana

b) Bihar

c) Punjab

d) Maharashtra

6. The Exercise RIMPAC 2016 recently began at which of the following places?

a) Hawaii

b) California

c) Bali

d) Tokyo

7. The 2016 National Doctors’ Day that was observed recently is observed to honour which of the

following legendary physicians?

a) Sushruta

b) Ronald Ross

c) Kadambini Ganguly

d) Bidhan Chandra Roy

8. Name the Indian multinational IT firm that won the Employee Engagement Project of the Year

and Social Responsibility Project of the Year at North American Employee Engagement Awards.

a) Infosys

b) HCL Technologies

c) Tata Consultancy Services

d) Cynapse

9. What is the theme of the Exercise RIMPAC 2016 that recently began at Hawaii?

a) Competent, Adaptive, Partners

b) Competent, Skilled, Partners

c) Capable, Adaptive, Partners


10. Which of the following companies has become the official sponsor of Indian contingent to the

Rio Olympics 2016?

a) Coca-Cola

b) Mother Dairy

c) Cadbury

d) Amul

11. Name the Pacific military exercise that recently commenced in Hawaii.

a) Indra

b) Exercise RIMPAC

c) Exercise Capable, Adaptive, Partners


12. India has ranked at which position in the World Bank Group's Logistics Performance Index

2016?

a) 54th

b) 26th

c) 28th

d) 35th

13. Which country has topped the Logistics Performance Index 2016 released by the World

Group?

a) Luxembourg

b) Germany

c) Sweden

d) South Africa

14. Which state has recently banned e-cigarettes?

a) Kerala

b) Nagaland

c) Assam

d) Bihar

15. What was the theme of the 2016 International Day of Cooperatives that was observed

recently?

a) Driving Recovery through Co-operative Enterprise

b) Co-operatives and Employment Promotion

c) Peace-building through Co-operatives

d) Co-operatives: The power to act for a sustainable future

ANSWER

1. (a) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

2. (b) HCL Technologies

3. (c) Stabaek

4. (b) Rao Inderjit Singh

5. (c) Punjab

6. (a) Hawaii

7. (d) Bidhan Chandra Roy

8. (c) Tata Consultancy Services

9. (c) Capable, Adaptive, Partners

10. (d) Amul

11. (B) Exercise RIMPAC

12. (d) 35th

13. (b) Germany

14. (a) Kerala

15. (d) Co-operatives: The power to act for a sustainable future

1. Name the veteran sprinter of India who emerged as the fastest male athlete after winning the

gold in 100m dash in 10.60secs at the 56th National Inter-state Senior Championships.

a) Babubhai Panocha

b) D Sreekanth

c) Sameer Mon

d) Niraj Kumar

2. The first squadron of home-grown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas was inducted into Indian

Air Force (IAF) at the Aircraft System Testing Establishment in

a) Bengaluru

b) Sulur

c) New Delhi

d) Chandigarh

3. Name the journal that published the study that claims that the hole in the Earth’s ozone layer

over Antarctica is healing.

a) Nature

b) PLOS ONE

c) Science

d) Astrophysical Journal

4. Which Portal was launched by Railways Ministry for employees' grievances redressal?

a) UPBHOGTA Portal

b) NIVARAN portal

c) SAMANVAY Portal

d) SWAYAM Portal

5. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) notified rules for calculating Fair Market Value (FMV)

of assets located in India under which Act?

a) Central Sales Tax Act, 1956

b) Wealth tax Act, 1957

c) Customs Act, 1962

d) Income-tax Act, 1961

6. The Union Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Zubin Irani launched which web

portal for District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs)?

a) EasyShiksha

b) Prashikshak

c) Vidya Lakshmi

d) Sakshat

7. The Interim Administrative Cell of the International Solar Alliance (ISA Cell) signed declaration

to promote solar energy globally with which international organisation?

a) United Nations

b) International Monetary Funds

c) World Bank


8. Which state recorded the highest number of foreign tourist visits in 2015 as per the data

released by the Ministry of Tourism?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Kerala

9. Which state recorded the highest number of domestic tourist visits in 2015 as per the data

released by the Ministry of Tourism?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Kerala

d) Tamil Nadu

10. As per Supreme Court directive which of the following section of society is not included under

the third gender category (transgender)?

a) Eunuchs

b) Bisexuals

c) Jogappas

d) Kothis

11. Name the famous futurist and author of the famous book Future Shock who died recently.

a) Alvin Toffler

b) Stanislaw Lem

c) Mahdi Elmandjra

d) Raymond Spencer Rodgers

12. Who was appointed as the Acting Director General of Police (DGP), Meghalaya?

a) S K Jain

b) Rajiv Mehta

c) Mukul Sangma

d) Raghvendra Awasthi

13. Up to what sum now the Minister-in-charge of the concerned ministry can now approve the

non-plan expenditures?

a) 150 crore rupees

b) 250 crore rupees

c) 400 crore rupees

d) 500 crore rupees

14. Name the Italian film actor of Spaghetti Westerns who died in June 2016.

a) Bud Spencer

b) Giuseppe Pedersoli

c) Mario Monicelli

d) Terence Hill

15. Name the Padma Vibhushan awardee painter and freedom fighter who died in June 2016.

a) Nandalal Bose

b) Ramkinkar Baij

c) KG Subramanyan

d) Bhuvan Sisodia

ANSWER

1. (c) Sameer Mon

2. (a) Bengaluru

3. (c) Science

4. (b) NIVARAN portal

5. (d) Income-tax Act, 1961

6. (b) Prashikshak

7. (c) World Bank

8. (c) Tamil Nadu

9. (d) Tamil Nadu

10. (b) Bisexuals

11. (a) Alvin Toffler

12. (a) S K Jain

13. (d) 500 crore rupees

14. (a) Bud Spencer

15. (c) KG Subramanyan

1. The Indigenously developed Varunastra that was inducted in the Indian Navy is a

a) Heavyweight Torpedo

b) Anti-Submarine Warfare ships

c) Submarine

d) Airborne Missile

2. Zoological Survey of India’s project on studying impact of climate change on animal world in the

Himalayas will not be conducted in which state?

a) West Bengal

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Uttarakhand

d) Jammu and Kashmir

3. Who was sworn in as Philippines’ president?

a) Jejomar Binay

b) Leni Robredo

c) Bongbong Marcos

d) Rodrigo Duterte

4. Name the state that will allow teachers suffering from diseases of debilitating disorder for special

concession in transfer under the new teachers transfer policy.

a) Haryana

b) Punjab

c) Bihar

d) Uttar Pradesh

5. Which country launched its second Shijian-16 series satellite?

a) China

b) Japan

c) South Korea

d) North Korea

6. Name the scheme of India Post under which an individual or a corporate entity can get their

photo or logo printed inside the postage stamp.

a) Stamp Me

b) Print Stamp

c) My Stamp


7. Which of the statements in relation to Model Shops and Establishment Bill, 2016 that was

cleared by Union Cabinet is false?

a) It allows shops, malls and cinema halls to run 24×7 throughout the year.

b) It will cover only establishments employing 25 or more workers.

c) No discrimination against women in recruitment, training, transfer or promotions.

d) Both b and c

8. Name the state that has opened an exclusive Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force

(RSASTF).

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Telangana

c) Karnataka

d) Chhattisgarh

9. Name the Governor of Tripura who has taken the additional charge as the Governor of

Arunachal Pradesh during JP Rajkhowa’s absence due to leave.

a) Keshari Nath Tripathi

b) Ram Naik

c) Padmanabha Acharya

d) Tathagata Roy

10. The Reserve Bank of India recently announced to study which technology to reduce the use of

paper currency?

a) Blockchain

b) Chainblock

c) Swingchain


11. Who has been recently appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Suzuki Motor Corp?

a) Osamu Suzuki

b) Toshihiro Suzuki

c) Michio Suzuki


12. India successfully test fired a new surface-to-air missile, from an Integrated Test Range at

Chandipur that was jointly made between India and

a) Germany

b) Israel

c) Japan

d) Russia

13. The women team of which country won record seventh Champions Trophy title of Hockey?

a) Argentina

b) India

c) Australia

d) Germany

14. What was the theme for the 10th National statistics day that was celebrated on 29 June 2016?

a) Social Development

b) Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

c) Better Data, Better Lives

d) Statistics for all, with all

15. US embassy launched a scholarship program for women of which country?

a) Myanmar

b) Afghanistan

c) Sri Lanka

d) Bangladesh

ANSWERS

1. (a) Heavyweight Torpedo

2. (d) Jammu and Kashmir

3. (d) Rodrigo Duterte

4. (a) Haryana

5. (a) China

6. (c) My Stamp

7. (b) It will cover only establishments employing 25 or more workers except manufacturing units.

8. (a) Andhra Pradesh

9. (d) Tathagata Roy

10. (a) Blockchain

11. (b) Toshihiro Suzuki

12. (b) Israel

13. (a) Argentina

14. (b) Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

15. (b) Afghanistan

1. Which of the following countries was not elected as non-permanent UNSC members by United

Nations General Assembly?

a) Ethiopia

b) Bolivia

c) Sweden

d) Chad

2. Name the prominent Tamil saint poet whose statue was unveiled in Haridwar, Uttarakhand.

a) Thiruvalluvar

b) Subramania Bharati

c) Kambar

d) Bharathidasan

3. Name India’s ace shooter who clinched the silver medal for India in men's 50-metre rifle 3

position event of the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Ajerbaijan.

a) Sanjeev Rajput

b) Gagan Narang

c) Chain Singh

d) Jitu Rai

4. Name the organisations/institutions that inked a MoU with Coal Supplying companies and

Power Utilities for quality analysis of coal being supplied to power utilities by coal companies.

a) CSIR and CIL

b) CIMFR and CIL

c) CSIR and CIMFR


5. Exercise Jalrahat for Flood Relief is a Joint Initiative of Armed Forces and which state?

a) Assam

b) Bihar

c) Gujarat

d) Uttarakhand

6. Who headed the 7th Pay Commission whose recommendations were approved by the Union

Cabinet?

a) Vivek Rae

b) Ratin Roy

c) Meena Agarwal

d) AK Mathur

7. Who was recently appointed as the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India to succeed

Harun R Khan?

a) NS Vishwanathan

b) S S Mundra

c) Raghubar Desai


8. India was placed on which position in the Human Capital Report 2016 released recently by the

World Economic Forum?

a) 100th

b) 105th

c) 91st

d) 84th

9. Which country was ranked 1st in the Human Capital Report 2016 released recently?

a) Canada

b) USA

c) Finland

d) Japan

10. The World Bank recently approved the 63 million US dollar for Tejaswini Project focused on

the welfare of adolescent girls and young women of which state?

a) Bihar

b) Punjab

c) Chhattisgarh

d) Jharkhand

11. Which country will host the 2019 Copa America football championship?

a) Argentina

b) Peru

c) Uruguay

d) Brazil

12. Which policy was approved by Union Cabinet in June 2016 to attract private sector in

exploration of minerals?

a) National Policy for the Exploitation of Mineral Resources

b) National Mineral Exploration Policy

c) Mineral Policy 2015 - Resurgent India

d) Policies on Mining and Mineral based Industries

13. Name the Naga rebel leader who died in June 2016 and was chairman of Nationalist Socialist

Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah).

a) Thuingaleng Muivah

b) P Chuba Ozukum

c) S S Khaplang

d) Isak Chishi Swu

14. Who was appointed as the head of New Health Emergencies Programme by World Health

Organisation (WHO) in June 2016?

a) Peter Salama

b) Samantha Power

c) Sacha Llorenti

d) John Ashe

15. The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved 201.50 million US dollars for

Technical Education Quality Improvement Project for which country?

a) Bangladesh

b) Sri Lanka

c) India

d) Nepal

ANSWERS

1. (d) Chad

2. (a) Thiruvalluvar

3. (a) Sanjeev Rajput

4. (c) CSIR and CIMFR

5. (a) Assam

6. (d) AK Mathur

7. (a) NS Vishwanathan

8. (b) 105th

9. (c) Finland

10. (d) Jharkhand

11. (d) Brazil

12. (b) National Mineral Exploration Policy

13. (d) Isak Chishi Swu

14. (a) Peter Salama

15. (c) India

1. Name the institution or organisation that in its report claimed that excessive blue light emitted by

light emitting diodes (LED) can adversely impact human health.

a) American Medical Association

b) World Health Organization

c) International Association of National Public Health Institutes

d) National Institutes of Health

2. Name the state that declared that all natural calamities will be treated as state disaster.

a) Maharashtra

b) Bihar

c) Odisha

d) Uttar Pradesh

3. Who of the following won Iceland’s presidential election?

a) Halla Tomasdottir

b) David Oddsson

c) Gudni Johannesson

d) Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

4. Which of the following is not the part of 5Cs contours of Payment Banks: Vision-2018 that was

released by RBI in June 2016?

a) Coverage

b) Convenience

c) Convergence

d) Capability

5. Which of the following is not the part the strategic initiatives to achieve 5Cs of Payment Banks:

Vision-2018 that was released by RBI in June 2016?

a) Responsive regulation

b) Robust infrastructure

c) Effective supervision

d) Customer Enhancement

6. Name the stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) terror group that was seized by the Iraqi army.

a) Falluja

b) Raqqa

c) Mosul

d) Misrata

7. Name the footballer who announced his retirement from international football.

a) Lionel Messi

b) Cristiano Ronaldo

c) Neymar

d) James Rodriguez

8. Name the founder of Titan Co Ltd who died in June 2016?

a) Krishnamurthy Narayanan

b) Xerxes Sapur Desai

c) Bhaskar Bhat

d) Nandan Nilekani

9. Which state Government launched Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojana (KSSY)?

a) Madhya pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Odisha

d) Kerala

10. Who was appointed as the CEO of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) in June

2016?

a) Shaktikanta Das

b) Sujoy Bose

c) Arvind Chaudhary

d) Kailash Yadav

11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 June 2016 launched the Smart Cities Mission in Pune for

how many smart cities?

a) 13

b) 20

c) 30

d) 33

12. Name the anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug designed for type 2 Diabetes mellitus that was released

by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

a) BGR-56

b) BGR-34

c) BGR-20

d) BGR-11

13. Name the Indian social entrepreneur who was recently named among the 2016 Local SDG

Pioneers, which is a part of the United Nations Global Compact.

a) Zubaida Bai

b) Farzana Chowdhury

c) Sonia Rao

d) Rahul Sahay

14. Which of the following countries recently inaugurated world’s first electric road?

a) Germany

b) Sweden

c) Finland

d) Britain

15. A group of scientists recently succeeded in introduction of Sericulture in Poyen Village, which

is located in

a) Zangksar

b) Salt Valley

c) Kargil

d) Drass

ANSWERS

1. (a) American Medical Association

2. (d) Uttar Pradesh

3. (c) Gudni Johannesson

4. (d) Capability

5. (d) Customer Enhancement

6. (a) Falluja

7. (a) Lionel Messi

8. (b) Bhaskar Bhat

9. (c) Odisha

10. (b) Sujoy Bose

11. (b) 20

12. (b) BGR-34

13. (a) Zubaida Bai

14. (b) Sweden

15. (c) Kargil

1. With Inclusion of India, the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) became a group of how

many nations?

a) 29

b) 35

c) 48

d) 52

2. Which of the following team won the 2016 Copa America football tournament?

a) Argentina

b) Chile

c) Costa Rica

d) Brazil

3. International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was observed on 26 June 2016 with

theme

a) Drugs is not child's play

b) Make health your 'new high' in life, not drugs

c) Drugs: treatment works

d) Listen First

4. Who was awarded with Golden Ball award at the 2016 Copa America football tournament?

a) Mauricio Isla

b) Nicolas Otamendi

c) Alexis Sanchez

d) Eduardo Vargas

5. International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict that was observed on 26

June 2016 was adopted by UNGA in the year?

a) 1981

b) 1987

c) 1997

d) 2003

6. Who of the following were named as the members of Khelo India, a national programme

launched by the Union Government for the development of sports in the country?

a) PT Usha and Pullela Gopichand

b) Anju Bobby George and PT Usha

c) PT Usha and Karnam Malleswari

d) Anju Bobby George and Pullela Gopichand

7. Who was awarded with Golden Boot award at the 2016 Copa America football tournament?

a) Mauricio Isla

b) Nicolas Otamendi

c) Alexis Sanchez

d) Eduardo Vargas

8. Name the veteran Malayalam theatre artist, poet and Padma Bhushan recipient who passed

away recently.

a) O.N.V. Kurup

b) R. Ramachandran

c) Cherukad

d) Kavalam Narayana Panicker

9. Who was awarded with Golden Glove award at the 2016 Copa America football tournament?

a) Claudio Bravo

b) Javier Mascherano

c) Lionel Messi

d) Alexis Sanchez

10. Which of the following films won the 2016 International Indian Film Academy Award for Best

Film at the award ceremony held at Madrid, Spain?

a) Piku

b) Masaan

c) Bajrangi Bhaijaan

d) Bajirao Mastani

11. China recently launched its first Dark Sky Reserve in which of the following regions of Tibet?

a) Lhasa

b) Ngari Prefecture

c) Nagqu Prefecture

d) Shannan

12. Who was recently appointed by Nokia as the head of Indian market?

a) Sanjay Malik

b) Sandeep Girotra

c) Vivek Bahri


13. As per Global Fraud Report 2015-16, which nation is the third-highest in terms of fraud among

all countries and regions surveyed across six continents?

a) Colombia

b) India

c) Pakistan

d) China

14. Which one of the following countries remained neutral during the voting on India membership

to 48-nation Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG)?

a) China

b) Brazil

c) South Africa

d) Turkey

15. Which one of the following states leads in providing skill training to urban poor as per a data

released by the Union Ministry of Urban Development?

a) Maharashtra

b) Karnataka

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Gujarat

ANSWER

1. (b) 35

2. (b) Chile

3. (d) Listen First

4. (c) Alexis Sanchez

5. (c) 1997

6. (d) Anju Bobby George and Pullela Gopichand

7. (d) Eduardo Vargas

8. (d) Kavalam Narayana Panicker

9. (a) Claudio Bravo

10. (c) Bajrangi Bhaijaan

11. (b) Ngari Prefecture

12. (a) Sanjay Malik

13. (b) India

14. (d) Turkey

15. (c) Tamil Nadu

1. This Central Asian city hosted the 2016 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit.

a) Tashkent

b) Astana

c) Bishkek

d) Dushanbe

2. International Olympic Day 2016 was celebrated on this day.

a) 25 June

b) 24 June

c) 23 June

d) 22 June

3. Which State Government launched the NTR Anna Canteen Scheme to provide subsided food?

a) Telangana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Kerala

d) Tami Nadu

4. Identify the UK Prime Minister who announced resignation hours after the Brexit vote that called

for leaving the European Union.

a) Ed Miliband

b) David Cameron

c) Nicola Sturgeon

d) Boris Johnson

5. With which country India signed a MoU to enhance cooperation in skill development sector?

a) Germany

b) Australia

c) Switzerland

d) Norway

6. Name the eminent quizmaster, educationist and Parliamentarian of India who died in Kolkata on

24 June 2016.

a) Siddhartha Basu

b) Neil O'Brien

c) Hamid Sayani

d) Ameen

7. The Country’s Parliament unanimously passed the Right to Information (RTI) bill with

amendments.

a) India

b) Sri Lanka

c) Britain

d) Pakistan

8. Name the South African Indian-origin lawyer and long-time human rights activist was appointed

to chair a UN commission to monitor the human rights situation in South Sudan.

a) Yasmin Sooka

b) Godfrey Musila

c) Kenneth Scott


9. The country banned its citizens from working in strife-torn Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya.

Name it.

a) Israel

b) Sri Lanka

c) Maldives

d) Nepal

10. Name the state that approved 525 crore rupees for the State Annual Action Plan 2016-17

(SAAP) under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Scheme.

a) Haryana

b) Maharashtra

c) Bihar

d) Uttar Pradesh

11. Union Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the Centre will make a state as the

hub of exporting petroleum products to South Eastern countries. Name the state.

a) Assam

b) Gujarat

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Maharashtra

12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the execution works in 20 smart cities from which

city of India.

a) Bombay

b) Delhi

c) Pune

d) Chennai

13. The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) President and incumbent Jammu & Kashmir, Chief

Minister Mehbooba Mufti won the Assembly by-poll from which place?

a) Anantnag

b) Beerwah

c) Kupwara

d) Sopore

14. The city where the first Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure

Investment Bank will be held is

a) Beijing

b) New Delhi

c) Tokyo

d) Kathmandu

15. Who of the following has authored the book, Half- Lion: How Narasimha Rao Transformed

India?

a) Vinay Sitapati

b) MK Rasgotra

c) KP Mathur

d) Neil Jordan

ANSWER.

1. (a) Tashkent

2. (c) 23 June

3. (b) Andhra Pradesh

4. (b) David Cameron

5. (c) Switzerland

6. (b) Neil O'Brien

7. (b) Sri Lanka

8. (a) Yasmin Sooka

9. (d) Nepal

10. (a) Haryana

11. (a) Assam

12. (c) Pune

13. (a) Anantnag

14. (a) Beijing

15. (a) Vinay Sitapati

1. Name the country that on 23 June 2016 signed a ceasefire deal with rebels ending five decade

conflict.

a) Colombia

b) Syria

c) Ukraine

d) Egypt

2. A group of scientists recently developed world's first 1000-processor computer chip. The chip

has been named as

a) KiloCore

b) KiloChip

c) CoreChip


3. What is the theme for the Day of the Seafarer 2016?

a) Shipping: indispensable to the world

b) Sea For All

c) All For Sea

d) Over the Horizons

4. Who of the following won the Calder Memorial Trophy for the year 2015-16?

a) Shayne Gostisbehere

b) Connor McDavid

c) Anthony Duclair

d) Artemi Panarin

5. Which of the following Indian zoos will soon receive a snow leopard from Dudley Zoological

Gardens in London?

a) Aizawl Zoo

b) Alipore Zoological Gardens

c) Padma Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park

d) Gopalpur Zoo

6. Who recently bagged the prestigious G D Birla Award for Scientific Research for 2015?

a) Ran Narain Agarwal

b) Rustom Damania

c) Satya Atluri

d) Sanjay Mittal

7. The Union Government launched first of its kind Pilot Programme in the country to run two

wheelers on which of the following fuels?

a) CNG

b) LPG

c) Biodiesel

d) Propane

8. Indian ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni emulated the record of which cricketer of captaining

the national team in 324 international matches?

a) Stephen Fleming

b) Ricky Ponting

c) Graeme Smith

d) Graham Gooch

9. International Olympic Committee denied wildcard entry to which boxer in Rio Olympic?

a) George Foreman

b) Adrien Broner

c) MC Mary Kom

d) Danny Garcia

10. Name the country that agreed recently to step up security cooperation with India.

a) Uzbekistan

b) Afghanistan

c) UAE

d) Nepal

11. Name the two Indian boxers who qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in June 2016.

a) MC Mary Kom and Shiv Thapa

b) Vijender Singh and Shiv Thapa

c) Manoj Kumar and Vikas Kirshnan

d) Vikas Krishnan and Vijender Singh

12. Which Indian company became the largest producer of unconventional gas in India with its

Raniganj block in West Bengal achieving an industry-size pumping rate of over 1 mcmd (million

cubic metres per day) of coal bed methane?

a) Reliance

b) Essar

c) Adani

d) ONGC

13. Which Indian chess player won the best women’s player award in the Eurasian Blitz chess

tournament held in Kazakhstan?

a) Tania Sachdev

b) Koneru Humpy

c) D Harika

d) Padmini Rout

14. With which country did India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish

formal cooperation in the fields of skills development and vocational education?

a) Sweden

b) Finland

c) Germany

d) Switzerland

15. The pound sterling fell in value with Britain voting in favour of exiting European Union (EU).

This was the lowest since which year?

a) 1975

b) 1985

c) 1995

d) 2005

ANSWER

1. (a) Colombia

2. (a) KiloCore

3. (b) Sea For All

4. (d) Artemi Panarin

5. (c) Padma Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park

6. (d) Sanjay Mittal

7. (a) CNG

8. (b) Ricky Ponting

9. (c) MC Mary Kom

10. (a) Uzbekistan

11. (c) Manoj Kumar and Vikas Kirshnan

12. (b) Essar

13. (c) D Harika

14. (d) Switzerland

15. (b) 1985

1. Who of the following was adjudged as the Man of the Series of the three-match T20I series

between India and Zimbabwe?

a) Lokesh Rahul

b) Yuzvendra Chahl

c) Barinder Sran

d) Kedar Jadhav

2. Name the Olympian and iconic long jumper from India who resigned as President of the Kerala

Sports Council.

a) Shiny Abraham

b) Anju Bobby George

c) Anjali Bhagwat

d) KM Beenamol

3. Name the renowned Qawwal from Pakistan who was shot dead in Karachi, Pakistan.

a) Ghulam Farid Sabri

b) Amjad Sabri

c) Aziz Mian

d) Maqbool Ahmed Sabri

4. Who was recently appointed as the India Country Manager and MD of global payments platform

PayPal?

a) Anupam Pahuja

b) Nikesh Arora

c) Ken Miyauchi


5. What was the theme of the World Hydrography Day 2016 that was observed on 21 June 2016?

a) Our seas and waterways - yet to be fully charted and explored

b) Hydrography - the key to well-managed seas and waterways

c) Hydrography - much more than just nautical charts

d) Hydrography - underpinning the Blue Economy

6. Who was recently appointed the President and Chief Operating Officer of SoftBank Group?

a) Anupam Pahuja

b) Nikesh Arora

c) Ken Miyauchi


7. As per Mercer’s 2016 Cost of Living Survey, which of the following cities topped the list of most

expensive cities?

a) Hong Kong

b) Zurich

c) Johannesburg

d) Mumbai

8. Name the professional footballer who recently was recognized as the leading goal scorer for

Argentina.

a) Sergio Aguero

b) Carlos Tevez

c) Gabriel Batistuta

d) Lionel Messi

9. Which economic union agreed to set up a new border and coastguard force to curb the influx of

migrants?

a) European Union

b) APEC

c) ASEAN

d) SAARC

10. Which Indian Company acquired UK-based digital transformation firm The BIO Agency Ltd in

June 2016?

a) Reliance Infocom Ltd

b) Tech Mahindra Ltd

c) Infosys Ltd

d) Wipro Limited

11. Name the Editor-in-Chief of Ananda Bazaar Patrika (ABP) who resigned in June 2016?

a) Anirban Bhattacharya

b) R Rajagopalan

c) Aveek Sarkar

d) Rajat Kapoor

12. Name the noted Telangana poet and lyricist who died in June 2016 and was famous for his

song Ooru manadi ra, ee vada manadi ra.

a) Dandepalli mandal

b) Guda Anjaiah

c) K Venkateshwar

d) T Ragannagudem

13. Who resigned as the Representative Director, President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of

SoftBank Group (SBG) in June 2016?

a) Masayoshi Son

b) Tanmay Bharadwaj

c) Nikesh Arora

d) Moon Khetarpal

14. Which state on 21 June 2016 approved the minority status to Jew community?

a) Gujarat

b) Kerala

c) Bengaluru

d) Maharashtra

15. Which organisation released the India Development Update 2016: Financing Double-Digit

Growth?


b) United Nations Organisation

c) World Bank Group


ANSWER

1. (c) Barinder Sran

2. (b) Anju Bobby George

3. (b) Amjad Sabri

4. (a) Anupam Pahuja

5. (b) Hydrography - the key to well-managed seas and waterways

6. (c) Ken Miyauchi

7. (a) Hong Kong

8. (d) Lionel Messi

9. (a) European Union

10. (b) Tech Mahindra Ltd

11. (c) Aveek Sarkar

12. (b) Guda Anjaiah

13. (c) Nikesh Arora

14. (d) Maharashtra

15. (c) World Bank Group

1. Which exoplanet, touted to be the youngest of all exoplanets, was discovered by NASA through

Kepler Space Telescope and extended K2 mission?

a) HATS-18b

b) Kepler 452b

c) 55 Canceri e

d) K2-33b

2. Who of the following is part of Indian World War I heroes who became part of Britain’s new

digital archive?

a) Risaldar Badlu Singh

b) Sepoy Chatta Singh

c) Naik Darwan Singh Negi

d) All of the above

3. Union Government asked all state governments to link Aadhaar with caste and domicile

certificates of school students studying in class

a) Class V

b) Class VI

c) Class VII

d) Class IX

4. Name the country whose satellite was not part of launch of 20 satellites in a single mission of

ISRO.

a) US

b) Germany

c) Canada

d) Myanmar

5. The book ‘Ace Against Odds’ was in news recently. It is the autobiography of

a) Sania Mirza

b) Leander Paes

c) Sania Nehwal

d) Mahesh Bhupathi

6. Identify the former Indian diplomat who authored the book ‘A Life in Diplomacy’?

a) Shivshankar Menon

b) M K Rasgotra

c) Shyam Saran

d) Natwar Singh

7. Which multilateral agency/agencies released the World Investment Report 2016?

a) UNCTAD

b) World Bank

c) International Monetary Fund

d) UNDP

8. As per the World Investment Report 2016, this country received maximum FDI in 2015?

a) The USA

b) India

c) China

d) Switzerland

9. As per the World Investment Report 2016, what was India’s global ranking in 2015 in terms of

FDI inflows?

a) Seventh

b) Eighth

c) Ninth

d) Tenth

10. Which State’s postal circle on 2nd International Day of Yoga released Information booklet,

“Stamps on Yoga” and “stamps on Suryanamaskarams”?

a) Telangana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Bihar

d) Jammu & Kashmir

11. Max Life and Max Financial Services agreed to merge with which life insurance company?

a) Bharti AXA

b) ICICI Prudential

c) HDFC Life

d) Bajaj Allianz

12. The indigenous Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) HTT-40 was developed by which company?

a) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

b) Air India Engineering Services

c) Defence Research Development Organisation

d) Bharat Electronics Limited

13. What was the theme of International Yoga Day 2016?

a) Yoga for Harmony and Peace

b) Feed your Soul with Yog

c) Connect the Youth

d) Yoga: Inspiration for Joyful Living

14. Which State became the first Indian state to launch Mukh Mantri Hepatitis C Relief Fund?

a) Maharashtra

b) Haryana

c) Punjab

d) Tamil Nadu

15. Which Indian Bank was named in Hall of Shame list 2016 that listed Banks funding Cluster

Bomb Makers?

a) Union Bank of India

b) Axis Bank

c) State Bank of India

d) HDFC Bank

ANSWERS

1. (d) K2-33b


3. (a) Class V

4. (d) Myanmar

5. (a) Sania Mirza

6. (b) M K Rasgotra

7. (a) UNCTAD

8. (a) The USA

9. (d) Tenth


11. (c) HDFC Life

12. (a) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

13. (c) Connect the Youth

14. (c) Punjab

15. (c) State Bank of India

1. Name the village of Nepal after whom a Martian crater was named by the International

Astronomical Union.

a) Paslang

b) Langtang

c) Thame

d) Bhaktapur

2. Name the populist anti-corruption Five Star Movement (M5S) activist who was elected as the

first female mayor of Rome.

a) Valeria Valente

b) Chiara Appendino

c) Giorgia Meloni

d) Virginia Raggi

3. Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project on which Inland Waterways Authority of India

(IWAI) signed a MoU with India Ports Global Private Limited (IPGPL) will connect North Eastern

states to the waterways and roads of which country?

a) Bangladesh

b) Bhutan

c) Myanmar

d) Nepal

4. Name of the Kannada movie that won best film award under the Asia New Talent Awards

Category at the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival.

a) Thithi

b) Kanche

c) Sairat

d) Gamyam

5. Identify the supercomputer that was declared as the fastest in the world by the TOP500 List?

a) Tianhe-2

b) Sunway TaihuLight

c) PARAM Yuva-II

d) Titan

6. Which Indian Energy Company agreed to buy Welspun Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd for 1.4 billion

US dollars?

a) Essar Power

b) Reliance Energy

c) Lanco Infratech

d) Tata Power

7. Name the state that has decided to establish model madarasas with modern education in every

district.

a) Bihar

b) Rajasthan

c) Himachal Prasdesh

d) Assam

8. The TOP500 list declared SERC as the fastest supercomputer in India. It is located in

a) IISc, Bangalore

b) IIT-Delhi

c) IIT-Kanpur

d) C-DAC

9. Who headed the Expert committee that submitted its report on the Specific Relief Act, 1963 to

Union Government?

a) Amit Kapur

b) Anand Desai

c) Arghya Sengupta

d) Neelima Babhade

10. Name the chemical whose use was banned as a food additive by Union Government.

a) Potassium bromate

b) Potassium iodate

c) Potassium nitrate

d) All of the above

11. Name the renowned politician-turned-educationalist and founder of the Sathyabama

Engineering College who died recently?

a) MG Ramachandran

b) Jeppiaar

c) Srinivasan Kr

d) Satyachandaran

12. Which of the following state launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana?

a) West Bengal

b) Odisha

c) Assam

d) Andhra Pradesh

13. What is the name of world’s First 1000-Processor Chip that was developed by University of

California?

a) KiloCore

b) Chipset

c) SwitchCore

d) 486SX chip

14. Name the Volcano in Iceland dubbed as the Gateway to Hell that may explode in near future

according to experts.

a) Hekla

b) Katla

c) Eldgja

d) Hengill

15. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley released a commemorative silver coin on the occasion of 300th

Martyrdom Day of a Sikh General. Name him.

a) Dilawar Singh Babbar

b) Jaswant Singh Khalra

c) Fateh Singh

d) Banda Singh Bahadur

ANSWER

1. (b) Langtang

2. (d) Virginia Raggi

3. (c) Myanmar

4. (a) Thithi

5. (b) Sunway TaihuLight

6. (d) Tata Power

7. (b) Rajasthan

8. (a) IISc, Bangalore

9. (b) Anand Desai

10. (a) Potassium bromate

11. (b) Jeppiaar

12. (b) Odisha

13. (a) KiloCore

14. (a) Hekla

15. (d) Banda Singh Bahadur

1. Who won the 2016 European Grand Prix Formula 1 championship?

a) Nico Rosberg

b) Sebastian Vettel

c) Lewis Hamilton

d) Sergio Perez

2. Name of the Mobile application that was launched to enhance consumer connect with the Urban

Power Distribution sector.

a) URJA

b) GARV

c) Vidyut Pravah

d) UJALA

3. Who won the 2016 US Open Golf Championship?

a) Dustin Johnson

b) Anirban Lahiri

c) Lee Westwood

d) Jeev Milkha Singh

4. Tata Advanced Systems and Boeing jointly laid the foundation of a new production facility in this

city.

a) Hyderabad

b) Bengaluru

c) Chennai

d) Gurugram

5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena jointly inaugurated

renovated Duraiappah stadium in this Sri Lankan city through video teleconferencing.

a) Colombo

b) Jaffna

c) Trincomalee

d) Kandy

6. This US-based university created World’s first ‘KiloCore’ microchip containing 1000 independent

programmable processors

a) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

b) Yale University

c) Columbia University

d) University of California

7. Name the players of Indian mixed recurve team that won silver at the 2016 Archery World Cup

in Antalya, Turkey.

a) Bombayla Devi and Atanu Das

b) Laxmirani Majhi and Jayanta Talukdar

c) Deepika Kumari and Mangal Singh Champia

d) Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das

8. Name the special initiative that was launched by India and South Korea to promote and facilitate

Korean Investments in India.

a) Korea Plus

b) Multiply Korea

c) Korea in India


9. International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict that was observed on 19

June 2016 was adopted by UNGA via a resolution adopted in the year?

a) 2009

b) 2011

c) 2013

d) 2015

10. World Refugee Day that was observed on 20 June 2016 was adopted by UNGA via a

resolution adopted in the year?

a) 1951

b) 1996

c) 2001

d) 2013

11. Name the Sri Lankan cricketer who was suspended from bowling due to illegal bowling action

by International Cricket Council?

a) Rangana Herath

b) Shaminda Eranga

c) Nuwan Pradeep

d) Lasith Malinga

12. Which state announced free admission for Divyang students in government institutes?

a) Assam

b) Gujarat

c) Bihar

d) Uttar Pradesh

13. Which team won the National Basketball Association (NBA) title?

a) Portland Trail Blazers

b) Golden State Warriors

c) Cleveland Cavaliers

d) Buffalo Braves

14. Which Hybrid Electric Research Plane was unveiled by NASA in June 2016?

a) S-62

b) B-78

c) X-57

d) F-42

15. Who was appointed as the President of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the

term 2016-17?

a) Dinesh B Patel

b) Ashok P Patel

c) Bipin R Patel

d) Rohit J Patel

ANSWERS

1. (a) Nico Rosberg

2. (a) URJA

3. (a) Dustin Johnson

4. (a) Hyderabad

5. (b) Jaffna

6. (d) University of California

7. (d) Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das

8. (a) Korea Plus

9. (d) 2015

10. (c) 2001

11. (b) Shaminda Eranga

12. (a) Assam

13. (c) Cleveland Cavaliers'

14. (c) X-57

15. (c) Bipin R Patel

1. What was the theme of the 2016 World Day to Combat Desertification, which was observed

recently?

a) Inclusive cooperation for achieving Land Degradation Neutrality

b) Protect Earth. Restore Land. Engage People.

c) Attainment of food security for all through sustainable food systems

d) Conserving land and energy = Securing our common future

2. What was the slogan for the 2016 World Day to Combat Desertification, which was observed

recently?

a) Inclusive cooperation for achieving Land Degradation Neutrality

b) Protect Earth. Restore Land. Engage People.

c) Attainment of food security for all through sustainable food systems

d) Conserving land and energy = Securing our common future

3. What is the slogan for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games?

a) Welcome home

b) One world, one dream

c) A New World

d) Inspire a Generation

4. Name the former Indian football team coach who will be honoured with the Mohun Bagan Ratna.

a) Stephen Constantine

b) C.K. Vineeth

c) Sanjoy Sen

d) Syed Nayeemuddin

5. Name technology giant that was selected as the technical partner to build a mobile Application

(app) for HRD's SWAYAM platform.

a) Microsoft

b) Infosys

c) Tech Mahindra

d) Reliance

6. Identify the fund that was floated by State Bank of India (SBI) to assist start-ups in the fintech

space.

a) Technology Development Fund

b) IT Innovation Start-up Fund

c) Innovation Development Fund

d) None of these

7. In which inaugural ceremony did Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined, the five-point charter for

tax administrators, RAPID?

a) Duraiappah stadium

b) Vidhyanjali Programme

c) Rajasva Gyan Sangam

d) None of these

8. Which country won Hero Hockey Champions Trophy 2016 at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis

Centre in London?

a) India

b) Pakistan

c) Germany

d) Australia

9. Name the Ministry that released a Yog Geet (Song) in connection with the celebration of

International Day of Yoga–2016.

a) Union Ministry of AYUSH

b) Union Ministry of Home Affairs

c) Union Ministry of HRD

d) Union Ministry of Civil Aviation

10. With which country did India signed two MoUs on capacity building for its civil servants and to set

up of centre of excellence in ICT-.

a) Ivory Coast

b) Namibia

c) Kenya

d) Fiji

11. Name the team that announced the detection of gravitational waves for the second time, the

flexing of space and time caused by the black hole collision on 15 June 2016.

a) ISRO team

b) NASA team

c) LIGO team

d) ESA team

12. Name the project that was published in Science Magazine with a proposal to synthesize entire

human genome from scratch.

a) Human Genome Project-Read (HGP- Read)

b) Human Genome Project-Connect (HGP- Connect)

c) Human Genome Project- Correct (HGP- Correct)

d) Human Genome Project-Write (HGP-Write)

13. Name the draft policy that was released to encourage new technologies, methods and way-outs

involving combined operation of wind and solar PV plants.

a) National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy 2016

b) National Civil Aviation Policy 2016

c) National Power Hybrid Policy 2016

d) None of these

14. Who was appointed as Director General of Doordarshan on 15 June 2016?

a) Aparna Vaish

b) Supriya Sahu

c) Sangeeta Goel

d) Veer Jain

15. Name the city that replaced Hyderabad in smart city list of Telangana state.

a) Warangal

b) Khammam

c) Karimnagar

d) Mahbubnagar

Answers:

1. (a) Inclusive cooperation for achieving Land Degradation Neutrality

2. (b) Protect Earth. Restore Land. Engage People.

3. (c) A New World

4. (d) Syed Nayeemuddin

5. (a) Microsoft

6. (b) IT Innovation Start-up Fund

7. (c) Vidhyanjali Programme

8. (d) Australia

9. (a) Union Ministry of AYUSH

10. (b) Namibia

11. (c) LIGO team

12. (d) Human Genome Project-Write (HGP-Write)

13. (a) National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy 2016

14. (b) Supriya Sahu

15. (c) Karimnagar

1. With which country India has collaborated in implementing ‘Water4Crops’ project?

a) Japan

b) European Union

c) United States

d) Israel

2. What is the mantra suggested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve tax administration in

the country?

a) RESPONSIVE

b) RAPID

c) PARDA

d) PARDARSHI

3. Name the River of Maharashtra that will be made pollution free under 'Namami Chandrabhaga'

project.

a) Tapti

b) Krishna

c) Godavari

d) Bhima

4. Name the instrument of NASA on its Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) that helped them to measure

methane emissions from a single, specific leaking facility on Earth’s surface.

a) Lockheed L-1011

b) Mongoose-V microprocessor

c) Beacon Monitor

d) Hyperion spectrometer

5. Which national aquarium in United States announced its plan to develop an Oceanside dolphin

sanctuary for marine mammals including dolphins?

a) National Aquarium, Baltimore

b) National Aquarium, Washington, DC

c) UnderWater World Guam - Tumon

d) Miami Seaquarium

6. Name the Indian-origin diplomat who was nominated as the American Ambassador to Malaysia

in June 2016?

a) Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir

b) Imran Yousuf

c) Bharat Suresh Joshi

d) Sayonara Luxton

7. Name the yesteryear Odia actress who passed away recently and was conferred with the

prestigious Jayadev Purashkar in the year 2000.

a) Suryamayee Mohapatra

b) Megha Ghosh

c) Yukttaa Rakshit

d) Manimala Devi

8. Name the 41-year-old British woman MP from the opposition Labour Party who was killed after

being shot and stabbed in her constituency in northern England.

a) Constance Markievicz

b) Jo Cox

c) Nancy Astor

d) Viscountess Astor

9. Name the first Mizo female to scale the summit of Mt Everest as part of the 10-member female

NCC expedition to climb the highest mountain.

a) Lalrintluangi

b) Pi Sangkhumi

c) Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl

d) Ninglun Hanghal

10. In which state the Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal launched the Ujala Scheme in June

2016?

a) Goa

b) Rajasthan

c) Haryana

d) Uttar Pradesh

11. Bramble Cay melomys is the mammal that was recently declared extinct primarily due to

human-induced climate change. The mammal was endemic to which of the following places?

a) Eastern Himalayas

b) Mountains of Southwest China

c) Madagascar

d) Great Barrier Reef

12. Who was recently awarded the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize?

a) Margaret Atwood

b) Raif Badawi

c) Jhumpa Lahiri

d) Akhil Sharma

13. With which country did India signed two MoUs on capacity building for civil servants and centre

of excellence in IT?

a) Morocco

b) Namibia

c) South Africa

d) Nigeria

14. Who became the third Indian in 100 years to get elected to the post of chief of Paris-based

International Chamber of Commerce?

a) Mukesh Ambani

b) Ratan Tata

c) Sunil Mittal

d) Ajim Premji

15. Union Home Ministry approved the proposal of which state to form Central Marine Police

Force?

a) Maharashtra

b) West Bengal

c) Kerala

d) Gujarat

ANSWER

1. (b) European Union

2. (b) RAPID

3. (d) Bhima

4. (d) Hyperion spectrometer

5. (a) National Aquarium, Baltimore

6. (a) Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir

7. (d) Manimala Devi

8. (b) Jo Cox

9. (a) Lalrintluangi

10. (a) Goa

11. (d) Great Barrier Reef

12. (a) Margaret Atwood

13. (b) Namibia

14. (c) Sunil Mittal

15. (a) Maharashtra

1. Which country launched the world’s largest and most powerful vessel project 22220 dubbed

Arktika?

a) Russia

b) Germany

c) Ukraine

d) France

2. The House of Commons of which country voted for gender neutral national anthem?

a) Britain

b) South Korea

c) United States

d) Canada

3. Who was adjudged as the Man of the Series of three-match One Day International (ODI) series

between India and Zimbabwe?

a) Lokesh Rahul

b) Yuzvendra Chahl

c) Jasprit Bumrah

d) Axar Patel

4. Which App was launched by Union Ministry of Human Resource Development for volunteer

work at government schools?

a) SuryaMitra

b) RajVayu

c) Vidyanjali

d) Vidyashram

5. Name the American Literary Translator who passed away recently and worked on Garcia

Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude.

a) David Ball

b) Gregory Rabassa

c) Armine Kotin Mortimer

d) Peter Sean Woltemade

6. Name the second European country that ratified the Paris Agreement, a deal on curbing global

warming reached in 2015 by 195 countries.

a) Hungary

b) Britain

c) Germany

d) France

7. Which Bank became the first Indian bank to get merged with its subsidiaries?

a) Union Bank of India

b) Oriental Bank of Commerce


d) Central Bank of India

8. Which country’s Court of Appeals upheld net-neutrality rules that prohibit broadband carriers

from playing favourites or blocking competing online services?

a) India

b) United States

c) Britain

d) Germany

9. Name the scheme under which the Ramayana and Krishna Circuit will be developed in different

states of India.

a) Swadesh Darshan Scheme

b) Prashad Scheme

c) Scheme for Cultural Heritage of Himalayas


10. With which country’s scientists Indian scientists will be associated in the project envisaged to

release underwater robots into the Bay of Bengal to predict the Indian monsoon?

a) The US

b) Britain

c) Germany

d) France

11. Who was appointed as the Managing Director and Head of Institutional Banking of DBS Bank

India?

a) Lalit Mittal

b) Niraj Mittal

c) Joy Basu


12. Which state recently launched Child Labour Tracking System to keep a track of rescued child

labour for their proper rehabilitation?

a) Bihar

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Assam

d) Maharashtra

13. Name the island of Gujarat that was in news recently for getting power after 70 years of

Independence.

a) Pirotan

b) Jamnagar

c) Piram

d) Shiyal Bet

14. Name the Hollywood actor who was recently appointed as the goodwill ambassador of UN

Women.

a) Anne Hathaway

b) Angelina Jolie

c) Emma Stone

d) Jessica Alba

15. Identify the mammal that was recently declared extinct primarily due to human-induced climate

change.

a) Rattus norvegicus

b) Kangaroo rodents

c) Bramble Cay melomys

d) Great Reef pure melomys

ANSWER

1. (a) Russia

2. (d) Canada

3. (a) Lokesh Rahul

4. (c) Vidyanjali

5. (b) Gregory Rabassa

6. (d) France

7. (c) State Bank of India

8. (b) United States

9. (a) Swadesh Darshan Scheme

10. (b) Britain

11. (b) Niraj Mittal

12. (a) Bihar

13. (d) Shiyal Bet

14. (a) Anne Hathaway

15. (c) Bramble Cay melomys

1. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day observed globally on 15 June 2016 was adopted by UNGA

via a resolution adopted in the year?

a) 2002

b) 2009

c) 2011

d) 2014

2. A Jupiter-like planet, Kepler-1647b, orbiting a system of two stars was found by the scientists in

which constellation?

a) Telescopium

b) Cygnus

c) Camelopardalis

d) Orion

3. Who was recently elected as the President of 71st session of United Nations General

Assembly?

a) Mogens Lykketoft

b) Andreas Mavroyiannis

c) Peter Thomson


4. The United Nations General Assembly recently elected which of the following countries as Chair

of UN Sixth Committee, also called Law Committee?

a) India

b) Israel

c) Turkey

d) Italy

5. Union Government approved a series of measures for the abatement of pollution and for the

conservation and preservation of lakes in which city?

a) Panji

b) Bengaluru

c) Lucknow

d) Dehradun

6. According to a new research led by the University of Southampton, identify the kind of fossils

that provide evidence of the number of species that can exist on Earth.

a) Snail-like fossils

b) Grape-like fossils

c) Spongy Fossils

d) Popcorn-like fossils

7. Name the Florida based bank which will become the first US bank to issue credit card for use in

Cuba by Americans.

a) Stonegate Bank

b) Wells Fargo Bank

c) SunTrust Bank

d) USAmeri Bank

8. What is the title of the report released jointly by the United Nations Environment Programme

(UNEP) and INTERPOL on environmental crime?

a) The Environmental Crime Report

b) The Rise of Environmental Crime

c) The End of Environmental Crime

d) The Fall of Environmental Crime

9. What is the name of the solitary dwarf galaxy – touted to be the most isolated galaxy – that was

captured by the Hubble Telescope?

a) Milkyway

b) Hot Jupiter

c) UGC 4879

d) None of these

10. Who became the first Indian Cricketer to score a century in his debut ODI Match?

a) KL Rahul

b) Robin Uthappa

c) Manish Pandey

d) Md Azharuddin

11. Name the project on the River Ganga that is being developed between Allahabad and Haldia

covering a distance of 1620 kms to enable commercial navigation.

a) Pavitra Ganga Project

b) Jal Marg Vikas Project

c) Holy Ganga Project

d) Ganga Vikas Project

12. In which districts did the Telangana government ordered to set up a Pharma City on 12500

acres of land?

a) Nalgonda and Hyderabad

b) Khammam and Karimnagar

c) Rangareddy and Mahbubnagar

d) Medak and Warangal

13. Name the renowned Hindi writer who died in June 2016 and was the Editor at All India Radio

from 1962 to 1976?

a) Mudrarakshasa

b) Rakesh Pandey

c) Rajesh Rastogi

d) Sumit Maggo

14. Which three countries participated in the Malabar Exercise 2016?

a) France, Italy and Japan

b) United States, China and India

c) India, United States and Japan

d) China, Sri Lanka and United States

15. India on 13 June 2016 signed three bilateral agreements to strengthen co-operation with which

country?

a) China

b) Vietnam

c) Ghana

d) Sweden

ANSWER

1. (c) 2011

2. (b) Cygnus

3. (c) Peter Thomson

4. (b) Israel

5. (b) Bengaluru

6. (d) Popcorn-like fossils

7. (a) Stonegate Bank

8. (b) The Rise of Environmental Crime

9. (c) UGC 4879

10. (a) KL Rahul

11. (b) Jal Marg Vikas Project

12. (c) Rangareddy and Mahbubnagar

13. (a) Mudrarakshasa

14. (c) India, United States and Japan

15. (c) Ghana

1. Who of the following assumed charge as the Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court?

a) Justice Deepak Gupta

b) Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad

c) Justice Navin Sinha

d) Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela

2. Who of the following was appointed as the first woman chairperson of the North Cachar Hills

Autonomous Council (NCHAC) in Assam?

a) Ranu Langthasa

b) Mamoni Raisom Goswami

c) Sourabhee Debbarma

d) Kamalika Ghosh

3. The Central Port Authorities Act 2016 drafted by Ministry of Shipping will replace the Major Port

Trust Act of the year?

a) 1956

b) 1963

c) 1978

d) 1991

4. Which state government served Leave India notice to eight Chinese nationals working under a

Thai company at the Dhamra Port of the State?

a) Odisha

b) Gujarat

c) Maharashtra

d) Andhra Pradesh

5. Who of the following will handle the portfolio of Delhi Transport Ministry held by Gopal Rai who

was removed from it during a reshuffle that took place within the state government?

a) Satyender Jain

b) Naresh Yadav

c) Sanjeev Jha

d) Nitin Tyagi

6. Which country’s President ordered an unannounced inspection of its Armed Forces during

which the readiness of military arsenals will be assessed?

a) China

b) Japan

c) North Korea

d) Russia

7. Who won the 2016 Canada Grand Prix of Formula 1 title?

a) Lewis Hamilton

b) Sebastian Vettel

c) Valtteri Bottas

d) Nico Rosberg

8. What is the name of the service launched by the Indian Railways to provide for baby food items

at stations and children’s menu items on trains?

a) Sishu Sewa

b) Janani Sewa

c) Kishor Sewa

d) Tarun Sewa

9. Union Government constituted a five member team to assess the existing water bodies, farm

pond and other sources of irrigation in the selected districts of which state?

a) Maharashtra

b) West Bengal

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Rajasthan

10. What was the theme of the 2016 World Blood Donors Day that was observed on 14 June

2016?

a) Thank you for saving my life

b) Safe blood for saving mothers

c) Give the gift of life

d) Blood connects us all

11. What was the slogan of the 2016 World Blood Donors Day that was observed on 14 June

2016?

a) Share life, give blood

b) Give freely, give often. Blood donation matters

c) Every blood donor is a hero


12. Microsoft Corporation recently announced that it is going to acquire which of the following

professional social networking websites?

a) Makerbase

b) Xing

c) LinkedIn

d) Jobcase

13. Tata Power Co. Ltd recently signed an agreement to acquire which of the following renewable

energy companies?

a) Welspun Renewables Energy Private Ltd

b) A2Z Group

c) Anwell Technologies

d) Suzlon Energy

14. Ratan Tata recently invested in which of the following e-ticketing companies?

a) VIVA

b) Kyazoonga

c) Odyssey

d) Yapsody

15. Name the bollywood actress, who was nominated for 2016 Teen Choice Awards.

a) Priyanka Chopra

b) Shilpa Shetty

c) Anushka Sharma

d) Kangana Ranaut

ANSWERS

1. (b) Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad

2. (a) Ranu Langthasa

3. (b) 1963

4. (a) Odisha

5. (a) Satyender Jain

6. (d) Russia

7. (a) Lewis Hamilton

8. (b) Janani Sewa

9. (c) Uttar Pradesh

10. (d) Blood connects us all

11. (a) Share life, give blood

12. (c) LinkedIn

13. (a) Welspun Renewables Energy Private Ltd

14. (b) Kyazoonga

15. (a) Priyanka Chopra

1. Which of the following teams won the FINA Women Water Polo World League Super Final?

a) China

b) Australia

c) Brazil

d) USA

2. Which of the following state became first state in India to have an open government data portal?


b) Delhi

c) Sikkim

d) Goa

3. Who has been chosen as India’s flag bearer at Rio Olympics?

a) Abhinav Bindra

b) Saina Nehwal

c) Leander Paes

d) Gagan Narang

4. Which of the following countries became the first country in the world to ban deforestation?

a) Belgium

b) Norway

c) Denmark

d) Switzerland

5. Name the veteran journalist and former editor of The Times of India who died recently.

a) Inder Malhotra

b) KK Katiyal

c) Jignesh Jadhav


6. Who of the following won the women’s title of the 2016 Australian Open Super Series

Badminton tournament?

a) Yihan Wang

b) Saina Nehwal

c) Sun Yu

d) Ratchanok Intanon

7. Name the place of United States where mass shooting occurred at a gay nightclub in which at

least 51 people were killed, including the gunman.

a) Naples

b) Orlando

c) Miami

d) Tampa

8. Who of the following won the men’s title of the 2016 Australian Open Super Series Badminton

tournament?

a) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus

b) Jeon Hyeok-Jin

c) Son Wan-Ho

d) Lee Dong-keun

9. Name the country that launched its 23rd satellite for its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System

(BDS).

a) China

b) Russia

c) Germany

d) United States

10. Who headed the taskforce appointed to address agrarian issues that submitted its report to

Maharashtra government?

a) Kishore Tiwari

b) Vijay Javandhiya

c) DB Shekatkar

d) H R Nagendra

11. International Albinism Awareness Day that was observed on 13 June 2016 was adopted by

UNGA via a resolution adopted in the year?

a) 2002

b) 2009

c) 2012

d) 2014

12. Name the former captain of England Cricket team who died on 12 June 2016 at the age of 89.

a) Archibald Ackroyd

b) Albert Alderman

c) Donald Carr

d) Thomas Armstrong

13. Name the Veteran Scottish singer who received the Knighthood in Queen's Birthday Honours

list.

a) Justin Welby

b) Rod Stewart

c) Alastair Cook

d) Peter Phillips

14. Name the noted playwright and actor who died in June 2016 and was considered to be the

father of the Bhramyaman or Mobile Theatre of Assam.

a) PB Acharya

b) Sarbananda Sonowal

c) Krishna Roy

d) Achyut Lahkar

15. What was the theme of World Day Against Child Labour 2016?

a) No To Child Labour-YES To Quality Education

b) End child labour in supply chains - It's everyone's business!

c) Prevent child labour - Your Ii'l help can make difference

d) Child protection – Let's end child labour!

ANSWER

1. (d) USA

2. (c) Sikkim

3. (a) Abhinav Bindra

4. (b) Norway

5. (a) Inder Malhotra

6. (b) Saina Nehwal

7. (b) Orlando

8. (a) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus

9. (a) China

10. (a) Kishore Tiwari

11. (d) 2014

12. (c) Donald Carr

13. (b) Rod Stewart

14. (d) Achyut Lahkar

15. (b) End child labour in supply chains - It's everyone's business!

1. Identify the country along with which India released a Joint Statement to endure as global partners

in the 21st Century on 7 June 2016.

a) United States of America

b) Mexico

c) Qatar

d) Switzerland

2. Name the giant hot Jupiter exoplanet tidally spinning up its parent star was found by International

team of astronomers.

a) PAN-Jupiter

b) HATS-18b

c) HANS-39GH

d) None of these

3. Name networks for whose establishment National Research Development Corporation (NRDC)

inked a Memorandum of Agreement with the Andhra Pradesh Food Processing Society on 9 June

2016.

a) Smart City Networks of Andhra Pradesh

b) State Capital Network of Andhra Pradesh

c) Smart Agribusiness Platform Networks of Andhra Pradesh

d) None of these

4. Name the project for whose commercialization the National Research Development Corporation

(NRDC) signed a license agreement with Chaturbhuj Pharmaceutical Co on 10 June 2016.

a) Swachh Bharath Abhiyan

b) MNEGRA

c) Make in India

d) Ayush-82

5. With which organization did the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) signed a

Memorandum of Agreement to commercialize the technologies developed by that organization on 10

June 2016.

a) Centre for Nano and Material Sciences

b) Centre for Good governance

c) Center for Aviation Studies

d) None of these

6. Who was appointed as a part-time member of the 21st Law Commission of India on 10 June

2016?

a) Kapil Sibal

b) Satya Pal Jain

c) Ram Jethmalani

d) None of these

7. Who presided over a presentation that proposed amendment to Civil Aviation Requirements

(CARs) on 11 June 2016?

a) Narendra Modi

b) Arun Jaitley

c) Ashok Gajapathi Raju

d) Manohar Parrikar

8. Identify the rank that India secured among the 163 countries with 2.566 GPI score in the 2016

Global Peace Index.

a) 143

b) 126

c) 8

d) 141

9. Where did Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the weekly Champaran Satyagrah

Express on 10 June 2016?

a) Motihari

b) Ranchi

c) Jharkhand

d) Rourkela

10. Who was the legendary Canadian ice hockey player, who died on 10 June 2016 after a lengthy

illness?

a) John Davidson

b) Gordie Howe

c) Dick Irvin

d) Bob McKenzie

11. Name the project under which Scientists of Iceland found a technique to trap carbon dioxide

(CO2) in deep underground by turning it into rock.

a) The Carbonrock project

b) The Carbosilt project

c) The CarbFix project

d) None of these

12. Which department of Union government that launched a logo and tagline design contest for the

soon to be set up India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) on the MyGov website on 10 June 2016?

a) Indian Defense

b) Indian Aviation

c) Indian Finance

d) India Post

13. Who topped the 2016 World's 100 Highest-Paid Athletes list that was released by Forbes on 9

June 2016

a) Cristiano Ronaldo

b) Michael Jordan

c) Floyd Mayweather

d) Novak Djokovic

14. Who are the only two women to make the cut in the 2016 World's 100 Highest-Paid Athletes list

for the second straight year in 2016?

a) Serena Williams and Venus Williams

b) Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova

c) Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza

d) Serena Williams and Martina Hingis

15. Identify the review that provides high-quality objective and globally consistent data on world

energy markets of 2015 released on 8 June 2016.

a) World Energy Review

b) OPEC Review of World Energy

c) BP Statistical Review of World Energy

d) None of these

Answers:

1. (a) United States of America

2. (b) HATS-18b

3. (c) Smart Agribusiness Platform Networks of Andhra Pradesh

4. (d) Ayush-82

5. (a) Centre for Nano and Material Sciences

6. (b) Satya Pal Jain

7. (c) Ashok Gajapathi Raju

8. (d) 141

9. (a) Motihari

10. (b) Gordie Howe

11. (c) The CarbFix project

12. (d) India Post

13. (a) Cristiano Ronaldo

14. (b) Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova

15. (c) BP Statistical Review of World Energy

1. Which country is hosting month-long UEFA Euro 2016 football championship?

a) Germany

b) Switzerland

c) France

d) Poland

2. With the sovereign wealth fund of which country the National Infrastructure Investment Fund

signed a MoU to attract investment into India?

a) Qatar

b) Switzerland

c) Iran

d) Mexico

3. Who was appointed as the head of Pay Revision Committee by the UGC to suggest on pay

revision of academic staff of Universities and Colleges?

a) Prof S Bandyopadhayay

b) Prof V S Chauhan

c) Prof Indranil Manna

d) Prof K V Thomas

4. Name the teenager from Tamil Nadu who became first Indian to clinch the Mumbai Mayor's

International Open Chess Tournament.

a) Subramanian Arun Prasad

b) NR Visakh

c) Magesh Panchanathan

d) Sandipan Chanda

5. Name the eminent scientist who recently took over as Chief Executive of Nuclear Fuel Complex.

a) G Kalyanakrishnan

b) N Saibaba

c) Vishay Rao


6. Name the Indian-American author who won the 2016 International DUBLIN Literary Award for

his novel Family Life.

a) Mindy Kaling

b) Akhil Sharma

c) Subhash Kak

d) Ashok Das

7. Who emerged victorious in the Peru's 2016 Presidential Election?

a) Keiko Fujimori

b) Alejandro Toledo

c) Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

d) Ollanta Humala

8. Name the Raging Bull actress who died recently.

a) Julie Newmar

b) Irish McCalla

c) Jane Russel

d) Theresa Saldana

9. Who was appointed as the head of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan in

June 2016?

a) Major General Delali Johnson

b) Major General Per Lodin

c) Major General Polly barber

d) Major General Lucas Peterson

10. Name the Bengal off-spinner who announced his retirement in June 2016, ending a first-class

cricket career of 17 years?

a) Saurasish Lahiri

b) Writtick Chatterjee

c) Ashish Magotra

d) Manoj Tiwary

11. Who of the following tennis star was suspended from Tennis for two years by the International

Tennis Federation (ITF)?

a) Anna Kournikova

b) Maria Sharapova

c) Ana Ivanovic

d) Caroline Wozniacki

12. Which of the following country was not recognised by World Health Organization (WHO) for

eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis?

a) Thailand

b) Armenia

c) Belarus

d) India

13. Who was presented with the USIBC Global Leadership Award by the PM Narendra Modi in

Washington DC?

a) Jeff Bezos

b) Sunder Pichai

c) Mark Zuckerberg

d) Satya Nadella

14. Which European country launched the ‘SAIP’ smart phone app to alert users on terror attacks

and other disasters?

a) France

b) Germany

c) Belgium

d) Greece

15. Who topped the Forbes 2016 World's Highest-Paid Athletes List?

a) Cristiano Ronaldo

b) Tiger Woods

c) Floyd Mayweather Jr

d) Lewis Hamilton

Answer

1. (c) France

2. (a) Qatar

3. (b) Prof V S Chauhan

4. (b) NR Visakh

5. (a) G Kalyanakrishnan

6. (b) Akhil Sharma

7. (c) Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

8. (d) Theresa Saldana

9. (b) Major General Per Lodin

10. (a) Saurasish Lahiri

11. (b) Maria Sharapova

12. (d) India

13. (a) Jeff Bezos

14. (a) France

15. (a) Cristiano Ronaldo

1. Name the Indian-origin professor who was recently awarded the Regius Professorship by

Queen Elizabeth II.

a) Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya

b) Sri Prakash Lohia

c) Manoj Punjabi

d) Aishveryaa Nidhi

2. Internet search engine Google and Tata Trusts’ joint initiative Internet Saathi was recently

launched in which of the following states?

a) Rajasthan

b) West Bengal

c) Jharkhand

d) Madhya Pradesh

3. Which of the following cricket grounds will host India’s first pink-ball multi-day cricket match?

a) Wankhede Stadium

b) M.A. Chidambaram Stadium

c) Eden Gardens

d) Feroz Shah Kotla Ground

4. Name the famous English film director who will be honoured with the American Cinematheque

award.

a) Christopher Nolan

b) John Booman

c) Sam Mendes

d) Ridley Scott

5. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members and partners on 6 June 2016

launched Anaconda-16 Exercise in which country?

a) Vietnam

b) Russia

c) France

d) Poland

6. Name the veteran journalist who passed away in June 2016 and spent 28 years at The Hindu.

a) Sudarshan Singh

b) K Ramachandran

c) KK Katyal

d) PK Jain

7. India signed loan agreement of 12 crore US dollars with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to

improve irrigation and water management infrastructure of which state?

a) Karnataka

b) Odisha

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Delhi

8. Name the Rio Olympics-bound Indian track and field athlete, who won a silver medal in 800

meters in the Josef Odlozil Memorial Athletics Meet in Prague, Czech Republic.

a) Dutee Chand

b) Tintu Luka

c) MR Poovamma

d) Lalita Babar

9. Name the legendary Nepali musician and composer of Nepal’s national anthem, who died

recently.

a) Amber Gurung

b) Gopal Yonzon

c) Narayan Gopal

d) Aruna Lama

10. Who topped the 2016 list of Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful Women?

a) Angela Merkel

b) Hillary Clinton

c) Janet Yellen

d) Christine Lagarde

11. Which of the following Indian women is not included in the 2016 list of Forbes World’s 100

Most Powerful Women?

a) Arundhati Bhattacharya

b) Chanda Kochhar

c) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

d) Nita Ambani

12. Which Indian city will host the men’s Hockey Junior World Cup 2016?

a) New Delhi

b) Patna

c) Hyderabad

d) Lucknow

13. Who was recently appointed the Managing Director of Facebook India?

a) Kirthiga Reddy

b) Kulmeet Bawa

c) Umang Bedi


14. Which state recently became the first Indian state to launch a green-concept based State Data

Centre?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Kerala

d) Rajasthan

15. Name the chess grandmaster, considered one of the strongest players never to have become

World Chess Champion, who died recently.

a) Viktor Korchnoi

b) Anatoly Karpov

c) Vasily Smyslov

d) Efim Geller

Answers

1. (a) Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya

2. (b) West Bengal

3. (c) Eden Gardens

4. (d) Ridley Scott

5. (d) Poland

6. (c) KK Katyal

7. (b) Odisha

8. (b) Tintu Luka

9. (a) Amber Gurung

10. (a) Angela Merkel

11. (d) Nita Ambani

12. (d) Lucknow

13. (c) Umang Bedi

14. (b) Himachal Pradesh

15. (a) Viktor Korchnoi

1. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 7 June 2016 approved 1.5 billion US dollar loan to

which country?

a) India

b) China

c) Sri Lanka

d) Pakistan

2. What was the theme of World Oceans Day that was observed on 8 June 2016?

a) Wave the heat

b) Healthy oceans, healthy planet

c) Let Oceans breathe

d) Oceans: Life Providers

3. Which State government became the first Indian state to launch the App on Air Quality Index?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Delhi

c) Rajasthan

d) Punjab

4. Who took charge as the Director of the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia

(CEMCA)?

a) Shahid Rasool

b) Sidharth Lingwal

c) Arjun Arya

d) Kshitij Kapoor

5. Name the Mobile App that was launched by Union Government to enhance the employment of

trained youth in solar PV technology.

a) Surya Mitra

b) Soumitri

c) Shresta

d) None of these

6. Name the country that decided to cut off Internet access for government work stations within a

year for security reasons.

a) Russia

b) Maldives

c) Singapore

d) Sri Lanka

7. Name the country where 1st Yoga Championship was organised by India.

a) Iran

b) Egypt

c) Japan

d) Malaysia

8. Which mission demonstrated the technology that is needed to build a space-based gravitational

wave observatory?

a) Mars Orbiter Mission

b) Apollo Mission

c) Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)

d) LISA Pathfinder mission

9. Who was appointed as the head of one-man judicial commission by the Uttar Pradesh

Government to probe violence in Mathura in early June 2016?

a) Prakash Singh

b) Mirza Imtiyaz

c) Akhilesh Ranjan

d) Mahesh Kumar Singla

10. Who wrote the book titled The World in 2050- Striving for a more just, Prosperous and

Harmonious Global Community?

a) Harinder Kohli

b) K P Mathur

c) Rana Ayyub

d) Husain Haqqani

11. Who topped the 2016 Forbes World's Highest-Paid Female Athlete list?

a) Maria Sharapova

b) Serena Williams

c) Ronda Rousey

d) Danica Patrick

12. Name the famous theatre personality and co-founder of theatre group Awishkar who passed

away recently.

a) Bhakti Barve

b) Radhika Mohan

c) Seema Parab

d) Sulabha Deshpande

13. The Tiger Trail Circuit Train was recently flagged off from Delhi Safdarjung Station to spread

awareness about the wildlife. Which of the following National Parks is included in the itinerary of the

train?

a) Bandhavgarh National Park

b) Satpura National Park

c) Pench National Park

d) Panna National Park

14. Which country conferred its highest civilian honour Amir Amanullah Khan Award on Prime

Minister Narendra Modi?

a) Bahrain

b) Afghanistan

c) Saudi Arabia

d) Bangladesh

15. With which country India held the Desert Eagle II bilateral military exercise?

a) Saudi Arabia

b) United Arab Emirates

c) Kuwait

d) China

Answer

1. (c) Sri Lanka

2. (b) Healthy oceans, healthy planet

3. (c) Rajasthan

4. (a) Shahid Rasool

5. (a) Surya Mitra

6. (c) Singapore

7. (b) Egypt

8. (d) LISA Pathfinder mission

9. (b) Mirza Imtiyaz

10. (a) Harinder Kohli

11. (b) Serena Williams

12. (d) Sulabha Deshpande

13. (a) Bandhavgarh National Park

14. (b) Afghanistan

15. (b) United Arab Emirates

1. Who was named as the ambassador for Swachh Saathi (student internship) programme?

a) Dia Mirza

b) riyanka Chopra

c) Aishwarya Rai Bachcha

d) Sania Mirza

2. Name the unusual astronomical object that was formed when two galaxies are exactly aligned and

was discovered by an international team of astrophysicists.

a) Thompson Watermelon

b) Optical Einstein ring

c) Cylindrical Constellation

d) None of these

3. What is the other name of the America’s International Expedited Traveller Initiative to which India

became the ninth country to enter into an agreement?

a) The America Entry Programme

b) Washington-California Expedia

c) The Global Entry Programme

d) The American Expedia

4. Name the professional mixed martial artist who died at age 42 recently.

a) Muhammad Ali

b) Myke Tyson

c) Harry O'Connor

d) Kimbo Slice

5. At which University did the scientists unlock a crucial part of the mystery as to how the DNA can

replicate and repair itself?

a) The University of Sheffield

b) The University of London

c) The University of California

d) The Delhi University

6. Who was recently appointed as Managing Director for Adobe South Asia?

a) Umag Bedi

b) Rajveer Kaushal

c) Kulmeet Bawa

d) Manohar Sharma

7. As per a High Power Committee that submitted its report to Union Ministry of Urban Development

an estimated package of 19762 crore is required to decongest traffic of which of the following cities?

a) Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Kolkata

d) Varanasi

8. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar recently laid foundation stone for Jai Jawan Awas

Yojna in which of the following cities/towns?

a) Sonepat

b) Bahadurgarh

c) Karnal

d) Rohtak

9. The Delhi Government recently announced implementation of its solar policy, which aims at

installation of 1 GW solar power capacity by

a) 2020

b) 2019

c) 2021

d) 2025

10. Which state government is planning to launch medical insurance of two lakh rupees for BPL

families?

a) Maharashtra

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Jharkhand

d) Bihar

11. According to the Ministry of Railway all the railway coaches will have bio-toilets under ‘Clean

Railway – Clean India’ initiative by which year?

a) 2020

b) 2019

c) 2021

d) 2018

12. The International Olympic Committee approved a white tiger named ‘Soohorang’ as the mascot

for 2018 winter Olympics which will be hosted by

a) Japan

b) South Korea

c) China

d) India

13. What was India’s rank in the biannual Good Country Index 2015?

a) 67

b) 68

c) 69

d) 70

14. Identify India’s renowned sand-artist who won a gold medal in the World Sand Art Championship

in Bulgaria.

a) Sudarsan Pattnaik

b) Rahul Arya

c) Anjali Chandrashekhar

d) None of them

15. Swachh Yug campaign was launched by the Union Government to make gram panchyats along

this river open defecation free.

a) Godavari

b) Brahmaputra

c) Narmada

d) Ganga

Answers

1-(a) Dia Mirza

2- (b) Optical Einstein ring

3- (c) The Global Entry Programme

4- (d) Kimbo Slice

5- (a) The University of Sheffield

6- (c) Kulmeet Bawa

7- (a) Delhi

8- (b) Bahadurgarh

9- (a) 2020

10- (c) Jharkhand

11- (b) 2019

12- (b) South Korea

13- (d) 70

14- (a) Sudarsan Pattnaik

15- (d) Ganga

1. Who of the following was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry?

a) Shah Jahan

b) M Kandasamy

c) V Narayanasamy

d) Mukul Wasnik

2. Name the South Asian Games gold medallist Indian judoka who qualified for the Rio Olympic

Games under 90-kg weight category.

a) Midhun Jith

b) Avtar Singh

c) Najib Aga

d) Rajwinder Kaur

3. Name the state that launched Right to Public Grievance Redressal Act to disposal of peoples'

complaints or redressal of grievances from Government officials within 60-days.

a) Haryana

b) West Bengal

c) Bihar

d) Delhi

4. Name the state assembly that passed the Ease of Doing Business Bill, 2016.

a) Assam

b) Delhi

c) Meghalaya

d) Bihar

5. India in June 2016 signed seven agreements in various fields including assistance in custom

matters, skill development and recognition of qualifications and health with which country?

a) Qatar

b) Afghanistan

c) Tunisia

d) Iran

6. Who of the following won the 2016 French Open Men’s singles title?

a) Roger Federer

b) Andy Murray

c) Novak Djokovic

d) Rafael Nadal

7. 2016 World Environment Day was observed on 5 June 2016 with theme

a) Zero tolerance for the illegal trade in wildlife

b) Raise Your Voice Not the Sea Level

c) One Planet. Consume with Care.

d) Wetlands for our Future – Sustainable Livelihoods

8. Who was recently appointed as the Managing Director of State Bank of Mysore?

a) N.K. Chari

b) CR Sasikumar

c) Raghunath Sahay


9. Which state has recently become the first Indian state to give pension and food benefits to

transgender people?

a) Assam

b) Odisha

c) Maharashtra

d) Telangana

10. Who was recently appointed as the Managing Director of State Bank of Travancore?

a) N.K. Chari

b) Raghunath Sahay

c) CR Sasikumar


11. Identify the chemical compound for which NASA scientists located 39 unreported and major

human-made sources of its emissions across the world.

a) Sulphur dioxide

b) Hydrogen Monoxide

c) Ethyl Chloride

d) Methanol

12. Where Airbus did displayed the world's first 3D-printed aircraft THOR at the International

Aerospace Exhibition?

a) Sydney

b) Schoenefe

c) Colombo

d) Berlin

13. Who was the first Indian woman to be nominated for International Olympic Committee?

a) Shiela Dixit

b) Smriti Irani

c) Nita Ambani

d) Anjum Chopra

14. Who was awarded the prestigious Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee

(IOC)?

a) Arvind Kejriwal

b) Sarbanand Sonowal

c) Milkha Singh

d) N Ramachandran

15. Who was the first Indian to win the Mr Universe title who died on 5 June 2016 in Kolkata at the

age of 104?

a) Manohar Aich

b) Mahashta Murasi

c) MuraliManohar Deora

d) None of these

ANSWER

1. (c) V Narayanasamy

2. (b) Avtar Singh

3. (c) Bihar

4. (a) Assam

5. (a) Qatar

6. (c) Novak Djokovic

7. (a) Zero tolerance for the illegal trade in wildlife

8. (a) N.K. Chari

9. (b) Odisha

10. (c) CR Sasikumar

11. (a) Sulphur dioxide

12. (b) Schoenefe

13. (c) Nita Ambani

14. (d) N Ramachandran

15. (a) Manohar Aich

1. Name the boxing legend who died after a 32-year battle with Parkinson's disease on 3 June 2016.

a) Muhammad Ali

b) Mike Tyson

c) Roberto Duran

d) Roy Jones.Jr

2. Who was appointed as Director General (DG)/ Chief Executive Officer (CEP) of National Anti-

Doping Agency (NADA) on 3 June 2016?

a) Sanjay Mishra

b) Navin Agarwal

c) Saurav Ganguly

d) Anil Kumble

3. Where was Asia’s largest annual security forum Shangri-La Dialogue was inaugurated on 3 June

2016?

a) Tokyo

b) Hongkong

c) Singapore

d) New Delhi

4. Where did Haryana Government launch Asia's First Gyps Vulture Reintroduction Programme at

Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre on 3 June 2016?

a) Panipat

b) Rohtak

c) Rewari

d) Pinjore

5. Identify the birds that were released in to the wild by the Union Environment Minister and Haryana

Chief Minister from Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre in Haryana on 3 June 2016.

a) Himalayan Griffons

b) Forest owlet

c) Spoon-billed Sandpiper

d) White-rumped vulture

6. How was Afghan-India Friendship Dam that was inaugurated by Inidan PM Modi and Afghan

President Ashraf Ghani on 4 june 2016 was called earlier?

a) Afghan Dam

b) Salma Dam

c) Kharzi Dam

d) None of these

7. Name the highest civilian award of Afghanistan was conferred on Indian PM Narendra Modi on 4

June 2016.

a) Afghanistan award

b) Amir Amanullah Khan Award

c) Presidential Medal of Freedom

d) None of these

8. India announced at the Mission Innovation Meet to double the investment in clean energy

research in how many years?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

9. India on 2 June 2016 signed MoU for co-operation in Information Technology and promotion of

traditional handicrafts with which country?

a) Tunisia

b) Morocco

c) Algeria

d) Egypt

10. Name the Tamil actor-director, known for movies Anbe Sivam and Annanagar First street, who

died recently.

a) Balu Anand

b) Balu Swamy

c) Revathy Ananth


11. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs recently approved a new broad gauge line between

Mau Station and Tarighat Terminal station. What will be the total length of the line?

a) 49 kilometers

b) 65 kilometers

c) 22 kilometers

d) 51 kilometers

12. Identify the Qatar-based Indian banker who was recently awarded the Green Economy Visionary

Award.

a) Ajay Banga

b) Amitav Ghosh

c) Raghavan Seetharaman

d) Bimal Jalan

13. Who has launched a mobile application for telecom subscribers to register their complaints

against pesky calls and SMSes?

a) Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology

b) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

c) Both (a) and (b)


14. Which country has recently gifted 2000 bicycles to poor dalit girls in Nepal to encourage them to

enrol in schools?

a) India

b) Bhutan

c) China

d) United States of America

15. Name the former Eden Gardens curator who recently passed away.

a) Raghunath Sahay

b) Prabir Mukherjee

c) Angelo Matthews

d) Partho Mukerjea

Answers:

1. (a) Muhammad Ali

2. (b) Navin Agarwal

3. (c) Singapore

4. (d) Pinjore

5. (a) Himalayan Griffons

6. (b) Salma Dam

7. (b) Amir Amanullah Khan Award

8. (d) 5

9. (a) Tunisia

10. (a) Balu Anand

11. (d) 51 kilometers

12. (c) Raghavan Seetharaman

13. (b) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

14. (a) India

15. (b) Prabir Mukherjee

1. India signed MoU to enhance cooperation on energy security, clean energy and climate change

with which country?

a) The United States

b) Japan

c) France

d) Brazil

2. India’s joining the Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC) against Ballistic Missile Proliferation

increased the number of signatories’ to

a) 111

b) 126

c) 138

d) 176

3. Which of the following country is not a signatory of Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC) against

Ballistic Missile Proliferation?

a) Albania

b) China

c) Libya

d) Benin

4. Parliament of which country passed a resolution recognising the massacre of Armenians by

Ottoman forces during First World War (1915) as genocide?

a) United States

b) Germany

c) France

d) England

5. Name the country that has signed a Memorandum of Agreement to open its International

Arbitration Centre in India.

a) Singapore

b) United States

c) Germany

d) France

6. Who was appointed as the Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal

(NCLAT) on 1 June 2016?

a) Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya

b) Justice MM Kumar

c) Justice RM Lodha

d) Justice Sathasivam

7. Who was appointed as the President of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on 1 June

2016?

a) Justice Sathasivam

b) Justice MM Kumar

c) Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya

d) Justice RM Lodha

8. Name the port that bagged National Award for Excellence in Cost Management for the year

2015 on 2 June 2016.

a) Chennai Port

b) Kandla Port

c) VO Chidambaranar Port

d) Ennore (corporate) Port

9. What is the name of the mega luxury cruise vessel that was called at the Cochin Port for a 2-day

stop-over in its circuit of Dubai-Muscat-Kochi-Penang-Singapore on 3 June 2016?

a) Harmony of the Seas

b) Freedom of the Seas

c) Independence of the Seas

d) MV Ovation of the Seas

10. Name the rare happening in the space when a pair of distant galaxies happens to be in the

perfect position relative to Earth.

a) Einstein Ring

b) Black Hole

c) White Patch

d) None of these

11. The 7th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) and Mission Innovation (MI) countries meet was held

in which city in June 2016?

a) New Delhi

b) San Francisco

c) Berlin

d) Paris

12. Name the Sri Lankan Cricketer who announced retirement from Tests with immediate effect on

1 June 2016?

a) Lasith Malinga

b) Nuwan Kulasekara

c) Rangana Herath

d) Dinesh Chandimal

13. Identify the organization that was granted affiliation by the Commonwealth Boxing Council

(CBC) on 2 June 2016.

a) Pakistan Boxing Council

b) Indian Boxing Council

c) Asian Boxing Council

d) Thailand Boxing Council

14. Name the state that unfurled the second largest National flag of 291 foot-high on 2 June 2016.

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Bihar

c) Delhi

d) Telangana

15. Who assumed charge as first ever chief executive officer (CEO) of the Board of Control for

Cricket in India (BCCI) in Mumbai on 1 June 2016?

a) Shasank MAnohar

b) Anurag Thakur

c) Rahul Johri

d) Rajiv Shukla

Answers

1- (a) The United States

2- (c) 138

3- (b) China

4- (b) Germany

5- (a) Singapore

6- (a) Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya

7- (b) Justice MM Kumar

8- (c) VO Chidambaranar Port

9- (d) MV Ovation of the Seas

10- (a) Einstein Ring

11- (b) San Francisco

12- (b) Nuwan Kulasekara

13- (b) Indian Boxing Council

14- (d) Telangana

15- (c) Rahul Johri

1. Name the Indus Valley site whose study helped researchers to conclude that Indus Valley

Civilisation is 2500 years older than previously believed.

a) Lothal, Gujarat

b) Bhirrana, Haryana

c) Kalibangan, Rajasthan

d) Rakhigarhi, Haryana

2. Who of the following Cricketer’s name will be used by Kerala Government in a campaign against

drug and liquor abuse in the state?

a) Sachin Tendulkar

b) Virat Kohli

c) MS Dhoni

d) Rahul Dravid

3. What percent government equity will be available in India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) that will

be set up under the Department of Posts?

a) 60 percent

b) 70 percent

c) 90 percent

d) 100 percent

4. The Union Cabinet approved signing of a MoU on tourism with which country?

a) Qatar

b) Dubai

c) Tajikistan

d) Japan

5. Union Cabinet approved signing of MoU for wildlife conservation and wildlife trafficking with

which country?

a) United States

b) France

c) Brazil

d) South Africa

6. Hamid Ansari recently visited which of the following countries to strengthen bilateral ties with

India?

a) Morocco

b) Japan

c) Philippines

d) Malaysia

7. India and Morocco recently launched a chamber to accelerate the pace of economic

development between the two nations. The chamber is termed as

a) India-Morocco Chamber of Industry and Commerce

b) India-Morocco Chamber of Commerce and Industry

c) India-Morocco Chamber of Commerce

d) India-Morocco Chamber of Industries

8. The National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited recently announced to launch a Ganga

cleaning project in which of the following states?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) West Bengal

c) Jharkhand

d) Bihar

9. The Government of India and the World Bank recently signed an agreement to improve

efficiency of City Bus Services. The agreement was signed under which of the following

programmes?

a) World Bank-Global Facility Programme

b) World Bank-Global Commutation Facility Programme

c) World Bank-Global Environment Facility Programme


10. Gotthard Base Tunnel, world’s longest railway tunnel, was recently inaugurated in which

country?

a) Switzerland

b) France

c) Cambodia

d) Germany

11. Identify the department that released the provisional estimates of national GDP for 2015-16 on

31 May 2016.

a) Central Statistical Office (CSO)

b) National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)

c) Data Processing Division (DPD)

d) None of these

12. The number of core industries which comprise nearly 38 percent of the Index of Industrial

Production (IIP) that was released on 31 May 2016.

a) Nine

b) Eight

c) Sixteen

d) Two

13. Who assumed the office of Secretary in the Union Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs on1 June

2016?

a) Ashok Lavasa

b) Sanjay Kumar Srivastava

c) Rajinder Khanna

d) Prabhas Kumar Jha

14. Where was the Asia’s largest technology trade show COMPUTEX was started on 31 May

2016?

a) Tokyo

b) Newyork

c) Taipei

d) Moscow

15. Identify the first ever national plan that was released in India to make it disaster resilient on 1

June 2016.

a) National Disaster Management Plan

b) Five year plan

c) National Action Plan

d) None of these

ANSWER.

1. (b) Bhirrana, Haryana

2. (a) Sachin Tendulkar

3. (d) 100 percent

4. (a) Qatar

5. (a) United States

6. (a) Morocco

7. (b) India-Morocco Chamber of Commerce and Industry

8. (d) Bihar

9. (c) World Bank-Global Environment Facility Programme

10. (a) Switzerland

11. (a) Central Statistical Office (CSO)

12. (b) Eight

13. (d) Prabhas Kumar Jha

14. (c) Taipei

15. (a) National Disaster Management Plan

1. The Global Day of Parents that is observed annually on 1 June was proclaimed by UN General

Assembly in

a) 2001

b) 2005

c) 2010

d) 2012

2. The World Milk Day that is observed annually on 1 June was first celebrated by UN Food and

Agriculture Organization in

a) 2001

b) 2005

c) 2010

d) 2012

3. The age of superannuation of all doctors of Central Health Services was extended to which age

by Union Government?

a) 62 Years

b) 63 Years

c) 65 Years

d) 70 Years

4. Which of the following state decided to raise the retirement age of state government doctors as

per the age of doctors of Central Health Services as notified by Union Government?

a) Haryana

b) Punjab

c) Gujarat

d) Himachal Pradesh

5. The Direct Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme 2016 that came into effect on 1 June 2016 was

incorporated as which chapter of the Finance Act, 2016?

a) Chapter VII

b) Chapter IX

c) Chapter X

d) Chapter XII

6. Who of the following was appointed as the Finance Secretary?

a) Ratan Watal

b) Hasmukh Adhia

c) Shaktikanta Das

d) Ashok Lavasa

7. Who of the following was appointed as a member of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)

by President Pranab Mukherjee?

a) Chhatar Singh

b) Bhim Sain Bassi

c) David R Syiemlieh

d) Manbir Singh

8. The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of which city?

a) Kanpur

b) Varanasi

c) Meerut

d) Agra

9. The Central Ammunition Depot was engulfed in fire in May 2016. Where is the depot located?

a) Nagpur

b) Pulgaon

c) Nashik

d) Amravati

10. Who was appointed as the Additional Director-General of CRPF in May 2016?

a) Sudeep Lakhtakia

b) Bhima Agarwal

c) Ashok Chauhan

d) Kovid Hooda

11. Who became the first Indian to play top-tier European football league match?

a) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

b) Subrata Pal

c) Robin Singh

d) Syed Rahim Nabi

12. Who was named as the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year and also International

Batsman of the Year 2016?

a) AB de Villiers

b) Virat Kohli

c) Joe Root

d) Steve Smith

13. Who was officially declared to be the president-elect by the parliament of Philippine?

a) Maria Leonor Leni Robredo

b) Rodrigo Digong Duterte

c) Benigno Aquino III

d) None of These

14. Who was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award in the CEAT cricket awards 2016?

a) Kapil Dev

b) Anil Kumble

c) K Srikanth

d) Dilip Vengsarkar

15. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the hike in the minimum support price

(MSP) of paddy for kharif season 2016-17 by what amount?

a) 40 rupees

b) 50 rupees

c) 60 rupees

d) 70 rupees

ANSWER.

1. (d) 2012

2. (a) 2001

3. (c) 65 Years

4. (a) Haryana

5. (c) Chapter X

6. (d) Ashok Lavasa

7. (b) Bhim Sain Bassi

8. (b) Varanasi

9. (b) Pulgaon

10. (a) Sudeep Lakhtakia

11. (a) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

12. (c) Joe Root

13. (b) Rodrigo Digong Duterte

14. (d) Dilip Vengsarkar

15. (c) 60 rupees

1. Ministry of Railways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up Kalpana Chawla

Chair on Geospatial Technology for Indian Railways with which University?

a) PEC University of Technology

b) Panjab University

c) University Institute of Engineering and Technology

d) Chitkara University

2. Which of the following statement in regard to the Draft Trafficking of Persons (Prevention,

Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill 2016 that released by Union Government is wrong?

a) Creating a legal, economic, and social environment against trafficking

b) Provides for State Anti-Trafficking Committee to be headed by State Home Minster

c) Creation of Special Courts by State Government

d) Creation of Anti-Trafficking Fund for welfare and rehabilitation of victims of trafficking

3. Name the Cricketer who became the youngest Cricketer to score 10000 test runs.

a) Alex Hales

b) Alastair Cook

c) Joe Root

d) James Anderson

4. Name the Veteran TV and film actor who passed away recently and was known for his role in

TV Serial F.I.R.?

a) Amaan Ali

b) Suresh Chatwal

c) Gopi Bhalla

d) Vipul Roy

5. Name the Noted Kannada writer who passed away recently and played an important role in

getting the classical language status for Kannada.

a) D Javare Gowda

b) K V Puttappa

c) Jaimini Bharata

d) Kabbigara Kavya

6. Name the Indian music composer who was awarded with the Japan's Fukuoka prize 2016.

a) Pritam

b) Vishal and Shekhar

c) AR Rahman

d) Himesh Reshamiya

7. Which country hosted the 42nd G7 Summit in May 2016?

a) Germany

b) Italy

c) Japan

d) Canada

8. Who won the silver medal in 2016 Women’s World Boxing Championships in 57-kg category?

a) Sonia Lather

b) Mesiano Alessia

c) MC Mary Kom

d) Wang Yuyan

9. Which city hosted the 2016 Women’s World Boxing Championships?

a) Astana (Kazakhstan)

b) Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)

c) Dushanbe (Tajikistan)

d) Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

10. Who became the first wheelchair athlete to complete a mile-long race in less than three

minutes?

a) Jeff Adams

b) David Weir

c) Choke Yasuoka

d) Rawat Tana

11. Name the Formula One driver who won the 2016 Monaco F1 Grand Prix.

a) Lewis Hamilton

b) Daniel Ricciardo

c) Nico Rosberg


12. Who was recently appointed the Director General of West Bengal Police?

a) Raj Kanojia

b) Surajit Kar Purkayastha

c) G.M.P Reddy

d) Suroj Sengupta

13. Name the Bollywood actor who recently became the Goodwill Ambassador for the LEPRA

India organisation that fights against diseases like leprosy.

a) Shahrukh Khan

b) Vivek Oberoi

c) Salman Khan

d) R Madhavan

14. Who among the following took charge of India's Southern Naval Command?

a) Vice Admiral A R Karve

b) Vice Admiral Vivek Singh Thakur

c) Vice Admiral Mohit Ahlawat


15. The World No Tobacco Day 2016, which was observed, recently campaigned on which of the

following topics?

a) Get Ready for Plain Packaging

b) Stop Illicit Trade of Tobacco Products

c) Stop Illicit Trade of Tobacco Products

d) Both (a) and (b)

ANSWER

1. (a) PEC University of Technology

2. (b) Provides for State Anti-Trafficking Committee to be headed by State Home Minster

3. (b) Alastair Cook

4. (b) Suresh Chatwal

5. (a) D Javare Gowda

6. (c) AR Rahman

7. (c) Japan

8. (a) Sonia Lather

9. (a) Astana (Kazakhstan)

10. (b) David Weir

11. (a) Lewis Hamilton

12. (b) Surajit Kar Purkayastha

13. (d) R Madhavan

14. (a) Vice Admiral A R Karve

15. (a) Get Ready for Plain Packaging

1. Name the Indian woman author who won the 'Scholastic Asian Book Award' for 32000-word

manuscript "Codex: The Lost Treasure of the Indus".

a) Rishi Nair

b) Rupa Iyer

c) Aditi Krishnakumar

d) Syamantak payra

2. Who of the following was adjudged as the player of the match in the final match of 2016 Indian

Premier League?

a) Chris Gayle

b) Ben Cutting

c) Virat Kohli

d) Chris Gayle

3. Who of the following was adjudged as the player of the series in the final match of 2016 Indian

Premier League?

a) Chris Gayle

b) Ben Cutting

c) Virat Kohli

d) Chris Gayle

4. Name the Indian-American scientist who received the prestigious Springer Theses award for his

research in which he developed transgenic mice to study a critical tumor-suppressor called A20.

a) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

b) Ashok Das

c) Arnab De

d) Shiva Ayyadurai

5. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurated second submarine assembly workshop at

a) Hindustan Shipyard

b) Cochin Shipyard

c) Mazagon Dock Limited

d) Kattupalli Shipyard

6. Nine-coach Spanish train Talgo’s trial run was conducted on which rail route?

a) Bareilly-Moradabad route

b) Mathura-Palwal route

c) Mumbai-Delhi route

d) Ranchi-Patna route

7. Name the football club that won 2016 European Champions League.

a) Real Madrid

b) Atletico Madrid

c) Barcelona

d) Manchester United

8. Name the discus thrower from India who recently qualified for the Rio Olympics 2016.

a) Vikas Gowda

b) Krishna Poonia

c) Seema Punia

d) Harwant Kaur

9. Who was recently appointed the Ambassador of India to Romania?

a) Jignesh Jadav

b) Vitthal Kumar

c) Romesh Chandra

d) A V S Ramesh Chandra

10. The 17th Asian Junior Athletics Championships will be held in which of the following countries?

a) Vietnam

b) Japan

c) China

d) Indonesia

11. The President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Malti Devi Gyan Peeth Puraskar for the year

2016. The award is given in which of the following fields?

a) Journalism

b) Education

c) Science

d) Arts & Culture

12. What was the theme of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 2016 that is

observed annually on 29 May?

a) Honouring Our Heroes

b) Together for Peace

c) A Force for Peace. A Force for Change. A Force for the Future


13. Which of the following is not part of the six regional languages in which the official website of

Prime Minister's Office will be available to people?

a) Gujarati

b) Marathi

c) Malayalam

d) Maithili

14. Name the person who won the world's highest marathon on Mount Everest.

a) Bed Bahadur Sunuwar

b) Robert Celinski

c) Angtharkay

d) Pasang Dawa Lama

15. Name the first experimental inflatable room attached to the International Space Station that

was successfully deployed by NASA in May 2016.

a) Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)

b) Mars orbiter Mission (MOM)

c) Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN Mission (MAVEN)

d) Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM)

ANSWER

1. (c) Aditi Krishnakumar

2. (b) Ben Cutting

3. (c) Virat Kohli

4. (c) Arnab De

5. (c) Mazagon Dock Limited

6. (a) Bareilly-Moradabad route

7. (a) Real Madrid

8. (c) Seema Punia

9. (d) A V S Ramesh Chandra

10. (a) Vietnam

11. (b) Education

12.(a) Honouring Our Heroes

13. (d) Maithili

14. (a) Bed Bahadur Sunuwar

15. (d) Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM)

1. Who was appointed as the head coach of Indian Cricket team for Zimbabwe tour on 26 May

2016?

a) Sanjay Bangar

b) Rahul Dravid

c) Ravi Shastri

d) Saurav Ganguly

2. Which s the first Union Territory (UT) to sign the 24x7 Power for All document which aims to

provide each household access to electricity by 2019 on 27 May 2016?

a) Andaman & Nicobar

b) Lakshadweep

c) Daman & Diu

d) Puducherry

3. The number of states that signed the ‘24x7 Power For All’ Documents as on 27 May 2016.

a) 18 States

b) 28 States

c) 22 States

d) 10 States

4. Who was appointed as fielding coach to Indian Cricket team by BCCI on 26 May 2016?

a) Jhonty Rhodes

b) Tom Moody

c) Ajay Jadeja

d) Abhay Sharma

5. Who was appointed as team manager to team for Zimbabwe tour by BCCI on 26 May 2016?

a) Koka Ramesh

b) Rahul Dravid

c) MSK Prasad

d) Javagal Srinath

6. Identify the portal that was designed to promote and mainstream Net Zero Energy Buildings

(NZEB) in India launched on 27 May 2016.

a) www.zne.com

b) www.nzeb.in

c) www.netzero.co.in

d) None of these

7. Name Tiger Reserve that received the India Biodiversity Award 2016 in Mumbai on 22 May 2016.

a) Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve

b) Melghat Tiger Reserve

c) Pakke Tiger Reserve

d) Manas Tiger Reserve

8. In which category did Pakke Tiger Reserve won the India Biodiversity Award 2016 on 22 May

2016?

a) Sustainable use of biological resources,

b) Successful models for access and benefit sharing

c) Biodiversity Management Committees

d) Conservation of Threatened Species

9. Identify the Programme of the Pakke Tiger Reserve that was awarded India Biodiversity Award

2016 on 22 May 2016.

a) Hornbill Nest Adoption Programme

b) Reserve adoption Programme

http://www.zne.com/

http://www.nzeb.in/

http://www.netzero.co.in/

c) Conservation of Biodiversity Programme

d) None of these

10. Identify the Land-attack version of the missile that successfully test-fired by Indian Air Force

on 27 May 2016.

a) Agni IV Ballistic missile

b) BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

c) Dhanush Ballistic missile

d) Prithvi-II Ballistic missile

11. Identify the country with which India signed agreement to develop BrahMos missile in February

1998.

a) America

b) Japan

c) Russia

d) Korea

12. Who was the Indian origin who received 2016 Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement

Award on 27 May 2016?

a) Laxmi Mittal

b) Bobby Jindal

c) Sam Richards

d) Sunil Bharti Mittal

13. Identify the state government that got into the Limca book of records for its household survey on

26 May 2016?

a) Telangana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Kerala

d) Karnataka

14. Identify the party that came into power in West Bengal on 27 May 2016?

a) Bharathiya Janata Party

b) All India Trinamool Congress

c) Communist Party of India

d) Indian National Congress

15. Who was first US president to visit Hiroshima bomb site as on 28 May 2016?

a) George W Bush

b) Bill Clinton

c) Barack Obama

d) No One Visited

Answers:

1. (a) Sanjay Bangar

2. (b) Lakshadweep

3. (c) 22 States

4. (d) Abhay Sharma

5. (a) Koka Ramesh

6. (b) www.nzeb.in

7. (c) Pakke Tiger Reserve

8. (d) Conservation of Threatened Species

9. (a) Hornbill Nest Adoption Programme

10.(b) BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

11.(c) Russia

12.(d) Sunil Bharti Mittal

13.(a) Telangana

14.(b) All India Trinamool Congress

15.(c) Barack Obama

1. Google was recently cleared of copyright infringement in a case over Google’s use of Java in

Android. The case against Google was brought by which of the following companies?

a) Sun Microsystems

b) Oracle

c) Microsoft

d) Apple

2. Name a week long initiative launched by the Ministry of Railways to showcase achievements

during last two years.

a) Rail Humsafar Saptaah

b) Rail Humsafar Hafta

c) Week of Rail Humsafar


3. Name the Indian pharmaceutical company that recently received tentative approval from the

U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Efavirenz tablets.

a) Cipla

b) Cadila Healthcare

c) Strides Shasun

d) Aurobindo Pharma

4. Who of the following was named as the Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau by President Jose

Mario Vaz?

a) Carlos Correia

b) Baciro Dja

c) Amílcar Cabral

d) Domingos Pereira

5. Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd recently acquired the rights of which of the following fashion

retail brands?

a) Nalli

b) Mufti

c) Fashion Street

d) Forever 21

6. Name the Indian para-athlete who clinched gold medal in the men’s club throw F-51 event at the

2016 French Open Athletics Championship.

a) Amit Kumar Saroha

b) Devendra Jhajharia

c) Sumit Kohli

d) Devendra Thakur

7. The Union Government approved establishment of a National Investment and Manufacturing

Zone (NIMZ) in which state?

a) Karnataka

b) Chhattisgarh

c) Odisha

d) Jharkhand

8. Who of the following is the author of the book Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up?

a) Rana Ayyub

b) Rev. Brian Kolodiejchuk

c) Husain Haqqani

d) Kartar Lalvani

9. Which country emerged as the fifth largest producer of e-waste in the world as per

ASSOCHAM-KPMG study?

a) China

b) United States

c) India

d) Japan

10. Name the Indian-American student who won the 28th annual National Geographic Bee held at

the National Geographic headquarters in Washington DC?

a) Saketh Jonnalagadda

b) Kapil Nathan

c) Karan Menon

d) Rishi Nair

11. Name the seventeenth Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) that was commissioned into Indian

Navy at Kochi in May 2016?

a) ICGS Siddhant

b) ICGS Surya

c) ICGS ARUSH

d) ICGS Vikrant

12. Identify the Construction Company for which Union Cabinet gave its approval for financial

restructuring on 25 May 2016

a) Hindustan Steel Works Construction Limited

b) Reliance Steels Pvt limited

c) Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited

d) None of these

13. Name the company for which Union Cabinet gave its approval to takeover by National

Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) on 25 May 2016.

a) Hindustan Computers Limited

b) Hindustan Steel Works Construction Limited

c) Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited

d) None of these

14. Name the noted Marathi literary critic who died on 27 May 2016.

a) RK Sharma

b) RG Jadhav

c) C Raghavendra

d) None of These

15. Identify the Union Ministry to which the Committee for the evolution of a National Education

Policy submitted the report containing its recommendations.

a) Home Affairs

b) Defence

c) Human Resource Development

d) Earth Sciences

Answer.

1. (b) Oracle

2. (a) Rail Humsafar Saptaah

3. (c) Strides Shasun

4. (b) Baciro Dja

5. (d) Forever 21

6. (a) Amit Kumar Saroha

7. (c) Odisha

8. (a) Rana Ayyub

9. (c) India

10. (d) Rishi Nair

11. (c) ICGS ARUSH

12. (a) Hindustan Steel Works Construction Limited

13. (b) Hindustan Steel Works Construction Limited

14. (b) RG Jadhav

15. (c) Human Resources Development

1. As per Union Government’s decision the Department of Empowerment of Persons with

Disabilities will now be known in Hindi as

a) Divyangjan Sashaktikaran Vibhag

b) Hariyang Sashaktikaran Vibhag

c) Nihshakt Sashaktikaran Vibhag

d) Sharirik Aksham Sashaktikaran Vibhag

2. Bharatvani portal launched by Union Ministry of Human Resource Development provides for

a) Online repository of dictionaries

b) Information relating to International Day of Yoga-2016

c) Online repository of classical songs

d) Cultural heritage of the country

3. The Draft Model Rules 2016 released by Union Government for effective implementation of

Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 will repeal the existing Model Rules of which year?

a) 1978

b) 1994

c) 2002

d) 2007

4. The findings of India’s first ever Passenger Satisfaction Survey were recently released. The

survey was conducted at

a) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

b) Indira Gandhi International Airport

c) Chennai International Airport

d) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

5. Name the American engineer who won the 2016 Millennium Technology Prize.

a) Stuart Parkin

b) Frances Arnold

c) Arnold Frances

d) Shuji Nakamura

6. The Union Cabinet recently gave ex-post facto approval to MoU signed between India and

Maldives in the field of

a) Health Sector

b) Technology

c) Tourism

d) Defence

7. Which of the following Hollywood celebrities has been recently appointed visiting professor at

the London School of Economics?

a) Johnny Depp

b) Robert Downey, Jr.

c) Natalie Portman

d) Angelina Jolie

8. Which country is currently hosting the 21st BXM Cycling World Championship?

a) Colombia

b) Argentina

c) Venezuela

d) Peru

9. 20 Nirbhaya buses fitted with Vehicle Tracking System, CCTV cameras and panic buttons were

launched by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari belongs to the transport corporation of which state?

a) Gujarat

b) Bihar

c) Rajasthan

d) Delhi

10. Union Cabinet gave its ex-facto approval to the Amendment to The Institutes of Technology

Act, 1961 for incorporation of how many IITs?

a) Four

b) Six

c) Seven

d) Ten

11. Which of the following statement in regard to the Draft Model Rules 2016 for implementation of

Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 is wrong?

a) Prescribes time bound procedures for determination of age

b) Children between 15-18 years of age in conflict with law will not be sent to jail

c) Provide detailed follow-up for monitoring of rehabilitation of the child

d) All government hospitals to constitute permanent medical boards for rehabilitation

12. The maximum sum assured under EPFO insurance scheme has been increased from 3.6 lakh

rupees to what rupees?

a) 5 lakh rupees

b) 6 lakh rupees

c) 7 lakh rupees

d) 7.5 lakh rupees

13. Which of the following state recently launched Ujala scheme in one of its city to distribute LED

bulbs to the people?

a) Karnataka

b) Odisha

c) Rajasthan

d) Gujarat

14. Identify the veteran communist leader who died on 24 May 2016?

a) AB Bardhan

b) Noorul Huda

c) KC Mathew


15. With which country did China signed an agreement to build its first nuclear reactor?

a) America

b) Pakistan

c) India

d) Sudan

ANSWERS

1. (a) Divyangjan Sashaktikaran Vibhag

2. (a) Online repository of dictionaries

3. (d) 2007

4. (a) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

5. (b) Frances Arnold

6. (c) Tourism

7. (d) Angelina Jolie

8. (a) Colombia

9. (c) Rajasthan

10. (b) Six

11. (b) No child between 15 and 18 years of age in conflict with law will be handcuffed or sent to jail

or lock-up


13. (d) Gujarat

14. (c) KC Mathew

15. (d) Sudan

1. Union Government signed 100 million US dollar loan and project agreement with World Bank to

support Urban Water Supply Modernization project of which state?

a) Karnataka

b) Gujarat

c) Maharashtra

d) Telangana

2. Who of the following was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Kerala?

a) Kodiyeri Balakrishnan

b) Ramesh Chennithala

c) Pinarayi Vijayan

d) VS Achuthanandan

3. North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) which was in news was formed by which of the

following political parties?

a) Indian National Congress (INC)

b) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

c) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)

d) Janata Dal (United)

4. The United Nations World Humanitarian Summit was held in which of the following cities?

a) Berlin

b) Paris

c) Istanbul

d) New Delhi

5. Which of the following cricketers was recently appointed the brand ambassador of F45 India?

a) Sachin Tendulkar

b) Virat Kohli

c) Steve Smith

d) Brett Lee

6. Name the veteran CPI (M) leader and former Member of Parliament from Chirayinkeezhu

constituency in Kerala who died recently.

a) S. Ramakrishnan

b) K Anirudhan

c) P. Sundarayya

d) E.M.S. Namboodiripad

7. Who recently took over as the 46th Commandant of the Indian Military Academy?

a) Lt. General SK Saini

b) Lt. General Balwant Singh Negi

c) Lt. General Thakur Mahadeo Singh

d) Lt. General DS Hooda

8. Who authored the book titled A Call to Mercy: Hearts to Love, Hands to Serve?

a) Mother Teresa

b) Dalai Lama

c) Barack Obama

d) Malala Yousafzai

9. Which State Government signed a MoU with Eclat Health Solutions of the USA to invest 15

million US dollars in Tier II cities?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Telangana

c) Karnataka

d) Tamil Nadu

10. As per the UGC Regulations 2016, research existence of how many years is needed for an

institution to get recognition as a deemed university?

a) 2 years

b) 3 years

c) 4 years

d) 5 years

11. Name the Pink Panther star that died recently.

a) David Bowie

b) Nick Menza

c) Burt Kwouk

d) Morley Safer

12. Saudi-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) recently announced to open its first branch in

India in which state?

a) Gujarat

b) Maharashtra

c) Haryana

d) Kerala

13. According to UNEP report Actions on Air Quality, how many countries have increased the

percentage of households that have access to cleaner burning fuels to more than 85 percent?

a) 90

b) 97

c) 94

d) 92

14. Which one of the following is not part of the Call for Action listed in the charter for Persons With

Disabilities endorsed at UN Humanitarian Summit recently?

a) Non-Discrimination

b) Participation

c) Inclusive Policy

d) Bridging Digital Divide

15. The Union Cabinet recently approved the financial restructuring of which public sector

undertaking (PSU)?

a) Hindustan Fertilizers Corporation Limited

b) Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited

c) Madras Fertilizers Limited

d) Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited

ANSWER

1. (a) Karnataka

2. (c) Pinarayi Vijayan

3. (b) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

4. (c) Istanbul

5. (d) Brett Lee

6. (b) K Anirudhan

7. (a) Lt. General SK Saini

8. (a) Mother Teresa

9. (b) Telangana

10. (b) 3 years

11. (c) Burt Kwouk

12. (a) Gujarat

13. (b) 97

14. (d) Bridging Digital Divide

15. (a) Hindustan Fertilizers Corporation Limited

1. Who among the following won the 2016 Asian 6-Red snooker title?

a) Pankaj Advani

b) Aditya Mehta

c) Keen Hoh Moh

d) Kamal Chawla

2. Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling was conferred with the Yugkavi Siddhicharan Prize. The

award was conferred by

a) Bhutan

b) Nepal

c) Bangladesh

d) Sri Lanka

3. Name the state whose governor promulgated Official Language (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016

to facilitate use of a language in transaction of official businesses of the Government.

a) Odisha

b) Kerala

c) West Bengal

d) Telangana

4. Which State Government launched the Smart Village programme to improve public facilities in

rural areas?

a) Rajasthan

b) Punjab

c) Telangana

d) Gujarat

5. With which country/countries India signed a transit agreement to facilitate seamless transport of

goods?

a) Pakistan

b) Afghanistan

c) Iran

d) Both (b) and (c)

6. National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned use of light and heavy diesel vehicles, which are more

than 10 years old, in six major cities of which state?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Bihar

c) West Bengal

d) Kerala

7. Which Fast Attack Craft ship was commissioned into the Indian Navy in May 2016?

a) INS Tarmugli

b) INS Vikrant

c) INS Siddhant

d) INS Ravi

8. Which cancer-causing chemical was found in bread samples tested in Delhi by Centre for

Science and Environment?

a) Potassium Bromate

b) Butylated Hydroxytoluene

c) Sodium Benzoate

d) Sodium Nitrite

9. The Union Government in May 2016 imposed a complete ban on Indian citizens travelling to

which war struck country?

a) Vietnam

b) Kuwait

c) Libya

d) Egypt

10. Which State separated the Plus II colleges from the Plus III colleges and made it a part of

school education in May 2016?

a) Kerala

b) Odisha

c) Karnataka

d) Punjab

11. Who has been appointed the Chairman and Managing Director of Nuclear Power Corporation

of India Limited?

a) S K Sharma

b) K C Purohit

c) Vijay Dedhwal


12. Which film won the 2016 Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival?

a) Dheepan

b) I, Daniel Blake

c) Marty

d) The Wind That Shakes the Barley

13. Which country has recently granted political refugee status to Maldives' ex-president Mohamed

Nasheed?

a) Ireland

b) The United States of America

c) Britain

d) Malaysia

14. Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for opening an

Ayurvedic centre in which of the following countries?

a) Japan

b) Britain

c) Maldives

d) China

15. Who created a new record by climbing the Mount Everest for seventh time?

a) Lhakpa Sherpa

b) Arunima Sinha

c) Malavath Poorna

d) G R Radhika

ANSWERS

1. (a) Pankaj Advani

2. (b) Nepal

3. (a) Odisha

4. (d) Gujarat

5. (d) Both (b) and (c)

6. (d) Kerala

7. (a) INS Tarmugli

8. (a) Potassium Bromate

9. (c) Libya

10. (b) Odisha

11. (a) S K Sharma

12. (b) I, Daniel Blake

13. (c) Britain

14. (d) China

15. (a) Lhakpa Sherpa

1. Who of the following was elected as 34th BCCI President at the board’s special general meeting

(SGM) in Mumbai?

a) Shashank Manohar

b) Fateh Singh Gaekwad

c) Anurag Thakur

d) Ajay Shirke

2. Who of the following was appointed as BCCI Secretary?

a) Fateh Singh Gaekwad

b) Anurag Thakur

c) Ajay Shirke


3. Who of the following is the youngest BCCI President appointee?

a) Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan

b) Anurag Thakur

c) Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad

d) Madhavrao Scindia

4. Who was appointed by the President as the Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Puducherry?

a) Kiran Bedi

b) Ajay Kumar Singh

c) Virendra Kataria

d) Kapil Mishra

5. Which of the following statement in relation to India’s indigenous winged Reusable Launch

Vehicle (RLV) that was launched by ISRO is wrong.

a) It can put satellites into orbit around earth and then re-enter atmosphere

b) The final version of the RLV will take off around 2030

c) It was built at the TATA Advanced Materials Limited

d) The double delta-winged RLV-TD is almost 6 times smaller than final version

6. What was the theme of the 2016 International Day for Biological Diversity, which is observed

annually on 22 May?

a) Mainstreaming Biodiversity; Sustaining People and their Livelihoods

b) Biodiversity for Sustainable Development

c) Island Biodiversity

d) Biodiversity, Development and Poverty Alleviation

7. Himachal Pradesh fisheries department began an artificial propagation programme for

rehabilitation and conservation of which of the following fishes?

a) Goonch Catfish

b) Golden Mahseer

c) Brwon Trout

d) Snakehead

8. Who was awarded the Othmer Gold Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership 2016?

a) Vijay Mallaya

b) Gautam Adani

c) Mukesh Ambani

d) Anil Ambani

9. Name the oldest Olympic champion of Hungarian Waterpolo team who died recently.

a) Sandor Tarics

b) Bonnie Blair

c) Jesse Owens

d) Eddie Eagan

10. Which country won the 2016 Thomas Cup badminton tournament?

a) China

b) The Netherlands

c) Denmark

d) Indonesia

11. Name the football club that won the 2016 Federation Cup title for the 14th time.

a) Aizwal FC

b) Mohun Bagan

c) Bengaluru FC

d) Sporting Clube de Goa

12. Which multilateral agency launched the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility?

a) World Bank

b) International Monetary Fund

c) New Development Bank

d) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

13. Which country won the Uber Cup badminton tournament held in Kunshan, China?

a) India

b) South Korea

c) Indonesia

d) China

14. Who was appointed by the Union Government as the head of committee on defence

expenditure?

a) N K Singh

b) D B Shekatkar

c) Prakash Singh

d) H R Nagendra

15. With which Arab country India signed 4 MoUs/Agreements on defence cooperation?

a) Oman

b) Yemen

c) Saudi Arabia

d) Kuwait

ANSWER

1. (c) Anurag Thakur

2. (c) Ajay Shirke

3. (c) Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad

4. (a) Kiran Bedi

5. (c) It was built at the TATA Advanced Materials Limited

6. (a) Mainstreaming Biodiversity; Sustaining People and their Livelihoods

7. (b) Golden Mahseer

8. (c) Mukesh Ambani

9. (a) Sandor Tarics

10. (c) Denmark

11. (b) Mohun Bagan

12. (a) World Bank

13. (d) China

14. (b) D B Shekatkar

15. (a) Oman

1. The Red Line campaign that was in news related to

a) Misuse of antibiotics

b) HIV/AIDS prevalence among children

c) Breast cancer among men

d) Cyber crimes

2. This Indian-American professor was conferred with the US National Medal of Science 2015.

a) Syamantak Payra

b) Rupa Iyer

c) Neela Banerjee

d) Rakesh K Jain

3. As per the World Health Statistics 2016, the global life expectancy for children born in 2015 was

a) 51.4 years

b) 61.4 years

c) 71.4 years

d) 81.4 years

4. As per the World Health Statistics 2016, the life expectancy for children born in India in 2015 was

a) 58.3 years

b) 68.3 years

c) 78.3 years

d) 88.3 years

5. Which country decided to sever 40-year-old diplomatic ties with Iran?

a) Afghanistan

b) Maldives

c) Bangladesh

d) Lebanon

6. This city hosted the 1st World Conference on Tourism for Development?

a) Beijing

b) London

c) New York

d) Mumbai

7. Who was appointed as the new Director of Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular

Biology?

a) Radha Binod Barman

b) Rakesh Kumar Mishra

c) Radha Kumar

d) Susmita Pandey

8. Who of the following were appointed by United Nations as special envoys for El Nino and climate?

a) Mary Robinson

b) Macharia Kamau

c) Allen Gore

d) Both (a) and (b)

9. Phalodi in Rajasthan on 19 May 2016 recorded 51 degrees Celsius- the highest temperature

recorded in India since 1956. The previous high of 50.6 degrees Celsius was recorded in

a) Alwar

b) Jaipur

c) Kota

d) Bharatpur

10. Which country hosted the meeting of G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors?

a) Germany

b) Canada

c) Japan

d) China

ANSWERS

1. (a) Misuse of antibiotics

2. (d) Rakesh K Jain

3. (c) 71.4 years

4. (b) 68.3 years

5. (b) Maldives

6. (a) Beijing

7. (b) Rakesh Kumar Mishra

8. (d) Both (a) and (b)

9. (a) Alwar

10. (c) Japan

1. Which State government has proposed to the Centre for amending the NDRF norms for heat

wave victims?

a) Gujarat

b) Maharashtra

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Madhya Pradesh

2. Which Indian athlete bagged his/her second gold by winning the women's 200 metres race at

the Taiwan Open Athletics Championships?

a) Anil Kumar Prakash

b) Dutee Chand

c) Shiny Abraham

d) Tintu Lukka

3. Market regulator tightened the norm for this category of instrument to check money laundering?

a) Forward Contracts

b) Future Contracts

c) Participatory Notes

d) Options

4. A joint working group of Odisha recommended setting up Electric Locomotive Periodic Overhaul

(ELPO) workshop in which district of the state?

a) Keonjhar

b) Ganjam

c) Mayurbhanj

d) Kalahandi

5. Which Emmy award-winning English-born actor died at the age of 96 recently?

a) Morley Safer

b) John Madden

c) Alan Young

d) Sally Field

6. International Museum Day was observed on 18 May 2016 with the theme

a) Museums and Cultural Landscapes

b) Museums for a Sustainable Society

c) Museum collections make connections

d) Museums (memory + creativity = social change)

7. Who is the author of two books - My Favourite Nature Stories and The World Outside My Window

that were released on 19 May 2016?

a) Arundhati Roy

b) Jhumpa Lahiri

c) Ruskin Bond

d) Arvind Adiga

8. Who was elected as the Chief Minister of Kerala by the Left Democratic Front that secured

majority in the Assembly elections?

a) V S Achuthanandan

b) Oomen Chandy

c) Pinarayi Vijayan

d) AK Antony

9. Which State Government released PEHAL, a vision document for raising education standards?

a) Uttarakhand

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Punjab

d) Rajasthan

10. Union Government on 20 May 2016 launched an indigenously developed affordable faecal

incontinence management system. It is called as

a) Qora

b) Zora

c) Kora

d) Nora

11. A team of scientists successfully tested hypersonic superjet technology HIFiRE in the world's

largest land-based testing range in Woomera. The test range is located in

a) Norway

b) Australia

c) New Zealand

d) Japan

12. As per the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Regional Assessments released by the UN,

this many million Indians will be at risk from rising sea levels by 2050.

a) 10 million

b) 20 million

c) 30 million

d) 40 million

13. The US House of Representatives approved a legislation to upgrade defence ties with this

country on par with its NATO allies.

a) Israel

b) Pakistan

c) India

d) China

14. India’s women’s badminton team secured bronze medal in the 2016 Uber Cup. Against this

backdrop, identify the country that hosted the tournament.

a) South Korea

b) Japan

c) China

d) Malaysia

15. Turrialba volcano which erupted recently is in which of the following nations?

a) Chile

b) Costa Rica

c) Australia

d) Mexico

ANSWERS

1. (b) Maharashtra

2. (b) Dutte Chand

3. (c) Participatory Notes

4. (d) Kalahandi

5. (c) Alan Young

6. (a) Museums and Cultural Landscapes

7. (c) Ruskin Bond

8. (c) Pinarayi Vijayan

9. (b) Himachal Pradesh

10. (a) Qora

11. (b) Australia

12. (d) 40 million

13. (c) India

14. (c) China

15. (b) Costa Rica

1. Who of the following was sworn-in as the first female president of Taiwan?

a) Eric Chu

b) Tsai Ing-wen

c) Ma Ying-jeou

d) Wu Po-hsiung

2. Name the cyclonic storm over the west central Bay of Bengal that will strike Andhra Pradesh

coast.

a) ROANU

b) ASHOBAA

c) Lehar

d) HUDHUD

3. The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda launched Centre for Environmental

Health. The centre is a joint initiative between which two foundations?

a) Public Health Foundation of India and the FICCI

b) Public Health Foundation of India and the Teri University

c) Public Health Foundation of India and the Tata Institute of Social Science

d) FICCI and the Tata Institute of Social Science

4. President Pranab Mukherjee launched a software solution named Intelligent Operations Centre

in Rashtrapati Bhavan. The software is designed by

a) Accenture

b) IBM

c) Wipro


5. Which of the following political parties emerged triumphant in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative

Assembly Election?

a) AIADMK

b) DMK

c) INC

d) BJP

6. The 27th series of CORPAT was conducted between the Indian Navy and

a) Sri Lankan Navy

b) Japanese Navy

c) French Navy

d) Indonesian Navy

7. Who has been appointed as the new Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology?

a) Virendra Singh

b) Jagmohan Sharma

c) Rakesh Kumar Mishra


8. Name the Indian journalist who was elected unanimously as the Deputy Mayor of Loughton

town in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2016.

a) V K Krishna Menon

b) Omana Gangadharan

c) Raj Rajendran

d) Philip Abraham

9. Name the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer who was appointed as the Ambassador of India to

Romania.

a) Ashok Chauhan

b) AVS Ramesh Chandra

c) Rupesh Tiwari

d) Sagar Rajora

10. Name the Noted Gujarati folk singer and Padma award winner who passed away in May 2016.

a) Bhikhudan Gadhvi

b) Diwaliben Bhil

c) Sudhir V Shah

d) Dahyabhai Shastri

11. Name the Indian-American biotechnologist who was awarded with the University of Houston’s

Distinguished Leadership in Teaching Excellence Award in 2016?

a) Rita nair

b) Nazeeba Abraham

c) Rupa Iyer

d) Sheela Sharda

12. Which Union Territory released the draft bill on granting Statehood status to it?

a) Chandigarh

b) Puducherry

c) NCT Delhi

d) Andaman & Nicobar Islands

13. Nokia Technologies entered into a 10-year brand-licensing deal with which company to market

Nokia-branded phones and tablets?

a) HMD Global Oy

b) FIH Mobile Limited

c) Alca-Lucent

d) Siemens Technology and Services

14. In which city Apple Inc. will be setting up an iOS App Design and Development Accelerator?

a) Bengaluru

b) Hyderabad

c) Mumbai

d) Kolkata

15. In this city Apple Inc. opened a Development Office to develop Maps for Apple products?

a) Chennai

b) Hyderabad

c) Thiruvananthapuram

d) New Delhi

ANSWER

1. (b) Tsai Ing-wen

2. (a) ROANU

3. (c) Public Health Foundation of India and the Tata Institute of Social Science

4. (b) IBM

5. (a) AIADMK

6. (d) Indonesian Navy

7. (c) Rakesh Kumar Mishra

8. (d) Philip Abraham

9. (b) AVS Ramesh Chandra

10. (b) Diwaliben Gadhvi

11. (c) Rupa Iyer

12. (c) NCT Delhi

13. (a) HMD Global Oy

14. (a) Bengaluru

15. (b) Hyderabad

1. Name the former Union Minister from BJP who opened the account for BJP in the Assembly

Election 2016 for the first time in the Kerala.

a) S Sreesanth

b) Kunnam Rajasekharan

c) O Rajagopal

d) Pinnrayi Vijayan

2. Name the Indian state that inaugurated the world’s largest single rooftop solar power plant with

capacity of 11.5 MegaWatt (MW).

a) Haryana

b) Gujarat

c) Punjab

d) Tamil Nadu

3. Which of the following state was not the part of meeting that was called by Prime Minister to

access drought and water scarcity situations?

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Jharkhand

4. The United States (US) Senate on 18 May 2016 approved a bipartisan emergency funding of what

amount to combat the Zika virus in 2016 and 2017?

(a) 1.9 billion US dollar

(b) 1.1 billion US dollar

(c) 1.2 billion US dollar

(d) 2.5 billion US dollar

5. Who was recently appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of IndiGo?

a) Aditya Ghosh

b) Pankaj Madan

c) Adam David

d) Rohit Philip

6. The revision of the rehabilitation of bonded labour scheme that will be made a Central Sector

Scheme will replace Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act of

a) 1952

b) 1967

c) 1976

d) 1991

7. Who was recently appointed the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework

Convention on Climate Change?

a) Christiana Figueres

b) Noeleen Heyzer

c) Patricia Espinosa Cantellano


8. The Indian 4x100m women's relay team recently broke the 18-year-old national record at IAAF

World Challenge. The event was held in which of the following cities?

a) Amsterdam

b) Beijing

c) Antwerp

d) Berlin

9. Which state government recently decided to launch Green Passage Scheme for orphan students?

a) Odisha

b) Bihar

c) Maharashtra

d) Assam

10. Who was recently appointed as Barco’s Managing Director for India?

a) Rajiv Bhalla

b) Raghunath Roy

c) Pankaj Madan

d) Rohith Philip

11. Who became the first woman Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Lucknow?

a) Manzil Saini

b) Usha Gupta

c) Deepali Yadav

d) Mamta Goyal

12. Which Mobile app platform signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Union Ministry

of Social Justice and Empowerment to benefit Safai Karamcharis?

a) FlipKart

b) Ola

c) Amazon

d) Uber

13. The World Cities Report 2016, Urbanization and Development: Emerging Futures was released

by which organisation?

a) World Health Organisation

b) United Nations economic and social council

c) UN-Habitat

d) Population Council

14. Which Indian car model failed the crash tests conducted by Global New Car Assessment

Programme (Global NCAP)?

a) Honda Amaze

b) Hyundai Eon

c) Maruti Brezza

d) Nissan Sunny

15. Which platform was launched by Income Tax (IT) department to fast track taxpayer grievances?

a) e-suraksha

b) e-nivaran

c) e-sewa

d) e-kalyan

ANSWERS

1. (c) O Rajagopal

2. (c) Punjab

3. (a) Tamil Nadu

4. (b) 1.1 billion US dollars

5. (d) Rohit Philip

6. (c) 1976

7. (c) Patricia Espinosa Cantellano

8. (b) Beijing

9. (a) Odisha

10. (a) Rajiv Bhalla

11. (a) Manzil Saini

12. (b) Ola

13. (c) United Nations economic and social council

14. (b) Hyundai Eon

15. (b) e-nivaran

1. Name the person who will head the five member committee that was constituted by government

to give recommendations on the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) roadmap for

the future.

a) Sumit Bose

b) Arvind Subramanian

c) Urijit Patel

d) NK Singh

2. Which of the following point is not true in context of Draft National Policy for Women that was

unveiled for consultation by Union government?

a) Create eco-systems to encourage entrepreneurship amongst women

b) Create a society in which women attain their full potential

c) Replace National Policy for Empowerment of Women, 2011

d) Guide Government action on Women’s issues over next 15-20 years

3. Name the Indian-American who won the one of two Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards of

50000 US dollar for developing a low-cost electronically aided knee brace.

a) Rajeev Jha

b) Syamantak Payra

c) Swetha Revanur

d) Prashant Godishala

4. India held the first round of Maritime Security Dialogue with which country?

a) Japan

b) China

c) United States

d) Bangladesh

5. State-run power producer NTPC Limited formed Joint Venture with which company to revive

plants of the Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)?

a) Oil India Corporation

b) Coal India Limited

c) Indian Oil Corporation Limited

d) Engineer India Limited

6. Himalayan brown beers came into news after being sighted for the first time after 1999 in

a) Kargil

b) Tundah

c) Dachigam

d) Kupwara

7. Which of the following football clubs won La Liga Champions Parade 2016?

a) Deportivo

b) Real Madrid

c) Barcelona FC

d) Granada

8. Who of the following is the first Chief of Air Staff to fly the indigenously designed and produced

Light Combat Aircraft Tejas?

a) Pradeep Vasant Naik

b) Arup Raha

c) Norman Anil Kumar Browne

d) Fali Homi Major

9. Name the athlete who created history by breaking the national record in women's 3000m

steeplechase event.

a) Anjum Chopra

b) Sudha Singh

c) Lalita Babar

d) Geeta Singh

10. Identify one of the discoverers of Neptune's rings who died recently.

a) Andre Brahic

b) William Hubbard

c) Zard William


11. The SBI proposed to merge which public sector bank with itself along with its 5 associate

banks?

a) Bharatiya Mahila Bank

b) Andhra Bank

c) Bank of Baroda

d) Union Bank of India

12. Which bank launched the SmartUp platform to offer banking and payment solutions to start-

ups?

a) ICICI Bank

b) HDFC Bank


d) Axis Bank

13. Researchers of which American university developed world’s first zika virus clone?

a) University of Pennsylvania

b) Harvard University

c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

d) University of Texas

14. Which Indian artist won prize at the 2016 UN poster contest on N-disarmament?

a) Neelima Mehta

b) Anjali Chandrashekar

c) Rani Sharma

d) Sudesh Naik

15. What was the theme of World Hypertension Day(WHD) that was observed across the world on

17 May 2016?

a) Take care of your Heart!

b) Note your pulse rate

c) Know your numbers


ANSWER

1. (d) NK Singh

2. (c) Replace National Policy for Empowerment of Women, 2011

3. (b) Syamantak Payra

4. (c) United States

5. (b) Coal India Limited

6. (a) Kargil

7. (c) Barcelona FC

8. (b) Arup Raha

9. (b) Sudha Singh

10. (a) Andre Brahic

11. (a) Bharatiya Mahila Bank

12. (b) HDFC Bank

13. (d) University of Texas

14 .(b) Anjali Chandrashekar

15. (c) Know Your Customer

1. What was the theme of the 2016 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day that is

observed annually on 17 May?

a) Telecommunications and ICTs: Drivers of innovation

b) Broadband for Sustainable Development

c) ICT Entrepreneurship for Social Impact


2. What is the name of the world’s first robot lawyer that was hired by a US law firm?

a) ROSS

b) TOSS

c) DOSS

d) MOSS

3. Name the South Korean author who won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel

'The Vegetarian'.

a) Ann Goldstein

b) Han Kang

c) Elena Ferrante

d) Orhan Pamuk

4. Who of the following is not a part of the three-member Indian women's archery team who were

named for the Rio Olympics?

a) Deepika Kumari

b) Bombayla Devi

c) Laxmirani Majhi

d) Dola Banerjee

5. Name the UNDP project that has turned testimonies of displaced people in Ukraine into “books”.

a) Living Library

b) Displaced Library

c) Library of Displaced

d) Library of Livings

6. Name the new fund that will be launched at UN World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey

in May 2016.

a) Education is waiting

b) Educate the deprived

c) Education Cannot Wait


7. Who was sworn in as the acting Chief Justice of Tripura High Court?

a) Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei

b) Justice Deepak Kumar Gupta

c) Justice Dinesh Maheshwari

d) Justice Vineet Saran

8. British Royals launched the Heads Together campaign to tackle stigma of

a) HIV/AIDS

b) Mental health

c) Disability

d) Suicide

9. The scientists of which country built the world’s first scanning helium microscope to study

human, animal and plant samples in pristine form?

a) Germany

b) Canada

c) New Zealand

d) Australia

10. Which country launched the Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite on board the Long March 2-D

rocket?

a) Japan

b) South Korea

c) China

d) Malaysia

11. Name the Indian Ph.D student who bagged the European Materials Research Society’s

(EMRS’s) Young Scientist Award at the EMRS 2016 Spring Meeting Lille France.

a) Partha Pratim Majumdar

b) Nandini Bhandaru

c) Usha Barwale

d) Paramjit Khurana

12. Which country won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, the longest-running annual international

TV song competition?

a) Ireland

b) Ukraine

c) Sweden

d) France

13. Who was recently appointed the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court?

a) Justice Deepak Gupta

b) Justice Vaiphie

c) Justice Kumar Vyomkesh

d) Justice Navin Sinha

14. Identify the pair that won the 2016 Italian Open women’s doubles title.

a) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis

b) Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic

c) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci

d) Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik

15. Who of the following Indian peacekeepers will not be honoured with Dag Hammarskjold Medal

by UN International Peace Keeping Organisation?

a) Head Constable Shubhkaran Yadav

b) Subedar Jagjeevan Ram

c) Rifleman Manish Malik

d) Havildar Amal Deka

Answers

1. (c) ICT Entrepreneurship for Social Impact

2. (a) ROSS

3. (b) Han Kang

4. (d) Dola Banerjee

5. (a) Living Library

6. (c) Education Cannot Wait

7. (a) Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei

8. (b) Mental Health

9. (d) Australia

10. (c) China

11. (b) Nandini Bhandaru

12. (b) Ukraine

13. (a) Justice Deepak Gupta

14. (a) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis

15. (b) Subedar Jagjeevan Ram

1. Name the first Indian who has been honoured with the IAF Hall of Fame award 2016?

a) Shubhkaran Yadav

b) Amal Deka

c) Joseph Matthew

d) Udupi Ramachandra Rao

2. What was the theme of the 2016 International Day of Families that is celebrated annually on 15

May?

a) Men in charge? Gender equality and children's rights in contemporary families

b) Advancing Social Integration and Intergenerational Solidarity

c) Families, healthy lives and sustainable future

d) Families and Persons with Disabilities

3. Who of the following won his first Italian Open Men's Singles Tennis title?

a) Roger Federer

b) Andy Murray

c) Novak Djokovic

d) Rafael Nadal

4. Which indigenously developed Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile was test fired from the

complex of Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast?

a) Ashwin

b) Prithvi-II

c) Agni-I

d) Akash

5. Who of the following won Italian Open Women's Singles Tennis title?

a) Victoria Azarenka

b) Ana Ivanovic

c) Maria Sharapova

d) Serena Williams

6. Which Indian Justice was appointed as deputy chairman of FIFA’s Governance Committee in

May 2016?

a) Jagdish Sharan Verma

b) P. Sathasivam

c) Mukul Mudgal

d) Altamas Kabir

7. Which four minute documentary film on girl child education from India has been invited for

special screening at the 42nd Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), Washington DC?

a) Atmaja

b) Beti

c) Kanya

d) Duhita

8. Who of the following women’s squash team was the winner of the 18th Asian Team squash

championships played at Taipei in Chinese Taipei?

a) Indian team

b) Malaysian team

c) Pakistani team

d) Hong Kong team

9. Who of the following men’s squash team was the winner of the 18th Asian Team squash

championships played at Taipei in Chinese Taipei?

a) Indian team

b) Malaysian team

c) Pakistani team

d) Hong Kong team

10. Name the Dutch teenager who became Formula One's youngest race winner after winning the

Spanish Grand Prix.

a) Kimi Raikkonen

b) Max Verstappen

c) Giedo van der Garde

d) Michael Bleekemolen

11. Name the former Test cricketer, the first Indian to score a memorable ton in his debut innings,

who died Ahmedabad aged 87.

a) Deepak Shodhan

b) MJ Gopalan

c) Rustomji Jamshedji

d) Vinoo Mankad

12. The Union Government decided to replace 5-year plans with 15-year vision documents which

for the first time will include

a) Communal peace

b) Regional Development

c) Internal Security & Defence

d) Climate Change

13. Who among the following was appointed as a current player representative in the ICC Cricket

Committee for a 3-year term?

a) Rahul Dravid

b) Mahela Jayawardena

c) Anil Kumble

d) Mark Taylor

14. Who was re-elected as the chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee for another 3-year term

until 2018?

a) Shashank Manohar

b) Anil Kumble

c) Tim May

d) Ravi Shastri

15. In which European country the USA launched a new ground-based missile defense system?

a) Romania

b) Poland

c) France

d) Bulgaria

ANSWERS

1. (d) Udupi Ramachandra Rao

2. (c) Families, healthy lives and sustainable future

3. (b) Andy Murray

4. (a) Ashwin

5. (d) Serena Williams

6. (c) Mukul Mudgal

7. (b) Beti

8. (b) Malaysian team

9. (c) Pakistani team

10. (b) Max Verstappen

11. (a) Deepak Shodhan

12. (c) Internal Security & Peace

13. (a) Rahul Dravid

14. (b) Anil Kumble

15. (a) Romania

1. Name the state that had decided to introduce statewide police emergency facility number dial

100 on 2 October 2016.

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Bihar

c) West Bengal

d) Nagaland

2. Name the pharmaceutical corporation that in May 2016 took steps to block its drugs from use in

lethal injections.

a) Novartis

b) GlaxoSmithKline

c) Pfizer Inc

d) Daiichi Sankyo

3. Name the E-commerce giant that was accused by Wildlife SOS of selling wildlife specimens,

including an array of wildlife trophies, snares and manuals on hunting.

a) Amazon

b) Flipkart

c) Alibaba

d) Snapdeal

4. The Reserve Bank of India on 13 May 2016 said that entities from how many countries will

require its prior approval to establish branch office or project office in India.

a) Five

b) Seven

c) Nine

d) Eleven

5. Name the orgnaisation that has decided to tighten due diligence requirements for issuance and

transfer of controversy-ridden P-Notes and put the onus on investors to ensure compliance with anti-

money laundering law.

a) Financial Stability and Development Council

b) Securities and Exchange Board of India

c) Reserve Bank of India

d) Forward Markets Commission

6. Name the World’s largest cargo aircraft that landed at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International

airport for a stopover on the way to Australia from Turkmenistan on 13 May 2016.

a) Lockheed C-5 Galaxy

b) Antonov An-225

c) Antonov An-22

d) Ilyushin Il-76

7. Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Science under the Union Ministry of AYUSH in May

2016 started a Tribal Health Care Research Project in a district of In Himachal Pradesh. Name it-

a) Rajgarh

b) Kasauli

c) Shimla

d) Lahaul-Spiti

8. Ritu Rani whose name was recommended for Arjuna Award by a sports body of India is related

to which sport?

a) Hockey

b) Cricket

c) Badminton

d) Kha Kho

9. Name the former captain of Indian cricket team, who on 13 May 2016 was appointed ICC

Cricket Committee chairman for a second term of three years.

a) Saurav Ganguly

b) Anil Kumble

c) Rahul Dravid

d) Sachin Tendulkar

10. Name the World’s oldest person who died on 14 May 2016 dies in New York at age 116.

a) Tane Ikai

b) Susannah Mushatt Jones

c) Emma Morano

d) Gertrude Weaver

ANSWER

1. (a) Uttar Pradesh

2. (c) Pfizer Inc

3. (a) Amazon

4. (b) Seven

5. (b) Securities and Exchange Board of India

6. (b) Antonov An-225

7. (d) Lahaul-Spiti

8. (a) Hockey

9. (b) Anil Kumble

10. (b) Susannah Mushatt Jones

1. Who of the following was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court on 14 May

2016?

a) Justice Vineet Saran

b) Justice AK Patnaik

c) Justice Naveen Sinha

d) Justice Virender Singh

2. The Prime Minister along with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on 14 May 2016

released a Declaration' at Ninora village in Ujjain. Name it.

a) Simhastha

b) Indo-Lanka Declaration

c) Declaration of Peace

d) Tamil Declaration

3. Name the state that on 13 May 2016 notified its Backward Classes (Reservation in Services and

Admission in Educational Institutions) Act 2016.

a) Bihar

b) Gujarat

c) Haryana

d) Odisha

4. Name the woman who on 13 May 2016 was named as the FIFA’s first female Secretary General

(SG).

a) Helen Clark

b) Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura

c) Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed

d) Patricia Scotland

5. Who headed the committee appointed by Haryana Government that on 13 May 2016 submitted

its report on Jat Quota agitation to Chief Minister Manohar Lal?

a) B B Tandon

b) Madhukar Gupta

c) H R Nagendra

d) Parkash Singh

6. Name the country that on 13 May 2016 passed a comprehensive bill on Opioid abuse by young

athletes and babies.

a) Germany

b) United States

c) Britain

d) Russia

7. World Health Organization in its urban air quality database released on 12 May 2016 claimed

that Zabol is the world’s most polluted city in terms of air quality. Zabol is a city of which country?

a) Iran

b) Nigeria

c) China

d) Russia

8. Which of the following Indian city is not part of four of the five cities in the world with the worst

air pollution as claimed by WHO’s urban air quality database released in 12 May 2016?

a) Gwalior

b) Allahabad

c) Patna

d) Ahmedabad

9. Name the state that on 12 May 2016 decided to implement caste based reservation policy in

contractual jobs in government and its undertaking.

a) Bihar

b) Jharkhand

c) Odisha

d) Himachal Pradesh

10. Name the Spiritual leader and chief of Nirankari Mission who died on 13 May 2016 in a road

accident in Montreal, Canada.

a) Baba Hardev Singh

b) Baba Avtar Singh

c) Baba Buta Singh


11. India got its Union Cabinet’s approval to sign the inter-governmental agreement with this

country on 12 May 2016.

a) Bangladesh

b) Malaysia

c) Maldives

d) Mauritius

12. The Kenyan government has decided to close World's biggest refugee camp that houses an

estimated 328000 refugees mostly from Somalia. Name it.

a) Mae La camp

b) Dadaab camp

c) Kakuma Camp

d) Dollo Ado Camp

13. Hockey India on 12 March 2016 recommended whose name for the Major Dhyan Chand

Lifetime Achievement Award?

a) Shankar Lakshman

b) CR Kumar

c) Chinadorai Deshmutu

d) Sylvanus Dung Dung

14. Hockey India on 12 March 2016 recommended whose name for the Dronacharya Award?

a) CR Kumar

b) Sylvanus Dung Dung

c) V R Raghunath

d) Lal Bokhari

15. Who became the interim President of Brazil following the suspension of Dilma Rousseff on 12

May 2016?

a) Michel Temer

b) Fernando Collor

c) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva


ANSWERS

1. (c) Justice Naveen Sinha

2. (a) Simhastha

3. (c) Haryana

4. (b) Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura

5. d) Parkash Singh

6. (b) United States

7. (a) Iran

8. (d) Ahmedabad

9. (b) Jharkhand

10. (a) Baba Hardev Singh

11. (d) Mauritius

12. (b) Dadaab camp

13. (d) Sylvanus Dung Dung

14. (a) CR Kumar

15. (a) Michel Temer

1. As per a survey conducted by WHO, which city was declared the world’s most polluted in terms

of air quality?

a) New Delhi

b) Zabol

c) Gwalior

d) Beijing

2. Which of the following is not a part of six countries that in May 2016 signed a Multilateral

Competent Authority agreement for the automatic exchange to boost transparency by multinational

enterprises (MNEs)?

a) India

b) Iran

c) Canada

d) Iceland

3. Name the state that on 12 May 2016 declared drought in over 29000 villages of the state.

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Haryana

c) Telangana

d) Maharashtra

4. Name the Indian-American engineer who was appointed as the member of President's Advisory

Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships by President Barack Obama.

a) Manjit Singh

b) Frank Islam

c) Geeta Pasi

d) Nandita Bakhshi

5. Name the famous Indian music composer who on 12 May 2016 agreed to be the Goodwill

Ambassador of the Indian Olympic contingent?

a) Himesh Reshammiya

b) Pritam

c) AR Rahman

d) Vishal Dadlani

6. Who of the following Indian wrestler on 12 May 2016 earned the Olympic quota from India in 74-

kg category?

a) Dharamvir Singh

b) Brijbhushan Singh

c) Narsingh Yadav

d) Sushil Kumar

7. Name the newly nominated member of the Rajya Sabha whose resignation was accepted by

Chairman Mohammed Hamid Ansari.

a) Mary Kom

b) Pranav Pandya

c) Salim Khan

d) Rajat Sharma

8. Which country on 11 May 2016 granted final parliamentary approval to a bill to legalize same-

sex civil unions?

a) Norway

b) France

c) Portugal

d) Italy

9. Who in the second week of May 2016 was appointed the Senior Vice President and Head of

Digital of Mphasis?

a) Yesh Subramanian

b) Vinayak Sen

c) Dinesh Venugopal

d) Rajat Kapadia

10. Identify the two Harbour Defence Systems that were commissioned at Vizag to enhance the

Navy's surveillance capability and response to security threats on 11 May 2016.

a) IUHDSS & MWDC

b) SPS & UIS

c) SPS & IUHDSS

d) UIS & MWDC

11. Name the Parliamentary Committee that recommended an authority on Ganga Rejuvenation

with Prime Minister as its head on 11 May 2016.

a) Public Accounts Committee

b) Public Undertakings Committee

c) Business Advisory Committee

d) Estimates Committee of Parliament

12. Name the community in the western part of India which has the roots of Jewish as per the

study from Tel Aviv University that was published on 10 May 2016.

a) Bene Israel

b) Luso-Indian

c) British Indian

d) Indo people

13. Identify the awards that were given by Union Health Ministry to mark the meritorious services

of nursing professionals in India on 12 May 2016.

a) Florence Nightingale Awards 2016

b) Indian Nursing Awards 2016

c) Medical Service Awards 2016

d) Mother Teresa Awards 2016

14. On Which day the world celebrates International Nurses Day?

a) 10 May

b) 12 May

c) 15 March

d) 13 April

15. SEBI on 12 May 2016 received Union Cabinet’s approval to sign MoU for mutual co-operation

and technical assistance with which country?

a) Bangladesh

b) Sri Lanka

c) Abu Dhabi

d) United Arab Emirates

ANSWERS

1. (b) Zabol

2. (b) Iran

3. (d) Maharashtra

4. (a) Manjit Singh

5. (c) AR Rahman

6. (c) Narsingh Yadav

7. (b) Pranav Pandya

8. (d) Italy

9. (a) Yesh Subramanian

10. (a) IUHDSS & MWDC

11. (b) Estimates Committee of Parliament

12. (a) Bene Israel

13. (a) Florence Nightingale Awards 2016

14. (b) 12 May

15. (c) Abu Dhabi

1. Who of the following was elected as the independent Chairman of the International Cricket

Council on 12 May 2016?

a) Sharad Pawar

b) Shashank Manohar

c) Adnan Zaidi

d) Mustafa Kamal

2. A Parliamentary panel headed by Murali Manohar Joshi in its report on rejuvenating River

Ganga has recommended for an overarching authority headed by

a) Minister of Environment & Forest

b) Minister of Finance

c) Prime Minister

d) Minister of Water Resource

3. How many drug formulations ceiling price was fixed by National Pharmaceutical Pricing

Authority on 11 May 2016?

a) 22

b) 37

c) 54

d) 71

4. Name England’s women cricket team captain, who on 11 May 2016 announced her retirement

from international cricket.

a) Sarah Taylor

b) Katherine Brunt

c) Natalie Sciver

d) Charlotte Edwards

5. The Uttar Pradesh government on 11 May 2016 gave its nod to develop nearly 200-km long

bicycle highway from

a) Agra to Etawah

b) Agra to Mathura

c) Kanpur to Lucknow

d) Aligarh to Agra

6. What was the theme of National Technology Day that was observed across the nation on 11

May 2016?

a) Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan

b) Technology and Skill Development

c) Technology and Farmer Welfare

d) Technology Enablers of Startup India

7. Name the Indo-American woman teahcer who was honored by US President Barack Obama for

her excellent work in the field of education on 11 May 2016.

a) Nina Davuluri

b) Mira Nair

c) Sheetal Sheth

d) Revathi Balakrishnan

8. Who of the following is the author of the book The Drowned Detective?

a) Charlie Jane Anders

b) Emily Henry

c) Neil Jordan

d) Amber Sparks

9. Name the country with which India signed a protocol to amend the convention for the avoidance

of double taxation with respect to taxes capital gains on 10 May 2016.

a) Sri Lanka

b) Mauritius

c) Japan

d) China

10. Who of the following was recommended by Hockey India for Arjuna Award on 11 May 2016?

a) Ritu Rani

b) VR Raghunath

c) Sardara Singh

(a) and (b) both

11. Who of the following was named NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the second straight year on

10 May 2016?

(b) Russell Westbrook

(c) Stephen Curry

(d) Kawhi Leonard

(e) LeBron James

12. Name the famous West Indian commentator who died on 11 May 2016 in Barbados.

(a) Tony Cozier

(b) Johny Cozier

(c) Anthony Matthews

(d) Clive Tony

13. The International Cricket Council on 11 May 2016 lifted the provisional suspension on which of

the following Sri Lankan cricketer?

(a) Angelo Mathews

(b) Kusal Perera

(c) Lasith Malinga

(d) Thisara Perera

14. Who is the author of the book titled Chaos and Caliphate: Jihadis and the West in the Struggle

for the Middle East?

(a) Osama Alomar

(b) Khalaf Ali Alkhalaf

(c) Patrick Cockburn

(d) Oliver Goldsmith

15. A group of scientists on 11 May 2016 claimed that they have unearthed a fragment of the

world’s oldest known ground edge axe. It was found in which of the following countries?

(a) Australia

(b) The United States of America

(c) South Africa

(d) China

Answer.

1. (b) Shashank Manohar

2. (c) Prime Minister

3. (c) 54

4. (d) Charlotte Edwards

5. (a) Agra to Etawah

6. (d) Technology Enablers of Startup India

7. (d) Revathi Balakrishnan

8. (c) Neil Jordan

9. (b) Mauritius

10. (d) (a) and (b) both

11. (b) Stephen Curry

12. (a) Tony Cozier

13. (b) Kusal Perera

14. (c) Patrick Cockburn

15. (a) Australia

1. What was the nickname of the fighter aircrafts Sea Harriers, which was decommissioned by

Indian Navy on 11 May 2016?

a) White Elephants

b) Blue Lions

c) White Tigers

d) The Lioness

2. The decommissioned fleet of iconic Sea Harriers of Indian Navy was replaced by?

a) MIG 29 K

b) MIG 29

c) Su30 MKI


3. The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademark on 9 May 2016 granted the patent

to Gilead Sciences for its drug named Sovaldi, which is used in the treatment of

a) Hepatitis A

b) Hepatitis B

c) Hepatitis C

d) Hepatitis D

4. Who on 9 May 2016 won the Best Indian Destination for Wildlife Award?

a) Chhattisgarh Tourism

b) Madhya Pradesh Tourism

c) Kerala Tourism


5. Who is the author of the forthcoming book titled India vs Pakistan: Why Can’t we just be

Friends? that was in news in the second week of May 2016?

a) Husain Haqqani

b) Nawaz Sharif

c) General Pasha

d) Pervez Musharra

6. Name the world's first holographic flexible smartphone developed by the Canadian

researchers.

a) Smartflex

b) Flexismart

c) Holosmart

d) Holoflex

7. Name the author of the book Who Killed Swami Laxmanananda? that was released on 5 May

2016.

a) Kuldip Nayar

b) Anto Akkara

c) Teesta Setalvad

d) Husain Haqqani

8. Who on 9 May 2016 took charge as Managing Director and CEO of Multi Commodity

Exchange?

a) Mrugank Paranjape

b) Jyoti Samant

c) P K Singhal

d) Dasrath Singhal

9. Which of the following is not the part of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)

whosecertificate of registration was cancelled by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 10 May 2016?

a) Neelanjali Engineering Private Limited

b) Novoflex Tradecom Private Limited

c) Swank Services Private Limited

d) Enol Ventures Private Limited

10. Which of the following is not the part of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)that on

10 May 2016 surrendered its registration certificates to Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

a) Samarth Doshi Investment Co. Private Limited

b) Echjay Overseas Trades Private Limited

c) Profound Exports Private Limited

d) Hari Mahavin Investment Private Limited

11. Which inset letter will be provided on both number panels in the 1000 rupees

denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series – 2005 that will be released by RBI

soon?

a) D

b) A

c) R

d) B

12. Who resigned from the post of president of Union of European Football Associations

(UEFA) after serving for 9 years on 9 May 2016?

a) Artemio Franchi

b) Lennart Johansson

c) Michel Platini

d) Angel Maria Villar

13. How many medals were won by Indian boxers at the 7th Asian Youth Championships-

boxing held in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan on 9 May 2016?

a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) Four

14. The composite floor test in the Uttarakhand legislative assembly that was won by Harish

Rawat on 11 May 2016 was based on earlier similar experiments in which two states?

a) Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh

b) Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand

c) Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

d) Bihar and Andhra Pradesh

15. What is the name of the Malaria vaccine which in a study by American researchers has

shown to offer a protection against Malaria for more than one year?

a) PfSPZ vaccine

b) Mosquirix

c) Okairos

d) Solvadi

Answers

1. (c) White Tigers

2. (a) MIG 29 K

3. (c) Hepatitis C

4. (b) Madhya Pradesh Tourism

5. (a) Husain Haqqani

6. (d) Holoflex

7. (b) Anto Akkara

8. (a) Mrugank Paranjape

9. (c) Swank Services Private Limited

10. (c) Profound Exports Private Limited

11. (c) R

12. (c) Michel Platini

13. (d) Four

14. (b) Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand

15. (a) PfSPZ vaccine

1. What was the theme of the World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) that was observed on 10 May

2016?

a) Energy – make it bird-friendly!

b) Destination Flyways: Migratory Birds and Tourism

c) Stop the Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds

d) Protect us, instead of killing: Migratory birds

2. The Union Government on 9 May 2016 released a commemorative coin of hundred rupees

and a circulation coin of ten rupees for whom of the following?

a) Bhim Rao Ambedkar

b) Maharana Pratap

c) Swami Chinmayananda

d) Tatya Tope

3. Identify the Indian scientist who won a grant of SGD 3 million by Singapore’s National Research

Foundation to pursue research in the field of congenital and adult cardiovascular diseases.

a) Manikanandan Jha

b) Manvendra K Singh

c) Savita P Kumari

d) Atmatosh Kumar

4. President Obama on 9 May 2016 signed a National Legacy Act into law officially making an

animal as country’s first national mammal. Name the mammal.

a) American Bald Eagle

b) Pallid Harrier

c) Felines

d) American Bison

5. Union Ministry for Water Resources on 9 May 2016 launched nine projects for rural

sanitation initiatives for conservation of River Ganga in Sahibganj of which state?

a) Bihar

b) Jharkhand

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) West Bengal

6. Which Union Ministry on 9 May 2016 launched a web-based application on Integrated Waste

Management System?

a) Environment

b) Finance

c) Rural Development

d) Urban Development

7. Lok Sabha on 9 May 2016 passed the Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2014 that seeks to repeal The Anti-

Hijacking Act of

a) 1996

b) 1982

c) 1984

d) 1972

8. Who on 9 May 2016 was appointed as Additional Solicitor General in Supreme Court?

a) L. Nageswara Rao

b) Satya Pal Jain

c) G.Rajagopalan

d) Atma Ram Nadkarni

9. Name the famous American actor best known for his work as Martin Lane on the hit seriesThe

Patty Duke Show who died on 8 May 2016.

a) Martin Lane

b) Sydney Chaplin

c) William Schallert

d) Justin Matthews

10. For which companies did the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion under Commerce &

Industry Ministry relaxed foreign direct investment (FDI) norms on 6 May 2016?

a) Limited Liability Partnerships

b) Asset Reconstruction Companies

c) Unlimited Companies

d) Private Limited Companies

11. Identify the epidemic that needs an urgent action to end it within the next five years, as per the

new report released by United Nations on 6 May 2016

a) Yellow fever

b) Cholera

c) AIDS

d) None of these

12. Identify the sector in which the RBI released its draft guidelines to tap the licensing of

Universal Banks on 6 May 2016.

a) Public Sector

b) Primary Sector

c) Industrial Sector

d) Private Sector

13. Identify the issue on which RBI released a consultation paper on 28 April 2016?

a) Peer to Peer Lending

b) Financial encroachment

c) Financial deficient

d) None of these

14. Which company announced the launch of its free high-speed public WiFi service at railway

stations of Ujjain, Jaipur, Patna, Guwahati, and Allahabad on 9 May 2016?

a) Google

b) Infosys

c) TechMahindra

d) Yahoo

15. What is the name of the initiative of RailTel that was in news in the first week of May 2016 as

Google launched Free Public Wi-Fi Service at 5 Railway Stations as part of it?

a) Railnet

b) Railwire

c) RailFedility

d) RailWi-Fi

Answers

1. (c) Stop the Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds

2. (b) Maharana Pratap

3. (b) Manvendra K Singh

4. (d) American Bison

5. (b) Jharkhand

6. (a) Environment

7. (b) 1982

8. (d) Atma Ram Nadkarni

9. (c) William Schallert

10. (b) Asset Reconstruction Companies

11. (c) AIDS

12. (d) Private Sector

13. (a) Peer to Peer Lending

14. (a) Google

15. (b) Railwire

1. Name the first Muslim Mayor of London who assumed the office on 9 May 2016.

a) Sajid Khan

b) Aman Ali

c) Sadiq Khan

d) Amzad Ali

2. In which country the bug named Chan's megastick was discovered and declared as the

world's longest insect in the first week of May 2016?

a) Japan

b) Sri Lanka

c) India

d) China

3. Who wrote the book titled Shashi Kapoor – the Householder, the Star that was released on 6

May 2016?

a) Sanjana Kapoor

b) Aseem Chhabra

c) Vivian Kabir

d) Both (a) and (b)

4. Who on 8 May 2016 won 2016 Mutua Madrid Open men’s singles title?

a) Novak Djokovic

b) Andy Murray

c) Rafael Nadal

d) Roger Federer

5. Who on 8 May 2016 won Busan Open Challenger doubles title?

a) Leander Paes and Sam Groth

b) Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana

c) Alex O'Briena and Jamie Murray

d) Mahesh Bhupathi and Kelly Jones

6. Name the state/union territory that on 7 May 2016 accorded minority status on Jain

community by issuing a government resolution (GR) to this effect.

a) Delhi

b) Gujarat

c) Rajasthan

d) Haryana

7. Name the disease for which the United Nations on 6 May 2016 announced the establishment of

the UN Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF).

a) Elizabethkingia

b) Zika

c) Yellow Fever

d) Ebola

8. Biologists of which University on 5 May 2016 released a report titled why vultures matter –

and what we lose if they’re gone?

a) University of Cambridge

b) Harvard University

c) University of Utah

d) Stanford University

9. Name the instrument that helped NASA in detecting presence of Atomic Oxygen in the upper

layers of the Martian atmosphere known as Mesosphere.

a) Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

b) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

c) Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

d) Spitzer Space Telescope (SST)

10. 112, the single emergency number for any emergency throughout India will be operational

from

a) 15 August 2016

b) 31 December 2016

c) 1 January 2017

d) 26 January 2017

11. The Karnataka Government in the first week of May 2016 decided to establish Asia’s first

Rice Technology Park. The park will be established at which of the following towns?

a) Belgaum

b) Gangavati

c) Gulbarga

d) Bidar

12. Identify the Jammu and Kashmir Cricketer who was given the No Objection Certificate (NOC)

needed to get a visa to play in county cricket in the UK.

a) Ahmed Bandy

b) Parvez Rasool

c) Hardeep Singh

d) Mehjoor Ali Sofi

13. Name the state whose Budget 2016-17 will be taken up in Lok Sabha in second week of May

2016?

a) Uttarakhand

b) Bihar


d) West Bengal

14. The meeting of South Asia Initiative to End Violence against Children (SAIEVAC) began in

which Indian city on 9 May 2016?

a) Hyderabad

b) Kolkata

c) Mumbai

d) New Delhi

15. What is India’s rank in crony-capitalism index that was released by the Economist in the first

week of May 2016?

a) Ninth

b) First

c) Third

d) Seventh

Answer.

1. (c) Sadiq Khan

2. (d) China

3. (b) Aseem Chhabra

4. (a) Novak Djokovic

5. (a) Leander Paes and Sam Groth

6. (b) Gujarat

7. (b) Zika

8. (c) University of Utah

9. (a) Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

10. (c) 1 January 2017

11. (b) Gangavati

12. (d) Mehjoor Ali Sofi

13. (a) Uttarakhand

14. (d) New Delhi

15. (a) Ninth

1. Name the person who was declared the new mayor of London on 7 May 2016?

a) Sadiq Khan

b) Salman Khan

c) Balbir Singh

d) None of these

2. Which court upheld cow slaughter ban in Maharashtra and decriminalized the beef possession on

6 May 2016?

a) Supreme Court

b) Bombay High Court

c) Ahmedabad High Court

d) Aurangabad High Court

3. Name the leader who was re-elected as Prime Minister of Ireland on 6 May 2016.

a) Bertie Ahern

b) Brian Cowen

c) Enda Kenny

d) Kenny Adams

4. Who was appointed as head coach of Pakistan Cricket Team by the Pakistan Cricket Board on 6

May 2016?

a) Allan Donald

b) Steve Waugh

c) Michael Athurton

d) Mickey Arthur

5. Identify the Japanese communications satellite which was launched SpaceX on Falcon 9 rocket

from Cape Canaveral in Florida on 6 May 2016.

a) JCSAT-14

b) ICSAT-16

c) JCSAT-16

d) None of these

6. Who was honoured with a special bronze statue by the Switzerland government on 4 May 2016?

a) Rajiv Gandhi

b) Yash Chopra

c) Don Bradman

d) Garry Sobers

7. Identify the bill that was passed by Lok Sabha, to ensure time-bound settlement and create a

unified data base of serial defaulters.

a) The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016

b) The Consumer Protection Bill, 2015

c) The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015

d) None of these

8. Identify the former cricketer who was not in the panel appointed by PCB to help in search of head

coach in 2016.

a) Wasim Akram

b) Ramiz Raja

c) Faisal Mirza

d) Moin Khan

9. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved to allow flexibility in

utilisation of domestic coal on 4 May 2016 to reduce

a) Power Dissipation Cost

b) Power generation Cost

c) Coal Transportation Cost

d) Mining Cost

10. What is the foundation day of Border Roads Organisation of India?

a) 7 March

b) 17 April

c) 7 May

d) 17 May

Answers:

1. a) Sadiq Khan

2. b) Bombay High Court

3. c) Enda Kenny

4. d) Mickey Arthur

5. a) JCSAT-14

6. b) Yash Chopra

7. c) The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015

8. d) Moin Khan

9. b) Power generation Cost

10. c) 7 May

1. Who of the following will be taking the charge of Chief of Naval Staff on 31 May 2016?

a) Robin K. Dhowan

b) Sureesh Mehta

c) Nirmal Kumar Verma

d) Sunil Lanba

2. Name the off-shore patrol vessel (OPVs) that was launched on 5 May 2016 by Goa-based

defence shipyard, Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).

a) ICGS Rajshree

b) ICGS Shaurya

c) ICGS Vishwast

d) ICGS Chetak

3. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill 2016 that was passed by the Lok Sabha on 5 May

2016 incorporates recommendation of the Joint Parliamentary Committee headed by?

a) Anurag Singh Thakur

b) Bhupender Yadav

c) Dr T K Viswanathan

d) Anandrao Adsul

4. Alberta, a place where state of emergency was declared due to massive wildfire on 5 May 2016,

is a part of which country?

a) Canada

b) Bermuda

c) Canada

d) Mexico

5. Name the Indian author who in May 2016 won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for 2016,

for the Asia region for unpublished short fiction 'Cow and Company'.

a) Parashar Kulkarni

b) Kritika Pandey

c) Sumit Ray

d) Vinayak Varma

6. Who of the following was appointed as Director General (DG) of Tihar on 5 May 2016?

a) Ashish Mittal

b) Sudhir Yadav

c) JK Sharma

d) Pankaj Tomar

7. Name the three countries who on 5 May 2016 agreed to conduct coordinated sea patrols and

establish a hotline to combat piracy and kidnappings.

a) Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines

b) Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia

c) Singapore, Malaysia and Cambodia

d) Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam

8. Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu on 5 May 2016 dedicated to the nation a high

speed Wi-Fi hotspot at three Railway Stations. These railways stations are

a) Vijayawada, Allahabad and Raipur

b) Vijayawada, Kachiguda and Raipur

c) Vijayawada, Kachiguda and Adilabad

d) Ahmednagar, Kachiguda and Adilabad

9. The Union Government on 5 May 2016 announced that a Committee on Yoga Education in

Universities has recommended seven programmes for implementation in universities. The

Committee was headed by

a) Suresh Lal Barnawal

b) Neel Kamal

c) HR Nagendra

d) 0P Tiwari

10. Who on 5 May 2016 was appointed as the Chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security?

a) G S Malhi

b) H.R. Nagendra

c) Suresh Lal Barnawal

d) Kumar Rajesh Chandra

11. Name the manufacturing company that commissioned 600 mega watts (MW) coal-based

thermal power plant in Madhya Pradesh in May 2016.

a) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

b) Bharat Electricals Limited (BEL)

c) Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL)

d) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

12. The world's largest unmanned surface vessel that was tested by United States of America (US)

Navy in San Diego on 2 May 2016 named as

a) Metal Shark

b) Sea Hunter

c) Sea Bird

d) None of these

13. Identify the bill that was passed by Lok Sabha which paves the way for unlocking of nearly

41000 crore rupees earmarked for forest land which is lying unspent.

a) The Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016

b) The Coal Mines (Special Provision) Bill, 2015

c) The Compensatory Afforestation Fund bill, 2015

d) The Wild Life Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2013

14. Name the cosmetic company that was ordered to pay 55 million US dollars by the US jury, to a

woman who claimed that company’s talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer on 2 May 2016.

a) Avon

b) LOreal

c) Henkel

d) Johnson & Johnson (J&J)

15. Name the organization whose fundamental principles of official statistics got the approval of

Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 4 May 2016.

a) United Nations Organisation (UNO)

b) World Health Organisation (WHO)

c) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

d) World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Answer.

1. (d) Sunil Lanba

2. (b) ICGS Shaurya

3. (b) Bhupender Yadav

4. (a) Canada

5. (a) Parashar Kulkarni

6. (b) Sudhir Yadav

7. (a) Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines

8. (b) Vijayawada, Kachiguda and Raipur

9. (c) H.R. Nagendra

10. (d) Kumar Rajesh Chandra

11. (a) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

12. (b)Sea Hunter

13. (c) The Compensatory Afforestation Fund bill, 2015

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15. (a) United Nations Organisation (UNO) I

1. Union Minister of State Piyush Goyal on 4 May 2016 launched ‘Contract Labour Payment

Management System’ portal for which public sector undertaking?

a) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)

b) Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC)

c) Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCI)

d) Coal India Limited (CIL)

2. Who of the following was not recommended for elevation as judge to Supreme Court by

Collegium headed by CJI T S Thakur on 4 May 2016?

a) Justice Anil R Dave

b) Justice AM Khanwilkar

c) Justice DY Chandrachud

d) Justice Ashok Bhushan

3. Who of the following senior lawyer was recommended for elevation to judge of Supreme

Court by the Collegium headed by CJI T S Thakur on 4 May 2016?

a) M Sikri

b) Santosh Hegde

c) L Nageshwar Rao

d) UU Lalit

4. Name the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand, whose name was recommended for transfer by

the Supreme Court (SC) Collegium.

a) Justice KM Joseph

b) Justice Santosh Hegde

c) Justice DY Chandrachud

d) Justice AM Khanwilkar

5. Name the country that on 4 May 2016 gave its in-principle approval to Reliance Power

for its first phase of 750-MW gas-based power project.

a) Nepal

b) Israel

c) Bangladesh

d) Nigeria

6. Who on 4 May 2016 took over as the part-time Chairperson of the National Statistical

Commission?

a) Radha Binod Barman

b) S. Mahendra Dev

c) Rahul Mukherjee

d) Rajiv Mehta

7. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) called for immediate transfer of refugees

and asylum seekers out of the Australian-run detention camps on which group of Island?

a) Nauru

b) Manus Island

c) Manus Island and Nauru


8. The European Central Bank will permanently end production and issuance of which of

the following banknotes, as announced on 4 May 2016?

a) 50 euro

b) 500 euro

c) 5000 euro

d) 100 euro

9. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 4 May 2016 gave its approval for

development of two laning with formation of four lane of Shimla Bypass located on

a) National Highway 1

b) National Highway 4

c) National Highway 22

d) National Highway 24

10. The Union Cabinet on 4 May 2016 approved the signing of Memorandum of Co-

operation between Ministry of Women & Child Development and

a) CARE International

b) Amnesty International

c) International Committee of the Red Cross

d) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

11. Which state government will launch Nagaroday Abhiyan on the lines of Gramoday Se

Bharat Uday Abhiyan in July-August 2016?

a) Madhya Pradesh Government

b) Haryana Government

c) Punjab Government

d) Bihar Government

12. Name the Indian State that in May 2016 won the World Summit on the Information

Society (WSIS) 2016 prize in e-Agriculture category.

a) Haryana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Punjab

13. Name the e-enabled application that was launched by Indian railways for proper

monitoring of all the Railway projects throughout the country.

a) Project Management & Information System

b) Project Monitoring System

c) Project Maintenance System

d) None of These

14. Identify the room disinfectant for silkworm rearing houses and appliances that was

commercialized by the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) in May 2016.

a) House Spray

b) Clean Hit

c) Ghar Sodhon

d) None of these

15. The Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was announced in May 2016

by recognizing the scientists and engineers who contributed to the momentous detection of

a) Frictional Pull

b) Kinetic Drift

c) Infra red Rays

d) Gravitational Waves

Answers

1. (d) Coal India Limited (CIL)

2. (a) Justice Anil R Dave

3. (c) L Nageshwar Rao

4. (a) Justice KM Joseph

5. (c) Bangladesh

6. (a) Radha Binod Barman

7. (d) Manus Island and Nauru

8. (b) 500 euro

9. (c) National Highway 22

10. (d) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

11. (a) Madhya Pradesh Government


13. (a) Project Management & Information System

14. (c) Ghar Sodhon

15. (d) Gravitational Waves

1. Name the district of West Bengal whose residents will be voting on 5 May 2016 for the first time

since Independence of India, that is, 15 August 1947.

a) Coochbehar

b) Malda

c) Bankura

d) Murshidabad

2. Name the organisation that in its April 2016 Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and the Pacific

forecast retained India’s growth rate at 7.5 percent for the year 2016.

a) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

b) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

c) World Bank

d) Moody’s Analytics

3. Name the snooker player who on 2 May 2016 won World Championship title of Snooker in

Sheffield.

a) Ronnie O'Sullivan

b) Mark Williams

c) Ding Junhui

d) Mark Selby

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4. Which of the following Union Ministry on 3 April 2016 launched EXIM Analytics Dashboard to

provide an easy access to detailed trade data of the country?

a) Ministry of Commerce and Industry

b) Ministry of Finance

c) Ministry of Corporate Affairs

d) Ministry of Disinvestment

5. Which film on 3 May 2016 won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film?

a) Masaan

b) Baahubali: The Beginning

c) Bajirao Mastani

d) Visaranai

6. Name the actor who on 3 May 2016 was conferred the National Film Award for Best Actor?

a) Ranveer Singh for Bajirao Mastani

b) Amitabh Bachchan for Piku

c) Allu Arjun for Race Gurram

d) Mahesh Babu for Dookudu

7. A group of researchers from which university built the world's smallest working engine named as

Actuating Nano-Transducers?

a) University of California

b) University of Pennsylvania

c) University of Cambridge

d) Indian Institute of Science

8. Who on 3 May 2016 was appointed Managing Director (MD) of Bharti Retail?

a) Rakesh Biyani

b) Yusuf Siddiqui

c) John Matthews

d) Kishore Biyani

9. Who on 2 May 2016 publicly identified himself as the creator of Bitcoin?

a) Craig Steven Wright

b) Satoshi Nakamoto

c) Joseph Thomas


10. Name the cricketer who in the first week of May 2016 signed as brand ambassador for Hublot

watches.

a) Sachin Tendulkar

b) Rohit Sharma

c) Virat Kohli

d) Shikhar Dhawan

11. Name the bank of India that has planned to introduce a performance management system for

its 1.70 lakh employees to build individual accountability.


b) Punjab National Bank

c) HDFC

d) Yes Bank

12. Name Maharashtra’s well-known businessman-politician also called ‘The Man with the Golden

Shirt’ by his friends, who has earned a place in the Guinness World Records (GWR) for owning the

most expensive gold shirt in the world costing 9835099 rupees.

a) Pankaj Parakh

b) Rahul Parakh

c) Siddharth Parakh


13. Name the country that in May 2016 ordered a Canadian Robert Penner living and working in

the country to leave the country within two days after he criticised the government on social media.

a) Bangladesh

b) Pakistan

c) Nepal

d) China

14. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on 3 May 2016 confirmed that he would call an election within

the next week to be held on 2 July 2016. Turnbull is the Prime Minister of which country?

a) New Zealand

b) Australia

c) Singapore

d) Malaysia

15. Name the orgnisation whose new report claims that some 75 million school age children in

crisis areas around the world are in desperate need of educational support.

a) UNICEF

b) UNESCO

c) WHO

d) World Children's Fund

Answer

1. (a) Coochbehar

2. (b) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

3. (d) Mark Selby

4. (a) Ministry of Commerce and Industry

5. (a) Baahubali: The Beginning

6. (b) Amitabh Bachchan for Piku

7. (c) University of Cambridge

8. (d) Kishore Biyani

9. (a) Craig Steven Wright

10. (b) Rohit Sharma

11. (a) State Bank of India

12. (a) Pankaj Parakh

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13. (c) Nepal

14. (b) Australia

15. (a) UNICEF I

1. Name the legendary Cricketer who joined actor Salman Khan and shooter Abhinav Bindra to

become the third Goodwill Ambassador for India at the Rio Olympics 2016 on 3 May 2016.

a) Sachin Tendulkar

b) Virat Kohli

c) Kapil Dev

d) Sourav Ganguly

2. Name the Indian cricketer who was nominated for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Award by BCCI in April 2016.

a) Virat Kohli

b) Ajinkya Rahane

c) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

d) Zaheer Khan

3. Name the Indian cricketer whose name was recommended for the Arjuna Award by BCCI in

April 2016.

a) Shikhar Dhawan

b) Virat Kohli

c) Ajinkya Rahane

d) Mohammed Shami

4. Name the Indian American Sikh woman from California who was elected as the newest national

committee woman of the Republican National Committee on 1 May 2016

a) Sheetal Sheth

b) Harmeet Kaur Dhillon

c) Ruby Dhalla

d) Sonia Mehta

5. Who of the following was named as 2015-16 Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers

Association (FWA)?

a) Jamie Vardy

b) Kasper Schmeichel

c) Danny Drinkwater

d) Danny Simpson

6. Name the football club that on 2 May 2016 was crowned champions of English Premier League.

a) Tottenham Hotspur

b) Chelsea

c) Leicester City

d) Southampton

7. Rajya Sabha on 2 May 2016 passed Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation)

Amendment Bill, 2015 that amends the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, of

a) 1954

b) 1957

c) 1963

d) 1976

8. Which of the following organisation/institution in April 2016 released a report titled ‘Protecting

people through nature’?

a) Global Environment Facility (GEF)

b) World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

c) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

d) World Nature Organization (WNO)

9. Name the country that will be granted conditional approval by European Commission for visa-

free travel within the EU's Schengen area.

a) Turkey

b) Greece

c) Ukraine

d) Iran

10. Who is appointed as the head of a three-member panel by the Supreme Court of India on 2

May 2016 to oversee the functions of the Medical Council of India?

a) RM Lodha

b) HL Dattu

c) P Sathasivam

d) SH Kapadia

11. In which State/Region did the Supreme Court of India banned all diesel cabs from 1 May

2016?

a) Puducherry

b) Delhi-NCR

c) Daman & Diu

d) None of These

12. Identify the two states with which Indian Railways signed a MoU to plant 5 lakh trees alongside

Railway Track on Railway Land Boundary on 2 May 2016.

a) Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh

b) Kerala and Karnataka

c) Haryana and Punjab

d) Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

13. Name the telescope that was used by Astronomers at ESO’s La Silla Observatory to discover

three planets with sizes and temperatures similar to those of Venus and Earth, orbiting an ultra-cool

dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth.

a) NEOSSat

b) PAMELA

c) RadioAstron

d) TRAPPIST

14. Identify the scheme that was launched by PM Modi on 1 May 2016 to provide cooking gas

connections to five crore below-poverty-line beneficiaries over the next three years.

a) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

b) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

c) Jeevan Jyothi Bima Yojana

d) Suraksha Bima Yojana

15. Where Prime Minister Narendra Modi did launched PMUY to provide cooking gas connections

which will benefit the poor, especially the women?

a) Bengaluru, Karnataka

b) Bellary, Karnataka

c) Ballia, Uttar Pradesh

d) Varanasi, Karnataka

ANSWER

1. (a) Sachin Tendulkar

2. (a) Virat Kohli

3. (c) Ajinkya Rahane

4. (b) Harmeet Kaur Dhillon

5. (a) Jamie Vardy

6. (c) Leicester City

7. (b) 1957

8. (b) World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

9. (a) Turkey

10. (a) RM Lodha

11. (b) Delhi-NCR

12. (c) Haryana and Punjab

13. (d) TRAPPIST

14. (b) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

15. (c) Ballia, Uttar Pradesh

1. Name the former Jana Sangh President who died on 2 May 2016 in New Delhi.

a) Balraj Madhok

b) Bachhraj Vyas

c) Raghu Vira

d) Prem Nath Dogra

2. India on 1 May 2016 signed an Air Services Agreement with a country to pave the way for

introduction of direct flights between the two countries. Name the country with which the agreement

was inked.

a) New Zealand

b) Papua New Guinea

c) Belgium

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d) Brunei

3. Indian team on 1 May 2016 bagged one silver and two bronze medals at Archery World Cup at

the Yuanshen Stadium in

a) Shanghai

b) Bangkok

c) Myanmar

d) Lausanne

4. Name the state that on May Day, 1 April 2016, launched the Chandranna Bima Yojana, an

insurance scheme for the working class people.

a) Telangana

b) Bihar

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Chhattisgarh

5. Indian shooters on 1 May 2016 bagged three gold medals and a bronze on the opening day of

the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl of

a) Germany

b) Brazil

c) China

d) Japan

6. MICE, an initiative based on meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions that was

launched by Union Government is related to

a) Tourism

b) Science and Development

c) Namami Gange project


7. Name the Indian-American journalist who was felicitated with a prestigious with Edgar A. Poe

award on 1 May 2016 by US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle in Washington.

a) Neela Banerjee

b) Misha Euceph

c) Indira Somani

d) Nandita Bakhshi

8. Name the first Scorpene class submarine that went to sea for the first time on 1 May 2016.

a) Rahav

b) Tannin

c) Kalvari

d) Khanderi

9. Which of the following is not part of the agreements that was entered between India and Papua

New Guinea on 29 April 2016?

a) MoU in the Field of Health Care and Medical Science

b) MoU for a USD 100 Million Credit Line for development of infrastructure in the island-nation

c) MoU for cooperation in agricultural research

d) MoU on Air Services Agreement

10. Name the IISc professor who, as announced on 29 April 2016, was elected the Fellow of The

Royal Society.

a) Sriram Ramaswamy

b) Ramanujan Hegde

c) Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan


11. International Labour Day was celebrated on 1 May 2016 with theme.

a) Celebrating the international labour movement

b) Celebrate Labour

c) More Labour More rich

d) None of these

12. Who on 1 May 2016 was appointed the new Senior Vice President - Strategy & New Business

Initiatives of Housing.com?

a) Rahul Yadav

b) Jahmohan Reddy

c) Dilip Tuli

d) Vivek Sharma

13. Who on 1 May 2016 won the 2016 Russian Grand Prix, held in Sochi, Russia?

a) Lewis Hamilton

b) Nico Rosberg

c) Daniel Ricciardo

d) Sebastian Vettel

14. Which state government on 29 April 2016 launched Adi Praman, a web-based application for

tribal caste validity certificate?

a) Odisha Government

b) Assam Government

c) Jharkhand Government

d) Maharashtra Government

15. Name the Indian shooter who on 29 April 2016 was named the goodwill ambassador of India's

Olympic contingent?

a) Gagan Narang

b) Abhinav Bindra

c) Paul Cheema Singh

d) Randhir Singh

Answer.

1. (a) Balraj Madhok

2. (a) New Zealand

3. (a) Shanghai

4. (c) Andhra Pradesh

5. (a) Germany

6. (a) Tourism

7. (a) Neela Banerjee

8. (c) Kalvari

9. (d) MoU on Air Services Agreement

10. (a) Sriram Ramaswamy

11. (a)Celebrating the international labour movement

12. (c) Dilip Tuli

13. (b) Nico Rosberg

14. (d) Maharashtra Government

15. (b) Abhinav Bindra

1. Identify the state in which National LED programme UJALA was launched by Union Power

Minister Piyush Goyal on 30 April 2016

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Andhra Pradesh


d) Jammu & Kashmir

2. Name the first south Indian Metro Rail to inaugurate underground corridor on 30 April 2016.

a) Hyderabad Metro

b) Namma Metro

c) Kochi Metro

d) Amravati Metro

3. Identify the endangered asiatic species which were spotted in the nature reserve in northwest

China's Gansu Province ant stood in news in the last week of April 2016.

a) Wild Bore

b) White Peocock

c) Wild dogs

d) None of these

4. For which special programme did NABARD entered into collaboration with German government in

April 2016?

a) Hybrid Variety Yeilding

b) Food Processing and Supply

c) Soil Erosion and Food Production

d) Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security

5. With which country’s three state- owned firms did Reliance Defence sign a strategic partnership

agreement on 29 April 2016?

a) Ukranian

b) Russia

c) Moldova

d) Maldives

6. Who is a women’s rights activist who won the prestigious Mandela - Graça Machel Innovation

Award 2016 on 28 April 2016?

a) Malala Yousafzai

b) Tabassum Adnan

c) Rosa Parks

d) None of these

7. Identify the two Indian Naval Ships which were decommissioned by Indian Navy in the Naval

Dockyard, Mumbai on 28 April 2016.

a) Veer and Vishal

b) Nipat and Vikut

c) Veer and Nipat

d) Vishal and Vikut

8. Who was named as the India’s ambassador in Rio Olympics 2016 along with Salman Khan on 29

April 2016?

a) Sachin tendulkar

b) AR Rahman

c) Milka Singh

d) Abhinav Bindra

9. Which Cricket ground was decided by IPL team Mumbai Indians as their Home ground on 28 April

2016?

a) Visakhapatnam

b) Kochi

c) Rajkot

d) Gawhati

10. Identify her, who was born in Telangana and upon migration to UK in 1970, elected as Mayor of

Lambeth city, South London on 27 April 2016.

a) Ameera Khan

b) Saleha Jaffer

c) Anirudhi Kher

d) None of these

Answers:

1- a) Madhya Pradesh

2- b) Namma Metro

3- c) Wild dogs

4- d) Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security

5- a) Ukranian

6- b) Tabassum Adnan

7- c) Veer and Nipat

8- d) Abhinav Bindra

9- a) Visakhapatnam

10-b) Saleha Jaffer

1. Who was confirmed as 29th test cricket captain of New Zealand cricket Team on 28 April 2016?

a) Kane Williamson

b) Martin Guptill

c) Corey Anderson

d) Tim Southee

2. Name the material with which China developed a new electronic paper of its kind that was in news

in the last of April 2016.

a) Boron Nitride

b) Graphene

c) Carbyne

d) None of these

3. He resigned from the post of head of the Tata Steel sports department on 28 April 2016 –

a) TV Narendran.

b) Anju Bobby George

c) Charles Borromeo

d) None of These

4. For which fields did Union government gave exception in the notification that banned the import of

dogs for commercial breeding on 27 April 2016?

a) Science & Technology

b) Biological Research & Home Domestic

c) Crime detection and Sports

d) Research or Defence purposes

5. Identify the council that organizes the International Dance Day 2016 that is celebrated on 29 April

2016.

a) International Dance Council

b) World Arts Council

c) International Arts & Sports Council

d) None of these

6. Name the cricketer who smashed the fastest T20 century in just 21 deliveries in the Tobago

Cricket Association’s T20 tournament at Louis D’or on 27 April 2016.

a) Chris Gayle

b) Iraq Thomas

c) Darren Sammi

d) Darren Brovo

7. The World Anti-Doping Agency on 27 April 2016 published its second annual Anti-Doping Rule

Violations Report. What is the rank of India in the report?

a) Third

b) Second

c) First

d) Fourth

8. Singapore’s DBS bank on 26 April 2016 launched a mobile-only bank in India. What is the name

of the bank?

a) Mobibank

b) Digibank

c) Both (a) and (b)


9. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on 28 April 2016 inaugurated 100 piped water supply

projects for rural areas. The projects were inaugurated on the birth anniversary of –

a) Sarala Das

b) Kavisurya Baladev Rath

c) Utkal Gaurab Madhusudan Das

d) Gangadhar Meher

10. Name the global information services company that in the last week of April 2016 launched a

fraud detection mechanism named the Hunter Fraud Score.

a) Auriga

b) Sapient

c) Intetics

d) Experian

11. Which of the following paper currencies on 25 April 2016 won the IBNS Banknote of the Year

Award for 2015?

a) New Zealand’s 5 dollar note

b) Sweden’s 20 Kronor note

c) Russia’s 100 Ruble note

d) Kazakhstan’s 20000 Tenge note

12. The International Jazz Day 2016 was observed across the world on 30 April 2016. This year the

day was celebrated by UNESCO at which place?

a) Paris

b) Istanbul

c) Washington, DC

d) Beijing

13. Who was appointed as the Director General (DG) of Railways Protection Force on 28 April

2016?

a) Ravinder Gupta

b) Sumit Singh Yadav

c) Shshank Arya

d) Surender Kumar Bhagat

14. Name the Indian academician who was on 28 April 2016 appointed to the United Nations'

University Council?

a) Shashikala Prasad

b) Radha Kumar

c) Krishnamurthy Iyer

d) Renu Rana

15. The Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare 2016 was observed on which

date?

a) 5 February

b) 20 January

c) 16 March

d) 29 April

Answers:

1- a) Kane Williamson

2 -b) Graphene

3- c) Charles Borromeo

4- d) Research or Defence purposes

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6- b) Iraq Thomas

7- a) Third

8- b) Digibank

9- c) Utkal Gaurab Madhusudan Das

10-d) Experian

11-a) New Zealand’s 5 dollar note

13-c) Washington, DC

13-d) Surender Kumar Bhagat

14-b) Radha Kumar

15-d) 29 April

1. Name the country that on 27 April 2016 announced that its Olympic athletes will wear uniforms

that have been infused with insect repellent to keep mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus at bay.

a) South Korea

b) Japan

c) China

d) Brazil

2. India on 28 April 2016 extended a Line of Credit (LoC) of 1 billion US dollars to which country

during its Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren’s visit to New Delhi?

a) Myanmar

b) Iceland

c) Bahamas

d) Mongolia

3. The Rajya Sabha on 28 April 2016 passed the Industries (Development and Regulation)

Amendment Bill, 2015 that seeks to amend the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act of

a) 1950

b) 1951

c) 1957

d) 1963

4. Rajya Sabha on 28 April 2016 passed the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment)

Bill, 2016 to include certain communities in the list of Scheduled Castes (SC) from how many states?

a) Two

b) Four

c) Six

d) Nine

5. Name the former state minister and senior Congress leader who passed away after a prolonged

illness on 29 April 2016.

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a) Satyendra Pathak

b) Sahib Singh Verma

c) GMC Balayogi

d) Mahendra Karma

6. For the cooperation in which fields did Union Cabinet approved for signing a Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) between India and Papua New Guinea on 27 April 2016?

a) Healthcare and Medical Science

b) Army and Information Technology

c) Defence and Aviation Technology

d) None of these

7. The Industries (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015 which was passed by the

Parliament in April 2016 conform with Supreme Court’s 1997 judgement in which case?

a) Uttar Pradesh Distillery versus Union of India case

b) Goa Distillery versus Union of India case

c) Gujarat Distillery versus Union of India case

d) Bihar Distillery versus Union of India case

8. Which product was brought under the purview of imposing stock holding limits on dealers by the

state governments with the approval of Union Cabinet on 27 April 2016?

a) Paddy

b) Sugar

c) Wheat

d) Barley

9. Which country’s expertise in urban planning will be utilized in the Urban Management

Programme that was launched by NITI Aayog on 27 April 2016 to build the capacities of State

Governments and Urban Local Bodies?

a) Germany

b) Malaysia

c) Singapore

d) China

10. Union Government decided to extend the ceasefire with NSCN(R) for a further period of how

many years with effect from 28 April 2016?

a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) Four

11. Rajya Sabha on 28 April 2016 passed the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order

(Amendment) Bill, 2016 seeks to amend Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order of

a) 1950

b) 1956

c) 1972

d) 1998

12. Who was appointed as amicus curiae by the Supreme Court to explore how the

recommendations of the Justice RM Lodha committee could be implemented?

a) Hari Ramchandra Gokhle

b) P Govinda Menon

c) KT Harinhanath

d) Gopal Subramanium

13. Name the Chinese human rights activist and founder of Laogai Research Foundation who died

on 26 April 2016.

a) Harry Wu

b) Xin Wu

c) Falun Gong

d) Robin Wush

14. Japan's Olympic organisers on 25 April 2016 unveiled the new official logos of the 2020 Tokyo

Olympic and Paralympic Games. The logos are designed by

a) Olivier Debie

b) Asao Tokolo

c) Kenjiro Sano


15. Name the Indian athlete who on 27 April 2016, at the first stage of the World Cup in Shanghai,

equalled Ki Bo-Bae's world record of 686/720 in the women's recurve event.

a) Anjali Bhagwat

b) Geetika Jakhar

c) Kavita Raut

d) Deepika Kumari

Answers

1. (a) South Korea

2. (d) Mongolia

3. (b) 1951

4. (b) Four

5. (a) Satyendra Pathak

6. (a) Healthcare and Medical Science

7. (d) Bihar Distillery versus Union of India case

8. (b) Sugar

9. (c) Singapore

10. (a) One

11. (a) 1950

12. (d) Gopal Subramanium

13. (a) Harry Wu

14. (b) Asao Tokolo

15. (d) Deepika Kumari

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1. Name India’s seventh navigation satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System that

was launched by ISRO on 28 April 2016.

a) IRNSS 1G

b) IRNSS 1A

c) IRNSS 1C

d) IRNSS 1E

2. Who of the following was appointed as the chief selector of the Sri Lankan Cricket team on 27

April 2016?

a) Romesh Kaluwitharana

b) Eric Upashantha

c) Aravinda de Silva

d) Sanath Jayasuriya

3. Name the state that on 27 April 2016 decided to increase the punishment for chain snatching up

to 5 years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of 25000 rupees.

a) Bihar

b) Delhi

c) Maharashtra

d) Haryana

4. Name the renowned artist who on 27 April 2016 won the Gold Medal at ninth Moscow Sand

Sculpture Championship titled The magical world of sand 2016.

a) Sudarsan Pattnaik

b) Akhil Rawal

c) Narayan Chaturvedi

d) Krishna Kumar

5. The Union Cabinet on 27 April 2016 approved to enhance investment by Bharat Petroleum

Corporation Limited (BPCL) in which company?

a) India Oil Corporation Limited

b) Bharat Oman Refineries Limited

c) RAY International Oil & Gas Limited

d) Vanguard Engineering & Oilfield Services Limited

6. Name the Kerala cartoonist who passed away on 27 April 2016 and was known for creating

legendary cartoon characters Boban and Molly.

a) Narayan Krishnamurthy

b) PV krishnan

c) VT Thomas

d) Joy Kulanada

7. Name the state that on 27 April 2016 approved five percent interest subvention to flood-hit

traders with effect from 1 April 2016.

a) Bihar

b) Assam

c) Uttarakhand

d) Jammu and Kashmir

8. Who of the following was re-elected as the Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile on

27 April 2016 for the second consecutive time.

a) Sonam Chhopel

b) Lobsang Sangey

c) Pempa Tsering

d) Lobsang Tenzin

9. Name the two-time Olympic 400-meter hurdles gold medalist champion who on 26 April 2016

announced his retirement.

a) Javier Culson

b) Felix Sanchez

c) Luguelín Santos

d) Naman Keïta

10. A Naval Detachment (NAVDET) was on 26 April 2016 inaugurated by Vice Admiral Girish

Luthra at which island of Lakshadweep?

a) Kavaratti Island

b) Minicoy Island

c) Agatti Island

d) Androth Island

11. Who was appointed as the Expenditure Secretary in the Union Finance Ministry on 26 April

2016?

a) Ajay Narayan Jha

b) Ratan P Watal

c) Ashok Lavasa

d) Suresh Shrivastava

12. Name the country that imposed the sanctions on four sports federations including cricket,

which disallow them to host or bid for any major international tournaments on 25 April 2016.

a) South Africa

b) England

c) Afghanistan

d) Pakistan

13. Which Cricket board was suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in view of

government interference in the board on 26 April 2016?

a) Cricket Australia

b) Cricket Association of Nepal

c) BCCI (India)

d) Pakistan Cricket Board

14. Identify the design of the speed breakers which will be introduced on few highways to act as

virtual speed breakers by the Union Road & transport Ministry.

a) Square design

b) Rhombus design

c) Three-dimensional (3D) design

d) None of these

15. Identify the bench of Bombay High Court that directed the State government to authorise 50

percent water cut for breweries and distilleries in the area with immediate effect and a further 10 per

cent cut from 10 May 2016.

a) Nagpur Bench

b) Pune Bench

c) Bombay Bench

d) Aurangabad Bench

ANSWERS

1. (a) IRNSS 1G

2. (d) Sanath Jayasuriya

3. (c) Maharashtra

4. (a) Sudarsan Pattnaik

5. (b) Bharat Oman Refineries Limited

6. (c) VT Thomas

7. (d) Jammu and Kashmir

8. (b) Lobsang Sangey

9. (b) Felix Sanchez

10. (d) Androth Island

11. (c) Ashok Lavasa

12. (a) South Africa

13. (b) Cricket Association of Nepal

14. (c) Three-dimensional (3D) design

15. (d) Aurangabad Bench

1. Name the research scholar from IIT Kharagpur (KGP) who won the prestigious International

Plant Nutrition Scholar Award in recent past.

a) Ashok Kumar Singhvi

b) K Ashok Kumar

c) Padma Sachdev

d) Khadija Ismayilova

2. Name the Badminton Ace who in April 2016 became the first non-Cricketer to be inducted into

the Legends Club founded by the late Cricket Club of India (CCI) president Raj Singh Dungarpu.

a) Nandu Natekar

b) Rajeev Bagga

c) George Thomas

d) Syed Modi

3. Name the cricketer who was inducted into the Legends Club founded by the late Cricket Club of

India (CCI) president Raj Singh Dungarpu in April 2016.

a) Vijay Hazare

b) Sunil Gavaskar

c) Kapil Dev

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d) Sachin Tendulkar

4. Name the 1982 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh Cadre, who was appointed as the

Information and Broadcasting Secretary on 26 April 2016.

a) Snehlata Srivastava

b) Ajay Narayan Jha

c) Vijay Shankar Pandey

d) Ajay Mittal

5. Who headed the Parliamentary Standing Committee whose report on the Consumer Protection

Bill 2015 was tabled in Parliament on 26 April 2016?

a) Ghulam Nabi Azad

b) JC Divakar Reddy

c) PC Chacko

d) Mallikarjun kharge

6. Who of the following headed the committee that was constituted to revamp Central Board of

Film Certification (CBFC) and submitted its report on 26 April 2016 to I&B minister Arun Jaitley?

a) Shyam Benegal

b) Kamal Hassan

c) Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

d) Piyush Pandey

7. As per the information given in Parliament by the Union Health Minister J P Nadda which

medicine has been conditionally recommended by the WHO for the treatment of Multi drug resistant

TB in adult patients?

a) Bedaquiline

b) Kanamycin

c) Amikacin

d) Capreomycin

8. Which country on 26 April 2016 commemorated the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at

Chernobyl?

a) Ukraine

b) Russia

c) Tajikistan

d) Belarus

9. How many LED bulbs were distributed till 26 April 2016 under the UnnatJyoti by Affordable

LEDs for All (UJALA) scheme?

a) 12 crore

b) 10 crore

c) 13 crore

d) 11 crore

10. Name the Japanese financial services firm that in the last week of April 2016 announced that

India may surpass China in attracting Foreign Direct Investment in 2016.

a) Nomura

b) Nikko Cordial

c) Æon Credit Service

d) Daiwa Securities Group

11. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in the last week of April 2016

sanctioned a loan of 1000 crore rupees to Haryana State Warehousing Corporation for

a) Rice procurement

b) Lentils procurement

c) Wheat procurement

d) Both (a) and (c)

12. Which zone of Indian Railways on 25 April 2016 launched a missed call service for train

updates?

a) Southern Railway

b) Central Railway

c) Northern Railway

d) Western Railway

13. Name the 7-year old Kashmiri girl who will, for the first time, represent India at the World

Kickboxing Championship to be held from 14 November to 19 November 2016 in Andria, Italy.

a) Tajamul Islam

b) Nazia Hasan

c) Sara Ibrahim

d) Mahira Siddqiui

14. Government of which country in April 2016 ordered a two-day working week for public sector

workers as a temporary measure to help it overcome a serious energy crisis.

a) Venezuela

b) Brazil

c) Ukraine

d) Tajikistan

15. Which facility was notified by the Department of Telecommunications on 22 April 2016 in

Mobile Phone Handsets Rules 2016?

a) Panic Button and Global Positioning System

b) Inbuilt Device Pressing Alarm System

c) Mobile Wi-Fi Calling and VoIP Service

d) Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) System

Answer

1. (b) K Ashok Kumar

2. (a) Nandu Natekar

3. (c) Kapil Dev

4. (d) Ajay Mittal

5. (b) JC Divakar Reddy

6. (a) Shyam Benegal

7. (a) Bedaquiline

8. (a) Ukraine

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9. (b) 10 crore

10. (a) Nomura

11. (c) Wheat procurement

12. (d) Western Railway

13. (a) Tajamul Islam

14. (a) Venezuela

15. (a) Panic Button and Global Positioning System

1. What was the theme of the World Intellectual Property Day 2016 that was on 26 April 2016

observed across the world?

a) Traditional Rights and the Virtual World

b) Digital Creativity: Culture Reimagined

c) Innovation, Intellectual Property and Market Structure

d) Make Intellectual Property Your Business

2. Heart of Asia conference with an objective of bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan and

speeding up its reconstruction began on 26 April 2016 in which city?

a) New Delhi

b) Lahore

c) Kabul

d) Beijing

3. Which Oil refining company got green nod for its 694-crore rupees LPG project at Haldia Dock

Complex in West Bengal on 25 April 2016?

a) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL)

b) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL)

c) ESSAR Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL)

d) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)

4. Which country’s cabinet on 25 April 2015approved a law with provision to impeach Supreme

Court judges if allegation of misconduct or incapacity is proved?

a) Sri Lanka

b) Bangladesh

c) Myanmar

d) Thailand

5. Identify the Indian origin wrestler who is set to represent Australia at the Rio de Janeiro

Olympics 2016.

a) Jagadeesh Moodera

b) Sonjay Dutt

c) Mahabali Veera

d) Vinod Kumar Dahiya

6. Name the India's first online interactive portal on the cultural heritage of the country launched on

23 April 2016 by the Union Government.

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a) Sahapedia

b) Together We Learn

c) The Cultural India

d) Sanskritipedia

7. Which of the following countries will host the 2018 Commonwealth Judo Championships?

a) South Africa

b) India

c) Scotland

d) Canada

8. Name the football player who on 25 April 2016 won the Football Players’ Association of India

(FPAI) Indian Player of the Year award.

a) Sunil Chhetri

b) Bikash Jairu

c) Jeje Lalpekhlua

d) Dhanachandra Singh

9. Which of the following players on 24 April 2016 became the first African footballer to win the

Professional Footballers Association’s (PFA) Player of the Year award for the 2015–16 season?

a) Eden Hazard

b) Gareth Bale

c) Luis Suárez

d) Riyad Mahrez

10. Name the founder of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front who passed away on 26 April 2016.

a) Amanullah Khan

b) Ataullah Khan

c) Rehmatullah Khan

d) Ataullah Zafar

11. Name the renowned Freedom fighter who died on 25 April 2016 and was famously known as

Didi of tribal Dang district?

a) Poornima Arvind Pakvasa

b) Bedadyuti Jha

c) Anjali Chandrashekhar

d) Avani Singh

12. Which Bill was passed by Lok Sabha on 25 April 2016 to provide statutory status to the

existing Regional Centre for Biotechnology in Faridabad, Haryana?

a) The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill, 2016

b) National Biotechnology Regulatory Bill, 2016

c) Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016

d) Region Biotechnology Authority Bill, 2016

13. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Madhya Pradesh Government on 25 April

2016 entered into an agreement for research and innovation in preventive health with which

pharmaceutical company?

a) Cadila Healthcare

b) Cipla

c) Sun Pharma

d) Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

14. India on 25 April 2016 started a joint training exercise named ‘Nomadic Elephant-2016’ with

which country?

a) Tajikistan

b) Mongolia

c) China

d) Russia

15. The Lok Sabha on 25 April 2016 passed the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that

seeks to remove the voting rights of a Sikh community in electing Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak

Committee (SGPC) members. Name the Sikh community.

a) Sahejdari

b) Mauna

c) Sindhis

d) Keshdhari

Answers

1. (b) Digital Creativity: Culture Reimagined

2. (a) New Delhi

3. (b) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL)

4. (b) Bangladesh

5. (d) Vinod Kumar Dahiya

6. (a) Sahapedia

7. (b) India

8. (c) Jeje Lalpekhlua

9. (d) Riyad Mahrez

10. (a) Amanullah Khan

11. (a) Poornima Arvind Pakvasa

12. (c) Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016

13. (c) Sun Pharma

14. (b) Mongolia

15. (a) Sahejdari I

1. What is the name of the Andhra Pradesh interim Secretariat complex that was inaugurated on

25 April 2016 at Velagapudi village in capital region Amaravati?

a) AP Government Transitional Headquarters

b) NTR AP Secretariat

c) Andhra Pradesh Secretariat

d) AP Peoples’ House

2. Name the Indian shooter who won the first skeet medal for India at shooting World Cup in Rio

de Janeiro on 25 April 2016.

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a) B. Harihar Banerjee

b) Bhim Singh II

c) Mairaj Ahmed Khan

d) Abhinav Bindra

3. What is the name of the initiative in which the people of Kozhikode, Kerala are silently funding to

feed anyone who is hungry for free, with utmost dignity?

a) Operation No Hunger

b) Operation Sulaimani

c) Feed Ur Fellow

d) None of these

4. Who of the following on 24 April 2016 won men’s single title at the Barcelona Open of tennis?

a) Kei Nishikori

b) Rafael Nadal

c) Alexandr Dolgopolov

d) Roger Federer

5. Who on 24 April 2016 won women’s singles title at the Stuttgart Grand Prix tournament?

a) Angelique Kerber

b) Laura Siegemund

c) Julia Goerges

d) Maria Sharapova

6. Who of the following on 24 April 2016 won the women’s doubles title at the Stuttgart Grand Prix

tournament?

a) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis

b) Samantha Stosur / Sabine Lisicki

c) Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic

d) Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani

7. Name the former Congolese Finance Minister, who was on 24 April 2016 appointed as the

Prime Minister of Congo.

a) Joseph Kabila

b) Pascal Lissouba

c) Mouamba Clement

d) Denis Sassou Nguesso

8. World Immunization Week 2016 was organised across the globe between 24 April and 30 April

2016 with campaign

a) Close the Immunization Gap

b) Immunization for all throughout life

c) Closing the immunization gap

d) Immunization for life

9. Name the Indian Wrestler who on 24 April 2016 secured an Olympic quota place for India in the

men's 57kg freestyle category on the final day of the 1st World Olympic qualifying tournament at

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

a) Yogeshwar Dutt

b) Sandeep Tomar

c) Mairaj Ahmad Khan

d) Dattu Bhokanal

10. Name India’s indigenously built Missile Corvette that participated in the 22nd Indo-Thai

Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) along with a Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft from 19-27 April 2016 in

the Andaman Sea.

a) INS Kamorta

b) INS Kadmatt

c) INS Kiltan

d) INS Karmuk

11. The American natives saw a full moon on 22 April 2016. The moon is also called

a) Full Pink Moon

b) Full Flower Moon

c) Full Strawberry Moon

d) Full Buck Moon

12. What was the theme of the World Malaria Day 2016 that was observed on 25 April 2016?

a) Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria

b) End Malaria For Good

c) Achieving Progress and Impact

d) Invest in the future: defeat malaria

13. Who on 23 April 2016 won the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship?

a) China

b) The Netherlands

c) Russia

d) Scotland

14. Who among the following players on 24 April 2016 won the Barcelona Open Men’s Doubles

tennis title?

a) Marin Draganja and Henri Kontinen

b) Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers

c) Jesse Huta Galung and Stéphane Robert

d) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan

15. Name the actor who won the Dadasaheb Phalke award for the year 2016 in the Best Actor

category (Critic’s Choice).

a) Priyanka Chopra

b) Manoj Bajpayee

c) Irrfan Khan

d) Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Answer.

1. (a) AP Government Transitional Headquarters

2. (c) Mairaj Ahmed Khan

3. (b) Operation Sulaimani

4. (b) Rafael Nadal

5. (a) Angelique Kerber

6. (c) Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic

7. (c) Mouamba Clement

8. (a) Close the Immunization Gap

9. (b) Sandeep Tomar

10. (d) INS Karmuk

11. (a) Full Pink Moon

12. (b) End Malaria For Good

13. (c) Russia

14. (d) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan

15. (b) Manoj Bajpayee

1. What was the theme of the International Mother Earth Day that was celebrated on 22 April 2016

across the world?

a) Don't Be a Water Waster!

b) Remember to Recycle

c) Only you can prevent forest fires

d) Trees for the Earth

2. Which of the following artists is not included in the TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the

World released on 21 April 2016?

a) Robert Downey Jr.

b) Caitlyn Jenner

c) Priyanka Chopra

d) Leonardo DiCaprio

3. Name the famous comedian featured in the famous sitcom Dinnerladies, who passed away on

20 April 2016.

a) Dwayne Electrica

b) Victoria Wood

c) Scarlet Thomson


4. Which Union Ministry launched Twitter Seva on 21 April 2016 to address issues and grievances

of the stakeholders?

a) Commerce

b) Finance

c) Heavy Industry

d) Skill and Enterprise Development

5. Which district of India was not one of the recipients of Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in

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Public Administration in Swachh Vidyalaya category conferred on 10th Civil Services Day on 21 April

2016?

a) Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh

b) Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir

c) Dadar & Nagar Haveli

d) Hazaribagh, Bihar

6. For the first time, a woman named Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson as the portrait

gracing the US $20 bill. Who was Harriet Tubman?

a) An armed scout and spy for the US Army during American Civil War

b) A Jewish writer killed in the Holocaust

c) An American nun

d) Both (a) and (b)

7. Who was elected as the President of Chad for the fifth time on 21 April 2016?

a) Saleh Kebzabo

b) Idriss Deby

c) Laokein Kourayo

d) Hissene Habre

8. Name the music legend who died on 21 April 2016 and was known for his album Purple Rain?

a) Johannes Sebastian Bach

b) Chris Walker

c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

d) Prince Rogers Nelson

9. Who was appointed as the Lokayukta of Goa on 20 April 2016?

a) Justice PK Mishra

b) Justice Basant Sinha

c) Justice Mridula Sinha

d) Justice Laxmikant Parsekar

10. What is the name of the world's lightest synthetic material that ISRO Scientists at

Thiruvananthapuram indigenously developed?

a) Silica Aerogel

b) Blue Air

c) Frozen Smoke

d) All of the above

11. Identify the project for which Pakistan and China signed an agreement on 20 April 2016 to

launch a special satellite to monitor the development of it.

a) China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

b) China-Pakistan Border Development

c) China-Pakistan Strategic Corridor

d) Xinjiang-Karachi Economic Corridor

12. Where the National Anti-Doping Laboratory is located whose accreditation was suspended by

the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on 21 April 2016?

a) Sydney

b) Beijing

c) Moscow

d) London

13. As per the World Malaria Report 2015 released by the World Health Organisation (WHO)

which region became the first in the world to eradicate malaria?

a) North America

b) Europe

c) Asia

d) Australasia

14. Which Indian airline will feature in an official commemorative album that will be launched to

mark Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday celebrations?

a) Air India

b) Indian Airlines

c) Vistara

d) Jet Airways

15. By what percentage Indian economy should grow if it has to become 10 trillion dollar economy

and eliminate poverty by 2032?

a) 8.5%

b) 9%

c) 10%

d) 11%

Answers

1. (d) Trees for the Earth

2. (a) Robert Downey Jr.

3. (b) Victoria Wood

4. (a) Commerce

5. (d) Hazaribagh, Bihar

6. (a) An armed scout and spy for the United States Army during the American

Civil War

7. (b) Idriss Deby

8. (d) Prince Rogers Nelson

9. (a) Justice PK Mishra


11. (a) China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

12. (b) Beijing

13. (b) Europe

14. (a) Jet Airways

15. (c) 10%

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1. What is the new name of the Department of Disinvestment that was given by Union Government

on 20 April 2016?

a) DIVAM

b) AADHAAR

c) DIPAM

d) None of these

2. Name the centrally sponsored sports scheme that in the third week of April 2016 was merged

with the Khelo India programme for development of sports.

a) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan

b) Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan

c) Indira Gandhi Khel Abhiyan

d) Yuva Khel Kendra Abhiyan

3. Name the person who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Board of

Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 20 April 2016.

a) Rahul Johri

b) Sundaram Ravi

c) Ranjan Madugalle

d) Ravi Shastri

4. The Union Cabinet on 20 April 2016 approved signing of an agreement adopted at the 21st

Conference of Parties (COP21) for dealing with climate change. What is the agreement called?

a) Montreal Agreement

b) Paris Agreement

c) Zurich Agreement

d) London Agreement

5. Who on 18 April 2016 won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service?

a) Los Angeles Times

b) Tampa Bay Times

c) Associated Press

d) The Washington Post

6. Which of the following novels won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction category?

a) Hamilton

b) Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America

c) Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

d) The Sympathizer

7. The novel titled The Sympathizer won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction category. The novel is

written by

a) Viet Thanh Nguyen

b) Lin-Manuel Miranda

c) William Finnegan

d) Peter Balakian

8. Which Institution released the World development Indicators 2016 on in April 2016?


b) World Bank Group

c) United Nations Industrial Development Organization

d) United Nations Development Programme

9. Which Indian Woman player was in April 2016 promoted as International Outdoor Umpire by the

International Hockey Federation (FIH)?

a) Saina Nehwal

b) Sania Mirza

c) Mary Kom

d) Durga Thakur

10. Name the Chinese professor who was honoured with George Grierson prize for promoting

Hindi abroad in April 2016.

a) Alka Dunputh

b) Shichiro Soma

c) Ge Fuping

d) Xinping Lu

11. Which Airlines renewed the seven years agreement with the International Cricket Council (ICC)

in April 2016?

a) Singapore Airline

b) TigerAir Airline

c) Emirates Airline

d) Qatar Airline

12. JK Tyre and Industries Ltd completed the acquisition of which tyre, tube and flap maker

company, as announced in April 2016?

a) Kesoram Industries Ltd

b) Apollo Tyres Ltd.

c) Balkrishna Industries Ltd.

d) Cavendish Industries

13. NRI entrepreneur Kartar Lalvani authored a book, which discusses the British rule and its role

in creating a unified India. What is the title of the book?

a) The British India: Unity in Diversity

b) The Making of India: The Untold story of British Enterprises

c) The untold story of British Enterprises: The Making of India


14. US-based power company AES in April 2016 signed an agreement with which of the following

companies to construct a 10 MW energy storage project in Jhajjar, Haryana?

a) Samsung

b) Micromax

c) Panasonic India


15. Who in April 2016 was appointed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tata Steel UK?

a) Rustam Jhunjhunwala

b) Bimlendra Jha

c) Koushik Chatterjee

d) Hans Fischer

Answers

1- (c) DIPAM

2- (a) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan

3- (a) Rahul Johri

4- (b) Paris Agreement

5- (c) Associated Press

6- (d) The Sympathizer

7- (a) Viet Thanh Nguyen

8- (b) World Bank Group

9- (d) Durga Thakur

10- (c) Ge Fuping

11- (c) Emirates Airline

12- (d) Cavendish Industries

13- (b) The Making of India: The untold story of British Enterprises

14- (c) Panasonic India

15- (b) Bimlendra Jha

1. Name the Indian-American who was nominated as the country's next envoy to Chad by the US

President Barack Obama on 19 April 2016.

a) Frank Islam

b) Geeta Pasi

c) Nandita Bakhshi

d) Sukanya Chakrabarti

2. Union Government on 19 April 2016 extended the Beti Bachao Beti Padho (BBBP) Scheme in

additional 61 districts across how many States and Union Territories?

a) 9

b) 11

c) 13

d) 16

3. Which country suspended ‘Business-20’ Anti-corruption taskforce in January 2016 after taking

over the G20 presidency?

a) South Korea

b) Turkey

c) China

d) Mexico

4. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on 18 April 2016 announced a new annual global

home and away league, involving world's leading hockey nations, to be launched in

a) 2017

b) 2018

c) 2019

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d) 2020

5. Name the 106-carat diamond whose name in Persian means Mountain of Light and was in news

in second and third week of April 2016.

a) Koh-i-Noor

b) Darya-i-Noor

c) Noor-ul-Ain

d) Noor-ol-Ain Tiara

6. Identify the British boxer who announced his retirement from the sport on 18 April 2016.

a) Nick Blackwell

b) Gunner Moir

c) William Hague

d) Bombardier Billy Wells

7. Which England’s snooker great declared his retirement from the game on 17 April 2016 after 38-

year career?

a) Nick Pearce

b) Steve Davis

c) Jonathan Birch

d) Surinder Gill

8. By what name the Affordable Plotted Housing Policy 2016 that was notified by the Haryana

Government on 1 April 2016 for low and medium potential towns is known?

a) Gareebi Awas Yojna

b) Urban Housing Project

c) Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojna

d) None of these

9. Which country unveiled S-300 missile system parts at army parade in April 2016?

a) North Korea

b) South Korea

c) Sri Lanka

d) Iran

10. For declaring which animal as vermin did Himachal High Court issued notices to the Union and

state governments on 19 April 2016?

a) Monkey

b) Boar

c) Tiger

d) Deer

11. Identify the Puerto Rican composer and singer who died in Colorado, United States of America

in April 2016.

a) Ismael Quintana

b) Jorge Alberti

c) Paul Bouche

d) Carmen Carrera

12. Which Union Ministry released the report of the Technical Committee on Large Scale

Integration of Renewable Energy on 18 April 2016 in New Delhi?

a) Union Ministry of Finance

b) Union Ministry of Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy

c) Union Ministry of Earth Sciences

d) Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

13. Where the 14th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Russia, India and China was held on

18 April 2016?

a) Delhi

b) Shanghai

c) Moscow

d) Dubai

14. Identify the five time Emmy award winning actress, who died in April 2016.

a) Gracie Allen

b) Eve Arden

c) Lucille Ball

d) Doris Roberts

15. Identify the country with which India signed a MoU to promote cooperation in the field of

Traditional Medicine and Homoeopathy on 19 April 2016.

a) Mauritius

b) Mongolia

c) Malaysia

d) Maldives

Answers

1. (b) Geeta Pasi

2. (b) 11

3. (c) China

4. (c) 2019

5. (a) Koh-i-Noor

6. (a) Nick Blackwell

7. (b) Steve Davis

8. (c) Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojna

9. (d) Iran

10. (a) Monkey

11. (a) Ismael Quintana

12. (b) Union Ministry of Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy

13. (c) Moscow

14. (d) Doris Roberts

15. (a) Mauritius

1. Who of the following was appointed as the chief selector of Pakistan Cricket team by Pakistan

Cricket Board (PCB) on 18 April 2016?

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a) Waqar Younis

b) Wasim Akram

c) Inzamam-ul-Haq

d) Haroon Rasheed

2. A high-intensity earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale struck which South American

country in April 2016?

a) Ecuador

b) Argentina

c) Bolivia

d) Paraguay

3. Name the institution that in April 2016 formed an alliance with the World Bank to make Early

Childhood Development (ECD) programme a global policy.

a) UNICEF

b) UNESCO

c) UNGA

d) WHO

4. The Union Government on 18 April 2016 released the Commemorative Coin and Circulation

Coin to mark the Martyrdom Day of which historical personality?

a) Tatya Tope

b) Nana Saheb

c) Jhansi ki Rani

d) Baji Rao II

5. Name the state that on 18 April 2016 decided to restrict digging of borewells beyond 200 feet.

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Chhattisgarh

d) Rajasthan

6. The 13th session of the Islamic Summit Conference concluded on 15 April 2016 was held in

which of the following cities?

a) Istanbul, Turkey

b) Cairo, Egypt

c) Lahore, Pakistan

d) Rabat, Morocco

7. Which state government on 18 April 2016 decided to make it mandatory to have a hologram on

every alcohol bottle manufactured and sold in the state?

a) Punjab

b) Maharashtra

c) Odisha

d) West Bengal

8. The Brazilian Parliament’s lower house on 17 April 2016 voted in favour of impeaching the

country’s President. What is the name of the President?

a) Eduardo Cunha

b) Jose Guimarães

c) Dilma Rousseff

d) José Sarney

9. Which country in the third week of April 2016 overtook France to become the world's leading

wine producer?

a) Bulgaria

b) Chile

c) Italy

d) Germany

10. Which country will host the 40th World Congress of Vine and Wine and the 15th General

Assembly of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine in 2017?

a) Romania

b) Greece

c) France

d) Bulgaria

11. World's largest wooden Charkha or spinning wheel is proposed to be installed at which of the

following airports of India?

a) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai

b) Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi

c) Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru

d) Chennai International Airport, Chennai

12. Colonel Nizamuddin, who opened a bank account at the age of 116 years and is considered to

be the oldest human alive, was the driver of which Indian freedom fighter?

a) Subhas Chandra Bose

b) Sarojini Naidu

c) Sardar Vallabhai Patel

d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

13. Who was appointed as Director General of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards on

17 Aril 2016?

a) PC Thakur

b) Bhabendra Nath

c) JKSharma

d) Rajender Kumar

14. Identify the project on which Indian Railway used drones for the first time to inspect the

ongoing work in the project on 17 April 2016.

a) Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC)

b) National Water Mission

c) Guwahati Metro Rail Project

d) Lucknow Metro Rail Project

15. Name the institute/organisation that in April 2016 released 2015 Migration and Development

Brief?

a) UNICEF

b) World Bank

c) UNGA

d) WHO

Answer:

1. (c) Inzamam-ul-Haq

2. (a) Ecuador

3. (a) UNICEF

4. (a) Tatya Tope

5. (b) Maharashtra

6. (a) Istanbul, Turkey

7. (b) Maharashtra

8. (c) Dilma Rousseff

9. (c) Italy

10. (d) Bulgaria

11. (b) Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi

12. (a) Subhas Chandra Bose

13. (a) PC Thakur

14. (a) Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC)

15. (b) World Bank

1. Lower house of which country on 18 April 2016 voted to start impeachment proceedings against

its President over charges of manipulating government accounts?

a) Brazil

b) Syria

c) Ukraine

d) Egypt

2. Who on 17 April 2016 became the first Indian gymnast ever to secure an Olympic berth by

garnering a total score of 52.698 points?

a) Dipa Karmakar

b) Payel Bhattacharjee

c) Abhijit Ishwar Shinde

d) Rakesh Kumar Patra

3. Name the veteran Sri Lankan spinner, who retired from T20 and One Day International cricket

on 17 April 2016.

a) Dhammika Prasad

b) Rangana Herath

c) Angelo Mathews

d) Chamara Kapugedera

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4. Name the lady who was appointed as the first female Director General of Police (DGP) of

Gujarat.

a) Sanjukta Parashar

b) Merin Joseph

c) Geeta Johri

d) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

5. The New Development Bank (NDB), formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank, on

16 April 2016 approved its first set of loans valued at 811 million US dollars to create

a) Renewable energy capacity in BRICS nations

b) Smart cities in BRICS nations

c) Procedure to clean main rivers of BRICS nations

d) Both (a) and (b)

6. Which branch of National Institute of Technology on 17 April 2016 formally unveiled

Supercomputer named ‘Param Kanchenjunga’?

a) NIT, Delhi

b) NIT, Sikkim

c) NIT, Rourkela

d) NIT, Srinagar

7. International Day for Monuments and Sites traditionally called World Heritage Day was

observed across the world on 18 April 2016 with theme

a) The Heritage of Sport

b) Heritage of Commemoration

c) World Heritage Convention

d) Heritage, a shared wealth of humankind

8. Name the co-founder of Hero Cycles group who passed away on 14 April 2016.

a) Satyanand Munjal

b) Om Prakash Munjal

c) Brijmohan Lall Munjal

d) Dayanand Munjal

9. What was the theme of the 2016 World Haemophilia Day that was observed globally on 17 April

2016?

a) The Many Faces of Bleeding Disorders – United to Achieve Treatment for All

b) Treatment for all is the vision of all

c) Together, We Care

d) Count Me In

10. Which country on 16 April 2016 won the 25th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup held in

Ipoh, Malaysia?

a) India

b) New Zealand

c) Australia

d) Malaysia

11. Name the tennis player who on 17 April 2016 won the 2016 Monte Carlo Masters title.

a) Gael Monfils

b) Novak Djokovic

c) Stan Wawrinka

d) Rafael Nadal

12. Traces of which element’s isotopes of Supernova were discovered on Moon as per publication

in Physics Review Letters journal on 13 April 2016?

a) Magnesium Isotope

b) Iron Isotope

c) Manganese Isotope

d) Radium Isotope

13. Who won 2016 Formula 1 Pirelli Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai International Circuit on 17

April 2016?

a) Sebastian Vettel

b) Lewis Hamilton

c) Nico Rosberg

d) Daniil Kvyat

14. Who was appointed as the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Mozambique on 15

April 2016?

a) James Bevan

b) Alexander Evans

c) Dominic Asquith

d) Rudra Gaurav Shresth

15. India, Afghanistan and Iran finalized draft of the Chabahar Trilateral Agreement on Transport

and Transit Corridor at a meeting of experts from the three countries on 11 April 2016 held in

a) New Delhi

b) Kabul

c) Tehran

d) Isfahan

Answers

1-(a) 6-(b) 11-(d)

2-(a) 7-(a) 12-(b)

3-(b) 8-(a) 13-(c)

4-(c) 9-(b) 14-(d)

5-(a) 10-(c) 15-(a)

1. Name the award-winning Malian photographer who died on 14 April 2016 at the age of 80.

a) Malick Sidibe

b) Seydou Keita

c) Samuel Fosso


2. Name the Air Force base that was named after former IAF chief Arjan Singh as Air Force Station

Arjan Singh on 16 April 2016.

a) Panagarh

b) Leh

c) Hindon

d) Udhampur

3. Google in collaboration with RailTel, the telecom arm of the Indian Railways, rolled out free Wi-Fi

service at which railway station on 17 April 2016.

a) Ranchi

b) Ernakulum

c) Allahabad

d) Bhubaneswar

4. The second phase of the Delhi government's odd-even car rationing scheme that started on 15

April 2016 will end on

a) 30 April 2016

b) 25 April 2016

c) 1 May 2016

d) 5 May 2016

5. Name the Indian city that was ranked at 44th place in the 50 future-ready cities list released by IT

major Dell on 14 April 2016.

a) Hyderabad

b) Bhubaneswar

c) Delhi

d) Mumbai

6. Which city topped the list of 50 future-ready cities list that was released by IT major Dell on 14

April 2016?

a) Tokyo

b) San Jose

c) San Francisco

d) Beijing

7. Which of the following yojana was launched for widows by the Jharkhand Government on 14 April

2016?

(a) Bhimrao Ambedkar Awas Yojana

(b) Atal Awas Yojana

(c) Mahajan Awas Yojana

(d) None of these

8. Which boxer from India was named as one of the eight ambassadors for the Women’s World

Boxing Championship 2016 by AIBA on 14 April 2016?

(a) Pinki Rani

(b) Mary Kom

(c) Sarita Devi

(d) Aruna Mishra

9. The rules of which year were amended in the Scheduled Castes (SC) and the Scheduled Tribes

(ST) (Prevention of Atrocities (PoA)) Amendment Rules, 2016 those were notified by Union

Government on 14 April 2016?

(a) 2006

(b) 1985

(c) 1995

(d) 1979

10. Who was appointed as the Chairman of the High Powered Group (HPG) to develop a policy

paper on promotion of Pre-Engineered Buildings (PEB) technology by Construction Industry

Development Council (CIDC)?

(a) VK Gupta

(b) S Vijaya Kumar

(c) Anasuya Gupta

(d) PV Rao

11. Where the anti-doping center was located whose accreditation was revoked by the World Anti-

Doping Agency (WADA) on 16 April 2016?

(a) Moscow

(b) Singapore

(c) Delhi

(d) None of These

12. Identify the e-trading platform for the farmers to buy and sell agricultural products online that was

launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14 April 2016.

(a) e- Kisaan Market

(b) e-National Agriculture Market

(c) e-Keth Market

(d) None of these

Answers:

1.(a) Malick Sidibe

2.(a) Panagarh

3.(d) Bhubaneswar

4.(a) 30 April 2016

5.(c) Delhi

6.(b) San Jose

7.(a) Bhimrao Ambedkar Awas Yojana

8.(b) Mary Kom

9.(c) 1995

10.(d) PV Rao

11.(a) Moscow

12.(b) e-National Agriculture Market

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14 April 2016 launched 'Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan’

from which state?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Chhattisgarh

c) Gujarat

d) Delhi

2. The harvest festival, Vishu is the festival of which Indian state that was celebrated on 14 April

2016 with joy?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Kerala

c) Karnataka

d) Mizoram

3. Name the state that on 13 April 2016 launched ‘Mission Drinking Water.

a) Delhi

b) Chhatishgarh

c) Uttar Pradesh

Maharashtra

4. According to IMF Brexit would be a threat for global growth. The term Brexit is associated with

which country?

a) Bolivia

b) Britain

c) Brazil

d) Belgium

5. Kalash (Kalasha), a community of a Dardic indigenous people with a population of around 3000

resides in which country?

a) Pakistan

b) Bhutan

c) India

d) Brazil

6. Who on 14 April 2016 was appointed the President of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the

Arts, which was reconstituted on the same day?

a) Ram Bahadur Rai

b) Chandraprakash Dwivedi

c) Sonal Mansingh

d) Prasoon Joshi

7. Identify the nuclear capable undersea ballistic missile that was successfully test fired on 31

March 2016 from an undisclosed location in the Bay of Bengal.

a) Agni-I

b) K-4

c) Astra

d) Nag

8. Name the cricketer who on 13 April 2016 was named the Wisden's Leading Cricketer in the

World for the year 2015.

a) Brendon McCullum

b) Kumar Sangakkara

c) Kane Williamson

d) Virat Kohli

9. Which state on 12 April 2016 announced the formation of a new Integrated Tribal Development

Agency?

a) Bihar

b) Chhattisgarh

c) Jharkhand

d) Andhra Pradesh

10. Who on 12 April 2016 was appointed the Director General of Haryana Police?

a) K P Singh

b) Yashpal Singhal

c) K Selvaraj

d) Satrujeet Singh Kapur

11. The Union Cabinet was apprised about the MoU signed between India and a country in

September, 2011 on bilateral cooperation in the field of Fisheries. Name the country with which the

MoU was inked?

a) Bangladesh

b) Sri Lanka

c) Pakistan

d) Bhutan

12. According the World Bank’s annual report Migration and Development Brief, which country was

the largest remittance recipient in 2015?

a) India

b) China

c) United States

d) France

13. Name the state or Union Territory that on 11 April 2016 approved its Slum and JJ

Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2015 that focuses on in-situ development for the city’s urban

poor.

a) Delhi

b) Maharashtra

c) Karnataka

d) Rajasthan

14. Identify the Programme under which India and Germany signed an Implementation agreement

for Ganga Rejuvenation on 13 April 2016.

a) Ganga Rejuvenation Programme

b) Holy Ganga Purify Programme

c) Namami Gange Programme


15. Identify the network for which Union Cabinet approved India to become a member to

strengthen relations with the other member countries to safeguard trans-boundary wildlife on 13 April

2016?

a) Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System (WEMS)

b) Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

c) Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network (WFEN)

d) South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN)

Answers

1. (a) Madhya Pradesh

2. (b) Kerala

3. (d) Maharashtra

4. (b) Britain

5. (a) Pakistan

6. (a) Ram Bahadur Rai

7. (b) K-4 Missile

8. (c) Kane Williamson

9. (d) Andhra Pradesh

10. (a) KP Singh

11. (a) Bangladesh

12. (a) India

13. (a) Delhi

14. (c) Namami Gange Programme

15. (d) South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network

1. Identify the poet who on 12 April 2016 was selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for

2015.

a) Padma Sachdev

b) Veerappa Moily

c) Govind Mishra

d) Sugathakumari

2. International Day of Human Space Flight was observed on 12 April 2016 to commemorate a

Cosmonaut’s journey into outer space. Name him.

a) Neil Armstrong

b) Valentina Tereshkova

c) Gherman Titov

d) Yuri Gagarin

3. Who on 12 April 2016 was honoured as the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Month for March

2016?

a) Anirban Lahiri

b) Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia

c) Jeunghun Wang

d) Miguel Tabuena

4. Haryana Government on 12 April 2016 decided to rechristen Gurgaon as

a) Goodgaon

b) Gurugram

c) Gurulok

d) Gur Ka Gram

5. Haryana Government on 12 April 2016 decided to rechristen Mewat as

a) Nuh

b) Meh

c) Mew


6. India on 12 April 2016 agreed in principle to conclude a logistics exchange agreement with

which country under which militaries of the two countries will be enabled to use each other's assets

and bases for repair and replenishment of supplies.

a) England

b) Japan

c) Russia


7. Name the tobacco company that in April 2016 became the first in India to implement the Union

Health Ministry’s Cigarettes Packaging Amendment Rules, 2014.

a) Golden Tobacco Ltd

b) Manikchand Group

c) Godfrey Phillips India

d) Indian Tobacco Company Ltd

8. The Reserve Bank of India on 11 April 2016 granted the first payments bank license to

a) Aditya Birla Nuvo

b) Cholamandalam Distribution Services

c) Airtel M Commerce Services

d) Fino PayTech

9. Who on 8 April 2016 was appointed the Director General (DG) of Bureau of Police Research

and Development?

a) Vikash Dalmiya

b) Padma Sachdev

c) Gaurav K Verma

d) Meeran C Borwankar

10. Name the committee that was constituted on 11 April 2016 to check violations of the Supreme

Court guidelines with regard to content in government advertising.

a) Madhukar Gupta Committee

b) Ashok Lahiri Committee

c) Akhilesh Ranjan Committee

d) B B Tandon Committee

11. Who on 8 April 2016 was appointed the Global Operations President of Lambda Therapeutic

Research?

a) Tausif Monif

b) Madhukar Gupta

c) Hemant Kumar Ruia

d) Salil Kumhar Jha

12. de la Legion d Honneur on 12 April 2016?

a) Joginder Jaswant Singh

b) KV Krishna Rao

c) Dalbir Singh

d) None of these

13. Which eminent south Indian film star received Padma Vibhushan award on 12 April 2016?

a) Kamal Haasan

b) Rajanikanth

c) Chiranjeevi

d) Mamutti

14. Identify the top woman biker of India and the Lady of the Harley who died on 11 April 2016 in a

road accident.

a) Veena Patil

b) Vina Maalik

c) Veenu Paliwal

d) None of these

15. Which mail issued a set of special postage stamps to mark the 400th death anniversary of

playwright William Shakespeare on 12 April 2016?

a) India Post

b) United States Postal Service

c) Deutsche Post

d) Royal Mail of British

Answers

1-(a) 6-(d) 11-(a)

2-(d) 7-(a) 12-(a)

3-(b) 8-(c) 13-(b)

4-(b) 9-(d) 14-(c)

5-(a) 10-(d) 15-(d)

1. The 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on the Tiger Conservation was inaugurated on 12 April

2016 in

a) Moscow

b) Kathmandu

c) Thimphu

d) New Delhi

2. President of which country on 12 April 2016 designated Belmont-Paul Women's Equality

National Monument to honour the women's equality movement in his country and across the globe.


b) India

c) Brazil

d) Russia

3. Name the annual spring military offensive that was launched by Taliban in Afghanistan on 12

April 2016.

a) Omari Operation

b) Operation Zarb-e-Azb

c) Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem

d) Operation Zalzala

4. The two-day G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting held from 10 April to 11 April 2016 ended with

adoption of

a) Nagasaki Declaration

b) Hiroshima Declaration

c) Paris Declaration

d) Berlin Declaration

5. India on 11 April 2016 signed six agreements which country to boost the bilateral relations

between the two countries?

a) Maldives

b) England

c) Germany

d) Ukraine

6. World Homoeopathy Day was observed on 10 April 2016 to commemorate the birth anniversary

of a German Physician. Name him.

a) John Weir

b) Clara Louise Kent

c) James Tyler Kent

d) Samuel Hahnemann

7. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) on 10 April 2016 announced

an increase of 22 percent in tiger population after a century. Which nation is not the part of surveys

done for compilation?

a) India

b) Russia

c) Nepal

d) Pakistan

8. Identify the boxer who in April 2016 won the International Boxing Federation heavyweight title.

a) Charles Martin

b) Sugar Ray Leonard

c) Anthony Joshua

d) Manny Pacquiao

9. Who on 10 April 2016 won the men's singles title at the 2016 Malaysia Open badminton

tournament?

a) Chen Long

b) Danny Willett

c) Peng Soon-Liu Ying

d) Lee Chong Wei

10. Who in April 2016 was crowned the FBB Femina Miss India World 2016 at the 53rd edition of

the Femina Miss India beauty pageant?

a) Priyadarshini Chatterjee

b) Aditi Arya

c) Sushruthi Krishna

d) Pankhuri Gidwani

11. Researchers from China in April 2016 used which element for making an all-weather solar cell

that can generate electricity even during rains?

a) Graphene

b) Nanotubes

c) Fullerenes

d) Diamond

12. Name the 16-year-old Indian-American boy who recently invented a low-cost hearing aid to

help those who cannot afford the expensive devices.

a) Sanjana J Rane

b) Mukund Venkatakrishnan

c) Karan Jerath

d) Onkar Singh Gujral

13. Scientists from which university discovered a way to forecast earthquakes based on tremors or

earthquakes below a Richter scale of 2?

a) Nanyang Technological University

b) The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

c) University of Science and Technology of China

d) University of California

14. Which famous cricketer in the second week of April 2016 was signed by the Union

Government to endorse the I Support Skill India campaign?

a) Kapil Dev

b) Sachin Tendulkar

c) Rahul Dravid

d) MS Dhoni

15. Who on 11 April 2016 was appointed the Chief Financial Officer of Indus Towers?

a) Chirag Dhawan

b) Vikrant Kumar Jhakad

c) Hemant Kumar Ruia

d) Jagmohan Pandey

Answers

1-(d) 6-(d) 11-(a)

2-(a) 7-(d) 12-(b)

3-(a) 8-(c) 13-(a)

4-(b) 9-(d) 14-(b)

5-(a) 10-(a) 15-(c)

1. The United Nations on 14 April 2016 will observe the birth anniversary of which Indian historical

personality and social reformist for the first time?

a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

b) Dayananda Saraswati

c) Swami Vivekanad

d) Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar

2. Identify the format of filing from which the Union Corporate Affair Ministry exempted the housing

finance companies on 11 April 2016.

a) SIDF

b) XBRL filing

c) AIFC

d) None of these

3. Name the former Union Minister and Congress leader from Manipur who died in April 2016 in

Aizawl, Mizoram due to heart failure.

a) NR Laskar

b) C Silvera

c) Purno Agitok Sangma

d) Balram Jakhar

4. At least 110 people were charred to death in a fire accident at Puttingal Devi temple on 10 April

2016 during a festival at Paravur. The temple is located in which Indian state?

a) Karnataka

b) Kerala

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Arunachal Pradesh

5. Name the world number two shuttler of Japan who was axed from his participation in 2016 Rio

Olympics for gambling at an illegal casino.

a) Sho Sasaki

b) Kento Momota

c) Nozomi Okuhara

d) Kenichi Hayakawa

6. Name the country whose rebels and government supporting forces on 10 April 2016 agreed to

abide by the UN-backed ceasefire deal.

a) Syria

b) Yemen

c) Iraq

d) Ukraine

7. India on 10 April 2016 offered to invest up to 20 billion US dollars in a country’s energy industry,

subject to provision of concessional rights. Name the country.

a) Iraq

b) Israel

c) Iran

d) Myanmar

8. Group of Seven (G7) industrialized countries on 10 April 2016 started a two day meet in which

city?

a) Hiroshima

b) Nagasaki

c) Washington

d) Paris

9. Which State government announced two percent employment reservation in various

departments for meritorious sportspersons of the state on 10 April 2016?

a) Jharkhand

b) Bihar

c) Chhatisgarh

d) Andhra Pradesh

10. Who was chosen for the UNESCO or Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2016 in

April 2016?

a) Mazen Darwish

b) Khadija Ismayilova

c) Ahmet Şık


11. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on 10 April 2016 announced that he will resign from his

office this week, blaming politicians’ failure to enact real changes. Arseniy Yatsenyuk is the Prime

Minister of which nation?

a) Belarus

b) Peru

c) Moldova

d) Ukraine

12. The Union Government on 10 April 2016 recommended 1304 crore rupees for drought relief to

which state under National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF)?

a) Maharashtra

b) Bihar

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Telangana

13. Researchers of which country in April 2016 introduced a new approach for making an all-

weather solar cell that can generate electricity even during rains by using Graphene?

a) Japan

b) India

c) China

d) United State of America

14. Name the English professional golfer who on 10 April 2016 the US Masters golf tournament?

a) Danny Willett

b) Jordan Spieth

c) Lee Westwood

d) Arnold Palmer

15. Who on 6 April 2016 was appointed the Head of Lamborghini India Operations?

a) Vincet Parker

b) Sharad Agarwal

c) Himanshu Sharma

d) Vivek Agnihotri

Answers

1-(d) 6-(b) 11-(d)

2-(b) 7-(c) 12-(d)

3-(b) 8-(a) 13-(c)

4-(b) 9-(a) 14-(a)

5-(b) 10-(c) 15-(b)

1. Name the traditional festival that is was celebrated as the New Year by Meiteis (majority ethnic

group) of Manipur on 9 April 2016.

a) Pana Sankranti

b) Sajibu Cheiraoba

c) Jude Sheetal

d) Cheti Chand

2. He took over as the Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal in April 2016?

a) Justice (retd) Permod Kohli

b) Justice Syed Rafat Alam

c) Justice A P Shah

d) None of them

3. The Central Information Commission (CIC) in April 2016 directed the Genetic Engineering

Appraisal Committee (GEAC) to make public the non-confidential bio-safety information for which

variety of the GM Mustard?

a) DMH08

b) DMH09

c) DMH10

d) DMH11

4. Identify the book written by veteran journalist BG. Verghese which explored the Pakistan’s

relations with remaining world.

a) Friendly State: Pakistan

b) A State in Denial

c) Pakistan: A land of Diplomacy

d) None of these

5. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on 8 April 2016 announced an agreement under which a bridge will

be built over a sea/gulf to connect Saudi Arabia to Egypt. Name the sea.

a) Gulf of Aden

b) Gulf of Aqaba

c) Gulf of Eilat

d) Red Sea

6. Name the person who will head the two-member Commission of Inquiry that was constituted on

8 April 2016 to probe conspiracy behind violent incidents during Jat Reservation Agitation in

February 2016.

a) Justice (Retd.) SN Jha

b) NC Padhi

c) Justice (Retd.) L Narasimha Reddy

d) BN Navalawala

7. Name the state that in April 2016 passed its Urban Land (Certification of Titles) Bill, 2016?

a) Rajasthan

b) Bihar

c) Punjab

d) Karnataka

8. Name the first train with all coaches equipped with surveillance cameras that was remotely

flagged off from New Delhi by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on 9 April 2016.

a) Shan-e-Punjab Express

b) Hirakund Express

c) Mangala Lakshadweep Express

d) H Nizamuddin Madgaon Ac Express

9. The Union Government on 8 April 2016 approved country’s first Metrino Pod project for

a) Noida

b) Bombay

c) Gurgaon

d) Hyderabad

10. 25 Ministries/Departments of Union Government in March 2016 signed a MoU on IMPRINT

initiative. Against this backdrop, identify the focus of IMPRINT.

a) Scholarships to economically backward students

b) Technology development involving all IITs & IISc

c) Usage of drones for various economic activities

d) Reducing dependence on global positioning system

Answers

1-(b) 6-(a)

2-(a) 7-(a)

3-(d) 8-(a)

4-(b) 9-(c)

5-(d) 10-(b)

1. Who was appointed as the Andhra Pradesh Government Advisor by Chief Minister

Chandrababu Naidu on 8 April 2016?

a) Baba Ram dev

b) Kodali Venkateswara Rao

c) Hari Krishna

d) Chaganti Koteswara Rao

2. Identify the date on which International Roma Day is celebrated across Organization for Security

and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

a) 8 April

b) 8 March

c) 5 May

d) 21 February

3. How many times the newly discovered supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 1600 is

compared to sun according to a release of NASA in April 2016?

a) 16

b) 17

c) 18

d) 19

4. Name the person who was sworn-in as the President of Kosovo in April 2016.

a) Jakup Krasniqi

b) Hashim Thaci

c) Atifete Jahjaga

d) Fadil Hoxha

5. Identify the person whose name was approved by Vietnam’s National Assembly (Parliament) as

the country's eighth Prime Minister.

a) Jakup Krasniqi

b) Hashim Thaci

c) Nguyen Tan Dung

d) Nguyen Xuan Phuc

6. A copy of the first edition of the original ‘First Folio’ was found at the Mount Stuart House on

the Isle of Bute, off the western coast of Scotland. It contains the plays of which famous playwright?

a) Charles Dickens

b) William Wordsworth

c) William Shakespeare

d) Christopher Marlowe

7. The book titled ‘Endurance: My Year in Space and Our Journey to Mars’ to be released in

November 2017, as announced by the publisher Alfred A. Knopf, is a story of which famous

personality?

a) Scott Kelly

b) Mark Kelly

c) Mikhail Korniyenko

d) Timothy Kopra

8. Which one of the following Indian businesswomen does not find a place among Asia’s 50 Power

Businesswomen 2016 released by Forbes on 6 April 2016?

a) Arundhati Bhattacharya

b) Nita Ambani

c) Vinita Gupta

d) Naina Lal Kidwai

9. ITC Limited on 7 April 2016 announced renewing it’s around 40-year old partnership with which

of the following hotel and leisure companies?

a) Marriott International

b) Fairmont Hotels and Resorts

c) Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc

d) Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

10. Who on 7 April 2016 was appointed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the logistics firm

GoJavas?

a) Vijay Ghadge

b) Jai Vohra

c) Dhirendra Sharma

d) Amitabh Coomar

11. Which of the following online furniture store was acquired by the Future Group in the first week

of April 2016?

a) FabFurnish.com

b) UrbanLadder.com

c) Pepperfry.com

d) Ezaara.com

12. Who in April 2016 took over as Deputy Chairman of Kolkata Dock System under Kolkata Port

Trust?

a) R P S Kahlon

b) M T Krishna Babu

c) S Balaji Arunkumar

d) Arun Kumar

13. What is the name of the book that narrates the story of actor Emraan Hashmi life when his

family dealt with the horrific struggle as his six-year-old son Ayaan battled his way through cancer?

a) The Kiss of Love

b) The struggle around cancer

c) The Kiss of Life

d) None of these

14. Name the American country music legend who died of pneumonia at his home in Northern

California on 6 April 2016, the day was his 79th birthday.

a) Merle Haggard

b) Johnny Cash

c) Buck Owens

d) George Jones

15. Which team topped the April 2016 edition of FIFA or Coca-Cola World Rankings of Soccer?

a) Argentina

b) Brazil

c) France

d) Italy

Answers

1-(d) 6-(c) 11-(a)

2-(a) 7-(a) 12-(c)

3-(b) 8-(d) 13-(c)

4-(b) 9-(c) 14-(a)

5-(d) 10-(d) 15-(a)

1. What was the theme of the World Health Day 2016 observed globally on 7 April 2016?

a) Safe Blood starts with me

b) Vector-borne diseases: small bite, big threat

c) Food Safety

d) Halt the rise: beat diabetes

2. Which State in April 2016 launched Adarsh Vidyalaya project to set up modern schools in

underdeveloped rural areas?

a) Odisha

b) Maharashtra

c) Telangana

d) Rajasthan

3. In which city the 2-day National Summit on Family Planning concluded on 5 April 2016?

a) Bengaluru

b) New Delhi

c) Chandigarh

d) Mumbai

4. As per the WHO’s Global Report on Diabetes 2016, this many million adults were living with

diabetes in 2014 across the world.

a) 222 million

b) 322 million

c) 422 million

d) 522 million

5. The Government of this State/Union Territory decided to build a permanent memorial for former

President APJ Abdul Kalam.

a) NCT of Delhi

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Karnataka

d) Kerala

6. Who won the men’s singles title at 2016 Yonex Sunrise India Open badminton championship?

a) Kento Momota

b) Viktor Axelsen

c) Wan Ho Son

d) Song Xue

7. Who won the women’s singles title at 2016 Yonex Sunrise India Open badminton

championship?

a) Ratchanok Intanon

b) Xuerui Li

c) Yeon Ju Bae

d) Saina Nehwal

8. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) in the first week of April 2016 commissioned a season

wise tiltable canal top solar PV plant in which of the following states?

a) Telangana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Odisha

d) Madhya Pradesh

9. The foundation stone of Haryana State University of Horticultural Sciences was laid in April

2016 at which of the following cities?

a) Gurgaon

b) Panipat

c) Karnal

d) Ambala

10. The International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda was observed on

a) 5 April 2016

b) 6 April 2016

c) 7 April 2016

d) 4 April 2016

11. Where were the two schemes to distribute Energy Efficient Smart Agriculture Pumps & Fans

launched on 7 April 2016?

a) Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh

b) Vellore, Tamil Nadu

c) Pune, Maharastra

d) Khurda, Odisha

12. What is the award period of the 14th Finance Commission, the recommendation of who’s on

fiscal deficit targets and additional fiscal deficit to States was approved by the Union Cabinet on 6

April 2016?

a) 2010-15

b) 2015-20

c) 2014-19

d) 2020-25

13. Identify the cricketer with whose name The Beausejour Cricket Ground in St Lucia of West

Indies was renamed on 6 April 2016.

a) Chris Gayle

b) Dwayne Bravo

c) Darren Sammy

d) Suleiman Benn

14. The Union Cabinet on 6 April 2016 gave the approval to Exim Bank of India for expanding the

framework agreement for increasing export with which country’s central bank?

a) Iraq

b) The US

c) Japan

d) Iran

15. Identify the project for which the Union Cabinet gave its approval which provides for

establishment of National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC) as an independent organization on 6

April 2016.

a) National Hydrology Project

b) National Hydrogen Project

c) National Water Project

d) None of These

Answers

1-(d) 6-(a) 11-(a)

2-(a) 7-(a) 12-(b)

3-(b) 8-(b) 13-(c)

4-(c) 9-(c) 14-(d)

5-(a) 10-(c) 15-(a)

1. Which country on 6 April 2016 won the Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament in men’s

segment?

a) India

b) Vietnam

c) China

d) UAE

2. Which country on 6 April 2016 won the Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament in women’s

segment?

a) India

b) Uzbekistan

c) Kazakhstan

d) China

3. Who on 6 April 2016 was appointed the Chairman of the National Association of Software and

Services Companies (NASSCOM)?

a) CP Gurnani

b) BVR Mohan Reddy

c) Raman Roy

d) Chirag Pandey

4. Name the low cost micro solar device that was launched by Union Government on 5 April 2016

with an aim to provide a reliable access to electricity to rural and urban population.

a) Surya Jyoti

b) Solar Light

c) Suraj ki Tarange


5. The Union Cabinet on 6 April 2016 gave its approval to replace the existing policy on crude oil

import by Oil PSUs and vest the oil PSUs with the power to evolve their own policies. The existing

policy for import of crude oil was approved by the Cabinet in the year

a) 1955

b) 1979

c) 2003

d) 2011

6. Which of the following is not the part of One Rank One Pension (OROP) that on 6 April 2016

received approval of the Union Cabinet for its implementation?

a) The benefit will be given with effect from 1 July 2014

b) The benefit would be extended to family pensioners

c) The pension would be re-fixed every 5 year

d) Arrears will be paid in four six-yearly installments

7. Which nationalized bank’s Working Capital Term Loan (WCTL) to Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd.

(AYCL) will be converted into equity shares as per the approval granted to it on 6 April 2016 by the

CCEA?


b) Union Bank

c) Bank of Baroda

d) IDBI

8. Name the person who was named as Prime Minister of Iceland by the ruling coalition on 6 April

2016.

a) Bjarni Benediktsson

b) Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson

c) Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson

d) Geir Haarde

9. Who was the first Indian to be appointed to Panasonic’s global executive council in April 2016?

a) Kapil Sharma

b) Manish Sharma

c) Alok Malhotra

d) Arvind Kumar

10. Identify the Hollywood actress and screenwriter who died on 5 April 2016.

a) Carlo Mastrangelo

b) Erik Bauersfeld

c) Barbara Turner

d) Chus Lampreave

11. Identify the great Indian Mathematician & Astronomer whose statue was unveiled at UNESCO

headquarters in Paris on 6 April 2016.

a) Varahamihira

b) Raghunatha Siromani

c) Srinivasa Ramanujan

d) Aryabhatta

12. What is the name of the naturally occurring substance with which Indian scientists developed

eco-friendly nanotechnology for water purification?

a) Chitosan

b) Carcinogens

c) Anticarcinogens

d) None of these

13. The Union Ministry of Environment Forests And Climate Change on 5 April 2016 notified Solid

Management Rules, 2016. The new set of rules will replace

a) Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000

b) Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2001

c) Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2002

d) Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2003

14. The Reserve Bank of India on 5 April 2016 announced first Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy

Statement 2016-17. Under this policy, the repo rate was reduced to

a) 7.5%

b) 6.5%

c) 5.5%

d) 4.5%

15. As per study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India’s military

spending in 2015 was

a) 51.3 billion US dollars

b) 61.3 billion US dollars

c) 71.3 billion US dollars

d) 81.3 billion US dollars

Answers

1-(a) 6-(d) 11-(d)

2-(d) 7-(c) 12-(a)

3-(a) 8-(b) 13-(a)

4-(a) 9-(b) 14-(b)

5-(b) 10-(c) 15-(a)

Mission afcat 2/2016 post 40

1. Who was on 5 April 2016 presented with the Award for Excellence as part of National

Geosciences Awards 2014?

a) Syed Ajaz Ahmad

b) Biswajeet Lenka

c) Dr. Muduru Lachhana Dora

d) Prof. Ashok Kumar Singhvi

2. Name the team that topped the ICC men’s Team Rankings in Test cricket that was released by

International Cricket Council (ICC) on 4 March 2016.

a) India

b) South Africa

c) Australia

d) England

3. Name the team that topped the ICC men’s Team Rankings in T20 cricket that was released by

International Cricket Council (ICC) on 4 March 2016.

a) India

b) West Indies

c) Australia

d) England

4. Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate in Red Flag air exercise along with US, NATO and allied

forces that are scheduled to be conducted from 28 April to 13 May 2016 in

a) Luhansk

b) Alaska

c) Lviv

d) Donetsk

5. Name the high court that on 4 April 2016 held that keeping a criminal case pending for indefinite

period amounts to violation of constitutional rights of the accused recognized under Article 21 (right

to life) of the Constitution of India.

a) Allahabad High Court

b) Kolkata High Court

c) Bombay High Court

d) Delhi High Court

6. Name the head coach of Pakistan Cricket team who resigned from his job on 4 April 2016.

a) Wasim Akram

b) Inzamam-ul-Haq

c) Waqar Younis

d) Rameez Raja

7. Who in March 2016 was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Bhartiya Nabhikiya

Vidyut Nigam Ltd (BHAVINI)?

a) Kallol Roy

b) Perumal Chellapandi

c) Manohar Lakra

d) Vikas Saxena

8. Who in April 2016 won the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix title?

a) Nico Rosberg

b) Lewis Hamilton

c) Kimi Raikkonen

d) Nico Hulkenberg

9. Which of the following was adjudged as the top engineering institution in India as per the India

Rankings 2016 released under National Institutional Ranking Framework?

a) Indian Institute of Technology Madras

b) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

c) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

d) Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

10. Which of the following was adjudged as the top management institution in India as per the India


a) Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

b) Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

c) Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

d) Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

11. Which of the following was adjudged as the top pharmacy institution in India as per the India


a) Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune

b) Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi

c) Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal

d) University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chandigarh

12. Which of the following was adjudged as the top university in India as per the India Rankings

2016 released under National Institutional Ranking Framework?

a) University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

b) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

c) Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

d) Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

13. On 1 April 2016, this city became the first in the country to operationalise special purpose vehicle

to execute its smart city initiative.

a) Bhubaneswar

b) Chennai

c) Bengaluru

d) Chandigarh

14. Who was on 2 April 2016 elevated as the managing director of Go Airlines (India) Ltd?

a) Cramer Ball

b) Wolfgang Prock-Schauer

c) Rahul Bhatia

d) Ajay Singh

15. This US-based firm agreed to buy Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s majority shareholding in

Mphasis Ltd. for over 7000 crore rupees.

a) The Blackstone Group

b) The Carlyle Group

c) Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

d) Bain Capital

Answers

1-(d) 6-(c) 11-(c)

2-(c) 7-(a) 12-(d)

3-(a) 8-(a) 13-(a)

4-(b) 9-(a) 14-(b)

5-(d) 10-(b) 15-(a)


1. West Indies on 3 April 2016 won the ICC Cricket World T-20 Men’s Cup 2016 by defeating?

a) England

b) South Africa

c) New Zealand

d) Australia

2. West Indies on 3 April 2016 won the ICC Cricket World T-20 Women’s Cup 2016 by defeating?

a) England

b) South Africa

c) New Zealand

d) Australia

3. Which of the following is not a part of the five agreements which were signed on 3 April 2016

between India and Saudi Arabia during visit of Prime Minster Narendra Modi?

a) Agreement on Labour Co-operation

b) Cooperation between BIS and Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization

c) Cooperation in the Field of Handicrafts for Tourism and National Heritage

d) Handing over three Mi 25 attack helicopters to Saudi Armed Forces

4. India and Germany’s Development Bank KfW on 1 April 2016 signed an agreement to provide

loan assistance of 500 million Euro (about 3750 crore rupees) for the modern and sustainable metro

system for which city?

a) Nagpur

b) Hyderabad

c) Lucknow

d) Patna

5. Name the temple of Maharashtra whose trust on 3 April 2016 barred all persons, men and women

from entering temples sanctum.

a) Trimbakeshwar

b) Shingnapur

c) Aundhya Nagnath

d) Parali Vaijnath

6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 3 April 2016 gifted a gold-plated replica of the Cheraman Juma

Masjid of which state to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud?

a) Kerala

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Assam

7. Identify the Saudi Arabia's highest civilian honour that was conferred on Prime Minister Narendra

Modi on 3 April 2016.

a) The King Abdulaziz Sash

b) The Order of Abdulaziz Class 4

c) Saudi Arabian Sash

d) None of These

8. Who won men's singles title in the 2016 Miami Open that was held at the Crandon Tennis Center

in Miami on 3 April 2016?

a) Rafeal NAdal

b) Novak Djokovic

c) Kei Nishikori

d) Tomas Berdych

9. Where was the finding of a triple-star system that also has a stable orbit planet in it was

published?

a) The Astronomical Journal

b) Nature Journal

c) Life Science Journal

d) None of These

10. Identify the first woman who was sworn in as the Chief Minister (CM) of Jammu and Kashmir

(J&K) at Raj Bhawan in Jammu on 4 April 2016.

a) Syeda Anwara Taimur

b) Shashikala Kakodkar

c) Mehbooba Mufti

d) None of These

11. What is the theme of the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

that was observed on 4 April 2016 across the World?

a) Mine Awareness Mine Action

b) Humanitarian Action is life

c) Mine Action is life action

d) Mine Action is Humanitarian Action

12. Who on 2 April 2016 was sworn in as the 9th President of Vietnam?

a) Tran Dai Quang

b) Truong Tan Sang

c) Nguyen Thị Doan

d) Hitin Kyaw

13. Identify the former A.C. Milan defender and Italy manager who died on 3 April 2016 in Milan,

Italy.

a) Luigi Perversi

b) Francesco Pomi

c) Nils Liedholm

d) Cesare Maldini

14. World’s first White Tiger Safari on 3 April 2016 was inaugurated in which state?

a) West Bengal

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Gujarat

d) Chhattisgarh

15. The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit concluded on 1 April 2016 in which of the following cities?

a) The Hague, Netherlands

b) Prague, Czech Republic

c) Washington, D.C., United States

d) Seoul, South Korea

Answers

1-(a) 6-(a) 11-(d)

2-(d) 7-(a) 12-(a)

3-(d) 8-(b) 13-(d)

4-(a) 9-(a) 14-(b)

5-(a) 10-(c) 15-(c)


1. The Union Finance Minister extended the safeguard duty on import of which of the following

products by two years i.e till March 2018?

a) Steel products

b) Cotton Fabrics

c) Iron Products

d) Wooden Products

2. Researchers from the Purdue University in Indiana in United States achieved a breakthrough by

revealing the first 3D map of the structure of which of the following viruses?

a) Ebola virus

b) Zika virus

c) Rabies virus

d) Hepatitis B virus

3. Who on 1 April 2016 took over as Secretary of Ministry of Urban Development?

a) Rajiv Guha

b) Maithilee Sharma

c) Rajiv Gauba

d) Vivek Saxena

4. Who among the following persons was appointed as the new CEO of Web18?

a) Rajib Guaba

b) Adil Zainulbhai

c) Vivek Saxena

d) Manish Maheshwari

5. Which of the following banks in the last week of March 2016 sold its/their additional stake to LIC?

a) Dena Bank & Andhra Bank

b) Canara Bank

c) Bharatiya Mahila Bank & IDBI

d) IDBI

6. Who was recently appointed as the Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Eastern

Region for the year 2016-17?

a) Umesh Chowdhary

b) T V Narendran

c) Manish Maheshwari

d) Vikas Saxena

7. Who on 1 April 2016 was appointed as the Acting President of Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara

Parbandhak Committee?

a) Sham Singh

b) Gurtej Singh

c) Tara Singh

d) Jagjeet Singh

8. The Parliament of which country in the first week of April 2016 passed a law allowing migrants

arriving in the country to be returned to Turkey?

a) Bulgaria

b) Italy

c) Hungary

d) Greece

9. The UN Security Council approved a resolution paving the way for a UN police force to be

deployed in which of the following countries?

a) Burundi

b) Rwanda

c) Tanzania

d) Democratic Republic of the Congo

10. Scientists of which of the following countries achieved a breakthrough by successfully

transplanting a mice with lab-grown skin?

a) Israel

b) Japan

c) South Korea

d) Germany

1-(a) 6-(b) 2-(b) 7-(c) 3-(c) 8-(d) 4-(d) 9-(a) 5-(a) 10-(b)

Mission AFCAT 2/2016 post 37

1. Name the imprisoned Egyptian novelist who will be conferred the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write

Award, as announced by PEN America on 31 March 2016.

a) Ahmed Naji

b) Idris Ali

c) Ashraf El-Ashmawi

d) Sayed Gouda

2. Who on 29 March 2016 was named as the Chairman of Indian Direct Selling Association?

a) Rajat Banerji

b) Jitendra Jagota

c) Vivek Katoch

d) Amit Chadha

3. Kachhabali village became the first liquor-free village in which of the following state?

a) Haryana

b) Punjab

c) Rajasthan

d) Madhya Pradesh

4. Name the British entertainer, best known for BBC comedy sketch show The Two Ronnies, who

died on 31 March 2016.

a) Ronnie Frost

b) Ronnie Lumsden

c) Ronnie Barker

d) Ronnie Corbett

5. Which State Assembly on 31 March 2016 passed a bill prescribing minimum educational

qualifications to contest for urban local bodies?

a) Punjab

b) Haryana

c) Punjab

d) Telangana

6. Which State/Union Territory on 31 March 2016 launched the Phase I of ‘Green Initiative’ at an

estimated cost of 2 crore rupees?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Punjab

c) National Capital Territory of Delhi

d) Telangana

7. To which country does the world's longest-range missile DF-41 missile belong to? It was in news

on 31 March 2016.

a) China

b) North Korea

c) South Korea

d) Japan

8. The Union Government on 28 March 2016 notified Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016.

The new set of rules will replace the

a) Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1997

b) Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000

c) Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998

d) Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2012

9. To protect domestic manufacturers from cheap Chinese imports, Union Finance Ministry on 30

March 2016 extended the safeguard duty on steel imports till

a) September 2016

b) March 2017

c) March 2018

d) September 2018

10. India on 31 March 2016 signed MoU with which nation to setting up Laser Interferometer

Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in India?

a) United States

b) Japan

c) Belgium

d) Germany

11. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry on 1 April 2016 signed an MoU

with which national membership organisation during Invest in India Round Table Conference in

Melbourne, Australia?

a) Australia India Business Council

b) National Trust

c) India Belgium Business Organisation

d) Indo-Canada Business Council

12. Flipkart on 1 April 2016 announced acquisition of which payments start-up?

a) Zaakpay

b) PhonePe

c) Instamojo

d) Citrus

13. Name the Indian boxer who on 1 April 2016 won silver medal in the 56 kilogram category at the

Asian/Oceania Qualifying Tournament in Qian'an, China.

a) Joy Ali

b) Anthresh Lalit Lakra

c) Shiva Thapa

d) Diwakar Prasad

14. Name the renowned journalist who won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award in 2006 for his novel

Kalapangalkkoru Grihapadam. He died on 30 April 2016 in Kozhikode.

a) O.N.V. Kurup

b) Srikanth Nair

c) V.K.N

d) Babu Bharadwaj

15. The World Autism Awareness Day 2016 was celebrated across the world on 2 April 2016. What

was the theme for the day for the year 2016?

a) Autism and the 2030 Agenda: Inclusion and Neurodiversity

b) Employment: The Autism Advantage

c) Opening Doors to Inclusive Education

d) Light it Blue

Answers

1-(a) 6-(c) 11-(a)

2-(b) 7-(a) 12-(b)

3-(c) 8-(c) 13-(c)

4-(d) 9-(c) 14-(d)

5-(b) 10-(a) 15-(a)


1. Name the woman who was appointed as the first woman PAC chairperson of Telangana state on

31 March 2016?

a) J Geetha Reddy

b) DK Aruna

c) K Kavitha

d) Sabitha Indra Reddy

2. Name the renowned Iraqi-born British women architect who died 31 March 2016 in Miami.

a) Zaha Hadid

b) Patty Duke

c) Wajiha al-Sabunji

d) Yukio Futagawa

3. Identify the Mobile App that was launched by Union Government to empower People to demand

24x7 Power for the states on 31 March 2016.

a) Shaala Siddhi

b) Vidyut PRAVAH

c) Crop Insurance

d) Kisan Krishi

4. Which Union Ministry launched the Startup India portal and mobile app in New Delhi on 31 March

2016?

a) Union Ministry of Human Resources Development

b) Union Ministry of Labour

c) Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry

d) None of These

5. India on 31 March 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide 150 fishing

boats and fishing equipment to 300 fishermen of which country?

a) Sri Lanka

b) Myanmar

c) Bangladesh

d) Philippines

6. Identify the single window interface for information on Intellectual Property and guidance on

leveraging it for competitive advantage that was released by Union Government on 31 March 2016.

a) Indian Manorama

b) The Indian Railway web Portal

c) Indian Intellectual Property (IP) Panorama

d) None of These

7. Who on 30 March 2016 was appointed by Wipro to its Board of Directors?

a) Patrick Dupuis

b) Dupuis Patrick

c) Pat Sean

d) Zeeshan Ahluwalia

8. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age of 16 for her role as Helen Keller

in The Miracle Worker. She died on 29 March 2016. Name the actress.

a) Patty Duke

b) Teresa Wright

c) Jane Darwell

d) Anne Revere

9. Name the former President of the University of Southern California who passed away on 29

March 2016.

a) Rufus B. von KleinSmid

b) George F. Bovard

c) Norman Topping

d) Steven Sample

10. In which city the 13th India-EU Summit was held on 30 March 2016?

a) Brussels

b) New Delhi

c) Mumbai

d) Amsterdam

11. This Indian company on 30 March 2016 announced plans to restructure its UK steel business?

a) Tata Steel Ltd

b) Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited

c) JSW Steel

d) Steel Authority of India Limited

12. Which high court on 30 March 2016 ruled in favour of entry of women into temples?

a) Kolkata High Court

b) Chandigarh High Court

c) Bombay High Court

d) Karnataka High Court

13. Which company in the fourth week of March 2016 agreed to buy Japan’s Sharp Corporation for

3.5 billion US dollars?

a) Amazon.com

b) Apple Inc.

c) Dell

d) Foxconn

14. As per the results of a survey of Labour Bureau, this many new jobs were created between

January and September 2015 in eight labour intensive industries.

a) 1.55 lakh

b) 2.55 lakh

c) 3.55 lakh

d) 4.55 lakh

15. Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, the municipality that is viewed as a hotbed of Islamist extremism after the

terror attack carried out in Brussels on 22 March 2016, is located in which country?

a) Belgium

b) France

c) Netherlands

d) Germany

Answers

1-(a) 6-(c) 11-(a)

2-(a) 7-(a) 12-(c)

3-(b) 8-(a) 13-(d)

4-(c) 9-(d) 14-(a)

5-(a) 10-(a) 15-(a)

Mission afcat 2/2016 post35

1. Who of the following was sworn-in as President of Central African Republic on 30 March 2016?

a) Anicet Georges Dologuele

http://amazon.com/

b) Faustin Archange Touadera

c) Francois Bozize

d) Nicolas Tiangaye

2. Name the 66-year-old poet in Kosli language of Odisha who was on 28 March 2016 conferred

Padma Shri 2016 by President Pranab Mukherjee.

a) Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre

b) Haldhar Nag

c) Hafeez Contractor

d) Gulabi Sapera

3. Name the country that on 30 March 2016 announced that it will end its Operation Sangaris in the

Central African Republic in 2016.

a) France

b) United States

c) Russia

d) Britain

4. European Investment Bank (EIB) on 30 March 2016 announced that it will invest 33 billion rupees

(450 million Euros) in India for

a) For Bullet train corridor for Mumbai and Ahmedabad

b) For first metro line in Lucknow

c) For construction of Andhra Pradesh Capital, Amravati

d) For Namami Ganga programme

5. The Union Government on 30 March 2016 announced the Unified Building Bye-Laws for

a) Andaman and Nicobar

b) Delhi

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Pondicherry

6. Which institution on 29 March 2016 notified Guidelines for 100% percent FDI in Business to

Business e-commerce?

a) Reserve Bank of India

b) Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion

c) Ministry of Finance

d) Securities and Exchange Board of India

7. Russia in March 2016 gave approval to this company to acquire 15 percent stake in Vankor

oilfield for 1.3 billion US dollars?

a) ONGC Videsh Limited

b) Oil India Limited

c) Bharat Petroleum Ltd

d) Indian Oil Corporation

8. Which State on 29 March 2016 launched the Project Salamati to provide injectable contraceptive

free of cost?

a) Punjab

b) Haryana

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Telangana

9. Who was in March 2016 appointed as an Independent Non—Executive Director of Nestle India

Limited?

a) Rakesh Mohan

b) Subir Gokarn

c) K C Chakrabarty

d) S S Mundra

10. Which Japanese system Integration Company on 28 March 2016 announced that it has entered

into a definitive agreement to acquire Dell Services?

a) NESIC

b) NTT Data

c) TTN Data

d) Nippon Telegraph

11. A group of scientists discovered sand-eating tadpole of Indian Dancing Frog Family Micrixalidae

in which of the following mountain ranges?

a) Eastern Ghats

b) Karakoram

c) Western Ghats

d) Cardamom Hills

12. Which company in March 2016 received the regulatory approval from Japan to sell its Insulin

Glargine in the country?

a) Biocon

b) Shantha Biotechnics

c) Biological E Limited

d) GVK Bio

13. Where was a new branch of the Union Bank of India inaugurated by the Union Finance Minister

Arun Jaitley on 29 March 2016?

a) Sydney

b) Perth

c) Durban

d) Colombo

14. Which Ministry had launched GIS-enabled HMIS application and the self-printing of e-CGHS

cards on 29 March 2016?

a) Union Home Affairs Ministry

b) Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry

c) Union Women and Children Ministry

d) Union Finance Ministry

15. Which Union Ministry launched innovative entrepreneurship and skill development programme of

MANAS through leading national and international experts in different skill sets on 29 March 2016?

a) Union Home Affairs Ministry

b) Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry

c) Union Minority Affairs Ministry

d) Union Finance Ministry

Answers

1-(b) 6-(b) 11-(c)

2-(b) 7-(a) 12-(a)

3-(a) 8-(b) 13-(a)

4-(b) 9-(a) 14-(b)

5-(b) 10-(b) 15-(c)


1. Name the country that on 30 March 2016 launched its 22nd satellite for its BeiDou Navigation

Satellite System (BDS).

a) China

b) Russia

c) Germany

d) United States

2. Who was sworn-in as the first civilian president to lead the country after 53 years of military rule

by Myanmar's Parliament on 30 March 2016?

a) Htin Kyaw

b) Aung San Suu Kyi

c) Thein Sein

d) Henry Van Thio

3. Which technology institute organised the First International Symposium on Fifth Generation (5G)

technology?

a) Indian Institute of Technology Patna

b) Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

c) Delhi Technological University

d) Indian Institute of Technology Madras

4. Which of the following is part of 22 Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) whose certificate

of registration was cancelled by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 29 March 2016?

a) Swadhaar Finserve Private Limited

b) Punwire Holdings Limited

c) IDFC Finance Limited

d) Amazan Capital Limited

5. Name the institution that on 29 March 2016 decided to increase the Foreign Portfolio Investors

(FPI) investment limit in Central Government securities.

a) SEBI

b) RBI

c) Finance Ministry

d) DIPP

6. The Reserve Bank of India on 29 March 2016 signed a Special Currency Swap Agreement with

the Central Bank of

a) Japan

b) Nepal

c) Sri Lanka

d) Maldives

7. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on 28 March 2016 signed 11 unilateral Advance

Pricing Agreements (APAs), taking the overall number to

a) 47

b) 59

c) 61

d) 72

8. Which rule on 29 March 2016 was notified by the Environment Ministry for the first time?

a) Environment (Protection) (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2016

b) Construction & Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016

c) Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules, 2016

d) The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules, 2016

9. Name the renowned playback singer who in the last week of March 2016 entered the Guinness

Book of Records for singing 17695 songs in 12 Indian languages.

a) Lata Mangeshkar

b) Asha Bhosle

c) P Susheela

d) SP Sailaja

10. Indian Space Research Organization is set to launch how many satellites in a single mission

from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in May 2016?

a) 19

b) 20

c) 21

d) 22

11. The National Tsunami Early Warning Centre (NTEWC) of the Indian National Centre for Ocean

Information Service (INCOIS) installed a Sea-Level Tide Gauge at which place?

a) Gilakaladindi

b) Laxmi Pet

c) Warangal

d) Visakhapatanam

12. Identify the former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir on whom President Pranab Mukherjee

conferred Padma Vibhushan Award on 28 March 2016.

a) Karan Singh

b) Jagmohan

c) K. V. Krishna Rao

d) Narinder Nath Vohra

13. Identify the famous Entrepreneur who was posthumously conferred with Padma Vibhushan

Award by the President Pranab Mukherjee on 28 March 2016.

a) Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff

b) Dhirubhai Hirachand Ambani

c) Verghese Kurien

d) None of these

14. Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel announced to set up a University to cater to which sector

on 27 March 2016?

a) Organic farming

b) Inorganic farming

c) Chemical

d) Petro chemical

15. Name the author of Legends of the Fall who died on 26 March 2016 due to cardiac arrest.

a) Jim Harrison

b) Harper Lee

c) Maya Angelou

d) Ray Bradbury

Answers

1-(a) 6-(c) 11-(a)

2-(a) 7-(b) 12-(b)

3-(a) 8-(b) 13-(b)

4-(d) 9-(c) 14-(a)

5-(a) 10-(d) 15-(a)

Mission AFCAT 2/2016 POST33

1. The Yokohama Rubber Company Limited on 25 March 2016 announced that it has signed an agreement

with global investment firm KKR. The agreement was signed to acquire which of the following tire

manufacturing companies?

a) Alliance Tire Group

b) Danang Rubber Company

c) Cooper Tires

d) Continental AG

2. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on 28 March 2016 signed a MoU with which

international financial institution to develop solar parks across India?

a) World Bank

b) Asian Development Bank

c) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

d) New Development Bank

3. Name the Russian grandmaster who on 28 March 2016 won the FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament.

a) Garry Kasparov

b) Vladislav Artemiev

c) Sergey Karjakin

d) Daniil Dubov

4. Name the American Franciscan nun and founder of the internationally-broadcast cable television and radio

networks Eternal Word Television Network who died on 27 March 2016.

a) Edith Stein

b) Mother Monza

c) Sister Prejean

d) Mother Angelica

5. What is the name of the series of animated film launched by UNICEF in March 2016 to help frame positive

perceptions towards the tens of millions of children on the move globally?

a) Rainbow Ruby

b) Unfairy Tales

c) Fairy Tales

d) Rainbow Tales

6. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on 28 March 2016 dedicated the Pattiseema Lift

Irrigation Project to the people of the state. The project links the two major rivers namely

a) Godavari & Krishna

b) Krishna & Cauvery

c) Godavari & Cauvery

d) Krishna & Mahanadi

7. Which of the following category was created under the Defence Procurement Procedure 2016 that was

unveiled by the Union Government on 28 March 2016?

a) Make (Indian - IDDM)

b) Buy (Indian – IDDM)

c) Buy & Make (Indian - IDDM)

d) All of the above

8. The Supreme Court of this country on 28 March 2016 upheld the 1988 Constitutional provision that declares

Islam as the state religion.

a) Bangladesh

b) Iran

c) Pakistan

d) Iraq

9. Name the first direct container vessel between India and Bangladesh that was flagged off from

Krishnapatnam of Andhra Pradesh to Chittagong on 28 March 2016.

a) MV Harbour-1 Vessel

b) Al Piranpir

c) Calypso Fortune

d) Catamaran Ajanta

10. Which number was approved as the single emergency number for India by the Telecom Commission on 28

March 2016?

a) 100

b) 112

c) 911

d) 900

11. Who was appointed as captain of the Delhi Daredevils team for 2016 Indian Premier League season on 28

March 2016?

a) JP Duminy

b) Virendra Shewag

c) Zaheer Khan

d) Goutham Gambir

12. Identify the Motor Manufacturing Company that signed a follow-on contract with the Indian Army to

supply 619 units of its 6X6 high-mobility vehicle (HMV) multi-axle truck on 28 March 2016.

a) Mahindra

b) BMW

c) Eicher

d) TATA Motors

13. What is worth of Delhi annual budget 2016-17 that was presented by Delhi government on 28 March

2016?

a) 46600 crore rupees

b) 50000 crore rupees

c) 30630 crore rupees

d) 1 Lakh crore rupees

14. Who topped the T20 rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in March 2016?

a) Glenn Maxwell

b) Viraat Kohli

c) Aaron Finch

d) A B de Villiers

15. Who won the men's singles of New Zealand Open Grand Prix 2016 of badminton?

a) Riichi Takeshita

b) Lee Chong Wei

c) Tian Houwei

d) Huang Yuxiang

Answer

1-(a) 6-(a) 11-(c)

2-(b) 7-(b) 12-(d)

3-(c) 8-(a) 13-(a)

4-(d) 9-(a) 14-(b)

5-(b) 10-(b) 15-(d)


1. Which film on 28 March 2016 won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film?

a) Masaan

b) Baahubali: The Beginning

c) Bajirao Mastani

d) Visaranai

2. Name the state that on 27 March 2016 released its sixth Economic Census.

a) Himachal Pradesh

b) Punjab

c) Haryana

d) Delhi

3. Which Article of the Constitution of India was used to impose President Rule in Uttarakhand and

placing the Assembly under suspended animation on 27 March 2016?

a) Article 102

b) Article 143

c) Article 356

d) Article 365

4. The World Bank on 27 March 2016 agreed to provide concessional 100 million US dollar loan to

Jordan for creating one lakh jobs for

a) Jordanian and Syrian refugees

b) Lebanese and Syrian refugees

c) Syrian refugees

d) Jordanian and Lebanese refugees

5. Who was chosen as the World Theatre Day International Message Author 2016 as part of

celebrations of World Theatre Day on 27 March 2016?

a) Shapi Kazeiv

b) Dmitri Lipskerov

c) Jane Anderson

d) Anatoly Vasiliev

6. Which state government on 26 March 2016 launched a new scheme, Adapting homes for the

differently-abled?

a) Gujarat

b) Delhi

c) Haryana

d) Bihar

7. Which player on 26 March 2016 was conferred the 2015 Hockey India Dhruv Batra Award for

Player of the Year for Men?

a) PR Sreejesh

b) Dharamvir Singh

c) Harjot Singh

d) Birendra Lakra

8. The World Bank Board on 25 March 2016 approved a 250 million US dollar Development Policy

Loan (DPL) for which state of India to improve the performance of its electricity distribution sector?

a) Bihar

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Rajasthan

9. Name the Indian-origin law professor who on 24 March 2016 was appointed by the United Nations

Human Rights Council (UNHRC) as an Adviser on human rights and multinationals and businesses.

a) Shiva Reddy

b) George Riju Thomas

c) Surya Deva

d) Surya Kant

10. Identify the Indian-American who was appointed as the President and Chief Executive Officer

(CEO) of Bank of the West, a unit of BNP Paribas in March 2016.

a) Vince Chhabria

b) Nandita Bakhshi

c) Rakesh K Jain

d) Amitoj Chhabra

11. Who authored the book Anything But Khamosh: The Shatrughan Sinha that was in news in

March 2016?

a) Bharathi S Pradhan

b) Pramod Kapoor

c) Shantanu Guha Ray

d) Govind Pansare

12. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in March 2016 signed a MoU with which

State for capacity enhancement on sustainable agriculture and irrigation development?

a) Assam

b) Mizoram

c) Nagaland

d) Manipur

13. Which historic city was recaptured from Islamic State terror group on 26 March 2016 by the

Syrian government forces?

a) Der Zor

b) Bosra

c) Palmyra

d) Aleppo

14. Which multilateral agency in the fourth week of March 2016 released the 10th edition of the

Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2016?

a) United Nations Environment Programme

b) International Energy Agency

c) International Atomic Energy Agency

d) United Nations Development Programme

15. As per the Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment released in the fourth week of March

2016, which country made highest investments in the renewable energy sector in the world in 2015?

a) China

b) The USA

c) India

d) Japan

Answers

1-(b) 6-(c) 11-(a)

2-(a) 7-(a) 12-(b)

3-(c) 8-(d) 13-(c)

4-(a) 9-(c) 14-(a)

5-(d) 10-(b) 15-(a)


1. The citizens of this country on 24 March 2016 rejected a proposal to replace the national flag in a

referendum.

a) The Philippines

b) Singapore

c) New Zealand

d) Australia

2. Who topped the World’s Greatest Leaders list that was released by Fortune magazine on 24

March 2016?

a) Jeff Bezos

b) Tim Cook

c) Angela Merkel

d) Narendra Modi

3. Who was the only Indian who figured in the World’s Greatest Leaders list that was released by

Fortune magazine on 24 March 2016?

a) Narendra Modi

b) Rahul Gandhi

c) Arvind Kejriwal

d) Amit Shah

4. As per the E-Waste Management Rules notified on 23 March 2016 by the Union Government,

which consumer product was brought under the purview of electronic waste norms for the first time?

a) Refrigerator

b) Air conditioner

c) Television

d) Compact Fluorescent Lamp

5. As per Akamai’s State of the Internet Report, which country topped the global average internet

speed list?

a) Japan

b) Sweden

c) France

d) South Korea

6. Union Cabinet on 23 March 2016 gave its ex-post facto approval for a MoU with this country to

mobilise long term investment into the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund.

a) Japan

b) China

c) UAE

d) Singapore

7. International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations was

observed on 24 March 2016 to mark the death anniversary of

a) Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero

b) Nelson Mandela

c) Archbishop Desmond Tutu

d) Mahatma Gandhi

8. The United Nations Security Council on 24 March 2016 decided to extend the UN Assistance

Mission in this country till 31 March 2017.

a) Mali

b) South Sudan

c) Somalia

d) Haiti

9. With which country Pakistan on 25 March 2016 signed 6 MoUs to strengthen bilateral

cooperation?

a) Bangladesh

b) Afghanistan

c) Iran

d) Sri Lanka

10. The Prime Minister of this country on 25 March 2016 announced to set up a counter-messaging

centre to fight the Islamic State in the cyber world.

a) Malaysia

b) Pakistan

c) The United Kingdom

d) France

Answers

1-(c) 6-(c)

2-(a) 7-(a)

3-(c) 8-(c)

4-(d) 9-(c)

5-(d) 10-(a)


1. In which country in March 2016 lawmakers introduced a bill for enabling India to become a

member of regional economic forum Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)?

a) Australia

b) Singapore

c) The United States

d) Japan

2. As per a notification issued by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in March

2016, what percentage of FDI has been allowed under automatic route in Insurance and Pension

sector?

a) 26%

b) 49%

c) 74%

d) 100%

3. Name the famous story telling (Kadhaprasangam) artiste and Malayalam film actor who passed

away at the age of 70 in March 2016.

a) V Sambasivan

b) Shankarlal C Bhatt

c) VD Rajappan

d) Jeeva Ragunath

4. Scientists at Lucknow-based CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP)

have found which plant to have medicinal values to cure cancer?

a) Tulsi

b) Mint

c) Lavender

d) Thyme

5. Which public sector oil company received the nod of the Russian government to buy 15% in the

country's second biggest oil field of Vankor from Rosneft for 8648.57 crore rupees?

a) Oil India Limited

b) ONGC Videsh Limited

c) Indian Oil Corporation

d) Gas Authority of India Limited

6. According to Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal by which year India will become 100% electric

vehicle nation?

a) 2025

b) 2032

c) 2030

d) 2027

7. In which State Defence Expo 2016 will be held from 28 March to 31 March 2016?

a) Rajasthan

b) Maharashtra

c) Goa

d) Karnataka

8. Which company commissioned a 600 MW thermal power plant at Jaipur in Adilabad district of

Telangana?

a) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

b) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited

c) GVK Power & Infrastructure Limited

d) GMR Power Corporation Limited

9. Shane Watson on 24 March 2016 announced his retirement from international cricket. To which

national team he has played for over 14 years?

a) Australia

b) New Zealand

c) South Africa

d) England

10. Identify the State. ISRO on 21 March 2016 established the Gadanki Ionospheric Radar

Interferometer or GIRI in this State to study the Ionosphere.

a) Karnataka

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Telangana

d) Andhra Pradesh

11. The ICTY tribunal of the UN on 24 March 2016 sentenced the former Bosnian Serb leader

Radovan Karadzic to 40-year imprisonment for war crimes. Against this backdrop, identify the city in

which the tribunal is located.

a) The Hague

b) New York

c) Paris

d) London

12. Famous soccer player Johan Cruyff died on 24 March 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. He played for

which national football team?

a) The Netherlands

b) Poland

c) Germany

d) Spain

13. Identify the journal that revealed that the spin axis of Earth’s moon shifted by about five degrees

roughly three billion years ago on 23 March 2016.

a) Solar Physics

b) The Observatory

c) Scientific American

d) Nature

14. Identify the English word that made its first printed appearance in the 23 March 1839 in issue of

the Boston Morning Post of the Providence Journal and completed 177 years on 23 March 2016?

a) OK (Oll Korrect)

b) RADAR

c) SIM

d) CAPTCHA

15. According to the Revised Framework for Revival and Rehabilitation of Medium, Small and Micro

Enterprises issued by the RBI, by which date all the banks should implement these guidelines?

a) 30 June 2016

b) 1 April 2016

c) 30 April 2016

d) 31 July 2016

Answers

1-(c) 6-(c) 11-(a)

2-(b) 7-(c) 12-(a)

3-(c) 8-(a) 13-(d)

4-(b) 9-(a) 14-(a)

5-(b) 10-(d) 15-(a)


1. Which one of the following is not the founding member of Ashgabat Agreement that was in news

in March 2016?

a) Kazakhstan

b) Turkmenistan

c) Oman

d) Iran

2. The Ashgabat Agreement that was in news in March 2016 is an international transit corridor that

will facilitate transportation of goods between Central Asia and

a) Gulf of Oman

b) Persian Gulf

c) Mediterranean Sea

d) Gulf of Aden

3. The Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) that was approved by the Union Cabinet

on 23 March 2016 will be implemented in rural areas of all the States/Union Territories except

a) Delhi and Chandigarh

b) Puducherry and Delhi

c) Delhi and Kerala

d) Chandigarh and Puducherry

4. Union Cabinet on 23 March 2016 approved the 1500 million US dollar project of World Bank to

support Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin (SBM-G) that seeks to achieve universal sanitation

coverage in rural areas by the year

a) 2020

b) 2022

c) 2019

d) 2021

5. Union Cabinet on 23 March 2016 gave post-facto approval to the MoU on mobilizing long term

investment into the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) with which country?

a) Saudi Arabia

b) Germany

c) Brunei

d) United Arab Emirates (UAE)

6. The Union Cabinet in March 2016 approved transfer of 50 acre of land from Central Sheep &

Wool Research Institute (CSWRI) to Rajasthan for establishment of Veterinary University Training

and Research Centre. The CSWRI is in which district of Rajasthan?

a) Dholpur

b) Alwar

c) Tonk

d) Jaisalmer

7. The Union Cabinet in March 2016 gave its approval to Revised Cost Estimate (RCE) of 4020.63

crore rupees for the ongoing 720 MW Mangadechhu Hydroelectric Project (HEP). The project is

located in which country?

a) Bhutan

b) Nepal

c) Bangladesh

d) Myanmar

8. Union Cabinet on 23 March 2016 gave the approval for MoU on agriculture with which country?

a) Finland

b) Sweden

c) Lithuania

d) Latvia

9. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which region will be a big source of crude oil

imports for India as country's oil demand is set to increase to five million barrels per day by 2021?

a) Gulf region

b) The United States of America (USA)

c) Middle East region

d) Central Asia region

10. North East Business Summit, 2016 will be organised in which State from 7 April – 9 April 2016?

a) Meghalaya

b) Manipur

c) Assam


11. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 23 March 2016 notified the E-Waste

Management Rules, 2016 that will supersede the e-waste (Management & Handling) Rules, of which

year?

a) 2011

b) 2012

c) 2010

d) 2013

12. Annual target of electrifying how many villages was achieved under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya

Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY) in the year 2015-16?

a) 8000

b) 11000

c) 7000

d) 9000

13. Identify the World War I era tug that was in news on 23 March 2016 after being discovered after

95 years.

a) TOM Bennett

b) Luzon US

c) Maryann US

d) USS Conestoga

14. Identify the renowned Comedian, actor, writer and producer who died on 24 March 2016 in

Santa Monica, the USA?

a) Roger Rees

b) Garry Shandling

c) Fred Thompson

d) Jerry Weintraub

15. What is the theme of International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the

Transatlantic Slave Trade 2016 celebrated on 25 March 2016?

a) Women and Slavery

b) Africa: Out of Slavery

c) Remember Slavery

d) None of These

Answers

1-(a) 6-(c) 11-(a)

2-(b) 7-(a) 12-(c)

3-(a) 8-(c) 13-(d)

4-(c) 9-(c) 14-(b)

5-(d) 10-(b) 15-(c)

Mission Afcat 2/2016 post 29

1. The World Tuberculosis Day was observed on 24 March 2016 with the theme

a) Unite to End TB

b) Gear up to End TB

c) Stop TB in my lifetime

d) Transforming the fight

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 23 March 2016 inaugurated broadband connectivity to North

Eastern States via which country?

a) Nepal

b) Bhutan

c) China

d) Bangladesh

3. Where was the 9th International Abilympics started on 23 March 2016?

a) France

b) Korea

c) Japan

d) India

4. National Green Tribunal (NGT) in March 2016 fined 20 lakh rupees on a developer of which State

for constructing hotels on River Ganga floodplains?

a) Bihar

b) Uttarakhand

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) West Bengal

5. Name the Fast Patrol Vessel that was commissioned on 21 March 2016 in Visakhapatnam.

a) ICGS Samrat

b) ICGS Arnvesh

c) ICGS Samarath

d) ICGS Rajdhwaj

6. Which Ministry/Organisation on 22 March 2016 launched the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India?

a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

b) Ministry of Home Affairs

c) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

d) Registrar General of India

7. Who was on 23 March 2016 appointed as the Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal

(CAT)?

a) Justice (retd) Permod Kohli

b) Justice (retd) AP Shah

c) Justice (retd) KG Balakrishnan

d) Justice (retd) HL Dattu

8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 23 March 2016

inaugurated the export of how much power from India to Bangladesh?

a) 300 MW

b) 200 MW

c) 100 MW

d) 400 MW

9. The 9th edition of four-day Defence Expo beginning on 28 March 2016 will be held in

a) Maharashtra

b) Goa

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Haryana

10. Which State Government in March 2016 decided to provide free travel facilities to person

suffering from any disability in its State transport buses?

a) Punjab

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Bihar

d) Delhi

Answers

1-(a) 6-(a)

2-(d) 7-(a)

3-(a) 8-(c)

4-(b) 9-(b)

5-(b) 10-(d)

Mission afcat 2/2016 post281. What was the theme of the World Meteorological Day 2016 that was

observed across the world on 23 March 2016?

a) Hotter, Drier, Wetter. Face the Future

b) Climate Knowledge for Climate Action

c) Weather and Climate: Engaging Youth

d) Climate Change: Face the Future

2. Identify the Formula One driver who in March 2016 won the 2016 Formula 1 Rolex Australian

Grand Prix at Melbourne Grand Prix.

a) Daniel Ricciardo

b) Sebastian Vettel

c) Nico Rosberg

d) Lewis Hamilton

3. Who on 22 March 2016 was appointed a member of the International Coordinating Committee of

National Human Rights Institutions Bureau in Geneva?

a) Cyriac Joseph

b) D. Murugesan

c) Sharad Chandra Sinha

d) HL Dattu

4. This European city came under terrorist attack on 22 March 2016 killing scores of people.

a) Paris

b) Brussels

c) Berlin

d) London

5. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana on 22 March

2016 from which city?

a) Jodhpur

b) Pratapgarh

c) Mumbai

d) Patna

6. Identify the river. The Union Government on 22 March 2016 released a Detailed Project Report to

rejuvenate forestry resources in this river basin.

a) Brahmaputra

b) Ganga

c) Godavari

d) Krishna

7. Who was re-elected as the President of Niger in March 2016?

a) Goodluck Jonathan

b) Muhammadu Buhari

c) Mahamadou Issoufou

d) Hama Amadou

8. Which space agency in March 2016 revealed the plans to construct lunar village on Moon?

a) NASA

b) European Space Agency

c) Japan Space Agency

d) ISRO

9. Which one of the following is not part of the Industry Association that in March 2016 signed an

MoU with Union Consumer Affairs Ministry for redressing consumers grievances?

a) ASSOCHAM

b) CII

c) FICCI

d) NASSCOM

10. Identify the state that in March 2016 passed a bill specifying that the interest payable on debt

shall be calculated at such rate as may be notified by the government.

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Punjab

c) Bihar

d) Tamil Nadu

11. Which country became a dialogue partner of the Beijing-based regional security grouping,

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on 22 March 2016?

a) India

b) Pakistan

c) Nepal

d) Sri Lanka

12. Identify the organization that prepared a standardised electronic format for information exchange

on Base Erosion and Profit Sharing (BEPS) to help tax authorities on 22 March 2016.

a) Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

b) Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD)

c) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

d) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

13. When was Martyrdom Day observed across the nation in March 2016?

a) 21 March

b) 22 March

c) 23 March

d) 20 March

14. Who was in March 2016 appointed as the chairman of Sub-Committee under the aegis of the

High Level Committee on issues related to excise duty on different articles of jewellery imposed in

Budget 2016-17?

a) Dr Ashok Lahiri

b) Mahesh Kumar Singla

c) Ajay Shankar

d) Amit Mitra

15. What was the theme of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2016

that was observed on 21 March 2016?

a) Learning from tragedies to combat racial discrimination today

b) Challenges and Achievements of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

c) The Role of Leaders in Combatting Racism and Racial Discrimination

d) Disqualify Racism

Answers

1-(a) 6-(b) 11-(c)

2-(c) 7-(c) 12-(a)

3-(d) 8-(b) 13-(c)

4-(b) 9-(d) 14-(a)

5-(c) 10-(b) 15-(b)


1. Who topped the Asian Rich List 2016, which was released in March 2016 by the Indian high

commissioner to the UK Navtej Sarna?

a) Hinduja Brothers

b) Lakshmi Niwas Mittal

c) Sri Prakash Lohia

d) Lord Swraj Paul

2. Name the US Air Force General who in March 2016 was nominated by President Barack Obama

to lead the United States Northern Command.

a) Tori Robinson

b) Lori Robinson

c) Jade Mathews

d) Sandra Robinson

3. Identify the former Chairman and CEO of Intel who died on 21 March 2016.

a) Stephen Grove

b) Robert Noyce

c) Andrew Grove

d) Gordon Moore

4. Name the noted Malayalam writer who in the third week of March 2016 was chosen for the CV

Kunhiraman Literary Prize.

a) M. T. Vasudevan Nair

b) C. V. Balakrishnan

c) Paul Zacharia

d) M Sukumaran

5. Which ministry is hosting the Everlasting Flame International Programme in New Delhi from 19

March 2016 to 29 March 2016?

a) Union Ministry of Minority Affairs

b) Union Ministry of Culture

c) Union Ministry of External Affairs

d) Union Ministry of Women and Child Development

6. Who was declared as winner of the presidential elections of semi-autonomous region Zanzibar on

21 March 2016?

a) Ali Mohamed Shein

b) Abeid Karume

c) Amani Abeid Karume

d) Salmin Amour

7. Identify the country with which Nepal signed 10 agreements to extend the strategic Tibet rail link

to Nepal on 21 March 2016.

a) India

b) China

c) Russia

d) Bangladesh

8. Identify the Mobile that was launched by Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh in New

Delhi to help farmers to bring technology to farm fields on 21 March 2016.

a) Kisan Suvidha

b) Krishi Tech

c) Pusa Krishi

d) Krishi Suvidha

9. Who won men's singles title of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in

Southern California on 20 March 2016?

a) Rafael Nadal

b) Andy Murray

c) Roger Federer

d) Novak Djokovic

10. Identify India’s unique Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats that is among 20 new sites

added by the UNESCO to its World Network of Biosphere Reserves on 21 March 2016.

a) Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve

b) Great Nicobar

c) Simlipal Biosphere Reserve

d) Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve

11. Who on 20 March 2016 became the first Indian wrestler in 12 years to get an Olympic berth in

the Greco-Roman wrestling category?

a) Hardeep Singh

b) Yogeshwra Dutt

c) Narsingh Yadav

d) Sushil Kumar

12. Who on 21 March 2016 presented with the Life Time Achievement Award at the 5th National

Photography Awards ceremony?

a) Javed Ahmed Dar

b) Bhawan Singh

c) Himanshu Thakur

d) Manob Chowdhury

13. Who was on 21 March 2016 conferred with the Professional Photographer Award at the 5th

National Photography Awards ceremony?

a) Bhawan Singh

b) Javed Ahmed Dar

c) Chava Sampath Kumar

d) Manob Chowdhury

14. Who was on 21 March 2016 conferred with the Amateur Photographer Award at the 5th National

Photography Awards ceremony?

a) Himanshu Thakur

b) Bhawan Singh

c) Ajoy Chakraborty

d) Manob Chowdhury

15. With which State Government in March 2016 French aviation companies Aero Campus

Aquitaine and Bordeaux Metropole signed MoU to establish a training centre in the State?

a) Maharashtra

b) Telangana

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Punjab

Answers

1-(a) 6-(a) 11-(a)

2-(b) 7-(b) 12-(b)

3-(c) 8-(c) 13-(b)

4-(d) 9-(d) 14-(a)

5-(a) 10-(a) 15-(b)


1. What is the theme of the International Day of Forests 2016 that was observed on 21 March 2016?

a) Forests for Ecology

b) Go Green Be Safe

c) Forests and Water

d) Forests and Hills

2. What is the name of the event that was organised on the occasion of International Day of Forests

to raise awareness of the interconnections between forests and water, and their contributions to

implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?

a) Forests and Water|Sustain Life and Livelihoods

b) Forest and Sustainable Livelihoods

c) Forest, Water and Sustainable Livelihoods

d) Forest for Sustainable Ecology|Life and Livelihoods

3. Which state won the Krishi Karman Awards for the year 2014-15 in the Individual Crops category

for producing rice?

a) Chhattisgarh

b) Haryana

c) Karnataka

d) Rajasthan

4. Which state(s) won the Krishi Karman Award for the year 2014-15 in the Category – I states for

foodgrain production of more than 10 million tones?

a) Assam and Odisha

b) Punjab and Uttar Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh and Tripura

d) Assam and Tripura

5. What is the prize money that will be given to winners of the Krishi Karman Awards for the year

2014-15 in the total foodgrain production category?

a) 2 crore rupees

b) 3 crore rupees

c) 5 crore rupees

d) 4 crore rupees

6. Which Union Ministry that notified new Plastic Waste Management Rules to curb over 6000

tonnes of uncollected plastic waste generated daily by industries in March 2016?

a) Environment, Forest and Climate Change

b) Earth Sciences

c) Science and Technology

d) Agriculture & Irrigation Ministry

7. What is the theme of the World Sparrow Day 2016 that was observed on 20 March 2016?

a) I Love Sparrows

b) Rise for the SPARROW-Experience the power of one

c) Sustain Sparrows- SparrowsEcology

d) Human love to Sparrows

8. On which day the Earth Hour 2016 was observed?

a) 17 March 2016

b) 18 March 2016

c) 19 March 2016

d) 20 March 2016

9. With which company the Government of Andhra Pradesh in March 2016 signed a MoU to design

and implement the AP Fiber Net project?

a) Infosys

b) Wipro

c) Cisco

d) Genpact

10. The ICC in March 2016 suspended Arafat Sunny and Taskin from bowling in international

cricket. Against this backdrop identify the country to which these two cricketers belong to?

a) Bangladesh

b) Pakistan

c) South Africa

d) West Indies

11. As per a MoU signed with the Government of Andhra Pradesh in March 2016, in which city Cisco

will set up an IoE Innovation Centre to foster regional innovation?

a) Visakhapatnam

b) Kurnool

c) Vijayawada

d) Srikakulam

12. Which bank in the third week of March 2016 became the first bank to commence the sale of

Indian Gold Coin in the domestic market?

a) Punjab and Sind Bank

b) Indian Overseas Bank

c) Bank of India

d) Canara Bank

13. Which Indian wrestler on 19 March 2016 won a gold medal in the Asian Olympic Qualification

tournament held in Astana, Kazakhstan?

a) Sushil Kumar

b) Gagan Narang

c) Yogeshwar Dutt

d) Sangram Singh

14. Name the badminton player who on 20 March 2016 won the men's singles title at the 2016 Swiss

Open.

a) Marc Zwiebler

b) He Bingjiao

c) HS Prannoy

d) Srikanth Kidambi

15. Which famous fashion designer in March 2016 was appointed as an advisor to the Khadi and

Village Industries Commission (KVIC) for promotion of khadi in India and across the world?

a) Manish Malhotra

b) Manish Arora

c) Anamika Khanna

d) Ritu Beri

Answers

1-(c) 6-(a) 11-(a)

2-(a) 7-(b) 12-(b)

3-(a) 8-(c) 13-(c)

4-(b) 9-(c) 14-(c)

5-(c) 10-(a) 15-(d)

Mission afcat 2/2016 Post 24

1. Who was conferred with Skoch Lifetime Achievement Award on 17 March 2016?

a) Venkaiah Naidu

b) Arun Jaitley

c) Narendra Modi

d) LK Adwani

2. Name the Indian city which hosted the first-ever World Sufi Forum, which was inaugurated by

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 17 March 2016.

a) New Delhi

b) Lucknow

c) Jaipur

d) Hyderabad

3. Who on 7 March 2016 became the youngest person to climb the Mt. Kangchenjunga base camp

in Sikkim?

a) Manisha Singh

b) Suyash Paul

c) Rajnigandha Tiwari

d) Suryassangyini Chaudhary

4. Name the famous English magician who passed away on 17 March 2016 due to brain tumour.

a) Harry Blackstone, Jr.

b) Tony Slydini

c) Paul Daniels

d) Maven

5. Name the film that won the best film award at the 10th Asian film awards which were presented on

17 March 2016 in Macau, China.

a) The Inside Men

b) Port of Call

c) The Assassin

d) Bajirao Mastani

6. Who of the following was nominated as Chief Justice of US Supreme Court by President Barack

Obama in March 2016?

a) Clarence Thomas

b) Merrick Garland

c) Antonin Scalia

d) Sonia Sotomayor

7. Which magazine unveiled 30 Most Influential People on the Internet list on 16 March 2016?

a) TIME

b) Forbes

c) Newyork Times

d) None of These

8. Identify the Act for which Rajya Sabha passed an amendment bill to remove the exception given

to Sehajdhari Sikhs in 1944 to vote in the elections for selecting members of the board and the

committees constituted under it on 16 March 2016.

a) The Sikh Sehajdhari Act, 1947

b) The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 2001

c) The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925

d) None of These

9. The Department Of Health and Family Welfare of which state on 16 March 2016 notified the

disease of swine flu (H1N1) under the Epidemic Disease Act?

a) Kerala

b) Punjab

c) Maharashtra

d) West Bengal

10. In which city the 5th edition of India Aviation was inaugurated on 16 March 2016 by the President

Pranab Mukherjee?

a) Bengaluru

b) Mumbai

c) Hyderabad

d) New Delhi

Answers

1-(a) 6-(b)

2-(a) 7-(a)

3-(d) 8-(c)

4-(c) 9-(b)

5-(c) 10-(c)


1. Name the IT firm that signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Olympic Gold Quest

organisation to support Indian woman athlete at Rio.

a) TCS

b) Wipro

c) Genpact

d) Accenture

2. Name the American tourist who on 16 March 2016 was sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard

labour for subversion by North Korea’s Supreme Court?

a) Bill Lewis

b) Otto Warmbier

c) Josh Wiles

d) Samantha Judd

3. As per the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) survey, which railway

station was declared as the cleanest in India?

a) Surat Railway Station

b) Rajkot Railway Station

c) Bilaspur Railway Station

d) New Delhi Railway Station

4. Name the Indian-origin student who on 17 March 2016 was awarded the inaugural Noor Inayat

Khan Prize in London.

a) Barkha Kumar

b) Geetakshi Arora

c) Vimal Khanna

d) Jaydeep Singhal

5. Which movie was named the top LGBT film of all time, as per the poll conducted by the British

Film Institute?

a) Brokeback Mountain

b) Un chant d'amour

c) The Price of Salt

d) Carol

6. Which village became the first open defecation-free village in Srikakulam district in Andhra

Pradesh?

a) Kinthali

b) Vanjangipeta

c) Ranastalam

d) Sangam

7. Identify the actor who portrayed the character of Benny on L.A. Law, who died on 18 March 2016

in Hollywood, California.

a) Larry Drake

b) Paul daniels

c) Ernestine Anderson

d) Keith Emerson

8. Maharashtra Finance Minister on 18 March 2016 presented the Annual State Budget 2016-17 in

the state legislature. Who is the finance minister of the state?

a) Diwakar Raote

b) Subhash Desai

c) Sudhir Mungantiwar

d) Eknath Shinde

9. Identify the Indian IT service, consulting and business solutions company that on 17 March 2016

was named official technology partner for Virgin Money London Marathon.

a) Infosys

b) Wipro

c) Tech Mahindra

d) Tata Consultancy Services

10. Who on 18 March 2016 was appointed as the Managing Director of Pfizer India?

a) S Sridhar

b) G Sridhar

c) Vimal Kathuriya

d) Jawahar Nath

11. The International Day of Happiness was observed across the world on which date?

a) 19 March

b) 20 March

c) 21 March

d) 22 March

12. Identify the country whose lawmakers had lifted the ban on abortion for special cases on 17

March 2016?

a) Chile

b) Peru

c) Brazil

d) Venezuela

13. Identify the Indian bank that claimed the top slot in mobile banking on 17 March 2016.

a) Axis Bank

b) HDFC Bank

c) Cental Bank of India

d) State Bank of India

14. Identify the state that classified its country liquor as Heritage Spirit of state on 17 March 2016.

a) Kerala

b) Assam

c) Goa

d) Sikkim

15. Who was appointed as director of Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited following the

resignation of Vijay Mallya on 17 March 2016?

a) Siddharth Mallya

b) Russell Adams

c) Sara Mallya

d) None of These

Answers

1-(c) 6-(b) 11-(b)

2-(b) 7-(a) 12-(a)

3-(a) 8-(c) 13-(d)

4-(b) 9-(d) 14-(c)


1. Which State on 18 March 2016 launched the first phase of Fiber Grid project to provide

broadband connectivity to all the households at a throwaway price?

a) Maharashtra

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Telangana

d) Karnataka

2. Name the former Director of Mossad who passed away on 17 March 2016 due to cancer.

a) Yitzhak Hofi

b) Meir Dagan

c) Efraim Halevy

d) Danny Yatom

3. Which mobile phone operator in March 2016 announced the acquisition of Videocon

Telecommunications Ltd’s entire spectrum in 6 circles?

a) Bharti Airtel

b) BSNL

c) Vodafone Essar

d) Reliance Communications

4. India in March 2016 signed loan agreement of 35 Million dollars with the World Bank for Citizen

Access to Responsive Services Project of a State. Name it.

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Delhi

c) Gujarat

d) Andhra Pradesh

5. Name the American singer who died in March 2016 in Daytona Beach in Florida.

a) Ava Gardner

b) Frank Sinatra Junior

c) Frank Sinatra Senior

d) Barbara Sinatra

6. At which position did India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood in 30 Most Influential People on

the Internet list?

a) 10

b) 15

c) 30

d) 20

7. The National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) in March 2016 signed a License

Agreement with Kudos Laboratories India for commercialization of which of the following drug?

a) Ayush-64

b) Ayush-54

c) Ayush-80

d) Ayush-82

8. Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan died in March 2016 in Kolkata was an exponent of which Indian

musical instrument?

a) Sitar

b) Tabla

c) Shehnai

d) Sarod

9. Name the state that in March 2016 passed a bill to amend its Public Trusts Act 1950.

a) Maharashtra

b) Telangana

c) Delhi

d) Uttar Pradesh

10. Name the festival that marks Thai New year and was in news in third week of March 2016.

a) Songkran

b) Loy Krathong

c) Makha Bucha

d) Chonburi

11. Who in March 2016 was appointed the 11th Governor of the Bangladesh Bank?

a) Fazle Kabir

b) Atiur Rahman

c) Rehan Fazl

d) Ashfaq Rehman

12. Name the British mathematician who in March 2016 won the 2016 Abel Prize.

a) Dominic Joyce

b) Richard Borcherds

c) Andrew Wiles

d) Angus Macintyre

13. Name the American actress who was in March 2016 appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador by

the UN Population Fund.

a) Ashley Judd

b) Michelle Yeoh

c) Angelina Jolie

d) Sandra Bullock

14. Who was in March 2016 appointed as a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador to promote the 2030

Sustainable Development Agenda?

a) Michelle Yeoh

b) Ashley Judd

c) Maria Sharapova


15. Name the state that in March 2016 unanimously passed Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal land

(Transfer of Proprietary Right) Bill, 2016'.

a) Rajasthan

b) Haryana

c) Jammu and Kashmir

d) Punjab

Answers

1-(b) 6-(b) 11-(a)

2-(b) 7-(d) 12-(c)

3-(a) 8-(c) 13-(a)

4-(a) 9-(a) 14-(a)

5-(b) 10-(a) 15-(d)


1. As per the UNESCO eAtlas of Gender Inequality in Education, this many million girls between 6

and 15 age are out of school in the world.

a) 43 million

b) 53 million

c) 63 million

d) 73 million

2. Name the tennis star who was suspended by the United Nations Development Programme

(UNDP) as goodwill ambassador.

a) Maria Sharapova

b) Ana Ivanovic

c) Petra Kvitova

d) Anna Kournikova

3. Union Government in March 2016 imposed anti-dumping duty of up to 44.7 percent for five years

on import of plastic-processing machines from certain countries. Which of the following is not a part

of them?

a) Chinese Taipei

b) Malaysia

c) The Philippines

d) Myanmar

4. Which bank in March 2016 launched mobile payment solution Touch & Pay?

a) ICICI Bank


c) HDFC Bank

d) Bank of India

5. Who authored the book Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography that was in news in the second week of

March 2016?

a) Govind Pansare

b) Madhuri Bose

c) Pramod Kapoor

d) Maithili Rao

6. Where was the 7th meeting of the Governing Board of the Indo-German Science and Technology

Centre held on 15 March 2016?

a) New Delhi

b) Kolkata

c) Chennai

d) Kochi

7. Which state government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Union Government

under the Scheme Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) on 15 March 2016?

a) Kerala

b) Jammu & Kashmir

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Uttar Pradesh

8. Identify the organisation with which the Union Tourism Ministry signed a Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) to promote Responsible and Sustainable tourism in March 2016.

a) Nutrition Society of India

b) Geological Society of India

c) Ecotourism Society of India

d) Operational Research Society of India

9. Where was My Biosphere, My Future campaign was launched in March 2016?

a) Chile

b) Kolkata

c) Perth

d) Lima

10. Name the person who will be granted sainthood as per an announcement made by Pope Francis

on 15 March 2016.

a) Mother Teresa

b) Pope John XXIII

c) Vincenzo Grossi

d) Louis Martin

11. Career Guidance Counselling Centres were launched in March 2016 in which city to improve

employment opportunities for young women?

a) Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Lucknow

d) Bareilly

12. Which of the following pharmaceuticals company in March 2016 received the final approval from

the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture and market Frovatriptan Succinate

tablets in the American market?

a) Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited

b) Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

c) Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited

d) KLINTOZ Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.

13. Which institute in the second week of March 2016 set up India's first education technology

accelerator called Edugild?

a) Indian Institute of Science Banglore

b) IIT, Delhi

c) Maharashtra Institute of Technology

d) Birla Institute of Technology and Science

14. Priyanka Kakodkar and Raksha Kumar in March 2016 were named as joint winners of the 2015-

16 Chameli Devi Jain Award which is given to women in the field of

a) Journalism

b) Science and Technology

c) Sports

d) Education

15. Name India-based software engineer who in March 2016 won the Unite Ideas #LinksSDGs Data

Visualization Challenge.

a) Raksha Kumar

b) Supriya Sharma

c) Abhishek Kumar

d) Abdulqadir Rashik

Answers

1-(c) 6-(a) 11-(a)

2-(a) 7-(b) 12-(b)

3-(d) 8-(c) 13-(c)

4-(a) 9-(d) 14-(a)

5-(c) 10-(a) 15-(d)


1. The World Consumer Rights Day was observed on 15 March 2016 with the theme

a) Antibiotics off the Menu

b) Consumer rights in the era of Internet

c) Know Your Rights

d) Consumer Rights for Better Consumption

2. Who was elected as the first civilian president to lead the country after 53 years of military rule by

Myanmar's Parliament on 15 March 2016?

a) Htin Kyaw

b) Aung San Suu Kyi

c) Thein Sein

d) Henry Van Thio

3. The World Kidney Day was observed on 10 March 2016 with the theme

a) Kidney Health for All

b) Kidney Disease & Children. Act Early to Prevent It!

c) Chronic Kidney Disease and aging

d) Kidneys for Life – Stop Kidney Attack!

4. As per a report released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in March 2016, what

percent of domestic workers are excluded from social protection across the world?

a) 60%

b) 70%

c) 80%

d) 90%

5. Which team in March 2016 won the 20th edition of the Lloyd Business Today Pro-Am of

Champions golf tournament?

a) Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Kolkata

d) Hyderabad

https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/linkssdgs?source=feed_text

6. Identify the State whose Administrative Council approved the Industrial Policy-2016 on 14 March

2016.

a) Telangana

b) Jammu & Kashmir

c) West Bengal

d) Bihar

7. Identify the country in which Australia re-opened its trade office in March 2016.

a) Iraq

b) Syria

c) Iran

d) Peru

8. Which country in March 2016 declared a two-month extension on emergency powers meant to

help shore up the country's crippled economy?

a) Zimbabwe

b) Cuba

c) Argentina

d) Venezuela

9. Under which Act did the Supreme Court asked the Centre and states to frame rules, regulations

and guidelines for the adoption of children on 15 March 2016?

a) Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005

b) The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015

c) Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986

d) Guardians and Wards Act, 1890

10. In which country on 14 March 2016 the UNICEF successfully tested usage of drones for

transporting blood samples of suspected HIV infected infants?

a) Malawi

b) Libya

c) Egypt

d) Ghana

11. The Budget 2016-17 of the Telangana State pegged the fiscal deficit at what percent of State

Gross Domestic Product?

a) 2.5%

b) 3.5%

c) 4.5%

d) 5.5%

12. In which city the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women was inaugurated on

14 March 2016?

a) New York

b) London

c) Tokyo

d) Beijing

13. Which country on 14 March 2016 became the second African nation to commit to end modern

slavery?

a) Mauritania

b) Nigeria

c) South Africa

d) Zimbabwe

14. In which city, the 59th session of Commission on Narcotic Drugs was inaugurated on 14 March

2016?

a) Bern

b) Zurich

c) Vienna

d) Basel

15. Which Country’s agency was given pre-Olympic drug testing role in March 2016?

a) United Kingdom

b) Russia

c) United States of America

d) Australia

Answers

1-(a) 6-(b) 11-(b)

2-(a) 7-(c) 12-(a)

3-(b) 8-(d) 13-(a)

4-(d) 9-(b) 14-(c)

5-(a) 10-(a) 15-(a)


1. Name the state that on 14 March 2016 approved a policy for senior citizens.

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Telangana

d) Himachal Pradesh

2. Who on 14 March 2016 was appointed as an independent non-executive director of Altico Capital

India?

a) Shikha Sharma

b) Shanti Ekambaram

c) Naina Lal Kidwai

d) Kalpana Morparia

3. Name the state that on 14 March 2016 approved a proposal to constitute a State Food

Commission (SFC) as per the National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013.

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Bihar

c) Kerala

d) Odisha

4. Supreme Court of which country in March 2016 announced that it will create own international

maritime judicial centre?

a) Brazil

b) China

c) Mexico

d) Iran

5. American mathematician Lloyd Stowell Shapley who died in March 2016 was awarded Nobel

Prize for Economics for which year?

a) 2012

b) 2013

c) 2014

d) 2015

6. Which of the following professional services firm in the second week of March 2016 was selected

by India Post as consultant for payments bank?

a) Deloitte

b) Ernst & Young

c) PricewaterhouseCoopers

d) KPMG

7. Which private sector bank in March 2016 signed a MoU with India Brazil Chamber of Commerce

for strategic cooperation?

a) Axis Bank

b) YES Bank

c) ICICI Bank

d) IndusInd Bank

8. Who among the following were in March 2016 declared as Public Authorities under the Right to

Information Act, 2005 by the Central Information Commission?

a) Cabinet Ministers in States and the Union

b) High Court Judges

c) Speakers of all Legislative Assemblies

d) Chairmen of all Legislative Councils

9. The Wholesale Price Index for February 2016 was pegged at

a) -0.61%

b) -0.71%

c) -0.81%

d) -0.91%

10. A new species of thumbnail size frog, named Microhyla laterite, was discovered in which of the

following regions of India?

a) Western Ghats

b) Eastern Ghats

c) Indian Wastelands

d) Malabar Coast

11. Who in March 2016 was appointed as the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Fiji?

a) Anil Wadhwa

b) R. Ravindra

c) Dinesh Bhatia

d) Vishvas Vidu Sapkal

12. Who in March 2016 was appointed as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire?

a) Anil Wadhwa

b) R. Ravindra

c) Dinesh Bhatia

d) Vishvas Vidu Sapkal

13. Identify the author of the Booker winning novel Hotel du Lac. The author died in March 2016 at

the age of 87.

a) F Scott Fitzgerald

b) Rupert Brooke

c) Anita Brookner

d) Colleen McCullough

14. Name the Indian scholar who in March 2016 was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the

University of Canberra?

a) Vellayani Arjunan

b) Arindam Chakrabarti

c) Vina Mazumdar

d) H Deep Saini

15. For the first time, the Union Government in March 2016 notified maximum sale price of Bt cotton

seed. The notification was issued under the

a) Cotton Seed Price (Control) Order, 2012

b) Cotton Seed Price (Control) Order, 2013

c) Cotton Seed Price (Control) Order, 2014

d) Cotton Seed Price (Control) Order, 2015

Answers

1-(a) 6-(a) 11-(d)

2-(c) 7-(b) 12-(b)

3-(d) 8-(a) 13-(c)

4-(b) 9-(d) 14-(d)

5-(a) 10-(c) 15-(d)


1. Union Ministry of Home Affairs on 14 March 2016 appointed a high level committee to look into

issue of missing files related to Ishrat Jahan case. It will be headed by

a) BK Prasad

b) Mahesh Kumar Singla

c) Ajay Shankar

d) Amit Mitra

2. Where was the 13th meeting of Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development held on 14

March 2016?

a) Dubai

b) Durban

c) Delhi

d) Detroit

3. Which of the following is the partner country of Maritime India Summit 2016 (MIS 2016) that will

be organised from 14 to 16 April 2016?

a) Afghanistan

b) South Korea

c) Japan

d) China

4. Name the person who on 13 March 2016 won the one million dollar Global Teacher Prize for the

year 2016.

a) Hanan Al Hroub

b) Aqeela Asifi

c) Colin Hegarty

d) Robin Chaurasiya

5. Who of the following on 13 March 2016 won the men’s singles of the All England Badminton

tournament?

a) Lin Dan

b) Tian Houwei

c) Chen Long

d) Lee Chong Wei

6. Name the team that on 13 March 2016 won the Santosh Trophy National Football Championships

title.

a) Mysore

b) Railways

c) Maharashtra

d) Services

7. ExoMars 2016, an unmanned spacecraft to Mars was jointly launched by which two space

agencies?

a) European Space Agency and Roscosmos

b) Roscosmos and NASA

c) NASA and European Space Agency

d) Roscosmos and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

8. What is the name of 250-million-year-old new fossil of reptile that was discovered in Brazil by an

international team of scientist?

a) Teyujagua

b) Microhyla Laterite

c) Melanophidium Khairei

d) Manis crassicaudata

9. The UNESCO’s 4th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves started on 14 March 2016 at which

place?

a) Lima

b) Cuba

c) Chile

d) Perth

10. Name the state that presented the State Budget 2016-17 on 10 March 2016 in e-format making it

the first state in India to do so.

a) Kerala

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Telangana

11. Identify the indigenously built nuclear-capable intermediate range missile with a range of 700-km

that was test-fired by India on 14 March 2016.

a) Dhanush

b) Agni-I

c) Prithvi-II

d) Prahaar

12. Identify the renowned Jazz vocalist who died in March 2016 in Seattle.

a) Oscar Brown

b) Shirley Horn

c) Billy Eckstine

d) Ernestine Anderson

13. What was the name of the pre-school animation series for which UNESCO has signed an

agreement with CJ Better Life for girl child education?

a) Pixel Pals

b) Rainbow Ruby

c) Alphabet Castle

d) The Magic Garden (TV series)

14. The multimedia tourism campaign, titled New Worlds, which won the silver prize of 2016 Golden

City Gate Award at the ITB-Berlin, belongs to which Indian state?

a) Rajasthan

b) Kerala

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Uttar Pradesh

15. Which State on 1 March 2015 approved the Prohibition of Social Boycott Bill, 2016?

a) Telangana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Karnataka

d) Maharashtra

Answers

1-(a) 6-(d) 11-(b)

2-(a) 7-(a) 12-(d)

3-(b) 8-(a) 13-(b)

4-(a) 9-(a) 14-(b)

5-(a) 10-(c) 15-(d)


1. What is the name given by the Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal in March 2016 to the LED-

based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme launched in January 2015?

a) UJALA

b) URJA

c) PRAKASH

d) ROSHNI

2. Which High Court of India will be celebrating its 100th anniversary on 12 March 2015?

a) Madras High Court

b) Patna High Court

c) Kolkata High Court

d) Delhi High Court

3. Which international organization on 11 March 2016 declared Lebanese movement Hezbollah a

terrorist group?

a) United Nations

b) INTERPOL

c) Gulf Cooperation Council

d) Arab League

4. Name the state that will organise national level freestyle wrestling championship on 23 March

2016.

a) Punjab

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Haryana

d) West Bengal

5. British Keyboardist and progressive rock legend who died in March 2016 at the age of 71?

a) Keith Emerson

b) Scott Kelly

c) Yisrael Kristal

d) Ben Carson

6. Name the American astronaut, who holds the American record for most time spent in space, will

retire from NASA on 1 April 2016.

a) Keith Emerson

b) Michael Lopez-Algeria

c) Scott Kelly

d) Ben Carson

7. Which High Court of India is celebrating its 150th year of establishment on 12 March 2016?

a) Patna

b) Allahabad

c) Kolkata

d) Guwahati

8. Which State Government in March 2016 decided to distributed LED bulbs at highly discounted

prices to nearly 44 lakh domestic consumers?

a) Maharashtra

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Haryana

d) Uttar Pradesh

9. According to UN experts, what is the best answer to combat mosquito-borne Zika virus that has

affected Latin America?

a) Improving water and sanitation services

b) Improving sanitation and providing healthy food

c) Improving water services and providing healthy food

d) All of the above

10. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on 11 March 2016 adopted a resolution endorsing steps

to combat sexual exploitation by UN peacekeepers. What is the resolution number?

a) Resolution 2273

b) Resolution 2272

c) Resolution 2274

d) Resolution 2275

Answers

1-(a) 6-(c)

2-(d) 7-(b)

3-(d) 8-(c)

4-(c) 9-(a)

5-(a) 10-(b)


1. What is the name of service that was launched by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in March 2016

under Railways Cleanliness Drive?

a) Swachh Rail

b) Clean My Coach

c) Clean it Up

d) Make it Clean

2. Which State became the first in the country with issuance of bonds worth 3677 crore rupees on 10

March 2016 under the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana?

a) Haryana

b) Punjab

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Telangana

3. With which country India on 9 March 2016 signed an agreement to provide over 400 million US

dollars to finance three water supply projects?

a) Sri Lanka

b) Bangladesh

c) Bhutan

d) Nepal

4. Which of the following statements is not true in relation to the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana that

was approved by the CCEA on 10 March 2016?

a) It seeks to provide free LPG connections to APL families

b) 8000 crore rupees will be spent over three years

c) 1.5 crore households will be benefitted in 2016-17

d) It will be implemented by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

5. The Women Transforming India initiative, in partnership with the UN and MyGov, was launched

on 8 March 2016 by which policy think-tank?

a) NITI Aayog

b) Indian Council for World Affairs

c) India Foundation

d) The Center for Policy Research

6. Which University on 10 March 2016 won the annual Visitor’s Award for the Best University?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru University

b) Tezpur University

c) University of Delhi

d) Indian Institute of Science

7. The Union Cabinet on 10 March 2016 approved the Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing

Policy to remove the prior exploration and licensing policy. What the previous policy was called?

a) Exploration Licensing Policy of India

b) New Licensing Policy for Exploration

c) Directorate General of Hydrocarbons

d) New Exploration Licensing Policy

8. Which city of Finland will host 2018 U-20 World Championships in Athletics, as announced by

IAAF on 10 March 2016?

a) Helsinki

b) Tampere

c) Varkaus

d) Paimio

9. The Economist Intelligence Unit on 10 March 2016 ranked which city as the most expensive city in

the world?

a) New York

b) Los Angeles

c) Singapore

d) Shanghai

10. The Economist Intelligence Unit on 10 March 2016 ranked which Indian cities among the

cheapest cities in the world?

a) Mumbai & New Delhi

b) New Delhi & Bengaluru

c) Mumbai & Bengaluru

d) Bengaluru and Chennai

11. What is the focus of the revised policy on gas production from Deep Waters & HPHT areas that

was approved by the Union Government on 10 March 2016?

a) Pricing freedom

b) Operational freedom

c) Liberal foreign investments

d) All of them

12. Which city will host the Maritime India Summit for 2-days begging from 14 April 2015?

a) Hyderabad

b) Bengaluru

c) Mumbai

d) New Delhi

13. To which company the Ratna and R-series oil fields were given back on 10 March 2016 by the

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs?

a) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited

b) Indian Oil Corporation

c) Oil India Limited

d) Bharat Petroleum

14. On which spiritual organisation the NGT imposed 5 crore rupees fine for causing damage to the

Yamuna flood plain to organize 2-day World Culture Festival beginning from 11 March 2016?

a) The Art of Living Foundation

b) Ramakrishna Mission

c) International Society for Krishna Consciousness

d) Brahma Kumaris

15. RITES (Public Sector Enterprise under Ministry of Railways) signed a contract to supply 18

Meter Gauge 1350 HP Diesel Electric Locomotives with

a) Myanmar Railways

b) Sri Lankan Railways

c) Bangladesh Railways

d) Nepal Railways

Answers

1-(b) 6-(b) 11-(a)

2-(c) 7-(d) 12-(c)

3-(a) 8-(b) 13-(a)

4-(a) 9-(c) 14-(a)

5-(a) 10-(c) 15-(a)


1. Name the rocket that on 10 March 2016 carried India’s sixth navigation satellite IRNSS-1F.

a) PSLV-C23

b) PSLV-C27

c) PSLV C-31

d) PSLV C-32

2. Identify the eight time Grammy Award-winning Brazilian percussionist. He died on 9 March 2016

in Recife, Brazil.

a) George Martin

b) Brian Epstein

c) Ringo Starr

d) Nana Vasconcelos

3. The Allahabad High Court (HC) on 9 March 2016 asked the Uttar Pradesh (UP) to immediately

stop illegal mining in reserved forest areas of which district?

a) Lakhimpur Kheri

b) Sonbhadra

c) Unnao

d) Etawah

4. Lok Sabha on 9 March 2016 passed the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016

that seeks to amend Enemy Property Act of

a) 1968

b) 1966

c) 1952

d) 1984

5. The first-ever all girls National Cadet Corps (NCC) Mount Everest expedition was flagged off on 9

March 2016 comprised of how many girl cadets?

a) 10

b) 15

c) 28

d) 22

6. Seven pillars of development were announced by Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on 9

March 2016 while presenting the Annual State Budget 2016-17 in the legislative assembly. Which of

the following is not the part of the seven pillars which was announced?

a) Farmers

b) Education

c) Communications

d) Capacity-building

7. Indian Army’s cycling event for nature was flagged off from Pangsau Pass on the Indo-Myanmar

border on 8 March 2016. During the World War-II the pass was nicknamed as?

a) Sliding Pass

b) Tanga Pass

c) Hell Pass

d) Myitkyina Pass

8. India on 9 March 2016 extended 2 billion US dollar Line of Credit (LOC) to which country for

implementing socio-economic development projects?

a) Bangladesh

b) Sri Lanka

c) Nepal

d) Myanmar

9. Indo Rama Renewables Jath Limited (IRRJL), which owns a 30 MW wind farm in Maharashtra,

was acquired on 9 March 2016 by which company?

a) Suzlon Energy

b) Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited

c) Wescare India Ltd

d) Vestas India

10. Which pharmaceutical company on 9 March 2016 announced the completion of the acquisition of

privately held US-based GAVIS Pharmaceuticals LLC and Novel Laboratories (GAVIS)?

a) Cadila Healthcare

b) GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd

c) Lupin

d) Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

11. Which of the following in March 2016 became the first to receive Small Finance Bank license

from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

a) Capital Local Area Bank Ltd

b) Coastal Local Area Bank Ltd

c) Krishna Bhima Samruddhi Local Area Bank Ltd

d) Subhadra Local Area Bank Ltd

12. Identify the Indian industrialist who in March 2016 was conferred with France’s Knight of the

Legion of Honour.

a) Mukesh Ambani

b) Anand Mahindra

c) Azim Premji

d) Narayana Murthy

13. Which bank in March 2016 launched the iWork@Home programme for its women employees?

a) ICICI Bank


c) Andhra Bank

d) HDFC Bank

14. George Henry Martin who died on 9 March 2016 was the producer of which famous musical

band?

a) Led Zeppelin

b) Queen

c) AC/DC

d) The Beatles

15. Which of the following UN Agencies on 8 March 2016 jointly launched the Global Programme to

Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage?

a) UNFPA & WHO

b) WHO & FAO

c) FAO & UNFPA

d) UNFPA & UNICEF

Answers

1-(d) 6-(b) 11-(a)

2-(d) 7-(c) 12-(b)

3-(b) 8-(a) 13-(a)

4-(a) 9-(b) 14-(d)

5-(a) 10-(c) 15-(d)

1. What was the theme of the three-day conference that was organsied by the Centre and the

International Monetary Fund (IMF) in New Delhi from 11 March 2016?

a) Advancing Asia: Investing for the Future

b) Advance Asia: Invest for the future

c) Investing for the Future: Advancing Asia

d) Invest for the future: Advanced Asia

2. Which one of the following is not one of the provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and

Development) Bill, 2015 that was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 10 March 2016?

a) Setting up of Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA)

b) Imprisonment of up to 3 years for fraud builders

c) Mandatory registration of all projects in each State

d) 45 days time for RERA to dispose of the complaints

3. Rest of India on 10 March 2016 won the Irani Cup Cricket title by defeating which Ranji team?

a) Hyderabad

b) Mumbai

c) Rajasthan

d) Karnataka

4. Who of the following was appointed as the chairperson of the 21st Law Commission?

a) Justice M Jagannadha Rao

b) Justice Ajit Prakash Shah

c) Justice PV Reddi

d) Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan

5. Who of the following was named as the Secretary General of the Arab League on 10 March

2016?

a) Aboul Gheit

b) Amr Moussa

c) Nabil El-Araby

d) Chedli Klibi

6. According to the Supreme Court, what percentage of TRAI-mandated threshold limit of call drops

a telecom company should adhere to?

a) One percent

b) Two percent

c) Three percent

d) Seven percent

7. The Union Cabinet on 10 March 2016 gave its approval for entering into a MoU with which

multilateral agency for setting up of the agency’s South Asia regional training centre in India?


b) World Bank

c) Asian Development Bank

d) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

8. The Union Cabinet on 10 March 2016 gave its approval for creation of the post of Nominated

Authority in the Ministry of Coal as per

a) Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2012

b) Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2013

c) Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2014

d) Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015

9. Registration of which of the following Labour Act was not integrated with the e-biz portal of the

Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on 9 March 2016?

a) The EPF and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952

b) The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948

c) The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970

d) The Factories Act, 1948

10. The food and drug department of which State on 9 March 2016 sent Johnson & Johnson baby

powder for lab tests?

a) Chennai

b) Odisha

c) Maharashtra

d) Andhra Pradesh

11. Who was on 9 March 2016 appointed as the head of United National Political Mission in

Columbia?

a) Jean Arnault

b) John Nicholson

c) Atul Sobti

d) Sylvie Lucas

12. As per ICC’s announcement on 9 March 2016, the venue of India and Pakistan World T20 match

has been shifted from Kolkata to which place?

a) Dharamsala

b) Mumbai

c) Delhi

d) Mohali

13. The Union Government in March 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding on conservation

of birds of prey in Africa and Eurasia. The MoU is also known as:

a) A bird of prey MoU

b) Rapt MoU

c) CMS MoU

d) Raptor MoU

14. Which firm was in news in March 2016 as it was given 12 industrial licenses by the DIPP for

manufacturing defence systems?

a) Ashok Leyland Defence Systems

b) Larsen & Toubro

c) Astra Microwave Products

d) Reliance Defence

15. Identify the Nalco CMD who was elected as the President of Aluminium Association of India.

a) Tapan Kumar Chand

b) SK Roongta

c) Najib Shah

d) AK Jha

Answers

1-(a) 6-(b) 11-(a)

2-(d) 7-(a) 12-(a)

3-(b) 8-(d) 13-(d)

4-(d) 9-(d) 14-(d)

5-(a) 10-(c) 15-(a)


1. Name the state that on 8 March 2016 announced inclusion of Widow Marriage under state

government’s Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah Yojana?

a) Bihar

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) West Bengal

d) Rajasthan

2. Combat operation, code-named 'Hillstorm 3' against GNLA (Garo National Liberation Army)

militants, which was in news on 8 March 2016, is an operation of which of the following?

a) Assam Police

b) Indian Army

c) Meghalaya Police

d) Border Security Force

3. Indian Army on 8 March 2016 launched a 1000-kilometer bicycle expedition from Pangsau Pass.

Pangasu Pass connects India to which country?

a) Myanmar

b) Tibet

c) China

d) Nepal

4. Name the state that on 8 March 2016 received Nari Shakti Puraskar for the year 2015 that was

conferred by President Pranab Mukherjee in Rashtrapati Bhawan.

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Bihar

d) Haryana

5. What is the theme of 1000-kilometer bicycle expedition of Indian Army that was launched on 8

March 2016 from Pangsau Pass in Assam?

a) Cycle to Recycle

b) Cycling to Recycle

c) Cycling for Environment

d) Cycling for friendship

6. Which orgnaisation’s/institute’s Board of Governors on 8 March 2016 approved a 2.3 million euro

initiative to help Latin America and the Caribbean countries to fight against Zika virus?

a) European Central Bank

b) European Union

c) International Atomic Energy Agency

d) World Bank

7. Name the technique that will be transferred to Latin America and Caribbean countries to fight

against Zika virus under 2.3 Million Euro Project.

a) Sterile Insect Technique

b) Bacillus thuringiensis serotype israelensis (Bti)

c) Synthetic pyrethroids technique

d) Organochlorine insecticides technique

8. Name the multilateral military exercise between the Indian Army and Armies of countries from the

ASEAN Plus which concluded on 8 March 2016 in Pune.

a) Exercise FORCE 18

b) Exercise Lamitye 2016

c) Exercise IBSAMAR

d) Exercise Surya Kiran

9. Which multinational professional services firm on 8 March 2016 was appointed as the consultant

of Indian Railways to discover the advertising potential in trains and stations?

a) PricewaterhouseCoopers

b) TransnaTional

c) Ernst & Young

d) ShineWing

10. Who on 8 March 2016 was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CA Media Digital

(India) Pvt. Ltd.?

a) Vivek Suri

b) Vivek Jain

c) Mukesh Bansal

d) Ridhima Jaiswal

11. Which state government on 8 March 2016 launched Mukhyamantri Santwana Harish Yojana to

provide free treatment to road accident victims for the first 48 hours?

a) Telangana

b) Maharashtra

c) Odisha

d) Karnataka

12. Bureau of Indian Standards Bill, 2015 which was passed by Rajya Sabha on 8 March 2016

seeks to replace the Bureau of Indian Standards Act of

a) 1986

b) 1989

c) 1996

d) 2003

13. Which Union Ministry on 7 March 2016 launched the online marketing portal Mahila E-haat?

a) Ministry of Finance

b) Ministry of Commerce & Industry

c) Ministry of Women and Child Development

d) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

14. A boat capsized near Chandipal ghat in Brahmani River of Dhenkanal district on 7 March 2016 in

which at least one person was drowned. Dhenkanal is a district of which state?

a) Odisha

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Telangana

d) Uttarakhand

15. The Indian women’s team on 6 March 2016 defeated which country to bag gold medal at the

Second Division of the World Team Table Tennis Championship?

a) Luxemburg

b) Brazil

c) China

d) Japan

Answers

1-(b) 6-(c) 11-(d)

2-(c) 7-(a) 12-(a)

3-(a) 8-(a) 13-(c)

4-(d) 9-(c) 14-(a)

5-(a) 10-(b) 15-(a)


1. International Women's Day was observed across the world on 8 March 2016 with the theme

a) Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality

b) Equality for Women is Progress for All

c) Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!

d) Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All

2. Name the organization/Institution that on 8 March 2016 released Women at Work: Trends 2016

report.

a) UN Women

b) World Bank

c) International Labour Organization

d) Global Fund for Women

3. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 8 March 2016 announced to roll back a proposal to tax

Employee Provident Fund (EPF) withdrawals. According to the proposal what percentage of EPF

withdrawals would have become taxable?

a) 30 percent

b) 40 percent

c) 50 percent

d) 60 percent

4. Who was appointed as head of the newly constituted National Cricket Selection Panel by the Sri

Lanka Cricket Board on 8 March 2016 for selecting players for ICC T-20 Cricket World Cup?

a) Kumar Sangakkara

b) Lalith Kaluperuma

c) Arvinda de Silva

d) Kapila Wijegunawardena

5. Name the tennis player who on 7 March 2016 announced that she was provisionally suspended

after she failed a drug test at the Australian Open.

a) Jennifer Capriati

b) Petra Kvitova

c) Serena Williams

d) Maria Sharapova

6. The US troops on 7 March 2016 began their largest ever military exercises with which country?

a) North Korea

b) Japan

c) South Korean

d) Pakistan

7. A new species of burrowing snake, named Melanophidium Khairei, was discovered in which

region of Indian peninsula?

a) Western Ghats

b) Eastern Ghats

c) Malabar Coast

d) Deccan Plateau

8. Which team on 5 March 2016 won the third season of Pro Kabaddi League?

a) U Mumba

b) Patna Pirates

c) Bengal Warriors

d) Telugu Titans

9. Name the famous Malayalam actor and folk singer who passed away on 6 March 2016 in Kochi.

a) Murali

b) Sreenath

c) Kalabhavan Mani

d) Kedamangalam Ali

10. Name the former chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) who in March 2016

was conferred with the Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Shiromani Samman.

a) T Nanda Kumar

b) S Ayyappan

c) V Kurien

d) Amrita Patel

11. Who won the 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship, which was played at Trump National Doral in

Doral, Florida?

a) Scott Piercy

b) Adam Scott

c) Bubba Watson

d) Rory McIlroy

12. As per a study released by Lancet in March 2016 impact of climate change on food production

could cause over 500000 extra deaths in the year

a) 2030

b) 2040

c) 2050

d) 2060

13. As per a study released by Lancet in March 2016 how many extra deaths will occur per million

population in India due to the impact of climate change on food production in 2050?

a) 104

b) 105

c) 106

d) 107

14. Identify the industry category which is not part of the four-colour scheme announced by the

Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 5 March 2016 based on pollution

levels.

a) Red

b) Orange

c) White

d) Violet

15. Which high court on 5 March 2016 ruled that the national anthem should be sung in all private

schools in the State during the morning assembly?

a) Madras

b) Bombay

c) Calcutta

d) Allahabad

Answers

1-(a) 6-(c) 11-(b)

2-(c) 7-(a) 12-(c)

3-(d) 8-(b) 13-(b)

4-(c) 9-(c) 14-(d)

5-(d) 10-(d) 15-(a)


1.Which one of the following countries won the 2016 Asia Cricket Cup for the record sixth time on 6

March 2016 in the final played at Mirpur, Bangladesh?

a)India

b)Pakistan

c)Bangladesh

d)Sri Lanka

2.Name the inventor of E-mail who passed away at the age of 74 on 6 March 2016.

a)Scott Aaronson

b)Mahindra Agrawal

c)David P Anderson

d)Ray Tomlinson

3.Who headed the Inquiry Commission on 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots that gave clean chit to Uttar

Pradesh government in March 2016?

a)Justice V K Shukla

b)Justice Arun Tandon

c)Justice Vishnu Kumar Sahai

d)Justice Ran Vijai Singh

4.Which ministry released the four colour classification scheme for industries based on their potential

pollution level in March 2016?

a)Ministry of Environment and Forest

b)Ministry of Heavy Industries

c)Ministry of Finance

d)Prime Minister’s Office

5.Which country won the men and women team championship at the World Table Tennis Team

Championship held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in March 2016?

a)China

b)Denmark

c)India

d)Britain

6.Olympian Yogeshwar Dutt will head a 17-member Indian wrestling team that was named for Asian

Olympic Qualification tournament scheduled to be held from 18 – 20 March 2016 in

a)Doha, Qatar

b)Astana, Kazakhstan

c)Canberra, Australia

d)Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

7.Which Indian bank was granted operating license along with three Asian banks by the Myanmar

government in March 2016?

a)Bank of Baroda

b)ICICI Bank

c)State Bank of India

d)YES Bank

8.Name the renowned Dogri poetess and writer who was awarded Krutitava Smagra Samman for

2015 by Bharatiya's Bhasha Parishad, Kolkata in March 2016.

a)Nilmani Phookan

b)Mahim Bora

c)Padma Sachdev

d)Nandini Sahu

9.Which Indian football club was slapped a fine of 50 lakh rupees fine by the All India Football

Federation (AIFF) for boycotting medal ceremony during the recently concluded Indian Super

League (ISL)?

a)Churchill Brothers

b)Salgaocar

c)Bengaluru FC

d)FC Goa

10.Deepika Padukone won the Best Actress Award at Zee Cine Awards 2016 for her role in which

film?

a)Bajirao Mastani

b)Ram-Leela

c)Piku

d)Happy New Year

Answers

1-(a) 6-(b)

2-(d) 7-(c)

3-(c) 8-(c)

4-(a) 9-(d)

5-(c) 10-(c)


Last week 8 glance

• A two-day National Conference of Women Legislators will began in New Delhi on 5 March 2016

with theme - Women Legislators-Building Resurgent India

• Indian shooter on 4 March 2016 clinched the 50m pistol gold at the ISSF World Cup in Bangkok is -

Jitu Rai

• The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on 3 March 2016 promoted Hockey India national-level

umpire as the International Outdoor Umpire - Napoleon Singh

• Indian film archivist and founder and former director of the National Film Archive of India (NFAI)

who died on 4 March 2016 at the age of 82 - Paramesh Krishnan Nair

• In Haryana, an institution ‘Gita Gyan Sansthanam’ will be set up at a cost of 100 crore rupees at -

Kurukshetra

• Election Commission on 4 March 2016 announced the schedule for the forthcoming Assembly

elections in four States and one Union Territory, namely - Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam

and Puducherry

• India has filed a complaint in the World Trade Organisation, WTO, against the US decision to

impose high fees on - Temporary Working Visas

• Allahabad High Court asked Uttar Pradesh government to submit details regarding steps taken to

stop cheating at mass level in ongoing UP Board Examinations for - High School and Intermediate

• He took over as the new Police Commissioner of Delhi on 29 February 2016 – Alok Verma

• The Socialist leader and former Maharastra Minister who died on 29 February 2016 in Nashik -

Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman

• Indian Bollywood actress, who made her debut on the Oscars red carpet and presented the award

on - Priyanka Chopra

• The director of the film The Revenant who won the best director award at the 88th Academy

Awards - Alejandro González Iñárritu

• Tennis player who on 28 February 2016 won his ninth straight final to clinch the Dubai ATP Tennis

title by defeating Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 7-6(13) - Stanislas Wawrinka

• State government that on 28 February 2016 imposed a ban on the sale of army uniforms across

the state - Punjab

• First Chairperson of the Banks Board Bureau (BBB) that was constituted by Union Government on

28 February 2016 - Vinod Rai

• People who were re-elected as President and General Secretary respectively of the All India Trade

Union Congress (AITUC) - Ramendra Kumar and Gurudas Dasgupta

• To improve access to the justice delivery system to the poor and the underprivileged people, a

state that on 28 February 2016 announced setting up of legal assistance cells at gram panchayat

level - Odisha

• The National Science Day was celebrated on 28 February 2016 with the theme - Scientific Issues

for Development of the Nation

• The industrialist who invested in home rental startup NestAway – Ratan Tata

• This mine of Chhattisgarh became the first gold mine in the country to be auctioned –

Baghmara/Sonakhan

• This company won the Baghmara gold mine in auction - Vedanta Resources

• Chairperson of the expert committee that was constituted to examine the Possibility of Replacing

Multiple Prior Permissions with Pre-Existing Regulatory Mechanism - Ajay Shankar

• Famous sound designer who on 27 February 2016 became the first Asian to win the award for Best

Sound for documentary ‘India’s Daughter’ at the coveted Motion Picture Sound Editors’ (MPSE) 63rd

annual Golden Reel Awards - Resul Pookutty

• Slovenian high-jumper who on 27 February 2016 was elected the Chairman of the International

Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Athletes' Commission in Monaco - Rozle Prezelj

• India’s Governor to the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) who was

unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the Governing Council of IFAD - Dinesh Sharma

• The Visa on Arrival will be given to Japanese nationals at six airports Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai,

Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad from - 1 March 2016


OLYMPIC SPCL

1. The 31st Olympic games will be held in ………

(a) Argentina

(b) Brazil

(c) Maxico

(d) Qutar

2. Which is the new entrant in the next Olympic Games to be held in 2016?

(a) Kosovo

(b) Mali

(c) South Korea

(d) None of these

3. What is the number of Olympic games to be held in 2016?

(a) 21st

(b) 29th

(c) 31st

(d) 40th

4. How many games will be played in the next Olympic Games?

(a) 33

(b) 34

(c) 28

(d) 30

5. Which is the host city of next Olympic Games?

(a) Atlanta

(b) Paraguay

(c) Doha

(d) Rio de Janeiro

6. How many countries will participate in the next Olympic Games?

(a) 206

(b) 195

(c) 158

(d) 196

7. Where were first Olympic Games held?

(a) Atlanta

(b) Maxico

(c) Athens

(d) Sydney

8. Which of the following statement is not true about Olympic Games?

(a) First Olympic Games were held in 1896.

(b) First Olympic Games were held in Greece.

(c) There were just 13 countries participated in the first Olympic Games

(d) India got 10th position in the first Olympic Games

9. Which of the following sentence is not correct regarding the Olympic Games?

(a) Seventh Olympic Games were held in Belgium.

(b) Seventh Olympic Games were held in the year 1920.

(c) India won bronze medal in hockey in this tournament.

(d) Just 29 countries participated in the 7th Olympic Games.

10. In which Olympic Games, Indian hockey team won Gold medal?

(a) 9th

(b) 10th

(c) 11th

(d) 12th

Answer

1

b

2

a

3

c

4

c

5

d

6

c

7

c

8

d

9

c

10

a


1. Who was recommended for the 47th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015 on 4 March

2016?

a) Shashi Kapoor

b) Manoj Kumar

c) Lata Mangeskar

d) Asha Bhosle

2. How many Road Over Bridges (ROB) have been identified to be built under the Setu Bharatam

project launched on 4 March 2016?

a) 215

b) 210

c) 208

d) 208

3. Where was the International Conference on Rule of Law for Supporting the 2030 Development

Agenda was held in March 2016?

a) Paris

b) Washington

c) Melbourne

d) New Delhi

4. The founder and ex-director of National Film Archives of India (NFAI) who died at the age of 83 on

4 March 2016 is

a) P K Nair

b) Raunaq Singh

c) MN Shyamalan

d) Malika Srinavasan

5. By what percentage, China will increase the defence budget compared to last year budget of 145

billion US dollars?

a) 8-9%

b) 7-8%

c) 9-10%

d) 6-7%

6. The researchers of which University have claimed to develop a way of finding unique markings

within a tumour - its "Achilles heel" - allowing the body to target the disease?

a) University College, London

b) Utah University

c) Oxford University

d) Purdue University

7. The legislative assembly of which State in March 2016 decided to form a panel to probe student

suicides over exam pressure?

a) Maharashtra

b) Haryana

c) Gujarat

d) Madhya Pradesh

8. Chapchar Kut festival which was celebrated on 4 March 2016 is a festival of which North-Eastern

state?

a) Manipur


c) Mizoram

d) Nagaland

9. Name the Hockey India national-level umpire who was promoted by International Hockey

Federation as the International Outdoor Umpire in March 2016.

a) Sardar Singh

b) Dhanraj Pillay

c) Mukesh Kumar

d) Napoleon Singh

10. Name the Indian shooter who clinched the 50m pistol gold at the ISSF World Cup in Bangkok on

4 March 2016.

a) Jitu Rai

b) Prakash Nanjappa

c) Ashok Kumar

d) Abhinav Bindra

11. Which football club set a Spanish record of 35 matches unbeaten in all competitions on 3 March

2016?

a) Real Madrid

b) Atletico Madrid

c) Barcelona

d) Rayo Vallecano

12. Name the state that on 4 March 2016 decided to set up ‘Gita Gyan Sansthanam’.

a) Haryana

b) Punjab

c) Gujarat

d) Madhya Pradesh

13. Union Government has decided to digitally connect all Post Offices in rural areas by

a) December 2016

b) March 2017

c) January 2018

d) May 2019

14. Name the state whose High Court asked its government to submit details regarding steps taken

to stop cheating at mass level in ongoing UP Board Examinations for High School and Intermediate.

a) Bihar

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) West Bengal

d) Delhi

15. A two-day National Conference of Women Legislators with theme Women Legislators-Building

Resurgent India was held in which city of India.

a) Hyderabad

b) New Delhi

c) Chennai

d) Bengaluru

Answers

1-(b) 6-(a) 11-(c)

2-(c) 7-(d) 12-(a)

3-(d) 8-(c) 13-(b)

4-(a) 9-(d) 14-(b)

5-(b) 10-(a) 15-(a)


Current Affairs Quiz: 4 March 2016

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 4 March 2016 launched the Setu Bharatam project with an aim

to make all National Highways free of Railway crossings by

a) 2017

b) 2019

c) 2022

d) 2025

2. National Safety Day was observed across India on 4 March 2016 to commemorate establishment

of the National Safety Council (NSC). NSC was established in

a) 1955

b) 1966

c) 1977

d) 1987

3. Senior India politician PA Sangma died on 4 March 2016. In this context, identify the office which

was not held by him.

a) Lok Sabha Speaker

b) Union Finance Minister

c) Chief Minister of Meghalaya

d) Union Labour Minister

4. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 3 March 2016 released the Draft Directions for NBFC - Account

Aggregator. As per it, what is the Net Owned Fund of a NBFC-Account Aggregator?

a) 2 crore rupees

b) 3 crore rupees

c) 4 crore rupees

d) 5 crore rupees

5. Name the Honduran environmentalist leader and winner of the 2015 Goldman Environmental

Prize who was shot dead at her home in the town of La Esperanza on 3 March 2016.

a) Michael Werikhe

b) Yoichi Kuroda

c) Berta Caceres

d) Rizwana Hasan

6. To revive the Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT) Limited, Union Government on 3

March 2016 signed an agreement to provide a loan to the organisation. What is the loan amount?

a) 500 crore rupees

b) 800 crore rupees


d) 15 crore rupees

7. Which Asian country on 2 March 2016 passed its first anti-terror bill?

a) North Korea

b) Taiwan

c) Indonesia

d) South Korea

8. How many countries were compiled in the fourth edition of the Global Energy Architecture

Performance Index Report 2016 (EAPI) released by World Economic Forum (WEF) on 2 March

2016?

a) 126 Countries

b) 144 Countries

c) 306 Countries

d) 100 Countries

9. Identify the position in which India was placed in the EAPI Report 2016 released on 2 March

2016.

a) 1

b) 90

c) 10

d) 125

10. Identify the Country that topped the EAPI Report 2016 released by World Economic Forum on 2

March 2016.

a) England

b) UAE

c) Switzerland

d) US

11. Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in March 2016 cleared the proposal to acquire two more

Phalcon Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems (AWACS). These surveillance aircraft will be

bought under a tripartite agreement with

a) Israel and US

b) Israel and Russia

c) Russia and China

d) Japan and Israel

12. Who the world’s richest man according to the Forbes list of World Billionaires 2016 released on 1

March 2016?

a) Mark Zuckerberg

b) Warren Buffett

c) Mukesh Ambani

d) Bill Gates

13. Identify the bill that Parliament passed to empower Union government to revise the limits of

liability for airlines and compensation as per the Montreal Convention.

a) The Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, 2015

b) The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2015

c) The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015

d) The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015

14. Name the programme that was launched by UNHCR, UNICEF Twenty as support hubs for

children and families along the most frequently used migration routes in Europe.

a) Red Dots

b) Brown Dots

c) Blue Dots

d) Green Dots

15. Which organisation on 1 March 2016 launched its first Uridashi Masala bonds to promote private

sector development in India?

a) Asian Development Bank

b) BRICS Bank


d) International Finance Corporation

Answers

1-(b) 6-(c) 11-(b)

2-(b) 7-(d) 12-(d)

3-(b) 8-(a) 13-(a)

4-(a) 9-(b) 14-(c)

5-(c) 10-(c) 15-(d)


1. Name the former captain of New Zealand cricket team who died of cancer on 3 March 2016 in

Auckland.

a) Martin Crowe

b) Don Cleverley

c) Jack Newman

d) Lindsay Weir

2. World Wildlife Day was observed on 3 March 2016 across the world with theme

a) The future of wildlife is in our hands

b) Wildlife Crime is serious; let’s get serious about wildlife crime

c) Wildlife a Boon to Humanity

d) Protect Wildlife before it is lost

3. Eminent poet Dr Bhagwati Lal Vyas was chosen for the 2015 Bihari Puraskar on 2 March 2016 for

his anthology of Rajasthani poems titled

a) Katha Sun Aawe Hai Sabad

b) Shatabdi Niruttar

c) Footpath Par Chiriya Nachti Hai

d) Suraj Leelti Ghatiyan

4. Name the creator of television’s longest-running soap opera Coronation Street who passed away

on 1 March 2016.

a) Tony Warren

b) Kate Oates

c) Kieran Roberts

d) Ken Irwin

5. Which of the following autonomous organization was winded up by Union Government on 2 March

2016?

a) Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited

b) HMT Bearing Limited

c) Sambhar Salts Limited

d) National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council

6. Name the cryptography pioneers who on 1 March 2016 were honoured with the Association for

Computing Machinery's 2015 A.M. Turing Award.

a) Whitfield Diffie and Marty Hellman

b) Leslie G. Valiant and Charles P. Thacker

c) Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman

d) Silvio Micali and Shafi Goldwasser

7. Who on 29 February 2016 was appointed as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Office

(CEO) of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX)?

a) Parveen Kumar Singhal

b) Mrugank Paranjape

c) L K Singhal

d) Satyananda Mishra

8. Which State/UT on 29 February 2016 became the first state in the country to launch the Human

Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as a public health programme for school children?

a) Maharashtra

b) Odisha

c) Delhi

d) Telangana

9. Who of the following is the author of the book, titled Who was Shivaji?

a) Anuj Dhar

b) Govind Pansare

c) Anup Ashok Sardesai

d) Subhash Chandra

10. The Telangana Government on 2 March 2016 reached an understanding on constructing five

dams on Godavari, Penganga and Pranahita rivers for irrigation purposes with which state?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Chhattisgarh

d) Maharashtra

11. As per a decision of Organizing Committee of 12th South Asian Games, the Tikhor park as a

tribute to the mascot of the games will be established in

a) Guwahati and Agartala

b) Agartala and Shillong

c) Guwahati and Shillong

d) Shilong and Aizawl

12. Identify the country for which the US ratings agency Moody's Analytics has cuts its outlook to

negative in the first week of March 2016.

a) China

b) Japan

c) India

d) United States

13. Who was named for Lifetime Achievement Award of the 11th edition of the Mahindra Excellence

Theatre Awards (META) on 1 March 2016?

a) Zohra Sehgal

b) Ratan Thiyam

c) Badal Sarkar

d) Khaled Chowdhury

14. What system did Indian Railways launch for unreserved tickets to bring transparency and

prevent revenue leakage in the ticketing system in New Delhi on 1 March 2016?

a) Online Ticketing System

b) Electronic Ticket System

c) Smart Card System

d) Bar Coding System

15. For which State’s Higher Education Quality Improvement Project did India signed a financing

agreement for IDA credit of 300 US dollars with the World Bank on 1 March 2016?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Madhya Pradesh


Answers

1-(a) 6-(c) 11-(c)

2-(a) 7-(b) 12-(a)

3-(a) 8-(c) 13-(b)

4-(a) 9-(b) 14-(d)

5-(d) 10-(d) 15-(c)


Have a watch on few currew affairs...

1. The committee that was constituted on 29 February 2016 to consider Scheduled Tribe status to

six Communities of Assam by Union Government will be headed by?

a) Ajay Shankar

b) Amit Mitra

c) Arvind Subramanian

d) Mahesh Kumar Singla

2. Name the country that on 29 February 2016 declared three week emergency after a major oil

pipeline burst affecting two rivers, namely Chiriaco and Morona.

a) Peru

b) Chile

c) Brazil

d) Bolivia

3. Who was signed as Cricbuzz's Expert for ICC World T20 on 29 February 2016?

a) Virat Kohli

b) Virender Sehwag

c) MS Dhoni

d) Zaheer Khan

4. Identify the socialist leader and former Maharashtra Minister, who died on 29 February 2016 in

Nashik.

a) Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usma

b) SM Joshi

c) VP Singh

d) IK Gujral

5. Identify the Bollywood actress, who made her debut on the Oscars red carpet and presented the

award on 29 February 2016.

a) Deepika Padukone

b) Priyanka Chopra

c) Kareena Kapoor

d) Aiswarya Rai Bachhan

6. Who won the best actor award in the 88th Academy Awards on 29 February 2016?

a) Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

b) Matt Damon, The Martian

c) Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

d) Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

7. Who won the best director award in the 88th Academy Awards (Oscar) on 29 February 2016?

a) Thomas Joseph

b) Lenny Abrahamson

c) Alejandro González Iñárritu

d) George Miller

8. Who was the famous Tamil Comedy actor who died on 28 February 2016 in Chennai?

a) Kumarimuthu

b) Mahadevan

c) Deven Varma

d) Nagesh

9. Who on 28 February 2016 won the FMSCI Motorsports Man-of-the-Year Trophy?

a) Armaan Ebrahim

b) Karun Chandhok

c) Lee Keshav

d) Arjun Maini

Ans. A

10. Identify the State in which the Baghmara mine is located. It became the first gold mine in the

country to be auctioned in February 2016.

a) Karnataka

b) Chhattisgarh

c) Rajasthan

d) Madhya Pradesh

11. Which company on 27 February 2016 bagged the Baghmara gold mine in auction?

a) Vedanta Resources

b) Bharat Aluminium Company

c) Sterlite Industries

d) Hutti Gold Mines

12. Which state on 27 February 2016 was declared as the first digital state in India?

a) Karnataka

b) Kerala

c) Odisha

d) Telangana

13. Social networking site Twitter on 26 February 2016 launched#PositionOfStrength campaign in

India to tackle which social issue?

a) Poverty

b) Caste Discrimination

c) Women Empowerment

d) Child Labour

14. Identify the photographer who on 25 February 2016 was named Sports Photographer of the Year

at the 2015 Picture Editors’ Guild awards.

a) James Glossop

b) Samir Hussein

c) James Hardisty

d) Tom Jenkins

15. The cement units of Jaiprakash Associates Limited on 28 February 2016 were acquired for

16500 crore rupees by which cement company?

a) Shree Cement

b) UltraTech Cement Limited

c) Ambuja Cements

d) JK Laxmi Cement

Answers

1-(d) 6-(d) 11-(a)

https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/positionofstrength?source=feed_text

2-(a) 7-(c) 12-(b)

3-(b) 8-(a) 13-(c)

4-(a) 9-(a) 14-(c)

5-(b) 10-(b) 15-(b)


1. Name the Columnist and author of India who on 1 March 2016 was chosen for the 2016

Windham-Campbell Prize.

a) Jug Suraiya

b) Shekhar Gupta

c) Tavleen Singh

d) Jerry Pinto

2. 2016 Windham-Campbell Prizes were announced at Yale University announced in March 2016.

Who of the following was chosen for the award in the Drama category?

a) Jerry Pinto

b) Abbie Spallen

c) Hilton Als

d) Helen Garner

3. Name the state that was directed by its High Court to appoint Judicial officers as Additional

Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, and Assistant Collector to adjudicate Revenue cases in the

state within six months.

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Bihar

c) Maharashtra

d) Tamil Nadu

4. Name the South Africa left-arm spinner who was suspended from bowling by International Cricket

Council (ICC) on 1 March 2016 as his action was found illegal.

a) Aaron Phangiso

b) Chris Morris

c) Simon Harmer

d) Dane Piedt

5. Zero Discrimination Day was observed across the world on 1 March 2016 with the theme -

a) Speak Off

b) Open Up

c) Reach Out

d) Stand Out

6. Which state government on 1 March 2016 decided to illuminate 25 municipalities in the state with

LED bulbs in 100 days?

a) Telangana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Maharashtra

d) Madhya Pradesh

7. The Union Government in the first week of March 2016 ordered rebidding of the strategic 10050-

crore rupees Zoji La tunnel. Which company had earlier won the bid to build the tunnel?

a) L&T Engineering & Construction Division

b) IRB Infrastructure

c) Larsen & Toubro Limited

d) Gammon India Ltd

8. Three British scientists, Tim Bliss, Graham Collingridge and Richard Morris, on 1 March 2016 won

the Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Prize. The prize is also known as

a) The Grete Lundbeck Prize

b) The Brain Research Prize

c) The Prize of Wits

d) The Brain Prize

9. Name the race walker who on 28 February 2016 won the gold medal in men's 50km race walk

event at the National Championships.

a) Hakam Singh

b) Chandan Singh

c) Basanta Bahadur Singh Rana

d) Jitender Singh Rathore

10. Who on 1 March 2016 won the Best Actor award at the Kerala State Film Awards 2015?

a) Dulquer Salmaan

b) Mammootty

c) Asif Ali

d) Augustine

11. Name the person who was nominated by Portugal Government as a candidate for General

Secretary at United Nations.

a) Daniel Sampaio

b) Antonio Guterres

c) Mário Soares

d) Jorge Sampaio

12. Identify the vice admiral who took charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the

Eastern Naval Command on 29 February 2016 in Visakhapatnam.

a) HCS Bisht

b) Bimal Verma

c) Atul Kumar

d) Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee

13. Identify the vice admiral who took charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the

Andaman and Nicobar Command at Port Blair on 29 February 2016.

a) HCS Bisht

b) Bimal Verma

c) Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee

d) Satish Soni

14. What is the name of the seventh in the series of Indo-Seychelles Joint Training Exercises that

concluded on 29 February 2016 at Victoria, Mahe Island in Seychelles?

a) Indchelles-2016

b) Indo-Seychelles-2016

c) Lamitye – 2016

d) Mitra-2016

15. Identify the former Chief Justice of India who took charge as the Chairperson of the National

Human Rights Commission on 29 February 2016.

a) Justice RM Lodha

b) Justice P Sathasivam

c) Justice SH Kapadia

d) Justice HL Dattu

Answers

1-(d) 6-(a) 11-(b)

2-(b) 7-(b) 12-(a)

3-(a) 8-(d) 13-(b)

4-(a) 9-(c) 14-(c)

5-(d) 10-(a) 15-(d)

Mission AFCAT 2/ 2016 POST 8

Answer the questions in comment..

1. President Pranab Mukherjee on 27 February 2016 launched India’s largest heritage conservation

project and Kerala Government’s first green Project. Name it.

a) Monghall

b) Muziris

c) Asurgarh

d) Ahichatra

2. 13th World Spice Congress began in Ahmedabad on 27 February 2016 with theme

a) Target 2022: Clean, Safe and Sustainable Supply Chain

b) Target 2020: Clean, Safe and Sustainable Supply Chain

c) Target 2018: Clean, Safe and Sustainable Supply Chain

d) Clean, Safe and Sustainable Supply Chain: Target 2016

3. Name the Hindi film that was made tax-free in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh on 26 February 2016.

a) Neerja

b) Airlift

c) Aligarh

d) Sanam Re

4. Name the actor who was chosen for Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar award on 26 February 2016.

a) Amitabh Bachchan

b) Ranveer Kapoor

c) Ranveer Singh

d) Shah Rukh Khan

5. Who was elected as the President of FIFA on 26 February 2016?

a) Sepp Blatter

b) Sheikh Salman

c) Jerome Champagne

d) Gianni Infantino

6. Which of the following team on 26 February 2016 won the Ranji Trophy for a record 41st time?

a) Railways

b) Mumbai

c) Baroda

d) Delhi

7. Name the state that was on 26 February 2016 ordered by its High Court to procure adequate

number of breath analysers used for checking liquor consumption by drivers.

a) Bihar

b) Delhi

c) Haryana

d) Maharashtra

8. Name the state that on 26 February 2016 under Niramaya Yojana introduced 50 vehicles

equipped with global positioning system to transport medicines to State-run hospitals in remote

areas.

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Odisha

d) Gujarat

9. India on 26 February 2016 formally approached the United Nations to include Jaish-e-Mohammad

chief and Pathankot terror attack mastermind in the UN Security Council's sanctions list. Name the

person.

a) Masood Azhar

b) Abdul Rauf Asghar

c) Mohammed Omar

d) Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi

10. Which Indian city will host the 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation in April

2016?

Bengaluru

Mumbai

Hyderabad

New Delhi

11. As per the Hurun Global Rich List released on 24 February 2016 which country is home to most

billionaires in the world?

a) India

b) The USA

c) China

d) Russia

12. As per the Hurun Global Rich List released on 24 February 2016 number of billionaires in India

was pegged at

a) 110

b) 111

c) 112

d) 113

13. The INS Aridhaman that was in news in February 2016 is a

a) Nuclear submarine

b) Aircraft carrier

c) Stealth Warship

d) Frigate

14. Identify India's oldest first-class cricketer and former captain of Mysore. He died on 26 February

2016 in Bengaluru at the age of 99.

a) Raman Lamba

b) Ankit Keshri

c) Arvind Apte

d) BK Garudachar

15. Women’s cycling team of which country was in February 2016 nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

2016?

a) Afghanistan

b) Iran

c) Syria

d) Libya

1-(b) 6-(b) 11-(c) 2-(b) 7-(d) 12-(b) 3-(a) 8-(c) 13-(a) 4-(c) 9-(a) 14-(d) 5-(d) 10-(d) 15-(a)


Quiz 4 u Friends.

1. The MoU between Indian Coast Guard, ICG, and Pakistan Maritime Security Agency, PMSA, was

extended in February 2016 by how many years?

a) 3 years

b) 4 years

c) 5 years

d) 2 years

2. Which country claimed to have developed an anti-tank weapon that could turn the tanks into

boiling pumpkin?

a) Pakistan

b) Iran

c) Israel

d) North Korea

3. Who was elected as the President of Kosovo in February 2016?

a) Atifete Jahjaga

b) Hashim Thaci

c) Jakup Krasniqi

d) Behgjet Pacolli

4. Which state government suggested making sand freely available for the construction within the

state?

a) Telangana

b) Rajasthan

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Madhya Pradesh

5. Which State Cabinet in February 2016 approved a proposal to set up a Law Commission to aid

and advise the government on legal reforms?

a) Jharkhand

b) Odisha

c) Bihar

d) West Bengal

6. An 11-member Expert Committee constituted by the Department of Industrial Policy and

Promotion (DIPP) to examine the possibility of replacing multiple prior permissions gave its

recommendations in February 2016. The committee was headed by

a) SK Bahri

b) Ramesh Abhishek

c) Ajay Shankar

d) Kalpana Awasthi

7. The 2016 G-20 Summit which is the 10th such Summit started in February 2016 at which place?

a) Toronto, Canada

b) Melbourne, Australia

c) Shanghai, China

d) New Delhi, India

8. To promote the inter-caste marriage Madhya Pradesh Government in its Budget 2016-17

increased the monetary incentive from 50000 rupees to

a) 1 lakh rupees

b) 1.50 rupees

c) 2 lakh rupees

d) 3 lakh rupees

9. Gujarat Government in its state budget 2016-17 announced creation of a special mother and child

hospital to provide complete medical assistance to mother and child under one roof. The hospital will

be created at

a) Gandhinagar

b) Ahmedabad

c) Surat

d) Rajkot

10. To train 3 lakh rural women to use Internet in the state, Madhya Pradesh Government in its

Budget 2016-17 announced a campaign. Name it.

a) e-Mahila

b) e-Shakti

c) e-Women

d) Internet Mahila

Answers

1-(c) 6-(c)

2-(d) 7-(c)

3-(b) 8-(c)

4-(c) 9-(b)

5-(b) 10-(b)

1. President Pranab Mukherjee on 27 February 2016 launched India’s largest heritage

conservation project and Kerala Government’s first green Project. Name it.

a) Monghall

b) Muziris

c) Asurgarh

d) Ahichatra

2. 13th World Spice Congress began in Ahmedabad on 27 February 2016 with theme

a) Target 2022: Clean, Safe and Sustainable Supply Chain

b) Target 2020: Clean, Safe and Sustainable Supply Chain

c) Target 2018: Clean, Safe and Sustainable Supply Chain

d) Clean, Safe and Sustainable Supply Chain: Target 2016

3. Name the Hindi film that was made tax-free in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh on 26 February 2016.

a) Neerja

b) Airlift

c) Aligarh

d) Sanam Re

4. Name the actor who was chosen for Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar award on 26 February 2016.

a) Amitabh Bachchan

b) Ranveer Kapoor

c) Ranveer Singh

d) Shah Rukh Khan

5. Who was elected as the President of FIFA on 26 February 2016?

a) Sepp Blatter

b) Sheikh Salman

c) Jerome Champagne

d) Gianni Infantino

6. Which of the following team on 26 February 2016 won the Ranji Trophy for a record 41st time?

a) Railways

b) Mumbai

c) Baroda

d) Delhi

7. Name the state that was on 26 February 2016 ordered by its High Court to procure adequate

number of breath analysers used for checking liquor consumption by drivers.

a) Bihar

b) Delhi

c) Haryana

d) Maharashtra

8. Name the state that on 26 February 2016 under Niramaya Yojana introduced 50 vehicles

equipped with global positioning system to transport medicines to State-run hospitals in remote

areas.

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Odisha

d) Gujarat

9. India on 26 February 2016 formally approached the United Nations to include Jaish-e-

Mohammad chief and Pathankot terror attack mastermind in the UN Security Council's sanctions list.

Name the person.

a) Masood Azhar

b) Abdul Rauf Asghar

c) Mohammed Omar

d) Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi

10. Which Indian city will host the 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation in April

2016?

Bengaluru

Mumbai

Hyderabad

New Delhi

11. As per the Hurun Global Rich List released on 24 February 2016 which country is home to most

billionaires in the world?

a) India

b) The USA

c) China

d) Russia

12. As per the Hurun Global Rich List released on 24 February 2016 number of billionaires in India

was pegged at

a) 110

b) 111

c) 112

d) 113

13. The INS Aridhaman that was in news in February 2016 is a

a) Nuclear submarine

b) Aircraft carrier

c) Stealth Warship

d) Frigate

14. Identify India's oldest first-class cricketer and former captain of Mysore. He died on 26 February

2016 in Bengaluru at the age of 99.

a) Raman Lamba

b) Ankit Keshri

c) Arvind Apte

d) BK Garudachar

15. Women’s cycling team of which country was in February 2016 nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

2016?

a) Afghanistan

b) Iran

c) Syria

d) Libya

Answers

1-(b) 6-(b) 11-(c)

2-(b) 7-(d) 12-(b)

3-(a) 8-(c) 13-(a)

4-(c) 9-(a) 14-(d)

5-(d) 10-(d) 15-(a)

1. Union Government on 26 February 2016 decided to extend the E-Tourist visa facility to how

many more countries?

a) 34

b) 35

c) 36

d) 37

2. Identify the co-founder of OYO Rooms who figured in the 30 Under 30 Asia List that was

released on 25 February 2016 by Forbes?

a) Ritesh Agarwal

b) Raghav Verma

c) Mehul Agrawal

d) Kanika Tekriwal

3. Identify the Bangladesh cricketer. He was on 25 February 2016 named as the national goodwill

ambassador for youth by the United Nations Development Programme?

a) Shakib Al Hasan

b) Tamim Iqbal

c) Mushfiqur Rahim

d) Mashrafe Bin Mortaza

4. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 25 February 2016 decided to allow birth

companions during delivery in public health facilities to reduce

a) Maternal Mortality Ratio

b) Infant Mortality Rate in India

c) Reduce Gender Imbalance

d) Both (a) and (b)

5. The Lok Sabha on 25 February 2016 passed Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that

seeks to amend the Delimitation Act of

a) 2002

b) 2005

c) 2015

d) 1950

6. Senate of which country on 25 February 2016 approved a bill recognising civil unions for same-

sex and heterosexual couples?

a) US

b) Italy

c) Australia

d) Canada

7. Identify the non-navy officer who on 25 February 2016 was appointed as the Director General of

Indian Coast Guard.

a) Rajendra Singh

b) Rajendra Kumar

c) HCS Bisht

d) Harvinder Rao

8. Who among the following was appointed as Information Commissioners to Central Information

Commission on 25 February 2016 by the Union Government?

a) Bimal Julka

b) Divya Prakash Sinha

c) Amitava Bhattacharyya

d) All of the Above

9. Identify the former Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and ex-DRDO chief, who received the

prestigious Astronautical Society of India's Aryabhata Award on 25 February 2016.

a) Avinash Chander

b) S Christopher

c) RK Mathur

d) Satish Dhawan

10. Who was chosen as the Project Management Consultant (PMC) for the proposed Chhatrapati

Shivaji Memorial in the Arabian Sea by the Maharashtra Government on 24 February 2016?

a) Egis India Consulting Engineers Pvt Ltd

b) Larsen and Toubro

c) Jaypee Infrastructure Limited

d) Rudraksh Enterprises Private Limited

11. With which country’s research institutions did India signed a MoUs to establish a joint

collaboration programme in crop science on 24 February 2016?


b) Japan

c) United Kingdom

d) Russia

12. Identify the famous researcher in Chemical Sciences who on 23 February 2016 was conferred

with Federal Republic of Germany’s prestigious Cross of the Order of Merit.

a) Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar

b) Goverdhan Mehta

c) Asima Chatterjee

d) VN Krishnamurthy

13. Who on 23 February 2016 was appointed as the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

of Honda Cars India?

a) Katsushi Inoue

b) Inoue Katsushi

c) Yoichiro Ueno

d) Ueno Yoichiro

14. Identify the private sector bank which on 23 February 2016 received the prestigious Green

Bond Pioneer Award for being the 'Pioneers in Emerging Markets-India'.

a) City Union Bank

b) Dhanlaxmi Bank

c) Karur Vysya Bank

d) YES Bank

15. Who on 19 February 2016 was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infosys

Consulting Holding AG?

a) Michael Pesch

b) Pesch Michael

c) Adam Smith

d) Melvin Mathews

Answers

1-(d) 6-(b) 11-(c)

2-(a) 7-(a) 12-(b)

3-(d) 8-(d) 13-(c)

4-(d) 9-(a) 14-(d)

5-(a) 10-(a) 15-(a)

1. Name the state that on 24 February 2016 announced its decision to constitute two task forces

for the development of Adivasis and Gorkhas living in the state.

a) West Bengal

b) Assam

c) Mizoram

d) Nagaland

2. Which Latin American country on 24 February 2016 rejected the referendum for an amendment

to the Constitution for giving its president the power to re-contest the election for the fourth term?

a) Chile

b) Venezuela

c) Ecuador

d) Bolivia

3. Which Indian State on 24 February 2016 officially launched National Food Security Act (NFSA)

2013?


b) Mizoram

c) Sikkim

d) Assam

4. Which of the following is not part of 26 Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) whose

certificate of registration was cancelled by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 22 February 2016?

a) Swadhaar Finserve Private Limited

b) Punwire Holdings Limited

c) IDFC Finance Limited

d) Swank Services Private Limited

5. Union Cabinet on 24 February 2016 gave approval for establishment of which mission with an

aim to encourage innovation ecosystem and entrepreneurship?

a) Atal Innovation Mission

b) Swachha Bharat Mission

c) National Rural Health Mission

d) Total Sanitation Campaign

6. Who on 23 February 2016 was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court?

a) Justice Subhro Kamal

b) Justice Vineet Saran

c) Justice D H Waghela

d) Justice R S Reddy

7. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute settlement panel on 24 February 2016 ruled in

favour of which country in the matter related to exports of solar cells involving India?


b) Germany

c) Finland

d) France

8. Which Tamil movie was in February 2016 selected for the Remi Award?

a) Mayakkam Enna

b) Kanavu Variyam

c) Thanga Magan

d) Maari

9. Where will be the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) head quartered as per a proposal approved by

the Union Cabinet on 24 February 2016?

a) Hyderabad

b) New Delhi

c) Bhopal

d) Kolkata

10. Union Cabinet approved an agreement with which country for the avoidance of double taxation

of income from international air transport on 24 February 2016?

a) Germany

b) Bhutan

c) Maldives

d) Mauritius

11. Union Cabinet on 24 February 2016 gave its nod to a proposal for providing a credit of 150

million US Dollars from EXIM Bank for the development of which port?

a) Belem Port in Brazil

b) Medan Port in Indonesia

c) Aqaba Port in Jordan

d) Chabahar Port in Iran

12. What is the quantum of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) of Public Sector Banks (PSBs)

according to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance that submitted its report on 24

February 2016?




d) 21024 crore rupees

13. Identify the distinguished Scientist, who took charge as Director of the Bhabha Atomic

Research Centre (BARC) on 23 February 2016.

a) KN Vyas

b) Sekhar Basu

c) Ratan Kumar Sinha

d) None of these

14. Supreme Court of India on 23 February 2016 ruled that the top officials and employees of

which banks should be considered as public servants for the purposes of the Prevention of

Corruption Act, 1988?

a) Public Sectors Banks

b) Private Banks

c) Non-Banking Financial Companies (NFBCs)

d) Foreign Banks

15. Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry held the ninth meeting of National

Steering Committee on 22 February 2016 at which place?

a) Mumbai

b) Ahmedabad

c) New Delhi

d) Chennai

Answers

1-(a) 6-(a) 11-(d)

2-(d) 7-(a) 12-(b)

3-(b) 8-(b) 13-(a)

4-(d) 9-(b) 14-(b)

5-(a) 10-(c) 15-(c)

1. Who on 24 February 2016 was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court?

a) Justice Uma Nath Singh

b) Justice Dinesh Maheshwari

c) Justice Sudip Ranjan Singh

d) Justice Virendra Singh

2. Name the veteran scriptwriter who will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the

International Film Festival of Prayag, which will be held from 26 February to 28 February 2016 in

Allahabad.

a) Utpalendu Chakrabarty

b) Gulzar

c) Sagar Sarhadi

d) Nasir Hussain

3. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 23 February 2016 extended the 2 billion US dollars Currency

Swap Arrangement with SAARC nations till

a) 14 July 2016

b) 14 November 2016

c) 14 October 2017

d) 15 August 2018

4. Name the state that on 23 February 2016 launched a pilot project on Computerised Fair Price

Shop (FPS) Automation system to monitor the distribution of essential commodities under the Public

Distribution System (PDS).

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Bihar

c) Odisha

d) Uttar Pradesh

5. Identify the former Chief Justice of India who was selected as the Chairperson of National

Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on 23 February 2016.

a) HL Dattu

b) Cyriac Joseph

c) D Murugesan

d) S Rajendra Babu

6. Name the city that was ranked best in the 18th Mercer annual Quality of Living survey that was

released on 23 February 2016.

a) Copenhagen, Denmark

b) Vienna, Austria

c) Amsterdam, Netherlands

d) Oslo, Norway

7. The Assam Cabinet on 23 February 2016 approved the detailed project report for a Mass Rapid

Transit System (MRTS) for which city?

a) Jorhat

b) Dispur

c) Karimganj

d) Guwahati

8. Name the country who’s Parliament on 23 February 2016 became the world’s first to run fully on

solar power?

a) China

b) Pakistan

c) Canada

d) Japan

9. The Union Government on 21 February 2016 set up a five-member committee to examine the

quota demand for the Jat community in government jobs. Who was made the head of this

committee?

a) Mahesh Sharma

b) Sanjeev Balyan

c) Venkaiah Naidu

d) Rajnath Singh

10. VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail), a method of providing feedback to voters using a

ballot less voting system, was in news in February 2016. Where was the VVPAT first used in India?

a) Noksen Assembly seat, Nagaland

b) Khamdong Singtam Assembly seat, Sikkim

c) Nowgong Assembly seat, Assam

d) Janjgir-Champa Assembly seat, Chhattisgarh

11. Identify the Italian woman tennis player who won the Rio Open title on 21 February 2016.

a) Annalisa Bona

b) Lea Pericoli

c) Maria Elena Camerin

d) Francesca Schiavone

12. Where was the exhibition on the Coin and Currency of India inaugurated on 22 February

2016?

a) Hyderabad

b) Mumbai

c) New Delhi

d) Kolkata

13. Which state became the sixth state to sign MoU with Union Government for power scheme

UDAY on 22 February 2016?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Rajasthan

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Bihar

14. Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan released

Seismic microzonation reports for which two cities on 22 February 2016?

a) Delhi and Dehradun

b) Delhi and Kolkata

c) Kolkata and Chennai

d) Delhi and Chennai

15. Name the naval exercise between India, Brazil and South Africa which kicked off on 19

February 2016 in Goa.

a) Exercise IBSAMAR

b) Exercise Malabar

c) Varuna naval exercise

d) Indra naval exercise

Answers

1-(b) 6-(b) 11-(d)

2-(c) 7-(d) 12-(c)

3-(b) 8-(b) 13-(d)

4-(c) 9-(c) 14-(b)

5-(a) 10-(a) 15-(a)

1. India's Kumaravel Prem Kumar on 22 February 2016 bagged silver in long jump at the 7th Asian

Indoor Athletics Championships held in

a) Ranchi, India

b) Seoul, South Korea

c) Jakarta, Indonesia

d) Doha, Qatar

2. The Road to Resilience is an initiative of which organisation under which a team undertook a

bus trip along the entire Indian coastline from 10 January 2016 to 15 February 2016?


b) World Bank

c) UN Environmental Programme

d) Ministry of Environment & Forest, India

3. Name the mobile app that was launched by Tourism Ministry on 22 February 2016 to facilitate

public to communicate their complaints about any unclean area and garbage piles in and around

tourist destinations.

a) Swachh Tourism

b) Swachh Vichar

c) Swachh Paryatan

d) Swachh Pramaan

4. Name the tropical cyclone that lashed Fiji with winds up to 330 kilometers per hour on 20

February 2016.

a) Helen

b) Winston

c) Komen

d) Pam

5. Name the state that in 2015 saved 21 million units of energy in domestic sector by using over

over 57 lakh LED bulbs in four districts.

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Gujarat

d) Bihar

6. Which state on 22 February 2016 announced that no fee would be charged from Scheduled

Castes (SC) students in Government colleges from next academic session?

a) Chhattisgarh

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Punjab

d) Bihar

7. According to the announcement made by the United States and Russia in February 2016, the

Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities in Syria will come into effect from

a) 24 February 2016

b) 27 February 2016

c) 29 February 2016

d) 1 March 2016

8. E-Governance Vision 2020 that was in news on 23 February 2016 is the document of which

constitutional body of India?

a) Comptroller and Auditor General of India

b) Election Commission of India

c) Supreme Court of India

d) Law Commission of India

9. Name the Indian-origin art lover and playwright who on 22 February 2016 was conferred

Knighthood by the French government for his lifelong devotion to the promotion of arts.

a) Ismail Mahomed

b) Mohammed Ismail

c) Rajesh Gautam

d) Vivian Matthews

10. Who on 22 February 2016 was appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive

Officer of Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Limited?

a) Bhushan Malhotra

b) Udai Kumar

c) Thomas Mathew T

d) Ashima Goyal

11. Which football club on 21 February 2016 won the 2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy?

a) 1860 München II

b) Volyn Lutsk

c) FC Dnipro

d) Watford Reserves

12. Identify the noted singer from Odisha who passed away on 19 February 2016 in New Delhi.

a) Vishveshwar Mohapatra

b) Shymamani Devi

c) Raghunath Panigrahi

d) Bhubaneswari Mishra

13. Name the organisation which on 19 February 2016 stated that bees can help boost food

security of two billion small farmers at no cost.

a) American Farm Bureau Federation

b) United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

c) National Farmers Union

d) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

14. Who was appointed as the Chief Justice of Orissa (Odisha) High Court on 22 February 2016?

a) Justice Vineet Saran

b) Justice D.H. WAGHELA

c) Justice Amitava Roy

d) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel

15. Identify the Indian-origin Sikh officer, who in the third week of February 2016 was appointed as

Kuala Lumpur's commissioner of police.

a) Satpal Singh

b) Amar Singh

c) Sukhdev Singh

d) None of these

Answers

1-(d) 6-(b) 11-(c)

2-(b) 7-(b) 12-(b)

3-(c) 8-(b) 13-(d)

4-(b) 9-(a) 14-(a)

5-(a) 10-(b) 15-(b)

1. Who was on 22 February 2016 appointed as the chairman of the Empowered Group of State

Transport Ministers that was formed to suggest measures to boost the transport sector?

a) Yunus Khan

b) Gopal Rai

c) Mahender Reddy

d) Ajit Singh Kohar

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 21 February 2016 launched Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

National Rurban Mission from which place?

a) Kurubhat

b) Balaghat

c) Bankura

d) Ribhoi

3. Name the Triple Jumper from India who on 21 January 2016 won silver medal at the 7th Asian

Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

a) Dutee Chand

b) Mayookha Johny

c) Sugandha Kumari

d) Renjith Maheswary

4. Which team on 21 February 2016 won the 2016 Hockey India League title?

a) Ranchi Rays

b) Punjab Warriors

c) Kalinga Lancers

d) Delhi Waveriders

5. Which nation on 21 February 2016 paid homage to 1952 Language Movement martyrs at

Central Shaheed Minar?

a) Pakistan

b) Indonesia

c) Bangladesh

d) Myanmar

6. International Mother Language Day (IMLD) was observed globally on 21 February 2016 with the

theme

a) Inclusive Education through and with Language - Language Matters

b) Quality education, language(s) of instruction and learning outcomes

c) Local languages for Global Citizenship: Spotlight on Science

d) Books for mother tongue education

7. Who on 20 February 2016 defeated Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova to win the WTA Dubai

Duty Free Tennis Championships women’s singles title?

a) Sara Errani

b) Simona Halep

c) Petra Kvitová

d) Elena Dementieva

8. Name the scaly anteaters and insectivorous mammals of the order Pholidota that is a protected

animal under Schedule I of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 meaning that no trade is permitted.

a) Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata)

b) Bharal (Ovis nahura)

c) Ermine (Mustela erminea

d) Fishing cat (Felis viverrina)

9. How many agreements were inked between India and Nepal on 20 February 2016?

a) Three

b) Six

c) Seven

d) Eleven

10. Identify the snooker player who on 21 February 2016 won the 2016 BetVictor Welsh Open title.

a) Neil Robertson

b) Steve Davis

c) Ronnie O'Sullivan

d) John Higgins

11. Who on 20 February 2016 was elected as the President of Central African Republic?

a) Anicet-Georges Dologuele

b) Nicolas Tiangaye

c) Célestin Gaombalet

d) Faustin-Archange Touadéra

12. Name the Malayalam film that was named the Best Children's Film at the 2016 Berlin

International Film Festival and honoured with the Crystal Bear Award in the 'Generation K-Plus'

section.

a) Killa

b) Dhanak

c) Ottal

d) Vanaka

13. Name the high-thrust cryogenic engine that was successfully tested by the ISRO on 19

February 2016 for 640 seconds?

a) CE-19

b) CE-20

c) CE-21

d) CE-22

14. With which telecom company Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd on 19 February 2016 announced

partnership to set up a payments bank?

a) Airtel

b) Vodafone

c) Idea Cellular

d) Aircel

15. Who on 20 February 2016 scored the fastest test cricket century in 54 balls?

a) Brendon McCullum

b) Misbah-ul-Haq

c) Virat Kohli

d) AB de Villiers

Answers

1-(a) 6-(b) 11-(d)

2-(a) 7-(a) 12-(c)

3-(d) 8-(a) 13-(b)

4-(b) 9-(c) 14-(c)

5-(c) 10-(c) 15-(a)

1. The Indian Women Cricket Team on 19 February 2016 won the three-match ODI series against

which country?

a) Bangladesh

b) Sri Lanka

c) Australia

d) New Zealand

2. President Barack Obama on 18 February 2016 named 105 researchers as recipients of the

Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. How many Indian-American

scientists are included in the list of recipients?

a) Seven

b) Nine

c) Six

d) One

3. Who on 19 February 2016 was appointed as the Managing Director of the International

Monetary Fund?

a) Christine Lagarde

b) Camille Gutt

c) Johan Witteveen

d) John Lipsky

4. Who on 19 February 2016 was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh?

a) Nabam Tuki

b) Kalikho Pul

c) Jarbom Gamlin

d) Dorjee Khandu

5. Who on 18 February 2016 was re-appointed Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of

India?

a) Upendra Kumar Sinha

b) C. B. Bhave

c) Nishant Rathi

d) S. S. Nadkarni

6. Which State Government in the third week of February 2016 decided to formulate a

comprehensive policy on 'Green Corridor' to enable smooth passage of harvested organs within a

specified time?

a) Andhra Pradesh Government

b) Bihar Government

c) Maharashtra Government

d) Haryana Government

7. Who on 18 February 2016 was appointed as the Chairman of Automotive Tyre Manufacturers'

Association?

a) Satish Sharma

b) Raghupati Singhania

c) K M Mammen

d) Bijoy Mitra

8. Who on 18 February 2016 won the World Press Photo of the Year 2015?

a) Warren Richardson

b) Francis Kohn

c) Vaughn Wallace

d) Lars Boering

9. YES Bank on 16 February 2016 tied-up with which company to launch payments processing

through Sound Waves?

a) MobiKwik

b) Paytm

c) mRupee

d) Ultracash Technologies

10. Identify the author of famous novels such as ‘Foucault's Pendulum’ and ‘The Name of the

Rose’ who died on 19 February 2016.

a) Umberto Eco

b) Harper Lee

c) Antonio Tabucchi

d) Lalla Romano

Answers

1-(b) 6-(c)

2-(c) 7-(c)

3-(a) 8-(a)

4-(b) 9-(d)

5-(a) 10-(a)

1. Which State government on 19 February 2016 decided to form a panel to review New Pension

Scheme of 2003?

a) Karnataka

b) Kerala

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Andhra Pradesh

2. The fiscal deficit has been proposed to be brought down to what percent of Gross State

Domestic Product (GSDP) in the Jharkhand State Budget 2016-17 presented on 19 February 2016?

a) 2.28

b) 2.16

c) 2.97

d) 4.04

3. Which famous historical personality’s birth anniversary was observed on 19 February 2016?

a) Maharana Pratap

b) Bajirao Peshwa – II

c) Chhatrapati Shivaji

d) Rani Laxmibai

4. The 2nd meeting of the Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Co-operation

(JWGACTC), constituted under the auspices of the Indo – US Defence Trade and Technology

Initiative was held at which place in February 2016?

a) Washington DC

b) New York

c) New Delhi

d) Hyderabad

5. Which country in February 2016 freezed intake of all foreign workers?

a) Malaysia

b) Singapore

c) Thailand

d) Brunei

6. Who among the following Indian-Americans will not be awarded with the prestigious Presidential

Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers by the US President?

a) Milind Kulkarni (Purdue University)

b) Kiran Musunuru (Harvard University)

c) Shwetak Patel (University of Washington)

d) Ashutosh Tiwari (University of Utah)

7. What was quantum of investment committed at the Make in India week that concluded in

Mumbai in February 2016?

a) 15 lakh 20 thousand crore rupees

b) 20 lakh 15 thousand crore rupees

c) 25 lakh crore rupees

d) 22 lakh 20 thousand crore rupees

8. Who was named as the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on

Goods and Services Tax (GST) on 19 February 2016?

a) KM Mani

b) Amit Mitra

c) Jayant Sinha

d) Abdul Rahim Rather

9. Which bollywood actor is the author of the book titled ‘The Kiss of Life: How A Superhero and

My Son Defeated Cancer’?

a) Amitabh Bachchan

b) Irfaan Khan

c) Emraan Hashmi

d) Kamal Haasan

10. Which country launched the astronomy satellite ASTRO-H in February 2016 to study the X-

Rays emanating from black holes and galaxy cluster?

a) Japan

b) China

c) Russia

d) France

11. With which country India on 16 February 2016 signed its third Agreement on Standard

Operating Procedure for conducting maritime coordinated patrols?

a) Singapore

b) Bangladesh

c) Myanmar

d) Sri Lanka

12. The World Bank Group on 18 February 2016 announced 150 million US dollars in funding to

this region to combat Zika virus.

a) Asia-Pacific

b) West Asia

c) Latin America & the Caribbean

d) North America

13. Identify the Indian-origin scientist belonging to Utah University. He led the discovery of 2D

semiconducting material made of tin monoxide.

a) Ashutosh Tiwari

b) Manu Prakash

c) Sangeeta Bhatia

d) Srikanth Jagabathula

14. Who among the following former cricketer’s autobiography Playing It May Way in February

2016 entered the Limca Book of Records for being the best-selling adult hardback in both fiction and

non-fiction categories.

a) Rahul Dravid

b) Sunil Gavaskar

c) Kapil Dev

d) Sachin Tendulkar

15. Who on 19 February 2016 was named the chairman of the Empowered Committee of State

Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax?

a) Amit Mitra

b) K M Mani

c) Jayant Sinha

d) Namo Narain Meena

Answers

1-(c) 6-(d) 11-(c)

2-(b) 7-(a) 12-(c)

3-(c) 8-(b) 13-(a)

4-(c) 9-(c) 14-(d)

5-(a) 10-(a) 15-(a)

1. Name the Veteran Hindustani classical singer of Gwalior Gharana who died in Kolkata on 18

February 2016 at the age of 107.

a) Ustad Sultan Khan

b) Ustad Azizuddin Khan

c) Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

d) Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan

2. Who will head the 11-member-political committee that was constituted by Nepal Government on

18 February 2016 to study the demarcation of federal states on the constitution?

a) Agni Prasad Kharel

b) Kamal Thapa

c) Bijaya Kumra Gachhedar

d) Aananda Prasad Pokheral

3. United States (US) President Barack Obama on 18 February 2016 signed off a new law title

Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 against which country?

a) Syria

b) Russia

c) China

d) North Korea

4. The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation on 18 February 2016 sanctioned

construction of around eighty two thousand houses for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in

urban areas of

a) 200 cities

b) 178 cities

c) 163 cities

d) 147 cities

5. Scientists from which of the following institution discovered five new Jupiter-like planets that

orbits very close to their host stars?

a) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

b) Keele University

c) NASA

d) Stanford University

6. Name the state that plans to introduce Contract farming in the State for making the agriculture

more lucrative.

a) Sikkim

b) Punjab

c) Uttar Pradesh


7. Name the state that plans to introduce the “One Village One Crop” Scheme where one identified

potential crop will be cultivated in each village.


b) Sikkim

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Karnataka

8. The US space agency NASA in February 2016 invited the Indian Space Research Organisation

(ISRO) for a possible international collaboration on

a) Manned mission to Mars

b) Developing a spacecraft for orbiting Sun

c) Searching planets with life

d) Sending spacecraft to Saturn’s moon

9. European Union (EU) in February 2016 decided to hold a special summit on the migration crisis

in early March 2016 with which country?

a) Turkey

b) Norway

c) Albania

d) Iceland

10. Identify the Bollywood lyricist who on 17 February 2016 was officially recognised by Guinness

World Records as the most prolific Bollywood lyricist for composing 3524 songs.

a) Sameer Anjaan

b) Kaifi Azmi

c) Gulzaar

d) Jaya Ojha

11. Which Command Hospital on 18 February 2016 was awarded the Raksha Mantri’s Trophy for

Best Service Hospital?

a) Northern Command

b) Eastern Command

c) Central Command

d) Western Command

12. Identify the former West Indies cricketer with highest Test batting average in history who

passed away on 17 February 2016.

a) Lindsay Tuckett

b) Joe Small

c) Andy Ganteaume

d) Teddy Hoad

13. Identify the Polish film director known for film That Most Important Thing: Love who died on 17

February 2016.

a) Krzysztof Krauze

b) Andrej Munk

c) Aleksander Ford

d) Andrzej Zulawski

14. BHEL on 18 February 2016 commissioned a 270 MW generation unit at the Goindwal Sahib

Thermal Power Project of private producer GVK Power & Infra in which state?

a) Punjab

b) Haryana

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Uttar Pradesh

15. Taxi-hailing app Uber in February 2016 signed an agreement with which state government to

help create 75000 jobs across the state?

a) Punjab Government

b) Andhra Pradesh Government

c) Telangana Government

d) Maharashtra Government

Answers

1-(d) 6-(a) 11-(b)

2-(b) 7-(b) 12-(c)

3-(d) 8-(a) 13-(d)

4-(c) 9-(a) 14-(a)

5-(a) 10-(a) 15-(d)

1. Name the state that on 18 February 2016 announced a free bus pass scheme for senior citizens

in its capital.

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Kerala

c) West Bengal

d) Uttar Pradesh

2. Name the state that on 17 January 2016 decided to introduce a self-certifying scheme for non-

hazardous industries.

a) Odisha

b) Gujarat

c) Bihar

d) West Bengal

3. Union Cabinet on 17 February 2016 approved Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) of the World

Trade Organisation (WTO) that was adopted on

a) 27 November 2015

b) 24 July 2014

c) 24 July 2015

d) 27 November 2014

4. The Union Cabinet on 17 February 2016 gave its approval to amend Section 11 of the

Delimitation Act of

a) 1947

b) 1950

c) 1999

d) 2002

5. The Union Cabinet on 17 February 2016 gave its approval to amend Section 9 of the

Representation of the People Act of

a) 1947

b) 1950

c) 1955

d) 1975

6. Name the not-for-profit company that joined hand with Maharashtra Government on 17 February

2016 to solve water crisis problem of the state.

a) India Water Foundation

b) Water Literacy Foundation

c) Paani Foundation

d) Drop Dead Foundation

7. Apple Inc. in February 2016 announced setting up of its first Technology Development Centre

outside the USA in which Indian city?

a) Bengaluru

b) Hyderabad

c) Pune

d) Mumbai

8. India’s Tata Motors and Bharat Forge tied up with this US-based company in February 2016 to

bid for 11 billion US dollar worth Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) Programme.

a) General Dynamics

b) Boeing

c) Texas Instruments

d) Lockheed Martin

9. The Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) Programme that was in news in February 2016

seeks to replace which combat vehicle?

a) Abhay

b) Arjun

c) Sarath BMP-II

d) Jonga

10. The Union Cabinet on 17 February 2016 approved appointment of the NITI Aayog CEO as a

part-time member of which commission?

a) Union Public Service Commission

b) Election Commission

c) Telecom Commission

d) Staff Selection Commission

11. The Union Cabinet on 17 February 2016 approved Ministry of AYUSH’s proposal to sign a

collaborative agreement with which organisation in the area of traditional medicine?

a) World Health Academy

b) World Health Organisation

c) Action for Global Health

d) Health First Europe

12. The Jharkhand Government on 17 February 2016 signed a MoU with which Indian company to

set up a 1600 MW capacity thermal power plant in the state?

a) Adani Group

b) Tata

c) Reliance Industries

d) Aditya Birla Group

13. Name the initiative launched by Amazon 17 February 2016 that enables small and medium

businesses to go online and sell products on Amazon.

a) Amazon Quick

b) Amazon Tatkal

c) Amazon Quikly

d) Amazon for You

14. Name the Malayalam short-story writer and novelist, famous for his work Sarga Sameeksha,

who died on 17 February 2016.

a) Uroob

b) Kovilan

c) O.N.V. Kurup

d) Akbar Kakkattil

15. Identify the renowned Indologist who on 14 February 2016 was awarded the prestigious Israel

Prize for Religious Studies for his research into the literature and culture of southern India.

a) Nicholas Kazanas

b) William Dalrymple

c) David Dean Shulman

d) Gérard Fussman

Answers

1-(a) 6-(c) 11-(b)

2-(a) 7-(b) 12-(a)

3-(d) 8-(a) 13-(b)

4-(d) 9-(c) 14-(d)

5-(b) 10-(c) 15-(c)

1. Name the South Korean state that on 16 February 2016 agreed to enter into a sister-statehood

relationship for development with Haryana.

a) Gunpo

b) Chungcheongbuk

c) Chuncheon

d) Dongducheon

2. Identify the fashion designer who was conferred Knight of the Legion of Honour, France's

highest civilian honour on 16 February 2016.

a) Manish Malhotra

b) Manish Arora

c) Anita Dongre

d) Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla

3. Name the former United Nations Secretary-General and author of the memoir Unvanquished: A

US-U.N. Saga who died on 16 February 2016 in Cairo, Egypt.

a) Kurt Waldheim

b) U Thant

c) Trygve Lie

d) Boutros Boutros-Ghali

4. Utkarsh Bangla Scheme, a welfare scheme for school-dropouts, was launched in a state on 16

February 2016. Name the state.

a) Odisha

b) Assam

c) West Bengal

d) Uttar Pradesh

5. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk led government on 16 February 2016 survived a no-

confidence vote hours after the President Petro Poroshenko asked him to step down. He is the

Prime Minister of which country.

a) Ukraine

b) Czech Republic

c) Austria

d) Poland

6. Name the country that on 16 February 2016 approved humanitarian access to seven besieged

areas.

a) Syria

b) Iraq

c) Israel

d) Libya

7. As per the guidelines announced on 16 February 2016 by the Union Government, premature

closure of PPF accounts will be allowed after completion of this many years of opening the account.

a) 5 years

b) 4 years

c) 3 years

d) 2 years

8. Name the country that topped the medal chart of the 12th South Asian Games (SAG) 2016 that

concluded on 16 February 2016 in Guwahati, Assam.

a) Sri Lanka

b) Pakistan

c) India

d) Nepal

9. The 13th South Asian Games (SAG) 2016 will be held in which of the following country?

a) Maldives

b) Bangladesh

c) Nepal

d) Sri Lanka

10. Identify the album that won Record of the Year award on 15 February 2016 at the 58th Annual

Grammy Awards.

a) Uptown Funk

b) 1989

c) Thinking Out Loud

d) Drones

11. The first Silk Road train connecting Iran and China packed with Chinese goods arrived on 15

February 2016 in which Iranian city?

a) Bandar Abbas

b) Babol

c) Tehran

d) Mashhad

12. Which city was adjudged as the cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan survey results

announced on 15 February 2016?

a) Mysuru

b) Dhanbad

c) Meerut

d) Patna

13. Which city was adjudged as the least clean city in the Swachh Survekshan survey results

announced on 15 February 2016?

a) Itanagar

b) Hyderabad

c) Dhanbad

d) Bengaluru

14. Which team on 14 February 2016 won the 36th National Chess team Championship?

a) Airport Authority of India

b) Indian Railways

c) Life Insurance Corporation

d) Petroleum Sports Promotion Board

15. In which city the one-week long 36th National Chess team Championship concluded on 14

February 2016?

a) Hyderabad

b) New Delhi

c) Bhubaneswar

d) Mumbai

Answers

1-(b) 6-(a) 11-(c)

2-(b) 7-(a) 12-(a)

3-(d) 8-(c) 13-(c)

4-(c) 9-(c) 14-(b)

5-(a) 10-(a) 15-(c)

1. India on 16 February 2016 test-fired indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile that is capable of

carrying warheads of maximum weight of

a) 500 kg

b) 700 kg

c) 1000 kg

d) 1200 kg

2. Name the sprinter from Odisha who was included in the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme

formulated by the Union Government for the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games in February 2016.

a) Suryakumar Yadav

b) Aditya Tare

c) Jauna Murmu

d) Ranjit Nayak

3. Name the archer from Odisha who was included in the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme

formulated by the Union Government for the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games in February 2016.

a) Jauna Murmu

b) Ranjit Nayak

c) Suryakumar Yadav

d) Aditya Tare

4. What is the purpose of Walk of Hope that reached Delhi in third week of February 2016?

a) To address the problem of child labour

b) To address the problem of drug abuse

c) To achieve peace & harmony in India

d) Protecting nature and appeal against de-forestation

5. The ICC Cricket for Good and UNICEF in partnership with BCCI on 15 February 2016 launched

the Team Swachh clinics during the ICC WT20 Host City Tour. The clinics were launched in which

city?

a) Mumbai

b) Dharamshala

c) Delhi

d) Kolkata

6. Name the subsidiary of Tata Teleservices which on 15 February 2016 announced its tie-up with

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation to provide an additional payment gateway.

a) Paytm

b) MobiKwik

c) mRUPEE

d) PayUMoney

7. The Ministry of Railways on 15 February 2016 inked a Memorandum of Understanding on

technical cooperation in rail sector with which country?

a) Japan

b) Russia

c) Belgium

d) Sweden

8. Which of the following countries was defeated by Indian women football team to win gold medal

at the 12th South Asian Games?

a) Afghanistan

b) Pakistan

c) Nepal

d) Maldives

9. Which country won the gold medal in Men and Women Kabbadi competition at the 12th South

Asian Games?

a) India

b) Pakistan

c) Afghanistan

d) Nepal

10. Which State of the USA hosted the US-ASEAN Summit on 15 February 2016?

a) California

b) Illinois

c) Texas

d) Nevada

11. Which city on 15 February 2016 bagged the best city performer in behavioral change

communication award in the Swachh Sarvekshan function organised by the Union Government?

a) Tiruchirapalli

b) Hyderabad

c) Vellore

d) Indore

12. In which village of Ranchi, Jharkhand’s first mega food park was inaugurated on 15 February

2016?

a) Getalsud

b) Balsokra

c) Gagi

d) Kitahatu

13. National Capital Goods Policy unveiled on 15 February 2016 aims to increase share of capital

goods sector by what percentage of total manufacturing activity by 2025?

a) 20 percent

b) 25 percent

c) 30 percent

d) 35 percent

14. Who was adjudged as the Man of the Series of the three-match T-20 series between India and

Sri Lanka that concluded on 14 February 2016?

a) Shikhar Dhawan

b) Ajinkya Rahane

c) Ravichandran Ashwin

d) Kasun Rajitha

15. Identify the famous Malayalam music director and composer of background score of film

Aaraam Thampuran who passed away on 14 February 2016.

a) Rajamani

b) G. Devarajan

c) Chakri

d) V. Dakshinamoorthy

Answers

1-(c) 6-(c) 11-(a)

2-(c) 7-(d) 12-(a)

3-(b) 8-(c) 13-(a)

4-(c) 9-(a) 14-(c)

5-(b) 10-(a) 15-(b)

1. The Supreme Court on 15 February 2016 rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking

Leader of Opposition (LoP) status for the Congress in Lok Sabha. In this context, name the leader of

the Congress in the parliament.

a) Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi

b) Mallikarjun Kharge

c) Ajay Maken

d) Rahul Gandhi

2. The Supreme Court on 15 February 2016 upheld Army's policy of preferential promotion to

officers in combat units. This policy was recommended by which committee?

a) Ajay Vikram Singh Committee

b) BC Roy Committee

c) A Mukherjee Committee

d) PK Pahwa Committee

3. Union Government on 15 February 2016 approved central assistance of over how many crore

rupees to seven states affected by drought?





4. Which one of the following states is not included in the package announced for the seven

drought-hit states on 15 February 2016 by the Union Government?

a) Rajasthan

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Bihar

5. Sahitya Akademi's annual Festival of Letters began in New Delhi on 15 February 2016. The

focus of 2016 festival is on

a) Tribal, Oral and North-Eastern literature

b) Dravidian literature

c) Tribal and Oral literature

d) North-Eastern literature

6. UK banking giant HSBC in February 2016 announced that it will keep its headquarters at

a) Singapore

b) London

c) Hong Kong

d) Paris

7. Who was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on 15 February 2016?

a) Justice VM Kanade

b) Justice VK Tahilramani

c) Justice SC Dharmadhikari

d) Justice Hiralal Waghela

8. In which State a one-month special financial inclusion drive was launched on 15 February 2016

wherein cooperative banks will open new bank accounts and also fill KYC forms?

a) Bihar

b) Chhattisgarh

c) Jharkhand

d) Rajasthan

9. At which place National Woman Sports started on 14 February 2016?

a) Kozhikode

b) Patna

c) Ranchi

d) Guwahati

10. What was the Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation in January 2016 as per the data

released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in February 2016?

a) – 0.90 percent

b) – 0.73 percent

c) – 0. 50 percent

d) – 0.87 percent

11. Which two countries on 15 February 2016 began the joint military exercise LAMITYE 2016?

a) India & Nepal

b) India & Bangladesh

c) India & Seychelles

d) India & Sri Lanka

12. What is the theme of Make In India Week that began on 13 February 2016 in Mumbai?

a) Design, Innovation and Sustainability

b) Innovation, Development and Sustainability

c) Innovation, Employment and Developmet

d) Growth, Development and Employment

13. Which one of the following ITDC-run hotels is not part of the Union Government’s plan to

disinvest loss-making properties?

a) Hotel Janpath

b) Hotel Bharatpur Ashok

c) Hotel Patliputra Ashok

d) Hotel Lalitha Mahal Palace

14. Name the India's under-19 cricket captain who was signed by leading sports management

group IOS Sports and Entertainment for a period of three years in February 2016.

a) Ishan Kishan

b) Washington Sundar

c) Anmolpreet Singh

d) Rishabh Pant

15. Who won the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on 14 February 2016 in the women’s doubles

category?

a) Rishika Sunkara & Serena Williams

b) Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis

c) Rishika Sunkara & Martina Hingis

d) Sania Mirza & Maria Sharapova

Answers

1-(b) 6-(b) 11-(c)

2-(a) 7-(d) 12-(a)

3-(c) 8-(d) 13-(d)

4-(d) 9-(b) 14-(a)

5-(a) 10-(a) 15-(b)

1. In which city the Make In India Centre was inaugurated on 13 February 2016 by the Prime

Minister Narendra Modi?

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Hyderabad

d) Bengaluru

2. World Radio Day was observed on 13 February 2016 with the theme

a) Radio in Times of Emergency & Disaster

b) Youth and Radio

c) Radio as a tool of Infotainment

d) Radio and Development

3. Identify the personality. He went on an indefinite leave on 3-days after his appointment as the

executive vice chairman of The Energy and Energy and Resources Institute?

a) Tamar Hahn

b) R K Pachauri

c) B V Sreekantan

d) Ashok Chawla

4. Identify the West African nation in which six UN Peacekeepers were killed on 12 February 2016

in a terrorist attack.

a) Senegal

b) Guinea

c) Algeria

d) Mali

5. Which university on 13 February 2016 celebrated its 100 years of establishment?

a) Banaras Hindu University

b) Savitribai Phule Pune University

c) University of Hyderabad

d) University of Madras

6. The legislature of this country on 12 February 2016 adopted sanctions on North Korea for

conducting nuclear test and rocket launch.

a) Japan

b) The USA

c) Russia

d) France

7. As per a finding of scientists from the US, Canada, China and India this many number of people

die prematurely due to air pollution across the world.

a) 4.5 million

b) 5.5 million

c) 6.5 million

d) 7.5 million

8. Scientists in February 2016 announced detection of gravitational waves for the first time. The

existence of these waves were first predicted by

a) Albert Einstein

b) Isaac Newton

c) Stephen Hawking

d) Allen Turing

9. The Supreme Court on 12 February 2016 asked all States and UTs to strictly follow the Union

Government’s advisory on this age-old inhuman social practise.

a) Begar

b) Vetti

c) Devadasi

d) Jajmani

10. Who is the chairman of the commission that in February 2016 requested for extension of its

tenure to complete the probe on solar scam in Kerala?

a) Kamlesh Chandra

b) L Narasimha Reddy

c) B S Bawan

d) Justice Sivarajan

Answers

1-(b) 6-(b)

2-(a) 7-(b)

3-(b) 8-(a)

4-(d) 9-(c)

5-(a) 10-(d)

1. According to External Affairs Ministry, which community in February 2016 was recognized for

being the first flag bearer of Indian culture overseas?

a) Red Indians Community

b) Persian Community

c) Roma Community

d) Both (a) and (b)

2. Where was the International Roma Conference held in February 2016?

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Paris

d) Budapest

3. According to a study published in February 2016, a natural extract derived from Neem tree can

be used to treat which type of cancer?

a) Bone Cancer

b) Blood Cancer

c) Pancreatic Cancer

d) Lung Cancer

4. From when the second phase of Odd-Even Scheme will be implemented in New Delhi?

a) 31 March 2016

b) 1 June 2016

c) 15 April 2016

d) 15 March 2016

5. What is the size of State Budget 2016-17 presented by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh

Yadav on 12 February 2016?





6. After how many years did a Chief Minister of Kerala presented the state budget in the assembly

on 12 February 2016?

a) 30 years

b) 28 years

c) 27 years

d) 29 years

7. Which sector has received the maximum attention in the State Budget 2016-17 of Kerala

presented on 12 February 2016?

a) Agriculture

b) Education

c) Infrastructure development

d) Industry

8. The State Budget 2016-17 of Uttar Pradesh presented on 12 February 2016 proposed a new

Samajwadi Kisan Evam Sarvhit Bima Yojna with a corpus of

a) 897 crores rupees




9. India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 12 February 2016 reaffirmed their resolve to work

together to increase trade how many percent over the next five years?

a) 50

b) 55

c) 60

d) 65

10. Name the Pakistani umpire who was banned for five years by the BCCI on corruption charges

on 12 February 2016.

a) Aleem Dar

b) Ahsan Raza

c) Zameer Haider

d) Asad Rauf

11. Who won the South Asian Games’ first Women’s Hockey Gold medal on 12 February 2016?

a) Pakistan

b) India

c) Sri Lanka

d) Nepal

12. Which State on 12 February 2016 got its first Mega Food Park promoted by M/s Indus mega

Food Part Pvt. Ltd?

a) Telangana

b) Bihar

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Rajasthan

13. In which country was the historic Jain temple demolished in February 2016?

a) Syria

b) Pakistan

c) Afghanistan

d) Bangladesh

14. Which city in West Asia hosted World Government Summit in the second week of February

2016?

a) Dubai

b) Abu Dhabi

c) Kuwait City

d) Doha

15. Who was on 12 February 2016 appointed as the chairperson of The Energy and Resources

Institute (TERI)?

a) R K Pachauri

b) B V Sreekantan

c) Ashok Chawla

d) Ajay Mathur

Answers

1-(c) 6-(d) 11-(b)

2-(a) 7-(c) 12-(d)

3-(c) 8-(a) 13-(b)

4-(c) 9-(c) 14-(a)

5-(b) 10-(d) 15-(c)

1. The National Framework for Malaria Elimination (NFME) that was released on 11 February 2016

at New Delhi outlines India’s strategy for elimination of the disease by

a) 2022

b) 2024

c) 2027

d) 2030

2. Name the country that on 11 February 2016 appointed women ministers for the newly created

portfolios for happiness and tolerance, and youth affairs.

a) United Arab Emirates

b) Brunei

c) Saudi Arabia

d) Afghanistan

3. Name the state who’s Land Revenue Act, 2015 became effective on 11 February 2016.

a) Bihar

b) Gujarat

c) Rajasthan

d) Uttar Pradesh

4. Identify the Section of CrPC. The Supreme Court on 11 February 2016 upheld clampdown on

access to mobile internet by States under the Section.

a) Section 144

b) Section 145

c) Section 146

d) Section 147

5. India on 11 February 2016 signed nine agreements including in the sphere of cyber security,

infrastructure, renewable energy and finance with

a) Brunei

b) United Arab Emirates

c) France

d) Afghanistan

6. The Indian-origin lawyer who was appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the International Chamber

of Commerce Commission in February 2016?

a) Ram Jethmalani

b) Kapil Sibal

c) Manish Tewari

d) Davinder Singh

7. Who among the following Indian-Americans was not an elected member of the National

Academy of Engineering of the USA as announced on 8 February 2016?

a) Anil K Jain

b) Ganesh Thakur

c) K R Sridhar

d) Kartik Chandran

8. Ministry of Railways on 11 February 2016 signed an MoU with which state government for the

development of railway infrastructure in the state?

a) Kerala

b) Assam

c) Telangana

d) Andhra Pradesh

9. Name the Indian lawyer who on 11 February 2016 was appointed South Asia Regional Director

at International Court of Arbitration.

a) Arvind Bhushan

b) Vinay Sharma

c) Vikas Behl

d) Abhinav Bhushan

10. Name the Indian IT consulting company which on 11 February 2016 announced the acquisition

of US-based health insurance firm HealthPlan Services.

a) Wipro Technologies

b) Mindtree


d) HCL Technologies

11. Identify the Soviet footballer, the scorer of the first ever UEFA European Championship

qualifying goal, who died on 10 February 2016 in Moscow, Russia.

a) Oleg Blokhin

b) Anatoli Ilyin

c) Vagiz Khidiatulin

d) Viktor Kolotov

12. Name the authors of the fiction book, A Kingdom for his Love that was launched in February

2016 by Amar Chitra Katha (ACK).

a) Vani Mahesh and Shinie Antony

b) Renuka Vishwanathan and Shinie Antony

c) Reena I. Puri and Vani Mahesh

d) Jason Quinn and Naresh Kumar

13. What was India’s rank in the United States Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 Intellectual Property

Index that was announced on 10 February 2016?

a) 34

b) 35

c) 36

d) 37

14. Identify the State. Its Mobile One m-governance project on 10 February 2016 won gold at the

4th World Government Summit in Dubai?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Karnataka

d) Telangana

15. Identify the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer for music for Variations for Orchestra who died on

4 February 2016.

a) Virgil Thomson

b) Ernst Toch

c) Gian Carlo Menotti

d) Leslie Bassett

Answers

1-(d) 6-(d) 11-(b)

2-(a) 7-(d) 12-(a)

3-(d) 8-(c) 13-(d)

4-(a) 9-(d) 14-(c)

5-(b) 10-(a) 15-(d)

1. Name the person who was appointed as Australia's new High Commissioner to India on 11

February 2016.

a) Frances Adamson

b) Harinder Sidhu

c) Pallavi Sharda

d) Mathai Varghese

2. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU) on 10 February

2016 signed an agreement to improve cooperation on

a) Tackling ISIS

b) Crimea Issue

c) Cyber defense

d) Migrants Issue

3. Who took the charge as the director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Buenos

Aires that serves Argentina and Uruguay on 10 February 2016?

a) Tamar Hahn

b) Kiran Mehra-Kerpelman

c) Yuri Afanasiev

d) None of these

4. Which state on 10 February 2016 unveiled the draft document titled Vision 2030?

a) Assam

b) Delhi

c) Gujarat

d) Karnataka

5. Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in India will be completely electrified by the Independence

Day 2016?

a) Ajanta-Ellora caves

b) Ellora Caves

c) Hill Forts of Rajasthan

d) Elephanta Island

6. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) agreed to store half of crude oil in which of the

following strategic petroleum storage that is being managed by Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Ltd. (ISPRL)?

a) Padur

b) Mangalore

c) Visakhapatnam

d) Chandikhole

7. Who on 8 February 2016 was named as IFPI Global Recording Artist of 2015 across all music

formats?

a) Adele

b) Ed Sheeran

c) Taylor Swift

d) One Direction

8. Identify the veteran Bengali film director who passed away on 10 February 2016 in Kolkata?

a) Bappaditya Bandopadhyay

b) Satyen Bose

c) Aurobindo Mukherjee

d) Chidananda Das Gupta

9. Identify the Kerala martial artist who on 8 February 2016 set a new world record for most

knuckle push-ups in a minute is?

a) Melvin Matthew

b) Sijin Jacon

c) V J Gomes

d) K J Joseph

10. Smartbox Ecommerce Solutions on 9 February 2016 announced its tie-up with which bank to

help reduce delivery returns for e-commerce firms?

a) Bank of India

b) YES Bank

c) Dena Bank

d) Axis Bank

11. For which region of India did Union Government released the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 in

February 2016?

a) Ghoorkha land

b) North Andhra

c) North-east

d) Bhundhel Khand

12. Identify the academy to which Reliance Industries chairman and managing director (CMD)

Mukesh Ambani and Sam Pitroda were elected members in February 2016.

a) Indian National Academy of Engineering

b) US National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

c) UN Academy of Aviation

d) None of these

13. Where was the Marine Museum inaugurated on 3 February 2016?

a) Puri, Odisha

b) Digha, West Bengal

c) Andaman & Nicobar Island

d) Daman and Diu

14. Which animal was notified as vermin for a period of one year in Uttarakhand by the Union

Government in February 2016?

a) Wild Pig

b) Neel gai

c) Wild Fox

d) Wild Elephants

15. Where the National Arogya Fair-2016 was held in the month of February 2016?

a) New Delhi

b) Chennai

c) Dehradun

d) Darjeeling

Answers

1-(b) 6-(b) 11-(c)

2-(c) 7-(a) 12-(b)

3-(a) 8-(c) 13-(b)

4-(a) 9-(d) 14-(a)

5-(d) 10-(b) 15-(c)

1. Name the chewable tablet that was provided to children during the first National Deworming Day

in schools and preschools (anganwadis).

a) Ignatia

b) Albendezole

c) Sabadilla

d) Cuprum oxydatum nigrum

2. Union Government in February 2016 sanctioned about 580 crore rupees as part of the cost for

constructing the 15-km railway track that will connect Kolkata with Tripura via Bangladesh. The link

will pass through which city of Bangladesh?

a) Banglabandha

b) Akhaura

c) Dawki

d) Gede

3. By what percentage the milk production in India increased in the year 2014-15?

a) 6.3

b) 5.5

c) 2.2

d) 4.4

4. With which state did Union Railway Ministry signed MoU for formation of Joint Venture

Companies for development of railway infrastructure in the state on 9 February 2016?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Chhattisgarh

c) Uttarakhand

d) Mizoram

5. Name the country that on 9 February 2016 passed a proposal to amend the Constitution to strip

people convicted of terrorist offences of their nationality.

a) France

b) United States of America

c) Japan

d) Australia

6. President Barack Obama on 9 February 2016 unveiled a Cyber Security National Action Plan on

the eve of

a) Safer Internet Day

b) Day for awareness on cyber security

c) Better Internet Day


7. Report of the Working Group on Introduction of Interest Rate Options in India that was released

in February 2016 was prepared by RBI committee chaired by

a) Deepak Mohanty

b) Umesh Bellur

c) PG Apte

d) Sumit Bose

8. What is the name of the plan that sought to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide from US power

plants but was stalled by the US Supreme Court on 8 February 2016?

a) Clean Power Plants

b) Clean Power Plan

c) Green Power Plants

d) Green Power Plan

9. Name the state that in February 2016 announced to construct a centre for showcasing the

state’s diverse and rich culture.


b) Tamil Nadu

c) Delhi

d) Sikkim

10. The 9th Indo-Nepal military exercise ‘Surya Kiran 2016’ is being held in which of the following

location?

a) Kathmandu

b) Mumbai

c) Pithoragarh

d) Janakpuri

11. Identify the agency with which Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) of India signed

grant agreement for India Aviation Safety Technical Assistance Phase II.

a) USTDA

b) IIFA

c) CAA

d) None

12. The Noor Ouarzazate Solar Complex, world’s largest solar power plant, was opened in

February 2016. The complex is located in which country?

a) Morocco

b) Turkey

c) Egypt

d) Ethiopia

13. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on 9 February 2016 launched a report, which

calls for a new agenda for the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit. What is the name of the

report?

a) One Humanity: One Love

b) One Humanity: Shared Responsibility

c) One Love: One Humanity

d) Shared Responsibility: One Humanity

14. Who on 8 February 2016 was appointed the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court?

a) Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani

b) Justice C. K. Thakker

c) Justice Anil R. Dave

d) Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela

15. The Hindu Marriage Bill 2015 was passed on 8 February 2016 by the National Assembly’s

Standing Committee on Law and Justice of which country?

a) Afghanistan

b) Turkey

c) Pakistan

d) Sri Lanka

Answers

1-(b) 6-(a) 11-(a)

2-(b) 7-(c) 12-(a)

3-(a) 8-(b) 13-(b)

4-(b) 9-(d) 14-(d)

5-(a) 10-(c) 15-(c)

1. Name the former Prime Minister of Nepal and President of Nepali Congress who died on 9

February 2016.

a) Sushil Koirala

b) Krishna Prasad Bhattarai

c) Girija Prasad Koirala

d) Surya Bahadur Thapa

2. Name the noted Urdu Poet and well known Bollywood lyricist who died due to heart attack in

Mumbai on 8 February 2016.

a) Josh Malihabadi

b) Nida Fazli

c) Raghupati Sahay

d) Firaq Gorakhpuri

3. Sonadia port project that was in news in February 2016 is based in which of the following

country?

a) Myanmaar

b) Sri Lanka

c) Bangladesh

d) India

4. Name the storm that battered parts of southern Britain by heavy rain and winds up to 96 miles

per hour (mph) in February 2016.

a) Imogen

b) Ashobba

c) Desmond

d) Jake

5. New Zealand on 8 February 2016 won the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy by defeating Australia.

Chappell-Hadlee Trophy is associated with which game?

a) Football

b) Cricket

c) Basketball

d) Rugby

6. Who on 8 February 2016 won the gold in women's individual squash after beating Maria

Toorpaki Wazir of Pakistan at the 12th South Asian Games?

a) Dipika Pallikal

b) Joshna Chinappa

c) Nicol David

d) Laura Massaro

7. Identify the New Zealand cricketer who retired from One-Day Internationals (ODIs) on 8

February 2016?

a) Nathan McCullum

b) Brendon McCullum

c) Andy Morris

d) Nathan Astle

8. In how many International Languages did the Union Government launched the 24x7 Toll Free

Tourist Infoline on 8 February 2016?

a) 11

b) 12

c) 13

d) 15

9. Identify the organization that issued the Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services

Regulations, 2016 on 8 February 2016.

a) CSIR

b) CCEA

c) TRAI


10. Who on 5 February 2016 was appointed as the President of the South Asian Wrestling

Federation?

a) Tabiur Rehman

b) UH Neville Pdmashri

c) Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

d) Raj Mohammed Ansari

11. The Royal Navy of United Kingdom in February 2016 presented its desire to officially study

India’s humanitarian rescue operation in Yemen. Name it.

a) Raahat

b) Smile

c) Sahyog

d) Samarth

12. Who in February 2016 was appointed as the Executive Vice-Chairman of The Energy and

Resources Institute?

a) Ajay Mathur

b) Rajeev Gupta

c) Vikas Malhotra

d) Rajendra Kumar Pachauri

13. The Chettinad cotton saree in the first week of February 2016 won the India Handloom tag for

its unique designs and identity. The Chettinad cotton saree is also known as

a) Kadambi

b) Kidambi

c) Vamshi Vastra

d) Kandaangi

14. Which educational institute recently emerged as India's first fully solar-powered educational

institute?

a) Aarupadai Veedu Medical College

b) Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital & Research Centre

c) Sri Aurobindo International Centre for Education

d) Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education And Research

15. Which country became the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or

destroying unsold food?

a) Germany

b) The United States of America

c) United Kingdom

d) France

Answers

1-(a) 6-(b) 11-(a)

2-(b) 7-(a) 12-(d)

3-(c) 8-(b) 13-(d)

4-(a) 9-(c) 14-(c)

5-(b) 10-(c) 15-(d)

1. Name the Pakistani leg-spinner who was suspended from cricket for three months by

International Cricket Council (ICC) on 7 February 2016

a) Yasir Shah

b) Salman Butt

c) Mohammad Asif

d) Mohammad Amir

2. Name the player of the match of the final and third match of three-match Women ODI series

between Australia and India.

a) Smriti Mandhana

b) Grace Harris

c) Mithali Raj

d) Alex Blackwell

3. Who on 7 February 2016 won gold for India in the women Wushu Taulu Competition of the 12th

South Asian Games?

a) Sapna Devi

b) Sunita Devi

c) Suman Devi

d) Savitri DeVI

4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 February 2016 inaugurated the Paradip Oil Refinery in

Odisha. The Paradip Oil Refinery is set by which oil and gas company?

a) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

b) Indian Oil Corporation

c) Bharat Petroleum

d) GAIL

5. Which country launched the Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite in February 2016?

a) South Korea

b) North Korea

c) Japan

d) China

6. Name the eminent Cartoonist from India who died on 6 February 2016 due to brain tumor in

Gurgaon.

a) RK Laxman

b) Abu Abraham

c) Sudhir Tailang

d) Sattiraju Lakshmi Narayana

7. Which Union Ministry on 6 February 2016 launched Project Sunrise to cater to the needs of 8

north eastern States?

a) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

b) Ministry of Rural Development

c) Ministry of Urban Development

d) Ministry of Civil Aviation

8. India and China in February 2016 held their 1st joint tactical military exercise Sino-India

Cooperation 2016 in Chusul-Moldo region of which state?

a) Sikkim

b) Uttarakhand



9. Identify the director who received Directors Guild of America (DGA) award for best feature film

at the 68th annual DGA Awards in February 2016.

a) David Nutter

b) Alejandro Gonzalez

c) Chris Addison

d) Matthew Heineman

10. What was the rank of Delhi in the National Air Quality Indices (NAQI) for 24 cities that was

released by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the first week of February 2016?

a) First

b) Sixth

c) Fifth

d) Seventh

11. As per NASA, its new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), carrying 13 CubeSats and an

uncrewed Orion Spacecraft will be launched in

a) 2017

b) 2018

c) 2019

d) 2022

12. Which organisation released the first machine harvestable chickpea variety, NBeG 47 in

February 2016?

a) ICRISAT

b) UNESCO

c) UNO

d) FAO

13. Which firm of Maharashtra was in news in February 2016 for developing OX513A mosquito

strain to check the growth of Aedes mosquito that transmit Dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus?

a) GBIT Ltd

b) RBIT Ltd

c) NBIT Ltd

d) KBIT Ltd

14. United Nations Postal Administration in February 2016 unveiled commemorative stamps to

promote Free & Equal campaign. The campaign will promote which of the following issues?

a) Elimination of Child Labour

b) Zero Poverty

c) LGBT Equality

d) Refugee Rights

15. Who was appointed as the President of the newly formed International Grown Diamond

Association in February 2016?

a) Vishal Mehta

b) Vishal Sikka

c) Vishal Patel

d) Vishal Khanna

Answers

1-(a) 6-(c) 11-(b)

2-(c) 7-(a) 12-(a)

3-(a) 8-(c) 13-(a)

4-(b) 9-(b) 14-(c)

5-(b) 10-(b) 15-(a)

1. The Pope Francis in second week of February 2016 will hold a historic first meeting with

Patriarch Kirill, the Head of Russian Orthodox Church in

a) Cuba

b) Mexico

c) Vatican City

d) Taiwan

2. Which state on 6 February 2016 launched the new revenue code booklet that will introduce new

land revenue codes from 11 February 2016?

a) Bihar

b) Chhattisgarh

c) Rajasthan

d) Uttar Pradesh

3. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda on 6 February 2016 launched Project

Sunlight for prevention of AIDS in the Northeast at

a) Guwahati

b) Imphal

c) Shillong

d) Itanagar

4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 February 2016 declared the 12th South Asian Games open

at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium of

a) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

b) Guwahati, Assam

c) Kolkata, West Bengal

d) Shillong, Meghalaya

5. Mahindra Asset Management Company (AMC) on 4 February 2016 received Securities and

Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI’s) approval to manage

a) Mahindra Mutual Fund

b) Mahindra Credit Fund

c) Mahindra Collective investment Fund

d) Mahindra Insurance Company

6. Identify the sixth man to walk on the Moon. He died on 4 February 2016 at the age of 85.

a) Edgar Mitchell

b) Alan Shephard

c) Stuart Roosa

d) Charles Duke

7. Union Labour Ministry on 5 February 2016 signed agreements with leading organizations

engaged in employment and career related activities to exploit the potential of

a) HRIDAY Project

b) Defunct public bodies of India

c) National Career Service project

d) Non-Departmental Public Bodies of India

8. Union Urban Development Ministry has approved projects worth over twelve crore rupees for

improving tourist infrastructure in heritage places of

a) Kanchipuram and Vellankini

b) Amaravati and Warangal

c) Badami and Dwarka

d) Puri and Gaya

9. Name the South African Nation that on 5 February 2016 declared a state of disaster in rural

parts of the country hit by a drought.

a) Nigeria

b) Zimbabwe

c) Namibia

d) Botswana

10. The Brazilians Club Atletico Paranaense on 5 February 2016 won the inaugural match of the

Sait Nagjee International Club Football Tournament drubbing England’s Watford FC 2-0 being

played in

a) Hyderabad

b) Bengaluru

c) Mumbai

d) Kozhikode

Answers

1-(a) 6-(a)

2-(d) 7-(c)

3-(b) 8-(b)

4-(b) 9-(b)

5-(a) 10-(d)

1. During his visit to Assam, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 February 2016 dedicated to

the nation India's highest wax producing unit using indigenous technology at

a) Numaligarh Refinery Limited

b) Bongaigaon Refinery Limited

c) Umium Refinery Limited

d) Digboi Refinery Limited

2. In which state, Union Government in February 2016 decided to set up the National Organic

Farming Research Institute?

a) Maharashtra

b) Sikkim

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Assam

3. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) will allow online exit of

subscribers from National Pension System from

a) 29 February 2016

b) 15 March 2016

c) 1 April 2016

d) 31 July 2016

4. By what percentage Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India swelled in the financial year 2015-

16?

a) 37

b) 38

c) 39

d) 40

5. To which South Asian country athletes did India provided special concession for the South

Asian Games that started in Guwahati on 5 February 2016?

a) Afghanistan

b) Nepal

c) Pakistan

d) Bangladesh

6. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 5 February announced Indian squad for Asia Cup

and World T20. Who of the following is/are part of the squad for World T20?

a) Mohammed Shami and Pawan Negi

b) Hardik Pandya and Pawan Negi

c) Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh

d) All of the above

7. Which state government informed its concerned high court that it will appoint Food Safety

Commission for distribution of food under Public Distribution System (PDS) in three months?

a) Rajasthan

b) Gujarat

c) Bihar

d) Maharashtra

8. The maiden Kerala Literature Festival began in February 2016 at which place?

a) Alappuzha

b) Ernakulam

c) Kozhikode

d) Kollam

9. At which place in Tamil Nadu, the Kanyakumari – Bangalore Island Express derailed on 5

February 2016 injuring 20 peoples?

a) Natrampalli

b) Jolarpet

c) Chennai

d) Salem

10. US President Barack Obama on 5 February 2016 proposed what amount of tax on crude oil to

fund a new green transportation system?

a) 10 dollars per barrel

b) 9 dollars per barrel

c) 11 dollars per barrel

d) 8 dollars per barrel

11. Which African country in February 2016 declared a state of disaster in most rural parts of the

country severely hit by drought?

a) Nigeria

b) Botswana

c) Zimbabwe

d) South Sudan

12. Power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on 5 February 2016

announced the inauguration of 500 MW Kosti thermal power plant in which African country?

a) Niger

b) Sudan

c) Ethiopia

d) South Sudan

13. The United States on 5 February 2016 launched anti-dumping investigations into certain

categories of tyres from which two countries?

a) Argentina and Brazil

b) Brazil and China

c) China and Argentina

d) China and India

14. Which Bollywood actor will feature in the World Health Organisation (WHO) diabetic

awareness campaign?

a) Amitabh Bachchan

b) Ajay Devgan

c) Akshay Kumar

d) Shah Rukh Khan

15. Which private sector bank joined hands with Indian Railways to set up 1000 water purifiers on

stations across the country by 2019?

a) HDFC Bank

b) ICICI Bank

c) Kotak Mahindra Bank

d) Yes Bank

Answers

1-(a) 6-(d) 11-(c)

2-(b) 7-(d) 12-(b)

3-(c) 8-(c) 13-(d)

4-(b) 9-(a) 14-(c)

5-(c) 10-(a) 15-(d)

1. Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) at Lepetkata was dedicated to the nation by

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 February 2016. Lepetkata is located in which state?

a) Assam

b) West Bengal


d) Meghalaya

2. Identify the State. The Union Government on 5 February 2016 announced setting up of National

Organic Farming Research Institute in it?

a) Assam

b) Meghalaya

c) Sikkim

d) Manipur

3. Name the US Army Lieutenant General whose nomination was confirmed as the commander of

the NATO forces in Afghanistan by US Senate committee on 4 February 2016.

a) Sam Browne

b) John Wilson

c) John Nicholson

d) John Campbell

4. Name the state that on 4 February 2016 lifted the restrictions on visit of foreign tourists to

certain tribal areas in the State after three years.

a) Jharkhand

b) Chhattisgarh

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Odisha

5. India on 4 February 2016 submitted its Instrument of Ratification of the Convention of

Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC), 1997. In which year did India signed the

convention?

a) 2010

b) 2007

c) 1997

d) 1993

6. The Tea Board of India (TBI) in January 2016 issued Version 5.0 of the Plant Protection Code

(PPC) by expanding the list of pesticides and chemicals that is permitted for use by Indian tea

industry to

a) 37

b) 35

c) 34

d) 41

7. Which European city on 4 February 2016 hosted the Supporting Syria and the Region

Conference 2016 to mobilise funds for reconstruction of conflict-hit Syria?

a) London

b) Berlin

c) Geneva

d) Paris

8. Which company on 4 February 2016 announced acquisition of cement business of Reliance

Infrastructure for 4800 crore rupees?

a) ACC

b) Ramco Cements

c) Dalmia Cements

d) Birla Corp

9. Who was on 3 February 2016 appointed as a member of newly constituted Anti-Corruption Unit

Oversight Group by the ICC?

a) Sachin Tendulkar

b) Rahul Dravid

c) Anil Kumble

d) Sourav Ganguly

10. Identify the Public Sector Enterprise that received Miniratna status II on 1 February 2016?

a) HSCC

b) ECIL

c) BHEL

d) MTNL

11. Which organization recommended all governments to rate movies with smoking scenes to

protect children and adolescents from tobacco addiction in Geneva on 1 February 2016?

a) UNESCO

b) WHO

c) UNO

d) UNDP

12. At which Coast Guard stations did the Indian Coast Guard Day was celebrated on February 1?

a) Vishakhapatnam and Kakinada

b) Chennai and Kolkata

c) Vizhinjam and Fort Kochi

d) Vishakhapatnam and Fort Kochi

13. Who will replace the longtime chief of Google's Internet search business Amit Singhal on 26

February 2016?

a) Harry Shum

b) Satya Nadella

c) Peter Collins

d) John Giannandre

14. Identify the British-based software keyboard maker which was acquired by Microsoft on 4

February 2016?

a) SwiftKey

b) Fujitsu–Siemens

c) Genius

d) Shuttle

15. Who is the only Indian writer to have won the Sundance Institute Global Filmmaking Award

2016 on 30 January 2016?

a) Geetu Mohandas

b) Chetan Bhagat

c) Munshi Premchand

d) RK Narayan

Answers

1-(a) 6-(a) 11-(b)

2-(c) 7-(a) 12-(c)

3-(c) 8-(d) 13-(d)

4-(d) 9-(b) 14-(a)

5-(a) 10-(a) 15-(c)

1. A UN panel on 4 February 2016 ruled in Wikileaks founder who was unlawfully detained by UK.

Name the founder of Wikileaks.

a) Edward Joseph Snowden

b) Chelsea Elizabeth Manning

c) Daniel Domscheit-Berg

d) Julian Assange

2. World Cancer Day (WCD) 2016 was observed across the world on 4 February 2016. The day

was observed with the theme

a) We can. I can.

b) Not Beyond Us

c) Our Fight and Cancer


3. How many Pacific Rim countries on 4 February 2016 signed the US-led Trans-Pacific

Partnership (TPP) agreement in New Zealand?

a) Eight

b) Ten

c) Twelve

d) Thirteen

4. India on 4 February 2016 signed a Cooperation Agreement to acquire the status of the

Associate Member State of EMBO. What is the full form of EMBO?

a) European Molecular Biology Organisation

b) Egyptian Molecular Biology Organisation

c) European Molecular Biology Officialdom

d) Egyptian Molecular Biology officialdom

5. Name the first anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug for Diabetes that was launched by CSIR on 3

February 2016.

a) BGF-34

b) BGR-34

c) BHG-24

d) ADD-100

6. Identify the IAS officer who was appointed vice-president and chief investment officer of the

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on 3 February 2016.

a) DJ Pandian

b) GR Aloria

c) Pankaj Joshi

d) L Chuaungo

7. Name the state that in January 2016 rolled out a de-radicalisation programme for the minority

community.

a) Maharashtra

b) Karnataka

c) Bihar

d) Gujarat

8. Which company on 3 February 2016 claimed that it has achieved a breakthrough in developing

a vaccine to fight the mosquito-borne Zika virus?

a) Biocon

b) Panacea Biotec Limited

c) Wockhardt

d) Bharat Biotech

9. Which documentary film on 3 February 2016 won the Golden Conch Award for the best

documentary film at the MIFF 2016?

a) The boy from Geita

b) Far From Home

c) Phum-Shang

d) Lyari Notes

10. Which Indian IT Services firm on 3 February 2016 announced that it was rated as the World’s

Most Powerful Brand in IT Services by Brand Finance?

a) Wipro

b) Tata Consultancy Services

c) Infosys

d) HCL Technologies

11. Name the famous Sarangi maestro who on 3 February 2016 was selected for the prestigious

Bhimsen Joshi Classical Music Award for 2015-2016.

a) Pandit Ram Narayan

b) Ramesh Mishra

c) Allah Rakha

d) Abdul Latif Khan

12. The Reliance Defence Ltd on 3 February 2016 announced to set up the Dhirubhai Ambani

Centre for Innovation and Research in Aerospace in

a) Bengaluru

b) Hyderabad

c) Chennai

d) Mumbai

13. India on 3 February 2016 confirmed its participation in the Cobra Gold 2016 multilateral military

exercise hosted by

a) Laos

b) Cambodia

c) Vietnam

d) Thailand

14. To which country the European Union on 3 February 2016 agreed to fund 3.3 billion Euros to

cope with Syrian migrants?

a) Greece

b) Italy

c) Turkey

d) Jordan

15. In which city the two-day Counter Terrorism Conference 2016 concluded on 3 February 2016?

a) Hyderabad

b) Jaipur

c) Chennai

d) Chandigarh

Answers

1-(d) 6-(a) 11-(a)

2-(a) 7-(a) 12-(a)

3-(c) 8-(d) 13-(d)

4-(a) 9-(c) 14-(c)

5-(b) 10-(b) 15-(b)

1. President Pranab Mukherjee on 3 February 2016 conferred Honorary Rank of General of Indian

Army on General Rajendra Chhetri. He is the Chief of the Army Staff of

a) Bhutan

b) Nepal

c) Bangladesh

d) Sri Lanka

2. Identify the State. It on 3 February 2016 extended the Aahar cheap meal scheme to all the

districts?

a) Telangana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Odisha

3. Name the former Lok Sabha Speaker and former Union Agriculture Minister in PV Narasimha

Rao Ministry who died on 3 February 2016.

a) Rabi Ray

b) GMC Balayogi

c) KS Hegde

d) Balram Jakhar

4. Name the person who was appointed as the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the

United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) on 2 February 2016.

a) Saroj Kumar Jha

b) Jai Shanker Menon

c) Jai Kumar Garg

d) Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi

5. Name the state that on 2 February 2016 won the 61st National School Athletics championship.

a) Kerala

b) Punjab

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Jharkhand

6. Who will head the committee that was appointed by Supreme Court appointed on 2 February

2016 to sell assets of Pearls Agrotech Corporation Ltd (PACL)?

a) Gautam Ghosh

b) Arvind Panagariya

c) L Narshimha Reddy

d) RM Lodha

7. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Special Collective Incentive Scheme for the economically backward

Dalit entrepreneurs was announced by which state?

a) Maharashtra

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Telangana

d) West Bengal

8. With which country the EU Commission on 2 February 2016 agreed on the Privacy Shield

framework for inter governmental data transfer?

a) The USA

b) India

c) Brazil

d) Japan

9. Which Indian film on 1 February 2016 won the Best First Foreign Film Award conferred by the

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics for the first time?

a) Manjhi: The Mountain Man

b) Masaan

c) Titli

d) Angry Indian Goddesses

10. Which company on 2 February 2016 replaced Apple Inc. to become the world's most valuable

public company?

a) Google

b) Alphabet Inc.

c) Microsoft

d) Exxon Mobil Corp.

11. Identify the former Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor who passed away on 2 February

2016 in Mumbai.

a) SS Tarapore

b) VV Tarapore

c) KV Tarapore

d) C Rangarajan

12. Name the bollywood actor who won the lifetime achievement award in New Delhi on 2

February 2016?

a) Amitabh Bachchan

b) Salman Khan

c) Anupam Kher

d) None of These

13. Name the veteran urdu fiction writer who died on 2 February 2016 in Lahore?

a) Ashfaq Ahmed

b) Intizar Hussain

c) Bano Qudsia

d) Ibn-e-Safi

14. Who was appointed as the chief Justice of Gujarat High Court on 3 February 2016?

a) Justice VM Sahai

b) Justice DH Waghela

c) Justice Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy

d) Justice Jayant Manganlal Patel

15. Identify the organization with which NIIF signed a MoU to set-up Russia-India High Technology

Private Equity Fund for joint implementation of investments into projects in India?

a) Asian Bank

b) World Bank

c) UNICEF

d) RUSNANO OJSC of Russia

Answers

1-(b) 6-(d) 11-(a)

2-(d) 7-(a) 12-(a)

3-(d) 8-(a) 13-(b)

4-(b) 9-(c) 14-(c)

5-(a) 10-(b) 15-(d)

1. What is the theme of the World Wetlands Day that was observed on 2 February 2016?

a) Wetlands-Cultivable Lands

b) Sustainable Lands for Development

c) Wetlands for our Future – Sustainable Livelihoods

d) None of These

2. Construction work of Borehole Geophysics Research Laboratory (BGRL) was inaugurated on 2

February 2016 by Union Minister Harsh Vardhan at

a) Karad, Maharashtra

b) Karjat, Maharashtra

c) Banghat, Uttarakhand

d) Lansdowne, Uttarakhand

3. Who was appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Corporation Bank

on 1 February 2016?

a) S R Bansal

b) V K Aggarwal

c) Ramesh Gupta

d) Jai Kumar Garg

4. Which social legislation on 2 February 2016 completed ten years of implementation?

a) MGNREGA

b) Right to Education Act

c) Food Security Act

d) Street Vendors Act

5. In which city the third Global Ayurveda Festival began on 31 January 2016?

a) Hyderabad

b) Bengaluru

c) Kozhikode

d) Mumbai

6. Which country on 1 February 2016 granted licence to use gene editing techniques on human

embryos?

a) United Kingdom

b) France

c) Japan


7. India’s first underwater restaurant was unveiled on 1 February 2016 in which city?

a) Mumbai

b) Chennai

c) Ahmedabad

d) Pune

8. Which country on 1 February 2016 lifted ban on import of Indian Groundnut?

a) China

b) Vietnam

c) Philippines

d) Pakistan

9. WHO on 1 February 2016 declared Public Health Emergency of International Concern over

spread of Zika virus. The virus is transmitted by

a) Machaomyia flies

b) Acartophthalmus flies

c) Aedes mosquitoes

d) Bolitophila mosquitoes

10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistan Chief Executive Officer on 1 February 2016

inked a pact for visa-free travel by their diplomats. What is the name of the Afghan CEO?

a) Abdullah Abdullah

b) Ashraf Ghani

c) Abdullah Ghani

d) Ashraf Ashraf

11. Name the IPS officer who on 1 January 2016 became the first woman to head a paramilitary

force.

a) Archana Ramasundram

b) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

c) Kanwaljeet Deol

d) Meera Borwankar

12. Name former President APJ Abdul Kalam’s book that was launched in Johannesburg, South

Africa on 1 January 2016.

a) Indomitable Spirit

b) Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji

c) Wings of Fire

d) Turning Points

13. Identify the Indian national who was appointed as the Senior Director for the Fragility, Conflict

and Violence Group at the World Bank on 1 February 2016.

a) Saroj Kumar Jha

b) Jim Young Kim

c) Shashi Tharoor

d) Shanta Devarajan

14. Which country on 1 February 2016 approved a draft Citizenship Law to expand scope for dual

citizenship its citizens?

a) North Korea

b) Bangladesh

c) Malaysia

d) Japan

15. For which state of India did World Bank approved Million US dollars 35 to Improve Citizen

Access to Public Services on 29 January 2016?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Madhya Pradesh

Answers

1-(c) 6-(a) 11-(a)

2-(a) 7-(c) 12-(b)

3-(d) 8-(b) 13-(a)

4-(a) 9-(c) 14-(b)

5-(c) 10-(a) 15-(d)

1. Which State government on proposed 50 per cent reservation for women in government jobs in

the interim budget presented on 1 February 2016?

a) Assam

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) West Bengal

2. The 30th edition of the Surajkund International Crafts Mela began at Surajkund in Faridabad,

Haryana on 1 February 2016 with which state as its theme?

a) Meghalaya

b) Goa

c) Telangana

d) Chhattisgarh

3. The national legislature of which country was on 1 February 2016 opened for first democratically

elected government in more than 50 years?

a) Pakistan

b) Myanmar

c) Bhutan

d) Nepal

4. Who on 31 January 2016 clinched the 2015-16 MRF Challenge Formula 2000?

a) Pietro Fittipaldi

b) Tatiana Calderon

c) Nikita Troitckii

d) Max Fewtrell

5. India on 31 January 2016 won the three-match T-20 series against Australia, 3-0. Who was

adjudged as the Player of the Series?

a) Virat Kohli

b) Shane Watson

c) Suresh Raina

d) Jasprit Bumrah

6. Who on 31 January 2016 won the National Snooker Championship 2016 title in the men’s

category?

a) Aditya Mehta

b) Manan Chandra

c) Pankaj Advani

d) Manish Jain

7. Identify the region. India joined hands with NASA to explore its pristine environment as part of

the Spaceward Bound programme?

a) Western Ghats

b) Ladakh

c) Thar Desert

d) Bay of Bengal

8. Who on 31 January 2016 won the National Snooker Championship in the women’s category?

a) Amee Kamani

b) Keerath Bhandaal

c) Arantxa Sanchis

d) Vidya Pillai

9. Identify the famous British television and radio personality who died on 31 January 2016 in

Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.

a) Benoît Violier

b) Terry Wogan

c) TN Gopakumar

d) KV Krishna Rao

10. Who of the following on 31 January 2016 won won the Australian Open Men’s Singles title?

a) Andy Murray

b) Roy Emerson

c) Novak Djokovic

d) Roger Federer

11. Who on 31 January 2016 won Men's Singles title of Syed Modi International Badminton

Championships 2016?

a) Huang Yuxiang

b) Kidambi Srikanth

c) Akshay Dewalkar

d) Debby Susanto

12. Who on 29 January 2016 was selected for the K Veeramani Award for Social Justice 2015?

a) Narendra Modi

b) Akhilesh Yadav

c) Arvind Kejriwal

d) Nitish Kumar

13. Who on 28 January 2016 was appointed as the Chief Commissioner for Persons with

Disabilities?

a) Vimlesh Kumar Padney

b) Satish Kumar Jha

c) Kamlesh Kumar Pandey

d) Salil Kumar Jha

14. Who on 28 January 2016 was honoured with the V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award at

the 14th edition of the Mumbai International Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films?

a) Rajat Bedi

b) Naresh Bedi

c) Suresh Bedi

d) Vikas Bedi

15. To which country did the Union Ministry of Shipping exported six metro train coaches on 29

January 2016?

a) Australia

b) France

c) New Zealand

d) Japan

Answers

1-(a) 6-(a) 11-(b)

2-(c) 7-(b) 12-(d)

3-(b) 8-(d) 13-(c)

4-(a) 9-(b) 14-(b)

5-(a) 10-(c) 15-(a)

1. Who on 30 January 2016 won the 2016 Australian Open women’s singles title?

a) Serena Williams

b) Angelique Kerber

c) Li Na

d) Maria Sharapova

2. On which day Anti-leprosy day was observed in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi?

a) 30 January 2016

b) 29 January 2016

c) 28 January 2016

d) 27 January 2016

3. What was India’s GDP growth for 2014-15 at 2011-12 constant prices as per the first revised

estimates released by the CSO on 29 January 2016?

a) 7.1

b) 7.2

c) 7.3

d) 7.4

4. What was India’s GDP growth for 2013-14 at 2011-12 constant prices as per the second revised

estimates released by the CSO on 29 January 2016?

a) 6.7

b) 6.8

c) 6.9

d) 7.0

5. From which space port the European Space Agency on 29 January 2016 launched the Eutelsat

9B satellite on-board the ILS Proton Breeze M launch vehicle?

a) Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

b) Guiana Space Centre, Kourou

c) Kennedy Space Center, Florida

d) Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

6. The royal family of which country on 29 January 2016 conferred the Prince Mahidol Award for

contributions in the field of health and medicine?

a) Bhutan

b) Denmark

c) Saudi Arabia

d) Thailand

7. Identify the virus. The Union Government on 29 January 2016 formed a technical expert group to

deal with it.

a) Zika

b) Ebola

c) Chikungunya

d) Dengue

8. In which European city the UN hosted peace talks to end the civil war in Syria opened on 29

January 2016?

a) London

b) Berlin

c) Paris

d) Geneva

9. Which State on 30 January 2016 signed a MoU with the Union Government under the UDAY

Scheme to derive overall net benefit of 33000 crore rupees?

a) Karnataka

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) West Bengal

d) Madhya Pradesh

10. Who among the following on 30 January 2016 assumed command of Southern Naval

Command?

a) Vice Admiral Girish Luthra

b) Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba

c) Vice Admiral M P Muralidharan

d) Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chopra

Answers

1-(b) 6-(d)

2-(a) 7-(a)

3-(b) 8-(d)

4-(c) 9-(b)

5-(a) 10-(a)

1. Who on 29 January 2016 won the Australian Open women's doubles tennis title?




d) Sania Mirza & Serena Williams

2. The 61st National School Athletic championships kick started on 29 January 2016 at Olympian

Rahman Stadium, at

a) Kochi, Kerala

b) Kozhikode, Kerala

c) Indore, Madhya Pradesh

d) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

3. The Union Cabinet on 27 January 2016 approved to increase Authorized Share Capital of the

NSFDC from 1000 crore rupees to what amount for the development of Scheduled Caste?





4. The Legislative Department in the Ministry of Law & Justice on 28 January 2016 constituted an

expert committee to review the Specific Relief Act of

a) 1877

b) 1948

c) 1963

d) 1973

5. Iran on 28 January 2016 signed two agreements covering new aircraft orders and a

comprehensive civil aviation co-operation package with

a) Airbus

b) Boeing

c) Raj Hamsa Ultralights

d) Lockheed Martin

6. Who on 28 January 2016 won the 2016 William E Colby Award for Best Military Book for

Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition?

a) Nisid Hajari

b) Douglas V. Mastriano

c) Logan Beirne

d) Michael Franzak

7. Who on 28 January 2016 was appointed as the African Union’s High Representative for the

peace fund?

a) Alpha Oumar Konaré

b) Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

c) Pierre Buyoya

d) Donald Kaberuka

8. The guitarist and songwriter Paul Kantner who died on 28 January 2016 was founder of which

psychedelic rock band?

a) Pink Floyd

b) The Doors

c) Jefferson Airplane

d) Tame Impala

9. Name the state that on 28 January 2016 announced a pay hike for about 85000 Gana Sikshaks

and Sikshya Sahayaks of the state.

a) Odisha

b) Karnataka

c) Assam

d) Bihar

10. Who on 28 January 2016 was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC

Limited?

a) Arup Roy Choudhury

b) Gurpreet Singh

c) Harpreet Singh

d) Gurdeep Singh

11. Who on 28 January 2016 won gold medal in 2000mts Open Single Scull in the 34th Senior

National Rowing Championship?

a) Gurpreet Kaur

b) Navneet Kaur

c) Jagjeet Singh

d) Harpreet Kaur

12. Name the Australian Olympic diving gold medalist who announced his retirement from the

sport on 28 January 2016.

a) Grant Nel

b) Matthew Mitcham

c) Ian Thorpe

d) Jack Laugher

13. Who won the 12th Sub-Junior National billiards championship title in the fourth week of

January 2016?

a) Ishika Shah

b) Doyel Dey

c) Anushi Seth

d) Lahiri Sinapara

14. Who was appointed as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh on 28 January 2016?

a) Ranjan Gogoi

b) Prafulla C Pant

c) Sanjay Mishra

d) Virendra Singh

15. Ministry of Culture on 28 January 2016 released a commemorative coin of 150 rupees and a

circulation coin of 10 rupees on

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c) Lala Lajpat Rai

d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Answers

1-(b) 6-(a) 11-(b)

2-(a) 7-(d) 12-(b)

3-(c) 8-(c) 13-(b)

4-(c) 9-(a) 14-(c)

5-(a) 10-(b) 15-(c)

1. Union Minister for Shipping and Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari recently laid the

foundation stone for construction of a passenger jetty at Kanhoji Angre Island to develop it as a

tourist destination. The island is situated in which state?

a) Goa

b) Maharashtra

c) Kerala

d) Tamil Nadu

2. Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on 28 January signed a MoU with

which Academy to achieve the Prime Minister’s vision of making India skill capital of the world?

a) Yashaswi Academy for Skills

b) Tejashwi Academy of Skills

c) Sardar Vallabhai Patel Academy

d) CV Raman Industrial Training Institute

3. 5th edition of the Technotex will be held from 21 April – 23 April 2016 in which city?

a) New Delhi

b) Jaipur

c) Mumbai

d) Chennai

4. What is the theme of the Technotex 2016 that will be held from 21 April – 23 April 2016?

a) Technical Textiles – Towards a Smart Future

b) Technical Textiles and Make in India

c) Towards a Smart Textile

d) Technical Textiles – Towards a Inclusive Society

5. The 61st National School Athletic championship started on 29 January 2016 in which of the

following states?

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Haryana

c) Kerala

d) Bihar

6. By winning the Australian Open 2016 on 29 January 2016, the pair of Sania Mirza and Martina

Hingis has won how many titles in a row?

a) Seven

b) Eight

c) Twelve

d) Nine

7. The pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis defeated which tennis pair to win the Australian

Open 2016 on 29 January 2016?

a) Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka

b) Lucie Hradecka and Ana Ivanovic

c) Ana Ivanovic and Andrea Hlavackova

d) Victoria Arazenka and Ana Ivanovic

8. Nisid Hajari won the 2016 Colby Award given by the Norwich University for his book titled

a) A Road We Do Not Know: A Novel of Custer at the Little Bighorn

b) Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition

c) Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War

d) Generals of the Bulge: Leadership in the U.S. Army’s Greatest Battle

9. Which European country on 29 January 2016 announced to deport failed asylum seekers

following the footsteps of Sweden?

a) Denmark

b) France

c) Finland

d) Norway

10. Which of the following countries will be included by Germany in its list of safe countries as it

tries to curb growing number of migrants?

a) Morocco, Tunisia and Libya

b) Libya, Algeria and Tunisia

c) Algeria, Morocco and Syria

d) Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia

11. Who won the V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th edition of Mumbai

International Film Festival (MIFF) 2016?

a) Mohammed Ali Naqvi

b) Hemal Trivedi

c) Joshua Oppenheimer

d) Naresh Bedi

12. In a statement issued by Ministry of Railways, with effect from 15 February 2016 for how many

times an individual can book an e-ticket in a month?

a) Seven

b) Four

c) Six

d) Five

13. According to Union Government, what is the capacity of thermal power that was added in last

20 months?

a) 20000 MW

b) 30000 MW

c) 25000 MW

d) 15000 MW

14. For how many years the Agreement between India and Pakistan relating to Rail

Communication signed on 28 June 1976 was extended by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on

29 January 2016?

a) Four

b) One

c) Two

d) Three

15. In which state the Akshay Kumar-led film Airlift was made tax-free?

a) Maharashtra

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Rajasthan

d) Madhya Pradesh

Answers

1-(b) 6-(b) 11-(d)

2-(a) 7-(a) 12-(c)

3-(c) 8-(b) 13-(b)

4-(a) 9-(c) 14-(d)

5-(c) 10-(d) 15-(b)

1. The Union Government on 28 February 2016 released the list of 20 smart cities. Which one of

the following cities is not part of this list?

a) Pune

b) Jaipur

c) Jodhpur

d) Coimbatore

2. Name the freedom fighter whose 150th birth anniversary was celebrated on 28 January 2016.

a) Aurobindo Ghosh

b) Bipin Chandra Pal

c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d) Lala Lajpat Rai

3. As per a statement of Union Government, what kilometer of National Highways is being built

every day?

a) 15

b) 30

c) 18

d) 12

4. Who is the Brand Ambassador of the 14th edition of Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) –

2016 that began on 28 January 2016?

a) Shyam Benegal

b) Jackie Shroff

c) Akshay Kumar

d) Priyanka Chopra

5. Where will be the third edition of Global Ayurveda Festival held in February 2016?

a) Rishikesh

b) Kangra

c) Gangtok

d) Kozhikode

6. What is the name of the largest known solar system that was discovered by the astronomers in

January 2016?

a) 2MASS J2126-8140

b) 3MASS J2621-4180

c) SS4 J2126-8140

d) S2MASS J2126-4180

7. Who is the author of the book “The Turbulent Year: 1980 – 1996” that was released on 28

January 2016?

a) Manmohan Singh

b) Pranab Mukherjee

c) Lal Krishna Advani

d) Murli Manohar Joshi

8. The chief minister of which state on 28 January 2016 directed its official to impose ban on use of

polythene in the entire state from January 2017?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Jharkhand

c) Bihar

d) Madhya Pradesh

9. Union Government on 28 January 2016 signed 80 million US dollar loan agreement with Asian

Development Bank (ADB) for improving infrastructure in which two state capitals of North East

India?

a) Kohima and Gangtok

b) Kohima and Guwahati

c) Agartala and Aizwal

d) Aizwal and Kohima

10. Which country became the world’s largest exporter of rice overtaking Thailand in the year

2015?

a) China

b) Sri Lanka

c) Bangladesh

d) India

11. Name the Managing Director of Times of India newspaper who died on 28 January 2016.

a) Vinnet Kumar Jain

b) Jaideep Bose

c) Arindam Sengupta

d) Arun Arora

12. The members of which international organisation on 27 January 2016 signed a tax co-

operation agreement to enable automatic sharing of country by country information?

a) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

b) World Bank

c) Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

d) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

13. Name the India's top pistol shooter who on 28 January 2016 secured an Olympic quota for the

country, by claiming the gold medal in women's 10-metre air pistol event at the Asia Olympic

Qualifiers for Shooting in New Delhi.

a) Heena Sidhu

b) Tejaswini Sawant

c) Anisa Sayyed

d) Dola Banerjee

14. Which Regiment was adjudged as the Best Marching Contingent amongst the three Services

in the Republic Day Parade held on 26 Jan 2016?

a) Rajputana Rifles

b) Parachute Regiment

c) The Grenadiers

d) Assam Regiment

15. What is the strike range of indigenously-developed Surface-to-Air Akash missile that was

successfully test fired on 28 January 2016 from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur?

a) 50-km

b) 25-km

c) 60-km

d) 30-km

Answers

1-(c) 6-(a) 11-(c)

2-(d) 7-(b) 12-(c)

3-(c) 8-(d) 13-(a)

4-(b) 9-(c) 14-(d)

5-(d) 10-(d) 15-(b)

1. Which auto manufacturer will unveil the motorcycle V150 on 1 February 2016 claimed to be

made from the metal of the INS Vikrant, India's first aircraft carrier that was dismantled back in

2014?

a) Hero

b) Bajaj Auto

c) Mahindra

d) TVS Motors

2. How many Indian Reserve Battalions will be raised in Jammu & Kashmir and Left Wing

Extremism (LWE) affected states as per a decision of Union Cabinet on 27 January 2016?

a) 20

b) 21

c) 17

d) 18

3. The Union Cabinet on 27 January 2016 approved the enhancement of authorized Share Capital

of the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) from 1000 crore

rupees to





4. Which model was approved by the Union Cabinet on 27 January 2016 for implementing the

Highway Projects?

a) Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT)

b) Design, Build, Operate and Transfer (DBOT)

c) Hybrid Annuity Model

d) Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC)

5. With which country does India on 27 January 2016 signed a protocol to amend existing Double

Taxation Avoidance Convention?

a) Russia

b) Armenia

c) Latvia

d) Belgium

6. Which state on 27 January 2016 became the third state to join the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance

Yojana (UDAY)?

a) Chhattisgarh

b) Telangana

c) Maharashtra

d) Rajasthan

7. What is the name of the event that showcased cultural performances, food festival and crafts

mela at Red Fort, New Delhi as part of Republic Day celebrations?

a) Bharat Ek Parv

b) Bharat Parv

c) Bharat: Ateet se Vartman Tak

d) Bharat Mahotsav

8. Who on 27 January 2016 became the first British woman tennis player after 1983 to reach the

semi-final of a grand slam?

a) Johanna Konta

b) Jo Durie

c) Heather Watson

d) Laura Robson

9. Who will head the independent review committee that will review functioning of anti-corruption

unit of tennis’s governing bodies following recent allegations of match-fixing in the sports?

a) Chris Kermode

b) Steve Simon

c) Adam Lewis

d) Philip Brook

10. How much money per year is lost by the poorer countries due to corruption as per the

Corruption Perception Index 2015 released by the Transparency International?

a) 1 trillion US dollars

b) 2 trillion US dollars

c) 50 billion US dollars

d) 1.5 trillion US dollars

11. Name the West Indian cricketer who retired from international cricket in January 2016.

a) Phil Simmons

b) Denesh Ramdin

c) Shivnarine Chanderpaul

d) Jason Holder

12. Who were appointed as advisors to the Arunachal Pradesh Governor after the Union brought

the state under President's rule on 27 January 2016?

a) Amitabh Kant and GS Patnaik

b) YS Dadwal and GS Patnaik

c) LC Goyal and YS Dadwal

d) LC Goyal and Amitabh Kant

13. Delhi Government on 27 January 2016 constituted a commission of inquiry to probe into the

complaints of crime against women in the national capital since February 2013. The commission will

be headed by

a) Justice (retd) Dinesh Dayal

b) Himanta Biswa Sarma

c) SN Singh

d) Justice (retd) Prithvi Raj

14. Which state government launched special weekly free clinics for women on the Republic Day

2016?

a) Maharashtra

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Punjab

d) Uttar Pradesh

15. Hybrid Annuity Model of implementing highway projects was in news. The main advantage of

the model is

a) Adoption of rational approach in allocation of risk

b) Optimum return on investment

c) Ensures transparency in bidding of projects

d) Maximises revenue for all the partners involved

Answers

1-(b) 6-(d) 11-(c)

2-(c) 7-(b) 12-(b)

3-(a) 8-(a) 13-(a)

4-(c) 9-(c) 14-(b)

5-(b) 10-(a) 15-(a)

1. What was the theme of the International Customs Day 2016 which is celebrated on 26 January?

a) Digital Customs: Progressive Engagement

b) Digital Engagement: Progressive Customs

c) Digitally Progressive: Customs

d) Digital Engagement: Progressively Customs

2. From which date, the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities)

Amendment Act, 2015 came into force?

a) 26 January 2016

b) 1 February 2016

c) 31 January 2016

d) 1 April 2016

3. Who was awarded the nation’s highest peacetime gallantry award Ashoka Chakra

posthumously on 26 January 2016 for his acts of most conspicuous gallantry?

a) Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami

b) Subedar Mahendra Singh

c) Major Anurag Kumar

d) Naik Kheem Singh Mehra

4. India celebrated its Republic Day on 26 January 2016. It was India’s

a) 66th Republic Day

b) 67th Republic Day

c) 65th Republic Day

d) 68th republic Day

5. Union Cabinet on 25 January 2016 recommended the imposition of Presidential Rule under

Article 356 of the Indian Constitution in which state?

a) Tripura


c) Meghalaya

d) Nagaland

6. In which country, ISRO will build a satellite tracking and imaging centre that will give the

concerned country access to pictures from Indian earth observation satellites over the region?

a) Malaysia

b) Brunei

c) Vietnam

d) Indonesia

7. To safeguard vulnerable seaside settlements in Odisha’s Kendrapara district from cyclones like

Phailin, a 17.5 kilometer seawall is being constructed. The construction of seawall is based on a

technology named

a) Galvanized metallic gabion boxes

b) Saline embankment technology

c) 3D Concrete Printing

d) SUPERCAP System

8. A team of Indo-German geologists and palaeontologists have found fossils of a 135-million-year

old herbivorous dinosaur, which possibly is the oldest such fossil found this century. The fossils were

found in which area of India?

a) Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

b) Kutch, Gujarat

c) Narmada Valley Basin, Kheda, Gujarat

d) Rajsamand, Rajasthan

9. In which country the colourful Thaipusam festival was celebrated by millions of Hindus by

offering prayers to Lord Murugan on Batu Caves in January 2016?

a) Thailand

b) Singapore

c) Myanmar

d) Malaysia

10. Who among the following signs the certificates conferred on the Jeevan Raksha Padak

Awardees?

a) Prime Minister

b) President of India

c) Union Home Minister

d) Union Defence Minister

11. Which state government on 25 January 2016 launched Media Helpline to redress media

grievances?

a) Maharashtra

b) Bihar

c) Rajasthan

d) Uttar Pradesh

12. What is the name of the scheme launched by Union Government on 25 January 2016 to

enable online booking of LPG cylinders?

a) Sahaj Scheme

b) Saral Scheme

c) Upbhokta Unmoolan Schme

d) Aasaan Scheme

13. Name the pace legend from Australia who will be inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of

Fame (ACHoF) at the Allan Border Medal ceremony on 27 January 2016.

a) Glenn McGrath

b) Wally Grout

c) Jeff Thomson

d) Bob Simpson

14. Where was the 1st Ministerial Meeting of Arab- India Cooperation Forum held in January

2016?

a) Dubai

b) Manama

c) Abu Dhabi

d) Doha

15. As per an agreement between India and France on 25 January 2016, Indian Railways will buy

800 railway coaches from which French company to renovate Ambala-Ludhiana stations?

a) Schneider Electric

b) Alstom

c) Dassault Systèmes

d) French Alternative Energies

Answers

1-(a) 6-(c) 11-(d)

2-(a) 7-(a) 12-(a)

3-(a) 8-(b) 13-(c)

4-(b) 9-(d) 14-(b)

5-(b) 10-(c) 15-(b)

1. 6th National Voters’ Day (NVD) was observed across the country on 25 January 2016 with

theme

a) Ethical Voting

b) Easy Registration, Easy Correction

c) Greater Participation for a Stronger Democracy

d) Inclusive and Qualitative Participation

2. Name the famous Malayali comedy actress who died on 25 January 2016 in Hyderabad.

a) Monorama

b) Kalpana Ranjani

c) Kuyali

d) None of these

3. Which of the following country on 24 January 2016 won the first T20 Asia cup cricket for Blind?

a) India

b) Pakistan

c) Bangladesh

d) Afghanistan

4. Who of the following on 24 January 2016 won the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold Badminton

title?

a) Chen Long

b) Kirsty Gilmour

c) PV Sindhu

d) Carolina Marin

5. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on 24 January 2016 won the Presidential election of

a) Portugal

b) Nigeria

c) Syria

d) Ohio

6. India and France on 24 January 2016 inked 16 agreements at the India-France Business

Summit held at

a) Delhi

b) Hyderabad

c) Chandigarh

d) Mumbai

7. A Solar Power operated Mini-Water Supply Plant was commissioned on 24 January 2016 in

Hingna village of Mouda Taluka. It is the first Solar Power operated Mini-Water Supply Plant of

which state?

a) Punjab

b) Karnataka

c) Chhattisgarh

d) Maharashtra

8. Which Indian Oil giant on 24 January 2016 received environmental clearance from the Ministry

of Environment and Forests for drilling 45 developed wells in the Krishna Godavari basin?

a) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)

b) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)

c) Reliance Industries Limited

d) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)

9. Identify the player who on 24 January 2016 won 11Even Sports 2015 ITTF World Junior Circuit

Finals in the boys’ category?

a) Jun Mizutani

b) Nobuhiko Hasegawa

c) Izumo Takuto

d) Yoshiko Tanaka

10. Who was declared as the Man of the Series in the five-match ODI series between India and

Australia which concluded on 23 January 2016 in Sydney?

a) Kane Richardson

b) Rohit Sharma

c) Glenn Maxwell

d) Manish Pandey

11. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on 23 January 2016 hoisted the largest flag of the country

atop the tallest pole in which city?

a) Ranchi, Jharkhand

b) Hyderabad, Telangana

c) Faridabad, Haryana

d) Patna, Bihar

12. The 19th National e-governance Conference was held in Nagpur with the title

a) Transforming India

b) Digital India

c) Empowering India

d) Inclusive India

13. Identify the organisation that won gold award for the use of ICT for Development by Non-

Government Institutions category in National e-Governance Awards 2015-16 on 22 January 2016.

a) Western Union

b) IRCTC’s New Next Generation e-Ticketing System

c) Maharashtra Remote Sensing Applications Centre

d) EPFO

14. Identify the category in which IRCTC’s New Next Generation e-Ticketing System won gold

award in National e-Governance Awards 2015-16 on 22 January 2016.

a) Innovative use of GIS Technology in e-Governance

b) Innovative Use of ICT by Central Government PSUs

c) Use of ICT for Development by Non-Government Institutions

d) Incremental Innovations in existing projects

15. Where did India Railways inaugurated India’s first high speed public Wi-Fi service on 22

January 2016?

a) Chennai Central station

b) Bangalore Central station

c) Mumbai Central station

d) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai

Answers

1-(d) 6-(c) 11-(a)

2-(b) 7-(d) 12-(a)

3-(a) 8-(d) 13-(d)

4-(c) 9-(c) 14-(b)

5-(a) 10-(b) 15-(c)

1. Identify the country whose highest Islamic cleric issued fatwa against chess claiming game

spreads enmity and hatred.

a) Saudi Arabia

b) Ethiopia

c) Syria

d) UAE

2. What is the name of the ancient dragon that was found in Wales?

a) Dracyulla Pirancsi

b) Zurraayic Dragon

c) Seazoria Dragon

d) Dragon Dinosaur

3. Name the person of Indian origin, who won film Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards 2016.

a) Rahul Thakkar

b) AR Rehman

c) Bhanu Athaiya

d) Satyajit Ray

4. India will change laws in the Budget 2016-17 to make country-by-country reporting mandatory for

Indian multinationals to ensure that tax loopholes are closed and no overall corporate tax is being

paid. What does this refers to?

a) Double Tax Avoidance guidelines

b) Base Erosion and Profit Shifting guidelines

c) OECD Tax guidelines

d) Equal Tax Treatment guidelines

5. The Chhattisgarh Government recently signed a share-holding agreement with a few central

government-run corporations for the second phase of which railway project?

a) Jagdalpur-Raoghat railway project

b) Dalli-Rajhara–Jagdalpur rail line

c) Dalli-Rajhara–Durg railway project

d) Dalli-Rajhara-Raoghat railway project

6. A new bird species named Himalayan Forest Thrush was discovered in northeastern India. The

scientific name of the species is named after which famous ornithologist?

a) Salim Ali

b) Humayun Abdulali

c) Biswamoy Biswas

d) Priya Davidar

7. Which hotel recently bagged the award of the world's best hotel at the Travellers' Choice award

organised by TripAdvisor?

a) Shinta Mani Resort, Cambodia

b) Umaid Bhawan Palace, India

c) Hotel Ritta Höppner, Brazil

d) Bellevue Syrene, Italy

8. Who was appointed the chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?

a) AK Jain

b) Alpesh Mathur

c) Vinayak Misra

d) Atulesh Jindal

9. The Nai Manzil scheme was on 20 January 2016 launched for the first time in which state?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Manipur


d) Himachal Pradesh

10. The Indian Space Research Organization on 20 January 2016 signed a Memorandum of

Understanding on cooperation in use of outer space with which organsiation?

a) Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research

b) Bahrain’s National Space Science Agency

c) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

d) Malaysian National Space Agency

Answers

1-(a) 6-(a)

2-(c) 7-(b)

3-(a) 8-(d)

4-(b) 9-(c)

5-(a) 10-(a)

1. In which city the 4th India Africa Hydrocarbon Conference was inaugurated on 21 January 2016?

a) Durban

b) New Delhi

c) Abuja

d) Mumbai

2. Which year was declared as the Earth’s warmest year since 1880 by the NOAA & NASA on 20

January 2016?

a) 2012

b) 2013

c) 2014

d) 2015

3. As per a joint study by the NOAA & NASA, what was the average temperature across global land

and ocean surfaces, in 2015, above the 20th century average?

a) 0.60°C

b) 0.70°C

c) 0.80°C

d) 0.90°C

4. With which sports body Infinity Optimal Solutions on 21 January 2016 signed a 2-year marketing

deal?

a) Indian Olympic Association

b) Indian Hockey Association

c) Board of Control for Cricket in India

d) Indian Boxing Council

5. Which stock exchange on 18 January 2016 launched Algorithm Trading Test Environment in

partnership with Symphony Fintech Solutions?

a) National Stock Exchange of India

b) Bombay Stock Exchange

c) Ahmedabad Stock Exchange

d) Hyderabad Stock Exchange

6. With which agency the National Remote Sensing Centre on 21 January 2016 signed a MoU for

monitoring mining activity using satellites?

a) National Mineral Development Corporation

b) Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited

c) Indian Bureau of Mines

d) Bharat Aluminium Company

7. Which country was on 14 January 2016 adjudged as the safest in terms of nuclear safety by the

NTI in its Nuclear Security Index 2016?

a) Australia

b) Switzerland

c) Canada

d) Poland

8. As per the NTI 2016 Nuclear Security Index, what was India’s rank in terms of nuclear safety

among the 24 states with one kilogram or more of weapons-usable nuclear materials in the world?

a) 18

b) 19

c) 20

d) 21

9. The International Cricket Council on 20 January 2016 announced a four-year deal with which tyre

company as a Global Partner for ICC events from 2016-20?

a) MRF Tyres

b) CEAT

c) Apollo Tyres

d) Goodyear

10. A new genus, named Frankixalus, was discovered by a group of scientists in the jungles of

north-eastern India. The genus relates to which species?

a) Sparrow

b) Frog

c) Snake

d) Turtle

11. Name the veteran Italian film director who passed away on 19 January 2016 and was known for

his most acclaimed film A Special Day.

a) Ettore Scola

b) Marcello Mastroianni

c) Fanny Ardant

d) Jack Lemmon

12. The Union Government on 20 January 2016 granted Infrastructure Status to which industry?

a) Textile Industry

b) Furniture Industry

c) Aircraft Industry

d) Shipyard Industry

13. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 20 January 2016 approved development of the

six laning of National Highway-2 in which two states?

a) Delhi and Haryana

b) Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

c) Bihar and Jharkhand

d) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

14. Who took charge as the Executive Director of Greenpeace India on 20 January 2016?

a) Samit Aich

b) Divya khosla

c) Ravi Chellam

d) Sangeeta Ravi

15. The Union Government on 20 January 2016 signed the Financing Agreement with which

financial institution for Bihar Kosi Basin Development Project.


b) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

c) World Bank

d) International Bank for Reconstruction

Answers

1-(b) 6-(c) 11-(a)

2-(d) 7-(a) 12-(d)

3-(d) 8-(d) 13-(c)

4-(a) 9-(a) 14-(c)

5-(b) 10-(b) 15-(c)

1. The cabinet of which country lifted nuclear sanctions on Iran on 22 January 2016?

a) Australia

b) France

c) Japan

d) The Unites States

2. For which industry does Union Government notified stricter green norms to reduce water

pollution?

a) Leather Industry

b) Sugar Industry

c) Forging Industry

d) Textile Industry

3. Union Government on 22 January 2016 decided to extend the Beti Bachao Bati Padhao

Scheme to how many district in the year 2016?

a) 22

b) 61

c) 33

d) 71

4. Which country asked its women to delay pregnancy for two years in light of outbreak of

mosquito-borne Zika virus?

a) Brazil

b) The United States

c) El Salvador

d) Chile

5. At least 15 migrants including eight children drowned on 22 January 2016 when their boats

capsized off the islands of Kalolimnos and Farmakonisi. The islands are part of which country?

a) Italy

b) Russia

c) Greece

d) Denmark

6. The AIDS epidemic in which country crossed the tipping point after the number of people with

HIV positive passed the 1 million mark?

a) Turkey

b) South Africa

c) Nigeria

d) Russia

7. Raigad Mahotsav that was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on

22 January 2016 showcases the history of which famous Maratha king?

a) Peshwa Bajirao - I

b) Peshwa Bajirao – II

c) Shivaji

d) Sambhaji

8. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 21 January 2016 permitted banks to sell India Gold Coins

(IGC) with Ashok Chakra minted by Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation of India (MMTC). The

coins to be sold are of which denomination?

a) 5 and 10 grams

b) 10 and 15 grams

c) 7 and 10 grams

d) 5 and 7 grams

9. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 21 January 2016 asked banks to provide loans of up to 3

lakh rupees at what interest rate to Women Self-Help Group (SHG) under the Aajeevika scheme

during 2015-16?

a) 6 percent

b) 7 percent

c) 8 percent

d) 5 percent

10. Which country was ranked as the best country in the world as per the inaugural Best Countries

Report released at World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos?

a) Australia

b) Finland

c) Germany

d) India

11. What is the rank of India in the inaugural Best Countries Report released at World Economic

Forum (WEF) in Davos?

a) 12th

b) 22nd

c) 10th

d) 25th

12. With which country does India will conduct a bilateral maritime exercise named NASEEM AL

BAHR in February 2016?

a) Saudi Arabia

b) Kuwait

c) Oman

d) The United Arab Emirates (UAE)

13. Which state government started the process to tag the country liquor ‘Feni’ as ‘heritage brew’

outside the state?

a) Maharashtra

b) Kerala

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Goa

14. International Cricket Council (ICC) appointed which radio channel as the official audio rights

partner in January 2016 for an eight year period?

a) Radio City

b) Channel 2 Group

c) Star Sports

d) Channel 4 Group

15. According to a new research by the World Economic Forum (WEF), what could be the new

value of digital transformation – for society and industry – by 2025?

a) 100 trillion US dollars

b) 200 trillion US dollars


d) 50 trillion US dollars

Answers

1-(c) 6-(d) 11-(b)

2-(b) 7-(c) 12-(c)

3-(b) 8-(a) 13-(d)

4-(c) 9-(b) 14-(b)

5-(c) 10-(c) 15-(a)

1. Which one of the following states did not celebrate their statehood day on 21 January 2016?

a) Nagaland

b) Meghalaya

c) Manipur

d) Tripura

2. According to the Ministry Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution by which date all the

states will come under the ambit of National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013?

a) 1 March 2016

b) 1 April 2016

c) 30 June 2016

d) 31 July 2016

3. Which country on 21 January 2016 agreed to exclusively provide Biofarming technology to

India?

a) Seychelles

b) Israel

c) Mauritius

d) Sri Lanka

4. Crude oil imported from Africa by India in the year 2014 constituted what percentage of India’s

oil consumption?

a) 14

b) 15

c) 13

d) 16

5. Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) completed distribution of 5 crore LED bulbs under

Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) on 21 January 2016. The DELP is presently run in

how many states and union territories of India?

a) 29

b) 25

c) 19

d) 15

6. Which team on 20 January 2016 won the 2014-2015 Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy?

a) Baroda

b) Gujarat

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Bengal

7. The complete ban on the use of polythene came into effect on 21 January 2016 in which state?

a) Maharashtra

b) Gujarat

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Uttar Pradesh

8. Who headed the 21-member Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee whose report

was released on 20 January 2016 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India?

a) C Rangarajan

b) Narayan Murthy

c) Vijay Kelkar

d) Y V Reddy

9. Legendary danseuse Mrinalini Sarabhai who passed away on 21 January 2016 was an

exponent of which two form of classical dance?

a) Mohiniattam and Bharatnatyam

b) Bharatanatyam and Kathakali

c) Kathak and Kuchipudi

d) Mohiniattam and Kathakali

10. Who among the following wrote the book ‘The Z Factor’ that was released the Prime Minister

Narendra Modi on 20 January 2016?

a) Subhash Chandra

b) Aamer Hussein

c) Gina Rinehart

d) Teesta Setalvad

11. Who was appointed as the Prime Minister of Moldova on 20 January 2016 amid protests over

pro-European government?

a) Pavel Filip

b) Petru Pascari

c) Ion Ustian

d) Gheorghe Brega

12. Name the cricketer who was named as the brand ambassador of luxury real estate brand

Nitesh Estates.

a) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

b) Suresh Raina

c) Virat Kohli

d) Ajinkya Rahane

13. According to United Nations' trade agency UNCTAD, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows

into India nearly doubled in 2015 to reach

a) 60 billion dollars

b) 59 billion dollars

c) 61 billion dollars

d) 58 billion dollars

14. Sports management firm IOS Sports and Entertainment on 21 January 2016 inked deal with

which Indian sports association to become the exclusive commercial and marketing rights partner?

a) Hockey India

b) Indian Boxing Association

c) Indian Olympic Association

d) Board of Control for Cricket in India

15. What is the name of the train between New Delhi – Varanasi that was flagged off by Prime

Minister Narendra Modi on 21 January 2016?

a) Mahamana Express

b) Atal Express

c) Ambedkar Express

d) NaMo Express

Answers

1-(a) 6-(c) 11-(a)

2-(b) 7-(d) 12-(c)

3-(c) 8-(b) 13-(b)

4-(d) 9-(b) 14-(c)

5-(c) 10-(a) 15-(a)

1. In which European city the 46th Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum began on 20

January 2016?

a) London

b) Berlin

c) Davos

d) Paris

2. Which satellite was launched by the PSLV-C31 on 20 January 2016?

a) IRNSS 1-B

b) IRNSS 1-C

c) IRNSS 1-D

d) IRNSS 1-E

3. What is the name of the programme sponsored by the European Union for developing methods

of using nuclear weapons to deflect asteroids and comets from colliding with the Earth?

a) COMETShield

b) NEOShield

c) ASTCOMETShield

d) NEOWISEShield

4. What is the name of the volcano that erupted in Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka peninsula on

19 January 2016?

a) Shiveluch

b) Zhupanovsky

c) Mount Egon

d) Petropavlovsk

5. Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on 19 January 2016 released the Phase – I of

National Family Health Survey (NFHS) – IV. The NFHS – IV covers the period

a) 2005-06

b) 2010-2015

c) 2015-16

d) 2005-2010

6. Which state government on 19 January 2016 signed a MoU for skill training programme for the

youth?

a) Bihar

b) Karnataka

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Maharashtra

7. The Phase – I of NFHS – IV released recently provides findings on maternal and child health

and nutrition for how many states?

a) 15

b) 29

c) 13

d) 20

8. Which state government on 19 January 2016 approved 35 percent reservation for women in all

government jobs including reserved and unreserved category?

a) Odisha

b) Assam

c) Bihar

d) Telangana

9. Name the senior journalist and former editor of daily Loksatta who passed away on 19 January

2016 in Mumbai.

a) Jhumpa Ranade

b) Aroon Tikekar

c) Arun Tikekara

d) Vivan Pandey

10. Name the Indian racer who on 16 January 2016 won the prestigious Lady Wigram Trophy in

New Zealand.

a) Jehan Daruvala

b) Karun Chandok

c) Narain Karthikeyan

d) Varun Sharma

11. In which country on 19 January 2016 a unity government was formed under an UN-brokered

deal?

a) Libya

b) Egypt

c) Ghana

d) Nigeria

12. Who was on 19 January 2016 appointed as the head of the Committee on Yoga Education in

Universities by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development?

a) Dr Rajesh Nallapati

b) Prof H R Nagendra

c) Dr Jancy James

d) Prof J Anantha Swamy

13. The 8th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue was held on 19 January 2015 in

a) London

b) New Delhi

c) Mumbai

d) Manchester

14. Identify the state for which Union Government sanctioned 33000 crore rupees for infrastructure

development projects on 19 January 2016.

a) Tamilnadu

b) Kerala

c) Karnataka

d) Gujarat

15. Who was appointed as the chairman of Andhra Pradesh Commission for Backward Classes on

18 January 2016?

a) Justice V. Eswaraiah

b) Justice KL Manjunath, (Retd.)

c) Justice M.N. Rao

d) None of them

Answers

1-(c) 6-(d) 11-(a)

2-(d) 7-(c) 12-(b)

3-(b) 8-(c) 13-(a)

4-(b) 9-(b) 14-(a)

5-(c) 10-(a) 15-(b)

1. Identify the organization which on 18 January 2016 acquired Magnet 360.

a) Mindspace

b) Mindtree


d) Microsoft

2. Which of the following on 18 January 2016 commissioned 40 MW wind project in Karnataka?

a) Moser Baer

b) Suzlon Energy

c) Tata Power

d) ReNew Power

3. Name the State in which the BHEL on 18 January 2016 commissioned a 660 MW supercritical

thermal power unit.

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Himachal Pradesh


d) Uttar Pradesh

4. Identify the senior BJP leader who died on 19 January 2016.

a) Ram Kapse

b) Gopinath Munde

c) Dr Daulatrao Aher

d) Bharuch Shirish Bengali

5. Which state was on 18 January 2016 declared as the fist organic farming state of India?

a) Kerala

b) Goa

c) Sikkim

d) Telangana

6. Which tennis player on 16 January 2016 won the 2016 WTA Apia International title of Tennis in

the men’s single category?

a) Viktor Troicki

b) Grigor Dimitrov

c) Christopher Kas

d) Mikhail Kukushkin

7. Name the founder member of rock band the Eagles who died on 18 January 2016.

a) Don Henley

b) Glenn Frey

c) Bernie Leadon

d) Randy Meisner

8. The Union Government on 18 January 2016 decided to institute which new category of award

under the National Film Awards?

a) The Most Film Friendly Region

b) The Most Film Friendly Country

c) The Most Film Friendly State/UT

d) The Film Friendly State/UT

9. The World Bank in the third week of January 2016 decided to extend an assistance of 20 million

US dollar to help reconstruct a zoological park. What is the name of the park?

a) Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary, Visakhapatnam

b) National Zoological Park, New Delhi

c) Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, Pune

d) Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam

10. Which country on 18 January 2016 declared a state of economic emergency and social

emergency?

a) Germany

b) Italy

c) Spain

d) France

11. Which multilateral agency released the report titled World Tourism Barometer?

a) World Bank

b) UNWTO


d) World Economic Forum

12. As per the World Tourism Barometer, international tourist arrivals grew by 4.4 percent in 2015

to reach a total of

a) 1.1 billion

b) 1.2 billion

c) 1.3 billion

d) 1.4 billion

13. The 10-member committee to simplify the provisions of Income-tax Act, 1961 on 18 January

2016 submitted its report to the Union Ministry of Finance. It was headed by

a) Arvind Panagariya

b) Kamlesh Chandra

c) L Narasimha Reddy

d) Justice (retd) R V Easwar

14. Which of the following on 18 January 2016 released the report An Economy for the 1%?

a) Asian Development Bank

b) Oxfam


d) OECD

15. Which Indian state on 13 January 2016 became the first in the country to develop a Disaster

Risk Reduction Roadmap under the Sendai Framework for Action?

a) Bihar

b) Telangana

c) Gujarat

d) Andhra Pradesh

Answers

1-(b) 6-(a) 11-(b)

2-(d) 7-(b) 12-(b)

3-(d) 8-(c) 13-(d)

4-(c) 9-(d) 14-(b)

5-(c) 10-(d) 15-(a)

1. Identify the veteran BJP leader and former Governor of Sikkim who passed away on 17 January

2016 in Hyderabad.

a) V Rama Rao

b) Kidar Nath Sahani

c) T V Rajeswar

d) Kona Prabhakar Rao

2. Name the author who on 17 January 2016 won the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian

Literature for the novel “Sleeping on Jupiter.”

a) Raj Kamal Jha

b) Anuradha Roy

c) Mirza Waheed

d) Jhumpa Lahiri

3. Who on 16 January 2016 was elected as the first female President of Taiwan?

a) Kao Chin Su-mei

b) Hsiao Bi-khim

c) Tsai Ing-wen

d) Peng Wan-ru

4. Who on behalf of India on 17 January 2016 was elected to the 12-member Board of Directors of

the China-sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)?

a) Dinesh Verma

b) Arun Jaitley

c) Vivek Sharm

d) Dinesh Sharma

5. Which team on 17 January 2016 clinched the 2016 Premier Badminton League title?

a) Delhi Acers

b) Mumbai Rockets

c) Awadhe Warriors

d) Chennai Smashers

6. Who on 17 January 2016 clinched the 2016 Snooker Masters title?

a) Stephen Hendry

b) Paul Hunter

c) Mark Selby

d) Ronnie O'Sullivan

7. Identify the noted Punjabi folk singer who died on 17 January 2016?

a) Manpreet Akhtar

b) Dislhad Akthar

c) Labh Janjua

d) Dharampreet

8. Who won the best actor award at the 2016 Critics' Choice Awards on 17 January 2016?

a) Brad Pitt

b) Tom Cruise

c) Leonardo DiCaprio

d) Sylvester Stallone

9. Which film won the best picture award at the 2016 Critics' Choice Awards on 17 January 2016?

a) The Revenant

b) Spotlight

c) The Big Short

d) Bridge of Spies

10. Which mosquito borne virus was first time found in Texas in the third week of January 2016?

a) Chikungunya

b) Dengue

c) West Nile

d) Zinka

11. The legislative assembly of which state on 15 January 2016 approved reclassification of

coconut tree as palm?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Kerala

d) Goa

12. Which satellite was on 17 January 2016 launched by the NASA on board the SpaceX Falcon 9

rocket to monitor topography of the Ocean floor?

a) Jason-1

b) Jason-2

c) Jason-3

d) Jason-4

13. With which bank the NITI Aayog announced collaboration on 17 January 2016 to conduct an

enterprise survey of manufacturing firms?

a) ICICI

b) SBI

c) IDFC

d) Andhra Bank

14. According to NASA, which flower on 18 January 2016 became the first ever flower to be grown

in the space?

a) Zinnia

b) Rose

c) Peony

d) Iris

15. Identify the Kenyan athlete who on 17 January 2016 won the 2016 Mumbai Marathon in the

men’s category.

a) Gideon Kipketer

b) Mariko Kipchumba

c) Girmay Birhanu

d) Tariku Jufar

Answers

1-(a) 6-(d) 11-(d)

2-(b) 7-(a) 12-(c)

3-(c) 8-(c) 13-(c)

4-(d) 9-(b) 14-(a)

5-(a) 10-(d) 15-(a)

1. Who won the 2016 WTA Apia International Sydney tennis title on 16 January 2016 in the women’s

doubles category?




d) Sania Mirza & Serena Williams

2. Which film on 15 January 2016 won the best film award at the 61st Filmfare Awards ceremony

held in Mumbai?

a) Piku

b) Bajirao Mastani

c) Massan

d) Bombay Velvet

3. Who chaired the first meeting of National Medical & Wellness Tourism Promotion Board that was

held on 13 January 2016 in New Delhi?

a) Kiren Rijiju

b) Prakash Javadekar

c) Arun Jaitley

d) Dr Mahesh Sharma

4. As per the World Development Report released by the World Bank on 14 January 2016, how

much money India saved annually by using Aadhaar on account of decreased leakages?

a) 1 billion US dollars

b) 2 billion US dollars


d) 4 billion US dollars

5. Who was on 15 January 2016 conferred with the best actor award at the 61st Filmfare Awards

ceremony held in Mumbai?

a) Ranveer Singh

b) Sooraj Pancholi

c) Amitabh Bachchan

d) Arijit Singh

6. Who was on 15 January 2016 conferred with the Prof MV Pylee Award for the Distinguished

Academician of India?

a) Dr Rajesh Nallapati

b) Dr Jancy James

c) Prof J Anantha Swamy

d) Dr Dinesh Singh

7. Identify the movie for which famous kathak exponent Birju Maharaj won the best choreographer

award at the 61st Filmfare Awards ceremony on 15 January 2016?

a) Dum Laga Ke Haisha

b) Roy

c) Bajirao Mastani

d) Hero

8. Identify the Indian writer. She on 14 January 2016 won the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize for her

work on Khap panchayats.

a) Arundhati Roy

b) Baby Halder

c) Ankita Anand

d) Susham Bedi

9. Identify the film personality. He along with Gautam Ghosh on 14 January 2016 included in the

Shyam Benegal Committee on functioning of the Central Board of Film Certification.

a) Kamal Haasan

b) Amitabh Bachchan

c) Irrfan Khan

d) Shabana Azmi

10. Who was on 12 January 2016 conferred with the Sree Chitra Thirunal National Award 2015 by

the Vice President of India Hamid Ansari?

a) T P Sreenivasan

b) Oommen Chandy

c) Mammootty

d) K G Balakrishnan

11. Which State on 13 January 2016 conferred with the Krishi Karman Award 2014-15 by the Union

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Kerala

c) Telangana

d) Maharashtra

12. Which city of Malaysia hosted the 23rd Conference of the Speakers and Presiding Officers of the

Commonwealth Countries in the second week of January 2016?

a) Kuala Lumpur

b) Penang

c) Johor Bahru

d) Kota Kinabalu

13. Mohammed Mahmood Ali on 11 January 2016 received the World Peace and Prosperity

Foundation Award for the year 2016 in London. He is the Deputy Chief Minister of

a) Karnataka

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Telangana

d) Uttar Pradesh

14. The 68th Army Day was celebrated on

a) 13 January 2016

b) 14 January 2016

c) 15 January 2016

d) 16 January 2016

15. Which multilateral agency was on 16 January 2016 was formally opened by the China’s

President Xi Jinping?

a) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

b) New Development Bank

c) Asian Development Bank

d) Asia-Pacific Investment Bank

Answers

1-(b) 6-(b) 11-(a)

2-(b) 7-(c) 12-(d)

3-(d) 8-(c) 13-(c)

4-(a) 9-(a) 14-(c)

5-(a) 10-(a) 15-(a)

1. Name the 15th edition of bilateral exercise between Indian Coast Guard and Japan that began on

15 January 2016 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

a) Sahyog-Kaijin

b) Sahyog-Path

c) Sahyog-Tofugu

d) Sahyog-Keisatsu

2. Which region was on 14 January 2016 declared as Ebola free by the World Health Organisation?

a) West Africa

b) North America

c) South Asia

d) West Asia

3. Which country on 14 January 2016 formed a four-member eminent persons group to review all

bilateral treaties with India?

a) Bangladesh

b) Nepal

c) Sri Lanka

d) Bhutan

4. Which multilateral agency on 14 January 2016 released the publication titled World Development

Report 2016: Digital Dividends?


b) World Bank

c) World Economic Forum

d) New Development Bank

5. The permanent campus (Phase I) of which Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

was inaugurated on 14 January 2016 by the Union HRD Minister Smriti Zubin Irani?

a) Mohali

b) Bhopal

c) Pune

d) Thiruvananthapuram

6. Identify the famous actor, known for playing the character of Severus Snape in Harry Potter

series, who died on 14 January 2016.

a) Alan Rickman

b) Hans Gruber

c) Nolan Rickman

d) Vicky Thomas

7. Identify the Bollywood actor, known for his role of the astrologer Guran in Lagaan, who died on 14

January 2016.

a) Vivek Agnihotri

b) Vivek Upadhyay

c) Rajesh Vivek

d) Rajesh Thapar

8. Identify the former World No.1 tennis player. The Russian Tennis Federation on 14 January 2016

announced his induction into International Tennis Hall of Fame.

a) Nadia Petrova

b) Marat Safin

c) Yevgeny Kafelnikov

d) Mikhail Youzhny

9. Identify the Assistant General Secretary and Spokesman of All India Muslim Personal Law Board

who died on 15 January 2016.

a) Yusuf Soalih Ajura

b) Anwar al-Aulaqi

c) Anwar Shah Kashmiri

d) Mohammed Abdul Rahim Qureshi

10. Name India’s first start-up focused bank branch launched by the State Bank of India on 14

January 2016.

a) SBI Exclusif

b) SBI InCircle

c) SBI InSquare

d) SBI InCube

11. Who authored the book titled Objective Railway Engineering- Track, Works & Others that was

released on 14 January 2016?

a) Manoj Sinha

b) MM Agarwal

c) Suresh Prabhu

d) E Sreedharan

12. Who won the Times Now Amazing Indians Awards 2016 in the Stree Shakthi Category on 14

January 2016 for her work related to women empowerment and girl child adoption?

a) Malavath Poorna

b) Ruma Roka

c) Sunita Aralikar

d) None of these

13. Who won the Times Now Amazing Indians Awards 2016 in the Unstoppable Indians Category on

14 January 2016 for work done relate to the welfare of people with physical & mental impairments?

a) S Ramakrishnan

b) Popatrao Pawar

c) Chintakindi Mallesham

d) Murugan S

14. To develop which national watershed project India on 14 January 2016 signed a loan agreement

with the World Bank?

a) Savalsang

b) Aheri

c) Ingaleshwar

d) Neeranchal

15. Which anti-tank missile was successfully test-fired in the second week of January 2016 by the

Defence Research and Development Organisation in Rajasthan?

a) Agni II

b) Prithvi

c) Nag

d) Aakash

Answers

1-(a) 6-(a) 11-(b)

2-(a) 7-(c) 12-(c)

3-(b) 8-(b) 13-(a)

4-(b) 9-(d) 14-(d)

5-(d) 10-(d) 15-(c)

1. Name the state that on 13 January 2016 decided to set up fast track courts in five districts for

speedy trial of cases’ related to witchcraft incidents.

a) West Bengal

b) Assam

c) Jharkhand

d) Odisha

2. Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on 13 January 2016 inaugurated Mumbai Port Trust’s

second liquid chemical berth at

a) Gamadia

b) Ballard Pier

c) Haji Bunder

d) Pir Pau

3. Identify the famous stage actor. He was known for both acting in and directing Shakespeare and

died on 13 January 2016.

a) Ron Cook

b) Matt Ryan

c) John MacMillan

d) Brian Bedford

4. Which sports personality on 12 January 2016 was presented with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian

Leadership Award at the sixth biennial UNICEF Ball held in Los Angeles?

a) Pele

b) Usain Bolt

c) David Beckham

d) Lionel Messi

5. Which organization won the National Award on e-Governance 2015-16?

a) Life Insurance Corporation

b) Employees’ Provident Fund Organization

c) IRCTC


6. Name the hero of 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and former Governor of Goa and Punjab,

who died on 13 January 2015?

a) Lt Gen Hanut Singh

b) Lt Gen Sagat Singh

c) Lt Gen J.S. Arora

d) Lt Gen J.F.R. Jacob

7. On the basis of the UN survey on international migrant trends, which country has the highest

Diaspora population in 2015?

a) India

b) China

c) Russia

d) Saudi Arabia

8. Name the state that on 12 January 2016 decided to add the ongoing crisis of drinking water in

the list of special local disasters of the State.

a) Jharkhand

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Maharashtra

d) Haryana

9. Name the state that on 12 January 2016 decided to bring Plus II education under the Mass

Education department from the existing Higher Education department from the 2016-17 academic

Year.

a) Uttarakhand

b) Delhi

c) Odisha

d) Goa

10. Who took oath as the Chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI) on 11 January

2016?

a) Devender Kumar Sikri

b) Ashok Chawla

c) Sailesh

d) Suresh Kumar Meena

11. The new train service that was flagged of between Lokmanya Tilak(T) and Kazipet (Weekly) on

11 January 2016 was named as?

a) Kaifyat Express

b) Farakka Express

c) Anandwan Express

d) Kakathiya Express

12. Reliance Defence Ltd on 10 January 2016 signed a MoU with Andhra Pradesh Government to

set up a world class naval facility. Where will this facility be located?

a) Kakinada

b) Yarada

c) Rambilli

d) Krishnapatnam

13. In which railway zone the Track Inventory Management System was inaugurated on pilot basis

on 11 January 2016 by the Indian Railways?

a) Northern Railway

b) South Central Railway

c) Eastern Railway

d) Western Railway

14. Name the Secretary General of FIFA who was dismissed with immediate effect on 9 January

2016.

a) Jerome Valcke

b) Markus Kattner

c) Issa Hayatou

d) Marco Villiger

15. In which state the Nagjee International Club Football Tournament will be held starting from 5

February 2016?

a) Odisha

b) West Bengal

c) Kerala

d) Assam

Answers

1-(c) 6-(d) 11-(c)

2-(d) 7-(a) 12-(c)

3-(d) 8-(a) 13-(a)

4-(c) 9-(c) 14-(a)

5-(b) 10-(a) 15-(c)

1. Indentify the Indian woman. She was conferred with Neerja Bhanot Award on 13 January 2016

for empowering widows of martyrs and families.

a) Kiranjit Ahluwalia

b) Sezette Jordan

c) Subhashini Vasanth

d) Shirin Fozdar

2. Name the summit, organised to showcase investment opportunities in Andhra Pradesh, which

concluded on 12 January 2016 in Vishakhapatnam?

a) Sunrise Partnership Summit 2016

b) Invest in AP Business Summit 2016

c) Invest in AP Summit 2016

d) Confederate of Indian Industry Partnership Summit 2016

3. Which Bollywood actor was bestowed honorary life membership of Kolkata’s soccer outfit

Mohammedan Sporting on 12 January 2016?

a) Akshay Kumar

b) Amitabh Bachchan

c) Shahrukh Khan

d) Aamir Khan

4. Edward Monser, President of Emerson, and Punit Renjen, CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Limited (Deloitte Global) on 12 January 2016 were appointed as the Vice Chairs of which business

advocacy organization?

a) UK India Business Council

b) U.S.-India Business Council

c) Small Business Advocacy Council

d) Business Council of India

5. Name the Indian-American professor whose team developed Galacto-Seismic method to hunt

Dark Matter.

a) Sukanya Chakrabarti

b) Jamshed Bharucha

c) Bhargav Gajjar

d) Vamsi Mootha

6. In which city the 5-day long 20th National Youth Festival was inaugurated on 12 January 2016?

a) Naya Raipur

b) Hyderabad

c) Bengaluru

d) Chennai

7. Who edited the book titled Jawaharlal Nehru and The Indian Polity in Perspective that was

released by the Vice President of India Hamid Ansari on 12 January 2016 in Thiruvananthapuram?

a) Dr B Vivekanandan

b) M G Radhakrishnan

c) P J Alexander

d) Dr B Vivekanandan

8. Which state was on 12 January 2016 declared as the first in the country to achieve 100 percent

primary education?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Telangana

c) Mizoram

d) Kerala

9. Which paramilitary organisation on 11 January 2016 launched the Operation Cold to contain

infiltration from Pakistan along the international border?

a) Border Security Force

b) Indo Tibetan Border Police Force

c) Central Industrial Security Force

d) Central Reserve Police Force

10. Identify the Hall of Fame outfielder and former Negro Leagues player who died on 11 January

2016.

a) Monte Irvin

b) Octavius Catto

c) Moses Fleetwood Walker

d) Gus Greenlee

11. Which multinational technology company was in news in the second week of January 2016 for

collaborating with Google for Project Tongo?

a) Samsung

b) Lenovo

c) Nokia

d) Apple

12. Who won the 2015 Ballon d'Or trophy on 11 January 2016?

a) Luis Enrique

b) Cristiano Ronaldo

c) Neymar

d) Lionel Messi

13. Name the folk dance of Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh that was listed in the Guinness Book

of World Records as the largest folk dance in the world.

a) Nati

b) Tippani

c) Gaur Maria

d) Namgen

14. Conference of Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) on Afghan Peace and Reconciliation

process was held on 11 January 2016 in

a) Islamabad

b) Kabul

c) Washington

d) Beijing

15. To improve efforts against nuclear and radiological smuggling, United States on 11 January

2016 signed a Joint Action Plan (JAP) with which country?

a) Canada

b) Jordan

c) Brazil

d) European Union

Answers

1-(c) 6-(a) 11-(b)

2-(d) 7-(c) 12-(d)

3-(b) 8-(d) 13-(a)

4-(b) 9-(a) 14-(a)

5-(a) 10-(a) 15-(b)

1. Identify the personality. India on 12 January 2016 celebrated National Youth Day to mark his

birth anniversary.

a) Bhagat Singh

b) Chandra Shekhar Azad

c) Swami Vivekananda

d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

2. Name the startup. It was launched by Illumina in association with Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos to

develop blood-based cancer tests.

a) Grail

b) Autumn

c) Expeditions

d) Trace

3. The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited on 11 January 2016 signed a Memorandum of

Understanding with which state government to invest 38500 crore rupees?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Telangana

c) Odisha

d) Tamil Nadu

4. Identify the legendary artist, mostly known for his androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, who

passed away on 10 January 2016.

a) Charles Bowie

b) David Bowie

c) Dave Franco

d) Mikhail Tav

5. Which institute on 10 January 2016 claimed to have successfully produced a cloned buffalo

offspring named Cirb Gaurav?

a) National Dairy Research Institute

b) Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes

c) Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology

d) Indian Council of Agricultural Research

6. Which state in January 2016 became India’s first state to introduce compulsory gender

education at the graduate level?

a) Assam

b) Odisha

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Telangana

7. Who on 11 January 2016 was announced as the Vice-President of Airbus Group?

a) Ashish Saraf

b) Debashish Roy

c) Anirban Lahiri

d) Viktoria Zig

8. Who on 11 January was appointed as the CEO of India's biggest e-commerce company

Flipkart?

a) Mukesh Bansal

b) Sachin Bansal

c) Binny Bansal

d) Ravi Garikipati

9. Identify the merchant vessel. Its 35 crew members were sentenced to 5 years in jail by a

Tutucorin district sessions court on 11 January 2016 on charges of illegally entering Indian waters

with the possession of weapons.

a) MV Seaman Guard Ohio

b) MV Enrica Lexie

c) MV Vaitarna

d) MV Tampa

10. Who won the best actor award in motion picture category in the 73rd Annual Golden Globe

Awards on 11 January 2015 in California, the USA?

a) Christian Slater

b) Jon Hamm

c) Sylvester Stallone


11. Who was the author of the book titled ‘Maru Bharat Saru Bharat’ that was released by PM

Narendra Modi on 10 January 2016?

a) Shakshi Maharaj

b) Jain Acharya Ratnasundersuriswarji Maharaj

c) Madhuri Bose

d) Sharad Pawar

12. What is the name of the Bengali journal, which is published by Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya

Sammelan Organisation?

a) Sammelani

b) Sahithi

c) Nikhila Bharathi

d) None of the Above

13. In which city the 88th annual conference of Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan was

inaugurated by the President Pranab Mukherjee on 10 January 2016?

a) Ranchi

b) Hyderabad

c) Guwahati

d) Kolkata

14. DRDO successfully test-fired the new Penetration-Cum Blast (PCB) and Thermobaric (TB)

Ammunition tank at Chandipur, Odisha on 6 January 2016. It was specially designed for which Battle

Tank?

a) Ex MBT

b) T-72 Ajaya tank

c) Arjun MBT

d) None of these

15. Identify the President-Designate of the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

(AIIB) who was on a state visit to India in the second week of January 2016?

a) Jim Yong Kim

b) Jin Liqun

c) Christine Lagarde

d) Takehiko Nakao

Answers

1-(c) 6-(d) 11-(b)

2-(a) 7-(a) 12-(a)

3-(a) 8-(c) 13-(a)

4-(b) 9-(a) 14-(c)

5-(b) 10-(d) 15-(b)

1. Name the state that observed Missionary Day on 11 January 2016.

a) Mizoram

b) Kerala

c) Assam

d) Telangana

2. Name the person who on 10 January 2016 won the Chennai Open title of tennis?

a) Aljaz Bedene

b) Stanislas Wawrinka

c) Roger Federer

d) Borna Coric

3. 28th edition of International Kite Festival started on 10 January 2016 in which city of Gujarat?

a) Ahmedabad

b) Porbandar

c) Surat

d) Vadodara

4. Name the cricketer of New Zealand who on 10 January 2016 scored second-fastest fifty in T-20

Internationals.

a) Colin Munro

b) Martin Guptill

c) Brendon McCullum

d) Trent Boult

5. The 11th World Hindi Day was observed on

a) 7 January 2016

b) 8 January 2016

c) 9 January 2016

d) 10 January 2016

6. Who on 10 January 2016 won the Brisbane International Tennis men’s singles trophy?

a) Roger Federer

b) Milos Raonic

c) Rafael Nadal

d) Andy Murray

7. In which city the meeting of Arab League Foreign Ministers was held on 10 January 2016?

a) Cairo

b) Dubai

c) Muscat

d) Jeddah

8. Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis on 9 January 2016 won WTA Brisbane

Tennis women's doubles title by defeating?

a) Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro

b) Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu

c) Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova

d) Angelique Kerber and Andrea Petkovic

9. In which city the main event of the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas was inaugurated on 9 January

2016?

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Hyderabad

d) Bengaluru

10. Which country on 9 January 2016 began the process to formulate a new constitution?

a) Bangladesh

b) Sri Lanka

c) Pakistan

d) Bhutan

11. Identify the legendary soul singer, famous for the song Trying To Live My Life Without You,

who died on 8 January 2016 in Chicago.

a) Otis Clay

b) Marvin Gaye

c) Ray Charles

d) Etta James

12. Identify the first female Formula One driver who passed away on 8 January 2016 in Italy.

a) Lella Lombardi

b) Maria Teresa de Filippis

c) Desiré Wilson

d) Divina Galica

13. Identify the noted Hindi writer, known for his works like Nau Saal Chotti Patni and Kala

Register, who died on 9 January 2016.

a) Naresh Mehta

b) Amarkant

c) Ravindra Kalia

d) Vignesh Mehta

14. Which country on 9 January 2016 was elected to the UNICEF executive board which will

represent the group of Asia-Pacific countries for the term 2016-2018?

a) India

b) Myanmar

c) Cambodia

d) Nepal

15. Who on 9 January 2016 was named the Denmark’s sportsperson of the year 2015?

a) Rene Holten Poulsen

b) Christian Eriksen

c) Daniel Agger

d) Nicki Pedersen

Answers

1-(a) 6-(b) 11-(a)

2-(b) 7-(a) 12-(b)

3-(a) 8-(d) 13-(c)

4-(a) 9-(a) 14-(d)

5-(d) 10-(b) 15-(a)

1. A four-nation conference on Afghan reconciliation process to explore ways to create consensus

for talks between the Taliban and Afghanistan's government will be held on 11 January 2016 in?

a) Islamabad

b) Bangkok

c) Kabul

d) Beijing

2. Soldiers of which of the following country will parade along with Indian troops on Rajpath during

Republic Day celebration on 26 January 2016 (Republic Day)?

a) France

b) Russia

c) Germany

d) US

3. Name the state that on 8 January 2016 laid down norms for erecting memorials of national

leaders, freedom fighters, saints, historical personalities and politicians.

a) Jammu & Kashmir

b) Maharashtra

c) Bihar

d) Delhi

4. Name the country that on 8 January 2016 introduced measures to combat recruitment of its

citizen to extremist groups like the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

a) Pakistan

b) France

c) India

d) US

5. Which of the following country on 8 January 2016 published new broadcast regulations that will

place strict limits on sexual content and ban preachers from soliciting money on air?

a) Nigeria

b) Botswana

c) Kenya

d) Papua New Guinea

6. Parliament of which country on 8 January 2016 adopted a resolution, denouncing the

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s fourth nuclear test, urging it to dismantle its

nuclear programme?

a) The US

b) Japan

c) South Korea

d) England

7. Union Government decided to implement the Bharat Stage (BS) VI norms to curb vehicular

pollution. From which date the implementation will take place?

a) 1 April 2020

b) 1 April 2023

c) 1 April 2019

d) 1 April 2021

8. President Pranab Mukherjee on 7 January 2016 promulgated the Enemy Property (Amendment

and Validation) Ordinance, 2016 to make amendments to the Enemy Property Act of

a) 1950

b) 1962

c) 1968

d) 1999

9. Thermal Power companies will now have to transport fly ash free of cost to road construction

site located within 100 kms perimeter of their plant in which state?

a) West Bengal

b) Odisha

c) Chattishgarh

d) Jharkhand

10. Name the author of the book, Azad Bachpan Ki Or that was released on 7 January 2016 by the

Supreme Court Justice Dipak Misra.

a) Viral Shah

b) Kailash Satyarthi

c) Madhuri Bose

d) Anuj Dhar

11. The State-level 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas celebrations began on 9 January 2016 in which

of the following state?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Kerala

c) Gujarat

d) Bihar

12. Quikr on 7 January 2016 announced the acquisition of which property search website?

a) 99acres.com

b) Housing.com

c) Magicbricks.com

d) Commonfloor.com

13. Who on 7 January 2016 was voted as the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of Month for December

2015?

a) Himmat Rai

b) Phachara Khongwatmai

c) Miguel Tabuena

d) Anirban Lahiri

14. The Rajasthan Government on 7 January 2016 inked an agreement with Cairn Enterprise

Centre Society. What is the aim of the agreement?

a) To build charitable hospitals in Jaipur

b) To provide clean drinking water in Barmer

c) To promote sanitation in Jodhpur

d) To promote girls’ education in Jaisalmer

15. Who on 7 January 2016 was felicitated with the Central Banker of the Year Award (Global and

Asia Pacific) for 2016?

a) Raghuram Rajan

b) Nathan Rothschild

c) Ben Shalom Bernanke

d) Ajay Banga

Answers

1-(a) 6-(c) 11-(b)

2-(a) 7-(a) 12-(d)

3-(b) 8-(c) 13-(c)

4-(d) 9-(b) 14-(b)

5-(c) 10-(b) 15-(a)

1. Name the India and France eight-day counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency joint exercise

that started on 8 January 2016 in Rajasthan.

a) Hand-in-Hand-2016

b) Mithra Shakthi-2016

c) Shakti-2016

d) Green Hunt

2. Name the all-out offensive operation of India’s paramilitary forces and the state's forces against

the Naxalites that came in news on 8 January 2016.

a) Trident

b) Green Hunt

c) Cactus

d) Grand Slam

3. What is the name of the Health care project that was decided to be implemented by the Kerala

Government on 7 January 2016?

a) Sampoorna Arogya Keralam (SAK)

b) Sampoorna Swastha Keralam (SSK)

c) Arogya Keralam

d) Swastha Keralam

4. The Union Government on 7 January 2016 approved the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and

Urban Transformation (AMRUT) for the year 2015-16 for which two states?

a) Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh

b) Maharashtra and Haryana

c) Punjab and Uttarakhand

d) Bihar and Kerala

5. Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog on 7 January 2016?

a) Sindhushree Khullar

b) Ashok Mishra

c) Amitabh Kant

d) Gurbir Grewal

6. Name the ex-IAS Officer who was on 7 January 2016 appointed as Chairman of Competition

Commission of India (CCI).

a) Ashok Chawla

b) AB Khare

c) Vijay Kumar

d) Devender Kumar Sikri

7. What is the name the initiative of Union Ministry of Home Affairs and Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)

Government that aims to expose youth from J&K to rest of India?

a) Bharat Ke Rehne Walo

b) Vibhinn Bharat

c) Incredible India

d) Wattan Ko Jano

8. The Union Cabinet on 6 January 2016 approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set

border haats with which country?

a) Pakistan

b) Nepal

c) Myanmar

d) Bangladesh

9. Who on 6 January 2016 was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vedanta

Limited’s metals business across India?

a) Shikha Dhawan

b) Justin Albanese

c) Samir Cairae

d) Vipul Cairae

10. Who on 6 January 2016 was appointed the Technology Advisor to the Odisha Government?

a) Sabeer Bhatia

b) Sam Pitroda

c) Ajay Bhatt

d) Vinod Dham

11. The Union Cabinet on 6 January 2015 gave its ex-post facto approval for signing a

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Singapore. The MoU is in which field?

a) Information Technology

b) Civil Aviation

c) International Law

d) Conservation Measures

12. Name the state that on 6 January 2016 scrapped the management quota and all other quotas,

in private schools for nursery admissions.

a) Maharashtra

b) Delhi

c) Pondicherry

d) Telangana

13. South African Cricketer who on 6 January 2016 resigned as Test captain of South Africa is

a) Hashim Amla

b) AB de Villiers

c) Graeme Smith

d) JP Duminy

14. California Governor Jerry Brown on 6 January 2016 declared a state of emergency in the state

because of

a) Leak of Perfluorotributylamine

b) Leak of Dichlorodifluoromethane

c) Leak of Hexafluoroethane

d) Leak of Methane Gas

15. Identify the Indian shooter who on 5 January 2016 grabbed gold medal in the women's 10

metre air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand Prix.

a) Apurvi Chandela

b) Anjali Bhagwat

c) Heena Sidhu

d) Gargi Narang

Answers

1-(c) 6-(d) 11-(b)

2-(b) 7-(b) 12-(b)

3-(a) 8-(d) 13-(a)

4-(c) 9-(c) 14-(d)

5-(c) 10-(b) 15-(a)

1. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away on 7 January 2016.

He belonged to which party and in which year the party was founded?

a) Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (NC), 1939

b) Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP), 1999

c) Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party, 1982

d) Jammu Kashmir Democratic Liberation Party, 1994

2. Who was elected as the General President of the 105th Indian Science Congress Association

(ISCA) that is scheduled for 2017-18?

a) Prana Krushna Parija

b) Achyuta Samanta

c) Krishna M Rao

d) Shailaya Kumar

3. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on 6 January 2016 issued a notice to which

state government over the reported deplorable conditions prevailing in the prisons of the state?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Haryana

c) Punjab

d) Bihar

4. Which country on 6 January 2016 conducted its first hydrogen bomb test?

a) North Korea

b) Israel

c) China

d) Russia

5. Which of the following books of Harper Lee was in news on 6 January 2016 as it topped the

2015 US Bestseller List?

a) Go Set a Watchman

b) To Kill a Mockingbird

c) Fifty Shades of Grey

d) Diary of Wimpy Kid

6. Name the noted Gujarati writer and poet who passed away on 6 January 2016. He was known

for his novel Akasmat (1968).

a) Surendra Patel

b) Akhil Thakur

c) Ramya Ghosh

d) Labhshankar Thakar

7. Who was appointed as the Chairman of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on 5

January 2016?

a) Kunal Shah

b) Vinodh Bhat

c) Vishwas Patel

d) Nishant Rao

8. With which country on 5 January 2016 Sri Lanka signed 8 MoUs to deepen bilateral

engagement?

a) India

b) Bangladesh

c) Nepal

d) Pakistan

9. Identify the state in which the 600 MW Kakatiya Thermal Power Plant Stage-II is located which

was commissioned by BHEL on 5 January 2016?

a) Karnataka

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Telangana

d) Andhra Pradesh

10. On 5 January 2016, it was announced that World’s first slum museum will be set up in Dharavi

in February 2016. Against this backdrop, identify the city in which Dharavi is located?

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Chennai

d) Hyderabad

11. Identify the Indian Wicket-Keeper who on 5 January 2016 was awarded with the 2015 Col. CK

Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award.

a) Syed Kirmani

b) Farokh Engineer

c) Kiran More

d) Nayan Mongia

12. Which scheme was launched by Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and

Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti on 5 December 2015 in Uttar Pradesh?

a) MUDRA Yojana

b) Ganga Gram Yojana

c) SAFAL Bharat Yojana

d) Grahak Vishwas Yojana

13. Which state signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam

Limited (JBVNL) under the UDAY Scheme on 5 January 2016?

a) Bihar

b) Rajasthan

c) Maharashtra

d) Jharkhand

14. The world's largest blue star sapphire that weighs 1404.49 carats was discovered in a mine in

which country in August 2015?

a) England

b) China

c) Sri Lanka

d) Japan

15. Who on 1 January 2016 took over as the High Commissioner for the United Nations Refugee

Agency (UNHCR)?

a) António Guterres

b) Filippo Grandi

c) Thorvald Stoltenberg

d) Sadruddin Aga Khan

Answers

1-(b) 6-(d) 11-(a)

2-(b) 7-(a) 12-(b)

3-(d) 8-(d) 13-(d)

4-(a) 9-(c) 14-(c)

5-(a) 10-(b) 15-(b)

1. Name the Bank that on 6 January 2016 launched Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) across all

its branches in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

a) Andhra Bank

b) Axis Bank

c) Canara Bank

d) Bank of Baroda

2. Who on 5 January 2016 was conferred with Polly Umrigar Trophy for International Cricketer-

of-the-Year?

a) Shikhar Dhawan

b) Rohit Sharma

c) Virat Kohli

d) Ravichandran Ashwin

3. The Competition Commission of India on 5 January 2016 gave nod to Reliance Capital Asset

Management to acquire which investment banking company’s mutual fund business in India?

a) Morgan Stanley

b) JPMorgan Chase

c) Wells Fargo

d) Goldman Sachs

4. Which company on 5 January 2016 completed the formalities related to acquisition of Alca-

Lucent in 15.6 billion euro deal?

a) Nokia

b) Ericsson

c) Apple

d) Huawei

5. Union Government on 5 January 2016 reduced export duty on iron ore pellets to zero from

a) 2 percent

b) 5 percent

c) 7 percent

d) 10 percent

6. For undertaking anti-Naxal operations, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) decided to deploy

how many women commandos in left-wing extremist affected states?

a) 500

b) 1000

c) 100

d) 300

7. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on 5 January 2016 approved what percentage of posts at

constable level to be filled up by women in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)?

a) 11

b) 30

c) 33

d) 47

8. Name the cricket playing nation that on 5 January 2016 withdrew from the Under-19 World Cup

Tournament to be held in Bangladesh.

a) South Africa

b) Pakistan

c) Australia

d) Ireland

9. Which of the following country on 4 January 2016 rolled out new policies to reduce gun violence

in the country?

a) US

b) Britain

c) France

d) Japan

10. Who of the following was appointed as manager of Real Madrid on 5 January 2016?

a) Zinedine Zidane

b) Rafael Benitez

c) Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima

d) Roberto Carlos

11. Identify the country with which India resumed the bus service on 4 January 2016 after a gap of

27 years?

a) Bangladesh

b) Pakistan

c) Bhutan

d) Nepal

12. Who was appointed as the head of one man committee to study issues related to Gramin Dak

Sevaks?

a) Kamlesh Chandra

b) T Q Mohammad

c) Vijay Kelkar

d) AK Mathur

13. Which team on 3 January 2015 won the 26th Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey tournament?

a) Indian Railways

b) ONGC

c) IOC

d) None of them

14. Identify the Indian scientist. He was involved in the discovery of the element 117 that was

included in the 7th row of the periodic table on 30 December 2015 by the IUPAC.

a) Rakesh K Jain

b) Manu Prakash

c) Susanta Lahiri

d) Sangeeta Bhatia

15. Identify the element that was not in the list of four new elements added to the 7th row of the

periodic table on 30 December 2015 by the IUPAC.

a) Element 115

b) Element 116

c) Element 117

d) Element 118

Answers

1-(a) 6-(d) 11-(d)

2-(c) 7-(c) 12-(a)

3-(d) 8-(c) 13-(b)

4-(a) 9-(a) 14-(c)

5-(b) 10-(a) 15-(b)

1. Name the 15-year-old Mumbai cricketer who on 5 January 2016 scored a record 1009 in just

323 balls in an innings.

a) Rajat Bhatia

b) Pranav Dhanawade

c) Prithvi Shaw

d) Rahul Tewatia

2. Name the Indian cricketer whose knock was voted as the best Test knock in last 50 years.

a) Sachin Tendulkar's 200 against South Africa

b) VVS Laxman's 281 against Australia

c) Virender Sehwag's 309 against Pakistan

d) Rahul Dravid's 180 against Australia

3. High Court of which state on 4 January 2016 directed state government to take steps to procure

1843 decibel meters to ensure that there is no violation of noise pollution rules during festivals,

public addresses, and processions?

a) Maharashtra

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Bihar

d) Kerala

4. The Reserve Bank of India on 4 January 2016 imposed monetary penalty of one crore rupees

on which bank for violation of its instructions?

a) HDFC Bank

b) Punjab National Bank

c) State Bank of Travancore

d) Axis Bank

5. Name the former Wigan Athletic defender who passed away in December 2015 but was

recovered from the River Rhine in the western city of Krefeld on 2 January 2015.

a) Didier Drogba

b) Jordi Cruyff

c) Paul Kendrick

d) Steve Gohouri

6. Name the state who’s State Election Commissioner (SEC) on 4 January 2016 announced that

toilets are mandatory requirement for contesting panchayat elections.

a) Jharkhand

b) Bihar

c) Haryana

d) Mizoram

7. Which state government inaugurated land bank web portal on 4 January 2016 to help investors

know land-related information?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Bihar

c) Jharkhand

d) Andhra Pradesh

8. Who was elected as Chairman of General Motors (GM) Board of Directors with immediate effect

on 4 January 2016?

a) Mary Barra

b) Joseph J Ashton

c) Linda R Gooden

d) Theodore Solso

9. Which company bagged the 10050 crore Zojila Pass tunnel road project in Jammu and Kashmir

on 4 January 2016?

a) IVRCL Infra Ltd

b) J Kumar Infraprojects Ltd

c) ILandFS Construction Ltd

d) IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd

10. Name the 38th Chief Justice of India who died on 4 January 2016 in Mumbai.

a) PB Gajendragadkar

b) Sarv Mittra Sikri

c) Sudhi Ranjan Das

d) Sarosh Homi Kapadia

11. Identify the writer who on 4 January 2016 won the Costa Novel Prize 2015.

a) Frances Hardinge

b) Don Paterson

c) Kate Atkinson

d) Andrea Wulf

12. Who on 4 January 2016 was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IT giant

Wipro?

a) TK Kurien

b) Abid Ali Neemuchwala

c) Abbas Ali Neemuchwala

d) TS Kurien

13. Who on 4 January 2016 was sworn in as the eighth Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of

India?

a) Radha Krishna Mathur

b) RK Sharma

c) Vijai Sharma

d) KV Chowdary

14. Name the power transmission company that on 2 January 2016 commissioned the

Transmission Project to Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP) ahead of schedule under the Tariff

Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) incentive regime.

a) Tata Power

b) Sterlite Grid

c) NTPC

d) NPCIL

15. Scuba divers in December 2015 recorded the presence of several colonies of the fast-growing

alien species Snowflake Coral off the coast of Thiruvananthpuram and Kanyakumari. What is the

scientific name of the Snowflake Coral?

a) Carijoa riisei

b) Carpathian newt

c) Coenophlebia archidona

d) Verilus sordidus

Answers

1-(b) 6-(b) 11-(c)

2-(b) 7-(c) 12-(b)

3-(a) 8-(a) 13-(a)

4-(c) 9-(d) 14-(b)

5-(d) 10-(d) 15-(a)

1. Who of the following headed the committee that on 4 January 2015 submitted its report to the

Supreme Court suggesting reforms in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?

a) G K Pillai

b) Diana Eduljee

c) Upamanyu Hazarika

d) Justice RM Lodha

2. With which country did Saudi Arabia on 3 January 2016 announced to severe the bilateral

relationship?

a) Iraq

b) Iran

c) Bahrain

d) Azerbaijan

3. Which country on 3 January 2016 won the South Asian Football Federation Cup (SAFF)

championships?

a) Nepal

b) Afghanistan

c) Bangladesh

d) India

4. In which city the 103rd Indian Science Congress was inaugurated on 3 January 2016?

a) Hyderabad

b) Vijayawada

c) Chennai

d) Mysuru

5. Which law and order agency on 2 January 2016 entered the Limca Book of Records for solving

the biggest cash heist case of the country?

a) Central Reserve Police Force

b) Central Bureau of Investigation

c) Delhi Police

d) Maharashtra Police

6. Identify the Sussex fast bowler who died on 3 January 2016 at the age of 22 due to unexplained

reasons.

a) Bob Hobden

b) Robert Willy

c) Matthew Morgan

d) Matthew Hobden

7. Identify the Oscar-winning cinematographer for Close Encounters of the Third Kind who died on

1 January 2016.

a) Joseph Ruttenberg

b) Emmanuel Lubezki

c) Vilmos Zsigmond

d) Charles B. Lang, Jr.

8. The Union Government launched LPG-like DBT scheme for which commodity that will be

effective from 1 April 2016?

a) CNG

b) Kerosene

c) Petrol

d) Rice

9. Identify the veteran CPI leader, also the former general secretary of the party, who passed away

on 2 January 2016.

a) Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan

b) Indrajit Gupta

c) Ardhendu Bhishm Bardhan

d) Arijit Bhushan Bardhan

10. Which state on 2 January 2015 became the first in the country to allow issuance of motor

insurance policies in digital form by launching e-Vahan Bima Scheme?

a) Telangana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Karnataka

d) Tamil Nadu

11. Union Cabinet on 30 December 2015 gave ex-post facto approval for setting up a Network

University under

a) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

b) Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS)

c) East Asia Summit (EAS)

d) Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

12. Identify the multi barrel rocket launcher system that was successfully test-fired in December

2015 by India at Pokhran in Rajasthan?

a) Pinaka II

b) BARAK 8

c) Nag

d) Astra

13. The Union Government on 31 December 2015 announced setting up of the CCL Sports

University in which state?

a) Bihar

b) West Bengal

c) Jharkhand

d) Odisha

14. With which country India on 1 January 2015 exchanged the list of nuke installations and

prisoners for the 25th consecutive year as part of the bilateral agreement that is in force since 1991?

a) Pakistan

b) Germany

c) China

d) Israel

15. Name the amputee mountaineer who on 25 December 2015 conquered Mount Aconcagua in

Argentina.

a) Arunima Sinha

b) Mark Joseph Inglis

c) Jamie Andrew

d) Sarah Doherty

Answers

1-(d) 6-(d) 11-(b)

2-(b) 7-(c) 12-(a)

3-(d) 8-(b) 13-(c)

4-(d) 9-(a) 14-(1)

5-(c) 10-(a) 15-(1)

1. Who was conferred with the 2015 Sangita Kalanidhi award on 1 January 2016?

a) GN Balasubramaniam

b) ML Vasanthakumari

c) M Balamuralikrishna

d) Sanjay Subrahmanyam

2. Name the Grammy-winning singer who passed away on 31 December 2015 and was famous for

her album Unforgettable?

a) Natalie Cole

b) Kylie Jenner

c) Jessy Martin

d) Riah Messy

3. Which committee was constituted by Union Government on 1 January 2015 for holistic

interpretation of the provisions of the Cinematograph Act, 1952?

a) Vijay Kelkar Committee

b) Shyam Benegal Committee

c) Deepak Mohanty Committee

d) AP Shah Committee

4. Name the IPS Officer who was appointed as Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh on

1 January 2015?

a) Javed Ahmed

b) Sanjay Gupta

c) Keshav Singh

d) Sushant Sehgal

5. The Union Government on 1 January 2016 signed a Financing Agreement of 50 million US dollars

with which bank for education and training of minorities?

a) Swiss Bank

b) International Monetary Fund

c) China National Bank

d) World Bank

6. Who was appointed as the Director General of Police of Manipur on 1 January 2016?

a) Shahid Ahmed

b) Upen Kumar

c) S Ibocha Singh

d) L M Kahute

7. Who was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Heavy Electricals

Ltd (BHEL) on 1 January 2016?

a) Vinayak Bansal

b) Vijay Kelkar

c) Atul Sobti

d) Santosh Kumar

8. With which country did India renewed its relationship in the field of education in the last week of

December 2015?

a) Australia

b) Canada

c) The USA

d) Germany

9. In which place did Ardhkumbhmela began in January 2016?

a) Haridwar

b) Ujjain

c) Nashik

d) Allahabad

10. Exercise Shakti 2016 that will be held in 2016 is a military exercise between India and

a) Sri Lanka

b) The UK

c) France

d) Maldives

11. National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) on 1 January 2016 signed a MoU with which bank for

web-based monitoring of watershed management projects?

a) SIDBI

b) NABARD


d) HDFC Bank

12. Union Government on 1 January 2016 declared 2016 as the year of

a) Consumers

b) LPG Consumers

c) Climate Change

d) Pollution free India

13. According to Assocham, e-commerce revenue in 2016 may touch how many billion dollars?

a) 50

b) 38

c) 48

d) 28

14. Who on 1 January 2016 assumed the charge of Secretary General of International Sericultural

Commission (ISC)?

a) Ishita Roy

b) MS Swaminathan

c) H NageshPrabhu

d) Javed Ahmad

15. Which state will host Science Film Festival of India in January 2016?

a) Maharashtra

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Goa

Answers

1-(d) 6-(d) 11-(b)

2-(a) 7-(c) 12-(b)

3-(b) 8-(b) 13-(b)

4-(a) 9-(a) 14-(c)

5-(d) 10-(c) 15-(d)

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